Just when Wu Shigong was preparing to go on an expedition, Dalinghe City's garrison commander, commander-in-chief Zu Dashou, and deputy commander He Kegang were helplessly standing on the wall of Dalinghe City, looking at the Jin army's camp outside the city.
Originally, Zu Dashou was extremely confident in defending the city of Daling River. In the battle between the Hou Jin Army and the Ming Army, although the Ming Army was almost defeated by the Hou Jin Army in the field battle, the Ming Army was still able to defend the city.
It has a very strong psychological advantage.
Up to now, the cities of the Ming Dynasty conquered by the Later Jin Army, except for those that the Ming Army voluntarily gave up, were basically the result of the Later Jin Army sending internal forces to mix into the city, and combining internal and external forces to break them. Directly attack the next important Ming Dynasty city.
There are almost no examples.
What made Zu Dashou even more optimistic at that time was that he believed that the Later Jin Army would not besiege Dalinghe City for a long time, because the time when the Later Jin Army besieged Dalinghe City was almost approaching the autumn harvest, and the soldiers in the Later Jin Army would still need to
Go back and be busy doing farm work.
As for Zu Dashou, who had artillery and a solid city, more than 10,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 civilians who built the city in Dalinghe City, and four months of military rations stored in the city, Zu Dashou believed that the Later Jin Army
He will definitely be beaten to death under the Daling River City.
But what they didn't expect was that the Hou Jin Army did not attack the city head-on. They played with patience. Outside Dalinghe City, the Hou Jin Army dug three trenches, built two earth walls, and built a strong
Their camp tightly surrounded Dalinghe City.
What Zu Dashou didn't know was that the last time the Hou Jin Army entered the customs, they robbed a large number of Han laborers. These laborers are now used as slaves to farm the Manchus. The soldiers of the Hou Jin Army did not have to be distracted from managing the harvest at home.
They just need to fight in Dalinghe City with peace of mind.
But when the Jin army changed their tactics, the Ming army in Dalinghe City was blinded. They went out to fight in the city to die, but how about staying in the city? They only had four months of food! This is the most poisonous time to face the enemy.
The only strategy is to run out of food!
Zu Dashou and He Kegang knew that Supervisor Sun Chengzong would not abandon them in Daling River City. However, they also knew in their hearts that among the generals in Liaodong, there was no one who was bold and capable enough to challenge the Hou Jin Army in a field battle.
General. Then Zhao Shujiao has died in the battle! Then Man Gui has also died in the battle!
But Zu Dashou and He Kegang still did not despair, because the Ming army in Shanhaiguan did not work hard. They had organized two rescues. However, unfortunately, they were severely defeated by the Hou Jin army in the field, and the rescue was unsuccessful.
Just go to Daling River City.
However, the Hou Jin army also successfully took advantage of the mentality of the Ming army in Dalinghe City. They also disguised themselves as Ming troops and organized a fake rescue. When Zu Dashou personally led the Ming army in the city to cooperate with the inside and outside, they immediately fell into the Hou Jin army.
The army surrounded him layer by layer. If Zu Dashou's soldiers had not desperately rescued him, and Zu Dashou was lucky, he would never have been injured and retreated to Dalinghe City.
However, the dispatch of troops from the city this time also destroyed the most elite soldiers in Zu Dashou's hands. The confidence of the Ming army was also greatly hit. The Ming army in Dalinghe City could no longer
They were unable to attack the Hou Jin army outside the city.
And these days, the food in Dalinghe City has been exhausted, the wood in the city has basically been burned, and even the mules and horses in the city have been basically slaughtered. Without food, even the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals have no
Zhe, let alone the Ming army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in field battles.
He Kegang looked outside the city and asked Zu Dashou: "General Zu, the battle has been fought so far, and we have reached a dead end. Should we defend the city or break out of the siege, you have to make up your mind!"
After hearing this, Zu Dashou immediately frowned. In fact, there should be another option, which is to surrender to the Hou Jin army outside the city. Huang Taiji has also sent letters of persuasion to surrender to the Ming army in the city several times, promising that as long as Ming Ming
If the army surrenders, extremely favorable conditions will be given to the generals and soldiers of the Ming army in the city.
Ke Zu Dashou knew that He Kegang would never surrender. But Ke Zu Dashou was a little hesitant. Most of the Ming troops in the city were direct descendants of Zu Dashou, and there were dozens of Zu Dashou's nephews among the Ming troops in the city.
, served as generals at all levels.
Zu Dashou was asked to sacrifice everything just because he wanted to live and die with Daling River City. Zu Dashou really couldn't bear this thought. However, he wanted to surrender to the Hou Jin Army, which had always been regarded as barbarians by the generals of the Liaodong Army. Zu Dashou
Dashou will definitely not be happy in his heart.
After thinking for a while, Zu Dashou said: "How can we break through without horses? Even if there are horses, look at the trenches and earthen walls outside the city, we still can't break out, so we should stay in the city and wait for help."
"But it's not an option to hold on all the time. I don't know if the reinforcements will arrive in the year of the monkey!" He Kegang said.
"Not necessarily. Governor Sun will definitely not give up on us. Besides, the only person outside the city who is qualified to lead an army to rescue us is Wu Xiang. He will definitely do his best. After all, he is my brother-in-law."
"Wu Xiang? Your brother-in-law...?" He felt that what he said might irritate Zu Dashou. Although He Kegang and Zu Dashou were familiar with each other, and the two of them usually spoke more casually, He Kegang still forcefully used his words at the end.
The head was held back.
"Do your best!" Of course Zu Dashou knew what his old partner was going to say. He smiled bitterly and shook his head. To be honest, Zu Dashou didn't know whether his brother-in-law had the ability to rescue him. Zu Dashou himself
No confidence at all.
"If we continue to endure this, we will definitely have nothing to say to you and my sons in the city, but what will we do with the food?" He Kegang then asked.
However, He Kegang was a little surprised to find that Zu Dashou did not answer his question. Instead, Zu Dashou turned around and looked towards the city.
Following Zu Dashou's gaze, He Kegang discovered that what Zu Dashou was looking at was a group of civilians in the city. Although those civilians had been hungry for a long time, this group of civilians was still moving the wood and bricks needed to defend the city.
For a moment, He Kegang couldn't bear it, but immediately he became hard-hearted again. In order to be able to fight the Hou Jin army outside the city, someone must make sacrifices.
When Zu Dashou's eyes turned to He Kegang, He Kegang also nodded slightly. Zu Dashou immediately told the captain of the soldiers behind him: "Go to the city and find some old and weak people to perform surgery first. Remember! Do it cleanly!"
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Zu Dashou was not disappointed, because Sun Chengzong, the commander-in-chief, indeed organized 40,000 Ming troops, led by the commander-in-chief Wu Xiang, to rescue Daling River City again.
But Zu Dashou was disappointed again. When he learned that the Ming army was coming to rescue again, the Jin army immediately organized an army of 20,000 to stop the attack.
But this time the battle did not start at all. When Wu Xiang saw the Hou Jin army facing each other, Wu Xiang took the lead in escaping before there was a fight. Seeing his general's actions, the Ming army immediately collapsed. The Hou Jin army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them.
, the Ming army immediately littered the fields with corpses.
But what is funny is that Wu Xiang, who took the lead in escaping, did not escape. He was surrounded by the pursuing Hou Jin army. The situation was extremely dangerous.
At this moment, the only bright spot in the entire war appeared. Wu Xiang's son, Wu Sangui, who was only 16 years old when he went on the expedition, led only a few dozen servants around him and rushed into the heavy siege of the Jin army.
, actually rescued his father Wu Xiang.
This move was reported to the court by Sun Chengzong because it was the only bright spot in the Ming army's battle. Emperor Chongzhen, who paranoidly believed that a filial son is a loyal minister and a filial son is a brave general, immediately imprisoned Wu Sangui's name.
He firmly remembered it. From then on, Wu Sangui also took the helicopter for promotion.
For the sake of publicity, Wu Sangui's reputation for being the brave champion of the three armies was immediately spread throughout the country under the vigorous publicity of the Ming Dynasty court. Of course, Wu Shigong would not get the news so quickly. However, if Wu Shigong knew that Wu Sangui won the brave crown in this way,
With the reputation of the three armies, he will definitely laugh his head off.
But Wu Sangui's reputation could not save the Ming army in Dalinghe City. Supervisor Sun Chengzong was helpless. Although he lost troops and generals again, the number of Ming troops in Liaodong was still greater than that of the Jin army.
But these defeated soldiers have also lost their basic courage. They only dare to stay in the fortified city and behave like zombies every day. Relying on these people to fight? Even the most optimistic people will not think that they will succeed.
Sun Chengzong knew that it was definitely unrealistic to rely on these Ming troops to rescue Daling River City. He was now looking forward to the Ming troops in the pass arriving at Shanhaiguan as soon as possible to fight to the death with the Hou Jin army in Daling River City again.