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Summer has come and gone.

Under the city of Datong, Dolgon looked at the city and sighed.

Datong City, iron, Shanhaiguan of copper. The Qing soldiers took over Shanhaiguan from Wu Sangui without much effort, and a few years later, they still inevitably suffered under Datong City.

From fireworks in March to August and autumn, five months of hard fighting left a lot of scars on Datong City Mountain, and the originally smooth city wall was smashed out of dense small pits, and the dense places were like newly built beehives.

In the barracks outside the city, there were the most elite soldiers of the Jurchens in Shangsanqi, and the largest 20 red-coated cannons cast by the Qing court in Liaodong. The barrel of the cannon was as thick as a man's hug, and the iron ball that shot out was the size of a man's head. However, in front of the fortified Datong City, this qiē is like a child tickling a strong man.

Datong City was built by the general Wei Guogong Xu Da personally when the Ming Dynasty opened the country, and it has survived wind and rain for hundreds of years.

Perhaps it was the heroic spirit of the Duke of Wei who was guarding the city, and the alien races of the adjacent steppe, whether it was the once powerful Warat and Tumut, or the Liaodong Jurchens, who had only risen in recent years, retreated in front of this fortified city, and did not even have the courage to attack.

However, now, there is a myth to be shattered under the city of Datong.

Either capture Datong City or ......, Dolgon did not dare to imagine, nor did he want to imagine that the momentum of the Qing Dynasty sweeping the world would be blocked by such a city.

Datong City is quiet.

Except for the garrison at the head of the city, it looked like a dead city. There are no bustling bazaars, no merchants carrying their burdens, and there are not even pedestrians to be seen on the streets.

It was more brutal than when the Ming army held on to the city of Hangzhou, and the Ming army forbade idlers to wander around day or night. Young men and women were all called up to the city. The women did not seem to have much to do other than cook and mend their clothes, so each person was rationed two bowls of gruel per day.

There are no longer rich and poor here, Jiang Mo is like the monarch in this city, a qiē in order to defend the city.

Jiang Ji and Lei Yanqian guarded each door, and in early March, the blood was surging, and more than four months passed, and the blood in the hearts of the men was cooled by the blood flowing out every day.

They become calmer and more helpless. At this point, the eldest son was executed by Dolgon under Datong City, and Jiang Yan could no longer face Qin and Twilight Chu as before.

The Ming army was enclosed in Datong City and could not get news from the outside world. But seeing that the Qing soldiers under the city were vigorous, Jiang Ji could guess that the general Zhai Zhe, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, had not yet gone on the Northern Expedition.

Lei Yanqian once served under Zhai Zhe, and Jiang Yan looked at and trusted him very much, and completely handed over the defense of the North Gate to him.

The Governor's Palace was the most crowded place in the city, and the defenders and people of the city could breathe a sigh of relief after the sun set over the mountains.

Qing soldiers rarely attacked cities at night, because they could not wield the power of accurate archers.

Jiang Yan has gradually become a little anxious in recent days, and after dark, the order department will attract Lei Yanqian.

When Lei Yanqian arrived, he was still wearing iron armor, and he came down from the city, his steps were calm, and he came to Jiang Yanqian. His beard was so thick that it obscured most of his face, and he hadn't shaved since the Qing siege.

"Ginger-sama"

"You say, do I want to send a team of soldiers and horses out of Datong City and send a letter to Jiangnan?" Jiang Ji hesitated. When his confidence became less and less, the more he looked forward to reinforcements from the south.

If you want to break through and call for help, no one is more suitable than Lei Yanqian. He had the last cavalry of Datong City under his command, and the reason why Jiang Jian saved rations from the mouths of the people to raise 300 war horses was precisely to prepare for the last moment.

"How long can the grain and grass in the city be supported?" Lei Yanqian's voice was very low, and he was under a lot of pressure.

This is a secret that only Jiang Jian knows, he was silent for a moment, and replied: "There is still plenty of food in the city" He still did not disclose the specific amount of grain.

"Then wait a little longer," Lei Yan's humble voice was like thunder.

"Will the Great General go on a northern expedition?" Jiang Yan wanted to get a positive answer, but Lei Yanqian disappointed him.

He nodded first, then shook his head, and looked at Jiang Zhu confused. If Lei Yanqian could understand Zhai Zhe, how could he stay in the north alone.

"I don't know either"

He didn't trust Zhai Zhe in his bones, but now Datong City seemed to be able to rely on the person he had betrayed at the beginning. To say that he did not regret his original choice must be a lie. Thinking that Xiao Zhiyan and Zuo Ruo and others were already in high positions now, he was worried that Jiang Nan didn't know if there was a place for him.

"Now that I return to Jiangnan, wouldn't I see that Meng Kang and call Shangguan?"

It's a knot of the heart, a knot that no one else can understand.

"Then let's wait."

Jiang Jian finally decided to listen to Lei Yanqian's construction, he had not yet reached the end of the mountain.

The city began to feel torment, and Dolgon outside the city was actually more painful than them. The conquest of Datong City seems to be far away, and in all parts of the north and south of the river, only the situation in Shanxi can make him feel a little relieved.

Wu Sangui broke through Wang Yongqiang, who was anyway in Shaanxi, and after quelling the Shaanxi Rebellion, he led his army to cross the Yellow River and enter Shanxi, and in just one month, he broke through four county towns in a row, basically quelling the Shanxi Rebellion.

Part of the Shanxi rebels hid in the Taihang Mountains, and the other part flowed westward through Henan to the Yunyang boundary. From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the deep mountains and old forests there have always been the favorite of thieves.

Dolgon made a small calculation: "After pacifying Shanxi, Wu Sangui's army can be mobilized to Huguang, so that the offensive of the Ming army in Jiangnan can be temporarily suppressed."

In early August, the situation in various places changed somewhat.

The opposing sides began to redeploy their troops. Accompanied by the golden rice fields, two teams of messengers came to Shanxi from Huguang. A team came to Datong City, and a team went straight into the dense Taihang Mountain.

The news from the south was always of primary concern to Dorgon, and even if he was commanding a large army to attack the city, it must be delivered to him as soon as it came.

This urgent report was not good news, and when he heard the sound of the hooves of the war horses outside the tent, Dolgon had a premonition.

The soldiers presented the letters, and the messenger was taken to the side tent to rest.

Dorgon eagerly took the letter and hurriedly opened it.

The letter is long.

It was the first time that Hong Chengchou had written such a long letter to Dolgon, which was more than 5,000 words. He gave a complete and complete description of the evolution of the battlefield situation in Huguang, and finally cautiously expressed his thoughts to the regent.

"Yuezhou Mansion has been, and the Huguang army has asked to retreat to Xiangyang"

"The city can be recaptured if it is lost, there is no danger to defend from Xiangyang to Huguang, and the Qing court has the advantage of cavalry. After pacifying the north, if you want to fight Huguang again, you can attack Jingzhou from Shunjiang in Sichuan, or send troops from Xiangyang. ”

This is the words of Lao Cheng Mouguo, if the Eight Banners soldiers and horses are finished in Huguang, even Xiangyang may not be able to hold it in the end.

After reading the emergency report quietly, Dolgon knew that Hong Chengchou was right, but he was very unwilling.

He didn't blame Hong Chengchou, Huguang responded to the pressure of the Ming army on three sides with a weak army, and it was rare to be able to support it until now.

In the Taihang Mountains.

A messenger from Huguang disguised himself as a caravan man and walked into the mountains, and Jin Xiaoding received Zhai Zhe's first order. Opening the letter, he was familiar with the general's handwriting, which was written by the general himself.

This task was a bit difficult, but Jin Xiaoding was very happy, which showed that the people and horses he had gathered in the Taihang Mountains had fallen into the eyes of the general.

More than 100,000 people have gathered in the Taihang Mountains, divided into ten large camps. People are not a problem, but the shortage of food and weapons has prevented them from forming a strong fist. The caravan moved like ants to buy some equipment from all over the place, but it was like a drop in the bucket.

"It's time for these people to move"

Three days later, he urgently convened the Commanders.

The commanders of the rebel army were all strong men, and only Jin Xiaoding himself looked thin and weak. If he didn't have the signboard of the general, and the power of the Fan family supported him, he wouldn't be able to sit in the position of the leader of the righteous army with his appearance.

The victory in Pingyao County added a lot of prestige to him, and also made him a thorn in the side of Kong Youde and others.

There are a total of nine tips, and the soldiers are divided into the hands of nine commanders.

Jin Xiaoding's words were very relaxed.

"Recently, we have been bullied too hard by the Qing prisoners, if we don't win a morale-boosting battle, I'm afraid that someone will want to connect the cut braids"

"Do you have any great ideas?" There was a commotion in the hall.

Most of them were taken over by Jin Xiaoding after the defeat

"Look at the bag in the hands of each of you, I have marked the exact date of the march route on it, and you will act according to the orders from above, and you will not be able to shake off a great victory"

Jin Xiaoding is very mysterious.

The rebel army is mixed, and it is difficult to ensure that there are no spies hiding in it.

Some of the leaders of the rebel army took the position of the lord of the village by virtue of the prestige of their families, and some of them gained the respect of the rebels by virtue of their appearance on the battlefield, but few of them were really cautious. Therefore, it is necessary to be careful and careful in carrying out a large-scale military operation, because many of them have no shelter.

Jin Xiaoding is almost certain that once the plan is announced, it will inevitably spread all over the cottage within three or four days

"Are we going to attack a county seat?"

Someone opened the bag on the spot and opened his mouth to ask.

Jin Xiaoding sank his face and said, "You only look at the orders in your hands, don't ask others, otherwise you won't stay in my cottage." Go back now, and get ready to march."

The commanders retreated in a noisy.

To lead these rabble to face the Qing soldiers head-on is to touch the egg against the stone, but Jin Xiaoding has his own secrets.

Geng Chun, the governor of Xuanda, returned to Taiyuan, accompanied by Gongchen, the garrison of Datong City. Because he sued Jin Xiaoding in the Datong Revolution and exposed Jiang Jian's true face, Gong Chen became Geng Chun's confidant and has been promoted to Shanxi General, and is now guarding Luzhou Mansion.

Geng Chun did not have a good relationship with Kong Youde and others, and those people would be transferred away by the regent sooner or later, and he wanted to train local soldiers and horses in Shanxi who listened to his orders.