The answers given by Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo represent the attitude of some Han people within Daikin.
This made Huang Taiji feel a lot more relaxed.
He was also afraid that the Han people in Dajin would betray Dajin and join the Tiger Flag after they found out about the power of the Tiger Flag.
He never thought that the bottom line of these Han people who abandoned Ming Dynasty and went to Jin Dynasty was high.
If Daikin is strong today, they will take refuge in Daikin. When others are strong tomorrow, they may turn to others.
Therefore, he both used and guarded against the Han officials within Daijin.
He used these Han ministers to divide and suppress the power of the Eight Banners to achieve his goal of seizing power as the Great Khan. At the same time, the people he truly trusted were still the Jurchens.
"There are Erbeile and tens of thousands of troops over there in Gaizhou, so they should be able to stay stable for the time being." Huang Taiji said, "When do you two gentlemen think the tiger thief will choose to attack the Ming Dynasty?"
Even the Ming court could guess what the Tiger Character Flag was doing in Xuanfu and Shandong. Huang Taiji naturally made some inferences based on the known information and concluded that the Tiger Character Flag would take action against the Ming Dynasty.
And this time the action is likely to be earth-shattering.
What Daikin has to do at this time is to take advantage of this opportunity to gain enough benefits.
"It's hard to say the exact time, but it should be soon, otherwise the tiger thieves would not send troops to restore the city." Fan Wencheng said.
In his opinion, the Tiger Character Banner stopped sending troops to Gaizhou in the north after taking Fuzhou City. The purpose revealed was obvious, which was to hold back the power of Dajin.
Huang Taiji pursed his lips and said: "I didn't expect that such a thief would actually have the momentum of a snake swallowing an elephant in just a few years. I just don't know if he was strangled to death this time or if he really swallowed the elephant of Ming Dynasty."
Huang Taiji, who said this, sounded envious and not anxious.
It has been two generations and decades since the Dajin uprising. They have only been fighting in the areas of eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning, and have never been able to break the Ming Dynasty's blockade of Dajin.
But in just a few years, Liu Heng's Tiger Banner had already captured important places such as northwest Ming Dynasty and Henan and Shandong.
If possible, he really wanted to change with that Liu Heng.
If Daikin is inside and the tiger-character flag is outside, it is impossible to say that Daikin has replaced it with the Ming Dynasty.
"I think this is where the tiger thief overestimates his capabilities." Ning Wanwo said at this time, "The tiger thief's accumulation is too small, but he uses his troops everywhere. On the one hand, he wants to deal with the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, he wants to use weapons against me, the Jin Dynasty. Even if the Tiger Thieves seem to be having a good time now, as soon as the battle situation becomes difficult, it is likely to completely collapse."
Huang Taiji nodded after hearing this.
He also felt that Liu Heng of Tiger Character Banner left too hastily and should not have provoked Da Jin when they were dealing with Ming Dynasty.
If he were in Liu Heng's position, the first thing he would do is to recruit Da Jin to deal with Daming together. After dealing with Daming, his biggest opponent, they can talk later.
It's a pity that he showed his kindness to the tiger character flag several times, but was rejected. This made him look down on Liu Heng even more, thinking that Liu Heng was too arrogant and didn't even understand the reason why Sun and Liu of the Three Kingdoms joined forces to fight against Cao.
Fan Wencheng said: "Great Khan, our Daijin must be prepared at this time. Once the tiger thieves attack the Ming Dynasty, it will be my opportunity to capture Shanhaiguan. As long as I, Daijin, occupy Shanhaiguan, even if the capital is defeated by tiger thieves, It doesn’t matter if we occupy it temporarily, for me, Daijin, Shanhaiguan is more important than the capital.”
The reason why Daikin has been blocked in Liaodong is because of the dangerous pass of Shanhaiguan.
Although Dajin can take a detour from other directions to enter the Ming Dynasty, it is too far and dangerous. Once Dajin takes a detour to enter the Ming Dynasty, an elite army appears behind it, and it is very likely to cause damage to the Ming Dynasty. Daikin caused significant damage.
Huang Taiji thought for a while and said: "Dai Shan brought tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Gaizhou. Once the tiger thieves attack the Ming Dynasty, Da Jin will not be able to send too many soldiers and horses to compete for dangerous passes like Shanhaiguan."
Even if Daikin forcibly mobilizes an army of tens of thousands of people, it will not be a problem for Daikin at all.
The reason why he said that Daikin could not provide too many troops was mainly due to the problem of food and grass, because Daijin could not support the task of two-front operations.
Moreover, once the two-front battle fails to achieve the desired results, it will only drag Daikin into the abyss.
"The direction of Gaizhou is temporarily stable. Can Erbeile send some troops back to Shengjing?" Ning Wanwo said.
Fan Wencheng on the side shook his head and retorted: "Er Beile can't move. Even though the situation in Gaizhou is stable now, no one can guarantee that the tiger thieves will not really use troops against Gaizhou after they dispatch troops and horses back to Shengjing."
After hearing this, Ning Wan and I remained silent.
He really couldn't guarantee that Fuzhou's Tiger Banner army would not actually use troops against Gaizhou.
Huang Taiji, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at the two people and said: "Once the tiger thieves really send troops to the Ming Dynasty, it will be the best time for me, Dai Jin, to take down Shanhaiguan. Although Dai Jin can send some troops Come out, but you have to know that there is the Ningjin Defense Line in front of Shanhaiguan. If you want to capture Shanhaiguan, you must first capture the Ningjin Defense Line. Daikin’s troops are simply not enough if they are too small, especially for a dangerous pass like Shanhaiguan, which can only be attacked by force. , it is difficult to capture it with confidence.”
Huang Taiji was not optimistic about taking Shanhaiguan by force.
After all, the name of the first dangerous pass is not just a word, but it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. Otherwise, no ministers in the Ming Dynasty would have said that they gave up Ningjin and only kept Shanhaiguan.
"If you want to take Shanhaiguan, you can't attack by force. You need to attack the heart first." Fan Wencheng said.
After hearing this, Huang Taiji became interested and asked curiously: "Mr. Fan, could you please explain in detail?"
Fan Wencheng thought for a moment in his heart and said: "In normal times, it is basically impossible to capture Shanhaiguan, but once the tiger bandits use troops against the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for Chongzhen to not dispatch troops and horses to King Qin, but Shandong and Henan both In the case of loss, the Ming army in Shanhaiguan and Ningjin defense lines became his first choice. Once these soldiers and horses in Liaodong left, the Ningjin defense line and Shanhaiguan would definitely have empty defenses. I, Dajin, wanted to capture Ning. The Jin defense line will be much easier."
"Where is Shanhaiguan?" Huang Taiji asked when he saw that Fan Wencheng did not mention Shanhaiguan, because he was most concerned about Shanhaiguan.
Although the Ningjin line of defense makes Daikin uncomfortable, if Daikin tries his best, it is not that he cannot win this line of defense. It is just that after taking this line of defense, the Shanhaiguan behind him will still make Daikin helpless.
Fan Wencheng said: "Don't attack Shanhaiguan by force. You can find a way to bribe the Shanhaiguan defenders. It would be better if you can persuade the defenders here on the Ningjin defense line to take the initiative to defect to Daikin. Then we can let the defenders from Ningyuan and Jinzhou return." Shanhaiguan persuades the Shanhaiguan garrison. In this way, our chances of successfully capturing Shanhaiguan will be greatly increased."
His analysis spoke deeply into Huang Taiji's heart.
Because this is also the best way for Daikin to win the Ningjin Defense Line and Shanhaiguan with the least casualties.
(End of chapter)
