Lin Yi fought this battle very confidently, the 100,000-strong army besieged the city, and only 30,000 people went into battle, and these 30,000 horses were still tired, and most of the other soldiers and generals should do what they should do, so they won this victory, and drove the 40,000 Tartars back into the circle like cattle.

Lin Yi's self-confidence, of course, comes from his eight years of exploration and experience, during which he has grown from a worthless border soldier to a militaristic boss, from an ignorant cognition of the Ming Dynasty limited to book knowledge to personal experience, to adaptation and then to the bull's ear, from a special soldier in later generations to gradually grow and grow, to cultivate a huge army that is absolutely obedient to his own orders, and only he knows the ups and downs and bitterness during this period.

During the eight years, the battle against the Tartars was only part of his experience, from outwitting to fighting with strength, he had defeated countless Tartars, big battles and small battles, from hundreds of people to tens of thousands of people, big people and small people, from the pawns of the Tartars to the leaders of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Yi had fought against them, and the victories were innumerable.

For Lin Yi, these victories are not only his own growth and fame, but also the accumulation of valuable experience that is hard to buy, just like a founding father, the experience of grassroots growth is indispensable, and it is because of such a foundation that Lin Yi will have the confidence of today's battle.

Now Lin Yi knows the composition of the generals of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, their equipment configuration, and the characteristics of their tactics, and he has personally dealt with Huang Taiji, Dolgon, Zierharang, Duoduo, Haoge, Yue Tuo, Yue Le, etc., these big fresh old stocks, the ancients, the disabled, and a number of big traitors and lackeys such as Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Tong Yangjia, etc., are also gone, and the rest of the Azig, Aobai, Sony, Hong Chengchou, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Ma Guozhu, and the Qing Dynasty These materials, Lin Yi has already known in his heart, Although Xiaozhuang is powerful after all, she is a woman, Xiao Shunzhi is a six-year-old child, Li Zicheng was leveled by Lin Yi, the newly established Dashun has overthrown the country, and Li Zicheng's wife has also become Lin Yi's little brother.

This is their manpower composition, although the Qing Dynasty also has red-coated cannons, and the firepower is not inferior to the Ming Dynasty, but Lin Yi's new musket still has the advantage of firearms, and the descendants of Lin Yi personally formed the army, which catches up with and surpasses the Manchu Eight Banners in terms of combat power, and fights the field battle they are best at, and the Eight Banners Army also has to bow down, which has been proven many times.

In this case, Lin Yi certainly knew what to do about the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, Chongzhen hanged the Ming Dynasty, Lin Yi firmly controlled the trump card of the prince in his hands, and achieved a smooth transition, the Qing Dynasty has been defeated, and there is no chance to enter the Central Plains if you want to enter the customs, not to mention that there are several Mongolian tribes outside the Ming Pass, allied with the Ming Dynasty, and split with the Qing Dynasty, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse after all, and the PK between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty can only be beyond their strength.

Coupled with the victory in the Battle of Shanhaiguan and the victory of Huanggutun, it can be said that Lin Yi is now ready to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

However, the battle of Jinzhou is also very critical, after cleaning up the traitor Hong Chengchou, the Ming army can drive straight in, and go straight to the Qing Dynasty, after Jinzhou, these towns and fortresses of the Qing Dynasty, a cannon can raze them to the ground, advance by land and water, and conquer the Qing Dynasty is just around the corner.

After two days of rest, Lin Yi's 100,000 Ming troops recovered their combat strength, cleaned the battlefield, buried the corpses to deal with these post-war matters, and specially drew out 20,000 soldiers to dig three trenches around Jinzhou City.

Now it is used in the battle of Jinzhou, not to attack the city, but to dig a ditch to besiege the city, besiege the city and send reinforcements, and trap the Qing army in the city to death, this trick is really clever.

However, what the soldiers of the Ming army did not know was that this was not Lin Yi's initiative, Huang Taiji used it in the Battle of Jinzhou a few years ago, Lin Yi used it for reference, but this classic tactic was used on the battlefield of Jinzhou, and it was the Qing army against the Ming army back then, and now it is the Ming army against the Qing army, which can only be explained by the reincarnation of history.

Tens of thousands of Ming troops were digging trenches outside the city, of course the Qing army in the city knew, especially Hong Chengchou was too familiar with this action, because two years ago, Huang Taiji used this trick to capture him, and now Lin Yi used this trick against him, just like two martial arts masters made a move, Hong Chengchou was planted on this move, and now this move is coming again, how can he not see it?

But the sad thing is that Hong Chengchou has to stare at this move when he sees it, because he seems to have been bound by Lin Yi's hands and feet, he can't move, and can only wait to be beaten.

But of course Hong Chengchou will not be reconciled, after the defeat of the four troops, he ordered the four gates to be closed, and no one is allowed to fight without a military order, and those who violate the order will be beheaded.

Then he gathered all his high-ranking generals into his own tent to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy.

Of course, Azig, Aobai, and Ma Guozhu are all sitting, and now Aobai, who has a white cloth wrapped around his head, is not in a hurry, nor is he scolding, and he is still respectful to Hong Chengchou, because he has found a psychological balance, this battle is not only that he suffered a fiasco, the four-way army did not win all the way, and there are two roads that are worse than his defeat, Prince Su Haoge's head is lost, and he doesn't even get the corpse back, according to his soldiers, Prince Su, who he has always supported, was trampled like mud by horses, too miserable!

Azig didn't get a bargain, Ma Guozhu also returned defeated, and it was not the first time he had been defeated by Lin Yi, thinking about this, he was also relieved, this defeat was no big deal.

Hong Chengchou planned to attack from all sides, and successively sent out 45,000 Qing troops, more than half of the casualties, and only more than 20,000 people from all walks of life returned to the city together.

Hong Chengchou had to plan and deploy again, and he saw Lin Yi's intentions, the Ming army besieged the city but did not plan to attack the city, no matter how solid the city defense was, it was useless to dig three deep ditches outside the city as it was back then, this is to trap them to death, the surname Lin is ruthless enough!

Hong Chengchou was helpless against Huang Taiji's move back then, and now after a few years, he still has no choice but to ask Lin Yi's move.

However, the Qing generals sitting here, whether they are Tartars or traitors, although they are all battle-hardened, good at fighting, and experienced, they are short board in terms of strategy. Hong Chengchou now felt that Jiang Lang was exhausted, and asked these people to start the meat battle.

The conference was held for three days, and he didn't come up with a strategy to retreat from the enemy that Hong Chengchou liked. It will take some time to wait for the rescue of the Qing Dynasty, the key is that Hong Chengchou is very clear now, there are no soldiers to be sent in the DPRK, and the great Qing Dynasty is short of troops to command, who can be up to this heavy task?

However, Hong Chengchou now feels that he has the loneliness of a master, if the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang can send him Ning Wan me or Fan Wencheng, he may be able to study a strategy to break the enemy, but this seems to be a luxury.

In the past few days of discussion, many generals have said that the reason for the rout, and some say that the army's musket is too strong, I really don't know how Lin Yi made this musket, which is even more lethal than the red-coated cannon.

Hong Chengchou felt that this was indeed an important reason for their failure. Of course, Hong Chengchou knew everything about Daming's firearms, and as for this kind of musket that could be fired without ignition, he also felt a little confused.

Then Hong Chengchou thought of how to get some Ming muskets, and imitate some in the future, just like when they imitated the red-clothed cannons of the Ming Dynasty, if they could imitate this musket and equip the army, the advantage of the Ming army would be broken.

However, Azig and Aobai believed that the advanced muskets of the Ming army were only one aspect, and the fundamental reason for their repeated defeats was not the muskets, but the combat effectiveness of the Ming army had improved rapidly, far surpassing them, so that they could not bargain in field battles, and they were unwilling to admit this.

As for the combat effectiveness, Hong Chengchou is also a little puzzled, and he knows the combat effectiveness of the Ming army best. Especially in the field, how could the Ming army be the opponent of the Qing army?

The Battle of Da Ling River, the Battle of Xiao Ling River, and the Battle of Ning Jin, which one did not end with the defeat of the Ming army? It was the Guanning Iron Cavalry led by Yuan Chonghuan back then, which also relied on the cooperation of Jiancheng and artillery to win.

If the two sides set up a battlefield in the field under absolutely fair conditions, and the horses fought with swords, the Guanning Iron Cavalry may not be the opponent of the Manchu Eight Banners.

But now, how did the combat effectiveness of the Ming army change so much in the two years since the surrender of the Qing Dynasty? What kind of army is led by the surname Lin? It turned out to be so strong, the number of muskets was limited after all, the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the Battle of Huanggutun, and the four-way battle of soldiers and horses outside Jinzhou this time, it was really killed, and it was repeatedly proved that on the whole, it was obvious that the Qing army was at a disadvantage in terms of combat strength on both sides.

He saw this very clearly from the top of the city.

There were also generals who proposed this battle, and the reason for their defeat was that Lin Yi commanded it properly. The battlefields outside the four gates were first attacked with the most advanced muskets, and after disrupting the Tartars' charge, the Ming army then launched a charge, and then they failed.

Hong Chengchou did not recognize this, he felt that there was no problem with his command in this battle, and he waited for work at ease, which can be called a classic. Although it failed, he felt that the method was definitely not wrong, and the root cause was because of the lack of combat strength.

The food and grass in the city can last for almost a month, but what about after a month? If the rescuers can't come, they can't be transported at that time, and they can't solve the siege of Jinzhou, then Jinzhou City will be dangerous, and they will not be far from the end.

This problem, Hong Chengchou has not encountered before, in the case of extreme hunger, people can eat people, in that case, who cares what city, victory or defeat, country, every moment is thinking about how to fill the stomach.

That experience was so terrible that he really didn't dare to encounter it again.

Hong Chengchou and the generals fell into a discussion again......

In the end, Hong Chengchou's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered something.

Fan Wencheng, a scholar of Hongwenguan University and an old minister of the Three Dynasties, once gave an idea to the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, that is, how to deal with the Ming Dynasty, and he said four words, that is, to rule the Han with Han.

In order to realize these four words, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang personally sent him to Sichuan to meet Zhang Xianzhong with two generous gifts, and then to Fujian to see Zheng Zhilong. The Ningjin defense line here, as long as it can make him strong.

That is to say, as long as the Ming army can be blocked on the Ningjin line, they will have a way to make the Ming Dynasty chaotic without a fight, and finally force you to retreat.

What, then, is he anxious? It's nothing to lose the battle in front of you, victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers, and it is reasonable to suffer heavy casualties. Although they are trapped, the Ming army does not want to take Jinzhou, there is still Yizhou over there, and if they want to trap the city, let them be trapped.

The grain and grass in the city can last for nearly a month, and in a month, the Jingshi may send rescuers, and maybe Fan Gong will come back by then. Jinzhou and Yizhou, as long as they are still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, they still have hope.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou saw the dawn of victory again, and his eyes were full of hope.

Outside Jinzhou City, the camp of the Ming army stretches for dozens of miles, surrounds Jinzhou City, and you can't see the edge at a glance. The tents fluttered one after the other, like the ocean, and outside the moat, three deep ditches one after another for a few miles had been picked.

Lin Yi is in the military tent every day, accompanied by beautiful women, drinking wine and eating meat, listening to songs and dancing, so uncomfortable.