In the front-line headquarters of the pot shop, a document stamped with the top secret seal of the Intelligence Bureau was placed on Chen Xin's desk, Chen Xin looked up at Wu Jianzhong, then picked it up and handed it to Liu Pojun after reading it, and said calmly: "Huang Taiji may be coming."

Liu Pojun hurriedly took over the information, it was the situation of the Houjin brought back by Zhou Wu about Liaoyang, mainly the high-level movements of the Houjin provided by Gao Hongzhong, especially the vacillation of Huang Taiji.

After reading it, Liu Pojun said: "It seems that they are eager to fight with us, and this news is very important." ”

Chen Xin was obviously a lot more relaxed after receiving the news, looked at the two of them and said, "So what Huang Taiji is most worried about is that we have withdrawn again, he is only shaken at the moment, how do you think he should make up his mind." ”

Wu Jianzhong said: "The garrison of Yulinpu can be withdrawn, so that Jiannu thinks that we will withdraw the army." ”

Wu Jianzhong's Yulinpu was originally just an outpost of Gaizhou, and it was only a virtual place before, there were two or three hundred armor soldiers in it, and the army of Dengzhou Town pressed the border, and these armor soldiers fled back to the heavily fortified Gaizhou without resistance.

Chen Xin nodded first and then shook his head after hearing this, Liu Pojun interjected at this time: "My lord, my subordinates think that the army cannot be withdrawn, if all of them are withdrawn to the pot head shop, Huang Taiji may not come, and he will never dare to use that little bit of troops and horses to attack the defense line of our main force." ”

"Then let's fight Gaizhou?"

Liu Pojun pointed to Yulin Pu and said: "We are currently in Yulin Pu is the fourth battalion and the first cavalry, Zhu Guobin himself is also there, and the strength is much stronger than the Gaizhou Houjin Army." After our army occupied Yulinpu, the Jin soldiers only sent scattered sentry horses to cross the river, and they were in a stubborn posture. If you want to lead the main force of the Houjin soldiers south, you must first convince Huang Taiji that our army will stay in Gaizhou, and you can use cavalry and dragoons to advance to the south bank of the Qingsha River and make a gesture of establishing a forward stronghold. ”

Chen Xin clapped his hands and said: "As long as Huang Taiji comes to Gaizhou, his grain route will be extended by more than 200 miles, which will cost more, and before the winter snow arrives, he will be in a hurry to fight with us." ”

"My lord Mingjian, this is the strategy after the latest deduction of the Military Command Division, as long as Huang Taiji comes to Gaizhou, the battle situation with the Houjin Army will become, of course, Huang Taiji will not directly attack the defense line of the pot head shop, he doesn't have the guts."

Chen Xin looked at the point in Gaizhou, as Liu Pojun said, Gaizhou is the key to this battle, it is difficult to force the Houjin soldiers to fight in a suitable place, and Gaizhou is a more favorable location for Dengzhou Town.

"Record the order, order the 8th Battalion to slow down the offensive, and remind them again that they must not capture Lianshan Pass before the decisive battle."

Liu Pojun took a pen and recorded that the direction of Lianshan Pass was a containment, but it could not be overcome, otherwise Huang Taiji must allocate a large number of troops to defend Liaozhong, and if the troops were scattered too much, it might affect his determination to fight.

"Order the fourth battalion to enter the Qingsha River with cavalry, close the river ferry, mobilize 2,000 people to the Qingsha River to build a trestle bridge, and make a shape that is about to attack Gaizhou."

Chen Xin said with a smile after seeing Liu Pojun finish remembering: "After these are done, let's wait for Huang Taiji." ”……

Over the next two days, the 4th Dengzhou Battalion advanced the defensive line to the Qingsha River south of Gaizhou City, where Dengzhou Town had visited many times, and there were many ruins of masonry buildings around the ferry. These ruins are the Houjin soldiers once built the platform, in Dengzhou Town many offensives, Gaizhou is the focus of the attack, the platform around the ferry has been broken every time, this time the Houjin soldiers gave up building on the south bank, but still rebuilt on the north bank.

As a result of the spring offensive, the fields around Gaizhou could not be sown, and the Tianyou army stationed in Gaizhou relied on the support of the Houjin Household Department this year, and many families starved to death. After the strategic position of Gaizhou became important, the Houjin army stationed some Zhenyi armor soldiers, which were rotated by various flags, one was to increase the defense, and to supervise the Tianyou army.

This time Dengzhou town gathered between the covers, the boats around Lianyun Island, the defenders of Gaizhou were noisy, after Yulinpu was conquered, they continued to ask Liaoyang for help, at the same time, Salhu and Lianshanguan were also in a hurry, Salhu was besieged by the Dongjiang Army, and one of the old capitals of Houjin in the north was also attacked, Houjin mobilized most of the young people to go to Gaizhou, so the remaining horses and horses had to be stationed in various places, and the defenders of Salhu and Jiefan were lacking, and they were struggling to maintain the city defense.

Shang Kexi's equipment has been greatly improved, Dengzhou Town issued a combat subsidy, morale is far higher than in the past, this time it has been supported by Shang Kexi and Shen Shikui's troops, the combat power is not what it used to be, Salhu has been on the city twice, the Jin army was lucky to recover, and Salhu Fushun Pass was the nearest to the rescue twice, but the strength was insufficient, and was driven back to Fushun by the Dongjiang soldiers, if you can't get reinforcements, these two northern towns will eventually fall.

The two earthen walls outside the city of Lianshanguan have been captured, Dengzhou Town has begun to directly attack the city wall of Lianshanguan, the traffic from Tianshuijing Station to Liaoyang has been cut off, Dudu's Tangma needs to detour to Shenyang and then go to Liaoyang, and Shen Shikui's department will advance from the direction of Caohebao to Shenyang and attack the Houjin platform built in the mountain road.

The entire Liaozhong was surrounded by smoke, and the main force of the Houjin was still entrenched in Liaoyang, Haizhou, and one after another urgent reports for help flew to Huang Taiji's Chinese army, which was full of his imperial cases.

Huang Taiji put down the report he had just received from the battle of Lianshanguan, and glanced at the people in the house, and now the basic level of Baylor has arrived, Dolgon and Duoduo of the two white flags, Daishan father and son of the two red flags, Haoge and Zierharang of the two blue flags, Wuzhen Chao Hagu Mountain Ezhen Sakhalian, Mongolian left-wing Gushan Ezhen Unag, etc., only one Azig stayed in Gaizhou and presided over the defense there.

"Some of you came from Haizhou, some came from Niuzhuang, and they were tired all the way, so they should have let you rest for a while, but things were also urgent." Huang Taiji slowly spoke: "I called you here today to talk about the matter of Dengzhou Town. ”

The hall was quiet, the room full of Houjin nobles no one spoke, the nearest shape shì they all understood that Liaozhong was on fire on all sides, and the Houjin shape shì was extremely bad, and in the face of the chaotic situation in front of them, they all needed a clear direction.

Huang Taiji's voice continued: "Nikan came in four ways this time, Liaoxi is considered a road, which has been repelled by Azig and Sakhalian, Hetuara has been conquered, Sarhu and Jiefan have been surrounded, and the Dongjiang Sentinel Cavalry has bypassed Fushun Pass and entered Liaozhong, which is a road to the north, and the Dongjiang army is about three or five thousand, and there are one thousand Dengzhou soldiers; Lianshan Pass has been conquered outside the city earthen wall, Du Du just came to the paperwork, the city wall is defended, but he still wants reinforcements, this is the second road in the middle, the Dongjiang Army soldiers are about 4,000, Dengzhou soldiers are 2,000, Xiuyan and Phoenix City may still have a backhand, but the number is unknown; The last road is Chen Xinbu in Dengzhou Town, Gaizhou. ”

Huang Taiji paused after speaking, and Baylor in the room adjusted their postures, every time they heard the name Chen Xin, their spirits would be more concentrated, this enemy in Gaizhou was the biggest threat to the Houjin regime.

"According to the news from Gaizhou, there are many soldiers and horses in Dengzhou Town, and now it has been sentinels to understand, Yulinpu and Pothead Shop have three battalion heads, the military will be Zhu Guobin, plus the pot shop, a total of at least five Dengzhou battalion heads, and then Xiong Yueyi and Cloth Shop are difficult to understand, but there are also barracks there, and the number of people is tens of thousands."

There were a few soft inhalations in the room, Huang Taiji glanced at Dolgon, Dolgon was in Haizhou before, although he knew that there were many Dengzhou soldiers in the south of Gaizhou, but the specific number was not clear, but now he heard it, it was probably more than 30,000, he was beaten by Dengzhou one after another, and he knew what 30,000 Dengzhou soldiers were like, and he couldn't help but change a little.

Huang Taiji then said: "In the three roads, which one do you think we should fight?" ”

The tall Zierharang stood up first and said loudly: "No matter how many ways he comes, I only go all the way, the scabies disease in Dongjiang Town, North Road, if there is no Dengzhou soldiers to support them, it is just to disturb the countryside, I have a lot of money in Liaozhong, Salhu and the world have nothing to do with the overall situation, as long as Fushun Pass is not lost, the North Road can be ignored, since Lianshan Pass can be defended, we will add some soldiers and horses to Dudu, our first thing is to defeat Dengzhou Town in the south." ”

"Especially Chen Xin is also in the Gaizhou Army!" Haoge also stood up and said, "In the past, we all had a difficult problem, that is, Dengzhou and Liaodong were far away from the Liaohai Sea, even if the Dengzhou soldiers in southern Liaoning were destroyed, Chen Xin's roots were still there, but if Chen Xin was killed in the army, Dengzhou would inevitably fall apart, and this was the only way to reverse my Dajin's difficulties." ”

"Murgen, you talk about it."

Dolgon listened to Huang Taiji call himself, cleared his throat and said: "The slave feels, you can first fight the weakest Sarhu all the way to the Dongjiang soldiers, my Dajin cavalry is like the wind, and you can reach Fushun Pass in a few days, and it is difficult for the Shang Keyi Department to resist, if this Nikan is defeated, you can lead the back of Chen Xin's department in Gaizhou, and my Dajin will fight in Liaoyang according to the danger......"

Sakhalian said coldly: "Chen Xin will not go north, he will come a long time ago if he wants to go north, if you kill Shang Keyi, he will not come, let alone attack Liaoyang directly." ”

Dolgon rushed: "Then we will also defeat all the way, and then it will be Lianshan Pass......"

Zilharang interrupted him again and said: "Even the mountain pass is a road in the mountains, and there is a battle of Caohe in front, you still want my armor soldiers not to use bows and horses, and you can't fight with Dengzhou firearms in the mountains?" If even the Dengzhou soldiers in the mountain pass do not go out of the mountain, Liaoyang and Shenyang mountain passes need to be heavily guarded, and if they spend a winter, where will the grain of each banner come from. ”

Dolgon was refuted mercilessly by the two in a row, but he didn't feel that he was wrong, at least he could have beaten Salhu first, but his status had dropped so much that he didn't continue to argue, and the youngest Duoduo next to him didn't say anything to support him.

Huang Taiji listened noncommittal, and named Yue Tuo's name, Yue Tuo looked a lot thinner, recently he sat in Haizhou, there are a lot of things to worry about, Haizhou not only has to pay attention to the situation in Gaizhou at any time, but also has to deal with the mountain soldiers on the mountain road in the direction of Xiuyan, most of these mountain soldiers are composed of mountaineers and miners in Dengzhou, although the number is not large, but the equipment is well-equipped and strong, and occupies the advantageous geographical advantage, firmly guarding the mountain road leading to Xiuyan, and constantly sneaking out of the mountain from the trail to attack the scattered people of Houjin near Haizhou.

Yue Tuo thought for a moment before he said with difficulty: "Chen Xin is waiting for my army to go to Gaizhou, but the slave still agrees to send troops to Gaizhou. ”

Everyone in the room turned their heads to look at him, and Huang Taiji said lightly: "Tell me in detail." ”

"If you only look at this battle, then what the fourteenth brother said is right, maybe Chen Xin will eventually return in vain, but looking at it from a distance, it is not beneficial to my Dajin, even if the Dongjiang soldiers of Salhu all the way are defeated, as long as Chen Xin of Gaizhou does not retreat, my army must only be empty in Liaoyang, Haizhou, and after a long delay, the national strength will be difficult to continue, at this time, it is like the Salhu battle of the old Khan, Chen Xin is the strongest Juniper all the way. However, Chen Xin is stronger than Juniper, and his people are more deceitful, Tun's army is in Gaizhou without fighting, and uses Dengzhou's material resources to confront my Dajin, forcing us to go south to win a decisive victory in Gaizhou. ”

Huang Taiji sighed softly in his heart, he also knew Chen Xin's thoughts, but as Yue Tuo said, Hou Jin is like this, if Dengzhou Town really spends a winter with Hou Jin, Hou Jin will only live for one or two more years, and the decisive battle can still get a glimmer of life.

He finally turned to Dai Shan next to him, "Second brother, what we are talking about today is the life and death of Dajin, Dajin is not my alone, you are my brother and Dajin's hero, I have to get a charter no matter what." ”

Dai Shan looked sleepy, slowly sat up straight and sighed, although they contradicted each other, but this is the life and death of Hou Jin, and pretending to be deaf and dumb at this time will not do him any good, at least he must support Huang Taiji in attitude.

"When Salhu was in place, our Dajin couldn't afford to lose, Hetu Alari heard that 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses from the Ming Kingdom were coming from all directions, and many people were so scared that they wanted to run, who could believe that we would win, and there was no Salhu who would come to occupy Liaozhong in the future. Seeing Chen Xinji's heavy troops in Gaizhou, he is going to do a serious battle, let's wait for a fight, since Chen Xin and our Dajin both want to fight, then let's go to Gaizhou, life and death and wealth depend on this hammer deal. ”

Huang Taiji showed a little smile on his face, and Dai Shan expressed his support for himself, which can be regarded as unifying the opinions of the high-level, and they can only win a chance for themselves to survive by defeating the main force of Dengzhou in Gaizhou.

Huang Taiji got up from his seat, looked at the brothers and nephews below, and said firmly: "Then go to Gaizhou!" ”

Three days later, Chen Xin received information from the special service team in Gaizhou, Haizhou to Gaizhou official road soldiers and horses jammed, and the Houjin army finally went south, and the two huge armies that needed a battle were only dozens of miles away.