When the Ming Dynasty entered the reinforcement army and marched from Beijing, Shengjing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty, was also arguing about the Jinzhou war. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Qing Dynasty's meticulous work in the Ming Dynasty was pervasive, and they continued to send information, the number of reinforcements, the composition of the troops, which generals along the way, and so on, constantly converged into Shengjing.

The Qing people have always attached great importance to intelligence, and the intelligence collection is also very detailed, and the important generals of the Ming Dynasty, which important officials, what their tendencies are, and what their abilities are, are all recorded one by one.

Their intelligence transmission mainly entered the Liaodong Peninsula from Tianjin, Shandong and other places.

At this time, the area of western Liaoning, strict precautions, and soldiers and horses gathered, it was not easy to transmit information, and it was better to advance from the sea route. These Qing people worked carefully, and there were also a large number of Ming officials who would cover for them, so that the transmission of information would be smooth.

Wang Doujing's border army intelligence is the focus of the Qing people's collection and attention.

In his detailed report, Wang Dou's strength was about 15,000, including 8,000 cavalry (they regarded the 4,000 first-class troops of the second battalion as cavalry), as well as a huge car battalion and artillery battalion, and the number of artillery in it was unknown, but it was estimated that there would be no less than 100 guns.

The generals who came to the aid also had a detailed explanation of Wang Dou's attitude. After careful analysis, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Wang Tingchen, and Cao Bianjiao, the general soldiers who also joined the marching army with Wang Dou, were friendly with Wang Dou and formed a close royal group.

In particular, Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, Fu Yingchong, the deputy general of the former battalion of the Shenji Battalion, and Zhang Ruoqi, the supervisor of the army, described in detail their attitude towards Wang Dou: "They are all looking forward to the king thief and the horse, and they are like eagles and dogs." ”

"Is Wang Dou here?"

The whole Shengjing people are saying things like this.

For the arrival of the royal group, the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to it, and the emperor Taiji repeatedly summoned the ministers to worship the palace.

In June of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, not long after Wang Dou met Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao's soldiers and horses. Huang Taiji also urgently recalled Dolgon and Jierharang on the Jinzhou front. Ask about the front.

In the ministers complimented him on the strategy of Jinzhou, he saw the effect, and the Ming Kingdom really poured the elite of the nine sides. If the encirclement is successful, the main force of the Ming army will be annihilated, and then the world will be allowed to gallop in the Qing Dynasty. Huang Taiji just waved his hand.

He had a sad face and said: "The Ming army is huge, especially the strength of the great armies fighting the king, the army is extremely strong, and there must be a bitter battle in the battle of Jinzhou." The Ming Kingdom is okay, but I can't afford to lose in the Qing Dynasty, and if I lose, there will be a disaster of extermination, how to deal with it. All the secretaries came together. ”

Dolgon and Zilharang have been on the front line for a long time and know the local situation in Jinzhou best. When they besieged Jinzhou, the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou. organized several Jiliao reinforcements to rescue. Although he retreated from a temporary defeat, he waited and saw Ning Yuan. But the Qing army at the front. It's also a bit difficult to deal with them.

Now that 70,000 troops have arrived, and the famous Jingbian Army is there, Dolgon and Zilharang are both feeling extremely stressed.

Both of them hoped that the emperor would send reinforcements as soon as possible, and the total strength should not be less than 100,000.

He said: "Our army is based on Jinchang Fort, the area of Rufeng Mountain, there is a Ming camp in front, and there is an enemy in Jinzhou in the back, which is the situation of the enemy on the belly and back. Hong Chengchou went to the rescue several times, every time he fired artillery from Nanshan to the north, Zu Dashou fired artillery from the head of Jinzhou City to the south, our army was hit before and after, there was no place to stay, but there was no camp in two places, and there was no siege. Now that the Master is pouring into the country, the front-line army is not enough, and the situation is very dangerous! This battle is related to the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty, and the servants implore the emperor to drive the expedition in person. ”

The blue flag lord Jierharang, at this time more than forty years old, in the Qing country has always been not surprised, brave and strategic, cautious and steady, he said so, obviously the situation in Jinzhou, is indeed critical.

However, he asked the emperor to drive the expedition in person, and also asked that the strength of Jinzhou should not be less than the Ming army. …,

After all, since the rise of the Qing Dynasty, it has always been to win more with less, and 10,000 troops against the Ming army of 3 or 50,000 is idle, and he asked the total strength of the front line not to be less than 100,000, what does this mean?

In the face of everyone's attacks and criticism, Zilharang patiently explained: "This time is different from the past, and the combat strength of the Ming army cannot be underestimated. Our Qing soldiers besieged Jinzhou, attacked Jinzhou, Songshan, and Xingshan cities no less than 100 times, and the Hongyi artillery beat hard, dug tunnels, and bombed the city with gunpowder, and the Ming army fought to the death and did not retreat. The Liao people defend the Liao land, and their fighting spirit will not be less than that of my Qing warriors. Now that tens of thousands of elites have arrived, and there is even more Wang Dou, how can you ignore it? You must know that if you lose, I will have the worry of losing the country in the Qing Dynasty, how can I despise and underestimate it? ”

Everyone in the hall was silent, even Haoge and others, who were the most criticized, were silent.

Although the Qing people besieged Jinzhou, they didn't really want to capture the castle, but since the fifth year of Chongde, the Qing people have attacked the Songshan Forts many times, sometimes fake fights, sometimes real fights, it can be seen that the Liao army is very different from previous years, Hong Chengchou served as the governor of Jiliao, and he did have his own set, and now there are countless nine-sided elites coming......

In the face of Zilharang's request, Huang Taiji just waved his hand: "I know." ”

He asked, "I just want to know, if the Ming army of hundreds of thousands of reinforcements arrive, how will my Qing Dynasty respond?" ”

Dolgon said: "As long as the emperor drives the expedition in person, under the majesty, the Ming captives will definitely be wiped out." ”

Huang Taiji's eyes were cold, and he turned to Zilharang's head again.

Since last year, Jierharang has been ordered to fight the Ming army in the area of Jinzhou, and he has also done his best to understand the situation in Jinzhou, and he is also very concerned about the movements of the Ming reinforcements.

He has carefully understood Hong Chengchou, and knows that he has a lot of war experience, and he has a lot of prestige in the Liao army, and he is not an easy man to deal with.

After thinking about it, he said: "The Ming State has a strong army, and the grain and grass are also sufficient, so to deal with them, you need to be cautious. ”

At his request, Huang Taiji unfolded a huge map of Liaoxi in the Chongzheng Palace, which was also drawn accurately, and even Huang Taiji and the ministers in the palace watched around the map.

Jierharang said: "I have already found out that Hong Chengchou's rescue strategy is to establish a salary road agreed with Zu Dashou, step by step, advance while fighting, and relieve the siege of Jinzhou. Hong Chengchou is cautious, in the past two years, he has saved Jinzhou from Ningyuan, every time he has gathered troops in one place, forced to use the car battalion, not to mention a light battle, if he still gathers troops in one place, I will have an opportunity to take advantage of it. ”

He pointed to the map, Songshan Fort, Xingshan Fort, Tashan Fort and several cities, and said: "The grain and grass of the Ming Kingdom are mostly gathered in Xingshan and Tashan and other places. But as in Jinzhou, digging a long trench to cut off the communication of the Ming army, making Jinzhou, Songshan, and Ningyuan three isolated castles, unable to rescue each other, so that the Ming army was defeated. ”

Everyone in the hall was uproaring, and they all felt that the strategy of the blue flag lord was very clever and feasible.

Huang Taiji just shook his head: "If the Ming army only has Hong Chengchou alone, this is slightly feasible, but now that Wang Dou is here, they will definitely attach importance to the grain road." The king is a man, with 70,000 troops, and the king's intention to fight will definitely be supported by the generals, and this move is afraid that it will not work. ”

All the ministers in the palace sighed in unison, everyone has studied Wang Dou hard over the years, and they know that Wang Dou attaches great importance to the grain to the point of perversion. Even his own baggage battalion often has a month's worth of grain and grass for the army to eat, and he wants to cut off his food channel? Difficult!

Huang Taiji looked at Xingshan Fort on the map for a long time, and sneered: "However, it is still feasible to cut off its grain route!" ”…,

Seeing that everyone didn't understand, he said: "I have a clear strategy, can be divided into two steps, if the Ming army is still like Hong Chengchou's strategy, and fight and defend, gather in Songshan, our army will take the opportunity to sneak attack the back road of Xingshan, Gaoqiao, Tashan cities, cut off their grain routes. If they divide their troops and garrison Xingshan, Tashan and other places one by one, our Qing Dynasty will follow the strategy of Salhu and defeat them individually. They are guarding everywhere one by one, and their forces are weak, and our army has too many opportunities to take advantage of. ”

Huang Taiji's words ignited the excitement of the ministers in the palace, and the people were gossiping, and the Mongolian banners could continue to attack at night, attack, attack their grain routes, and make them tired of running.

The owners of the Manchurian banners said that they could lure the Ming troops in Xingshan, Songshan and other places to fight, and constantly set up ambushes to eliminate them one by one.

After all, although the combat strength of the Ming army has grown over the years, it is still shorter than the Qing army in field warfare. After going back and forth many times, the Ming army in Songshan, Xingshan and other places will definitely be exhausted, if they don't want to go out of the city to fight in the field, the grain line defense line is equivalent to nothing.

In the excitement of all parties, Huang Taiji looked at Dolgon, Zierharang: "Prince Zheng, King Ruijun." ”

The two hurriedly said: "The slave is here." ”

Huang Taiji said: "You don't have to worry about the reinforcements, you two will go back to Jinzhou, and build a fort at the foot of Xiwang Baoshan and Tanghezi, thinking that they will attack Xingshan and other important places in the future." Be sure to hunt down and kill the scouts of the Ming army, especially the scouts of the Wang Dou army, and prevent them from discovering their intentions! ”

"After the Ming reinforcements arrived in Ningyuan, they could storm Jinzhou and Songshan forts, and the Hongyi artillery bombarded day and night, so as to force the Ming army to speed up the march. When most of them arrive, they can set up ambushes in Xingshan and other places to lure their troops into battle, so as to frustrate their spirit! ”

Dolgon, Zilharan respectfully commanded.

Dolgon was jealous in his heart, Huang Taiji's strategy is to be better than himself, if Jinzhou wins again, in the future, the Qing Dynasty will no longer have a place for himself.

After that, the Qing monarchs and ministers carefully discussed and deliberated on the affairs of Jinzhou, and Huang Taiji thought that he had taken all aspects into account, so why was he still a little uneasy?

He subconsciously glanced at the Mongolian tribes in Liaoxi, would Wang Doujun attack from that partial division?

Then he shook his head in his heart, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army has rarely had the ability to fight out of the fortress, and with the prestige of Qi Jiguang back then, it was only not far from the fortress.

In the eyes of the Manchurian and Mongolian tribes, hundreds of miles away from the border wall of the Ming Kingdom is the world of the Hu people outside the Saiwai. The outside of the fortress is not as good as the inside of the gate, and the danger is everywhere, how dare the Ming army go out of the fortress? The monarchs and ministers of the Qing Kingdom would never have thought of going here.

So this thought flashed in Huang Taiji's heart, and then he put his mind at ease.

From June to early July of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Qing reinforcements continued to go to Jinzhou. At the beginning of July, Huang Taiji ordered the Manchurian, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners, all men over the age of 15 to go on the expedition, and on the 20th, he personally led the army to the expedition and poured into the nest.