The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 387

Later, the Jin army launched an attack at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and the siege battle here was more intense than that in Jinzhou.

Because the defenders of Dalinghe City are more than one level stronger than the defense skills of the Jinzhou mob.

The first artillery battle lasted for five full days. If it weren't for the Hou Jin army's overwhelming majority of artillery fire, the fort that Zu Dashou had set up at the top of the city would not have been destroyed.

This is entirely the evil result of the defeat of the Ming army's reinforcements. Originally, the number of Wuzhenchaoha artillery built by Hongxie was not superior to the layout of Dalinghe City.

However, Zhang Chun led more than [-] men and worked hard to bring in nearly [-] artillery pieces, including more than a dozen Hongyi cannons bought from Guangdong.

With the artillery and gunners sent by Daming, Wuzhenchaoha's combat power soared by more than three times. Not only did he win the artillery battle in Dalinghe City, but he also destroyed all the forts and forts in Dalinghe City.

In the end, Zu Dashou and He Kegang, who had no artillery, became unilaterally bombarded by the Hou Jin army.

Hong Xie had seized too many cannons, gunpowder and shells. He did exactly the same as Huang Han in order to reduce the casualties of the ants attacking the city, but the ostentation was more than ten times bigger.

Huang Han only dispatched 26 field cannons to bombard Jinzhou, while Hong Jie actually deployed [-] cannons of various sizes to bombard Dalinghe City, whose area is half smaller than Jinzhou.

The Guan Ning army suffered casualties every day. The masonry and sawdust splattered by the bombardment, and now there are very few soldiers who still keep their beards and tails.

The Guan Ning army had lost one or two thousand men during the continuous bombardment, and now there are less than seven thousand soldiers who can still take up arms to fight.

Hundreds of soldiers of the Guan Ning Army were disheartened, thinking that if this continues, Dalinghe City will be razed to the ground?Will the defenders have no bones left?

The Guan Ning army in Dalinghe City was ashamed, and they began to discuss whether the slave chief's promise to surrender and save his life was credible?

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of Chongzhen, there was a murderous look outside the west gate of Dalinghe. Three thousand Jiannu drove more than [-] siege teams formed by Ahha and the Ming army who surrendered to Cheng to start the battle to seize the city.

Fighting from dawn to sunset, the Guan Ning army, who were good at defending the city, withstood the offensive for a whole day, and there were two to three thousand casualties. There were less than five thousand soldiers who could pick up weapons and continue fighting tomorrow.

In this battle, the siege party’s losses doubled, with three or four thousand people reduced. However, the Eight Banners lost very little, only about [-] people.

Seeing that Guan Ningjun was still so tenacious, Hong's face was trembling uncontrollably. He was not worried that he would not be able to take down Dalinghe City, but that he was worried that the loss would not be worth the loss.

Jiang Xin, who wanted to show himself as a good slave, stood up and knelt down and said:
"Great Khan, I personally led my troops to the city in the afternoon. Seeing the heavy casualties of the Ming army defending the city, the morale was low. I thought that persuading him to surrender again would definitely have a miraculous effect. Please continue to persuade Zu Dashou to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin."

At this time, the dead horse was used as a living horse doctor, attacking with force during the day, and launching a psychological offensive at night to complement each other. The worst result was that Jiang Xin was killed by Guan Ningjun.

The slave chief thought that the death of a soft-boned and new slave who is not as good as a pig or a dog is harmless, and said:

"Jiang Aiqing's willingness to go to Dalinghe City to persuade Zu Dashou to surrender is just in line with my wishes. Although it only takes two or three days for my Dajin army to break into the city, in order to prevent the loss of life, I still sincerely welcome Zu Dashou to understand current affairs. "

Jiang Xin kowtowed and said, "The Great Khan has a benevolent heart, and the humble post must convey the goodwill of the Great Khan to those Guan Ning troops who are ignorant of current affairs."

On the night of the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Jiang Xin came to the base of Dalinghe City to call out his old acquaintance Zu Dashou in order to earn performance. The basket pulled Jiang Xin up.

The two talked for a long time, the details of which were unknown to outsiders. Jiang Xin left before dawn, and with him was the negotiator Du Si Han Dong sent by Zu Dashou.

In the afternoon of the next day, the Hou Jin army did not continue to attack the already crumbling West City. He Kegang noticed something different. He didn't expect Zu Dashou to betray the country for glory, because he had cooperated with Zu Dashou for many years and had a good relationship. The two should know each other well.

He Kegang, acting like a gentleman, went to ask Zu Dashou face to face. At this time, Zu Dashou had already negotiated the terms of surrender with Jiannu and was ready to deal with the generals who might not surrender.

Seeing He Kegang's upright and open questioning, Zu Dashou was speechless. Dozens of confidants of the ancestor's family, led by Zu Kefa and Zu Zerun, swarmed up and tied He Kegang who was caught off guard.

At this time, He Kegang suddenly realized, he just sneered and didn't say a word.

Presumably at this time, He Kegang's heart was extremely painful. He hated himself for being blind. He had been with such an unfaithful and unrighteous villain like Zu Dashou for many years. What can I say?

The development of the next story is exactly the same as history. Dalinghe City fell into the hands of Jiannu, but the number of Guanning soldiers who surrendered was less than half of that in history. There were only 6000 to [-] people, including more than a thousand wounded and sick.

Zu Dashou and his lieutenants Liu Tianlu, Zhang Cunren and other surrendered generals Guan Ning received a warm welcome from the Red Army, and they held wine to celebrate for several days.

When the wine was hot, Zu Dashou vowed to make contributions to the Kingdom of Jin, and took the initiative to invite Ying to persuade Jinzhou's civil servants and generals to surrender.

He told Hong Zhe that there were more than [-] members of the ancestral army in Jinzhou, the general Zu Dabi was his cousin, Zu Kuan was the son of the ancestral family, and the commander-in-chief Wu Xiang was his brother-in-law.

Hong Xie thought it harmless to ask Zu Dashou to try. In order to prevent accidents, he left all the generals of the ancestral family in the surrendered army, and only asked Zu Dashou to take a dozen people to Jinzhou to persuade him to surrender.

Zu Dashou came to Jinzhou to show his identity and entered the city easily, because the defenders knew him, and the guards of Jinzhou were either Zu Dashou's old subordinates or relatives of the ancestor's family.

Dalinghe City had been lost for a few days, and there were too many surrendered troops, almost catching up with the Eight Banners soldiers who went to battle. It was more difficult to build slaves to take care of them, and the Ming troops who surrendered escaped every day.

The five or six thousand soldiers who came out of Dalinghe City may not all be willing to surrender to Jiannu, and dozens of them slipped away while Jiannu, Guan Ning's surrendered general, and Ming's surrendered general from the Battle of Changshan were drinking and celebrating.

One or 20 people ran back to Jinzhou. Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong, had already learned that Dalinghe City had missed, and Zu Dashou killed He Kegang and surrendered Jiannu.

Although Qiu Hejia was a civil servant with a family background, he had a heart of loyalty. He had no intention of surrendering, but actively deployed defenses to deal with Jiannu's thunderous offensive.

(End of this chapter)