On the outskirts of Shengjing, the Manchus gathered almost all the troops they could mobilize to reinforce Songjin.

This is the battlefield that they and the Liao soldiers are most familiar with, and it was both of them who have been biting this land for decades.

Time has passed, and the two groups of people who were on the same page in the past have now united to resist Hou Xuanyan and his Northern Expeditionary Army.

"The conquest of Liao is the last step of the Northern Expedition, and if you go north to fight the Rakshasas, it will be called the Northern Expedition." Hou Xuanyan talked eloquently, and after the battle situation became clear, his mood relaxed a lot. Said to the generals in the tent: "Songjin is the gate of Shenyang, I guess the Manchurians will definitely not give up here, if nothing else, the decisive battle will start here." ”

Li Haoxian took over the conversation and said: "Of course, it would be best if they had the courage to fight a decisive battle with us, but I am afraid that these people will hide in the mountains of their hometown in Manchuria, and it will take a lot of effort just to search." ”

At this point, it is impossible for Jiannu to go back to the mountains to fish and hunt, and the stall is so big that it is not easy to put it away.

Yan Yingyuan echoed: "What the prince said is right, the decisive battle must be in Songjin, and no one can fight at the gate of their lair." No one in power today has the courage to do so. Even if they have, Wu Sangui is not a master who will not retreat to the death, and it is estimated that if the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not reached, it is possible that he will immediately withdraw to Guangning, or even run to Shenyang. ”

Hou Xuanyan suddenly remembered that in Jingxiang back then, it was also a decisive battle, Wu Sangui gave up his teammates at the last moment and sold more than 200,000 green camps cleanly, which was a crucial battle with a balance between attack and defense, if it weren't for Wu Sangui in order to retain his strength, he refused to work for the Manchurians, and the whole world would be over. Thinking of this, Hou Xuanyan nodded heavily and said, "That's right, Wu Sangui is like this, this person is extremely selfish, and it is impossible for him to defend Songjin for the sake of the Manchurians." ”

Yan Yingyuan pointed to Jinzhou on the sand table and said: "Jinzhou has three cities: Songshan, Xingshan, and Tashan, which are horns of each other. Songshan Fort is only one of them, this terrain can be defended to 100,000 troops, we must not attack blindly, Xia Guan suggested that it should be shelled for a period of time. ”

"We can learn from Huang Taiji's fighting method back then, cut off Songshan, Xingshan and Jinzhou, so that their food and grass supply cannot keep up, so that the enemy army will collapse without a fight." The Huang Taiji style of play that Du Yinxi said refers to the old incident of Huang Taiji's siege of Jinzhou in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen.

In September of the 11th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army went south under the command of Huang Taiji, and the Beijing division was under martial law. The Ming Dynasty, which was attacked on both sides, had to transfer the commander Hong Chengchou from the Western Front to serve as the governor of Jiliao, and led the army into the defense with Sun Chuanting. In the autumn of that year, Huang Taiji led his troops to capture Yizhou and used it as a base to launch a siege of Jinzhou. At that time, Wu Sangui was guarding Ningyuan, and Ma Ke was guarding Shanhaiguan. The Qing army attacked Jinzhou and Ningyuan, and Hong Chengchou sent troops to help, but was defeated in Tashan and Xingshan.

Under the crisis of the situation, Chongzhen mobilized all the elite 130,000 people at the border pass, 40,000 war horses, as well as Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Jizhou, Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of Yutian, the general soldier Ma Ke of Shanhaiguan, Wang Tingchen, the general soldier of Qiantun Guard, and Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, and other generals to fight in Songjin.

The entire Daming and Chongzhen have the meaning of giving it a go, but unfortunately they have too many words.

This battle was originally a chance to win, but Hong Chengchou advocated slowly approaching Jinzhou, setting up camp step by step, fighting and defending, and not fighting lightly. However, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, and Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen, thought that the soldiers would be fierce, and they urged the war vigorously, and Hong Chengchou could not stop Chongzhen's offensive, so he had to find someone to fight a decisive battle.

As soon as Huang Taiji heard that the Ming army was going to fight a decisive battle, he happily led a large army from Shengjing, and asked Jierharang to cut off the connection between Jinzhou, Songshan, and Xingshan, cut off the grain route of the Ming army, and cut off Hong Chengchou's way back. At this time, Hong Chengchou advocated a decisive battle, and the commanders of all the departments were frightened and wanted to retreat south. In the end, the assembly broke through the mountain, more than 100,000 people collapsed, and the last breath of Daming was also lost.

Rao is like this, Hong Chengchou led the remnants of the army to guard Songshan, and Zu Dashou guarded Jinzhou, and the Manchurians still had no way to take them.

Until the food ran out, Songshan became a traitor, and the deputy general Xia Chengde asked the Qing army to take his son Xia Shu as a hostage and surrender. In March, the Qing army was invited to attack at night, Songshan City was broken, Hong Chengchou and Governor Qiu Minyang were captured, and the general soldier Cao Bianjiao fought to the death without losing his uncle's face.

As soon as Hong Chengchou was defeated, Zu Dashou opened the city of Jinzhou and surrendered to the Manchus.

Hou Xuanyan listened to him talk about Huang Taiji's style of play, and frowned, this method is undoubtedly the best. The stalemate in Songjin is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, but he needs to fight quickly to return to Jinling and usurp the throne.

After thinking about it, Hou Xuanyan still decided to put the lives of the soldiers first, and took this method to slowly consume them, and said: "Yes, surround them and bombard them with artillery, we have too many soldiers and horses, and there is a huge difference between the enemy and us, and they are not capable of fighting a decisive battle at all." As long as we guard the critical passes everywhere and strictly guard against the enemy's surprise attacks, even if there are occasional small defeats, this battle will definitely annihilate the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at a very small cost. ”

After finishing speaking, the generals followed him around the sand table and arranged offensive and defensive tasks. The generals retreated, and Li Haoxian wandered around outside the tent for a while, then turned around and returned to the big tent.

Hou Xuanyan looked up and saw that it was him, and said strangely: "What's wrong?" ”

"Will it be too long for the prince to leave Jinling, in fact, there are our people guarding here, step by step, and this battle will be stable." Li Haoxian had a trace of worry on his face, Hou Xuanyan couldn't help but warm his heart, and said: "It's okay, the government and the opposition are our people from top to bottom, and I have only been away for a little more than half a year, so nothing will happen." ”

Everyone in the DPRK and China knows that the two forces that openly and secretly helped Hou Xuanyan to ascend to the throne are the generals and men in the army represented by Li Haoxian. These Northern Expeditionary soldiers followed Hou Xuanyan step by step to fight in the south and the north, if Hou Xuanyan could not take the position, their fate would not be much better. The second strand is the Ma father and daughter, the father and daughter are much simpler, they are originally attached to Hou Xuanyan, which is equivalent to Hou Xuanyan's hands and feet, and they are both prosperous.

Although Li Haoxian did not know the struggle between the courts, when he got to this point, he naturally gathered many strategists around him. A few days ago, his think tanks said one after another, the prince has been away from Beijing for too long, and without the prince in Jinling, I am afraid that all parties will take the opportunity to make waves.

Li Haoxian heard that it made a lot of sense, and he himself also deeply realized that when the Northern Expedition was in full swing, as long as Hou Xuanyan stayed on the battlefield for a long time, there would definitely be chaos in the court, and he would have to go back halfway to wipe his ass every time. Only then did he come worriedly and wanted to persuade Hou Xuanyan to return to Beijing.

Hou Xuanyan thought about it carefully, if he followed the plan he had just made and shelled the Qing troops around this place, there would be at least three months to spare. Unless the Qing army is desperate and launches a counterattack and decisive battle, these three months will be spent in the rumble of artillery.

There are still a lot of things in Beijing, I'm afraid they can't be handled by the elixir and scholars, especially Nanyang's own deployment.

That is very important, putting aside the national hatred, in Hou Xuanyan's heart, it is three points more important than Zhengliao. And the people in the DPRK and China may not be able to realize the power of it like themselves, after all, they have the vision of hundreds of years ahead of the times.

Li Haoxian was too familiar with him, and when he saw Hou Xuanyan frowning, he knew that he was hesitating. Sure enough, what the strategists said was right, even the prince himself felt embarrassed, Li Haoxian thought that he was the prince's first confidant, how could he not solve problems for him.

"Although the prince can rest assured, Songjin has a few of us, and it is foolproof. He took Shenyang early, captured Manchuria, and presented the head of the Tartar to the prince. ”

Hou Xuanyan sighed and said, "When I go back to Jinling, I do have a few important things to do, but I don't need you to rush forward." According to the plan, you will stay here and attack and kill and injure the Qing soldiers. When I return, it will be time for the three armies to strike the final blow to the Tartars. ”

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The next morning, at the foot of Matsuyama.

Yesterday, he was still giving orders, and the prince who coordinated the battle situation suddenly wanted to leave, and Yan Yingyuan, Du Yinxi, Zheng Zunqian and others were confused.

These generals don't understand very well, but Sun Jiaji and others understand a little, the prince is going back to settle the rear.

Hou Xuanyan handed Shuai Yin to Yan Yingyuan, held his hand, and instructed: "Liheng, remember not to be greedy for merit, and work steadily step by step, at this point, we are not in a hurry, it should be Jiannu and traitors who are in a hurry." Rest assured that artillery and ammunition will arrive in a steady stream of bombardment here. ”

Yan Yingyuan's heart was agitated, the leader finally left, and it was his turn to show his strength. Three months later, the scheduled bombing period was over, and the day when he commanded the three armies to sweep the Tartars was approaching, and thinking about it made Yan Yingyuan excited.

Holding the handsome seal, Yan Yingyuan bent down and raised his voice: "Don't worry, the lower officials will definitely live up to the trust of the prince, and the prince will take care of his body along the way!" ”

Hou Xuanyan nodded, took his personal guards three thousand, and Shang Kexi, who was captured, and embarked on the road back to the south.

Shang Kexi's expression was numb, he was tied up by five flowers, and the four people around him took turns to watch, for fear that he would commit suicide, and what was waiting for him was the trial and punishment in the traitorous mansion.

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