"Your Majesty, now that the signs of the Ming army going out of the customs to fight are becoming more and more obvious, I have to prepare in advance in the Qing Dynasty."

Shengjing City, Chongzheng Palace.

Duoduo said to Dolgon with a solemn face, Dolgon also frowned, and on the huge table in front of him, there was already a huge map, which was the terrain of the entire Liaodong and the location of the city.

After looking at it for a while, Dolgon said: "At present, the Eight Banners of North Korea are being rectified, and they will be able to form an army in one to two months, while the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and the Eight Banners of Han have been fully formed and can be put into battle at any time, so there is still time to do so." ”

Duoduo nodded and said, "Then this time I will take the initiative to attack, or will I be passive on defense?" ”

In Duoduo's view, the Qing Dynasty was long with iron cavalry, and now it has a large number of firearms and equipment, although the proportion of firearms in the army is not as good as the Ming National Defense Army, but it is definitely much stronger than the ordinary Ming army.

It's just that although Duoduo and Dolgon heard about the military reform policy of the Ming Kingdom, it is not clear what the specific situation is, after all, with the establishment of the Ming Military Intelligence Department, the external news blockade has been done very well, and it has become very difficult for the Manchu Qing to find out the details inside the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, judging from the information currently available, Duoduo means to lead the army to attack again, to attack and defend, and to introduce the war into the territory of the Ming Kingdom.

However, Dolgon shook his head and said: "Now the strength comparison between my Great Qing Dynasty and the Ming Kingdom has undergone fundamental changes, although the Great Qing warriors are still brave, but they have lost the ability to take the initiative to attack. Today's Ming has millions of soldiers, although the specific deployment and detailed information of the Ming army are not clear, but the strength of the Ming country's national defense force is at least more than 600,000, in the face of so many elites, the best countermeasure at the moment is to defend. ”

Then Dolgon pointed to the cities and terrain of Guangning Qiantunwei, Jinzhou City, along the Liao River, Haizhou Wei and other cities and terrain north of Shanhaiguan, and said to Duoduo: "This time, I am determined to deploy and resist the warriors of the banners of the Great Qing Dynasty along the way, with the help of the cities and favorable terrain in various places, and gallop to support everywhere with the mobility of the Manchurian and Mongolian iron cavalry, so that the Ming army is unable to move an inch step by step, and constantly consumes the strength and morale of the Ming army, in order to turn the tide of the war!" ”

Dordor's face was ugly when he heard this, and in the face of the current situation, Dorgon's strategy was obviously very safe, at least the strategy of leading the army south, or even finishing his work in one battle, and the room for maneuver would be very large.

It's just that in this way, the forces of the Qing Dynasty will be divided to defend everywhere, and it is easy to be broken by the Ming army's concentrated forces, just like the Battle of Sarhu back then, but the side that was broken by each may become the Qing Dynasty!

Looking at Duoduo who was frowning, Dolgon naturally saw this, and said: "I know Prince Yu's worries, but there is no way to do it, I can only use the mobility of the Manchurian and Mongolian banners to support various places at any time, and start battles with the Ming army city by city and place by place, and gradually consume the strength of the Ming army. ”

At this moment, Ying Erdai hurried to the Chongzheng Palace, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, there is news from the south!" ”

Dolgon and Duoduo's faces suddenly changed, and Dolgon hurriedly asked, "What news!" ”

Ying Erdai immediately took out a secret recital and said: "This is the news sent by the imperial court to the south, please take a look at it!" ”

Dorgon hurriedly opened it and looked at it, and then said to Dorgon with an ugly face, "Two bad news! ”

Duoduo waited solemnly for the following.

"The first bad news: the Ming Kingdom has gathered all the soldiers and horses of the Wehrmacht, and there is a very high probability that there will be 800,000 or 900,000 troops!"

Duoduo's face instantly became extremely ugly, and now the Great Qing Dynasty tried his best, even to fish with all his might, and only then did he rectify the strength of about 820,000 troops. Now the so-called national defense army that Liu Yan has rectified is 800,000 or 900,000, which means that the Ming army is not only stronger than the Qing warriors in terms of combat power, but also has more troops than the Qing Dynasty.

"The second bad news: the Ming State is preparing to divide its troops into three ways to attack Liaodong, but the specific three routes are not found out in detail. Now the Ming court is very tightly blocked, and the military intelligence department of the Ming State is also like a mad dog everywhere to arrest my Qing internal agents. ”

"Three-way attack!"

Duoduo suddenly seemed to see a life-saving straw, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, in this way, I, the Qing Dynasty, can follow the practice of the Wise Khan (Nurhachi) in the battle of Sarhu, no matter how many ways he comes, I will only go all the way and concentrate my forces to annihilate the Ming army one by one!" ”

Naturally, Dorgon wanted to do the same, but then he shook his head and said, "It's difficult! Now the only road that can be determined is the direction of Shanhaiguan, as for the other two roads, where will they be? Where is the main force of my Qing Dynasty deployed? ”

Duoduo pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "In this way, then concentrate your forces in the area of the Qiantunwei of Guangning, no matter where the other two roads come from, and defeat the soldiers and horses of the Ming army in the direction of Shanhaiguan first!" ”

Dorgon nodded, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "I have made up my mind, and now I can only deploy like this." ”

Seeing that Dolgon and Duoduo were so resolute, Ying Ordai on the side had no better way, so he could only check and fill in the gaps for the two of them, thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, it is best to leave a part of the troops in the direction of Shengjing, in case the other two roads of the Ming army go well, it is good to have soldiers and horses to block it, so as not to prevent the main force of our Qing Dynasty from being flanked by the Ming army." ”

Dolgon nodded and said to Duoduo: "Then leave Prince Yu and the two white flag warriors of Manchukuo to garrison Shengjing City!" ”

"Your Majesty!"

Duoduo immediately said: "Please Your Majesty garrison Shengjing, and the minions will lead the army to a decisive battle with the Ming army!" ”

Dorgon laughed, why didn't he want that? It's just that his throne is not right, and if the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line let Duoduo be in command, others will not listen to orders if they don't say that they are just acting for good.

For today's plan, he can only leave his most trusted Duoduo, as well as the two white flag soldiers and horses of Manchu in Shengjing, and he, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, led the army to fight a bloody battle with the Ming army on the front line.

"I have made up my mind, Prince Yu only needs to guard the Shengjing City."

Dolgon instructed: "As long as the traces of the other two roads of the Ming army are detected, Prince Yu will divide his troops to block them, and as long as I lead the army to defeat the soldiers and horses of the Ming army at Shanhaiguan Road, I will return to attack the other two roads." ”

"Minions command!"

Then Dolgon stood up abruptly and said sharply: "Gather all the banner masters and Gushan Ezhen to the Chongzheng Palace, and I will announce the strategy for facing the Ming army!" ”

"Whoa!!"

A few days later, Dolgon issued an order to lead the two yellow flags, two red flags, and two blue flags of Manchuria, as well as the two yellow flags, two red flags, and two blue flags of Mongolia, and the eight banners of the Han army and the eight banners of Korea to Jinzhou City.

Before the departure of the army, Dolgon thought about it, in order to leave more troops for Duoduo, and it could be regarded as a stable way for himself, he deliberately left the two white flags of Mongolia in Shengjing City.

In addition, Dolgon also issued an order to order all the Mongolian Eight Banners to move all their troops to the area of Shengjing City, so as to prevent the Ming army from being killed from the steppe, so that the Mongolian tribes could shake the morale of the army.

At the same time, if it really comes to the last moment, these Mongolian tribes can also be used as cannon fodder to defend the city and fight.

Subsequently, Dolgon rode in a luxurious Luan-driven carriage, surrounded by a large number of elites of the two yellow banners Bayala camp, and left Shengjing.

The generals of the surrounding flags, Prince Li Daishan, Prince Yi Babutai, Prince Su Lai Mubu, Prince Zheng Feiyangguo, as well as Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Gabula, Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Ajibai, Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen Engtu, Red Flag Gushan Ezhen Buyan Dai, Zhenglan Flag Gushan Ezhen Omotuk, Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen A Jade.

As well as the Han Army's Zhenghuang Flag Gushan Ezhen Jinli, Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Tong Tulai, Zhenghongqi Gushan Ezhen Bayan, Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Li Guohan, Zhengbai Flag Gushan Ezhen Ye Keshu, Red Flag Gushan Zhenzu Kefa, Zhenglan Flag Gushan Zhenzu Dashou, and White Flag Gushan Zhenzu Dale.

North Korea's Eight Banners are Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Sony, Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Aobai, White Flag Gushan Ezhen Curb Bilong, White Flag Gushan Ezhen Sukh Saha, Zhenghong Flag Gushan Ezhen Banbulshan, Red Flag Gushan Ezhen Laosa, Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Mafuta, Blue Flag Gushan Ezhen Ezhen Eshuo, etc.

All of them wore armor and rode horses with them, and they drove out of the city in a mighty circle, and the banners of the army formed a military formation, and there were tens of thousands of carts of all kinds loaded with grain, grass, and baggage, or pulling artillery and other materials, and marched south with the army.

At this time, Duoduo stood on the city wall of Shengjing, looking out from here, as far as the eye could see, all the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, the warriors of the Eight Banners of the Manchurian, Mongolian and Han Dynasties, each with a military formation, did not disturb each other when the army marched, forming a magnificent scene.

In Duoduo's memory, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there has never been such a majestic army, there will be no such before, and there will never be again.

But even so, Duoduo's heart did not have a trace of excitement, nor did he feel any joy, but his heart was full of sadness, because Duoduo knew very well that what the Qing Dynasty was going to face was the more powerful Ming army, as well as Liu Yan, the first assistant of the Ming cabinet who had never been defeated!

"Can this battle be won?"

Duoduo asked himself in his heart, as for the answer, Duoduo didn't dare to think about it at this time, because the Qing Dynasty had no way out, and he couldn't afford to lose, and he couldn't defeat!

At the same time, Dolgon sat in Luan's carriage, and the noise of the scouts of the flags and horses was constantly heard in his ears, and the sound of countless banners hunting and hunting in the cold wind.

"I will never lose this battle! In this battle, I will rebuild the prestige of the Great Qing Iron Cavalry! ”

This time, Dolgon led more than 720,000 soldiers and horses of various banners, and marched towards Jinzhou City, and all the places that the army passed along the way were in ruins.

These Qing soldiers also seemed to know that this battle was related to the survival of the Qing Dynasty, so whether it was the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers, or the Han army, or the soldiers of the Korean Eight Banners, they all became very brutal, and they all seemed to strengthen the ruthlessness in their hearts, and the people along the way were all brutalized by the soldiers and horses of the Qing army.

As a result, many villages along the way have become ruins, and even those soldiers and horses from all over Manchuria and Mongolia are killing and raping the people every day, and Dolgon turns a blind eye to this, and uses the lives of these Han people in Liaodong to provoke the blood and brutality of the army.

Twelve days later, Dolgon led more than 720,000 soldiers and horses to arrive at Jinzhou City, hundreds of thousands of troops began to camp around Jinzhou City, Manchurian banners stationed in the city, Mongolian banners stationed outside the city next to the city wall, followed by the Han army banners, and the outermost Korean banners and horses.

The next day, Dolgon convened the bannermen of all the ministries and Gushan Ezhen to discuss and prepare for the deployment of the army.