Zheng Jinhong led the army to set off, about 450 miles away from Anlezhou, 100,000 troops according to the normal marching speed, about eight to ten days, Zheng Jinhong set off at the end of the first month, is expected to arrive in Anlezhou on the seventh day of February.

After the departure of the army, Zheng Jinhong pondered for most of the day, he thought that the army had all arrived in Anle Prefecture to start attacking the city, time did not allow, after all, the Zhenghong Banner under the command of Dai Shan was stationed in Fushun, Salhu and Anle Prefecture, if the whereabouts of the army were exposed, Dai Shan would take corresponding action.

When the army rested at night, Zheng Jinhong found the deputy marshal Hong Xintao, Liu Zeqing, as well as the commanders He Renlong, Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu, and slowly expressed his own considerations, he believed that the 100,000 army should be divided into the front army and the middle army, the front army of 10,000 to 20,000 people, mainly cavalry, speed up the march, quickly attack and occupy Anle Prefecture, the Chinese army of 80,000 people, maintain the original marching speed, after the front army took Anle Prefecture, quickly began the attack on Tieling.

As long as the 100,000-strong army completely controls Anle Prefecture and Tieling and other places, and at the same time firmly controls Zhenbeiguan and controls all the areas in this area, then the Manchu Eight Banners around Shenyang will not escape.

In terms of troops, this step is completely achievable.

Zheng's proposal was approved by everyone.

Next, Zheng Jinhong made a decisive arrangement, he personally led the front army of 20,000 people, starry night, rushed to Anlezhou, with Hong Xintao as the commander of the Chinese army, Liu Zeqing as the deputy commander of the Chinese army, among the various commands, He Renlong followed him, Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu stayed in the Chinese army.

The front army of 20,000 people, mainly cavalry battalions and scout battalions, did not carry any artillery, and relied on Mauser guns and bows and crossbows to attack Anle Prefecture. The focus is on taking the way of a surprise attack and taking the state city of Anle in one fell swoop.

Zheng Jinhong knows very well that Anle Prefecture is very remote, the population in the state city cannot be large, let alone rich, and Anle Prefecture has been separated from the Ming Dynasty for many years. It has always been under the control of the Great Qing Kingdom, and the Manchu nobles of the Great Qing Kingdom do nothing more than to build and repair the city, and they even have a natural aversion to the city.

This stems from the hunting habits developed by the Manchu ancestors.

It should be said that the raid on Anle Prefecture by 20,000 elite troops will definitely be successful, and what we need to think about now is how much time the 20,000 army can take Anle Prefecture.

The time given by Zheng Jinhong is within four days, that is, before the fourth day of the second lunar month, Anle Prefecture must be taken.

More than 400 miles. The 20,000 elite cavalry, all of them with one man and two horses, arrived in about three days, and it took one day to capture Anle Prefecture, which is not a big problem.

Of course, Zheng Jinhong didn't know, in fact, there were less than 2,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Army stationed in Anlezhou Prefecture, and if he knew this detailed information, Zheng Jinhong would never plan to attack Anlezhou Prefecture in one day.

The next move of the Chinese army. Zheng Jinhong also made a deployment, calculated according to time. The Chinese army should have arrived in Anle Prefecture on the seventh day of February, and Zheng Jinhong asked the former army to take Anle Prefecture on the fourth day of February, when the Chinese army was still some distance away from Anle Prefecture.

Once the front army takes Anle Prefecture, it will send heralds to report the news day and night, and once the Chinese army receives the news. Liu Zeqing commanded 50,000 men to directly attack and take Tieling, Hong Xintao commanded 30,000 men to continue to advance in the direction of Anlezhou, and the artillery battalion all participated in the battle of attacking Tieling.

After clarifying the next combat mission, Zheng Jinhong began to discuss the details with everyone. At the same time, Zheng Jinhong is still relieved to draw good physical fitness from among the guides and follow the actions of the former army, for these guides, Zheng Jinhong is still relieved, because most of the guides are former sergeants of the Han Eight Banners, after they defected, they did not participate in any battles for the time being, and many of them wanted to be able to make meritorious contributions and let themselves have a better future, so they tried their best to do things well.

Ten guides followed the actions of the former army, and all the rest remained in the Chinese army.

The time of departure of the former army was the first day of the second month.

When Zheng Jinhong led the front army to set off, he didn't have too much advice, he knew Hong Xintao and Liu Zeqing very well, Hong Xintao was steady, and there would be no problem as the commander of the Chinese army.

Zheng Jinhong took He Renlong to conquer Anle Prefecture, and he also took a fancy to He Renlong's bravery.

On the first day of February, 20,000 men of the front army set off on time and galloped towards Anle Prefecture.

During the march, Zheng Jinhong has always been silent, he may not have thought that it is precisely because of his actual arrangements that the entire battle situation is almost decided.

The marching route of the former army was along the east bank of the Liao River, and they did not shy away from the official road, after all, they were all raising troops, and it would be unrealistic to deliberately bypass the official road and adopt the method of secret marching.

Zheng Jinhong did not expect that they did not encounter any attacks along the way, and the march process was always smooth.

There is some information that Zheng Jinhong does not know, and the Prince of Li, who is in charge of guarding Fushun, Salhu, and Anle Prefecture, has already gone to Shenyang, and the order issued by Dai Shan before leaving is to require all the sergeants to stick to the city, and they are not allowed to go out without his order.

The march of the former army did not avoid the official road, but avoided the city, Zheng Jinhong still had a clear mind in this regard, their goal was Anlezhou, and other places could be left aside.

On the third day of the second lunar month, when Shen Shi, the former army was only twenty miles away from the state city of Anlezhou.

Zheng Jinhong ordered the army to rest for a while, and at the same time sent scouts to investigate.

When it was dark, the scout came back to report, the city wall of Anle Prefecture was very low, and incomplete, several places were obviously damaged, and even a place collapsed, the city should be stationed in the Eight Banners Army, the city gate was very guarded, and no one could be seen entering or leaving the city gate.

The scout drew a map in detail, but it was all outside the city of Anlezhou.

The scouts were not able to enter the state city, there was a little restriction on the scouts, all the people in the Great Qing Kingdom had shaved hair, and there was a small braid on the back, such a hair scout could not have it, so if they entered the city to investigate, their whereabouts would definitely be exposed.

Zheng Jinhong listened very carefully, and looked at the picture very carefully.

After the scout finished reporting, Zheng Jinhong did not speak immediately, but waved his hand to signal the scout to rest.

He Renlong has always followed Zheng Jinhong's side closely.

All the soldiers of the front army rested, this was an order given by Zheng Jinhong, and after eating, they seized the time to rest and waited for the order to attack Anle Zhou City.

It wasn't until the end of the day that Zheng Jinhong finally clarified the plan for the battle.

The time of the attack was the ugly hour on the fourth day of the first month of February, it was the middle of the night at this time, the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army were still asleep, and the 20,000 soldiers of the front army ran for a long time, and there was no abnormality along the road, which showed that the Eight Banners Army did not know, or did not perceive the actions and deployments of the army, and launched an attack on Anle Prefecture at this time, so that the Eight Banners Army was caught off guard, and it was guaranteed to take Anle Zhou City in a short time.

The only thing that made Zheng Jinhong dissatisfied was that he didn't know how many Eight Banners Army sergeants there were in Anlezhou City.

But there is a situation that Zheng Jinhong has made a more accurate analysis, that is, on the periphery of Anlezhou City, no sergeant of the Eight Banners Army has been found, this situation is by no means normal, generally speaking, the army is stationed outside the city, because the place in the city is limited, it is impossible to station so many troops, unless the city is attacked, the army will all enter the city to defend.

This may indicate that the number of the Eight Banners Army was small, so all of them were stationed in the city.

But there is also a situation, it is possible to deny Zheng Jinhong's analysis and judgment, the former army rushed all the way to Anlezhou, and rarely found anyone along the way, the more they went north, the more desolate it looked, from this situation, it can be concluded that the number of ordinary people in Anlezhou City will not be very large, since the number of people in the city is very small, then the army stationed in Anlezhou City is also completely able to accommodate.

No matter how many Eight Banner Army sergeants there were in Anlezhou City, the front army had to take Anlezhou City within one day.

Zheng Xunrui has such self-confidence, and there is a clear intelligence, that is, the Eight Banners Army stationed in Tieling, Salhu, Anle Prefecture and other places is just the Red Banner Sergeant under Dai Shan, even if the Eight Banner Army Sergeants of the Red Flag are all stationed in Anle Prefecture City, it is only about 10,000 people.

Not to mention that this is not possible.

After resting for an hour or so, Zheng Jinhong began to deploy.

20,000 soldiers launched an attack at the same time, striving to take Anlezhou City in the shortest possible time.

The forward 5,000 men, commanded by He Renlong, were responsible for taking the city gates, and he commanded the remaining 15,000 soldiers to launch an attack on Anlezhou City from other directions.

Attack on the ugly when it begins.

He Renlong was overjoyed, he actually became the vanguard commander and directly attacked the city gate, which means that the five thousand soldiers he led will have to undertake the most important offensive task, and will also face the resistance of the main force of the Eight Banners Army in the city, this is what He Renlong likes to do, there was no opportunity to do it before, at that time, the sergeants he led were impossible to fight face-to-face with the Eight Banners Army, after entering the Zheng Army, these years followed the expedition, often fought with the Eight Banners Army, and won victories one after another, so that He Renlong did not care about the Eight Banners Army for a long time.

At three o'clock, all the soldiers were ready to go, and everything was ready, and the battle to attack Anlezhou City was about to begin.

Zheng Jinhong still specially instructed He Renlong that he must abide by military discipline and military regulations, and after entering the city, remember not to kill, otherwise he will definitely be severely punished. (To be continued.) )