Seeing that his artillery kept bombarding the city of Jinzhou, but the Ming army could only stare dryly, the Qing troops outside the city were thunderous, the officers were also smiling, Huang Taiji was even more happy, he patted Tong Yangxing's shoulder and praised: "Tong Yangxing, your artillery is well cast, if you can win Jinzhou in this battle, I should give you the first credit!" ”

Tong Yang was overjoyed, and quickly knelt down: "The slave thanks the emperor for the reward!" ”

Seeing this scene, although the officers were very jealous, they couldn't say anything, who let them be so embarrassed by the artillery and firearms of the Ming army the day before yesterday, and now Tong Yangwei suppressed the artillery of the Ming army, this is the ability of others, even Dolgon could only pout and did not speak.

In the face of the continuous artillery bombardment of the Qing army, Sun Chengzong called Lu Xiangsheng, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu over and asked, "Jiandou, now that Jiannu artillery is rampant, can you wait for the Beijing camp to deal with the Tartar artillery?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head: "Governor, although the Tartar's artillery is bulky, it is better to fight far, although my Beijing battalion also has some artillery, but it is the same model as the artillery equipped in Jinzhou, and there is no way to compete with the Tartar." ”

Sun Chengzong couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard this, "If that's the case, then wouldn't we just let the Tartars bully us like this?" ”

Seeing Sun Chengzong's disappointed appearance, Hu Dawei, who had a straightforward temperament, couldn't help but say, "Governor, Lord Governor...... Oh, that is, Jiang Ninghou once said that the artillery we are equipped with should have been used to accompany the infantry attack, not to defend the city, it is too wasteful to defend the city. ”

"Attack?"

Although almost all of them witnessed the decisive battle between the Jiangning army and the Houjin army under the city of Jinzhou more than a year ago, and also saw how the Jiangning army used artillery and firearms to defeat the 80,000 Houjin army led by Nurhachi and suffered heavy losses, strictly speaking, they were only witnesses and not participants at that time.

Now Huang Taiji is back with the flame of revenge, none of them dare to pat their chests and say that they can defeat the Qing army in the field, the most important thing is that there are more than 50,000 Ming troops gathered in Jinzhou City today, these Ming troops almost occupy more than half of the Ming army's strength in Liaodong, once there is a mistake, the entire Liaodong will be in danger, no one dares to take this risk.

Seeing the hesitant appearance of the generals of Liaodong, Lu Xiangsheng sighed secretly in his heart, thinking that it is no wonder that Hou Ye once said that what today's Liaodong generals lack is not food and grass, but offensive spirit.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng cheered up and hugged his fist at Sun Chengzong and said: "Lord Governor, the three generals are willing to lead 30,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu, please complete the governor!" ”

"The last general is willing to go out of the city and fight to the death with Jiannu, please fulfill the governor!" After Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu also stood up together.

"You...... You ......" Sun Chengzong didn't reflect for a while, he was stunned for a moment, and the generals next to him also looked at them in surprise.

Looking at the three of them with resolute faces, many Liaodong generals only felt that their faces were a little hot. After seeing the enemy, not only did they not fear but dared to go out of the city to meet the enemy, but on the other hand, no one said anything about their native Liaodong army, and this contrast was too obvious.

"No way!" Sun Chengzong was just surprised, and then refused without hesitation, what are you kidding, these 30,000 Beijing camps are the lifeblood of Zhu Youxiao, once there is any mistake, Zhu Youxiao will definitely go crazy.

"Governor!" Seeing Sun Chengzong's refusal, Lu Xiangsheng was a little anxious, stepped forward and said urgently: "Governor, before the last general left Beijing, His Majesty once instructed the last general to beat the Beijing camp out. Your Majesty also said that a strong army must have the courage to fight a bloody battle with the enemy, and an army that can only hide in the castle and fire guns will never become an iron-blooded strong army. ”

When the generals of Liaodong heard that even the emperor had moved out, it seemed that he was determined to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Qing soldiers, but Sun Chengzong's attitude was beyond everyone's expectations.

"No...... As long as the old man is still the governor of Liaodong, as long as His Majesty has not removed this official from the post of governor of Liaodong, this official will not agree to you go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Tartars! ”

Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect Sun Chengzong's attitude to be so resolute, which also surprised him.

Seeing this, Hu Dawei stepped forward as if arguing, and Yang Guozhu on the side hurriedly pulled him down, this is Liaodong. As the governor of Liaodong, Sun Chengzong had to be controlled by all the troops in Liaodong, and Sun Chengzong had clearly rejected their request, and if Hu Dawei did not obey the order again, Sun Chengzong had every reason to take him down for violating the military order.

After rejecting the request of Lu Xiangsheng and the others, Sun Chengzong's originally cold expression eased a little, "Jiandou, General Hu, General Yang, it's not that the official is greedy for life and afraid of death and fears the enemy to avoid war, but now is not the time to fight with the Tartars, I wonder if Your Majesty has told you about the movements of the Jiangning Army when you leave the country?" ”

"Did!" Lu Xiangsheng said a little depressed: "Your Majesty said, let the three generals lead the Beijing camp out of Liaodong, and the Marquis of Jiangning will lead 20,000 Jiangning troops to go straight to the hinterland of the Tartars by sea, so that the Tartars will suffer from the enemy on their backs." ”

"If only you knew!" Sun Chengzong turned his head to the generals of Liaodong and said, "Everyone, do you know now why this official didn't let Jingying fight a decisive battle with the Tartars?" ”

"And this?"

Regarding Yang Feng's attack by sea with the Jiangning army, Zhu Youxiao only told Lu Xiangsheng, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu, and as for the generals in Liaodong, only Sun Chengzong, the superintendent, knew, and now when they heard that the Jiangning army had landed in Liaodong by sea to attack the Tartars, they were all surprised and happy.

The combat effectiveness of the Jiangning Army Liaodong generals is the clearest, they still remember the battle outside Jinzhou City a year ago, with the Jiangning Army joining, they still have nothing to worry about, thinking of this, many Liaodong generals The original worried looks on their faces were suddenly swept away, and many people's expressions immediately became excited.

"Governor, since even the Marquis of Jiangning has led a large army to come, what else do we have to worry about, this time the Tartar is dead!"

"That's right, even the Hou Ye is here, so we can rest assured and boldly do it with the Tartars!"

Looking at the Liaodong generals who were gearing up one by one, Lu Xiangsheng and the three of them glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but feel a look of horror in their hearts.

Among the three of them, Lu Xiangsheng was transferred from a civilian official to a military general, but Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were born in Xuanfu, Shanxi, and they were not very clear about Yang Feng's prestige in Liaodong.