Two days later, in the middle of the night, the officers and men of the Ming army had completed their deployment, and the huge encirclement around Shenyang City was presented, stretching for dozens of miles, including the entire city and the four lines of defense of the Qing army.

A large number of trenches were dug between the camps of the various units of the Ming army, and the officers and men of the Ming army used methods such as trenches and night inspections to connect a large number of camps, forming an insurmountable barrier, so that the Qing troops inside and outside Shenyang could not get in touch with the outside world, and there was no way to obtain any supplies from the outside world.

At this time, in the camp of the Ming army in the west of Shenyang City, Liu Yan's Chinese army tent was still brightly lit, and Chen Xun, the chief officer of the First Army of the National Defense Army, patrolled the camp at night, and saw that Liu Yan had not rested, so he reported it and entered the Chinese army's big tent.

"It's so late, and the elder still hasn't rested."

Liu Yan looked up at Chen Xun, now Chen Xun is no longer the little flag official in Dapandun back then, he has no cowardice and lack of confidence before, but instead has a fierce wind, and his demeanor is like a general.

"You didn't sleep either."

Chen Xun sat down with a smile, only when he was alone with Liu Yan, Chen Xun could relax a little, and said: "My subordinates were patrolling the camp just now, and when I saw that the elder pavilion hadn't rested yet, I came over to take a look." ”

Liu Yan nodded, then picked up an official document, handed it to Chen Xun, and said, "Look at it, this is the urgent report from the cabinet that this duke received when he led the army to Shenyang City. ”

Chen Xun took it and hurriedly looked at it, and after a while, he said in shock: "Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu and other places have broken out drought and locust plague again!" ”

Liu Yan's face was solemn and said, "Yes." After all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty experienced repeated defeats, especially when Dolgon led the army to jump out of the encirclement of our army in the Liaohe area, and gave up a large amount of money, grain and materials, and now the grain stock in Shenyang City will definitely not last long, you must know that the current strength and population in Shenyang City are at least one million and hundreds of thousands! ”

However, after receiving this urgent report from the cabinet, this prince had to change his mind and set a strategy for an all-out siege. Because now the imperial court has been forced to withdraw some money and grain from the military budget for disaster relief in the three northwestern provinces, the Manchu Qing Dynasty cannot afford to delay, and our army cannot afford to drag it either! ”

Chen Xun shook his head and sighed, "How can this be? The places have just stabilized, and the northwest has been in trouble again, and I think this god is blind! ”

In fact, Liu Yan understands that according to later generations, the current Daming is still in the Xiaoice period, the climate is extremely abnormal, natural disasters are continuous, hot summers and cold winters are commonplace, and it will not change until ten or twenty years later.

This is also why, there were so many disasters in the late Ming Dynasty in history, almost every year there were disasters that did not occur for decades, or even a hundred years, and after the Manchu Dynasty stole and occupied China, the disasters were significantly fewer. Some of the old and young and clothed minions of later generations are still clamoring, saying that what is the benevolence and virtue of the Qing Dynasty, and the governing ability of the Qing Dynasty is far better than that of the Ming Dynasty, it is all!

The real situation is that Daming poured blood mold, and at the same time encountered the three great products of the big shit-stirring stick Li Zicheng, the first traitor Wu Sangui in the ages, and the Manchu Qing who walked dog shit luck, and was dried alive by the Xiaoice River period.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty took a once-in-a-lifetime shit luck, not only did Wu Sangui sacrifice Shanhaiguan, but as soon as the various places in the customs were pacified, the Xiaoice River period ended, so as long as a little governance was done, all places could be quickly stabilized.

At this time, looking at Chen Xun, who cursed God, Liu Yan said: "Northwest disaster relief is a big deal, although there is a new policy to lay the foundation, the people in the northwest are breathing, but after all, the thieves are too poisonous, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places are still too poor, if the court's relief is not timely, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no more chaos, so for the cabinet's approach, this prince is recognized, and the Liaodong battlefield is indeed the time for a quick victory." ”

Chen Xun frowned and said: "It's just that the casualties of the soldiers of the various departments are bound to increase, and if the siege can be continued, these casualties can be avoided." ”

Why didn't Liu Yan want to take Shenyang City with zero casualties? However, such an idea is unrealistic: "If the casualties are larger, we must fight, and the style of our army is to be good at fighting to the death, and not to be afraid of casualties at any time, and to always pursue low casualties, in fact, it is not a good thing, and it will reduce the tolerance of our army for casualties." ”

Chen Xun nodded in agreement, and then said: "Elder Ge, now that the cabinet has cut military spending, our army's combat time has been reduced from six months to three months, and more than a month has passed since the start of the war, that is to say, our army only has more than a month left to take Shenyang City and pacify all parts of Liaodong, this time is too urgent!" ”

Liu Yan said: "The taxes in various parts of the imperial court are still being collected, and the follow-up cabinet will also make every effort to supply the Liaodong battlefield, so there will be some wealth in time, but not too much, let's try to seize the time to attack the city." ”

Previously, Liu Yan commanded all departments to complete the comprehensive encirclement of Shenyang inside and outside the city in two days, and then the official siege battle would begin.

Chen Xun suddenly came to his senses and asked, "Then when will our army officially attack?" ”

Liu Yan said: "Tomorrow morning, all armies will attack the Qing army's defense line at the same time!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Yan put on his armor and walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, at this time the Ming army camps in the west of Shenyang City were already lively, the officers and men of the first army to the fourth army of the national defense army were assembling according to the deployment, and a large number of materials and armaments were also transported to the designated place by the baggage troops of each army, so as to facilitate the rapid replenishment of the army during the battle.

The artillery attached to each department was also mobilized, and the gunners and the men accompanying the army were transported to the front of the large army formation, and a huge artillery position began to be deployed.

Liu Yan then came to the position of the Central Army of the First Army of the National Defense Army, where a tall command platform had been erected, and a large number of sandbags and iron-inlaid wooden planks were used to make a bunker in front of it to prevent the Qing army's artillery fire from hitting it.

Of course, this is just a matter of caution, in fact, the military formations of the various units of the Ming army are seven or eight miles away from Shenyang City, and the hundreds of artillery pieces deployed by the Qing army on the city wall cannot hit this side at all.

Chen Xun, the chief officer of the First Army of the National Defense Army, stood by Liu Yan's side, and the chief officers and deputy chief soldiers of the other departments commanded specific combat matters in the military formation.

Liu Yan held the clairvoyant mirror and observed for a while, and then said: "Our army's artillery array is about two miles away from the first line of defense of the Qing army, and about six miles away from Shenyang City. ”

"Yes."

"Order the front-line artillery positions to speed up, and within half an hour they must be deployed and ready to open fire."

"Yes."

"Order the officers and men of the First Army of the Wehrmacht to prepare for the attack, and after the artillery is covered, the officers and men of the First Army will be responsible for taking the first line of defense in the west of the Qing Army, at any cost!"

"Yes!"

As orders were issued one after another, a large number of orders began to appear among the various departments of the Ming army, and the instructors and suppressors of the various departments also began to lead their troops to boost morale and strictly check military law and military discipline in the military formations of various departments, and the tense atmosphere before the war suddenly spread.

In the north of Shenyang City, Zheng Zhilong was also giving orders, according to Liu Yan's strategy, the 13th Army of the National Defense Army to the 16th Army in the north was deployed in place, and the officers and men of the 13th Army of the National Defense Army responsible for the first wave of attacks were also ready.

And Zheng Zhilong also received news that Zheng Chenggong, who commanded the 15th Army of the National Defense Force, also issued an order to prepare to personally lead the Black Slave Fire Gun Team, the White Slave Heavy Armor Army, and the Iron Man Army to charge.

Regarding his son's practice of going into battle in person, although Zheng Zhilong was worried in his heart, he did not stop it, but just prayed in his heart that his son could retreat.

In the east of Shenyang City, Li Dingguo was determining the situation of each department over and over again, and all the deployments of the various armies in the east were in place.

Then Li Dingguo raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked at Shenyang City in the distance, although the details on the city wall could not be seen clearly at a distance of several miles, but he could also see the dense figures on the city wall, and it seemed that the Qing army was also ready to face the battle.

"I hope this battle goes well!"

At the same time, the various units of the Qing army were also making final preparations before the war.

Dolgon was doing alone in the Chongzheng Palace, and in front of him was the map of the army's defense, and from time to time the Baya soldiers of the Manchurian Yellow Banner rushed in, reported all kinds of military information to Dolgon, and went everywhere with the orders issued by Dolgon.

Now Dolgon looked at Yutu, although he didn't have much confidence in his heart to win, but he had no way to do anything more, he could only hold on one day at a time.

"If only there were more artillery in the army!"

Dolgon sighed slightly, although he withdrew the main army from the encirclement of the Ming army in the area of the Liao River, but the loss was very large, not only gave up a large amount of money and food, but also abandoned many horses and artillery in the army, resulting in the embarrassing situation that there are only hundreds of artillery pieces in the army today.

How did hundreds of artillery pieces fire against more than 10,000 artillery pieces of the Ming army?

The thought of this made Dolgon's heart churn.

Like Dolgon, Duoduo, who was observing the defense line outside the city on the western city wall at this time, thought the same in his heart, especially holding a clairvoyant mirror and seeing the thousands of artillery pieces deployed by the Ming army in the west, the shock to Duoduo was even more direct, and the despair in his heart was also a little stronger.

"I don't believe that the Ming army can be consumed for a long time!"

At this time, Duoduo could only hope that Daming's financial resources would not last long, and hoped that after holding on for a while, Liu Yan would take the initiative to withdraw his troops.

In the fourth line of defense of the Qing army in the west, a Manchurian villager in his fifties was standing behind a low wall, nervously looking west.

This Manchurian soldier is named Harage, who is the cousin of Seleng who died in the previous battle, a man with a blue flag in Manzhou, who was deployed here by Shangguan to defend at this time, and he was also given a bird gun in his hand, but it was an old bird gun with a long fire rope in tow.

"Is this thing really not going to explode?"

Compared to the bird, Harrag still likes to use bows and arrows, especially the strong bows and heavy arrows of the Manchurians, at least he does not worry about the danger of exploding.

However, all the bows and arrows in the army were distributed to the able-bodied soldiers, and a "veteran" like Xiang Harag, who was in his fifties, could only be given all kinds of firearms.

"I don't know how the seleng is now."

After watching for a while, Harage's eyesight couldn't see anything at all, and he could only vaguely see countless Ming army flags in the west, and heard the shouts of the Ming army from the west from time to time, and felt the indomitable momentum of the Ming army.

Suddenly, the sound of rolling war drums came from the west, as if thunder had exploded from the sky, making the Qing troops in all parts of the defense line restless.

Harrag also looked nervously, only to see that the soldiers in the three lines of defense in front were even more restless, and the generals of all departments were angrily reprimanding, trying their best to stabilize the morale of the troops.

At this time, Harage held the bird gun in his hand tightly, checked again whether it had been filled correctly, and then slowly squatted down, leaned against the bottom of the low wall, and said secretly: "The Ming army is about to attack, will I die?" ”