"Duduo, let me tell you these three letters of faith!"
After the generals entered the tent, Huang Taiji calmly handed the three letters from Hanerzhuang City and Xifengkou to Duoduo.
Duduo didn't talk nonsense. After taking the letter and scanning it, he was stunned, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.
"Duduo, why are you in a daze? Read it quickly!"
"You don't know how to read, do you? How about my brother helping you?"
When Amin and Mang Gurtai saw Duduo in a daze, they joked a few words and woke up Duduo.
"Great Khan, we have fallen into the Ming army's conspiracy,... please the Great Khan to withdraw our troops quickly."
Duduo spoke very quickly, and this time it was Amin and Manggurtai's turn to be in a daze.
"Is Fan Wencheng mentally ill and asking our 60,000 troops to retreat based on mere speculation? Does he know what this means?"
"Nonsense. The Great Khan trusted him and came up with some ideas. Do you really think that he is the reincarnation of Zhuge and that he has all the plans?"
"What a joke, Ming Dynasty mobilized a large army to surround us? We have 60,000 cavalry, can Ming Dynasty stop us? And where can we mobilize them from? Nine sides or a guard station?"
"Didn't Dorgon lead five thousand elites back? Let him be killed directly!"
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"Shut up, everyone!"
The audience yelled angrily, Duduo shouted angrily, and quickly read out the information about the fall of Da'ankou City and Xifengkou City.
At this moment, everyone shut up completely, and their faces really hurt from the beating.
If it were just the three thousand lone cavalrymen at Longjing Pass, then they wouldn't have to worry at all, but now two of the three retreat routes were blocked.
Eight thousand white pole soldiers and an army no weaker than the white pole soldiers guarded the pass. With their large army, it was really difficult in a short time.
Seeing that everyone had shut up, Huang Taiji said in a low voice: "Everyone, please share your opinions! Whether you want to retreat, continue to attack, or other ideas, you can express your thoughts."
Everyone, look at me and I look at you. I want to say something but don’t know where to start.
"Great Khan, the current strategy of the Ming army is very obvious, which is to surround and kill us.
In this case, there must be troops coming to reinforce D'ankou and Xifengkou, and the same is true for Longjing Pass! "
Everyone rolled their eyes and glared at the person who made the noise.
Damn it, we are not fools, we can’t even see this? Who are you insulting?
"Great Khan, there was news from Beijing yesterday that Chongzhen's son had arrived in Pinggu and wanted to lead a military expedition in person.
Pinggu is only about two hundred miles away from here. Our army made a surprise attack and captured Chongzhen's son, and the siege was gone! "
"Stupid, you still can't understand now. Chongzhen's arrival in Pinggu is just a cover to attract us to continue attacking the city. I'm sure that Chongzhen's son is not in Pinggu."
"From yesterday to now, we have attacked Zunhua City six times in total. The military supplies in Zunhua City have been almost exhausted. I estimate that we can capture Zunhua in one or two more times.
As long as we occupy Zunhua and add the military supplies looted from the surrounding areas, we can fight the Ming army for a while.
At the same time, we sent people back to Shengjing to ask for help, and the internal and external armies attacked together! "
"Use your brain, the military supplies we looted consume more energy than the Ming army outside? Shengjing sends troops to help, what if Ningyuan takes the opportunity to attack Shengjing?"
"There is another way to gather the people of the Ming Dynasty in the surrounding castles together to force the Ming army to retreat. If we are not allowed to leave, we will massacre these people!"
"Asshole, if you do this, won't all our years of efforts to be kind to the Han people be in vain? It will even arouse resistance from all the Han people in Daikin.
But, but... it's a good idea. At worst, it will just be iron-blooded suppression in the future! "
"I suggest retreating before the Ming army is completely encircled. The military supplies looted from so many castles are enough for us for two or three months.
If you continue to hesitate and wait for the army to surround you, you will be in trouble! "
"Hmph, you all have the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige. We charge with an army of 60,000 people. Who in the world can stop us?
If the Ming army dares to come, it will be like the Battle of Saarhu, destroying all their elites. Let’s see how they fight with us in the future! "
"Ajige is right. One battle will determine the outcome. If the Ming army is destroyed, the Ming Dynasty will be almost doomed!"
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Everyone was talking a lot, and most of them advocated not retreating, because there were 60,000 cavalry, and if they charged, the Ming army would definitely not be able to stop them.
This was also Huang Taiji's confidence. Therefore, after he learned the news about Fan Wencheng, he did not immediately order a retreat.
Huang Taiji glanced at everyone in the tent, and finally stopped at Mang Gurtai, who had been silent but had a sneer on his face.
"Mang Gurtai, what do you think?"
"my thoughts?"
Mang Gurtai shook his head and snorted: "Everyone, let me ask you a few questions!"
Without waiting for anyone to react, Mang Gurtai said meaningfully: "Do you really think that the rise of Dajin is all due to my own strength?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion when asked, but then fell into deep thought.
It has been nearly fifty years since Nurhachi raised his troops to conquer Jianzhou in the 11th year of Wanli.
If it were a wiser emperor, Ming Dynasty would have countless opportunities to kill Nurhachi and massacre the Jurchen clan.
The emperor was ignorant and ignored the affairs of the state, civil servants fought for power and profit, military generals were afraid of death and war, officials were corrupt, businessmen were too profitable and collaborated with the enemy, etc. Multiple reasons were added together, giving them an opportunity to take advantage of.
"Although the Ming Dynasty is now extremely corrupt, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and its background is not comparable to ours.
Don’t forget, since the Ming Dynasty dared to lay out such a plan, didn’t they take our strength into consideration?
Chongzhen killed eight major Shanxi merchants, two vassal kings, and numerous gentry and wealthy merchants in Shanxi and Shaanxi. The national treasury was at least 40 to 50 million taels.
Mobilize an army of 500,000 people. If you kill one of our sergeants, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. If you kill ten of us, you will be promoted to the general banner. Even if you die in battle, you will be given a hundred taels of silver as a pension.
Under the heavy reward, do you think the Ming army will go all out? Can we still stop it?
Even if it is blocked, how many can survive?
Contempt, luck, and lack of awe of war will sooner or later ruin one's life on the battlefield! "
After Mang Gurtai's words, everyone's expressions changed completely, but the expressions on their faces were different.
Looks of solemnity, disdain, fear, worry, unwillingness, and determination flashed across everyone's faces.
What Mang Gurtai said made sense, and everyone understood what Mang Gurtai meant by withdrawing his troops.
Huang Taiji looked at Mang Gurtai deeply and calmly, the confusion and fear in his eyes flashed away, replaced by indifference.
After a while, in the big tent, apart from Huang Taiji, Xie Tuhan, the Horqin tribe's most powerful and highest-status among the tribes, looked at Huang Taiji.
"Khan, what do you mean?"
