As the news of Li Zhi's successive victories continued to spread outward, the people of Beijing, Gyeonggi, and even the entire north and south of the river were impressed by Li Zhi. The prestige of Li Zhi among the people, www.biquge.info of pen, fun, and pavilion, has risen sharply again. And the literati who were fried because of Li Zhi's newspaper before, in the eyes of the people, their image was greatly damaged.

At this time, the early court of the Huangji Palace, the civil officials heard Li Zhi's good news, and they looked embarrassed one by one.

Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "If Xing Guobo is not there, Hong Chengchou has already been defeated at the beacon post. Without Li Zhi, our army would have lost two general soldiers and would no longer be able to fight. The name of the mainstay of Xingguobo is really worthy! ”

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, all the officials looked at each other. Now that Li Zhi has made meritorious contributions, it has become reasonable for the Son of Heaven to send Jinyiwei to help Li Zhi run a newspaper. Although the civil officials were unwilling, it was no longer possible for them to attack and scold the Son of Heaven as before.

Although he hated Li Zhi very much in his heart, Li Zhi was in the limelight at this time, who dared to go against the wind? If you offend the Son of Heaven, it's a small matter, if you are put on the name of a collaborator, you won't be able to eat and walk around in the future.

If Li Zhi is the mainstay today, the officials will not dare to be sarcastic.

One by one, the civil officials were silent, neither praising Li Zhi's merits nor attacking Li Zhi.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the silent civil officials and smiled. He supported Li Zhi against public opinion, which was exchanged for a good start in the Battle of Jinzhou. This Li Zhi's contribution has his own strategy!

But thinking of what happened in Shandong after that, Zhu Youzhen's heart sank again. Li Zhi is now making continuous contributions, and if he wants Li Zhi not to get involved in Shandong in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it.

Zhu Youzhen sighed and said, "Li Zhi has made meritorious contributions to killing the enemy, so he will restore his official position as the crown prince and prince!" ”

When the officials heard this, they looked at each other, unwilling but did not dare to refute.

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "Since the ministers are fine, I will retire today." ”

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Outside Xingshan City, the 130,000 Ming army aided the Jin army for ten miles, and there was no end in sight.

In the lobby of the Adjutant General's Mansion in Xingshan City, Hong Chengchou opened the big map and convened the generals to discuss the military situation.

Li Zhi was restored to the official position of the crown prince and prince by the Son of Heaven because he broke the Qing army again in Hejiaao and saved Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen, and now has a higher status in the army. Now in the lobby of this deputy general's mansion, surrounded by all the generals, Li Zhi has been on an equal footing with Hong Chengchou.

The generals were very convinced of Li Zhi's superiority. Not only because of Li Zhi's high official position, but also because Li Zhi can really fight. In the next tough battle, there are still many people who will depend on Li Zhi. Maybe if you accidentally fall into the siege, you will have to rely on Li Zhi to support the siege.

The generals used to see Cao Bianjiao respectful in front of Li Zhi and still a little incomprehensible, but after the battle between Bijiagang and He Jiaao, all the generals understood why Li Zhi deserved Cao Bianjiao's respect. They were respectful to Li Zhi one by one, and they all gave official salutes when they spoke.

Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are so strong, if they are promoted by Li Zhi, it will be easy to be promoted and make a fortune.

Hong Chengchou looked at the map and said: "Now that our army has entered Xingshan, and Songshan City has not been attacked by the Qing army, the road from Songshan to Ningyuan has been fully opened. My 130,000 horse infantry reinforcements have been gathered, and they can directly cross Songshan and go north. ”

Hong Chengchou pointed to a hill ten miles north of Songshan City, and said: "However, if you want to get to Jinshan, Dabi Mountain is the only way to go. The Qing army dug trenches and built fortifications in Dabi Mountain, and built Dabi Mountain into a fortress. If our army does not take Dabi Mountain, the supply of grain and grass will be cut off by the Qing army. Now there is only a strong attack on Dabi Mountain to open the road to Jinzhou City. ”

When everyone heard Hong Chengchou's words, they all frowned and remained silent. Although the Tartars are not good at fortification, they have a lot of ability to dig trenches and build fortifications. Storming the Qing army's mountain fortresses will probably cost you a heavy price.

The Qing army surrounded the point to send reinforcements to wait for work, which was really cunning. Now the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty came to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, but they wanted to attack the mountain fortress of the Qing army.

Hong Chengchou looked at the generals with serious faces, waved his hand and said: "My army has been repairing in Xingshan for two days, and tomorrow we will go to Songshan and go north to Dabi Mountain to attack!" ”

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Huang Taiji stood on the top of Tianzhu Mountain, using a clairplane to look at Dabi Mountain five miles away.

Kong Youde learned artillery skills from Western missionaries under Sun Yuanhua, and also obtained three monoculars from missionaries. The Ming people called this kind of monoculars clairballs, which were regarded as treasures by Kong Youde. When Kong Youde Chongzhen crossed the sea to join Houjin in the sixth year, he brought these three clairvoyant mirrors to Houjin and dedicated them to Huang Taiji.

Although this kind of clairvoyant mirror can only be magnified several times and mirrored, it is far inferior to Li Zhi's telescope, but it is also a rare treasure for Huang Taiji. He took the clairvoyant mirror with him when he marched and fought, and once he reached a place with a wide field of vision, he took out the clairvoyant mirror to look into the distance and understand the military situation.

Compared with the second-hand information reported by the scouts, the military information obtained by looking at it with a clairvoyant mirror is first-hand information, and there will be no mistakes, which is more precious.

Huang Taiji looked at Dabi Mountain in the distance, and saw that Dolgon, who was responsible for building the mountain fortress, was quite well defended, and was silent.

Behind Huang Taiji, a group of Manchu princes, county kings, Baylor, Gushan Ezhen and others gathered together, all standing on the platform at the top of the mountain, waiting for Huang Taiji to speak.

Huang Taiji put down the clairvoyant mirror and said, "Prince Zheng, you said that all of Li Zhi's soldiers are wearing armor?" ”

Jierharang returned from a defeat at Hejiaao, and he was very frightened when he broke Huang Taiji's love and worship. However, Huang Taiji listened to Jierharang's description of the battle situation and knew Li Zhi's deployment of soldiers and horses, but he did not scold Jierharang.

It seems that in the eyes of Huang Taiji, losing to Li Zhi is a very normal thing. Huang Taiji inquired about Li Zhi's situation, especially about Li Zhi's cannons and armor.

When Jierharang heard Huang Taiji's question, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Back to the emperor, I heard the defeated soldiers and horses say that Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are all wearing steel armor. The steel armor protected the entire front of the soldier, and nothing was exposed except the face, which ordinary bows and arrows could not shoot. ”

Huang Taiji nodded and said, "But no matter how well-equipped Li Zhi is, he will return home in Dabi Mountain." ”

Pointing to Dabi Mountain, Huang Taiji said: "Dolgon has some ability, and he has built Dabi Mountain like a golden soup iron bucket. Not to mention 130,000 people, the Ming army may not be able to capture it even if it is 200,000 people besieging Dabi Mountain. ”

Zilharang said flatteringly: "The emperor is sage! With the strict defense of the king of Ruijun, the Ming army wants to capture Dabi Mountain, unless there is a divine soldier to help. ”

Huang Taiji put his hands behind his back and looked at the Manchu nobles behind him, and saw that the faces of the generals were full of confidence. Obviously, everyone had confidence in Dolgon's Dabi Mountain line.

At critical moments, the Emperor always had to use the talented Dolgon. Huang Taiji himself can trust Dolgon and reuse Dolgon, but he doesn't want to see others admire Dolgon. Thinking of Hauge's succession problem, he really didn't want to see the generals trust Dorgon so much.

Huang Taiji thought for a while, and nodded expressionlessly.