At the beginning of May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong led all the officials and generals to inspect the Sancha Pass in front of the Sancha River on the front line.

There are many waters in Liaodong, behind the Xiaoling River is the Daling River, behind the Daling River is the Sancha River, and after the Sancha River is the core hinterland of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Behind the Sancha River, there are also the Taizi River and the Hun River, these are all big rivers, and those small rivers are countless, no wonder there were very few droughts in Liaodong during the Xiaoice River period.

It is only 300 miles away from Shengjing, as long as you cross the Sancha River, the journey behind will be a flat river, without hills and mountains.

The plain area is conducive to the cavalry of the Eight Banners Army, and there is also the artillery transportation of the Tianwu Army, with hundreds of artillery pieces in hand, and the defense of rivers such as the Sancha River can no longer stop the footsteps of the Ming army.

The Battle of Daling River is a good example, hundreds of artillery pieces were mounted on the shore, directly stunned the Eight Banners Army, and the Ming army brigade crossed the pontoon bridge safely.

Ascending the Great Wall of Sanchaguan, Zhu Cihong was already sweating, he looked at it with great eyes, and muttered: "Who said that the Great Wall starts from Shanhaiguan in the east and reaches Jiayuguan in the west, and the Great Wall of Liaodong Town leads to the Yalu River!" ”

The Great Wall of Liaodong Town starts from the northwest of Shanhaiguan in the west, reaches the west bank of the Yalu River in the east, is an important part of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, there are twenty-one passes alone, and these three forks are only one of them.

At this time, Zhu Cihong stood on the city pass, followed by the generals of the Tianwu Army, Sun Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji, Cao Bianjiao, Mao Yuanyi, Li Shaoyou, Wan Junjie, Gao Bang and other division commanders and brigade commanders.

In addition, there were Fang Zhenghua, the superintendent of the army, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, Chen Xinjia, the right attendant of the military department, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, and Li Fuming, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan.

Everyone looked at the entire Liaoxi Plain from the top of the mountain, only to feel a sense of vicissitudes of life, and the army of the Ming Dynasty had not stepped into this land for more than ten years.

Zhu Cihong's heart was full of admiration, and he pointed to a fortress in the northwest and said: "It used to be a fortress built by my Ming Dynasty, but now it has become a tool for the Tartars to deal with us, and we won't fight there." ”

Everyone pricked up their ears and listened carefully, if you don't fight, where are you going to fight? After killing those five or six fortresses, and then crossing the Taizi River and the Hunhe River, you can go directly to Shengjing, isn't this the result you want!

Zhu Cihong pointed to the northeast and said: "Sixty miles away, Haizhou, Zhou Yuji led the first division of the Tianwu Army to fight down within ten days!" ”

He pointed to the east again and said, "Ninety miles away, Yaozhou, Wu Sangui led Ning Yuan's army to fight down within fifteen days, one hundred and forty miles away, Gaizhou, Li Fuming led the mountain navy to fight down within a month." ”

"The last general commands!" Zhou Yuji, Wu Sangui, and Wang Tingchen all responded happily.

Gaizhou, close to the Bohai Sea, was an important salt-producing area of the Qing Dynasty, and if it was cut off, it would have a significant impact on the economy of the Manchu Dynasty.

When marching into Liaodong, the imperial court ordered martial law on the nine borders, closing all grain and salt trade at the border gates.

Once Gaizhou is besieged by the Ming army, the Manchus will definitely go crazy, and then there will be another wave of siege and reinforcements, which will be much more comfortable.

Zhu Cihong said secretly: "There is a Tianwu army nailed to Haizhou, if the thieves want to rescue Gaizhou, they will not be able to eat and walk around, and they will shed blood and tears!" ”

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Banners hunting in Anshan Post Fort, and the city walls are covered with the elite Bayala and Ge Bush Xian soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.

A tall Ming and Huang Jiulong umbrella in the city tower is held high, and under the big umbrella, there is a big fat man of more than 200 catties, which is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Huang Taiji's body is a little weak, and I don't know why recently, he always has a nosebleed unconsciously, or the kind that takes the bowl.

Huang Taiji asked coldly: "Has the Zhu family child marched to Haizhou?" ”

Jierharang came to Huang Taiji and knelt down and said: "Back to the emperor, Prince Zhu Ming has divided his troops, attacking Haizhou all the way, Yaozhou all the way, and Gaizhou all the way, and he himself is personally leading the Tianwu army to march to Liaoyang." ”

Zilharang continued: "According to the minions' horse exploration report, after the battle of Xipingbao, the Ming army was extremely powerful, with cavalry, infantry and artillery, and a vast number of men and horses, even if the troops were divided, there were no less than 100,000 men and horses attacking Liaoyang......."

"What? The Ming army is going to attack Gaizhou? ”

Next to the Nine Dragons umbrella, a group of Qing princes and ministers, banner owners, and Gushan Ezhen were all shocked, obviously feeling that the situation was becoming more and more difficult.

After sending out the army, the defeat was repeated, if it were not for the Huang Taiji immediately retreated, the loss of the Eight Banners would be greater, and it would be broken up if it didn't hold out for a few games, the original Manchurian, Mongolian and Han twenty-four banners, now only fifteen banners remained, and there were still a few banners of the Mongols secretly calculating to break away from the Qing Dynasty.......

At this time, Huang Taiji didn't think about the matter of Gaizhou, and he repeatedly recalled the last sentence that Jierharang said: There were no less than 100,000 people attacking Liaoyang........

Huang Taiji was not afraid, and he was faintly excited in his heart, and secretly said that God will help me, and Zhu Ming'er finally miscalculated.

Seeing that the emperor didn't know what he was thinking about, there was a faint smile on his face, and the ministers only felt inexplicable, was the emperor stupid? Or are you reminiscing about the scene when you were happy with which concubine? You see the nosebleeds start to bleed again.......

"Your Majesty!" One eunuch hurriedly snorted softly, and blocked the snow-white porcelain bowl in his hand on Huang Taiji's chin, and the other eunuch quickly handed over a meticulously crafted towel.

Huang Taiji woke up and glanced at everyone, especially Dolgon, who was curious, and he said coldly: "All retreat!" ”

Everyone hurriedly retreated, everyone had different thoughts, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

Anshan post fort is also known as Anshan City, is an integral part of the defense system of the Great Wall of Liaodong, is the important place for soldiers to fight, traffic to rush, Hongwu 20 years set up post fort, Wanli six years to rebuild the bricks, the city is full of cars and horses, merchants are extremely prosperous.

Anshan Post Fort entrenched into Liaoyang important place, do not hit Anshan Station, do not want to enter Liaoyang half a step, if the Ming army wants to attack, I am afraid that the casualties will not be light, this is also the reason why Huang Taiji set up the imperial camp in Anshan Station.

Returning to the Anshan City Palace, Huang Taiji reconvened some important Qing ministers to discuss the military situation.

As the emperor's palace, the hall has been redecorated, especially the residence of the emperor Taiji, the furniture inside has been replaced by a non-falling, even the floor is covered with a thick fine wool carpet, and the four walls are full of bells and whistles tapestries, which is very exquisite.

In stark contrast, most of the people in the city live in shacks, and those with banners are better, with a small firewood courtyard or something, and those Han people live in clothes no different from ordinary refugees.

Originally, when life was difficult, the above would organize a rush into the customs, and when they came back, the lives of each family would be greatly improved.

But since Chongzhen's nine years and Chongzhen's eleventh year of two entry into the customs, not only did he not grab anything, but the Qing Dynasty also lost a lot of bannermen, and his coats and followers were used as cannon fodder to fill in.

Especially this time the Ming army took the initiative to attack, and the bannermen under the rule of the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty had to go into battle, and after a few battles, the suona of the whole village blew up, the song sounded, the cloth was covered, and the whole village waited for the food, walked, lifted, followed by a piece of white .......