Zierharang has arrived at the outskirts of Xuanzhou City, which is only more than 20 miles away from Xuanzhou City, along the way, he paid great attention, especially when entering the Iron Mountain, he has always been worried about encountering the ambush of the Jiangning battalion, including Fan Wencheng, who also has this understanding, thinking that the warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom and the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion may have a big battle in the Iron Mountain, and the Iron Mountain is the barrier of Xuanzhou, but the strange thing is that the Jiangning Battalion did not station troops in the Iron Mountain, and the army passed through the Iron Mountain smoothly.

There was such a situation, Zierharang didn't understand, and Fan Wencheng didn't understand it very well, and after analyzing and analyzing, the two thought that there was only one possibility, that is, Dai Shan led the soldiers of the Zhenghong Banner to launch an attack on Xuanzhou City, or somewhere in Xuanzhou, and launched a fierce battle with the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion, resulting in the inability of the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion to launch an ambush in Tieshan.

At this time, Zierharang can not continue to be cautious, if Daishan and the Jiangning battalion soldiers stationed in Xuanzhou have already begun to fight, he must speed up, whether it is to attack the Jiangning battalion from the front, or to respond, he must launch an attack as soon as possible, otherwise when the loss of Zhenghongqi is too great, such a responsibility will not be able to bear it.

The scouts reconnoitred all the way and reported that the surroundings of Xuanzhou City were very quiet, and they heard the news from some people that the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion were still stationed in Xuanzhou City, and there was no fighting. Such a situation made Zilharang fall into hard thought, he really didn't understand, could it be that there was any trap arranged in front of him, where did the Zhenghong Banner soldiers of Daishan go.

Jierharang was actually a little annoyed, according to the normal situation, he had already prepared to launch an attack on Xuanzhou, Huang Taiji asked him to attack Xuanzhou, the original intention was to exterminate the Jiangning battalion in Xuanzhou, and sent a red flag and a blue flag. used such a large amount of force, and asked Duoduo to lead the soldiers with white flags to drag the Jiangning battalion sergeants in Fuzhou, it can be seen that Huang Taiji has made up his mind. Jierharang knew that the heart of Emperor Taiji of the Daoist Dao was very angry, and he had achieved such a big victory in Liaodong, just breaking through the Shanhai Pass. Completely change the situation in Liaodong, and even attack the capital division of the Ming Dynasty, enter the Central Plains, the opportunity is in front of you, but at this time, Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion, captured Xuanzhou and Fuzhou, and threatened the capital of the Qing Dynasty, if you can't return to the division. The Ming army desperately held the Guanningjin defense line, and here Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion to attack Shenyang directly, and the Qing Kingdom was in danger, so Huang Taiji had to return to Shenyang and end the attack on Liaodong.

According to Huang Taiji's idea, after discussing with Fan Wencheng. thinks that if you capture Xuanzhou as quickly as possible, whether you can completely annihilate the Jiangning battalion sergeants stationed in Xuanzhou or not. At least he can return to the division immediately to join Duoduo, and at that time, the 100,000 army, no matter how invincible the Jiangning battalion stationed in Fuzhou is, and the 30,000 sergeants will definitely not be able to compete with the 100,000 army.

Zilharang was even ready to write a letter to Daishan, suggesting that the Red Flag and the Blue Flag soldiers should rendezvous. Jointly attacking Xuanzhou, there were only 20,000 soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion stationed in Xuanzhou, and no matter how strong the combat strength was, it was impossible to compete with the soldiers of the two banners.

If such a plan is realized, then the soldiers of the Great Qing Kingdom will have an absolute advantage. Even if the Jiangning battalion sergeant in Xuanzhou gave up Xuanzhou Tieshan and other places, and united with the Jiangning battalion sergeant in Fuzhou, it was only 50,000 people, which was still an absolute disadvantage.

It's a pity that Jilharang's plan can't be realized, it's all because of Daishan's stubbornness and military exploits, Zilharang can't be compared with Jilharang, after all, Jilharang is old and has participated in many key battles, and sometimes, even on behalf of the former emperor Nurhachi commanded the battle, not to mention Jilharang, even if it is Dolgon, Duoduo, Azig and others, they can't be compared with Daishan, and it is also because of this kind of relationship in qualifications, Zilharang is very careful, this time it can only be carried out according to Daishan's ideas, However, along the way, he and Fan Wencheng also discussed in detail that as long as Daishan's Red Banner Sergeant launched an attack, no matter what the situation was, the soldiers with the blue flag would have to participate in the battle.

Scouts frequently reported news, some of the news is fragmentary, can not be sure, there are scouts report, the Jiangning battalion sergeants stationed in Xuanzhou, some of them withdrew from Xuanzhou City, held the direction of Sumeru Island, this news, Zierharang and Fan Wencheng both think it is accurate, after all, Daishan's Zhenghongqi soldiers attacked Xuanzhou from the direction of Sumeru Island.

After learning the news, Fan Wencheng made a suggestion, on the one hand, he asked the scouts to confirm the news, and on the other hand, he suggested that Zilharang could attack Xuanzhou City at this time, and the Jiangning battalion sergeants stationed in Xuanzhou were undoubtedly guilty of a taboo at this time, and the strength was seriously insufficient, and at least 10,000 people were needed to block the Red Banner soldiers of Daishan, so there were only 10,000 people stationed in Xuanzhou, such an opportunity, don't miss it, even if you launch an attack in advance, there is no big problem, When the time comes, Dai Shan and the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion who are blocking the attack will fight, and the attacks on both sides can echo each other.

Zilharang thought that this opinion was very correct, and asked the army to speed up its pace, no matter what happened along the way, it was directed at Xuanzhou, and the small army that harassed along the way was ignored.

The army suddenly quickened the pace of the march, and a murderous opinion was completely revealed.

Sun Chuanting, who was stationed in Xuanzhou City, was ready for everything.

The officers of more than 1,000 households in the Jiangning Battalion were all gathered in the mansion where Sun Chuanting was temporarily staying.

"Brothers, the scouts are coming to report, the blue flag tartars led by Jierharang are only twenty miles away from Xuanzhou City, the order issued by Lord Su, no matter how much price to pay, is to entangle Jierharang, not allow him to take a step forward, not allow him to rescue Daishan, I can tell you, today Lord Su led the brothers, and began to encircle and annihilate Daishan and the Tartars of the Red Flag, so our focus is not to garrison Xuanzhou City, it is not much useful to defend the city, but we must also defend the city, Our focus is to fight face-to-face with Zilharang, to prevent him from going to the rescue, in the next battle, we will fight with the Houjin Tartars, drag them to the death, there are only 10,000 of our brothers in the city, Ma Xianglin, here you are responsible for commanding, until the last resort, we can't lose the city, this is also the request of Lord Su, we can't disappoint the people in Xuanzhou City, I command another 10,000 brothers, block Jierharang to reinforce Daishan. ”

Ma Xianglin was a little reluctant, in fact, Sun Chuanting's arrangement, he has always had some opinions, because Sun Chuanting is fully responsible for commanding 20,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, such a blocking task, should be led by him to complete, the blocking task is undoubtedly a lot more dangerous, but unfortunately the tradition of the Jiangning battalion is like this, the more dangerous the task, the more the commander goes into battle, for example, the task of exterminating the Dai Shanzheng Red Flag Tartars, Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou went.

At this time, it is impossible for Ma Xianglin to put forward any opinions, everything has been decided, and the best thing to do is to do it as required, but Sun Chuanting led 10,000 soldiers to meet the 20,000 Houjin Tartars of Jierharang, there is still too much danger in this, Ma Xianglin believes that it is still necessary to remind him.

"My lord, the lower officials feel that Daishan's Zhenghongqi soldiers are besieged, this news, Jilharang will soon be able to know, Daishan, who has been attacked, I am afraid that he will think of notifying Jilharang to come to the rescue, Lord Su's order, asking us to drag Jierharang to the death, prevent Jierharang from going to reinforcements, if Jierharang does not know about the siege and annihilation of Daishan, he must directly attack Xuanzhou City, that situation is a good thing, 10,000 soldiers to hold Xuanzhou City, more than enough, if Jierharang suddenly does not attack Xuanzhou City, Turning his head and heading in the direction of Sumeru Island, it means that Zilharang has received the news, at this time, the lower official should lead the soldiers defending the city, reinforce the adults, and make every effort to block Jilharang. ”

Sun Chuanting nodded.

"Yes, this suggestion is very good, if Jierharang attacks Xuanzhou, it must be a good thing, which shows that Jierharang still does not know the news that Daishan was surrounded and annihilated, I have also thought about it, once Jierharang learns the news that Daishan was surrounded and annihilated, he must be desperate to go to the rescue, at that time, 10,000 soldiers blocked Jierharang, it may really be a little unbearable, very good, General Ma's suggestion is good, you take the soldiers to defend the city, if Jierharang blindly attacks the city, you just hold on, If Zilharang's army suddenly withdraws, you leave a small number of soldiers to defend the city, and lead the rest of the soldiers to follow Zilharang, and you and I will flank Zilharang in front and back, so that Zilharan's army cannot move. ”

Everything is so fit.

On the 5th of July, at midnight, Zilharang led a large army to arrive outside the city of Xuanzhou.

Ma Xianglin looked at the black pressed Houjin Tartar, and was happy in his heart, although it was said that Jilharang was about to attack the city, but this was a good thing, it was nothing more than that he led his brothers to resist desperately, with the deterrence of artillery, it was not much of a problem to hold the city.

Zilharang did not attack immediately, he was still waiting for the news of the scouts to see if some of the Jiangning battalion soldiers had left the city and held the direction of Sumeru Island, if this news was confirmed, he would not hesitate to launch an attack immediately.

Time passed minute by minute, Ma Xianglin on the city wall was a little strange, I don't know what the Golden Tartar was doing behind the road, why did he not launch an attack yet, could it be said that Jierharang was aware of it.

Ma Xianglin's worries are unnecessary.

Zilharang learned the accurate news of the scout's report, and the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion stationed in Xuanzhou City had indeed divided some of the sergeants and headed for Sumeru Island.

Zilharan gave the order to attack.

The brutal siege battle began...... (To be continued......)