Chapter 653: Strategic Decisions
A few days later, Liaoyang City.
Liaoyang City is now the capital of Houjin, since Houjin captured Liaoyang, Nurhachi moved the capital here, Liaoyang City as the location of Liaodong Metropolitan Governance City, the city is thick and the city is thick, the market is prosperous, and it has great strategic value.
When Houjin, who lacked siege weapons, successfully captured Liaoyang City, which had a strong city defense, the whole army was jubilant, as if in a dream.
Nurhachi stood in front of the gate of Liaoyang City for a long time before entering the city surrounded by everyone, and the people in the city trembled and knelt on both sides of the road to meet each other under the drive of the Houjin soldiers.
After the Jin army captured Liaoyang, it burned, looted, and plundered, which made the dead bodies and blood stains on the streets when Nurhachi entered the city, and the scene that greeted him was not so much grand as gloomy and gloomy.
The people of Liaoyang City couldn't believe that Liaoyang City would be broken by the Houjin Army for a while, just two years ago, Li Hongyu beat these Jiannu and fled, and moved the capital in embarrassment, but in a blink of an eye, Jiannu actually captured Liaoyang, making them become prisoners of Ren Jiannu's slaughter.
Nurhachi set up his residence in the Yamen of Liaodong, which not only covers a vast area but also has a high city wall, so that many guards can be stationed and it is very safe to live, after all, the Ming Dynasty has been governing in Liaodong for a long time, and it is inevitable that someone will want to assassinate him.
In the morning, the Yamen of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, the conference hall.
Nurhachi convened the four major Baylors and other important officials of the Later Jin Dynasty to discuss the matter, which was the first time since the capture of Liaodong, which made the atmosphere at the scene a little dignified and tense.
"Tell me, how should we deal with Da Ming's move this time?" After glancing around at the scene, Nurhachi asked quietly, wondering what everyone thought.
The "Ming Dynasty's move this time" in Nurhachi's mouth naturally refers to the fact that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin went to North Korea, and the news that the Ming Dynasty was going to form the Korean Legion was no secret, and Seoul was recruiting officers of the Korean Legion through Wuju Enke with great fanfare.
Hearing this, the Houjin officials at the scene couldn't help but glance at each other, and no one had any intention of speaking, and they seemed to be afraid in their hearts.
The person who can make them so jealous is naturally Li Hongyu, the first battle of Tieling played Li Hongyu's prestige, so that the officials of Houjin remembered this young governor of Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty.
Now that Li Hongyu has gone to North Korea, he wants to fight Houjin with the Ming army in Liaoxi, this situation is really a headache, you must know that Li Hongyu is not such a person to deal with, and it is completely different from those Ming officials in Liaodong who were easily defeated by them.
"Father Khan, the sons think that we should take the lead and take advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty has not yet gained a firm foothold in North Korea to catch him off guard and annihilate him in North Korea in one fell swoop."
Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere at the scene was becoming more and more dull and depressing, three of the four major beylers, Beyler Manggultai, took the lead in speaking and said to Nurhachi in a deep voice.
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Nurhachi, wondering what he thought of Mang Gurtai's suggestion, Li Hongyu's trip to Korea made Houjin face the situation of being attacked on his back, and it stands to reason that he should be eliminated first.
"Sanbeile, are you willing to lead the army into the court to capture the king of Joseon?" Nurhachi took a sip of hot tea from a teacup under the gaze of everyone, and then looked at Mang Gurtai.
"This ......" Mang Gurtai was speechless when he heard this, even Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, the most capable of fighting among the four major Baylors, were defeated in the hands of Li Hongyu, how could he be Li Hongyu's opponent? It's hard to capsize in the gutter and plant in North Korea.
"Which of you would like to lead the army?" Nurhachi glanced at Mang Gultai, whose expression had become embarrassed, and then looked at everyone at the scene.
Including Dai Shan, the people present avoided Nurhachi's gaze, although now that Houjin has captured Liaodong, no one is confident that he can defeat Li Hongyu.
Although Dai Shan wanted to avenge the defeat of Tieling, he couldn't help but retreat when he was really faced with the matter of sending troops, in addition to being afraid of Li Hongyu, the depressing atmosphere on the scene also made him cowardly.
Compared with the situation of the lack of soldiers and major generals after the Battle of Sarhu, Li Hongyu can now be said to have a large number of soldiers, with more than 10,000 elite troops brought to North Korea alone, and there are naval divisions that can support the operation.
In silence, Dai Shan glanced at the four Beile Huang Taiji sitting on the seat opposite him, it stands to reason that among all the people on the scene, he and Huang Taiji are the most qualified to lead the army to attack North Korea, after all, the two are not only famous generals in Houjin but also defeated by Li Hongyu in Tieling, they must want to take revenge.
However, Huang Taiji had no intention of fighting, and sat there with a calm face with a serious expression, as if everything that happened on the scene had nothing to do with him.
"I'm afraid that the Ming Kingdom also hopes that we will attack North Korea, so that the Ming army in Liaoxi can get a chance to breathe."
Seeing that no one responded to his question, Nurhachi pondered for a while and said with a solemn expression, "Korea is mountainous, the terrain is long and narrow, and there are sea supplies, once a war with the Ming army starts in Korea, then the Ming army can take advantage of the terrain and resist stubbornly, even if it drags us to death in Korea!" ”
"Father Khan, then let's watch the Ming army operate in North Korea?" Mang Gurtai couldn't help but ask, he could hear that Nurhachi did not approve of attacking Korea.
The rest of the people looked at Nurhachi suspiciously, if Daming was allowed to act in North Korea and left it alone, then it would make Houjin suffer from the enemy, and Houjin would be in trouble at that time.
"Our strength is 'attacking', and the advantage of the Ming Dynasty is 'defending', as long as we don't take the initiative to attack North Korea, then the Ming army in North Korea will be at a disadvantage."
Nurhachi glanced around at the scene and said with a serious expression, "The Ming army has no extra troops to send to Korea, so recruiting Korean soldiers to participate in the war will not be able to pose a threat to us in a short period of time. ”
"Therefore, we must now defeat the Ming army in Liaoxi in the shortest possible time, and then we will have enough strength to deal with the threat from the direction of North Korea."
As he spoke, Nurhachi got up and came to the "Liaodong Defense Map" captured from the Liaodong Dusi hanging on the wall on the side, pointed to Guangning City and said, "Therefore, Ben Khan decided to attack the Ming army in western Liaoxi in the spring, take Guangning City in one fell swoop, and sweep away the forces of the Qingming army outside the pass!" ”
Different from Liaodong, there is only one fortified city in the western Liaoning region, while there are two in Liaoyang and Shenyang in Liaodong, so the Ming army gathered heavy troops in Guangning City, so as long as Guangning City is taken, then Liaoxi is a horse and a flat river for Houjin.
Dai Shan's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and the rest of the people also breathed a sigh of relief, if they had to choose between Liaoxi and Korea, they would rather choose to attack Liaoxi.
Although the city of Guangning in western Liaoning was fortified and the Ming army was heavily armed, after the first battle in Liaodong, the morale of the Ming army was low and the people were panicked, while the morale of the Jin army was flourishing, and they had a psychological advantage when they fought Guangning.
What is particularly important is that although Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong who guarded Guangning City, was a civilian official like Li Hongyu, his military talent was less than one-tenth of Li Hongyu's, and after taking office, he advocated taking the initiative to attack Houjin, which was at odds with Xiong Tingbi, the economic strategy of Liaodong.
Therefore, the generals of the Later Jin preferred to attack Wang Huazhen in Quang Ninh City.
Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene became relaxed as he announced the attack on the Ming army in Liaoxi, Nurhachi couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, it seems that no one present is willing to fight Li Hongyu, which means that everyone is quite jealous of Li Hongyu, and the only way to change this situation is to defeat Li Hongyu on the battlefield.
"Big Belle, Si Belle, Quang Ninh City will be attacked by the two of you."
Afterwards, Nurhachi looked at Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, and said in a deep voice, "Remember, this siege can only succeed, not fail!" ”
"The retainers obeyed." Dai Shan and Huang Taiji hurriedly got up when they heard this, bowed down and answered, the two of them were the most capable of fighting among the four major Baylors, so the heavy responsibility of attacking Guangning City naturally fell on them.
"Everyone, whether you can capture Guangning City or not is related to the fate of my Dajin, you must prepare carefully and work together to take it!" Nurhachi bowed slightly, and then said in a loud voice to everyone present.
"Obey the Great Khan's commands." The officials at the scene stood up with a hula and bowed in unison, their faces all showing excited looks, they had long been eager to attack the Ming army in Liaoxi.
After the meeting in the council chamber, Daishan was left behind by Nurhachi and followed Nurhachi to the study in the backyard.
"How is Jiang Hongli's situation now?" After taking a seat in the room, Nurhachi asked slowly as he sipped his tea.
"Hui father Khan, since he learned that his family had been killed, he seemed very excited, and wanted to kill back to North Korea to take revenge." Dai Shan bowed and replied after hearing this.
"This scholar Li is really ruthless, he not only released the families of other rebel generals to show the favor of the Ming Emperor, but also killed Jiang Hongli's family to warn those Koreans not to betray the Ming Dynasty in the future."
Nurhachi put down the teacup in his hand and said coldly to Daishan, "Since he wants to win people's hearts, then let's add some blockages to him and make him unpeaceful in North Korea." ”
"Father Khan already has a plan?" Dai Shan's eyes suddenly lit up, if he could make chaos in North Korea, then it would be of great benefit to Hou Jin.
"I heard that the reason why Jiang Hongli led the army to surrender seems to have something to do with the king of Joseon, if this matter spreads in Joseon, do you say that the throne of the king of Joseon is still secure?" A smug smile flashed across Nurhachi's lips, and he asked in a somewhat gloomy voice.
"Scholar Li of the Ming Dynasty killed Jiang Hongli's family with great fanfare, and beheaded those generals, he will definitely not tolerate the king of Joseon to collaborate with the enemy!"
Dai Shan immediately reacted when he heard this, and said with a look of surprise, Nurhachi's move can be described as killing people with a knife, and through Jiang Hongli, Li Hongyu and Li Hui fell out, and it is best to fight each other with a knife, no matter who dies, it is a good thing for Hou Jin.
"I'll leave this matter to you, and the more fierce the internal turmoil in North Korea, the better it will be for us." Nurhachi laughed and commanded.
"Father Khan, rest assured, the son will definitely handle this matter." Dai Shan nodded when he heard this, and agreed in one mouthful, with Jiang Hongli's assistance, then the king of Joseon will cause a big trouble this time.
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