Ming politicians

In view of the heavy losses in the bloody battle in Cangzhou, Su Tiancheng felt that it was possible to reduce the fights as much as possible by persuading surrender. To be honest, the fight between the Jiangning camp and the Ming army was a typical internal fight, and what was consumed by fighting was his own strength. , A lot of money has been invested in fighting and fighting. If the money is invested in people's livelihood, I don't know how much can be done. Of course, this kind of thinking is a bit naive. No matter when, changing the dynasty is the biggest thing. Fighting is unavoidable, and the common people must suffer the most. Like Su Tiancheng, in the process of conquest, he never forgets to protect the interests of the common people. It is rare in history. I am afraid it is precisely because of Su Tiancheng The practice of waiting has won the support of the common people and the praise of many scholars, which makes this war of changing the dynasty not aroused too much criticism.

It is still Liu Jingting and Yan Yingyuan who shoulder the heavy responsibility.

The two had successfully completed missions in Nanjing and Fengyang, and they had a certain amount of experience. This time, they were asked to go out to perform missions again, and everyone expected them.

Of course, the direction of the two is different. Liu Jingting went to Tianjin, and Yan Yingyuan went to Liaodong.

Liu Jingting did not need to give too many explanations when he arrived in Tianjin, the task was very clear, but when Yan Yingyuan arrived in Liaodong, the situation was a bit complicated, Su Tiancheng has always been concerned about the situation in Liaodong, even when the Ming army was fighting with the Houjin Tartars, he also Liaodong has not been forgotten. After Dorgon evacuated without authorization, a lot of news gradually came. The Houjin Tartars recovered their nature and burned, killed and looted all the way, which dealt a heavy blow to the people who were preparing to celebrate the Spring Festival. The people in many places They were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. Homes were destroyed everywhere, and money and food were looted.Under such circumstances, the situation in Liaodong immediately became tense.

Su Tiancheng's judgment is that once Tianjin falls, Zhu Youjian will definitely put all his eggs in one basket and mobilize the Liaodong Frontier Army to station around the capital.Fighting with the Jiangning camp is tantamount to giving up Liaodong. The Hou Jin Tartars will never let go of such an opportunity. Who is Huang Taiji, how could he not take such a huge advantage.

Yan Yingyuan went to Liaodong with many tasks, and the most important responsibility was to warn the Liaodong frontier army that they must stick to Liaodong.The Houjin Tatars cannot be allowed to occupy the entire Liaodong, as it will pose a huge threat to Beizhili, Changchang, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places. After all, the fighting power of the Houjin Tatars is tenacious. Completely wiped out the Hou Jin Tartars, but the price paid was heavy. Taking down the Guan Ning Jin line of defense was for the Jiang Ning camp.It is also a huge task.

Regarding Liaodong Governor Shi Kefa's understanding, Su Tiancheng was mostly positive.According to historical evaluations, Shi Kefa has many shortcomings, the key is his political immaturity and naivety, but after all, most of them are praised, and Shi Kefa can be regarded as a famous member of the Ming court. For people like Shi Kefa.If you can fight for it, try your best to fight for it. If you can't win it over, even if you defeat Shi Kefa in the future, you don't have to take someone's life.

But Su Tiancheng did this.There is a bottom line, that is, Shi Kefa must understand the importance of Liaodong, and must not lose Liaodong, at least keep the Guanning Jin line of defense starting from Dalinghe City. If all the troops were transferred to the capital to fight against the Jiangning battalion, Su Tiancheng would not spare Shi Kefa no matter what his reasons were.

The decision Su Tiancheng made was supported by Hong Chengchou and others.

However, from the actual situation, many soldiers of the Jiangning Camp still want to fight happily. After all, relying on their strength, they won Tianjin, marched into the capital, and finally won the capital and overthrew the Ming court. The credit that has entered the annals of history is also the credit that can be shown off for a lifetime.To say that the current Jiangning Battalion has qualifications in these areas. The identities of the soldiers who participated in the battle of Kuizhou to wipe out the rogue bandits are obviously different.

The marching speed of the Jiangning battalion army was very fast. In just one day, the army had already passed Qingxian County, and there was no resistance along the road. However, nothing was found. The Datong frontier army withdrew very cleanly, no one was left behind, and there were no scouts to investigate.

Two days later, the army arrived in Jinghai.

According to the prior arrangement, the army was stationed here.

Sun Chuanting rushed to Jinghai from Dagukou.

Su Tiancheng personally helped up Sun Chuanting who knelt down and kowtowed.

It is not easy for Sun Chuanting to lead [-] soldiers to persevere at Dagukou. After all, there are more than [-] Ming troops stationed in Tianjin. The Ming army knew how powerful the ships were. The artillery on those warships could sink huge warships. It was impossible for the flesh and blood of the soldiers to resist. Of course, the strength of the warships could guarantee that Sun Chuanting would lead the army to retreat to the warships. Going up, but it can't guarantee that Sun Chuanting will keep Dagukou.

Don't underestimate Sun Chuanting's defense of the Dagu Port. This is the throat of Tianjin. The sea traffic has been curbed by the Jiangning camp. The troubles caused to Tianjin are not small. At least in terms of supply, there are certain difficulties. The people living in Tianjin As the Spring Festival approached, some residents began to lack salt in their homes. You must know that the salt used to be transported through the Beijing-Hong Kong Grand Canal and the sea route. Now these two channels are all taken by Jiangning. The battalion is occupied.

The 15 soldiers led by Sun Chuanting did not encounter any fierce battles. After occupying Dagukou, Sun Chuanting randomly led the army and prepared to attack Tianjin. He took Tianjin in one breath, but Su Tiancheng stopped in time and asked Sun Chuanting to assume the posture of attacking Tianjin. As a result, Chen Xinjia quickly mobilized [-] troops to reinforce Tianjin. Under such circumstances, Sun Chuanting would not be able to attack Tianjin.

The army led by Sun Chuanting actually played a role in containing the Ming army, that is, nearly 20 Ming troops were fixed in Tianjin and could not move. Fortunately, Chen Xinjia also ordered the Ming army stationed in Tianjin to stick to it and not launch an attack. .

Seeing Su Tiancheng, Sun Chuanting was a little excited. He knew about the bloody battle in Cangzhou with the other brothers in the Jiangning Camp.

After reporting all the situation at Dagukou, Sun Chuanting took the initiative to invite Ying to attack Tianjin. As the vanguard, the soldiers were also suffocated, thinking that they could have a good fight.

Sun Chuanting's status in the Jiangning Camp was much higher than that of He Renlong and the others. He Renlong and the others were very unconvinced when they heard Sun Chuanting say this. He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu took on the task of attacking the vanguard of Tianjin City.

After Sun Chuanting made the request, He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu looked at Su Tiancheng eagerly, fearing that if Su Tiancheng agreed, then they would not be able to charge first.

Su Tiancheng told Sun Chuanting with a smile that in fact, Sun Chuanting led an army of 20 troops to stand firm at Dagukou, and he had made great contributions. He involved [-] Ming troops, and made the battle in Cangzhou achieve or even exceed expectations. The one-step combat deployment has long been clarified and cannot be easily changed.

Sun Chuanting was a little disappointed, but he also knew that the combat deployment could not be easily changed.

He Renlong and Liu Wenxiu were ecstatic and almost couldn't hide their emotions.

The Jiangning battalion army that set off from Dezhou finally joined up.

In addition to the losses in the bloody battle in Cangzhou, the army has a total of 12 soldiers. These 12 soldiers are about to start attacking Tianjin City. There are nearly 25 Ming troops stationed in Tianjin City, including more than 10 Datong Frontier Army , Beizhili Weisuo has 3 sergeants, and Tianjin Sanwei has more than [-] troops.

In terms of the comparison of military strength, the ratio is close to two to one. The Ming army still has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, but this time the situation is completely different from the situation in the Battle of Cangzhou. As the main force, the Datong side As for the [-] sergeants of the Beizhili Guards Army, their combat effectiveness is the worst. They are not at the same level as the Datong Frontier Army, and they cannot even afford it. The main tasks of offense and defense, with such an army to defend the city, I am afraid that what Chen Xinjia is worried about will really happen, that is, after a slight blow, the army will be defeated, and the combat effectiveness of Tianjin's three guards will also be reduced. Not very strong, at least not as good as the Datong Frontier Army.

From this perspective, there is not much suspense in the decisive battle in Tianjin, and the final victory of the Jiangning Battalion is inevitable.

Su Tiancheng has also carefully considered how to achieve the final victory in the battle. Although Tianjin today is not as important as Tianjin a few hundred years later, nor is it as prosperous as it is, Tianjin's role is still the most important, and its role at least surpasses that of Tianjin. Hejian Fucheng and Baoding Fucheng are close to the sea and located at the junction of the Beijing-Hong Kong Grand Canal. It is needless to say how important it is. It would be a pity if such a city was destroyed due to the war. Therefore, Su Tiancheng considered, It is to try not to damage the city.

Of course, what Su Tiancheng is looking forward to the most is to take Tianjin City peacefully, just like Nanjing.

Whether such a goal can be achieved depends on Liu Jingting's ability.

Faintly, Su Tiancheng felt that the chances of peacefully taking Tianjin City were not great. As for why such an idea appeared, he couldn't explain it, but this feeling was very stubborn. (to be continued..)