Chapter 687: No Matter the Price
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On July 25, Su Tiancheng rushed to Jinzhou City.
One day, two hundred miles, for Su Tiancheng, who has not slept all night, it should be the limit of bearing, however, after receiving the emperor's holy decree, Su Tiancheng couldn't sit still, he knew very well that Dengzhou and Laizhou were already a mess, and the people there were still suffering from the ravages of the Houjin Tartars, Dolgon is a rare general, and he can be regarded as a military strategist of this era, he will definitely seize all the opportunities that can be used to obtain the greatest benefits, and even take the opportunity to coerce the Beijing Division, if the Jiangning battalion and the border army are not able to take Montenegro, threatening ShenyangI don't know what this disaster will look like.
After entering the General Military Mansion, Zu Dashou, Sun Chuanting and others were already waiting, and the 50,000 troops were distributed in Jinzhou and Dalinghe City, waiting for the order to attack.
Seeing Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou and others coming in, everyone in the house quickly stood up.
Su Tiancheng saw Ma Xianglin, Ma Xianglin's characteristics are very prominent, mainly one eye has been lost, in the current words to describe, it is a one-eyed dragon, after joining the Jiangning battalion, Ma Xianglin resolutely dispersed more than 10,000 white pole soldiers, disorganized into the Jiangning battalion, expressed his determination to be a member of the Jiangning battalion, these white pole soldiers, after entering the Jiangning battalion, trained very hard, and gradually got used to the way of fighting the large corps, in several battles, showed good quality, These white-pole soldiers are basically a minority of famous ethnic groups, and their cultural level is generally not very high, but their understanding is very high, and they have been appreciated by many Jiangning battalion soldiers.
Ma Xianglin was stationed in Ningyuan, that is to say, Ma Xianglin also traveled more than 200 miles with the army. rushed to Ningyuan, but he seemed to be in good spirits, and he didn't show any tiredness.
Sun Chuanting's side was Qin Rui, the commander of the artillery battalion guard.
"Qin Rui, is the artillery battalion ready?"
"My lord, the artillery battalion is ready. Wait for the order of the adult. ”
"Very good, what to do, I won't say more, the last time I attacked Dalinghe City, the artillery battalion played a decisive role, this attack on Montenegro, the artillery battalion has to play an important role, the terrain of Montenegro is more special than Dalinghe City. But it's also more conducive to the role of artillery, and your task is still to blow up a passage so that all the soldiers can enter the city of Montenegro and fight the Tartars. ”
Everyone didn't speak, after the last battle of Dalinghe City, everyone knew the decisive role of artillery, but the consumption of artillery was too great. It was unbearable, and there was not enough silver. Don't think about being able to maintain an artillery battalion at all.
Su Tiancheng then looked at Zu Dashou.
This attack on Montenegro was definitely not as smooth as the attack on Dalinghe City, not to mention that the Houjin sergeants in Montenegro were on high alert all the time, so it was said that this time the Houjin sergeants spent a lot of effort to build the city and fortifications. Moreover, there are quite a few Eight Banner Army stationed in the city, and they will always notice the movements of the Jiangning battalion and the border army, and it is impossible to keep it secret from attacking Montenegro.
"Zu Dashou."
"The end will be."
"Attacking Montenegro, you lead 20,000 border troops. As the vanguard of the attack, you have to remember that no matter how much sacrifice you pay, you must not hesitate to retreat, and the Houjin Tartars stationed in Montenegro will definitely fight back wildly. ”
Speaking of this, Su Tiancheng looked at Zu Dashou.
"If you find it unbearable, you can bring it up now."
Zu Dashou's face turned red all of a sudden.
"My lord, the last general will never retreat, even if he fights to the point of one soldier, the last general will also persevere to the end."
"Very good, I remember what you said, this time the offensive deployment is different from the last time, I want to make it clear, the combat effectiveness of the border army cannot be compared with the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion for the time being, this is the actual situation, so when you lead 20,000 border troops and rush into the city of Montenegro, you will face the crazy counterattack of the Houjin Tartars, as for the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, they will rush into the city after half an hour and give the Houjin Tartars a fatal blow."
"The reason for this arrangement is because we don't know how Huang Taiji is deployed, whether Montenegro has reinforcements from Houjin Tartar, if there are reinforcements, when the first batch of sergeants rush into the city, they will all be reinforced, we need to take Montenegro in one go, directly threaten Shenyang, this battle, can not form a tug-of-war situation, if there is such a situation, it means that we have failed."
When Su Tiancheng said these words, the room was silent, and everyone knew that this battle would be very cruel, after all, the Houjin Tartars stationed in Montenegro also had 25,000 people, and if there were reinforcements, the attacking Jiangning battalion and the border army would be much more numerous.
"Sun Chuanting, you lead 20,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, half an hour after the border army enters the city, launch an attack, you must give a devastating blow to the Houjin Tartars in the city, this time we take Montenegro, no matter the cost, no matter how much sacrifice we pay, we attack Montenegro, the people of Dengzhou and Laizhou will be able to get peace, and Beizhili and Jingshi will be safe."
"The time of the attack is set for the twenty-seventh day, before the end of the day, and I will enter Montenegro."
After the deployment, Su Tiancheng felt that he couldn't stand it, after all, it was a sleepless night, specific things, he didn't need to worry about it, naturally someone went to make arrangements, from Jinzhou to Montenegro, there are more than 140 miles, there is no big problem for the cavalry to arrive, but the artillery battalion and foot soldiers are not so simple, especially the artillery battalion, fortunately, through the mutual market in these years, the Jiangning battalion has obtained a large number of war horses, artillery transportation, and there are already enough war horses.
When Su Tiancheng was resting, Hong Chengchou still couldn't sleep, he was the commander-in-chief of the attack on Montenegro, because the attack on Montenegro was of great significance, so Su Tiancheng personally issued an order, but the specific deployment needed him to arrange, after Su Tiancheng went to rest, he gathered many officers, including Zu Dashou, Zu Dale, Zu Dabi and others, and made detailed arrangements.
In the early morning of the 26th.
Shenyang, Huang Taiji, who had just gotten up, looked at a piece of information with a pale face.
The Ming army stationed in the Guanning Jin defense line concentrated towards Jinzhou on a large scale, and Su Tiancheng personally rushed to Jinzhou, what does all this mean, he knows very well, he is really afraid of what is coming, Su Tiancheng is really ready to attack Montenegro.
Montenegro is an important barrier in Shenyang, if the Ming army takes Montenegro, it can directly threaten Shenyang, and the intelligence shows that the number of Ming troops assembled this time has reached 100,000.
To say that the whole of Liaodong, although it is in a state of high tension all the time, but there are still merchants here who want money and don't want to die, these merchants shuttle through various cities in Liaodong, using all possibilities to do business, they have made friends with the officers of the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin, basically able to enter and exit freely, and a lot of information is also transmitted through these merchants.
Zilharang, Fan Wencheng and others hurried to the main hall.
Without waiting for everyone to kneel and worship, Huang Taiji spoke directly.
"The Ming army is preparing to attack Montenegro, this time Su Tiancheng mobilized 100,000 troops, I really didn't expect that Su Tiancheng would not go to rescue Dengzhou and Laizhou."
The faces of Jierharang and Fan Wencheng and others changed, 100,000 troops attacked Montenegro, what is this concept, they are clear, theoretically speaking, Montenegro cannot be held no matter what, if Su Tiancheng takes Montenegro and leads the army to continue to attack, it will be directly facing Shenyang, and the garrisons along the way are impossible to stop at all, can it be said that Su Tiancheng is ready to start a decisive battle with the Great Qing Kingdom, this is unlikely.
Seeing the faces of Zierharang, Fan Wencheng and the others, Huang Taiji spoke again.
"I still underestimate this Su Tiancheng, a person in his twenties, to be able to become the Jiliao Governor, it must be unusual, it seems that the court of the Ming Dynasty is impossible to restrict this Su Tiancheng, I didn't expect that Chongzhen, who is only ambitious, actually trusts Su Tiancheng so much, it seems that Su Tiancheng is really difficult to deal with, you say, the Ming army attacked Montenegro, how should we deal with it."
Zierharang and Fan Wencheng did not speak for the time being, both of them are old and respectful people, and they will not say irresponsible words.
In fact, Huang Taiji understood in his heart, Su Tiancheng attacked Montenegro, the reason was that Dolgon attacked Dengzhou and Laizhou, this is a situation of encircling Wei to save Zhao, Daishan and Dolgon led nearly 50,000 troops to the battle, Haoge led 10,000 soldiers to Montenegro, it should be said that Shenyang's troops are obviously a little empty, if you mobilize troops stationed in various places to go to Shenyang, this is by no means a wise move, Su Tiancheng's such a move will make the whole Qing country nervous, and it is not necessary.
Huang Taiji believed that Su Tiancheng did not want to take the initiative to attack Shenyang, or even attack Montenegro, this time he may have been forced by himself, if he could withdraw Dolgon and Daishan, the problem would definitely be solved.
But Huang Taiji didn't want to withdraw Dolgon and Daishan easily.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Su Tiancheng led 100,000 Ming troops to attack Montenegro, or needs to be paid attention to, Montenegro is the barrier of Shenyang, and there is no room for loss, if Su Tiancheng takes Montenegro, he can approach Shenyang, such a situation cannot appear, the minister is willing to lead the soldiers with the blue flag to aid Montenegro, and the Ming army must be stopped in Montenegro."
"Your Majesty, the servants thought that Su Tiancheng's attack on Montenegro was aimed at solving the problem of Dengzhou and Laizhou."
When Fan Wencheng said this, Huang Taiji nodded with satisfaction.
Fan Wencheng, who was encouraged, gritted his teeth and said the following words.
"The slave thinks that Prince Rui has achieved success in Dengzhou and Laizhou, and the emperor can order him to retreat, and the battle of Montenegro is unavoidable, but the slave is courageous, Su Tiancheng did not think about attacking Shenyang, even if he takes Montenegro, and when he learns the news of Prince Rui's withdrawal, I am afraid that he will also withdraw his troops, for today's plan, is to avoid a hard confrontation with the Ming army, and not to fight in Montenegro for the time being, this time the emperor is far-sighted, and he has defeated Su Tiancheng." (To be continued......)