When Liao Wenru received the intelligence from Niu Ben again, the army had already prepared to attack Liaoyang City.

After receiving the information, Liao Wenru breathed a sigh of relief and sent Zu Dashou to lead 50,000 Denglai New Army soldiers to urgently cross the Liao River to return to Xiping Fort. This was originally a very risky move. If the purpose of the Eight Banners Army was to fight to the death To protect Liaoyang, Anshan and other places and prepare to fight to the death with Denglai's new army, Liao Wenru's decision was completely wrong.

The total strength of Denglai's new army that attacked Liaoyang was only 90,000, plus the 30,000 navy led by Niu Ben, that is, 120,000. What they had to face was the 100,000 troops stationed in Liaoyang, Anshan, Yaozhou and other places. Fifty thousand Eighth Banner Army sergeants.

Maintaining the superiority in military strength during this attack on Houjin is one of the greatest guarantees of victory. According to the requirements of the emperor and the court, the Denglai New Army cannot be weaker than the Eight Banners Army, at least in terms of strength.

Now it seems that Jierhalang is bold enough and courageous enough. He not only gave up Gaizhou, but also completely gave up Yaozhou and Haizhou, and may even give up Anshan. His purpose was to completely disrupt the Denglai New Army. Combat deployment.

Jierhalang hoped to win by disrupting the battle situation, while Liao Wenru worked steadily to eliminate the effective forces of the Eight Banners Army step by step, including Qiao Mingjun who went to Zhenbeiguan and led the most elite Denglai New Army soldiers.

The only question that Liao Wenru needed to thoroughly understand was how many sergeants Jierhalang dispatched to attack Xiping Fort. Did he dispatch all the 60,000 Eighth Banner Army sergeants stationed in Anshan? Or, in other words, Jierhalang simply dispatched Abandoning the city of Yaozhou, all the Eight Banners Army sergeants who were supposed to be stationed in Yaozhou were dispatched to Anshan, leaving about 10,000 sergeants to garrison Anshan. The rest of the Eight Banners Army sergeants were all dispatched to prepare for a raid on Xiping Fort.

It is not very possible for such a large-scale troop mobilization to be kept completely confidential. The Intelligence Department and the scouts will definitely be able to obtain accurate information as soon as possible.

When Jin Li entered the temporary Chinese military tent, the anxious look on Liao Wenru's face was gone.

On the desk are documents from the Intelligence Department and intelligence documents detected by the scouts.

"General Jin, sit down and talk."

Jin Li did not sit down. After clasping his fists at Liao Wenru, he stood beside him.

Liao Wenru didn't force it. He walked to the front of the sand table and looked at the map on the table.

"Ji'erhalang is very powerful, and he also knows that he is attacking in the east and in the west. He did not send the Eight Banners Army to defend Yaozhou City. Instead, he dispatched thousands of people from Haizhou to pretend to be soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and entered Yaozhou City. This move It confused us. If General Niu Ben hadn’t captured Yaozhou City in time and investigated all this, we would still have been kept in the dark..."

Jin Li nodded.

"Commander, my subordinates think that Jierhalang has such ability. They even think that Jierhalang looks weak on the surface, but his ability even exceeds Dorgon. During the previous dynasty, Jierhalang fought Many battles were won, and the battle achievements far exceeded those of Duduo, Azig and others, and the battles in which Jierhalang won were all very crucial battles..."

"When I was still in the Han army, I heard a lot of discussions. Daishan, Haoge, Dorgon and Jierhalang were the four most respected people. Among them, they were called brave and brave. The planners were Daishan, Dorgon and Jierhalang. Among them, Daishan’s strategy was the most outstanding, followed by Jierhalang. At that time, Dorgon was not as good as Jierhalang..."

Liao Wenru smiled and waved.

"General Jin, Jierharang is thirteen years older than Dorgon, and his military exploits are naturally not weaker than Dorgon's. Daishan is twenty-nine years older than Dorgon. In terms of power, Dorgon is

Ergon and these two people are naturally incomparable. Well, I came to you mainly for one thing, and you come to see it."

Liao Wenru walked to the front of the map and pointed to the large blank area to the west of Anshan, Haizhou, and Yaozhou.

"You are somewhat familiar with the Eight Banners Army, especially the Han Eight Banners, and know their fighting habits. According to the intelligence we have detected, the soldiers stationed in Liaoyang this time are mainly the Manchu Eight Banners and the Meng Eight Banners' sergeants. Most of the ones who are likely to take the initiative are the Han Eight Banners.

, This is also where Jierhalang was smart. He sent the Han Eight Banners to take the initiative to attack. Even if they suffered heavy losses, it was not a huge loss for the Eight Banners Army. But if the Han Eight Banners could successfully attack,

It’s different for me, the Denglai New Army.”

"I have prepared three hundred scouts for you. Next, you and your scouts must detect whether there are a large number of Eight Banners troops in this area within two days. If you detect any news, report it immediately without delay.

..”

Jin Li cupped his fists at Liao Wenru.

"My subordinates obey your orders and must investigate the movements of the Eight Banners Army and report them to the commander..."

Liao Wenru quickly waved to Jin Li.

"General Jin, you must not alert the Eight Banners Army. You only have three hundred people, so don't rush into the flames. Your task is to command the scouts and accurately detect whether there are Eight Banners Army sergeants marching in this area and where they are marching.

As for what their movements are, it would be best if you can detect them, but don’t force yourself if you can’t..."

"There is a fake Wu Shojin in Yaozhou. If I predict correctly, the real Wu Shojin should be leading the attack, preparing to cross the Liao River to attack Xiping Fort. There are twelve banners of the Eight Banners Army stationed in Liaoyang and Anshan, among which all the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are

The total number of troops dispatched is close to 50,000. With these troops, Jierhalang is enough to disrupt our rear..."

Zu Dashou led 50,000 soldiers of the Denglai New Army to rush to Xiping Fort. Few people knew about it, Jin Li was one of them, so he could understand the reason for Liao Wenru's arrangement.

The intelligence department's spies were all over Houjin, but it was difficult for these spies to detect the core intelligence of Houjin. After Dorgon took control of Houjin, the xenophobic sentiments of the Manchu nobles became serious, and the Han people had almost no way to obtain the information of the Manchu nobles.

Absolute trust, even Han ministers like Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo who were loyal to Hou Jin were ostracized, not to mention other Han people.

Dorgon may not have imagined that it was his unintentional move that made it difficult for the Wu court to obtain the core information of Houjin immediately, such as what kind of arrangements Jierhalang made for this expedition.

, the Intelligence Department tried its best, but in the end found nothing.

However, after the battle began, the huge role of the Intelligence Department was immediately highlighted. Their tentacles extending to various places quickly fed back information, which was constantly integrated with the situations detected by the scouts, helping Liao Wenru and others make decisions.

More importantly, Qiao Mingjun, Niu Ben and others have all worked in the Intelligence Department and have a very clear understanding of the huge role of intelligence, so once they become commanders, they will spare no effort to collect intelligence.

Jin Li clasped his fists and saluted again, and when he was about to leave the Zhongjun tent, Liao Wenru waved his hand gently.

"General Jin, don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet. I haven't said the most important thing yet..."

Jin Li was stunned for a moment and looked at Liao Wenru.

"Three hundred scouts are divided into two teams. The first team will go directly back to Liaoyang and report to me the detected situation. The second team will go to Xiping Fort and report the detected news to Zu Dashou. I think you can lead the second team directly

Heading to Xiping Fort..."

Jin Li nodded and understood Liao Wenru's arrangement.

"I obey my orders. I will definitely detect accurate information and send it to General Zu..."

Liao Wenru nodded, his expression becoming serious.

"General Jin, I have written a letter to Zu Dashou, informing him that you will be his deputy. My previous order to General Zu was not to enter Xiping Fort, and to ambush the Eight Banners Army on the spot after obtaining accurate information. Now look

Come on, I was a little overconfident in my previous arrangements. How many people are there in the Eight Banners Army attacking Xipingbao? What if they are ambushed, unwilling to fight, flee in all directions, and invade our other places in Liaodong..."

"The battle situation is changing rapidly, and the most critical point is that Jierhalang suddenly changed his mind and ordered the Eight Banners Army to attack from behind us. We have to guard against this..."

"After you arrive at Xiping Fort, you will not only assist General Zu in fighting, but also think and analyze the situation with General Zu. If necessary, you can dispatch the Denglai New Army soldiers stationed at Xiping Fort..."

"Three hundred scouts have been prepared. You set off now. You will mainly conduct reconnaissance at night. Try to stay dormant during the day. You must not expose yourself, let alone be captured alive by the Eight Banners Army..."

After Jin Li left, Liao Wenru's heart was beating a little. He didn't know why. Could it be that he still felt uneasy, or was there something he hadn't thought clearly about? Needless to say, the key to this battle was, of course,

Before leaving the capital, the emperor also had a secret talk with Liao Wenru. If he could not completely defeat and annihilate Hou Jin's small court this time, the sky would not fall. At worst, he would just look for opportunities to completely annihilate Hou Jin's small court in the future.

After walking out of the Chinese military tent, Liao Wenru looked in the direction of Liaoyang City. The main task of the army at present was to besiege Liaoyang City. They would not launch an attack in the short term. However, they would launch a comprehensive harassment of the Eight Banners Army of the Later Jin Dynasty stationed in the city, so that they could attack soon.

There is no peace, this matter still needs to be done, and it needs to be done with great fanfare.

Seeing Zheng Xiaoru coming from a distance, Liao Wenru couldn't help but frowned. Zheng Xiaoru was here to persuade Liao Wenru, but such persuasion had little effect on Liao Wenru for the time being. He was thinking about the battle.

Liao Wenru had no time to think about personal matters.

After taking the initiative to greet him, Liao Wenru looked at Zheng Xiaoru and spoke.

"Brother, you are also a guerrilla general of the Denglai New Army. The war is about to begin. Isn't it good for you to always follow me? I think you should participate in the battle. What do you think..."

Zheng Xiaoru grinned.

"Commander, my subordinates have long wanted to join the war, but the Emperor has a will..."

Liao Wenru smiled slightly.
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