Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 987 Intensifies
After the Qing army returned to the court, due to the failure of the attack, Zu Kefa and other descendants proposed a strategy to attack Beijing.

When the army goes straight to Beijing, it can break the throat and stab the heart, and immediately kill Daming.

Now that there are scuffles all over the Central Plains, Ming Ting has no ability to put out fires everywhere.

If the capital is destroyed by other people, can the Qing Dynasty still eat meat?

These people still have a chance to become real nobles, instead of nesting in this poor place in Liaodong!

They are extremely optimistic about their personal and family future, because many people have no turning back.

To take Ning Jin is to get rid of siblings, and can only get a few cities, but it cannot destroy Daming.

They incorporated the removal of siblings into the "planning pruning plan" that Huang Taiji once said.

Because of Huang Taiji's strategic vision, he once said that Daming is a big tree, and no matter how hard it is, it cannot be cut down with an axe.

The only way is to start from both sides of the big tree, and cut it down with one axe. When the cut reaches a certain level, the big tree will fall down by itself.

Huang Taiji used simple principles to explain his strategic thinking, for fear that the high-ranking Qing government and the group of "per capita prenatal education and education" people would not understand.

At present, in the Qing Dynasty, only Xu Tu gradually progressed, from strengthening himself and weakening the enemy, to achieve Huang Taiji's political goals.

It is absolutely impossible to save effort and take shortcuts!
However, many of his advisers and generals did not agree with his point of view, or could not understand his strategic thinking.

I always want to go straight to Beijing and destroy Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, once and for all.

But Huang Taiji just wanted to take Ningjin's land first and cut off his siblings.

His idea of ​​Ning Jin first was also formed after a period of practice.

In view of the strong defense of Ning Jin, he once gave up taking Ning Jin and diverted to enter the customs from Inner Mongolia, thus opening a new track to attack Daming, successfully carried out the internal transformation of the company, and thus developed stronger and stronger.

In the third year of Tiancong (the second year of Chongzhen), he led an army to attack Beijing for the first time and captured the four cities of Luanzhou, Qian'an, Yongping and Zunhua.

When he withdrew his troops and returned to the east, he left the fierce general Amin to garrison the four cities.

As an outpost to seize Beijing.

But it was quickly taken back by the Ming soldiers. Although the Ming army gathered heavy troops during this period and still did not cause major damage to the Qing army, it was Amin who fled back to Shenyang in defeat.

Although Amin belongs to the "stock god" level of betting, he lost all his pants.

Whether it is military strength or political future, there is no one, let alone being the king of Joseon.

He was lucky to survive until his death.

But this also made Huang Taiji realize that if the Shanhai Pass eventually controlled it, the momentum inside and outside the pass could not be united.

Even if he enters other entrances, Da Ming or the hammer bandits can also harass his rear.

Because Huang Taiji has already designated He Jinzhao as his main imaginary enemy in the future.

Since then, the Qing soldiers entered the pass many times and fought many victories, all of which were captured and returned.

All the cities in Shandong, Hebei, and Datong were abandoned and not guarded, because they were blocked by Shanhaiguan.

If Huang Taiji wanted to protect one place, he had to fight steadily outside the customs, and fundamentally break the defense line of Jinzhou-Ningyuan-Shanhaiguan.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to gain a firm foothold in the pass.

This is also the inspiration he got from He Jinchao's occupation of the three northwestern provinces.

Only by fighting so steadily can the hammer bandits gain more benefits and store more strength.

The Qing Dynasty rose outside the pass, and Huang Taiji knew very well that the only feasible shortcut to finally enter the pass and seize the Ming Dynasty must pass through Ningjin and enter Shanhaiguan.

Shanhaiguan is the gateway that separates the inside and outside of the pass and the fence that defends Beijing.

If the Qing Dynasty occupied Shanhaiguan, Beijing would be at your fingertips, even more convenient than He Jinzhao's departure from Shanxi.

Shanhaiguan is only [-] miles away from Beijing, and Qing cavalry gallops.

However, they arrived at the city of Beijing in three days, and the Ming soldiers might not have time to take precautions, so they had to give up Beijing.

If you want to win Shanhaiguan, you must first win Ning and Jin.

But Ning and Jin can't attack at the same time, they have to be attacked one by one.

The actual situation is that Jinzhou is in the front and Ningyuan is in the back. Huang Taiji made a careful decision to take Jinzhou first with all his strength.

Huang Taiji's decision to take Jinzhou directly grasped the key to the Liaodong issue.

Jinzhou was originally one of the important military towns set up in western Liaoning by the Ming Dynasty.

Guangning Central and Zuo Tunwei are located here.

Since the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, Jinzhou's strategic position has become increasingly important.

From Yuan Chonghuan to the west of Liaoning, Ningyuan was first built, and Jinzhou was built second, which became an important place for the strategic defense of the Ming army.

After Yuan Chonghuan's death, all his successors paid attention to Jinzhou. Zu Dashou, a famous Liaodong general, was specially sent to garrison the city.

Before the Qing soldiers captured Dalinghe City, the city was still the barrier of Jinzhou.

Once the barrier of Dalinghe City was dismantled by the Qing soldiers, Jinzhou City, which was only forty miles away, was completely exposed to the Qing soldiers.

It became a veritable outpost of the Ming Dynasty in western Liaoning.

From the perspective of Jinzhou's geographical location, it is especially worthy of attention.

Eighteen miles south of it is Songshan City, eighteen miles southwest of Songshan City is Xingshan City, and about twenty miles southwest of Xingshan is Tashan City.

These three cities guard Jinzhou like wings.

Behind it, 120 miles southwest, is the Xiongzhen Ningyuan City, which is the strong backing of Jinzhou.

Huang Taiji knew very well that if Jinzhou was not broken, the Qing soldiers would never want to move forward.

On the contrary, once Jinzhou is broken, the three cities of Song, Xing, and Tashan will all fall, and Ningyuan will be isolated, and the entire defense line will be shaken.

The Ming army still wanted to nail it in the west of Liaoning, but they didn't even think about it.

Jinzhou is an important link in Ningjin's defense line. Breaking through this link can implement his first step strategy.

Huang Taiji had already seen very clearly that if he wanted to take Shanhaiguan, he had to take the four cities outside the pass first.

These four cities are Jinzhou, Xingshan, Songshan and Tashan.

Jinzhou is the first to bear the brunt.

After years of hesitation, Huang Taiji and his princes and ministers finally chose the breakthrough point to advance.

The balance of war between Ming and Qing was broken again.

In order to firmly capture Jinzhou, Huang Taiji began to step up preparations and make careful arrangements.

The first practical step he took was to choose Yizhou (Yixian, Liaoning) as the garrison base for his troops.

Zu Kefa, Zhang Cunren and others advocated that the Qing soldiers stationed in Guangning Da Sanshan.

"Forcing Linning and Jinmen".

Because after the defeat of Songshan, Huang Taiji had more foresight and bolder thinking than them, so he chose Yizhou instead of Guangning.

Because Yizhou can contain Jinzhou more effectively than Guangning.

Yizhou is located in the northeast of Jinzhou, only 140 miles away, which is twice as short as the [-] miles from Jinzhou to Guangning.

On the banks of the Daling River, the terrain is open. From a military point of view, there is no danger to rely on, and it is not enough for defense.

But it is an important gateway to Jinzhou. It is close to Jinzhou and is very suitable for Qing soldiers to station and change defenses in turn.

Another advantage of Yizhou is that the soil in this area is fertile and suitable for farming.

Due to the wars over the years, the people died and fled, and the population was greatly reduced.

Yizhou, which was originally sparsely populated, looks more desolate than before.

However, the Qing soldiers stationed here can reclaim a large amount of wasteland and plant crops, solve the supply of food and wages, and reduce the difficulty of long-distance transportation.

Huang Taiji chose this place, and in order to enter Jinzhou, he first closed its doors and provided logistical support.

For good policy.

When the strategic role of Yizhou was torn apart by Huang Taiji and told to the illiterates, Zhang Cunren admitted that he lacked knowledge.

He opened his mouth to further appreciate Huang Taiji:

"My minister first said to build Guangning and guard it. Because it is close to the Baiclay Factory, it is actually a plan for the country to open up land, build a city, and advance gradually.

Today's soldiers live in Yizhou, which is beyond the ordinary, and it is something that the ministers do not expect. "

People of insight in the Ming Dynasty had already seen the important strategic value of Yizhou to Jinzhou and reminded the court to support it.

Fang Yizao, the governor of Eastern Liaodong, has already gone to Shushu, and Yizhou is the frontier's gateway, which is enough to stop Jiannu from looking around. This place must be a place that must be contested in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Three years ago, he personally went to Yizhou for a field inspection and suggested that the imperial court allocate money to quickly restore Yizhou.

But where did the Ming emperor have money?

Where does the imperial court still have money?
Because of the money, three rates have to be levied.

Coupled with the fact that there was a previous battle where the repair of Dalinghe City led to the defeat of the Ming army, how could Chongzhen agree to this matter again.

Huang Taiji repeatedly detoured to Mongolia to wreak havoc on the capital, and the imperial court's attention to the Ningjin line of defense plummeted.

Some officials even said that it is better to abandon the Ningjin line of defense and focus on defending Shanhaiguan, so that when the Qing army enters the fortress, more troops can be allocated to fight against it.

Overall, due to the increasing strength of the rogue bandits and the changes in the strategy of the Qing army, the Ningjin line of defense no longer received the same attention from Daming as before, and they were desperately spending money.

Now Yizhou is favored by Huang Taiji, and before Ming and Qing confront each other, Daming makes a move first.

He is going to become a ground gun under the eyes of the Ming army and learn from Zhuge Liang.

Huang Taiji appointed Prince Zheng Jierhalang as the right-wing coach, and Dorobel Doduo as the left-wing coach, and each led his soldiers to Yizhou.

Their tasks were first to build cities, second to garrison fields, and to attack Mingning and Jin garrisons.

According to the strategy that Huang Taiji pointed out, as soon as they arrived in Yizhou, they notified the officers and men of Fanshan Customs that they were not allowed to farm in Ning and Jin.

However, the Ming soldiers stationed in this area used the method of garrisoning and fighting, defending the city while farming, in order to solve the food self-sufficiency.

After all, it would take a long time to be hungry just relying on the imperial court to transport them.

Even if it is delivered, it may not necessarily fall into the hands of their ordinary soldiers.

Huang Taiji's intention is to prevent and destroy Ming soldiers and people's farming strategy, which is like Zu Kefa's strategy. It is difficult for them to survive here, and they will withdraw their defenses without fighting.

These former Guanning Army soldiers knew too well how the Guanning Army came to confront the Tartars in the border of Liaodong.

Today's confrontation between the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Western Liaoning has become a civil war for the Guanning Army, using their own spears to attack their own shields.

Everyone is taught by a master, but another person worships a new master, and the rest is still in his old ways.

Tens of thousands of Qing soldiers arrived in Yizhou for just over a month. They built the city and built houses, and all the fields for forty miles east and west of Yizhou have been reclaimed.

While building the city of Uiju, a large amount of war preparation resources were transported here for storage.

Huang Taiji recruited a large number of civilian husbands to drive carts to transport grain.

The food obtained from farming in Yizhou could not meet the needs of the garrison, and most of it had to be supplied from the rear.

Among them, North Korea was ordered to export [-] bales of rice, which must be transported to the mouth of the Daling and Xiaoling Rivers within ten days for military supplies, and [-] servants and sailors were sent to help the war.

Bought 1000 good horses from the Horqin Department of Mongolia, recruited [-] "ladder masters" in China, and rushed to build [-] powerful red-clothed cannons.

They are all indispensable for siege.

These materials and people came to Yizhou in an endless stream.

Although Zu Dashou was optimistic about He Jinzhao's strength, far water could not save near fire, so he still carefully listened to the movements of the Qing army from all aspects.

He sent the collected information to the court, hoping that the emperor could make a decision earlier.

At least Zu Dashou really doesn't want to surrender to Qing Emperor Taiji at the moment.

Otherwise, it would have been fucking surrendered long ago, so I wouldn't have tried my best to delay it again and again.

Chongzhen looked at the intelligence sent by Liaodong.

"Huang Taiji sent a lot of barbarian troops to Yizhou, and there were more than [-] camps at each camp, large camps and small camps, it is even more difficult to count them in detail.

Ye Bu received and saw three big red barbarians in the car, and the small cannons were hard to count, and there were a lot of shovels and other utensils with the army.

Led by Shi Tingzhu, the commander-in-chief of the Han Army Banner, they entered Yizhou City, and a group of brothers and nephews from Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Huang Taiji would also come to Yizhou to inspect and change defenses.

Uiju became a place for the Qing army to gather and change defenses, and a warehouse for storing military supplies.

The role of the strategic base is fully played here.

Huang Taiji made quite sufficient preparations for the capture of Jinzhou, and completed the overall deployment in a relatively short period of time.

How to attack Jinzhou is a major strategic issue for Huang Taiji to make an urgent decision in the next step.

Zu Dashou not only collected the information, but also gave Huang Taiji a pre-judgment, all of which were handed over to Chongzhen, asking him to judge and make preparations.

But Chongzhen was already devastated by the bandits.

Yang Sichang led his troops to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, but Meng Ruhu and others were defeated again. They were also besieged by Zhang Xianzhong in Chongqing, and they are currently unable to move.

Zuo Liangyu and others used an excuse to strangle Li Zicheng instead of supporting Chongqing.

As for Li Zicheng, he went too far, mobilizing millions of people in Henan, killing the vassal kings and seizing food and grass, and his momentum became more and more powerful.

Now even Huang Taiji is making frequent moves in western Liaoning, as if he wants to attack Ning Jin's defense line.

But after so many years, the Qing army entered the Great Wall via Jizhen, Xuanda and other places to plunder the interior.

This sudden stance of attacking the Ning Jin defense line on a large scale really made it difficult for Chongzhen to judge whether this was Huang Taiji's trick.

He wants to rob Daming again?
At this time, Chongzhen thought of Yang Sichang again, and felt irritated.

Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, believes that Huang Taiji's big fanfare is to confuse our army, but he may really want to attack the Ningjin defense line, and hopes that His Majesty can make preparations early.

Chongzhen was very dissatisfied with Chen Xinjia's words, because he didn't give a specific solution, but just asked him to prepare.

How to prepare?
Liaodong soldiers don't have enough food for themselves. Could it be possible to let Hong Chengchou lead his troops to Liaodong now?

Once he moves, who can prevent the hammer bandit He Jinzhao from Shanxi from entering Xuanfu and other places to wreak havoc on the capital?

How can there be so much food supply?

Recently, it was looted by the Qing army, and North China is always in severe drought.

Don't look at He Jinzhao's honesty compared to others, but this little postman's operation for so many years has really made Chongzhen remember him.

This person is best at doing things by surprise, if he takes advantage of the emptiness of Jizhen to attack the capital, that is definitely not the situation that Chongzhen wants to see.

Didn't you see that Yang Sichang was trapped in Chongqing in Sichuan and other places, and didn't he let Hong Chengchou go south to rescue?
No matter how much you love and trust your courtiers, when it comes to your own safety, you still have to rank behind.

(End of this chapter)