The Ming army was less than ten miles away from the city of Jinzhou, and put on a decisive posture, and Huang Taiji ordered the Eight Banners Army to stop attacking the city of Jinzhou and concentrate all its efforts to prepare for a large-scale attack by the Ming army.

From the tactical arrangement, Huang Taiji will not start a large-scale battle with the Ming army for the time being, he needs to delay time, wait for Dolgon to attack the city of Tashan, once Dolgon succeeds, the Ming army will start chaos because of lack of food, it is the time for the real general attack, but Huang Taiji is not absolutely sure, who knows if Hong Chengchou will suddenly go crazy and start the general attack.

Huang Taiji expects that Hong Chengchou will not and will not dare to launch a general attack in a short period of time, including Zu Dashou stationed in Jinzhou City, will not take the initiative to attack, after all, in terms of combat effectiveness, the gap between the Ming army and the Eight Banners Army is still a bit big, but Huang Taiji must also be prepared in case.

Azig, the king of Wuying County, couldn't help it, and when he learned that the Ming army led by Hong Chengchou had been stationed in Rushangang, he directly found Huang Taiji to ask for battle, and implored him to lead the 10,000 Eight Banners Army to take the initiative to attack.

Azig's request was decisively rejected by Huang Taiji, and the attack that Huang Taiji imagined was at most a thousand-person fight and charge, and he needed to do his best to control the rhythm of the attack and delay the decisive battle as much as possible.

It was also at this time that Dai Shan and Haoge from southern Liaoning came with news that Zheng Jiajun really began to attack in southern Liaoning, but the direction of its attack was not Gaizhou, Haizhou and Yaozhou, but Phoenix and other places, in the face of Zheng Jiajun's sudden attack, Dai Shan's opinion was to stabilize Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, consolidate the guards of Anshan and Liaoyang, and ignore Zheng Jiajun for the time being, and Haoge meant to start a face-to-face fight with Zheng Jiajun.

After getting the news, Huang Taiji's face turned pale and he didn't speak for a long time.

Zheng Xunrui is indeed smart. Once the Zheng army occupied Phoenix and other places, then the Qing Kingdom would completely lose its threat and control over Korea, and Gaizhou, Haizhou, Yaozhou, Anshan and even Liaoyang would be in a situation of isolation and helplessness, losing a large number of buffers.

Zheng Jiajun did not directly launch an attack on Gaizhou and other places. Obviously, he didn't want to provoke a large-scale fight in southern Liaoning, and at such a critical moment, Huang Taiji would not easily decide to open up another battlefield in southern Liaoning.

Zheng Xunrui's decision can be said to hit Huang Taiji's sore spot.

Huang Taiji did not report this situation, and chose to bear it alone, he knew very well that the battle in Liaoxi had reached the most critical time, and Dolgon, Duoduo, Azig, Abatai and others could not be distracted, and there was external interference. These princes, princes, and bailers could not have devoted themselves to the battle.

After painful thinking, Huang Taiji made a choice and ordered Daishan and Haoge to garrison Gaizhou, Yaozhou, Haizhou, Anshan and Liaoyang, ignoring the Zheng army, but the army must make all preparations, and once the Zheng family army begins to attack Gaizhou and other places, it will start a large-scale battle with it at all costs.

When this order was given, the Emperor Taiji also gave orders to Dorgon, Duoduo, and Abatai. They were required to complete the deployment and tasks of the operation at any cost, and be sure to take the city of Tashan, block the retreat of the Ming army, and cut off any possibility for the Ming army to reinforce Tashan.

Huang Taiji vented all his anger into the battle in Liaoxi.

Hong Chengchou also did not dare to start a decisive battle immediately. Don't dare to ask the army to attack in a swarm.

The combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army Hong Chengchou is very clear, in terms of strength, the imperial army is indeed inferior to the Eight Banners Army, this is a fact in front of us, although the army led by Hong Chengchou can be said to be the most elite army in the imperial court. Compared with the Eight Banners Army, there is still a big gap.

The emperor and the imperial court meant to end the fighting in Liaoxi as soon as possible, so Chen Xinjia was sent to supervise the battle, and Hong Chengchou also followed the meaning of the emperor and the imperial court. gave up the previous combat deployment and led the army to take the initiative, but how the specific battle was carried out, that is, Hong Chengchou made a decision, when to start the general decisive battle with the Eight Banners Army, what kind of offensive method should be adopted, etc., these are all things that Hong Chengchou decided on the spot, at such a critical moment, Hong Chengchou would not think of anything else, his purpose was to ensure the victory of the battle.

The 70,000-strong army carried a month's worth of grain and grass, which gave Hong Chengchou plenty of time to prepare for the decisive battle.

Hong Chengchou believes that it is impossible for the army's actions to be completely concealed from Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji will definitely be prepared, you must know that after the army was dispatched from Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, Huang Taiji has sent the Eight Banners Army to cut off the road for the army to retreat to Ningyuan, which shows that Huang Taiji is ready for everything.

Unlike the Eight Banners Army, none of the general soldiers under Hong Chengchou took the initiative to ask for battle, which made Hong Chengchou very distressed, and it seemed that the first thing these general soldiers thought of was to preserve their strength, not to fight with the Eight Banners Army.

At this time, Hong Chengchou thought of the reminder of the overseer Du Xun.

Time has come to the eighth day of the first month of March, and it has been five days since the 70,000 army arrived at Rushangang, and everything is ready.

Although there is plenty of food and grass, and although it is still possible to make a situation of continued deployment, Hong Chengchou has already decided to launch a tentative attack, and as for the task of this vanguard, it must be Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui is only thirty years old, is already the general of Ningyuan, and he has gradually become a member of the rise of the Ming Dynasty, and more importantly, the Guanning Iron Cavalry under the command of Wu Sangui is the most elite and strongest combat force in the Ming Dynasty.

The first battle with the Eight Banners Army is very important, which is related to the morale of the army, so in this case, it is very important to send Wu Sangui to lead the Eight Banners Army to make a tentative attack.

In the military tent.

After Wu Sangui came in, Hong Chengchou stood up.

"General Wu, this commander has decided to launch an attack tomorrow, and the direction of the attack is south of Jinzhou City, where about two thousand Eight Banner Army are stationed, and the heavy task of this attack will be entrusted to you."

To arrange combat missions, it was supposed to concentrate all the general and deputy commanders-in-chief, but Hong Chengchou did not do so, he still chose to exchange meetings with Wu Sangui in private, and then officially issued the order.

"This attack is very important, General Wu is young and promising, this commander thinks that you can take on this important responsibility, and this officer believes that you can win the battle......"

Wu Sangui raised his head with his chest straight, it had been several days since the army arrived at Rushan Gang, and now he was finally about to fight, and the primary task of this attack was to be undertaken by him, which showed Hong Chengchou's trust in him.

"Thanks to the trust of the marshal, the last general will definitely defeat the Eight Banners Army."

Wu Sangui's answer made Hong Chengchou feel satisfied.

"Very good, this is the first battle between the army and the Eight Banners Army, we must defeat the Eight Banners Army and strengthen the prestige of our army."

Soon, many of the general and deputy general soldiers were concentrated in the Chinese military tent, and Hong Chengchou began to issue combat orders.

This time, Hong Chengchou paid attention to the expressions of many commanders and deputy commanders, although Du Xun's reminder was rejected by him, but the impact left in his mind was that the morale of the commander was very important in any battle, and it could even directly determine the outcome of the battle.

After the order was issued, Hong Chengchou found that Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, and Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, showed a relieved expression on their faces, which made Hong Chengchou very worried.

In this attack, Hong Chengchou's orders were very detailed.

The Guanning Iron Cavalry led by Wu Sangui is only 5,000 people, and there are not many real Guanning Iron Cavalry sergeants who have participated in the brutal battle, many of the sergeants were added later, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry is a real cavalry, and the battle is about the power of the charge, as well as the overwhelming momentum, which can completely crush the opponent when charging for the first time.

Of course, Wu Sangui not only led 5,000 Guanning iron cavalry to attack and fight, the total number of sergeants participating in the battle reached the scale of 10,000 people, but the Guanning iron cavalry was the mainstay.

The Eight Banners Army stationed in the south of Jinzhou City was dominated by the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and it was the Yellow Banner sergeant led by Zu Zerun, with a mixture of cavalry and foot soldiers, with a number of about 8,000 people.

Hong Chengchou did not ask Wu Sangui to annihilate the Eight Banners Army, in fact, he couldn't do it, this was just a tentative attack, the scale seemed to be huge, the number of people involved in the battle on both sides was close to 20,000, but the battle lasted for a short time, Hong Chengchou's request was to end the battle within half an hour to an hour, to put it bluntly, the main role of this battle was to suppress the arrogance of the Eight Banners Army, so that the imperial army had an absolute advantage in morale.

Wu Sangui is a fierce general, once he goes to the battlefield to fight, he often forgets everything, so Hong Chengchou must be particularly emphasized and entrusted, not to fall in love with the war, to avoid pulling the entire army in, to avoid premature decisive battles with the Eight Banners Army, once the Guanning Iron Cavalry has achieved the advantage of attacking, it is necessary to withdraw immediately to avoid unnecessary losses.

Hong Chengchou didn't expect that Wu Sangui would implement his combat ideas to the letter, in fact, from the bottom of his heart, Wu Sangui didn't want the sergeants under his command to fight desperately, and the losses would definitely be heavy.

When everything was deployed, an unusual atmosphere rose up in the Chinese military tent, after all, it was a real fight with real swords and guns, after all, it was a face-to-face fight with the Eight Banners Army, and this attack was initiated by the imperial army, since the Chongzhen period, such a thing has not happened.

Everyone understands the importance of this battle, whether it can dispel some of the fear of gold, whether it can really boost the morale of the army, depends on the situation of this battle. (To be continued......)