Caoyun Governor's Palace, Donglin Book House.

There was a map on the table, with some markings on it, Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong looked carefully at the markings on the map, while Zheng Xunrui was pacing in the room, thinking about something.

As before, Zheng Xunrui had long known the news that Huang Taiji personally led a large army to attack Korea, and he had made a prediction in advance, knowing that the imperial court would definitely argue about this matter, and just when he was still thinking about it, Yang Tingshu's letter arrived, and he also knew about the controversy between the court and the central government.

During the Wanli period, the Ming army had supported North Korea to defeat the Japanese Kou, and the guide zhì Japanese Kou did not dare to have any delusions for hundreds of years, this time the situation was similar to the situation during the Wanli period, after the Jin Tatars invaded Korea, as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea will definitely ask the emperor for help, and beg the Ming court to support North Korea.

But the background of the two invasions of North Korea is not the same, the purpose of the Huang Taiji invasion of North Korea, the purpose is to make North Korea completely surrendered, in order to eliminate worries, to enter the Central Plains, to defeat the Ming Dynasty ready, and Huang Taiji's bravery, Zheng Xunrui has a deep impression, from the current actual situation, even if you want to rush to the aid of North Korea, only the Zheng family army to fight, the other armies of the Ming Dynasty, there is no possibility of rushing.

To fight or not to fight, Zheng Xunrui needs to think carefully.

From the strength of Zheng Jiajun, Zheng Xunrui will not hesitate to choose not to fight, and even if he loses the support of North Korea, the Ming Dynasty will lose control of the Bohai Bay, and put Phidao and other places in danger, and at the same time, Houjin will have no worries, and he can rest assured that he can boldly use troops in Liaodong or Xuanfu and Datong.

But if you don't choose to fight, after this battle allows Huang Taiji to win a complete victory, it will greatly enhance the strength of the Houjin Tartars, and history records that in this battle. Huang Taiji received a lot of money, and more importantly, he took 500,000 people from North Korea, so that the population owned by Houjin increased more and more.

Zheng Xunrui still has a lot of questions to think about.

First of all, in terms of strength, it is impossible for the Zheng family army to resist the Houjin Tartars at present, and the strength of Huang Taiji has reached 300,000 people, of which nearly 200,000 are full of eight banners. The combat effectiveness is very brave, and the Zheng family army cannot be defeated for the time being, unless its own strength is enhanced, and it has extraordinary artillery and firearms at the same time.

Secondly, from the particularity of this battle, it is difficult for the Zheng family army to achieve a complete victory, this time it is Huang Taiji himself who leads the army to fight, from the information he knows, Huang Taiji is ready for a qiē, and the action is very fast. If it weren't for the fact that Zheng Jiajun had defeated the Houjin Tartars, I am afraid that this time the Renzong Li Gang of North Korea would not even ask for help from the Ming court.

Finally, in terms of the deployment of the battle, Huang Taiji took into account a qiē, Zierharang was stationed in Shenyang to protect the safety of Shenyang, and Huang Taiji sent Duoduo, Azig and Abatai to garrison Gaizhou, the location of the mouth of the Liaohai Sea, to block the Ming army from rushing to help.

Huang Taiji's arrangement. It seems to be complete, but unfortunately the weakness is still revealed. This is also because of the weakness of the Ming army, which made Huang Taiji very confident and disdained to make too many deployments, and this gap is Lushun and Shuangdao.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, after the death of Huanglong, the general soldier of Phi Island, Lushunkou was occupied by the Houjin Tartars. Fortunately, the Houjin Tatars were not accustomed to naval battles, so they could only stick to Lushun and block the connection between Dengzhou, Laizhou and Tianjin and Phi Dao.

This time, Huang Taiji sent a large army to conquer Korea, and if the Zheng family army rushed to the aid of Korea, it was impossible to directly engage the Manchu Eight Banners and the Mongolian left and right battalions under the command of Huang Taiji. After all, in terms of numbers, Zheng Jiajun is at an absolute disadvantage, and the opponent is Huang Taiji, once Huang Taiji learns that Zheng Jiajun is going to reinforcements, he will definitely go out, and at that time, Zheng Jiajun will be in great danger, and when facing Huang Taiji, Zheng Xunrui has no much chance of winning.

But just watching the continuous growth of the Houjin Tartars, this is also not true, so it is the best measure to attack and take Lushun and Shuangdao and other places, and drive a nail in Huang Taiji's heart to make him worry all the time.

The location of Lushun and Shuangdao is very critical, occupying this place is equivalent to controlling the Bohai Bay, at least in terms of defending against the attack of the Golden Tartars, there is an extra way out, and Lushun can well connect Tianjin and Phi Dao and other places, so that Phi Dao can still be under the control of the Ming army.

In Zheng Xunrui's eyes, Lushun and Shuangdao are not only such values, in the future, the Zheng army will attack and strike at Houjin Tartar, Lushun and Shuangdao are a good breakthrough, from here to attack, after occupying Jinzhou and Fuzhou and other places, you can directly threaten Gaizhou, Haizhou and even Anshan and other places, then Huang Taiji has to divide troops to Liaodong and Gaizhou and other places, so that the strength of Jin Tatar is scattered, and the combat effectiveness will naturally decline.

When Zheng Xunrui was still thinking, Xu Wanghua spoke cautiously.

"My lord, my subordinates feel that the possibility of rushing to aid North Korea is not very large, this time Huang Taiji has made up his mind to take North Korea, for this reason Huang Taiji is almost pouring out of the nest, and its actions are rapid, even if the Zheng family army is rushing to help, it is too late in time, not to mention that in terms of the number of troops, this rush to aid is also full of danger."

After Xu Wanghua finished speaking, Zheng Jinhong followed and spoke.

"Young master, my subordinates feel that what Mr. Xu said is reasonable, the Zheng family army stationed in Huai'an, the total strength is only 40,000 people, of which more than 4,000 new sergeants, all of them are young and strong of the Cao Gang, and they still need time to train, and the soldiers stationed in Xi'an cannot be dispatched, and all the sea routes are controlled by the Houjin Tatars, even if the Zheng family army wants to rush to help, it must pass through Liaodong by land, which is almost untrue, in case the Zheng family army goes deep into Liaodong, it is very likely to become a lone army......"

When Zheng Jinhong said this, Xu Wanghua also nodded again and again.

"What you said is right, if you want to implement this battle, it is indeed not valid, it is impossible for Zheng Jiajun to directly rush to the aid of North Korea, that is tantamount to looking for death, I will not do this, but seeing Huang Taiji conquer North Korea, obtain a large number of supplies, and enhance strength, Zheng Jiajun will not be able to make a move."

When Zheng Xunrui said this, Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong were very curious, they really couldn't think of any way for Zheng Jiajun to attack Houjin Tartar, after all, the main force of Zheng Jiajun was stationed in Huai'an, which was too far away.

Zheng Xunrui's hand pointed to Lushun and Shuangdao.

"Zheng Jiajun will not directly rush to the aid of North Korea, but to take advantage of this opportunity to take Lushun and Shuangdao, and to leave some of the sergeants stationed in this place, Lushun and Shuangdao, the location is very important."

Speaking of this, Zheng Xunrui's face became even more solemn.

"Mr. Xu, Jin Hong, you all know that the main opponent of the Zheng family army in the future is the Houjin Tartar, so we must prepare in advance, if we occupy Lushun and Shuangdao this time, it will be to lay the foundation in advance."

Zheng Xunrui said this, Xu Wanghua quickly understood.

In peacetime, the Zheng army has no reason to move, and Lushun and Shuangdao and other places belong to the control of the governor of Denglai, but if there is a reason to rush to aid North Korea, then the Zheng family army can boldly dispatch, since it wants to occupy Lushun and Shuangdao and other places, it must rely on Dengzhou's Penglai City as a support, once Penglai City and Lushun, Shuangdao and other places are controlled, it is equivalent to Zheng Jiajun directly controlling the Bohai Bay, the benefits in this are huge, and it is also for the future to fight the Houjin Tartars, ready for the early preparations.

After the attack, the Golden Tartars did not just rely on Liaodong.

Just from this arrangement, Xu Wanghua finally understood that Zheng Xunrui's heart is very big, and ordinary people can't guess it.

Zheng Jinhong doesn't particularly understand, but he has a characteristic, that is, as long as it is arranged by Zheng Xunrui, no matter what it is, he will complete it to the letter.

And Zheng Jinhong quickly thought that if he wanted to attack Lushun and Shuangdao, he had to rely on Penglai City in Laizhou.

"Young master, if you want to attack Lushun and Shuangdao, you must rely on Penglai City, will the imperial court agree?"

"Jinhong, what you said is right, to attack Lushun and Shuangdao, you must rely on Penglai City, there is no other reason, Zheng Jiajun is indeed unable to act, but if someone wants to let Zheng Jiajun rush to aid North Korea, wouldn't that be the best reason, hmph, rushing to aid North Korea is obviously an impossible thing, there are still people in the court who want to rush to aid North Korea, obviously they want Zheng Jiajun to fall into the tiger's mouth, they really think I am so easy to fool."

Zheng Xunrui said these words, and Zheng Jinhong also understood what he meant.

Huaibei is close to Shandong, Huai'an is 1,150 miles away from Penglai in Dengzhou, Zheng Jiajun went to Penglai, it takes about three days, from Penglai to Lushun by boat, the total distance is 65 nautical miles, the speed of the warship can reach nine knots, as long as there is no huge wind and waves at sea, according to this time calculation, the warship can arrive in Lushun from Penglai within two days, or even one day.

According to the average time, Zheng Jiajun's army set out from Huai'an and was able to attack Lushun and Shuangdao in seven days.

The reason why Houjin Tatar is not accustomed to naval warfare is also because of long-term combat on land, as for the Zheng Jiajun, there is also no big advantage, but after the Zheng Jiajun came to Huai'an, he experienced more than a month of Cao Yun, and exercised some time on the boat, plus the four thousand Cao Gang young men who entered the Zheng Jiajun this time are all familiar with the water, from this aspect, there is no big problem for the Zheng Jiajun soldiers to take a boat.

There is no naval battle this time, in the final analysis, it is still a siege.

Therefore, Zheng Jiajun does not need to consider whether the soldiers can adapt.

Seeing Zheng Jinhong bow his head and ponder, Zheng Xunrui spoke again.

"Jin Hong, what it means, you should understand, from now on, to train the soldiers of the Zheng family, everyone must be able to adapt to taking a sea boat, as for the method of training, it does not necessarily have to be a boat, among the young people of the Cao Gang, many people know how to train, the time is very short, but this task must be completed." (To be continued......)