"Let me ask the Great Khan a few questions!"
"Excuse me, sir!"
Seeing Fan Wencheng's worried expression, Huang Taiji walked down from the throne.
"Great Khan, can we break through Jinning's defense line?"
The question not only confused Huang Taiji, but also other people in the hall.
Can it be broken through?
Everyone is questioning themselves.
Huang Taiji's face was gloomy. In the battle with Ningyuan, not only did he fail to defeat Ningyuan, but he killed and injured more than 17,000 elite soldiers. As a result, his father's gangrene relapsed.
"able!"
"My golden cavalry is invincible!"
After Huang Taiji thought for a while, he gritted his teeth and gave an answer.
"How long will it take? Three years, five years, or ten years? How many soldiers' flesh and blood will it take to fill it?"
The hall fell silent.
After a while, Saharian said: "Mr. Fan, we are also developing artillery. As long as we can successfully develop it, it will only take a moment to defeat Ningyuan."
PS: The research and development of Jiannu firearms had already begun in Nurhachi. Huang Taiji had been in Tiancong for five years and successfully imitated the red cannon by combining the lost wax method with cast steel cannon, and improved the quality and power of the red cannon.
"I agree with this."
Fan Wencheng nodded, then shook his head: "But what about time? In my estimation, it will take at least three to five years."
"Three years is just three years. From the time we raised our troops to now, in just over ten years, we have already swept across the land of Liaodong.
I just took this opportunity to recuperate and attack Ningyuan, which was regarded as training. "
After listening to Saharian's words, Huang Taiji's eyes narrowed and he said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty won't give us this opportunity."
After a while, Huang Taiji finally figured out why Fan Wencheng asked him if he could break through Jinning's defense line.
According to the current strength, Ningyuan City will definitely not be able to be breached in a short time.
Even if it is broken, there are still more than 200 miles of Jinning defense line, dozens of castles and the Shanhaiguan Pass at the north gate behind.
Seeing everyone's confused looks, Huang Taiji sighed.
"Even if we have artillery and are not afraid of death, it will take three to five years to break through the Guanningjin Line of Defense. Adding in the time to develop the artillery, it will take ten years."
"But according to the eunuchs that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty purged, there were not a few who confiscated their homes and exterminated their clans. It's hard to say how much gold and silver treasures could be confiscated, but based on the greed of those people, there should be at least tens of millions of taels of silver."
Having said this, Huang Taiji had a disdainful smile on his lips. He had already experienced how greedy those people were.
Hou Jinke sent a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. Shenyang and Liaoyang were captured, and the contribution of those people was not small. .
If it weren't for the greed of those people, how could they have a chance to rise as slaves?
"Coupled with the Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue of three to four million, there will be no shortage of military pay for at least three to five years.
With military pay, the Nine Borders will be stable, and the Ming Dynasty can take advantage of this time to rectify its military affairs.
While we took a break, they reorganized their military affairs. Three to five years later, the two sides are still equally powerful. "
"This still does not take into account the three capable ministers Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, and Han Huang. With their outstanding insights, they will definitely not let go of the opportunity in front of them, and they will definitely vigorously rectify the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
The death of Wei Zhongxian greatly inspired the people of the Ming Dynasty. Coupled with the diligence of the emperor and the rectification of Sun Chengzong and others, the Ming Dynasty may really be rejuvenated. By then..."
The meaning behind the words was obvious.
Everyone was suddenly enlightened, looking at the message sent back in their hands and the Ming Emperor's piece of something similar to an 'exhortation', their faces became a little ugly.
Yue Tuo's face was gloomy and he said in a low voice: "Are we just going to watch them grow? Are all our efforts in vain?"
Although Huang Taiji's face was ugly, he could still control his emotions. He took a deep breath and held his hands towards Fan Wencheng: "Please teach me, sir!"
"Sweat!"
"Khan, how could you..."
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Everyone in the hall screamed when they saw Huang Taiji saluting Fan Wencheng, but before they could finish speaking, they were stared back by Huang Taiji's cold eyes.
"Please Mr. Fan teach me!"
Fan Wencheng sighed when he saw this.
I thought that the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty was approaching and the rise of the Jin Dynasty was imminent. I took the initiative to join the Jin Dynasty before it fully rose to seek a better future.
Who knew that the new emperor would move so quickly and turn the situation around abruptly.
The future has become unpredictable.
Speaking of discomfort, no one in the hall felt more uncomfortable than him.
Over in the Ming Dynasty, his reputation was already extremely bad. If his ancestor had not been Duke Fan Wenzheng, even this ancestral grave might have been dug up.
Ming Dynasty has no way to go back, and now it can only go to the dark side. Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng's face suddenly turned upside down and he looked at Huang Taiji.
"Khan, do you have a map?"
Huang Taiji immediately waved his hand, and a huge map was hung up in a moment.
Fan Wencheng walked to the map and held an exquisite stick: "Khan, there is no way to solve this problem!"
“The Jinning line of defense is a deep strategy, nearly four hundred miles long, the widest point is only more than twenty miles, and the narrowest point is only a few miles. Castles have been built. If we want to attack, we can only bulldoze the castles one by one. "
Looking at the ugly expressions on everyone's faces, Fan Wencheng continued: "The Jinning Line of Defense is undoubtedly powerful in terms of defense, but it is also the most undesirable.
It is nearly four hundred miles deep, with more than a hundred castles, large and small, and hundreds of thousands of troops stationed there.
The food, drink, sleep, weapons, armor, etc. all require a lot of money and food to support. "
"The military pay in the forty-eighth year of Wanli was more than five million taels. As far as I know, from the forty-eighth year of Wanli to this year, the military pay in Liaodong has been getting higher year by year.
I have calculated that since I raised my army in Dajin, the military pay of Liaodong has been increasing at a rate of 20% every year. "
Hearing this, Huang Taiji thought thoughtfully: "Sir, what you mean is that even if Ningyuan cannot be attacked, we will attack it.
As long as there is a war, Liaodong's military expenditures will continue to increase. It is impossible to support the military expenditures of the nine sides just by relying on the money from confiscating homes.
By using the speed of the cavalry and consuming the number of their artillery, as long as the artillery can't keep up, Ningyuan can be defeated. It all depends on our speed. "
Having said this, Huang Taiji sighed: "This is the last resort. If you have to, don't use it if you can!"
After hearing this, Fan Wencheng nodded secretly: "Khan, this is just one of them."
"The route to attack the Ming Dynasty is not limited to the Jinning defense line."
Then he pointed at the left and right sides of the Jinning Defense Line with a stick: "The left side of the Jinning Defense Line is the Mongolian tribes, and the right side is the Denglai Navy."
"It seems that attacking by sea on the Bohai Sea is not feasible for the time being. First of all, our combat power is strong because of the cavalry. They are not good at sea battles and most of them are seasick. Taking the water route will greatly damage our combat power.
Secondly, we have no experience in landing battles;
Third, Mao Wenlong's tribe entrenched in Pi Island can sneak attack our warships at any time, and we can't guard against it. Overall, the water route is not feasible. "
"Then only the Mongolian tribes on the left are left."
