The time to attack Dalinghe City has entered the countdown.

Su Tiancheng has always attached importance to the first battle, this is the first battle after he took office as the Jiliao Governor, and it is also a very critical battle, not to mention whether it can fail, or the attack on Dalinghe City, did not succeed, but the loss is not too great, these problems must not be considered, in his opinion, it must be successful, and the secret of success is in the artillery battalion.

It is an indisputable fact that the Jiangning battalion has the most advanced artillery in the world, and the artillery is strictly confidential, Song Sijun's transaction in the mutual market does not involve heavy artillery at all, let alone artillery shells, that is to say, although Houjin has red-clothed cannons and generals' cannons, but these artillery, in Su Tiancheng's opinion, are similar to toys.

Blow up the city wall with artillery, and then attack, no matter how many Houjin soldiers are guarding Dalinghe City, Su Tiancheng wants to take it down, 150,000 troops against 30,000 people, there is an absolute advantage, even if it is the Eight Banners Army in Manchuria, don't think that someone can escape alive.

Deployment is critical, and action must be rapid.

Su Tiancheng adopted the method of fighting in a broken kettle, and spent a day cleaning up the strongholds on the periphery, in this process, heavy artillery will not appear, and the focus is still on relying on Wu Sangui to lead the border army, pulling out the strongholds on the periphery, and in the process of fighting, it may cause certain casualties, but this is the price that must be paid.

After clearing the outlying strongholds, time is very tight, time is running out to prepare, the artillery will be in place, and when the time comes, two hundred artillery pieces will attack at the same time, aiming at the wall of Dalinghe City, focusing on one point and blasting a gap. Believing in this hand, the shock formed is unimaginable.

The next step is to launch an attack, rush into Dalinghe City, and start a face-to-face fight with the Houjin soldiers in the city, even if Yue Tuo and Kong Youde have a clever plan, to this point. It's also powerless.

It is not easy to do this step, after all, there are red-coated cannons on the wall of Dalinghe City, and the Han army is familiar with these cannons, and in the process of bombardment, it will definitely cause damage to the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion and the border army, and the surrounding terrain of Dalinghe City is a little dangerous, not a flat river. In the process of impact, it will also encounter the attack of the Houjin sergeant on the city wall.

If you want to reduce casualties, the only thing you can rely on is the artillery battalion.

It can be said that in the battle for the attack on Dalinghe City, the role of the artillery battalion was crucial.

Su Tiancheng has also thought about the tactics of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, but now is not the time for a decisive battle with Houjin. Even if the Jiangning battalion and the border army were united, they exerted their maximum combat capability. There is no guarantee that the Eight Banners Army of Houjin will be able to defeat it completely, and after taking Dalinghe City, it will consolidate the border defense, develop slowly, trap Houjin step by step, and wait until Houjin's national strength is exhausted. Only by launching a general offensive could it be possible to completely wipe out the Houjin regime. Therefore, this tactic must be abandoned, if the Daling River is attacked, it will lead to a strategic decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and Houjin. This is very unfavorable for Daming.

Based on such considerations, Su Tiancheng had to reluctantly give up the tactics of besieging the city and sending reinforcements.

It should be said that Daming still needs a certain amount of time to prepare, and this process is not a year or two, I am afraid it will take several years.

But no matter what, all the ideas lie in the success or failure of the attack on Dalinghe City.

On April 27, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Jinzhou General Military Office.

It was heavily guarded, and many officers, when they entered the General Guard's Office, put their weapons in the hands of specially registered sergeants, and no one was allowed to enter the hall with weapons.

What needs to be deployed for this meeting, the people attending the meeting are clear, everyone's faces, with solemn expressions, some people can't wait, some people are nervous.

Su Tiancheng was already waiting in the lobby.

By the hour, everyone had arrived.

Hong Chengchou reported that everyone had arrived and could start arranging.

This time, Su Tiancheng was personally responsible for the arrangement.

One of the biggest problems in Liaodong, at this time, has been expressed, the general army here, the power is very large, some self-righteous, arrogant and domineering, relying on the heavy army in hand, all I think of is to safeguard my own interests, to preserve my own troops, in this era, with military power in hand, there is everything.

It may be that Su Tiancheng's fame is too great, or it may be that the prestige of Jiangning Camp is too great, after Su Tiancheng arrived in Liaodong, he didn't feel such a situation, but Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others have experience, focusing on some details, especially after the army is concentrated in Jinzhou City, harassing the people has happened from time to time, and these problems are all border troops, Hong Chengchou also thought about rectification, but there are also inconvenient places compared to Jinzhou City is the forefront, and in the current situation, it is still necessary to maintain stability. Ningyuan Mutiny in the first year of Chongzhen, he still has an impression.

The big war is imminent, Su Tiancheng doesn't care about these things for the time being, but he won't ignore these problems, everything has to wait for the capture of Dalinghe City, and then start to rectify.

This time, Su Tiancheng personally came to deploy, which also had the flavor of shocking the border army.

The sand table has long been set up, and it is filled with red, blue, and black flags.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after such a long time of preparation, the battle to attack Dalinghe City is about to start, today I announce the specific deployment, but if you don't understand, ask questions on the spot, once the deployment is completed, no matter who it is, it must be put in place, if it is delayed, or even delayed the action of the army, this official will definitely invite Shang Fang Sword."

In just a few words, the lobby quickly fell silent.

"The flag on the sand table, the red flag represents the Jiangning battalion, the blue flag represents the border army, the black flag represents the Houjin Tartars, the deployment of the Houjin Tartars, you can see very clearly, Dalinghe City, one mile outside of Dalinghe City, Songshan, these three places are stationed 30,000 Houjin Tartars, and I announce the specific deployment below."

"On April 28, Zu Dashou, the chief officer of Ningyuan, led 20,000 border troops to exterminate the Houjin Tartars stationed in Songshan within three hours, and then deployed in Songshan, leaving 20,000 border troops to garrison Songshan, which will become the rear of our army."

"On April 29, Wu Sangui, the chief military officer of Shanhaiguan, led 40,000 border troops, within two hours, to uproot the strongholds outside Dalinghe City, and drove all the Tartars to Dalinghe City without seeking to annihilate the number of Houjin Tartars.

"On April 30, when the general offensive began, the artillery battalion of the Jiangning battalion was responsible for destroying a point in the wall of Dalinghe City, and a gap must be blown up, the left deputy imperial envoy and the Jiangning battalion were all commanded by Sun Chuanting, the commander of the Tongzhi Sun Chuanting, leading 50,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, and Zu Dashou, the chief officer of Ningyuan, led 30,000 border troops to launch an attack and enter Dalinghe City, and within one day, Dalinghe City was taken.

"Qin Sande, the superintendent of the Jiangning battalion, led 10,000 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, responsible for guarding Jinzhou City and preventing the Tartars from attacking Jinzhou City.

"In this battle, this officer is the commander-in-chief."

"On the sand table, the specific locations of the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion and the border army are clearly marked, if there is something you don't understand, even if you put it forward, once the order is issued, there must be no delay."

In the lobby, no one spoke, including Sun Chuanting and the others, who did not expect that such an important battle, the time arranged was three days, three days to take Dalinghe City, including all the strongholds on the periphery, this arrangement, is it too confident, if you can't complete the task, what should you do.

Seeing that no one spoke, Su Tiancheng spoke again.

"This official knows your doubts, Dalinghe is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are still two strongholds on the periphery, within three days, is it a little too confident to take Dalinghe City, this official can clearly tell everyone, without full confidence, you can't fight this battle, and don't think about taking Dalinghe City."

"Although we have strong troops, but also more and more Houjin Eight Banners Army full reinforcement, Daling River is far from Shenyang, but more than 400 miles, this distance is not very far, Houjin's reinforcements, within two days, must be able to arrive, plus two days or so of preparation time, we must be in Houjin before the reinforcements, take Dalinghe City, and then stick to Dalinghe City, resist Houjin's reinforcements, once we take Dalinghe City, we will occupy an absolute advantage, at that time, no matter how many reinforcements Houjin has, We're not going to take it anymore. ”

"Houjin will not start a decisive battle with us in the Daling River, they are not ready for a decisive battle, but we must also clearly understand that we cannot start a decisive battle with Houjin at this moment, in the face of Houjin Tartars, our purpose is a war of annihilation, not a war of attrition, so you must have such an understanding, do not have the slightest fear."

Su Tiancheng was talking all the time, and no one else interjected.

This deployment came very suddenly, starting tomorrow, the attack will be launched, this is what everyone did not expect, what is vigorous and resolute, probably this is what it means, everyone has been speculating about the time of the attack, most people believe that the time of the attack will be in the middle of May, at that time, the climate is suitable.

Half an hour passed, and Su Tiancheng had all been deployed.

"Everyone, there is a sentence, I want to say that in the front, this deployment is top secret, and it must not be leaked, if there is a leak, this official must investigate to the end, no matter who it is, once you are found, I am afraid it is not as simple as cutting off your head, the crime of collaborating with the enemy and plotting rebellion, you all know the truth, not only myself, but also involve family members."

"All actions, starting from tomorrow, once the army is deployed, everything is focused on capturing Dalinghe City." (To be continued......)