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All the arrangements have been arranged, and after pulling out the strongholds on the periphery of Dalinghe City, Su Tiancheng's mind was completely devoted to the deployment of attacking Dalinghe City.

The attack on Dalinghe City is a matter that affects the nerves of the imperial court and Houjin, both sides attach great importance to it, Su Tiancheng can even expect that Zhu Youzhen and Huang Taiji are both unable to sleep, they are both worried, in comparison, Huang Taiji may be more worried, after all, the starting point is different.

Huang Taiji took over the burden from his father Nurhachi, the goal is to rule the Central Plains, for this goal, the eloquent Huang Taiji, to the best of his personal ability, exhausted his efforts, and slowly made the Houjin strong, in the ninth year of Chongzhen, officially ascended the throne as the emperor, and established the name of the Qing Dynasty, indicating that it was to eliminate the Ming regime.

Zhu Youzhen is also very hard, he took over a mess from his brother, he is bent on building well, not eating or sleeping well, facing indescribable headaches, people in their twenties, sometimes, worrying about things are not at all what this age can bear, plus living in the palace with fine clothes and food, he has not experienced any substantial tribulations, and in terms of personal ability, he is indeed inferior to Huang Taiji.

Su Tiancheng's crossing changed everything.

The peasant rebel army was completely wiped out, and the leaders of the rebel army such as Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong, Zijinliang, and Lao Huihui all fell under him, and the huge rebel army did not exist, and the northern provinces, which had suffered for a long time, finally settled down, although there were still many problems. In particular, there is a problem in the government at all levels, but it is completely feasible to maintain it and carry out major reforms when the opportunity is ripe.

passed Su Tiancheng's efforts. Coupled with the efforts of Zhu Xianxuan, Yan Zizhang and others, Shaanxi Province and Henan Prefecture have become examples for the northern provinces, and Zhu Youzhen has also begun to attach great importance to the problems of the government, and severely punish those officials who oppress the people and commit misdeeds. It's better, although the underlying problem still exists.

This is also where Su Tiancheng is anxious, thinking that there must be a stable foundation for large-scale reforms within the Ming Dynasty, otherwise it will cause large-scale turmoil, and it will create a good foundation for Houjin, once Houjin finds a suitable opportunity, he will start a strategic offensive. Su Tiancheng's hard work is likely to be in vain.

This is indeed the case. Don't dare to underestimate it.

Therefore, Su Tiancheng must take Dalinghe City, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, things must be taken step by step, and it is useless to be in a hurry.

Su Tiancheng had enough confidence to take Dalinghe City in a short period of time. Large-scale battles after a few hundred years will also take a long time, but it doesn't have to be a long time to capture a city, as long as you are prepared accordingly. That is, in one to two days, it was taken down.

Therefore, attacking Dalinghe City should not take a long time, at most one to two days.

The reliance on all this is the artillery battalion.

When the artillery battalion began to be arranged, Su Tiancheng personally participated.

The commander of the artillery battalion guard made Qin Rui very clear that the focus of this battle on Dalinghe City was whether the artillery battalion could play a decisive role, two hundred red-clothed cannons and general's cannons, and at the same time, Qin Rui had never seen such a scene, it can be said that the artillery battalion fired this time was not a cannonball, but a silver flower in vain.

The officers and men of the artillery battalion have long been proficient in operating all the artillery.

The position of the artillery is divided into three echelons, the first echelon of 70 red-coated cannons, the second echelon of 30 red-coated cannons, 40 general cannons, and the third echelon of 60 general cannons.

After the improvement, the Great General's Cannon is almost as powerful as the Red Cannon.

It is divided into three echelons, also because of the limitation of the terrain.

As for the Furlong cannon and the Tiger Squat Cannon, they had already been prepared, and once the two hundred red-coated cannons and the General Cannons had exerted their power, the officers and men of the artillery battalion immediately pushed the Tiger Squat Cannon and the Furlong cannon, approached the city wall, and bombarded the Houjin sergeants stationed on the city wall.

Su Tiancheng went to the three positions and looked at them in detail.

The swarthy artillery, under the careful care of the soldiers, looks very majestic and majestic.

Qin Rui has always accompanied Su Tiancheng.

After looking at the three echelons of artillery, Su Tiancheng finally spoke.

"Qin Rui, the range of the artillery studied by Lord Bi and everyone can be adjusted appropriately, this is very crucial, the artillery battalion must be skillful and able to use it at any time, this time to attack Dalinghe City, the importance of the artillery battalion, I won't say more, the casualties of the attacking soldiers, in the final analysis, is in the performance of your artillery battalion."

"Don't worry, the last general has made all the preparations, all the soldiers understand the responsibility on their shoulders, look at it, if you can't blow up a gap in the wall of Dalinghe City this time, the last general is willing to lead the army."

"I know that not only do you need to blow up the city wall, but there is also a key point, that is, the Houjin Tartars who are guarding the city wall have no power to fight back, only in this way can we minimize casualties, we need to take Dalinghe City in the shortest possible time, and the fighting spirit of the Houjin Tartars cannot be destroyed, they will definitely make a desperate resistance, so when they rush into the city, the real battle will begin."

Guarding Dalinghe City, there are nearly 30,000 Houjin sergeants, not to mention that these Houjin sergeants, who are familiar with the environment in Dalinghe City, will definitely resist, and the battle in the city will definitely be more tragic, in this regard, Su Tiancheng has been prepared, so it must be the Jiangning battalion that takes the lead.

Such an arrangement would also make the Jiangning battalion pay a heavy sacrifice, but it was impossible to avoid it.

As early as when he was in Songshan, he arranged for the soldiers to cut down a lot of trees, and after the Guanning army captured the outlying strongholds, the officers and men of the artillery battalion immediately began to arrange, and put on "clothes" for the artillery in the place where the scouts had already been scouted and reconnoitred.

The location of the artillery is less than three miles away from Dalinghe City, within such a range, if it is not camouflaged, it is easy to be discovered, of course, even if it is not disguised, Qin Rui is not worried, and captures the strongholds on the periphery, Dalinghe City is basically surrounded, even if it is the Houjin Tartars in Dalinghe City, these cannons are found, and the role is not great, relying on the artillery owned by the Houjin Tartars, and the artillery of the Jiangning battalion cannot be compared.

But Su Tiancheng thought very carefully, the time of the general attack is determined, the soldiers have long been prepared, it is not possible to attack in advance, that will be a chaotic deployment, if the artillery of the Houjin Tartars, found the artillery of the Jiangning battalion, and fired shells, it will definitely cause some losses, which are unnecessary losses, besides, the power of the artillery of the Jiangning battalion, the Houjin Tartars have not yet seen, this is the biggest advantage, such an advantage, must be maintained until the moment when the siege begins.

The security around the artillery battalion is very strict, and no one is allowed to approach, otherwise they will be killed.

Even Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui and others are not allowed to come over.

Seeing that the artillery battalion was ready, Su Tiancheng was finally relieved, and the next thing was the attack of the Jiangning battalion.

Hong Chengchou has been waiting in the Chinese military tent for a long time.

Back to the Chinese military tent, before Su Tiancheng could speak, Hong Chengchou reported directly.

"My lord, the soldiers who attacked Dalinghe City were 70,000 in total, in fact, there were 40,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers and 30,000 border troops.

In the Chinese military tent, the sand table is very conspicuous.

On the sand table, red flags are densely inserted, but Dalinghe City is still planted with black flags, which shows that Dalinghe City is still under the control of Houjin Tartar.

"Zhilu said, such an arrangement is possible, but one thing must be noted, once the artillery battalion launches an attack, there are some unexpected situations, there will be some unexpected situations, such as the artillery blasted the city wall, the gravel flies, in this case, when the attack is launched, how to avoid these rubble, how to speed up the pace of the attack, and so on, are very important, entering the city, may not encounter much difficulty, after all, the power of the artillery battalion, extraordinary, Houjin Tartar will not think, But the fight after entering the city is very important, I have already told Qin Rui before, Houjin Tartar has not encountered a fierce attack, the morale is still very strong, and it will resist desperately, this attack is very different from Chongzhen's four years, what we ask for is a quick victory. ”

"My lord, these arrangements have been considered, and the lower officials have already ordered them to go down, and all the Han troops who surrender can be let go, but the Eight Banners Army stationed in Daling River must not be let go."

"Not necessarily, anyone who is willing to surrender and lay down his arms should not be chased and killed, the key is Yue Tuo and Kong Youde, these two people, it is best to capture them alive, this task, you directly hand it over to Liu Tiehan, the drawings of the two, are they distributed."

"The soldiers of the scout battalion can almost all recite it, the lower officials are not exaggerating, they can describe it with their eyes closed, and the lower officials also gave the death order, no matter what, Yue Tuo and Kong Youde, they want to see people alive and corpses when they die, and they will definitely not be able to escape."

Su Tiancheng shook his head gently.

"The possibility of escaping is not very large, I mean, it is best to capture it alive, this can maximize our morale, and it will also be of great benefit to stick to Dalinghe City in the future." (To be continued......)