As the Khan of the Later Jin Kingdom, what Huang Taiji needs to take into account is not the war that has just begun, but the future of the entire Later Jin Kingdom.

It can be said that although Huang Taiji's people are here, Huang Taiji's heart is filled with the entire Later Jin Kingdom.

Just a day ago, Fan Wencheng, who assisted himself in managing Dajin's internal affairs, had already brought me very unfavorable news.

As a nation on horseback, the usual way of fighting in the Later Jin Tartars was to support war.

However, the battle to attack Liaodong did not achieve the goal of fighting to support the war.

Because of the long-term robbery of the Later Jin Dynasty, and the time it took the Tiger and Leopard Army to take over Liaodong was too short. In the vast Liaodong Peninsula, there was nothing else to rob except for the large number of cattle and sheep that the Tiger and Leopard Army plundered from the Later Jin Dynasty.

In addition, this time when he attacked Liaodong, Huang Taiji transferred nearly 50,000 soldiers from the Later Jin Kingdom. The limited food that Huang Taiji had worked hard to plunder from Liaodong could not satisfy the long-term consumption of so many soldiers and the same number of war horses.

According to Fan Wencheng's report, most of the limited food he plundered from Liaodong during his entire trip to Liaodong had been consumed in a month-long battle.

If it weren't for the fact that tens of thousands of cattle and sheep had been slaughtered in the middle, the limited food might have been exhausted.

More importantly, the remaining food brought back from Liaodong, even if it is added with a certain amount of beef and mutton, can last for a month. This means that the Later Jin Kingdom must end the battle within one month. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of troops around it will fall into a dangerous situation of no food to eat and unstable morale in the army.

Some people may say that even if the food snatched from Liaodong is eaten up, Huang Taiji can also draw grain and grass from the Later Jin Dynasty, and even cattle and sheep are sent directly to the battlefield for use by the soldiers.

However, there is one thing that goes well, that is, if you are not in charge of the company, you don’t know that the food, food, oil and salt are expensive.

For a long time, the few months after winter were the weakest times in the Later Jin Kingdom.

Because in the cold winter, there will be a large number of cattle and sheep that can survive in the entire Later Jin Dynasty, and this is also the time when crops are not met. In the vast Later Jin Dynasty, many people will be frozen to death and starved to death every year at this time.

Of course, most of these people who were frozen to death and starved to death were Han slaves in the hands of the Tartars.

This leads to a phenomenon that all nomadic peoples, including the Later Jin Tartars, attacked the Central Plains just after winter every year, and plundered the wealth of the Han people in the Central Plains to supplement their losses throughout the winter.

Huang Taiji in front of him ignored him. Otherwise, he would not have made a preparation when attacking Liaodong. He directly sent a side army to enter the northern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty, plundered finances from the Han people, and increased the strength of the Later Jin Kingdom.

Therefore, although the Later Jin Kingdom, which almost reached the level of military strength, had strong military strength. However, its real national strength was exactly the opposite of military strength.

At this time when the young and old age was not in conflict, even if Huang Taiji gathered the whole country to raise food, grass, cattle and sheep, and support the battlefield, he could maintain his tens of thousands of soldiers and war horses at most, in less than a year.

However, once this happens, the Later Jin, which has no national strength, will definitely become weaker. Without four or five years, it is impossible to recover. Therefore, except for the critical moment when the Later Jin Kingdom was truly at a critical moment of life and death, Huang Taiji, as a great khan, would never give blood to the Later Jin Kingdom, which has already weak national strength, further increasing the pressure on the Later Jin Kingdom.

Facing the report from his subordinates, he thought of Fan Wencheng reminding him yesterday. Huang Taiji, who had a gloomy face, couldn't help but curse: "The Tiger and Leopard Army is too cunning. They must have seen that we have too much logistical pressure, so they acted as if they had a long confrontation with us and fought a war of attrition with us..."

Fan Wencheng replied with approval: "The Khan is right. I think we must fight quickly. Even if we can't fight quickly, we must end the battle within one month."

Huang Taiji was very clear about the meaning hidden behind this reminder. Therefore, as soon as Fan Wencheng's voice fell, Huang Taiji's voice sounded again: "I will pass on the order of this Khan. From now on, we will launch uninterrupted harassment and attack on the Tiger and Leopard Army. We must force the Tiger and Leopard Army to end the battle within one month."

In a blink of an eye, ten days passed.

During this period, the Later Jin Tartars, who had the advantage of cavalry, launched no less than a hundred tentative attacks on the Tiger and Leopard Army camp, and even several large-scale attacks mixed with Han slaves.

However, what disappointed Huang Taiji was that these attacks not only did not achieve much results, but instead caused him to lose thousands of soldiers again.

More importantly, during several large-scale attacks using Han slaves, the Tiger and Leopard Army directly used gunfire and shell explosions to tell Huang Taiji that if the Tiger and Leopard Army was forced into an urgent need, the Tiger and Leopard Army, which was in self-defense, would also shoot at the Han slaves in their hands, making the human shields in their hands useless.

Of course, among all the news, the defeat on the battlefield is not what worries Huang Taiji the most.

Just as Huang Taiji was facing the map again and fell into deep thought, the military commander Fan Wencheng walked into the military tent with a rare smile.

After seeing Huang Taiji, he directly reported: "Da Khan, I thought of a way to help Dahan solve the food for almost a month..."

Huang Taiji's eyes lit up and he subconsciously asked, "Although a month is not long, it is better than nothing. Tell Ben Khan quickly, what can I do to prevent tens of thousands of soldiers from hungry within a month?"

"Horse..." Fan Wencheng answered without thinking.

"I have been united by the slaves. The entire military camp has more than two thousand injured war horses. In addition, the crossbow horses that consign supplies and the killed war horses will definitely gain 5,000. If we kill all these horses and make them jerky, the warriors can last for an additional month. And the longer we persist here, the more chance we have to end the battle quickly."

At a critical moment, Huang Taiji issued a military order to kill horses without hesitation.

However, no matter how you raise food and quickly end the battle, it is the best way to solve this problem.

Therefore, after Fan Wencheng's report was completed, Huang Taiji shifted the topic to how to quickly solve the problem of fighting.

Facing Huang Taiji's expectant gaze at him, Fan Wencheng had to bite the bullet and speak: "Shan, judging from the attack of more than ten days, our opponents seem to have been determined to confront us for a long time. Otherwise, they would not have been sticking to the camp. No matter how we attack, they only defend and do not fight back..."

Hearing this, Huang Taiji said directly with dissatisfaction on his face: "You have made it clear to me about these things. What I want now is a solution, not your analysis of the current situation..."

If Fan Wencheng really had a solution, he would not have waited until now with Fan Wencheng's sincerity towards Huang Taiji.

Therefore, Fan Wencheng, who was stared at by Huang Taiji, could only answer with helpless expressions: "Shan, there is no good way for servants to do it?"

After saying this, Fan Wencheng could clearly see that Huang Taiji's face changed from full of expectations to despair.

Under such circumstances, in order not to make Huang Taiji lose confidence, Fan Wencheng continued to bite the bullet and said, "But, Dahan, I have an idea here, I don't know if I should say it?"

Huang Taiji replied without thinking: "The Later Jin Dynasty has reached a critical moment of life and death, so what else can I say..."

With Huang Taiji's approval, Fan Wencheng Wu gave an amazing answer: "Khan, what I want to say is that as our opponent, Wei Zheng, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Army, is a very powerful commander. He not only has many unexpected visions and strategies, but also a meticulous person. Otherwise, he could defeat us again and again with slight losses when we tried all kinds of methods and in the ten-day attack."

Hearing this, the despair on Huang Taiji's face not only did not relieve the slightest, but instead a hint of anger appeared again.

He asked Fan Wencheng with a murderous look on his face. It seemed that Fan Wencheng would not answer well in one sentence, so he cut off his head.

"Military advisor, you are increasing the ambition of others and destroying your own prestige... You think that the Later Jin Kingdom has really reached the end of its path."

Fan Wencheng quickly denied: "Khan, you misunderstood. I don't mean this? What I want to say is that if we attack for ten consecutive days, we can't do anything to the Tiger and Leopard Army. In addition, the Tiger and Leopard Army cannot defend themselves and confront us for a long time. I worry that even if we are here, we will not have any results for another ten days, one month, or even two months."

At this time, Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng, and there was no murderous aura he had just now at noon.

After some thought, he said thoughtfully: "You are quite reasonable... The Tiger and Leopard Army has already managed their military camps like a solid connection... In addition, the Tiger and Leopard Army has sufficient food and supplies, so we really can't force them to withdraw."

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji seemed to have thought of something and subconsciously asked Fan Wencheng.

"Military advisor, since you have this idea, do you already have a specific solution?"

Facing the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen looking at him, Fan Wencheng wanted to nod and give Huang Taiji a positive answer.

However, in the face of facts, Fan Wencheng had to shake his head and answer: "Shan, I have no specific solution. However, I think that since we cannot find a breakthrough to solve the problem from here, we must find a way to find a breakthrough from other places."

"Look for a breakthrough from other places?" Faced with this answer, Huang Taiji fell into deep thought.

As for Fan Wencheng, he stared at Huang Taiji and saw if Huang Taiji could come up with a specific solution.
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