Knowing the content of Emperor Chongzhen's holy decree, Fan Wencheng was very excited, and immediately reported to Huang Taiji and Haoge, in Fan Wencheng's opinion, any official of the Ming Dynasty would not dare to violate the holy decree, even if it was a superficial response, it was necessary to make some gestures, since Chongzhen asked to start attacking the Qing Kingdom, then Su Tiancheng and others must have acted immediately. Huang Taiji and Haoge agreed with this view, so the Qing State began to make all the preparations, strengthen the defense of Guangning, Haizhou and Shenyang, and concentrated most of the troops here, forming a solid triangular defense formation, and began to purchase a large amount of food in Anning Fort and Jingbian, and spent a lot of gold and silver treasures, some regrets, the firearms and ammunition that could be purchased in Anning Fort and Jingbian before, are now gone, since Song Sijun left Anning Fort, The deal came to an abrupt halt.

Preparing for war is not a trivial matter, especially in these years, when the Qing Dynasty faced the Ming army, without the previous advantage, all the preparations must be careful and careful, Huang Taiji is a very shrewd monarch, can quickly restrain the feelings of loss, the situation has changed, it is necessary to accept the facts, many years ago, the full eight banners received the order to enter the customs to fight, will cheer with joy, now it is impossible, not to mention entering the customs, even if it is to hold the occupied city, it is considered good.

The whole Qing Dynasty mobilized and devoted themselves to preparing for war, and even Huang Taiji Haoge left the palace and went to the surrounding areas of Shenyang to inspect and implement the relevant defense matters.

But a month passed, the Ming army did not react at all, not even a small-scale attack, Liaodong was very calm, Fuzhou and Xuanzhou and other places were also calm, there was no sign of large-scale mobilization of the Ming army. There is also no performance in intelligence.

There was such a situation, which made Huang Taiji begin to doubt, could it be that Chongzhen's holy decree was fake, could it be that the Ming court was fooling the Qing Dynasty, could it be because he had set up the crown prince, Chongzhen was very angry. Make a show.

Fan Wencheng was even more confused, he didn't know what Lu Dao was for, even if the Ming army did not attack for the time being, but the preparations that should be made could not be missing, at least the army should be mobilized and ready to attack.

This confusion was quickly analyzed by Fan Wencheng, he believed. Before the autumn harvest, the Ming army may not launch an attack, after all, a large-scale expedition needs grain and grass, and needs logistical guarantees, and the Ming army really starts to attack, it is very likely that after the autumn harvest, Emperor Chongzhen issued a holy decree. Su Tiancheng did not dare and could not disobey it, and the holy decree was not false. This can only show that Su Tiancheng has enough power and can decide the time of the attack on his own.

Huang Taiji and Haoge both believe that Fan Wencheng's analysis is reasonable, and analysis can be analyzed, if such a situation occurs. The question also arises as to when the Ming army will attack, whether it will attack after the autumn harvest is over, or at other times, or even after the New Year. This is all unknown, and it is unrealistic to ask the Houjin soldiers to be in a tense state of preparing for war for a long time, and the Great Qing Kingdom cannot bear such consumption.

At the end of the day, gathering accurate information is the most important thing.

Huang Taiji directly put forward requirements, the most important is two aspects, the first is when the Ming army will launch an attack, at least it will take an approximate time, the second is how big the scale of this battle is, whether it is a decisive battle between the two sides, or a small-scale attack, and the third is where the focus of the battle is, whether it is in Liaodong, or in Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, or even on the prairie.

The problems in these three aspects, it seems simple, it is more difficult to figure it out than ascending to the sky, Fan Wencheng, who accepted the task, felt a huge pressure, although Huang Taiji's tone was very soft, there was no sense of force, but the requirements were clear.

In the intelligence network established in the Ming Dynasty, all the constituent personnel, most of them are inferior personnel, and it is almost impossible to obtain such important information, so Fan Wencheng once again focused his eyes on Liaodong and Kang Tai and Tang Haitai.

The last expedition to the grassland, the information provided by Kang Tai and Tang Haitai was not completely accurate, but it also played an important role, at least the information of the Jiangning battalion's expedition to the grassland was accurate, as for the Jiangning battalion did not attack from the direction of Yizhou, but chose to attack from Datong, Fan Wencheng was more willing to believe that this was a sudden change made by Su Tiancheng in the process of deployment, thinking that the attack from the direction of Datong was more advantageous.

Liaodong has a large number of intelligence personnel, all the actions of Kang Tai and Tang Haitai, there are also other people staring, Fan Wencheng, who is well versed in the importance of intelligence work, will not ignore any details, for so long, Kang Tai and Tang Haitai's performance, there is no abnormality, Liaodong is relatively calm, nothing major happened, and there is no transfer and adjustment of the Liaodong border army, Tang Haitai has no important information, everything is very normal.

Fan Wencheng is most worried about Tang Haitai and Kang Tai exposed, if the two have been exposed, but Lu Xiangsheng from Liaodong does not do it, it is the most dangerous thing, but after such a long time, the two of them have not been exposed.

After a series of analyses, Fan Wencheng made a decision to focus on the line of Tang Haitai and Kangtai to fully activate the intelligence network in Liaodong and collect intelligence.

Subconsciously, Fan Wencheng believes that the Ming army launched an offensive, the focus of the direction is Liaodong, the courage of the Jiangning battalion, through countless battles reflected, stationed in Guangning and Xiping Fort of the Qing Dynasty, respectively, led by Dolgon Zhengbai Banner and Dai Shan led by the Red Flag, especially the Zhengbai Flag, can be said to be one of the most courageous armies of the Qing Dynasty, if the Zhengbai Banner is defeated by the Ming Army, Guangning is lost, for the Qing Dynasty, it will be a major blow.

There is also one of the most important problems, Guangning and Xiping Fort were lost, and the Ming army could directly attack Shenyang after crossing the Liao River, which was tantamount to shaking the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and the soldiers stationed in Haizhou and other places would inevitably retreat and defend Shenyang with all their might. Under such circumstances, the triangular defensive positions set up by the Great Qing Kingdom were effortlessly destroyed, and all arrangements were in vain.

Fan Wencheng almost determined that the focus of the offensive was in Liaodong.

Such an analysis needs to be supported by intelligence.

Once accurate information can be obtained, the arrangements of the Great Qing State will undergo major changes, and the location of the Manchu Eight Banners will not change, but the Han Eight Banners can be adjusted, and the main forces can be transferred to defend Guangning and Xiping Fort, and even if possible, launch a counteroffensive against Liaodong.

Fan Wencheng did not think that the Ming army had the ability to attack from the two directions of Liaodong and Haizhou, including Huang Taiji, who also thought that the overall combat effectiveness of the Ming army was not particularly strong, except for the Jiangning battalion led by Su Tiancheng, the rest of the army was like that, and the Jiangning battalion was impossible to divide the troops, so the combat effectiveness would be greatly weakened, and any wise commander would not make a decision to weaken his own combat effectiveness.

Fan Wencheng knew more clearly that Huang Taiji had a bold decision, if this attack, the decision of the Ming court and Su Tiancheng was the final decisive battle, Huang Taiji would not sit back and wait for the Ming army to attack, and would launch a full-scale reaction, and at that time, the Mongolian steppe would also begin to enter a state of full combat readiness.

Fan Wencheng felt unprecedented pressure.

However, Fan Wencheng, who has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, did not lose his proportions, he knew very well that he could not panic, and he had to think of a good way, and he still analyzed the movements of the Ming army through a large amount of intelligence.

After thinking about it for a long time, Fan Wencheng finally made a decision, and put the direction of the focus on Kang Tai and Tang Haitai, and only through this line can he or more accurate information.

Tang Haitai did things in the Liaodong Governor's Yamen, itself has an incomparable advantage, the Ming army wants to launch a comprehensive attack on the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible to avoid Liaodong, the requisition of the army, must be through the Governor Yamen to issue many orders, even if all the transfer matters, are based on Su Tiancheng or the Governor's Mansion, but it is impossible to completely avoid the Governor's Yamen, that is to say, the many orders of the Governor Yamen, can reveal information, including the number of troops transferred, including the scale of the battle, etc., As long as he can obtain a lot of information, Fan Wencheng will be able to analyze the mystery.

Once a decision is made, Fan Wencheng's action is also very fast, maintaining intelligence work requires a lot of money, since the focus is on Kang Tai and Tang Haitai, money must be tilted, fortunately, it is the autumn harvest season soon, and a large amount of money will not cause any problems, nor will it attract everyone's attention.

As for money, Fan Wencheng has already been prepared, what he is relieved of is also the cost of money, Tang Haitai is very greedy and gentle, and needs to consume a lot of money, and it is precisely because of Tang Haitai's dependence on money that Fan Wencheng is more at ease, thinking that Tang Haitai can be controlled through money, and at the same time, Tang Haitai's special identity also makes Fan Wencheng feel a lot more at ease.

Fan Wencheng prayed that this time he could really obtain valuable information through Kang Tai and Tang Haitai, as long as he could obtain accurate information, even if Kang Tai and Tang Haitai were exposed, it would be worth it.

The calm on the surface was broken, Shenyang began to be uncalm, the previous restlessness was because Huang Taiji learned of the holy decree issued by Chongzhen, but this time the restlessness was because there were too many uncertain factors, and it was impossible to completely cover up these news, and the long-term tension had made Shenyang a little nervous.

The decisive battle between Daming and Houjin kicked off in the summer of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and no one would have thought that this decisive battle would start from the intelligence station first. (To be continued......)