The full name of the Thirteen Mountains is "Thirteen Mountains Station", as the name suggests, it is a post city, located in the east of Jinzhou, the two are seventy or eighty miles apart, on the north bank of the Daling River.

Because the Thirteen Mountains is a post city, it is impossible to accommodate more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, and the so-called "Thirteen Mountains have more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians" refers to the total number of soldiers and civilians trapped in the Thirteen Mountains and the surrounding castles.

After Nurhachi led the Houjin army to cross the Liao River and attack Guangning City, some people west of the Liao River fled into the mountains to avoid the looting and burning of the Houjin army, wanting to wait for the Houjin army to leave before returning home.

It's a pity that what those people never expected was that Nurhachi occupied Guangning City bloodlessly in just a few days, which made the situation in western Liaoning change dramatically in an instant.

After no threat from the Ming army, Nurhachi decided to move the people of the occupied area back to Liaodong, including the people of Jinzhou to Liaoyang, and the people of Yizhou to Gaizhou and Weiningying.

Of course, the people of western Liaoning were unwilling to go to Liaodong to become slaves of the Later Jin and were enslaved by the Later Jin, so many of the people in Jinzhou and Yizhou who did not have time to go south fled to the mountains again.

This makes there are 40,000 or 50,000 people in the thirteen mountain cities in the mountains, 120,000 people in Qiansi Mountain City, 40,000 or 50,000 people in Chajiao Mountain City, and there are also people gathered in Qijiabao in the south of Yizhou City, Shuangbao and Shiguantun in the south of Jinzhou City, and the total number adds up to at least 100,000 people.

Therefore, it is by no means an easy task to rescue these trapped soldiers and civilians, because the places where the soldiers and civilians are scattered are too wide, so they must be on guard against Houjin's attack at any time.

After all, these places are relatively close to Guangning City, where Houjin heavy troops are stationed, and once Nurhachi soldiers are stationed, the consequences will be unimaginable, and Li Hongyu will have to retreat at that time to protect himself.

If you just look at the records in the history books, the Thirteen Mountains are only two hundred miles away from Ningyuan, and the Ming Court failed to rescue more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the Thirteen Mountains, and sat back and watched the soldiers and civilians of the Thirteen Mountains fend for themselves, and only a few thousand people successfully escaped back, which is really cold-blooded and ruthless.

Judging from the actual situation, this was simply an impossible task for the Ming army at that time, as long as the Ming army dared to gather troops to rescue, then not to mention how difficult it was to rescue the soldiers and civilians scattered in many places, I am afraid that they would not be able to survive Jinzhou alone.

Historically, Wang Zaijin once sent people to the Thirteen Mountains to rescue, but returned in vain, how could the Ming army that had just been defeated like a frightened bird be able to save people from under the nose of Houjin, for which it was not less criticized by the literati who did not understand the truth in later generations, to be honest, Wang Zaijin and others did not want to rescue those trapped soldiers and civilians.

On this morning, the Thirteen Mountains Post City.

A group of people secretly gathered in the room of an ordinary house to discuss matters, and the middle-aged man in the lead had a few pockmarks on his face, and he looked a little fierce.

"Boss, when are we going to do something?" A big man next to the middle-aged pock-faced man lowered his voice and asked, which made the rest of the people look at the middle-aged pock-faced man with interest, and one by one they were ready to try.

"Brothers, Sanbeile said that as long as we can help Dajin take the Thirteen Mountains, he will definitely have a heavy reward, and we can eat and drink spicy food in the future, have money and money, and have women and women."

The middle-aged pock-faced man glanced at the big man in the room, and said in a high-spirited manner, "According to the arrangement of Sanbeile and Master Li, let's open the city gate at noon today while the people in the city are eating, and welcome the Dajin army ambushed outside the city to enter the city, and glory and wealth are at our fingertips!" ”

Sanbeile naturally refers to Mang Gurtai, as for "Master Li" must be Li Yongfang, this middle-aged pockmarked man is Li Yongfang's subordinate, surnamed Bi, because of the pockmarks on his face, he is called "Bi Mazi", and wants to cooperate with the Houjin army to win the Thirteen Mountains.

"Boss, the people guarding the city gate are all Yang San's people, Yang San has a very high prestige in the city, if he knows that we open the city gate, he will definitely come to stop it." Hearing this, the big men at the scene suddenly looked happy, but a man said with some concern.

Yang San is also the people who fled to the Thirteen Mountains, because of his righteousness and has the reputation of "hero", the Thirteen Mountains can hold on to the present is all his credit, under his leadership the people in the city desperately resisted the Houjin army.

The first thing Li Yongfang did after going south was to lead his army to attack the Thirteen Mountains, but he failed to conquer it and lost hundreds of corpses in vain.

However, Li Yongfang had already left a back hand, and sent Bi Mazi and others into the Thirteen Mountains City in the fleeing team, waiting for internal and external collusion to attack the Thirteen Mountains.

"Since he doesn't know what to do, then let's divide the army into two ways, one way to open the city gate, and the other way to solve him."

Bi Mazi saw that everyone was quite jealous of Yang San, so he sneered and said viciously, "Lao Tzu is going to cut off his head with his own hands, and Sanbeile and Master Li can hate him to the core, and they just dedicate it to the two adults with their rank." ”

At noon, a mansion in the middle of the city.

The family was eating around the table, and sitting on the top was an old man in his sixties, an old woman in his fifties and sixties on the left, and a man in his thirties on the right.

This big man is Yang San, the leader elected by the military and civilians of the Thirteen Mountains.

Since the main force of the Ming army has moved south, the Ming army that withdrew to the Thirteen Mountains and other places are scattered routs, and the number is not large, there is no combat effectiveness at all, and it is the people who organize themselves to resist.

Therefore, it is not easy for the soldiers and civilians in the Thirteen Mountains and other places to hold on until now, and Nurhachi did not expect that Houjin would easily defeat the Ming army, but there was nothing to do with those people who insisted on resisting.

"Third brother, I heard from the people in the city that the imperial court seems to have given up on us, and we are just waiting for death here."

Because she was trapped for several months, the atmosphere at the dinner table was a little dull, and all the old and young were immersed in eating, and finally, a woman in her twenties could no longer hold back the doubts in her heart, and asked Yang San in a deep voice after putting down the dishes and chopsticks in her hand, "Brother, you give me a solid account, can the court still save us?" ”

Hearing this, the people at the dinner table stopped their movements and looked at Yang San.

This is also the worry in their hearts, after all, it has been so long that the official army has not been able to fight back, and there is already gossip in the city that the Houjin army has crossed the Liaoxi Corridor to chase the defeated Ming army to Shanhaiguan, which makes people can't help but panic.

Yang San's brows suddenly frowned, everyone's reaction at this time This is exactly what he is worried about, and now rumors are spreading in the city, indicating that the army was defeated and fled back to Shanhaiguan and did not care about the soldiers and civilians trapped in Liaoxi at all, which made the people in the city panic, this is not a good sign, nine times out of ten it is the Houjin spies who have infiltrated the city to spread rumors.

But then again, since the Ming army even lost Guangning City, does it really have the strength to save them?

"Little sister, we are the people of the Ming Dynasty, how can the court give up on us? Don't listen to the untrue gossip on the market, I suspect that there are Jiannu spies who have infiltrated the city and are being searched. ”

Although he was apprehensive in his heart, how could Yang San reveal it, the most important thing now is to stabilize people's hearts, so he turned pale and said to the woman in a deep voice.

"Having said that, but now that the official army has been defeated, how can they save us?" Yang Xiaomei hesitated for a moment when she heard this, but still opened her mouth and said to Yang San, "Third brother, instead of staying here, it is better for us to break through and go from the sea to Juehua Island, so that we can have a chance of life." ”

Yang San suddenly fell silent, he knew that Yang Xiaomei was right, judging from the current situation, it was not a long-term solution to be trapped in the Thirteen Mountains.

But he is the backbone of the trapped soldiers and civilians in the Thirteen Mountains, and it is impossible to escape with so many soldiers and civilians, if he leaves, then the hearts of the people of the Thirteen Mountains will be scattered, and the city will be self-defeating.

"Little sister, what will happen to these people in the city if we leave, there is no boat on the beach that can accommodate so many people."

After a deep sigh, Yang San said solemnly to Yang Xiaomei, "But we can't sit still here, little sister, otherwise you and your brother-in-law will go to Juehua Island first, let the defenders on the island prepare more ships to the beach to respond, and we will send people out by sea one by one." ”

"Good!" Yang Xiaomei nodded heavily when she heard this, this is the best way at present.

"Third brother, do you think the imperial court will send Governor Li here?" Subsequently, Yang Xiaomei remembered something, and couldn't help but look at Yang San with a look of expectation, and the "Governor Li" in her mouth naturally referred to Li Hongyu.

Because Li Hongyu came to Liaodong to serve as the governor of Liaodong, the people of Liaodi used to call him "Governor Li" instead of his current official position.

"Now that the war situation is unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty, if you want to turn the tide, the only way to turn the tide is to send Governor Li to Liaodong to take charge, presumably the emperor and the officials of the imperial court will think of this."

Yang San's eyes lit up when he heard this, Li Hongyu is his only expectation now, if even Li Hongyu can't lead the army to counterattack back, then these trapped soldiers and civilians will really be over.

"Dad, I heard that Governor Li is the star in the sky, and Jiannu was so frightened when he saw him that he peed his pants, and he would definitely be able to drive Jiannu away."

At this time, a teenage child sitting around the table couldn't help but clench his little fist and say to Yang San, Li Hongyu has a very high prestige in Liaodi, and even children know his record of forcing Nurhachi to move the capital back then.

Seeing the child's serious appearance, everyone couldn't help laughing, and the tense atmosphere at the scene suddenly dissipated a lot, the child was right, Daming and Li Hongyu would definitely be able to defeat Houjin.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of shouting and killing and the sound of weapons clashing at the gate, which immediately attracted the attention of the people present, and they all looked over suspiciously, not knowing what was going on.

"Oops!"

Yang San was the first to react, and his face changed greatly, it seemed that the spies who had mixed in with the Houjin began to sabotage, and this often meant that the Houjin army outside the city would also go on the offensive and join forces with the spies to attack the city.

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