Zheng Xunrui led the Chinese army, the speed of the march is not very slow, July 20 from Shanhaiguan, to July 22, the Chinese army occupied Qiantun, but at this time Qiantun, has become an empty castle, just when everyone is about to think about resting, Zheng Xunrui issued an order, the army continues to advance, and Qiantun does not need a sergeant station.

The army quickly set off in the direction of the fort, and on the 24th of July, the army entered the fort, but it was also an empty castle.

Zheng Xunrui didn't feel strange, the news of the Zheng family's army going out had been spreading for a long time, if Abatai continued to arrange for the sergeants to be stationed in Qiantun and Gaotai Fort, wouldn't it be better to let these sergeants die, it was better to let them retreat to Ningyuan, so that they could concentrate more troops.

On July 25, Zheng Xunrui ordered the army to march towards the city of Ningyuan.

Zheng Jinhong's recital has reached Zheng Xunrui's hands.

This report made Zheng Xunrui's expression become serious, he clearly felt that Zheng Jinhong, Yang He and others and their 50,000 troops under their command were going to be under tremendous pressure, and the battle to conquer the city of Jinzhou was going very smoothly, Zheng Jiajun suffered about 6,000 casualties and wiped out more than 20,000 people of the Eight Banners Army, this result was very good, and the former army firmly controlled Jinzhou.

This is due to Abatai's confusion, thanks to the news released by Zheng Xunrui in advance, so that Abatai's eyes are all focused on Shanhaiguan, and he did not pay attention to the situation in the direction of Jinzhou, but the former army occupied Jinzhou, and the strategic intention has been expressed, and at this time, if Abatai has not reacted, it will be abnormal.

The former army held Jinzhou and could not prevent Abatai from leading a large army to withdraw from Liaodong.

The task of the former army was not only to defend Jinzhou, but also to control all the areas around Jinzhou. Blocking all the routes of Abatai's evacuation, that is to say, the former army wants to build a great wall of steel in the Jinzhou area, blocking Abatai and his army to the death, it is not a simple matter to do this.

The Chinese army must speed up the march, so that Abatai, who is guarding Ningyuan, hesitates and is nervous, and Abatai does not dare to evacuate Ningyuan decisively in a short time. After all, the front army of the Zheng family army occupied Jinzhou, and the Chinese army was pressing towards the city of Ningyuan, in this case, Abatai easily did not dare to give up the city of Ningyuan, as long as the Chinese army accelerated the pace of the march and rushed to Ningyuan as soon as possible, by that time, even if Abatai understood everything, it would be too late.

Of course, the Chinese army increased the pace of the march. The most important thing is to reduce the pressure on the front army, if Abatai is desperate to lead more than 100,000 Eight Banner Army to storm Jinzhou and withdraw in the direction of Guangning, the front army is now more than 40,000 people, it is difficult to resist.

Of course, it depends on whether Abatai really has a foresight.

Zheng Xunrui thinks that Abatai does not have such ability, if it is Huang Taiji. Or if Dolgon, Zilharang and others were stationed in Ningyuan City, then the result would be completely different.

Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu both read the report written by Zheng Jinhong. The two were very happy, the first step of the campaign deployment was a complete success, Abatai did not expect the strategic deployment of the Zheng family's army, at this time Zheng Jinhong and the front army, already firmly rooted in Jinzhou like nails.

The discussion between Zheng Jinhong and the two was carried out on horseback. The army had to march quickly, with little time to rest.

How to give Zheng Jinhong an order, this is something that needs to be considered, after all, Zheng Jinhong led the front army to complete the first task very well, and the front army won a complete victory in the first battle. The annihilation of more than 20,000 Eighth Banner Army at the cost of 6,000 men was an encouraging victory.

Zhou Yanru's suggestion needs to be praised by the former army, and Yang Tingshu also has such a suggestion.

Zheng Xunrui did not agree, the battle has just begun, the front army is facing greater pressure and tasks, whether it can withstand it, it is still unknown, if the Eight Banners Army is evacuated from the direction of Jinzhou, then even if the front army occupies the city of Jinzhou, the overall operation is a failure, only by completely blocking the evacuation of Abatai's brigade, can it be regarded as a real completion of the combat mission.

Therefore, in the holy decree to Zheng Jinhong, there is only one sentence: block Abatai at all costs.

In just twelve words, it contains all the meanings, and when you give an order on the battlefield, you don't need too many words, just make the meaning clear.

The holy decree was this sentence, which made Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu serious, of course they understood the meaning of this sentence.

On July 27, Zheng Jinhong received the emperor's holy decree.

After handing the holy decree to Yang He, Wang Xiaoer, Ma Xianglin and others, Zheng Jinhong spoke with a serious expression.

"Scout report, a large number of assembled Eight Banner Army has been found in the direction of Tashan, it seems that Abatai is trying his best to recapture the city of Jinzhou, the real test of the front army is coming, my analysis, Abatai will not think about withdrawing from the whole line now, he needs to defeat our front army, so that he can give an account to Huang Taiji, otherwise Abatai will not have a good life even if he leads the army to evacuate Liaodong."

"Jinzhou City fell, the Eight Banners Army was wiped out by us more than 20,000 people, such a major mistake, it is completely the responsibility of Abatai, there is no other place to shirk, according to my estimates, the total number of the Eight Banners Army attacking Jinzhou City this time may be as high as about 50,000 to 60,000 people."

"The Eight Banners Army stationed in Liaodong has a total of 150,000 people, and the maximum loss in the Battle of Jinzhou is 30,000, and the remaining 120,000 people are stationed in the area from Ningyuan to Jinzhou.

"There are 60,000 Eight Banner Army stationed in Ningyuan City, and there are more than 60,000 Eight Banner Army left, Abatai will arrange 10,000 Eight Banner Army at most in the periphery of Ningyuan, and all the rest will attack Jinzhou City, Tashan, Xingshan, Songshan and Daxingbao and other cities and castles, which have no effect on Abatai, and they can't take back Jinzhou City, these places are precarious, and it is impossible to hold them at all."

"This attack will be very dangerous, Abatai knows that he doesn't have much time, Ningyuan City can't block the attack of the Zheng family army for a long time, he must conquer Jinzhou City in the shortest possible time, otherwise the army under his command will be in great danger, so my analysis is that the next battle is the biggest challenge we face, or the first real challenge, we must defeat the attack of the Eight Banners Army at all costs."

Zheng Jinhong is actually giving an order, Jinzhou City is not very large, covering an area of about 1,000 acres, but it is this city that once created brilliance, so that the Houjin Tartars were trapped here, unable to move forward, and finally evacuated in disgrace.

Today's Zheng Jiajun must continue its former glory.

Abatai is indeed desperate.

He was well aware of his major mistakes, unless he ordered the Eight Banners Army under his command to recover the city of Jinzhou, it would be difficult to recover the losses no matter what, and even if he led the army to evacuate Liaodong and return to Guangning or even Shenyang, he would not be able to escape the blame, and he would eventually be severely punished.

Although Huang Taiji's decree has not yet arrived, Abatai has already made a decision to concentrate his army to attack the city of Jinzhou, and he must find a way to recover the city of Jinzhou.

Abatai calculated the time in detail, the Zheng family army led by Zheng Xunrui, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it will take about four to five days to rush to Ningyuan, if the road is delayed, or even longer, the Eight Banners Army will immediately launch an attack on Jinzhou City, it is still too late, and the Zheng family army stationed in Jinzhou City will not get any support.

Even if the Zheng family army led by Zheng Xunrui arrived in Ningyuan, it would take time to attack the city, and by that time, if the city of Jinzhou had not been taken, then Abatai would have to lead all the soldiers to evacuate in the direction of Guangning.

Abatai also has a real idea in his heart, that is, to use a part of the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan to surround the Zheng family army stationed in Jinzhou City, the elite Manchu Eight Banners and Meng Eight Banners, when the time comes, they can be evacuated smoothly, and the Zheng family army behind cannot quickly catch up, and the Zheng family army in Jinzhou City cannot come out.

This is the final step to be done.

Of course, Abatai doesn't want the situation to develop like this, he still hopes to be able to recover Jinzhou City, and he will be able to recover Jinzhou City, and he can recover Jinzhou City, then the battle situation will change in an instant, maybe he can also lead the Eight Banners Army to defeat the Ming Emperor who came to attack.

In any case, it is not surprising that Abatai has such thoughts.

Tan Tai beside Abatai, although he is a first-class armor of the Eight Banners and Yellow Banners, because of the fiasco in the Battle of Jinzhou, he has no power to speak, Sony is more tactful, and he will not say anything at such a critical moment, but secretly report the information to Huang Taiji, Hong Chengchou has no power to speak, and has been injured by Abatai.

Several of the banner owners of the Eight Banners of Khan fought according to the orders of Abatai, and the rest of the things had nothing to do with them.

Huang Taiji probably wouldn't have thought that Abatai would be so desperate at the critical moment, just imagine that if Huang Taiji was bolder and sent Azig, the king of Wuying County, to Ningyuan, there would be no such situation.

When Huang Taiji's edict arrived at Ningyuan City, the battle to attack Jinzhou City had already begun.

At this time, Abatai will never change the deployment of the operation, his reason is very simple, the Zheng family's army is pressing, Shenyang's defense is empty, and the army led by Prince Rui Dolgon has not yet returned to Shenyang, at such a critical moment, the Eight Banners Army stationed in Liaodong must work hard, so as to be able to truly protect Shenyang.

Abatai chose a path of no return for himself, he knew very well that once the battle failed, he could not leave Liaodong, and he had to fight to the death with the Zheng family's army, but for Abatai, it was not much difficulty to make such a choice, the Manchurians were already brave and ruthless, and they never knew what retreat was when they encountered difficulties. (To be continued.) )