After Su Tiancheng finished speaking, the next thing is the time for discussion, the so-called discussion, in fact, Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Liangyu raised some doubts about the overall operational deployment, or other considerations, the overall deployment will not be modified, including the direction of the main attack, the time of the attack, the purpose that needs to be achieved, and so on.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Qin Liangyu and spoke first.

"My lord, the overall operational deployment, the lower official has already understood, but whether the Yulin battalion in Liaodong can undertake more important combat tasks, the lower official believes that Liaodong and Haizhou are actually one."

After Lu Xiangsheng said these words, he walked to the middle of the map, pointed to Quang Ninh and Haizhou with his finger, and spoke again.

"The Houjin Tartars actually see that Guangning and Haizhou are connected as one, and Xiping Fort is their main stronghold, Huang Taiji must understand that our army will not attack from just one direction, Guangning and Haizhou will attack at the same time, so Houjin Tartar has stationed more than 200,000 troops in these two directions, if we attack from one direction alone, in the face of nearly 200,000 Houjin Tartars, the battle must be very difficult, and may not be able to achieve the expected goal."

For example, when the Jiangning battalion attacked Haizhou and other places, the Houjin Tartars ignored the defenses of Guangning and Xipingbao and other places, and gathered a large army to confront the Jiangning battalion.

"After occupying Guangning and Xipingbao and crossing the Liao River, you can directly threaten Shenyang, which is originally a favorable side, but the Houjin Tartars stationed in Shenyang are even more powerful in combat. Will desperately defend Shenyang, and may even take the initiative to attack Guangning and Xiping Fort, Shenyang is not something that can be attacked in a short time, Xia Guan thought that Houjin Tartar might think of this, Huang Taiji has been preparing for such a long time. It is also possible to focus on the elimination of vital forces. ”

"Therefore, the lower officials thought that the focus of the attack should not be determined in the two directions of Haizhou and Liaodong, and that while the Jiangning battalion was attacking in Haizhou and other places, the Liaodong direction should also launch an attack on Guangning and Xipingbao."

According to the original arrangement, the Jiangning battalion launched an attack on Haizhou, Yaozhou, Gaizhou, and other places, and the Liaodong border army held on to Liaodong and directly threatened Guangning and Xipingbao. If the Houjin Tartars stationed in Guangning and Xiping Fort rushed to help, at this time, the Liaodong Frontier Army began to launch a large-scale attack, occupying Quang Ninh and Xiping Fort in one fell swoop, directly threatening Shenyang, so that all the defenses of the Houjin Tatars could be disrupted.

Of course, there is a premise for such an arrangement, that is, the Jiangning battalion must be able to resist the Houjin Tartars who are several times its own. Gritted his teeth and persevered, attracting a large number of Houjin Tartars to his side. As a result, there was a huge loophole in the triangular defense deployment that the Jin Tatars had planned for a long time, which was conducive to the Liaodong border army seizing the opportunity to occupy Quang Ninh and Xiping Fort and directly threaten Shenyang.

In the original overall operational deployment, the border army of Liaodong would not directly attack Haizhou, Gaizhou, and Yaozhou, but would occupy Quang Ninh and Xipingbao. It is necessary to prepare for the attack on Shenyang, and at this time, Su Changhao will also directly ask the emperor and the imperial court to mobilize part of the troops and cooperate with the Liaodong border army. Attacking Shenyang on a large scale, I believe that to that extent, the emperor and the imperial court will agree to such an arrangement, deployment and deployment.

At this point, Su Tiancheng believed that the defense of the Houjin Tartar would be shaken in an all-round way.

The reason why Lu Xiangsheng raised such a question was that the Jiangning battalion was about to be under pressure, which was like saying that the Jiangning battalion had worked hard in the front, and the final battle results were picked up by the Liaodong border army.

Su Tiancheng didn't speak immediately, Hong Chengchou opened his mouth to explain.

"In this regard, Lord Lu said, my lord once considered that from the two directions of Liaodong and Haizhou, launched an attack at the same time, and was not sure of the focus of the attack, so that the Houjin Tartars could not concentrate their forces, and they had to disperse the defense, but the adults did not think about such an arrangement in the end, and the reason was also clear, stationed in Guangning and Xiping Fort, it was Dolgon and Daishan, Dolgon can be said to be the most courageous general in Houjin, and the Zhengbai Banner led by him was also a number of expeditions and had rich experience, not to mention Daishan, who was once defeated by the Jiangning battalion, is the red flag of the whole army annihilated, clear about the strength of our army, leading the red flag, the battle must be very cautious, these are two strong enemies, must not be underestimated, and then look at the Duoduo and Zierharang stationed in Haizhou, Gaizhou and Yaozhou, the two are indeed brave and good at fighting, but there are many difficulties in their defense, Haizhou, Gaizhou and Yaozhou three cities, want to achieve a comprehensive defense, it is very difficult, from the current situation, Duoduo and Zilharang's defense focus, or Haizhou, Gaizhou and Yaozhou's defense is slightly weaker, based on this situation, when the Jiangning battalion launches an attack, it can be broken separately, using the tactics of besieging the city to send reinforcements, first attacking Gaizhou, blocking the Houjin Tartars who came to reinforce it, and taking Gaizhou in one go, so that Duoduo and Zilharang can not take care of everything, as long as Gaizhou is taken, Dolgon and Zilharang stationed in Guangning and Xiping Fort will definitely make a move, at that time, the opportunity for the offensive of the Liaodong border army will come. ”

Hong Chengchou's explanation roughly illustrates why it is impossible to adopt the tactics of attacking on both sides at the same time.

After Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"Lord Lu, Lord Hong has already explained, after this attack, you must remember a concept, we cannot win every battle, but we must win the entire war, maybe in a certain battle, we will lose, but our overall goal must not be shaken, must be achieved."

"It is very necessary to determine the focus of the offensive, the Jiangning battalion to undertake this heavy task, but also I have carefully considered, I have always emphasized a point of view, the first battle must be won, after the attack of the battle of the Golden Tartars, the time planned is a year and a half, such a long time, we cannot through a battle, to be able to decide everything, this is unrealistic, but we must fight the first battle, you can think about it, we exterminated the battle of the Liukou, also lasted for a long time, in terms of combat ability, The fact that the rogues cannot be compared with the Houjin Tartars also shows that our task is extremely difficult. ”

"Strategically, we can despise the Houjin Tartars, but tactically we must attach great importance to the Houjin Tartars, yes, our firearms occupy an absolute advantage, the Houjin Tartars have obtained some firearms, but the ammunition is seriously insufficient, this aspect cannot be compared with us, but I ask you to remember that the battle needs our soldiers to fight, whether we can win in the end, or rely on the hard work of the soldiers, from this aspect, we are not much different from the Houjin Tartars."

"We attack, the purpose of the offensive is to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, the Houjin Tartars are in a defensive position, their purpose is to keep the Houjin, to keep their position and even their lives, so we don't think that the Houjin Tartars will be afraid and retreat, we will encounter a lot of brutal battles, there may be many heavy losses, at this time, we must persevere."

After saying these words, Su Tiancheng looked at everyone.

"Please."

Qin Liangyu also spoke, as a sixty-eight-year-old man, it is a little inappropriate to personally lead the army to fight, in this regard, Su Tiancheng also took it into account, so the specific commander who led the Datong border army into Mongolia to fight this time was Zu Dashou, the commander of the Liaodong border army, but Su Tiancheng did not ask Zu Dashou to participate in this discussion, which was also a respect for Qin Liangyu.

After Qin Liangyu came to Dengzhou, Su Tiancheng talked with him and analyzed the pros and cons of all aspects, and finally made Qin Liangyu agree to take command.

The reason why Zu Dashou was chosen was because Zu Dashou had rich experience, fought with the Houjin Tartars for a long time, and was familiar with the requirements of combat, and on the other hand, it was also to let the court not deepen its suspicion, after all, Zu Dashou's identity was different, he was not Su Tiancheng's henchman, but a person believed by the court.

"My lord, attacking the Mongolian steppe, the lower officials think that it is still necessary to move seriously."

Qin Liangyu put forward this request several times, which made Su Tiancheng a little headache, after attacking the Golden Tartars, Mongolia must be stable, if the Mongolian tribes take advantage of the situation to attack the border pass at this time, Su Tiancheng will be in a very disadvantageous position, after all, most of the troops in the border pass are responsible for attacking the Golden Tartars.

Su Tiancheng coughed and explained in person.

"Lord Qin, this issue, I don't think there is any need to discuss it, Lord Qin is dedicated to the Ming Dynasty, thinking about completely pacifying the situation in the grassland, but the timing is not very suitable, the main responsibility of the Datong border army is to stabilize the situation of the grassland with the cooperation of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, in the first half of the year, the Jiangning battalion and the Datong border army jointly conquered the grassland, so that the grassland tribes have lingering palpitations, presumably they do not dare to move, the grassland is stable, the Jiangning battalion and the Liaodong border army, can go all out to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, but in more than a year, The Mongolian steppe will definitely be restless, so the Datong border army must stabilize the Mongolian steppe, so that those Mongolian tribes who dare to jump out will be punished as they deserve, and some battles can be completed by the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe. ”

"I emphasize here that Lord Qin's focus is to sit in command and carry out relevant deployments in accordance with the requirements of the overall operational deployment, and the Governor's Mansion will generally not interfere with the specific deployment situation, but when it comes to major battles, such as exterminating a certain Mongolian tribe, it still needs to be reported, which is conducive to comprehensive arrangements." (To be continued......)