Dongling is located in a hilly area northeast of Shenyang City, more than ten miles away from the city.

At dusk, the coalition forces and the Qing army set up camp near the Dongling Mountains six or seven miles apart.

The coalition was divided into two battalions, stationed on the east and north of Dongling, while the Qing army was stationed on the north bank of Xinkaihe, just near the middle of Beiling, Dongling and Shenyang City.

In this way, Hong Chengchou took into account the defenses of the three places of Dongling, Beiling and Shenyang at the same time.

The two armies set up camp, and the coalition scouts immediately interspered between the Dongling and Beiling. The two sides broke out in the wilderness.

The Qing cavalry went out everywhere, closely monitoring the movements of the Ming army, preventing the Ming army from stumbled on the Ming army, peeping at the Qing army's camp, and preventing the coalition forces from detouring to attack Chenyang City.

Both sides interspersed on the battlefield where the two sides were 20 or 30 miles apart, and no one could completely stop the other's whistle cavalry. Both armies were under the eyes of each other, and there was no secret to each move.

After the Qing army left the city and set foot on the camp, the coalition forces on the opposite side did not launch an offensive.

Zhao Mingyuan came from Lushun and marched for hundreds of miles. The army needed to rest and attack the Qing army, and needed to bypass the Dongling where the Qing army was stationed. In addition, it was almost dusk, so the army did not attack immediately.

In the Qing army's tent, many Qing army generals gathered. Hong Chengchou also criticized the armor, held the sword in his hand, and stood in front of the map hanging in the tent, showing his importance to this battle.

In the tent, the Qing generals Han Dai, Ramb, Bayan, Jin Yuhe, Ren Zhen, Kong Xigui and others stood up with a solemn expression and listened to the dispatch of the emperor.

Hong Chengchou said sarcastically: "Although the enemy has 100,000, its elite troops are only about 40,000, and the rest of the troops are all Korean soldiers who are unworthy of use. Zhao Zamao brought these troops and horses to waste food and grass, which is really an unwise move."

Once upon a time, field battles were the dreams of the Qing army, but at this time, in order to protect the two tombs, the Qing army was forced to leave the city to fight the Ming army to a decisive battle.

The Qing army soldiers left the Shenyang Jiancheng and camped in the wilderness without the protection of the city walls, and were a little nervous.

Hong Chengchou felt the uneasy atmosphere in the army, first comforted the generals, and then continued: "Our army has more than 20,000 elite soldiers, and more than 40,000 Manchu families and Baoyi. The troops are not much different from the enemy. Moreover, the Manchu families can all draw bows and their strength is not weaker than the Korean army. I think there is great potential for this battle!"

After hearing Hong Chengchou's morale-boosting words, Han Dai said in a deep voice: "Master Zhongtang thought how to deal with this battle, we all listened to Master Zhongtang's arrangements!"

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou waved his hand relaxedly: "The generals come to block the water and soil. The key to this battle is to defend Dongling and Zhaoling until the Korqin cavalry arrives. If the enemy cannot capture it for a long time, they will inevitably be exhausted. Once the reinforcements arrive, it will not be difficult to defeat Zhao Zamao!"

Han Dai nodded slightly and said, "If the Korqin foreign soldiers came in time, we might be able to turn defeat into victory."

Hong Chengchou immediately raised his arm and shouted: "The current situation is to defend the two tombs to death. Han Dai, the Dong Tomb is built on Tianzhu Mountain. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This hall will ask you to lead 10,000 Baoyi, and 5,000 Manchu family members to guard the Dong Tomb. The auxiliary state general Ramb, Zhaoling is located north of Shengjing. The terrain is flat, so you will lead 25,000 Manchu family members and Baoyi to guard. This hall will lead 20,000 elite troops to be in the middle and reinforce you at any time!"

"Zhe!" Many Qing soldiers saluted thousands of salutes, and the tent was full of murderous death.

The Qing army quickly mobilized, and Han Dai and Ramb hurriedly led their troops to deploy defenses.

Previously, the tomb guards of the two tombs had arranged simple defenses, dug trenches, and arranged horse-resisting horses and deer antlers. Manchu family members entered the two tombs, used their ability to hunters in the mountains and forests, and laid many traps.

At this time, as the sky gradually darkened, the two armies fought and chased each other in the wilderness for a while and began to retreat into the camp. The bodies of the whistle riders on both sides and the unowned war horses were scattered everywhere in the wilderness, which looked particularly dazzling.

Dongling Shizui Mountain, called it at the foot of Tianzhu Mountain by the Qing Dynasty, two cavalry of nearly a thousand people drove away the approaching Qing cavalry, one left and one right. Among the two cavalry, Zhao Ming led a group of generals to personally marching under Nurhaci's tomb and observe the terrain.

Zhao Ming looked at the mountain and saw the flags flying above. He looked at more than ten thousand Qing troops and climbed to the Dongling to deploy defenses from the southwest of Shizui Mountain, his eyes flashing constantly.

It has been decades since the Ming Dynasty lost the outside of the pass. Zhao Ming is not familiar with the terrain here. Fortunately, as a general on the nine sides, Tang Tong had some research on the terrain outside the pass. He pointed at the location of Shizui Mountain with a horse whip and said: "Master, this mountain is called Shizui Mountain, and the Qing army camp is stuck behind Shizui Mountain."

Zhao Ming nodded and touched the short beard under the Hubei. The entire battlefield was from Beiling to Dongling. The terrain of Shizui Mountain in Dongling was relatively high, so the coalition forces had to attack from the rear. The Qing army camp was behind Shizui Mountain, and they could send troops to the mountain continuously.

In this way, attacking Shizui Shandong Dongling will easily lead to a war of fuel, which is extremely unfavorable to the coalition forces.

Zhao Ming raised the horse whip and said in a deep voice: "Shizui Mountain will be the stable support point for Hongzi's eastern line. Let's go to the western line to take a look!"

At that moment, Zhao Ming grabbed the horse's belly and led everyone to the west. The two thousand cavalry guards forced the Qing army's whistle cavalry to retreat, and then they all pulled out their horses and followed them.

Soon, Zhao Ming and his group came to Beiling, west of Shizui Mountain in Dongling. It was a flat mountain and plain on all sides.

Zhao Ming led a horse to stand up and observed Beiling with a thousand-mile mirror. He saw Qing soldiers sweating profusely digging deep trenches, laying down deer antlers and resisting horses for defense.

"The entire front has a high terrain in the east and flat in the west. The Shizui Mountain Highland in the east has already occupied a good geographical advantage in the hands of the Qing army, while the terrain in the west is flat, suitable for the elite army to unfold. I decided to follow the previous proposal to attack the Western Front. Do you have any objections?" Zhao Mingyang asked.

The terrain of the western front was flat, and it was originally a place where the Qing cavalry used its power. However, most of the main forces of the Qing army's Eight Banners were transferred into the pass, but there were no cavalry in the old nest outside the pass.

The coalition had three thousand iron cavalry, which to some extent offset the advantage of the Qing cavalry, so Zhao Ming dared to place the main attack on the plain to the west.

"We are obeying the orders of the general!" Xie Qian and others immediately clasped their fists and responded solemnly.

Seeing this, Zhao Ming waved his hand, "Okay, go back to the camp and discuss in detail, and defeat the enemy in a battle tomorrow!"

At this moment, Zhao Ming and his group rushed back to the camp and discussed with everyone some details and tactics for attacking the Qing army tomorrow. As the third day approached, each of them dispersed from the tent.

At this time, Zhao Ming picked up the tent and it was dark. The sound of cannons came from time to time in the distance from Shizui Mountain. Rockets cut through the night sky and fell towards the top of the mountain, igniting the mountains and forests, causing panic in the defenders.
Chapter completed!