Wu Sangui sat next to the two of them, poured himself a drink, and sighed, "But, what those people said in Dolgon are not good, if you don't attack like this, wait for the emperor to urge, plus cut off the military rations of my army, what should I do?" ”

Zu Dashou snorted coldly, "The emperor didn't dare, if we really did that, we really voted for Jiannu, and Jiannu did not reach the point of exhaustion, they controlled the vast northeast and the vast prairie, not that they could be destroyed if they were destroyed, although the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was eased at this time, and the weapons were greatly improved, but the internal and external problems were not fundamentally solved, the remnants of the anti-people army were still there, and the scholars who opposed the new law were still there, but everyone was frightened by the emperor's criticism. I was frightened by the emperor's Chongzhen-style rifle, and now it is only temporarily dormant, if the problem in the northeast is not properly solved, after a long time, there will naturally be variables. ”

Wu Sangui snorted, deeply admiring his uncle's foresight, "Yes, my uncle is reasonable, I also said that why didn't the emperor punish us?" He also has some scruples, if he really kills all the slaves, it will be useless for us people, and when the time comes, it is estimated that his uncle and father will be arrested and taken to Shuanggui. ”

Wu Xiang snorted coldly, "Shuanggui? You think too much, people like us, the emperor won't be so troublesome, just find a Jinyi Wei secret agent, and a glass of poisonous wine will solve it all. ”

"Lord Hong has arrived."

When the three of them were at a loss, they heard a report from their subordinates.

Zu Dashou hurriedly got up, adjusted his helmet and armor, and went out to greet Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui. On this northeastern battlefield. Now, except for the emperor, Hong Chengchou has the highest official position. The crowd did not dare to slack off.

Hong Chengchou looked at Zu Dashou and the others coldly. "Why don't you attack yet, hasn't the emperor already issued an order? Let you take Liaoyang City in three days? ”

Zu Dashou wanted to die, and the emperor did not kill them directly that day, it was because of the military spirit of the Liaodong Army, and they were very happy with the Liaodong generals, but after two days, people's psychology changed again, if they were defending the city now. There's nothing to say about that, everyone is familiar with each other, but such 50,000 horses to fill a fortified city like Liaoyang is really similar to throwing firewood into the fire, "Lord Hong, it's not that everyone doesn't attack, and the artillery of the Royal Forest Army will also be thrown first, right?" It's good to boost the morale of the soldiers. ”

Hong Chengchou nodded, "You can tell the emperor about this right away, the artillery division of the Royal Forest Army has already been in place, and it was originally going to support you when you attack the city." I'm waiting for you, since you asked for the cannon to be fired first. It's not impossible, but let me make it clear to you, Daming's shells are very nervous, and there are not even enough bullets, let alone shells, do you know why Daming produced more than 20,000 Chongzhen-style rifles? It's because of this lack of ammunition. ”

Zu Dashou nodded, he also knew that this was the truth, if it wasn't for the problem of ammunition, the emperor might not even bother to keep their heads, the Imperial Forest Army itself has 300,000 people, and he doesn't care about their tens of thousands of horses, the emperor made it clear that he wanted to use the Liaodong Army as cannon fodder, which is something that everyone knows.

"Lord Hong, in front of the emperor, the old man doesn't dare to say, we are all people who have shed so much blood for Daming and how many times they have died, life and death are not important, just say that my ancestor is a big birthday, just fighting alone in Jinzhou, and confronting Jiannu alone for at least four or five years, right? The old man's life is not valuable, but if all these brothers in Liaodong are sent in like this, the old man dares to guarantee that if he can't attack it within three days, the army's morale will be in turmoil, and the morale is not high now. Zu Dashou's eyes turned red.

Hong Chengchou also knew that Zu Dashou was not talking nonsense, Hong Chengchou himself was a military genius, what Zu Dashou said was not unreasonable, "You don't have to worry, the emperor can't watch you all be killed, this matter, I have already tried the tone of the saint, I Hong Chengchou can use the head to vouch, when you fight to about 10,000 people, the emperor will definitely remove you all to rest." I can vouch for this, my words, General Zu, do you believe it? ”

Zu Dashou's eyes turned, and seeing that Hong Chengchou had already said this, he had no choice but to sigh in resignation, "The old man will immediately lead the army to attack the city!" I only hope that Lord Hong can say a few more good words for my Liaodong Army in front of the emperor. ”

Hong Chengchou held Zu Dashou's hand, "Don't worry, old general, my heart is not better than yours, my situation in the Central Plains battlefield is not better than yours, who is the emperor, loyal to the court, the emperor naturally sees it in his eyes, I have not been promoted for many years, isn't this a step to the emperor's side?" ”

Indeed, Hong Chengchou's words played a role, and Hong Chengchou is a living example, judging from Hong Chengchou's promotion line, the emperor has indeed not put Hong Chengchou in his eyes, and it is impossible to say, but with Hong Chengchou's merits, he should have been the rank of Shangshu of the Ministry of War a long time ago, but he has not been rewarded to the imperial court, and this time it is indeed a step in place.

Zu Dashou nodded, and said to Wu Sangui, "Since Lord Hong has said this part, it is not possible not to fight, if you want to fight, you must fight the momentum of my Liaodong people, pass on the old man's general order, and the whole army will charge!" Sue sù brothers, keep attacking the old man, don't take this Liaoyang City, and vow not to give up! ”

Wu Sangui immediately knelt down and received the order, "Yes!" Checkmate! ”

Hong Chengchou nodded, Zu Dashou ordered in front of him, of course he knew what it meant, and secretly said that these Liaodong people have a lot of things, since they don't dare to rebel, then just hurry up, wait and wait, and in the end it's not the same to fight? “

It's not that Zu Dashou didn't dare to rebel, but there is no place for him to rebel, the army will definitely not follow him to be a pigtail slave, and the grassland is not suitable for the Han army to live in the past, and he can't take the army away, what is he against? Now it's not the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is picking up momentum, how can it be reversed?

This may be the last cold weapon siege war in Chinese history, 50,000 Liaodong troops began to attack Liaoyang City day and night, Dolgon is his own inlaid white flag and white flag, two banners of elite soldiers plus half of the young and strong Jiannu, Huang Taiji in order to hold Liaoyang is a big investment, the most powerful generals in their hands and half of the net worth are pressed out, Liaoyang is broken, the consequences are unimaginable.

Although there is no way to give full play to Jiannu's field advantages in defending the city, Jiannu's combat effectiveness is still two or three grades higher than that of the Liaodong Army, and hundreds of thousands of young men are almost the same as the army! Jiannu was originally a way of life for the soldiers when they went out and for the people when they entered.

Zu Dashou's Liaodong Army suffered casualties at the cost of dying every minute, and Zhu Youzhen, the Chongzhen Emperor, also divided one-third of the shells that he was reluctant to shoot out after obeying Hong Chengchou's Jianyi, and allowed them to be put into the Liaoyang battlefield

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