On the day of departure, Su Tiancheng received a secret letter from Qu Qingze, and learned that Zhang Fengyi was ready to lead the army to Xuanzhou, for Zhang Fengyi's decision, Su Tiancheng was very pleased, which shows that Zhang Fengyi is still focused on the overall situation, anyway, the army is in front of the expedition, and there can be no problems in the rear, otherwise it will be difficult to stabilize the army's heart, Su Tiancheng also sighed a little, speaking of Zhu Youzhen, there are still many good ministers, but unfortunately Zhu Youzhen is not capable of commanding, I don't know how to use people's strengths. As for Wu Sangui, for historical reasons, Su Tiancheng has never been particularly trusted, and now that Wu Sangui has made such a choice, Su Tiancheng doesn't want to do too much, after thinking about it a little, he replied to Qu Qingze, two opinions, one is that Zhang Fengyi led the army to leave Dengzhou, this responsibility is completely borne by him, which means that Zhang Fengyi was forced to leave, and the governor's mansion gave Zhang Fengyi a certain grain and grass subsidy, and the other is to let Wu Sangui follow Zhang Fengyi to leave and go to Xuanzhou, Su Tiancheng is clear, It is impossible for him to reuse Wu Sangui, but there is no reason to kill Wu Sangui at present, so he simply asked Wu Sangui to follow Zhang Fengyi, handed over this trouble to Zhang Fengyi, and gave Zhang Fengyi a headache, Su Tiancheng has sufficient self-confidence, even if Wu Sangui wants to mess around in the future, it will be easy to clean up, there is no place for Wu Sangui in Liaodong, as a pure general, Wu Sangui has no army in his hands, and it is too difficult to think about mixing the sun and the moon in the imperial court.

The matter of Dengzhou has come to an end for the time being, Qu Qingze's handling of it like this makes Su Tiancheng very satisfied, once the army led by Zhang Fengyi leaves Dengzhou and goes to Xuanzhou, Qu Qingze will also take a boat to Liaodong to make peace with Su Tiancheng, as for the matters of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou. Hong Chengchou is fully responsible, Sun Yuankun can also deal with it, and there are 20,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers left in Dengzhou and other places, which is enough to protect safety.

Hong Chengchou was still a little reluctant to stay in Gaizhou, but the battle was deployed like this. Hong Chengchou must be obeyed, the 30,000 army faces more than 100,000 Houjin Tartars, and the defense task is extremely arduous, Hong Chengchou knows that except for himself, it is impossible for anyone else to undertake this task.

Before boarding the ship, Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou talked at the dock and watched the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion board the ship.

"Lord Hong, the task of guarding Gaizhou and other places. It's quite arduous, I've already said it, as a last resort, you can give up Gaizhou, and take preserving strength as the first priority, the 30,000 army led by Zhang Fengyi is about to enter Xuanzhou, and Dolgon has to be taboo. But Fuzhou must be defended, and the situation in Gaizhou and other places is tense at a moment. It should be the moment when the Japanese attack Korea, I can almost conclude that this is the offensive strategy arranged by Huang Taiji, and it is part of the operational deployment of the Houjin Tatars, whose ability to attack the city is weak, and your main task. That is, to defend the city. ”

"Dashuai, the subordinates understand, and the subordinates feel that at a very moment, can Zhang Fengyi's army be mobilized. The subordinates still have some worries, if the subordinates fight in front, Zhang Fengyi will take the opportunity to occupy Fuzhou and Xuanzhou, which will also be a big trouble. ”

"I have thought of this, the probability of such a possibility is not large, since Zhang Fengyi can go to Xuanzhou, it means that he still takes into account the overall situation, thinking of the fight between my Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Tartars, if at such a critical moment, take advantage of the troubled waters to fish, I am afraid that I will become a sinner through the ages, and I will be spurned, you and I are both scholars, reputation is crucial, as for the extraordinary moment, the dispatch of the army led by Zhang Fengyi, the possibility is not very large, don't have such hope, Zhang Fengyi led the army to Xuanzhou, There must be a turmoil in the imperial court, and we can't rely on these 30,000 troops. ”

"My subordinates know that the commander is leading the army to conquer Liaodong, so you must take care of it."

"Well, you also have to pay more attention, if the Liaodong battle can be won as soon as possible, the situation will be a decisive reversal, but I already have a hunch that this time the fight will be particularly cruel, Huang Taiji will never allow Liaodong to lose, I am afraid that when the time comes, I will do his best to protect Liaodong, on the surface, the battle of Liaodong only involves Guangning, Xipingbao and Montenegro and other places, in fact, it may cause fluctuations in the grassland, and even become a decisive battle between my Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Tartars."

"My subordinates also think so, once our army occupies Guangning and Xiping Fort and enters the Liao River, Shenyang will suffer a huge threat, and Huang Taiji will not be at ease."

"This is very natural, but there is one thing, I also want to tell you in advance, after the Liaodong Campaign, I considered that the army would temporarily rest for a period of time and would not continue to attack, in fact, I was also very uncomfortable when I made such a decision, but our rear is unstable, there is no way, after the Liaodong Campaign, we must spare our energy to stabilize our rear."

Bi Maokang, Luo Chang, Liu Shiliang, Ma Huabiao and others all stayed in Gaizhou, Sun Chuanting, Liu Tiehan, He Renlong, Ma Xianglin, Qin Rui, Di Huaixiang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo and others, followed Su Tiancheng to conquer Liaodong, such an arrangement is also the result of Su Tiancheng's discussion with Hong Chengchou, Luo Chang and others, they are not young, they belong to the elders of the Jiangning battalion, they are calm and low-key, and they are the most suitable to undertake the task of defense.

The departure of the army to Liaodong was an extremely secret action, all of which were carried out at night, and all the soldiers boarded the ship at one time, and all the sailors of the Jiangning battalion were dispatched to ensure the success of this transportation. Su Tiancheng's plan time is five days, in fact, from Gaizhou to Jinzhou, the voyage by sea does not need to be so long, Su Tiancheng reserved some sufficient time, the focus is to ensure the consistency of the attack, and the Liaodong border army must also be prepared.

Once the officers and men of the Jiangning Battalion arrived in Jinzhou, they were about to launch an attack, and they would not be deployed again during this period, in order to gain time.

Montenegro was occupied by the Liaodong border army, Su Tiancheng's plan, the army was divided into two routes, attacking Guangning and Xiping Fort at the same time, the focus of the attack was Guangning, Jierharang was personally stationed in Guangning, as long as Guangning was taken, Liaodong was basically pacified.

Lu Xiangsheng returned to Liaodong ahead of schedule.

After a period of clean-up, Liaodong's Houjin spies were basically caught inside, but they were not sure that the intelligence network of the Houjin Tartars had been completely destroyed, so all Lu Xiangsheng's actions were very attentive.

Liaodong is about to start a big war, in fact, the Yulin battalion soldiers and border troops in Liaodong have long been unconvinced, the battle of Gaizhou, the Jiangning battalion wiped out more than 30,000 Houjin Tartars, and killed Duoduo, captured Jin Li, but the border army in Liaodong is still excellent, without any action.

The most frustrating is Zu Dale.

Zu Dale once thought that he could go to Gaizhou to participate in the battle, but unfortunately his request was not met, since the last defeat of Liaodong, Zu Dale has not participated in any battles, Liaodong has returned to the previous calm, especially after the Houjin Tartars sent Jierharang to the capital to negotiate, such days, Zu Dale felt a little aggrieved.

In fact, the ordinary sergeants of the Liaodong Border Army do not want to fight, and the conquest means death, which means the loss of life, but after the decisive battle with the Houjin Tartars begins, everyone also understands that the fight will be launched sooner or later, and the sooner the battle ends, the sooner you can enjoy a peaceful life, as a soldier, it is impossible to avoid fighting and dying.

It was precisely under the infection of these emotions that the Liaodong border army began to be eager to fight.

Lu Xiangsheng went to Gaizhou to discuss things, and the senior officers in Liaodong knew about it, and they were looking forward to it, thinking about what kind of news Lu Xiangsheng could bring back this time.

After Lu Xiangsheng returned to Liaodong, the governor's yamen quickly began to get nervous.

This is an unusual signal, and many officers know that it may be difficult for Liaodong to continue to be calm.

Sure enough, Lu Xiangsheng began to dispatch troops, and there were a total of 80,000 soldiers stationed in Liaodong, stationed in Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, Jinzhou, Dalinghe City and Montenegrin City, among which Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou and Dalinghe City, the number of sergeants stationed was the most, and it was also a key place for defense, but this time, Lu Xiangsheng dispatched sergeants with great intensity.

Shanhaiguan left 5,000 soldiers, Jinzhou left 5,000 soldiers, Dalinghe City left 3,000 soldiers, Ningyuan left 2,000 soldiers, and the remaining 65,000 soldiers were all assembled in Montenegro City within the specified time.

After the order to mobilize the army was issued, all the officers above the general rank of the Liaodong border army arrived at the governor's yamen.

The governor of the yamen was on high alert, and before announcing the order, Lu Xiangsheng unceremoniously warned many officers that if anyone leaked out of the battle deployment, he would not ask for any reason, and the military law would be carried out.

Then, Lu Xiangsheng gave the task of fighting.

Many officers were boiling in an instant, they didn't expect that the focus of the battle had shifted to Liaodong, and the main force of the Jiangning battalion would rush to Liaodong, and the army would launch an attack on Guangning and Xiping Fort, and within a month, Guangning and Xiping Fort would be taken.

This means that the Liaodong border army is about to start a brutal fight.

Liaodong quickly entered a wartime state, and unlike before, this time it was necessary to really launch an offensive, and the mobilization of the large army, starting from 14 September, must all be assembled in Montenegro on 16 September, and the Jiangning battalion will arrive in Montenegro on 16 September, and the time for the attack is determined to be 18 September, and the time is very tight.

Many officers in Liaodong understood that time was of the essence, and the sooner the attack was launched, the more time the Houjin Tartars lacked to prepare, and the greater the chance of victory. (To be continued......)