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Chapter 743

Although the grain and rice in Jinzhou City can last for a while, the firewood is seriously lacking, and the grain and rice cannot be eaten raw for a long time. Zu Dashou is naturally very anxious, praying day and night for Master Wang to come to help him soon.

A few days ago, when Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, led ten generals and 20 kings' army from Ningyuan to rescue the siege of Jinzhou, Zu Dashou received the news.

And since the day before yesterday, he also found that the Qing army outside the city was frequently mobilized, and a large number of elites from the Eight Banners gathered to the south of the city. They were replaced by Han army banners, and there were also a small number of Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers and horses.

Seeing this, Zu Dashou knew that Hong Chengchou's reinforcements had already arrived near Songshan Mountain, so the Qing army's elite gathered and deployed in the direction of Rufeng Mountain and Shimen Mountain in the south of the city.

In order to cooperate with Hong Chengchou's reinforcements, he fed the soldiers every day in the city these days, and repaired related chariots, long ladders, trench bridges and other equipment. Even the family members of the generals in the city organized to participate in the city defense.

At Sishi today, Zu Dashou heard the sound of "rumbling" guns outside the city in Jinzhou City. The thieves fought fiercely.

After he assembled the team, he was not in a hurry to fight. The 7000 elite horsemen gathered in front of the south gate of Jinzhou inner city, waiting for the military order.

The reason why Zu Dashou didn't leave the city immediately to cooperate with Hong Chengchou was to observe for a while to see if the Ming army outside the city was really fighting bravely.

He has limited soldiers and horses in Jinzhou city, if there is any loss, he has no power to replenish, so he dare not venture out of the city, if Hong Chengchou is just testing the Tartars this time, and he rushes out of the city, wouldn't it be a waste of troops.

Another point is that Zu Dashou has not yet decided on one thing, and that is whether he himself will personally lead Mao Shishi to lead a team out of the city to fight against the Tartars.

If he goes out to fight in person, it will naturally boost morale and make all the generals stand up bravely, but it is difficult to choose who to keep as the garrison. Now that he has been trapped in the isolated city for a long time, even Zu Dashou can't be sure that the generals around him are the same Heart!
When he was in the city, naturally no one dared to cause trouble, but if he led the army to fight, it would be hard to say whether he would be able to return to Jinzhou City if the battle was unfavorable.

After much deliberation, he finally decided that his younger brother Zu Dabi would lead [-] cavalry as the main general, and his nephew Zu Zeyuan and deputy generals Zu Keyong, Yang Zhen, Xu Changyong and others would lead [-] infantry from the side to assist, and went out of the city to attack Wei Jin Qing army.

And he led his younger brother Zu Dacheng and other generals to sit in the inner city of Jinzhou, waiting for an opportunity to go out of the city to support, or when the battle was unfavorable, he would lead the army to respond.

After making a decision, Zu Dashou personally saw off Zu Dabi and other generals at the south gate of the inner city of Jinzhou. The city gate opened, and Zu Dabi personally led [-] battle-hardened Yu Ying out of the city on horseback, and quickly dispersed. Search around and guard the infantry.

At this moment, the outer city of Jinzhou has been captured by the Tartars, but it is too close to the inner city, facing the constant threat of artillery fire in the city, and the Tartars have not stationed here.

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Zuo Dashou’s family, Zuo Dashou’s family, lived in Liaodong for a long time. Although most of his soldiers and horses were natives of Liaodong, there were also quite a few Mongolians among them.

These generals and soldiers have followed Zu Dashou for many years. Their land and family are all in the area from Jinzhou to Ningyuan in Liaodong.

It was precisely because of this that Huang Taiji tried his best to recruit Zu Dashou. Apart from Zu Dashou's popularity in Liaodong, it was these soldiers and soldiers under his command.

Since last year when Huangtaiji, a slave chieftain, stationed troops in Yizhou and besieged Jinzhou, at the beginning, all people in Jinzhou were united in one mind, and they all wanted to rely on the strong city and sufficient food and grass savings to fight against the Qing army to the end.

However, as time went by, the fighting spirit of the Mongolian generals in Jinzhou City became less determined and wavered a little.

Jinzhou was divided into inner and outer cities. The inner city was occupied by Liao generals and their families, while the outer city was dominated by Mongolian soldiers and their families. This was also Zu Dashou's intentional defense.

After all, people who are not from our clan will have a different heart!

There are two Mongolian generals named Nuomuqi and Wubashi. They have followed Zu Dashou for many years, and now they are leading the troops and their families to station in the outer city of Jinzhou.

One day in March of the 14th year of Chongzhen, a group of Qing soldiers passed by the city of Jinzhou while patrolling. One of Wu Bashi's personal soldiers couldn't help shouting to them: "What's the use of besieging you like this? My city is full of millet. , can provide food for two or three years, even if it has been surrounded for a long time, how can you get Jinzhou?"

Niu Luzhangjing, a member of the Qing army leading the team outside the city, laughed and replied: "Even if you have a mountain of grain and millet, and you can eat it for two or three years, or even four or five years, so what?

Wait, even if you have rations for the last ten years, will you still have food in the 11th year? "

Wu Bashi's personal soldier was very surprised when he heard this, he hurried back to report the matter to Wu Bashi privately, and then said: "The fact that Niu Luzhang Jing can say this clearly shows that The emperor of the Qing Dynasty was determined to win Jinzhou City, and he vowed not to give up if he could not get Jinzhou."

He even persuaded Wu Bashi in a whisper: "General, for the future, we must decide to stay as soon as possible!"

The Qing army's attitude towards Jinzhou was noticed even by the soldiers under its command, so how could Wu Bashi not know it?
After hearing what the soldier said, he was even more worried, and he couldn't help feeling rebellious.

Wu Bashi and Nuomqi were both Mongolian generals, and they were sworn brothers. They were like brothers, so he visited Nuomqi himself and secretly revealed to him his intention to surrender to the enemy and dedicate the city.

Unexpectedly, Nuomuqi also happened to be thinking this in his heart, the two of them really like each other, hit it off immediately, and immediately began to discuss the specific matters of surrendering to the Qing army.

However, there is no impenetrable wall in this world, and the conspiracy between Wu Bashi and Nomuqi was eventually detected by Jinzhou defender Zu Dashou.

It turned out that there was a concubine named Yurun in Wu Bashi's family, who was born with a beautiful face, and he was very fond of Wu Bashi on weekdays. I told Yurun that I wanted to dedicate the city to the Qing, so that she could clean it up early.

Unexpectedly, Yurun was shocked when he heard the words, and said to him: "General, this statement is wrong! I think you and I are all descendants of the Ming Dynasty, especially the general who received the emperor's favor in the next generation. Jinzhou is in danger today. How can the general do it?" Ignore it?

If you sacrifice your city to join the enemy today, you will only leave your name in the world.I hope the general will think twice! "

But Wu Bashi didn't think so, he said: "You are really a woman's opinion! This matter is a secret, you should clean up the details quickly, and don't let others know."

Yurun saw that Wu Bashi had made up his mind and had no intention of turning back, so he didn't say any more at the moment. After he left, he hurriedly ordered his personal maid to inform his own brother Cai Feilong.

Cai Feilong, who was the capital of the Ming Dynasty, did not dare to be negligent when he heard the information, so he hurriedly reported to Zu Dashou, the forward general.

(End of this chapter)