"Knock, knock, knock......"

At the end of the day, a slightly cold sea breeze floated by, and a melodious bell sounded in the towering and solemn Jinzhou City.

This is the bell of the Liao Tower in the Daguangji Temple, a treasure temple in the city, which has been passed down for five or six hundred years.

At this time, with the ringing of this melodious bell, countless stiff figures covered with vegetables in the city, whether soldiers or civilians, suddenly came to life like rows of dead corpses, and rushed to the places around them with the smell of fireworks.

The bell at this time is also a reminder for breakfast in Jinzhou City.

Similar to Ningyuan City, Jinzhou City is also a military city, covering a huge area, with a circumference of dozens of miles, the height of the city wall is more than ten meters, the wall is high and the city is thick, and it is extremely majestic.

The city of Jinzhou in the Ming Dynasty is to absorb a lot of valuable experience of the predecessors, it was built in the 24th year of Hongwu, just at the intersection of the confluence of the Xiaoling River and the Daughter River, the location is very dangerous, and then, after several generations of expansion and transformation, it is basically a perfect military fortress.

To a large extent, the defense of Jinzhou City is even more profound than that of Ning Yuan, except that there are not as many red-coated cannons as there are in Ning Yuan City.

At this time, Jinzhou had been besieged by the Qing army for a year, and the food and salary reserves in the city had long been exhausted.

"Wow. I said, why is it so fragrant, this is meat. Do we have a broth to drink today? ”

"My mother-in-law, how long has it been since we've eaten meat? If you can eat a meal of meat today, it will be worth dying now. ”

"What the hell are you in a hurry, let the military masters eat first, and it will be our turn after the military masters have finished eating."

"Well, yes yes ......"

Today is a little different from the past.

In the past, these people who defended the city and the soldiers in the city had meals in groups, but today it may be the main force of the Ming Dynasty that has arrived, and they can actually eat with those soldiers.

The point is, there is still meat today.

This made the crowd suddenly agitated.

Soon, the soldiers, who were obviously much stronger than the people, quickly finished their meal and returned to their stations to eat.

Finally, it was the turn of these folks.

"Oh my God, what kind of meat is this, it's so fragrant, it's so fragrant, I've never eaten such a fragrant broth in my life."

"Look, look at me, I still have a meat star in this bowl. It's really Buddha's grace. ”

"Fragrant, it's so fucking fragrant. The ancestral army has let us eat meat, and the big guy has to work hard today. ”

“……”

Finally, it was the turn of the people to cook, and looking at the broth full of oil and water in the bowl and wafting with a rich aroma, many people cried with joy, as if they had tasted the joy of being a human being for the first time.

It's a pity that these poor people didn't notice that ~~, the soldiers who were cooking in front of them were all a little expressionless, and many people couldn't help but feel nauseous when they looked at the pieces of meat in the bowl.

And those firefighters are like wooden carvings......

It's been almost a year since the siege began, and not a single grain of rice has come in the city, and at this time people are dying, let alone livestock.

But at this point, who cares?

Many people's husbands soon ate their mouths full of oil, and they were still unsatisfied, and they were all shouting gratefully that they would make more efforts today to serve a large number of ancestors.

…

At this time, on the tall south gate of Jinzhou City, the ancestor of the ancestral army was carrying the treasure knife at his waist, under the protection of dozens of personal guards, facing the cold sea breeze, and checking the movements on all sides expressionlessly.

Because of the arrival of the main force of the Ming army, the scale of the Qing army's siege of Jinzhou City was reduced at this time, especially the Yellow Flag Department and the Two White Flag Department.

Before, there were more than 30 Niu Lu and more than 10,000 people in the Yellow Flag Department besieging Jinzhou City, which was simply suffocating.

And Dolgon's white flag and Duoduo's inlaid white flag are as high as more than 60 cattle records, more than 20,000 people, like a group of hungry wolves to enclose the north, west and south lines of Jinzhou.

But at this time, there were only a dozen cattle left in the Hauge Department's yellow flags, and the two white flags of Dorgon and the Duoduo brothers were less than thirty cattle records.

It was like the dark clouds that covered the sky and the sun, and most of it disappeared at once, allowing the long-lost sunlight to penetrate in.

However, Zu Dashou, who has been in battle for a long time, does not feel relaxed, and the whole person is more dignified and gloomy.

At this point, there is no way back, and even if you don't want to make a choice, you have to make a choice.

As a general, the first half of Zu Dashou, who is approaching the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, can be described as magnificent.

He has almost completely experienced the process of the rise of the post-Jin Jurchen, of course, in it, he has also gained a huge harvest and has become a trendsetter in this era.

For all kinds of means, all kinds of routines, all kinds of greasy, it is even more proficient, and it is perfect.

But at this time, the moment when it is really necessary to deduce countless times and have a complete response plan is coming, perhaps because of eating too much human flesh, Zu Dashou suddenly felt a little wooden, and he was unspeakably reluctant.

After all, even if he and his ancestral family have already stepped on two boats, and they have precise arrangements in both the Ming and Qing dynasties, but to put it bluntly, only by maintaining this state at this time will the ancestral family get the greatest benefits.

Only then can their ancestors truly speak their minds and become the true masters of this vast and fertile land.

However, now in this war, if the Ming Dynasty wins, it will be fine, according to the magnanimity of the Son of Heaven (stupid. Forced), it doesn't seem to be much of a problem to keep it as it is.

But the key is......

Can the decadence of the Ming Dynasty be the opponent of the wolf-like Manchurian soldiers?

Zu Dashou was a little stiff and weak for a while.

At this time, there were several people on the stairs not far away, who were quickly climbing up.

The person at the head is three or four points similar to Zu Dashou, with broad shoulders and thick back, a fine silver armor covered by a bright red official robe, and on the silver helmet, red tassels flutter in the wind.

Even if because the nutrition is not balanced, the face is relatively thin, and the eye sockets are a little collapsed, but the end is mighty and domineering.

It is Zu Dashou's brother, Jinzhou general Zu Dale.

"Big brother."

"Big brother, there's a letter from the south."

Zu Dale rushed over, walked quickly to Zu Dashou's side, and whispered a few words in a low voice.

"Today? Is there going to be a war today? ”

After hearing this, Zu Dashou's brows furrowed suddenly, and he was busy looking at Zu Dale.

Zu Dale glanced around, waved his hand and retreated from the surrounding guards, this kind of thing, even these generations of family slave guards can't know.

Busy whispered: "Big brother, the momentum in the south is very strong, and it has already taken root in Rufeng Mountain, as long as we work hard and open up the Daughter River channel on the west side, everything will be fine!" ”

“……”

Zu Dashou's brows tightened.

Of course, he understood what Zu Dale meant.

If they could choose, their ancestral family would definitely not be able to take refuge in the Tartars, can the Tartars give their ancestors so much food and salary every year and give them such great rights?

No!

However, the Tartars are fierce in force, and it is easy to invite the gods and send them away, so how can they be easily taken away?

Especially on the front line of the Daughter River, it is the defense area of the two macho brothers Dolgon and Duoduo, and if they want to open the channel to transport materials in, how can it be so simple?

In case things fall apart, their ancestral family will only have the best choice.

"How long can our 'grain and grass' last now?"

Zu Dashou looked at Zu Dale coldly.

"Huh?"

Zu Dale was stunned for a moment, and said busily: "Save some food, it won't be a big problem to carry it for another ten days and a half months." ”

"Whew."

Zu Dashou sighed and nodded slowly: "Hong Du and the main force of the Nine Sides have come from afar, and the time to prepare in Ningyuan is still short, don't be rash in this matter!" Convenient...... Bear with me one more day! Send someone to tell Hongdu, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, if Hongdu is well prepared and launches an attack tomorrow, my Jinzhou City will be fully bombarded and support the main force! ”

Zu Dale also understood his eldest brother's foresight at this time, and his spirit suddenly perked up, "Okay, big brother, I'll do it right away!" ”

…

With the arrival of the main force of the Ming army, the Qing army also consciously relaxed the channels of Jinzhou's external communication, which was originally a big pit for the Qing army.

There were more dead soldiers from Jinzhou City in the middle of the hour, and the news was handed to Songshan City.

At this time, the main force of Hong Chengchou's Qin army had arrived in Songshan City, and Hong Chengchou's honor guards, including the guard of honor of civil officials such as Zhang Ruoqi of the prison army and Qiu Minyang, the governor of the army, and the eunuchs of the prison army, were also moved to Songshan City.

And the east and west lines of Songshan City, Ma Ke, Bai Guangen, Wang Tingchen, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Pu and other elites of the nine sides have also lined up.

Yang Guozhu's vanguard took root in the southern part of Rufeng Mountain.

On the whole, the situation of the Ming army was very stable, and the morale of all departments was not bad.

This also makes Hong Chengchou ambitious to do a big job on this land.

Just after breakfast, Hong Chengchou was going to the city wall north of Songshan City to investigate the situation, and then he was going to personally go to the various departments to raise the army, so that the war would start today, and the news of Jinzhou City came.

Hong Chengchou frowned and read the secret report sent by Jinzhou, and couldn't help but fall into thought.

At this time, the prison army Zhang Ruoqi also brought people over, and Hong Chengchou quickly smiled and handed the Jinzhou secret report to Zhang Ruoqi.

Zhang Ruoqi was born in Chongzhen's four-year third-class jinshi, and his talent is really good, but where do you know anything about military affairs?

The reason why he was promoted to the position of Fang Langzhong of the Ministry of War and supervised the army in Liaodong was that he could drill the camp, his brain was smart, he stood on the right team, and he had the support of a good brother Zhang Ruoqi, and he was trusted by Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department and the secretary of the military department at this time.

Zhang Ruoqi came over at this time to urge Hong Chengchou to send troops quickly, after all, if you spend one more day here, the food and salary that the court will have to pay will be heavier.

But at this time, seeing Jinzhou's secret report, Zhang Ruoqi also hesitated.

How shrewd is Hong Chengchou? Hurriedly smiled: "Brother Tianshi, Jinzhou's worries are not unreasonable. If we attack, we will definitely choose the Western Front, but the Western Front is the position of the Manchurian Rui King Dolgon and Duoduo brothers, who have been operating here for a year, and there is more room for a buffer. ”

Here, several other eunuchs and civil officials also read the secret report at this time and responded one after another.

Zhang Ruoqi thought for a while and smiled: "Brother Hengjiu, since this is the case, then let's do it." Strive to let the soldiers raise their spirits today, and win the first victory tomorrow! ”

"Haha, that's just a good word from Brother Tianshi."

Hong Chengchou's mood was also in a big show, and he laughed.

He wanted to slow down the pace of the attack more than anyone else at this point.

Everyone around them immediately smiled and agreed, and the atmosphere on the city wall suddenly relaxed a lot.

…

At the seaside camp, Xu Changqing didn't know that the flapping wings of his little butterfly had subtly changed history.

Historically, on the 30th day of July, the Ming army had already waged a bloody battle with the two white flags of the Dolgon and Duoduo brothers on the western front of Rufeng Mountain, and suffered heavy losses.

Cao Bianjiao this time was because of selfishness and worried about Xu Changqing's safety, so he rushed over to see Xu Changqing early in the morning by searching for information.

And Xu Changqing's side, after thinking about it, struggled countless times, and finally made a decision!

----------- go to Matsuyama Castle to repay the merit!

The main reason is that Cao Bianjiao brought a lot of detailed information around Songshan City, so that Xu Changqing was sure that the most critical core and main force of the Qing army were all on the Songshan front line at this time.

Although they failed to destroy Haoge's group of minions with blue flags and yellow flags before, it was certain that they were hurt.

Especially the embarrassment of their escape, Xu Changqing had a lot of confidence, at least in the short term, they should not dare to come to this seaside camp again.

There are now more than forty levels of blue flags and yellow flag tartars on their side, of which there are as many as thirty-six true slaves!

Xu Changqing understands better than anyone that the Ming army at this time needs morale too much!

With the defense of fortifications, even if the Qing army came to attack the seaside camp, it needed to be adjusted, and it would take time to bulldoze and fill the ditch.

This means that Xu Changqing has a lot of room for maneuver!

A quarter of an hour after Cao Bianjiao left, Xu Changqing's Ergou people led people in front of this trench and continued to dig another trench earth wall fortification, that is, with Zhao Zengjin, Wang Anshan, Mao Qun, Mao Tiehammer and other nearly 50 good hands, carrying the more than 40 levels of Tartar heads, and went straight to the direction of Songshan City.