That night, in the inner city of Jinzhou, countless Liaodong soldiers with torches gathered at the Kuixing Tower in the southeast corner, and Zu Dashou, who was wearing iron armor and iron helmets, was standing on the city tower, looking at these soldiers who were ragged but their eyes were still firm.

For some reason, he silently glanced at the direction of Jingshi, then smiled self-deprecatingly, took the torch handed by Zu Keyong beside him, and then said:

"Today, I am going to tell you the news that the Hong Governor Division who came out of the pass to rescue has been defeated, and now it is besieged by the Tartars like us, and it is impossible to enter and exit Songshan City, so now we can only rely on ourselves."

It can be expected that this news will cause a sensation in the Liaodong Army, but this is also something that cannot be helped, paper can't contain the fire, and Zu Dashou also thought about it for a long time before deciding.

Most of this decision came from the battle of Chongzhen's second year of trapping Dalinghe City, when there was not much ordnance, food and grass in the city, and the city was only half built, and the Qing army had besieged it for several months to the point of killing people for food.

These soldiers are also human beings, and they have all reached this situation now, although it has not yet reached the most critical time, but Zu Dashou also knows that if it continues like this, the tragic situation of "killing people for food" will be staged in Jinzhou City.

He waved his hand to stop the officers and men of the Liaodong Army from talking to each other, and said calmly:

"You, if you want to go out and take refuge in the Tartars, take off the armor of the Liaodong Army on your body, put down your swords and guns, I will never stop you!"

When he finished speaking, Zu Dashou didn't even move, and his eyes still didn't wave.

Hearing this, the generals who had just set off an uproar immediately started talking again, and some people were indeed moved, but even the most courageous people did not dare to go out rashly at this time.

It is also said that Hong Chengchou was known for his prestige when he was in charge of encircling and suppressing the Central Plains Liukou, and participated in the capture and killing of Gao Yingxiang.

It is said that Hong Chengchou took the total army of the eight towns, plus the soldiers and horses of the rest of the towns were constantly assembled, and the army and horses should have 130,000, which was the largest number of troops assembled by the imperial court since the battle of Salxu.

But such an army with high hopes from the people of the world was actually defeated by Huang Taiji in Songshan, saying that the generals fled and galloped, so that when the world was shocked, he also felt that the general trend was no longer so clear.

As the general of Jinzhou and the general of the Liao Expedition, Zu Dashou clearly knew that he was indeed in a difficult situation at home and abroad, even more dangerous than the Dalinghe in the second year of Chongzhen.

Speaking of surrender, Zu Dashou was very disdainful in his heart.

Because in any case, the Zu family's achievements today are not unrelated to the Ming Dynasty, the four generations of the Zu family are all generals at the level of general soldiers and deputy general soldiers, and they have been fighting for the Ming Dynasty all their lives.

On the other hand, the Ming court was also benevolent and righteous to the Zu family, and almost everyone was awarded an official position.

Zu Dashou's brothers Zu Dale, Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, and his nephews Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa, etc., are all officers at all levels, from the general army to the deputy generals, staff generals, and guerrillas, and are stationed in Ningyuan and Jinzhou Zhucheng.

And in order to commend the merits of the ancestral generation of Zhenliao, after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he specially ordered to build a meritorious archway in Ningyuan City, with the title of "the fourth Zhenliao", which can be described as a full honor.

If you go back, the rise of the Zu clan even came to the time of Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong.

Zu Dashou's father, Zu Chengxun, was the chief military officer of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and Aid Korea during the Wanli period, and his grandfather Zu Ren was the general of the famous general Li Chengliang.

In Zu Dashou's heart, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was just a barbarian tribe that occupied the magpie's nest, and the Ming court was Zhengshuo, how could it be under the barbarians after a generation of generals.

In fact, if you want to say that it is death, many of the Liaodong soldiers present are not.

If you can take the lives of two Tartars, you will still earn it, but many people are afraid that they will wait in the city and end up dying of freezing, starvation, or plague.

A Qianzong of the Liaodong Army below took a step, and everyone immediately looked at him, thinking that this person was about to go out of the city to join the enemy, but saw that this Qianzong looked down at the Daming armor on his body, knelt on the ground and choked and shouted:

"General, we are born as members of the Liaodong Army, even if we die in the future, we must continue to guard Liaodong!"

After saying this, Zu Dashou suddenly remembered a person, looked up to the sky and sighed, yes, if that person is still there, how can the current situation in Liaodong reach the current point.

Back then, Sun Chengzong served as the governor of Hebei Liao, recruited and formed the Guanning Iron Cavalry of the Liaodong Army, decisively promoted a group of officers who dared to fight and were not afraid of death, and built the Guanning Jin defense line like an iron bucket.

It is precisely because of Sun Chengzong's role that the situation in Liaodong, which was originally unfavorable to the Ming court, is developing in a good direction, and the position of Jiliao Governor has become hot again.

Sun Chengzong, a veteran of the three dynasties, was well-known in the government and the opposition, was upright, and never tended to be inflammatory, but he did not want to offend the powerful eunuchs in the court.

Not long after, Sun Chengzong, Ma Hualong and a group of officials who were most feared by Houjin were quickly dismissed on trumped-up charges, and almost all of the people who were replaced were inactive.

"After death, the loyal soul will still guard Liaodong!"

Almost everyone present thought of this former Jiliao Governor, and silently read that sentence in their hearts, Zu Dashou was embarrassed, and was about to speak.

At this time, a fire suddenly lit up in the distance, followed by a burst of earth-shaking artillery, such a momentum, many Liaodong soldiers were frightened, and they all thought that the Tartars had transferred the artillery to attack the city again.

Almost subconsciously, Zu Dashou and the generals of the Liaodong Army soon took the soldiers to the city wall, although they were tired, but they still stood firmly at their posts, waiting for the arrival of the big war.

Soon, Zu Dashou noticed that things were different.

Although the sound of this cannon is continuous and loud, until now, not a single lead bullet has hit the inner city of Jinzhou, and this cannon sound is not the same.

You must know that due to the vigorous efforts of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others, the Tartars now have such powerful firearms as the Hongyi cannon, and if that cannon hits, even the walls of the Beijing Division will not be able to withstand a few hits.

Zu Dashou has been guarding Liaodong for many years, although he is not very proficient, but he has long been able to recognize the sound of various types of artillery.

At present, most of these sounds are small and medium-sized artillery, as well as many Tiger Dun cannons, copper and iron cannons often used by the Central Plains battalion soldiers, and Zu Dashou even heard the roar of the heavy Franco machine gun in it.

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