Soon, the four cities were covered with Liaodong troops armed with firearms, and Hongyi cannons, general cannons, and big poles were all aimed at the Houjin army outside the city.

Guerrilla Liu Shiying participated in the battle of Ningjin that year, that battle, the general soldier Zhao Shujiao was to rely on the cannon fire to defeat the Jiannu army, now the fire on the city of Linghe is not less than 10,000 guns, more than 30 Hongyi cannons, general cannons, big poles also have 100 guns, compared to the defenders of Jinzhou, this firepower is too strong. In Liu Shiying's view, it is impossible for Jiannu to attack at all. Therefore, he was full of confidence, and kept patrolling the city back and forth with his saber, cheering up the soldiers:

"Brothers, don't panic, don't be afraid, our city is strong, the Tartars have no ability to attack the city, if they come, you will attack their officials, as long as they injure their officials, the Tartars will retreat without a fight!"

"If the Tartar is near, you will open the gun, but if the Tartar wants to retreat, leave him alone. After going back and forth a few times, this tartar will not dare to lean under our city..."

At the unfinished gap in the northern part of the city, more than 3,000 people were nervously carrying stones. Every time he handed over a head, he always had to involuntarily look at the golden camp outside the city, and every time he looked at it, his heart beat hard, for fear that Jiannu would attack the city in front of his eyes. Fortunately, Jiannu had just arrived, and he was busy camping, so he didn't attack the city right away.

There are 15,600 people from the ancestral Liaodong Army, 14,000 people from Ding Zhuang, and more than 8,000 civilians with their families and families.

Since dawn was discovered, the Jin army besieged the city, and all the soldiers and civilians in the city were mobilized, the difference is that in the past, it was full of people, but today it is full of silence.

Everything is done in silence.

Whether it is a soldier, a citizen, or an official, the palms of his hands are full of sweat.

Everyone was nervously looking outside the city, and the black and oppressive golden camp made people feel a sense of stagnation.

Waiting is tormenting, and everyone is waiting.

Just a moment after the hour, the golden camp outside the city finally sounded the horn in unison.

Hearing the sound of the horn, everyone in Dalinghe City did not feel afraid, but all breathed a sigh of relief: It's finally here!

………

When everyone at the head of the city thought that the Houjin army was about to attack the city, they were surprised to find that the Jiannu cavalry that rushed out of the Jin camp with the sound of those horns did not come to attack the city, but stopped three miles away.

In a few moments, thousands of captives of the Han people were driven out of the camp by Jiannu, and they began to dig ditches where the Jiannu cavalry were.

They were digging in all directions, as far as the city could see, but the shovels kept falling, and the excavated soil was quickly carried away by countless long dragons. In the blink of an eye, deep ditches appeared in front of the defenders of the city.

If you look closely, you will find that in the southern direction of the city, that is, in the direction of Jinzhou, the trench dug by Jiannu is obviously wider and deeper than the other three sides.

When General Liu Liangchen saw that the Jin army was digging a trench in a big way, he wondered: "What is Mrs. Hong going to do, do they want to trap us to death?" It doesn't make sense, we are only thirty miles away from Jinzhou, and reinforcements are coming, how can they really trap us in the city? ”

Hearing Liu Liangchen's doubts, He Kegang, who was standing behind Zu Dashou, couldn't help but glance back at him, and said in a deep voice: "If the reinforcements are blocked, we will really be trapped to death." ”

After speaking, he turned to Zu Dashou and said: "Zu Shuai, Hong Tai is really well versed in the art of war, this person is indeed clever in using soldiers, first he shot a shot from the east to the west, so that we don't have to be vigilant." Now he is digging deep ditches and wide trenches outside the city, and Akari wants to trap us, but in fact it is the idea of getting our reinforcements. Amazing, indeed powerful. The elites of Liaodong are all in our place, Jinzhou is empty, and if we want to save us, we can only transfer troops from the gate. In that case, Hong Tai is waiting for work, if our reinforcements are defeated, I am afraid that we will really be trapped to death. ”

After speaking, he heard Zu Dashou's younger brother guerrilla Zu Dacheng say with some concern: "The grain and grass in the city is only enough for more than a month, if you let it dig down, what will happen after a month?" Are we really going to be trapped and starved to death? Big brother, in my opinion, it is better for us to immediately order elite soldiers to rush out of the south gate, and ignore the other directions, that is, we can't let Jiannu dig the trench in the south, otherwise, we are really caged birds. ”

Zu Dashou's youngest brother guerrilla Zu Daming heard the third brother say that he wanted to go out of the city to stop Jiannu from digging a ditch, and he thought so deeply and agreed: "Yes, we can't let them dig the ditch well, otherwise, even if the reinforcements arrive, we won't be able to go out of the city to respond." ”

Listening to the words of the two uncles, Zu Zerun was startled, and hurriedly persuaded: "Third uncle, fourth uncle, there are tens of thousands of Jiannu outside the city, and we have a total of more than 10,000 people, and we have to guard the four cities, and the maximum number of soldiers who can go out of the city is 5,000, but I am afraid that we can't stop Jiannu." If these 5,000 men and horses make a mistake, the city will be even more undefensible. According to my nephew, we are guarding the city, and it is impossible for Jinzhou not to send reinforcements, and when the reinforcements arrive, it will not be too late for us to leave the city. ”

"Reinforcements?" Zu Dacheng smiled bitterly: "Is there anything else in Liaodong that can fight besides us?" ”

Zu Zerun reminded: "Third uncle, don't forget that your uncle and uncle also have a lot of people, if you know that we are surrounded, we will definitely come to the rescue." ”

Zu Zerun said that his brother-in-law was naturally Wu Xiang, the general of Liaodong, but his brother-in-law was Pei Guozhen, the deputy general, and the two also had five or six thousand Guanning iron horsemen under them.

Zu Dacheng nodded: "They can fight, but the troops are too small, there are tens of thousands of Eight Banner soldiers outside the city, and one or two flags can prevent them from approaching the Daling River, a drop in the bucket, I can't count on it." If you really want to count on reinforcements, you can only hope that Jinglu will transfer troops from Guanmen. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zu Dashou suddenly raise his arm and shouted: "Don't forget the reinforcements, we have to rely on ourselves in this battle!" Turning his head to face the generals, he looked at them one by one, "Ben Shuai wants to go out of the city to stop the Jin army from digging a trench to trap me, who dares to fight with me!" ”

"I dare!"

Guerrilla Gao Guanghui was the first to respond with a bang.

All the generals present were brought out by Zu Dashou, and now Zu Dashou wants to go out of the city to fight, so he naturally responds. is like Zu Zerun, who is afraid of Jiannu in his heart, and he also stands in front of his father with a fearless face.

The generals were not afraid, Zu Dashou was very satisfied, and he didn't say much, and threw down a sentence "After half an hour, follow me to fight." Then he turned and went down into the city.

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Half an hour later, the south gate of the Daling River was slowly opened. A group of well-dressed generals rode out first, followed by five thousand Guanning iron horsemen.

On the opposite side, after the Jin camp found that the Ming army in the city was out of the city, it did not send troops to stop it, but ordered it to slowly retreat.

Deputy General Liu Tianlu felt that something was wrong, and wanted to remind Zu Dashou that there was something wrong with Jiannu, so he heard the loud sound of the Hongyi cannon on the opposite side, and before the person could react, two shells exploded in the crowd not far behind him.

Suddenly, dozens of horsemen were blown up, and the rest of the horses were frightened, and the team was in chaos.

"It's the Hongyi Cannon!"

When he heard the sound of the cannon, Zu Dashou knew that it was the sound of the Hongyi cannon, and he was extremely surprised: When did Jiannu also have the Hongyi cannon!

Without thinking too much about it, two more shells landed in the crowd, killing and wounding hundreds of soldiers.

The team had just left the city, and before they could fight with the Jin army, they folded one hundred and ten horses, and Zu Dashou was shocked in his heart.

When I raised my eyes, I saw the two flags of the golden camp on the opposite side, which were white and inlaid white, and thousands of gold horses were copied to the city in two ways.

Zu Dashou was shocked, his own side was in chaos, and at this time he was fighting, losing more and winning less.

Gritted his teeth and ordered: "Withdraw!" Retreat to the city! ”

Hearing about the retreat, He Kegang was a little unwilling, and immediately raised his arms and shouted to Zu Dashou: "Zu Shuai, if you retreat at this time, there will be no possibility of leaving the city!" Think twice! ”

"Hold on and wait for help!"

After speaking, Zu Dashou turned his horse's head and returned to the city.

Seeing this, He Kegang, Zhang Cunren, Gao Guanghui, Liu Shiying, Sheng Zhong and other Liaodong generals sighed and led their troops to withdraw to the city.