Su Tiancheng mobilized 150,000 troops to gather in Jinzhou City, making it difficult for Huang Taiji to sleep and eat.

Houjin Eight Banner Army, many times bypassed Shanhaiguan, borrowed Mongolia, entered the customs from Xifengkou, plundered the Ming Dynasty, but after each robbery, they left in a hurry, did not dare to stay in the pass for a long time, the most important reason is because of the Guanning Jin defense line, Huang Taiji is very clear, bypassing Shanhaiguan, entering the pass, the danger is huge, on the one hand, afraid of the Ming army of Shanhaiguan to cut off its retreat, the Eight Banners Army fell into a heavy encirclement, facing the danger of annihilation, on the other hand, more afraid of the Ming army in Shanhaiguan smashed Huanglong, invaded Shenyang, which will shake the foundation of the Great Qing Kingdom.

The Guanning Jin defense line has become the lingering dream of Huang Taiji, and if Jinzhou can be captured, all the problems will be solved.

After the Eight Banners Army captured Dalinghe City, it directly confronted Jinzhou.

The strength of the Eight Banners Army is field warfare, not good at attacking fortifications, and the Ming army is just the opposite, the Ming army stationed in the Guanning Jin defense line, known for firearms and infantry, field is by no means the opponent of the Eight Banners Army, unfortunately, the Guanning Jin defense line, the Ming army is relying on the strong city, resisting the pace of the Eight Banners Army's advance.

In the battle of Dalinghe that year, Huang Taiji took advantage of this, adopted the method of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, besieged Dalinghe City to the death, and annihilated the Ming army that rescued Dalinghe City step by step, so that Zu Dashou who was stationed in Dalinghe City fell into a desperate situation, and more than 30,000 people stationed in the city finally only left more than 10,000 people.

Huang Taiji dreamed of taking Jinzhou.

Jinzhou choked the throat of the road between Liaodong and the Central Plains, the importance is self-evident, Huang Taiji is very clear, if you want to enter the Central Plains, you must take Shanhaiguan, Shanhaiguan is the gateway to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. And to take Shanhaiguan, we must first take Jinzhou.

This plan has been brewing for a long time in Huang Taiji's heart, and he has seen the Ming Dynasty being harassed by rogues and suffering from famine for many years. The national strength is getting weaker and weaker, and at the critical moment, a Su Tiancheng was born, and the Jiangning Battalion was formed, which quickly became a brave army known in the Ming Dynasty and even the Qing Dynasty. In time, who knows what the consequences will be.

Knowing that Su Tiancheng had mobilized a large army to enter Jinzhou, Huang Taiji focused all his attention on the area around Dalinghe City, and he was even ready to send a more brave and warlike Dolgon to Dalinghe City, but Yue Tuo was still able to fight, considering that the temporary change would bring negative effects, and finally gave up.

Huang Taiji's attention was focused on the place of Songshan.

In order to be able to capture Jinzhou. To completely destroy the Guanning Jin defense line, Huang Taiji took great pains. Dalinghe City is more than 400 miles away from Shenyang, but these places are firmly controlled by the Houjin, and there are people cultivating the land along the way, forming villages and towns one by one, under the full deployment of the Houjin. You must know that the common people of Houjin are also soldiers and people, as for the Dalinghe City, to Jinzhou. More than forty miles away, Huang Taiji even thought about sending people to cultivate in these places, but these places were not completely under the control of Houjin, so Tuntian was a little unrealistic.

Matsuyama is a place that both sides should pay attention to.

The location of Songshan is exactly in the middle of Jinzhou and Dalinghe City, if you completely control Songshan, you can occupy a favorable position, before the Ming army was used to stick to the city, Huang Taiji was not particularly concerned about Songshan, but after Su Tiancheng became the governor of Jiliao, Huang Taiji began to pay attention to Songshan.

Before Yue Tuo set off, Huang Taiji specifically emphasized the importance of Songshan, but Songshan is more than 20 miles away from Dalinghe City, if the garrison in Songshan, in case of danger, it is not easy to rescue, after the field survey, Yue Tuo gave up the plan to garrison in Songshan, and garrisoned the army on the edge of the riverbed about one mile away from Dalinghe City to form a defensive line. Huang Taiji has always emphasized the independence of commanding generals, but there is too much interference in deployment, so there is not too much emphasis.

But Su Tiancheng mobilized 150,000 troops, this situation is not ordinary, if Su Tiancheng occupies Songshan, so that Songshan and Jinzhou City echo each other, even if the Ming army is unfavorable to the expedition, retreat to Songshan, the Eight Banners Army takes advantage of the victory to pursue, but also beware of the Ming army's firearms.

The terrain around Dalinghe City, including the terrain of Jinzhou City, Huang Taiji was too familiar with it, and he could remember it with his eyes closed, so he made an exception and wrote to Yue Tuo, asking Yue Tuo to pay attention to the place of Songshan.

After Yue Tuo received the letter from the emperor, he thought about it for a whole day.

His thinking had to change, Su Tiancheng laid heavy troops in Jinzhou, it was impossible to have no action, the only purpose was to come to Dalinghe City, once Dalinghe City was lost, the consequences would be serious, the villages and towns north of Dalinghe City would be directly threatened, and the people could not farm with peace of mind, and the Qing Dynasty's control over this generation would be significantly weakened, which would damage the national strength of the Qing Dynasty.

After Kong Youde entered the house, Yue Tuo got straight to the point.

"Kong Youde, the emperor has sent a letter, asking us to pay special attention to the place of Songshan, Songshan is twenty miles away from Dalinghe City, and now the vast majority of those guarding Dalinghe City are Han troops, these sergeants are not very good at field warfare, and the Ming army confronts, there is no absolute advantage, if you send 10,000 Han troops to garrison Songshan, can you guarantee to repel the attack of the Ming army."

Kong Youde paused for a moment, looked at the sand table in front of him, and thought for a while.

"Dashuai, the last general is not completely sure, Su Tiancheng has gathered 150,000 people in Jinzhou, if he comes to attack, 10,000 people are stationed in Songshan, it is impossible to stop the Ming army."

Yue Tuo was a little impatient.

"Kong Youde, what do you mean, we still have to garrison Dalinghe City, relying on the courteous terrain of Dalinghe City to stop the attack of the Ming army, and at the same time, you think that the Ming army will definitely attack Dalinghe City, if this is the meaning, just say it."

"That's what it means."

"Okay, we decided, Songshan is a little far away from Dalinghe City, but the emperor asked us to pay attention to this place, it must be reasonable, I think it is better to send two thousand soldiers to garrison Songshan, if you find anything abnormal, it is good to report it in time, you see how it is."

Kong Youde didn't speak, his eyes were fixed on the sand table.

What is the effect of stationing 2,000 sergeants, if the Ming army is determined to attack Dalinghe City, it will definitely occupy Songshan, these 2,000 sergeants are too thin, maybe the whole army will be wiped out.

Seeing that Kong Youde didn't speak, Yue Tuo smiled coldly.

"Kong Youde, I also have a plan, if the Ming army stationed in Jinzhou City, poured out the nest, then Jinzhou is not an empty city, we can draw a part of the strange soldiers, directly detour to attack Jinzhou, if we can take Jinzhou, front and back to attack the Ming army, this will create history, of course, this plan, temporarily secret, I also want to play the emperor, my consideration, if the Ming army attacks Dalinghe City, we are here to defend, the army that came to reinforce does not need to go to Dalinghe City, directly to Jinzhou City, The effect will be better. ”

Kong Youde nodded, this is indeed a good plan, no matter what, a direct attack on Jinzhou will inevitably cause the Ming army to be in chaos, if the Ming army collapses, the Eight Banners Army and the Han Army join forces to attack, creating a huge victory, it is not impossible, when the time comes, Su Tiancheng will be defeated and lose Jinzhou, I am afraid it will be difficult to return to the imperial court.

Besides, it would be much more convenient to be able to take Jinzhou and attack Ningyuan.

"Marshal, the last general will arrange it, mobilize 2,000 people, and go to garrison Songshan."

"Okay, you go and arrange it immediately, remember, the main duty of these sergeants is to report the situation in time, if the army of Jinzhou is dispatched, I need to get the news as soon as possible."

In Shenyang, Huang Taiji looked at Yue Tuo's letter, and his expression was uncertain.

Daishan, Azig, Dolgon, Zilharang, Fan Wencheng and others were all seated in His Highness.

"Yue Tuo has a letter, this plan is very bold, I am a little worried, if Su Tiancheng is out of the nest to attack Dalinghe City, Jinzhou's defense is empty, and the reinforcements do not go to reinforce Dalinghe City, and directly attack Jinzhou, this is a very good plan, at least it can greatly disrupt the deployment of the Ming army, I see, Dalinghe City will hold on for more than half a month, there is no problem, as long as the garrison of Dalinghe City can contain the main force of the Ming army, and the plan of attacking Jinzhou City can be realized, Even if Jinzhou City cannot be taken, the Ming army will return to help, and the army stationed in Dalinghe City and the reinforced army can be flanked back and forth, and the possibility of defeating the Ming army is completely existent. ”

Everyone didn't speak, and the emperor said this, which means that he is still thinking.

Sure enough, Huang Taiji's tone changed.

"This arrangement, on the surface is good, but the Ming army has 150,000 people, this is not a small number, the sergeants stationed in Dalinghe City, only 30,000, and 2,000 people are stationed in Songshan, 10,000 people are deployed in the periphery, if the Ming army moves quickly, it can instantly make the soldiers stationed in Dalinghe City passive, I don't know if Lu Dao Yuetuo has thought about it, the main thing is the Han army, if the Han army can not effectively block the Ming army, so that the Ming army in a short period of time, take Dalinghe City, which is for my Qing Dynasty, it is a heavy loss, and when the time comes, the troops that rush to attack Jinzhou must also retreat quickly, otherwise it will be dangerous. ”

The scheming Dai Shan spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Yue Tuo's suggestion is still feasible, the terrain of Dalinghe City is dangerous, even if the Jiangning battalion is brave, but it will take at least half a month to take Dalinghe City, if during this period, I will send elite troops to attack Jinzhou, and I will definitely be able to disrupt Su Tiancheng's deployment, whether it can take Jinzhou or not, at least the Ming army will not be able to attack Dalinghe City wholeheartedly."

After Dai Shan spoke, the rest of the people also spoke, and the meaning was basically the same, Yue Tuo's suggestion was feasible.

Huang Taiji finally made up his mind and approved Yue Tuo's suggestion. (To be continued......)