Su Tiancheng led the team and arrived at Songshan.

Officers such as Zu Dashou, Zu Dabi and Zu Dale, who were facing charcoal ashes, came to him.

"My lord, the last general will live up to his mission and take Songshan."

"It's hard work, what are the casualties?"

"The border army lost more than 4,000 people, more than 800 people were seriously wounded, and 2,000 people were annihilated."

Su Tiancheng looked at Zu Dashou and the others with a tired face.

"Very good, the casualties of the night attack must be larger, take Songshan, write down your merits, you must rest quickly, leave 15,000 people to hold Songshan, and the remaining 30,000 people will follow the army to attack Dalinghe City."

"The last will obey."

After Zu Dashou and the others left, Hong Chengchou looked at Su Tiancheng and spoke.

"My lord, the losses are still a bit heavy, beyond the expectations of the lower officials, I can't imagine that the border army led by Zu Dashou actually paid such a big price for casualties."

"These situations, I have anticipated, stationed in Dalinghe City, the Houjin sergeants, mainly the Han army, the Han army is mainly good at firearms, frontal attack, the lethality is not very large, can not be compared with the Manchurian Eight Banners, coupled with the complex terrain of Songshan, the typical easy to defend and difficult to attack, when Zu Dashou led the army to attack, it is not easy to perform, it is inevitable to encounter the attack of the Han army's firearms, the casualties must be very large, but there is one, we can expect it, Yue Tuo and Kong Youde, will not station too many sergeants in Songshan, This is basic common sense, Songshan is more than 20 miles away from Dalinghe City, and it is too late for reinforcements, even if the Houjin sergeant stationed in Songshan is surrounded, Yue Tuo will not rescue, his mission. It is better to hold Dalinghe City, as for the casualties of the sergeants, that is a secondary matter. ”

"My lord, can you ask the artillery battalion to attack, if the artillery battalion launches an attack, the stronghold on the periphery of the Daling River. It's easy to get breached. ”

Su Tiancheng shook his head.

"No, the heavy artillery can't move for the time being, the Fran machine run and the tiger squat cannon can attack, the heavy artillery is our biggest reliance, and we can't leak it, I have a hunch that attacking the strongholds on the periphery of the Daling River may not be so simple, Yue Tuo and Kong Youde are not idle people. Since the stronghold has been laid on the outskirts of Dalinghe City, it must have been carefully planned, and the scout camp cannot be closely observed, so there are still many situations that we don't know about. ”

"Xiaguan is still a little worried, Songshan is occupied by us, and this news cannot be kept secret for a long time. According to Xia Guan's prediction, Yue Tuo may know the situation of Lu Dao tonight. ”

"That's for sure. Attacking Dalinghe City is not that simple, every step of our plan must be in place, so as to ensure the smooth attack, and we have to take it into account. Houjin's reinforcements, if we can take Dalinghe City within two days, we will have a great initiative, in case we can't take it. It is also possible to divide forces to block Houjin's reinforcements, and when deploying, the reason why they make requirements in terms of time is to stimulate the fighting spirit of the officers and let everyone understand that we have no way out. ”

"But there are certain problems in the allocation of troops, 150,000 troops, stationed in Songshan, including the border army with casualties, there are 20,000 people, and the remaining 130,000 soldiers, who attacked Dalinghe City, occupy 80,000, and the remaining 50,000 soldiers still depend on the situation of attacking the peripheral strongholds tomorrow, if the casualties are heavier, some sergeants will be reduced."

"I have calculated, attacking the strongholds on the periphery of Songshan and Dalinghe City, I plan to have 50,000 casualties, so the account you calculated is clear, that is to say, when attacking Dalinghe City, the remaining reserves are still about 20,000 people, and all of them are border troops from Shanhaiguan."

Hong Chengchou was a little speechless, how could the border army of 20,000 Shanhaiguan block the reinforcements of the Houjin Eight Banner Army.

"I know your worries, but at present we can't take into account so much, if it is comprehensive, then this battle is too simple, a lot of things, is constantly changing, we can't plan so accurately, the necessary risk is certain, the conquest is inherently gambling nature, not to mention such a big battle, there is one thing you have not calculated, the Houjin soldiers stationed in Dalinghe City, a total of 30,000 people, this number is accurate, the 2,000 people stationed in Songshan were all annihilated, The rest is 28,000 people, my plan, when attacking the stronghold, at least about 8,000 Houjin sergeants will lose their combat effectiveness, so calculated, the Houjin sergeants stationed in Dalinghe City, there are 20,000 left, although we have paid about 50,000 casualties, but the Houjin sergeants stationed in Dalinghe City, there are only 20,000 left, with 80,000 people to attack 20,000 people, and with the assistance of the artillery battalion, if we can't take it down smoothly, then our combat effectiveness will really be questioned. ”

"My lord's algorithm, the lower officials are convinced, but I don't know how the Emperor Taiji of Houjin and Houjin is arranged, and I don't know what kind of actions Houjin's reinforcements will take."

Su Tiancheng smiled slightly.

"It's nothing more than two aspects of action, the first is to directly reinforce Dalinghe City, the distance from Shenyang to Dalinghe City, is actually controlled by the Houjin, and the intelligence we can obtain is very small, so how many Houjin sergeants are reinforced, we can't know the Dao, which also indicates that the next collision, to what extent it will be, we can't grasp it, but I think, Huang Taiji will not be so risky, he knows very well that what we mobilized this time is only the army stationed in the Guanning Jin defense line, Once the two armies fought a fierce battle in Dalinghe City, the Ming troops in Datong, Ningxia, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan could rush to the rescue, and they could even bypass Dalinghe City, smash Huanglong, and attack Shenyang. At the last meeting, I made an emphasis that laid the groundwork for such a situation. ”

"The second is to bypass Dalinghe City and attack Jinzhou City directly, since the troops stationed in Jinzhou and Ningyuan have almost all been mobilized, indicating that the defense of the two places is weak, from the distance between them, if Huang Taiji makes a decision, he will definitely attack Jinzhou, Jinzhou is only more than forty miles away from Dalinghe City, and the news will soon come over, causing a great shock to our army, Ningyuan is too far away to really help the defenders of Dalinghe City, if we are not able to capture Dalinghe City, Houjin's reinforcements will attack us from behind, leaving us passive. However, in this regard, the problem is not very big, there are 10,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers stationed in Jinzhou, with the ability of the Eight Banners to attack the city and pull out the village, it is almost impossible to take Jinzhou, besides, there are 15,000 border troops waiting in Songshan, the terrain of Songshan is special, which is not conducive to the cavalry to attack, if the Eight Banners dare to bypass Songshan, they will be surrounded by us. ”

"From these two aspects of analysis, we take Dalinghe City, we are still very sure, but we can not relax, I have always adhered to an understanding, strategically despise the enemy, tactically attach importance to the enemy, you are also clear, for the casualties we paid, I calculated to the maximum, the loss of the Houjin sergeant, I calculated to the minimum, so that we have room for movement, Zu Dashou attacked Songshan, paid 5,000 people, but completely annihilated 2,000 Houjin sergeant, from this proportion, if we suffered 50,000 casualties, There are not many Houjin soldiers left to guard Dalinghe City. ”

"There is also the most critical aspect, we can't give Yue Tuo the opportunity to completely damage Dalinghe City, the battle of Dalinghe in Chongzhen's four years, at that time, Dalinghe City has not been built, and there are major problems in some defenses, so give Huang Taiji a chance to besiege the city and send reinforcements, this time, since we want to take Dalinghe City, we have to stick here."

"We took Dalinghe City, the blow to Houjin and Huang Taiji is very big, Dalinghe City is more than 400 miles away from Shenyang, these places are completely controlled by Houjin, once we take Dalinghe City, the range of these 400 miles, is it completely under the control of Houjin, that is unknown, if we can't destroy Houjin's plan, so that they are vigilant day and night, then we take Dalinghe City, it will lose a lot of significance."

"In short, we take Dalinghe City, the first aspect is to build a good Guanning Jin defense line, at least Dalinghe City to Shanhaiguan this distance of more than 400 miles, if we continue to be deserted, it is our failure, I think, the most important thing in the Guanning Jin defense line is not to stick to the city, but to form a comprehensive force, the previous ideas, what to build Dalinghe City, what to consolidate the Guanning Jin defense line, have ignored one of the most important things, that is, how we hold this defense line, I am afraid this is the most important problem, Otherwise, wouldn't it be the biggest consumption for us to hoard heavy troops here, and how much role it can play, just to prevent the Houjin sergeant from entering the customs. ”

"The second aspect is to weaken the influence of the Houjin in this area, especially the distance of four hundred miles from Dalinghe City to Shenyang, there are a lot of people here, most of them are inhabited by Han people, many of them are the people in the Houjin raided Guannei, Shenyang is the capital of Houjin, once we have a foothold at Dalinghe Station, it is unceremonious to say that Huang Taiji sleeps with his eyes open, in case an army suddenly rushes to Shenyang, he will not mobilize the army to protect Shenyang, this is a real threat to him, can make Houjin and Huang Taiji, While building the Guanningjin defense line, we must also consolidate the border troops in Datong, Ningxia, Yulin, Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places. ”

"In short, our purpose is to constantly weaken the strength of Houjin, in the past, Houjin dealt with our Daming in this way, and now let them taste this kind of taste, and use their own way to govern their bodies, such a simple truth, presumably Huang Taiji understands."

Hong Chengchou looked at Su Tiancheng and didn't speak, he seemed to see the day when Houjin fell apart. (To be continued......)