Zhang Ruoqi, don't look at this person as just a five-grade civil official, a villain, but the power is very big, and he can even directly put the fold in front of Emperor Chongzhen's imperial case.

Not only that, what is even more infuriating is that Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department after Yang Sichang, is extremely supportive of Zhang Ruoqi, and some people secretly say that Zhang Ruoqi had met with Chen Xinjia's housekeeper several times before leaving Beijing.

Hong Chengchou was ordered to be in danger this time, knowing that the heavy responsibility of the world was on his shoulders, and he originally planned to let hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses hug together, this kind of anticlimactic tactics is really a taboo for soldiers, but then again, whether it is taboo or not, it still depends on the situation to decide.

Dongyu is brave and can't fight, and it is the best policy to resist the city and fight.

Anyway, there are a lot of soldiers and horses on his side, and he is not afraid of the Qing army's strong attack at all, plus the food and salary that has been supplied by the imperial court, it can be used for at least a year, and this tactic can better consume the Qing army's vital strength.

There is one thing that Hong Chengchou is quite firm in his heart, that is, although Dongyu looks strong, this emerging country is particularly weak inside, and it cannot be compared with the Ming Dynasty in the third hundred years.

Compared with the real banner people in the Qing army and the thousands of people of the Ming Dynasty, they are actually not even a fraction of the time, although the Ming soldiers can't fight hard, but even if it is the lowest method of using people, it is not difficult to drag the other party down.

Hong Chengchou has already set a strategy of steady defense, and when the army first arrived in Songshan, it also relied on a sharp spirit to defeat the world-famous Dolgon, and behind the continuous attacks of the Jinzhou guard Zu Dashou, the Qing army was once close to collapse.

But Zhang Ruoqi, the superintendent of the army, could only see the victory in a simple and understandable way, and did not know any military affairs at all, thinking that the Qing soldiers were paper tigers, and that the governor Hong Chengchou had delayed the fighter plane and did not dare to go out of the city to pursue, which was an act of greed for life and fear of death.

As soon as a few excerpts of "the world is for the public" were handed to the Beijing Division, Emperor Chongzhen and Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, arrived at the front line of Songshan within a few days, urging Hong Chengchou to send troops to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army as soon as possible, and not to delay the fighters.

There was no way, Hong Chengchou could only bow his head, after all, there was the emperor standing behind the people, and he honestly accepted the holy decree, and reluctantly took 70,000 soldiers and horses out of the fort to pursue Dolgon.

Unexpectedly, when Hong Chengchou arrived at the front line of Rufeng Mountain, the anxious Huang Taiji had already come several days in advance, and was taking the prince of Dororui Dolgon and a group of princes and ministers to observe the terrain on the top of the mountain.

Huang Taiji carried the most courageous of the eight banners of the 3,000 yellow flag iron cavalry, plus the recent gathering of the Mongolian Eight Banners, Han Eight Banners and North Korean soldiers, there are also 60,000 or 70,000 people.

According to the experience of previous battles, to deal with the Qing army, it is not possible to fight in the field unless it is several times the enemy, and the rumor that the Eight Banners are invincible is not blown out, but is fought hard, and it has long been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the Ming army in all towns.

Hong Chengchou only brought 70,000 soldiers and horses, and he wanted to order a retreat to refuse to defend Songshan Fort, but when he turned around, he had just received the holy order to go to war, so wouldn't it be a protest to withdraw his troops.

Under the hesitation of the two phases, Hong Chengchou neither dared to attack rashly, nor did he dare to retreat to defend the city, hesitated for a long time, delayed the best fighter, and finally could only order a confrontation.

Emperor Chongzhen has a characteristic, he either treats his subordinates with unconditional trust, or he directly turns his face and denies people, does not recognize any family affection, kills when he says he kills, and withdraws when he says withdraw.

At present, Hong Chengchou led the eight general soldiers and the generals of various towns and towns, and gathered more than 100,000 troops to go out of the customs to aid Jin, although Emperor Chongzhen explained that he would be treated with all kinds of preferential treatment on the surface, but he would have to deduct many restrictions on it.

Moreover, although Emperor Chongzhen did not want to use Sun Chuanting, he also did not trust this Inspector Hong, and tried to hastily issue a holy decree to the battle situation with the words of a few officials and eunuchs.

Hong Chengchou was very helpless, not so much that he was commanding this battle, but that Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Beijing, did it himself, as long as the supervisor around him was slightly dissatisfied, as soon as a few folds were up, it was immediately condemned by the Manchu Dynasty.

Looking at the neatly dressed Qing army opposite, Hong Chengchou was also secretly complaining in his heart.

At this moment, it is impossible to resist Songshan Fort, even if he wants to go back, Huang Taiji will not let him go safely, and the retreat is likely to turn into an unprecedented rout.

According to the combat strength of the soldiers and horses of the two sides, the number of people on their side is these, but the other side is constantly mobilizing and increasing, and there is a slight possibility of victory if they start early.

"The three armies listen to the order, beat the drum and ......"

Hong Chengchou took a deep breath and boarded the Yuan Rong car to issue the order for a general attack on the whole line, but before he finished speaking, he saw a commotion in the back, and a pacesetter with a few small flags behind him galloped on horseback.

Seeing these overseers and commanders in front of him, he threw himself off his horse a few times, climbed forward and cried and shouted:

"Inspector, ladies and gentlemen, Xingshan... Xingshan was copied by the Tartars, it's gone, it's all gone......"

As soon as these words came out, the generals who were still calm immediately exploded, and Hong Chengchou also had a burst of heat after hearing it, and he almost fainted on the spot.

"Xingshan is lost?"

"How could Xingshan be lost, don't you deceive Lao Tzu!"

"What should I do?"

Xingshan, that is the place where the grain, grass, and ordnance of the hundreds of thousands of troops are stored, and it is also the key to the stability of the army's heart.

Hong Chengchou "boomed" in his heart, and when he came to his senses, he was already pale, turned around and looked at the generals and generals who were in chaos, knowing that at this moment, the hundreds of thousands of troops were already without the heart to fight, and they would think of retreating, and the defeat was decided!

At this time, a trace of murderous intent suddenly rose in Hong Chengchou's heart, if it weren't for Zhang Ruoqi, who didn't know how to pretend to understand and didn't know the overall situation, how could the war come to the current situation?

The army food and grass are enough to use for a year, so the Ming army was at first sharp, shouting everywhere to fight, and the soldiers knew that they were not short of clothes and a lot to eat, and they just fought wholeheartedly.

But now, Xingshan was attacked by a sneak attack, the garrison Ming army was scattered, and the food and clothing were immediately gone, and even the weapons in his hands were one less than one.

Hong Chengchou set his eyes on the yellow dragon tent on Rufeng Mountain, which was still as stable as ever, as if quietly watching himself retreat.

......

"Hahaha, Azig did a good job, he wants to take the first credit for his future this time!"

Outside the dragon tent stood countless yellow-clothed and yellow-armored guards with yellow flags and teeth, and from inside there were constantly laughs full of sarcasm.

When Huang Taiji came to the front line, he didn't stop for a moment, and directly climbed Rufeng Mountain to check the defense arranged by the Ming army on the front line of Songshan Fort, and immediately concluded that the Ming army was strong in front and weak in the back, and once something happened in the rear, it would inevitably be impossible to care about each other.

Dolgon proposed that a brave and daring Baylor could be selected to lead the strange soldiers to burn the grain and grass of the Ming army, and the Ming army would be in chaos at that time, and the army would dig trenches and build walls outside Songshan City, and continue to eat Hong Chengchou's support soldiers by besieging Jinzhou.