Zhu Youjian: Taizu has an order! kill!

Huang Taiji finally adopted Fan Wencheng's suggestion.

Decided to launch a general attack early tomorrow morning!

At this time, Zhang Huai on the other side of the river looked at the increasingly busy rafts on the Yalu River and felt very nervous.

He didn't know how far the Ming Dynasty's order had reached.

But he understood that this camp was reaching its limit.

Although he used various methods to deal with the Tatar offensive, the advantages and disadvantages were too great.

The most important point is that the Korean army in his hands is simply unable to fight the Tatars head-on.

As a result, he could only hold on and was unable to launch a counterattack to expand the results when the Tatars retreated.

After fighting for so long, the Tatar casualties were so small that no bones or muscles were injured at all.

Moreover, Huang Taiji is not without advisers around him, and he is probably about to figure out a way to deal with it.

There is no absolutely invincible camp in the world, and even the best defense will have flaws if used too much.

"It lasted a day and a half."

"Tomorrow morning will be the second day."

"I'm afraid I can't bear it anymore."

After a long time, Zhang Huaicai shook his head and muttered a few words in a low voice.

Judging from the current movements of the Tatars, I am afraid that the entire army will attack.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were dispatched together, and he could fill up any ditch no matter how deep it was.

Once you are trapped here, there will be no way to heaven or earth.

Although he looked like he was going to fight the Tatars in front of everyone, in the final analysis he was here for melee combat.

War merits are earned only if they are earned alive. Otherwise, what is the use of making great military exploits if they are gone?

"Go and call all the generals."

"I have arrangements."

I looked at the river and thought for a long time.

Only then did Zhang Huai call for someone to call everyone.

Since it's not a good place to stay for a long time, you need to make preparations in advance.

Soon, more than a dozen generals were sitting around Zhang Huai.

Unlike Zhang Huai who was worried, they were very excited now.

Opposite are the Tatars, who claim to be invincible in field battles, but they were so easily blocked by the Yalu River. They will have bragging rights in the future!

But soon, Zhang Huai's words made them all freeze on the spot.

"Everyone, the Tatars will definitely attack with their entire army tomorrow."

"The current position is definitely unstoppable."

"We will all die if we are surrounded."

"So this camp has to be let go tonight."

Abandon camp?

The generals around me looked at me and I looked at you, and they all didn't quite understand.

"Sir, didn't you say before that you wanted to fight the Tatars to the death in the Yalu River?"

"If we evacuate now, what will happen to the Tatars crossing the river?"

"Without the Yalu River, North Korea will be in danger."

A general couldn't help but asked in a low voice.

If you are not defending well now, why retreat?

"The Tatars have always wanted to capture us with minimal casualties."

"That's why we can use this camp to block the Tatar attack."

"But now, the Tatar army is constantly crossing the river. The defense of the camp has its limits after all, and the ammunition consumption of our artillery is very high, which is no longer enough to support the defense of the camp."

"If we lose the suppression of artillery, unless you have the strength to defeat the Tatars head-on, this will collapse sooner or later."

Zhang Huai shook his head and explained quickly.

Do you think I don’t want to continue fighting at the Yalu River?

With your fighting ability, you will probably have to lie down in a head-on battle.

The gap in strength between soldiers was too great, beyond what tactics could make up for.

"This..."

Zhang Huai's words made all these generals feel ashamed.

Although they were in a good mood, they were not so arrogant that they dared to underestimate these Tatars.

For a moment, everyone was speechless.

"Okay, don't look so grim."

"I just said we should give up the Yalu River, but I didn't say we should give up North Korea."

"By tomorrow morning, I will have fulfilled my promise to you, which is to stay here for at least two days."

"The problem right now is that the time is almost up but the news from Ming Dynasty has not come yet, so I have to prepare for the worst."

"That means holding North Korea for four days and waiting for reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty."

"Securing North Korea and defending the Yalu River are not the same thing."

"Although losing the Yalu River will make us very passive, it does not mean that we will be completely defeated."

"North Korea has two natural lines of defense. One is the Yalu River, and the other is these 100,000 mountains!"

As Zhang Huai spoke, he turned around and pointed at the mountains behind him.

In the current situation, Daming was obviously delayed.

In this case, he needs to buy more time for North Korea.

Now it is a fact that the Yalu River cannot be defended, so there is no need to dwell too much on the gains and losses here.

How to continue to defend the Tatars is the most important thing now.

"Sir, tell me what to do."

"Yes, we all believe you!"

"Yes, sir, you are better educated than us. As long as we can keep North Korea, we will listen to you."

The generals around him were a little confused, but they didn't need to understand too much.

Seeing that Zhang Huai already had a plan, he immediately expressed his stance with a smile!

They were afraid that Zhang Huai would give up North Korea. If so, they would be doomed.

After these few days of contact, they were quite convinced of Zhang Huai.

As long as Zhang Huai didn't give up, let alone give up the Yalu River, they would have no objection even if he gave up the capital.

"Okay! I'll just tell you."

"Since the Yalu River can no longer be defended, we need to build a new line of defense."

"Remember, our mission is to stall for time. The goal is to secure most of North Korea before Ming Dynasty's support comes, and to provide the possibility for Ming Dynasty army to counterattack."

"That being the case, the next plan is very simple."

"First of all, the entire army abandons the existing camp and retreats to Turtle City."

"Re-establish a defense line with Turtle City as the forward stronghold."

"Send another 20,000 people to Anqing and mobilize the people to build trenches along the river. Just like now, build them all the way up the river!"

"If Turtle City cannot be defended, we can still use this line of defense to continue delaying time."

"Then we will disperse all the dry firewood into the surrounding woods as we move out tonight."

"I will set this hundred thousand mountains on fire tonight!"

"Let the mountain buy us another day."

Zhang Huai took out the map and quickly explained his plan.

The whole plan is simple.

That is to continue setting fire to the mountains and forests!

Then retreated to Turtle City and used the city wall to resist the Tatar attack.

In short, there is only one word, that is procrastination!

As soon as the Ming Dynasty's army arrived and Huang Taiji failed to capture the town and received no supplies, he would be the one to panic!

Zhang Huai is betting now that the emperor of Ming Dynasty has already begun to take action.

Based on his understanding of the emperor, he likes to steal other people's homes when they are unprepared.

If his bet is right, even if there are no reinforcements to support North Korea at this time, as long as he can delay it for a certain period of time, Huang Taiji will still have to get out!

To put it bluntly, if there is support, it will take two to four days; if there is no support, it will take half a month to a month!

As long as he can continue to gather the North Korean army and people, he is not afraid of spending time with Huang Taiji here.

With millions of laborers, just digging trenches can make these Tatars beat up to death!