Since Sun Chengzong presided over the affairs of Liaodong, with the support of Zhu Youxiao, the policy has been stable, the morale is high, and the entire Liaodong has been united. If in this case, Zhu Youxiao also died in Liaodong, it can only be said that it is providence.

Zhu Youxiao's confidence was the most important, and his confidence caused the whole army to shout: "Victory, victory!" ”

"Jiandou, you see that the military heart is available, and this battle will be won. I want to reward the army at Shanhaiguan, and my division is still waiting for me at Shanhaiguan, and I can't let my division wait for a long time. Summoned the order and marched into Shanhaiguan. Zhu Youxiao laughed.

"No." Lu Xiangsheng was also in high spirits at this time.

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On the sixth day of the fifth month, Huang Taiji personally led tens of thousands of troops out of Shenyang and raised troops to the west to attack Ningyuan and Jinzhou under the pretext that the Ming Dynasty had built cities in Jinzhou, Da Ling River, and Xiao Ling River and had no sincerity to negotiate peace. On May 11, they arrived in Jinzhou and were surrounded on all sides.

Jinzhou City is guarded by Zhao Shujiao, Jinzhou Defense: Jin Guoqi, the left auxiliary commander of the deputy commander-in-chief, is the left wing, Zhu Mei is the right wing, the Pingliao commander-in-chief Zhao is in the middle of the dispatch, and Jia Sheng leads the odd soldiers to respond to the east and west.

The Ningjin defense line was stuck in the throat of Houjin's march, and if the Ningjin defense line was not opened, Houjin would not be able to take a step further. Moreover, Huang Taiji also received the news that Zhu Youxiao was inspecting Liaodong, but he could not directly cross the Ningjin defense line and attack Shanhaiguan.

Houjin suddenly besieged the city, and Zhao Shujiao was not well prepared. On 12 May, Zhao led the sect to negotiate peace with the Houjin, delaying time and waiting for reinforcements. At noon, Huang Taiji did not see Zhao Shujiao's reply, so he immediately ordered the siege of the city, at this time the Ming army field battle is not good, but there is absolutely no problem in defending the city, half a day of fighting, the Houjin army suffered heavy losses, near the evening, Houjin had to retreat five miles to camp. At the same time, Huang Taiji sent people to Shenyang to mobilize reinforcements.

On May 13, Huang Taiji first besieged the city with cavalry and sent envoys to persuade him to surrender again. The persuasion to surrender was rejected again by Zhao Shujiao, and Huang Taiji ordered the siege of the city, but still nothing was found, only to increase the casualties of the Houjin army.

On May 14, Huang Taiji sent several letters of persuasion with arrows, but Zhao Shujiao was still unmoved. Huang Taiji's siege also yielded nothing.

The siege of the city was unfavorable one after another, Huang Taiji begged for peace, and at the same time waited for reinforcements, and on May 15, he sent an envoy to persuade Zhao Shujiao to surrender, but Zhao Shujiao was still closed.

On May 16, Huang Taiji wanted to provoke Zhao to go out of the city to fight, but Zhao led the sect to no chance, but Huang Taiji fell for Yuan Chonghuan's plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain. On this day, You Shilu, Zu Dashou and others led an army of 10,000 to aid Jinzhou, Huang Taiji was tricked, but they were also unlucky, and they encountered the partial division of the Houjin Guard Grain Team, and after a fierce battle between the two sides for a while, they quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

After Yuan Chonghuan's reinforcements were discovered by Huang Taiji, on 17 May, Huang Taiji contracted the encirclement and gathered troops to camp in the west of the city.

On May 18, Huang Taiji persuaded Zhao Shujiao to surrender for the last time, but Zhao Shujiao again refused.

From the 19th, the Houjin army did not persuade to surrender again, and blindly attacked until the 25th, and the Houjin army also gained nothing. However, on the 25th, the Later Jin Gushan Ezhen Borjin and Turge led reinforcements from Shenyang to Jinzhou, strengthening the strength of the Later Jin army to attack the city.

On the 15th day of the attack on Jinzhou, Huang Taiji was bleeding under the city of Jinzhou, and it was early summer, and the Houjin officers and soldiers were exposed to the wilderness, the shortage of food, the fatigue of men and horses, and the morale was low.

On May 27, Huang Taiji divided his troops, and one continued to besiege Jinzhou, and most of them went to Gongningyuan under the leadership of Huang Taiji.

In the evening of this day, Zhu Youxiao arrived at Shanhaiguan.

"My master, how is the battle in Ningjin?" Zhu Youxiao asked impatiently.

"Zhao Shujiao has repelled Jianyu's attacks several times, and now everything is fine in Jinzhou. Today, the minister got the news that Jianyu left a small number of soldiers and horses to continue to besiege Jinzhou, and most of them have arrived in Ningyuan. In the near future, Jianyu will definitely launch an attack on Ning Yuan. Sun Chengzong asked.

"How is Ning Yuan's situation now?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Yuan Chonghuan is good at guarding, Your Majesty, please see!" Sun Chengzong pointed to the sand table on the table and said, "Ningyuan Chengjian, Chi Shen, artillery essence, weaponry, Ningcheng 35,000 people, everyone is fine and the tools are solid." Yuan Chonghuan had already commanded the army to withdraw into Haonei, the general Sun Zushou and the deputy general Xu Dingguo led the army in the west, Zu Dashou and You Shiwei led the army in the east, and the rest were around. Outside the city, the train camp was arranged, and the front was dug in Shenhao, as a barrier, and the army was withdrawn to camp on the inner side of Hao. At this time, Mao Wenlong was already preparing to attack Liaoyang, and the empire would win this battle. ”

"Okay, I'm waiting for the news of the Empire's victory at Shanhaiguan." Hearing Sun Chengzong's explanation, Zhu Youxiao said happily.

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On the 28th, Huang Taiji besieged Ningyuan. Today's battle was the fiercest battle in the Battle of Ningjin.

Yuan Chonghuan lined up outside the city, with his back against the city wall, to meet Houjin. You Shiwei and Zu Dashou led elite divisions to camp in the east of the city to meet Houjin. Huang Taiji saw that the Ming army took the initiative to attack, so he ignored the dissuasion of others and decided to defeat the Ming army in the field.

This was the first time that the cavalry that formed Liaodong fought with the Houjin cavalry in the field after Sun Chengzong came to Liaodong. The cavalry of Liaodong was composed of exiles from Liaodong, who were deeply poisoned by the Later Jin and had a deep enmity with the Later Jin. The cavalry of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty was not afraid in this battle, all of them took the lead bravely, and for a while they were inseparable from the famous Houjin cavalry, and the generals who led the troops, such as You Shiwei and Zu Dashou, were injured and did not retreat.

Yuan Chonghuan personally commanded the city wall at this time, and all kinds of cannons on the city wall opened fire one after another, shelling the camp of Dongshan Jianyu and attacking its rear. The officers and soldiers of the Ming army's chariot battalion and horse steps, under the command of Yuan Chonghuan, were also not afraid of life and death, advancing one by one, and attacking with cameras.

This battle only lasted half a day, and it ended at noon, the Ming army fought to the death and did not retreat, the Houjin army could not advance an inch, both sides suffered heavy casualties, and even the three generals of Houjin were seriously injured.

After only half a day, Huang Taiji realized that Ningyuan City was more difficult to fight than Jinzhou City, and the city walls were superior to Jinzhou City in terms of army quality and artillery fire.

Huang Taiji saw that Ning Yuan was difficult to plan, on the 29th, Huang Taiji evacuated Ningyuan, turned around and attacked Jinzhou, this was the first war against the Ming Dynasty after he inherited the throne, he did not want to bear the humiliation and return in vain. Another reason is that Zhao led the sect to take advantage of Huang Taiji's attack on Ningyuan, and suddenly sent troops to attack the besieged Jinzhou Houjin army, killing the Houjin army by surprise, and Huang Taiji was afraid of being attacked by the enemy.

After Huang Taiji arrived in Jinzhou, he persuaded him to surrender again. Now that Huang Taiji is already a trapped beast fight, Zhao Shujiao will not take care of him. On the fourth day of the first month of June, Huang Taiji stormed Jinzhou, and this time Huang Taiji seemed to have taken medicine, completely ignoring casualties.

(End of chapter)