Yizhou was not only the place where the Qing army was on the front line, but also the main road to the Mongol tribes in southern China.

If Yiju is taken, not only can the reinforcements from Mongolia be contained, but also the fortress can be sent out at any time to rob the Mongolian ministries.

Breaking the Manchurian-Mongolian alliance is one of Zhu Cihong's strategic goals to achieve in Pingliao this time, only by subduing the Mongols, can they honestly follow the Ming Dynasty and no longer recognize the lord casually.

However, many people present were still worried that the defeat of Sarhu was caused by the division and combined attack, and this lesson was too profound for Daming.

However, if you take Yizhou, there is no need to fight at all, and after the soldiers take the Daling River without blood, they can directly push a hundred miles, all the way to the Sancha River, and enter the hinterland of the Qing Kingdom.

After careful consideration, Zhu Cihong made a decision to fight Yizhou!

The combined attack is like a hammer, all the mountain fortresses in front of the army are nails, a hammer is thrown over, a hammer can not be killed, another hammer, can always be smashed clearly.

However, the Qing army guarded by the river, which was a bit disgusting, and it was easy to fall into the river if the hammer was not smashed well.

Sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing if the hammer is too big, and some people feel like killing chickens with a knife, and they can also break the nails by dividing them into two hammers.

In addition to the grain roads and important city passes such as Shoushan Pass, Ningyuan, Jinzhou, Songshan, Xingshan, and Tashan, the Ming army had 200,000 men and horses to the front line, and even if the troops were divided into two routes, they could have 100,000 people on each road.

Attacking a city, 100,000 people are enough, and no matter how much you go to soy sauce, you won't have a chance to cut people at all.

Zhu Cihong asked directly: "The soldiers are divided into two routes, who will fight Yizhou and who will forcibly cross the Daling River?" ”

The field was a little cold for a while, the generals stared at each other, everyone wanted to make meritorious contributions, but no one was willing to answer, this battle Tianwu Army should not fight again, without them to open the way, no one dared to be tough with the Qing army.

"The last will go!" Suddenly, a loud voice came.

When everyone heard the voice, they saw that the person who invited the battle was a general with a national face and a tiger and a majestic posture.

The general's voice was like a bell, and he said: "The last general, Jin Guofeng, the deputy general of Jinzhou, please fight to capture Yizhou, and I hope His Royal Highness will agree!" ”

Jin Guofeng? Zhu Cihong is very familiar with this name, last year often saw his name in the Tang newspaper, Jin Guofeng stationed in Songshan all the year round, last year when the Qing army entered the customs, Huang Taiji personally led two yellow flags to Songshan, trying to occupy Songshan, destroy the barrier of Jinzhou.

At that time, the defenders of Songshan were less than 3,000 people, Jin Guofeng led the whole city of soldiers and civilians to fight together, bravely resisted, and resisted the repeated attacks of the Qing army, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, and never captured Songshan.

Huang Taiji sent someone to appease, but Jin Guofeng's stern refusal, and he had no choice but to retreat, Chongzhen inquired about the great joy, and promoted Jin Guofeng to the five military governors of the palace to know the same knowledge, hereditary brocade clothes and guard thousands of households.

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Accurate!" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Hong Chengchou said: "Your Highness, the minister recommended Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, and General Jin to send troops to Yizhou together......

"Accurate!"

Zhu Cihong didn't say a word, as long as everyone who asked for war was approved, how could it be possible to take Yizhou with a few thousand men and horses in Jin Guofeng's hands, even if no one asked for war, Zhu Cihong would have to pull a few to make up the number.

Since Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou both spoke for Wu Sangui, Zhu Cihong naturally gave him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

After discussion, Jin Guofeng and Wu Sangui, as well as Jizhou and Miyun, a total of 60,000 troops sent troops to Yizhou, Qin Bing, Hongbing, and Xuanda three towns prepared to cross the river, and the Tianwu Army was in the center of the mobile response, mainly responsible for fighting the Qing army to rescue Yizhou.

The grain route of the Ming army was in charge of Wang Tingchen, the general soldier of Liaodong, and Li Fuming, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, Zu Dashou still guarded Jinzhou, and Zhu Cihong, the nail household, did not plan to move him, the tighter the nail, the better.

After the tactical deployment was completed, Zhu Cihong squatted in Jinzhou City to sleep, and there were many battles below, and he might have to work for ten days and half a month in the next battle, especially the "heavy" Guan Ning Army, which dragged on for two or three years.

How can there be a happy martial army, after the deployment is completed, it will be a meal, and it will be completed from the plan to the start of construction to the end within a few days, and it will never be inked.

As soon as Zhu Cihong woke up, he heard Xu Sheng say that Lu Xiangkun and Lu Xiangtong were asking for battle outside the hall to let the Tianxiong Army participate in the Battle of Dalinghe.

Zhu Cihong vetoed it on the spot, and let Lu Xiangkun and Lu Xiangtong and the brothers honestly train in the Tianwu Army, and now there are only more than 2,000 soldiers in the Tianxiong Army, and they don't want to leave some seeds?

At the end of April, spring has quietly arrived, the climate in Liaodong is no longer dry, the air contains a little humidity, the cold northwest wind gradually turns into a warm southeast, the breeze blows the cheeks, giving people a soft and comfortable feeling.

After a month of confrontation and offensive and defensive, the western front of the Ming army successfully conquered Yizhou, and the eastern front also crossed the Daling River, advanced to the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty, Sancha Pass, and recovered the three important places of Xiping Fort, Xining Fort and Zhenwu Fort along the way.

In the Battle of Yizhou, the Ming army lost nearly 10,000, and the Battle of Xipingbao commanded by Hong Chengchou lost nearly 20,000, which was no less tragic than the Battle of Xipingbao 17 years ago.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi led the Houjin army to cross the Liao River, and the Ming army defending the river was defeated and retreated, and the Houjin army pursued to Xiping Fort, and the Xiping Fort defender Luo was always not invited to surrender, and led 10,000 people to fight to the death.

Zu Dashou, who was a general at that time, together with Liu Qu, the general of Zhenwubao, and Qi Bingzhong, the general of Guangning, led 30,000 Ming troops to help, and was ambushed at Pingyang Bridge, Liu Qu and others were killed in battle, and the guerrilla general Sun Degong fled back to Guangning, Zu Dashou fled to Juehua Island, and the Ming army was killed and wounded.

After the battle of Xipingbao, Liaodong Jinglu Xiong Tingbi and Governor Wang Huazhen abandoned Guangning City and retreated to Shanhaiguan, Guangning City Guard Sun Degong offered the city to beg for surrender, Nurhachi entered Guangning City, and a large area of land in Liaodong was lost.

After more than ten years, the Ming army regained Xiping Fort, how can it not be exciting, Hong Chengchou is even more excited, Xiping Fort was jointly captured by Hong soldiers and Qin soldiers, and this credit will naturally be counted on the head of the Shaanxi army.

Qin soldiers and Hong soldiers fight with the Liukou in the pass all the year round, it seems to be extremely fierce, and the more fierce Qing army is a little weak, the Liukou is good at escaping, and the courage of the Qing army is famous.

After this time, the Qin soldiers and Hong soldiers also lost a lot of troops, and if there were no soldiers and horses from the three towns of Xuanda, it is estimated that they would be planted in Xiping Fort.

The Ming army suffered heavy losses, and the Qing army was even more miserable, the Han army of the Eight Banners Army was the white flag Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu, and the white flag Gushan Ezhen Wu Shoujin, the two were killed on the spot, and the two white flags of the Han army were annihilated.

In addition, the Mongolian Eight Banners with Blue Flags Gushan Ezhen Hushibu was killed, and the Manchurian Yellow Flag Banner Lord Bai Yintu led his troops to help, and he was so frightened that he ran away directly when he heard the situation on the front line halfway........