Huang Taiji's worries were right, Nurhachi sent to besiege Jinzhou was more than 10,000 Han troops led by Li Yongfang, if only in terms of troops, the strength of the Later Jin Han army was only half of the Ming army in the city.

Although the generals of the Later Jin Dynasty did not look down on the Han troops who defected to the Later Jin, Nurhachi did not have enough troops at this time, so he had to use the Han army to confront the Ming army in Jinzhou.

In order to confuse the Ming army in the city, Li Yongfang set up a military tent of more than 20,000 people, so that the strength was equivalent to the Ming army in the city, and then forced the Ming army not to go out of the city to face the battle.

Because he believed that the Ming army in Jinzhou City was also a sailor trained by Li Hongyu, this made Li Yongfang feel extremely nervous in his heart, for fear that the Ming army in the city would rush out to fight him, and how could the more than 10,000 Han troops under his command be the opponent of those elite sailors.

In this way, Li Yongfang stayed outside Jinzhou City for two days with trepidation, and he was relieved that the Ming army in Jinzhou City had no intention of going out of the city to fight with him, which made him feel a little relieved.

The Han army under Li Yongfang consisted of the Ming army who surrendered to the Later Jin and the strong men who had been recruited from among the Han Chinese in Liaodong, and as the territory captured by the Later Jin grew larger, Nurhachi's Jurchen soldiers were no longer enough, so they began to recruit the Mongols and Han Chinese to make up for it

The Mongols said that because the Horqin and other troops who took refuge in Houjin were also in war all year round, they maintained very good combat effectiveness, especially the cavalry gave Houjin great help.

As for the combat effectiveness of the Han people, it is much worse, and it is better than nothing, usually these Han troops are to maintain local law and order in Liaodong and suppress the uprising of the local people in Liaodong.

After the Battle of Guangning, the Han army was transferred by Nurhachi to Liaoxi to migrate the local people to Liaodong, and this kind of laborious drudgery naturally fell on the head of the Han army.

Speaking of which, the position of these Han troops was very awkward, although they were fighting for the Later Jin, they were not considered to be the Later Jin army like the Mongol soldiers, at most they were servant troops, and they were not recognized by the Later Jin generals.

Nurhachi only used the Han army as a security force, and he couldn't go to the battlefield at all, so he was not counted in the Houjin army, so as not to spoil the major events of the Houjin army on the battlefield.

Therefore, this time Nurhachi in addition to the 40,000 Houjin army, there are more than 10,000 Han troops who are not valued, if it is not for the elimination of Li Hongyu, he will not let those Han troops to deter the Ming army in Jinzhou City, and he can't let Dai Shan or Huang Taiji lead the army to go, in case of a scuffle, then the Houjin army will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Because it was not clear that the soldiers wearing Houjin military uniforms outside the city were Han troops, and the Ming generals in Jinzhou City were also worried about the other party's attack on the city, so they were cautious and highly nervous, and took turns to patrol the city wall to monitor the movements of the Houjin army outside the city.

Fortunately, after two days in a row, the Jin army had no intention of attacking the city, which made those generals secretly relieved, as long as they held out for two more days, the Mongol army would arrive in the Jinzhou area, and then the Jin army could only flee in embarrassment.

However, Naren Toya and Yuan Chonghuan's mood could not be relaxed at all, the two were naturally worried about Li Hongyu's safety, if something happened to Li Hongyu, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In Yuan Chonghuan's view, the reason why the Houjin army outside the city did not attack the city must have been to prevent the Ming army in the city from going to Shimen Mountain to rescue Li Hongyu.

Although the Ming army in Jinzhou City was trapped here, since the Houjin army outside the city was still there, it means that Nurhachi did not capture Shimen Mountain, which is also good news.

"My lord, the guard next to the scholar asks to see him, and he is now waiting in the living room of the front yard."

At night, when Yuan Chonghuan was frowning in his study to check the map of western Liaoning hanging on the wall, a subordinate came to report.

"Oh?"

Yuan Chonghuan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then walked quickly to the living room in the front yard, Yu Guard was Naren Toya, because Li Hongyu called her "Yu'er", so he assumed the pseudonym "Yu Guard".

"County Lord, why did you come here late at night?"

In the living room, after Yuan Chonghuan entered the door, he saw Naren Tuoya pacing back and forth in the room with an anxious expression, so he arched his hand and asked, Naren Tuoya is the county lord of the Wanli Emperor, and according to the etiquette of officialdom, he naturally has to salute him first.

"Lord Yuan, Jiannu has not attacked the city for the past two days, and the county lord is worried that they have guessed that the scholars are in Shimen Mountain, so they concentrated their forces to attack."

Hearing this, Naren Toya bowed his hand to Yuan Chonghuan and said with a solemn expression, "There are only more than 10,000 scholars around them, and once Jiannu attacks, the scholars will be in a worrying situation." ”

"Lord Yuan, the lord of this county is willing to lead an army to rescue Shimen Mountain, and I hope that Lord Yuan is willing." As he spoke, Naren Toya solemnly bowed to Yuan Chonghuan.

"County Lord, this can kill this official."

Yuan Chonghuan's face suddenly changed when he heard this, he just felt that the battle in Shimen Mountain was continuing, and he didn't expect that Hou Jin would guess that Li Hongyu was attacking with all his might in Shimen Mountain, and then bowed to Naren Tuoya and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, the county lord is in a hurry, this official will summon the generals to come to discuss the matter." ”

"There's Lord Lao Yuan." Naren Toya breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, she really couldn't rest assured that Li Hongyu was relieved, so she wanted to go to the rescue with the army.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't dare to slack off, judging from the current situation, Naren Toya's worries were true, the reason why the Houjin army outside the city did not attack Jinzhou City was because Nurhachi thought that Li Hongyu was not in Jinzhou City, so the situation in Shimen Mountain would be critical.

Soon, the generals of the Ming army in Jinzhou City were summoned to the conference hall by Yuan Chonghuan, and everyone didn't know what happened to be summoned by Yuan Chonghuan late at night, so they talked about it in private.

"I've seen my lord!" When Yuan Chonghuan led Naren Toya into the door, the discussion on the scene stopped abruptly, and all the generals stood up and bowed.

Yuan Chonghuan sat down in the upper seat and pressed his hand down to everyone, and the generals in the room sat down, and to their surprise, Naren Toya, who was dressed as a guard, actually sat under Yuan Chonghuan, according to the rules of officialdom, this is second only to Yuan Chonghuan's seat.

Someone has already recognized that Naren Toya is Li Hongyu's guard, and he is Li Hongyu's personal guard, but he doesn't know what qualifications this handsome guard has to sit under Yuan Chonghuan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what you think about the siege of Jiannu outside the city for the past two days?"

Yuan Chonghuan guessed what they were thinking from the strange eyes of the generals looking at Naren Toya, but he didn't want to point out Na Rentoya's identity yet, so he quietly glanced around the scene and asked.

Hearing this, the generals couldn't help but glance at each other, they had been patronizing the Jin army for the past two days, and they had attacked the city after being prepared, so where did they think about other things.

"My lord, do you mean that there is a conspiracy among the Jiannu outside the city?"

After pondering for a while, Zhao Shujiao, who was sitting opposite Naren Toya, took the lead in speaking and asked Yuan Chonghuan tentatively, he was the highest official among the generals of the Ming army on the scene, and he naturally wanted to come forward at this time.

"Jiannu knew that the Mongols were coming, but they still sent troops to besiege Jinzhou, and besieged but did not attack, so the meaning is very obvious, prevent our army from leaving the city!"

Yuan Chonghuan frowned slightly, looked at the generals on the scene with a serious expression, and said, "To be exact, they want to prevent us from going to rescue the bachelors of Shimen Mountain." ”

"My lord, do you mean that Jiannu guessed that the scholar was in Shimen Mountain?" Hearing this, Zhao Shujiao was taken aback, and hurriedly asked.

The generals at the scene also followed a commotion, no wonder the Jiannu outside the city did not attack the city, it turned out that they judged that Li Hongyu was not in the city but in Shimen Mountain.

To tell the truth, because Jinzhou City is far away from Liaodong, it has no value to Houjin at all, and at most it is to kidnap the people in its city.

But for the sake of the people in the city, it is really not a wise move to attack a city strictly guarded by the Ming army, but Nurhachi led the army to Jinzhou, so it is obviously not for the military and civilians of Jinzhou, it is Li Hongyu who attracted him to Jinzhou, and it is even unfavorable to Li Hongyu to give Li Hongyu a dismount.

Li Hongyu is the backbone of the Ming army outside the Guan, with Li Hongyu in charge, the morale and will to fight of the Ming army are obviously different, don't look at the current Jinzhou City is besieged by the Houjin army, but the soldiers and civilians in the city did not panic, everything ran in an orderly manner.

The reason why this is so is naturally because of Li Hongyu's existence, since Li Hongyu said that the Mongols would come to the rescue, then everyone naturally believed that the Mongols would come, so the people's hearts were stable and their fighting spirit was strong, after all, no one wanted to become a prisoner of Houjin.

Once Li Hongyu loses, then the confidence of the Ming army outside the Guanwai will be destroyed in an instant, and then the only way to retreat to Ningyuan or even Shanhaiguan will be.

"Judging from the current trend of Jiannu outside the city, Jiannu guessed that the possibility of a scholar in Shimen Mountain is very high."

Seeing that the generals at the scene became nervous, Yuan Chonghuan nodded solemnly to Zhao Shujiao, his brows furrowed slightly, and Naren Toya's reminder made him realize the seriousness of the situation.

"My lord, if this is the case, then the scholars will be in danger, Jiannu must have mobilized heavy troops to attack the mountain, there are only more than 10,000 people on Shimen Mountain, how can they hold out until the Mongols arrive?"

Hearing this, Zu Dashou, who was sitting next to Zhao Shujiao, couldn't help but say to Yuan Chonghuan worriedly, even if the 10,000 Ming troops were brave and good at fighting, they couldn't stand the wheel battle of the Houjin soldiers with many people.

"My lord, I am willing to lead the army to Shimen Mountain to help the scholars, and I will be gracious to my lordship." At this time, Zhao Shujiao stood up, bowed his hand to Yuan Chonghuan, and said in a deep voice.

Although Zhao Shujiao and Li Hongyu have not been together for a long time, Li Hongyu's personality has already convinced him, and the relationship between the two sides is also very harmonious, so how can he watch Li Hongyu being trapped on Shimen Mountain!

"My lord, I am willing to help General Zhao." Seeing this, Zu Dashou then got up, and after arching his hand to Yuan Chonghuan, he said loudly, Li Hongyu not only did not punish him for the crime of fleeing from Guangning, but entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, and Zu Dashou had to rescue Li Hongyu in public and private.

"My lord, I am willing to go to Shimen Mountain." There was an uproar, and the generals on the scene stood up and asked Yuan Chonghuan to fight, Li Hongyu's importance to the war situation outside the customs is self-evident, so no one wants to see Li Hongyu have an accident.

(End of chapter)

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