"Laohamulin River, Beining Fort, Daning Fort, Aohan Left and Right Banner territories...Yiwulu Mountain, then go straight to Jinzhou!"
Huang Taiji held a candle and looked at the newly hung map in the study room on the second floor of the Phoenix Building. The area around Dayan Mountain is densely marked with the names of the Walled City and Fortress.
Azig, Dorgon, Daishan, Yuetuo, Jierhalang, Derge and other eight-eighth Beile Ye all followed Huang Taiji. Among them, Dorgon stood closest, holding a candle holder. It seems that he wants to shine a little more light on Huang Taiji.
After half a day, Huang Taiji put down the candle, clapped his hands, and exhaled thoughtfully: "First attack Daning to lure Yuan Chonghuan to go north for reinforcements, then rush to Yizhou, join Hauge's army, attack Jinzhou, break the trench wall, and in one fell swoop Rescue Amin... Zhu Youjian has gone north to the grassland, leaving only two mediocre people, Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou, who should be fooled... If the troops of the two white flags capture North Korea again... "
"Then it will be a complete victory!" Dorgon, who had just been awarded the title of General, would lead tens of thousands of troops under the Two White Flags and the Eight Korean Banners to attack North Korea. A rare red light appeared on his sallow face. Come on, he is very confident about attacking North Korea and winning!
Dorgon added: "Yang Hao left North Korea and returned to China due to illness last autumn. Although Li Xin is still in North Korea, Li Xin's prestige in North Korea cannot be compared with Yang Hao. Yang Hao has the kindness to rebuild North Korea. In one sentence Words can suppress the peace faction in North Korea. But Li Xin does not have such prestige, so once Yang Hao leaves, the peace faction in North Korea will definitely rise. If Li Xin cannot hold Hanyang and wants to move to Ganghwa Island... ...The North Koreans must be unwilling to continue fighting.”
Li Xin only had 5,000 troops. Even including the new troops he trained for North Korea, there were only 10,000 combat troops, which was no match for Dorgon. Under such circumstances, who among the two groups of powerful people in North Korea would be willing to follow Li Xin into the dark side?
Huang Taiji smiled faintly. He had lost weight, and his face that looked more energetic was also full of smiles. It seemed that he was very confident in the upcoming battle of Wuchu Yanshan.
"As long as Amin can be rescued, we can retreat to the east of the Liao River... Relying on the dangerous position of the Liao River, supporting Liaodong on the left and North Korea on the right, Goguryeo's foundation can be expected..."
Daishan smiled: "Great Khan, if we win this battle, I, the Great Jin, can use the remaining power of victory to negotiate peace with the Southern Dynasty. I believe the Southern Dynasty will also understand that there is nothing we can do about the other. Instead of endless consumption, If we go down, it’s better to negotiate a peace as early as possible, so that everyone can live a peaceful life for a few years... This is also Xianhan’s last wish!”
Huang Taiji smiled, nodded and said: "That's true. The first Khan's plan was nothing more than to establish a separate country in Liaodong. It's just that Liaodong was bitterly cold and sparsely populated, so it couldn't sustain the situation, so it had to invade the borders of the Ming Dynasty. Now the Ming Dynasty With the emergence of a king like Zhu Di, there is no profit for us if we continue to fight. We can only change the direction and go south to Korea. Therefore, this time we leave Yanshan, it will be our last westward expedition to Mingming."
Huang Taiji was a military strategist who was familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and even compared himself to Zhuge Liang. Of course, he had to avoid the unlucky number of "six outings".
Therefore, Yanshan is capped at the fifth one. There will be no more six, and we can’t afford it!
The goal of leaving Yanshan this time seems to be to save Amin. But in fact, it was to cover Dorgon's efforts to pacify North Korea and promote peace through war, and to provide some bargaining chips for the peace negotiation mission led by Xifu, Sony, and Fan Wencheng.
"Fraudulent peace" and so on are just Huang Taiji's internal explanation to appease him. In fact, he really wanted to negotiate peace. Although his military ability was not as good as Nai's father, his strategic vision was very strong. How could I not know that the national power of the Ming Dynasty has always been stronger than that of the Hou Jin Dynasty? A very important reason for the repeated defeats is that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty grew up in deep palaces and did not know much about military affairs. The civil servants in the court were all born in eight-legged essays, and they were really not good at fighting. There are many, and the ability to hold back is first-rate.
Therefore, the national power of the Ming Dynasty cannot be exerted at all in the hands of these people. It would be good if 10% can be converted into combat effectiveness.
But when Zhu Youjian, who really understood military affairs, came to power, the situation immediately changed. When the Ming Dynasty's national power came into his hands, he immediately exerted at least 30% of it - and 70% still had to deal with domestic floods, droughts, droughts, and epidemics! But just this 30% of the national power, as long as it is used on the blade, can still crush the Kingdom of Jin!
The foundation of the Great Jin Kingdom is too weak. Not to mention that they cannot afford to lose, they cannot even win a battle where the exchange ratio cannot give them the upper hand...Zhu Youjian seized on this weakness of the Great Jin Kingdom and decisively The main battlefield was transferred from Liaoxi, which was too unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty, to Yanshan.
Not only is Yanshan's terrain rugged, which is not conducive to cavalry movement, but it is also too far away from Shenyang. If Huang Taiji wants to go deeper, it will be at least more than a thousand miles! In addition, Yanshan is covered with heavy snow in winter, making it inconvenient to march and fight, which is very beneficial to the garrison. In spring, summer and autumn, many rivers in the Yanshan Mountains will become obstacles for the Jin army to advance, which is also beneficial to defense but not offensive. If the Jin army wanted to attack forcefully, they might be able to break through some castles, but the losses would definitely be unbearable for them.
For these reasons, except for the first time he left Yanshan and entered the Great Wall, during the three subsequent trips out of Yanshan, Huang Taiji did not mention the Great Wall, and even did not touch the walls of the thousands of households in Xingzhou and Huizhou that relied on the Great Wall. With.
And without being able to touch the first line of the Yanshan Great Wall, it was basically impossible to go to western Liaoning to attack Ningyuan, break through the mountains and seas, and enter Shanhaiguan in tough battles. For the Jin Kingdom with too small a population base - in the original history Above, it seems that Hou Jin's only means of conquering fortified cities in western Liaoning was a hungry meal. Dalinghe Fort relied on hungry food, Jinzhou City relied on hungry food, and Songshan City still relied on hungry food... However, by means of strong attacks, only three defeats of Ningyuan (two against Yuan Chonghuan, one against Wu Sangui) and one against Jinzhou were achieved. defeat.
With this kind of attack ability, it was indeed a mistake for the Ming Dynasty to build so many castles and garrison so many troops outside Shanhaiguan!
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Just when Huang Taiji and his confidants finally finalized the strategy of leaving Yanshan five times, the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin were entering the mountains and seas.
Before Zhu Youjian left Beijing, he issued a decree to Yuan Chonghuan, governor of Jiliao, and Shi Kefa, governor of the Eight Prefectures of Shuntian, to allow the Jianzhou delegation to enter Shanhaiguan and escort them to Beijing.
Like Huang Taiji, Zhu Youjian is actually sincere about peace.
Because the Chongzhen drought that lasted for six or seven years is getting closer and closer! Zhu Youjian really didn't have much power to use in the war with Jianzhou.
This is not an era with a relatively warm climate, but a "Little Ice Age" with increasingly cold weather. Although the black soil in the Northeast can be cultivated and there will be some harvests, in general, the value is not very high.
Otherwise, Jin would not have attacked Ming and North Korea again and again...
In comparison, Myanmar, Annam, Siam, Luzon, and Chenla in the south look more attractive.
Those places were already hot, but due to the Little Ice Age, the temperature dropped, which was conducive to development. In this era, there were several great emperors in Burma and Siam, and there were also reasons for this. The various lords in Annan could separate themselves and fight for decades or hundreds of years. This was also due to the comfortable climate and prosperous agricultural production.
Therefore, Zhu Youjian also hoped that a ten-year peace could be established in the seventh year of Chongzhen - as long as the Ming Dynasty survives these ten years, when God is willing to reward him, the destruction of Jianzhou will be a matter of one or two years.
Of course, although Zhu Youjian has sincerity for peace, he will not easily give Hou Jin a chance to recuperate for ten years... He wants Hou Jin to admit that he is the Great Khan of Mongolia or the Khan of Heaven! Because Hou Jin is now considered a member of Mongolia, holding 32 Mongolian flags in his hands.
And he would not allow Hou Jin to annex North Korea... He was not a traitor. Zhu Youjian still valued North Korea as a "loyal vassal".
