Although what Huang Taiji said was indeed reasonable, some people were reluctant.
Although Dajin’s national policy towards men is indeed to wear armor as soldiers only in war.
But things are different now. The Ming Dynasty army is pressing down on the border, seriously threatening them. If they are allowed to go back to farm at this time, and the Ming army seizes this opportunity to attack them, what should they do?
This is exactly what the old slave is worried about. Things are different now. The Ming army has taken the initiative in the war, and he can only passively defend on his own three-acre land.
The loudest rebuttal was from Mang Gurtai. He and Huang Taiji were at odds with each other, so they naturally wanted to find fault with him.
But how could a person like Huang Taiji do this on an impromptu basis?
He dared to give advice in front of so many people, so naturally he had analyzed everything.
"Father Khan, I dare to guarantee with my life that the Ming army will never send troops to attack us."
"Unless the Ming Army's secret work comes out among our senior officials in Daikin and we tip off the Ming Army, we can rest easy."
Nu'erhachi was also curious at this time, how could he have such confidence? How dare he say such a thing?
"Huang Taiji, do you know that there are no jokes in the army?"
"What's more, as the fourth beile of my big gold, your words are your seal, but you can't go back on your words."
"If you are different from what you said today, you will be held accountable. Even if you are the son of this Khan, I will not tolerate it."
Huangtai Jicheng Mansion is very deep, and he never fights uncertain battles, let alone talks nonsense.
He smiled and replied:
"Father, don't worry, I have absolute confidence that the Ming army will not make any changes."
"Then tell me why you dare to make such an assertion."
Even Nuerhachi felt that he could not understand his son at this time. He had never dared to guarantee anything before, and had always been ambiguous.
The rest of the slave-building generals also looked at this with curiosity. They had always thought Sibeile was cunning and scheming.
"Because the Ming army did not have the ability or courage to take the initiative to attack."
"Although we gained some upper hand under Liaoshen City this year, causing our Eight Banners Army to suffer frequent defeats, it was just a defensive war."
"It just stabilized the position a little and stabilized the hearts of the soldiers and people of the Ming Dynasty."
"But the example of the defeat of Sarhu was vividly placed before their eyes. The Ming army's fear of our Eight Banners Army still exists."
"And the Ming Dynasty was not peaceful either. After the young emperor ascended the throne, Xiong Tingbi began to organize the army vigorously."
"According to reliable intelligence, the little emperor even took action against Liaoyang, Shenyang, and Jiangmen merchants in northern Jinzhou."
"Especially the Li family, which has been wiped out by the little emperor. The little emperor specially ordered that Li Chengliang's grave be dug up and his body whipped. His skull was hung on the city tower. It has not been taken down yet."
"And Li Rubai was also taken to Shenyang for interrogation. No one related to the Li family was spared, in order to frighten the Liao generals."
This is a new thing. Not only Daishan and other generals who established the slaves, but also the old slaves heard about it for the first time.
Ever since Xiong Tingbi tracked down and killed all the Mongols and Jurchens in Liaoyang, Shenyang and other places, the most important source of intelligence for Lao Nu has been basically eradicated.
Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty also implemented the policy of clearing out the country. From Liaochen to Fushun, now there is no human habitation at all. They were either killed by them or moved away by Xiong Tingbi.
The reason why Huang Taiji still had a source of intelligence was that a few days ago, through a smuggling businessman, he struck up a conversation with some generals in the Liao army who had bad intentions.
After all, Zhu Youxiao is really ruthless, and he just wants to cleanse the entire Liaodong.
He personally appointed the governor of Liaodong and the councilor of Guangning, and also stationed his own troops in Shenyang.
Xiong Tingbi had great power as a manager, and basically controlled the military and political affairs. The Liao generals were panic-stricken, fearing that they would be the next ones to be purged.
Therefore, I had to find another way to find a way for myself to survive.
In their view, this glimmer of hope lies in establishing slaves.
As long as the situation in Liaodong can be restored to what it was a year ago and the Ming army becomes passive, then they will be safe.
This came as a great surprise to Huang Taiji, who wrote a personal reply to them, saying that there was no problem.
But Huang Taiji also knew at this time that he was the only one who could obtain information about Liaodong, so he had never revealed any information.
Nuerhachi didn't think much after hearing this. Now he felt a little sad.
Although Li Chengliang was his enemy, he was raised by him after all, and it was he who helped him unify Jianzhou, so he was very kind to him.
If it weren't for this kindness, he wouldn't have let Li Rubai go last time.
However, he quickly came to his senses and couldn't help but sigh:
"I didn't expect that this kid with a yellow mouth is really courageous. He actually dares to spare no effort to rectify it at such a critical moment."
"Even his grandfather, who has been the emperor for decades, doesn't dare to do this. This guy should be younger."
Then he warned:
"From now on, please don't underestimate the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This man is much stronger than his grandfather."
"We must pay attention to it, otherwise we will suffer big losses."
Nuerhachi no longer dared to look at a person based on his or her age.
After all, he suffered a lot at the hands of this little emperor. If he was a stubborn person, how could he unify the Jurchens?
The generals who established the slaves also felt that they had underestimated the enemy too much in the past.
As for Huang Taiji, he had already said that as long as Xiong Tingbi was around, he could not underestimate the enemy. Unfortunately, no one listened to him at that time.
He went on to analyze:
"Perhaps it's time to change our goals and national policies of Dajin. Since we can't conquer Liaoshen, we can't devour the Ming Dynasty's city and land."
"Then we can join forces with the Horqin tribe to go west and conquer the weak Mongols."
"Now that Lin Danhan's strength has been greatly reduced, he is already a rat on the street, and his life and death are precarious. I, Daikin, should seize this perfect opportunity and take over the grassland."
"If we, Dajin, want to continue to grow, we must also go to the Monan Grassland and annex those tribes, large and small, in order to increase our population and resources, and accumulate national strength."
"And if we can occupy the Monan grassland, we will have more options in the future. We can cross the Great Wall from the grassland, attack the borders of the Ming Dynasty, plunder their resources and population as before, and strengthen ourselves."
"We can also integrate the forces on the grassland and use them for our own advantage to jointly fight against the Ming Dynasty."
"My slave has already thought about the worst outcome. Even if the Ming Dynasty launches a large army to attack us again, we will be invincible in Jianzhou and we can retreat to the grassland calmly."
"On the grassland, we have enough time to restore our strength. Only in this way can we remain invincible."
"Only in this way will we, Dajin, be able to confront the Ming Dynasty in the future. Otherwise, it will be a dead end for us to be stuck here."