"Retreat?! Prince Rui, what do you mean?! Ever since we sent troops southward according to the order, we have tens of thousands of troops from all walks of life, not a single city has been broken, and not a single achievement has been achieved. Now when you hear that reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty are coming,

We have to retreat dozens of miles, have our Qing soldiers ever fought in such a humiliating way?!"

Faced with the two options thrown out by Dorgon, Abatai, the already angry Prince of Raoyu, exploded immediately.

This time following Dorgon to fight south, he felt an unprecedented abnormal atmosphere.

Dorgon changed his previous style of killing decisively, and everything was a bit strange. It seemed that Prince Rui Dorgon in front of him had the idea of ​​conserving his strength, and did not want to fight with the Southern Army in Jinhai Town.

Life and death.

"Besides, it is Prince Rui's decision to encircle the point and mobilize reinforcements. Now that the Nanmanzi reinforcements have arrived, no matter whether they come by sea or by land, our Qing soldiers should lure them into an ambush and annihilate them. How can we hear the news?

And back off?!"

After Abata finished speaking these words angrily, he still stared at Dorgon with his copper bell-like eyes.

Dorgon, on the other hand, listened to Abatai's speech expressionlessly, then looked at Prince Zheng Jierhalang and the respectful King Kong Youde, and asked:

"What do you two think?"

After hearing this, Jierhalang and Kong Youde looked at each other, and finally Jierhalang, Prince Zheng, spoke first.

"In my opinion, what Prince Rao Yu said makes sense. If Yang Zhen has sent reinforcements to the north by sea, our army's flanks and rear will indeed be in danger, but it would be a pity to withdraw from the siege. Mo Ruo—

—”

When Jierhalang said this, he touched his beard and fell into thinking.

"Moruo what?"

Dorgon asked further.

The reason why Dorgon had the option of retreating dozens of miles to the stronghold was not entirely because he wanted to preserve his strength or support the self-respect of the bandits, but because he was really worried about the dangers he might face on the way back.

In the past few days, Dorgon left the command of the heavy artillery bombardment to Jierhalang and Kong Youde, while he himself convened a group of ministers and generals from Zizhengbai Banner in his camp to study Liaodong

The terrain of the peninsula.

As a result, the more he studied, the more complicated his mood became.

The terrain of the Liaodong Peninsula, surrounded by sea on three sides, was very different from all the wars he had experienced in the past.

If there is no navy in Jinhae Town, or there are not many ships, then that's it, this battle is not difficult to fight.

However, according to his various understandings, Jinhai Town not only has a navy, but the navy's power is probably quite large.

The navy under Yang Zhen was able to set out from Songshan City, cross the Liaohai Sea, and transfer all the troops, tens of thousands of people, along with grain, grass, artillery and equipment, to Jinzhou, Lushun and other places in just two or three times, which fully illustrates its scale.

This means that once the sea ice in the northern part of Liaodong Bay completely melts, Xiongyue City, Gaizhou City, and even the area around Yaozhou Fort and Haizhou City will be under the threat of the Jinhai Town Navy.

Since then, the deeper he leads his army southward, and the longer it takes to move forward, the greater the threat facing his rear.

Once the escape route is cut off, food and grass cannot be transported in time, and if oneself forces troops under the fortified city, the consequences will be disastrous.

In Dorgon's mind, the self-army should retreat first, back to Xiongyue and even Gaizhou, and then use all their strength to build a navy as soon as possible and advance both by land and water. This is the fundamental strategy to annihilate Jinhai Town.

It was with such concerns and thoughts in his mind that Dorgon became increasingly hesitant in the face of the current situation.

And his hesitation and indecisiveness were naturally regarded by Abate, who had never thought about these issues, as a sign of ulterior motives or a decline in command ability.

"The reason why Yang Zhen was able to lead his army across the sea and establish a town at Lushunkou was essentially due to his navy. Prince Rui, it is normal for you to have concerns about this. In my opinion, our army will never be like this next.

arrange."

Prince Zheng Jierhalang had fought many battles with the Ming army that was active in Dongjiang Town at that time. He knew what Dorgon was worried about. He now expressed his thoughts from Dorgon's standpoint:

"First, you can ask King Gongshun to command all the heavy artillery and continue to storm Fuzhou City, giving the enemy the impression that Fuzhou City is in danger, prompting them to quickly go ashore for rescue.

"Secondly, you can send an order to Prince Ying or King Zhishun to lead his army south and ambush in the mountains south of Yongningjian City, waiting for the southern army to come ashore to rescue Fuzhou City.

"Third, you, Prince Rui, will lead the main horse infantry of the Zhengbai, Zhenglan, and Xianglan banners to set up an ambush in the area east of Xiping Mountain. Once Yang Zhen leads the Southern Dynasty reinforcements ashore, our Qing troops will immediately attack from the north and south.

When the time comes, once the Confederate army lands, they will have nothing to worry about. As many as they land, we can annihilate them!"

"Um……"

After Dorgon heard Jierhalang's words, he immediately hummed, nodded, and finally turned his gaze to Kong Youde's face.

Upon seeing this, Kong Youde immediately leaned forward, gave Dorgon a fist, and said: "The concerns in Prince Rui's heart are also the concerns in my servant's heart. The best way to fight at the moment, the best strategy, is to build the warship first, and then build the warship first.

Water Maker."

Kong Youde had already guessed Dorgon's thoughts, so before his cousin's own attitude, he first expressed his support for Dorgon, and then continued:

"It's just that this method takes a long time and requires a lot of material and financial resources. I'm afraid the capital won't be able to bear it. Therefore, I agree with Prince Zheng's suggestion to lure the reinforcements from Jinhai Town north by sea to land, and then fight with them in Fuzhou.

The coastal area north of the city!"

After saying these words, Kong Youde saw that Dorgon was still deep in thought and silent. He seemed to be dissatisfied with what he said. After thinking about it for a while, he continued:

"When I returned to the Qing Dynasty from Dengzhou, I had some understanding of the situation of sailing on the sea. Taking the sea route is different from taking the land route. With the current scale of Jinhai Town, the reinforcements that can go north by sea can only be four to five thousand at a time.

Just people and horses!

"If we remove the troops left behind in Jinzhou and Lushunkou, remove the troops currently surrounded in Fuzhou City, and establish a new Jinhai Town, how many reinforcements can come from the north?!"

When Kong Youde said this, his tone became more confident and firm.

"So, based on the slave's calculations, the reinforcements that Jinhai Town can go north by sea, even if Yang Zhen comes in person, will definitely not exceed 5,000 people!

"As for our Qing army, as long as we set up an ambush and eat these five thousand people, we can turn around and kill the chicken with a heavy force and take back the city in one fell swoop! In this way, we can also have an explanation for the capital!"

After Kong Youde finished speaking, Dorgon was still speechless for a long time.

However, Prince Zheng Jierhalang who was present could not help but nod his head, and Prince Abatai of Raoyu County, who always liked to sing the opposite, actually remained silent thoughtfully.

After a while, Dorgon finally nodded, made up his mind, and said, "Okay, let's do it."

After Dorgon made up his mind, his previous determination to kill was immediately revealed.

In the early morning of that day, there were still a few hours before dawn, Dorgon sent people to rush north to Xiongyue City, and ordered Azig to lead the main force of Xiangbai Banner south to lurk in the mountains and coast south of Yongning City, while he quickly attacked Fuzhou City.

The army outside was redeployed.

First, he ordered Prince Zheng Jierhalang and Prince Abatai of Dororaoyu to withdraw their troops from between Yingenmen and Fuzhou River, and set up an ambush in the southeastern mountains of Xiping Mountain.

Secondly, he himself continued to sit in the Manchu Tatar camp on the Pearl River in the north of Fuzhou City, commanding the main force of the Zhengbai Banner and the large number of heavy artillery teams that had been assembled and handed over to the command of the obedient King Kong Youde, waiting for daybreak to use heavy artillery as usual.

Bombard Fuzhou City.

In this way, a large net targeting the so-called maritime reinforcements in Fuzhou City was quickly rolled out under the command of Dorgon.

But the object that Dorgon wanted to capture or encircle and annihilate, that is, the Luotuoshan reinforcements led by Yang Zhen who came by sea, was unknown.

Of course, the net set up by Dorgon is almost destined to have no effect on Yang Zhen.

Because Yang Zhen already knew that Dorgon had deployed heavy troops in Fuzhou City, and knew that Dorgon was planning to encircle the point and bring reinforcements.

And that night, the information that Zhang Chen, Zhang Guogan, Li Shouzhong and others dug out from Li Shutai's mouth once again strengthened Yang Zhen's judgment.

After Li Shutai was brought back to the Xipingshan camp where he had stayed, his calf bone, which was broken by a war horse, received simple treatment from Zhang Chen and others.

However, after simple treatment, the interrogation methods Zhang Chen and others used on him made him wish he could die early.

In fact, Zhang Chen and others did not use any drastic measures. They just tied him to a pillar and asked people to burn his left and right hands with torches.

As the saying goes, ten fingers are connected to the heart. The ten fingers on both hands were burned alive, and the pain was unbearable.

As a result, before Zhang Chen completely burned his right hand, Li Shutai was already wailing and opening his mouth.

Next, Li Shutai, who was in agony, was like pouring beans through a bamboo tube, telling all the secrets he knew about the senior Manchu Tatars, as well as the composition and deployment of the army under Dorgon's control this time.

Even the dispute between his nominal maternal grandfather, Prince Abatai of Raoyu County, and the ordered general, Prince Rui Dorgon, were all told without reservation to Yang Zhen and others who came after hearing the news.

As for the information about Huang Taiji that Yang Zhen had previously obtained from Zu Dashou, this time, it was also fully supported through the mouth of Li Shutai.

With this information, combined with the previous reconnaissance results of his own army, Yang Zhen and his accompanying generals already had a clear understanding of the Manchu Tatar army outside Fuzhou City, as well as the Manchu Tatar defense situation in Xiongyue City and Gaizhou City.

Under such circumstances, not to mention that the maritime reinforcements that Yang Zhen sent to summon did not really arrive. Even if the maritime reinforcements did come, he would never throw himself into a trap and use the reinforcements outside Fuzhou City.
Chapter completed!