The most powerful people in the Later Jin Dynasty are the four major belers, namely the Great Beler Daishan, the Two Beler Amin, the Three Beler Manguertai, and the Four Beler Huang Taiji.

Mangurtai has been abolished and it is difficult to ride a horse. He has lost the qualification to inherit the Khan position.

The second Beleahmin commanded the Lanqi, with his brother Jirgalang, had outstanding military achievements and was quite ambitious. However, from the perspective of closeness and alienation, he was Nurhaci's nephew and basically had no hope.

The Great Bellards led the two flags of Zhenghong and the red inlaid, as well as the sons Yuetuo, Shuotuo, Sahalian and others who were accustomed to fighting were strong.

Moreover, since his father Chu Ying was killed, Dorobeldudu has been following Daishan, only his horse's leader is in line. Now he is in charge of the Zhenglan Banner, and he is also considered a Daishan person.

Huang Taiji originally tried hard to show his strength, trying to put Manguertai's Zhenglan Banner under his control to strengthen his strength.

But Nurhaci handed over the broken Zhenglan banner to Dudu and the complete white banner to his youngest son Duoduo, and temporarily led by his brother Ajige.

In this way, the competitors in the Khan position have an emerging force.

Relying on Nurhaci's favor, the eldest concubine Abahai won fifteen Niulu for his second son Dorgon, while the eldest son Ajige and the younger son Duoduo shared a white flag.

But this emerging force has an obvious weakness, which is that it is too young. The oldest Azige is less than eighteen years old, while the youngest Duoduo is only nine years old. Although he is loved by Nurhaci, he is difficult to convince the public.

Huang Taiji only has the Zhengbai Banner in his hand, and his qualifications are not high, and his military achievements are not the greatest, but he is of course no exception to whoever inherits the Khan throne.

Huang Taiji was good at making friends and had close ties with young Beale such as Yuetuo, Sahalian, Jirhalang, etc. Some senior generals of the Eight Banners also admired him very much.

But none of these matters, what matters is Nurhaci's attitude.

Once, Nurhaci once asked Huang Taiji casually: "Why did Jirgalang, Degele, Yuetuo and others abandon their father and brother after the court, and just send you four Beile back home?"

This shows that Huang Taiji was cultivating his own power early, and even Nurhaci could see it. The seemingly random questions actually revealed Nurhaci's vigilance.

Perhaps, this is why Nurhaci did not increase his force to Huang Taiji, but instead gave the Blue Flag of the Inlaid Banner to Du Du and the White Flag of the Inlaid Banner to his younger son!

Huang Taiji also realized this and began to restrain himself. But as soon as Nara Zhongming came out, he immediately aroused his alert.

Perhaps the father Khan would not be deceived by this trick of disintegration. Even after Shurhazi was killed, Amin was not implicated and was still promoted to one of the four major belles, holding a banner, let alone Huang Taiji's own son?

But can other competitors in the Khan position miss this opportunity? Huang Taiji believes that even if it is not immediately, the hidden dangers will last forever and I don’t know when it will break out.

Frowning tightly, Huang Taiji paced back and forth indoors. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the conspiracy of the Ming court was too damaged, and seemed to have an intention to target him.

If you want to give Yehennara and Zhongming, can you give the more disgusting name "Die Zhongming"? It is as uncomfortable as if you eat a fly.

If any bastard came up with a plan, if he caught you, he would strangle you to death for an hour with his own hands to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Huang Taiji twitched his face twice and gritted his teeth secretly.

Before Luo Xiujin arrived, the captain of the guard came to report that the whistle cavalry had sent information, and a unit of the Dongjiang Army crossed the Yalu River and occupied the dangerous mountain fort. There were also Ming army activities on the Zhenjiang Fort River, which seemed to be attacked and seized.

Huang Taiji thought about it and waved his hand to continue surveillance and inquiries, but he had no intention of mobilizing troops.

The coastal and riverside areas are too vast, and the Later Jin Dynasty does not have so many troops to guard them. Therefore, the ten miles away from the coast, leaving only a few whistle cavalry to spy on and monitor.

Huang Taiji and Du Du were stationed in Phoenix City and Kuandi, respectively, and they did not come out as soon as they heard the police. If they were dispatched when they heard the detective, they would probably only see the back of the Ming army boarding the ship and entering the sea, and they would not be able to die!

According to the tactics formulated by the Later Jin Dynasty, after the Ming army entered deeper, they used several inland troops to launch attacks with their mobile advantages.

To put it bluntly, the Later Jin still believed that field battles were its own advantage and that the Ming army could not catch up. But in fact, the Ming army was working hard to narrow the gap, and its speed was so fast that it would be beyond the expectations of the Later Jin army.

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Although Liao Chen was already the ruling center of the Later Jin Dynasty, Jianzhou was still a place where it could not give up.

Because the city of Hetuara has extraordinary significance. Nurhaci ascended the throne of Khan and founded the country as Jin (known in history as the Later Jin), and established the capital here. Later, he moved the capital to Liaoyang, and respected Hetuara as Xingjing.

To put it bluntly, Hetuara City is the place where the dragon rises in the Later Jin Dynasty. It cannot be discarded for political significance or psychological reasons.

The Dongjiang headquarters obviously saw this and also gained experience from Mao Chenglu's long-distance raid. It began to move northward along the Yalu River, attracting and restraining the attention of Du Du's troops.

The occupation of dangerous mountain fort was a tentative action. I learned from the advancement of the Ming army in western Liaoning. The real purpose of the Dongjiang Army was Zhenjiang Fort.

Although Zhenjiang Fort had been demolished, just like Jinzhou and Dalinghe City, after receiving support from a group of new artillery and martial artillery officers, Mao Wenlong personally led a team of troops to suddenly land at night and occupied Zhenjiang Fort.

If Jiannu came to attack, the important task of defending Zhenjiang Fort would be handed over to the deputy general Chen Jisheng, and the garrison was set at 3,000, and it would be a dead soldier who would fight to the end and never retreat.

Dongjiang Town has been expanded now, and the team has reached 8,000.

In addition, Zhenjiang Fort was not big, with eight thousand people working day and night, and it took only one day and one night to complete the field fortifications around the fort. In addition, sufficient ammunition, medicine and weapons and equipment were transported into the fort.

After the work was completed, seeing that Jiannu had not been dispatched, Mao Wenlong commanded the officers and soldiers to build a circular river-shaped fortification.

According to the plan formulated in advance, this semi-circular river-shaped fortification is called the Queyue Formation.

That's right, the trench chest walls replaced the combat chariots, grenadiers and flintlock rifles replaced the strong bow and hard crossbows, and behind them were the firepower of the Jiangshang Navy to assist the battle, which was imitating Liu Yu's destruction of the Wei cavalry formation.

The Chrono Fortification is only two miles away from the circular fortifications of Zhenjiang Fort, and cannons can be used to support each other, becoming the "horn force" commonly mentioned in military books.

The obsession with Zhenjiang Fort and even the Zhenjiang area made Mao Wenlong finally make up his mind to dare to engage in a face-to-face attack and kill with Jiannu.

"Jiannu abandoned all the ten miles of the river, and even Zhenjiang Fort was not defended, so he probably wouldn't attack." Chen Jisheng wanted to make achievements in the defense of Zhenjiang Fort, which was not as good as Ning Yuan's victory, and also made Jiannu's bloody head.

Mao Wenlong held up his telescope and looked around, then put it down for a while, and said, "If he doesn't attack, we will continue to expand the occupied area and build the formation guarding the river to an unbreakable situation."

Gou Zhenhuai put down his telescope and pointed to the front and said, "Jiannu's whistle driver is annoying. I will send someone to ambush until the evening and come back tomorrow during the day to let them know that they are amazing."

"This plan is very clever." Mao Wenlong smiled and agreed.

Gou Zhenhuai smiled and said, "The news that the new Jianzhou commander Nara Zhongming stayed in Tieshan should be known to Jiannu soon?"

Mao Wenlong nodded and said, "The news has been spread. Jiannu may not pay attention to it, nor may he act rashly."

"It doesn't matter whether or not you come or kill Nara Zhongming." Gou Zhenhuai sneered and said, "Just let Jiannu know that this is the case, the more the better."

"The court——" Chen Jisheng said hesitantly: "This move may not be useful, it will be a little more trouble."

Mao Wenlong also felt it was unnecessary. Seeing that the old guy said it on his behalf, he looked at Chen Jisheng gratefully.

"It's not a problem to send more than a hundred soldiers to protect him," Gou Zhenhuai smiled faintly and said, "It's only a short-term situation. It may be of great use in the future, which is beyond our expectations."

Mao Wenlong used his eyes to signal Chen Jisheng not to ask any more questions, and then spoke about defense, which was to expose the matter.

In fact, Gou Zhenhuai didn't know all about it, but he knew that this was the emperor's meaning, so he naturally tried his best to explain that it was of great use and did not dare to doubt it.

As for the current situation, according to Gou Zhenhuai's estimate, at most two years, as long as the court can guarantee wages, weapons and ammunition, Ping Liao is very sure. As for why he wanted to create a Nara Zhongming, he also felt a little unnecessary.

Although the Later Jin still occupies most of Liaodong, the territory of the large area has become a burden. The troops are really limited and it is difficult to control them effectively.

According to the output of Liaodong at that time, it was impossible to fight, and just siege and blockade could make the Later Jin Dynasty exhausted.

Of course, the emperor has already said that natural disasters are coming, and the timetable for pacifying Liao will only last three years at most. Therefore, it is definitely not possible to consume it alone.

"The field battle still depends on the chariot formation." Chen Jisheng's words interrupted Gou Zhenhuai's thoughts, "Kong Youde, Zhang Pan and his friends defeated Jiannu with this, and General Qi also has a successful method to follow."

Mao Wenlong stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "The chariot formation alone is probably not enough, cavalry is indispensable."

Gou Zhenhuai said nothing, but the court drew a lot of war horses for the Dongjiang Army and formed horse riding musketeers. But what Mao Wenlong mentioned obviously did not refer to this kind of cavalry.

As for riding a horse and killing, if you can fight against Jiannu, it will not be possible to train in a short time. Perhaps, the Mongolian tribes can help.

With the advancement of the Ming army in western Liaoning, Huduntu also led his troops to return east, and wanted to use Yi County as a place to receive the silver for pleading and open the horse market.

The court has not yet had a clear reply to this, and Gou Zhenhuai thinks it is a good thing. Joining the Mongolians to resist the Jin Dynasty was the established strategy of the court. The return of Chahar's troops in the east could also put a lot of pressure on the Later Jin Dynasty, right?

Moreover, the area north of Yi County that the Chahar tribe occupied was not equivalent to guarding the Ming army against Jinzhou and the flanks of Daling River, which saved a lot of concerns about moving eastward?

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Different thinking angles lead to very different conclusions.

Xiong Tingbi also supported the Chahar tribe's eastward return. Of course, he would not have expected that Hudun Rabbit would not be staring at the Later Jin Dynasty, but the Khalkha tribe, and would strive to realize the dream of unifying the Mongolian tribes.

Only Emperor Zhu Youxiao could do the following. He was reluctant to reply and was worried about the problem. He wanted to find a way to avoid it.

Historically, the Later Jin Dynasty seemed to have been in stagnant for several years after Sun Cheng ruled Liaodong.

But in fact, the Later Jin conquered the Khalkha tribes several times, and obtained a large number of cattle and sheep. With the help of the gods of Hudun Rabbit, they completely eliminated the Khalkha tribes that were pro-Ming and stabilized the rear.

Now the continuous actions of the Ming army have restrained the troops of the Later Jin Dynasty, making it difficult for them to withdraw their hands to attack the Khalkha tribe.

The Chahar tribe's re-moval eastward is likely to undermine the current situation. It may cause civil unrest in the Khalkha tribe and its troops to surrender to the Later Jin; or it may not dare to compete with the Later Jin, resulting in a gap in Yixian and threatening the flanks of Jinzhou and Daling River.

Don’t think that Hu Duntu has the ambition to unify Mongolia, and is a tough guy. Historically, he was harsh on the Later Jin Dynasty, and even sent troops to reinforce the Khalkha tribe that was attacked by the Later Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, it is simply unreliable to hope that the Chaha tribe becomes a barrier to the Ming army in western Liaoning. In the battle with the Later Jin Dynasty, even the Khalkha tribe was stronger than the Huddun Rabbit.

Zhu Youxiao's deeper plan was not to hope that the Khalkha tribe could fight with the Later Jin Dynasty, but to join forces with the Khalkha tribe with the Pro-Er Jin Dynasty with the cooperation of the Ming army to attack the Khalkha tribe.

It was already dark, and Zhu Youxiao had not thought of a complete plan. He was bored and simply walked out of the warm pavilion and walked under the stars to meditate.

Before he knew it, Zhu Youxiao had already walked to the Military Affairs Office on the west side of Qianqing Gate.

The candlelight in the house is bright, and occasionally someone flashes by the window, showing that he is busy working.

"Which cabinet master is on duty today?" Zhu Youxiao asked casually.

Wang Tiqian immediately stepped forward and bowed and replied, "Go back to the emperor, it is Sun Ge's troops on duty."

Teacher Sun, I am so old that I still have to work night shifts.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and walked in.

A young edict hurried out with the document in his hand, and Wang Tiqian screamed in a sharp voice, but he did not hit the emperor.

"Long live forgiveness." Cheng Zhi was startled and hurriedly fell to his knees and apologized.

"Get up!" Zhu Youxiao's tone was calm and he raised his hand. "Go and do your business, I'll see Master Sun."

At this time, Sun Chengzong in the inner room had been alarmed and stood up to greet him, with two officials following him.

Zhu Youxiao took the lead and before Sun Chengzong could give him a complete courtesy, he spoke, "Master Sun is exempted from courtesy. You should be calm!"

"Long live yet?" Sun Chengzong insisted on giving a half-hearted salute and reached out to bring the emperor in, "But is there any important political matters to deal with?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled, walked into the inner room and sat down, stretched out his hand to signal Teacher Sun to sit down. Looking at the thick pile of documents on the table, he couldn't help but sigh, "Mr. Sun is so old that he has worked hard to be on duty at the Military Affairs Office."

Sun Chengzong bowed and said, "I am older, so I don't have to sleep too much. The word "hard work" is really a pity."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, raised his eyes and looked at the Liaodong map hanging on the wall, and then slowly said: "The Hudun Rabbit wants to return east, and it is really hard for me to decide whether to change Yi County to Ma City!"
Chapter completed!