Whether willing or not, the war continued, and Liu Jun had to mobilize more troops to enter Liao. The troops crossed the Yangtze River, crossed the Liao Sea, climbed Lushun, and stationed in Zhenhai.

Jinzhou has become a bridgehead for the imperial court to counterattack Liaodong. The Chu army from Huguang, vendors from Shandong, and the people from Liaodong retreated, are busy and extremely lively.

A large number of soldiers landed every day, countless people took boats to Taiwan every day, and many business and traveling ships came and went. With the Jinzhou Fortress and the Jinzhou Canal, the 130-mile south land became a large island. A safe island, safe and large crowds of people made it full of business opportunities, and merchants came to hear the news.

On a new day, Liu Jun crowed with a rooster. After returning to Jinzhou, Liu Jun's life returned to the previous rules. Every day, the rooster crowed with a sword, practiced a sword, shot a rake, and rode out on a horse to run a circle along the canal bank, and finally jumped into the sea to swim for a while. After all, it was already dawn. Liu Jun returned to the Admiral's Mansion in Jinzhou City to take a shower, change into clean clothes, and his generals, staff, and consultants arrived.

The Qing army was still surrounding Jinzhou.

However, because Liu Jun had completely stabilized this bridgehead in southern Liaoning, Huang Taiji sent four generals including Kong Youde to lead the Han army in the Black Banner to the south, and on the other hand, he did not allow him to do so. He did not station in Liaoyang and deployed many troops in Liaoyang and around him. He did not dare to gather the entire army to siege the city of Jinzhou as in history.

For this reason, Hong Chengchou, who was the first to shout to destroy Yizhou, had already gathered 180,000 troops in Ningyuan, but he still did not reinforce Jinzhou immediately. He remained unmoved a hundred miles away.

Jinzhou presents a strange battlefield situation.

Zu Dashou led his troops to defend Jinzhou and was surrounded by the Qing army. Huangtaiji was surrounded by 180,000 Hong Suichou's army a hundred miles away from Jinzhou, and Liu Jun's army at the southern end of the southern peninsula in Liaoyang. At this time, the Bohai Sea was completely controlled by the Ming Navy, so although it besieged Jinzhou, it was hesitant and did not dare to lead a large army to attack Jinzhou.

As for the Ming army, although Hong Chengchou had large troops, he did not want to fight the Qing army in Jinzhou immediately. As for Liu Jun, he did not want to fight against the Qing army head-on in Jinzhou or even in Liaodong.

It was like three tigers meeting in the jungle, roaring each other and posing as an attack, but no one dared to take action rashly.

The situation outside the pass is so strange and extremely tranquil.

Chongzhen sent envoys to Jinzhou several times to ask Liu Jun whether he could send troops to attack Liaoyang or reinforce Jinzhou from sea. The elite troops of the Ming army gathered outside the pass, and Chongzhen believed that the Ming army had more than 200,000 troops. He was newly equipped with a large number of artillery and should have the ability to defeat the Qing army.

But he needed the support of the two front-line generals, Hong Chengchou and Liu Jun. Faced with the emperor's urgency, Liu Jun always gave up without any change in his return that the decisive battle had not come.

Liu Jun opposed the decisive battle and still insisted on adopting active defensive strategies against the Qing army, defending Jinzhou on one hand and stationing in Jinzhou on both sides, restraining the Qing army on both sides. Then he took a step-by-step approach to attack the Qing army's economy and let it bleed and die.

In order to calm the emperor's heart, Liu Jun also reported to the emperor again that he was about to send troops to North Korea, forcing North Korea to re-enter the Ming Dynasty, and also cut off the Qing army's arm and prevented them from obtaining help from food and grass soldiers from North Korea, further weakening their strength.

For prudent considerations, Liu Jun firmly opposed the current strategic decisive battle with the Qing army.

Fu Shan once asked a question that many senior officers of Jiutou wanted to ask. With Ning Jin's 200,000 army and the Chu army's 100,000 troops, the strength of the Ming Dynasty was far better than that of the Qing army. At this time, the decisive battle with the Qing army was a great opportunity. Why did Liu Jun oppose the decisive battle and was unwilling to do so?

Liu Jun mentioned to him the Battle of Sarhu twenty-two years ago. At that time, more than 100,000 Ming troops attacked, but the entire army was defeated and more than 50,000 troops were killed. In the Battle of Guangning 18 years ago, Guangning Guang had an army of 140,000 to 50,000 troops, but the Tartars captured Guangning and captured more than 40 cities in western Liaoning.

In Guangning's defeat, the court not only completely lost Liaodong, but also lost hundreds of thousands of grain and a large amount of armor in the cities of Guangning and other cities. It was this money and food that allowed the Tartars to survive the most serious crisis.

In war, we never rely on more soldiers to win. When fighting, we have many battles between the court and Jianlu. When did we win with more soldiers? On the contrary, the more soldiers there are, the more proactive the attack, the more miserable the defeat will be.

Because there are more soldiers, the more difficult it is to provide logistics, food and salary. The more soldiers, the more difficult it is to transfer unified commands and mobilize.

Although Liu Jun was not clear about the war process outside the pass at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he knew that it was because the Ming Dynasty buried all the last elites of the court outside the pass that the bandits in the Central Plains were uncontrollable. The chaos in the Central Plains caused the court to completely lose the ability to reorganize and defend outside the pass. In the end, Beijing was first captured by Li Zicheng, and then the Qing army entered the pass and stole the world.

Liu Jun was no longer when he first came to the Ming Dynasty. He was very clear about the real situation of the Ming army. Civil officials commanded the troops, eunuchs supervised the army, and the soldiers under him were of varying quality. It was difficult for the generals of the governors to cooperate unanimously. All the divisions of the court always had to pull back and the emperor had to command blindly. Such an army would not be as good as 200,000, or even more than 200,000, or even more 200,000, they might not be able to fight the Qing army with extremely high efficiency at this time.

Compared with the Qing army, what the Ming army lacks is efficiency and coordination. The Ming army is loose, but the Qing army can gather together. If the Ming army defends on the city, it would be fine if it takes the initiative to attack, it would be a death sentence. If it is just defense, then Liu Jun is undoubtedly more suitable to station in Jinzhou. It will not increase the burden on Ning Jin and can also separate the enemy.

If he wanted to attack, Liu Jun thought that the time was not right. No matter what, Liu Jun did not think that the Ming army had a great advantage over the Qing army at this time.

Liu Jun decided to send troops to North Korea.

Many generals said that Liu Jun bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong. Liu Jun told them that this is called picking the soft ones and avoiding the real and attacking the weak. This is also the best strategy for military strategy. If you have to fight head-on, it is just stupidity and does not mean courage.

Chongzhen finally gave up forcing Liu Jun to go to Jinzhou or attack Liaoyang. Because Liu Jun firmly opposed it, and also because Hong Chengchou also opposed the decisive battle with the Qing army immediately.

Although Hong Chengchou had advocated gathering troops to destroy Yizhou, Hong Chengchou had a completely different attitude now. Hong Chengchou said that the situation is changing now. The Chu army occupied Jinzhou and swept the southern part of Liao, which caused a heavy blow to the Qing army. Now the Qing army is in trouble. Therefore, he insisted on not changing and responding to all changes. As long as the Qing army dared to make any abnormal moves and sent troops to attack Jinzhou or Jinzhou, the imperial army could take the initiative to attack people, come to a counter-encirclement, or take the opportunity to counterattack.

Of course, in fact, Hong Chengchou was more considering that Liu Jun was fully opposed to the decisive battle at this time, without Liu Jun's support, although Hong Chengchou held a 200,000 army, he did not have much confidence in a decisive battle with Huang Taiji. In the current situation, the two armies confronted each other, Hong Chengchou was invincible, and both the generals and the court in western Liaoning were in a position of responsiveness to him. Once the war started, without Liu Jun's support, if he was defeated, even if he failed, he would definitely be impeached, or even demoted and removed from office. Since that is the case, why should he still fight?

Anyway, the Huangtai-Ji army is still stationed in Liaoyang, and the Qing army outside Jinzhou will not be able to break the Jinzhou city for a while.

However, when Hong Chengchou first advocated sending troops, the court has dispatched troops and has not fought, which inevitably made the emperor angry. For this reason, Hong Chengchou discussed with Guanning Director Gao Qiqian, the new Liaodong Governor Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liao, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Liao, and Qin Liangyu and Wu Sangui, and the generals of the 13 towns, including Qin Liangyu and Wu Sangui.

"Today, if you plan to build Liao, you must defend and fight with each other, and then you can become your guard. If you are not a wave of war, you must come out with a strange one, and then you can hold on to the battle."

Hong Chengchou's words meant that he was not afraid to fight, but that he thought that it was more suitable for the defensive moment. But he did not just plan to defend and take into account both defense and war. However, after showing his courage to fight, he was also in strength. Although he had to fight, he could not always fight head-on. He also had to adopt a variety of flexible combat methods like Duke of Chu, such as surprise attacks, ambushings, etc., so as to avoid head-on confrontation, fight decisively with the enemy, fall into the hope of the Qing army, and also attack and consume the enemy.

As soon as Hong Chengchou finished his words, General Wu Sangui of Ningyuan immediately responded and asked him for a fight. Wu Sangui was the nephew of Zu Dashou, the besieged general of Jinzhou, and was also a student of Hong Chengchou, and the adopted son of the director Gao Qiqian. Now Guanning has Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan and Jinzhou towns. Wu Sangui, the general of Ningyuan, is extremely trusted by Hong Gao. The Zu and Wu families are also generals in the western Liaoning army, and have a unique position in the Guanning army. Many generals are their children and disciples.

What's more, Wu Sangui was famous all over the world for his loyalty and filial piety, and was highly valued by the emperor. He was called a young general who is now on par with the Duke of Chu.

Wu Sangui took the initiative to ask for battle and was willing to lead troops to attack the Qing army outside Jinzhou. Since returning from Hubei, Wu Sangui's confidence has increased greatly. He transported back tens of Feilong guns, hundreds of red barbarian cannons, and hundreds of small cannons from Hubei. Wu Sangui's generals equipped most of the arms to his Ningyuan army. Now the Ningyuan Town troops under his command are the one with the largest and strongest firearms in the western Liaoning. Secondly, the Sichuan General Qin Liangyu.

With these firearms, Wu Sangui was very confident. In addition, his uncle was surrounded in Jinzhou City. He was eager to send troops to attack, and he tried to be powerful.

Hong Chengchou was very satisfied with Wu Sangui's initiative to ask for a fight.

"General Wu is very brave. I promised you to ask and ordered you to lead your troops to enter Songshan, south of Jinzhou."

Qin Liangyu also took the initiative to ask for the battle at this time, "Please allow the supervisor to allow the old son to lead the Sichuan soldiers to fight and get the blood debt from Jianlu."

"Mrs. I admire you. I also allow you to ask for your request and order you to lead your troops to enter the south Xingshan Mountain in Songshan."

"Thank you, Governor!" Qin Liangyu stood up to accept the order.

Subsequently, Hong Chengchou asked Sun Chuanting to lead the Shaanxi army to defend Tashan, and ordered the Liaodong deputy general Liu Zhaoji to guard the Bijia Pavilion. He also set the Bijia Pavilion as a place for grain and grass transported from the Shandong Sea to transport it to the use of the army of Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan. Hong Chengchou led a 100,000 army to continue to station in Ningyuan.

Hong Chengchou's layout is still the defense of two cities and three mountains. The two cities are Ningyuan, Jinzhou, and the three mountains are three coastal mountains between the two cities, with city fortresses stationed on it. These two cities and three mountains closely control the narrow Liaoxi Corridor. Moreover, since the Bohai Sea is controlled by the imperial navy, the two cities and three mountains can also receive support from the navy from the sea.

Wu Sangui rubbed his fists and was preparing to beat the Qing army with his newly obtained muskets and cannons to rescue his uncle Zu Dashou, and at the same time he also showed his might and made a profit.

Qin Liangyu was also preparing for her that she wanted to get her blood debt from the Qing army. In the Battle of Chenyang, thousands of white-rod soldiers fought bloody battles in Hunhe, and their entire army was wiped out.

When the sun rises in Jinzhou, Liu Jun also held a military discussion in the newly built Jinzhou Fortress.

The dispatch of troops to North Korea has been approved by the emperor, and what we need to discuss now is how to fight.

"My plan is to divide troops into two groups, send troops to the Yalu River one by one, re-occupate the Zhenjiang we destroyed last time, and send craftsmen to build a fortress fortress, and at the same time send troops to capture the south bank of the Yalu River, Yizhou City, North Korea, not far from the Zhenjiang River, and build a fortress in Yizhou. In addition, build a fortress in Tieshan on the south coast of the Yalu River estuary."

Liu Jun's intention was very obvious. Three fortresses were established between the Qing army and North Korea, on both sides of the Yalu River, on the southern coast and on the island, and completely cut off the ties between North Korea and the Qing army.

"From today, the third Beiyang Fleet stationed in Miao Island will be moved to Pi Island. With Pi Island and Sinmi Island as the base, it will cooperate with the 4563rd Division of the Third Division to build three cities of Zhenjiang, Yizhou and Tieshan, and guard the three cities."

"The Fifth and Sixth Divisions have six Jinzhou, and the Second Fleet is stationed in Qingni Port." Liu Jun pointed at the sand table in the war room, "I will personally lead the Second and Fourth Divisions and the First Fleet to send troops directly from the sea to Seoul, North Korea."

In the tenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army attacked North Korea and surrounded King Li Jue, forcing North Korea to execute the war-first faction, and instead paid tribute to the Qing Dynasty, and opened up trade. The Qing army then withdrew to Liaodong.

At this time, there was no Qing Dynasty in the territory of North Korea.

However, North Korea's small country survived in the gap between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. It turned out that it was grateful to the Ming Dynasty for sending troops to North Korea to help them drive away Japanese pirates to restore the country. However, after being directly attacked by North Korea twice, it could only turn to the Qing Dynasty. It opened up to the Qing Dynasty, provided food and grass, and even sent Korean soldiers to attack the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jun attaches great importance to North Korea. Although North Korea is very weak, its population is quite large. If the Qing army is allowed to control North Korea, the Qing Dynasty will be able to obtain a large amount of population and food and supplies from North Korea.

But Liu Jun is also optimistic about the dispatch of troops to North Korea this time. North Korea has no strength and there is no Qing army stationed in its territory. Liu Jun doesn't even need to travel thousands of miles from land, arrive directly near Seoul at sea, and then land at the city. At that time, as long as the Korean monarch and ministers see the strength of the Nine-Headed Bird, they naturally know how to choose.
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