The offensive launched by the Zheng family army in southern Liaoning has achieved great results, and its progress is so smooth that even Zheng Xunrui did not expect it.

Yang He, deputy commander of the Zheng family's army, led 30,000 Zhengjia soldiers to attack, they went straight to Xuancheng from Yongning, and directly took Xuancheng without spending any effort, and then Yang He left 1,000 soldiers to garrison Xuancheng, and the rest of the army attacked in the direction of Xiuyan, and the defenders of Xiuyan had already heard the wind and evacuated.

After Xiuyan rested for a few days, Yang He led the Zheng army to attack in the direction of Phoenix, which can be described as the most critical battle, Phoenix City was once the place where the Houjin Tartars were stationed, in the first year of Chongzhen, the troops who attacked Mao Wenlong were stationed here, who controlled Phoenix, it was equivalent to the real control of North Korea, although for so many years, North Korea has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all subject to the Ming Dynasty, but because of the rise of the Houjin Tartars, Most of the southern Liaoning was controlled by the Houjin Tartars, which also made the Korean royal family panic and constantly asked the Ming court for help.

When Huang Taiji established the Great Qing Dynasty, it fully controlled southern Liaoning, not only Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Lushun and Shuangdao and other places were firmly controlled by the Great Qing State, but even the Ming army active in the area of Phi Island was completely annihilated, at that time Phoenix City has become a key place for the Later Jin Tartars, and then Huang Taiji led the army to conquer North Korea, which was based on Phoenix City, but that battle, because the Zheng army occupied Jinzhou, Fuzhou and Lushun and other places, so that Huang Taiji's back encountered a huge threat, Huang Taiji was forced to withdraw his troops from Korea.

After the Zheng family army occupied Yongning, Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Lushun and Shuangdao and other places, it did not expand again, Zheng Xunrui also meant to take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen his own strength, so that the Zheng family army in southern Liaoning was more powerful, and even able to resist the attack of the Eight Banners Army, and Zheng Xunrui did not want to be there; Liaonan provoked large-scale battles. That will inevitably make the main force of the Zheng family army fall into the battle in southern Liaoning, and it is even possible that a decisive battle between the Zheng family army and the Eight Banners army will break out.

Such a situation is most beneficial to the emperor and the imperial court, but it is very unfavorable to Zheng Xunrui.

Therefore, Zheng Xunrui's order to Yang He and Wang Yuncheng was to garrison the place they had already occupied, not to expand in other directions for the time being, and to wait for the time to be ripe before they could continue to carry out operations.

Huang Taiji personally led a large army to Liaoxi. Zheng Xunrui also decided to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of some advantages after careful consideration.

Zheng Xunrui understands the importance of southern Liaoning, once he occupies the entire southern Liaoning, it is equivalent to firmly controlling North Korea, and guarding the security of Bohai Bay, and at the same time, it also lays a solid foundation for Zheng Jiajun's future attack on Gaizhou, Haizhou, Yaozhou, Anshan and Liaoyang, and more importantly. Once the Zheng army occupies these places, it will definitely weaken the Qing State's ability to control southern Liaoning, so that at least the Qing State will receive a lot less grain every year.

When Yang He led the army to attack Phoenix, he was still more cautious, according to Zheng Xunrui's order, once the army occupied Phoenix, it was necessary to stop attacking to the north, and the next task was to clear the Eight Banners Army in Tangzhan, Zhenjiang, Yizhou and other places. Firmly control these places and completely open up the connection between Korea and the Ming court.

Yang He also understood what Zheng Xunrui meant. That is, don't completely anger the Houjin Tartars, don't start a large-scale battle with the Manchu Eight Banners stationed in Gaizhou and other places, although it is said that Huang Taiji personally led a large army to conquer in western Liaoning, but if the soldiers of the Zheng family army went straight to Lianshan Pass and Sweet Water Battle and other places, then it would directly threaten Liaoyang, so in this case. Even if Huang Taiji gave up the attack in western Liaoning, he would start a large-scale battle in southern Liaoning at any cost.

Stopping in moderation and leaving the other party at a loss is the best state.

Zheng Xunrui, who was waiting for Yang He to report the situation, quickly put his mind at ease. The army led by Yang He, after only more than a day of fighting, completely occupied Phoenix City, and then Yang He began to purge the Eight Banners Army in Tangzhan, Zhenjiang, Yizhou and other places according to the previous arrangement, and even places such as Tieshan, Xuanzhou and Phidao, Yang He did not let go.

The Houjin Tartars, who were stationed in Gaizhou and other places, did not make any movement.

Zheng Xunrui smiled, he knew that his decision this time was unusually correct, it seems that Huang Taiji has made up his mind to win in the battle of Liaoxi, and for this reason, he does not hesitate to give up part of the interests of southern Liaoning, as long as the Zheng family army does not fundamentally threaten Liaoyang and other places, Huang Taiji can bear it.

This was the end of the Zheng family's army's attack, and the entire battle lasted no more than half a month.

When Yang He's document was delivered to the Nanjing Military Department, the army led by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, had already set out from Ningyuan City to rush to the aid of Jinzhou City.

Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Li Yan and Xu Jikuang and others analyzed the situation in southern Liaoning, and believed that the Zheng army could completely consolidate the places that had been captured, and under the current situation, the Manchurian Eight Banners did not have the courage to attack, after all, according to the strength of the Great Qing Dynasty, it was impossible to launch two large-scale battles in Liaoxi and southern Liaoning at the same time, not to mention that the battle in Liaoxi had entered a critical moment, and Huang Taiji would not easily choose to withdraw his troops at this time.

Zheng Xunrui agreed with the analysis of the staff committee, but also reminded everyone that when writing documents to Yang He, it was still necessary to emphasize the importance of stability, and not to think that Huang Taiji personally led the army to conquer in western Liaoning, and the Zheng family army could continue to take advantage of southern Liaoning.

Xu Wanghua and the others naturally understood what Zheng Xunrui meant, although Zheng Xunrui was worried and heartbroken about the possible situation in the battle in western Liaoning, he would stick to his own principles and would not interfere in the battle in western Liaoning.

When the intelligence from Liaoxi was sent to the Nanjing Military Department, it was already mid-March.

Zheng Xunrui looked at the information sent by the Investigation Bureau very carefully, and even read the words over and over again, even Xu Wanghua and others felt strange, the intelligence was nothing more than that Hong Chengchou had led the army to leave Ningyuan City and go to reinforce Jinzhou City, and the Eight Banners Army raided the junction of Ningyuan and Tashan when Hong Chengchou led the army to Songshan, blocking the retreat of the army under Hong Chengchou.

As for the relevant arrangements made by Hong Chengchou, it is very normal, there is nothing strange, the three cities of Tashan, Xingshan and Songshan, in the state of horns, can rush to each other's aid, Hong Chengchou chose Tashan City as a place to store grain and grass for the army, it is also the best choice, not to mention that Tashan is also heavily guarded.

I don't know what Zheng Xunrui is worried about.

What Zheng Xunrui thinks, Xu Wanghua and others can't know, or that reason, Zheng Xunrui is a traverser after all, and he is very familiar with the battle of Songshan in history, the current situation is strikingly similar to the battle of Songshan in history, the same place in Songshan, the same army led by Hong Chengchou confronted the Eight Banners Army, and it was also Huang Taiji who ordered the Eight Banners Army to cut off Hong Chengchou's retreat, then the next key point is in Tashan, and Huang Taiji will definitely send heavy troops to attack Tashan City, Once Tashan was taken by the Eight Banners Army, the army under Hong Chengchou would be cut off from grain and grass, and the army fell into great chaos in a short period of time, and finally the situation of fiasco appeared, Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou and others were all captured by Huang Taiji, and Jinzhou and Ningyuan and other cities were all lost.

Slightly different from history, this time Huang Taiji stationed Prince Zheng Zierharang in Shenyang, and took Dolgon, Duoduo, Azig, Abatai and Yue Tuo to Liaoxi to conquer.

Zheng Xunrui concluded that Huang Taiji would definitely aim at Tashan, since Huang Taiji had already sent the Eight Banners Army to cut off Hong Chengchou's retreat, how could he continue to drop Hong Chengchou; The grain road, and only by cutting off the grain road, the hand that cuts off Hong Chengchou's retreat in front is effective, otherwise the Eight Banners Army does not have such a great ability to stop the attack of more than 100,000 troops.

Zheng Xunrui can also conclude that it must be Dolgon who attacked the city of Tashan.

Dolgon, who is the most brave and warlike among the princes of the Qing Dynasty, has always taken on heavy responsibilities, and this time will not be an exception, although Hong Chengchou arranged for 10,000 soldiers to garrison Tashan City, and 5,000 soldiers stationed in Xingshan, they can also rush to help at any time, but these forces are difficult to hold on to under Dolgon's attack.

In other words, in the historical Battle of Matsuyama, there will not be much change, and everything will still happen.

Thinking about this, Zheng Xunrui knew that the Ming Dynasty had no way out, according to the information he had, Li Zicheng was ready to start attacking Taiyuan in Shanxi, and Zhang Xianzhong was also ready to start attacking Xiangyang Mansion in Huguang.

The fifteenth year of Chongzhen is destined to be an extraordinary year, and the situation has developed to this point, and the emperor and the court can be said to be powerless.

It was time for Zheng Jiajun to exert his might, and after careful thinking, Zheng Xunrui's order was issued again.

The Third Army stationed in Xi'an, Shaanxi, was divided into three routes, the first 20,000 sergeants, commanded by Deputy General Hong Xintao, quickly went to Yan'an Mansion to station, and monitored the situation in Shanxi at any time, and the second 20,000 sergeants, commanded by Zheng Kaitao, deputy chief of staff and general staff, moved troops to Tongguan, and at the same time stationed in Tongguan, and the remaining 10,000 sergeants, temporarily commanded by Wen Kun, the governor of Shaanxi, were responsible for guarding the stability of Xi'an Fucheng and the whole territory of Shaanxi.

Xu Wanghua and others understood what Zheng Xunrui meant, and it seems that Zheng Xunrui's next direction of battle is aimed at Liukou, specifically against Li Zicheng, of course, Xu Wanghua and others also believe that it is impossible for Zheng Xunrui to take the initiative to attack, or the emperor and the court have asked Zheng Jiajun, or Li Zicheng threatens the security of Shaanxi and other places, or Li Zicheng's momentum is too strong, so that he controls most of the Central Plains, so that Zheng Jiajun will attack on a large scale.

As for Liaoxi, it is not in the plan for the time being. (To be continued......)