The officials of the Ming Dynasty look down on the Houjin Tartars from the bones, they all have unusual arrogance, just like a proud rooster, always holding their heads high, no matter whether they can't win others, the first thing is to have the upper hand, Dolgon doesn't understand the temperament of Chen Xinjia and others at all, and suddenly put forward his own opinion, even if his opinion is very correct, Chen Xinjia will not adopt it, not to mention that there are deep-seated reasons for this.

Chen Xinjia will not absolutely trust the Houjin Tartars, and put the Houjin Tartars in the back, because he trusts the Datong border army, after all, it is his own army, no matter how it is deployed, it is very convenient, if the Houjin Tartars are placed in front, in case Dolgon suddenly retreats because of the disadvantage of the battle, or directly leaves the battlefield, resulting in a sudden change in the battle situation, then there is no way to deal with it, after all, Chen Xinjia cannot fully control the Houjin Tartars.

It is precisely for this reason that Chen Xinjia asked the Datong border army of 50,000 people to face the Jiangning battalion first, as for whether it can achieve victory, Chen Xinjia is not sure, but he still has 50,000 Datong border troops in his hands, which can come in handy at a critical moment.

There is another point at the end, that is, if this battle is won, the main credit is still the Datong border army, that is, the imperial court has won, and the Houjin Tartars are just assisting in the battle, and there is not much major credit.

Mixed with these thoughts, Dorgon couldn't guess anyway.

In fact, Dolgon sent troops to test the combat effectiveness of the Jiangning battalion, such behavior should be encouraged, Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi did not understand, but they would not encourage such a practice. If the Datong border army sent troops to test it, they would definitely praise it greatly, and they would not forget to write down the military exploits of the officers who led the battle, such a merit should be obtained by the Datong border army, and it could not be snatched away by the Houjin Tartars.

When Dolgon left Cangzhou City. His face was pale, he really didn't understand, his suggestion was not adopted, and was unceremoniously rejected by Chen Xinjia, and Chen Xinjia's explanation was also unacceptable to him, what needs to take care of the Manchu Eight Banners, let the Datong border army charge in front, etc., this is tantamount to an insult to the Manchu Eight Banners warriors, and Dolgon who is angry. Even thinking about changing the location of the army, but such a big move, he still didn't dare to do it easily, after all, the overall campaign deployment has been formed, if the upper echelons change the order and fight separately, the following will be a mess of porridge, and when the time comes, there is no need for external forces, and they will be completely chaotic.

Dorgon felt a faint sense of unease. He does not accept such care, which is for him who has been fighting on the battlefield for a long time. is the greatest shame.

After returning to the barracks, Dolgon immediately found his staff and began to discuss secretly how to deal with the current situation, if there was a large-scale rout of the Ming army, how to deal with the Eight Banners, and so on. But the secret discussion lasted for a long time, and Dolgon finally reaped disappointment and pessimism, and he realized that Chen Xinjia was not an outstanding far-sighted commander, perhaps this time the battle. The future is not so good, I am afraid that I will have to think of a way out, if all the warriors of the Eight Banners are buried in Cangzhou or Tianjin, it will also be a heavy and huge blow to the Qing Kingdom, and even an unbearable blow.

It wasn't until dawn that Dolgon finally made up his mind to fight according to Chen Xinjia's deployment, in case the situation was uncontrollable, then he had to think about a way out of retreat and think about how to protect the warriors of the Eight Banners.

Dolgon secretly ordered his staff to refer to the map and choose the route of evacuation, and authorized the staff to send the most elite scouts to reconnoiter the situation along the road and draw a detailed map, so that it could be used back when the army retreated.

Dolgon's decision to make it, Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi are impossible to know, the so-called commander with his life, the three armies are desperate, once the commander's determination is shaken, it will be fatal for the army, Dolgon's staff will definitely not hide such a plan, and will disclose the plan to the main officers below in a limited way, so as to be prepared, this situation that cannot be disclosed publicly, the impact is very negative, the sergeants of the Eight Banners are all composed of Manchus, and there are almost no Han people, who came to Guannei, They were not used to it, and they were also full of vigilance, and when they got such news, they couldn't devote themselves to the battle, and some people even wondered if they could loot it when they left the pass, anyway, every time they entered the pass, there would be such a situation.

After Dolgon left, Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi also had an urgent discussion.

Chen Xinjia's distrust of Dolgon added a layer to the fact that the Datong Border Army and the Houjin Tartars fought together, and this way was a last resort, and no one could say how the future history would be evaluated, as the marshal Chen Xinjia was extra careful, mainly considering letting the Datong Border Army undertake more combat missions.

But since Dolgon led the army to Cangzhou, it is impossible not to use it, not to mention that the Houjin Tartars are indeed brave, to a certain extent, the Houjin Tartars are also one of the main opponents of the Jiangning battalion, if the Houjin Tartars can form a high-intensity pressure on the Jiangning battalion, this is also a great thing, after all, this battle is related to the life and death of the imperial court.

Dolgon sent an army to test the combat effectiveness of the Jiangning battalion, there are advantages and disadvantages, the biggest drawback, or Dolgon is in his own hands, how can the shrewd Chen Xinjia not know the way, this is a manifestation of Dolgon's pride and arrogance, he simply looks down on the Datong border army, and thinks that the Houjin Tartar is too strong in combat effectiveness.

Dolgon's behavior touched Chen Xinjia's bottom line, and also cast a huge shadow on this joint operation.

To tell the truth, Su Tiancheng was highly aware of the joint operation between the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars, and his attitude was much more cautious, and even asked Lu Xiangsheng to quickly lead the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion in Henan to fight in Cangzhou.

It was at this time that Chen Xinjia was actually ready to give up his own advantages, which had to be regrettable, and also lamented for the Ming court, Chen Xinjia was not a real handsome, he couldn't bear such a responsibility, looking at the entire Ming court, I'm afraid no one could take on such a responsibility, Sun Chengzong, who had passed away, was afraid that he had such ability.

The Ming court didn't notice at all that some of the handsome people in the court were slowly absorbed by Su Tiancheng and became Su Tiancheng's loyal subordinates, all serving around the Great Jin Dynasty.

Chen Xinjia put forward his own views on Dolgon's behavior, he believed that Dolgon looked down on the Datong border army, and in the process of fighting, he was afraid that he would not obey the overall and unified command, and perhaps the matter of testing the strength of the Jiangning battalion would happen soon, and if such a change suddenly occurred in the process of fighting, it would be a major blow to the entire campaign.

Wang Daozhi also agreed with Chen Xinjia's analysis, believing that Dolgon might have other measures.

The two discussed for a long time, and they didn't think of the best way to deal with it, but the two still had one thing in common, that is, Dolgon had experienced countless battles, and as a general, Dolgon was able to distinguish priorities and would not easily do things that were detrimental to the overall situation of the battle.

In fact, at this juncture, Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi can only make such a judgment to comfort themselves.

The two would never have thought that Dolgon had made preparations to retreat as soon as possible, and in the process of retreating, Dolgon would never be soft, it was the lunar month, and the people were preparing for the Spring Festival.

After the discussion, Chen Xinjia specially sent a herald to rush to the Houjin Tartar garrison again, telling Dolgon that it was better to fight according to the previous tactical arrangement, on the one hand, the time of the battle could not be dragged on too long, and it was necessary to defeat the Jiangning battalion as much as possible in the shortest possible time, and the second aspect was to fight the Jiangning battalion first, or the 50,000 Datong border army, according to the previous deployment, the Manchu Eight Banners were responsible for dividing and encircling the Jiangning battalion and cutting off the contact between the vanguard of the Jiangning battalion and the follow-up troops. Strive to kill as much vitality as possible of the Jiangning battalion.

After Dolgon learned of Chen Xinjia's final arrangement, he let out a long sigh.

He began to write a letter to Huang Taiji to report the situation, at this time, Dolgon can completely conclude that the defeat of the battle of Cangzhou is only a matter of time, there will not be much suspense, whether the warriors of the Eight Banners can be sent to death here, and they need to think of other ways out, but after this fierce battle, it is impossible for the Jiangning battalion to continue to conquer Liaodong, and the Great Qing Kingdom still has time to make sufficient preparations, as for the white flag and the inlaid white flag, they will take advantage of this opportunity to enter the customs to loot on a large scale, and the direction of Datong is very empty, From there, the army can leave Guannai and return to Shenyang.

Dolgon has seen clearly that Chen Xinjia is not an outstanding commander, not to mention compared with Huang Taiji, even compared with himself, there is a big gap, but Chen Xinjia is not a mediocre talent, and there is still something unique in his consideration.

But Chen Xinjia's talent, how can he command such a huge scale of battles, where is Su Tiancheng's opponent, Su Tiancheng has commanded countless battles, and also exterminated hundreds of thousands of rogues who gave the Ming court a headache, Su Tiancheng's subordinates are full of talents, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng and others are all famous Ming generals in the Later Jin. (To be continued......)