On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the fifth year of Ruiyuan.

Zheng Xunrui arrived at Xipingbao, which was only more than 50 miles away from the Liao River.

On the fifth day of the first month of the first month, starting from the capital, along the way passed through Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, Jinzhou and Guangning and other places, the marching speed of the army is not very fast, the more you go to the north, the more severe the climate, the temperature at night often reaches dozens of degrees below zero, if you march at night, not fully armed, you can't resist at all, there has been a Ming army stationed in Liaodong night patrol was frozen ears, and you don't know the situation.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui didn't want the sergeants under his command to have frostbite or even freeze to death, so the army marched all during the day, and the marching speed was also normal, and it was forbidden to march at night.

A huge army of 200,000 attacked, and it was impossible to keep the news secret, and in Zheng Xunrui's heart, he also wanted to destroy the Qing Dynasty and recover all the territories belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Xunrui also planned to march on horseback with many sergeants, but his request was completely vetoed by Zheng Jinhong and others, and Zheng Xunrui also had to consider that he was accompanied by Zhou Yanru, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, Yang Tingshu, Xiong Wencan, and some civilian officials of the household department and the military department.

Arrived at Xiping Fort, led Hong Xintao, Wang Xiaoer, Wu Sangui and others who arrived here, they were ready to report all the situation, Wang Xiaoer still focused on leading the scout battalion to fight, and Wu Sangui was also very familiar with the situation in Liaodong.

The weather was too cold, but the scouts were able to detect something.

Zheng Xunrui carefully looked at the map drawn by the scout.

There are three main rivers in Liaodong. One is the Liao River about 50 miles away from Xipingbao, then the Hunhe River that passes through Shenyang, and the Taizi River that crosses the city of Liaoyang, these three rivers converge together in Liaodong and flow into the sea from the place of Niangniang Palace, this section is called the Sancha River.

Three rivers converge before becoming one. In the center is the Hunhe River, which is flanked by the Taizi River to the east and the Liao River to the west.

In terms of strategic location, the Liao River is the most important, like a barrier in Shenyang and Liaoyang, and in terms of water volume, the Liao River is also the largest.

Today's Liao River is by no means the Liao River hundreds of years later, and the water quality is clear. There has never been pollution, but the floods of the Liao River still break out from time to time, and the drought west of the Liao River is severe, at this time it is impossible for people to divert the water of the Liao River to irrigate the land, and the technology has not yet reached that level, on the one hand, the summer flood outbreak, on the other hand, the extreme drought, resulting in a sparse population west of the Liao River. The closest castle to the Liao River is Xiping Fort.

The situation east of the Liao River is much better. After all, there are Hunhe and Taizi rivers, and there is plenty of water, and it is precisely because of this that there are so many large-scale cities and castles here. The Great Qing Dynasty relied on the better natural conditions east of the Liao River to develop rapidly, and made its own strength strong militarily. It has also gradually improved in terms of people's livelihood.

Judging from the intelligence detected by the scouts, the Eight Banners Army was in strict formation east of the Liao River, preparing to stop the imperial army west of the Liao River. The water flow of the Liao River is turbulent, and it generally does not freeze in winter, and the Eight Banners Army has long been heavily guarded, and the scouts want to cross the Liao River to investigate, the possibility is very small, if it is from a long distance to cross the river to investigate, it will take a lot of time, and it is simply too late.

However, the scouts detected that the Eight Banners Army deployed east of the Liao River was huge, and it was faintly able to find countless tents and banners through high-powered telescopes.

The situation detected by the scout made Zheng Xunrui's face show a sneer, not only Zheng Xunrui, but Zheng Jinhong and others also had a rather disdainful smile on their faces.

Besides, the Eight Banners Army is stationed close to the Liao River, which is obviously inappropriate, once the imperial army implements artillery bombardment and forcibly crosses the river under the cover of artillery fire, then the Eight Banners Army will collapse in an instant.

The Eight Banners Army had long known the sharpness of the Ming army's artillery, how could it be stationed close to the Liaohe River.

The average width of the Liao River is about 50 meters, and the widest place does not exceed 100 meters.

The Battle of Liaodong and the Battle of Fengzhen, the Eight Banners Army has suffered heavy losses, coupled with the blockade of Liaodong and Liaonan by the Ming Dynasty in recent years, the Qing Dynasty has fallen into a situation of internal and external difficulties, it is impossible to expand the Eight Banners Army, it is very good to be able to keep the existing number of troops, the Eight Banners Army has too many places to protect, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Anshan and Haizhou and other places are very important places, and it is impossible to do their best to guard the Liaohe.

One word to describe the actions of the Eight Banners Army in Liaohe, bluffing.

Zheng Xunrui didn't know who the commander of the Eight Banners Army on the other side of the Liao River was, but he could conclude that this commander did not have any particularly strong abilities, and he was by no means the princes of the Great Qing Kingdom.

Since it was not the prince of the Great Qing Kingdom who personally led the troops to fight, it was unlikely that the Eight Banners Army on the other side of the river would be full of Eight Banners.

If it weren't for the Eight Banners, the combat effectiveness would not be particularly strong.

With such a fighter, how could Zheng Xunrui lose it.

Xu Fojia entered the house, holding the paperwork in his hand.

Xu Fojia is the only woman in the Investigation Agency to follow the march and is also the head of the Investigation Agency.

Of course, there is also a women's battalion in the army, which is mainly responsible for caring for and treating the wounded in battle.

Judging from Xu Fojia's face, this is not particularly important information.

Zheng Xunrui took the information and took a cursory look, with a shocked look on his face.

This made Zhou Yanru and Zheng Jinhong and others feel strange, could it be that the Investigation Bureau had detected any important information, and it was rare for the emperor to have such a look on his face.

After a long while, Zheng Xunrui put down the paperwork and slowly spoke.

"The newly appointed emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty has an era name, and the era name is Shunzhi ......"

Hearing the emperor's words, Zhou Yanru shook his head slightly and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Shunzhi era of the Great Qing Kingdom is afraid that it will be difficult to maintain it for a year, no, the minister thinks that it will not be able to be maintained for half a year."

Zheng Xunrui nodded lightly and stopped talking.

History is sometimes like this, sometimes it is still following the previous track to move forward slowly, it is said that the name of Shunzhi should have appeared a few years ago, and this era name still has a lot of influence in history, it is during the Shunzhi period, the Qing Dynasty completely unified the Central Plains, completely overthrew the Ming Dynasty, and the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty also perished in the Shunzhi years.

Zheng Xunrui originally thought that he would have the opportunity to compete face-to-face with Huang Taiji, but unfortunately Huang Taiji finally passed away, and the two had no chance to face off at the peak, and the successor to the throne was still the young Fulin, and Hauge and Dolgon had no chance to become the second emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom.

After Fulin inherited the throne, he immediately had the era name of Shunzhi, but at this time and then, Zheng Xunrui, who crossed through, has subverted history, and the era name of Shunzhi is destined to be short-lived.

Zhou Yanru's words reminded Zheng Xunrui that it was no longer about reminiscing and immersing himself in the past history, but about continuing to create history, so he quickly concentrated.

"The scouts detected that there were banners and tents of the Eight Banners Army on the other side of the Liao River, and there were a large number of tents, which fully showed the strength of the Eight Banners Army, but this arrangement was too clumsy, I don't know who the commander of the Eight Banners Army was who commanded the operation, but this commander must not have much command ability, I don't say that this person is a rice bucket, but he is also a stupid."

"If the strength is really strong, why do you need to put on such a posture, Chen Bing on the bank of the Liao River, in case the opponent attacks the shore, how to deal with it, there is no room for turnaround, retreat is not, advance is not, is it possible that the commander of the Eight Banners Army really wants to learn from Han Xin at the beginning and put on a posture of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat."

When Zheng Xunrui said this, everyone in the room laughed.

"Today and tomorrow, the army is ready, the day after tomorrow will start the attack, the army must cross the Liao River in one fell swoop, annihilate the Eight Banners Army stationed by the river, scout today and tomorrow, continue to investigate, and strive to obtain more information."

"The attack is mainly artillery, and I have blown up all the tents and banners of the Eight Banners Army, but I want to see if the tents and banners of the Eight Banners Army are powerful, or whether my artillery is powerful."

"The galleons must also be prepared, after the artillery attack, to cross the river as fast as possible, and the army that crosses the river first, seize the beachhead, no matter how powerful the attack, must hold it firmly, and buy time for the crossing of the river by the army behind."

"Hong Xintao, you are responsible for commanding the battle of crossing the river this time, I will give you 50,000 soldiers, and all of them will cross the Liao River in one day, Wang Xiaoer and Wu Sangui will assist Hong Xintao in commanding the battle."

"All the 200,000 troops, from the day the battle began, within five days, all crossed the Liao River."

"Zheng Jinhong, give an order to Ma Xianglin, who is stationed in southern Liaoning, to prepare to attack Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, and at the same time give an order to Ding Baokun, a sailor, and the warship will attack in the direction of Lianyun Island and Niangniang Palace."

"I want to see how these princes of the Great Qing Kingdom divide their troops to deal with it." ……

After Zheng Xunrui finished deploying, he punched the map drawn by the scout, and the location of the fist was Shenyang, the capital of the Great Qing Kingdom. (To be continued.) )