When Dai Shan's army suddenly appeared outside Jinzhou City, Zhao Shujiao did not panic, he first sent a military report to Sun Chengzong, informing Dai Shan to attack Jinzhou City, and then calmly commanded the troops to meet the battle.

There are 60,000 defenders in Jinzhou City, and there are still 40,000 defenders on the defense line that stretches for hundreds of miles, which is also the capital of Zhao Shujiao's no panic, as we all know, these 60,000 defenders can be described as the most elite border army of the Ming Dynasty, fighting with the Mongolian Houjin all the year round, familiar with the siege methods of the nomads, and the most important thing is that they are used to seeing blood and life and death, and will not be cowardly.

Zhao Shujiao is very clear that Huang Taiji's attack on Ningyuan City is to suppress the defense line of the Ming army again, if Ningyuan is broken, the north and south defense lines will be less of a place to send troops, it is inconvenient to support back and forth, and it can also hit the confidence of the Ming court, and Zhao Shujiao knows that the military heart is more important than anything else, Sun Chengzong came to Liaodong, the prime minister all military affairs, plus the imperial court attaches more and more importance to Liaodong, the investment of real money and silver, the military heart of the border army that has been scattered for a long time is gradually gathered, if this war is lost, will the imperial court still pay so much attention to the soldiers and horses of the Liaodong system? Can Lord Sun continue to stay in Liaodong? All this is unknown, how to break the crisis, is to get a victory, even if this victory is piled up with blood and life, this is of great political significance, and the Ming and the emperor need such a victory to establish the prestige of the court and the majesty of the emperor, of course, Yuan Chonghuan is not aware of this, this is also the biggest difference between Yuan Chonghuan and Zhao Shujiao.

The general will look at this victory for a while, but the handsome talent will look at the long-term benefits.

Dai Shan attacked for many days in a row, but Jinzhou City is still standing, the last patience is gradually disintegrating, the last straw that overwhelmed him is the arrival of 50,000 Mongolian cavalry, and when he received the report from the spies, 50,000 Mongolian elite cavalry, has rushed from the depths of the steppe, and the troops are less than 20 miles away from Jinzhou City, and the Ming army has sent generals to respond, so that counting the 130,000 Ming troops in the western defense line, plus 50,000 Mongolian elites, his 50,000 soldiers and horses, will face 180,000 military horses, And at this time, their own state is still a long battle, when the morale is not high, Mang Gurtai, who was originally a reinforcement, has not been in place for a long time, which makes Dai Shan even more anxious, and can only keep urging Mang Gurtai, saying that this Mang Gurtai has a battle report three days earlier that he will come to reinforcements, but for some reason, he has not yet arrived in Jinzhou at this time, and the time of these three days, even if it is used, it should be in Jinzhou.

The reason why Mang Gurtai has not yet arrived in Jinzhou is that there are some careful thoughts in it, his position in the Houjin army is no worse than that of Daishan, this time the soldiers of the whole country in Houjin Xing, intending to break the Liaodong defense line that the Ming State had high hopes for, in this battle, Dai Shan led 50,000 elite soldiers, outside Jinzhou City, stormed Jinzhou, Huang Taiji's army suppressed Ningyuan City, and let Mang Gurtai become a small role in this war, which is unacceptable to Mang Gurtai, he has the opportunity to lead the troops out, of course, to build some meritorious deeds.

This Mang Gurtai is also a fierce general, he led tens of thousands of troops when he came, broke through three fortresses, the Ming army killed more than 2,000 people, and their losses were very small, only hundreds of people died, 500 people were injured, this aspect also highlights the terrible combat effectiveness of the Houjin army, to obtain these results, Mang Gurtai is still a little dissatisfied, he suddenly had an idea, Huang Taiji and Dai Shan so laboriously attacked Ningyuan and Jinzhou, the ultimate goal is not the prosperous world in the Guannei? He led this army, if he crossed the Liaodong defense line and directly entered the pass, then his prestige would overshadow Dai Shan, and even be comparable to Huang Taiji, for the Jurchens, honor was very important, and Mang Gurtai decided to leave his comrades who were fighting on the front line and come to a surprise attack for the sake of his own prestige, so he gave up supporting Dai Shan, but instead went around hundreds of kilometers, away from the battlefield, and headed towards the Xifeng Pass, which was the easiest to break through.

In history, the Qing army has entered the customs many times from the Xifeng Pass, and the reason why Mang Gurtai chose here is that after breaking through the Xifeng Pass, he went to Beijing, there is no big obstacle, of course, Mang Gurtai is not clear, Huang Taiji wants to break the Liaodong defense line, in order to prepare for the entry of the customs, and now he is rashly entering the customs by detouring the long road, and if he encounters a little obstacle on the road ahead, there will be obstacles in front of him, and there will be chasing soldiers in the back, so there is no further weakening of the strength of the Liaodong defense line, he will definitely not rush into the customs, even if it is a pass, It will also be like in history, gather the strength of the whole country, so that there is the power of a war, and tens of thousands of people in Mang Gurtai want to make a big fuss in the pass, at this juncture, it is tantamount to looking for death.

When the contemporary good sent to urge the people to Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji was also a little confused, this Mang Gurtai had already gone to support, if this Mang Gurtai ran to Jinzhou at full speed, it would have arrived in half a day, but the good place in this era has not seen reinforcements, what tricks does this Mang Gurtai play, where did the tens of thousands of troops go, Huang Taiji suddenly thought of one thing, Mang Gurtai once suggested to Nurhachi that he should not be more serious with the Ming army on the Liaodong defense line, and should detour to Mongolia and directly attack the Guannei, Nurhachi also reprimanded Mang Gurtai for being too impatient and unable to become a big climate because of this incident, and he never said to Mang Gurtai why he wanted to be more serious with the Ming army on the Liaodong defense line.

Huang Taiji thought of this, he knew that this Mang Gurtai had long been away from the battlefield, at the moment, he did not panic, and immediately issued two orders, let the Dai Shan Department come to Ningyuan, and did not have to stay when he encountered the Ming army on the way, this time, Huang Taiji was determined to pull out the nail of Ning Yuan, and the second order was to send someone to find Mang Gurtai, so that he could lead the troops to return to Ningyuan quickly, if he did not obey the military order, he would be dealt with by military law.

In the city of Ningyuan, outside the city shouted and killed, and the artillery roared, but Sun Chengzong in the city stood on the map of Liaodong and watched carefully, as if the fighting outside the city had nothing to do with it. And Man Gui is still commanding the troops to defend the city on the city wall, so he is no longer here.

Liaodong defense line map Sun Chengzong knew it in his chest, looked at it for a while and looked up and said: "Daishan has attacked Jinzhou for five days, Zhao led the general, worthy of great benevolence, so that this Daishan did not eat half cheap, the day before yesterday, the official came to Ningyuan, almost the front foot just entered the city, in the evening, Huang Taiji came to Ningyuan, I thought he would live two or three days, in order to attack Ningyuan, the Korean army is overwhelmed, at this time the Houjin army has no worries, the army is pressing, fierce, I hope that the generals can do their best to guard this Ningyuan City, It lives up to the emperor's entrustment and the hope of the people. ”