When the bamboo whip pointed to Jinzhou, the hall was even more silent, according to the information obtained by the Investigation Bureau, there were 40,000 Eight Banners stationed in Jinzhou, and most of them were full of Eight Banners and Mengba Banners.

Of the 150,000 Eight Banner Army led by Abatai, 100,000 were stationed in the two cities of Jinzhou and Ningyuan, and the remaining 50,000 were scattered in other cities and castles.

Abatai is actually very smart, most of the army is placed in the area of Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and the more powerful the army, the farther away from Shanhaiguan, the closer to Shanhaiguan, basically arrange the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan to garrison, the intention of this arrangement is very obvious, that is, if the Zheng army launches a large-scale attack on the Guanningjin defense line, most of the sergeants of the Eight Banners Army can be calmly evacuated, and its main forces are Manbaqi and Mengbaqi can be evacuated without any damage.

This is what Zheng Xunrui is most worried about.

In his opinion, any battle, the occupation of the city is secondary, the focus is to maximize the strength of the opponent, imagine that the Zheng army has just launched an attack from Shanhaiguan, Abatai led nearly 150,000 Eight Banners Army to evacuate in a hurry, so what is the role of the Zheng army to occupy these places in Liaodong, the threat still exists, and after Abatai evacuated, the Eight Banners Army in Shenyang and other places will be more powerful.

"The purpose of Zheng Jiajun's expedition this time is to completely exterminate the Eight Banners Army, exterminate the Great Qing Kingdom, and recover the city is secondary, once the army completely exterminates the Great Qing State, then all the land and cities will naturally be recovered."

"Zheng Jinhong has just introduced the deployment of the overall operation, and I think that this deployment must be made a major adjustment."

"The 150,000 troops of the Zheng family army are still divided into the front army and the middle army, the front army is 50,000 people, and the middle army is 100,000 people, but the combat mission has completely changed, and the front army of 50,000 people arrived in Jinzhou at the fastest speed. and occupy Jinzhou, block the evacuation route of Abatai and his Eight Banner Army, and the Chinese army of 100,000 people is fully engaged in the battle......"

Everyone's faces changed slightly.

"This is the so-called closing the door and beating the dog, I can't let go of Abatai, the 150,000 Eight Banners Army stationed in the Guanning Jin defense line, don't think about evacuating. I will destroy them once and for all. ”

"I call this battle the battle of breaking the flat burden, Jinzhou is the midpoint of this flat burden, Jinzhou is connected to Liaodong and Shenyang and other places east of the Liao River, and the other end is connected to Ningyuan and even Qiantun and other places, the former army occupied Jinzhou, and the death to guard here, it is equivalent to breaking the flat shoulder, and trapped Abatai and his 150,000 Eight Banner Army."

Xiong Aiqing once analyzed the Eight Banners Army that sent troops to the grassland. It is very likely to rush to the aid of the Guanning Jin defense line, I once thought it was unlikely, but now it is possible, once I encircle the Eight Banners Army of Huang Taiji's 150,000 people, then Huang Taiji will have to think about desperately, he must want to rescue the 150,000 army, so the task of the front army of 50,000 people is particularly heavy, on the one hand, I need to desperately take Jinzhou. Exterminating the 40,000 Eight Banner Army stationed in Jinzhou must be like nails on the one hand. Firmly rooted in Jinzhou, whether it is in the face of the attack in the direction of Quang Ninh and Yizhou, or in response to the attack on the Ningyuan side, we must hold on, as long as the front army can hold on to Jinzhou, then the Chinese army and the front army will meet. It was the moment when Abatai and his 150,000 Eight Banners Army were destroyed. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Xunrui looked at Zheng Jinhong and Yang He.

The commander of the former army is Zheng Jinhong, and the deputy commander is Yang He.

"Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, you are the commander and deputy marshal of the former army. Can such a difficult task be completed. ”

Zheng Jinhong and Yang He stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and clasped their hands into fists.

"Your Majesty, the last general will swear to defend Jinzhou ......"

"Very good, you set off tomorrow, don't fall in love with the war along the way, go straight to Jinzhou, and strive to take Jinzhou within half a month, and firmly stationed in Jinzhou, you remember, when the Eight Banners Army in Jinzhou City evacuates towards Ningyuan on a large scale, you don't need to chase and kill, your main task is to take root in Jinzhou, block the rush of the Eight Banners Army in the direction of Guangning and Yizhou, prevent Abatai and his Eight Banners Army from withdrawing from the Guanning Jin defense line, and prevent the army under Abatai's command from going to Guangning."

This tactical arrangement of closing the door and beating the dog is very bold and domineering, and everyone understands that once this strategic deployment is realized, the Eighth Banner Army will suffer a heavy blow, and it will be much easier for the second phase of the Zheng Army's operation.

Xiong Wencan was very familiar with the original combat deployment, and he couldn't help but speak.

"Your Majesty, the minister has some worries."

"If you have any worries, just say it."

"The minister obeyed the order, the minister was worried, if the former army was directly inserted into Jinzhou, and after occupying Jinzhou, Abatai led the army to withdraw in the direction of Jinzhou, more than 100,000 Eight Banner Army, whether the front army could resist it, and when the Chinese army advanced along the road, it needed to conquer many cities and castles, and whether it would be able to rush to the front army in time to achieve the goal of completely exterminating the Eight Banners Army."

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly, the question raised by Xiong Wencan is very critical, after all, Abatai is also experienced in a hundred battles, and he will not wait for death in Ningyuan.

"Xiong Aiqing's question is very good, I can't influence Abatai's approach, I can't let the Eight Banners Army under his command firmly wait within the Guanningjin defense line, but Xiong Aiqing should not forget one thing, that is, the strength of the Eight Banners Army is now scattered, part of the Eight Banners Army is stationed in southern Liaoning, part of the Eight Banners Army entered the grassland to fight, and part of the Eight Banners Army is stationed in the Guanning Jin Defense Line, and the most empty is Shenyang and Liaoyang and other places, in this case, If Abatai hastily evacuates Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other places, and our Zheng Jiajun pursues them with all their might, wouldn't Shenyang be dangerous. ”

Xiong Wencan nodded again and again.

"The emperor is far-sighted, the ministers can't reach it, the Eight Banners Army is scattered at this time, Shenyang is empty, Abatai does not dare to evacuate Ningyuan and Jinzhou and other places easily, he must defend it, if Abatai evacuates easily, then Shenyang is in great danger, and Abatai cannot bear such a responsibility."

After Xiong Wencan finished speaking, Zheng Xunrui spoke again.

Once the former army occupies Jinzhou, Huang Taiji will soon be able to know the operational deployment of the Zheng army, and will soon make corresponding deployments, so the front army and the Chinese army of the Zheng family army must fight quickly, can not be delayed, Qiantun, Gaotaibao and even Tashan and other places, is not the focus of the Zheng army's operations, the focus of the army is the two cities of Ningyuan and Jinzhou, the front army will start to act tomorrow, the Chinese army will launch an attack from Shanhaiguan on the 20th, and the combat time is limited to one month, I hope that in a month's time, Abatai and his 150,000 Eight Banners will be completely gone. ”

The next day, Zheng Jinhong and Yang He led 50,000 troops from the capital to Shanhaiguan.

According to the emperor's requirements, the front army tried to keep it as secret as possible in the process of marching, of course, the 50,000 army wanted to keep it completely secret, the possibility was not very large, and the army carried Hongyi cannons and Furlong machines, and the marching speed could not be very fast.

After the departure of the former army, Zheng Xunrui began to make a big noise.

Both inside and outside the capital knew that the emperor was going to drive a personal expedition, kill all the way from Shanhaiguan, recover the Guanningjin defense line, cross the Liao River, attack Shenyang, and completely destroy Houjin.

The news quickly began to spread.

At first, it was the excitement of the ministers of civil and military affairs in the court, but later the people of the capital also began to discuss, and gradually many places in the northern Zhili also began to discuss.

The news that Zheng Jiajun was about to conquer Liaodong spread like this.

The cabinet was very calm, because all this was arranged by the emperor and the cabinet.

The best way is to make public the whereabouts of the Chinese army, and specifically reveal the matter of the emperor's personal expedition, with the accurate time, with the news of the emperor's personal expedition, Abatai's attention will definitely be completely attracted.

In this way, it can ensure that the whereabouts of the former army are basically kept secret, and even if the Eight Banners Army detects the whereabouts of the former army, it will not attract Abatai's special attention, because at that time, the Chinese army led by the emperor has already set off from Shanhaiguan and killed Qiantun and other places, and Abatai will think that the former army is just a force responsible for harassment, or a scout, etc.

Although it was a frontal battle, it was still necessary to have a plan.

I saw that the time for departure was approaching.

The cabinet ministers began to make requests, and Xu Wanghua, the first assistant to the cabinet, first wrote a note, imploring to follow the emperor to Liaodong to fight, in any case, the emperor needs staff around him, and he also needs someone to help deal with official business.

Zhou Yanru, the second assistant to the cabinet, also applied and begged to follow the emperor on the expedition.

The rest of the cabinet ministers also asked to follow the expedition.

Xu Fojia, Yang Aizhen and others also followed and applied, because they were still doing things in the Investigation Bureau, and it was natural for them to follow the emperor on the expedition.

Although the queen mother Wen Manshan did not ask to follow the expedition, she agreed to let Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen follow the emperor on the expedition, after all, the two followed the emperor and could take good care of the emperor.

Zheng Xunrui quickly made a decision.

Zhou Yanru, the second assistant of the cabinet, Yang Tingshu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen, and others followed the expedition, and Xu Wanghua, the first assistant of the cabinet, stayed in the capital and tried his best to assist the crown prince.

Let Zhou Yanru follow the expedition, mainly to deal with the urgent matters reported by the DPRK and China, and let Yang Tingshu and others follow the expedition, it has the meaning of a staff officer, as for Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen, the army does need the support of intelligence, and the queen Wen Manshan specially put forward a request, and Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen must be allowed to follow the expedition.

After everything is ready, the day of departure is coming.

The court was full of confidence, and the people in the capital were also running and discussing, believing that the Zheng Jiajun would be able to completely exterminate the Eight Banners Army and destroy the Qing Dynasty. (To be continued.) )