The Jingbei Army's eastward crusade was imminent, and Dolgon would not sit idly by, and in order to confront the menacing Jingbei Army, Dolgon also made corresponding arrangements.

That is, with Jinzhou as the center, the four forts of Xingshan, Tashan, Songshan and Dalinghe were used to delay the offensive of the Ming army, and then the powerful cavalry of the Ming court was used to harass and even cut off the long supply line from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou, and then fought the battle of Songjin that decided the fate of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In order to stabilize the defense system of Jinzhou, Dolgon followed the strategy of Hong Chengchou, with 5,000 soldiers of the Xia Chengde Department of the Han Army Zhenglan Banner to guard Tashan, 5,000 soldiers of the Han Army Zhenghongqi Gang Atai Department to guard Xingshan, 5,000 soldiers of the Wu Sangui Department of the Han Army to guard Songshan, Wuying County King Azige led the Yellow Banner and 60 Niulu of the Zhenghuang Banner to guard Jinzhou, Mongolia Zhenwu Nag led 3,000 troops with 5,000 Han troops to guard Rufeng Mountain, Wu Keshan, Prince of Horqin, led 15,000 troops to garrison the Daling River, and built pontoon bridges and forts in the area of Bijia Mountain on the east bank of the Xiaoling River, and Jinzhou City became a corner.

In addition, Dolgon led 20 Niulu to defend Gaizhou and Fuzhou with the Zhengbai Banner Gushan Ezhen Turge, prepared the Ming garrison in southern Liaoning, and ordered Turge, once the main force of the Ming army went north, he would abandon the entire southern Liaoning, retreat to Liaoyang, and the Prince of Yu Duoduo led two white flags and eighty Niulu stationed in Yizhou.

In other words, in order to prepare for the decisive battle of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Dolgon almost exhausted the forces he could mobilize, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a desperate bet.

Hong Chengchou and Dolgon's strategy was unanimously supported by the Manchurian princes and ministers, because they were convinced of the terrifying defensive power of the Jinzhou fortress group, and in the previous Songjin War, the Qing Dynasty mobilized almost the entire country's forces, and hundreds of Hongyi cannons bombarded indiscriminately and did not gnaw Jinzhou, and finally had to change their strategy, using the strategy of encircling the point to send reinforcements, annihilating the reinforcements of the Ming court, thus forcing the Ming defenders to surrender.

Now that the offensive and defensive situation is changing, all the Manchurian princes think that they can use the Songjin defense line to drag down the Jingbei army, plus the Qing Dynasty has reached an agreement with the southern capital Guiwang regime, once the war is prolonged, if the southern capital Ming army goes on a northern expedition, the Qing Dynasty will not be able to turn defeat into victory, and even attack the Ming Kingdom of Gyeonggi.

At this moment, they were full of gratitude to Zhu Youzhen, the first emperor of the Ming court, and they were grateful that Zhu Youzhen had spent a lot of manpower and material resources to strengthen the fortress group on the first line of Jinzhou, and now all of them were cheaper than the Qing Dynasty.

But what they didn't expect was that when the Ming army on the Ningyuan side was attacking with a whole army, there was chaos in North Korea, the back garden of Manchuria, and it was a big mess.

"The slave is the Yellow Banner Gushan Ezhen Dunbai playing, August 8, there are a large number of Ming troops to enter the east of Kou Liaodong, Lianke Kuandian, Dangerous Mountain Fort, Phoenix City, is currently advancing to Hetuala, the slave has only five cattle in his hands, there is no power to resist the Ming thief soldiers, so he had to retreat to the village, according to the news from North Korea, the king of North Korea Li Liang rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and will surround Pyongyang with the main force of the Ming thieves, Prince Zheng is trapped in the arc city, and also ask the emperor and the regent to send troops quickly, otherwise King Zheng is defeated, and the Ming thief can drive directly to Shengjing, so I am in danger of the Qing Dynasty!"

In the Chongzheng Palace, Ye Keshu, the head of the military department, held the report from Hetuala, and knelt in front of Dolgon, his face was extremely pale.

As the chief officer of the military department of the Qing Dynasty, Ye Keshu clearly knew that Xiao Li Thief had deployed nearly 150,000 heavy troops in Liaoxi, and Sun Zhixuan, the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Kingdom, had taken nearly 50,000 military horses to attack Tashan at this moment, and now he had formed an encirclement of Tashan.

"This ...... Mr. Hung, do you have a strategy to deal with it? ”

Dolgon's face turned pale, he didn't expect that the Koreans, who were still respectful last month, would turn back so quickly, and he didn't expect that Jierharang, who had 15,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners in his hands, would be dumplings by the Ming army, at this moment he only felt that the strength of his body was like being evacuated, and at this moment, he had to pin his hopes on Hong Chengchou, the former governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty.

"Uh...... Old man...... The old man thinks that it hurts its ten fingers, it is better to cut off one of its fingers, at present, the Ming army of more than 100,000 soldiers pressed Songjin, once our army transferred troops and horses into the DPRK, the Songjin defense line must leak everywhere, Jinzhou is broken, Liaoyang is under the feet of the little Li thief, then the roots of my Qing Dynasty are about to be broken, Pyongyang is the second largest city in North Korea, the city defense is strong, the Ming army must not go down quickly, as for Hetuala, although it is the place where I have a great Qing Dynasty Longxing, but it has been broken for a long time, it is beneficial to abandon it, now our army should focus on Jinzhou, as long as the war is dragged out to November, the weather will turn cold, Then the opportunity for my Qing counterattack will come. ”

Hong Chengchou's face is not wavering, but his heart is overturned, last year's Songjin battle, the imperial court painstakingly raised two million taels of silver worth of money and grain, and finally gathered the cost of the army, Li Xingzhi was in power for only one year, where did he get so much silver to support such a large-scale war.

You know, the opponent facing the Jingshi is not only Manchuria, but also the Nandu Supervisor who competes for the orthodox status with the Yongli Emperor, is it possible that Feng Quan's dog thing is true, the Nandu has already lowered Li Xingzhi, but this is too ridiculous, the sea route from the Nandu to Liaodong is almost thirty days away, is it possible that in less than thirty days, the 300,000 Nanzhili military horses with the Yangtze River natural danger will be wiped out?

Of course, the current situation does not allow Hong Chengchou to think more, he knows what the consequences of being a traitor are, he doesn't want to be like Qin Hui, being cast into an iron man, kneeling in front of the tomb of King Yue, and being spurned for generations.

In order not to be ashamed of future generations, Hong Chengchou could only try his best to plan for Manchuria, even if the Manchurian ship was full of holes, he still had to desperately fill the loopholes, but he didn't want the ship to really sink, so he had to suggest that Dolgon give up Korea and fight a decisive battle in Liaoxi.

"You mean to give up the two blue flags, then how many people are left in our Manchurian Eight Banners? Regent, last year we folded two red flags, if we even folded two blue flags, then can we still suppress the Mongols and Han army flags? I don't want the country that Taizu Taizong fought in a hundred battles to be destroyed in the hands of our generation. ”

Following the two generations of Manchurian rulers of Lao Nu and Hongtai, Doro Anping Beledudu, anxiously opposed, not to mention whether the Jinzhou defense line can block the Ming army, even if the two blue flags are folded, Manchuria can not afford it, since the red flag was destroyed in southern Liaoning, the Manchurian Eight Banners have suffered heavy losses, if the two blue flags are completely annihilated by the Ming army, then the real Manchurian Eight Banners will be less than two hundred Niu Lu, so why can the Qing Dynasty still suppress the Mongols and those Han military banners who defected to the Qing Dynasty, when the time comes, those people will abandon the Qing Dynasty immediately, Re-threw himself into the arms of the Ming Dynasty, and then came to cut off the heads of the Manchurians, and asked the Ming court for merit and reward.

"Regent, which is more important, the two blue flags and Jinzhou? At this time, the division of troops is tantamount to self-destruction, as for the lack of flags, the old minister thought that it was feasible to carry the flag, and adapted the Mongolian and Han army flags into two blue flags and two red flags, as for the Han army flag and the Mongolian army flag, it was supplemented from Baoyi and Ahha. ”

The division of troops is a taboo on the battlefield, especially after the battle, once the division of troops, it will inevitably cause panic on the front line, Hong Chengchou, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, is afraid that Dolgon will have a repeated heart, and after thinking about it again and again, he proposed that the strategy of raising the flag can be used to make up for the shortcomings of Manchuria.