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Chapter 1050 The decisive battle

In the early morning, Shang Kexi sent a definite news. It was already certain that a 50,000-strong army avoided the Qing army camp in the north and marched north along the valley against the Daling River.

At this time, the army of Gan was about to enter Yiwulu Mountain, and their purpose was self-evident, which was to bypass the battlefield and go straight to Huanglong.

Because Haoge previously dispatched Korqin's cavalry to western Liaoning to raid the interfering army's food route, and transferred the Qing army stationed in Guangning to the north of Dalinghe City, which caused the north to be empty.

This created the opportunity for the Gan army to penetrate northward, bypass the main force of the Qing army, and sneak attack on Chenyang.

After Shang Kexi found the exact news, he immediately sent Shang Zhixin to report the news.

The military information of the Gan Army's side division heading north was spread to the Qing army camp. Haoge hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss how to deal with the Gan Army's division of troops to the north.

The atmosphere in the big tent was a bit solemn, and many generals of the Qing Dynasty were very worried.

After Dorgon and Mandahai surrendered to Gao Huan, the Eight Banners defected to the Korean Dynasty one after another.

In order to stop the surrender, the Qing court ordered that all the relatives of the main generals be concentrated in Shengjing.

The Qing court called it a good example, which was to let them live in the capital and cultivate the descendants of the generals, but in fact it was to act as hostages to prevent someone from rebelling against the enemy.

Now that the partial army of the Gan Army is going to attack Shengjing, the Qing generals are naturally worried about the safety of their families.

Obai said in a deep voice: "Prince, it is now certain that Gao Manzi sent this partial army to bypass Yiwulu Mountain, enter the Liaohetao, and then cross the Liaohe River to advance to Shengjing."

All the generals were a little nervous when they heard the words. The main force of the Qing army was here, and only the Eight Banners' family members were left in Shengjing. How could they resist the 50,000 troops?

If Gan Jun occupied Shengjing, he might be able to be freed. Some generals had pessimistic thoughts, while some loyal people felt fear.

Wu Sangui said in a deep voice: "Prince, Shengjing is the capital of the Qing Dynasty, and it must not be lost. If Shengjing is lost, the army will definitely collapse after learning the news. Now the prince must make a decision whether to send troops to pursue or to mobilize troops to help Shengjing, and we must make a decision today!"

Wu Sangui is not forcing Haoge, but as the commander of the first army, he understands his subordinates' mentality.

In the current situation, his subordinates are shaken. If Shengjing is taken down by the Gan Army and his family members fall into the hands of the Gan Army, there will definitely be many generals who will surrender directly to the Gan Army.

Haoge had a gloomy face. He knew the situation was serious, but there was no good idea.

At this time, he stared at the sand table for a while and said in a deep voice: "The pursuit is definitely not a good idea. The Gan Army's side division has gone far away. Besides, if the army leaves the camp, the Gao Barbarian will definitely send troops to cover the killing. If the pursuit army is attacked on both sides, he will be defeated by Gao Huan. At that time, Gao Huan defeats the pursuit army and will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack the northern camp, and the situation will be extremely unfavorable to us."

Oboi nodded: "The scout reported that the large group of Ganjun cavalry bypassed Dalinghe City and stationed in the northern suburbs. If the Beiying sends troops to pursue the troops, the Ganjun cavalry will definitely attack the troops out of the camp with the Ganjun side division, or directly attack the Beidaying."

Oboi's words confirmed Haoge's speculation, and the generals were in an uproar and there were many discussions.

Wu Sangui said in a deep voice: "Then we can only send troops to rescue Shengjing. Fortunately, Ganjun walked on the mountain road, so we will send troops back to the rescue now. We can arrive in Shengjing in advance and arrange defenses before Ganjun bypasses Yiwulu Mountain."

Haoge's cheeks swelled, and now he seemed to have no other choice, "How many troops should be transferred back to Shengjing?"

This problem stumped everyone. The 50,000 elite soldiers were needed to defeat them.

The Qing army had fewer troops to dispatch, and could not defeat Ganjun. There were more troops to dispatch, so Gao Huan could not be fought on Dalinghe.

Geng Zhongming said: "To defeat the partial army of Ganjun, at least one hundred thousand people will need to be defeated."

Haoge's face was gloomy. If he transferred 100,000 people, Gao Huan might immediately launch a fierce attack on him and beat him to a collapse.

Gao Huan's move really made Haoge in a dilemma.

At this time, Haoge suddenly asked, "Why did the Barbarian Gao divide his troops?"

Everyone was stunned when he asked, and Wu Sangui frowned and said, "Our army lived near Dalinghe City, which affected Gao Huan's siege. Now that Gao Huan's attack on the city will be disturbed and attacked by our army. Attacking our camp, his troops are not enough to win, so he came up with this plan."

The Qing army's Beidaying, the main business, and the Dalinghe City, were distributed in the finished characters.

Daling River City has a strong defense and is in front of it. Beida Camp is built on a ridge and is not easy to attack. The main business is on the east bank of Daling River, which is also difficult to attack.

The Qing army formed a relatively stable triangular defense system. If the Gan army attacked vigorously, there would be huge casualties.

Therefore, Gao Huan hopes to threaten Chenyang by dividing his troops and destroy the Qing army's defense system.

Haoge had a gloomy face, "So, Gao Huan's purpose is to let me divide the troops!"

Wu Sangui narrowed his eyes, "It can be said that if our army divides troops to rescue and sends more troops, it will affect its current defense. With Gao Huan's means, it will definitely point out the surface and launch an attack on us. If there are fewer troops, the partial army's division will be able to seize Shengjing, and our army will collapse without fighting! The prince means, don't you want to be led by Gao Huan?"

Haoge did not answer, but said to himself: "Gao Huan divided 50,000 troops, and now there are still 350,000 troops, which is equivalent to ours!"

After hearing this, many Qing army generals were shocked and realized that Haoge wanted to take a risky battle.

Geng Zhongming said in a little fear: "Prince, can you find a balanced strategy that can ensure that the reinforcements sent can resist the partial divisions of the army and defend Shengjing without affecting our defense?"

Faced with the powerful Ganjun, Geng Zhongming and others did not have the courage to fight to the decisive battle. They were more inclined to maintain the status quo and just dragged it on.

They hope to delay for as long as possible, but the general trend rises and falls. The longer the delay, the bigger the gap between the two sides, the less chance the Qing army will be.

Haoge's cheeks swelled, and Jinzhou's fall showed Gan Chao's strong ability to attack.

Haoge didn't know how many troops should be transferred to defend Shengjing with his military's ability to attack, without affecting the defense here.

In addition, with the ability of the Gan Army to attack, the Mongolian cavalry of Korqin could only harass and could not directly occupy a place and cut off the Gan Army's supplies.

Therefore, it was actually an unrealistic fantasy that he had been escaping before and had made.

Haoge looked at everyone with a gloomy face, "How easy is it to maintain balance? Now it's strong and weak. Both sides maintain balance. First of all, it's difficult to do it. Secondly, even if it's done, both sides are in balance, and the result is that neither side can defeat Ganjun."

Wu Sangui looked solemn and was silent for a while. "I understand that the prince wants to take advantage of Gao Huan's opportunity to divide his troops and concentrate his forces to repel Gao Huan!"

"Everyone, the Qing Dynasty has reached the last moment!" Haoge suddenly raised his arm and fist and shouted loudly: "No, right! This is our last chance. I am going to send a fast horse to the Korqin cavalry, let them rush to the Daling River, attack Gao Huan with me, and fight to the death with the army!"

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