Outside the Pass, Shenyang, the former Qing Imperial Palace.
Doni, who was wearing a Qing Dynasty dragon robe, a Qing Emperor's warm hat on his head, and a string of beads hanging around his neck, was now sitting on a dragon chair, with a smile on his face and looking confident.
Doni is now Aisin Gioro Doni again, living in the former Qing Palace in Shenyang City. But now he is not the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but Prince Yu, the Regent of the Qing Dynasty!
It turns out that Doni has also heard the story of "Build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and be emperor slowly", so he also wants to be emperor slowly. He will not be the emperor, but support the emperor who is hiding in a big temple in Shanxi and chanting sutras. When Shunzhi was restored, he became the regent. So now the reign name here outside the pass is Shunzhi again, and it is now the fifteenth year of Shunzhi - this is the third time that Shunzhi has been emperor. There have been three ups and downs, which is really unprecedented.
Of course, Donnie would not really bring Shunzhi from Shanxi to Shenyang to sit in the Dragon Court, even if it was a puppet, it would be troublesome. And Shunzhi didn't dare to come...
So now sitting on the emperor's throne is Donnie, who calls himself the regent!
"I, my servant, respectfully invites the regent, Jin An!"
In the main hall, a group of good servants of the Qing Dynasty wearing flower feathers all kowtowed to Doni. But once these people's hats are taken off, it's a bit dumbfounding. He is obviously wearing the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, with court beads hanging around his neck, and the top hat of the Qing Dynasty on his head, but not a single hair has been shaved... Of course he has braids, but they are not about money. Rat Tail is not a moon head either, but has her "hair" pulled together and braided into a braid, just like a big girl's.
But Donnie just pretended not to see it, because he also had the same hairstyle - shaving his hair was too troublesome, and the weather outside was cold, and without hair to protect his head, it was easy to get a stroke. For the sake of good health, Dhoni has not shaved his hair. Now he still has a "big girl's braid". If necessary, he can change it into a bun at any time.
"Pingshen!" Donnie smiled and raised his hand, signaling a group of loyal officials of the Qing Dynasty to stand up and speak.
The people below all got up and stood up in two groups, with confident smiling faces. Although everyone was unsure, no one could show timidity at this time, otherwise the regent would be angry. .....
Donnie's eyes swept across everyone's faces, and finally nodded with satisfaction, twirling his beads with a smile, his gloomy face almost shining with light. Seeing that the people below were all as confident as him, he smiled and said: "We just received military reports from the defenders of Shanhaiguan, Heishan, Yizhou City, and Jinzhou City. A large number of Ming troops appeared in front of them. ...It seems that the Ming army is planning to divide its troops into four groups!"
"The enemy is divided into four groups again. Isn't this the same situation that Emperor Taizu encountered when he fought in the Battle of Sarhu?"
"God bless me!"
"This is easy to deal with. It doesn't matter which way he comes, I just go all the way!"
A group of loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty suddenly became enthusiastic and talked loudly.
Doni coughed, asking everyone to be quiet, and then turned to look at Nikan.
Nikan analyzed: "Although the Ming army has 30 divisions and several powerful vassals, it also has many enemies. The number of enemies it can pull into Liaodong and Liaoxi is 200,000. It is divided into four groups, each of which is only five Wan... maybe we will also arrange for one group to land somewhere, that is five groups. On average, each group is 40,000. We now have a total of 110,000 people on foot and cavalry, excluding the 30,000 people stationed in various places. There are still 80,000 infantry and cavalry that can be used."
"Eighty thousand versus forty thousand, I'm still pretty sure!" Donnie laughed.
"Prince Regent," Yue Le, the commander-in-chief of the army who commanded the armies together with Nikan, shook his head and said, "We don't know the specific number of soldiers and horses in the Ming army. They may not necessarily average the strength of the troops!"
He only said half of what he said, and the other half he didn't dare to say, so as not to undermine everyone's confidence. The half of what he didn't say was, "Even if we fight 80,000 against 40,000, we are not sure of victory."
The current 40,000 Ming army is stronger than the 100,000 Ming army in the Battle of Sarhu plus one!
And it’s too strong!
And if today's 80,000 Qing troops put up a majestic formation, they can of course use artillery and muskets to defeat the post-Jintian soldiers in the Battle of Sarhu.
But the mode of fighting is not just the majestic formation!
If you want to fight ambushes, night raids, forest melees, cavalry attacks, small team fights, etc., today's Qing army is not as good as the Hou Jin soldiers back then.
Because the Hou Jin soldiers at that time were frankly composed of a group of fishermen and hunters in the mountains and forests outside Guan Guan, and now the main body of the Qing army is just a group of farmers who entered Guandong - if it weren't for the backbone of the Lao Eight Banners and Zhenglu Banners who repeatedly claimed that the Ming Dynasty The emperor wants to confiscate the land they cultivated, and they may not be willing to fight for Doni...
Doni nodded and said: "What Yue Le said makes sense. The Ming army will not distribute its troops evenly... But this is also our opportunity. We only need to find a few groups of their troops with relatively small strength. If we defeat them one by one, we can win."
Yue Le shook his head, "It's not easy to find...I'm afraid we can only rely on guessing!"
"Prince An, actually we can still guess a little bit."
Yue Le looked back and saw that the person speaking was Admiral Shang Keai of the Pacific Navy.
"Admiral Shang, please tell me." Yue Le said.
Shang Keai smiled: "I don't know anything else, but one thing is for sure. If the Ming army wants to land... then this road will definitely not be the main force."
"Why?" Yue Le asked.
"Because their navy simply does not have the ability to send an army of tens of thousands to the beaches of Liaodong and western Liaoning." Shang Keai said, "It is impossible to carry an army of tens of thousands without hundreds of large ships. Where do they have so many ships now?" ?”
Yue Le nodded: "That's true, but how do we know where they will land?"
"Hehe, let's take a guess..." Shang Keai said, "First of all, the general area where the Ming army landed must be along the Liaodong and Liaoxi coasts of the Bohai Bay.
Secondly, the landing place must be very close to the mouth of a river or a harbor.
Third, the Ming army's landing will definitely pursue the effect of a surprise attack... If I guessed correctly, they must want to use the landing battle to capture the Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou or Heishan long fortresses. "
"It must be the Black Mountain Long Barrier!" Nikan said, "The Ming Dynasty has been operating in Lushun Prefecture for many years, and stationed heavy troops... Once the Black Mountain Long Barrier is taken by them, the heavy troops stationed in Lushun will be able to move in!"
Yue Le nodded and said: "The enemy's advance from Lushun is indeed the greatest threat to our army. Going north from Lushun, it is three hundred miles to the plains of the Liaohe River and seven hundred miles to Shenyang. Now the wheat on the plains of the Liaohe River has been Mature, the Ming army can easily obtain grain and grass. Moreover, there are many ports available on the inner side of the Liaodong Peninsula, so the Ming army does not have to worry about the transshipment of grain and grass baggage."
Doni clapped his hands and said, "Okay...don't we already have a wonderful way to defeat the enemy? Let's place the army on the edge of the Liao River, and at the same time set up sentries to explore the coast east of Jinzhou. Once the enemy launches a large-scale attack, Once we land, we’ll catch him off guard!”
Yue Le frowned and asked: "But how to deal with the four armies of the Ming Army? Shanhaiguan and Heishan Longbao can still hold on, but how to deal with the two armies coming from Daling River and Xiaoling River?"
"You can lure the enemy deeper!"
Another voice sounded, and Donnie looked over and found that it was his confidant Tuhai.
Tuhai said: "Prince Regent, we can lead one of the two routes to the vicinity of the Liao River, and then gather 80,000 troops to attack it! After defeating this route, we can turn around and deal with the landing Ming army. As long as we can defeat them both The road... we can take the initiative, and we can move forward and retreat freely in the future."
"Okay!" Donnie smiled, "Tuhai, you are indeed my king's think tank... I also entrust you with the task of luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory. Are you up to the task?"
Tu Hai quickly knelt down and saluted: "Prince Regent, please rest assured, no matter how cunning the Ming army is, my slaves can still lure them here!"
