The strategy of the Ming Dynasty against the Houjin was to use the city as a support point, fortify the city and defend it, and the field troops fought against the city, and if they could not fight, they would return to the city, and they would be covered by the city, at least they would dare to fight.

In charge of military affairs, the emperor Sun Chengzong believed that the Ming army established the defense system of Ningyuan ---- Jinzhou, Jinzhou was important, in order to further ensure the safety of Jinzhou, so he planned to go out of Jinzhou and build Dalinghe City to connect Jinzhou, Songshan and Xingshan and other cities, approved by Emperor Chongzhen, so the Ming general army Zu Dashou, He Kegang and others led more than ten deputy generals and troops, people, etc. to build Dalinghe City.

After hearing the news, Jin Huang Taiji said to the chiefs: "Sit back and watch the Han people expand their territory, build cities, and control the armoured soldiers, so that they are complete, how can we live in peace!" ”

So in late July, Huang Taiji dispatched the Eight Banners Army, set out from Shenyang, and recruited the Mongolian tribal army, which approached the city of Dalinghe in early August.

At this time, the city of Dalinghe City, the city is high and steep, it has been completed as much as eighty percent, and the army has 15,000, and the husband and merchant also have 15,000, and the grain can be stored for three months, the city defense equipment is complete, and the situation is good

Before, Taiwan's Yan Changwu visited Sun Chengzong, Sun and Yan talked about the matter of the Daling River, Yan only said that the Houjin must come to make trouble, because Yan had said in the past that the Houjin army would bypass Ning Yuanjin to attack Beiping, and Sun Chengzong attached great importance to the construction of the Daling River, gathered more manpower, and ordered to speed up the construction of the city, so that the Houjin army saw the neat and existing scale of the city and the energetic defenders on the city, all frowned.

The Houjin army was so powerful that the Ming army defending the city did not dare to fight, but the Houjin army did not want to risk too much loss to attack the city.

Previously, the Later Jin army broke the city with more spies, echoing inside and outside, and it was effortless to get the city, but the Ming army suffered a lot and strictly guarded against spies, so this plan was not sold.

The Houjin army cast its own cannons, but the heavy artillery could not be used to break the city.

There is no way, Huang Taiji ordered to build a long siege along the city of Daling River, dig a trench, and plan a long-term siege.

The calculation has been decided, the outside of the Daling River city is surrounded by a moat, its width is five feet, the depth is seven feet five inches, and then build a wall, one zhang high, there are battlements on the wall can be used to put arrows, and a small Dalinghe city is surrounded like an iron bucket.

They were working outside the city, and Zu Dashou sent more than 100 cavalry to attack the north, without fighting, just shooting bows and arrows at the working people.

But they had just left the city, and the Houjin army reacted sensitively, and Yue Tuo, who was guarding the north gate, led the elite cavalry to set out, and the Ming cavalry fled from the wind!

Yue Tuo, the grandson of the old wild boar skin, the son of Dai Shan, but he had a bad relationship with his father Dai Shan, but he was friendly with Huang Taiji, and was reused by Huang Taiji and became Huang Taiji's right-hand man.

He sent an arrow to the Ming army, but the horse missed the man, the horse fell to the ground, and the knight fell and couldn't move.

The Ming army saw that the brothers dismounted, but no one dared to go back to the horse to save him, just fleeing for his life, the unlucky knight became a prisoner of the Houjin army, and asked, with the Dusi Wang Yanzuo also, the Houjin army won the jackpot.

Next, around Dalinghe City, the Ming army and the Houjin army launched a-for-tat struggle.

Zu Dashou sent troops to test the gates, and the Houjin army did have a hand, and the Ming army was invincible, so they had to concentrate on defending the city, but fortunately, there was a lot of food, and they were temporarily at ease.

Seeing that the Ming army was honest, Huang Taiji sent an envoy to surrender, but the Ming army in the city was unmoved.

After less than half a month, on the 16th of August, 2,000 defenders of Songshan came to reinforce them, but due to the disparity in numbers, they were defeated by the Jin soldiers without much effort, and the first rescue failed.

On the 26th day of the eighth lunar month in 1631 (the fourth year of Chongzhen), the general soldiers Wu Xiang and Song Wei led 6,000 Jinzhou soldiers to come to the rescue, and the Jin chief Azig led the troops to meet the enemy, and defeated the Ming army again, and the second reinforcement of the Ming army also failed.

In September, the Jin soldiers sentry reported that Wu Xiang and Song Wei led the troops to help again, Huang Taiji personally dispatched to meet the battle, he and his younger brother Duoduo led 200 cavalry as the lead, and the Houjin army followed up behind, as a result, the Ming army saw that the Houjin army was strong, and did not dare to fight, Huang Taiji and Duoduo led 200 cavalry to rush straight to the Ming army of 7,000 people, and the Ming army fled in a hurry, which is really sad and lamentable!

The Houjin army is not only brave, but also cunning, Huang Taiji is eager for reinforcements, and made a fake reinforcement, Zu Dashou was almost captured, but fortunately, his subordinates are extremely brave, desperately fighting, finally not captured alive, fled back to the city in embarrassment, and never left the city again.

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Knock knock knock...... In Ningyuan City, the military drums sounded, and the superintendent Sun Chengzong ordered the general!

Officers from all walks of life gathered in the Shuaifu, bearded white Sun Chengzong wore a black gauze hat, wore a first-class official uniform, sat behind the handsome case with a cold face, the generals gave him a military salute, Sun Chengzong first introduced a person, Zhang Chun, the superintendent of the army. Zhang Chun, who was born as a person, performed outstanding in the recovery of the four cities of Yongping, and was optimistic about Sun Chengzong.

But at this time, Sun Chengzong has a better choice, and Zhao Shujiao is still there!

Zhao Shujiao, together with Zu Dashou and He Kegang, was called the three heroes of Liaodong by Yuan Chonghuan, with first-class combat quality, and now Sun Chengzong is a powerful field general, so Sun Chengzong sent him to partner with Zhang Chun, Zhao led the main general, Zhang Chun was the supervising army, and led an army of 50,000 to rescue the Daling River.

Zhang Chun, as a supervisor of the army, is still a soldier, knows the inferiority of the Ming army, can fight a good fight, and flee as soon as he fights a tough battle, and discusses with Zhao Shujiao how to govern military discipline, Zhao Shujiao said: "My subordinates have 5,000 Taiwan guards and musketeers, you can take a look!" (There are more than 3,000 new troops in Taiwan, Yan Tian also led 1,000 troops, and another 1,000 Liao soldiers, combined into 5,000 troops)

So Zhang Chun inspected the Taiwan Guard Musketeers, but he couldn't help but be surprised to see that the appearance and spirit of the army were above the Ming Army!

He invited the officers of Taiwan's guard musketeers to talk about it, including Yan Tian, Deng Tianyan, Zhou Quanbin, Yan Le and Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Chun saw it, and he knew that it was extraordinary!

Yishui is shrewd and strong, his figure is by no means as bloated as an ordinary Ming officer, and his eyes are full of murderous energy!

Zhang Chun was overjoyed and humbly asked for advice.

Yan Tian did not hide it from him, and listed the methods used by Taiwan's guards to govern the army:

First, it is a strict training, which is not a formality, but is called "meeting standards." Taking officers as an example, they must conduct an assessment of their personal quality and command ability every year.

Daily physical training, military posture, firearms, tactical positioning, weight-bearing marching, pulling training, confrontation...... Wait, make sure the training time, the annual assessment!

The first level of supervision does not mean that officers can be exempted from training, on the contrary, officers are trained even more!

In the case of senior officers, for example, their evaluations are personally presided over by the highest level and their attendants are sent to the troops to supervise.

Officers and soldiers who fail the assessment will be given warnings, their wages will be deducted, and they will be cleared out of the army if they fail many times!

Second, it is necessary to conduct political education, such as "serving the country with loyalty" and "fighting when encountering the enemy." This kind of education runs through every period of the army and establishes a good work style among the soldiers.

The third is to strictly enforce military discipline, promulgate the "Ten Killings Order", and those who dare to retreat will be beheaded!

Fourth, there are clear rewards and punishments, meritorious service is rewarded, and it is a heavy reward, and then do a good job in the work of bereavement for the death and disability of soldiers; if a soldier dies in battle, the land under his name will be inherited by his immediate relatives, and he will be given 10 months' salary of buried silver, and then 30 months' pension, and he will enjoy the four o'clock sacrifices, and the local officials will pay condolences every year......

Hearing this, Zhang Chun gasped, such elite soldiers and strong generals are rich, fortunately, they are also officers and soldiers, otherwise the north and the south and Taiwan will rebel together, and then they will have to do it!