Be the emperor from the postman

After the Qing army seized the outer city of Jinzhou, Huang Taiji stepped up his offensive against Jinzhou.

At the beginning of April, Ahanikan, Sorguo and others were sent to Jinzhou to reinforce Jierhalang with five soldiers per Niulu.

In the middle of the day, Gongshun Wang Kong Youde and Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi were sent to Jinzhou for reinforcements.

In May, he ordered Xifu, a scholar of the Neihong Academy of Arts, Ganglin, a scholar of the Academy of Internal History, and Eise Hei, a scholar of the Academy of Internal Secretaries, to go to Jinzhou to inspect the trenches dug by Jierhalang and other places, and to review the situation of the camps.

Let's see if Jierhalang, like Dorgon and others, did not do practical things.

For this reason, he also specially transferred [-] soldiers from North Korea who were good at handling guns as vanguards. They were stationed in Nanshan and divided into two teams.

Huang Taiji's arrangement in this way shows the aggressive posture of the Qing soldiers and his eagerness to win Jinzhou.

Ming soldiers lost the outer city of Jinzhou, and the Ming court panicked.

Hong Chengchou led his army eastward between Songshan and Xingshan, and then moved to Shimen near Songshan City, where the vanguard began to encounter the Qing army.

Hong Chengchou led part of the main force to advance to a place several miles away from Songshan to stop and form an array.

From south to north, trains, walks, and fire camps are deployed.

Take the cavalry and Zhang as the two wings.

In Xishimen, there are battalions of Wu Sangui, Wang Tingchen, and Yang Guozhu.

In Dongshimen, there are Bai Guangen, Wang Chengyin, and Ma Ke battalion soldiers.

Wang Pu's battalions lived among the east and west stone gates, with soldiers on the left and right flanks one after another.

Jierhalang deployed infantry on Rufeng Mountain, gathered about [-] cavalry in East and West Shimen Village, and each ambushed around Songshan Mountain, waiting for battle.

"I waited for the Ming Dog to attack. When the fight was in full swing, if I rode out in all directions, I would definitely win and charge down."

Zhang Cunren agreed immediately. Now that his side is on the mountain, and the Ming army is coming to attack, his side has a geographical advantage.

The powerful troops of the seven towns of the Ming Dynasty were all at the foot of the mountain. They marched in two directions from east to west, each selected elite infantry with bows, arrows and guns, and went up the mountain to attack the Qing army's infantry.

The Qing army also fought back from the top of the mountain, luring them to charge.

Hong Chengchou was wearing armor, surrounded by the crowd, and observed with a binoculars.

"Master, why don't we besiege Rufeng Mountain and cut off the water source on the mountain?"

Miyun General Soldier Tang Tong's suggestion made Hong Chengchou glance at him: "Daxuan, how can the two armies fight without force?"

Hong Chengchou understood the meaning of the Tang call, and he wanted to imitate Zhang Xi's old wisdom of besieging Ma Di in Jieting.

But Ma Di didn't have as many reinforcements as the Qing army in front of him.

"What's outcropping on the mountain is just for you to see, ambush around, so that you can't see more, maybe it's an empty camp, luring our army to disperse our troops and sight."

"It's the subordinate's abruptness."

"Tell the commanders of the towns to defend well. If anyone is disturbed by the Qing army who suddenly came out, the governor will chop off his head and hang it on the flagpole."

"Yes."

The messengers carried Hong Chengchou's orders to the various military formations.

Among these commanders, apart from Wu Sangui's local factor, Hong Chengchou was quite satisfied with Tang Tong.

Good at fighting, obedient.

Know how to report some ideas to him first, instead of pretending to be smart to implement, or talking small things behind his back.

Ability is ranked second, but loyalty is ranked first, so Hong Chengchou feels that it is easy to use.

Tang Tong took two steps back, looked at the soldiers of the Ming army who were fighting on the mountain, and stopped talking.

After Kaige Zuoguang, Tang Tong took the position smoothly and became Hong Chengchou's leader.

Compared with other general soldiers, the veterans Wang Chengyin and Wang Pu have never been trusted by Hong Chengchou.

But helplessly, these two people have a lot of soldiers and horses, and they know how to preserve themselves very well.

Slowly compared with others, it appears that the strength is strong, and they have to be driven to be used by Hong Chengchou.

After all, after so many years, with the joint efforts of several forces, the species of "Loyal Minister of Ming Dynasty" has been killed less and less, and it has become rare.

Under such a system, bad money drives out good money, so it is natural that bad money continues to rise.

Braving arrows and stones, the Ming army has rushed to a high place near the platform, waved the flag and fired cannons on the mountain.

The continuous sound of cannons was heard in Jinzhou City, and Zu Dashou knew that the reinforcements had arrived.

Zu Dabi hastily asked for instructions: "Brother, let's dispatch troops as soon as possible, as a response, to share the pressure of Governor Hong, so that the Qing army cannot defend with all its strength."

"it is good."

Zu Dashou didn't say much, losing the outer city would not be good for his defense in Jinzhou.

Now that the foreign aid has come, it happens to be fighting with the Qing army to see if there is a chance to retake the outer city.

Zu Dashou led his troops out of the south gate and formed a camp.

They echoed the reinforcements brought by Hong Chengchou from a distance, forming a favorable situation for attacking the Qing soldiers.

As soon as the reinforcements came, the Ming army in Jinzhou swept away the morale that had been lost in the outer city, and their morale became high again.

Seeing that Zu Dashou in Jinzhou City dared to send troops, Jierhalang immediately asked Duoduo to stop him so that the Ming army could not form a pincer attack.

Under the command of the general, the Ming and Qing parties quickly started fighting.

The infantry of the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty rushed up the mountain and fought with the infantry of the Qing Dynasty.

The top of the mountain was the camp of the three banners of the Qing Dynasty, including the two red flags and the Xianglan flag. It was captured by Ming soldiers, and many people were killed or injured.

Just as the Ming army on the top of the mountain shouted loudly to win.

At the same time, the Qing cavalry rushed out of the elite seven to 8000 people from Xishimen.

The commander-in-chief of each town in Daming had Hong Chengchou's "encouragement" before, so he encouraged the soldiers loudly. If I was hacked to death by the supervisor, I would chop you up and be buried with him first.

Therefore, the soldiers of the towns of the Ming Dynasty took the lead bravely, and the cavalry of the Qing army charged more than ten times, but the morale of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty was so strong that the attack of the Qing army was frustrated!

Tang Tong stood in the middle of the army formation, yelling loudly to hold back, firing cannons and blunderbusses.

This bit of ordnance was all obtained from Marshal He. In terms of quality, it surpassed the products of Ming Dynasty. The most important thing was that the Qing army in front of them could not withstand the impact of bullets even in armor.

As long as they dare to charge, the marbles in the hands of the Ming army dare to kill them.

Seeing this scene, Jierhalang frowned deeply.

When did the generals of Ming Dynasty become so difficult?

He had fought against the Ming army many times before, except for the Guan Ning army, and when Chongzhen entered the customs for the first time in the second year, the soldiers of the Ming army were extremely difficult to deal with, and they became weaker and weaker after that.

There are even few Ming troops who dare to fight them in the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Jierhalang originally wanted to use elite cavalry to break down the formation of the Ming soldiers, but the Ming cavalry officers and soldiers resisted fiercely. The Qing army did not gain power, but the two sides entered a stalemate.

This is not conducive to the Qing cavalry charge, it may be a living target.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Hong Chengchou was extremely satisfied, and the Qing army was no more than that.

The bait placed on the top of the mountain was swallowed by Hong Chengchou and won his first victory, and the Qing army did not hang up the big fish Hong Chengchou.

This caused the Qing army's second defeat.

In the direction of Jinzhou, Zu Dabi fought bravely and killed one of the sixteen ministers identified by Huang Taiji directly. He raised his head and shouted praises in the army formation, and the morale of the Qing army was once again taken away.

This time, Duoduo's complexion was also extremely unkind. Zu Dashou's elite Guan Ning Army suffered heavy losses in the Dalinghe battle, but after so many years of training, they finally recovered some strength.

It has to be said that in the Daming system, the overall strongest combat power is still the Guan Ning Army.

The soldiers of Jizhen led by Wu Guojun, Marquis of Jingliao, are the "heterogeneous" of Ming Dynasty after all!
When the Qing army suffered successive defeats on the battlefield, Jierhalang had to order the launch of more than [-] red cannons in advance.

From the east and west sides, hundreds of shells were fired at the Daming Horse Battalion, causing the Ming soldiers to suffer certain losses.

After all, North Korea's gunners are relatively good at shooting, and that is also relative.

However, under Hong Chengchou's order, the Ming soldiers still did not flinch and persisted in fighting.

It was not until Youshi ([-] to [-] p.m.) that Jierhalang found that the shelling could not bombard the formation of the enlightened army, so he ordered the Qing soldiers to retreat northward and voluntarily withdraw from the battlefield.

This time the Qing court internally admitted that the Qing Dynasty "lost" in this battle and did not achieve the expected results.

Hong Chengchou, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, is more difficult to deal with!
This was the first large-scale contact between Ming and Qing since Huang Taiji ordered the siege of the Ningjin defense line.

Hong Chengchou mobilized seven towns to march into Songshan, with a total strength of about [-] troops, while the Qing army was around [-].

The two sides did not mobilize a large number of soldiers to fight each other, but confronted each other at corners.

Most of the army formed by Hong Chengchou was attacked by the Qing army.

A total of 95 elite Qing soldiers were beheaded by the Ming army and their heads were taken, some of them were generals, and one was captured alive.

The rest of the corpses dragged away by the soldiers of the Qing army, as well as the corpses whose heads could not be obtained because of the artillery, were not counted as military exploits.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy casualties, with 730 and eight people killed in battle, 790 and three people with varying degrees of light and heavy injuries, and 650 seven horses and mules were killed.

The good start didn't start well, and Jierharang couldn't hold back his face, and reported to Huang Taiji that this battle beheaded Ming soldiers at level [-], and our army had the upper hand!
The Ming soldiers were on the offensive side, and they were attacking from the bottom. It was the most difficult to focus on. The Qing soldiers attacked with red cannons while using cavalry to attack. The Ming soldiers inevitably suffered more casualties than the Qing soldiers.

Hong Chengchou wrote a battle report to Chongzhen, saying that although our army had killed many enemy troops, it was still at a disadvantage.

The good news of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is quite the same as playing the role of the other side in previous years.

Because according to the past, the victory of the Ming army will exaggerate the facts.

He thought it was outrageous that He Jinzhao coerced many craftsmen to forge Hongyi cannons, but even the Qing army outside the pass was able to launch so many Hongyi cannons in one go, which really broke Hong Chengchou's defense.

Hong Chengchou hoped that the emperor could allocate some military expenditures to cast Hongyi cannons, so that he would not be passive in future battles.

In the past, he ordered Zuo Guang to make [-] Hongyi cannons and various artillery guns first, thinking that this time he would give the Qing army a ruthless attack.

As a result of the tentative attack by both sides, the Qing army brought [-] artillery salvos to Hong Chengchou, and gave him a ruthless attack.

If it weren't for the bombardment of the Hongyi cannons, the army formed by the Ming army really couldn't have allowed the Qing army to achieve such great results.

Because the previous information about the Qing army transporting [-] Hongyi cannons was considered untrue by Hong Chengchou.

But reality taught him another lesson.

However, through this battle, Hong Chengchou achieved the strategic goal of the Ming army, and he was determined to lift the siege of Jinzhou.

The Qing army set up an ambush in advance, but in the end they retreated on their own initiative.

This move further stimulated the generals of the Ming army from the source. They were confident that under the leadership of Governor Hong, they would win the victory over the Qing army.

Although Hong Chengchou's memorial to Chongzhen stated that he had no advantage, the Ming soldiers on the front line had greatly increased their confidence in Hong Chengchou.

Inside the capital.

Chongzhen looked at the report sent to him by Hong Chengchou, and found that his own casualties were only about [-], but there were more than [-] heads of the Qing army left behind by beheading alone.

This result, in his opinion, is extremely good.

Not everyone can be resourceful, brave and good at fighting like Wu Guojun, Marquis of Jingliao, who can achieve great results at a small price.

Chongzhen was very satisfied with Hong Chengchou, and it seemed that the soldiers in front were good.

"I intend to reward the soldiers who have made great achievements in the Liao war."

Chongzhen happily put away the battle report sent by Hong Chengchou.

As the chief assistant Zhou Yanru, who was placed with high hopes by Chongzhen, appointed Qingliu, and also won the title of "Xianxiang".

Therefore, Chongzhen attached great importance to him, and hoped that with his assistance, he could show a ZTE appearance.

The memorial submitted by Zhou Yanru on the same day was approved by Chongzhen on the same day.

Even if the reply was left on the next day, Chongzhen would write to Zhou Yanru the reasons for not replying in time.

Therefore, after Yang Sichang was transferred abroad, Zhou Yanru, as the chief assistant of the current dynasty, was the most favored by all officials, and the chief assistants of all dynasties had never received such treatment.

When Zhou Yanru heard this, he immediately agreed, but the treasury was empty and it was not easy to rectify.

Chongzhen stood up straight away: "The Liaodong soldiers have achieved such victories, and they must be rewarded.

Collect 1 taels of silver within three days, and send it to Hong Chengchou in person, and reward the silver on the battlefield to inspire our Ming soldiers. "

The emperor spoke, and Zhou Yanru and other cabinet ministers all said yes again and again.

Zhou Yanru said that he would try his best to collect 1 taels of silver, and he would never delay His Majesty's affairs.

Sun Chuanting could easily learn about some news in the court, especially this kind of important news.

Then he raised "1000 taels" of silver, sent Shuotuo to mix in the rewarding team, and handed over the commander's order to Tang Tong, telling him to proceed carefully.

Shuo Tuo agreed with all his heart. With his current level of Chinese and the hair growing on his head, no one would doubt that he is Nurhachi's grandson.

Besides, it was Sun Chuanting who inserted it, as long as the money is in place, it will naturally open the door to convenience.

What's more, not everyone is willing to go to the boundary of Liaodong.

When the situation in Jinzhou was critical and Zu Dashou asked for help, Chongzhen once summoned Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, and asked him what plan he had.

This Minister of the Ministry of War, who was born in Juren, had served as the front-line military preparation officer in Ningyuan, and he was familiar with the situation in Liaodong, but he couldn't come up with any perfect strategy for a while, so he asked to retreat and discuss with his colleagues.

The result of the discussion was that Chen Xinjia gave a report to Chongzhen, expressing a pessimistic attitude towards the situation in Liaodong.

Chongzhen was extremely dissatisfied with their discussion.

I want you to share your worries, but in the end you can't even come up with an idea.

If it wasn't for Yang Sichang to supervise the battle outside, I would have to call him back.

I will always think that Yang Sichang is the most suitable for the post of Minister of War.

Chen Xinjia discussed with Zhou Yanru and his servant Wu Shan, but there was nothing to come up with, so he decided to send Zhang Ruoqi, Fang Langzhong, to the front line to have a face-to-face meeting with Hong Chengchou.