"snort!"
Bao Chengxian snorted coldly, showing no fear of Baoke Maozhi's threat.
"Hoko-kun, if you want to evacuate, you must pass through North Korea, return to Busan City, and cross the Korean Strait.
But don’t forget, there is also Mao Wenlong’s tribe in the middle. Although the number is not as large as yours, it won’t be a big problem to stop you for a few days. When the Ming army catches up, will you be able to escape?
What Toyotomi Hideyoshi did back then, and the damage done to Ming Dynasty by Japanese pirates along the coast, do you think Ming Dynasty will let go of this opportunity to beat you up? "
After finishing fighting Fusang, Bao Chengxian looked at the Mongolian tribes again: "Tulu Baihu Khan, the most cruel person in Chongzhen is the traitor. He has said more than once that traitors will be killed without mercy.
You have betrayed the Ming Dynasty since the Tianqi period, attacked and plundered the Ming Dynasty many times, and even experienced the Battle of Longjing Pass and the wars in recent days. Do you think the Ming army will accept your surrender?
Even if you want to withdraw, where can you withdraw to? "
"Xinmin has Sun Chuanting's army of more than 40,000 guarding the ferry, and Faku has Zhu Mei's army of 30,000 guarding the Qixing Ferry. The road to retreat to the west has been cut off.
Now our every move is being monitored, but if tens of thousands of troops march north, Mingjun can still easily detect it. Will it be faster to transmit information or your army to march faster?
Zhu Mei only needs to lead his army to guard the ferry. Unless you can fly, the capital can only watch. You don't have the methods and strength of the Ming army to build a pontoon bridge. "
"So, at present, we can only win the war by joining forces. As for the losses in this war, as long as we win the war, everything will be easy to say. What do you think?"
"good!"
Listening to Bao Chengxian's words, Huang Taiji shouted in his heart. These words relieved him.
Based on Bao Chengxian's words alone, if this is defeated, Dajin will imitate Ming Dynasty in opening six cabinets, and he will be given the position of bachelor or minister no matter what.
Listening to Bao Chengxian's words, Hoshina Masayuki and Yagyu Munenomi looked at each other, both seeing the bitterness and helplessness in each other's eyes.
They had indeed decided to retreat. Of the 100,000 people who entered the court, 40,000 were directly affiliated with the shogunate. Nearly half of them were lost in the two wars.
If the entire army is wiped out and the news comes back, then the whole of Fusang will once again enter the Warring States Period where heroes are divided and ruled, and the people of Fusang will suffer.
But they also understood that Bao Chengxian was right, Ming would never let them go.
If they had known that the Ming Dynasty's Hongyi cannon could be pulled everywhere and had several types of extremely powerful explosive firearms, they would not have sent troops to kill them.
Now we are really in a dilemma.
Tulubaihu Khan had an expressionless face, and there was a delicate heart hidden under his rough appearance. Bao Cheng had already figured out the consequences of this without saying anything.
Now only the three parties can unite, and the road will end in darkness.
But the Ming army had dozens of red barbarian cannons and hundreds of explosive firearms, but apart from a small number of matchlocks, large barrels, etc., they only had bows, arrows, curved bows, and trebuchets.
The strength of the two sides is no longer on the same level. They are teenagers who have just reached the championship, while the Ming army is an adult man with a machete. There is a huge gap between the two sides.
They really couldn't imagine how they could fight this battle except for the annihilation of the whole army.
Looking at the silent crowd, Huang Taiji realized that the time had come, so he whispered: "Everyone, I was wrong just now. I used my villain's heart to seize the hearts of gentlemen. I am here to apologize to you. .”
Having said this, Huang Taiji stood up, clasped his fists towards everyone, and bowed deeply.
This move shocked everyone's hearts, and their ugly expressions softened a bit.
The great khan of a country has such a noble status. If he apologizes to them, if they continue to be ignorant, they will really have a falling out. Besides, they still need to rely on him now.
"Mr. Bao is right, anger is anger. We still need to discuss countermeasures and how to win this battle!"
"Yes, Tianconghan, tell me what you think!"
Listening to the responses of Hoshina Masayuki and Tulubaihu Khan, Huang Taiji breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "This Khan feels that he should retreat immediately, cross the Yalu River, and enter North Korea."
Without waiting for anyone to ask questions, Huang Taiji continued: "There are three reasons. First, although Liaoyang has a large amount of defense materials, we cannot defend it, even if we use Han people to hang on top of the city, we cannot defend it.
Dozens of Hongyi cannons blasted the city gate together, and the city gate could be blown open in one round. If the Ming army entered the city to fight in the streets, we would be no match.
Even if there were no Hongyi cannons, Ben Khan estimated that Chongzhen would give the order to use those cannons to attack us. If some people were killed, we would be destroyed. He didn't care.
Secondly, Xinmin Ferry and Qixing Ferry have been blocked, and tens of thousands of troops cannot hide. As long as Sun Chuanting and the others march along the Liao River opposite us, we will not be able to cross the Liao River and retreat into the grassland no matter where they are.
Xinmin City fell so quickly, there must have been large-scale explosive weapons.
Therefore, we can only retreat into North Korea and rely on the Yalu River for defense. The Yalu River is not the Liaohe River or the Hun River. The average width is about 500 meters and the depth is more than five meters.
It is about to enter the Fengshui period. The river is wider and deeper. Even if the Ming army had the method to build the bridge, it would be extremely slow and might be washed away.
Ben Khan just observed that the range of explosive firearms is only more than two hundred meters. They can't hit the other side of the Yalu River. In this way, such firearms lose their effectiveness. "
Everyone listened to Huang Taiji's analysis and thought about the feasibility.
The biggest problem in this battle is the explosive firearms. If there were no such explosive firearms and just Hongyi cannons, they really wouldn't be afraid. The Ming army should have been destroyed by now.
After a while, Hoshina Masayuki said in a deep voice: "Tian Conghan, your idea is a good one, but they also have Hongyi cannons with a range far beyond the Yalu River. Their power cannot be underestimated."
"Hoshina-kun, as long as there are no explosive firearms like that, the Hongyi Cannon will be easy to handle. The stone bullets from the Hongyi Cannon will ricochet and hurt people.
We can dig more trenches by the river, hide in the trenches, or even dig some holes to hide in. When the Ming army crosses the river, we will rush over and kill them.
Or bury more tree trunks to block bouncing stone bullets and reduce damage.
Although we can no longer use cavalry, our infantry is not bad at all. If the soldiers come into contact, all their firearms will be useless. "
Muneniki Yagyu shook his head gently, answered Masayuki Hoshina's concerns, and then continued: "North Korea is under our control, and there are many people who will dig trenches and bunkers for us, and we can build a defense line in a day or two.
If we take another step back and retreat to Pyongyang City, we can still defend Pyongyang. The surrounding area of Pyongyang City is nearly thirty miles and the city wall is about eight meters high.
There are moats on the east and south sides that can be defended, which means we only need to place heavy troops on the west and north sides.
In the northeast corner, there is a Peony Peak more than 100 meters high, with an area of 30 acres at the top. There is a military command post on top of it, Yimi Tower.
Occupying this peak, we can use trebuchets to attack downwards. The ancient city of Pyongyang is the horn of each other.
