Wei decided to go out in July, and after nearly three months of preparation, 100,000 Wei troops and horses went out from Zhangjiakou and Kill Hukou, and then marched eastward, running outside Jinzhou in only three days, and the Qing army did not even have time to react.

At this time, on the wilderness, 70,000 horses galloped, and the horses trampled the earth, and the sound of hooves was like thunder, which shocked people's hearts.

Countless Wei cavalry riding war horses, carrying a blanket, a musket, a saber and a kettle hanging from their waists, followed by an auxiliary horse carrying food and other supplies, marched into the wilderness.

Generally speaking, the march of the Central Plains Dynasty was mainly an infantry army, and it took several months just to prepare and transport grain and grass, and a large number of people also needed to accompany them.

The cavalry of the Wei army did the war, and it paid attention to the ability and speed of maneuverability, like a nomadic army, which did not require too much preparation, nor did it need to be accompanied by the people, coming and going like the wind, and moving quickly, but this kind of war also had disadvantages, that is, it could not last, unlike the infantry army, which had a stable logistical supply, and the energy consumption was several months, or even years.

At this time, in front of the cavalry that resembled a carpet, a small group of cavalry of the Wei army with horse lances and muskets galloped forward, driving and chasing the sentry cavalry of the Qing army, and the cavalry rolled up yellow dust, and the scene was spectacular.

At the head of the city, Hong Chengchou can be regarded as having seen the world, but when he looked at the city from afar, he found that the Wei army was overwhelming, and his body was still so shocked that he almost fell.

He had commanded hundreds of thousands of troops now, and no matter how many men and horses he had, he had seen them, and he shouldn't have been so out of shape.

However, at that time, he had enough capital to confront the enemy, although Li Zicheng had hundreds of thousands, but he commanded several provincial officers and troops, and when he rescued Jinzhou, the Qing army was tens of thousands, but he had more than 100,000 soldiers.

At this time, when he saw the Wei army coming from the wilderness, he didn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, the three cities combined were only more than 15,000 people, and the city had not yet been built, and the artillery and equipment had not yet been configured, how could he not panic?

At this time, seeing that the Wei cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the sound of hooves was like thunder, Hong Chengchou suddenly reacted, pushed away the person who was supporting, and shouted urgently, "Quick, ring the alarm bell!" Get ready to defend! ”

A hurried alarm bell suddenly sounded on the city of Jinzhou, and the Qing soldiers rang the gong, and the sound of "dangdangdang" made the Qing soldiers and people inside and outside the city wake up instantly.

The bell rang, and the Qing army in the city staggered to the top of the city, but there were two completely different situations outside the city.

Hong Chengchou stood on the city, only to see that the alarm bell rang, and the Qing army outside the city hurriedly rushed back, while the people who burned bricks and carried bricks and stones suddenly cheered, "The Wei army is here!" Run! ”

The people under the city wall were in an uproar in an instant, and many people who were repairing the city actually jumped directly into the moat from a high place and swam to the opposite bank.

These hungry men and flag slaves scattered the girls and fled in the opposite direction, and for a while, the wilderness was full of running figures.

The Qing army in the city saw those men who were working and grinding on weekdays, shouting that they couldn't eat enough and had no strength, and it seemed that they had used all the strength they had accumulated over the past few days at this moment, and they couldn't help but be shocked when they saw countless people who had become sprinters.

Thousands of people ran away, all the strength in their bodies erupted, and they had only one thought in their hearts, "Run, if you don't run, you will be eaten." ”

After Gao Yihuan captured Taiyuan, the image of the ogre Azig in the four-act drama arranged by the Ministry of Rites not only penetrated into the hearts of the people of Wei, but even the people in Shandong, Beizhi, and Jiangnan also knew about Taiyuan from the villain book printed by Wei.

Therefore, when the people saw the Wei army killed, they did not dare to enter the city at all, and fled one by one.

The Eight Banners supervised outside the city, wielding knives and slashing, even killing dozens of people, could not stop the people from escaping, they heard the sound of hooves behind them like thunder, and turned around to see the Wei army running in the distance, and they could not control the people, and fled back to the city in a hurry.

The people's hearts are like this, Hong Chengchou and the Manchu officials in the city saw this scene, and they were silent and speechless for a while.

In the middle of the ring, Hong Chengchou came back to his senses and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, send fast horses to inform Songshan and Dalinghe City, and then send people to Shengjing and Beijing, and ask King Su and King Regent to send troops to rescue!" ”

An official behind him reacted, hurriedly responded, and ran down the city wall with a roll.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves came like waves, and the Wei cavalry restrained their horses two or three miles from the city wall.

Under the banner of the Li character Daxu, Li Dingguo, who was wearing an armored helmet with phoenix wings and a cloak behind him, reined in the reins of his horse, and the army behind him immediately stopped.

At this time, Hu Dawei stood up on horseback, put his hand on his forehead to block the sunlight and looked at Jinzhou City, saw the raised edges and corners on the city wall, and couldn't help but say to himself, "This is Gongcheng?" He looked at it a few more times, and when he was sure, his butt fell back into the saddle, and with a sharp pull of the reins, he galloped away towards the Chinese army.

"Governor, Jinzhou City has been transformed by the old thief Hong, and it seems that it was built according to our city in southern Henan." Hu Dawei galloped in front of Li Dingguo and said in a deep voice.

There is no permanent position of governor in the Wei army, and the governor's mansion only has five governors in the front, back, left and right, and middle armies, and each army has two governors on the left and right, a total of ten people.

In normal times, when the army is about to go on an expedition, in a general battle, a governor will be sent to command the army.

At this time, the title of the governor is the largest, so there is no need to increase the title, but when encountering a major battle, a number of governors are sent at one time, and at that time, in order to facilitate the command of the army, the commander is added as the governor.

Of course, at the end of the war, the Metropolitan Governor handed over his military power and returned to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the title of Metropolitan Governor would be removed and not permanent.

Li Dingguo grabbed the reins of the horse, while looking at Jinzhou City, the city is more than three zhang high, and there are platforms on the city wall, which is indeed very similar to the Xiangcheng built by the Wei army, or the Qing army is according to the Xiangcheng, Luyi and other places to transform the city.

Li Dingguo raised his horsewhip, pointed to the bricks and stones piled up outside the city, and said with a smile: "It seems that the two battles of Xiangcheng have impressed the Tartars!" But don't worry, Hong Chengchou's actions have long been under the surveillance of the Great Wei, and now Jinzhou is just a virtual appearance, the city has not been built yet, and the artillery is not complete, so it is not difficult to attack it! ”

Wu Guozhu said: "Jinzhou, Songshan, and Dalinghe are three places, and they can be reinforced by each other, how is the governor going to attack?" ”

Li Dingguo glanced at Jinzhou, and immediately ordered, "Wu Zhimao, you lead 6,000 soldiers and horses to seize Dalinghe City immediately, according to the information obtained by the general, this city has not yet been built, and there are only more than 2,000 Qing troops and tens of thousands of people, you must take it, and then monitor the direction of Liaodong." ”

"No!" As soon as the general in iron armor behind him immediately clenched his fists, and then pulled his horse away.

Li Dingguo said again: "Li Jiyu and Wang Yongqiang, you two led 10,000 horses to besiege Songshan and pay attention to the direction of Shanhaiguan. ”

The two generals, with the same fists, pulled the reins of the horses and left quickly.

A moment later, the defenders of the city saw two Wei armies, each bypassing Jinzhou, one to the northeast and the other to the southeast.

When Hong Chengchou saw this scene, his face showed a melancholy color, the Wei army actually killed Jinzhou directly, how much courage it required, he really didn't expect it.

At this time, Li Dingguo looked at Jinzhou, raised his horsewhip and pointed at the city in the distance: "This battle is in the quick decision, the three cities of Songshan, Jinzhou, and Dalinghe, the center of gravity is in Jinzhou City, take Jinzhou, even if the partial division does not capture Songshan and Dalinghe, it can surrender without a fight." ”

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