The strategic deployment of the offensive is very clear, the 200,000 army launched an attack from Liaodong, after crossing the Liao River, directly attacked Shenyang, and pointed at the capital of the Qing Dynasty, as for Liaoyang, Anshan, Gaizhou, Haizhou and Yaozhou, etc., it was contained by the 20,000 troops stationed in southern Liaoning, once the army conquered Shenyang, it would divide the troops into two routes, one way to Liaoyang, with the army stationed in southern Liaoning, to take Liaoyang and other places, and the other army to attack and advance towards Fushun, Salhu and Zhenbei Pass, no matter where it was pursued, It is necessary to completely exterminate the Eight Banners Army and completely defeat the regime of the Great Qing State.

The deployment of this operation is similar to the battle of Liaodong, and it also has the meaning of fighting dogs.

The Manchus of the Great Qing Dynasty turned out to be the Jurchen tribe, and the Jurchen tribe was divided into Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen and Beishan Jurchen, the area of its activity is very broad, and has continued to the vast area north of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, Nurhachi based on the Jianzhou Jurchen, basically integrated all the Jurchen tribes, with the continuous conquest, the area of its activities gradually shifted to the direction of Liaodong, to the Huang Taiji after the creation of the Great Qing State, by the Jurchen tribe developed by the Manchu noble group, almost all relocated to the surroundings of Shenyang, Most of the northern area, including much of the area north of the Trans-Khing'an Mountains, was largely abandoned due to its barren location and extremely cold climate, and these areas were either controlled by Mongol tribes loyal to and subject to the Qing Dynasty, or became deserted.

Zheng Xunrui's personal expedition was mainly in the area from Andong Prefecture to Yaozhou, completely exterminating the regime created by the Great Qing State here, and then marching towards the area controlled by the former Haixi Jurchens in the north, and the farthest would reach the area controlled by the former Beishan Jurchens.

This large area was invaded by other countries after a few hundred years, and Zheng Xunrui certainly wanted to firmly control this large area and let it be under the firm control of the Ming Dynasty.

The main place for fighting and killing. It will be concentrated in the area from Andong Prefecture to Shenyang, and all the main forces of the Great Qing Kingdom are also distributed in this area.

At the beginning, Dolgon, Azig and others suggested moving the capital, and the Eight Banners Army withdrew from Shenyang and went to Kaiyuan and even Andong Prefecture north of Zhenbei Pass, with the purpose of trying to control the territory of the former Haixi Jurchens. With the advantage of being familiar with the terrain, you can recuperate and wait for the opportunity to rise again.

Zheng Xunrui will not give the Great Qing State such a chance, what he needs to do is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, get rid of the Manchu nobles in the Great Qing regime, and re-establish the rule of the Ming Dynasty in these places.

The first month of the expedition is when the climate is extremely cold, and the temperature in the north is even lower, often in the temperature of dozens of degrees below zero. The Manchu nobles of the Great Qing State would never have imagined that the Ming army would launch an overwhelming attack at this time.

Zheng Xunrui also knows that there will be many problems and difficulties faced by the winter expedition, and the artillery and Mauser guns relied on by the imperial army may be difficult to exert the maximum effect or lethality under extremely low temperatures, but time cannot continue to delay, and the struggle for power within the Great Qing Kingdom is about to settle. What kind of decision the Manchu nobles who hold power will make at that time, Zheng Xunrui cannot predict.

Han Chinese who were bullied in the Great Qing Kingdom. I have long looked forward to the imperial army to send troops, the situation of these Han people is extremely miserable, and it has reached a situation where they can not survive, and recently, the Manchurian nobles have fallen into a power game, and no one has thought of continuing to squeeze the Han people for the time being. But once the power struggle is over, the life of the Han people will be even more difficult.

Multiple reasons prompted Zheng Xunrui to make the decision to go on the expedition in the first month of the fifth year of Ruiyuan.

Zheng Xunrui is very cautious, he knows the power of nature. It is not very wise to ask the 200,000 army to go against the laws of nature and fight against the ice and snow with flesh and blood, unless the battle is at an extremely critical juncture, it is still necessary to promote the process of fighting and killing according to the normal laws.

In terms of large-scale strategic deployment, there is some smell of closing the door and beating dogs, but in terms of fighting and fighting, Zheng Xunrui is advancing step by step, first attacking the Liaohe, and after completely occupying the Liaohe, the army marches towards Shenyang, grasping the best fighters in the process of fighting, but does not force to speed up the march, or adopt a surprise attack.

Zheng Xunrui knew very well that the purpose of this battle was to completely crush the regime of the Great Qing Dynasty and completely destroy the Great Qing State, and the resistance that the 200,000 troops would encounter was sharp and cruel, whether it was the Manchurian nobles or the Eight Banners Army, they would fight to the death, endlessly, and the battle might last for a long time, after all, most of the places west of Anzhou were vast and sparsely populated, and once the remnants of the Eight Banners Army retreated to these places, the battle would become scattered and long.

Zheng Xunrui did seize the opportunity, and the power game between Dolgon and Zilharang had reached the most critical moment, and at this time, Zilharang had already shown signs of retreating.

Dolgon needs to thank Hauge for his stupidity, otherwise he would not be so easy, in just a few months, he has an absolute advantage in the game, especially when Hauge is in control of the white flag in the eight flags, he did a series of things, which made the officers and sergeants with the white flag angry, Dolgon will not miss this opportunity, and take the opportunity to deprive Hauge of the control of the positive white flag.

Although Zilharang objected to Dolgon's proposal for the owner of the White Flag at the council, resulting in the temporary vacancy of the White Flag Owner, it was Dolgon who benefited the most from this, and when there was no Banner Owner for the time being, all the officers and sergeants of the White Flag, including the Banner Man, regarded Dolgon as the rightful Bannerman, and Dolgon was in charge of all matters with the White Flag.

Such a situation is beyond Zilharang's control.

Dolgon originally thought that Zilharang and Hauge could form a huge force, which he could not compete with in a short period of time, after all, the two controlled the positive blue flag, the blue flag and the inlaid white flag in the Manchurian Eight Banners, and the Zhenglan Banner was one of the three flags in the Manchurian Eight Banners, and the status was respected.

It was in this atmosphere that Dolgon began to carry out many activities, using his influence in the Qing Dynasty and his authority among the Manchu nobles, and gradually gaining the support of most of the Manchu nobles.

As for Zilharang, he is slowly at a disadvantage in this crucial battle.

Dai Shan has always been a watchman and ignores these games, but Dai Shan also once said something at the council, which roughly means that he can do anything and not harm the interests of the Qing Dynasty and so on.

Dolgon understood what Dai Shan meant, in fact, Dai Shan saw the game between him and Zilharang very clearly, Dai Shan meant that after the battle was over, no matter who was in power next, he would not be able to calculate and suppress the other party without principle, so that the Great Qing Kingdom fell apart in such suppression and calculation.

Dolgon would never do that, he knew very well where his power came from, and if the Qing Kingdom fell apart, then the power he held would not be of much use.

The Ming army began to assemble on a large scale in the direction of the Liao River, and this information showed that the attack of the Ming court was about to begin.

In the Great Palace, a special council was held, and the four auxiliary ministers Daishan, Zilharang, Dolgon and Haoge, as well as the county kings, Beile and Beizi of the Great Qing Kingdom, and other Manchurian nobles all participated, and the emperor Fulin, who was just eleven years old, also participated in this council, because this council was very crucial.

The council was mainly to discuss matters related to resisting the attack of the Ming army.

Zilharang proposed that the Eight Banners Army must be in strict position east of the Liao River in accordance with the arrangement of the emperor to resist the attack of the Ming army.

This proposal of Zilharang was supported by Daishan.

Dolgon will not object, he is about to take control of the actual power of the Great Qing State, if at this time it is proposed to abandon Shenyang, the capital of the Great Qing State, and move to Kaiyuan or Anqing Prefecture, then the Manchu nobles will definitely be opposed, and his Dolgon's prestige will suffer a devastating blow.

However, the controversy over how to arrange the troops is fierce.

Zilharang suggested that the main forces of the Eight Banners should be concentrated east of the Liao River to defend against the Ming army, but Dolgon expressed clear opposition.

If the main forces of the Eight Banners Army are all concentrated east of the Liao River, then the Ming Army can launch a large-scale offensive in southern Liaoning, so that the Eight Banners Army can take care of one or the other, so the defense should be whole, and all east of the Liao River and southern Liaoning must launch a large-scale defense.

The reason why Dolgon put forward such a suggestion is that he has a plan in his heart, the power game between him and Zilharang has reached the last and most critical juncture, at this time he must go all out to seize the real power of the Great Qing Kingdom, if he relaxes at this time and concentrates all his attention on resisting the attack of the Ming army, then Zilharang is likely to take advantage of the situation to counterattack, causing many efforts in front of him Dolgon to be in vain.

Another reason is that Dolgon believes that now is the time when the climate is the most severe, and it is not reasonable for the Ming army to attack at this time, and it is not reasonable for the army to attack under the cold and freezing conditions, so the Ming army is actually putting on a fighting posture at this time, and its real purpose is to deter, and the time of its attack will definitely be postponed.

Based on this consideration, Dolgon believed that seizing the actual power of the Qing State was the most important thing, and as for how to resist the Ming army, he had plans in his heart, but these plans could be truly implemented, and he needed to fully control the power.

The argument between Dolgon and Zilharang was very fierce, Zilharang insisted on the deployment made by the emperor, and Dolgon explained it in combination with the actual situation.

The controversy ended in a victory for Dolgon, who was entrusted with the overall responsibility for resisting the Ming attack.

Dorgon finally took control of the de facto power of the Qing Kingdom. (To be continued.) )