April 29, Mao Shi.

Wu Sangui took 50,000 Shanhaiguan Guanning troops, and the preparations were completed, and the time for the start of the attack was set at Chenshi, and according to the requirements of the deployment, the battle should end in two hours, that is, before noon, the strongholds on the periphery of Dalinghe City should be taken.

The Shanhaiguan garrison is called the Guanning Army, which has a history.

The former Guanning Iron Cavalry, prestige, Guanning Iron Cavalry is one of the few cavalry that can start a field battle with the Eight Banners, and it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty has too many internal and external troubles, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was forced to be divided into three, part of it was commanded by the ancestor Dashou, and directly confronted the Houjin, and part was commanded by Wu Sangui, which was also used to resist the Houjin, and partly was commanded by Cao Wenzhao, which was used to deal with the rising Liukou, the final fate of the Guanning Iron Cavalry was completely destroyed, after being divided into three, the number of people was even less, the Battle of the Daling River, The Guanning Iron Cavalry led by Zu Dashou was wiped out, Huang Taiji then led the Eight Banners to attack Ningyuan, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry led by Wu Sangui was reinforced, and also did not escape the fate of annihilation, as for the Guanning Iron Cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao, there were only more than 1,000 people, although the rogues who had been killed repeatedly fled in the wilderness, but the number was too small, and finally in a battle, the whole army was annihilated, and Cao Wenzhao was also martyred.

Therefore, the Guanning Iron Cavalry has disappeared.

It's just that with the rise of the Jiangning battalion, people gradually forgot about the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

After Wu Sangui led part of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, he still paid attention to preserving some strength, and changed the army of Shanhaiguan to the Guanning Army, on the one hand, it showed the courage and good fighting of the army, and on the other hand, it also showed that the Guanning Iron Cavalry was still there, at least it still existed in Shanhaiguan. This also made the Guanning army stationed in Shanhaiguan more famous, if it were not for the appearance of the Jiangning battalion, the Guanning army was estimated to be the most brave and warlike army in the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that Su Tiancheng doesn't have a very good impression of this so-called Guanning Army, and he who is familiar with history knows that this Guanning Army. There is not much difference from the rest of the Ming army, the same is used to sticking to the city, if you pull out of the Lu to go to the field, it is not the opponent of the Eight Banners Army, the same is the same as fleeing, but the real combat effectiveness of this Guanning army, he is not particularly clear.

Asking Wu Sangui to pull out the stronghold on the outskirts of Dalinghe City, Su Tiancheng still had great hopes, it was not a particularly difficult battle. It is said that Guan Ningjun will not have much problem in completing this task.

This was a meaningful attack, with 50,000 Guanning troops led by Wu Sangui in front and 80,000 troops led by Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou, and Zu Dashou in the back, including 50,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers and 30,000 border troops.

In other words, Su Tiancheng watched the Guanning army led by Wu Sangui attack from behind.

The Houjin sergeant stationed in Dalinghe City had already known about the attack of the Ming army, and such a situation occurred. It is not surprising that Liu Tiehan captured a Han army officer who desperately fled from the battlefield. This officer was also refreshed, without much hesitation, and quickly began to say that if the commander stationed in Dalinghe City did not receive information from Songshan for twelve hours, it would mean that there was a problem, and the garrison of Dalinghe City would be fully prepared.

Su Tiancheng also knew it. Yue Tuo and Kong Youde could not have been stupid to that extent, the army stationed in Songshan was annihilated, and they were unable to know the news for a long time, and according to the arrangement, Songshan was taken on April 28. On April 29, he attacked the stronghold on the outskirts of Dalinghe City, but Zu Dashou was ahead of schedule, and Yinshi took Songshan, and the army rested in Songshan for a whole day.

It was at this time that Yue Tuo and Kong Youde learned the news.

Maybe the two of them still have doubts, guessing whether the opaque army will really attack Dalinghe City, but one thing is clear, that is, the army stationed in Songshan must have encountered danger.

The army stationed in Dalinghe City immediately entered a state of combat readiness, and the relevant information was also sent to Shenyang as soon as possible.

From this level, Wu Sangui was facing a tough battle, and there was no skill to apply, that is, the army launched a strong attack and uprooted the strongholds on the periphery of Dalinghe City within two hours.

What made Su Tiancheng feel uneasy was that Wu Sangui's words were not so refreshing, and he seemed to have a bit of a complaint, thinking that the army should not rest in Songshan for a day, and should seize this time to launch an attack quickly, so as to be able to surprise and reduce casualties.

On the surface, what Wu Sangui said was very reasonable, but Su Tiancheng knew that Wu Sangui's words were pure nonsense, and this attack on Dalinghe City mainly relied on the artillery battalion, that is to say, it was necessary to uproot the strongholds on the periphery of Dalinghe City, so that the artillery battalion could place artillery in the place where the plan was marked.

There are strict requirements for placing artillery, and the position must be calculated according to the range, and the artillery must be able to directly blow up a part of the city wall, you must know that the city wall of Dalinghe City is extremely strong, and two hundred heavy artillery shells are bombarded at a point at the same time, so that it is possible to ensure that a gap is blown up, and the army does not need to attack the city, and directly enters the city from the gap.

The ideal arrangement is also possible, the Guanning army led by Wu Sangui took the outlying strongholds unexpectedly, and then the soldiers in charge of the attack slowly arranged, and even attacked Dalinghe City a day in advance, so that Shenyang's Huang Taiji could not react, and in this case, he successfully took Dalinghe City.

With such an idea, Su Tiancheng didn't plan at all, he did everything according to the worst plan.

The conversation with Hong Chengchou showed almost all his plans, including medium and long-term planning, so whether it is pedantic or step-by-step, the plan formulated will not be easily changed halfway, maybe after the change, everything will change.

The battle against the Daling River is different from the battle of running thousands of miles.

Wu Sangui said these words, which made Su Tiancheng very uneasy, which probably shows that Wu Sangui's mentality has changed somewhat, and this change may directly affect the attack.

The leading generals at the end of the Ming Dynasty were originally a little domineering, such a situation, the reaction in Liaodong was more prominent, stationed in Liaodong for a long time, the border army here, the combat effectiveness is still stronger than that in the Guannei, at the same time, because the imperial court can not afford the military salary, some local guards, in name only, the imperial court focuses on relying on the Beijing camp and the border army, which makes the border army even more arrogant.

Such a situation does not exist for a year or two, although the Jiangning camp has risen, but such a situation still exists, the emperor and the ministers of the court are all knowledgeable, so every campaign, no matter what the outcome is, the first one, the court must come up with silver, otherwise it is difficult to mobilize the army, even if it is a civilian leader, the military generals below, do not necessarily buy it, and these people will learn it.

Su Tiancheng once heard the reaction, the Guanning army stationed in Shanhaiguan is a little arrogant, Wu Sangui is the nephew of Zu Dashou, a native of the local, who has long held military power, and slowly regards the Guanning army as his own army, and all aspects are to take care of the Guanning army, the Eight Banners Army has entered the customs several times to loot, and the Guanning army stationed in Shanhaiguan does not send a single soldier, the reason is that Shanhaiguan needs to be held, such a pretext is a little ridiculous, if there is a problem in the Beijing Division, Shanhaiguan garrisons millions of troops, What substantive effect can it have, it is almost the same as being used to rebel.

As long as he can capture Dalinghe City and stabilize the Guanningjin defense line, the next step is the issue of unified command, and the chief military officers stationed in the Guanningjin defense line, including the chief military officers in Datong, Ningxia, Yulin, Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places, must be adjusted at any time, just like the transfer of the commander of the military region after a few hundred years, the army cannot belong to a certain individual.

The issue of disarmament is even more urgent, this place in Liaodong cannot support nearly 600,000 border troops, and the imperial court cannot afford to support it, so it is very good to be able to keep half of it, and it is useless if there are more sergeants. Disarmament will involve the interests of many people, especially the interests of officers, and it will not be possible to take it down without employing an iron-blooded hand, and the advantage is that the Jiangning battalion has arrived in Liaodong, and if there is an army mutiny, the Jiangning battalion can suppress it at any time.

Faintly, Su Tiancheng felt that today's attack, I am afraid that there will be trouble, if it is said that within the specified time, it is really troublesome to not be able to uproot the strongholds on the periphery.

In less than an hour, the offensive was about to begin, and before the big battle, it always seemed very quiet.

In the military tent.

Hong Chengchou came in, with a somewhat serious look on his face.

In the Chinese military tent, there is only Su Tiancheng alone.

"My lord, the lower officials are a little worried."

"If you have any concerns, tell me about it."

"The strongholds on the periphery of Dalinghe City are widely distributed, and the territory of this generation is also open, if an attack is launched, the army can be pressed on it all, the request of the adults is not to annihilate the Houjin Tartars stationed in the stronghold, as long as the Tartars can be driven back to Dalinghe City, even if it is a victory, in this case, Xia Guan thinks that General Wu should launch a full-scale attack, and drive the Houjin Tartars away from the stronghold in one go, and the Houjin Tartars have red-clothed cannons, such an attack must have some casualties, but it can be resolved quickly, for the overall situation is beneficial, but General Wu's arrangement is different, still using the form of phalanx attack, each phalanx of 2,000 people, such an attack method, I am afraid it is difficult to achieve results. ”

Su Tiancheng's face began to be gloomy, Wu Sangui's arrangement was obviously to preserve his strength, and to lose one or two squares, or even three squares, that is, thousands of casualties, but such casualties, for the team behind, the impact was fatal, everyone was afraid of death, looking at the failure of the front team, and the sergeants who charged behind, they were worried, and their morale was definitely low, in that case, the attack could not be successful. (To be continued......)