"My lord, there are more than 3,000 people in Houjin, and they are already within twenty miles of my Songshan line, and they can reach the range of my Songshan Fort in half an hour!"

In the camp tent in the fort, the scouts have brought the latest military information to Zu Dashou.

Hearing the scout's words, except for Zu Dashou, the rest of the people were shocked.

The Houjin army is also coming too fast!

The Ming army had just recaptured Songshan Fort, and the Houjin army of the three guards of Guangning had already touched twenty miles away?

"Three thousand?" Zu Dashou's face was as usual, not much because he was a little puzzled by the number of Houjin soldiers, his expression was stunned for a moment, and then he opened his mouth again to confirm: "Houjin only came with three thousand people to attack Songshan Fort?" ”

"I went to investigate, there are indeed only more than 3,000 people, all of them are a horse with two horses, from a distance, it is a neat soldier, holding a red flag inlaid with gold in the back, it should be the garrison of Houtun in Guangning, where it is also the nearest Jiannu from my Songshan Fort, and the rest are Han people captured by the rear army, driven for road exploration," the scout flag officer under the account obviously personally investigated, and his answer was not at all nervous, and he was well-organized.

"In addition to the Houtun of Guangning, there should be other Houjin troops coming, Songshan Fort is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is impossible for Houjin not to know about this matter," Qi Bingzhong frowned and thought for a while, and continued: "We should send troops to fight one of them first, repel it, and avoid being attacked by the enemy on the back of the abdomen. ”

Listening to Qi Bingzhong's words, some of the generals in the tent nodded yes, and some were silent, but Luo Yi touched his beard and looked a little hesitant.

After all, Houjin has only 3,000 people at present, and the Ming army still has the strength to fight.

Moreover, Qi Bingzhong's idea was obviously based on the tactics of the chieftain in the Battle of Salhu, concentrating his forces to attack in one place, and then breaking them individually.

"It's a different time!" After a long time, Zu Dashou, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

This veteran, who has always been famous for guarding the palace, got up, walked to the map hanging in front of the tent, stretched out his hand and pointed at the defense of Songshan Fort, moved his arm, and pointed his fingertips on the left and right of Quang Ninh: "If the entire west of the Liao River is in my hands, then Songshan Fort is like chicken ribs, and there is nothing to defend!" But at this moment, the Houjin army has occupied the north of Songshan Fort, and it is the gateway of the three guards of Guangning, and it is the last line of defense in front of Ningyuan City! There is no room for error! And I am not sure that the enemy will be annihilated in one fell swoop, and then the other Jin army of Quang Ninh will come, how can I defend it? Should the battle be retreated? ”

"Therefore, no matter how many people come to Jiannu, whether it is Mang Gurtai, or Dai Shan, or his old slave himself," Zu Dashou turned his head and looked at the generals: "I only have one plan, rely on the strong city, and defend it to the death!" ”

"But I wait for grain and grass, only for the rest of the month, if I stick to it." Qi Bingzhong spoke, with some doubts.

Hearing Qi Bingzhong's doubts, Zu Dashou's face did not change, but he did not answer positively, but said lightly: "To be honest, Zu doesn't know what the plan of the general soldier is, but before he personally led more than 3,000 people to the north, tell me a word, stick to Songshan Fort for a month, Liaodong can be fully in his hands, and when the time comes, you and I, the court will be rewarded, and Fuze III." ”

Dingyuanhou, who was less than twenty years old, took a month to get Liaodong into his hands. Only Wang Qi can say this.

Everyone in the tent was silent.

Zu Dashou looked at the people in the camp, and then sat back in his chair, waiting for everyone's answer.

Zu Dashou's words reminded Luo of the sentence when he first saw Wang Qi in Zhenwu Fort that day: This fort can't accommodate my twenty-seven generals.

led twenty-seven people to dare to rush straight to the Houjin more than 1,000 troops, beheaded Sun Degong, and forced Huang Taiji to retreat, such a person, say a word, a month later, Liaodong will be in my hands, maybe there is a slight opportunity?

"With this, fortify the city, defend it!" Luo Yiyi, who was covered in tattered armor, got up and bowed to Zu Dashou: "The last general, Luo Zhengyi, is willing to stay here with General Zu!" ”

"The last general, Qi Bingzhong, is the same!" Qi Bingzhong got up and bowed together.

"We are willing to die in service!!"

Zu Dashou leaned back in the chair and looked at the people in the tent, his face was as usual, but his lips opened slightly, and he exhaled a long breath.

Those who are good at fighting have no great feats.

Zu Dashou never planned to fight face to face with Houjin, and since he was forced by Wang Qi to lead his troops into Songshan Fort, Zu Dashou has been setting a plan.

Historically, Zu Dashou was not a pure minister, just by virtue of destroying the city and leaving the customs in a change of his own life, and supporting the army to defend himself, he could judge his background color of not being a minister, and then he was surrendered twice by Huang Taiji, and the identity of the second minister sat on an abnormal porcelain.

But before the Qing Dynasty, Zu Dashou was also one of the few generals in the late Ming Dynasty.

Wang Qi sent him to garrison Songshan Fort, and he had the intention of valuing his ability to defend the palace.

Today's scene of the general's deliberation also happened to confirm Wang Qi's idea - Zu Dashou, who can be controlled, can be used.

In the tent, all the generals expressed their allegiance.

For Zu Dashou, this is available for the military.

Even if it is your own private soldier, when it comes to the critical moment, you have to give promises and sweetness first, right?

"Herald!" Zu Dashou suddenly got up and said: "The Houjin army is about to press, all the shield armor soldiers in the fort will go to the city, the archers and crossbowmen will be on standby at any time, the firearms battalion will be garrisoned, listen to my military orders!" ”

"As for the pioneer battalion," Zu Dashou's eyes froze: "All of them are scattered, and I will give me the Houjin spies who are in the area around my Songshan Fort, peel them off, and slaughter them all!" ”

"No!!"

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At this time, He Shuotu had already led the army to the foot of Songshan Mountain, relying on the clairvoyant mirror to look at the Songshan Fort between the jungle and the shade.

"Order, send a team with armored Niulu, one hundred of them into the mountain from the front, to investigate the position and the situation of the defensive division, and another team to enter from the back mountain, looking for the weak point of the defense in its fort! Report in an hour! The rest of the people, camp on the spot! ”

Camping on the spot and exploring the truth is the way to go.

Although Heshuotu was arrogant and did not take the Ming army guarding Songshan Fort in his eyes, he was still cautious when he really faced the enemy.

Songshan Fort is built on the mountain, the steep part of the mountain does not use the brick barrier of the city wall, the natural wall, except for a mountain gate around, there is no other place to enter and exit, of course, the cliff of the back mountain, there has been Zu Dashou sent troops to defend, do not give the Houjin troops any opportunity.

Between the jungles, the figures of the Houjin elites with armor and bows on their backs and scimitars in their hands kept moving rapidly, heading towards the direction of the mountain fort at a very fast speed, and they wanted to follow the established plan to find out the terrain and defense of the entire Songshan Fort, so as to prepare for the subsequent attack of the army.

This team of Niu Lu can be said to be the elite pawns in the hands of Heshuotu.

What they didn't know was that not far behind them, a group of Ming soldiers who were also dressed in light armor had quietly touched behind them.

Although Zu Dashou is good at guarding, the territory at the door of his house is not so easy to give up.

A fierce battle, a duel between the Ming army and the Houjin, the blade and the bow and crossbow, will unfold between the jungles.

(End of chapter)