The Ningjin defense line built by the Qing Dynasty is more unbreakable than the Ming era, don't look at only a few short years, which can be said to have nothing to do with time, because the core of the Ningjin defense line lies in Jinzhou, and the current Jinzhou is different from the Jinzhou of the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yizhou belonged to the Qing Dynasty, the territory of the Chahar Department, and it was also the fief of the descendants of Lin Dan Khan.

Can't underestimate this Yizhou, although it is not a military town, but Huang Taiji rebuilt Yizhou there, of course, for Jinzhou, Jinzhou at that time was still the military town of the Ming Dynasty, and it was the bridgehead of the Ming Dynasty outside the Shanhai Pass to the enemy's Tatars, and the strategic location was of great importance.

This can be seen from the cost of the Battle of Ningjin two years ago, which began in 1640 and ended in 1642, according to historical records, the Ming and Qing Dynasty invested a total of nearly 200,000 troops.

In the end, the war ended in the defeat of the Ming Dynasty, the direct result of the battle of Ningjin was not only the betrayal of the Ming Dynasty by famous generals such as Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou, but also the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, a more serious consequence is that the Ningjin defense line operated by the Ming Dynasty for many years was lost, it can be said that it was the crystallization of the efforts and painstaking efforts of several generations of famous generals of Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan, and the elite outside the Shanhai Pass of the Ming Dynasty was completely lost.

After the end of the Ningjin War, the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to stop the effective counteroffensive of the Qing Dynasty, resulting in the Qing Dynasty's iron cavalry all the way to the Shanhai Pass, laying the foundation for the Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs in 1644.

It can be said that if there was no battle of Ningjin, it would have been a fool's dream for the Manchu Eight Banners to enter the Central Plains.

The importance of the Ningjin defense line can be seen from this.

This was for the Ming Dynasty at that time, and the current Qing Dynasty has an additional Yizhou in the northwest of Jinzhou, as if Jinzhou has added wings.

In this way, in front of Jinzhou are Tashan, Xingshan and Songshan, the three major barriers, and behind is Yizhou, and Ningyuan is the gateway to Jinzhou. The three cities and the three mountains echo each other from afar, and there are large and small Ling rivers behind them, so that they can advance and retreat freely, and they are solid.

If Daming wants to win such a line of defense, he will undoubtedly have to spend a lot of money.

But Lin Yi did not play cards according to the conventional way of playing, the ten-way army, advancing by land and water, and using troops against these six places at the same time, the Qing army in the six places really did not dare to act rashly.

The Qing troops in Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Yizhou were stuck in the city, and tens of thousands of Ming troops were eyeing them outside, but they didn't attack, they just watched like this.

The battle of Tashan was the first to start, followed by Xingshan and Matsuyama. A total of 15,000 Qing troops were stationed in these three mountains, while the Ming army had 60,000 or 70,000 troops.

First of all, the red-coated artillery bombarded and suppressed the firepower of the Qing army, and the Ming army launched a fierce attack, with the self-generated flintlock musketeers and archers cooperating with each other, and the cavalry and infantry cooperating with each other, and a charge first took the Tashan position, and then Xingshan and Songshan were also captured by the Ming army.

More than 10,000 Qing troops in these three strongholds were completely annihilated by tens of thousands of Ming troops after a day and a night of fierce fighting.

During this period, the defenders of Yizhou, Jinzhou and Ningyuan all received calls for help, but none of them dared to act rashly.

Because at this time, there were 20,000 Ming troops watching them outside the cities of Jinzhou and Yizhou, and the principle of the Ming army was that if they did not come out, they would fight.

The fall of Tashan, Xingshan and Songshan first caused a shock in Ningyuan City, and the 10,000 defenders of Ningyuan were really panicked. They were caught in the middle of the Ming army and became pies, and it was a matter of time before the Ming army would eat them.

Of course, Ning Yuan's Qing didn't dare to come out, so he had to guard here.

But then the Ming army still did not attack Ningyuan, let them defend it as they like. The Ming army took Tashan Xingshan and Songshan Prefecture, 670,000 horses, plus 20,000 Ming troops outside Jinzhou City, nearly 100,000 troops, and surrounded Jinzhou City.

At this time, there were only 20,000 Qing troops stationed in Jinzhou City, and the fall of Tashan Xingshan and Songshan caused the shock of the Jinzhou defenders. But they never dared to fight, and now they were surrounded by the Ming army, and they had a premonition of disaster.

But then the Ming army did not attack the city, so it held on. Yizhou, Jinzhou and Ningyuan were not attacked, and hundreds of thousands of Ming troops were guarded like this, and this defense was half a month.

On this day, Lin Yi, who was in the south of Ningyuan City, received a report that Hong Chengchou commanded 50,000 Qing troops to relieve the siege of Jinzhou.

Lin Yi laughed, "The dog traitor is finally here, it's good to come, Lao Tzu will come to besiege the city again!" ”

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Not two days after Hong Chengchou left Beijing, he received a report that the Ming army had taken Tashan, Xingshan and Songshan, and Ning Yuan was in a hurry! Jinzhou is trapped!

Hong Chengchou was shocked, why did the Ming army move so fast? The Ningjin defense line, so strong, is far from comparable to the defense line of the Ming Dynasty. Hong Chengchou clearly remembered that the Battle of Ningjin fought for two years, from 1640 to 1642.

But now, in just one month, the Ming army has found a breakthrough, and it seems that the surname Lin is really extraordinary.

Hong Chengchou ordered to speed up the march, and rescue the soldiers was like fighting a fire.

Jinzhou is obviously a key node in this battle, if something goes wrong in Jinzhou. Ningyuan and Yizhou will also be in danger, how will the Empress Dowager and the emperor explain to each other when the time comes?

When he was one hundred and eighty miles away from Jinzhou City, Hong Chengchou temporarily ordered the team to stop, rest the soldiers and horses, and then the four-way army marched together and went straight to the Ming army outside Jinzhou City.

Prince Su Haoge and the commander of the protector army led 10,000 elite eight banners to attack the Ming army in the Daling River Valley.

At the same time, Sonny and Hanchen Ma Guozhu each commanded 10,000 troops and launched an attack on the Ming army in the Xiaoling River valley.

Hong Chengchou and Prince Azig led 10,000 horses as backups, which way is not good to support which side.

However, the Qing army of the four routes came with good news one after another, and all of them were the retreat of the Ming army.

Whether it was the Battle of Da Ling River or the Battle of Xiao Ling River, as soon as the Qing army's artillery rang out, and then launched a fierce attack, the Ming army was defeated, all of which were like this.

For such a victory, Hong Chengchou was also a little surprised, the Ming army was so vulnerable? Or is it really seamless?

Haoge, Aobai, Sony, and Ma Guozhu, these are all generals who can conquer and fight habitually, and all the troops are the elite of the Eight Banners, and field warfare is the strength of the Qing army. Therefore, after his analysis, he felt that the victory was reasonable, and the defeat of the Ming army was also reasonable.

But he always felt unsteady in his heart, because such a victory seemed to be too smooth, so smooth that he couldn't believe it.

But Hong Chengchou didn't know that the battles of the Great and Small Linghe in history all ended in the defeat of the Ming army. Now that the Ming army has been defeated again, is this a repeat of the mistakes of the past, or is there a hidden mystery?

Not only Hong Chengchou was suspicious, but Prince Su Haoge, the commander of the army Ao Bai, and Sonny also felt a little incredible.

They were all from the past, and they had dealt with Lin Yi, and they felt that the Ming army in front of them was deliberately retreating rather than being defeated.

But why did Lin Yi do this? He is actually trapped in the city, why do you want to deliberately retreat, is there some conspiracy here?

The combat effectiveness of the Ming army, they do not dare to underestimate it at all now. What field battle is the strength of their Qing army, it can only be in the past, after the Battle of Shanhaiguan and the Battle of Huanggutun, no one dares to hold it up now.

Therefore, none of the three generals dared to take advantage of the victory to pursue, only Ma Guozhu, who had not suffered Lin Yi's loss, led the troops to chase and kill, chased out more than ten miles in one go, and chased until the city of Jinzhou.

Haoge, Ao Bai and Sonny came to see Hong Chengchou one after another, saying that this was definitely a conspiracy of the Ming army, and the enemy should not be taken lightly.

Hong Chengchou thought about it, and the Ming army had retreated in front of him, and the siege of Jinzhou City was relieved. If they dare not enter the city, will they always be stationed outside the city?

However, I felt that the words of Haoge and others were not groundless, and sent a horse to investigate, and the Ming army outside Jinzhou completely retreated, and no one was left.

For the sake of safety, Hong Chengchou stationed a large group of men and horses outside the city, and after two more days, he received a report that the army had withdrawn 200 miles away.

Hong Chengchou really couldn't think of any conspiracy of the Ming army. But what's the deal with delaying outside the city like this? The soldiers and horses who came to the rescue repelled the Ming army but did not dare to enter the city, and when it was rumored, people would laugh at him for being cowardly.

So he decided to move to the city.

The 50,000 army marched into Jinzhou City and the 20,000 defenders of Jinzhou City were combined, and the 70,000 Qing troops celebrated the victory, and these generals all gave Hong Chengchou a thumbs up.

Dolgon, Hauge, Aobai, etc., all lost the battle, and Hong Chengchou won the battle as soon as he came out, and it was really extraordinary.

But just when they were celebrating with their crowns, and took them to sit down to discuss how to seize Xingshan Songshan and Tashan, the next day, that is, the morning of the second day when Hong Chengchou and them entered the city, someone suddenly came to report that 100,000 Ming troops had gone and returned, and Jinzhou City was flooded overnight.

Hong Chengchou was stunned when he heard the report, and immediately took Prince Su Haoge, Prince Ying Azig, Ao Bai, the commander of the army, Minister Sony, Hanchen Ma Guozhu, etc., to the head of the city.

Sure enough, outside Jinzhou City, there were mountains of soldiers overnight, three layers inside and three layers outside, and they couldn't see the edge at a glance, all of them were Ming troops.

Hong Chengchou shouted that he was deceived, it turned out that the Ming army had been defeated again and again, and it was all fake to retreat and retreat, and this pit was dug deep and secret......