In view of the heavy losses in the bloody battle of Cangzhou, Su Tiancheng felt that it was possible to reduce the fighting as much as possible by persuading him to surrender, to be honest, the fight between the Jiangning battalion and the Ming army was a typical infighting, killing and killing consumed their own strength, and a lot of money was invested in fighting and fighting, if this money was invested in people's livelihood, I don't know how much Lu Dao could do, of course, such an idea is a bit naïve, no matter when, changing the dynasty is the biggest thing, and the battle is inevitable, The common people must be the most suffered, like Su Tiancheng, in the process of conquest, never forget to safeguard the interests of the people, which is rare in history, I am afraid it is precisely because of Su Tiancheng's practice that he has been supported by the people and praised by many readers, which has made this war to change the dynasty not suffer too much criticism.

It is still Liu Jingting and Yan Yingyuan who shoulder the heavy responsibility.

The two of them have successfully completed the task in Nanjing and Fengyang, and they have a certain amount of experience.

Of course, the two went in different directions, Liu Jingting went to Tianjin, and Yan Yingyuan went to Liaodong.

Liu Jingting to Tianjin does not need to make too many explanations, the task is very clear, but Yan Yingyuan to Liaodong, the situation is a little complicated, Su Tiancheng has always been concerned about the situation in Liaodong, that is, when the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars fought together, he did not forget Liaodong, after Dolgon evacuated without authorization, a lot of news gradually came, Houjin Tatars recovered their nature, burning and looting all the way, giving a heavy blow to the people who were preparing for the Spring Festival, and the people in many places were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. Everywhere there were broken homes, money and food looted. Under such circumstances, the situation in Liaodong immediately became tense.

Su Tiancheng's judgment was that once Tianjin fell, Zhu Youzhen would definitely make a desperate bet and mobilize the Liaodong border army to station around the capital. Fighting with Jiangning Ying, this is tantamount to giving up Liaodong, Houjin Tartar will definitely not let go of such an opportunity, what kind of person is Huang Taiji, how can he not take such a huge advantage.

Yan Yingyuan's mission to Liaodong was multifaceted, and the most important responsibility was to warn the Liaodong border army that they must stick to Liaodong. Can't let the Houjin Tartars occupy the entire Liaodong, that will pose a huge threat to Beizhili, Chang, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places, after all, the combat effectiveness of the Houjin Tartars is tenacious, even if the Jiangning battalion can completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars in the future, but the price paid is heavy, and it is for the Jiangning battalion to take the Guanning Jin defense line. It's also a big task.

Regarding the understanding of Shi Kefa, the governor of Liaodong, Su Tiancheng is still mostly positive. According to the evaluation of history, Shi Kefa has a lot of shortcomings, the key is that he is politically immature and naïve, but after all, he is mostly praised, and Shi Kefa is also a member of the Ming Dynasty. If you can fight for it, try your best to fight for it, and if you can't win it, you will defeat Shi Kefa in the future, and you don't have to take people's lives.

But Su Tiancheng did so. There is a bottom line, that is, Shi Kefa must understand the importance of Liaodong, and must not lose Liaodong, at least to keep the Guanning Jin defense line starting from Dalinghe City, if Shi Kefa ignores the threat of Houjin Tartar and transfers all the Liaodong border troops to the capital to fight against the Jiangning battalion, then no matter what the considerations, Su Tiancheng will not spare Shi Kefa.

Su Tiancheng's decision was supported by Hong Chengchou and others.

However, from the actual situation, many soldiers in the Jiangning battalion still want to be able to fight happily, after all, relying on their strength, they won Tianjin, marched into the capital, and finally won the capital, subverting the Ming court, which is a credit that can go down in history, and it is also a credit that can be shown off for a lifetime. To say that today's Jiangning Battalion has qualifications in these aspects, and the soldiers who participated in the battle of Kuizhou to exterminate the Liukou are obviously different.

The speed of the march of the Jiangning battalion army is very fast, only a day has passed, the army has passed through Qingxian, there can be no resistance along the road, the scouts are very careful, even the groves on both sides of the road will not be spared, but nothing was found, the Datong border army withdrew very cleanly, no one left, and there was no scout reconnaissance.

Two days later, the army arrived at Jinghai.

According to the prior arrangement, the army was stationed here.

Sun Chuanting rushed to Jinghai from Dagukou.

Su Tiancheng personally helped up Sun Chuanting, who knelt down and kowtowed.

After all, there are more than 200,000 Ming troops stationed in Tianjin, if these armies are all pressed over, Sun Chuanting will not be able to resist at all, but the Jiangning battalion warships are powerful, and the Ming army is also clear, the artillery on those warships can blow up and sink huge warships, and the flesh and blood of the sergeants are impossible to resist.

Don't underestimate Sun Chuanting guarded the Dagu mouth, here is the throat of Tianjin, the sea traffic was curbed by the Jiangning camp, the trouble caused to Tianjin is not small, at least on the supply side, there are certain difficulties, the people living in Tianjin, it is even more suffering, when the Spring Festival is approaching, some residents' homes, has begun to lack salt, you must know that the salt in the past of the road is transported through the Beijing-Hong Kong Grand Canal and the sea route, and now these two passages are all occupied by the Jiangning camp.

Sun Chuanting led 30,000 soldiers, did not encounter any fierce battles, after occupying Dagukou, Sun Chuanting randomly led a large army, ready to attack Tianjin, stationed in Tianjin at that time, is Tianjin Sanwei, combat effectiveness is average, Sun Chuanting can lead the soldiers to take Tianjin in one go, but Su Tiancheng stopped in time, asked Sun Chuanting to attack Tianjin, as a result, Chen Xinjia quickly mobilized 150,000 troops to reinforce Tianjin, in this case, Sun Chuanting could not attack Tianjin.

The army led by Sun Chuanting actually played a role in containing the Ming army, that is, nearly 200,000 Ming troops, fixed in Tianjin, unable to move, fortunately, Chen Xinjia also ordered the Ming army stationed in Tianjin, blindly stubborn, not to attack.

Seeing Su Tiancheng, Sun Chuanting was a little excited, the other brothers of the Jiangning Battalion fought in Cangzhou, he knew the way, at that time, he was eager to lead 30,000 troops to reinforce, but unfortunately his own task made him unable to act rashly.

After reporting all the situation in Dagukou, Sun Chuanting took the initiative to ask for help, and when he asked to attack Tianjin, as the vanguard troops, the soldiers were also suffocated, and they all wanted to be able to fight happily.

Sun Chuanting's status in the Jiangning camp is much higher than that of He Renlong and others, hearing Sun Chuanting say this, He Renlong and others are very unconvinced, who doesn't want to be the vanguard force, besides, according to the determined deployment, He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu have undertaken the task of attacking the vanguard of Tianjin.

After Sun Chuanting made a request, He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu looked at Su Tiancheng with blank eyes, for fear that Su Tiancheng would agree, so that they would not be able to charge into battle first.

Su Tiancheng told Sun Chuanting with a smile that in fact, Sun Chuanting led an army of 30,000 to stick to Dagukou, and he had already made a huge contribution, involving 200,000 Ming troops, so that the battle in Cangzhou could achieve or even exceed the expected goal.

Sun Chuanting was a little disappointed, but he also knew that the operational deployment could not be easily changed.

He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu were ecstatic, almost not hiding their emotions.

The army of the Jiangning battalion that set out from Texas finally all converged.

In addition to the losses in the bloody battle of Cangzhou, the army has a total of 120,000 soldiers, these 120,000 soldiers, about to start attacking the city of Tianjin, stationed in the city of Tianjin, there are nearly 250,000 Ming troops, including more than 100,000 people in the Datong border army, 100,000 soldiers in the Beizhili Guard, and more than 30,000 soldiers in Tianjin Sanwei.

In terms of the comparison of troops, close to the ratio of two to one, the Ming army still has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, but this time the situation is completely different from the situation of the battle of Cangzhou, as the main force of the Datong border army, suffered heavy losses, and has already known the courage of the Jiangning battalion in the Dao, and the combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced, as for the 100,000 sergeants of the Beizhili Guard's army, the combat effectiveness is the worst, and the Datong border army is not a grade, and even can not undertake the main offensive and defensive tasks. With such an army to hold the city, I am afraid that what Chen Xinjia is worried about will really happen, that is, after a slight blow, there will be a situation of defeat, and the combat effectiveness of Tianjin Sanwei is not very strong, at least not as good as the Datong border army.

From this point of view, there is not much suspense in the decisive battle of Tianjin, and the final victory of the Jiangning battalion is inevitable.

How to achieve the final victory of the war, Su Tiancheng also carefully considered, today's Tianjin, although not as important as Tianjin after a few hundred years, and far less prosperous, but the role of Tianjin is still the most important, its role is at least more than Hejian Fucheng and Baoding Fucheng, here is close to the sea, in the hub of the Beijing-Hong Kong Grand Canal, the importance is needless to say, such a city, if it is destroyed because of the war, it is a pity, so Su Tiancheng's consideration is to try not to damage the city.

Of course, what Su Tiancheng is looking forward to most is to be able to take Tianjin City peacefully, just like Nanjing.

Whether such a goal can be achieved depends on Liu Jingting's ability.

Faintly, Su Tiancheng felt that the chance of taking Tianjin City peacefully was not very good, as for why such an idea would appear for Wei Lu, he couldn't explain it, but this feeling was very stubborn. (To be continued......)