Chapter 1205: Joint Operations

The speed of reaching an agreement is very fast, this is also because the time is urgent, many details cannot be fully considered, Zhu Youzhen and Huang Taiji reached a consensus on dealing with Su Tiancheng, both of them realized that they must unite and put Su Tiancheng to death, as for the grievances between Daming and Houjin, they can be put aside for the time being, which also fulfills a sentence, there is no eternal enemy, only eternal interests. It's a pity that Zhu Youzhen understood it later, if he had understood this truth earlier, Daming would not have reached such a level.

The specific operation process is complicated, first of all, in the establishment of the commander, there is a contradiction, the Houjin Tartar sent Dolgon, regardless of whether the civil and military ministers in the court admit the account, but Dolgon is the prince of Houjin after all, the identity of the family is not an ordinary dignitary, if the governor of Datong Wang Daozhi to lead this battle, I am afraid that Dolgon will not be convinced, or even will not obey the order.

Zhu Youzhen attached great importance to this joint operation, and even directly intervened in the specific details, such as where to start a decisive battle with the Jiangning battalion, whether it was mainly based on the Zhengbai flag and the inlaid white flag to which the Manchu Eight Banners belonged, or whether it was mainly based on the Ming army, and so on. Therefore, after the negotiation reached an agreement, Zhu Youzhen specially summoned Zilharang and informed him of these views.

Zhu Youzhen's attitude, Huang Taiji soon knew, and he also began to adjust his opinion, originally thought that Zhu Youzhen, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was likely to use the Manchu Eight Banners. Let the Eight Banners and the Jiangning Battalion catch and fight, the Ming army hides behind, and reaps the benefits of the fisherman, if such a situation occurs, Huang Taiji will naturally have a way to deal with it, and the Eight Banners will not be so stupid. When the time comes, quickly leave the battlefield, after the looting of Beizhili, evacuate from the direction of Datong, or simply evacuate directly from Liaodong, it is estimated that the Ming army needs to deal with the Jiangning battalion, and it is impossible to draw out too many troops to deal with the Manchu Eight Banners.

Zhu Youzhen's thoughts began to change towards a realistic purpose, which made Huang Taiji worried, and he had always looked down on Zhu Youzhen. Although Zhu Youzhen can be said to be the most diligent and self-disciplined emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen has no foresight and insight, and can not put forward any decisions to govern the country. As the situation develops, Zhu Youzhen may become his next opponent. Or become Hauge's main opponent.

Zhu Youzhen and Huang Taiji's attitudes were correct, and the matter of union was logical.

In the end, both sides agreed, and the commander of the battle was Chen Xinjia, the second assistant of the Ming cabinet, and the deputy commander was Wang Daozhi, the governor of Datong, and Dolgon, the prince of Rui. Fighting under the overall deployment, that is, Wang Daozhi led the Ming army to fight, and Dolgon led the Manchurian Eight Banners to fight, and both sides obeyed the orders of the commander. In the process of the battle, Zhu Youzhen and Huang Taiji did not directly intervene, and as for the grain and grass needed for the battle, they prepared their own preparations.

This agreement on joint operations already belongs to the perfect class.

However, there is still a specific problem, that is, in the course of specific operations, it is not a trivial question who will become the vanguard unit, who will bear the frontal battle with the Jiangning battalion, and who will assume the role of the reserve force.

During the negotiations, this issue was directly raised, but unfortunately there was no optimal plan, that is, no matter how the negotiation was, no matter how the purpose was the same, both sides had ideas in terms of preserving strength, and the two sides were also on guard against each other, and it was impossible to achieve 100 percent trust.

After Chen Xinjia accepted the task, on the one hand, he was full of ambition, and on the other hand, he also had a special headache.

It is possible that he will become a hero in changing the predicament of the imperial court, and from then on he will become famous, and even become the first assistant of the cabinet, but it is also possible that because of the problem of command, the joint operation cannot be implemented, and in the end he will fight separately, causing serious consequences, and even ruining the imperial court. But such a historical opportunity is not something that ordinary people can encounter, and the most critical point is that this time the marshal, according to reason, should be the first assistant of the cabinet Zhou Yanru, but the emperor has made him a marshal, does this also mean that the emperor has begun to trust him, not how to trust Zhou Yanru.

How to command the operation, this is the biggest problem, that is, so that both sides can do the best coordinated operations, together to defeat the Jiangning battalion, and even be able to directly kill Su Tiancheng, this needs to be carefully considered and deployed, as long as the Jiangning battalion can be defeated together, that is, for the imperial court to win the initiative, the failed Su Tiancheng, at least in a short period of time, is unable to attack the north, the imperial court can take advantage of this time, organize a large army to attack the south, completely reverse the passive situation, as for how to deal with the relationship with the Houjin Tartars, That's the next step to consider.

Chen Xinjia used to be the governor of Liaodong, when he was in Liaodong, he also heard some of Su Tiancheng's assertions, such as the view that the outside must be safe first, etc., Chen Xinjia agreed with this aspect, when the imperial court was faced with the double invasion of the Liukou and the Houjin Tartars, Chen Xinjia thought that it was necessary to use thunder to exterminate the Liukou, and then be able to deal with the Houjin Tartars with all his might.

didn't have time to think, Chen Xinjia immediately asked Wang Daozhi to rush to the capital.

Wang Daozhi, who has always thought that the imperial court will make some moves, rushed to the capital in a hurry, the Ming army is about to fight with the Houjin Tartars, and he still doesn't know the way, but Su Tiancheng has personally conquered, the imperial court must attach great importance to it, and it will also think of a way to deal with it.

When Chen Xinjia said the decision of the imperial court, Wang Daozhi was a little dizzy, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and the army he led actually wanted to fight jointly with the Houjin Tartars, and it was to cooperate with Dolgon, which was incredible. Dolgon has led the army into the pass many times, burning, killing and looting everything, this time the court actually lured the wolf into the house, let the Houjin Tartars directly enter the pass, into the north of Zhili, in case of any changes, wouldn't it cause greater trouble.

Chen Xinjia saw the clues from Wang Daozhi's expression, he said that this was a decision made by the emperor, and on the other hand, he gave a detailed explanation, and discussed with Wang Daozhi and the two to see if there was any way to restrict the Houjin Tartars and prevent the Houjin Tartars from really looting in Beizhili.

Wang Daozhi was also not polite, saying that if this possibility was completely ruled out, it would not be possible to do it at all, not to mention that the Houjin Tartars, that is, the Ming army, would sometimes rob the people, but the Houjin Tartars were too cruel, and they would burn the entire village or even the city at every turn, except for the people who robbed and plundered, leaving no one alive, such an act could not be tolerated.

Chen Xinjia had no choice but to explain to Wang Daozhi.

It is said that Chen Xinjia is a big handsome, and he can ask Wang Daozhi how to do it, but Chen Xinjia understands that he must rely on Wang Daozhi, and his expedition in Liaodong made him understand the importance of the general's cooperation, if there is a quarrel between him and Wang Daozhi, or even a direct disagreement, then this battle will not be able to be fought.

The situation faced by the capital and the pressure faced by the imperial court, Wang Daozhi is still clear, and with the detailed explanation of Chen Xinjia, the second assistant of the cabinet, Wang Daozhi slowly understood that this was a last resort, and it was also because the imperial court could not think of other ways to come.

Dolgon, leading the white flag and the white flag, had long been prepared.

After officially receiving the holy decree of Huang Taiji, Dolgon immediately led the army to set off, before leaving, Dolgon went to the palace and saw Huang Taiji, as for what the two discussed, it is impossible for outsiders to know the way.

Dolgon's movements were very fast, this time he tried his best, the white flag and the white flag had a total of nearly 50,000 troops, all of them followed the dispatch, after the death of his brother Dordor, Dolgon took over the white flag, recruited a large number of sergeants from the station with the white flag, supplemented by hard training on weekdays, in the Qing Dynasty, in terms of military combat ability, the white flag and the white flag can be said to be the most courageous.

This time from Liaodong into the customs, Dolgon has a lot of feelings, seeing the scenery along the way, some are familiar, some are unfamiliar, he has fought in Liaodong many times, even if it is Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou and other places, he is not unfamiliar.

The march of the army has strict route restrictions, which Dolgon accepted, according to the march map drawn by the Ming court, after entering the pass, quickly marched towards the place where Baoding Mansion and Hejian Mansion are located, and at the same time, Dolgon also strictly required the soldiers below not to burn, kill, loot and other lines.

To say that in terms of the overall situation, Dolgon is not much worse than Huang Taiji, he knows very well that the current time is the time for the two sides to fight together, not the time to loot gold and silver treasures and population, as for what to do after the battle, Dolgon knows in his heart, and Huang Taiji has also specially ordered. Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, Dolgon strictly required the sergeants under his command not to mess around, especially when they had just entered the customs, to show the sincerity of the alliance.

The marching speed of the army with the white flag and the white flag was very fast, and through these years of construction, the sergeants under the command of Dolgon were mainly cavalry, which was an army that no one dared to underestimate.

Of course, Dolgon also had his own thoughts on how to fight, and Huang Taiji asked him to know the truth, but he could not get the slightest benefit, and he could not give an explanation to the first officer and sergeant. (To be continued......)