Mangurtai said: "Have you visited Jierharang?"

"I've seen it." Huang Taiji nodded and said, "He was seriously injured, but he was not infected with dirty things and should be able to survive."

The Later Jin lacked good doctors as military doctors, and even more lacked medicinal materials. The trade with Hutchison has been cut off for two years, and the limited medicinal materials have basically been consumed. This thing is a complete system, and it is impossible to solve the weak national strength of the Later Jin Dynasty.

If a soldier is injured, he can only do a simple treatment, and then he will rely on willpower and vitality to withstand it. If he can't withstand it, he will be alive. If he can't withstand it, he will die. Therefore, the record of his own casualties in the old Manchu file is bullshit. In this era without antibiotics, he may not die if he is seriously injured. If he cut a light bloody hole, he may die of tetanus. How could he kill tens of thousands of Ming soldiers every time, but his own losses are insignificant?

Manguertai nodded and looked at Ningyuan City not far away.

The ground was full of traces left after the fierce battle. The grass that was more than one palm was trampled and messy, and some newly opened wheat fields were the same, and they were destroyed.

The ground was full of dead Eight Banners soldiers and the bodies of Ming soldiers. Although the Later Jin army was unfavorable in the war, it finally supported the situation, and the Ming army was still unable to come up to cut off the head.

Even so, some Jurchen soldiers in the distance still lost their heads. The Ming army fought desperately and tried to cut off their heads. It is estimated that more than a hundred Eight Banners soldiers had become headless ghosts under Ningyuan City.

The bloodstains of the beach were quite dazzling on the yellow mud floor and the turf. The broken armor and weapons were thrown on the ground, and people had no time to collect them.

Some seriously injured war horses were stabbed to death by flag kids, and then some people began to divide the horse meat. This is an important strategic resource and cannot be wasted.

Some people were picking up the human body, and the two Ming troops, more than two miles away, stood still. Many people looked at each other, obviously regretting that they could not get the head.

The Ming army was still divided into two teams, resting about half a mile away from the city. The bombardment of the Red Barbarian cannons was effective at killing between 1,000 and 1,500 meters. The Ming army's rest range was under the cover of the cannons, and was not afraid of the raids of the Eight Banners soldiers.

In the distance, some of the rangers were pulling back and forth, raising high smoke and dust. They were the cavalry sent by the two red flags. There were not many people. They just continued to cut off the connection between the Ming army and Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou directions, and continued to put pressure on the Ming army in the Ningyuan direction.

However, there were not many people, and because the previous battle was too hasty, the Eight Banners soldiers did not gain any advantage, and even the heads were cut off. This was a very heavy loss. It is estimated that there will be losses for officers below the middle level such as Melezing and others. Even Belezilharang was seriously injured. It is conceivable how much the loss will be.

With all kinds of awkward thoughts, the cavalrymen did not run very actively, they were slow, and looked quite scattered and disorderly.

Manguertai pulled a green grass on the ground and chewed it in his mouth. After a while, he said to Huang Taiji: "Old Eighth, I feel very awkward. Last year, we followed our father Khan to conquer Ming, and we drew countless forts along the way, captured countless Ming troops, and seized countless armored troops, and plundered countless Ding's mouths. Why did it be so difficult to fight this time?"

Huang Taiji looked bitter, and this question is not difficult to answer. Last year, Zhengming only pulled out many small forts, and was frustrated at Ningyuan City. After fierce battles, the generals of the Ming army gained considerable confidence. In fact, the army in the era of cold weapons still depends on the generals. In previous wars, senior generals of the Ming army had a large number of records of escape in front of the formation. In the Battle of Shaling, the Eight Banners soldiers had just set up their arrays and rushed on their wings. Zu Dashou and his subordinates immediately began to escape. In this way, even if there were loyal and brave soldiers fighting bloody battles, the morale of the entire army would inevitably collapse, the array was chaotic, and the next was a unilateral massacre.

This time, the Ming army generals were very enthusiastic and fought very resolutely. Judging from the military dispatch, they not only had the will and determination, but also had the belief to win, so the Ming army was relatively calm from top to bottom.

Judging from the armor and armor, the Liaoxi Army was worthy of being the first military town of the Ming Dynasty. Its equipment was quite gorgeous, with sufficient salary and equipment, and the generals had a large number of Needs.

Although the Ming army was generally weak, there were few auxiliary soldiers and civilians in the 60,000 army, most of which were war soldiers. Among the 60,000 people in the Later Jin Dynasty, 40,000 were flag Dings, Han Army and Baoyi, and only less than 20,000 soldiers. Judging from this result, the future situation is not optimistic.

However, Huang Taiji always felt that the Ming army was not without any obstacles.

Will, determination, the times, and the sharp firearms, they fought against the city, abandoned the Big and Big Lingbao Fort and Qiantun Youtun, and then they formed the current situation.

To put it bluntly, it was still a battle of half a defending city, and the Ming army who left the city did not dare to leave the artillery range too far.

In the earlier battle, the main force of the Ming army encountered a small number of Later Jin outposts in Tashan and did not dare to fight, and retreated after a little contact. This shows that Zu Dashou and You Shilu still have a clear idea. Although they brought more than 10,000 elite troops, they still dared not leave Ningyuan City too far...

Huang Taiji exhaled a breath of turbid air. With his perseverance and wisdom, he still had the difficulties of being entangled by the big net at this moment. He was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it was difficult to break the situation. How can he take the next step to break the embarrassing situation in the future?

Peace talk?

I never thought this was a path before. Now it seems that as long as Ming Dynasty can really negotiate peace, this is an option that can be considered seriously.

At least several years of rest and wait for the change of the situation!

"Old Eight, what should I do?" Mangguertai spit out the grass roots in his mouth, stared at Huang Taiji in contemplation, waiting for the other party to speak.

"Retreat." Huang Taiji said: "Ningyuan, Jinzhou has cannons, so this battle cannot be fought."

"Then we can't do anything to deal with western Liaoning in the future?"

"In fact, there is a way." Huang Taiji said calmly: "But it takes Dajin to have sufficient national strength to use this method. It's stupid, but useful."

Mangourtai was cruel and rude, but he grew up in the military. He learned riding horses and archery since he could walk. He began to train in the military when he was in his teens. As for the generals of the Ming army, his old military experience may not necessarily be as good as this seemingly rude and powerful Jurgent man.

When he heard Huang Taiji say this, Mangguertai narrowed his eyes and said, "Old Ba, do you mean to use a long circumference?"

"Yes." Huang Taiji said with certainty: "I have seen the setbacks in these two times. I can't fight hard anyway. The Ming army has sufficient salary and equipment, no shortage of food and grass, as well as firearms, and elite soldiers. Such city defenses will definitely not be able to fight hard. The more we fight the Ming army, the more proud our army will suffer. We can only use the long circumference. The large-scale field battle of the Ming army is still no match for me Zhushen. The only way is to surround a city with the long circumference and force them to come and fight us. "

In fact, this time when he was fighting Ning Jin, Huang Taiji also wanted to surround the points and attack the aid. Later generations thought that surround the points and attack the aid was a very profound tactical technique, but in fact, as long as the side who had the belief in winning the field would most likely use this method.

The Mongols had been very good at playing it, and the tactics of the Mongolian expedition in the west were quite skillful and sophisticated. Faced with a strong city, the Mongols were not in a hurry to attack, but instead used long-term siege to eliminate the enemies to help and eliminate the rebellious forces. At the same time, their own troops could be nomadic and rested everywhere.

If you can't fight for a while, you will wait for half a year. If you don't have half a year, it will take a year. After a long time, the soldiers guarding the city are insufficient, and their morale will fall. Then you can go down in one go.

During the Mongolian expedition to the West, it was truly annihilated countless countries. I don’t know how many cities they captured were mostly used to conquer, siege and aggression.

Faced with a real strong city, the Mongols did not have many ways. For example, in Sichuan, the Mongolian soldiers had no choice but to defend a Diaoyu City for decades, but they could not conquer it.

The same was true for Xiangyang. Before he returned to the Western Expedition, the Song army defended Xiangyang for many years, and the Mongols had no way to do it. Later, the Western Expedition received a large number of advanced military equipment, and the Huihui artillery was just one of them. After the monster upgrade, the Mongols not only used violence, but did not rely on force to conquer Xiangyang, but determined... The Mongols dug a long siege around Xiangyang, trapping Xiangyang City tightly in the Long siege. At this moment, the defending generals were completely desperate. Although there were food and grass and guards, under the premise of losing field battles, how could the troops break through the Long siege and help Xiangyang?

Xiangyang surrendered, and the Mongols gained the advantage of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and began to advance downstream. After Fan Wenhu lost the field battle, the Southern Song Dynasty had no hope.

Huang Taiji's plan is the same now. Since the strong attack cannot be done, the Ming army also relies on the city to launch small-scale counterattacks and raids. This bone is getting harder and harder to crack. Then you might as well dig a long encirclement. If it doesn't work for half a year, it's only one year. If it doesn't work for two years, it's only two years. Even if it uses this stupid method, Jinzhou will definitely be able to crack it. It's more difficult for Ningyuan. Ningyuan is too close to Shanhaiguan, rescue is too convenient, and the territory of Liaodong in the Later Jin Dynasty is too far away...

However, there is no need to consider so much for the time being, because the current power of the Later Jin Dynasty will definitely not be able to do such a thing.

In the 14th year of Chongzhen, the Ming army completely stopped the food. The 140,000 reinforcements and the elite Liaoxi Army under Zu Dashou's troops were wiped out. Before that, Huang Taiji sent Haoge and Dorgon to dig long trenches around Jinzhou, completely cutting off the connection between Jinzhou and Xingshan Tashan. It took too long that Chongzhen was worried that Jinzhou would be in trouble, so he forced Hong Chengchou to fight and was eventually defeated. Fourteen years later, the Ming Dynasty was actually considered to be a destruction of the country.

Mangourtai grinned, with no lack of ridicule, but not much malice.

He said, "Old Ba, you want to say it's better to the Han people!"

"There is no way. How can I like the Han people?" Huang Taiji explained patiently: "My Eight Banners have 60,000 digits, and the left and right wings of Mongolia and Mongolia are less than 70,000. The Ming Dynasty has a population of hundreds of millions, and hundreds of thousands will be replenished if hundreds of thousands die. Our people cannot withstand such losses..."

Huang Taiji showed a worry when he talked about this. In fact, over the years, the Jurchens have been plundering Dingkou from various tribes in the forest to supplement their losses. The Han and Mongols are also patching the Eight Banners, but the Mongols are just as unreliable as the Han people. The people who can really use it are the people in the forest. The bravery and the same Tungus customs and language are all considered to be the Jurchen lineage. When they supplement the various banners, they can quickly form a very good combat power. Their shooting skills are as good as those of the Mongols, and they are simple and fierce, and they have the advantage of being uncivilized, that is, they can quickly form combat power after training.

But now Hutchison has sent a large group of troops into the dense forests in the north. According to the information received by Huang Taiji, Hutchison soldiers were from the northern end of the Barhu Mongolia and Keqin's ranch, and went deeper through several important waterways. They now appear at the northern end of the Changbai Mountain Range, which is the territory of the Haixi Jurchens and the Duoyan three guards Fuyuwei.

Many tribes are no longer obedient, and even drive away and kill Jurchens in the dense forests in the north.

The various wards seemed to suddenly wake up from a dream. At this time, they suddenly remembered that their ancestors had received the seal from the Ming Dynasty. They were loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. These guys had completely stood aside with Hutchison, not only helped Hutchison suppress the Korqin people, but also helped Hutchison beat the Jianzhou Jurchens.
Chapter completed!