Tanglin is in the hilly area northeast of Shenyang City, more than ten miles away from the city.At dusk, the coalition army and the Qing army set up camp near Tanglin, six or seven miles apart.The coalition forces were divided into two battalions, stationed to the east and north of Tanglin, while the Qing army was stationed on the north bank of the Xinkai River, near the middle of the three points of Beiling, Tanglin and Shenyang.In this way, Hong Chengchou took care of the defense of Dongling, Beiling and Shenyang at the same time.The two armies set up camp, and the coalition scouts immediately interspersed between Dongling and Beiling, and the two sides broke out in a dense cavalry battle in the wilderness.The cavalry of the Qing army went out in all directions, closely monitoring the movements of the Ming army, stopping the Ming army's sentry cavalry, peeking into the camp of the Qing army, and preventing the coalition army from making a detour to raid Shenyang City.The two sides interspersed the battlefield for more than twenty or thirty miles, and neither could completely stop the other side's sentinels, and both armies were under the noses of the other side, and there was no secret to speak of.After the Qing army went out of the city and set up camp, the coalition forces on the opposite side did not launch an offensive.Zhao Mingyuan came from Lushun, marched hundreds of miles, the army needed to rest, and to attack the Qing army, it was necessary to bypass the Tanglin garrisoned by the Qing army, and it was almost dusk, so the army did not attack immediately.In the big tent of the Qing army, many Qing army generals gathered, and Hong Chengchou also put on armor, pressed his sword in his hand, and stood in front of the map hanging in the big tent, showing the importance of this battle.In the tent, the Qing generals Han Dai, Lan Bu, Bayan, Jin Yuhe, Ren Zhen, Kong Xigui and other generals stood solemnly and sent after listening with solemn expressions.Hong Chengchou said mockingly: "Although the enemy army has 100,000, its elite soldiers are only about 40,000, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are all overwhelmed North Korean soldiers."
Zhao Zamao brought these soldiers and horses, but it was just a waste of grain and grass, which was really unwise. ”Once upon a time, field warfare was a dream of the Qing army, but at this time, the Qing army was forced to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army in order to protect the two mausoleums.The Qing soldiers left the fortified city of Shenyang and camped in the wilderness without the protection of the city walls, and they were all a little panicked and uneasy.Hong Chengchou felt the uneasy atmosphere in the army, first appeased the generals, and then continued: "Our army has more than 20,000 elite soldiers, and more than 40,000 Manchurian dependents and coats, and the difference between the strength and the enemy army is not big, and the Manchurian dependents are all able to shoot bows, and their strength is not weaker than that of the Korean army. ”Many Qing army generals listened to Hong Chengchou's words to boost morale, and Han Dai said in a deep voice: "Lord Zhongtang thinks how to deal with this battle, and we will listen to Lord Zhongtang's arrangement!"
”Seeing this, Hong Chengchou waved his hand easily: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the key to this battle is to hold on to Dongling and Zhaoling until the Horqin cavalry arrives."
If the enemy army can't attack for a long time, it will definitely be tired, and when the reinforcements arrive, it will not be difficult to defeat Zhao Zamao!
”Han Dai bowed slightly, and Bayan said: "If the Horqin foreign feudal troops come in time, we may really be able to turn defeat into victory." ”Hong Chengchou immediately raised his arms and shouted: "The current situation is only to desperately defend the two tombs.Han Dai, Tanglin was built on Tianzhu Mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, this hall will order you to lead 10,000 clothes, 5,000 Manchurian dependents to garrison Tanglin.Auxiliary general Lan Bu, Zhaoling is located in the north of Shengjing, the terrain is flat, and you will lead 25,000 Manchurian dependents and Baoyi to defend it.The parish will lead 20,000 elite soldiers in the center, ready to reinforce you!
”"Wow!"
Many Qing troops saluted in unison, and the tent was slaughtered.The Qing army hurriedly mobilized, and Han Dai and Lan Bu hurriedly led their men and horses to deploy defenses.Previously, the guards of the two mausoleums had already arranged simple defenses, dug trenches, arranged horses and antlers, and Manchurian dependents entered the two mausoleums, giving full play to the ability of mountain and forest hunters, and arranging many traps.At this time, as the sky grew dark, the two armies of rangers fought and chased in the wilderness for a while, and then began to retreat into the camp, and the corpses of the sentry riders on both sides were scattered everywhere in the wilderness, as well as the ownerless war horses, which were particularly dazzling.Dongling Shizui Mountain, the Manchu Qing Dynasty called the foot of Tianzhu Mountain, two cavalry of nearly 1,000 people drove the approaching Qing cavalry on the left and right, in the middle of the two cavalry, Zhao Ming led a group of generals, personally galloped to the bottom of Nurhachi's mausoleum, observing the terrain.Zhao Ming looked at the top of the mountain, saw the flag fluttering above, and looked at more than 10,000 Qing troops, boarding Tanglin from the southwest of Shizui Mountain to set up defenses, his eyes kept flashing.The Ming Dynasty has been lost outside the pass for decades, Zhao Ming is not familiar with the terrain here, but fortunately, Tang Tong, as a general of the nine sides, has studied the terrain outside the pass, and is pointing to the location of Shizui Mountain with a horse whip and said: "Dashuai, this mountain is called Shizui Mountain, and the Qing army camp is located in the rear of Shizui Mountain." ”Zhao Ming nodded, touched the short beard under the E, the entire battlefield is the line from Beiling to Dongling, and the terrain of Dongling Shizui Mountain is higher, the coalition army must attack on the back, and the Qing army camp is behind Shizuishan, so it can continuously send troops up the mountain.In this way, attacking the eastern tomb of Shizui Mountain would easily turn into an oil-adding war, which would be extremely unfavorable to the coalition forces.Zhao Ming raised his horsewhip and said in a deep voice: "Shizuishan will be a stable support point for the eastern front of the flood thief, let's go to the western front to have a look!"
”At that moment, Zhao Ming clamped the belly of the horse, and led everyone to run westward, and the two thousand cavalry guarding the guard forced the Qing army sentry cavalry to retreat, and they pulled their horses and followed.Not long after, Zhao Ming and his entourage came to Beiling on the west side of Shizui Mountain in Dongling, but here is a flat river, surrounded by plains.Zhao Ming stood on the horse, observed the Beiling with a clairvoyant mirror, and saw that the Qing soldiers were sweating like rain digging deep trenches, arranging antlers and rejecting horses for defense."
The whole front, the terrain is high in the east and flat in the west.The Shizuishan Heights in the east has occupied a favorable position in the hands of the Qing army, while the terrain in the west is flat, suitable for the elite of the army. ”Zhao Ming asked.The terrain on the western front was flat, and it was originally a place for the cavalry of the Qing army, but most of the main forces of the Eight Banners of the Qing army were transferred to the Guannei, and there was no cavalry in the nest outside the Guan.The coalition army had 3,000 iron cavalry, which offset the advantage of the Qing cavalry to a certain extent, so Zhao Ming dared to place the main attack on the plain to the west."
We will obey the orders of the commander!"
Xie Qian and the others immediately clenched their fists and responded solemnly.Seeing this, Zhao Ming immediately waved his hand, "Okay, go back to the camp to discuss in detail, and break the enemy in a battle tomorrow!"
”At that moment, Zhao Ming and his entourage rushed back to the camp, and discussed with everyone some details and tactics of attacking the Qing army tomorrow.At this time, Zhao Ming picked up the tent and came out, the sky was completely dark, and the sound of cannons was heard from time to time in the direction of Shizui Mountain in the distance, and there were rockets that pierced the night sky and fell to the top of the mountain, igniting the mountains and forests, causing the defenders to panic.It was the Ming army scout, harassing the Jin army and exhausting the defenders so that they could break the enemy tomorrow.()