Huang Taiji received a report that the Ming army on the side of the Daling River had built a lot of water cannons to defend, and in the winter, the shield could not be prevented, and he wore iron armor and rushed at it as quickly as he could. Huang Taiji was surprised and received a report from Amin and Dolgon, saying that after adding 20,000 people, he still couldn't capture Jinzhou, because although the Ming army did not increase its troops, it transported a lot of supplies, and Mao Wenlong guarded it strictly, and if he really wanted to capture it, he had to increase his troops.

Hearing that the army did not increase its troops, Huang Taiji immediately understood that the Ming army was trying to create opportunities for themselves, of course, it was also a bait, so that his side could attack it with all his might, so that they could take Jinzhou. In line with the guiding ideology of absolutely not fulfilling the enemy's wishes, Huang Taiji gave Amin and them an order to stop the attack and besiege them instead, and ordered the miscellaneous soldiers near Shenyang and Anshan to replace Dolgon, and also learn from the Ming army to build fortresses and protective walls outside Jinzhou City. Huang Taiji means that Mao Wenlong has a total of 20,000 people, and Amin also has 20,000 people left, plus some miscellaneous soldiers who help to block Mao Wenlong, there should be no problem, and his side and Dolgon will go all out to help Jinzhou.

It was only at this time that Huang Taiji realized that he was wrong, in his opinion, Mao Wenlong was a henchman and must be eliminated quickly, in order to kill Mao Wenlong, he did not hesitate to make a huge promise to Amin, let Amin fight to the death with Mao Wenlong. In Huang Taiji's opinion, he has annihilated 10,000 Mao Wenlong on Phi Island, and the remaining 40,000 people are worth it even if they fight with Amin and Yue Tuo's 40,000 people, at least the trouble of his henchmen can be completely eliminated. Now it seems that the account should not be counted like this, judging from the results, his death of 20,000 is nothing, Mao Wenlong died 10,000 and then died 20,000, which is like a loss, but in the Ming army with millions of people, Mao Wenlong's hair can only be regarded as one of the nine cows.

Thinking of the importance of preserving the living force, Huang Taiji's heart to rescue Jinzhou became more eager, and he ordered Dolgon to come to Dalinghe Fort as soon as he took over the arrival of his men, and he wanted to concentrate his forces to rescue Jinzhou, and if the Ming army did not know how to dare to stop it, he would wipe out the Ming army in Dalinghe. After sending an order to Dolgon, Emperor Taiji personally led 40,000 people to supervise the battle in front of Dalinghe Fort, even if he couldn't capture it immediately, he had to find a way out.

At this time, Dalinghe Fort has become Dalinghe City, with the original Dalinghe Fort as the center of a thick but not very high protective wall, to the east on the edge of the Dalinghe River, a total of two halves of east and west. To the east is the cavalry garrison area of Mangui, always monitoring whether the enemy in Jinzhou is out of the city, and to the west is Zu Dashou's 20,000 men and 20,000 Guizhou troops, who are responsible for defending the enemy from the east. The city of Uiju had 7,000 men of Wu Xiang stationed to prevent the enemy from sneaking over the mountain of Yiwulu, and the 7,000 cavalry was enough to deal with any enemy who abandoned his horse and crossed the mountain.

At first, the Ming army thought that Jinzhou was good to attack and fight to attack the city, but was beaten by the cannon on the city and retreated. At this time, many people began to admire Nurhachi who dared to attack any city, since his old man died, few people dared to try such a difficult action, including his heir Huang Taiji lacked this courage not to be afraid of death. Fortunately, the cannon of the Jurchens was also rooted and difficult to carry, and the Ming army's side Man Gui asked Wu Xiang to go to Yizhou and guard it outside the city himself.

Seeing that the Ming army came out of the frame of slaughtering one by one, Li Yongfang simply blocked several city gates with stones, so as not to get out of the city and not come back for a while. In reply to the Ming army's letter of persuasion, Li Yongfang said that there was no turning back when he opened his bow, and since he had already defected and turned his allegiance to Dajin, it was impossible to surrender to the Ming Dynasty again. If the Ming army had patience and no reinforcements in Jinzhou for five years, the Ming army would have beheaded his body five years later to vent their anger.

There was no way to deal with Li Yongfang's arrogance, and after 20,000 people from Guizhou joined in, Man Gui asked them to wait for an opportunity in Songshan Fort, but these people were unwilling. The leading general is the original Guizhou general Xu Chengming, after the rebellion of luxury and An was quelled, he fought with Hou Liangzhu, and later when Hou Liangzhu and Qin Liangyu went to the west to make meritorious contributions, Xu Chengming also asked to go to Liaodong to fight, which has the meaning of secretly competing with Hou Liangzhu. Xu Chengming told Man Gui that they were here to fight, not to wait and see, Man Gui felt that this person was very interesting, so he asked him to go around with him, and found that Xu Chengming said a lot of suggestions that were very reasonable, so he asked him to lead his troops into Dalinghe Fort.

Two days after Xu Chengming came over, Jingshi also came with a group of people, that is, Zhang Xiang'an, Chen Qiyu and Ni Yuanlu, who were escorted by Jinyi Guard, in addition to the three of them, there were more than a dozen large boxes, which were very eye-catching. In view of Ni Yuanlu's amazing methods in the battle of Ningyuan, everyone looked at these boxes again and again, if it weren't for the Jinyi guards watching from the sidelines, many people would want to see what was inside. Because Ni Yuanlu boasted about Haikou in front of the apocalypse, saying that as long as he could hold on to it and had no worries, he would be able to take Jinzhou within half a month, so everyone went to Daling River to watch as soon as they came.

After reading it, everyone sat down to discuss and express their opinions, Zhang Xiangan first said to Man Gui: "General Man Gui, Daling River Fort has no danger to defend except for this river, and now the river is also frozen, and the Jurchens rushed straight over as if they were walking on the ground, if Huang Taiji poured everything he had to attack the general, would he be able to defend it?" ”

Man Gui said: "Our generals only know how to obey orders, and if you can defend it, you must defend it if you can't defend it, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "Build a high wall and thicken the wall to place cannons, and at the same time prepare fire materials to burn the enemy, if you can, you can move those fire cages in Ningyuan to use, I heard that the Jurchen soldiers also use fire cages in Jinzhou City, they learn quickly." ”

Man Gui smiled bitterly: "Just this little wall is already the maximum ability, now that the weather is so cold, the soil is frozen as hard as iron, how can you build a thick and high protective wall?" ”

Zhang Xiangan asked: "Why don't you burn the ground with fire first?" ”

Man Gui said: "All the branches are hung with ice, and they can't be lit at all, and all the ignitions that can be obtained have been used up to build these earthen walls." ”

Zhang Xiangan asked Ni Yuanlu: "Lord Ni, I heard that Ning Yuan has some black carbon, and it was black carbon used to make iron armor on Juehua Island at that time, and that thing ignited fiercely and burned for a long time, I don't know if I can transfer some of it and use it?" ”

Ni Yuanlu thought for a while and said: "Yes, yes, but it will take at least three days to transport it here, and it will take several days to burn the ground, I don't know if Huang Taiji can give us so many days." ”

Man Gui said at this time: "General Xu's people live here a little crowded, I am trying to transfer troops to another place, if you want to contain the enemy, I can send 20,000 people to Youtun, 10,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry both offensive and defensive, after a long time, I dare not say that it is not a big problem to delay for ten days." ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "If it's too late, then immediately send someone to Ningyuan to get black carbon, transport some first and then transport it one after another, General Mangui also immediately sent troops to Youtun, bring more things that hinder the enemy's advance speed, and try not to fight with the enemy." ”

Man Gui immediately sent two guerrilla soldiers to Youtun, and after they left, Man Gui asked: "At that time, we spent a lot of time building this wall, if we want to build a high wall, it will take longer, is it too late to transport black carbon belt to repair the wall for ten days?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Xiangan was pondering, Xu Chengming said: "How many words do I have that I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

Chen Qiyu saw that Xu Chengming asked strangely, and after thinking about it, he understood the reason, so he said: "General Xu has something to say, now is not the time for civilian officials to control military generals, except for General Man Gui here, you are of high grade, and if you have something to say, we will listen to you." ”

The military generals have been oppressed by the civil officials for so many years, and now the apocalypse requires the civil and military equality just to take care of the habit of making the civil officials a little higher, but the military generals are used to being oppressed by the civilian officials, and now they are not used to it for a while. Xu Chengming blinked his eyes and said: "I think this protective wall is high enough, it doesn't need to be increased anymore, it just needs to be widened. ”

Man Gui said: "We are suitable inside, but the enemy outside will also be easy to climb, I think it is better to build the city wall higher and wider, and then install the cannon on the city wall to be stable." ”

Ni Yuanlu said at this time: "The things that are repaired in winter are not strong, unless they are reinforced by splashing water and freezing, if they are too high, one is too late in time, and the second is easy to collapse. ”

Xu Chengming said: "This is simple, when we take the soil, we take it under the city wall, and if we dig deep outside, doesn't it seem that the city wall is also high?" ”

Man Gui said, "You haven't thought of this way? The problem is that under the city wall, in addition to the soil, there are more stones, and small stones can be dug up, and big stones can not be dug up. ”

Xu Chengming said: "In our hometown, when we build rivers and mountain roads, we will generally encounter stones blocking the way, and our method is to burn them first with fire and then pour cold water on them, and the stones will crack, but they have to be burned for a while to have an effect." ”

Man Gui asked in surprise, "Is there really such a thing?" ”

Xu Chengming said: "There is such a thing! ”

Ni Yuanlu said at this time: "I brought a lot of good things, and I was worried that the city wall would not be used if it was high, but now it seems to be suitable for use." ”

Man Gui said: "I still remember the demeanor of Lord Ni back then, did you bring a lot of grenades again?" ”

Ni Yuanlu shook his head and said: "That thing is expensive, and I can't afford it, and besides, that thing can't go far, so I didn't bring it this time." I've brought dozens of water hoses with me this time, originally intended to fight fires, and now I'm using them to spray water on your enemies. Think about what it would be like to pour water on the enemy's head on this cold day. And you haven't seen my water dragon, it won't stop, just keep turning the winch, and the leather tube can keep shooting out the warm water in the pot. ”

Man Gui smiled: "Then let's try it first to see how it works, but what if you don't have so much firewood?" A while ago, I burned everything I could and could only eat fried noodles for dinner, and I didn't eat hot food for several days. ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "The second good thing I brought is the stove, this stove is small and burns special carbon made of black carbon, called honeycomb coal." ”