The speed of the convoy carrying grain and grass was naturally not fast, and it was almost late to arrive in Jinzhou, and it did not enter the city, so it camped outside the city for the night.

Before dawn the next day, they rushed to the direction of Jinzhou, and in the evening, they set up camp at the Jiming Station, which was less than ten miles away from Dalinghe City. Except for the fast horses of the Ming army coming and going in the direction of Jinzhou and Daling River, there was no appearance of the Houjin scout cavalry.

Before dawn the next day, Shi Dayong ordered the whole army to set off, and finally arrived at Dalinghe City at noon.

After two months of continuous construction, the city of Dalinghe has begun to show its scale, and the three city walls on the southeast, north and south sides have basically been completed, and only the north city wall has not yet been completed. Inside and outside the city were busy soldiers and people, densely packed like worker ants.

Dalinghe City was built in the south of Dalinghe, and there was originally a small city in the north, called Xiaolinghe City. However, it was demolished by Houjin three years ago. This time, Sun Chengzong, the head of Liaodong Jingluo, wanted his ancestor to rush to repair the big Linghe City, and there was no order to build the small Linghe City, which may also be because the task of building the city was too heavy, and it cost too much money and food, and it was impossible to build the big and small Linghe cities at the same time in the short term.

His implementation Dayong did not know too much about the Liaodong war in this era, but he knew that Sun Chengzong was the founder of the so-called "Guanjin" defense line in the Ming Dynasty and the founder of the so-called "Guanning Iron Cavalry".

However, looking at the "Oriental Maginot" defense line built by Sun Chengzong from the eyes of later generations, it can only be said that he is wasting money and food in vain, because every time he overhauls the civil engineering, he is speeding up the pace of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Right or wrong and don't care about him, I heard the governor Qiu Hejia say that the last time Sun Chengzong came to Jinzhou, he said to the Wenchen military generals in Jinzhou City, "If the Ming Dynasty wants to consolidate Liao, it must repair this city; And if Jin wants to attack Ming, he will also demolish this city. ”

This shows the importance of Dalinghe City in Sun Chengzong's Liaodong strategy. In fact, since Yuan Chonghuan was the governor of Liaodong, the competition between the Ming and Jin sides for the two cities of the big and small Linghe was very fierce.

Alas, I really don't know what Sun Chengzong thinks, why does Lu like to repeat something that is useless at all? How can this Dalinghe City be repaired, as long as the Jin soldiers cut off the passage between the Dalinghe River and Jinzhou, they don't need to fight, and they can trap Dalinghe City.

Perhaps Sun Chengzong's idea was good, to build a fortified city and then consolidate an area, and then move forward, constantly building new cities, each new city is like a sharp knife inserted into the heart of Houjin, and finally squeezing Houjin's territory through countless fortified cities, reducing their strategic activity space, and then fighting a decisive battle with them. Although it can't be won, it can also rely on the benefits of the fortified city to consume Houjin's troops.

After a long time, Houjin will undoubtedly lose, and on the surface it seems that it should be.

But the problem is at this time, you must know that the god of Lu Dao did not give Daming too much time, and every time you spend a lot of money to build a new city, the people in the customs will be forced to rebel by you.

When the Central Plains is full of smoke, where will you get the heavy money to continue to build a strong city?

Besides, if you don't have strong cavalry, no matter how much you build a fortified city, then the Jin will besiege the city and block your grain route, and no matter how strong the fortified city is, it will either feed on people or surrender the city.

The crux of the Liao affair is still the issue of field combat capability, and if this point is not resolved, any line of defense will be useless.

An army that can only passively defend will never change the fate of the dynasty's demise.

Shi Dayong is also anxious, "vicious circle" is his comment under Sun Chengzong's Liao strategy. But what can you do if you know the way, what can you do if you don't know what the way can be, if you are not in your position, you don't want to do anything, some things are so helpless, instead of doing things that you shouldn't worry about, it's better to try to do your own things well.

The top priority at the moment is to train the Matsuyama Army, take the Matsuyama Army as a foothold, climb up step by step, and finally be able to pull the wheel of history in another direction by oneself.

Whether it is a gambler, a scoundrel, or a rich man, he is always a son of the Han family, and he must not be a slave.

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Dalinghe City must have been surrounded by Huang Taiji's heavy troops, otherwise there would have been no Zu Dashou's first surrender. It's just that I don't know what day Dalinghe City was besieged, to be honest, every time he escorts grain and grass to come, Shi Dayong is actually nervous in his heart, he is afraid that he will also be surrounded in Dalinghe City, and he will either be eaten or cannibalized, and then follow Zu Dashou to be a traitor or a slave for the Manchurians.

Fortunately, God blessed, several times before and after the escort, but did not meet the Houjin army to surround it. But God can't bless himself every day, his old man always has a nap, and God knows if the next time he transports grain and grass, he will encounter the Jin army attacking the city.

For the sake of safety, Shi Dayong pondered that after he went back this time, he would find an excuse to unload this errand no matter what, and let Qiu Hejia find someone else to do this errand to death.

He didn't think to tell Qiu Hejia that Zu Dashou was over this time, and Dalinghe City was about to be surrounded by the Jin army, because he couldn't explain how he knew that the Jin army was coming to besiege the city after the Dao.

Besides, the construction of the Daling River was Sun Chengzong's order, and even if Qiu Hejia knew that the Dalinghe City was auspicious, he could not order Zu Dashou to abandon the city and retreat. Moreover, it has been more than two months since Dalinghe repaired the city, but there has been no movement of the Houjin army, and most Jinzhou officials, including Qiu Hejia, are optimistic that the Houjin army will not send troops, in this case, Shi Dayong has to say that the Houjin army is about to attack, and most of them will be regarded as alarmist.

Therefore, it is the same to say it or not to say it, and the tragedy of Dalinghe cannot be avoided. Unless he has tens of thousands of strong soldiers in his hands, he can go to the rescue, but unfortunately, Shi Dayong only has 900 people in his hands, and if he wants to rely on these 900 people to defy the sky, it is really a fool's dream.

It's good for the traverser to be ambitious, but it is also necessary to recognize the reality. In many cases, it has become the only way to persuade people to surrender and be traitors, but sometimes, it may not be wrong

The convoy stopped outside Nancheng, and Shi Dayong sent people into the city to contact the grain and grass officials as usual, and then prepared to unload the grain and return to Songshan.

However, after waiting for half a pillar of incense, he did not see the grain and grass officials in the city come out to contact and go through the formalities, and Shi Dayong was a little anxious. The sun was poisonous on a hot day, and the subordinates and the people rushed all the way, and they were already exhausted. It is reasonable that the city should also send people out to contact it as soon as possible, and then let their people go into the city for a short rest before going back.

It was like this a few times ago, but what happened today?

"Guo Yi, you bring people over to urge them and tell them to move quickly." Shi Dayong ordered Guo Yi to take people to the city gate to urge the defenders.

"Yes, sir!"

Guo Yigang led the people to walk a few steps, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the city, and then saw a white-robed young general leading dozens of cavalry rushing out of the city.