Dengzhou, Governor's Mansion.

Su Tiancheng walked slowly in the wing, this situation has been going on for a few days, the time for the decisive battle is approaching, in the face of such an important moment, even Su Tiancheng, who has always been calm, is a little breathless.

The decisive battle with Houjin is not so much the decisive battle between Jiangning Ying and the Manchu Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners, but the decisive battle between Su Tiancheng and Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji's side, there are many brave generals, including Dolgon, Duoduo and Zierharang and others, Su Tiancheng's side, there are Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others, these people are famous in history, in fact, the real comparison, the generals of the Ming Dynasty are not much weaker than the generals of the Houjin, to some extent, even stronger than the generals of the Houjin, just because of the courage of the Eight Banners, resulting in the Ming generals have no power to return to heaven.

Su Tiancheng is very cautious, this battle, there can be no problems, must achieve the final victory, but from the face of the situation, Su Tiancheng is in a disadvantageous position, Houjin has a fine tradition, that is, in the face of major problems, Huang Taiji can unite everyone, everyone thinks in one place, and makes efforts in one place, forming a strong joint force, this joint force, often indestructible, but unfortunately the Ming Dynasty can not do this.

Thinking of this problem, Su Tiancheng felt quite sad, after so many years, he was a civil servant in his previous life, and what he thought of in his mind was also to maintain orthodoxy, and in the days of crossing, it was impossible to do whatever he wanted, and he was able to do this step today, which was not simple, but unfortunately the development of the situation slowly forced him to make a choice, from Dengzhou to Taiwan, all he thought of was a way out, which was also because there were many discordant voices in the imperial court. Even if the war was imminent, there were still people in the court who proposed to impeach him, on the grounds that he did not immediately attack the Houjin Tartars and did not sit in accordance with the requirements of the holy decree.

The rise of the major forces in the south is not a simple phenomenon. This is full of deep meaning, and in such an environment, it is quite sad to start a decisive battle with the Houjin Tartars, and it is also a helpless thing.

Unfavorable factors exist, but these factors are not enough to have a decisive impact on the battle, and what makes Su Tiancheng have full confidence is that he is a cabinet minister. has full autonomy, during the period of the conquest of the Houjin, the imperial court cannot interfere in the battle, nor can it make decisions, more than 200,000 soldiers, the coefficient must obey the orders of the governor's office, on this issue, Su Tiancheng will never back down. No matter who it is, even if Zhu Youzhen personally issued a holy decree. It also has no effect, the lessons of history, he knows very well that the battle of Songshan in the past was because Chen Xinjia urged Hong Chengchou, which led to the fiasco of the Ming army. thus completely destroying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty and prompting the Ming Dynasty to perish faster.

Therefore, all of Su Tiancheng's energy is thinking about the deployment of Houjin.

Huang Taiji will never sit idly by, and will definitely make corresponding arrangements. Such a large-scale decisive battle, unless it is in the face of a mediocre emperor, but unfortunately Huang Taiji is a very good Ming Jun, Qu Qingze is in Liaodong, has done his best, using intelligence to confuse Houjin Tartars, so that Houjin's Huang Taiji makes a wrong judgment, but whether Huang Taiji will be fooled, whether it will strengthen the defense in the direction of Liaodong, and ignore the deployment in the direction of Haizhou, this is a matter that no one knows.

After a few days of analysis, Su Tiancheng had new thinking, he felt that it was necessary to discuss with Hong Chengchou, so he invited Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to come to the Governor's Mansion, in fact, Hong Chengchou was very busy, and the tasks mobilized by the Jiangning battalion were all specifically responsible for Hong Chengchou, among which the transfer of the water division was specifically responsible for Sun Chuanting, and Su Tiancheng did not care about specific matters.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting came to the wing room of the Governor's Mansion and saw Su Tiancheng's expression very serious.

The two didn't speak, seeing Su Tiancheng's expression, they knew that there must be something big, before the big battle, the more comprehensive and careful the consideration, the more beneficial it would be for the battle later.

"You are here, I have thought of something, and I will consult with you to see what your opinion is."

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting nodded and did not speak.

Su Tiancheng pointed to the map and spoke.

"The direction of our main attack is the direction of Haizhou, the purpose is to occupy Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, directly threaten Liaoyang, and then in the direction of Liaodong, capture Guangning and Xipingbao, and do this step, it can be said that our campaign has achieved an important victory, and the army will attack Shenyang next, Lord Lu Xiangsheng has made this intention clear, after the battle of Liaodong, the most important task is to defend and ensure that Liaodong does not have any deviations, I believe that Houjin Tartar may launch a large-scale attack on Liaodong."

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting nodded frequently.

But at this time, Su Tiancheng's words changed.

"But I thought of another possibility, which may make our early deployment troublesome."

When Su Tiancheng said this, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were a little nervous, if there was a problem with the deployment, that would be the biggest problem, but now it is impossible to change the deployment, and it is impossible to do it.

"I'm thinking from the perspective of Huang Taiji, since the direction of our attack, the focus is on Liaodong, then I will arrange it, I will arrange heavy troops to guard Guangning and Xiping Fort, and even when I have to do it, give up Xiping Fort, focus on Guangning, Dolgon has a very good combat effectiveness, Dai Shan is not weak, since it is stubborn, then according to the normal procedure, there is no need to worry about other things, just hold the city, even if you can't hold it, it will last for a long time, at least more than half a year, But when we are attacking Liaodong with heavy troops, is the army in the direction of Haizhou ready to sleep, this is obviously unlikely, and Huang Taiji will not do it. ”

"Then in the direction of Haizhou, there are three arrangements, the first arrangement, is the stubbornness I just mentioned, because it is the Jiangning battalion stationed in Fuzhou, Duoduo and Zierharang in Haizhou, there is no absolute certainty, it will not attack easily, the second arrangement, is to reinforce Guangning and Xiping Fort, the biggest problem with this arrangement is that the defense in the direction of Haizhou has weakened, if it is attacked, it is difficult to hold, unless it is Huang Taiji's brain has a problem, will give up Haizhou, so that Haizhou and Guangning may not be able to hold, The third arrangement, which enabled our army to make a comprehensive breakthrough, was to take the initiative to attack, which I thought about for several days before I came up with it. ”

"Since we take Liaodong as the focus of the attack, but also the direction of the main attack, then our army, should be concentrated in Liaodong, relatively speaking, the garrison in the direction of Fuzhou, the number of people will definitely be reduced, Huang Taiji after having clear information, can completely from the direction of Fuzhou, launch a counteroffensive, concentrate forces, take Fuzhou, eliminate the vitality of our army, if Huang Taiji wins, the army turns back to aid Liaodong, the situation is completely different."

After finishing his own analysis, Su Tiancheng looked at Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting.

Hong Chengchou thought for a moment and quickly spoke.

"My lord, the lower officials think that this is a good thing, the important purpose of our army's attack on Haizhou is to exterminate the vitality of the Houjin Tartars, and the occupation of the city is secondary, only by exterminating the vitality of the Houjin Tartars, can it be regarded as a real victory, if Huang Taiji has such an arrangement, it is unwanted."

After Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Sun Chuanting also spoke.

"My lord, the lower officials think that what Lord Hong said is very reasonable, if the Houjin Tartars attack from the direction of Haizhou, it is just right, the soldiers and the Houjin Tartars will start a face-to-face fight, as long as the Lord Lu in Liaodong holds it, the Houjin Tartars of Guangning and Xipingbao will not dare to come over for reinforcements, and the Houjin Tartars stationed in Liaoyang and Shenyang will not dare to take a step beyond the Lei Chi, and the significance of comparing Shenyang to Houjin is different from the ordinary."

Su Tiancheng shook his head slightly.

"You underestimate Huang Taiji, if it is really the army that is in danger, Huang Taiji will definitely think that the army is more important than the territory, as long as the army is still there, the territory can be taken back, but the army is gone, and the territory cannot be defended, once the army fights in the direction of Haizhou, Huang Taiji will definitely change his strategy, don't forget, Houjin Tartar occupies a certain advantage in terms of strength."

Su Tiancheng paused and spoke again.

"There is really such a situation, Huang Taiji will definitely mobilize the troops of Shenyang and Liaoyang, the troops are divided into two routes, all the way to Haizhou, all the way to Liaodong, there will be a large-scale offensive in the direction of Liaodong, Haizhou's Houjin Tartars, will resist desperately, at this time, it is the real decisive battle between us and Houjin Tartars."

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's expressions changed again, and such a situation would definitely be the most unfavorable for the army, not to mention whether there would be major casualties, at least in terms of deployment, there might be loopholes.

Su Tiancheng walked slowly a few steps, and a resolute look appeared on his face.

"The battle of fighting, deployment is one thing, may have a decisive role, but the most important thing is the morale of the army, or whether the soldiers can fight bravely to kill the enemy, if our Jiangning battalion can not cope with such a change, then there is no way to completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars, I raise this question, is to ask you to be prepared, do not think that we confuse the Houjin Tartars, we have the advantage and initiative, if we have such an idea, we may underestimate the enemy, may suffer, and even suffer a fiasco, so sayYou must warn the officers at all levels of the Jiangning Battalion that no matter how harsh the environment is, they must not retreat, even if they are the last to fight to the last one, they must persevere, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, and there must be no hesitation or hesitation. ”

"The situation in Liaodong, I am more worried, once Huang Taiji is ready to launch a large-scale attack in Liaodong, the Datong border army must rush to help, the soldiers of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe must bear the heavy responsibility to resist the attack of the Mengbaqi, and at the critical moment, Huang Taiji will definitely do his best." (To be continued......)