Chapter 68: The Battle of Songshan I

Songshan Castle is located in the east of Jinzhou, which is the link between Xingshan, Daxingbao and Shengjing, and since the capture of Songshan Castle in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty has been stationed here to defend heavily.

"Grunt!" a stout man, his throat kept repeating the action of swallowing, and the heavy smell of alcohol came from his body, as if telling the man's sadness.

This man was none other than Hauge, who had been defeated in the battle for the throne. Having lost the support of the two yellow flags, he could only be at the mercy of Dolgon, and almost with the tacit approval of many ministers, Hauge was squeezed out of the court by Dolgon and came to this Songshan Castle.

Hauge, who did not get the coveted throne and lost the support of the two yellow flags, spent every day in Songshan Castle drinking to relieve his sorrows, and he could not see a glimmer of hope here.

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang, good news, good news!" Tan Tai ran in with a happy face with a secret music in his hand.

"Good news, what better news!" Hauge laughed miserably, picked up the wine and poured it down.

"Don't be like this, lord!" Tan Tai snatched the wine from Haoge's hand with one hand, "Wang Feng's 400,000 troops have been requisitioned and 200,000 have been requisitioned back to China, and now there are only 200,000 people left in Jinzhou City opposite us!" Seeing Haoge like this, Tan Tai hurriedly told the good news.

"What? are you telling the truth?" Hauge came to life in an instant.

"Really, our Xizuo saw with our own eyes that the 200,000 army left Jinzhou City and headed straight for Shanhaiguan!" Tan Tai said with certainty.

"Okay, great!" Hauge suddenly frowned, "Let's go, gather all the generals to discuss the matter!"

Jinzhou City, after receiving Chongzhen's strict order, Wang Feng beat the Datong general soldier Wang Puqin led an army of 200,000 to the west.

In the conference hall, from the moment Wang Pu's army was opened, the officers of more than 1,000 households of Guanning Iron Cavalry gathered here to discuss matters.

"The handsome man has arrived!" Just as the officers were talking, Wang Feng walked in slowly surrounded by Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and others.

"Dashuai!" As soon as they saw Wang Feng, everyone immediately stopped the noise and paid attention.

"Sit!" Wang Feng looked very calm, and waved slightly to everyone.

The council hall was silent for a long time, and none of the officers below spoke, and the whole atmosphere seemed extremely strange.

"Everyone!" After a long time, Zu Dashou finally couldn't help but stand up, in the Guanning Army, Zu Dashou was already considered an old generation, and the first words at this time were just right.

"Everyone, I know what you are thinking about now, do you think that our 400,000 army is still barely holding Jinzhou City, and now there are only 200,000 troops left, will you not be able to hold it in the face of the Tartars on the opposite side?" Zu Dashou walked slowly in front of the generals, his eyes swept over everyone's faces.

Zu Dashou said the words that everyone had suppressed for a long time, and all the generals lowered their heads.

"But I'll tell you!" Zu Dashou's voice suddenly raised a lot; "Our Guanning Iron Cavalry is brave and invincible, not because there are many people, but because of the soldiers. Although we only have 200,000 soldiers and horses now, these 200,000 soldiers and horses are the elite of our entire Guanning Iron Cavalry!"

"Elite?" was said by Zu Dashou, and a trace of pride appeared on the faces of the generals. Of course, they understood what this ancestor Dashou said, those who could stay here were elites, and they belonged to this elite.

"Master Zu is right, we Guanning Iron Rider is invincible in the world. Wu Sangui followed and stood up and echoed.

"The world is invincible! the world is invincible!" Cao Wenzhao was the first to raise his hand and shouted loudly.

"The world is invincible! the world is invincible!" The morale of the generals was ignited at once, and the entire conference hall was instantly filled with positive energy.

Although the 200,000 troops sent by Wang Feng to rescue Xi'an this time are old, weak, sick and disabled, but after all, this is a full 200,000 people, Wang Feng still has to consider the morale impact of the departure of these 200,000 people, Wang Feng does not want the departure of these 200,000 people to hit the entire Guanning army, which is also the reason why he urgently summoned Zu Dashou and others to discuss before the meeting, and now it seems that after the encouragement of Zu Dashou and others, the impact of the departure of these 200,000 people has been minimized.

"Brothers!" Wang Feng, who had been silent for a long time, finally stood up and said, "We have lost 200,000 brothers, but we have not lost the military prestige of our Guanning army, we must let the Tartars on the opposite side see what is the Guanning Iron Cavalry!"

"Zu Dashou, Cao Wenzhao listen to orders!"

"The last general!" Zu Dashou and Cao Wenzhao hurriedly replied.

"Order the two of you to lead 80,000 soldiers and horses to attack Daxing Fort!"

"Wu Sangui, order you to lead 60,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xingshan!"

"The last general obeys the order!" Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and others hurriedly took the order.

"Okay, Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, and Cao Wenzhao stay, and everyone else will go down and prepare!"

"Dashuai!" and so on, Zu Dashou said, "Jinzhou is an important military town, and it is also the most important stronghold of my Ming Dynasty outside the pass, its strategic significance is far greater than Daxingbao and Xingshan, and now the end of the general and Wu will lead 130,000 soldiers and horses to the west, and there are less than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the city, in case this Haoge gives up Daxingbao and Xingshan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, we will lose more than we gain!"

"Yes, what the old general said is reasonable!" Wu Sangui and Cao Wenzhao also had this worry, but there were many people just now, and it was difficult for them to express it.

"Haha, the three generals only saw one of them, but didn't see the other!" Just as the three of them were puzzled, Song Xiance walked out of the back room.

"Although this Haoge is just a general, he has courage and no strategy, but he can't keep a few people under his hands who have made plans! In addition, Haoge, who has experienced the blow of failure to seize the heir, is now more cautious, if we don't throw such a big bait, he Haoge will definitely not take the bait!"

"That's right, this is the plan that Ben Shuai specially set for Haoge, and Ben Shuai doesn't want Daxingbao and Xingshan, these two places are just feints, Ben Shuai's real purpose is to ...... here" Wang Feng slammed his fist on the map.

"Matsuyama!" the three of them shouted almost in unison.

"Yes, it's Songshan! This Songshan is the only passage to the east, and it is also the only passage connecting Xingshan and Daxingbao between the Tartars, if we can capture this place, it will be a broken arm for the Tartars! ”

"The last general will obey the order!" Facing Wang Feng's eager gaze, Zu Dashou and the others could only swear to reciprocate.

"Dashuai, this is a desperate fight, do you think we can succeed?" Looking at the backs of the three of them leaving, Song Xiance asked softly.

"Yes, yes, we will succeed!" Wang Feng said firmly.