Hong Chengchou led an army of 100,000 to aid Jinzhou City, which can be said to be doing his best, only 10,000 soldiers stationed in Ningyuan City remained, and the troops in Shanhaiguan were still abundant, after all, there were many garrisons in Shanhaiguan before.

Although he decided to rush to the aid of Jinzhou City, in fact, he decided to fight a decisive battle with the Houjin Tartars, striving to let Huang Taiji retreat from the difficulties, end the battle in Liaoxi as soon as possible, and allow the imperial court to devote its main energy to dealing with the Liukou and ensuring the stability of the Central Plains.

It should be said that the army led by Hong Chengchou has a good combat effectiveness, these sergeants are mainly in Shanhaiguan, Xuanfu, Miyun, Jizhou, Datong, Ningyuan, Yulin and Ningxia's border army, almost all the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty are concentrated, and the responsibilities of the border army are different, and its combat effectiveness is not comparable to the Weisho army.

However, Hong Chengchou has one of the most annoying things, that is, the general soldiers under his command are relatively arrogant and arrogant, these general soldiers have led the army to be stationed in the border town for a long time, as long as the relationship with the supervision army is good, the power is almost not limited by the imperial court, this time according to the requirements of the imperial court and Hong Chengchou, leading the soldiers under his command to rush to the aid of Liaoxi, and not necessarily thinking about fighting to the death.

Although Hong Chengchou emphasized it many times, he felt intuitively that things were not so simple.

When Chen Xinjia, the second assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the military department, came to Ningyuan, Hong Chengchou specially summoned all the general soldiers, and Chen Xinjia also understood the meaning, and specifically emphasized the emperor's trust and respect for Lord Hong Chengchou, which also made these general soldiers more interesting.

When leading the army from Ningyuan, Hong Chengchou made careful arrangements, between Jinzhou and Ningyuan cities, there are three cities of Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan, and the three cities are each other's horns. Echoing each other, Tashan is the closest to Ningyuan, Songshan is the closest to Jinzhou, Xingshan is in the middle, Hong Chengchou placed 5,000 soldiers to guard in Xingshan City, and Songshan and Tashan City placed 10,000 soldiers to guard. Under the unfavorable situation of such a large army, it can rely on these three cities to fight against the Houjin Tartars.

In terms of grain and grass transportation, Hong Chengchou put the base camp in Tashan, after all, it was the closest to Ningyuan, and the attack of the Houjin Tatars started from the direction of Jinzhou, and Songshan, which bore the brunt, and the grain and grass base camp was the safest to set up in Tashan.

The 100,000 troops led by Hong Chengchou were stationed in Songshan, Xingshan, and Tashan, and 25,000 were stationed in Songshan, Xingshan, and Tashan, and 75,000 people actually participated in the battle. Together with the 50,000 people led by Zu Dashou stationed in Jinzhou, the total number reached 125,000, and the total number of the Eight Banners Army led by Huang Taiji was only 150,000.

After all, the Eight Banners Army led by Huang Taiji came from afar to fight, and the location of the battle was in western Liaoning, and to this extent, Hong Chengchou's situation was still good.

In late February, the army led by Hong Chengchou had arrived in Songshan. Along the way, they also met a small group of the Eight Banners Army, all of which were defeated by the large army. More small groups of the Eight Banners chose to flee.

Although the march was very smooth, Hong Chengchou was still very careful, and still adopted the tactics of taking a step by step approach, sending countless scouts to reconnoiter the situation ahead, and the army also marched collectively to maintain a large camp.

Hong Chengchou led a large army to aid the news of Jinzhou City. Huang Taiji quickly learned that everything was going according to his deployment.

With precise deployment, the next step is to implement it, Huang Taiji knows this very well, no matter how good the plan. If it is not implemented well, it will not be effective.

Huang Taiji knows more clearly that the battle in western Liaoning is related to whether his throne is stable, and whether the Great Qing Kingdom can continue to continue, if the battle in Western Liaoning is completely defeated, then there will be a great danger in the Great Qing Kingdom, not only will there be internal trouble, I am afraid that the Zheng family army stationed in southern Liaoning will also take advantage of the situation.

So this is a battle related to the life and death of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Chinese military tent, the atmosphere was extremely serious, and Huang Taiji looked at many princes, Baylor and Beizi, as well as Fan Wencheng and others, and spoke in a serious tone.

"The importance of this battle, I don't want to say more, you all understand, all the arrangements and deployments I made before, it's time to implement them, according to the news detected by the scouts, Hong Chengchou led the Ming army to help has 100,000 people, plus the Ming army stationed in Jinzhou, in terms of numbers, the Ming army is not inferior to the Eight Banners Army."

"Some people think that the fighting power of the Ming army is weak and not to be feared, and I want to remind those who have these thoughts today that they must not underestimate the enemy, otherwise everything will be irreparable after the disastrous consequences."

"If I lead the army, we must win the greatest victory, and the purpose of the Eight Banners Army this time is not only to occupy Jinzhou, Ningyuan and other cities, but also to exterminate the Ming army on a large scale, so that the Ming court will not be able to fight in Liaoxi from now on."

"The Eight Banners Army is facing a Ming army of more than 100,000 people, and the slightest carelessness will make a big mistake, so I hope that you will be cautious, no matter what kind of combat mission you accept, you must complete it desperately, otherwise I will not be polite no matter what your identity is."

"The battle is about to begin, and I don't want the Eight Banners Army to suffer heavy losses, so I need to find the weakness of the Ming Army."

When Huang Taiji said this, his eyes looked at the map.

The rest of the group followed suit.

"The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, such a large-scale battle, the grain and grass is the life of the army, Hong Chengchou stored the grain and grass of the Ming army in Tashan, and arranged a heavy army to wait, he thought that such an arrangement was foolproof, but I had to find an opportunity from this foolproof."

"The three cities of Tashan, Xingshan and Songshan are each other's horns, once a certain city is attacked, the rest of the cities will rush to help, including the Ming army stationed in Ningyuan, may also rush to help, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of the attack."

"The Eight Banners Army of my Great Qing Kingdom, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome, even if Hong Chengchou plants more Ming troops in Tashan, we must take here and cut off the grain and grass of the Ming army, as long as the Eight Banners Army can take Tashan, then the Ming army led by Hong Chengchou will be chaotic without a fight."

"In this battle, the Eight Banners Army adopted the method of interspersed operations, first cutting off Hong Chengchou's retreat, that is, cutting off the connection between Ningyuan and Tashan, Xingshan and Songshan, and the army on this road arranged 50,000 people, which was commanded by Duoduo."

"After cutting off the retreat of the Ming army, Dolgon led 30,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners to attack Tashan, it is extremely important to take Tashan and cut off the grain and grass of the Ming army, this step is very important, Dolgon, I ask you to take Tashan no matter how much loss you pay."

"Abatai, you lead 20,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Army to fight with Dolgon, your main task is to prevent the Ming army of Xingshan and Songshan from supporting Tashan, you must remember that no matter how powerful the Ming army is, you must resist it."

"I personally led 50,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Army, together with Azig, to greet Hong Chengchou head-on."

When Huang Taiji said this, the expressions of Dolgon, Duoduo and Abatai and others changed, after all, Huang Taiji was facing the Ming army head-on, and there were only 50,000 people around him, and the Khan Eight Banners were the mainstay, so such an arrangement was too dangerous.

Dolgon, the most senior, couldn't help but speak.

"Your Majesty, the younger brother thinks that this arrangement is inappropriate, and the emperor cannot be in danger, so the younger brother suggests that the emperor be stationed in Yizhou or Quang Ninh, and the thirteenth brother Azig will lead the army to resist the attack of the Ming army."

After Dorgon had finished speaking, Azig spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to take on this important responsibility, and if there is a dereliction of duty, he is willing to accept military justice."

Huang Taiji shook his head and spoke.

"I, like you, will defeat the Ming army, I am here to meet the Ming army head-on, is to hope that each of you can complete the combat mission well, fourteenth brother, you can take Tashan in the shortest possible time, cut off the food and grass of the Ming army, I will be safe here, but if you can't take Tashan, then I will have to fight with the Ming army."

The most important thing for the Manchu nobles is reputation, Huang Taiji's words, for Dolgon is a great stimulus, in fact, Huang Taiji arranged every deployment is very critical, first of all, Duoduo must completely cut off the retreat of the Ming army, with an army of 50,000 to block the retreat of the Ming army, but also to block the connection between Tashan and other places and Ningyuan City, followed by Abatai, must lead an army of 20,000 people, firmly watch the Ming army in Xingshan and even Songshan, to prevent them from rushing to aid Tashan, as for Huang Taiji here, face to face with the Ming army, It is to prevent Hong Chengchou from leading the army to suddenly turn around and evacuate in the direction of Ningyuan, so that it will be difficult for Dolgon, Duoduo and Abatai to deal with.

But in any case, the deployment of Huang Taiji, the most critical thing is to conquer Tashan, completely cut off the grain and grass of the Ming army, no matter how many Ming troops at that time, will be defeated, once the Ming army has a large-scale rout, the remaining task of the Eight Banners Army is to desperately chase and kill.

After the arrangements were completed, most of the people withdrew from the Chinese military tent one after another and began to prepare.

Huang Taiji left Dolgon.

"Fourteenth brother, the task of attacking Tashan is the most arduous, I will give you this task, I believe you will be able to complete it, you are the most courageous general of my Great Qing Kingdom, I hope you can do your best."

Of course, Dolgon knows the arduousness of the task, and he knows better that the safety of Huang Taiji depends on the situation of his fighting, after all, Huang Taiji led only 50,000 soldiers of Khan and Eight Banners, and needs to resist the Ming army led by Hong Chengchou, as well as the Ming army guarding Jinzhou, if the two Ming armies are attacked, then Huang Taiji will be in great danger.

"Your Majesty, the younger brother understands his own responsibilities, and before the younger brother fights, he never likes to talk big, but this time, the younger brother promises to take Tashan as quickly as possible, cut off the grain and grass of the Ming army, and when necessary, the younger brother will transfer the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army led by the fifteenth brother and the seventh brother, and the younger brother implores the emperor for permission."

"Of course, you can make a decision when necessary." (To be continued......)