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After arriving in Guangning, Su Tiancheng did not blame Lu Xiangsheng, he knew very well, and it didn't have much effect to blame, Jierharang led the Houjin Tartars, who had crossed the Liao River and was out of danger, as for the matter of crossing the river to pursue by victory, Su Tiancheng did not consider it for the time being, he had enough to take care of the overall situation, and the battle had been carried out until now, and he had to consider it for himself, and at the same time Su Tiancheng still had some understanding, and it was expected that the attitude of the imperial court towards Houjin would likely change, that is, the main contradiction of the imperial court was likely to be in the shortest possible time. There have been significant changes.

Guangning City did not suffer any damage, Zilharang's departure from Guangning City was obviously carefully planned, everything was done very secretly, it was too late to destroy everything in Guangning City, and it was too late to even carry out the necessary looting, which made Su Tiancheng save a lot of thought, and he did not need to take out money and food to relieve the residents of Guangning.

Guangning, a once vast and populous area in eastern Liaoning, has carried too many stories, and there is a slight relationship between Su Tiancheng, the second year of the Apocalypse, that is, in 1622 AD, Guangning was lost and occupied by the Houjin, which is the peak of Nurhachi's military achievements, and Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi, who were stationed in Guangning, suffered a different fate.

Twenty years have passed, Su Tiancheng finally defeated the Houjin Tartars, recovered Guangning, from this moment on, the situation in Liaodong has undergone dramatic major changes, the south of the Liaohe River is all occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and the north of the Liaohe River still belongs to the territory of the Houjin, although the Ming Dynasty in the entire Liaodong, occupies not a lot of territory, but has obviously threatened the Houjin regime.

The decisive battle of Liaodong. It ended with Su Tiancheng's complete victory.

The duration of the battle was particularly short, and it was only a little more than a month before and after, and such a fast speed made everyone dare not imagine that the battle of Gaizhou was counted. The strength of the Houjin suffered a heavy blow, the white flag to which the Eight Banners belonged, lost half, the Yellow Flag, the Yellow Flag, the Red Flag, and the Blue Flag to which the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty belonged, and the whole army was annihilated, and the Blue Flag suffered a heavy blow and collapsed. also suffered some losses, Duoduo, Jin Li, Ma Guangyuan, Shi Tingzhu, Bayan and other banner owners all died.

In the battle of Gaizhou, the Houjin lost more than 35,000 troops, in the battle of Xipingbao, the Houjin lost more than 60,000 troops, and Guangning broke through the siege, and the Houjin lost more than 10,000 troops. In more than a month of fighting, Houjin lost nearly 110,000 troops. That's one third of the country's military strength, and a lot of territory has been lost.

Dai Shan, who entered Mongolia and was ready to provoke a big war, did not make any achievements, the strict precautions of the Datong border army, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, and the migration of the steppe tribes. It made the organization of Dai Shan particularly difficult, and it was almost difficult to make a difference, and after the defeat of Liaodong, Dai Shan received the will of Huang Taiji. Led the army back to Shenyang.

On the other hand, on the side of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiangning battalion, which undertook the main offensive task, lost more than 20,000 troops in the battle for more than a month, and after timely recruitment and replenishment, the army maintained the original level, as for the Liaodong border army, which suffered large losses, because Lu Xiangsheng was not able to predict the attack of Jierharang in time, when the two armies fought a decisive battle, they lost more than 20,000 people, which was not an unbearable loss, with about 40,000 casualties in exchange for more than 100,000 casualties in Houjin Tartar, which was undoubtedly a huge victory.

The total strength of the Jiangning Battalion, the Datong Border Army, and the Liaodong Border Army still exceeded 200,000, and the total strength of the Houjin Battalion dropped to more than 200,000, and the total number of troops on both sides was almost the same.

This is only the surface situation, the loss of troops, for the Houjin is fatal, what the Houjin lacks is the population, especially the young and strong, because of the harsh environment, the survival rate of the Houjin population is not very high, so every time the customs loot, the main task of the Houjin is to rob the population, but the plundered population, the vast majority of them are engaged in agricultural production, and there are not many people who can really enter the army, which also makes Huang Taiji pay special attention to the recruitment of sergeants, and often worry about the lack of disease.

The growth of the Houjin army, the early stage relied on the courage of the Manchu Eight Banners and the Mengba Banner, and the later period mainly relied on the surrendered Han army, these Han troops joined the ranks of the Houjin Tartars, resulting in the unprecedented strength of the Houjin, this situation lasted until the eighth year of Chongzhen, which can start from the ninth year of Chongzhen, and it was also the first year of Chongde, this situation slowly did not exist, the rise of the Jiangning battalion, the internal rogues of the Ming Dynasty were exterminated, and all over the country slowly began to stabilize, and almost no Ming army took refuge in the Houjin.

These circumstances show that the troops lost by the Later Jin Dynasty are equivalent to a fantasy and are basically impossible, but the situation of the Ming Dynasty is different, and the main ones who participated in the extermination of the Later Jin Tartars were the Jiangning Battalion, the Liaodong Border Army and the Datong Border Army, as for the army in the south of the Ming Dynasty, including the army of the Northern Zhili, it was almost useless. This indicates that the replenishment of the Ming army is sufficient, as long as the Ming court does not make fatal mistakes, the Houjin will slowly lose the space for survival.

It's a pity that Hou Jin's most hated opponent Su Tiancheng, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet minister, and the governor of Jiliao, is only thirty years old, younger than Hauge and Dolgon, and his body is also very healthy, which indicates that Hou Jin is even more hopeless, and it is just a joke to want to dominate the Central Plains.

At this time, Su Tiancheng made a decision to postpone the attack.

Lu Xiangsheng, Qin Liangyu and others didn't understand very well, but Su Tiancheng didn't explain, his order had to be carried out, and everyone had no chance to defend themselves.

In terms of campaign deployment, Su Tiancheng made adjustments again, and the Liaodong Border Army transferred 30,000 soldiers to stationed in Liaodong, the strategic place of Datong, leaving only 20,000 people, occupying all the places south of the Liaohe River, and the total strength of the garrison reached 100,000, and the Jiangning battalion withdrew from Liaodong and returned to Dengzhou.

Su Tiancheng's deployment, means that the Shanhaiguan in Liaodong is no longer the most critical place, the entire Guanning Jin defense line, has undergone subversive changes, the most important place in Liaodong, has become three points, the first point is Guangning City, which is also the most cutting-edge position of the Houjin Tartars, followed by Dalinghe City and Jinzhou City, which has become the center of Liaodong, and the Shanhaiguan is the most important defense line to protect the Beijing Division.

From this moment on, the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty is in a relatively safe position, and the previous situation of martial law in the Jingshi will hardly appear.

In the direction of Datong, Yulin and Ningxia, nominally it is still a border pass, but the focus of defense has shifted to the grassland, and the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe have become an important force in the fight against the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Mengba Banner.

If you want to put it bluntly, that is, from the end of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Houjin has entered the stage of comprehensive defense, and the Ming Dynasty has been unable and afraid to launch a large-scale offensive against the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has begun to turn into the stage of all-out attack, grasping the initiative, and can cross the Liao River at any time to launch a strategic general offensive against the Houjin and completely destroy the Houjin regime.

Under the premise that the situation was so good, Su Tiancheng stopped the attack.

Before leaving Guangning, Su Tiancheng specially instructed Lu Xiangsheng that he must strengthen the training of sergeants, from this battle to block the breakthrough of Guangning Houjin Tartar, there are too many lessons to be learned, the losses of the Liaodong border army reached more than 20,000 people, and the Houjin Tartars only lost more than 10,000 people, and the Liaodong border army still relied on the power of artillery to kill and injure a large number of Houjin Tartars.

Lu Xiangsheng is also an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people say such things in front of him, it must be unbearable, but in front of Su Tiancheng, Lu Xiangsheng is very modest, humbly accept opinions, he knows very well, whether it is the Liaodong Border Army, or the Yulin Battalion, and the Jiangning Battalion There is too big a gap, although Lu Xiangsheng does not understand what Su Tiancheng did not continue to attack, but he thinks that Su Tiancheng's arrangement must be reasonable, since the battle of Houjin Tatar has been rolled out, all Su Tiancheng's plans and decisions, All have achieved incredible results.

Lu Xiangsheng implored Su Tiancheng to leave some backbone of the Jiangning battalion to help train the Liaodong Border Army and the Yulin Battalion, improve the combat effectiveness of the army, and be able to achieve victory in the decisive battle against the Houjin Tartars soon after, Su Tiancheng did not refuse.

In Su Tiancheng's view, the Liaodong Border Army and Lu Xiangsheng are the objects that must be fought for, including the Datong Border Army and Qin Liangyu.

The struggle within the imperial court has become unprecedentedly fierce, which makes Su Tiancheng realize that he is devoting himself to the battle of the Houjin Tartars, and does not rely on the Houjin Tartars to suppress the imperial court, he is afraid that he will suffer, Zhu Xianxuan was placed under house arrest, Lu Xiangsheng and Xu Eryi and others were ordered to Zhishi, all of which shows that Zhu Youzhen had already started his hands, and he didn't care about the battle in front of him at all, maybe in Zhu Youzhen's heart, the threat of the Houjin Tartars was reduced to a secondary position.

Su Tiancheng also made up his mind, he will not continue to forbear, will not continue to take care of the overall situation, sometimes, taking care of such an overall situation, in fact, is to help the abuse, for Zhu Youzhen personally, Su Tiancheng's opinion is still good, if all identities are put aside, he and Zhu Youzhen must be very good friends, but with the addition of the factor of power, the fate of the country and the nation is pressed, the view is completely different.

Su Tiancheng is going to do it, at least before the extermination of the Houjin Tartars, he has to achieve a certain goal, that is, the imperial court cannot interfere with him, cannot order him, the imperial court is not qualified to mobilize the Jiangning battalion, and even the Liaodong border army and the Datong border army, and cannot get involved in Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou, Fuzhou, Xuanzhou and Liaodong and other places, he can completely implement power in these places, as for completely turning his face with the imperial court, it needs to be after the extermination of the Houjin Tartars.

With this purpose in mind, Su Tianguo resolutely stopped the expedition. (To be continued......)