Chapter 839: Let's Get Started
Chen Xinjia led the army and began to attack Yizhou, for Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng, this is great news, responsible for garrisoning Yizhou, is Ma Guangyuan of the Han Eight Banners Zhenghuang Banner, Ma Guangyuan is stationed in Yizhou in full accordance with the requirements of Huang Taiji, as the new Zhenghuang Banner of the solid mountain Ezhen, Ma Guangyuan for this kind of combat deployment that must be defeated and escaped, very uncomfortable, the Han Eight Banners that have just been established are thinking about emerging through this war, and they can't think of the first task, which is to defeat the battle, However, Ma Guangyuan also understands that today's defeat is for tomorrow's victory.
The suspicion of the existence of Hauge and Azig also completely disappeared as Chen Xinjia began to attack Yizhou.
The location of Yizhou is very special, Huang Taiji attaches great importance to this place, here is close to the Mongolian tribes, as a town for trading between the Houjin and the Mongolian tribes, the role is still not small, but the strategic location of Yizhou is not good, in the campaign, because of the remoteness of the location, whether it is offensive or defensive, or garrison, can not play a decisive role in the campaign, so it is here as a commercial location to operate and manage, but unfortunately the Ming Dynasty carried out a mutual market in Anning Fort and Jingbian, where the materials are abundant, the transaction volume is very large, gradually, Due to the lack of goods, Uiju was gradually forgotten. For these reasons, Huang Taiji's attention to Yizhou has also decreased somewhat, and most of the merchants of Houjin went directly to Anningbao and Jingbian to trade.
When Huang Taiji discussed with everyone, most of the people believed that Chen Xinjia would not attack Yizhou, and after occupying Montenegro, he would directly attack Ningyuan, once the Ming army took Ningyuan, Yizhou would not attack itself, if Chen Xinjia captured Montenegro, and then attacked Yizhou, it would be purely a consumption of troops. Delaying time, Fan Wencheng insisted that Chen Xinjia would definitely attack Yizhou, because Yizhou was close to Mongolia, and although the strategic location was not very important, it was likely to pose a threat to the Ming army's rearguard. Moreover, the Great Qing State can also mobilize the Eight Banners of Mongolia to launch a surprise attack from the back of the Ming army, Chen Xinjia must have thought of this aspect, Fan Wencheng believes that the most important possibility that Chen Xinjia must attack Yizhou also stems from the influence of the Ming Emperor and the imperial court.
Fan Wencheng believes that the Ming Emperor and the imperial court do not necessarily know much about the situation in Liaodong for so many years. Because of the instability of the situation in Liaodong, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were reluctant to come to this place, even if they were officials who came to hold positions, they were not willing to go deep into the front line. It is generally believed that as long as the city can be captured. It is a major victory, no matter whether these places occupied have an important role or not, driven by this understanding, Chen Xinjia must occupy Yizhou.
Of course, Fan Wencheng also varies from person to person. He compared Chen Xinjia and Su Tiancheng, and thought that if Su Tiancheng was the one who led the attack this time, then the situation would be completely different, and the Great Qing Kingdom must fight a bloody battle. Guarding every inch of territory, if it is occupied by the army led by Su Tiancheng, thinking of using the strategy and tactics of luring the enemy into depth, it is probably to shoot yourself in the foot.
Fan Wencheng's analysis, in Huang Taiji's view, is very accurate, reasonable, and convincing in the eyes of Haoge and others, and it is precisely relying on Fan Wencheng's accurate analysis that Huang Taiji has determined the strategic deployment of luring the enemy into depth.
After Chen Xinjia occupied Yiju, the army stopped.
Huang Taiji summoned Fan Wencheng, Haoge, Azig and Gushan Ezhen of the Zhenghuang Banner, the Yellow Banner, and the Han Eight Banners to discuss together, this time, Huang Taiji had to make a decision to come out of the army's action, and Dolgon, who was waiting in Xiping Fort, was probably also a little anxious.
This time, Haoge and Azig no longer mentioned that Chen Xinjia would stick to Montenegro and Yizhou, but Haoge thought of another possibility, during this time, Haoge and Fan Wencheng spent a lot of time together, and Huang Taiji also intended to do this, so that Haoge followed Fan Wencheng, learned to analyze many situations, learned to think, this kind of thinking is very important in the battle, Huang Taiji also understands the meaning, Haoge is the son of Huang Taiji, brave in battle, and it is possible to inherit the throne, So I also tried my best to teach Hauge many of his own analyses.
Huang Taiji proposed, Chen Xinjia captured Montenegro and Yizhou, the next task, is to attack Guangning, at this time, the warriors of the Qing Kingdom must give the other side a devastating blow, the tactics of the two-way attack to begin to implement, located in Xiping Fort Dolgon, led 100,000 troops, straight into Dalinghe City, attack Dalinghe City at the same time, build a solid defense line, do not allow 100,000 Ming troops to retreat to Guanning Jin defense line, even if they can not quickly capture Dalinghe City, but also to recover Montenegro City and Yizhou.
This operational deployment has been determined a long time ago, there is no objection, the next task, it depends on the courage of the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, in this regard, Huang Taiji has absolute confidence, unless it is the Jiangning battalion soldiers, as for the border army, it is impossible to compete with the Manchu Eight Banners.
After Huang Taiji deployed, Hauge was the first to speak.
"Your Majesty, Erchen thought of a question, and once discussed with Lord Fan, involving Su Tiancheng and Jiangning Ying, Su Tiancheng is still the Liao Governor of Ji, Liaodong carried out such a big attack, could it be said that Su Tiancheng would be indifferent, the intelligence detected by Lord Fan, when Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty issued an order, although Chen Xinjia was the governor of Liaodong, but also assisted Su Tiancheng, and now the Liaodong border army is attacking, as the Jiliao Governor, if Su Tiancheng interferes in the attack of Liaodong and makes other deployments, how should he respond."
Haoge thought about such a problem, Huang Taiji was very happy, in fact, he and Fan Wencheng have been closely monitoring Su Tiancheng's movements, if Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning camp to kill, it would indeed be unbearable for the Qing Dynasty, which is also a problem that Huang Taiji must pay attention to, but he and Fan Wencheng have analyzed, judging from the current intelligence, it is difficult for Su Tiancheng to meddle in the affairs of Liaodong.
"The question raised by Hauge is very critical, you can tell me what actions Su Tiancheng may make."
"Erchen's main doubt, or the time of the Ming army's attack, Chen Xinjia led the army, after occupying the city of Montenegro, delayed for three days, and now captured Yizhou, stopped the attack again, I don't know how long the road will be delayed, although Lord Fan analyzed, Chen Xinjia is still cautious, but Erchen is worried that Chen Xinjia's such a move is not waiting for the rest of the Ming army's deployment, or waiting for Su Tiancheng and Jiangning Battalion to go to Liaodong."
Huang Taiji nodded and looked at Fan Wencheng.
Fan Wencheng was even more happy, in fact, after he came into contact with Haoge during this time, he felt that although Haoge was a little rude, he was still righteous and reasonable, which was very different from Azig, Haoge was essentially not excluding the Han people, everything was based on the interests of the Qing Dynasty, and he absorbed the advantages of Huang Taiji in this regard.
It is precisely for this reason that Fan Wencheng specially reported to Huang Taiji, so that Haoge could put forward more opinions and suggestions in the process of discussing specific combat arrangements in the future, which can reflect Haoge's wisdom and play a huge role in consolidating Haoge's position among the Manchurian nobles.
Huang Taiji's understanding is slowly changing, and he began to pay attention to consolidating power, and most of the methods used are suggestions put forward by Fan Wencheng, such as in consolidating imperial power, focusing on promoting many princes, and in terms of mastering the army, he began to suppress the power of Daishan, Dolgon and others, these measures are necessary in Fan Wencheng's view, but Huang Taiji did not have such an understanding before.
Fan Wencheng thought that he had achieved great success and put the Great Qing Kingdom on the track of normal development.
"Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Prince Su's concern is very reasonable, the slave and Prince Su have analyzed it many times, if Su Tiancheng leads the Jiangning battalion and joins the battle of Liaodong, Prince Rui leads an army of 100,000 to attack Dalinghe City, it is a very dangerous move, the number of Ming troops stationed in Liaodong is quite a lot, plus the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, they have an advantage in numbers, and the emperor's plan to lure the enemy into the depths is to completely annihilate the Ming army, but after Su Tiancheng participated, It is very likely to become the Ming army's counter-encirclement and suppression of our warriors of the Qing Dynasty. ”
After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, Huang Taiji looked at everyone, and the rest of them didn't say anything.
"Very good, I hope you will analyze more in the future, considering the situation in many aspects, the question that Haoge just raised, I think it is thoughtful, if this kind of situation happens in my Great Qing Kingdom, it must be considered, but the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has a small stomach, and he let Su Tiancheng leave Liaodong at the beginning, that is, he was worried that Su Tiancheng's power was too great, and letting Chen Xinjia go to Liaodong is to decompose Su Tiancheng's power, which is tantamount to Chongzhen's self-destruction of the country."
"Chen Xinjia led the army to conquer, if he suffered defeat when attacking Montenegro and Yizhou, that Chongzhen is likely to send Su Tiancheng back to Liaodong again to preside over the overall situation, which is definitely unfavorable for my Great Qing Kingdom, but Chen Xinjia has won successive battles and captured the city of Montenegro, and he actually played Chongzhen, doesn't this make Chongzhen have great confidence, in this case, how can Chongzhen let Su Tiancheng continue to meddle in the affairs of Liaodong, unless Su Tiancheng wants to disobey the holy decree."
"From this level of analysis, even if Su Tiancheng wants to meddle in the affairs of Liaodong, it is not very likely, don't worry, Su Tiancheng and the Jiangning battalion will not be able to participate in this attack."
"The deployment of the campaign remains unchanged, and when the Ming army sets out from Yizhou and prepares to attack Guangning, Dolgon leads a large army and penetrates directly into Dalinghe City, completely blocking the route of the Ming army's retreat."
After Huang Taiji said these words, he looked at Haoge, nodded and smiled.
At this moment, Hauge suddenly understood something, looked at Fan Wencheng, and a smile appeared on his face. (To be continued......)