Xuanhua is close to Beijing, to say that the Qing army's reinforcements should have arrived in Xuanhua a long time ago, in fact, Dolgon has indeed prepared to rescue Xuanhua, but Beijing's soldiers and horses are not ready, Zhending south of Beijing was captured by Jiang Xiang, and Baoding Mansion was also in an emergency.

Dolgon weighed in three, so he had to let Lou Qin lead the 20,000 banner soldiers in Beijing to the south to resist the enemy, and the remaining men and horses in Beijing City were only 10,000 bannermen and more than 10,000 green battalions.

After Jiang Xiang raised his troops, he probably divided into three directions and attacked the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Led by Jiang Youguang in the north, the northern route coerced the rebel army to set out from Datong, attack Xuanfu, and threaten Beijing from the north.

Led by Gao Ding, the general of the Southern Route Department, it was difficult to go all the way from Taiyuan to Jinnan to integrate the rebel army in the south of Shanxi, threaten Henan, and gain contact with the Ming Dynasty.

The Middle Route Army, the main force of Jiang Xiang from Taiyuan, the army out of the well, attacked Zhending, and then surrounded Baoding with Liu Qian, and then attacked Beijing from the north and south with the Northern Route Army.

In the face of Jiang Xiang's three-way army, Dolgon also responded, and the 60,000 horses transferred back from Henan dealt with Gaoding, who was entrenched in southern Jin. This road and the Ming army to Luoyang Kaifeng formed a two-sided attack, must be broken, otherwise more than 100,000 Qing troops will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

Jiang Xiang's middle route army was dealt with by Lou Qin with 20,000 people, trying to force Jiang Xiang back to Shanxi to prevent Hebei from being affected and rebelling.

For the Northern Route Army, Dolgon could only wait for the Mongol troops to move south, and the Korean Nikan to come back.

Judging from Dolgon's arrangement, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had used almost all its strength, but because Wang Yan contained more than 100,000 troops, the army used by the Manchu Qing to quell the rebellion did not occupy an absolute advantage over Jiang Xiang.

Xuanhua City, Hao Xiaozhong listened to Fan Yongdou's words and shook his head, "Master Fan, Qingzhuang has not undergone sufficient training, and can only assume the role of auxiliary, besides, if you are forcibly recruited, you may not be of the same mind as us, and if there is a rebellion at that time, it will not be beautiful!" I'm more worried about the rebels in the city than about defending the city. ”

In order to alleviate the financial pressure, Dolgon allowed the rich people to spend money to buy officials, and Fan Yongdou spent 200,000 taels to make up a platform.

People's hearts are unpredictable, Xuanhua has been besieged for a month, and no one dares to guarantee whether anyone will secretly contact the rebels.

"Junmen, the guys of the business can still be trusted, as for the internal response in the city, I will let people strictly investigate!"

Fan Yongdou got the news that his hometown had been raided by Jiang Xiang, and more than 200 members of the whole clan were killed by the rebels, including his old father, several of his brothers, as well as his wife and several pairs of children, and more than one million taels of silver hidden in the cellar at home were also copied by the rebels.

As unlucky as him is the Wang family of Lingshi, he also has a son who is doing business in the Jin Kingdom, but Wang Dengku's sons are not killed cleanly.

Fan Yongdou knew that once the city was broken, he would inevitably die, so he tried his best to help Hao Xiao to defend the city, more actively than anyone else.

Geng Lian, who escaped from Datong, killed Ning Wan, but he became a hero commended by Dolgon.

In order to reward him for escaping from Datong and reporting to the Qing Dynasty, Dolgon added him as the governor of Xuanda to preside over the affairs of Xuanda's counterinsurgency.

Unlike Hao Xiaozhong's melancholy and Fan Yongdou's anxiety, the newly appointed Xuanda Governor Geng had nothing to do in his heart, he looked at the rebels outside the city, and only had more and more fear.

"If it drags on like this, the city will be broken sooner or later! Now that there is a panic in the city, you should hurry up and think of a way to keep Xuanhua City! Seeing that Hao Xiaozhong's confidence was insufficient, Geng Lian was a little panicked, and suddenly he asked again: "Is there still no news from the regent?" ”

Fan Yongdou was trapped in Xuanhua City, and if there were no reinforcements, he would be finished with Xuanhua, so he was also very anxious in his heart, and his mouth was stopped, "The letter for help has been sent three times, and the imperial court originally wanted to save us first, but Baoding was in an emergency, and the reinforcements went south first to relieve the siege of Baoding." The regent replied to us not to worry, the imperial court has already sent Mongolian and Korean soldiers to help, but I estimate that there will be no reinforcements from Xuanhua for a while. ”

Geng Liao was shocked when he heard this, "It's been a month, and I haven't seen half a figure!" Could it be that the regent has already given up on us and just wants us to drag the rebels with him? ”

"Lord Geng, don't mess with yourself!" Hao Xiaozhong was already very worried about the current situation, and when he heard him say this, his heart was even more irritable.

Dol Luo didn't know how Geng Lian escaped from Datong, but Hao Xiaozhong understood a little, this guy killed Ning Wan me, and caused the situation in Shanxi to be erosive, and when he arrived in Xuanhua, he didn't play any role except for reporting the news. In this way, he was promoted to the governor of Xuanda by the regent, which is really eyeless.

Hao Xiaozhong glanced at Geng Liao and Fan Yongdou, sighed and said: "The regent's reply is very clear, the imperial court has transferred the Mongolian troops to the south, and the king of Jingjin County will also come from Korea, but the news is conveyed, and it will take time to mobilize people." Xuanhua and Jingshi are close at hand, how could the imperial court give up Xuanhua? ”

Hao Xiaozhong was irritable for a while, he was already lacking in confidence, Fan Yongdou comforted him a few words, which made him a little bolder, but now he was disturbed by Geng Liao, and the atmosphere was gone, but he wanted him to come over to encourage people.

"That's what the military gate said! The court will never give up on us! Fan Yongdou immediately shook his fist and said.

Geng Lian pursed his lips, he didn't know what he was thinking, he didn't speak.

Jiang Youguang's camp, in a wilderness five miles west of Xuanhua, was a walled military camp, mainly to defend against cavalry raids.

Datong Town has a lot of cavalry because of its proximity to Mongolia, but in terms of numbers, it is still much worse than the Qing army.

In the north, the cavalry of the Qing army came and went like the wind, and they might suddenly arrive at any time, so in order to prevent the impact of the cavalry, the walls of the camp built by Jiang Youguang were all built like city walls.

Jiang Youguang had about 30,000 troops, a large battalion with 20,000 troops in the west, and two small battalions in the north and south, each with 5,000 troops.

Since the Jiang family was in Datong anyway, many military forts in Xuanda have rushed to respond, he was originally 20,000 horses, but now he has reached 30,000 people.

The Qing army has been extremely ruthless in looting places over the years, and these fortresses of Xuanda are no exception, these military households of the Ming Dynasty are not rich, and now they are even poorer, they respond to the Jiang family, and most of them want to come to Xuanhua to grab a pass, so as to have a rich New Year.

Jiang Youguang knew their purpose, these people were not a regular army, and the strength of his control was limited, all of them were attracted by the wealth of the Jin merchants in Xuanhua City, so they continued to gather here.

It's okay for these people to fight with the wind, but if they suffer a setback, they will definitely disperse immediately.

When he set out from Datong, he was like a bamboo, and he swept through one prefecture and two states in a very short time, but he failed to capture Xuanhua City in front of him.

If they are trapped in the city for a long time, the morale of the army will inevitably be frustrated, especially the rebels who rushed to help in the war, if it takes a few more days, they will run out of food, and it is possible to pull out the camp and leave.

In addition, when the Qing army's reinforcements will arrive, it is also like a sharp sword, hanging over Jiang Youguang's head, making him have to think of breaking the city as soon as possible.

In fact, for the defenders of Xuanhua, Jiang Youguang didn't think they were so elite, there were only 4,000 green battalions in the city, and more than 2,000 men from the eight imperial merchants, plus more than 10,000 people to help defend the city, it was not a worry.

The reason why he failed to take Xuanhua in several attacks is because Xuanhua is the same Xiongcheng as Datong, and it is an important part of the nine-sided system of the Ming Dynasty.

Half a month ago, Jiang Youguang had stopped attacking the city and began to build siege equipment while filling in the trenches.

Now that some equipment has been built, and a section of the moat has been filled, it is time to attack the city again.

Jiang Youguang was looking forward to this, but the military report from the north ruined his good mood.

In order to conquer the Ming Dynasty in the south, Dolgon mobilized all the Mongolian Eight Banners to the south, and it should be said that there were not many men and horses in the Mongolian tribes. However, the Mongols rode and shot since childhood, and every man was a natural warrior, and under the orders of Dolgon, the Mongol tribes still gathered a group of 20,000 men and horses to go south.

Inside the big tent, Jiang Youguang was pacing back and forth with his negative hands, his eyes glancing at the sand table in the middle from time to time, along the Great Wall in the north, many small flags appeared, which had threatened his safety.

The appearance of the Mongolian soldiers on the front line of the Great Wall at this time made Jiang Youguang very uneasy and annoyed, uneasy because he was worried that the Mongols would break through the Great Wall, making it difficult for him to resist, and annoyed because the other side was ready to attack Xuanhua, but now he was going to give up his efforts!

For a while, Jiang Youguang had a hard time making a choice, he was walking around anxiously, and a report from a soldier suddenly came from outside the tent, "General Qiqi, there is urgent information!" ”

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