The Ming army in Yingkou was not prepared at all. They were even celebrating, celebrating so much food and grass and arriving in time.

You should know that the Ming Dynasty has just recovered from the difficult years. Especially when the food crops brought by Zhu Cixuan were just popularized, the people of the Ming Dynasty were just able to live a little better life.

Then, the Qing army came.

Wars are always fair and will not favor either side, no matter whether you are the just side or the invaders. In fact, Zhu Cixuan's northern expedition is indeed remarkable, and he is cautious in every step. He did not underestimate the enemy with the sharp firearms. After arriving in Liaoyang County, Zhu Cixuan temporarily stopped moving and did not rush to attack.

But that's all, the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly and will never be diverted by your will. What Zhu Cilang thinks is what he himself thinks.

The 80,000 troops of Shenji Camp went north to fight, and the Hu Ben Army was the vanguard. As a result, before fighting with the Qing soldiers, Zhu Cilang's food and supplies were taken to the nest by Dorgon.

Food and grass are flammable, and in addition to grain, they are also horses for forage. Tung oil torches are ignited, and torches are thrown at the piles of food and grass.

In an instant, the entire Yingkou hinterland was filled with fire. The most feared and concerned by military strategists in the era of cold weapons was food and grass. With sufficient food and grass supplies, soldiers had combat power and could fight protracted wars, just like Sima Yi of the Three Kingdoms refused to fight and endured Zhuge Liang on the road to the Northern Expedition. The food and grass of the opponent's army were burned, and the army's morale was in chaos. He would win a complete victory after taking advantage of the victory.

Due to the limitations of transportation conditions, food and grass are the top priority. The food and grass in Yingkou were easily burned by Dorgon.

You should know that the entire Yingkou garrison is just a third-rate baggage force that is old, weak, sick and disabled. Any general will first place the soldiers who can fight on the front line. Instead of staying on this so-called logistics support.

Logistics support is of course important, it is enough to just put the logistics supplies in a safe position.

But who would have thought that Yingkou, which was as solid as a golden flies, would appear in the main force of the Qing Dynasty. Dorgon's army was like a god-like general descending from the sky, causing a fatal blow to the Ming army.

Even Dorgon himself did not expect things to go so smoothly. You know, they always treated Zhu Cilang as a monster.

First of all, Zhu Cilang is not a person. He is like a prophet, like a worm in Huang Taiji's belly. No matter how you move and jump, he can accurately judge your intentions. Such a terrible person is not a monster.

For example, when he first met Zhu Cixuan, Huang Taiji's goal was the small Yizhou City, and no one took this place seriously at that time.

Even if there is no strategic position here, Zhu Cilang could see the extraordinary nature of Yizhou City at a glance. For the Qing cavalry, Yizhou City could attack and retreat or defend. Advance and attack Jinzhou, and retreat can defend. With the advantage of cavalry, it can surround the points and attack aid, and annihilate the Liaodong Army with its vitality.

Zhu Cixuan chose to build a city in Yizhou for the first time when he went north. Then, with a cannon, he almost sent Huang Taiji away.

Unfortunately, the flowering bullet technology at that time was not mature, which made Huang Taiji escape by chance. If it were now, Huang Taiji would probably not survive for an episode.

There is also Huang Taiji racked his brains to bypass the main force of the Ming army and traveled to Shaanxi through Mongolia.

At that time, Huang Taiji could be said to have tried his best, even though he tried his best to make plans. No one could guess his true intentions.

You should know that the Qing cavalry bypassed most of Mongolia and eventually entered the Shaanxi territory. They thought they could repeat the old path of the Jisi change and robbed them on a large scale.

As a result, he finally arrived at the Shaanxi territory. However, he encountered the blockade of Song Xiance. At that time, Song Xiance's Eastern Palace Guards were weak and could not fight against the Eight Banners Cavalry.

However, as a military advisor under Zhu Cixuan, Song Xiance played his best ability to block and delay Huang Taiji's attack.

After finally reaching the city of Lanzhou, Huang Taiji was full of confidence and happily thought that he could grab more supplies this time.

Who would have thought that Zhu Cilang was still seen through. Zhu Cilang led the Hu Ben Army to chase them all the way. In the end, Huang Taiji's plan went bankrupt.

Huang Taiji had been preparing for such a careful plan for a long time at that time, but in the end, he was defeated by Zhu Cilang.

Therefore, Dorgon's troops this time were somewhat unsure. You must know that all the Eight Banners elites brought him.

Once the Ming Dynasty crown prince Zhu Cilang saw through his intentions and set up an ambush in Yingkou. In fact, if he used Ying food and grass as bait to lure him to come, the entire Eight Banners cavalry would be quite dangerous.

Therefore, even after touching Yingkou, Dorgon was still quite cautious. Like Zhu Cilang, both of them regarded each other as their life-long rivals.

Faced with such a terrible opponent, you must be very cautious. If there is a slight mistake, you may be the one who will eventually lose.

Fortunately, I was worried that it was unnecessary. Yingkou was not under heavy control of the Ming army, so Zhu Cixuan transferred all the 80,000 main forces of the Shenji Camp to Liaoyang County. The entire Yingkou's food and grass area was only some civilians who transported food and grass and some unimportant third-rate transportation troops.

Although such a Ming army also had sporadic flintlock rifles, they were immediately defeated as sand in the face of the Eight Banners cavalry that poured down from the sea.

Almost, in less than an hour, Dorgon's Eight Banners Cavalry had surrounded them, and then took advantage of the cavalry's mobility advantage to divide and surround the Ming army in the jar.

The division and encirclement of the circle was Huang Taiji's best tactic. Huang Taiji used this to completely defeat the Liaodong army of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, the entire Liaodong was in the hands of the Qing Dynasty.

In the end, only Wu Sangui left to retreat to Shanhaiguan. It can be said that the Battle of Songjin was the last gravedigger of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, he could not take so much food and grass. Although Dorgon was in a hurry to lack it, he also knew that the primary purpose at the moment was to burn the food and grass.

The entire camp was filled with fire from the rations and grass camp, and there were slaughtered Ming army transport troops everywhere, as well as the recruited civilians.

At dawn, the entire camp of rations and grass was finally left with only corpses on the ground and food and grass burned to ashes.

In this battle, Dorgon won a great victory. It was also the biggest loss that Zhu Cilang had suffered since leading the troops.

You should know that the 80,000 Shenji Camp army in Liaoyang County relies on the supply of food and grass in the rear.

Without food and grass, the morale of the army was unstable and the morale was low. Dorgon was at the right time, and the situation was extremely unfavorable to the Ming army.
Chapter completed!