At first, Hong Chengchou used the insufficient number of troops mobilized as a reason; Then the reason is that the food and wages have not been paid; Then he used the cold winter in Liaodong and the unsuitable for fighting. In fact, the reason why Hong Chengchou delayed sending troops was to force the Qing army not to trap Jinzhou in the wilderness through the cold of winter, so he wanted to relieve the siege of Jinzhou without a fight.

This idea should be said to be very reasonable, but it also reflects Hong Chengchou's extreme lack of initiative. He asked the court for soldiers, food, and everything, but he pinned his hopes on heaven to make things beautiful. But Huang Taiji did not let Hong Chengchou get his wish, he let Hong Chengchou see what it means to win the sky.

As an excellent military commander, Huang Taiji has always adhered to the principle of achieving a goal in one campaign; A target uses enough strength. Therefore, Huang Taiji had already considered all the difficulties that he might encounter in the process of besieging Jinzhou City before the war.

According to Huang Taiji's deployment, the Qing army dug and built four moats besieging the city outside Jinzhou City, and built two city walls besieging Jinzhou, which was completely built outside Jinzhou City.

And the Qing army also built a wooden house between the two city walls as a barracks to garrison the army, completely turning the siege into a siege and defense battle, because whether the Ming army broke through from Jinzhou City or rescued from the outside, they had to break through these two city walls, forming a situation of turning attack into defense. And with these wooden houses, the Qing army is definitely not afraid of the cold snap in the winter of Liaodong.

In addition, the Qing army also organized a large number of coats and slaves to cultivate around Jinzhou City, in order to reduce the shortage of food supply and transportation losses of the army, and to fight with Jinzhou City for food consumption.

To tell the truth, in order to capture Jinzhou, the Qing army has already mobilized the whole country, and almost all the men who can be mobilized have been mobilized to Jinzhou City, looking like a ruined boat. If the Ming army could break the blockade of the Qing army outside the city. As long as even one time can transport grain into Jinzhou, then the Qing army will collapse and the national strength will be greatly depleted.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to call this battle a decisive battle that will determine the national fortunes of the two countries, and Hong Chengchou's cautious attitude is understandable. The only thing that is debatable is that Hong Chengchou is too cautious, and he is extremely cautious, and even this cautious attitude is a little unbearable even for the Ming court.

However, at this time, Hong Chengchou's caution was still supported by the Ming troops from all walks of life in Liaodong, even Wu Shigong was no exception. In the midst of a series of banquets. Wu Shigong also profoundly exchanged views with Hong Chengchou and other officials, acknowledging that it was a decisive battle, so when he arrived in Zuihou, Wu Shigong decided to support Hong Chengchou's prudence.

Because if this campaign can indeed break the siege of the Qing army, then the national strength of the Manchu Qing will not recover in a few years. And taking advantage of this precious time, the Runing Army can completely create a new situation in the Central Plains. And Wu Shigong will also compete for a first hand in the future.

For this. Wu Shigong did not hesitate to spend more than 100,000 taels of silver to buy grain and grass to support the supply of the Runing army, and sent a letter to Runing, asking for the construction and transfer of thirty chariots equipped with one-pound artillery to Liaodong to strengthen the strength of the Runing army. Of course, all this was made on the basis that Wu Shigong did not know about the sudden outbreak of the Central Plains Peasant Army.

"Did the letter get in?" Xue Yongli asked.

"Someone has been sent. Chen Guerrilla said to give him some time to think about it. Xue Zhinong replied.

"Send him another message. Wait for him for two hours. If he doesn't agree, then let's meet each other! Xue Zhinong ordered.

"No!"

After the news of the rise of the Central Plains peasant army and the two destruction of the big city and the killing of the vassal king in Liaodong was urgently reported, Wu Shigong still decided not to bring the Runing army of Liaodong back to Runing because he had to prepare for the decisive battle in Liaodong. Because he felt that so many troops in Runing's headquarters should be more than enough for self-preservation.

Therefore, Wu Shigong gave Ru Ning a reply letter, in which he said: "Peace of mind and self-determination." At such a distance, it is impossible for Wu Shigong to command remotely, so in addition to setting a general principle, he let Deng Qifan and Xue Yongli, who were presided over by Runing, play freely.

As for military operations, the main thing is to listen to the opinions of Xue Yongli and other officers. However, after some deliberation, the officers decided that they should take the initiative to fight for the initiative.

Of course, this decision stems from absolute confidence in the Runing Army itself, and it is also a consistent manifestation of the aggressiveness of the officers of the Runing Army. But more importantly, Xue Yongli wanted to seize this opportunity and show his ability to command the battle independently.

In fact, not to mention the selfishness of Xue Yongli, the officers of the Runing Army, just looking at the current peasant army, and they are all so close to the control area of the Runing Army, then they must be vigorously attacked, otherwise relying on such a small territory of the Runing Army, it is easy to lead the war to their own territory.

Therefore, the question now is not that of taking the initiative, but of which peasant army to fight. After discussion, the Zuihou Runing Army aimed at the 5th Battalion of Gezuo, which was heading east.

The reason why the 5th Battalion of the Left Wing was chosen was because of the following reasons:

First of all, of course, the persimmon picks the soft pinch, the strength of the fifth battalion of the left is the smallest one in the three-way peasant army, and the front of the peasant army on this road also has the Nanjing Beijing battalion to block.

After the sudden rise of the peasant army this time, the top level of the Runing Army immediately conducted a review. They believe that the Jihua of raising Kou self-respect formulated in the past is right, and the mistake is to let go of those Kou leaders who have strong appeal. Just look at the world-famous Koushou! Whether it is Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, etc., or the five leaders of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, with their reputation, they can call on a large number of displaced people to take refuge in a short period of time. This cockroach-like performance is simply a little too terrifying.

For this reason, the Runing Army's attack this time must have taken the elimination of Kou Shou as the main goal. Even if the homeless people are still there, the world is still rampant with bandits, as long as there are no leaders with strong appeal, those homeless people and bandits are still scattered sand, and they cannot pose a threat to the Runing Army.

Therefore, the 5th Battalion of the Left Movement, which had the Nanjing Beijing Battalion in front and the Runing Army in the back, became the most haode target. Because the Runing Army could borrow the Nanjing Jingying to form an effective encirclement of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution, and strive not to let these five leaders escape. Even the dispatch of troops by the Runing Army could be supported by the Runing Army Naval Division on the Yangtze River and the Runing Army Naval Division Marine Corps in Huanggang to tie the mouth of this encirclement even tighter.

The second is an analysis of the movements of these three peasant armies. Xue Yongli and they believed that in the absence of Kaifeng City, Li Zicheng's camp would not go south or east to threaten Runing and Guide, because it would be easy to be attacked from behind by the Ming army attacking Kaifeng City.

Li Zicheng's camp had also fought with the Runing army, and they knew the combat effectiveness of the Runing army, and they would not abandon Kaifeng City, which was already rich in their mouths, to fight a hard battle with the Runing army.

And Zhang Xianzhong's troops, who had suffered several losses from the Runing Army, were even more unlikely to come to provoke the Runing Army. And as Zuo Liangyu's troops stationed in Huguang, they will also fight with Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army, and will not let Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army move freely.

Therefore, as long as the Runing Army left the necessary troops to garrison, it could draw out about 30,000 main forces to attack. The only thing to prevent is that Li Zicheng broke into the camp and Zhang Xianzhong's troops attacked Runing and Guide at the same time. But this situation was also denied after Zheng Ling's intelligence analysis.

Because Zheng Ling analyzed through a large amount of intelligence: Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are both unwilling to be subordinate, if their two armies converge, then this coalition army should listen to Li Zicheng? Or should I listen to Zhang Xianzhong? Therefore, one mountain can never accommodate two tigers.

Zuihou, the jihua that went south to attack was also the same as the jihua originally scheduled by the Runing army. The Jihua originally formulated by the Runing Army to raise self-respect and drive tigers and wolves was oriented towards the southern front. If you go north, because it is too close to Luoyang, Kaifeng and other big cities, it is easy to arouse the sensitivity of the imperial court, which is not conducive to the Runing army to occupy a large amount of land.

If you go south, this effect is much smaller, and the land of Huguang is also richer than that of Henan. Therefore, this time the Runing Army attacked the 5th Battalion of the Left Battalion, which was in line with the original Jihua.

However, before the Runing Army was dispatched, it was certain that Li Zicheng, who was the most threatened, would make some moves to break into the camp. Therefore, the Runing Army was ready to use the Independent Association of Guide Shumo, as well as a town and cavalry association in the headquarters of the Runing Army, to make a feint against the camp. And by the way, an infantry reinforced regiment with thirty one-pound artillery chariots was sent across the Yellow River to support Wu Shigong in Liaodong.

In this way, the camp could not let go of its hands and feet to attack Kaifeng, and it also gave Kaifeng City a chance to breathe. As long as the integrity of Kaifeng City is ensured, that is, there is an explanation to the imperial court, and the attitude of obeying the Henan governor Li Xianfeng is also of certain benefit to the Runing army in dealing with the imperial court in the future.

But in this way, the Runing Army will first have to deal with the guerrilla Chen Zhongzhi stationed at the junction of Runing and Kaifeng. After Chen Zhongzhi returned from King Qin, he was still stationed in the original garrison of the Chen and Jiang coalition forces, and the strength of the army also reached more than 4,000 people. For this army, the Runing Army did not take any measures at first. After all, they are the army of the imperial court, and Wu Shigong's appearance can't be too ugly.

But now, Xue Yongli and the others can't tolerate this army getting so close to Runing with nothing to do. Taking advantage of the fact that he was going to rescue Kaifeng City, Xue Yongli wanted to drive this army into Kaifeng and help the defense of Kaifeng City. This was also an explanation to the imperial court, and by the way, it drove this army out of the control area of the Runing Army.

Another point, Xue Yongli also took a fancy to the more than 1,000 war horses owned by Chen Zhongzhi's department. Anyway, they are going to defend the city, and the war horses are useless, so it is better to cheapen the Runing army first. Therefore, under Xue Yongli's order, the Runing Army immediately mobilized troops to surround this friendly army and issued an ultimatum to Chen Zhong. (To be continued......)