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Jinzhou City is located on the north bank of the Xiaoling River, Ming Hongwu 24 years, commanded Cao Feng to renovate the old county seat of Yuan Yongle, when the circumference is five miles, inside and outside the bricks.

In the twelfth year of Ming Chenghua, Wang Kai was commanded to expand the city wall, and the circumference was more than six miles, and the four corners of the city wall were built again. In the seventeenth year of Ming Hongzhi, Hu Zhong, the general of Jinzhou City, expanded the city again, and the city after construction was round like a plate, so Jinzhou City was also called Pancheng.

When Jinzhou Zhou Qili more than 500 steps, there is a moat, and the city wall is nearly ten meters high. Outside the south city wall, there is a small section of the city wall, on the four sides of the city, also build a two-storey heavy building type city tower, at the same time Jinzhou east, west, north, all set up a small city about the chamber.

After the completion of Jinzhou City in the Hongzhi year, until the end of Chongzhen, the general layout remained unchanged (the location of the city was in the ancient tower area of the later generations). However, due to the Ming and Qing wars, Jinzhou was at the forefront, and experienced many wars, and the city walls were repeatedly destroyed and repaired, and they were already full of gunpowder tracks.

At this time, Jinzhou City was facing the war again, looking at the east, west, and north outside the city, countless Qing troops lined up. The cannon roared, and many whistling cannonballs continued to hit the city wall, and the heavy iron balls were fired, and the sound of the city bricks rumbling and collapsing sounded from time to time.

Under the fierce bombardment of the Qing army, the defenders of Jinzhou, who were wrapped in folded scarves and wearing short armor, were all hiding in horror, and some even shouted and muttered, panicking.

The gunners of the Ming army on the city also desperately fired back, but although there were many artillery pieces in Jinzhou City. There are only seven Hongyi cannons. There were less than 20 cannons of the general Franco, and in the face of the long-range heavy artillery of the Qing army, he had more than enough strength but not enough strength.

The artillery of the Qing army continued one after another, and it seemed that it would not stop, and under the heavy artillery fire, there was no place for the city to stand, and those defenders had to go down the city wall and take refuge in the hidden soldier cave under the wall.

I don't know how long it took for the artillery of the Qing army to slowly stop. The defenders of the city did not breathe a sigh of relief, and then the horn sounded again, and they saw the Qing army in the large array on several sides. The shouts were overwhelming, and the dense shield carts were launched.

They were distributed layer by layer, and behind each layer of shield carts, there was a layer of archers, and these shield carts, some of which even had the earthen carts of the Ming army, were used to prevent the artillery of the Ming army. Behind the multi-layered shield carts and archers, there was a large wave of small carts, carrying dirt baskets, which were used to fill in the trenches. Finally, a dense cavalry.

Seeing that the soldiers and horses were dense, seemingly boundless, and the banner like the ocean was shining in the sun, the Jinzhou defenders in the city all took a breath of cold air, and many of them were colorless.

"Are the Tartars crazy?"

In the southwest corner of Jinzhou City, there are Guangji Temple and the millennium Liao Tower, this tower is as high as 13 floors, and is located on the hill, can be said to be the central commanding height of Jinzhou. Standing on the tower, you can see the movement around you at a glance. In the battles over the years, the guards in the city all lived on the tower and used this as the command and dispatch.

One of the floors of the ancient tower at this time. There is a group of Ming generals in helmets and armor, the first of whom is over sixty years old. It is the young master of the Ming Prince, the governor of Zuo, the ancestor of the Jinzhou general Zu Dashou, and the core figure of the Guanning general.

Zu's family is full of officials, it is the leading giant family in western Liaoning, Zu Dashou brother and younger brother Zu Dale, Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, sons and nephews Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa are all officers at all levels from the general army to the deputy generals, staff generals, and guerrillas.

They were stationed in Ningyuan, Dalinghe, and Jinzhou Zhucheng, and in this place in western Liaoning, the power was great and unmatched. It is the emerging Wu family, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, father and son, who have thousands of families, and can only rely on the Zu family's snort.

However, after the battle of Daling River, Zu Dashou's sons Zu Zerun, Zu Zepu, Zu Zehong, and his adopted son Zu Kefa, his henchmen surrendered Zhang Cunren, Li Yun, Han Daxun, Wu Sanfeng, and Pei Guozhen. …,

However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and in this place in western Liaoning, Zu Dashou is still full of words and power.

It was his younger brother Zu Dabi who spoke, his body was burly, his beard was flamboyant, holding a huge mace, although he was more than half a hundred years old, he was still brave and abnormal when fighting, shouting and shouting, he had fought the Qing army alone, and got the nickname "Zu Er Madman".

At this time, he and his brother were guarding Jinzhou together, looking at the swarming Qing army, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and shouted: "Since yesterday, they have been beating hard wave after wave, this is ...... Do you really want to capture Jinzhou City? ”

Although Jinzhou has been besieged for several months, the Qing army has attacked the city dozens of times, and has also exhausted all means, bombardment, gunpowder bombing, digging tunnels, ants to attack the city, etc., but many times it can be seen that their will is not resolute, as long as the defenders fight to the death, they will retreat.

However, since the day before yesterday, the Qing soldiers outside the city seemed to have the idea of not taking the city and not giving up until the goal was achieved, so they not only attacked resolutely and fiercely, but also transferred a lot of reinforcements.

In the past, only the Tartar Manchuria inlaid with the red flag and the red flag soldiers and horses of the Zheng Red Banner were besieged in the city, and now the soldiers and horses of the remaining banners have also appeared one after another. There are more and more artillery pieces outside the city, and even Huang Taiji's Huanglong umbrella has appeared several times, which makes the defenders in the city feel that the situation is not good.

"The thief slave is a plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements, urging the reinforcements to come quickly."

Zu Dashou said in a deep voice, his voice was strong, firm and powerful, with a smell that could not be ignored.

This is a habit that has been cultivated after years of standing at the pinnacle of power. After all, in this place of Liaodong, there are too few people who can contend with him and question him, that is, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, who was also polite when he saw him in the past.

He pressed his sword in his hand and stood steadily, as if he did not care about the strength of the Qing army.

He constantly gave orders where to strengthen the defense, where to reinforce the men, and commanded. The east, north and west sides of Jinzhou are related to the city, which has played a great role in protecting the inner city of Jinzhou.

Especially in the west and south, a large part, close to the river, and there are ancient tower hills, the Qing soldiers are even more difficult to attack, hoping to resist this wave again.

Zu Dashou's sharp eyes, from time to time to look at the four sides of the city, in addition to the boundless Qing army siege people, but also faintly see their camp around the city, to the east, north, west three sides of the most.

The south of Jinzhou City is not far from the Xiaoling River, and it is inconvenient to camp and line up, so in that direction, there are only some rangers galloping. However, across the Xiaoling River, not far from the south bank, there are also some camps, but relatively few, which is also a deliberate opening for the Qing army to facilitate the Ming army reinforcements.

In fact, it is not safe to stand in the tower, the Qing army knows that this tower is the command center of the guards, and a lot of artillery is aimed at the tower and bombarded. Not long ago, a shell from the Qing army blew off the top of the tower, and the generals persuaded Zu Dashou to leave the ancient tower, but Zu Dashou refused.

He sighed: "There are talented people in the country, Wang Dou is not simple, and he is forced to make the slaves and thieves anxious." ”

Zu Dabi was stunned for a moment, and roared urgently: "What's the hurry? Big brother, now we are in a hurry, Wang Doujian is not simple to say, according to the offensive of the Tartars, it is difficult to say how long Jinzhou City can hold out, and if the reinforcements do not come, we will be finished. ”

Zu Dashou glanced at his younger brother, Zu Dabi was immediately dumbfounded, although he fought bravely, but he was afraid of this big brother since he was a child, under the prestige, Zu Dashou only looked at him, and Zu Dabi shut up.

Zu Dashou shook his head in his heart, his brother is brave, but the overall situation is a little worse, he said: "We already know the news of Loess Ridge, loyal and brave, he won nearly 2,000 heads, and even killed Azig's boy. ”

And they didn't follow Huang Taiji's policy and didn't fall into their trap, so the Qing army had to start in Jinzhou and urge reinforcements to march. The fastest route to Jinzhou is from the west of Songshan Fort, if you come from that side, you have to face the Qing army in Rufeng Mountain, lest they flank or cut off the back road...... It's just that Rufeng Mountain is not easy to fight, and if you want to capture that mountain, I don't know how many people will die. ”…,

Zu Dabi said angrily: "Rufeng Mountain is not easy to fight, but how long can we hold out in Jinzhou with such an offensive as the Tartars?" If reinforcements don't come, the city will fall. ”

Zu Dashou was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Yes, with such a fierce attack, the city will not last long." ”

Jinzhou was besieged for many months, and the defenders in the city were already very tired, although the grain and grass in the city were sufficient, but the firewood was insufficient, and burning the fire and eating became a problem, which affected morale.

He asked, "The situation of the war in Jinzhou, has the messenger been sent to Songshan Fort Hongdu?" ”

One of the generals replied: "It is very smooth, there are not many Tartar soldiers and horses along the way, the day before yesterday they divided into several units, and went out of the city at night, and that night, they reached the Hongdu line." ”

Zu Dashou said: "That was deliberate by the Tartars. ”

Then he asked, "What did Hongdu say?" ”

The general replied: "The general army is not in dispute, and it is difficult for Hongdu to decide, and the reinforcements will come to Jinzhou, I don't know when it will take." ”

He gritted his teeth, and suddenly said hatefully: "Wu Ye tried to rescue, but was stopped by that Wang Dou. Now several general soldiers in Songshan, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Fu Yingchong, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, and even Zhang Ruoqi, the superintendent, are all standing on his side, Wu Ye's soldiers and horses are weak, and he dare not come alone, Liu Zhaoji, Zuo Guangxian swayed, Tang Tong, and Ma Ke were even more afraid of death...... What does this Wang Dou want to do, can it be said that if he makes a little contribution, he can sit back and watch Jinzhou die? ”

"That's it."

As soon as the words of this pro-general came out, the generals on the tower immediately chattered, and they all had a lot of resentment towards Wang Dou in their words.

At the beginning, when Wang Dou was in Songshan, he tried his best to block Wu Sangui's immediate rescue, and set a strategy to attack the Loess Ridge.

After all, forcing the Qing army with chariots, not to mention fighting lightly, this was the strategy set by Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou at that time. The Qing army was strong, of course, they could also see that if they acted rashly, it might be the end of total overthrow, and even Zu Dashou felt that Wu Sangui was a little dreamy at that time.

When the news of the victory of the Loess Ridge was transmitted to Jinzhou by the cavalry, the soldiers and civilians in the city also cheered and celebrated, full of praise for Wang Dou, and the name of the Jingbian Army and the loyal and brave man moved the city.

But then the Qing army suddenly attacked Jinzhou, and this time the determination was firm, the defenders of Jinzhou were difficult to support, and after getting the news that Wang Dou stopped them, everyone immediately hated Wang Dou deeply. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )