East Factory Governor

Chapter 741
After entering the city, Qin Shuhuai, Yuan Chonghuan and other generals discussed the attack plan again and made fine adjustments.

The final strategy proposed was:
The [-] left army led by Zhao headed northwest along the Daling River-Yixian line until they captured Zhangwu City, an important town in the northwest of Shenyang.

Li Dingguo's right army followed the line of Xipingbao-Anshan-Liaoyang until it captured Jianzhou City (now BX City) in the southeast of Shenyang.

Qin Shuhuai's central army, on the other hand, directly approached Shenyang from the front along the Daling River-Tai'an-Ashiniulu (now Liaozhong City) line.

The strategy is very simple, that is, to encircle on three sides, but leave the north to let Huang Taiji escape.

Why stay aside?

This was proposed by Li Dingguo.

There is a saying in military strategists: A mourning soldier will win.If the Tartars' retreat is completely blocked, the Tartars will definitely fight with their backs, and the casualties of the officers and soldiers will definitely be heavy.

But if there is a way out, at least many Tartars will think that Shenyang City is not a "death place", and the so-called idea of ​​​​putting it to death and reborn will naturally disappear.

But in fact, if they retreat northward, there is a high probability that they will die.

why?
Because winter is coming soon, you can imagine that in the barren land in the north, there is no military rations in the ice and snow. Most of them either starve to death or freeze to death, and it is useless if you return it.

Although the far-sighted Tartar elite would never want to retreat north, can you guarantee that ordinary soldiers also have this vision?If they find that Shenyang City is besieged on three sides, and the only way to temporarily save their lives is to go north, will they have no idea?
Therefore, Qin Shuhuai agreed to this strategy on the spot.

It should not be too late, it is already the eighth day of October, and it will snow soon. Only when all the ministries arrive at the predetermined positions before the winter comes, and complete the three-sided encirclement of Shenyang City, can we firmly grasp the initiative.

At this time, the atmosphere in Shenyang City was already chilling.

The first battle that will determine the fate of the Dajin nation has arrived. The Eight Banners Army has already entered the highest state of alert, and the entire vicinity of Shenyang City is like an enemy, with heavy troops gathered.

But even so, Huang Taiji still did not reach the point of despair.

With such foresight as him, how could he not have thought of the Ming army's counterattack?

Since the failure of the last Southern Expedition, he has been actively organizing this life-and-death defensive battle.

During this period of time, he looked for allies everywhere, not only found the various tribes of Mongolia that had no relationship with him, but even sent people to the Western Regions, persuaded many small countries to resist the "tyranny" of Ming Dynasty together with him.

His efforts were not in vain. Today, in Houjin's territory, elite soldiers from the Junggar, Duoyan, and Chahar tribes, as well as the Ruoqiang and Hami countries in the Western Regions, have gathered. !

Including Houjin's remaining 12 elite soldiers, he now has at least 22 usable soldiers!
Among these elite soldiers, there are as many as [-] cavalry, which is his biggest trump card!

Thirty-eight thousand cavalry, he almost gathered all the cavalry on the grassland.This certainly requires a lot of food and grass, but even if each person in Dajin only eats one meal a day, it is definitely worth it!
You must know that the surrounding area of ​​Shenyang is a large area of ​​plains!Cavalry is king here!
In addition, he has no shortage of masters.

Ruoqiang's three red-cap masters, nearly a hundred elite guards from the Western Regions, and nearly a thousand Qingyi soldiers who ran from Ruoqiang are all with him now. Besides, Helian Batai has recovered from his injuries, and Oboi's martial arts has improved again. On the first floor, even Su Daha, who never cared about state affairs and didn't pay much attention to the Emperor Dajin, brought his six disciples out to help, which gave Huang Taiji a sense of security.

Su Daha, the suzerain of the Blood Cloud Sect, is also the master of Oboi. He has trained countless masters in his life, but very few people have seen his true face.

During the second Southern Expedition, in order to deal with the masters of the martial arts alliance, Huang Taiji personally went to the Blood Cloud Sect to visit Su Daha, hoping that he would send one or two disciples to accompany the army.

Unexpectedly, Su Daha didn't even bother to see him, so he just sent a boy to tell him that the Blood Cloud Sect doesn't care about state affairs, so it's hard to obey.Huang Taiji was so angry that he didn't eat for a day, but there was nothing he could do!
There are six major disciples under Su Daha's seat, Oboi is one of them, but he is only the youngest one with the least seniority.Now that Dajin is short of talents, Obai has already soared into the sky, not only was awarded the title of Batulu, but also became the head coach of Ba Ya La soldiers.

It is conceivable how high the martial arts of his other five disciples are, and how high he is.

In the eyes of many people, Helian Batai is the number one master of Dajin on the bright side, but that is only because Su Daha hardly shows up, and few people know his existence—including among the great Ming martial arts, few Someone knows this person.

It was precisely because of Su Daha's sudden joining that Huang Taiji felt that his chances of winning were greatly increased!

He even had a vague feeling that that kid named Qin Shuhuai from the Ming Kingdom was going to have a big fall in Dajin this time!

The two failures of the Southern Expedition were all because of this boy who appeared out of nowhere!If Su Daha makes a move this time, it is very possible for him to die outside the pass!
Qin Shuhuai, do you think you are really invincible?My majestic golden dragon vein has appeared, how can you alone stop this majestic national luck?

Let's talk about Qin Shuhuai's side, on the day they entered Jinzhou, they received information from the White Lotus Sect from various places.

Although these information may not be accurate under Houjin's blockade, at least we know that Houjin has united various forces to deal with the Ming army.

This was not beyond Qin Shuhuai's expectation. Based on the strength of these forces and the comprehensive information, he and the generals calculated that Houjin's total army strength was about 25—this was very different from the real situation. close.

It is very important to know the general strength of the opponent.

On the second day, the army set off.

After passing the Daling River, the soldiers divided into two groups.

The more than 5 left army led by Zhao led the way to the northwest, and the first thing to occupy was Yizhou (now Yixian County), [-] miles away.

However, Qin Shuhuai and Li Dingguo's middle and right armies continued to move forward without any hindrance. After arriving at Gaoping Fort [-] miles outside Tai'an City, the two armies separated.

Li Dingguo went straight to Shaling Fort to the right, while Qin Shuhuai was about to attack Tai'an City.

At this time, news came from the Left Route Army that Zhao Ledjiao captured Yizhou almost without bloodshed, and then continued northward without hindrance. It was not until the Da and Xiaoheishan Forts, more than 80 miles northwest of Tai'an City, that there were heavy enemy troops stationed.

In this way, Jin's first line of defense came out, which was the horizontal line of defense based on Daheishan Fort, Xiaoheishan Fort, Tai'an City, Shaling Fort, and Niuzhuang City.

This first line of defense is only more than 200 miles away from Shenyang City. It seems that Huang Taiji wants to shrink the line of defense and concentrate superior forces to fight Qin Shuhuai.

Qin Shuhuai was not in a hurry, he first ordered the spies of the three armies to find out if there were any ambushes near the cities, and after a day, he ordered the three armies to attack at the same time.

On October [-]th of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Xiaoxue.

The army of Qin Shuhuai Middle Road approached the city of Tai'an.

This road did not encounter any obstacles from the Hou Jin army - you must know that Hou Jin was good at fighting in the field, Qin Shuhuai once thought that there might be an encounter on the road, but the result was far beyond his expectations.

But in any case, since they are under the city, they must attack the city.

Tai'an City is a large city with a wall height of more than 17 meters. There are as many as eight Frankie cannons on the city wall. The muzzles of the guns are black and pointing at the ground.

But compared with the improved version of the red cannon pulled out by the Ming army, it seems a bit childish.

The Fran cannon weighs about three hundred catties, while the red cannon weighs a thousand catties. The difference between the two can be seen just by looking at their weight.

It was the old rival Azig who was stationed in Tai'an City. There were [-] post-gold elite soldiers and [-] Mongolian soldiers stationed in the city.

Azig came to the top of the city in person, looked at the dark Ming army below, but remained calm.

He is not afraid, because he still has back hands!

(End of this chapter)