The emperor of the Qing Dynasty rushed all the way to the heart, the nostrils were bleeding nonstop, arrived in Jinzhou on August 19, the haggard face frightened everyone, the emperor waved his hand coldly, and the princes and ministers climbed the east side of Rufeng Mountain to overlook the Ming army camp. Duoduo was about to come and hurriedly handed over the clairvoyance, but the emperor did not answer, and beckoned back, and the guard Kupilon immediately took out one and sent it to the emperor—this gold-inlaid clairvoyant was brought by Bayanha not long ago.

The Ming army set up camp around Songshan, the infantry set up seven large battalions between the north of Songshan and Rufeng Mountain, the cavalry was stationed on the east, west and north sides of Songshan, there was a wooden fence outside the camp, and a car array was set up inside, and the connection between the battalions was close, and the attack and defense were taken into account. It is said that they have 90,000 infantry and 40,000 cavalry, so why don't they use cavalry, but go and fiddle with the beaten chariot formation? The formation shrinks more and more, the flanks become more empty, and there is no defense south of Matsuyama, they are not afraid that I will go around the back of the ass and fight?

"There is the right to the front, there is no defense, this formation can be broken!" The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and walked down the mountain, and the princes and ministers followed in a swarm.

The main forces of the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties entered the battlefield, but the offensive and defensive battle that Hong Chengchou was looking forward to did not start, and the Qing army ignored the enemy in front of it, and the main force bypassed the flank of the Ming army, cut off the road from Songshan to Xingshan in one fell swoop, and widened and deepened the trench under the city of Jinzhou at the fastest speed, extending to the sea. The Ming army has not yet come to its senses, and suffered a fatal blow, Azig raided Tashan, and seized the grain and grass of the Ming army on Beacon Mountain - Beacon Mountain hangs alone on the sea, and only at low tide will there be a road to the land, the Ming army thought that Beacon Mountain was impregnable, but did not expect to be seized by Azig to seize the opportunity of the low tide to successfully seize the island. The back road was cut off, the grain and grass were taken again, the situation on the battlefield was reversed in an instant, the Ming army failed to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and he was also surrounded, Hong Chengqian was heartbroken that he should not cross Tashan, but the opportunity was lost, and he could only find the army Chinese and Wu to discuss how to clean up the mess.

"Taihe has always been good at planning, can there be a good solution to this crisis?" Hong Chengchou saw that everyone was dying, glanced at Ma Shaoyu and asked.

"My lord is a twelve-year-old superintendent, how do I know if I am a scholar!" Ma Shaoyu has been urging "taking advantage of the sharp surprise attack", but Hong Chengchou turned a deaf ear, wasted more than ten days of inaction, so that the momentum of victory and defeat was reversed, gambling with Hong Chengchou said to return the salute, Hong Chengchou blushed and hung his head, Ma Shaoyu felt a little better, and sighed and said, "Our army is trapped, but the main force is intact, foolishly think that we should sacrifice our lives to drive directly to Jinzhou, Zu Dashou still has 20,000 people, if it joins our army, the military strength is better than that of the Dongyu, and the imperial court will also use sea ships to transport food and wages, and persist until it snows in winter, and the enemy will retreat without a fight." ”

"Taihe's plan is exactly what I want," Hong Chengchou's eyes lit up, and he stood up and said loudly to the civil and military officials, "The enemy soldiers alternate attack and defend with the old and the new, and our soldiers are both out and good for quick battles. ”

Everyone still bowed their heads and was silent, and after a while, Zhang Ruoqi raised his head and replied: "The grain of Songshan is less than three days, the enemy army not only besieges Jinzhou, but also re-encircles Songshan. ”

"In the past, all the kings were determined to serve, today is the opportunity, although the food is exhausted and trapped, you should clearly tell the officials, defend and die, do not fight and die, only war or fortunately, I am determined to make a desperate bet, tomorrow I hope that you will work hard." Hong Chengchou was a little angry, Zhang Ruoqi was really hateful, he was the one who encouraged the rash and quick battle, and he was the one who was discouraged and wanted to flee, where is the heart to serve the court?

"Lord Hong, our army can't break the enemy when it's in full swing, and now that the enemy's morale is high, how can we fight it? Once the salary is broken, the morale of the army changes greatly, and the adults refuse to leave, and I am afraid that the soldiers themselves will also leave. Wang Pu immediately shouted, and glanced at Ma Ke and Tang Tong by the way.

"Lord Hong, I really can't fight! The soldiers are waiting for the end of the month, if they hear that the food and salary have been cut off, they must make trouble, and quickly withdraw to Ningyuan, otherwise they will not be able to withdraw if they want to. "Wu Sangui sings and harmonizes with Wang Pu very rarely.

"My lord, quickly withdraw, the brothers are already panicking, who still has the heart to contribute to the court."

"The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, the brothers have endured all the hardships when they go out of the customs, and they will definitely mutiny if they don't pay them!"

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The Eighth General Soldier insisted on withdrawing to Ningyuan, which crushed the little confidence Hong Chengchou had left, and he set his sights on Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong.

"If everyone wants to withdraw, they will withdraw, so as to keep this bit of family wealth is worthy of the emperor." Qiu Minyang said helplessly.

"Well, at dawn tomorrow, the two roads will break through to the south, and the armies will meet in Ningyuan." Hong Chengchou bowed his head and said.

Sent the generals back to the camp to prepare, it was already dark, Hong Chengchou couldn't eat, and lay on the table to meditate: this battle was obviously lost, but he didn't feel that his deployment was wrong - the lack of grain and grass was because the military department directly allocated food and salary, and the military department interfered in food and salary because the emperor was worried that someone was greedy for ink and it was impossible to bring more grain and grass; There is no defense in the front because of the lack of troops, there are few soldiers who can fight with 130,000 horses, and the front attack is still insufficient, how can there be extra people in the back; Fight in a daze with a car formation, can you blame him, scatter the officers and soldiers in formation, and if there is a slight setback, the deserters will be in pieces, and only by enclosing the soldiers in the car formation and having nowhere to retreat will they fight with peace of mind; The Qing army passed through the flank, and of course he understood that it had to be blocked, but the cavalry deployed on the flank did not dare to leave the camp at all, and forcing them to fight would definitely collapse at the touch of a button; It is not his responsibility to delay the fighter, the soldiers will complain bitterly after a few days of hard fighting, and the eight general soldiers are also clever words, especially Wu Sangui, the three thousand brave soldiers only brought hundreds of people, but they have the face to say that the soldiers are few and can not fight again, can this kind of soldier not delay the fighter?

It's messy, it's all messy, Daming may really be exhausted, no matter how this battle is fought, it seems that Li Hanmin is right, Liaoxi is a dead land, and it should have been given up a long time ago - Hong Chengchou thought about it and fell asleep on the table.

When Hong Chengchou woke up, there was already a big chaos in the camp, people shouted and neighed, and the rumbling sound of artillery could be heard in the distance, Qiu Min rushed in with a pant and shouted: "My lord, the general soldiers of each town have broken through first, Zhang Ruoqi and Ma Shaoyu have also fled to the sea together, let's withdraw quickly." ”

Hong Chengchou rushed out of the big tent to watch, the night was crowded, the shouts shook the sky, the black pressure of the flow of people desperately rushed to the south, some people also fought for the war horses, several tents also burned, he suddenly felt cold hands and feet.

"My lord, hurry up and go with the last general," Cao Bianjiao walked over with his whole body draped, and when he saw Hong Chengchou's helpless appearance, he waved his hand to the soldiers behind him and shouted, "What are you doing in a daze, quickly help your lord get on the horse." ”

The Ming army broke and fled a little inexplicably, the eight general soldiers have experienced a hundred battles, some have battlefield experience, and they all understand that breaking through and taking the lead will definitely attract the attention of the other party, and the casualties must be very heavy, and it is safest to rush out with the people in front. Several marshals of the guest army were very troubled by who took the lead, Wang Pu stepped forward - he was the boss of the guest army, and it was incumbent on him to take care of his brothers, and he made his own initiative to rush through the gap by the Datong army, Ma Ke's mountain navy followed closely to assist, Tang Tong's Miyun army was weaker and sandwiched in the middle, Cao Bianjiao's Yutian army and Bai Guangen's Jizhen army palace, and at the same time protected the governor and the governor to break through.

The guest army has the old foundation of the Northwest Frontier Army, 70,000 or 80,000 horses are full of impact, it is not difficult to break out of the encirclement, Wang Pu and his group are very confident in this, as for Wu Sangui's gang, they are too lazy to care, let the Liaodong people survive on their own - the Liaodong people are too shameless in the two things of water irrigation Ningxia Wei and the defeat of Salhu, and the future He Shixian, You Shigong, Luo Yiyi and others died in battle, and there are also Liaodong people who do tricks, these old accounts Northwest people still remember.

Wang Pu's arrangement was well organized, but there was a problem in the process, Wu Sangui was not a fool, his elite stayed in Ningyuan, Wang Tingchen's former soldiers had always been afraid of the Qing army, Li Fuming had just gotten the Xuanfu army and might not be able to command, it was difficult for the three of them to break through, and it was best to pick up someone else's cheap. As soon as Wang Pu lined up the team on both sides of the road, Wu Sangui immediately came over, and then Li Fuming also came, the two seemed to be sandwiching Wang Pu in the middle, Wang Pu realized the danger, these two bastards are likely to be black. Ma Ke also felt bad, and immediately commanded the mountain navy to drive away the Xuanfu army, and there was a conflict between the two sides, Li Fuming was beaten in the dark, and he was angry and led people to find the mountain navy to retaliate, and the two sides fought and made a mess, and the breakout action was exposed.

I can't wait any longer, I must act immediately - Wang Pu immediately ordered a breakthrough, the Datong army rushed to the Qing army with a shout, Wu Sangui followed with Ning Yuanjun without falling behind, Ma Ke and Li Fuming also stopped fighting and rushed forward in a ball, Wang Tingchen was very unlucky, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen unceremoniously squeezed him to the end, and the Ming army began to break through in such a mess.

Wang Pu showed hemorrhage at a critical time, and led two hundred Yulin family members to take the lead, relying on the one hundred horse step guns and dozens of flowering bullets given to him by Li Yu to open the way, and forced a bloody way out of the Qing army, Ma Ke, Li Fuming and Tang Tong immediately fought and retreated along the gap, and the Qing army immediately deployed troops to intercept it, and the two sides killed flesh and blood and corpses everywhere in the gap. Wang Pu was righteous enough, and he did not retreat for the little brother to defend the breakthrough, and only retreated exhausted when it was almost dawn, but he did not spare Wu Sangui, and the Datong army always dragged Ning Yuan's army to hold on, and the two armies withdrew into Xingshan Fort together, and Ma Ke did not let go of Li Fuming, and the mountain navy fled to Tashan with the Xuanfu army, and Tang Tong's soldiers were weak and could only protect themselves, so they simply fled directly to Miyun's old nest.

The Ming army was in chaos, trampling on each other and suffering countless casualties, Cao Bianjiao and Bai Guangen protected Hong Chengchou and Qiu Minyang rushed south desperately, and Wang Tingchen had no way to escape and joined in, and the three general soldiers worked together to break through the siege but were never able to break through the Qing army's defense line. Cao Bianjiao was red-eyed, and simply launched a counterattack on the Qing army, unexpectedly broke into the camp of the Qing Emperor, and almost shot down the Qing army's Daxu, and the Qing army hurriedly sent reinforcements to defeat Cao Bianjiao. The temporary panic of the Qing army gave Bai Guangen a chance, this guy from a thief has the ability to escape from the chaos, and he can't take care of others at this time, so he took his elite to see the hole, and fled for his life in one go.

When the light of day brightened, the Qing army completed the encirclement, began to kill the remnants of the enemy, the Ming army panicked and retreated to the sea, just in time for the tide, tens of thousands of people were swept into the sea, the survivors were either dead and surrendered, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen fought all night and could not break through, seeing that the retreat was exhausted, they had to protect Hong Chengchou and Qiu Minyang and retreat into Songshan.

Wang Pu and Wu Sangui retreated into Xingshan and did not dare to stay for a long time, and continued to flee to Ningyuan after resting for two days, and suddenly encountered an ambush by the Qing army at Gaoqiao, and the two were almost wiped out, and Wang Pu was placed under house arrest by Wu Sangui when he arrived in Ningyuan, and was destined to be a scapegoat.

The Qing army won a great victory, killing 54,000 Ming troops, capturing more than 7,000 horses, countless armor and ordnance, and more than 10,000 casualties, but the overall situation has been decided, and the remaining remnants of the enemy are not to worry. The Qing Emperor set his sights on the outer Mongolian domain, and immediately transferred troops to the west in two ways, Azig and Karaqin's Gulu Siqi spread out of the Daling River Valley, and Adali (Sakhalian's eldest son), Shuotuo and Horqin's Badali went out of Duerbi, and must drive the rebel son of Erlu back to his hometown - the Qing Emperor was still worried about Hai Lanzhu when he was dying, and then immediately rushed to Shengjing, but Hai Lanzhu had died a few days ago and would never see him again.

Jingshi, the Ming Imperial Council was lifeless, and the emperor stared at the battle report on the imperial case with straight eyes - how is this possible, the elite of the Ming Dynasty Jiubian more than 100,000 people were lost in a few days, Hong Chengchou saved Jinzhou, but he was trapped in Songshan, and now Jinzhou and Songshan are all rescued, where is there still soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.

"How is the Ministry of War arranged?" The Emperor asked, fixedly.

"The Ministry of War has sent a message, ordering Jinzhou and Songshan to wait for help, Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, and Li Fuming packed up the remnants of the army, contacted Xingshan and Tashan in order to advance again, Liu Yingguo led 8,000 sailors, and sailed Songshan and Xingshan Haikou to strengthen the momentum," Chen Xinjia replied in a low voice, almost kowtowing with a crying voice, "Your Majesty, the soldiers on the nine sides are gone, and the Ming Dynasty is unable to transfer troops out of the customs again." ”

"Where is the naturalized uncle now?" The Emperor asked.

"Naturalized Bo has collected all the foreign domains in the east, but the grain and grass are insufficient, and the troops are stationed outside the east and the west, and the military department has urged him to march quickly."

"I know what's going on, I have issued an edict to allocate military rations, but the naturalized uncle said that the grain and grass are insufficient, is the Ming Dynasty short of these 50,000 stone rice, and there are people who are greedy for ink, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately sent someone to investigate," the emperor stood up and was furious, and suddenly laughed after pacing a few steps, "The Ming Dynasty raised millions of soldiers, but only the naturalized army that never got paid could win the battle, I am now gone, but the food and salary are empty, and the edict is naturalized, I not only give food, but also pay his soldiers, if it hits Shenyang, whether it is successful or not, I treated him as the founder of the country. ”

"Your Majesty, don't spread the news of the Battle of Songjin first, you can tell Guihua Bo that the official army is leaning on Jinzhou and Songshan, and is fighting with the Dongyu army, and there are no soldiers to defend in Liaodong, if you enter Liaodong, you can get it at your fingertips." One person walked out of the ministers and said to the emperor - Zhang Pu, the leader of the Restoration Society, and Wu Changshi, a member of the Ministry of Rites, operated by Feng Quan of Zhuozhou, Hou Sui of Henan, and Ruan Dacheng of Tongcheng lost tens of thousands of taels of gold, and Zhou Yanru finally returned to the court after ten years of dormancy in his hometown.

The emperor hesitated for a moment before nodding, stepped down from the throne and saluted Zhou Yanru and said, "Sir, if you want to return to the expectations of the people, can you have a way to teach me?" ”

"Now the most important thing is to clean up the hearts of the people, the minister thinks that when the grain and white grain are returned to the households, the people will be exempted from arrears of taxes for many years, and all the soldiers and wasted land will be exempted from the two taxes this year, and the following crimes will be forgiven, and the merits and fame of the people who have been reinstated will be widely obtained, and the officials who have been degraded because of their words and deeds will be recalled, so that the people's hearts will be restored, and the will of heaven will also be in me." Zhou Yanru bowed down and replied, the former first assistant Xue Guoguan was given death in August, which also scared him into uneasiness, what Xue Guoguan did back then, he must come the other way.

"I will listen to Mr. with the world!" The emperor made up his mind in his heart, Shoufu was this person, and called Zhou Yanru "sir" like Shenzong called Zhang Juzheng, but Zhou Yanru was even more afraid - Zhang Juzheng's fate was not good.

In September, the Laoha River, the Fengzhou army never got the exact news of Jinzhou, the information transferred by Ulan Hada Titang said that the battle situation in Jinzhou was not clear, and the two lines of the military department only said that the two armies gathered in Jinzhou and could not hold each other, urging them to march as soon as possible, but the Fengzhou army was actually unable to fight anymore - they were going to run out of food, and the imperial court only allocated more than 20,000 stone rice beans intermittently, if it was not for the part of the rations carried when the expedition was carried out, the locals also recognized the silver coins and silver banknotes of Fengzhou, and the Fengzhou army could not hold on to it now.

"The court also figured out that if we didn't give us food, they would ask us to fight Liaodong and treat us as fools." Zhao Ji touched his bald head and said.

"There are still 3,000 stone of grain in Karacheng, send someone to inform Xue Xianguang that there is no need to transport grain to the north, and immediately set up a grain platform along our retreat, and ask the eastern Xingtai to send troops to carry grain and grass to meet us." Li Yu ordered lightly.

At night, Mo Rige hurriedly entered the tent, whispered a few words in Li Yu's ear, Li Yu's face changed greatly, waved his hand to signal the left and right people to exit the big tent, and a masked strong man was quickly brought in, the man stared at Li Yu for a while, and then pulled down the mask.

"Lao Hu, why are you here, are the masters of your family okay?" Li Yu recognized this Sakhalian at a glance before his death.

"My masters are very good," Lao Hu replied simply, and then said eagerly, "Master, you quickly withdraw the troops, my Qing army Jinzhou won a great victory, almost all the Ming dogs were annihilated, the emperor sent the king of Yingjun and the Gulu Siqi of Karaqin with 10,000 soldiers to go out of the Daling River Valley for the south road, and the master of my family, the master of Shuotuo and the prince of Tuxietu of Horqin led 20,000 troops for the north road, and they had arrived in Duerbi three days ago. ”

Li Yu opened the map and asked Lao Hu a few words, then raised his head and said, "Thank you, Lao Hu, can you tell me which master sent you?" ”

"Master, don't ask, the old slave has to go back quickly, this matter can't be leaked." Lao Hu put on his mask again and followed Mo Rige out of the big tent.

"Lao Daishan is a smart man, in order to protect the family business, the Qing Emperor calculates others, but he can't imagine that others are also calculating him." Zhao Ji sneered.

"Gather the team immediately and withdraw the army tonight," Li Yu picked up his helmet and walked out, suddenly slamming his head and exclaiming, "It's not good, Azig has always used troops quickly, Xue Xianguang and Dehun An will suffer, Lao Zhao, you take the cavalry Left Association and the Artillery Association to Ulan Hada to meet Changshu and withdraw together, and I will take the cavalry Qianxie, the Right Association and the Chahar battalion to Karacheng." ”