At the same time, in the palace of Prince Rui in Beijing.

Cao Eryu brought a small bowl of Chinese medicine to Dolgon, and persuaded softly: "Master, it's time to drink the medicine." ”

"If you don't drink it, the medicine will not die and the disease will not die, the Buddha is destined to be a person, and I will not be cured of this disease." Dolgon waved his hand impatiently, and said, "Call Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan in." ”

"Huh." Cao Eryu was helpless, so he could only take the medicine bowl away.

Then he called Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, who were waiting outside the warm pavilion, in.

Dolgon handed the urgent delivery sent by Fu Yijian from Xi'an to Fan Wencheng, and said: "Fu Yijian sent an urgent delivery, and the pseudo-shun refused to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, but Sangar issued a golden arrow order to Oirat and Khalkha, asking them to fight against the Ming Dynasty in order to protect Lamaism, what do you two think about this?" ”

After Fan Wencheng finished reading it, he handed the express to Ning Wan and me.

"Master, the hypocrisy is not good." Fan Wencheng saw Li Yan's plot at a glance, "This is a strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, Pseudo Shun not only wants to destroy the Qing Dynasty under the pretense of the hand of the Southern Ming, but also wants to destroy the Mongolian tribes under the pretense of the hand of the Southern Ming, so that the Pseudo-Shun can not only reap the benefits of the fishermen in the Central Plains, but also easily conquer the Mongolian tribes in Mobei." ”

At this time, Ning Wan also finished reading Fu Yiji's urgent delivery, and sighed: "It's a pity that we know that this is a pseudo-obedient strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, but we can still only do it." ”

"Yes." Fan Wencheng said helplessly, "This is a conspiracy." ”

"Xiandou, Gongfu, your thoughts coincide with mine."

Dolgon muttered: "In any case, the first thing Nanming wants to swallow is our Great Qing Dynasty, so even if he knows that this is a pseudo-obedient strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, he can only let it go." ”

After a pause, he said: "Immediately send an urgent message to General Chahar, and no longer pursue the matter of the rebellion of the Sunit Ministry, as long as the Tushetu Khan, Chechen Khan and Zasaktu Khan of the Khalkha Department are willing to respond to the call of Sangar and are willing to start a war with the Southern Ming in order to protect Lamaism, the Qing Dynasty can even officially recognize their khanate position." ”

"Master, will this cost be too great?" Fan Wencheng's face changed slightly.

You must know that since Huang Taiji was elected as Bogda Chechen Khan by the Mongolian tribes, the Houjin royal family officially replaced the Golden family as the Mongolian co-master, so in the eyes of the Houjin royal family, the Chechen Khan, Tushetu Khan and Zasaktu Khan of the Khalkha Mongols are undoubtedly chaotic ministers and thieves.

"It doesn't matter." Dorgon had thought it through enough.

"If the Qing Dynasty loses this battle, what is the difference between admitting or not recognizing Shuo Lei's sweat position?"

"If the Qing Dynasty wins this battle, even if they recognize Shuolei and their khan, one day they can still be forced to remove their khans and pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty."

"The number one enemy now is Nanming."

"In order to defeat Nanming, any price can be paid."

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan said convincingly: "Master Shengming." ”

Dolgon waved his hand, and then continued: "Let Fu Yi gradually go to the Western Regions day and night, and tell Batur Huntaiji of the Dzungar Department that as long as he is willing to send troops to help the Qing Dynasty defeat the Ming, I can crown him as the Khan of the Oirat Division." ”

In order to win this war of annihilation, Dolgon really spared no expense, recognizing this Great Khan, recognizing that Great Khan, which is equivalent to legally recognizing that these Mongol tribes were separated from the central government.

……

It turns out that it is beneficial to do a few wargames before making a move.

After deduction, the commanders and soldiers of the new army were pleasantly surprised to find that the garrison of each improvised camp did not need a battalion at all, and as long as one infantry total and one infantry post were left, it was enough to hold out for a day.

Then a large battalion was set up every hundred miles to garrison an infantry brigade.

As soon as any improvised camp within a hundred miles is attacked, troops are immediately sent to support.

According to this principle, along the coastline of more than 900 miles from Dengzhou to Dagukou, it is necessary to set up a total of 60 simple barracks and a total of 7 large barracks, and it is necessary to station 11 infantry brigades and 11 artillery battalions.

In other words, more than half of the first three towns had to be used to protect the grain road.

However, it is not a big problem, because before we reach Dagukou, the second batch of new troops should arrive.

If nothing else, the second batch of new troops should also be three reinforced towns with a reinforced 2.5-inch mountain artillery brigade, and the next five towns may not be formed so quickly.

Therefore, the initial force used for field warfare was about four towns.

The force is slightly insufficient, but it is in line with Chongzhen's vision.

Because Chongzhen's idea is to lure Jiannu out and annihilate in the field.

In this way, investing heavy troops at the beginning will undoubtedly shock Jiannu, once Jiannu is frightened, the Ming army will only have one way to attack, which Chongzhen does not want to see.

As soon as the exercise was over, the General Staff Section began to draw up plans for the distribution of troops.

It has to be said that with the establishment of the General Staff, the workload of the military chief officer has been greatly reduced.

People like Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan no longer have to worry about the overall planning and deployment of baggage and the dispatch of troops, they only need to judge the situation and calculate the gains and losses from the overall situation.

The work of breaking the locks is done by the staff officers.

This is also the advantage of the Ming army at the institutional level.

……

Before the army was launched, the cavalry town had already sent out scout cavalry.

By the way, the cavalry units that participated in the Battle of Guting Town have been expanded to 10,000 cavalry, and on this basis, they have been organized into the first cavalry town of the Ming Dynasty, and Hu Guozhu has also been transferred back to serve as the cavalry town.

[Note: Part of the war horse is purchased from the pseudo-shun, and part is robbed from Liaodong]

Two days later, as soon as the army walked along the coastline to the sea of Laizhou Bay, the cavalry town platform that was the vanguard came back with a surprising news - the beacon tower of Jiannu was found near the mouth of the Qinghe River in front.

"Beacon?" Xu Yingwei was a little surprised, "One beacon tower or many beacons?" ”

"A lot of beacons." The messenger replied, "From the mouth of the Ching River to the north, there are one every few miles along the shore, but it is not known how far apart each two beacon towers are, and how many they are there. ”

"Got it." Xu Yingwei signaled the messenger to retreat, then turned his head to Chongzhen and said, "Shengshang, Jiannu really guessed in advance that we would march by sea, so he built a large number of beacons along the Beihai coast early for warning. ”

"It's no surprise." Chongzhen smiled and said, "There are also capable people on Jiannu's side. ”

There are actually a lot of capable people in Jiannu, in terms of civil ministers, such as Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, they are all outstanding, and military generals such as Wu Sangui and Wang Fuchen are also fierce generals.

Like Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, etc., they can actually be called good generals.

"Holy Mingjian, Jiannu is indeed not to be underestimated." Xu Yingwei nodded, and then said, "But this time, our army is advancing along the coastline, which must be beyond Jiannu's expectations." ”

Yan Yingyuan said with a smile: "If Jiannu really buried gunpowder on the ice, I'm afraid it will only be in vain. ”

"Hey, don't be careless." Chongzhen said, "Even if you march along the coastline, you have to be extremely careful, if you are really blown up by Jiannu and the ice falls into the sea, it will really freeze to death." ”

"Yes!" Xu Yingwei responded and immediately ordered the cavalry town to pay attention to the investigation.

At the same time, he sent someone to call Wang Jiaqin, the head of the first town, to him: "Brother Di, the beacon tower on the coast of the North Sea will be handed over to your first town, don't delay it for too long." ”

"Yes." Wang Jiaqin took the order and left.

……

A few days later, at the mouth of the Chao River.

Hong Chengchou personally climbed a beacon tower near the mouth of the river with a few family members.

Because the vicinity of the estuary is all plains, the beacon tower has become the commanding height of the vicinity, so the view from the platform is excellent, and you can see the surrounding ten miles from a high position.

But Hong is only concerned about the sea level ahead.

However, even though Hong Chengchou couldn't see anything clearly, there was nothing in front of him except a piece of silver ice, let alone a human figure.

Hong Chengchou put down the binoculars and asked, "Ah Da, have you sent them all out at night?" ”

"Back to the master, all of them were sent out." Hong Daying, the captain of the family, said, "And they are all disguised as ice-fishing fishermen, once they find out the whereabouts of the Ming army, they will report back immediately." ”

"That's good." Hong Chengchou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the preparations have been done sufficiently, Hong Chengchou still has no bottom in his heart, and there is no other reason, it is really because this opponent is stronger than the previous Huang Taiji.

The loss to Huang Taiji six years ago was not because of his poor ability.

But this time, Hong Chengchou was really worried from the bottom of his heart, facing an emperor who had already attained enlightenment, he really couldn't settle down, and he really couldn't be at ease.

Lowering his head slightly, Hong Chengchou turned his gaze to the ice surface of the Chaohe estuary.

There seemed to be nothing unusual on the ice surface of the estuary, but Hong Chengchou knew that a large amount of gunpowder had been buried underneath, and once detonated, it would be enough to blow up more than ten miles of ice.

If you're lucky, a dozen miles of ice cracking is enough to cause a widespread disintegration.

If there was a real collapse, it would be possible to bury the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Southern Ming in one fell swoop, so that the offensive and defensive momentum between the Qing Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty would be reversed immediately, and the national fortunes would return to the side of the Qing Dynasty.

And his name Hong Chengchou will also be forever recorded in history because of this war.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, but when he looked back, it was Hou Fangyu who climbed up.

"Hong Butang, Xia Guan knew that you would be here." Hou Fangyu smiled, "Are you looking forward to the arrival of the Nanming army?" ”

Hong Chengchou waved his hand and said: "Hou Senjun is laughing, how can I look forward to the arrival of the Ming army?" If I had a choice, I would rather the Ming army never go on a northern expedition. ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the minister."

"Calculate the time, it's almost time for the Ming army to enter the North Sea."

Speaking of this, he added: "And it must be straight to the mouth of the Chaohe River." ”

"Look, sir!" As soon as Hou Fangyu's words fell, Hong Da, the captain of the family, suddenly exclaimed, "Wolf smoke! The beacon tower in the southwest has lit wolf smoke! ”