On the eighth day of June, south of Shenyang.

Liu Yan led more than 400,000 soldiers of the Eastern Route Army to the periphery of the Qing army's defense line and successfully joined forces with the officers and men of the Sea Route Army led by Zheng Zhilong.

Under the frightened gaze of the sporadic Qing army scouts in the distance, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the two armies thundered with joy, like two waves of waves, successfully blending in the vast ocean, and the soldiers on both sides cheered and shouted, rushing up to hug each other to celebrate the success of the army.

In the various phalanxes of the Eastern Route Army led by Liu Yan, there were many banners, on which slogans such as "Expelling the Tartars and Recovering Liaodong", "Returning My Rivers and Mountains, Paying for Blood Debts and Blood", "Ploughing Liaodong, Cutting the Grass and Eradicating the Roots" and other slogans greatly boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Sea Route Army who arrived first.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Dingguo also led the commanders of the Western Route Army to meet Liu Yan, and at this time the officers and men of the Eastern Route Army had already set up camp, and then Liu Yan convened the generals of the various departments to hold a military meeting in the big tent of the Chinese army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals of the three armies gathered together, Zheng Zhilong and Li Dingguo sat beside Liu Yan on the left and right, and the rest of the soldiers sat in two columns below.

Among the generals were Chen Xun, chief officer of the First Army of the National Defense Army, Wang Yue, chief officer of the Second Army of the National Defense Army, Zhang Yi, chief officer of the Third Army of the National Defense Army, Wang Bo, chief officer of the Fourth Army of the National Defense Army, Shen Tuo, chief officer of the Fifth Army of the National Defense Army, Miao Shao, chief officer of the Sixth Army of the National Defense Army, Xu Ming, chief officer of the Seventh Army of the National Defense Army, and Qian Liang, chief officer of the Eighth Army of the National Defense Army.

Jia Hongyu, chief officer of the Ninth Army of the National Defense Army, Zheng Yi, chief officer of the 10th Army of the National Defense Army, Han Qin, chief officer of the 11th Army of the National Defense Army, Wei Han, chief officer of the 12th Army of the National Defense Army, Shang Zili, chief officer of the 13th Army of the National Defense Army, Tian Zhenbei, chief officer of the 14th Army of the National Defense Army, Zheng Chenggong, chief officer of the 15th Army of the National Defense Army, and Chen Hui, chief officer of the 16th Army of the National Defense Army, sat on the right side.

At this time, Liu Yan's gaze swept over everyone, and the joy in his heart was overflowing.

Before the army set out, Liu Yan understood that this battle was related to the survival of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, and the future of China.

However, since the army left the customs, the war has been unexpectedly smooth, although Dolgon has also gathered hundreds of thousands of elites, and is also equipped with a large number of firearms, but the Qing army's tactics and ideology are still the same as before, and there is no adaptation with the times.

On the other hand, on the side of the Ming army, after Liu Yan implemented the military reform, the various departments of the national defense army have completed the "evolution" from the era of cold weapons to the era of hot weapons, and the various departments of the Ming army are infinitely close to the modern army in terms of organization, equipment, and training.

And the situation on the battlefield is indeed the case, after several battles, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Qing army retreated to Shenyang City, and began to shrink into defense. However, the various units of the Ming army inflicted heavy losses on the Qing army with very few casualties.

At this time, Liu Yan first summed up several victories since leaving the customs, and it can be regarded as informing Zheng Zhilong and Li Dingguo of the results of the Eastern Route Army, and the generals of the two armies were all excited after hearing about it.

Then Liu Yan opened the map drawn by Zheng Zhilong, ordered someone to hang it in the big tent of the Chinese army, and began to enter the theme of the military discussion.

"At present, the main force of the Qing army is all shrunk inside and outside the city of Shenyang, and about four strong defense lines have been built around the city, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, just like a turtle with a shrunken head, it can't win our army, and if our army wants to attack it, it will take a lot of effort."

Everyone frowned, the Qing army's defense line shown on the map was indeed very tricky, and Chen Xun said bluntly: "Slave chief Dolgon and Duoduo have obviously learned our army's defense system, although the defense line outside Shenyang City still has room for improvement, but it is also comparable to the Hongluo Mountain defense line garrisoned by the general at the end of the year, if our army wants to take Shenyang City, we must be prepared to pay heavy casualties!" ”

Xu Ming on the side said loudly: "Fight!" If we don't break the corpses of Dolgon and Duoduo, and completely eradicate the cancer of the Manchu Dynasty, I will never have peace! ”

Miao Shao also said angrily: "Since the army came out of the customs, the soldiers of the whole army have already had the consciousness of sacrificing their lives for the country, even if they use corpses to pave the way, they must take Shenyang City and slaughter the Tartars in the city, for the people of the world, for the descendants of my Han family, except for this harm!" ”

The rest of the generals were also excited, and they asked Liu Yan to fight, and Han Qin and Zheng Chenggong were even willing to make a military order to personally lead the elite into battle to kill.

Liu Yan saw that the army's heart was available, and he also said loudly: "As the generals said, this battle is to destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, let the land of Liaodong return to the embrace of China, and avenge the hundreds of people who died tragically in Liaodong at the hands of the Manchu Tartars!" ”

Then, Liu Yan changed his words and said: "It's just that there are many ways to take Shenyang City, and our army has not yet reached the point where it is filled with human lives. ”

Everyone quieted down when they heard this, and then Liu Yan said: "Now the sixteen national defense forces of our army have gathered in Shenyang City, and the various artillery pieces attached to them have reached 12,000 or 3,000 pieces, and there is such fierce firepower that it is enough to destroy most of the fortifications of the Qing army!" ”

"You have all studied in the Huangming Military Academy, and you have all learned the word positional warfare, and today's Shenyang City is a typical positional siege battle!"

Liu Yan said loudly: "This time, my father will come to the battle formation in person and command you to win this battle, you should keep it in mind and see how this positional battle is fought!" ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts swayed, and they all geared up to do a big job.

Liu Yan then began to deploy the tasks of the various armies.

"From now on, the establishment of the Eastern Route Army, the Western Route Army, and the Sea Route Army will be cancelled, and the various national defense forces will begin to besiege the city."

"The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Armies of the Wehrmacht went to the west of the city to deploy defenses, the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Armies of the Wehrmacht were deployed in the south of the city, the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Armies of the Wehrmacht were deployed in the east of the city, and the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Armies of the Wehrmacht were deployed in the north of the city."

"There are four armies on each side, in order to maximize the firepower of our army and reduce the casualties of each department, after the siege battle begins, all artillery must be used intensively, and all artillery on each side is under unified command to carry out carpet bombardment of the Qing army's defense line."

That is to say, every time a Qing army defense line is attacked, it must first be heavily bombarded with artillery, and then one army will attack a defense line. After taking it, it will attack the next line of defense, again with artillery bombardment, with another army attacking, and so on."

At this time, everyone understood that Liu Yan was going to bully the Manchu Qing with more than 10,000 artillery, first use artillery to bombard a defense line of the Qing army, and then destroy all the fortifications that could be destroyed after washing the ground, and try to kill and injure the Qing army's troops, and then attack Shenyang City from all sides, east and west, north and south, and use a national defense army to attack on each side, and immediately hold on to a defense line after taking a defensive line.

Then the second line of defense was bombarded with artillery, and after the ground was washed, another Wehrmacht was used to capture the second line, and so on.

It can be said that Liu Yan's strategy will be very slow to implement, but it will be very effective, and the Qing army can only be beaten passively, and will never have the ability to fight back. To put it bluntly, it is to bully you that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has no heavy firepower!!

"It turns out that this is how the positional battle is fought!"

At this time, Zheng Chenggong's eyes widened, he could still use his firepower like this!

Over there, Liu Yan continued: "Of course, when attacking specifically, we must also give full play to our army's firepower advantage, first use the earth-shaking thunder to open the way, and throw a sky-shaking thunder wherever the Qing army gathers, even as long as there is a place where the Qing army may be hidden, and then use a salvo of bird guns to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the enemy, and the last resort is to use a bayonet!" ”

Everyone nodded their heads.

Liu Yan's method is actually similar to the fighting style of the modern army in later generations, with the degree of firearms and equipment of the Ming army at this time, and the equipment level of the Qing army, it can completely play a generational effect.

"Do you have any other opinions?"

After the deployment was completed, Liu Yan opened his mouth to ask again.

Everyone had no opinions, but Zheng Zhilong asked, "Pavilion Elder, are your subordinates and Inspector Li acting with Pavilion Elder?" ”

Liu Yan said: "Now in Shenyang City, Dolgon led the withdrawn hundreds of thousands of troops, and the soldiers and horses left behind by Duoduo's department, according to the information provided by Inspector Li, Duoduo seems to have temporarily recruited troops, so the strength of the Qing army in this battle is at least comparable to our army!" ”

"In other words, the strength of the enemy and us in this battle is at least more than 1.5 million, and in a war of this scale, this duke has no way to command either side in time."

"Therefore, Bengong is ready to use Inspector Zheng to sit in the north of the city and command the four national defense armies in the north to attack, Inspector Li to sit in the east and command the four national defense armies in the east to fight, and Bengong personally commands the battle in the south and west."

Zheng Zhilong and Li Dingguo immediately received the order.

At the same time, in the Chongzheng Hall in Shenyang City, Dolgon's face was very ugly, and Duoduo on the side was also frowning.

The two had already received an urgent report from the scouts, and learned that Liu Yan had led the army to arrive outside the city of Shenyang, and now hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers were approaching the city, and the final decisive battle was about to begin.

It's just that the two of them still can't figure out how Liu Yan is going to fight this battle, whether it is mainly a siege or a strong attack.

Moreover, when the scout came to report, he also mentioned Liu Yanbu's slogans such as "expelling the Tartars and recovering Liaodong", "returning my rivers and mountains, paying for blood debts and blood", "ploughing Liaodong, cutting grass and eradicating roots", which is obviously a manifestation of Liu Yan's desire to kill everything.

In other words, there is no room for surrender in this battle, and once defeated, the Manchus will have no chance of survival!

"Your Majesty!! In this battle, the warriors of our banners will fight to the last man, but once the Ming army is mainly besieging the city, His Majesty still has to consider the suggestion of the minions to feed on the Han people. ”

Although Dolgon knew that the Ming army was hundreds of thousands of horses and horses, and the Ming country must also be under huge financial pressure, according to intelligence, the so-called new policy and military reform implemented by Liu Yan have been completed, and it is said that the country's treasury is now full, and God knows how long the Ming court can hold out!

So Dolgon can't afford to consume, and he can't afford to wait, if Liu Yan really decides to besiege the city, it will only take three or four months, and even if the warriors of the banners really use the Han people in the city as military food, they won't be able to hold out for so long!

At this time, Dolgon nodded slowly and said, "This matter will be handled after my will, and now it depends on how Liu Yan prepares to fight this battle." ”

And Duoduo secretly said in his heart: "I hope that the money and food of the Ming Kingdom will not be able to support it, and urge Liu Yan to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible!" ”