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The battle was open, and there were no secrets at all, which fully demonstrated the confidence of the imperial court. After Su Tiancheng arrived in Liaodong, all preparations entered the countdown stage.

The first place that the Jiangning Battalion needs to occupy is Guangning.

Guangning belongs to the throat area. Once Guangning is occupied, Xipingbao and Yizhou will be destroyed by themselves. The post-gold Tartars stationed in these two places will either quickly abandon the city and evacuate, or wait to be completely annihilated. There is no other way out.

All of Hou Jin's eyes were focused on Liaodong.

Jierhalang returned to Shenyang and reported the news of the breakdown of the negotiations. From that moment on, Shenyang entered a state of first-level combat readiness. Judging from the true thoughts of Huang Taiji and Haoge, they knew very well that the Qing Dynasty was Those who cannot resist the attack of the Jin court, failure is expected, but the mighty Jurchen can return to the black mountains and white waters, and can still keep the lifeline of the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Taiji is not a stubborn person, this may be because he is getting older, if this situation happened ten years ago, Huang Taiji would never choose to stay behind, and he would definitely die.

The troops stationed in Yizhou and Xiping Fort are mainly Han Eight Banners troops, and those stationed in Guangning are soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Zhenghong Banner and the Bordered Yellow Banner led by Daishan. After so many years of practice, the Zhenghong Banner, which was once tragically destroyed, has been re-established. As for whether the combat effectiveness can be compared with before, no one knows.

Heavy troops were deployed around Shenyang, including the Zhenghuang Banner, Xianghuang Banner, Zhenglan Banner, and Xianglan Banner, as well as part of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. Once Guangning fell.Next, the Jiangning Battalion will definitely cross the Liaohe River and attack Shenyang directly. As for the Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner led by Dorgon, they are stationed in the Haizhou area.

The deployment made by Huang Taiji is still in the shape of Pin, and the three parties can take care of it.But the key point is to guard Shenyang, Liaoyang and the surrounding areas. Shenyang is the capital of the Qing Dynasty after all. If Shenyang is lost, it means that the Qing Dynasty regime has suffered a heavy blow. The Qing Dynasty just failed.

Huang Taiji didn't see it that way. The Qing Dynasty didn't occupy Shenyang for a very long time, not more than twenty years. If Shenyang couldn't be held.You can retreat towards Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places, or even retreat to Zhenbeiguan. In addition, you can retreat towards Fushun and Sarhu, and return to the black mountains and white waters, back to the familiar black mountains and white waters. In the meantime, such a mighty Jiangning battalion might not have much to do.

The Manchu nobles proposed a decisive battle against Guangningyuan, but Huang Taiji mercilessly rejected it. The foundation of the Qing Dynasty in Guangning.Had encountered serious damage, if this is the main battlefield.Heavy casualties were caused, and Shenyang became precarious. For Huang Taiji, who had left behind, this was a stupid choice.

Hauge did not directly command or participate in this battle.

The arrangement made by Huang Taiji was very strange. Hauge led some elite soldiers of the Eight Banners to station in Fushun and Tieling, not far from Shenyang.And without Huang Taiji's imperial decree, Hauge would not return to Shenyang.

This time, Huang Taiji came out of the mountain in person to command the entire campaign, focusing on the defense of Shenyang.

Everyone agrees.The focus of the attack is in the direction of Guangning. The soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion in Liaodong have already assembled in Dalinghe City and Heishan City. After the order is issued, they will go straight to Guangning City. State, will not pay attention.

Su Tiancheng, who was in Jinzhou City, was not in a hurry at this time, making everyone go in without knowing.

Lianyun Island, which is across the sea from Jinzhou, experienced an abnormality at this time. A large number of warships stayed on Lianyun Island, and a steady stream of soldiers and supplies were transported to Gaizhou. Sea operations originally had great Concealment, and the actions of the navy this time, even the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion in Liaodong did not know why, nor could they get accurate information.

June [-]th in the fifth year of the Great Jin Dynasty.

The battle started suddenly, but not in Liaodong, but in the direction of Yaozhou.

Those stationed in Yaozhou, Haizhou, Anshan, Liaoyang and other places are the sergeants of Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner led by Dorgon. With an army of nearly 5 people, they need to be stationed in four cities. The pressure is still a bit high, but according to Huang Taiji Requirements, Liaoyang and Haizhou are the most important, and they also need to be heavily defended, so this principle is also followed in the arrangement of military forces.

The weakest defense is Yaozhou.

The Houjin Tartars and the Jiangning Camp fought against each other in Gaizhou and Yaozhou, but both sides were very careful and did not provoke random fights. Moreover, after Su Tiancheng arrived in Liaodong, everyone's attention was focused on Guangning, thinking that Jiangning The battalion will launch a large-scale attack from Guangning, then cross the Liao River and attack Shenyang directly.

No one thought that the battle would first start from Yaozhou.

Even Dorgon was caught off guard. After receiving an emergency call for help from the soldiers stationed in Yaozhou, Dorgon spread out the map and carefully analyzed the situation. He came to a terrible conclusion. Su Tiancheng, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, This time, they are preparing to completely annihilate the army of the Qing Dynasty and completely destroy the military power of the Qing Dynasty.

Simultaneously launching an attack from the direction of Liaodong and Gaizhou will completely shake the deployment of the Qing Dynasty. Most of the troops of the Qing Dynasty are stationed around Shenyang, and they also focus on defending the Jiangning Battalion coming from the direction of Liaodong. From the perspective of military strength , Qing Dynasty is not at a disadvantage, and even has a great advantage. This is where Huang Taiji is a little relieved. No matter how sharp the artillery of the Jiangning Camp is, Huang Taiji, who has the advantage in numbers, can always think of a countermeasure.

But now the situation has changed dramatically.

The Jiangning Battalion suddenly launched an attack from two directions, and the first direction of attack was Yaozhou. Even before the war in Liaodong, Yaozhou started first. Once Yaozhou, Haizhou and other places fell, Liaoyang, which is an important barrier for Shenyang, would also There is a huge danger. The troops stationed here cannot go to reinforce Shenyang, they can only maintain it, and even need to send reinforcements from Shenyang. Then the Jiangning camp, which crosses the Liaohe River from the east of Liaodong, will be able to drive straight in and attack directly. Shenyang, and what's more terrible is that Liaoyang is very close to Shenyang. If there is any mistake in Liaoyang, it will be a huge shock to Shenyang, and it will even directly affect the morale of the army.

After making an analysis in the shortest possible time, Dorgon made up his mind that he must keep Haizhou, so that Anshan and Liaoyang behind him would be relatively safe.

Until this time, Dorgon's understanding in his mind still hasn't changed significantly. He believes that the attack from the direction of Yaozhou is only a small number of troops from the Jiangning Battalion, and the real main direction of attack is still in Guangning. To attack is to attract everyone's attention, or threaten Liaoyang and other places.As long as he leads the soldiers to resist desperately, he can slow down the Jiangning battalion's attack, and even force the Jiangning battalion to focus on attacking from the direction of Guangning.

Hong Chengchou had secretly arrived in Gaizhou long ago.

Before leaving the capital, the emperor called the five prime ministers to discuss matters.

Everyone originally thought that this was the emperor's arrangement of many affairs in the court before he left the capital, but who knew that the emperor highlighted it, and the attack on the Houjin Tartars was launched from two directions, the Liaodong direction and the Haizhou direction, two directions of attack These are all important points. Qu Qingze provided a large amount of information about Haizhou, Yaozhou and other places, all of which showed that the defense forces of these places are relatively weak.

Hong Chengchou became the coach directing Yaozhou's attack without hesitation.

The time for this discussion was very short, and the emperor made a clear request that no news should be leaked.

After that, the emperor went to Liaodong with great fanfare, making everyone believe that the attack planned by the imperial court first started from Guangning, and the first places that needed to be taken were Guangning, Xipingbao and Yizhou.

Just when all eyes were on Liaodong, Hong Chengchou quietly left the capital and rushed to Gaizhou.

The soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion stationed in Shandong secretly boarded a warship and rushed to Lianyun Island under the command of Sun Chuanting. When these soldiers set off from Shandong, even their family members did not know.

Hong Chengchou admired the emperor's arrangement. The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion attacking from Gaizhou had a total strength of 15. They had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength. You must know that the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion attacking from the direction of Liaodong had a total strength of only 10.

It seems that the emperor still knows that the advantage of military strength is very important.

Hong Chengchou and others also worried in private. The total strength of the Jin Tartars, after all, was close to 40. They sent [-] Jiangning battalion soldiers and thought they could handle everything. Isn't this a bit overconfident? When the emperor made relevant decisions, Hong Chengchou also raised objections.

The battle to attack Yaozhou went very smoothly.

The artillery played a decisive role. After a long period of research, Bi Maokang and others focused on solving the problem of the movement and deployment of the artillery. The artillery is huge and relatively cumbersome, and it has high requirements on the terrain. In order to make the artillery To be able to play a role in fast and mobile battles, those who specialize in artillery research in the arsenal have exhausted their efforts, trying their best to reduce the weight of the artillery, improve the difficulty of artillery movement, and let the artillery in unfavorable terrain. Also able to fire accurately.

These studies have produced significant results.

During the battle to attack Yaozhou, five hundred cannons were deployed overnight. After dawn, the roar of the cannons almost annihilated Yaozhou City. The artillery on the city wall was blown into the air, and the city walls collapsed one after another. The traditional battle of defending the city was useless.

When the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion charged, the functions of the flintlock guns and Frang machine guns were also displayed. After a long period of rigorous training, the sergeants were able to skillfully operate the flintlock guns and aim at the opponent to shoot. The son, who didn't even have a chance to shoot all the bows and arrows, was killed by the howling bullets. (To be continued..)