At this time, Dolgon still had more than 52,000 people in the hands of the two yellow flags of Manchuria, more than 50,000 people of the two white flags of Manchuria, more than 21,000 people of the red flag of Manzhou, and more than 35,000 people of the two blue flags of Manchuria;

There are more than 45,000 people in Mongolia's two yellow flags, more than 18,000 Mongolian red flags, more than 47,000 people in Mongolia's two white flags, and more than 30,000 people in Mongolia's two blue flags;

There are more than 50,000 people in the two yellow flags of the Han army, more than 23,000 people in the red flag of the Han army, and more than 47,000 people in the two white flags of the Han army;

There are 60,000 people under the two yellow banners of the DPRK, more than 28,000 people under the Zhenghong Banner of the DPRK, more than 41,000 soldiers and horses under the two blue banners of the DPRK, as well as 170,000 Manchu township soldiers, more than 180,000 Mongolian tribal soldiers, and more than 50,000 Han people.

There are more than 950,000 soldiers and horses in each banner, which is all the strength of the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Such a large number of troops can be said to be sufficient, but Dolgon, Duoduo, Daishan and others know very well in their hearts that among the more than 950,000 horses, only the temporarily recruited township soldiers, tribal soldiers and Minzhuang account for 400,000, and most of the remaining more than 500,000 horses are also routed troops withdrawn from the south.

Even if there are millions of such soldiers and horses, they will not have much effect.

In addition, the significant increase in troops has also brought a serious problem, that is, there is not enough food and grass!

Originally, the grain and grass in Shenyang City could supply the two white flags of Manchuria, the two white flags of Mongolia and 400,000 temporary conscripts for more than a month. Now, with the withdrawal of Dolgon's army, the strength of troops inside and outside Shenyang has doubled, and even if a little grain and grass brought back by Dolgon, the current grain and grass in the city can only support the consumption of the Qing army for fifteen to twenty days.

In other words, if Liu Yantie made up his mind, competed with the Qing army, and surrounded Shenyang City without fighting, the 950,000 troops inside and outside the city would fall apart after a month!

"Alas!"

At this time, Dolgon sighed heavily, and then said: "Immediately drive out the Han people in the city, along with the 50,000 people!" This saves a lot of food. ”

Dai Shan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you must not! Those people and the Han people can hardly guarantee that they will not know the truth of our army, and they should immediately kill all the Han people inside and outside Shengjing City to prevent future troubles! ”

At this time, only the people present were left with a white flag Gushan Zhenzu Dale, a banner man from Han nationality, listening to the words of Dolgon and Dai Shan, Zu Dale showed a tangled expression as if he had eaten, and he lowered his head and did not dare to make a sound.

At this time, Duoduo said in a very gloomy voice: "Even if all the Han people are killed, the grain and grass in the city can only support one to two months, and it will not change the overall situation. In the opinion of the slaves, all the Han people inside and outside Shengjing should be killed, and then salted and used as military rations! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zu Dale's face turned pale with fright, and he almost slipped to the ground, and even the Han army had the Zheng Yellow Banner Gushan Ezhen Jinli, the Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Tong Tulai, the Zhenghong Flag Gushan Ezhen Bayan, and the Korean flags Gushan Ezhen were all dumbfounded.

Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo even glared at Duoduo angrily, thinking that Duoduo had lost his mind at this time.

Dai Shan glanced at Duoduo meaningfully, but he didn't expect Duoduo to be even more ruthless than himself, and in order to stick to it, he actually wanted to treat all the Han people as military food!

Fortunately, Dolgon glanced at Zu Dale, and thought that there were still a large number of Han soldiers and horses in the army, so he said: "My Qing warriors are not the Qi clan in the Wuhu Rebellion, and it is okay to kill people, but the matter of cannibalism is still not to be discussed!" ”

Duoduo glanced at Zu Dale coldly, which immediately made Zu Dale have goosebumps all over his body, and he didn't dare to speak tremblingly.

"Minister, Commander!!"

Then Dolgon looked at the map and said, "As for the Han people in the city, from today onwards, the grain supply system will be implemented, regardless of men, women, old and young, each person will only be given two taels of grain per day, and the Han people will be given five taels per person per day. ”

When everyone heard this, they stopped talking, which was much better than killing and eating meat, and even Zu Dale shouted loudly for His Majesty Shengming.

"As for the deployment of the warriors of each banner, I thought that the armies of each banner should be stationed in sections and resist at all levels."

Dolgon directly determined the deployment of the Qing army's flags.

100,000 thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in Shenyang City with two yellow flags and two white flags of Manchuria; To the north of the city, from the outermost first line of defense to the fourth line of defense, the troops stationed were more than 28,000 North Korean Zhenghongqi, Han Zhenghongqi more than 23,000, Mongolia Zhenghongqi more than 18,000, and Manchurian Zhenghongqi more than 21,000.

To the west of the city, from the outermost first line of defense to the fourth line of defense, the troops stationed were more than 41,000 soldiers and horses under the two blue flags of North Korea, more than 47,000 under the two white flags of the Han army, more than 30,000 from the two blue flags of Mongolia, and more than 21,000 people from the Zhenglan banner of Manchuria.

To the south of the city, from the outermost first line of defense to the fourth line of defense, the troops stationed were 30,000 people in the Korean Zhenghuang Banner, more than 28,000 in the Han Army's Zhenghuang Banner, more than 45,000 in the Mongolian Two Yellow Banners, and more than 15,000 in the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner.

To the east of the city, from the outermost first line of defense to the fourth line of defense, the troops stationed were 30,000 people with yellow flags from North Korea, more than 22,000 people with yellow flags from the Han army, more than 47,000 people with two white flags from Mongolia, and more than 20,000 people with blue flags from Manchuria.

In addition, Dolgon assigned 170,000 Manchu soldiers, more than 180,000 Mongol tribesmen, and more than 50,000 Han people to the defense lines.

Among these three armies, more than 50,000 Han people were deployed to the first line of defense on all sides of the city, and more than 180,000 Mongolian tribesmen were all deployed to the second, third, and fourth lines of defense on all sides of the city.

At the same time, Dolgon also mobilized 120,000 Manchurian village soldiers, and also deployed them to the second, third, and fourth lines of defense on all sides of the city to assist in the defense. The remaining 50,000 Manchurian soldiers were left behind in Shenyang to garrison.

At this time, there was silence in the Chongzheng Palace, and Dolgon's deployment sent a very obvious signal to everyone, that is, all banners and horses must live and die with the position, and no one should take a step back.

"The North Korean soldiers retreated, the Han army flag soldiers and horses were killed, the Han army flag soldiers and horses retreated, the Mongolian flags were killed, the Mongolian soldiers retreated, and the Manchurian flags were killed!"

"Before noon tomorrow, the soldiers and horses of all banners must be deployed in place, and then the gates of Shengjing will be resealed, and the supplies of each department will be under the rope from the city wall, and no one will be allowed to step into Shengjing City before the end of this battle!"

Listening to Dolgon's words, everyone's hearts were heavy, and they even had a feeling that they couldn't breathe, could the Qing Dynasty survive this catastrophe?

Early the next morning, on the north bank of the Hunhe River, more than 100,000 soldiers of the Hailu Army led by Zheng Zhilong had already crossed one after another, and after rectification, more than 100,000 soldiers began to advance in the direction of Shenyang City.

Zheng Chenggong rode his horse and followed Zheng Zhilong's side, pointed to the mighty Hunhe River, and said with emotion: "In the battle of the Hunhe River that year, the Qi family army ended with the annihilation of the whole army, composing a tragic scene!" Now our army has gone north from Hunhe to Shenyang City, which can be regarded as avenging the soldiers of the Qi family army back then!! ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said: "In fact, in the battle of Hunhe that year, thousands of Qi family troops did not retreat in the face of 60,000 Tartar soldiers, killing and wounding tens of thousands of Tartar soldiers, and the wild boar Pinurhachi almost vomited blood and fell from his horse. ”

Zheng Chenggong was also emotional, and he was even more disgusted with the various departments of the Ming army who watched from the wall: "Fortunately, God opened his eyes, and now the Tartars are at the end of the road, and it can be regarded as a report and a report!" ”

The officers and men of the Sea Route Army marched rapidly, and after two hours, they arrived in the south of Shenyang, which was less than ten miles away from the four lines of defense of the Qing army.

In this regard, all units of the Qing army, which had just been mobilized to the defense line and were being specifically deployed, were all helpless. At present, there is no artillery in the four lines of defense of the Qing army, and Dolgon led the army to withdraw and gave up most of the war horses, so that now the various departments of the Qing army cannot organize a large-scale cavalry team, and in the face of a large number of reconnaissance by the Ming army at night, there is no ability to drive away.

Speaking of which, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has always boasted that it is invincible in cavalry and archery, and to the point where it is now, it is also very ironic, which makes people sigh.

And when Zheng Zhilong received the information that the various departments did not collect it at night, he couldn't help frowning, and he never imagined that the Qing army would build Shenyang City into an iron wall.

About half an hour later, the officers of the staff department accompanying the army roughly drew a map of the Qing army's defense around Shenyang City on the map. Of course, it is only a rough defense map drawn based on the exploration of the night, plus reasonable speculation.

But since this is the case, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and other generals are frowning, as if a lion has encountered a porcupine, which can kill the porcupine, but it is destined to be bloody!

"This battle is not easy to fight, and it seems that our army must be prepared for a protracted war."

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said: "Supervisor, the last general thinks that our army should get in touch with the Western Route Army as soon as possible, gather the strength of the two armies, surround Shenyang City first, wait for the main force of the Eastern Route Army led by Ge Lao to arrive, and then attack together!" ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded slowly, although he had the intention to win some battle exploits before Liu Yan led the army to arrive, but in the face of such a "shameless" defense situation of the Qing army, Zheng Zhilong could only seek stability.

"I don't know how much grain and grass is hoarded in Shenyang City, if the Tartars are short of grain and grass, our army can even not fight, just besiege it directly."

In the face of Zheng Chenggong's suggestion, Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said: "To put it lightly, now that more than 800,000 soldiers of our army are on an expedition of thousands of miles, the imperial court has almost emptied all the money and food accumulated over the years. If the grain and grass in Shenyang City are abundant, the siege will not only not let the Qing army mess up, but will put our army into an unfavorable situation, once the rear supply is not available, our army is forced to withdraw, and the Tartars may turn the tide of the war! ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded and was taught.

Zheng Zhilong said: "Let's not talk about anything else, today our army will first set up camp here, and send more guards to guard everywhere at night to prevent the Qing army from raiding. At the same time, people were sent to contact the officers and men of the Western Route Army. ”

"Order!!"

Zheng Zhilong picked up the map marked with the Qing army's defense situation again, carefully folded it and packed it in a cloth bag, and said: "Send another team to the south at night and send this map to the old army!" ”

Now the news that Liu Yan is leading the East Route Army north has been conveyed to Zheng Zhilong's army, but Liu Yan does not know about the situation in Shenyang, so Zheng Zhilong intends to ask for a small credit in front of Liu Yan.

"Yes."

The next day, Zheng Zhilong's Ye Bushu rushed west to Shalingdun and made contact with the Western Route Army led by Li Dingguo, and then Li Dingguo also led the army to the east, re-encamped more than ten miles west of Shenyang City, and threatened hundreds of thousands of Qing troops inside and outside Shenyang City with the Sea Route Army in the south and west. At the same time, they divided their troops and horses to tightly seal the north and east of Shenyang City, cutting off the Qing army from the outside world.

After another two days, during which Zheng Zhilong and Li Dingguo did not order an attack, which made Dolgon, Daishan, Duoduo and others restless, could it be that the Ming army knew that there was not enough food and grass in the city, so they were ready to besiege and not attack? ?

Just when Dolgon and the others were anxious, Liu Yan received the map sent by Zheng Zhilong, and when the Eastern Route Army marched north, Liu Yan unfolded the map and looked at it, and his face also showed a look of admiration: "It seems that Dolgon and Duoduo are indeed very talented, and they actually made the rudiments of positional warfare without a teacher!" ”

"Humph!"

Then Liu Yan said to himself coldly: "It's just that they still have a narrow vision after all, and when Bengong arrives with the army, let them know how to fight the positional battle!" ”