Chen Yongfu, who was stationed in Taiyuan, was indeed preparing to break out these days. The reason why he gave up Taiyuan was that Li Zicheng once again miscalculated people's hearts!

His "benevolent government" in Shanxi did not buy the hearts of the people he wanted, but set up a strong enemy for him - Jin Shang!

Before the Datong Ming army colluded with the Qing army to deal with Dashun, there were factors contributed by the Jin merchants. The Qing army that invaded Taiyuan later could get a large amount of supplies from the local area, and it was also indispensable to the Jin merchants. Later, Wu Sangui went south to attack Luoyang, and some Jin merchants provided grain and grass along the way. And now the Taiyuan Mansion City where Chen Yongfu is stationed is also because of the destruction of the Jin merchants, which makes people panic.

Since late October, all kinds of rumors have been circulating in Chen Yongfu's army, what Li Zicheng has been defeated and died, and the Great Shun Dynasty has been destroyed. What Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty have reached a peace, with the Yellow River as the boundary, and the world is divided equally. What traitors came out of Taiyuan City, and soon they will open the city and surrender. What else did the Qing army build a dam to store water in the upper reaches of the Fen River, and soon the water would overflow Taiyuan City......

Chen Yongfu was upset by these rumors, and the Dashun army strongholds around Taiyuan were indeed uprooted by the Qing army one by one, and finally turned Taiyuan City into an isolated city.

The lonely city will not be defended after all!

And in November, the situation in Taiyuan City is even worse! A fire broke out in a large granary in the city, burning more than 10,000 stone of rice and noodles. The loss was not great, but the people were panicked, and the residents of the city rushed to buy food like crazy.

What worries Chen Yongfu even more is that the Qing army outside the city seems to have strong support from the Shanxi gentry! Since late October, a large number of people have begun to dig long trenches outside Taiyuan under the supervision of the Qing army!

In this case, to defend Taiyuan is to lose the troops in vain.

And because of the departure of 30,000 people under Wu Sangui, the number of Qing troops besieging Taiyuan was only 30,000. Although they are all Eight Banners powerhouses, the number of people is too small to besiege a big city like Taiyuan. Therefore, the possibility of a successful breakthrough has also been greatly improved.

On the fifth and sixth days of the first month of December, the temperature near Taiyuan suddenly dropped hot, and the Fenhe River in the west of the city formed strong soldiers, which was enough to run horses.

Without hesitation, Chen Yongfu seized the opportunity that the river had just frozen, and the Qing army had not had time to adjust the encirclement, and led his troops to break through with Li Ruoxing and Han Wenquan. After a successful breakthrough, the army split into two routes. Chen Yongfu led the main force to Jiaocheng in the southwest, while Li Ruoxing and Han Wenquan led their troops westward and entered Luliang Mountain.

The Qing army besieging the city was divided into three routes, one route was led by Duoduo himself, pursuing Chen Yongfu, who fled to the southwest, and seizing Fenzhou and Pingyang Mansion by the way; One route was led by Dorobelenikan and stayed in Taiyuan; The first route was led by Azig, who went north to Daizhou and went out of Yanmen Pass to attack Datong Mansion - according to Dolgon's plan, after Azig arrived in Datong Mansion, he would replace Haoge, who had been fighting for a long time, and become the commander of the Qing army on the Datong side.

In Dolgon's mind, Hauge and Aobai are not incompetent, and the elite soldiers with blue and yellow flags are not vegetarians. How can it really be a long-term battle? Therefore, Datong Mansion is just a fruit that is about to ripen, and Azig is to pick the fruit...... To put it bluntly, the Datong border army of the Ming Dynasty can have great combat effectiveness?

But at this time, Dorgon, Duoduo and Azig did not expect that their struggle with the Ming Dynasty had just begun!

Moreover, the main battlefield of the struggle between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was not in Datong Mansion at all, but on the Luliang Mountain......

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At the beginning of December, the military officials solemnly greeted them on the left side of the road.

And Li Jiantai, who was about to escort the acting king to Luliang Mountain, also stood outside the gate of the royal city with several concubines dressed in military costumes.

Acting Wang Zhu Cijiong saw them at a glance, and was busy with the eunuch Zong Zhen, the palace foreman Wang Jianwei, and the palace Ji Shan (teacher) Bi Keli, Chen Yongxi and others, strode over, and said to Wang Yongji and Jiang Jiu: "The wind and snow are very heavy, you two don't have to go far." ”

As he spoke, he said to Li Jiantai: "Mr. Li, you are old, you have to be careful of catching a cold, don't stand in the wind and snow for a long time, hurry up and get on the bus." ”

Seeing the young prince's style of caring for his subordinates, Wang Yongji, Jiang Hao, and Li Jiantai were all moved for a while. None of them had ever seen Zhu Cihong who was possessed by Zhu Yaofei's soul, and naturally they didn't know how powerful Zhu Cihong was, so they felt that the 13-year-old Acting King His Royal Highness looked a little bit like a wise monarch. Looks a little stronger than his father...... At least he ran very fast, and without waiting for the Tartars to besiege the city, he ran away by himself, and he also ran to Luliang Mountain.

Jiang Hao arched his hand and said: "Lord Wang, you also have to wear warmer, the weather is cold here in Datong, and December is the coldest time, there is ice and snow everywhere outside the city, and it is even colder when you enter the mountains." ”

Wang Yongji said: "This road is really hard for the prince...... Speaking of which, it's all the incompetence of the ministers, and the Tartars have been deceived!

However, the ministers will not make the Tartars feel better, with the Datong Jiancheng, the city can always be defended for two years! The minister didn't believe that the Tartars could stay outside Datong City for so long! ”

When it comes to city defense, Datong Xiongcheng is much stronger than Beijing! Even if the Qing army has a large number of Hongyi cannons, it is very difficult to break through the city defense of Datong - the main city wall of Datong is four or five zhang wide, rammed earth and bricks, extremely strong, even if it is bombarded with Hongyi cannons, it is difficult to collapse. Moreover, the collapse of a section of the city wall can not achieve a breakthrough, because there are a total of 62 majestic gatehouses, corner towers, and watchtowers on the Datong city wall, which stand at intervals, and are not far from each other.

And the solidity of these gatehouses, corner towers, and watchtowers is not comparable to the city wall. Among them, the gatehouse has an urn city structure, the shape of the corner tower and the watchtower is more prominent trapezoidal, the front is relatively narrow, and the interior is solid, even if it collapses, it will form a steep ramp, and it is difficult to climb.

Therefore, Wang Yongji, Jiang Hao and others estimated that the Qing army would not storm Datong, but would adopt a protracted siege. In fact, it's just that the inside and outside of the city are hungry!

If you are only trapped in the lonely city, no matter how many reserves there are in the city of Datongfu, there will always be a day when they will be exhausted. Fortunately, Luo Xiushen began to seek a way out for the king as early as a few months ago, and the king's castle in Luliang Mountain has been built, and the Zhenxiwei and the various places, forts, cities, and walls below are basically under control.

In addition, the four counties and two prefectures located in the northwest of Shanxi, including Hequ County, Xing County, Lan County, Ling County, Baode Prefecture, and Kelan Prefecture, are also under the jurisdiction of officials sent by the Acting Wangfu.

With the territory of one guard, two prefectures and four counties in the Luliang Mountains echoing with Datongfu, Datongfu is no longer an isolated city...... Therefore, Wang Yongji and Jiang Jiu were full of confidence at this time, and felt that they could fight a protracted battle with the Qing army in Datong Fucheng.

Acting King Zhu Cihong had already turned over and mounted his horse, and the palace guards had also prepared a carriage for the elderly Li Jiantai to use. This retainer who surrendered to Li Zicheng and spent 150,000 taels of silver to buy a "hometown return permit", and also has a Jin merchant background, is very unreliable. However, since he took refuge under the command of the acting king, he actually repented, and contributed money and food, and collected a lot of useful firearms and gunpowder for the king's guards.

He also helped Luo Xiu build a royal fort in Luliang Mountain, and also asked people to send more than 40 of his 50 little wives and a large number of children to Luliang Mountain.

Looking at the meaning, it is to live and die with His Royal Highness the Acting King!

After the acting king Zhu Cijiong sat firmly on horseback, he turned his head to look at the courtiers who saw him off, and suddenly raised the horsewhip in his hand and pointed south: "This king should call on the heroes of Shanxi in Luliang Mountain, and fight with the Dongyu to the end, and I also hope that all the princes will stick to Datong and wait for this king to lead the brave army of the Quartet to relieve the siege of Datong!" ”