In the early morning, the noisy city of Jinzhou finally returned to calm, and the cold morning breeze exuded a chill. The air smelled of blood, mixed with the smell of burnt.

Looking outside the city, there are dead bodies everywhere, and there is no edge in sight. The remnant flag covered the corpse, and the corpse with a knife and gun pressed the remnant flag. There were three deep trenches, and four with the moat, but they were no longer visible, all of them were piled with corpses, and blood was everywhere.

Not only outside the east gate and north gate, but now the entire city is full of corpses, of course, mostly the corpses of Manchu Tartars and traitors.

Seeing these scenes, one can imagine the fierce battle at that time.

Although a large number of Qing troops broke through from outside the east gate and the north gate, the Ming army, which had been trapped outside the city for several months, had already been fortified and defended like an iron wall.

As soon as the cannon sounded, there were muskets in the distance, bows and arrows in the distance, and hand-to-hand combat in hand-to-hand combat.

The surging Qing army, some of them did not even rush through the first trench and slept underground, some died in the second ditch, and some broke through three trenches in a row, but they were killed by the elite of the Ming army on the bank of the ditch.

Wave after wave of Qing troops couldn't rush over, and they didn't want to be cannon fodder, so they had to change their direction and break through in any direction, but the result was the same in that direction, and the Ming army defended like an iron bucket, without leakage.

As a result, no matter which direction these Qing troops broke through, their fate was the same.

In the end, the British prince Azig and the first warrior of Manchuria, Ao Bai, personally led the charge, but only fought a fierce battle with Hao Shaoqi and He Renlong's team, and after the 10,000 reinforcements of Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan arrived, Azig and Ao Bai had no chance.

A battle that lasted until dawn announced their demise, and some Qing troops even turned back and ran into the city, but at such a time of fighting, people were sleepy and tired, and if they wanted to return to the city, they had to cross three trenches again, if they counted the moat, it was four chasms, and as for the suspension bridge on the moat, for these thousands of horses and thousands of troops, it was a single-plank bridge.

Many Qing troops did not die on the battlefield of the charge, but died of exhaustion in the retreating trenches, some were squeezed and trampled to death, and some were drowned in the moat where they fell.

Some were lucky enough to run back to the city along the narrow suspension bridge, but they were soon killed in the city by the Ming army who launched a fierce attack on Jinzhou City.

In this way, they continued to kill until dawn, and all the trenches outside the city were filled with corpses, and corpses were scattered everywhere outside the city.

The sight frightened the beasts and goshawks, who had nowhere to feed, and watched from a distance or from a high place, and let out a few terrible cries and wandered away.

But there are not many corpses in the city, and they are nothing compared to the outside of the city.

After the Ming army rested for a while, they began to clean up the corpses and deal with post-war matters.

Hong Chengchou, who was tied up with five flowers, was escorted out of the Shuaifu and became the only prisoner of the Ming army.

Lin Yi passed down the order to send someone to watch over him, don't let him run away, and don't torture him first, at least save his life.

The subordinate generals agreed and put Hong Chengchou in prison.

Many of his generals were puzzled, why did Lin Yi leave this big traitor alone, the generals who followed Lin Yi to fight all knew that they were tolerant of the thieves of the Ming Dynasty, allowed them to surrender, and gave preferential treatment to prisoners with an unprecedented policy, but for these Manchu Tartars and traitors, they were completely different, they were not allowed to surrender, and they were all killed.

And what's going on today? Many people have doubts, but they are afraid to speak.

Xiaoying doesn't care about this.

"Brother Lin, what are you doing with this big traitor? Just cut him alive. ”

Lin Yi smiled slyly, "The ancients said that people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xiao Ying didn't understand, and asked with big eyes.

"I'm reading less books." Lin Yi patted her helmet as he spoke, "If a person is not afraid of death, why should he use death to scare him?" For this kind of death-fearing ghost, you can't let him die, because it's useful to keep it. Now Hong Chengchou is such a person, and if he stays, he may be useful in the future. ”

After Lin Yi finished speaking, he turned around and went to do something else.

Xiao Ying was still a little unsatisfied, and said to herself: "What does Brother Lin mean is to make him surrender and use it for me?"

Zhezhe took the words, "Sister, it's right to use it for me, but Brother Lin will definitely not let him surrender." ”

Xiaoying nodded, "Yes, because he is an unforgivable traitor......"

The Shuai Mansion in Jinzhou City was quickly vacated, this is where Hong Chengchou used to live, strictly speaking, he has lived twice, and after cleaning, this became Lin Yi's office.

The 100,000 Ming troops outside the city all moved to the city.

The number of people was counted, and the fierce battle in one night wiped out all 20,000 Qing troops in the city, including thousands of traitors, and captured Hong Chengchou, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army's Ningjin defense line.

The Ming army also suffered three or four thousand casualties in this fierce battle, and it was inevitable that there would be casualties in the war, killing 3,000 enemies and losing 800 self-inflicted losses.

Of course, we can't just remember the merits of the dead, and those who are alive and meritorious soldiers are more worthy of admiration. Wang Jian ordered people to take the merit books and register them one by one.

Hao Shaoqi killed the British prince Azig, He Renlong, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan teamed up to kill Ao Bai, the first warrior of Manchuria, and so on.

After the post-war affairs were dealt with, that is, on the fifth day of the capture of Jinzhou City, Lin Yi ordered the whole army to congratulate the feast.

Notices were then put up to recruit Jinzhou residents who had been displaced by the war in the nearby mountains and forests to return to the city.

A part of the soldiers were sent to renovate their houses, clean their yards, and distribute food and clothes for them, and those homeless and lonely people set up porridge factories and sheltered them collectively, even if they could not live a well-off life, at least let them have food and clothing.

The common people are very content, running to tell each other, returning to the city in an endless stream, and then thankfully worshiping the sky and the earth, worshiping Lin Yi's handsome mansion, or the Ming Dynasty!

Someone had already sent the good news to the Guannei, first the Beijing in the north was a sensation, followed by the South in Beijing was a sensation, and then the entire Ming people knew that Lord Lin won the battle outside the Guan, and recovered Ningyuan, Jinzhou and Yizhou and other military towns in one fell swoop, tens of thousands of Manchu Tartars and traitors were all wiped out, and the Lord of the Prison Country was really a god!

Whether it is an official or a soldier, or ordinary people from all walks of life, anyone who has a little patriotism is very excited, and they beat gongs, drums, and firecrackers one after another, congratulating the victory in different forms.

After the surrender of the city of Yizhou, Ezhe and the Bahrain brothers reconciled, and Ezhe took the initiative to give up the throne to his brother Bahrain, and then left Bayan Bushar and Barun to take the special generals of Weng Niu and the generals of the right wing of Tumut, stationed in Yiju to stand by.

Ezhe and Balin brought more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry to Jinzhou to meet Lin Yi, and this 10,000 Mongolian soldiers were all Chahar generals.

After seeing Lin Yi, the two brothers gave Lin Yi a salute, especially when they fell to the ground with their foreheads bowed, kowtowed their heads to thank Lin Yi for his kindness.

Because he knew that Lin Yi had never allowed Tartars and traitors to be captured, this time it was unprecedented for him, and he was allowed to surrender the city.

Otherwise, his fate would be absolutely the same as that of the Qing army in Jinzhou.

Lin Yi asked him to get up, and Ezhe said that he had given up the throne to his brother Balin, and he was no longer worthy of being the heir of Lin Dan Khan.

Lin Yi expressed his approval, congratulated their brothers on their reconciliation, and congratulated Bahrain on inheriting the throne of the Khan of the Chahar Department.

Then the two brothers signed an agreement with Lin Yi on behalf of the Chahar Ministry, and they were friendly with the Ming Dynasty and would never lose each other.

Chahar is a large tribe of Mongolia, Lin Dan Khan is the descendant of Genghis Khan, when it was the strongest, it controlled the entire southern Mongolia, northern Mongolia and western Mongolia shrunk, once upon a time Lin Dan Khan had the tendency to unify Mongolia.

Although the current Chahar tribe is not what it used to be, it is still an influential tribe among the various tribes of Mongolia, with more than 20,000 households.

The Ming Dynasty had such an ally, and the loss of such an ally by the Qing Dynasty was of great significance to the Ming Dynasty.

The two sides exchanged the agreement with the seal, and formed a decree agreement, in which there is a chahar to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year, and once there is a difficulty, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not sit idly by.

Chahar regained his freedom, got rid of the enslavement and rule of the Qing Dynasty, and more importantly, with the umbrella of the Ming Dynasty, they are now no one afraid, and this result is not easy to come by.

The two brothers hugged their heads and cried, but the crying and crying became more and more painful, and no one in Bahrain and the others could persuade them.

Xiao Ying next to her looked at it, "Ezhe, do you feel that you have lost and regretted it?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Ezhe quickly wiped away his tears, "Where did Niangniang say it, Ezhe is not sad for herself." ”

"You call me a mother?" Xiao Ying was a little flattered and turned to look at Lin Yi, "Brother Lin hasn't ascended the throne yet, where did he come from?" …… Oh, don't care what it's called, then who do you say you're crying for? ”

"Ezhe...... Thinking of their mothers, how happy they should be...... But they ...... In the tiger and wolf den in Shengjing, I am afraid that there will be no corpse at this time, and the sons are not filial......"

Ezhe cried and cried, and knelt down to kowtow to the north, which also infected Bahrain, and he also knelt down crying.

Lin Yi frowned when he saw it, it is useless to persuade him, anyone will be sad if he has this kind of thing, he can't persuade him, after all, he is the mother who gave birth to him, and he became a hostage in the capital of the Manchu Tartars, these two sons are still filial sons, how can they save them? Is it still too late?

Only a dead horse should be a live horse doctor, as long as they don't lose their heads, they have to find a way to save people, the Chahar Department is now a subsidiary friend of the Ming Dynasty, and he and Bahrain are sworn brothers, no matter what way it is, they must do their best to rescue.

Lin Yi thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, there is!

"You don't have to be sad, I have a plan, if a few Eniang have a life, they will naturally be able to get out of danger."

Lin Yi's words were amazing, and Balin and Ezhe really stopped crying, as if they had seen a savior. At this time, if his mothers died, the gods would have no choice. If there is a life, it can be rescued by a clever plan, and it is estimated that only Lin Yi dares to say this.

But who can say for sure if there is a life or not? And there is a life now, can you have a life tomorrow, can you have a life the day after tomorrow, this place is hundreds of miles away from Shengjing!

The Manchu Tartars wanted the lives of several of their weak women, and that was a matter of an instant. No matter how clever Lin Yi's clever plan is, it will be too late to show it when the time comes, and it will be a cake after all.

Therefore, after listening to Lin Yi's words, Balin and Ezhe were still up and down in their hearts, and they couldn't be happy.

At this time, Lin Yi called Song Xiance over and introduced them to them: "This is Song Xiance, a certain think tank, Mr. Song has a lot of knowledge of ancient and modern times, knows astronomy and geography, is proficient in yin and yang, and the art of gossip divination, can be pushed forward 800 years, and 500 years later, let Mr. Song come to divination for the two."

Bahrain and Ezhe are overjoyed, this dark, short, and unattractive Mr. Song is really so powerful? Lin Jianguo said that there must be, otherwise can he be used as a think tank? No wonder Lin Yi is invincible, it turns out that there is such a clever master hidden by his side.

The brothers Bahrain and Ezhe worshiped Song Xiance.

Song Xiance hurriedly stopped them and said: "The second is not to be polite, what the Lord of the Prison just said was exaggerated, Song is only shallow in learning, rough in divination, and is willing to divinate for a few honored ladies."

"Then there's Mr. Law."

After Song Xiance cleaned his hands, he calculated a hexagram for Balin and Ezhe, pinched his fingers after reading the hexagram, and then recited words in his mouth, his eyes were sometimes slightly open, sometimes slightly closed, and his round and black little face was sometimes stretched, sometimes his eyebrows were condensed.

Everyone present stared at Song Xiance's unique and funny expression, and no one dared to be happy.

Especially Ezhe, Balin's heart was in his throat, as if Song Xiance held the power of life and death at this time, and several of their mothers and relatives were just between Song Xiance's thoughts.

It took a long time for Song Xiance to completely open his eyes and end the state of divination.

"Congratulations to the Lord of the Prison and the two of you, a few honorable ladies, your fate should not be extinct, please plan for the Lord of the Prison Country and win a thousand miles."

Lin Yi, Bahrain and Ezhe were happy. Divination is such a thing, and if you don't believe it, you don't have it. Next, Lin Yi began to plan to save people.

Now the Ming army has broken through Jinzhou in the last few days, and it is the Qing army in Jinzhou City that has been annihilated, and the details of the battle in Jinzhou City must not be very clear to Shengjing.

Therefore, Lin Yi immediately issued an order to strictly seal the specific news of the Battle of Jinzhou.

Ezhe and Balin seemed to see through Lin Yi's intentions, and said worriedly: "My lord, I'm afraid it's too late, the news of our surrender of the city, and the defeat of Boluo's reinforcements, I'm afraid it will have been brought to Shengjing long ago."

Lin Yi smiled: "You have misunderstood, what can Dolgon and the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang do if they know?" As long as he doesn't know that Prince Azig and Ao Bai, the first warrior of Manchuria, have fallen out of their heads, and this Hong Chengchou is in our hands, this prison country wants to use them to make a fuss. ”

Song Xiance, who was beside him, saw through Lin Yi's intentions, and had to praise Lin Yi for his clever thinking and clever plan.

Balin and Ezhe also seemed to understand, and immediately turned their worries into joy, praying to heaven with a sense of anticipation, wishing that God would bless Lord Lin with a smooth plan, and pray for the blessing of several of their mothers.

Then Lin Yi ordered people to spread two pieces of news: one is that Ezhe Xiancheng of Yizhou City surrendered, Ezhe and the Bahrain brothers reconciled, Ezhe gave up the throne of Khan, and was inherited by his brother Bahrain, and the Chahar Department broke away from the Qing Dynasty and formed an alliance with the Ming Dynasty. The new Khan King Balin and the Ming Dynasty Emperor Lin Yi have concluded an agreement.

The second is the Battle of Jinzhou, the Qing army was annihilated, and Azige, Aobai, Hong Chengchou and others became prisoners of Lin Yi. The reason why Lin Yi wanted to keep them was that he planned to negotiate terms with Shengjing in exchange for Hostages such as Bao Bao and Su Tai.

Nang Nang and Su Tai are both the mothers of Ezhe and Balin, that is, they are both the wives of Lin Dan Khan, and now these are divided between Huang Taiji, Zilharang, Dolgon and others. Nominally, it was their concubine Fujin, but in fact, in addition to sleeping with them, it was the hostage they controlled the descendants of Lin Dan Khan.

The Manchurian Tatars had very different living habits from the Han Chinese, and when their father died, the son could not only inherit their estate, but also inherit his father's wives and concubines. The elder brother is gone, and the brother can marry the sister-in-law. In the eyes of the Han people, these are simply corrupt human morals.

In addition, as the grandsons of the Manchurian Tartars, such as Huang Taiji, Haoge, Dolgon and Azig, it is no longer news that they killed their wives and concubines for their own selfish desires.

In this case, their concubine Fujin is a vassal and victim of their lust for power. It is hard to imagine any affection between such a man and a woman, the woman who sleeps with them today, the object of their slaughter tomorrow.

Therefore, for Lin Yi to do these two pieces of propaganda, Balin and Ezhe were puzzled: "My lord, is this possible?"

In their opinion, Lin Yi should keep it a secret, and should never make a big deal and deliberately send a letter to the Manchurian Tartars in Shengjing. How could there be such a thing as letting the Tartars know their purpose in advance?

Lin Yi smiled nonchalantly, "These two points must be known to the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Dolgon as soon as possible, otherwise this record will never succeed." ”

"Since this is the case, it is up to the adults to decide." Of course, Ezhe and Bahrain did not dare to raise the bar.

Then Lin Yi dispatched troops, and the next step was to go out of Jinzhou, and the target was of course Shengjing, the capital division of the Qing Dynasty, that is, Shenyang in later generations.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

Lin Yi transferred back more than 10,000 Mongolian soldiers who were guarding Yizhou, and asked Yuan Shu, the general soldier of Henan, to move to Yizhou with more than 10,000 of his Henan soldiers to prepare supplies of grain, grass, ammunition and equipment for Lin Yi's 100,000 army.

Then more than 30,000 cavalry members of the Mongol tribes, such as the Wengniute Division, the Tumut Right Wing, the Chahar Division, and so on, who had formed an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, were organized into Mongolian battalions, which were specifically divided into Mongolian 1st Battalion, Mongolian 2nd Battalion, Mongolian 3rd Battalion, and Mongolian 5th Battalion.

In order to distinguish the standard battalion, musket battalion, invincible battalion, new training battalion, women's battalion, guard battalion and other battle sequences under Lin Yi's command.

Not counting the Henan soldiers who supplied grain and grass, including the five Mongolian battalions, Lin Yi gathered a total of 130,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 20 battalions of troops, if you count the Henan soldiers, nearly 150,000 troops, known as 200,000 to the outside world, the soldiers went out of Jinzhou and smashed Huanglong, the goal was of course to conquer the Qing Dynasty, or to destroy the Qing Dynasty.

These were done within a month after Lin Yi took Jinzhou, which was simply a lightning operation in the era of cold weapons at that time.

Especially at that time, in the eyes of the people, the Ming Dynasty fought on the third line in the twilight of the West Mountain, the southwest's rogue battle against Zhang Xianzhong, and the southern war against Zheng Zhilong's pirates, both of which were not small-scale wars and required considerable national strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that such a large-scale war is being waged outside the Guan, how much national support will it take? Throughout the ages, wars have been fought with money.

When the news came out, the government and the opposition of the Qing Dynasty shook again.