Dengzhou, Governor's Mansion.

A rather heated discussion is also underway.

A steady stream of information from Liaodong came to Dengzhou, including Hong Chengchou's letter, which covered all the actions of Chen Xinjia's army, including the victories.

Chen Xinjia's move to lead the army to attack Yizhou was reprimanded by Su Tiancheng, this is a completely unnecessary action, the army is conquest, the morale of the sergeants needs to be considered, but there is no need to take the strategic Yizhou to inspire, in Hong Chengchou's letter, explaining that Chen Xinjia is worried that the Mongolian tribes will send troops and may block the back line of the Ming army, Su Tiancheng feels incredible, if Huang Taiji really made such a big decision and is ready to use Mengbaqi, this time the battle will not be on such a scale, I am afraid that when the army attacks the city of Montenegro, it will encounter stubborn resistance.

Based on a lot of information, Su Tiancheng has discovered the danger, although he believes that some things need to pay the price of blood to make it possible for the emperor and the court to realize, but the price paid is too tragic, and it is not what he wants to see.

The border army led by Chen Xinjia can easily take the city of Montenegro and the city of Yizhou, judging from the results on the surface, it completely exceeds the original Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion soldiers and the border army to take the city of Dalinghe, such a huge record, it is said that you should feel happy, but from the perspective of the battle report, it is impossible to be happy, waiting for the city of Montenegro, there are only two thousand golden tartars, this is too strange, the next attack on Yizhou, Chen Xinjia wrote to the imperial court, which indicates that it is the annihilation of tens of thousands of Houjin Tartars, But Su Tiancheng learned from Hong Chengchou's letter that a large number of Houjin Tartars had already attacked and evacuated Yizhou, after the border army captured Yizhou. Adopting the strategy of slaughtering the city, I am afraid that many ordinary people will also be counted as post-gold tartars.

Su Tiancheng didn't have time to condemn this kind of atrocity of the border army, but he could know from the casualties of the border army. The real annihilation of the Houjin Tartar troops, after two battles, the casualties of the border army were less than 4,000, which shows that the attack cannot be very fierce, and the battle of annihilating the opponent in large numbers, generally speaking, lasts for a relatively long time, unless one side has an absolute advantage and can take the other side in one fell swoop. But the border army did not have such strength, including the Jiangning battalion, and they did not dare to have such a guarantee.

But the army led by Chen Xinjia really occupied Montenegro and Yizhou.

Su Tiancheng looked at the map of Liaodong and thought hard for a whole day, he needed to perceive from it, what kind of arrangements would be made for the Emperor Taiji of Houjin. What is the reason for the delay?

According to a lot of information. Qu Qingze analyzed the best time for the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to go out, that is, when Chen Xinjia led the army from Yizhou to attack Guangning.

In fact, the time was already very tight, and the time when the border army captured Uiju was the ninth day of the fifth month. The time when Dengzhou received the information was May 13, and according to Chen Xinjia's arrangement, on May 16, the army set out from Yizhou. Begin the assault on Quang Ninh.

After receiving the information, Su Tiancheng analyzed the time for a day.

There was only one day left for Su Tiancheng and the others to decide, and Qu Qingze suggested that the time for the Jiangning battalion to be dispatched was also May 16.

However, there are some questions that Su Tiancheng has not yet found the answers, so he needs to discuss them with everyone.

Qu Qingze, Sun Chuanting, Yan Yingyuan, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo, and the commanders of the Jiangning battalion gathered at the Governor's Mansion, including Bi Maokang and others who remained in Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Qingzhou.

So many people participated in the discussion, not to say that everyone had to express their opinions, but to let everyone be able to grasp the situation in Liaodong, and then know the responsibilities of Ludao itself, in the process of the campaign, when facing the specific situation, they could analyze and make decisions, after all, after the Jiangning battalion crossed the Bohai Bay and arrived at Lushun, the campaign was carried out from multiple angles.

Everyone who came to the Governor's Mansion looked very serious, they knew very well that this time they were summoned to the Governor's Mansion, which meant that the army was about to take action, and the most excited were Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo, they through their own efforts, they gained a firm foothold in the Jiangning Battalion, and were recognized by everyone, and they were also appreciated by Su Tiancheng, after such a long time, they themselves knew that as long as they worked hard, they would become the backbone of the Jiangning Battalion.

Qu Qingze was still the first to speak, explaining the situation in Liaodong, including the situation of the border army's conquest, and his analysis that tomorrow is the best time for the Jiangning battalion army to start.

"Jiangning Battalion Naval Division, it takes two to three days to arrive at Shuangdao from Dengzhou, our warships and patrol ships, the speed is much faster than ordinary warships, day and night sailing, that is, two days and two nights, can arrive, Houjin Naval Division, mainly concentrated in Lushun, Shuangdao has a part of the Tartars, that is to say, Jiangning Battalion soldiers set off at midnight on May 16, and can arrive at Shuangdao around midnight on May 18, and arrive at Shuangdao at the same time as arriving at Shuangdao, that is, the time when the attack begins."

"The Liaodong Frontier Army, set out from Yizhou on May 16, the terrain of Yizhou is somewhat remote, but it is more than 100 miles away from Quang Ninh, and the army can reach Guangning in two days at most, and can arrive at Guangning and launch an attack."

"From the point of view of time, the Jiangning battalion started fighting, and the time of the Liaodong border army to start the fight, is completely consistent, we have analyzed before, all the energy of Houjin is in Liaodong, no one will notice the situation in Lushun, with 50,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, facing the Houjin 15,000 sailors, there is an absolute chance of victory, annihilating the Houjin sailors, will inevitably be able to give a huge blow to the Houjin Tartars, causing the panic of the Houjin Tartars, thereby contributing to the war in Liaodong."

After Qu Qingze finished speaking, everyone looked at Su Tiancheng, and the final decision still came from Su Tiancheng.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the time of departure of the Jiangning battalion is set for tomorrow, that is, the 16th of May, I will not repeat the details of this battle, you are all very clear, but about the situation in Liaodong, I still have to inform you, maybe it will not be long, among you, I am afraid that some people will go to Liaodong."

"The imperial court decided to launch an attack in Liaodong first, which is the best way to show the power of my Ming Dynasty, but this time the campaign, at this moment, whether it is the emperor, the imperial court, or the Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin, can not determine the scale of the war, from the day Chen Xinjia led the army to set off, the decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin began."

"After the capital of the Jin Tartars moved to Shenyang, the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, Liaodong became the place they had to take, the importance of this place, everyone understands, my Ming Dynasty lost Liaodong, the Jingshi was directly threatened, the loss of Liaodong shook the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, on the other hand, after the Jin Tartars, they lost Liaodong, can only take the Liao River as the boundary, resist the attack of my Ming soldiers, outside the first time, there is no stronghold to rely on, so they can not lose Liaodong, At least not to lose the occupied Quang Ninh, Uiju and Montenegro. ”

"But the situation of the Liaodong campaign is too strange, I received information yesterday, I analyzed it all day, I feel very bad, Chen Xinjia led the army, captured the city of Montenegro and Yizhou City, it seems too easy, this is not easy to explain, the combat effectiveness of the Houjin Tartars is not boasted, but tempered by years of fighting, they cannot easily lose Montenegro and Yizhou."

"The attack of the Liaodong army, on the surface, adopted the tactics of step-by-step, after occupying Montenegro, it rested for three days, and after occupying Yizhou, it rested for five days, but behind this rest, a huge danger was highlighted, that is, the Houjin Tartars have not taken any action for such a long time, as if the attack of the Liaodong army has nothing to do with them, and the loss of Montenegro and Yizhou has nothing to do with the overall situation, which is obviously impossible."

"Chen Xinjia led the army to conquer, should have taken the most effective offensive strategy, abandoned Yizhou, directly attacked Guangning, once Guangning was taken, the Tartars of Yizhou naturally had to take the initiative to retreat, otherwise they would fall into a heavy encirclement, as long as the army could take Guangning City and hold the city, even if it was the crazy counterattack of the Houjin Tartars, they were not afraid, at this time, the emperor could mobilize the army and launch a large-scale battle with the Houjin Tartars in Liaodong."

"The Liaodong border army successfully took Montenegro and Yizhou, according to my analysis, this is the intention of the Houjin Tartars, and this is the strategy of Huang Taiji."

When Su Tiancheng said this, there was a deathly silence in the room, and everyone knew what this sentence meant.

"Huang Taiji's appetite is very big, it is beyond my expectations, after a whole day of thinking, I finally feel that Huang Taiji wants to annihilate the 100,000 border troops who are attacking."

There was a discussion in the room suddenly, Su Tiancheng's speculation was jaw-dropping, and it was also terrifying, if the 100,000 border troops were exterminated by the Houjin Tartars, such an ending would be fatal to the emperor and the imperial court.

"Let's look at the map, Houjin Tartar did not choose to confront Montenegro, because it is too close to Dalinghe City, which is not conducive to their deployment and annihilation of the border army, Yizhou is located in a remote area, there is no important strategic value, only Guangning, Houjin Tartar chose to start a decisive battle with the border army here, the garrison of Dalinghe City can not be rescued, I thought about it, Huang Taiji personally went to Liaodong to command this time, I am afraid that there will be more than one army, if I am in charge, I will arrange a road army to fight head-on in Guangning, and arrange another army, Directly into Dalinghe City, in this case, the 100,000 border troops led by Chen Xinjia became extremely dangerous. ”

Silence returned to the room, and no one spoke.

"This possibility exists, if Huang Taiji makes such an arrangement, the situation in Liaodong will be extremely severe and dangerous, everything depends on our actions, if we can exterminate the Houshui Division, occupy Fuzhou, Yongning, Xuancheng, Tieshan, Xuanzhou and other places, and the army will advance towards Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, it will completely shake the deployment of Huang Taiji, and the situation in Liaodong will be alleviated to the greatest extent." (To be continued......)