Soon, the four cities were filled with Liaodong troops armed with muskets. Hongyi cannons, general cannons, and large muskets were all aimed at the Houjin Army outside the city.
Guerrilla Liu Shiying participated in the Battle of Ningjin. In that battle, the commander-in-chief Zhao led the army to defeat the Jiannu army with artillery and blunderbuss. Today, there are no less than 10,000 blunderbuss on Dalinghe City.
There are more than thirty cannons, general cannons, and hundreds of large muskets. Compared with the defenders of Jinzhou, this firepower is much stronger. In Liu Shiying's view, it is impossible for Jianu to attack. Therefore, he is confident
Full of enthusiasm, he kept patrolling back and forth on the top of the city with his saber in hand, cheering up the soldiers:
"Brothers, don't panic, let alone be afraid. Our city is strong and our artillery is strong, and the Tatars have no ability to attack the city. If they come, you can attack their high officials. As long as their high officials are injured, the Tatars will be defeated."
Will retreat without a fight!"
"When the Tatars come close, fire a cannon. If the Tatars want to retreat, leave them alone. After a few back and forths, the Tatars won't dare to move closer to our city..." [
At the unfinished gap in the North City, more than 3,000 civilians were nervously carrying stones. Every time a piece of stone was handed over, they could not help but look towards the Jin camp outside the city. Every time they took a look, their hearts beat violently.
, for fear that Jiannu would attack the city right before his eyes. Fortunately, Jiannu had just arrived and was busy setting up camp, so he did not attack the city immediately.
In the entire Dalinghe City, there are 15,600 ancestral Liaodong Army troops, 14,000 civilians, and more than 8,000 civilians with family members accompanying the army.
Since the discovery at dawn, the Jin army has besieged the city, and all soldiers and civilians in the city have been mobilized. The difference is that in the past there was a bustle of people, but today the city is silent.
Everything happens in the sound.
Whether it's a soldier, a civilian, or an official, the palms of your hands are filled with sweat.
Everyone was looking nervously outside the city. The dark golden camp gave people a sense of stagnation.
Waiting is painful, everyone is waiting.
Just a quarter after Chen hour, the horns of the Jin camp outside the city finally sounded.
Hearing the horn sound, everyone in Dalinghe City did not feel scared, but they all breathed a sigh of relief: It's finally here!
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When everyone on the city thought that the Hou Jin army was about to attack the city, they were surprised to find that the Jiannu cavalry that rushed out of the Jin camp with the sound of horns was not coming to attack the city, but was three miles away.
Stop.
After a while, thousands more captive Han people were driven out of the camp by the Jiannu cavalry, and trenches began to be dug where the Jiannu cavalry were.
Digging was going on in the southeast, northwest and all directions. From the top of the city, the shovels kept falling and the excavated soil was quickly transported away by several long dragons. In the blink of an eye, deep trenches appeared in front of the defenders at the top of the city.
If you observe carefully, you will find that in the south direction of the city, that is, the direction close to Jinzhou, the trenches dug by Jiannu were obviously wider and deeper than the other three sides.
When General Liu Liangchen saw that the Jin army was digging trenches on a large scale, he wondered: "What is Mrs. Hong trying to do? Do they want to trap us to death? It doesn't make sense. We are only thirty miles away from Jinzhou. Reinforcements can come at any time."
How can they really trap us in the city?"
After hearing Liu Liangchen's doubts, He Kegang, who was standing behind Zu Dashou, couldn't help but look back at him and said in a deep voice: "If the reinforcements are blocked, we will really be trapped to death."
After speaking, he turned to Zu Dashou and said: "Commander Zu, Mrs. Hong is really well versed in the art of war. This man is really smart in using troops. First he made a false shot in the east and struck in the west to make us not watch out. Now he dug deep and wide ditches outside the city.
Apparently they want to trap us, but in reality they are trying to get our reinforcements. It is powerful, it is indeed powerful. The elites of Liaodong are all in our place, and Jinzhou is empty. If the manager wants to save us, he can only send troops from Guanmen. That way.
Once we get here, Mrs. Hong is just waiting for work. If our reinforcements fail, we may really be trapped to death."
After saying that, I heard Zu Dacheng, the younger brother of Zu Dashou, said with some worry: "There is only enough food and grass in the city for more than a month. If we let them dig it up, what will happen in a month? Are we really going to be trapped and die of starvation in the end?"
Brother, in my opinion, it is better for us to immediately order our elite soldiers and rush out from the south gate, leaving the other directions alone, but we cannot let the slaves dig the trench on the south side, otherwise, we will really be a bird in a cage."
Zu Dashou's youngest brother, Guerrilla Zu Daiming, heard that his third brother wanted to go out of the city to stop the slaves from digging trenches. He agreed and said, "Yes, we can't let them dig the ditch well. Otherwise, even if reinforcements arrive, we won't be able to leave the city."
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After hearing what the two uncles said, Zu Zerun was startled and hurriedly advised: "Third uncle, fourth uncle, there are tens of thousands of slaves outside the city. We only have more than 10,000 troops in total, and we have to guard four cities.
, the maximum number of troops that can leave the city is five thousand, but I'm afraid it won't be able to stop the establishment of slaves. If there is a mistake among these five thousand troops, the city will be even more impossible to defend. According to my nephew, we will defend in the city, Jinzhou is not safe
We may not send reinforcements, but when the reinforcements arrive, it won’t be too late for us to leave the city.”
"Reinforcements?" Zu Dacheng smiled bitterly: "Besides us, is there anyone in Liaodong who can fight?"
Zu Zerun reminded: "Third uncle, don't forget about uncle. Uncle and the others also have many troops. If they know that we are surrounded, they will definitely come to rescue us."
Zu Zerun said that his uncle was naturally Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and his uncle was the deputy general Pei Guozhen. These two men also had five or six thousand Guan Ning cavalry.
Zu Dacheng nodded: "They can fight, but the number of troops is too small. There are tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers outside the city. Setting up one or two flags can prevent them from approaching the Daling River. It is a drop in the bucket and there is no hope. To put it bluntly,
If we really want to rely on reinforcements, we can only hope that the military commander will send troops from Guanmen."
Just as he finished speaking, Zu Dashou suddenly raised his arm and shouted: "Don't forget the reinforcements, we have to rely on ourselves for this battle!" He turned his head to face the generals and looked at them one by one, "I want to go out of the city to stop the Jin army.
Digging trenches to trap me, who dares to fight with me!"
"I dare!"
Guerrilla Gao Guanghui was the first to respond with a bang.
All the generals present were brought out by Zu Dashou. When they saw that Zu Dashou was going out to fight in the city, they naturally responded. Even Zu Zerun, who was deeply afraid of slavery, stood in front of his father with a face of fear.
The generals were frightened, but Zu Dashou was very satisfied and said nothing more, saying, "Follow me to fight in half an hour." Then he turned and left the city.
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Half an hour later, the south gate of Daling River was slowly opened. A group of generals in bright armor rode out first, followed closely by five thousand Guan Ning cavalry.
On the opposite side, the Jin camp discovered that the Ming troops in the city had left the city, but they did not send troops to stop them. Instead, they sent an order to retreat slowly.
Lieutenant General Liu Tianlu felt that something was wrong, and wanted to remind Zu Dashou that there was something wrong with establishing a slave. He heard the loud sound of Hongyi cannon coming from the opposite side. Before he could react, two cannons exploded in the crowd not far behind him.
Suddenly, dozens of horsemen were knocked off their feet by the explosion, while the remaining horses were frightened, and the team was in chaos.
"It's the Hongyi Cannon!"
When he heard the sound of cannons, Zu Dashou knew that it was the sound of red barbarian cannons, and was surprised: when did Jiannu also have red barbarian cannons?
Without allowing him to think too much, two more cannonballs fell into the crowd, killing and trampling hundreds of soldiers.
The team had just left the city, but before they had a fight with the Jin army, they lost hundreds of horses. Zu Dashou was shocked.
When he raised his eyes, he saw the golden camp opposite, with two flags waving in white, and thousands of golden cavalry marching towards the city in two directions.
Zu Dashou was shocked, and his own side was in chaos. At this time, they were fighting, and they lost more than they won.
Gritting his teeth, he ordered: "Retreat! Retreat to the city!"[
Hearing about the retreat, He Kegang was a little unwilling. He raised his arms on his horse and shouted to Zu Dashou: "Commander Zu, if you retreat at this time, you may leave the city again! I hope Commander Zu will think twice!"
"Hold and wait for help!"
After finishing speaking, Zu Dashou turned the horse's head, beat the horse and returned to the city.
Seeing this, He Kegang, Zhang Cunren, Gao Guanghui, Liu Shiying, Sheng Zhong and other Liaodong generals sighed with regret and led their troops back to the city.