At the end of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing people once again forced Jinzhou, trying to cut off the communication line between Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and then broke through each one, and finally obtained the Jinzhou reserves that had just been supplied with food and materials by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Liaoliao, and Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong

The Qing army, known as the 200,000-strong army, was slaughtered in a mighty manner under the leadership of the young and vigorous Fourteen Elder Gorgon, the Qing Dynasty fierce general Ao Bai and others.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Liao, moved when he heard the sound, and sent Wu Sangui, the commander of the Ningyuan regiment training, who was well-known at this time, to lead an army of 50,000 to be on standby in Ningyuan City at any time to respond to the soldiers in Jinzhou City.

At this time, it was Yang Guozhu, the former commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, who never returned to Xuanfu since the last time he transported grain and grass into Jinzhou, but was placed in Jinzhou by Hong Chengchou, replacing the unfavorable general soldiers in Jinzhou before.

In fact, there are a lot of garrisons in Jinzhou, there were originally more than 30,000 garrisons, and later when Yang Guozhu led his troops to support Songshan, he brought 5,000 elite henchmen, and now they are all stayed, compared to the troops on Ningyuan's side, but they are not inferior at all.

The Qing people can now be said to be wealthy, and when they used to send out an army to knock on the border, it was only claimed to be 100,000 at most, but now they can casually gather the so-called 200,000 troops, even if some exaggerated data are removed, plus the auxiliary army, I am afraid that the scale should be more than 100,000.

Of course, the Qing army is no longer a pure Jurchen knight, but a mixed team of Mongols, Han Chinese, and Koreans, all of which have been established by Huang Taiji tirelessly over the years.

The system of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty has been implemented by Huang Taiji in the rectification of the past few years, because the implementation of these military systems has greatly improved the number of troops that were originally poor in the Qing Dynasty.

The invasion of the Ming border pass that has not fallen almost every year has not only brought a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty, but also a good opportunity for the Qing people to make a fortune and expand their own strength.

According to rough estimates, in the past few years, by harassing the border passes of the Ming Dynasty and entering the customs to loot, it has brought more than one million people to the Qing Dynasty.

The invasion of the Korean Dynasty during the Bingzi period increased the population of the Qing Dynasty by five or six hundred thousand at once, and the rest of the various material supplies were even more numerous, which made the population growth of the Qing Dynasty go to a higher level.

Of course, whether it is the Eight Banners of Mongolia or the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, compared to the elite of the real Eight Banners, it is naturally not as good as much, perhaps the strength of the Mongols' horse warfare is comparable to that of the Jurchen knights, but there is still a gap in individual quality.

Not to mention the Han people, who have never been superior to individual strength, and the quality of their soldiers is much worse than that of the Jurchens and Mongols, but they are not the lowest combat power in the Jurchen army, and in the Jurchen army at this time, there is a weaker existence than the Han army, that is, Korean soldiers.

The individual quality of the Koreans can be said to be the lowest in the entire Jurchen army, and although the individual strength of the Han people is not an advantage, they still have the advantage of being tall and burly; On the other hand, the physical fitness of the Koreans was much shorter than that of the Han soldiers, and at the same time, they were also thin, like the weakened patients.

Therefore, in the Qing army, although the Han army and the Korean army were brought in, the main force of the real battle was always the Jurchens and Mongols, and the Han soldiers were more used as cannon fodder, while the Koreans could only be used as coolies for the transportation of baggage, and even the cannon fodder army was not qualified.

The so-called 200,000 troops who came this time will actually never exceed 50,000 in the real elite of the Qing Dynasty, which is already an extremely rare large-scale dispatch among the Qing army.

"My lord, the Jurchen barbarians have broken through our Songshan Pass, and the army has cut off the throat between my Ningyuan and Jinzhou."

A scout captain under his command came back to report on the battle situation, and Wu Sangui, who listened to the information, was not surprised at all.

Wu Sangui, who was born as a son of Wuxun in Liaodong, has been rising step by step in his career after stepping into the military, and now he has completed his father's decades of efforts from the beginning of the regimental training to the chief soldier of Ningyuan.

Although the care of the elders and relatives is definitely indispensable, it is also because he has real materials himself, so that he can get the respect of Hong Chengchou and Qiu Min, and finally he has been promoted in a row, and now he is alone.

"Send someone to take the trail to check the situation in Jinzhou, as long as you find that the Jurchen barbarians have done something, report it immediately!"

Wu Sangui is not in a hurry, compared to the strength of the Jurchens, although Wu Sangui and they have an army of 50,000 in Ningyuan City, if they really want to go out of the city to fight, they must really not be the opponent of the Jurchen barbarians, so unless the Jurchens really attack Jinzhou City, then Wu Sangui can go out of the city as reinforcements, and at this time they still gather the city to defend it to be safer and more stable.

This is also the original intention of the two superintendents Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan to spend time and effort to build these two cities in Liaodong, which are each other's horns.

As long as Wu Sangui in Ningyuan City was watching the movements of Jinzhou with a pillow and waiting, the Jurchen barbarians would not dare to act rashly and press the main force of the army to attack Jinzhou City.

And with the depth of the Jinzhou city and the army they garrisoned in the city, it is impossible for a general tentative attack to shake the fortifications of the defenders of Jinzhou city, let alone occupy the city.

For several days, the Jurchen army was stationed in a radius of dozens of miles centered on Songshan Pass, and there was no sign of them trying to test Jinzhou City, nor did they show any signs of retreating, except for sending troops to raid the scattered villages on the surrounding border every day.

Every morning and evening, there is little smoke in the camps around Songshan Pass, and the movement brought by the food of more than 100,000 troops, coupled with the thick white snow covered on the ground in the depths of winter, looks at the entire Songshan Pass from a distance like a fairyland.

"What the hell are they trying to do?"

Not only did Wu Sangui feel very puzzled, but even Yang Guozhu's general army, who had been waiting for the Qing army to attack the city in Jinzhou City, was also very puzzled.

The mobilization layout of more than 100,000 troops of the Qing Dynasty, the consumption of each day is a large amount, for the Qing Dynasty such as the establishment of the country in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, their various reserves have never been abundant, and more than 100,000 troops have been standing still in Songshankou like now, which is not their Jurchen style at all.

It wasn't until an urgent report suddenly came from the Governor Hong Chengchou in the rear, that Wu Sangui and other Ming Dynasty generals at this time suddenly realized that they had shouted repeatedly: "It's a plan!" Hit the trick! ”

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