Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 997 Accident
After all, the Ming court did not have the habit of doing things normally in the past.

This time, he suddenly ran a normal errand, which made Liaodong and other generals feel unbelievable.

When did those officials who have plucked their feathers become as clean as water?

Zu Dashou still thinks that rice and beans should be stored more.

Ask the court again, and write a letter to Hong Chengchou, the Chongzhen favorite in his imagination, hoping that he will continue to work hard.

Because the next war with the Qing court is not only a matter of the court, but also a matter of life or death between our governor and general soldiers.

For the sake of the court and the individual, we must pay attention to it.

With sufficient food and grass, Jinzhou City can effectively prevent Huang Taiji from being besieged for a long time.

After the Dalinghe battle that year, not only Huang Taiji grew up, but Zu Dashou, who was also besieged, also grew up.

In any case, he was No. 1 on the front line to fight against the Qing army's offensive, and he was familiar with the Qing army's combat methods, especially because he was also Huang Taiji's old opponent.

What strategy can Huang Taiji come up with?

It's not old fashioned yet.

As long as he had enough food and grass in his hands, no matter what method Huang Taiji came up with, he would not be able to achieve his ultimate goal, and returned to Shenyang in embarrassment.

Zu Dashou has this confidence, as long as there is enough food and grass stored, the method of forming a stronghold and fighting a deadly battle is absolutely impossible for Huang Taiji to crack.

After Zu Dashou had the support of the imperial court, he became more energetic and began to respond positively.

But the Qing court was not idle either.

Before the formal siege of Jinzhou, Huang Taiji once again visited the front line in person.

He ordered Dorgon, Prince Heshuorui, and Hauge, Prince Heshuosu, to stay in Shenyang, and he led the guards to set off.

Huang Taiji left Shen and went to Yizhou to see where the house was built.

After having a meal, I didn't stop in Yizhou, and left for Jinzhou on the same day.

The Qing soldiers went to stay in Qijiabao, which was dozens of miles away from Jinzhou.

The fort named after Marshal Qi has long been conquered by the Qing army.

The next day, the Qing army continued on their way without going too far. They met Prince Zheng Jierhalang, Prince Yu Duoduo, Prince Duoluo Adali and other generals who came to welcome them.

According to Huang Taiji's order, in addition to building cities and farming fields, they also went to the vicinity of Jinzhou to scout the situation and monitor the movements of the Ming army.

Constantly attacking to seize important places, eating away at the surrounding strongholds, in order to harass the Ming army's stubborn heart.

When Huang Taiji was on his way to Yizhou, Jierhalang and others sent troops to capture Caijialou, the "Jinbei Chuanfeng Tight Place".

It removed a nail that monitored the activities of the Qing army, and at the same time, it was also a specially selected target for the Qing emperor to show off after he came to the front line, so as to boost morale.

The Qing army was stationed between Jinzhou and Yizhou, and it was very convenient to advance and retreat. The Ming army could only stick to it and wait for help.

Huang Taiji saw the generals of Jierhalang and heard the latest battle report, so he ordered to visit Jinzhou with him.

They passed Zangjiabao and arrived at Yejiabao, where they temporarily set up camp, assembled troops, and waited for orders.

Huang Taiji personally led the Eight Banners guards, cavalry, and Han army with red cannons and marched towards Jinzhou.

After Zu Dashou got the news, he just asked people to guard against it, but never took the initiative to attack.

He believed that Huang Taiji was just a tentative attack.

At least he had to wait for the grain to be harvested before he could support his long siege of Jinzhou.

The important purpose of Huang Taiji's trip to Jinzhou was to observe the terrain of Jinzhou City and the situation of the Ming army with his own eyes, so as to deploy troops and implement the siege plan in detail.

He led his troops to camp five li outside Jinzhou City, visited Jinzhou City under the guard of guards and pro-military troops, carefully observed from the east to the south of the city, and returned to the camp at sunset.

Zu Dashou was standing on the city wall, looking at Huang Taiji's position with a binoculars, ready to find an opportunity to shoot him.

Just like Yuan Dudu bombarded Nurhachi back then.

But it is obvious that Huang Taiji is a person who is good at accepting suggestions, even if he came to observe closely, he never went any closer.

He mainly wanted to see the status of the Ming army guarding Jinzhou, the exposed artillery.

Huang Taiji believed that the quality of the artillery in Zu Dashou's hand was no match for the Qing Dynasty.

Jierhalang had no idea about besieging Jinzhou. According to the previous military strategy, he continued to attack Ming soldiers who dared to go out of the city.

When it was getting late and the city could not be seen, Huang Taiji gave the order to return to the camp.

Beat the drum and gather the generals to tell these people his thoughts.

First, order the Han army to bombard the Ming army post outside Jinzhou City with cannons.

In particular, several outposts at Wulitai in the east of the city and Langmatai in the north of the city had to be destroyed to clear some obstacles for the Qing army to besiege the city.

Second, he was prepared to divide the force into two parts.

Some soldiers were ordered to cover each other, while the other part of the Qing army snatched the crops planted by the Ming army and the people in the east, north, and west of the city.

As soon as Huang Taiji issued a military order, the accompanying Qing army immediately moved.

This was the season when the wheat was ripe. Before the Ming army could do anything, the Qing army finished harvesting within four days.

As for the outposts outside, Zu Dashou had ordered some soldiers to enter Jinzhou City overnight, in order to prevent Huang Taiji from besieging Dalinghe City and clearing out the surrounding outposts with artillery for the first time.

People can go, but the Qing army fired artillery for a long time, and most of them were straw people.

But the food was really cut off by the Qing army, which made Zu Dashou extremely distressed.

He thought in his mind that he would rather burn all the grain harvested by the Qing army than give it to them when he found an opportunity.

Wu Sangui was eager to try this, but Zu Dashou was mature and prudent, and never found a chance.

It also did not give Huang Taiji the chance to defeat the Ming army and make their morale even higher.

Zu Dashou believed that the Qing army was accustomed to wars in which money was quickly and easily robbed. It took time to siege a city, and it was not easy to get immediate results.

Especially during the siege, the soldiers of the Qing army will inevitably become slack.

This requires Huang Taiji to continuously inspire the army to achieve the goal of persisting in the siege.

Now that Huang Taiji personally led the army, Zu Dashou thought that it was not a suitable opportunity to attack. He had to wait until Huang Taiji withdrew, and when the Qing army relaxed a little, it would be the best time for the Ming army to attack.

According to the practice of the subordinates after the leader's inspection, the timing of Zu Dashou's election was indeed the time when the Qing army was most relaxed.

In order to make enough reasons for begging for food and grass, Zu Dashou made a big deal about Huang Taiji's inspection and tentative attack outside Jinzhou City this time, and hoped that the court would pay attention to it.

Of course, the big battle report is not exaggerated like "Brother Long", it has the same effect, if you want to be taken seriously, let the court spread money and food outside.

Huang Taiji finished his inspection tour and returned east from Jinzhou.

This inspection lasted for a month, and he had already carefully calculated his chances of winning the siege.After instructing Jierharang and others on the strategy, he left with a satisfied mood.

On the second night of Huang Taiji's departure, Zu Dashou sent Wu Sangui out of Jinzhou City to burn the Qing army's food and supplies at night with kerosene.

The fire soared into the sky, and Jierhalang woke up from his sleep and asked people to put out the fire.

But Wu Sangui not only did not run away after arson, but took advantage of the chaos to rush and kill the Mongols several times, which aroused the panic of the Mongols, and after the camp screamed, the main force of the Qing army was forced to come out to suppress.

After the two sides had won each other, he led his troops back to Jinzhou.

In order to retaliate, Duoduo led the army to attack Ningyuan City, and Jierhalang retreated [-] miles from Jinzhou, trying to send troops to rescue Ningyuan.

But Zu Dashou remained unmoved and let the Qing army besiege Ningyuan.

Because Jin Guofeng, who became famous in the First World War, was the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan. At this time, he did not have no more than 3000 people under his command, but commanded [-] people.

At this time, the Qing army came to attack Ningyuan, but Jin Guofeng had more soldiers in his hands, and it became more and more restrictive.

The battalion is diverse and it is difficult to give orders. It would be better if he had less than 3000 people guarding Songshan City at that time.

The Qing soldiers were clamoring outside, and many Ming soldiers stood on the top of the city and retreated.

Being so cowardly really pissed off Jin Guofeng!

He yelled to cheer up the soldiers in the city, and then rushed out of Ningyuan City with his two sons and dozens of servants, catching the Qing army by surprise.

Duoduo obviously didn't expect that the Ming army, which had always been sticking to the city, dared to attack. The vanguard Qing army was indeed beaten by Jin Guofeng, and they retreated in a row.

The soldiers of the Ming army in Ningyuan City applauded loudly, and the drums burst out.

"Mr. Jin is too powerful, brothers."

"Master is mighty!"

The Ming soldiers on the city howled loudly from time to time.

If Jin Guofeng escapes immediately at this time and returns to Ningyuan City, I believe that Duoduo has no good way to punish him.

But Jin Guofeng was already at the top, and was besieged by the Qing army in Beishangang.

Suddenly fell into a bitter struggle.

Jin Guofeng rushed from left to right, killing the Qing army and retreating again and again, but they always circled on the northern hill.

And there are fewer and fewer servants around him, and even one of his sons was killed in battle.

Surrounded by the crowd, Duoduo saw how brave this brilliant general was, so he asked people to ask who it was.

He hadn't met such a famous general who fought so desperately for a long time, and the last time was Liu Ting in his distant memory.

"You can leave your name in the future."

Jin Guofeng was sweating profusely at this moment, and his arms became more and more sore. He shouted: "I am Jin Guofeng from Xuanfu (Xuanhua, Zhangjiakou)!"

Duoduo suddenly remembered that not long ago, Huang Taiji personally conquered, and ended up slumped on Songshan Mountain.

The chief general of the Ming army in that battle was the man named Jin Guofeng in front of him.

Duoduo was very surprised, he didn't expect that this person was so courageous that he led dozens of people and dared to go out of the city to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

So he didn't want to recruit this person in the usual way, but ordered to kill him immediately.

Duoduo wants to tell the people of the Ming Dynasty that whoever dares to resist the Qing Dynasty among the generals of the Ming army will die!
If you want to be Daming's loyal minister, I will fulfill you!

Jin Guofeng tried his best and died outside Ningyuan City along with his second son and servant.

The soldiers in Ningyuan City yelled and dispersed, after watching the excitement, what should they do.

The master has died in battle, we have to report the good news to the court.

Although Jin Guofeng was not the general of Ningyuan, he did not subdue Ningyuan's soldiers. They did not recognize the generals of Xuanfu.

Coupled with a bloody battle with the Qing army, the soldiers under Jin Guofeng's command have not received the rewards they deserve.

The disabled and dead soldiers didn't even see any compensation.

It's not that Jin Guofeng doesn't want to give it, it's just that the court has been delaying it.

There is no money in the first place, and the dead have to pay money, and the living still owes their military pay, so the dead are in trouble for delaying it.

This time, apart from his family members and his own son, who would go out of the city with him to fight against the Qing army?
When Wu Sangui heard the news, he was not only surprised by Jin Guofeng's impulsive behavior, but also shocked by his uncle Zu Dashou's conclusion.

He originally thought that Jin Guofeng would die in battle if he could not defend Ningyuan City during the Qing army's large-scale attack.

Unexpectedly, he died in a tentative attack by the Qing army.

The key is that Wu Sangui won the battle on the front foot, and the Qing army counterattacked on the back foot. They wanted to fish, but they didn't transfer Wu Sangui, the righteous master.

On the contrary, they caught people who should never have been caught.

Jin Guofeng's bravery is a bit brave, but it lacks a little thinking.

Or after the top, there is no thinking at all.

I don't know if he will regret this behavior before he dies.

Zu Dashou pinched his beard and patted Wu Sangui's shoulder: "You, the deputy commander, should also become a full-time member."

Wu Sangui suddenly felt a chill rise from his tailbone, he didn't dare to think about it.

"Now Liaodong is a pit. No one wants to come. You have fought bravely this time. The imperial court will definitely promote you. Maybe you will be used to divide me in the future."

Zu Dashou didn't wait for Wu Sangui to answer, and said flatly:
"I have long been aware of the tricks of the emperor and those courtiers, how can they have the real ability to win thousands of miles away!

It is a good idea to tie your own hands and feet, but one is more than one. "

Wu Sangui didn't know what to say.

"Uncle, remember, in the land of Liaodong, the more loyal he is to Ming, the sooner he will die!"

"clear."

Wu Sangui expressed that he was educated.

The news that the Ming army won first and then lost was sent to the capital one after another.

Chongzhen was very pleased with Wu Sangui's brave performance just now, thinking about how to reward him.

As a result, he received the news of Jin Guofeng's death in battle, which made him extremely happy a few days ago.

Zhu Youjian was very saddened by the news of the death of another powerful general of the Ming Dynasty. He posthumously awarded Jin Guofeng as a special honorary doctor and Zuo Dudu, gave him a funeral, and ordered someone to build a shrine for him, and increased his rank to three levels.

His wife, Mrs. Zhang, took Liu Ting's wife as an example, and begged to join the Kung Pao. The cabinet rejected this after deliberation, but let his youngest son try the hereditary inheritance of hundreds of households.

Chongzhen didn't even know that he could defeat the Qing army last time and repel Huang Taiji's several attacks.

And he was unyielding and unyielding and was not recruited by the Qing court to surrender, which caused Huang Taiji to lose face and caused heavy damage to the soldiers of the Qing court.

This time, the number of people under his command was too large, but it was the reason for his death and defeat.

Mostly it is the habit of paying off debts after death. Daming has killed too many generals in these years, so the most important thing is to get people to fill in the pits as soon as possible.

What's more, how can their affairs be compared with civil servants!

Therefore, Wu Sangui, who performed outstandingly this time, was recommended by Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, to become a regular soldier from the deputy commander-in-chief, and became the commander-in-chief of the Ningyuan regiment.

Regarding Jin Guofeng's death in battle, Huang Taiji was also extremely surprised.

He never expected that the Ming army warrior who gave him such a headache would die in the hands of Duoduo just like that.

And still go out of the city to fight in an incredible way.

After Jin Guofeng died in battle, the Qing army attacked Ningyuan, but they were still unable to defeat it.

It was as if the death of a general had no effect on the morale of the defenders.

Such various operations of the Ming general made him even more incomprehensible.

(End of this chapter)