Chapter 46: The Siege of Jinzhou

The words of the communication soldier before he fell made Zhu Qing feel how serious the matter was. Unexpectedly, Dolgon bypassed Guanning and Shanhaiguan to take Jinzhou directly, and if Jinzhou was lost, the loopholes in the border defense would be inevitable. With the current border defense force of the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to make up for it in a short period of time.

"Who is guarding Jinzhou?" Zhu Qing asked the deputy general Lin Bai.

"Zu Da Shou Zu Da General." Lin Bai responded.

"General Zu has always reassured the emperor. It should be able to hold up. "Zhu Qing believes in Zu Dashou's strength.

"There is also General Hong Chengtao in the south." Lin Bai added.

Listening to Lin Bai's words, Zhu Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, the communication soldier pulled Zhu Qing's clothes and shook his head, "It's gone, it's all gone, General Zu sits in Jinzhou, concentrating firepower to attack the south, General Hong attacks the north from the south, the Qing army was attacked from both sides, and it was in a dilemma, but I didn't expect Dolgon to be too cunning, using roundabout tactics to feint General Hong, but he led the main force to attack Jinzhou, and now the moat of Jinzhou has been breached, General Zu is defending Jinzhou, and I am sent to the vicinity to ask for help, asking you to rescue General Zu no matter what!" ”

"Vice Admiral Lin!" Zhu Qing listened to the words of the communication soldier and shouted.

"The end will be." Lin Bai responded.

"Immediately gather eight hundred warriors and follow me to Jinzhou to rescue General Zu." Zhu Qing knew that Shanhaiguan could not be left unmanned. So leave two hundred brocade guards to guard the town. He and Lin Bai led eight hundred warriors to Jinzhou.

"The last general commands!" After Lin Bai heard this, he immediately gathered his troops and horses, and it didn't take long for all the eight hundred warriors to assemble.

"Major General Cheng, this general ordered you to defend Shanhaiguan to the death, during this period, no matter who you are, as long as you dare to invade Shanhaiguan for half a step, you will be killed! Kill it! Before leaving, Zhu Qing ordered another lieutenant general, Cheng Li. Zhu Qing knew that Shanhaiguan had just calmed down, and at this time, most of the troops were deployed, and Shanhaiguan was in danger of breaking through at any time, and if the enemy attacked the west, the consequences would be unimaginable, so he gave a death order, and there was no mercy for killing!

"The last general obeys!" Cheng Li responded.

"Let's go! Go to Jinzhou with Ben Shuai, solve the crisis in Jinzhou, and rescue General Zu! "Zhu Qing carried the Ming Fourteen Style on his back, stepped on horseback, raised his sword and shouted!

An all-in-one Jinyi guard army quickly rushed to Jinzhou under the leadership of Zhu Qing.

At this time, it was already the afternoon when the sun was in the west.

When Zhu Qing led the Shanhaiguan garrison to Jinzhou, it was already a mess, and the prosperous Jinzhou City in the past was now full of wolf smoke. Fortunately, the city gate has not yet been breached, but the cloud pavilion has already covered the city wall.

Zhu Qing led the defenders of Shanhaiguan to hide behind the enemy, and it was dusk at this time, and the fighting seemed to have ceased temporarily. Dolgon is also a human being, and if he can't attack for a long time, he naturally has to rest.

After surveying the battle, Zhu Qing whispered a few words in Lin Bai's ear. Lin Bai nodded, and then summoned a hundred people, bypassed the strike range of Dorgon's military division, and quietly marched towards the south of Jinzhou.

And in the rear of Dolgon, Zhu Qing led the rest of the men and horses lurking, he didn't dare to act rashly, Dolgon had 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and only 800 in his own hands, now Lin Bai took away a hundred, only 700 left, even if it was a sneak attack, it wouldn't take long for Dolgon to counterattack, not to mention that he couldn't save Jinzhou, and even Shanhaiguan would have to pay for it. Therefore, Zhu Qing is waiting, waiting for a period.

In less than a third of the time of burning incense, the battle suddenly broke out again in Hong Chengtao's troops in the south, this time it was not the enemy attacking Hong Chengtao, but Lin Bai's feint attack on Dolgon.

"Report! Lord Wang, an elite army has been found in the south! "Dolgon's communications officer is here!.

"Elite troops? Daming still has elite troops? Are you mistaken?! Dorgon couldn't believe his ears.

"It's true! According to the subordinates, all of them are all brocade guards! The Signal Soldier replied.

"Jinyiwei?!" Princess Ning'er, who was beside Dolgon, asked in surprise, "Do you know who is taking the lead?" ”

"It's a white-robed boy. Hold a cherry gun! Very arrogant. The Signal Soldier replied.

"Is that him?" Dorgon asked, looking at Princess Ning'er.

Princess Ning'er shook her head, "No, he carries a knife, and he never wears a white robe." Princess Ning'er knew that Dolgon was asking Zhu Qing, and said firmly.

"Lord Wang, let Xiao go and meet him, no matter what white robe or black robe!" Dorgon's subordinate, Doyev, the first warrior of the palace, took the initiative to ask for help.

Aisin Jueluo Doyev, known as the first warrior of Dolgon's subordinates and even the Qing army, has more than 10,000 soldiers, if he takes people away, then Dolgon's power will naturally be weakened a lot.

Dorgon hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Fight quickly, this king is waiting for you to come back and attack the city!" ”

"Wow!" Doyev led more than 10,000 people to move to the south in an attempt to wipe out Jinyiwei.

Unexpectedly, when Doyev felt south, Lin Bai had already retreated to the rear of Dolgon with his men and horses to join Zhu Qing.

"How? Will General Hong be able to handle it? Zhu Qing was worried that after Doyev found out, he launched a fierce attack on Hong Chengtao in the south, and once the south was broken, Jinzhou was not far away.

"Don't worry, General Hong hangs the war-free card, and the thunder can't move, but when General Zu's side is attacked badly, he only puts one or two cannons to support. It is estimated that the enemy will not be able to attack for a while and a half! Lin Bai said a little about the situation in the south.

Zhu Qing nodded, looked behind him, and counted the horses. The hundred horses of the Shanhaiguan garrison are now being pulled into battle. Zhu Qing looked behind him and nodded sharply, "You, you, you, get on the horse!" ”

Zhu Qing ordered a total of ninety-nine brocade guards, at a glance, all of them are the elite of the elite, these brocade guards trained together in Tianjin factory guards in the early years, who is more powerful, Zhu Qing still remembers.

"My lord? The remaining one, is it for the last general? Lin Bai seemed to know what Zhu Qing meant. But Zhu Qing shook his head, "No, you lead the rest of the army to attack the north." I led a hundred cavalry to attack the main gate and break the wall and ladder. Zhu Qing knew that no matter how strong the Jinzhou City Gate was, as long as the ladders on the city wall were not removed, the danger of Jinzhou would not be solved.

"But......" Lin Bai felt that it was too risky to let Zhu Qing lead the team to rush into Dolgon's sphere of influence, he was the commander of Shanhaiguan!

"Don't say it. Whether the main gate can be taken or not depends on your actions in the north. Zhu Qing patted Lin Bai on the shoulder, he knew that Dolgon was not a person who was easily fooled, but he had to try, since it was a try, he couldn't let Lin Bai take risks. He thought in his heart that even if he couldn't succeed, it would be more convenient for Lin Bai to withdraw from the north. If Jinzhou is lost, Shanhaiguan is inevitable. Shanhaiguan cannot live without a coach. And Lin Bai just lacks a chance.

"The last general obeys!" Lin Bai gritted his teeth and said goodbye.

When Lin Bai led the troops to attack in the north. Zhu Qing pulled out and saw it, glaring ahead.

Dorgon always seems to have an endless arsenal of troops. He sneered and said to Princess Ning'er, "Sister, it's up to you." ”

"Brother, don't worry! The cavalry follow me! Princess Ning'er clenched her fist at Dolgon, and then ordered, so she led 10,000 iron horsemen to attack the north.

"Brothers, go into the city with General Ben and rescue your ancestral general! Come on! Seeing that Dolgon had divided part of his forces to the north, Zhu Qing raised his eyes and roared angrily, rode first, and slashed at Dolgon!

Although Dolgon was prepared, the 20,000 cavalry had been divided into the north and south roads, and now although there were 30,000 horses left, they were all infantry, and they were somewhat timid in the face of the galloping Zhu Qing iron cavalry.

However, one hundred versus thirty thousand, the disparity is too great. So, after being surprised, Dorgon quickly rallied his army and raised his halberd to meet the menacing cavalry.

Zhu Qing looked at it, it's not good, this hundred cavalry, no matter how they rush, they can't defeat the 30,000 Qing army! Zhu Qing was in a hurry, drew a bow and crossbow from his back, and then pulled out a sharp sword, which was an arrow towards the Jinzhou city gate. I saw that the arrow was impartial, and it was on the plaque in the attic of Jinzhou City Gate.

Seeing an arrow flying, Zu Dashou fixed his eyes, hey, it's his own person!

He reassembled his armor and walked up to the tower. asked the lookout soldier on the city tower, "Do you know which part of the reinforcements are there?" ”

The lookout shook his head, "I haven't seen it!" ”

Zu Dashou snatched the clairvoyance in the hand of the lookout, took a closer look, and his face was overjoyed, "Jinyiwei!" ”

"Jin Yiwei? When did Jin Yiwei come to this level? The lookout wondered.

"Hmph, that person is Jinyi Wei Qinglong! Ben Shuai has seen it in Tianjin! It is said that reaching out is extraordinary! Zu Dashou seems to have ignited hope.

"General Zu, if you don't open the city gate at this time, when will you wait?!" Zhu Qing's eyes are sharp, he doesn't need clairvoyance, he can see the ancestral birthday on the city tower at a glance!

Zu Dashou understood, his heart was overjoyed, and he shouted, "Open the city gate, cavalry, give it to me!" ”

Zu Dashou gave an order, the gate of Jinzhou City was opened, and thousands of cavalry had already gathered at the gate to wait, and they were swarming out at this time.

Dolgon was flanked from both sides, there were no cavalry in his hands, all of them were infantry, although there were many infantry, but the cavalry was one as ten, or even one as a hundred, such as Zhu Qing.

In a few moments, Dolgon's 30,000 troops were scattered by the Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry halberd, and Zu Dashou's cannons on the city gate bombarded indiscriminately, and the Qing army lost its previous rigor and might.

Dolgon, not wanting to repeat the mistakes of his father Nurhachi, roared, "Withdraw! Then he withdrew to the south, for there was his first warrior to meet him.

Seeing this, Zhu Qing turned his horse's head and chased Dolgon.

Dolgon knew that it was the green dragon and didn't dare to be careless, so he didn't fight, just whipped his horsewhip vigorously and ran towards the south. Zhu Qing rode Feilu, Feilu is a thousand-mile horse, on par with Dorgon's war horse, especially one active and the other passive, Feilu is naturally more excited. Just as Zhu Qing was about to catch up with Dolgon, suddenly a sharp whistle sounded from the north, and this whistle completely overturned the outcome of this battle.

With this whistle, Fei Lu, who was still working for Zhu Qing just now, suddenly raised his head to the sky and roared, going crazy as if stepping on his hooves, coupled with the chaos of the battlefield, Zhu Qing was actually overturned by Fei Lu. In order to avoid Feilu's stampede, Zhu Qing had no choice but to slide back. Just as Zhu Qing was retreating, Dolgon took the opportunity to speed up and distance himself from Zhu Qing. Seeing that Dorgon was about to escape, Zhu Qing took out the full moon scimitar, supported the ground with one hand, and threw the scimitar out. The full moon scimitar avoided the men and horses on the battlefield and went straight to Dolgon, who saw the situation and quickly flashed, but was still cut in the left shoulder by the scimitar. A handful fell off the warhorse. Zhu Qing retrieved the full moon scimitar, only to find that Dolgon had been rescued by Doyev.

Dorgon was wounded, and the Qing army had to retreat. Zhu Qing and the defenders of Shanhaiguan finally rescued Jinzhou from danger. Zhu Qing asked Lin Bai when he was counting the number of people, "Who is the whistle in the north?" ”

"General, it's a woman!" Lin Bai replied.

Zhu Qing took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and didn't say a word after all.