With only the Eight Banners troops and their strength weakened, Nurhaci really felt difficult facing the multi-point attacks of the Ming army and its allies.
After thinking for a long time, Nurhaci summoned his personal guards and ordered the second prince Amin and several trusted ministers to come and discuss the matter together.
In fact, Nurhaci had already made up his mind, which was to bluff. He claimed that he would personally lead the Beile ministers to provide assistance, but in fact, he only sent Amin with 5,000 troops to scare off Ligdan Khan and Inner Khalkha.
In Nurhaci's view, Lin Danhan was a weak person who did not dare to actually fight against the Later Jin army.
Moreover, Ligdan Khan also had concerns about annexing Inner Khalkha, and the relationship between the two tribes was not very harmonious. How strong could such a coalition with different dreams be, and how firm could it be?
If history had not changed, Nurhaci's strategy would have succeeded. Except for the fact that Manggurtai was replaced by Amin as the one leading the troops to support, the result would not have changed much.
However, Nurhaci overlooked the fact that behind Lin Danhan's internal pacification campaign was the bribery and instigation of the Ming court. Both the Chahar tribe and the Inner Khalkha were working hard for the conditions proposed by the Ming court.
Horse markets were reopened in Yixian and Guangning Tuanshan Fort, one for the Chahar tribe and one for the Inner Khalkha. After the Khorchin were conquered, the two tribes were rewarded with 5,000 and 3,000 silver coins respectively.
Zhu Youxiao, who was thousands of miles away, was furious and thought, "Even if I have to spend money, I will defeat the allies of the Later Jin Dynasty and put it into complete isolation."
On the vast grassland, the army that was sent to conquer the Khorchin tribe was marching towards them in a mighty force.
In the army, in addition to the 10,000 troops led by Sirhunakduleng, the special minister sent by Ligdan Khan, and the 6,000 cavalry composed of the five Inner Khalkha tribes, there were actually 5,000 Ming cavalry following behind.
Man Gui was ordered to lead 3,000 naturalized cavalry, Fan Hualong's 2,000 dragoons, and a baggage train of more than 500 people to join halfway, and they would become the decisive force in this expedition.
However, this information was not discovered by the Khorchin tribe, let alone Nurhaci, and the key to victory or defeat lay there.
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