"I feel relieved that Fan Aiqing is in charge of the task of defensive delay, so I will follow what Prince Su said.

For this period of time, we have been adopting passive defense and active retreat. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and their emperor must have relaxed their vigilance against us.

I received the news that the Ming army had used troops to Fusang. Yuan Keli led half of the main forces of the Denglai Navy Division to conquer Fusang. The guardian power of the Liaodong Peninsula will inevitably weaken. This is a good opportunity for the rise of our Qing Dynasty." Haoge added.

When Dorgon and Fan Wencheng heard this, they both said, "The Qing Dynasty will win this battle!"

At the end of June, more than 200,000 soldiers in the Qing Dynasty prepared for war and entered a state of readiness. The martial law was directly in Shengjing, and all surrounding cities were under high centralized management.

Materials were gathered together, whether it was the Han people or the Jurchens, for this war, the Qing Dynasty bet on all its belongings, and they didn't care about the lives and deaths of ordinary people.

As long as the war is won, everything is worth it.

There is one thing that the Qing Dynasty did say very well.

Because of the successive victory, both ordinary soldiers and grassroots officers in the Ming Dynasty had a certain sense of pride and did not even take the Jurchens seriously.

It is good to contempt for the enemy, but if this behavior is tactical, it will easily capsize in the gutter.

The price of the Jurchens' head has never been reduced.

It can be said that it is the most valuable thing for the Jurchens to preserve their value now, and many Liaodong soldiers have made their fortunes because of this.

Now, everyone is rushing to go to the war against the Jurchens because as long as you follow the army, you will basically win. If you can take the opportunity to get a few Jurchens' heads, you will get rich in one go!

In just less than two years, soldiers in Liaodong went from running away when they saw the Jurchen cavalry before to running after chasing the Jurchens. This confidence is good, but they are afraid that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated.

However, both Zhu Youjian and the senior officers of the Ming Dynasty were always very alert to the Jurchens, and they were reminded that they suddenly launched an attack or used some secret tricks.

From the very beginning, the Jianzhou Jurchens were the number one enemy in the plan set by Xiao Sheng and Zhu Youjian.

Although we have now used troops to Southeast Dao and Fusang, in fact, if necessary, we can suspend the war against the two places at any time and eliminate the Jurchens with all our might.

Of course, it doesn't need to do that now.

The Jurchens were stationing troops, accumulating strength, and contacting allies, and the Ming Dynasty was not idle either.

Although the Ming Dynasty is now using military forces and spending money like flowing water, Xiao Sheng exchanged a large amount of silver by using the time and space trade in ancient and modern times, and transported it here every day with a conveyor belt, directly providing a large amount of funds to the Ming Dynasty.

It’s easy to do things if you have money.

The original crux of the Ming Dynasty was that natural disasters continued and food was insufficient.

After this period of wars everywhere, a large number of landlords and gentry were eliminated, which greatly alleviated the pressure of population and land conflicts.

There are also high-yield crops that have been harvested one after another, and the food problem has been basically solved.

There is enough money to use the method of opening factories to use labor instead of relief, which not only solves the people displaced due to natural disasters, but also brings new economic growth points to various places.

The comprehensive national strength of the Ming Dynasty was constantly increasing, especially its military strength, and it was constantly improving.

Not to mention the renewal of weapons and equipment, just in terms of corps construction, after a series of verification of troops and military system reorganization, it is already very different from the original one.

The original Ming soldiers were "half soldiers and half civilians", but in fact they were just a group of farmers who had picked up weapons.

But the current Ming officers and soldiers are real professional soldiers, and they are undergoing very fulfilling training every day, and at least one of the combat power can compare to the previous three or five soldiers.

Moreover, in terms of thought, it is already different from before.

Originally, they joined the army to "get pay". Although the military pay is very attractive now, what prompted the soldiers to fight was more about their belief in the Ming Dynasty.

The number of Liaoxi Corps controlled by Cao Wenzhao reached 120,000. These people were not the same type of soldiers who would only escape and hide in the city when they saw the Jurchens.

Instead, the Ming officers and soldiers who were able to fight against Jianlu head-on in the wilderness.

The Jizhou army on Mao Yuanyi's side also expanded to 30,000, of which 10,000 were soldiers composed of Mongol tribes such as Korqin.

These Mongolian tribes were originally surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty, but after the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers subdued them, they began to transform their thoughts on the people of these tribes, making them realize that the Jurchens were just afraid that they would be regarded as inferior slaves, while the Ming people truly regarded them as ordinary people.

After a period of teaching, the ideas of these Mongolian tribes have greatly changed. In addition, after becoming the Ming Dynasty, their living standards have indeed improved a lot.

So they are willing to be part of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there must be other considerations in this, such as the Ming Empire is at its peak and is very powerful. As long as these Mongolian tribes are not stupid, they also know that only by seeking over to the Ming Dynasty is the real and correct choice.

Therefore, some people began to actively join the Ming army and became the helpers of the Ming army to attack the Jurchens.

Yuan Keli's army has expanded the largest number.

First there were 20,000 Naval Divisions, then there were 20,000 Naval Divisions, and then there were 15,000 Jinzhou Army, 15,000 Fuzhou Army, and 15,000 Gaizhou Army.

During the expedition to Fusang, Yuan Keli took away 15,000 people from the Denglai Navy and 20,000 people from the Navy Land Battle Camp.

The five thousand people from the navy stayed in the Denlai area for maritime defense work.

The 45,000 troops stationed in the Liaodong Peninsula were the coalition forces of the three states.

The Dongjiang Army on Mao Wenlong also had 45,000 elite soldiers.

The number of main forces of the Ming army surrounding the Qing Dynasty was nearly 250,000!

In terms of military strength, the number of Ming Dynasty official troops is not smaller than that of the Jurchens.

Of course Dorgon knew this critical information.

That's why he emphasized the need for speed.

The Ming Dynasty's army in the Liaodong region was relatively scattered, and the advantage of the Qing Dynasty was that it could gather most of its troops to attack one place.

Dorgon wanted to quickly defeat part of the Ming army. When the other Ming army did not react, he tried to eliminate more Ming army.

On the one hand, it was to plunder materials, and on the other hand, it was to reduce the overall strength of the Ming army in Liaodong.

Dorgon was preparing to send troops to attack the Ming army in the Dalinghe area on July 10th, but on July 6th, he received a war report from the east.

Mao Wenlong launched a large-scale attack, with a total force of more than 40,000 people. He had already captured Xin'an Fort within one day. Now that the troops are surrounding Tongyuan Fort, it is estimated that the defenders on Tongyuan Fort cannot resist for two days and will inevitably be captured.

Judging from Mao Wenlong's march route, this guy's intention was to attack Shengjing without any concealment.
Chapter completed!