On the outskirts of Shengjing, the Qing Dynasty assembled almost all the mobilized troops to reinforce Songjin.

This is the battlefield that they and the Liao soldiers are most familiar with. They were both sides of the land for decades.

As time goes by, the two groups of people who were in power in the past have now joined forces to resist Hou Xuanyan and his Northern Expedition Army.

"The conquest of Liao is the last step of the Northern Expedition. If you go north to fight Rakshasa, it is called the Northern Expedition." Hou Xuanyan talked happily. After the battle became clear, his mood also relaxed a lot. He said to the generals in the tent: "Songjin is the gate of Chenyang. I guess the Manchus will definitely not give up here. If nothing unexpected happens, the decisive battle will start here."

Li Haoxian took over the conversation and said, "It is of course the best if they have the courage to fight us. I am afraid that these people will hide in the deep mountains of their hometown in Manchuria. Just searching will take a lot of effort."

At this point, it is impossible for Jiannu to go back to the mountains to fish and hunt. The stall is so big that it is not easy to put it away.

Yan Yingyuan echoed: "The prince is right. The decisive battle must be in Songjin. No one can fight at the door of his lair. No one in Manchus has the courage to do so. Even if they have it, Wu Sangui is not a man who will never retreat. It is estimated that if the main force of the Qing Dynasty is not in the right place, he will retreat to Guangning immediately, or even run to Chenyang."

Hou Xuanyan suddenly remembered that it was also a decisive battle in Jingxiang. Wu Sangui gave up his teammates at the last moment and sold more than 200,000 green camps. It was a crucial battle for the balance of offense and defense. If Wu Sangui had not been unwilling to work hard for Manchus in order to retain his strength, the whole world would have been over. Thinking of this, Hou Xuanyan nodded heavily and said, "Yes, Wu Sangui is like this. This person is extremely selfish and cannot defend Song Jin for Manchus."

Yan Yingyuan pointed to Jinzhou on the sand table and said, "There are three cities in Jinzhou, Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan, which are the horns. Songshan Fort is just one of them. This terrain can reach a large army of 100,000. We must not attack blindly. The officials suggest that the shelling is better for a period of time."

"We can learn Huang Taiji's fighting style back then, cut off Songshan, Xingshan and Jinzhou, so that their food supply cannot keep up, so that the enemy will collapse without fighting." Du Yinxi's Huang Taiji fighting style refers to the old story of Huang Taiji's besieging Jinzhou in the 14th year of Chongzhen.

In September of the 11th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army marched south under the command of Huang Taiji, and the capital was in a martial law. The Ming Dynasty, who was attacked on both sides, had to transfer the commander Hong Chengchou from the western front, serve as the governor of Ji Liao, and lead his army into the guards. In the autumn of that year, Huang Taiji led his troops to capture Yizhou and used it as a base to launch a siege against Jinzhou. At that time, Wu Sangui was defending Ningyuan and Ma Ke was defending Shanhaiguan. The Qing army attacked Jinzhou and Ningyuan, and Hong Chengchou sent troops to aid and was defeated in Tashan and Xingshan.

Under the crisis, Chongzhen mobilized all elite troops at the border and 40,000 war horses, as well as generals such as Datong General Wang Pu, Miyun General Tang Tong, Jizhou General Bai Guangen, Yutian General Cao Bianjiao, Shanhaiguan General Ma Ke, Qiantun Guard General Wang Tingchen, Ningyuan General Wu Sangui and other generals were going to fight in Songjin.

The entire Ming Dynasty and Chongzhen all wanted to give it a try, but unfortunately they said too much.

This battle was originally a chance to win. Hong Chengchou advocated approaching Jinzhou slowly, establishing a camp step by step, fighting and defending, and not fighting lightly. However, Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, and Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of Chongzhen, thought that he was a strong soldier and was constantly promoting the war. Hong Chengchou could not stop Chongzhen's offensive, so he had to bite the bullet and find someone to fight to the decisive battle.

When Huang Taiji heard that the Ming army was going to fight to the decisive battle, he happily led a large army from Shengjing, asking Jiergalang to cut off the connection between Jinzhou, Songshan and Xingshan, cut off the Ming army's food supply route, and cut off Hong Chengchou's way back. At this time, Hong Chengchou advocated a decisive battle, but the generals of each unit were afraid of being beaten and all wanted to retreat south. Finally, he gathered to discuss breaking through the mountain, and tens of thousands of people collapsed, and the Ming Dynasty was beaten to death in the last breath.

Even so, Hong Chengchou led the remnants of troops to defend Songshan and Zu Dashou guarded Jinzhou, but Manchus still had no choice but to deal with them.

Until the food was eaten up, a traitor appeared in Songshan. Deputy General Xia Chengde asked the Qing army to take his son Xia Shu as a hostage to surrender. In March, the Qing army was invited to attack at night. Songshan City was broken, Hong Chengchou, and Governor Qiu Minyang were captured. General Cao Bianjiao fought to the death and did not lose his uncle's face.

As soon as Hong Chengchou was defeated, Zu Dashou opened Jinzhou City and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

When Hou Xuanyan heard him talking about Huang Taiji's playing style, he frowned. This method was undoubtedly the best. The stalemate was that Song Jin was beneficial to the Ming Dynasty but not harmful, but he needed to fight quickly and usurp the throne back to Jinling.

After thinking about it, Hou Xuanyan decided to put the lives of soldiers first and take this method to slowly exhaust them. Zhan Mei said: "Yes, we surrounded them and bombarded them with gunfire. We have too many soldiers and horses, and the enemy is very different, so they are unable to fight decisively. As long as we guard all the critical passes and strictly guard against enemy surprise attacks, even if there are occasional small defeats, this battle will definitely wipe out the remnants of the Qing Dynasty at a very small price."

After saying that, the generals followed him around the sand table and arranged offensive and defensive tasks. The generals took the order and retreated. Li Haoxian wandered outside the tent for a while, then turned back to the tent.

Hou Xuanyan looked up and saw that it was him, and said strangely: "What's wrong?"

"Will the prince leave Jinling for too long? In fact, we are guarding here, step by step, and we will definitely win this battle." Li Haoxian's face was filled with a hint of worry. Hou Xuanyan couldn't help but feel warm and said, "It's okay, the government and the country are all our people from top to bottom. I have only been away for more than half a year, so there will be no accident."

Everyone in the court knew that the two forces that helped Hou Xuanyan take office openly and secretly, one was the soldiers in the army represented by Li Haoxian. These Northern Expedition soldiers followed Hou Xuanyan in a battle step by step. If Hou Xuanyan could not take office, their fate would not be much better. The second one was the Ma family father and daughter, and the father and daughter were much simpler. They were originally attached to Hou Xuanyan, which was equivalent to Hou Xuanyan's hands and feet, and they all prospered.

Although Li Haoxian was not familiar with the struggles between the court, when he reached this point, many strategists naturally gathered around him. A few days ago, his think tanks all said that the prince had been away from the capital for too long and had no prince in Jinling. I am afraid that all the gangsters would take the opportunity to make trouble again.

When Li Haoxian heard it made sense, he himself had a deep understanding. When the Northern Expedition was in full swing, Hou Xuanyan would have to stay in the battlefield for a long time, and he would have to go back halfway to wipe his butt every time. Then he came with concern and wanted to persuade Hou Xuanyan to return to Beijing.

Hou Xuanyan thought carefully, if he had to shell the Qing soldiers here according to the plan he had just made, he would have at least three months of free time. Unless the Qing soldiers took a desperate bet and launched a decisive battle, these three months would be spent with the rumbling of cannons.

There are still a lot of things in Beijing, which may not be handled by the spiritual medicine and the Grand Secretary, especially the Nanyang’s own deployment.

That is crucial. Putting aside national hatred, it is three more important in Hou Xuanyan's heart than the Liao Dynasty. And the people in the court may not be able to recognize the power of it like themselves, after all, they have a vision that is hundreds of years ahead of the times.

Li Haoxian knew him so well that when he saw Hou Xuanyan frowning, he knew that he was hesitating. As expected, the counselors said it well, and even the prince himself felt embarrassed. Li Haoxian considered himself the prince's first confidant, so how could he not solve his problems?

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Songjin has us here, so you will be foolproof. After taking Shenyang early, conquering Manchuria, and offering the Tartars' heads to the prince."

Hou Xuanyan sighed and said, "I go back to Jinling. There are indeed a few major things to do, so you don't have to be eager to make progress. You will follow your plan and defend the artillery fire here to kill and injure the Qing soldiers. When I come back, the three armies will send their last blows to the Tartars."

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The next morning, at the foot of Songshan Mountain.

Yesterday, the prince who was still issuing orders, and the battle situation was suddenly leaving. Yan Yingyuan, Du Yinxi, Zheng Zunqian and others were confused.

These generals didn't understand very well, but Sun Jiaji and others understood a little. The prince was going back and settled the rear.

Hou Xuanyan handed over the general seal to Yan Yingyuan, held his hand and told him: "Liheng, remember not to be greedy for merit and make progress, and we will do our best to do it step by step. At this point, we are no longer anxious. The ones that are anxious should be Jiannu and the traitor. Even if you bombard the fire here, artillery and ammunition will arrive continuously, so don't worry."

Yan Yingyuan was in a state of excitement, and his boss finally left. It was his turn to show his strength. Three months later, the scheduled bombing period was over, and the day for him to command the three armies to sweep the Tartars was about to come. Thinking about it made Yan Yingyuan excited.

Holding the handsome seal, Yan Yingyuan bent down and sang: "Don't worry, your subordinates will definitely live up to the entrustedness of the entrustedness of the entrustedness. The entrustedness will take care of themselves along the way!"

Hou Xuanyan nodded and embarked on the road to return to the south with his own personal guard Sanqian and the captive Shang Kexi.

Shang Kexi looked numb and was tied up. The four people around him took turns to look at him, fearing that he would commit suicide. What awaited him was the trial and punishment of the treacherous villain in the country building.

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