On the night of February 29th, Dorgon abandoned Dabi Mountain and fled north. Dabi Mountain was in a mess. Li Zhi led his troops to search the mountain and found more than 500 Tatar corpses and beheaded them.
With the mountain fortress of Dabi Mountain removed, the four hundred-mile road between Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou was opened up. The Ming army's 150,000-strong army marched to Jinzhou to support them with high morale.
The Qing army was nearby. The Ming army marched in armor and sent out countless scouts. They walked very slowly and took two days to walk from Dabi Mountain to Jinzhou Shishili.
The Qing army suffered a new defeat at Dabi Mountain, and their morale was low. They did not dare to engage the Ming army, so they withdrew the siege of Jinzhou and fled to Yizhou. Yizhou is fifty miles north of Jinzhou City and is where the Tatars have stationed troops this year.
Zi was entrenched in Yizhou and refused to leave. He seemed to be still thinking about something.
No matter what the Qing army planned, the Ming army at least lifted the siege of Jinzhou and achieved the strategic goal of this war - to relieve Jinzhou.
After the army arrived in Jinzhou, they found that everywhere outside the city were trenches dug by the Qing army and high walls built. The city wall of Jinzhou was full of holes caused by the bombardment of Hongyi artillery. Jinzhou was surrounded by the Tatars for four months.
, the situation is really difficult. That is to say, the Tatars have too few cannons. If the Tatars can have a hundred heavy cannons, they will destroy the Jinzhou city wall.
The Ming army camped outside the city and built a camp. After building the camp, the generals rode into Jinzhou.
Now Li Zhi's status is higher than that of Hong Chengchou, and the army is headed by Li Zhi. Li Zhi held a marquis honor guard, led fifty personal guards holding golden fans and golden melons, and led the army's lieutenants with flags and banners, riding on the generals' backs.
At the front, Hong Chengchou walked behind, followed by eight general soldiers.
Walking three miles south of the city, Li Zhi saw the forward commander Zu Dashou leading the Jinzhou officials and people to line up on the road outside the city to welcome the arrival of reinforcements.
Zu Dashou is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a thin face full of wrinkles and a look of vicissitudes of life.
The ancestral family has deep roots in Liaodong. There are nearly ten generals, generals and guerrillas in the family, which can be called the generals of Liaodong. Zu Dashou fled after Yuan Chonghuan was killed, and was later recalled by Yuan Chonghuan's letter. He once surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but after surrendering he
He used an excuse to escape back to the Ming Dynasty. The emperor summoned Zu Dashou many times, but he did not go to the capital to see the emperor. He was a warlord-like figure in Jinzhou City.
After Huang Taiji surrounded Jinzhou City, in order to persuade Zu Dashou to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he gave Zu Kefa, the adopted son of Zu Dashou, the Qing Dynasty ancestor, and promoted him to the rank of deputy capital commander. The ancestral family plays a very important role in western Liaoning. If Zu Dashou surrenders to the Qing Dynasty, it may set the whole domino in motion, maybe
The entire Guan Ning army will surrender one after another.
That's why the siege of Jinzhou affected the court situation so much and attracted the attention of the whole country.
Seeing Li Zhi's guard of honor, Zu Dashou hurriedly greeted him, bowed his arms to the ground and shouted: "Zu Dashou, the forward commander, has seen the Marquis of Xingguo! The Marquis of Xingguo aided Jin all the way and killed the enemy all the way. I thank the people of Jinzhou for being saved."
Marquis of Xingguo!"
After Zu Dashou said this, thousands of people behind him knelt on the ground and saluted Li Zhi.
After Li Zhi defeated Dorgon at Dabi Mountain, the Qing army withdrew from the siege of Jinzhou. News from the front line continued to spread to Jinzhou, and the people knew that Zhongxing Guohou was the mainstay of this war. Without Xingguo Hou, the army may have been
They have been defeated several times. If there was no Marquis Xingguo and the Tatars captured Jinzhou City, I don’t know how many people would have been slaughtered and how many homes would have been destroyed.
Several old men walked up to Li Zhima with a pot of turbid wine and said: "Marquis Xingguo saved the people of Jinzhou. We have nothing to gain but a glass of turbid wine to Marquis Xingguo!"
Li Zhi looked at the turbid wine and was a little afraid to drink it. Jinzhou is very close to Shenyang and has the most spies in the city. Who knows if there is poison in the wine?
The scene was a little awkward for a while. Li Laosi, who was behind Li Zhi, came out, took the bowl of turbid wine, drank it, and shouted: "Old man! Good wine!"
Zhong Feng stepped forward to grab it and said loudly: "Let's have a drink too!"
Only then did everyone smile. Zu Dashou laughed loudly and said: "In the Qiancheng of Xingguo, it is understandable to be cautious."
He lifted up the sleeves of his official robe and said loudly: "I will lead the horse into the city for Marquis Xingguo!"
Under the guidance of Zu Dashou, Li Zhi's honor guard marched into Jinzhou City. Jinzhou City was besieged for four months, and the city was very depressed. The doors and windows of each family's house were removed to make city defense equipment, and the doors and windows on both sides of the road were removed. The houses are in dilapidated condition. The people have not had enough to eat in the past few months, and they are all skinny and skinny.
However, the hard days have finally come to an end, and the rescuers drove away the Tatars. When the people in the city heard that the reinforcement generals had entered the city, they were all very excited and crowded both sides of the road to watch.
As soon as the Tatars withdrew their troops the day before yesterday, news spread throughout the city that Marquis Xingguo was killing all directions and repelling the Tatars. Now when the people saw Li Zhi's gorgeous marquis ceremonial guard, they knew that Marquis Xingguo was coming, and they knelt on the ground and did not dare speak loudly.
Only black heads could be seen on both sides of the road, and it was very quiet.
Zhong Feng was very excited after drinking some wine. He rode on his horse and shouted to the people on both sides: "All the people helped the officers and soldiers defend the city for four months and defended the territory of the Ming Dynasty. You are all heroes!"
"We are all good men! No need to be formal!"
After hearing Zhong Feng's words, the common people dared to raise their heads and look at the appearance of Marquis Xingguo. When they saw Li Zhi's young appearance, they were all secretly shocked, secretly thinking that Marquis Xingguo was really a heroic young man.
Under the guidance of Zu Dashou, everyone crossed Jinzhou City and entered the General Military Mansion.
A banquet has been held in the lobby of the General Military Mansion. Jinzhou City has been besieged for four months, and the pigs and sheep have been killed long ago. However, there is still bacon, rice wine and cabbage pickled. Zu Dashou managed to arrange a large table, which can be regarded as a reward. Generals who support Jinzhou.
When everyone sat down, Li Zhi sat on the main seat, Governor Hong Chengchou sat on the left, and Zhang Ruoqi, the military supervisor, sat on the right. Then eight other general soldiers sat on both sides according to their official positions, and Zu Dashou himself sat at the bottom table with him.
Everyone had not drank for a long time. At this time, the siege of Jinzhou was finally lifted after two months of war. They were all very happy and drank together.
Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, was a good drinker. He would not refuse anyone who came to greet him. Even if he had nothing to do, he would find excuses to drink with others, until his face turned red from drinking. Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, had a very good drinking capacity. After drinking two kilograms of rice wine, his face turned red. Still nothing happened. Wu Sangui seemed to be very good at this kind of scene. From time to time, he would toast others just right and make people feel good about him.
Cao Bianjiao couldn't drink at all, and his hands and feet became red after drinking two glasses of wine. Li Zhi knew that this was an alcohol allergy.
Hong Chengchou drank with great grace, stroking his long beard and drinking one cup after another. He toasted Li Zhi with one cup and also toasted Zu Dashou. When Hong Chengchou celebrated Zu Dashou's birthday, he praised Zu Dashou's dedication and made Zu Dashou very excited. Face flushed.
After drinking for three rounds, Hong Chengchou cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, the Tatars have been defeated by us in four consecutive battles, killing nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, and retreated to Yizhou! Support the battle of Jinzhou, and our Ming Dynasty will win a great victory!"
When everyone heard this, they cheered loudly.
When everyone calmed down, Hong Chengchou said again: "But the Tatars have not retreated. According to our detailed reports, the Tatars seem to be increasing their troops and want to attack with the whole country. Needless to say, there is still a final decisive battle to be fought!"
"Now our army is gathered in Jinzhou City. There are Marquis Xingguo and nine general soldiers, totaling 170,000 troops. What do you think, how should we fight this battle with the Qing army?"
