Chapter 988: A Golden Opportunity
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The information that Dai Shan, Jierharang, Haoge and Azig and others gathered in Shenyang, Zheng Xunrui knew it that day.
When he just got the information, Zheng Xunrui was a little confused, he couldn't believe the existence of such a situation, the army had broken through the two lines of defense set up by Dolgon, and directly threatened Shenyang.
Daishan is stationed in Fushun, Salhu and Anlezhou, and Haoge is stationed in Liaoyang and Haizhou, these places are very critical, and the commander must be in charge to deal with all kinds of emergencies.
There is only one reason, that is, Dai Shan and others have a major opinion on Dolgon, and they must return to Shenyang to discuss with Dolgon, and everyone has great differences, and they do not hesitate to risk going to Shenyang, but Zheng Xunrui believes that although there may be a fierce quarrel, Dolgon can unify everyone's views and fully implement his own deployment during this discussion.
As before, Zheng Xunrui would not give Dolgon any chance, would not give the Qing Kingdom any chance, Dolgon did not have a chance to unify and implement his own opinions, and by the time his deployment was truly accepted by the Manchu nobles, it would be too late.
Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if he can't seize it, then Zheng Xunrui can't forgive himself.
The 200,000 troops have all crossed the Liao River, and the 100,000 troops led by Zheng Jinhong have already marched in the direction of Anle Prefecture. The climate in the north is also strange, and in February, the climate begins to change rapidly, the nights are no longer particularly cold, and in some flat places, the ice begins to melt gradually. This fully shows that the climate in the north is starting to get warmer.
For an army of 200,000 people, this is excellent news.
Zheng Xunrui ordered the rest of the 100,000 troops to gather at the place where the Hunhe River and the Taizi River meet, if his prediction was accurate, it would not be long before the Manchu Eight Banners stationed in the Liaoyang area would begin a large-scale evacuation.
The 30,000-strong army in southern Liaoning must take advantage of this opportunity to attack, and completely recover the cities of Gaizhou, Yaozhou, and Haizhou before the Eight Banners Army has time to withdraw. At the same time, they tried to besiege Anshan and Liaoyang and other cities, causing the greatest pressure to the Eight Banners Army.
The sailors led by Ding Baokun must occupy Lianyuan Island before the Eight Banners Army is ready to withdraw from Liaoyang and other places, and at the same time land from the direction of Niangniang Palace, so as to launch an attack on Liaoyang and Anshan and other places as quickly as possible. In this way, the army and naval division of southern Liaoning were able to launch an attack on the Eight Banners Army from the east and west.
Once the situation of encirclement on three sides is formed, the blue flag under the command of Hauge will be positive. As well as the inlaid white flag that Dolgon actually controls, it is impossible to evacuate Liaoyang and other places, and what awaits them is the fate of being completely wiped out.
To do this, the most important thing is time.
The 100,000 army led by Zheng Jinhong also had to seize the opportunity after completely occupying Anle Prefecture. Extending to the south, successively occupying Zhenbei Pass, Kaiyuan and Tieling, if this step is achieved, then even if the Eight Banners Army has wings, it will not be able to fly out of this iron bucket array.
An army of 100,000 led by Zheng Jinhong. At the end of the first month, they all set off, Zheng Xunrui was worried that the army going to Anle Prefecture was discovered by Dolgon and the Eight Banners Army, prompting Dolgon to make a desperate bet and order the Eight Banners Army stationed in Shenyang to quickly withdraw in the direction of Anle Prefecture.
It's really good luck that nothing can stop it.
Zheng Xunrui was glad that he had made the most accurate decision, that is, when the power struggle between Dolgon and Zilharang had not completely ended, he ordered the army to attack, so that Dolgon and others were in a hurry, and there was no time to clean up the mess of the power struggle, so they had to devote themselves to the battle.
Zheng Xunrui's eyes focused on the 100,000 army led by Zheng Jinhong, and the actions of the army along the way were decisive, because Zheng Jinhong received the task of tying pockets, the task of completely blocking all the retreats of the Eight Banners Army, whether the task can be completed well is related to the final battle results.
Zheng Jinhong and the army led by him, the marching speed can not be very fast, on the one hand, they are not particularly familiar with the terrain in this area, mainly rely on guides to lead the way, on the other hand, the whereabouts of the army can not be exposed prematurely, many times can not be swaggering on the official road, or the choice of time, try to do day and night, of course, the 100,000 army wants to completely hide their whereabouts, it is impossible, the last aspect, that is, the 100,000 army carries a certain number of artillery, This will definitely delay the march of the army.
Zheng Xunrui fully believes in Zheng Jinhong, today's Zheng Jinhong is no longer the sunspot he was more than 20 years ago, with his loyalty, Zheng Jinhong's ability has gradually increased, and not only in terms of operations, but also in strategic deployment.
In the battle of Fengzhen, Zheng Jinhong fully showed his ability, and the battle of Fengzhen was the biggest blow to the Qing Dynasty, and the death of Huang Taiji had a decisive relationship with the battle of Fengzhen.
As for the 100,000 troops under his command, there are a lot of unusual actions.
Zheng Xunrui ordered the army to put on a posture of preparing to attack Shenyang every day, which attracted the great attention of Dolgon and others in Shenyang, and sometimes, Zheng Xunrui also specially released some information to make the Eight Banners Army stationed in Liaoyang and Haizhou and other places nervous, thinking that the Ming army was going to attack Haizhou and Liaoyang and other places on a large scale.
The reason why Zheng Xunrui did this was to completely focus the eyes of the Manchurian nobles on his side, ignoring the fact that the 100,000-strong army led by Zheng Jinhong had captured Anle Prefecture.
Zheng Xunrui believes in Dolgon's ability, and even more believes that Dolgon will soon be able to perceive all his deployments, but he is not worried at all, after all, Dolgon's power is not completely stable, and the Manchurian nobles may not necessarily believe all the judgments made by Dolgon, it will take time for Dolgon to do this, as long as the army led by Zheng Jinhong has occupied Anle Prefecture and other places, no matter what kind of deployment Dolgon makes, it will be useless.
In the Qing Dynasty, there are not many smart people, and there must be a large number of short-sighted people, at least the courage of the Manchu people fighting on the battlefield covers up the defects in this regard, which is also a very normal situation, any person's wisdom needs to be supported, or its own knowledge is not ordinary, or it has experienced a long-term battlefield battle, and strategizes on the battlefield, and really controls everything.
Among the Manchu nobles, there are not many such people, except for many Manchu Eight Banner owners, the rest do not have such opportunities, and many Manchu nobles do not have the slightest interest in learning, for example, Prince Su Haoge, as the eldest son of Huang Taiji, what he thinks of in his mind is to rush to kill, and even have some contempt for scholars.
On the first day of the first month of February, 20,000 soldiers crossed the Taizi River and directly threatened Haizhou, which made Haizhou's Eight Banners Army frightened, at this time their banner lord Haoge was on the way to Shenyang, and it was impossible to command the battle, so the garrison of the Eight Banners Army closed the city gate, adopted the tactics of strict defense, and at the same time sent scouts to report the situation to Shenyang.
On the second day of the second month of February, Ma Xianglin led an army of 30,000 in southern Liaoning and began an attack on Gaizhou, and only 2,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Army were stationed in Gaizhou.
Ma Xianglin's battle against Gaizhou lasted less than a day, and with the help of sharp artillery, the army quickly took Gaizhou and prepared to attack Yaozhou.
The sailors led by Ding Baokun also completely occupied Lianyun Island on the second day of the second month of February, preparing to attack Niangniang Palace.
Zheng Xunrui's deployment is completely in place.
Under such circumstances, Zheng Xunrui learned the news that the high-level Manchurian nobles had gathered in Shenyang, and it was impossible to say that he was unhappy.
February 2nd dragon raised its head.
The so-called dragon raises its head, it refers to the insects after hibernation, began to wake up, the folk legend about the dragon raising its head is a lot, but in Zheng Xunrui's view, the second day of the second month of the second month of the fifth year of Ruiyuan, this day of the dragon raising its head, indicates that the Ming Dynasty completely opened the curtain of unifying all territories.
Zhou Yanru, Yang Tingshu and Xiong Wencan and others all found that the emperor was in a good mood, and it is no wonder that all the emperor's deployments have been implemented, and the imperial army has been divided into four routes, and began the final encirclement and suppression of the Great Qing State and the Eight Banners Army.
There is nothing special in the capital, and there are not many twists and turns written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Xu Wanghua, the first assistant of the cabinet, who temporarily preside over the government, so that the emperor can put all his thoughts on how to completely exterminate the Eight Banners Army and completely overthrow the Qing Dynasty, which is also a happy thing.
On this day, the emperor actually asked to drink, and it was with Zhou Yanru and other cabinet ministers, as well as some soldiers to drink together, although the emperor's face was very calm, but there was a smile in his eyes, when it was dark, the emperor was under the escort of his own soldiers, and inspected the entire camp, and his vigorous spirit was beyond the expectations of Zhou Yanru and others. (To be continued.) )