Ningyuan City, Jiliao Governor's Mansion.

There was information from Shenyang on the table, and Su Tiancheng frowned, obviously thinking.

When Qu Qingze came in, he saw Su Tiancheng thinking, and didn't dare to disturb, since Dalinghe City was attacked, Su Tiancheng's prestige in Liaodong rose rapidly, whether it was a border army or an officer, when it came to Su Tiancheng and Jiangning Battalion, it was a tone of awe, when the Golden Tartars attacked Dalinghe City, it took three months before and after, and I didn't expect Su Tiancheng to attack Dalinghe City, three days before and after, and nearly a month passed, and the Golden Tartars did not have any reaction, seeing that Dalinghe City was repairedThe army was stationed, and the surrounding strongholds and fortresses were strengthened, such things were unimaginable before.

Seeing Qu Qingze coming in, Su Tiancheng raised his head.

"Lao Qu, sit down, you've read the information."

"I've seen it."

"Tell me how you feel, be specific."

"Xiaguan thinks it's normal, Dalinghe City has been captured, Houjin Tartar must be dissatisfied, he must find a place to get angry, the prestige of the adult, so that Houjin Tartar does not dare to act rashly, they can only find the Han people to get angry, Xiaguan doesn't pity those Han people, hum, follow the Tartars to do things, betray their ancestors, they should receive such retribution."

Su Tiancheng lowered his head, did not look at Qu Qingze, and still had no expression on his face.

"Huang Taiji decided to attack the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, and the lower officials also felt normal, the adults carried out mutual markets in Anningbao and Jingbian, in fact, they were to deal with the Houjin Tatars, and now this goal has been achieved, the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe completely surrendered to my Daming, and some tribes in Mongolia attacked the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe. also suffered a failure, the two tribes developed, and the situation in the Mongolian steppe changed, at this time, Huang Taiji wanted to reverse the situation of the Mongolian tribes and choose these two tribes. That's understandable. ”

Su Tiancheng listened very carefully, but he always felt that something was wrong, according to Qu Qingze's analysis, it was good.

"My lord, Xiaguan understands now, at the beginning, the lord asked the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe to be stationed in the Hetao area and not to leave, Xiaguan still doesn't understand, if the two tribes attack. Disturbed the entire Mongolian steppe, Houjin is not going to conquer the army, now it seems that the border pass needs to be stable, the two tribes are stationed in the Hetao area, Datong and Ningxia, are stable, just say that this attack on Dalinghe City. There are no worries, and you can let go of your hands to attack. ”

When Qu Qingze spoke. Su Tiancheng had already walked to the side of the map and looked at it carefully.

The map and the sand table have become two things that Su Tiancheng can't leave, whether it is during the battle or in peacetime, he will not leave his body, every place he goes. The first thing needed was a map and a sand table, this habit was clear to the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion, and this habit was also spread among the officers of the Jiangning battalion. Even if Su Tiancheng made a deployment, after returning to the camp, officers at all levels still had to take a careful look at the map and sand table, study it carefully, and implement the specific deployment.

After Qu Qingze finished speaking, he also looked at the map.

"Lao Qu, come and see, Shenyang is far away from the Hetao area, the distance is far away, the middle has to pass through the Mongolian steppe, the distance is close to two thousand miles, and the Hetao area is under the control of my Ming Dynasty, here has become the main place to supply my Ming war horses, the importance is self-evident, I asked the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe to be stationed in the Hetao area, on the one hand, I thought that they could help hold the border pass, and on the other hand, it was also for the sake of the war horses, they did not leave the Hetao area, If it does not invade the core area of the grassland, it is unlikely to affect the entire grassland, even if it has an impact, it is also a local impact, and it is also a slow impact, in this case, what will Huang Taiji consider attacking the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, you must know that there are 40,000 soldiers stationed in Ningxia, including 30,000 soldiers of the Yulin battalion, 10,000 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, and there is enough firearms to support. ”

Su Tiancheng raised these questions, ostensibly to ask Qu Qingze, but in fact, he was also thinking, the information will not be fake, the key is to figure out the reason, why would Huang Taiji attack the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, is it really as Qu Qingze said, Huang Taiji felt the strength of the Jiangning camp, avoided its edge, and turned his head to deal with the Mongolian tribe.

Houjin bullied the Han people, this situation, Su Tiancheng did a careful analysis, he thought that the situation in Houjin was a little unstable, after Huang Taiji ascended the throne, the Eight Banners Army achieved too many victories, Chongzhen four years after the Battle of the Great Ling River, the Eight Banners Army has not encountered decent resistance, the problem is that in the ninth year of Chongzhen, Azig led 100,000 Eight Banners Army into the pass, heavy losses, and then the battle of the Great Ling River not long ago, two losses, the Hou Jin may not be able to bear it, if the Emperor Taiji has nothing to say, If you can't have tough measures, there will be a lot of contradictions.

From this point of view, it is reasonable that Huang Taiji chose to attack the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe.

But there are some problems in this that are hard to understand.

"The questions that the adults mentioned, Xia Guan couldn't understand for a while, but Xia Guan felt that Huang Taiji's choice to attack the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe can be explained, Huang Taiji once personally led the army and conquered the Mongolian tribe, he must have full confidence, and this time he may have made sufficient preparations."

"You also make sense to say this, I remember a phenomenon, whenever there is an internal problem, it is necessary to open a gap from the outside and transfer the contradictions, such as Houjin, Chongzhen's failure in nine years, plus this failure, four years, two major failures, there must be internal grievances, this grievance must break out, but it can't break out internally, the target must be shifted, and external conquest is the best way."

"This theory of my lord, the first time I heard about it, it really makes sense."

Su Tiancheng glanced at Qu Qingze.

"If you look at the history books, you will understand that there are too many such examples in history."

Thinking about it, I can't think of any other explanation, coupled with Qu Qingze's understanding, Su Tiancheng also feels that this may be Huang Taiji's move to divert the internal contradictions in Houjin, that is to say, this attack on the Xibe tribe and the Dauri tribe is just a show, it is not necessary to achieve a complete victory, as long as it does not fail, even if it is okay, the internal contradictions are digested, and Huang Taiji can free up his hands to do other things.

"Lao Qu, since this is the case, do you think we need reinforcements?"

"Xiaguan thinks that reinforcements are still necessary, not afraid of 10,000 just in case, the combat effectiveness of the Datong border army is average, if the Houjin Tartar suddenly chooses Datong as the object of attack, from here to enter the customs, I'm afraid it will be bad, Xiaguan thinks that the reinforcements do not need too much, 10,000 people are enough, this 10,000 people and the Jiangning battalion soldiers stationed in Anning Fort rendezvous, the Yulin battalion has 30,000 soldiers, 50,000 people are enough to deal with, and the combat effectiveness of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe is good, after all, they are equipped with firearms, There were also several red-coated cannons. ”

"Okay, just do what you said, you still have to pay special attention to the information of Hou Jinlai, and carefully analyze this information, maybe we can get a lot of important things from this, which is also convenient for us to make appropriate adjustments, judging from the current situation, Huang Taiji will not attack Dalinghe City for the time being, let alone attack the Guanning Jin defense line."

Su Tiancheng's eyes drifted from the direction of Dengzhou and Laizhou, and he didn't pay special attention to the two places, and he didn't even pay attention to Shandong directly.

In fact, after Jin entered the Guannei, there are two routes, one is through the Liao River, from the direction of Guangning, bypassing Montenegro, straight into the direction of Yongping, and then facing Tianjin, after passing through Tianjin, into Jinan Mansion in Shandong, but this line, extremely dangerous, bypassing the Guanning Jin defense line, entered Yongping, it may fall into the Ming army's heavy encirclement, once it is surrounded, there is no way to retreat, facing the danger of annihilation.

Another route is the sea route, from Lushun to Dengzhou Mansion City by boat, or Penglai under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Prefecture, but there are almost no sea ships in Houjin, and there is no so-called navy, so this route does not need to be considered.

It is precisely for this reason that Su Tiancheng barely considered that Houjin might attack Dengzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion.

In fact, this is a major mistake in intelligence work.

After discussing with Qu Qingze, Su Tiancheng's focus of thinking began to shift, and he thought of the matter of dismantling the border army, the first thing that needed to be eliminated was the border army of the Guanningjin defense line, which was too numerous and generally not good in combat effectiveness.

The army in any period of time needs material support, the kind of army that completely relies on spiritual support, does not exist, for example, the military salary can not be in place, or there is no corresponding material commitment, no matter what method you use, such an army is difficult to support, the Jiangning battalion can develop so rapidly, is the result of a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, sufficient military pay as a guarantee, on the other hand, from the glory of the soldiers, and the army and the family closely related to the guarantee of the lack, lack of these aspects, It is impossible for the Jiangning battalion to support it.

The situation of the border army is different, at least the military salaries are not fully guaranteed, the low military salaries, and the prevailing military household and military cantonment system have long since exhausted the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and non-commissioned officers.

But Su Tiancheng will not start easily, he needs time to brew and consider, and the existing military system is the basis for him to use. (To be continued......)