Narasutai is favored, and Nanchu is doing well because her sister is also doing well. But after all, it is not up to him. As a man, he has the opportunity to stand out, so of course he doesn't want to let go.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao did not expect any unexpected gains after the reward. He just wanted to lay a foundation first and use his kindness to the remnants of Yehe's tribe to increase his chances of getting the jade seal.

Zhu Youxiao must have thought that this is an object with extraordinary political significance, even though he is already the emperor, it will not affect this fact.

But getting the so-called imperial seal symbolizes the return of the destiny of heaven, symbolizes the silent blessing of the heart of heaven, and the return of the subjects.

That's right, it is said that the imperial seal, which was brought to the desert from Emperor Shun of Yuan, played such a role in feudal society. It is also said that this imperial seal was started from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and also has the famous story of "Heshi Bi".

Regardless of whether it is true or false, Zhu Youxiao must fight to grab it back. The Later Jin Dynasty is the enemy in front of him, while Lin Danhan is the next target of attack.

There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. The attack on Lin Danhan was not for the jade seal, but for the expansion to the north, and the territory of the empire was all under the Ming flag.

Isn’t it better to win the jade seal by beating the rabbit, killing Lin Danhan, and getting the jade seal at will?

As for whether this imperial jade seal was carved from the "Heshi Bi", or it was taken away from the Ming Dynasty after the Tumu Fort Incident, it is actually not important.

Even after sweeping away the desert, it is not impossible to make a fake one.

Of course, these ideas and arrangements are long-term plans. The most important thing at the moment is to make every effort to eliminate Jiannu as soon as possible.

The combat plans launched in turn also reached the various combat troops, and began to actively prepare and act one after another. The purpose is very simple. Before the large-scale counterattack next winter and spring, try to weaken Jiannu as much as possible.

The war has been fought until now, which is in line with the strategies and tactics designed by Zhu Youxiao.

When two countries or two armies fight, wisdom and military use are of course very important. But in the final analysis, long-term wars still compete for resources, financial resources, manpower, technology, consumption and other factors, which are part of the comprehensive national strength.

No matter which factor is it, the Ming Dynasty will far surpass the Later Jin. As long as there is no party dispute within, there is no discord between generals and generals outside, there is sufficient food and salary, and excellent weapons, there is no reason why it cannot defeat the Later Jin.

The noose is getting tighter and tighter, and with the fortress as a stronghold, it is gradually pressing towards the Later Jin ruling region.

The Ming army in western Liaoning advanced from the mouth of Liaohe River and successively occupied Niangniang Palace, Yingkou, and Yaozhou Post; the Ming army in southern Liaoning followed the Gaizhou Guard and successively occupied Boluoguo, Tangchibao and Shimen Pass.

The two Ming troops connected the occupied land together and rushed towards the Haizhou Guard in two directions.

Although all the occupied small forts were also places where Jiannu took the initiative to abandon them. However, after consolidating defense and enhancing weapons and equipment, the defenders of 1,500 people would still become strongholds that Jiannu had to pay a great price to regain.

Nowadays, Jiannu can no longer afford to consume manpower, but the defense of the Ming army can achieve at least one-to-one casualties exchanges with sharp firearms.

Offense and defense have reached one-for-one, which is already a very powerful number. But for Jiannu, it is still not a price that can be afforded.

Jiannu also realized that the Ming Empire had to drag them down and consume them with endless manpower and massive amounts of materials.

Faced with the fortifications of the trenches that the Ming army could quickly build, even if there were no tall city walls, even if they captured the strongholds, they might obtain food and supplies, Jiannu still did not dare to act rashly after weighing the pros and cons.

The four guards in southern Liaoning have lost their third place, and the guards in Haizhou are also facing increasing military pressure. If the guards in Haizhou are lost, there will be only Anshan barrier left in Liaoyang, and Jiannu will have to withstand the advance of the Ming army if they shrink.

Tong Yangxing led 4,000 Han soldiers to defend Haizhou Affiliated City, and Yue Tuo led the red flag in Haizhou as a mobile phone. Nurhaci also wanted to use firearms to defend against the city, and then there were cavalry to restrain them to resist the Ming army.

However, the Ming army's advancement and compression was not only in southern Liaoning. The headquarters of Dongjiang also divided into two groups, one by one, using Zhenjiang as the base, successively occupying Tangzhan Fort and Dangerous Mountain Fort, and forcing into Fengcheng.

The other route was backed by the Navy and went up the Yalu River, occupying Kuan, Dadian, Yongdian, Changdian, and Xindian Wubao, approaching Jianzhouwei.

Nurhaci realized that the Ming army at the Dongjiang headquarters had received reinforcements and could not allow the Ming army to advance steadily, so he dispatched Jiergalang to lead the Zhenghong Banner. Tong Yangxing's brother Tong Yangzhen led 3,000 Han troops to reinforce the Jianzhou Wei Banner and stationed in Benxi.

At this point, although the Later Jin Dynasty adopted a strategic contraction, in the face of the Ming army's four-way siege, it had to occupy important places and open up its defensive front.

However, the Ming army in western Liaoning had not made any big moves. They were eyeing each other through Liaoze, and had to let Nurhaci station the main force of the Eight Banners in Liaoshen just in case.

Through intelligence from all parties, Nurhaci increasingly felt the increase in the strength of the Ming army. The most obvious one was the increase in the number of cavalry in the headquarters of Dongjiang.

In fact, this is not difficult to guess or judge. The Ming army in western Liaoning reoccupied Guangning and reopened the horse market of Chahar and Neikhal tribes, and could obtain horses nearby.

When going from Jinzhou to sea, whether to go to Gaizhou, Fuzhou, or through Lushun, and then transfer to Dongjiang headquarters, it is much more convenient and faster than before.

Of course, the war horses obtained by the headquarters of southern Liao and Dongjiang can only satisfy infantry riding, but there is still a gap between them and flying cavalry.

Warring horses are very expensive, and it is not easy for the emperor to spend money to buy horses in large quantities. Moreover, this is of great help to improve mobility of the Liaonan Corps and the Dongjiang Headquarters.

Riding on the road and dismounting the horse can indeed reduce the level of the war horse. The dragoon with enhanced mobility and field artillery that can be used to pull horses, the combat power of the Ming army was greatly improved.

Just as Zhu Youxiao imagined, the Ming army would not have infantry, but only infantry riding horses.

Whether it is necessary to deal with fishing and hunting nations like Jiannu or nomadic nations, an army without motivation cannot completely defeat the enemy.

The active actions of each army to defend the Ming army were beyond Nurhaci's expectations and also broke the strategic contraction of Jiannu and maintained the wishful thinking of waiting for change.

I'm afraid the Later Jin Dynasty would be completely wiped out without waiting for the Ming Dynasty to have party struggles or the chaos of civil and military officials excluding each other.

The deterioration of the situation made Nurhaci's temper become more and more irritable, and the oppression and killing of the Han people in Liaodong became more and more severe.

On the other hand, Nurhaci's madness made the situation facing the Later Jin Dynasty even worse. The Han people were unable to bear the enslavement and rose up one after another to resist.

Now, it is not an exaggeration or an exaggeration to say that the Later Jin Dynasty is on the verge of collapse.

The situation was extremely isolated and was closely surrounded and blocked by the Ming Dynasty, Mongolian tribes, and North Korea; internally there was a contradiction between the nobles' struggle for power and profit, the resistance of the Han people in Liaodong became increasingly fierce, and the ruling order was greatly damaged.

In fact, in the last few years of Nurhaci in history, the Later Jin Dynasty was in a turmoil after he was old and messed around. But compared with the present, the degree is much worse.

If we were not to destroy Jiannu as soon as possible, we would do our best to deal with the peak disaster of the Little Ice Age that was about to arrive soon.

Zhu Youxiao may also hope that the old slave would live for a few more years without any need to fight. Under the old slave's turmoil, the Later Jin Dynasty collapsed or fell into division and could not recover.

According to Zhu Youxiao's understanding of history, he believed that history was a series of vigorous measures after Huang Taiji took office and completed a key step in feudalization, which saved the fate of the Later Jin Dynasty.

That's right, the Later Jin Dynasty should be considered slavery now. The political institutions are not complete, and the Eight Banners Army is also similar to the private armed forces of the banner owners, which has great constraints on the development and growth of the Later Jin Dynasty.

The reason why he was a little afraid of Huang Taiji and spared no effort to challenge him and attack him was also due to Zhu Youxiao's analysis and judgment.

From the political, economic and military three-pronged approach, it finally forced the Later Jin to a cliff.

Its rise and fall are sudden. Many emerging forces or regimes that lack innate and lack of background cannot escape this law of rise and fall.

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The situation in the Later Jin Dynasty was becoming increasingly unfavorable. Not only the top leaders, but also the Han people at the bottom, felt it. The reason is very simple, the prices of grain continue to rise, and there are fewer and fewer on the market.

The haze began to become thicker and spread, pressing on the heads of the Later Jin rulers and the ruled.

Several families were happy and some were sad. On the contrary, the atmosphere in the Ming army-ruled areas became more and more relaxed and more cheerful.

The most obvious one is southern Liaoning. To be precise, Jinzhou and Fuzhou in southern Liaoning. Although Gaizhou has also been restored, it is on the front line and it is impossible for it to be without some tension.

Today, the left and right associations of Dongjiang Town, which were resting and training in Yongning, gathered early to welcome the envoys of the court, and respectfully received the number and military flags given by the emperor.

"Long live, long live, long live!"

When the Ming Dynasty flag of the "Sun and Moon" adorned with yellow tassels was picked up by Zhang Pan and waving in front of the army, all the officers and soldiers knelt down on one knee, shouting long live the mountain.

Most of the flags are red, and close to the flagpole is a bright yellow one, with red embroidered on it, the current number of the former Dongjiang Town Right Association "Da Ming 114 Mixed Association".

The numbers are arranged in disorder. Take Dongjiang Town as an example. Gou Zhenhuai's 117, Chen Jisheng's 124, Mao Chenglu's 113, and Dongjiang headquarters robbed the first three numbers.

In southern Liaoning, the left and right associations were divided into two mixed association numbers: 114 and 126.

As an independent combat unit, the Mixed Cooperation occupies the first word "one"; the cavalry uses battalions (three thousand people) as units, which is the number starting with the word "two"; the reserve Ming army is "three".

Zhu Youxiao is lazy and doesn't want to do it too much. This number is easier to get. Even if the unit is assigned to, it is also the result of throwing dice.

However, this kind of disruption of assignments is not in order, and does not write about a certain town, which has some profound meaning. They are all the troops of the Ming Dynasty. If they are divided into one town or another, these mixed associations will not always be organized by a certain military town.

In addition to the Panshi Mixed Association, which is the imperial name, there are five Mixed Associations in western Liaoning, southern Liaoning, and southern Liaoning, as well as Dengzhenjin Town, all with such numbers.

Whether you are confused about the number or not, this is a royal gift from the emperor, a symbol of the army, and a great favor from the emperor. The so-called flag is in the army, and the flag is lost and the army is dismissed. The military flag is gone, which means that the army has been removed.

"Long live, long live, long live!"

After another round of mountains shouted long live, Kong Youde also took over the military flag and waved it harder than Zhang Pan.

This is the number given by the emperor and the military flag given by the emperor. According to the Ministry of War, the first batch of those who obtained the mixed association number were on the Pingliao battlefield, with only 19 total.

In other words, the battle to destroy Liao and the battle to destroy slaves is the task of these nineteen mixed associations, and the glory they want to obtain.

The flag-giving ceremony did not delay for a long time, so the Qin envoy took his men away and went to Gaizhou to present flags to other troops.

"Hehe, one, two, six, is bigger than Brother Zhang's one, one, four!" Kong Youde immediately smiled and joked when he saw Zhang Pan.

Zhang Pan laughed and bowed, "Old Kong knows how to calculate, it's a happy congratulation."

Kong Youde rolled his eyes, but was not angry, and said, "I can't compare myself with Brother Zhang. I can get the top scorer when writing and arithmetic."

Zhang Pan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "I'm not kidding anymore. Since we met each other, I'll ask you about the war horse."

"The war horses are still not enough!" Kong Youde immediately looked bitter and said, "There are four associations in southern Liaoning now, and only half of the officers and soldiers will be equipped, so it will take a year or two, right?"

Zhang Pan said with a gentle head, "It may not be possible to have so many war horses in a year or two. If one or two cooperation equipment is first tight, it may be better. For example, the troops responsible for defending the city will not need so many war horses for the time being."

Kong Youde deeply agreed that among the five associations in southern Liaoning, he and Zhang Pan's troops had the most battles and had the richest experience. In the future, they would be the main force of Ping Liao, and they would have a more urgent need for war horses.

As for Xiangdeng Town, Jin Town, lacks combat experience, most of the tasks they undertake are to guard the castle.

But Kong Youde did not immediately agree. According to the combat plan, Zhang Pan's troops had completed additional training and were preparing to set off to the front line.

In other words, Zhang Pan's proposal was equivalent to passing the war horses that had been transferred to his troops.

His troops also have tasks, and will advance eastward and meet with the troops sent by the Dongjiang headquarters in Xiuyan City (Xiuyan), thus connecting the land of restoration.

From a strategic perspective, this meeting is also extremely important.

The Mingjun Group, which was scattered in two places, opened up land contact and tied together, which was not only convenient for unified command and mutual support, but also facilitated for each other. It was much more convenient than before contacting via sea.

Zhang Pan seemed to guess Kong Youde's thoughts, but he didn't say it out loud. He smiled and said, "My army has two thousand dragon cavalry, and more than a thousand horses from the artillery battalion, which is almost enough. The extra war horses should be lent to Brother Kong first. How about helping Brother Kong advance eastward to join the army?"

"This--" Kong Youde didn't expect Zhang Pan to be so generous, and was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Zhang Pan smiled and reached out to pat Kong Youde, saying, "No need to refuse, I will send someone to pick up the war horse tomorrow. Our troops will not bring so much food and supplies."

After pausing, Zhang Pan continued: "Although the Panshi Mixed Association has been formed, it still needs to be completed for a while. At least it will be fully trained in autumn. You and my two associations are now the backbone of the early action, so it is natural for them to take care of each other."
Chapter completed!