In Shengjing, Liaodong, the slave chief Huang Taiji was having a meeting with a group of his cronies in the Chongzheng Hall.
Huang Taiji said with a smile on his face: "The establishment of the Sixth Department has been decided. Next, we will discuss how to reply to Jinzhou."
It turned out that Huang Taiji, under Fan Wencheng's secret advice, took advantage of the fact that most of the masters and Baylors were not in Shengjing and agreed to Fan Wencheng's suggestion.
That is to say, the official system of the Ming Dynasty was imitated, and the ministries of official, household, ritual, military, punishment, and industry were established. The ministers of each ministry were appointed by Huang Taiji's cronies or young Jianlu leaders who were close to Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji estimated that Mang Gurtai might be the only one who opposes this matter so far. Therefore, he is not afraid that Mang Gurtai will object after returning from North Korea.
Tai's objections are useless.
The centralization of power in Jianlu, under Fan Wencheng's suggestion, was increasingly concentrated in the hands of Huang Taiji.
Everyone in the hall heard Huang Taiji talk about another meeting topic, and they all thought about how to give the Khan a suggestion.
They all know that the answer to Jinzhou's response is certain, that is, they will not send troops. But what excuse should be used to make the Horqin people feel that they really have no way to send troops is the focus of this issue.
Jierhalang, one of the Heshuo Baylors, first reported to Huang Taiji: "Great Khan, why don't you tell Jinzhou directly that Dajin has insufficient food to support them in defeating Jinzhou."
Conquering Jinzhou will not be a matter of time. Firstly, it is necessary to cut off the Ming army coming to rescue Jinzhou from the direction of Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan. Secondly, how to break through the high-walled Jinzhou City is also a difficult problem.
But no matter which one, there is a process, which requires a continuous flow of food materials from Dajin.
During the war, food supplies were consumed several times more than usual. Daikin was already short of food. If we did this, the food shortage would only become worse. Even if Jinzhou was captured, it might not be able to make up for it.
This is the main reason why Huang Taiji considered not fighting the war in Jinzhou. Of course, Jinzhou City is too strong, and it is not cost-effective to fill it with the lives of Dai Jin or Mongolians.
Huang Taiji had already regarded the Horqin army as his own flesh and blood. When he heard about the Ming army's attack on King Darhan of Horqin, he really smiled to the sky. Even the Ming army came to help him recruit the Mongols.
Hearing Jierhalang's suggestion, he shook his head without even thinking about it and said: "This method is inappropriate. If Horqin knows that we are in such a food shortage, he will have unnecessary trouble when he recruits them in the future."
Fan Wencheng nodded after hearing this and agreed with Huang Taiji's statement. He also had a suggestion, but he had been waiting for others to say it first, lest his outstanding performance would arouse the jealousy of the Jurchen nobles in the palace.
Now that he saw that Ji'erharang had already offered advice, he offered advice to Huang Taiji: "Master, can you say that the city of Jinzhou is strong, and we, Jinzhou, have no cannons, so it is not suitable to attack the city. In addition, I also made it clear to them, Master
I really can’t bear to let the Horqin people die in vain by attacking a strong city like Jinzhou.”
When Huang Taiji heard it, it made sense, so he said to Fan Wencheng: "It makes sense, let's continue."
When Fan Wencheng heard this, a charming smile appeared on his face after being praised, and he continued: "The Mongols should know that I, Dajin, are not good at attacking cities, so they can understand the reason just now. As long as we promise to induce the Ming army to fight in the future, in the future
If you avenge them in the field, maybe you will agree to withdraw."
Huang Taiji nodded, but then shook his head. He thought that the Horqin people now have two leaders, namely the two sons of King Darhan. In order to seize power, will they insist on taking back King Darhan, or will they immediately replace them?
Those tribesmen killed by the Ming army took revenge.
Huang Taiji expressed this meaning, and then added: "It is best to have another reason so that they can no longer insist on staying in Jinzhou."
The hall became quiet, everyone was thinking of ways.
Finally, it was Fan Wencheng who spoke: "Master, why don't you inform Jinzhou at the same time that the Ming army on the Denglai front line violated the Daijin border, so we have to transfer troops and horses back to Jinzhou."
After hearing this, another Heshuo Beile Abatai directly rejected Fan Wencheng's suggestion without waiting for Huang Taiji's answer: "On the Denglai front line, only Dongjiang has combat power. But everyone knows that since Mao Wenlong's death, Denglai has
It’s nothing to worry about. If I, Daikin, say that being beaten by Denglai means that I want to transfer troops and horses back to Jinzhou for such a ridiculous reason, it will really damage Daikin’s prestige.”
Abate's statement is also reasonable. If the Ming army on the Denglai front line was powerful, they would not have used all their main forces last year to bypass Mongolia and attack the pass.
The hall became quiet again, and there was no other way for a while. Seeing that no one responded, Huang Taiji thought to himself, this is what he should do.
He asked Daishan to communicate privately with the two sons of King Darhan respectively, using his power to suppress others without fear of their disapproval. After withdrawing, he would use some means to directly recruit them.
Just when Huang Taiji was about to announce this decision, military information from the front was sent, saying that the Ming army on the Denglai front line was attacking to harass the Daijin border.
Everyone in the hall looked at each other in shock when they heard that the Ming army from Denglai really came to harass the border of Daijin. This is not a made-up reason. Can it be used to retreat troops from Jinzhou?
Huang Taiji was more thoughtful than these people in the palace and immediately asked about the specific situation.
After learning that the Ming army was really just harassing and retreating at the first contact, he smiled and waved the messenger to retreat.
Denglai's combat prowess was indeed scummy. He was probably forced by the pressure from the Ming Dynasty court to send troops to show off and respond to the Jinzhou War.
Therefore, Huang Taiji decided to reply to Jinzhou based on the several reasons discussed before and the fact that Denglai had indeed sent troops, so that they could retreat as soon as possible to avoid wasting money and food.
But before he could be ordered to leave the palace, there was another urgent military situation. Everyone in the palace felt their hearts sink when they saw the nervous and flustered expression on the messenger's face.
"Reporting to the Great Khan, a team of 500 Zhenglan Banner soldiers and 1,000 Korean infantry transporting food were attacked by the Ming army forty miles east of Phoenix City. Except for 56 Zhenglan Banner soldiers who escaped, the rest
The whole army was wiped out and all the food was burned."
Huang Taiji stood up immediately after hearing this, and said in shock: "What? Say it again."
The people in the palace also looked at the messenger with shocked faces. This news was too shocking.
The messenger had no choice but to say it again, and this time he added: "The leader of the group, Jia La'er, was beheaded by the Ming army and could not escape."
Abatai didn't believe this news. Five hundred Dajin warriors were casually killed against two thousand Ming troops in a field battle, let alone one thousand North Korean infantry. How could they be defeated so miserably.
Huang Taiji knew that the messenger would not lie, so he asked in surprise: "Where did the Ming army attack you?"
"Back to the Great Khan, more than 3,000 Ming cavalry troops made a surprise attack. Their flag was the Chinese character Lu."
The Jianlu and traitors in the Chongzheng Hall looked at each other in shock. In their minds, a name they had heard before but ignored came to mind again.
Soon, Jianlu's messenger was immediately sent to Jinzhou, asking Daishan and others to return to the army. In addition, they scouted the horses and worked out the details to find out the true situation of the Denglai Ming army.