By mid-May, the Qing army's scouts found that there were more and more ships coming to and from Niuzhuang Fort, and sometimes, hundreds of large and small ships would dock in a single day. So much so that even late at night, the docks of Niuzhuang Fort were still busy. They also saw with their own eyes a large number of horses, cannons, and men along the long trestle bridge to land.

At the same time, near Niuzhuang Fort, the Model Army quickly built a large number of temporary barracks, which could accommodate more than 100,000 people just in terms of the size of the barracks. And according to observations, there is a large number of personnel activities in these barracks every day, which is definitely not a bluff. In addition, a large number of inland river vessels were sent to the vicinity of the mouth of the Da Liao River. The Model Army mobilized a large number of personnel and built a large-scale dock facility there.

Naturally, the Manchus could not turn a blind eye to such a large-scale transfer. From Huang Taiji to every bannerman, they all understand that this battle is a battle of life and death for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, just like the battle of Sarhu many years ago. Therefore, many high-level Manchu Qing officials also used the Battle of Sarhu to cheer themselves up. However, in private, they also understood that the opponent they were going to face now was by no means comparable to the Ming army at the time of Salhu. During the First Battle of Salhu, the commander of the Ming army was a civilian official who knew nothing about military affairs, and in this battle, the commander of the battle must have been experienced in a hundred battles and proved himself in one battle after another. In the Battle of Salhu, the Ming army's equipment was inferior, and even in order to kill a cow, they had to ask for Shang Fang's sword, because the knife they used in battle could not even kill a cow because of poor maintenance. In this battle, the model army that the Qing army had to face was almost the most well-equipped army in the entire world. Their infantry was fully armed with flintlock rifles and infantry guns, and their cavalry used the best horses, the strongest armor, and the sharpest weapons. In the Battle of Salhu, the Ming army adopted the strategy of four large armies and divided into joint attacks. These four armies were not subordinate to each other and could not echo each other, and as a result, they were concentrated by Houjin and broken by each. But now, the strategy of the model army is obvious, that is, to rely on the water transportation of the Da Liao River, along the Da Liao River all the way to the north, and concentrate forces on the main decisive battle with the Qing army. Moreover, the Qing army had to respond to the battle, otherwise, the entire rich Daliao River valley would be lost. The Manchus could not afford such losses.

However, the Manchus did not have a little initiative, at least, when choosing the battlefield of the decisive battle, the Manchus had a certain choice. They could choose to rely on the two fortresses originally built on both sides of the Great Liao River to fight a decisive battle against the Model Army, or simply retreat to Liaoyang and rely on Liaoyang City to fight a decisive battle with the Model Army.

There are pros and cons to both options. The first plan, if the battle is won, then the large fields waiting to be harvested will be saved. However, it also had the drawbacks of being close to the supply lines of the Model Army, which was more combat-ready, and the two forts were too small to provide limited defensive assistance. The decisive battle here depends more on the field capabilities of both sides. If you deal with the ordinary Ming army, you don't have to worry about the field combat ability of the Eight Banners Army, but against the model army, I may not be able to withstand the field battle of the Qing Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, my courtiers feel that we should still fight them with our backs to Liaoyang. Liaoyang City is high and deep, and with Liaoyang to hold on, the younger brother feels that he can keep it for more than a year. The Ming army may not be able to besiege it for that long. Moreover, my Qing Dynasty can also continue to attack their rear roads, especially since the enemy army is large in number and consumes a lot. Their supplies relied on water transportation from the Da Liao River. In winter, as soon as the Da Liao River froze, their supplies could not keep up, and at that time, they could only withdraw their troops, and our army would definitely be able to defeat the enemy army by attacking at the end of the rank. Azig clenched his fists with both hands.

"Hauge, what do you think?" Huang Taiji asked again.

"Huang Ama!" Hauge knelt down and replied, "The child thinks that Uncle Twelve's method of insurance is insurance, but ...... However, the harvest in the area near Liaoyang is the foundation of my Qing Dynasty. I am in the Qing Dynasty, and now I am staring at the fields outside Liaoyang City, waiting for those wheat to save my life, in the Erchen Banner, not to mention the clothed minions, it is the banner people, women, children, and old men have starved to death, and even the bannermen have starved to death. In some people's homes, the whole family has died. Now, the people full of flags are counting on the wheat in this field to save their lives. If we follow the method of the twelfth uncle, I am afraid that if we don't need to be beaten, we will starve to death! Therefore, Erchen felt that even if he wanted to fight a decisive battle with the enemy army in Liaoyang, he must first hold the Daliaohe Fort, at least until the end of July and the beginning of August until the wheat was harvested. Otherwise, it will be consumed, and we will not be able to consume the Ming army. ”

Hauge's reason is also very powerful, and today's famine is not only affected by Hauge's positive blue flag, but also the other flags. If there is no harvest this autumn, then even if the Ming army's attack is repulsed, how long can the Manchus hold on?

Huang Taiji frowned, and turned his head to look at Dai Shan, who had been lying on the chair. Daishan was the second son of Nurhachi, and in the original history he lived longer than Huang Taiji, until the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648). In this time and space, because of some erroneous reasons, Huang Taiji did not die of illness in the 16th year of Chongzhen (1643), on the contrary, because Dai Shan was set aside, and his sons who had a little bit of interest died one after another, and he was disheartened, but he was blessed. Longevity. The ointment, now the body, is completely dead, but I'm afraid it won't last long. But today's event is extremely important, so he still came reluctantly.

"Your Majesty, I think Hauge is right." Dai Shan gasped and said, "If there is no grain for the autumn harvest, I don't have to fight in the Qing Dynasty, I will collapse!" Now that I think about it, I really shouldn't have fought Jinzhou at the beginning, if Jinzhou was still in the hands of Zu Dashou, maybe we could still buy some food from them. Your Majesty, can't we buy any grain through Mongolia? ”

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"We're going to make it impossible to buy a grain of food!" Wu Sangui glanced at his generals and said slowly, "King Min's side is about to launch a general attack on Jianxuan." In the past two years, everyone knows where our army's armaments, money, and food have come from. Moreover, once Jianzhou was destroyed, the king of Min also agreed that the land near Jinzhou that originally belonged to us would be returned to us. Selling grain to the Mongols is a little money to make - who doesn't love money? Lao Tzu also loves money! However, if you lose the watermelon and pick sesame seeds, Lao Tzu will not do it. I don't think you'll want to do it. Now when I do business with the Mongols, the little money I can earn is not even a hair compared to the land near Jinzhou! I know that some of you used to do business with the Mongols. I don't care what you sold to the Mongols before, but from today on, if anyone dares to sell a grain to the Mongols, Lao Tzu will recognize you, but Lao Tzu's knife will not recognize you! Do you get it? ”

"General, we all understand!" The generals below all responded with a bang.

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"I've already sent people to Mongolia to buy food." Huang Taiji replied, "Last winter, Wu Sangui suddenly made a move in Zhangjiakou and killed the Fan family and the Wang family, who used to do business with us. Now the business of the Mongols and Xuanda has all fallen into the hands of Wu Sangui. It is very difficult to buy food, and the price is ridiculously high, in short, you can't count on the food you buy. ”

"In that case, then we can only block them at the Great Liaohe Fort first, as Hauge said, and we will keep it until the autumn harvest." Dai Shandao.

"Do the others have any opinions?" Huang Taiji asked again.

Everyone was silent.

Huang Taiji waited for a while, and when he saw that everyone didn't speak, he said, "Since everyone has no opinion, then we will deploy according to this method." This matter is the top priority of our Eight Banners, and everyone must ...... it" ()

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