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Liaodong is more than 2,000 miles away from Dengzhou, and according to the normal speed, it will take at least five days for the intelligence to reach Dengzhou, but the war is about to break out in Liaodong, so Qu Qingze has done his best to require the intelligence of Liaodong to arrive in Dengzhou within three days, so that Su Tiancheng can grasp the information in time and make an analysis and judgment.

On May 4, Su Tiancheng got the first piece of information about the war in Liaodong.

The 53,000 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were all ready to start the offensive on 1 May, but at the end of April, Su Tiancheng suddenly proposed to postpone the attack and wait for the next order.

The people who know the situation in Lu Dao are Qu Qingze and Sun Chuanting, and those who know all the situation in Lu Dao are Qu Qingze alone, as the person in charge of intelligence work, Qu Qingze put forward his own opinions to Su Tiancheng, which prompted the postponement of this attack.

Qu Qingze believes that all the attention of the emperor and the imperial court is focused on Liaodong, if the Liaodong campaign goes well, or the emperor's will, adopt a step-by-step strategy, then, the time for Dengzhou to launch an offensive, must be grasped, on the basis of the victory in Liaodong, from the direction of Lushun, to give a heavy blow to the Houjin Tartars, this is tantamount to icing on the cake, the emperor and the imperial court will not have any opinions, the Liaodong campaign is not smooth, and even there is a rout, from the aspect of attracting the attention of the Houjin Tartars and distracting the energy of the Houjin Tartars, which should also be attacked from Arthur. This can disrupt all the deployments of the Houjin Tartars, that is, no matter what the circumstances, the attack of the Jiangning battalion must be launched.

But there is a problem of time to grasp, from the perspective of living a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain, it must be when the Liaodong offensive has a clue of victory or defeat. Go on the offensive.

The time of Dengzhou's attack is early, who knows whether Chen Xinjia, Qian Qianyi and others will blame the Jiangning battalion because of the disadvantage of the campaign, saying that it is because the Jiangning battalion wants to launch an attack in Lushun in Dengzhou, which disrupts their deployment, and when the time comes, they will shirk their responsibilities, and people will not be polite, and the time for the attack is late. The overall situation of Liaodong has been decided, the losses are too heavy, the emperor and the imperial court will have opinions, the best time is to be in Liaodong border army defeat, or after the news of possible defeat, Dengzhou's Jiangning battalion began to attack, this is the best time.

Of course. If Ji Lu planned to launch an attack at this time, it would be necessary to closely analyze the intelligence from Liaodong. Make accurate judgments, otherwise the timing will not be able to be mastered.

Qu Qingze's analysis, Su Tiancheng thought it was very reluctant, but he thought of the situation in the imperial court, and thought of Chen Xinjia and Qian Qianyi's exclusion of Jiangning Ying in Liaodong, even to the point of ignoring the overall situation. I also think that Qu Qingze's analysis is reasonable, if everyone can do things, they can start from the overall situation, including the emperor's idea, I am afraid that this Liaodong expedition. The first thing that comes to mind is the Jiangning battalion, and what I think of is that I am in command and lead the Jiangning battalion to the expedition.

It is precisely because of these unexpected circumstances that the Jiangning battalion's campaign must seize the best opportunity.

From this aspect, Su Tiancheng adopted Qu Qingze's suggestion.

To Su Tiancheng's surprise, Sun Chuanting actually agreed with this suggestion, thinking that the truth Qu Qingze said was completely valid, and these aspects must be taken into account, at least so that the emperor, the imperial court, Chen Xinjia and Qian Qianyi had nothing to say.

In such a situation, Su Tiancheng was not happy at all, and even a little sad, the once extremely powerful Ming Dynasty has experienced so many years and has declined step by step, that is, there are these incomprehensible things, because the people who hold power first think of their own interests.

Fortunately, the Jiangning Battalion is not an ordinary army, and even if the order changes, the officers at all levels are absolutely obedient, and will not inquire about the reason, let alone complain.

There are some special ones that are Wu Sangui, the deputy chief soldier of the water division, after Wu Sangui came to Dengzhou, there was basically nothing to do, and he did not actually grasp the power, the treatment was still good, with a lot of money, and lived a peaceful life, Su Tiancheng knew Wu Sangui, and knew that Wu Sangui was not willing to be mediocre, but for people like Wu Sangui, when he couldn't completely surrender, don't think about what he can do for you.

When Su Tiancheng looked at the intelligence, Qu Qingze, Sun Chuanting and others were waiting on the side, as Su Tiancheng's absolute confidants, the two needed to study the intelligence with Su Tiancheng.

After reading the information, when Su Tiancheng raised his head, Qu Qingze spoke first.

"My lord, the lower officials think that the speed of the border army's march is too slow, Dalinghe City is only a hundred miles away from Montenegro, and it actually took three days, which is too cautious, the soldiers are fast, if it is a later battle, it is such a marching speed, and it is a matter of time before the border army suffers defeat."

In terms of leading the army, Sun Chuanting obviously has more right to speak, and his understanding is different from Qu Qingze.

"My lord, the lower official thinks that the border army has just begun to attack, it is beneficial to be cautious, this move is to test the combat effectiveness of the Golden Tartars, and make a deployment to respond, if you just start to attack, the speed is too fast, I am afraid that you will encounter some emergencies, so that the army can not deal with it."

Su Tiancheng didn't know if it was okay or not, so he asked another question.

"What do you think the first battle will be, today is the fourth day, presumably the battle to capture the city of Montenegro has begun, according to your expectations, directly talk about your own opinions."

Qu Qingze spoke first.

"My lord, Xia Guan thinks that the battle against Montenegro will be extremely cruel, Montenegro has a special location, easy to defend and difficult to attack, occupies Montenegro, can attack Yizhou, Guangning, and directly approach the Liao River, fundamentally shake the strength of the Houjin Tartars in Liaodong, and the worst can also occupy Montenegro, slowly expand their influence in Liaodong, and enhance their strength, Huang Taiji should be able to understand this, after losing Dalinghe City, the influence of the Houjin Tatars in Liaodong has been greatly affected, so Xiaguan thinks, Huang Taiji would never tolerate the easy loss of the Black Mountain City. ”

After Qu Qingze finished speaking, Sun Chuanting continued to speak.

"Xiaguan thinks that what Master Qu said is reasonable, if Xiaguan is stationed in Montenegro, he will definitely do his best to defend Montenegrin City."

Su Tiancheng smiled and nodded.

"In fact, if you consider the two points together, you can see that Chen Xinjia adopted a cautious approach at the beginning of the army, which is understandable, the role of Montenegro is very critical, when we occupied the city of Montenegro, quickly withdrew, but also considering the construction of Liaodong, unwilling to have a full-scale conflict with the Houjin Tartars prematurely, and now Chen Xinjia led the army, began to attack the Houjin Tartars, and strive to occupy Montenegro, Yizhou and Guangning, which has been shaken to the foundation of the Houjin, Huang Taiji will never wait to ignore it, Therefore, the battle for the city of Montenegro will be very fierce, and it is necessary to be fully prepared. ”

Three days later, the information about the capture of the city of Montenegro came to Dengzhou.

Su Tiancheng's face was unusually grim, Qu Qingze, Sun Chuanting and others also looked solemn, there was a problem with their analysis, Chen Xinjia led the army, and it only took an hour and a half to take the Black Mountain City, and the Houjin Tartars stationed in the Black Mountain City were only two thousand people, such a result, they could not have imagined it in any case.

After seeing this information, Su Tiancheng thought about it for a long time.

Qu Qingze, who was in charge of analyzing intelligence, couldn't come up with any opinions and suggestions for a while.

According to the information provided by Huang Zaisheng, Huang Taiji attaches great importance to this battle, and has already left Shenyang and personally rushed to Liaodong to command.

In the face of a major battle, Su Tiancheng will not easily draw conclusions, after all, this is not a battle that he personally commands, everything relies on the intelligence transmitted from Liaodong, and it will be more profound when he is immersive.

In this discussion, Qu Qingze and Sun Chuanting did not deny Chen Xinjia's achievements, after all, they led the army, won the first battle, occupied the city of Montenegro, and pushed the border army's occupation range forward for a hundred miles, which is not a small achievement, and cannot be denied casually.

Su Tiancheng's inner worries began to worsen, he did not doubt the victory of the army, but worried that Chen Xinjia was so happy with his temper that he took the city of Montenegro, which was undoubtedly a huge agitation for the army.

Su Tiancheng is a little in awe of Huang Taiji, this is an unusual opponent, wise and intelligent, knows how to grasp the opportunity, can always make the right decision, in the face of such an opponent, you don't expect him to make mistakes, only by planning and deploying all the actions and relying on strength to defeat him, can you really achieve the final victory.

Who knows if Chen Xinjia has this kind of awe, whether he has such an understanding.

Faintly, Su Tiancheng felt that this may be a decision made by Huang Taiji and took the initiative to give up Montenegro, but what is the purpose of Huang Taiji's move, can Huang Taiji be able to grasp it so accurately, Chen Xinjia will definitely be overjoyed, and will definitely lead the army to attack desperately, if Chen Xinjia can do it step by step, plan to plan every attack, whether Huang Taiji plans to ambush or lure the enemy deeper, he may fail.

Su Tiancheng was indeed a little incomprehensible.

In addition, the arrival of this piece of information made Qu Qingze unable to accurately analyze the time of the Jiangning battalion's dispatch, the border army won the first battle, and the situation was very good, so in this case, Dengzhou should remain stable for the time being. (To be continued......)