The attacking army is divided into two parts, one part to attack Guangning, one part to attack Xiping Fort, which is expected by Lu Xiangsheng, including determining the focus of the attack, etc., that is to say, Ningyuan and Xiping Fort, there is a place as a key point to attack, this is understandable, the 120,000 attacking army is divided into two parts, Su Tiancheng and Lu Xiangsheng each led 60,000 people, of which Lu Xiangsheng led the Liaodong Border Army and Yulin Battalion, and Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning Battalion.

But when determining the key point, Lu Xiangsheng was a little difficult to understand, Su Tiancheng decided to take Xiping Fort as the focus of the attack, and it was the Jiangning battalion led by Su Tiancheng who attacked Xiping Fort.

Lu Xiangsheng led the Liaodong Border Army and the Yulin Battalion, the main task is to besiege Guangning City, try not to let the more than 60,000 Houjin Tartars led by Jierharang reinforce Xiping Fort, Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning Battalion soldiers, will launch a strong attack on Xiping Fort, and strive to take Xiping Fort in the shortest possible time, and then the two armies will make peace and jointly attack Guangning.

In fact, this tactical arrangement made the Liaodong Border Army and the Yulin Battalion become reserve troops in the early stage of the campaign.

However, with the development of the battle, the subsequent battles will be extremely cruel, and I am afraid that no one will be easy.

The Jiangning battalion arrived on the periphery of Xiping Fort.

The sporadic battles on the periphery have begun, these Su Tiancheng did not pay special attention, when there were still more than 20 miles away from Xiping Fort, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion began to clear the fire road piers set up by the Houjin Tartars, because of the relationship of time, the construction of these fire road piers is extremely simple, the main role is to guard and ventilate the message, in each fire road pier, the Houjin Tartars stationed, more than a dozen people, less than a few people. And when the army arrived, some of the Houjin Tartars in the fire road pier had already taken the initiative to retreat.

The scouts of the two armies also began to fight, and Liu Tiehan sent the most elite scouts to reconnoiter the situation along the road, although the battle was open. The situation near Xiping Fort has also been reconnoitred for a long time, but the war has begun, and the situation may change, and having accurate information is also beneficial to the attack of the army.

When the army was ten miles away from Xiping Fort, it was stationed.

Qu Qingze entered the Chinese military tent.

Qu Qingze also didn't understand Su Tiancheng's arrangement, the situation in the imperial court was so complicated. At this time, Su Tiancheng should have focused on preserving the strength of the Jiangning battalion, and in the last battle of Gaizhou, the Jiangning battalion suffered some losses, and the recruitment of sergeants was underway, and most of the additional recruits stayed in Fuzhou and Gaizhou.

If the Jiangning camp and the Houjin Tartars were to fight, the losses caused would be too great. Wouldn't the imperial court be even happier, since Su Tiancheng was the boss. It is entirely possible to ask the Liaodong Border Army, or even the Datong Border Army, to attack first, so that the losses will definitely be smaller.

Qu Qingze would not say such an idea, after all, the overall arrangement of the battle was Su Tiancheng's key consideration, including the replacement of the cabinet assistant in the imperial court, the secretary of the military department and others. Su Tiancheng didn't care very much, and all his thoughts were devoted to the decisive battle in Liaodong.

"Lao Qu, are you arranging me like this, it's a little incomprehensible, along the way. We see that you are all preoccupied, and if you have any thoughts, just say them. ”

"Dashuai, his subordinates do have some ideas, and it is really chilling for the court to do so."

Su Tiancheng sighed and was silent for a while before speaking.

"It is precisely because of this attitude of the imperial court, we must go all out, the decisive battle in Liaodong is very important, from the external environment, we have lost to Huang Taiji, so in terms of operational deployment, we can not have the slightest negligence, we must achieve victory, we can not preserve our strength, we must pour out the nest, do not give the Houjin Tartar any chance, from the strength of Guangning and Xiping Fort on both sides, Xiping Fort is still slightly weaker, this is also because, Xiping Fort is close to the direction of Haizhou, in case of danger, Haizhou's Dolgon, I'm afraid there will be some action, but the situation in Quang Ninh is different, and we must defend to the death, and this is exactly the opportunity we can take advantage of. ”

"What I mean by this is not that I think that the combat effectiveness of the Han Eight Banners stationed in Xiping Fort is not strong, we must not have such an understanding, through the Battle of Gaizhou, I just think that the combat effectiveness of the Han Eight Banners, especially in terms of the momentum of the desperate fight, is even stronger than the Manchu Eight Banners."

"The Han Eight Banners have not been established for a long time, and their officers and sergeants cannot enjoy any special treatment in Houjin, which is essentially different from the Manchu Eight Banners, it can be understood that the Han Eight Banners are more pure, and the idea of superior treatment and privileges can destroy many things in the army, so this battle is by no means easy."

"We must focus on relying on the artillery battalion and the Shenji battalion to minimize the casualties of the soldiers, Houjin Tatar knows that our artillery is powerful, but they don't know, our artillery skills have been greatly improved, and they can completely blow up their city walls, when they are in Liaodong, they are all involved in the attack on Dalinghe City, this time we attack Xiping Fort, we need to adopt the same tactics."

"Time is the most critical for us, Dolgon of Haizhou, will never sit idly by, south of Xiping Fort, 10,000 soldiers led by Sun Chuanting, responsible for the blocking task, they are under great pressure, but they must do a good job, resolutely block the reinforcements of the Golden Tartars, the decisive battle in Liaodong, Huang Taiji is a big bet, once they fail, whether it is national strength or morale, they will suffer a serious blow, so Huang Taiji is very high-valued."

"Such a critical battle, the first battle is very important, must be victorious, I don't want to say much in this regard, we focused our offensive on Xiping Fort, it is estimated that Huang Taiji and Jierharang did not expect, they will definitely think that we will take Quang Ninh first, and the army will then besiege Xiping Fort."

"Those bad things in the court, don't care about them now, don't be disturbed by these bad things, Lao Qu, your reminders and ideas, I am clear, the more this is the case, the more we need to concentrate, once we grasp the initiative of the decisive battle in Liaodong, those things in the court, we will naturally be able to deal with them."

"Lao Qu, there is one thing I want to remind you, and I also need to remind many soldiers, which is more important, this aspect must be clearly distinguished, we can't because of those unbelievable things done in the court, we will not attack the Houjin Tartars, and we will support the army and threaten the court, such a practice will be spurned, and it will also be nailed to historical shame."

On September 27, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Jiangning Camp was five miles away from Xiping Fort.

It was Liu Wenxiu who led the battle in the leading troops.

For the first time, Liu Wenxiu was very cautious in leading the leading troops and commanding such an important battle, although he said that there were not many Houjin Tartars in the face, and there were no Houjin Tartars in some fire road piers.

Got Su Tiancheng's great attention, Liu Wenxiu was very emotional, he was Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, he knew Zhang Xianzhong better, Zhang Xianzhong lost to Su Tiancheng, and the entire righteous army was defeated by Su Tiancheng.

After entering the Jiangning camp for so long, Liu Wenxiu finally understood what real ability was, Su Tiancheng was indeed more powerful than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others, and the Jiangning camp was by no means an ordinary army.

It is impossible to imagine that I can get to where I am today and put it in the rest of the world.

After accepting the task, Liu Wenxiu was focused on the attack, and the only regret was that in two days, he only advanced fifteen miles, which was unimaginable in previous operations.

When Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo and others went to the Zhongjun tent together, they were still discussing how to launch an attack, how to take Xiping Fort in one go, and how to exterminate the Houjin Tartars stationed in Xiping Fort.

Many officers were concentrated in the Chinese military tent.

Su Tiancheng's face was unusually serious, and the general attack was about to start the next day, although it was said that the attack began on the 25th, but the front was all paved up, and now, the Houjin Tartars stationed in Xiping Fort were also ready for everything.

"Tomorrow's attack will start from Maoshi, Qin Rui, the artillery battalion must ensure an hour's artillery attack time, and the fortifications dug out by the Houjin Tartars outside Xiping Fort will be destroyed by the artillery battalion."

"At the end of the day, the army began to charge, Liu Wenxiu, the five thousand vanguard battalion soldiers led by you, rushed to the front, you remember, the Furlong cannon must play an important role, and the flintlock pistol also needs to play an important role."

"He Renlong, you lead 10,000 soldiers, follow behind the vanguard camp, and launch a charge, but you have to remember that you must judge the situation, you are leading 10,000 cavalry soldiers, after the vanguard camp kills the bloody road, your task is to directly kill and injure the Houjin Tartars, and destroy the vitality of the Houjin Tartars."

"Di Huaixiang, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo, you led 30,000 people to launch the third round of charge, and this charge is the key to our victory."

"Sun Chuanting, Ma Xianglin, the 10,000 soldiers led by you must block the reinforcements in the direction of Haizhou, according to the intelligence of the scouts, Dolgon has already moved, reinforce the Houjin Tartars of Xiping Fort, and they will definitely meet you tomorrow."

"The remaining 5,000 soldiers, follow me as the general reserve."

"You all have to remember that the Houjin Tartars have the same calculations, they think that from the direction of Haizhou and the direction of Xiping Fort, they will attack us, so that we can fall into a heavy encirclement, because they have an absolute advantage in numbers, so tomorrow we don't care about sacrifice, our purpose is to take Xiping Fort, and do our best to exterminate the Houjin Tartars stationed in Xiping Fort." (To be continued......)