After the Daling River was besieged, the news was reported to the imperial court by Qiu Hejia, the governor of Ningyuan, and the imperial court's reaction to this matter was simple, that is, to immediately send troops to relieve the siege of the Daling River.

Although not long ago, the court also said that Dalinghe City was far away and should not have been built, but now the elite army of the imperial court is in the city, if it is not saved, it will definitely chill the soldiers, so it is said that salvation must be saved, whether it can be rescued, it is a matter of ability, whether it can be saved or not, that is a matter of attitude.

On the question of the attitude of saving or not saving, the imperial court means that it must be saved.

The emperor and the cabinet both mean this, so things are very simple.

Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the military department, issued a special military order to the superintendent Sun Chengzong, ordering him to quickly send elite troops to relieve the siege of the Daling River, and Sun Chengzong sent the order to Qiu Hejia to relieve the siege.

Qiu Hejia received the order, but he couldn't execute it immediately, he couldn't get together reinforcements overnight, but this was because most of the Ming troops in Liaodong were scattered in various cities and fortresses, and if he wanted to send reinforcements immediately, he was afraid that there were not many troops.

The Houjin army is large, and the reinforcements are not used at all, but Sun Chengzong's troop dispatch documents are as tight as one, Qiu Hejia was under pressure, so he decided to send a small number of troops before the army was officially assembled, and Sun Chengzong and the court would deal with it.

Therefore, the Later Jin besieged the city on August 1 in the fourth year of Chongzhen, and it was not until August 6 that the Ming Songshan garrison sent 2,000 men and horses to rescue the Daling River.

It's just a little bit of a person, that is, it's a show.

The commander of this unit also received an order, saying that it was a feint towards Dalinghe City, and when he saw it, the Jin soldiers quickly withdrew.

Even if the reinforcement of the Ming army generals received such an order, then the outcome of this battle is not difficult to predict, the Houjin outpost chief officer Ah Shan, together with the commander of the army general Lausa, with 300 guards drawn from each banner, all the way forward, fighting hard, very easily defeated the Ming army that came to the aid of Songshan.

After losing this battle, Qiu Hejia repeatedly folded to the court, and even said that he needed time to coordinate the troops, so he could gather more people and attack again, because there were 70,000 or 80,000 people from Houjin's side, and there were fewer soldiers, which was like meat buns beating dogs, and there was no difference.

The courtiers felt that what Qiu Hejia said had some truth, so they specially ordered Sun Chengzong to transfer troops in various ways and be sure to make up a considerable number of reinforcements to reinforce them.

Sun Chengzong was piecing together and mobilizing the army, and on the other hand, he did not forget to put pressure on Qiu Hejia, so that he should not slack off, but send some troops to harass the Houjin soldiers from time to time, even if he could not break the encirclement of the enemy army, at least let the Ming army in Dalinghe City see that the imperial court had not forgotten them, and they were still trying to rescue them, and give them a thought.

Qiu Hejia felt that what Sun Chengzong said was very reasonable, and he also thought that there were only 10,000 stone of grain in Dalinghe City, and the food was not enough to eat, and the army's morale must be unstable, so he had to follow Sun Chengzong's intentions, and once again pieced together, and squeezed out 6,000 reinforcements, and set off from Jinzhou on August 16 to advance towards Dalinghe.

At this time, the sentry of the Houjin army was all over Jinzhou and the Daling River, and as soon as the Ming army in Jinzhou City moved, Huang Taiji received the news, and he immediately issued a military order, ordering Bel Azig and Shuotuo to lead the elite soldiers with yellow flags and red flags to block the attack.

The two Baylors each led 2,000 troops and combined 4,000 troops, and set out from the large camp to intercept the reinforcements from Jinzhou.

The officers and men of these two banners, many of whom were harassed by the Jingbianbao Air Force, were holding back the fire in their bellies, and now they have the opportunity to beat the Ming army severely, and their morale is extremely high.

Azig and Shuotuo did not even mobilize, and the officers and soldiers under their command quickly prepared horses, bows, and blades, and feverishly demanded to go to war.

Seeing that their subordinates were so effective, Shuotuo and Azig immediately rushed to lead their subordinates straight to the direction of Songshan in Jinzhou.

Those soldiers with yellow flags and red flags who were tortured by the chariots and air force of the Jingbianbao army were all gritted their teeth and thought: "The Ming army in Dalinghe City is not at peace, so I will take your Ming army from Jinzhou to be angry, and I will kill you." ”

In this way, the Houjin soldiers, who were high in battle spirit for other reasons, set off together and killed them in the direction of Jinzhou.

Thirty miles away from Songshan, the two sides happened to encounter, and when they saw the Ming army, the Houjin soldiers were all spitting fire with their eyes, gritting their teeth, with monstrous hatred in their hearts, screaming and rushing into the Ming army's formation, firing arrows, close combat, using various means, showing eighteen kinds of martial arts, and slashing the Ming army wildly.

Some of the Houjin soldiers who were out of control of their emotions were fighting while shouting frantically: "If you don't let me sleep, I will kill you." ”

"Let you set off firecrackers in the middle of the night, and I will break your corpses into ten thousand pieces."

"I've finally caught you today, and I'm going to kill you."

The Ming army that fought against the Houjin soldiers was covered by the Houjin soldiers' rhetoric, I don't know why, the war was fought well, who set off firecrackers and didn't let you sleep?

The Ming reinforcements from Jinzhou are unknown, but the Houjin soldiers don't care if they know why they are angry, anyway, in a word, just catch the Ming army and fight to the death.

The Ming army has come to aid in recent days, and the main purpose is to let their own robes in Dalinghe City hear the movement, and the fighting spirit is not strong, plus when encountering such a Houjin soldier with explosive combat power, how can he withstand the crazy attack of the Houjin soldiers.

The battle was not long ago, and the Ming reinforcements hurriedly retreated.

The Houjin soldiers may have held back for too long, and felt that it was not enough to repel the Ming army like this, so they chased after the Ming army's buttocks, chased and killed all the way, until they were killed and injured by the Ming army's artillery fire in the city, and then returned to their camp with a little hatred.

In this battle, Azig and Shuotuo's troops captured alive a member of the Ming guerrillas, and 206 horses.

After this battle, Qiu Hejia no longer dared to send reinforcements to save Dalinghe City, and the area between Jinzhou and Dalinghe was quiet again.

*****

To the east of Dalinghe City, six meters below the surface, a team of men armed with shovels are working hard to dig up the earth and pour the excavated soil onto a wooden trailer.

The wooden trailer was placed on two railroad tracks, and when the earth was filled, the wooden trailer was pulled by horses and ran towards the Daling River.

These miners are digging tunnels day and night, and they have been digging for nearly 30 days, at this time they only need to dig up in the current position, and they can dig into the barracks with two white flags, but this is completely unnecessary, they have to continue to dig and dig to the rear of Jiannu.

"How is it, Jiye, is the tunnel here good to dig?" Liu Renyu, who came to inspect, asked Li Jiye with a smile.

"I have been digging for so many years, and I am familiar with the road, the groundwater level in Liaodong is very low, and it is not difficult to dig it, but the Daling River is across the tunnel, sometimes it will leak, and there is nothing special about it. If it weren't for the general, you would not have been able to dig so quickly and accurately. Li Jiye replied.

"Very good, you still need to work hard, quickly dig the tunnel all the way to the back of the Houjin military camp. This time, the slave chief Huang Taiji poured his country to attack, and his country must be empty, and our army only needs to send a cavalry deep into its pseudo-gold interior and wreak havoc, I don't believe that his army is not in turmoil. In addition, we have to attack everywhere and harass their grain routes, and when their defense is unstable and there is a shortage of food and grass, it is time for us to counterattack. Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"What the general said is that the lowly will definitely do his best to dig the tunnel as soon as possible." Li Jiye patted his chest and reassured.

"Well, that's good. This tunnel must be reinforced with wood, and in the place of water seepage, it is necessary to pay attention to reinforcement at all times, otherwise the water will rush in, and you know the consequences. Liu Renyu said solemnly.

"The lowly duty has been written down, and the lowly duty will definitely do a good job in this matter." Li Jiye assured here.

"Very good, you do a good job, I'll go up first." Liu Renyu told the matter well, and then went straight to the horse and returned to Dalinghe City.