Da Ling River was trapped, this astonishing news shocked the Ming court, the new military department Shangshu Xiong Mingyu just arrived in office soon encountered this kind of major event, panicked and could not come up with any ideas, the emperor can only pin his hopes on Sun Chengzong, who is the commander of Ji Liao and proficient in Liao affairs, and ordered Sun Chengzong to quickly send troops to relieve the siege of Daling River.

Shanhaiguan, Sun Chengzong is already an ant on a hot pot, he suddenly found himself tossing in Liaoxi for a year, and he couldn't find a general to send and a usable soldier - only the "ancestral general" can fight the thousands of generals in western Liaoning, and only the "ancestral army" is available for 100,000 male soldiers, but the "ancestral general" and "ancestral army" are still waiting for him to save it, and he knew that it was better to leave the Sichuan army behind. Old man Sun was very sad in Shanhaiguan for the election of generals, and he usually shouted loudly at this time to avoid him, it was difficult to send anyone out, Yongping soldiers prepared Zhang Chun was very dissatisfied with the delay of the Jiliao Governor's reaction, and he was stubborn and wanted to impeach him, but Sun Chengzong's eyes lit up - it's you, immediately go to the imperial court to ask Zhang Chun to change Zhang Chun to Shanhaiguan Supervisor Military Road, and lead the Shanhaiguan Ming Army to rescue Daling River.

Yongping, Zhang Chun received the edict of sending troops, and felt a burst of sorrow, the court really can't send people, he is sixty-five this year, and the road is unstable, but this kind of thing is spread on his head, is there no one available for the hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty? That's it, such a large age is enough to live, and before you die, you can contribute to the court again. The gray-haired Zhang Chun has the pride of a Northwest person, he went out of the customs without saying a word, and before leaving, he asked the court to transfer Li Yu, the chief soldier of Tuntian, to send troops to rescue Dalinghe - he never forgot the little doll he met in the camp in Jizhou, what a good offspring, why does the court always think that he is a northern prisoner? He is obviously from Shaanxi, maybe he will be the first general of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and the court should give him the opportunity to make contributions.

Ning Yuan, Qiu Hejia silently put away the scrolls on the table, tied the sword around his waist, and then waved his hand to his entourage, and strode out of the door - the new governor of Liaodong has not arrived for a long time, and he will not come now, the time to serve the court has come, and I must not shirk my responsibility, I am just a son from the countryside of Guizhou, but the emperor entrusted me with the important task of appeasing one party, I can't live up to the emperor, go to Jinzhou at the front, and I will not hesitate to break my bones. Qiu Hejia went out and stepped on the war horse, led his Fubiao to gallop out of the city gate, and walked not far away, he looked back at Ningyuan City again, and suddenly shouted to the sky: "You are a group of hungry wolves, eat the meat of the Ming Dynasty and drink the blood of the Ming Dynasty, I, Qiu Hejia, will never be afraid of you!" ”

Jinzhou, the civil and military officials are in a mess, this is Zu Dashou's territory, big and small things have to look at his face, everyone has developed a habit, he suddenly can't come back, up and down immediately became a headless fly, and the eunuch Gao Qiqian of the prison army is helpless about it. Jinzhou is not without the Ming army, Song Wei, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Wu Xiang, the chief soldier of the regimental training, all have soldiers in their hands, but they are unwilling to send troops - Zu Dashou is the boss here, but this time he is likely not to come back, then his boss is a fart, everyone should take care of their own affairs, including Wu Xiang, the brother-in-law who guarded Zu Dashou's hand, also turned his face and did not recognize people.

Qiu Hejia entered Jinzhou in a chaotic situation, and Gao Qiqian was like seeing a savior, and immediately handed over the command of the Jinzhou Ming Army to Qiu Hejia. The arrival of the governor of Liaodong finally made Jinzhou regain some vitality, Song Wei and Wu Xiang also did their filial piety to the boss, and sent 600 selected front troops to harass the Jin army across the Xiaoling River.

"You don't send troops, do you plan to make Zu Shuai wait for death?" Qiu Hejia stared coldly at Song Wei and Wu Xiang.

"My lord, the elites of Liaoxi are all in the hands of Zu Shuai, we have few soldiers, and there are not enough firearms, sending troops to rescue will only be in vain, let's wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Shanhaiguan." Song Wei was very honest and said what he thought.

"My lord, we just need to hold Jinzhou, the new governor may be coming, maybe he has some good plan." Wu Xiang answered coldly, and secretly scolded Qiu Hejia for being nosy.

"How much grain is stored in Dalinghe Fort, probably no more than a hundred stones, how long can this grain last? Although the imperial court has decreed the change of the official, but the seal of the governor of Liaodong is still in the hands of the official, anyway, he is going to Nanjing as an errand, and the official wants to do something before leaving, do you want to try? Qiu Hejia looked at Song Wei and Wu Xiang with a leisurely face, and said with a little mockery, "You should send troops to help your Zu Shuai, I always feel that Zu Shuai's life is quite big, if he is lucky enough to come back alive, you will have a big deal!" ”

Song Wei and Wu Xiang were a little weak-hearted, and together they set their eyes on Gao Qiqian, who was sitting on the side, and Gao Qiqian waved his hand impatiently at them: "Our family can trust Master Qiu, you all listen to him." ”

Song and Wu finally cheered up and sent troops, but they were very careful, the main force stopped not far from Jinzhou City, and only sent 2,000 people to cross the Xiaoling River, which was of course not enough, and the Jin army almost collapsed at the touch of a touch, and the two immediately fled back to Jinzhou to make a difference. Ten days later, the fog suddenly fell, Qiu Hejia urged the two to send troops to attack the Jin army, this time they dispatched 6,000 foot horses, sneaked across the Xiaoling River, and happened to collide with Azig who was also playing the same abacus, both sides were startled, and immediately reacted separately, Azig was unreasonable and rushed to fight, but the Ming army was very honest, and turned around and ran back according to the old rules.

Qiu Hejia was almost mad, he couldn't wait to kill these two stupid people, so scared that Song Wei and Wu Xiang hid in the camp and didn't dare to show up, and finally Gao Qi sneaked forward to mediate before there was no accident, but Qiu Hejia made up his mind that next time he must personally escort them to fight, the first two times these two guys hid far behind, and they didn't dare to cross Xiaoling River at all.

In mid-September, the Ming army crossed the Xiaoling River again to rescue Jinzhou, this time Qiu Hejia immediately supervised the battle by the Xiaoling River, and saw Song Wei and Wu Xiang cross the river with 7,000 men and horses. Qiu Hejia sighed, and then led his standard battalion across the river to respond, just a few steps away, the front suddenly was full of people and dust-the Ming army fled back in panic like being driven ducks, Song Wei and Wu Xiang ran in the front, ignoring Qiu Hejia at all, and went straight across the Xiaoling River and ran in the direction of Jinzhou. Before Qiu Hejia could figure out what was going on, he was swept across the river by the defeated soldiers who came in like a tide.

Qiu Hejia retreated until the city of Jinzhou to collect the defeated soldiers, and found a few officers to inquire carefully, so as to find out what happened - the luck of the Ming army was too bad, this time it encountered two hundred gold troops at once, and it was simply unreasonable not to defeat the battle. The officers were still frightened, all of them were pale, and they said "It's the white armor, the white armor soldiers of the Dongyu, fortunately we ran fast", "I saw the banner of the Jiannu Zhenghuang Banner and the Zhengbai Flag, maybe the Jiannu chief is inside, it really scared me to death" .......

Qiu Hejia didn't want to say a word, he left in frustration, and he didn't even bother to see Song Wei and Wu Xiang's faces, in fact, Qiu Hejia looked too highly at Song Wei and Wu Xiang, and they met Tiancong Khan today, which was a complete coincidence, Tiancong Khan inspected in the direction of Jinzhou accompanied by Duoduo, and suddenly a large Ming army rushed towards them, and the two almost subconsciously met each other, and met bravely on a narrow road, this is the tradition of the Zhushen White Armor soldiers, Tiancong Khan and Duoduo just fought according to the past habits, but the Ming army couldn't bear it, was defeated by the white armor soldiers in one blow, the combat effectiveness of the white armor is too strong, with the skills of Song Wei and Wu Xiang, it would be good to be able to run back.

Qiu Hejia no longer dared to count on Song Wei and Wu Xiang, and sighed for a long time every day that he had nothing to do, and it was not until Zhang Chun led the Shanhaiguan reinforcements to arrive in late September that he regained his spirits and went out of the city to meet the reinforcements. Zhang Chun had a lot of dealings with Qiu Hejia when he was preparing for Yongping's soldiers, although there were some contradictions, but they were both from a rising background, and they could get along with each other plainly.

"Brother Jinghe, you're so old, how could they think of sending you?" Qiu Hejia looked at Zhang Chun, who had white hair, and a wave of heat rolled in his heart, and he stepped forward to hug Zhang Chun.

"Xianzhi, you are no longer the governor of Liaodong, why did you go to Jinzhou?" Zhang Chun replied with a smile.

The two greeted each other and entered the big tent of the Chinese army together, and after a few simple greetings, Qiu Hejia told Zhang Chun about the situation in Jinzhou, and then said with a wry smile: "Dalinghe has been besieged since the sixth day of August, and it has been almost fifty days, and it must have run out of food, and the situation is imminent, but I can't do anything, the officers and soldiers of Jinzhou will have no fighting spirit and no fighting spirit, like walking corpses, which is more unbearable than the officers and soldiers during the Gyeonggi War, and if Brother Jinghe doesn't come, I won't be able to survive!" ”

"Xianzhi is a little more heroic than during the Gyeonggi War, when the old man impeached you and cowered, it's really funny to think about it now, Xianzhi is also a good man!" Zhang Chun is always smiling.

"At that time, I had no money in my hands, and the soldiers couldn't get military salaries and couldn't eat enough, so I didn't dare to force them to fight, but now it's different, there are more than 6 million taels of Liao salaries in western Liaoning every year, and 100,000 well-equipped officers and soldiers, why can't they beat Jiannu?" Qiu Hejia stood up suddenly, his face flushed, and he said excitedly, "They ruined Liaoxi, these bastards, well-dressed but wolf-hearted, full of loyalty and filial piety but insatiable, Liao affairs have become a business opportunity for them to seek personal gain, Liao people have become tenants on their land, unless the Liao soldiers are their caretakers, they still can't get military salaries, and they are not a few points better than beggars, what reason can such soldiers win the war?" ”

The more Qiu Hejia spoke, the more excited he became, Zhang Chun hurriedly got up and pressed him, Qiu Hejia still shouted, "Why did they drive away my Sichuan army, that official army is ten times better than the Guanning army, and they keep saying that they will save food and salary, but where is the Liao salary squeezed out of the teeth of the people of the Ming Dynasty?" In the pockets of merchants in Shandong, Nanzhili and Zhejiang. Da Ming was betrayed and killed none of them, and Liaoxi could only usher in victory by being reborn. ”

"Dedication, you and I know the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, we are deeply favored by the emperor, we can only advance in the face of difficulties, we can't retreat half a step, don't make trouble for the emperor!" Zhang Chun looked at Qiu Hejia angrily.

Qiu Hejia gasped, and after a while he calmed down, he said to Zhang Chun apologetically: "Brother Jinghe, don't be surprised, I was panicked during this time, and only when I saw you could I have the opportunity to say what was in my heart, and I felt much better at this time." ”

Zhang Chun earnestly instructed: "Xianzhi is still young, you must cherish yourself, the emperor still needs to continue to serve, I am old, this is probably the last opportunity to repay the emperor's grace, this battle has death and no life, if it is not successful, it will become benevolent!" ”

"Brother Jinghe should also take care!"

On September 24, Zhang Chunhe Song Wei and Wu Xiang's troops totaled 40,000 people, crossed the Xiaoling River and camped firmly, Tiancong Khan heard the news and immediately led the main force of the Jin army to meet the battle, the Ming and Jin armies confronted each other for three days, Tiancong Khan saw that the Ming army lineup was neat and impeccable, so he ordered to retreat. Zhang Chun considered again and again, decided to use the method of surprise attack to open up the connection with the Daling River, on the 27th, the Ming army in the fourth watch day to pull the camp forward rapidly, and quickly arrived at the Changshan Pass, here is only fifteen miles away from the Daling River, and then take a step forward, you can solve the siege of the Daling River, but at this time the Jin army appeared, including more than 5,000 catties of heavy artillery, more than 50 artillery neatly arranged in front of the formation, the black muzzle pointed to the Ming army, and the two wings of the Ming army also appeared almost at the same time.

"My lord, the Jin army seems to have learned the news in advance, and is waiting for us here." Song Wei wiped the cold sweat on his head and said to Zhang Chun.

"What are you afraid of, this battle must be fought, how can there be a reason to easily relieve the siege," Zhang Chun was very calm, looked at Song Wei with his eyes and said, "Song Shuai, the old man remembers that you are from Beizhili, you are not from Liaodong, you should not be in the same stream as those people, you let go and fight, the old man is sitting here, and the old man will die with you!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Song Wei bowed and left.

The battle of Changshankou began, the two armies of the Ming and Jin first fired each other with firearms, the Jin army with the Hongyi cannon completely overwhelmed the Ming army in the artillery fire, the Ming army with the camp firearms could not fight against it at all, after the bombardment, the Jin army infantry cavalry immediately launched an attack, the Ming army in Shanhaiguan was the majority of recruits, panicked under the impact of the other party, and was beaten back step by step. Zhang Chun was still calm and composed, standing behind the formation with a knife with his family, and strictly ordered the whole army to take a step back to be beheaded, and the Ming army mustered up the courage to fight desperately with the Jin army. The Ming army, which had no field ability, once lost that pitiful firearms advantage, was not the opponent of the Jin army at all, after the repeated attacks of the Jin army wave after wave, Wu Xiang finally lost his courage, turned his head and ran, Song Wei immediately followed when he saw this, the Ming army immediately collapsed, tens of thousands of defeated soldiers fled in a hurry, and Zhang Chun was also crowded to retreat, and the road was intercepted by the Jin army's iron cavalry that had already been ambushed, Song Wei and Wu Xiang finally fled back to Jinzhou with dozens of people.

Zhang Chun's determination to die was decided, and he gathered the defeated troops who had no way to escape and continued to fight, and at the same time took advantage of the wind to set fire to the east to block the Jin army, forcing the Jin army to retreat. The Ming army just got a chance to breathe, the sky suddenly rained, and then the wind rolled westward, the Ming army was burned, the morale of the Jin army was greatly boosted, and the Ming army pounced again, the Ming army no longer had the intention of fighting at this time, and it collapsed in an instant, and there were countless people who surrendered to the ground, Zhang Chun had no power to return to the sky, and the Ming army was completely annihilated.

Encirclement and reinforcement success, the Ming army's mobile forces in Liaoxi were all annihilated, and the elite of the Guanning army of Zu Dashou was also about to be destroyed, this is another major victory I achieved after the invasion of the Ming Kingdom of Gyeonggi the year before last, the Ming Kingdom, Chahar has been trampled under my feet, and no one in Dajin can stand side by side with me, and the achievements of my father Khan's life are nothing more than that-Tiancong Khan looked at the captives all over the mountains and fields, and couldn't help but think about it.

Zhang Chun was escorted up, his face was very calm, and even with a hint of a smile - he advanced in the face of difficulties, never flinched, he did it, and now he only wants to kill himself. Lao Daishan was very strange that the commander of the Ming Kingdom was actually an old man with gray hair and walking on crutches, so he found a translator to chat with Zhang Chun.

"You are Zhang Chun, why don't you kneel down when you see Ben Khan!" Tiancong Khan shouted loudly - the prestige of the victor he wants to show up.

"This official is ordered by the Son of Heaven, how can you kneel down to your little slave chief," Zhang Chun replied with a look of disdain, with a hint of mockery, "Yidi beasts are also ignorant and fearless, and even if they get their will, they will be arrogant, you think that you can really defeat my Ming after a few victories, and you are just delusional, and you kneel down to this official, and this official can educate you, so as not to end up in a late execution." ”

"You old thing, I'll kill you right now!" Tiancong Khan's face turned red with a surge of anger, and he snatched a bow and arrow from the guard's hand and aimed it at Zhang Chun.

Dai Shan stopped Tiancong Khan, pointed at Zhang Chun and persuaded: "He is bent on begging for death, why do you want to fulfill him, the old guy can't live for a few days at this age, what is it true to compare with him." ”

Tiancong Khan took a few breaths before calming down, pointed at Zhang Chun and said hatefully: "Okay, I won't kill you, I will send you back to Shenyang to be raised, you go and take a good look, whether we barbarians are beasts or not." ”

Zhang Chun was defeated and captured, and the Ming army was no longer able to rescue Da Ling He, as for the imperial court to encourage Li Yu and Chahar Khan to send troops, it was just to add a little chaos to the Jin State, and by the way, the strength of these two guys was consumed a little, no one would be naïve enough to really expect them to break the siege, and Da Ling He actually became a dead end.

The Jin army began to attack the Daling River in an all-out way, Zu Dashou wanted to run impossible - the Ming army broke through several times and failed, Tiancong Khan also designed to play Zu Dashou once, the Jin army pretended to be the Ming army and rushed to the city, Zu Dashou took off his body and mind, and personally led the troops out of the city to respond, but was caught off guard and almost lost his life outside the city.

Zu Dashou's character suddenly improved, Tiancong Khan sent letters twice to persuade him to surrender, but this guy was unwavering, gritted his teeth and did not surrender. An old acquaintance who had always liked to flee suddenly became an iron warrior, which made the Jin army very depressed, and Mang Gurtai suffered a little loss when he attacked the city, and immediately took his younger brother Dege to Tiancong Khan to bargain.