In the city of Taiyuan, the people and young men brought huge stones one by one and placed them next to the artillery carts, while the women and children collected the arrows shot into the city by the Qing army, tied them up and handed them over to the soldiers to carry them to the city wall.

On the city wall, the young men and the soldiers kept shuttling, preparing the equipment to defend the city, setting up a large cauldron, covering their mouths and noses with towels and stirring vigorously with a wooden stick.

The Shanxi rebels expanded to hundreds of thousands, and the equipment was extremely scarce, and the defenders could only use their heads, and many houses in the city, even the stone slabs on the streets, were demolished and used for artillery and rolling wood.

Jiang Xiang and Hu Weizong stood on the city wall, looking at the Qing army camp, the former hesitated: "Dolgon personally came to Taiyuan to supervise the war, and as soon as he arrived, he used the Mongols, he was desperate, and he would not stop if he did not break Taiyuan." ”

Hu Weizong said with a smile: "Guogong doesn't have to worry, Dol is here, and even the Mongols are involved in the siege, which just shows that he is in a hurry." As long as Guogong holds the city, I think the turnaround is just around the corner. ”

"I'm afraid that the Qing army will strengthen the attack, and the arrows and gunpowder in the city have been exhausted, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to hold out for long!" Jiang Xiang sighed, suddenly looked up at the sky, and said in surprise, "It's strange, why hasn't the Qing army prepared to attack today?" ”

As he was talking, Hu Weizong suddenly pointed outside the city and said in surprise: "Look at the prince, I'm afraid the turning point is coming!" ”

Jiang Xiang hurriedly looked out and saw that the Qing army drove a large group of people to the city, but they did not carry weapons, but carried hoes, shovels and baskets outside the city, and began to dig trenches on the spot and cast low walls.

This is clearly not a siege, but a long-term siege.

Jiang Xiang was stunned, "This is?" ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to lock the city!" Hu Weizong laughed, "Guogong, it must be His Highness going north!" ”

The so-called locking the city is to dig a trench outside the city, cast a low wall, and live elite soldiers in key places, so as to achieve the purpose of besieging the city with a very small number of men and horses.

Jiang Xiang is no stranger to Suocheng, and he used it when the King of Chu was on his eastern expedition.

The Qing army wanted to lock him in the city, and there was only one possibility, which was to start fighting in the south.

Jiang Xiang reacted, couldn't help but grab the wall, and smashed his fist on the wall with joy.

The Ming Dynasty wants to send troops, this is not a secret in the Qing army, as early as after the Ming army approached Heluo and Xuzhou, the Qing army was already full of rumors, saying that Wang Yan would send a large army, ready to take the Central Plains directly, and there were even rumors that the Ming army would first send troops from North Korea to occupy the Guanwai, and then the Qing Dynasty would be trapped and killed in the Central Plains.

These rumors are not groundless, the Qing army is very empty outside the pass, after the retreat of King Nikan from Korea, the Ming army and the Korean army have captured Seoul, overthrew the king of Korea supported by the Qing court, and re-established the pro-Ming Korean state, they are likely to go out of the army outside the pass, sneak attack on the nest of the Qing Dynasty.

For the Ming Dynasty to send troops, there is almost no doubt about this, and now the direction of the army has finally been confirmed, that is, Heluo, the land of Longxing of the Han people.

This matter can't contain the fire, and Dol Roll doesn't plan to hide it, even if he takes Taiyuan, but Heluo is occupied by the Ming army, and Shang Kexi and the 100,000 Qing army are destroyed, then it makes no sense for him to capture Taiyuan.

The only chance for the Qing army to win now is to defeat Wang Yan in the Central Plains, as long as the Ming army's Northern Expedition is thwarted, then it will be a piece of cake to turn back and clean up Jiang Xiang.

However, if you want to fight with Wang Yan in the Central Plains, you can't let Jiang Xiang make trouble in the back, so Dolgon chose the strategy of locking the city and trapped Jiang Xiang in Taiyuan with a small number of elite soldiers.

In the camp of the Qing army, at this time, Dolgon and Hauge were sitting on the left and right, and everyone already knew about Wang Yan's dispatch to Heluo.

Haoge led many golden generals to sit, he looked at the opposite side of the thin form, like the old man Dolgon, although he knew that it was a person in the same boat, but as soon as he opened his mouth, it still became a sarcasm, "Under the rule of King Rui, the Qing country is full of devastation, and now Jiang Xiang in Shanxi is not peaceful, and the king thief in the south is coming, I don't know how to deal with King Rui!" ”

Dol's face twitched, and the atmosphere was very embarrassing, he knew that Hauge was laughing at him and failing to manage the Qing Dynasty well.

There was silence in the tent for a while, although Lou Qin and the others were dissatisfied with Hauge, and they came to ridicule Dolgon at this time, but now there is no place for them to speak.

Dolgon was also angry in his heart, but he still swallowed this breath, ignoring the first half of the sentence, all as if Hauge was asking him about his strategy, and said cheekily, "The current situation, Qing and Jin, can be said to be cold. Although this is a crisis for my Qing Dynasty, if my Qing Dynasty is defeated, the Jin Kingdom will inevitably not be able to survive for a long time, so this king hopes that the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom will focus on the overall situation! ”

Seeing that Dorgon did not accept the offer, Hauge advised him to focus on the overall situation, but found it boring and did not say much. He is really a model of focusing on the overall situation, he lost the throne because of the overall situation, and then he listened to the fool, focusing on the overall situation, and went to Sichuan, he is too important to the overall situation.

If Haoge didn't fight Sichuan, then the Jin State should have conquered the Western Regions, and its national strength would have risen to a great level, and there would be no need to be kidnapped by Dolgon.

Seeing Hauge's calm face, Dolgon continued: "The king thief himself is here with a large army, and he wants to hunt the Central Plains with this king. This battle is not only related to whether our Qing Dynasty can gain a foothold in the Central Plains, but also related to the future of the Jin Kingdom, so this king hopes that the Jin Kingdom can do his best to help the Qing Dynasty tide over this difficulty! ”

If Qing is defeated, it will be difficult for Jin Guo to survive, Hauge knew that Dorgon was waiting for him to make a statement, he pondered for a while and finally said: "What does King Rui need me to do with Dajin?" ”

"This king hopes that the Jin State can help the Qing Dynasty to take care of Taiyuan, and also hopes that the Jin Kingdom will send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses out of Tongguan to help the Qing Dynasty, and let Wu Sangui in Hanzhong threaten the back road of the Ming army!"

Hauge was slightly silent, these requests made by Dorgon were not excessive.

Although this battle is dominated by the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is actually related to the life and death of the Jin Kingdom, and it is not difficult to see Jiang Xiang, and it is also necessary to send tens of thousands of horses to help the battle and let Wu Sangui's soldiers press the Yong line.

"Yes!" Hauge nodded.

Seeing that he agreed, Dolgon said: "This battle is related to the overall situation of the world, and it is also related to the life and death of the two countries of Jin and Qing, so this king has a request!" ”

Hauge frowned, "Say it and see!" ”

"This king hopes that during the Central Plains War, the soldiers and horses of your country can obey the deployment of this king and ensure the unity of command, so that they can fight to the death with the Ming army!"

"No way!" When Dorgon had finished speaking, Hauge immediately denied it.

The reason why Dolgon let the Jin army watch Jiang Xiang is equivalent to entrusting Shanxi to the Jin State, and the reason why he is like this is that he hopes to send more Qing troops to the south for a decisive battle, and there can be more troops who listen to his orders to listen to his dispatch, so that he can have the confidence to fight with Wang Yan.

Although the Jin army helped the Qing army this time, they did not accept the command of the Qing army, so they said that they would attack Taiyuan City, although the Jin army helped surround it, but never participated in the siege, unlike allies, more like a group of masters watching the play, so Dolgon wanted the command of the Jin army.

Hauge immediately vetoed, first, how could the army of the Kingdom of Jin be commanded by Dolgon, and second, he was worried that Dolgon would use the army of Jin as a consumable.

Hao Ge immediately vetoed it and silenced the tent, but he also knew that it was taboo for soldiers to have an unclear command, so after being silent for a while, he changed his words: "I will let Meng Qiaofang, the king of Yongping, lead the troops out of Tongguan, and he can listen to the command of King Rui, but King Rui needs the consent of King Yongping to mobilize Dajin's army!" ”

This battle took place in the territory of the Qing State, and the main force was the Qing army, so it must be Dolgon who had the command, and Hauge was the emperor of the Jin State, and he could not accept Dolgon's command, so he could only let Meng Qiaofang lead the army, and this was also the reason why Dolgon asked the Jin army to help besiege Taiyuan.

Dolgon knew that Hauge could not completely put Jin's army under his command, so he had no choice but to accept the agreement.

"Good! That's it! Then Taiyuan will please Jinguo! Dolgon patted his seat, "This king will lead his troops south on the same day to rescue Heluo and fight the king thief!" ”

Haoge stood up, "The Jin Kingdom will definitely not let the traitors in Hedong affect the Central Plains War, King Rui can rest assured!" ”

After speaking, Haoge and a group of Jin generals left the big tent, although he promised to send troops, but he still had to discuss with Meng Qiaofang and others.

After Dolgon negotiated with Hauge, the Qing army never attacked Taiyuan again.

Ten days later, under the supervision of the Qing army, the captive people rushed to work day and night, dug three deep trenches, and blocked the water in the Taiyuan siege, so the Qing army immediately pulled out the camp and looked south.

Dolgon had already received a second report of an expedited attack from Henan, and the Ming army occupied Yiyang, broke through the Longmen Pass, killed more than 10,000 Qing troops, and approached Luoyang.

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