In July of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen Mi Hong Chengchou quickly marched to rescue Jinzhou, waiting for an opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the enemy. Chen Xinjia also reported in a letter to Hong Chengchou that the Qing army was about to enter the fortress from the Great Wall north of the capital, and threatened: "Your Excellency will close the gate for a year, and pay hundreds of thousands of dollars, if the siege of Jinzhou is not solved, and the interior is troubled again, if you do not enter the mountains and seas, the interior will be empty, and if you withdraw troops from Liaoxi, you will return in vain, how can you be worthy of the emperor, and how can you explain it to the civil and military officials?" ”

Under the urging of such a prairie fire, Hong Chengchou could only dispatch the whole army, aiming for a decisive battle. On July 21, the Ming troops from all walks of life set out one after another to concentrate in Ningyuan. Wu Shigong also bid farewell to the crying Chang Liuqin, and led more than 18,000 people of the whole army to Ningyuan.

On July 26, Hong Chengchou swore in Ningyuan. He led the pacesetters of the battalion and the Ma Ke and other troops to the east. But he did not divide his troops into four ways according to Chen Xinjia's plan, but concentrated all Liliang and maintained an overall advantage. The grain and grass of the whole army are concentrated in Bijia Mountain between Xingshan and Tashan.

Beacon Hill is located right in the middle of Ningyuan and Jinzhou. Hong Chengchou's arrangement is obviously still considered from the aspect of weight, although he has put on an offensive posture, he still seeks his own stability first, and establishes an undefeated trend of full food and salary and neat team.

And Wu Shigong is not ambitious for this expedition, but he is also very confident. 150,000 people, that scene is overwhelming, and there is no need to say more about the courage index given to people.

What encouraged Wu Shigong even more was that the Ming army dispatched this time could indeed be called "elite soldiers and strong generals". Of course, this kind of "elite soldiers and strong generals" depends on who they are compared with, and they are definitely worse than the Runing Army and the Qing Army. But if you only look at the weapons and equipment, it is definitely the armor is distinct, the horses and vehicles are numerous, and the sharp weapons such as artillery and firecrackers are also armed to the teeth. It can be said that it is the most elite and powerful army of the Ming Dynasty.

But Wu Shigong didn't know how tragic the ending of the Songjin War was in the original history. He embarked on a dangerous journey, a journey into the unknown. So now Wu Shigong's high spirits are completely ignorant and fearless.

And Wu Shigong's ignorance of history when he traveled. It's not good or bad. After all, except for some time-travelers who inexplicably memorized the historical events of the time-traveler, the vast majority of the other time-travelers are just enthusiasts on the historical forum, and if the history of their two knives is used to decide the action, the bones of these people will already have white hairs on their bones.

For example, there are many people who know that Deng Laikong rebelled, but few people know that they rebelled for more than a year? If a certain traverser only knew that Kong Youde and they were put down by the rebellion, in order to steal the merits, he was pierced at the beginning of Kong Youde's rebellion, and he ran into Kong Youde's elite troops with all firearms, he would have finished the game long ago.

Another example: The traversers who knew about the Songjin War this time, when they first arrived in Liaodong. knew that the end of the Ming army was the annihilation of the whole army, and in this battle, it was Wu Sangui and they who fled first. So when these traversers attacked Tan Tai at night last time, they thought it was the whole army of real history and slipped first, isn't that out of the ocean? But this can't be blamed on these traversers, because who knows that the Songjin battle has been repeated several times. What about a year-long period?

But in any case, this ignorance is about to bring danger to Wu Shigong.

However, God must also be allowed to give the Ming army a return to the light. The process of going to Jinzhou this time was quite smooth. Maybe Hong Chengchou commanded it properly. Maybe the Ming army was strong. Therefore, on this way, there was no interception by the Qing army at all.

On the 29th, Hong Chengchou and his entire army arrived at Songshan, which was only a dozen miles away from Jinzhou, and on the night of the same day, they seized the west side of Rufeng Mountain, which was five or six miles away from Jinzhou, and set up a large camp there. The main force of the Qing army was on the eastern side of Rufeng Mountain.

In the first few days of August, the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties fought several fierce battles with Rufeng Mountain as the focus of contention. Due to the superiority of the Ming army in terms of troops. Hong Chengchou commanded properly, although both sides had their own losses, and Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of the Ming army's Xuanfu, was killed, but the Qing army was relatively unfavorable in the overall situation.

And in these skirmishes. Wu Shigong's Runing Army did not play much. The tactics adopted by the Ming army were to place a large number of vehicles in front of the army, and according to the cover of the vehicles, they fired at a distance with firearms and bows and arrows, and slowly advanced. It was completely a defensive battle in the field.

Although the Qing army built two outer earthen walls outside Jinzhou City, they did not defend against the wall, but concentrated their forces to attack, gave up defense, and chose field battles. This offensive and defensive dislocation made it easy for the Ming army to fight. In addition, the Qing army also had to send a part of the troops to take care of the Zu Dashou Department in Jinzhou City, which made the disparity between the number of troops of the two armies even greater, so the Ming army had the upper hand.

When Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, couldn't hold back his temperament and took the initiative to rush out of the car formation to engage the Qing army and unfortunately died, the tactics of the Ming army were more conservative, that is, to follow the car, that is, not to attack, step by step, slowly advancing towards Jinzhou City.

And the Runing army is even more dangerous, in the line of defense they are responsible for, the Qing army is simply impossible to approach under the powerful firepower, to Zuihou, the Qing army also gave up this most heavily defended line of defense, so that the Runing army has nothing to do.

Moreover, in such a defensive battle, the Runing Army did not reflect a level higher than that of other Ming armies. After all, the Ming army's field warfare is not good, but after defending the city and getting used to being beaten, they have become experts in defensive warfare, so when they defend, they are no worse than the Runing army.

This blunt knife cutting tactic is quite effective, which is to wear down the strength and morale of the Qing army. So on the second day of the first month of August, the Ming army seized the positions of the Qing army's three flags, namely red, red and blue. And at this time, you can also see the figure of the Ming army in Jinzhou City.

In order to cooperate with the rescue of the Ming army, Zu Dashou also divided his troops into three ways to break through the city, and after breaking through the two lines of defense, he was blocked on the third line of defense and had to retreat to Jinzhou. However, at this time, breaking the siege of the Qing army was already within reach.

After the Qing army was defeated, it took a defensive position, stubbornly defending the camp and no longer fighting, and at the same time urgently asked for help from Huang Taiji in Shengjing. And Zhang Ruoqi immediately reported the good news of the victory to the imperial court, and Emperor Chongzhen saw the great joy and urged Hong Chengchou to take advantage of the victory and rush forward, so as to be annihilated.

Hong Chengchou was more cautious after gaining something in the first battle. Ma Shaoyu, who praised the painting in front of the army, suggested that he organize an all-out attack before the enemy's reinforcements arrived, but he did not accept it, and still confronted the Qing army with strong against strong, and used the camp to confront the Qing army. He set up seven large battalions between Rufeng Mountain and Songshan Mountain, dug trenches and fortified them, and ordered cavalry to be stationed on the east, north, and west sides of the large battalion, which became a solid defense system. (To be continued......)