Jierhalang was on the top of Jinzhou City. Looking at the Ming army outside the window, he had to sigh: The Ming army today is no longer the Ming army in the past.
Just at first impression, you can see the elite of the Ming army outside the city. He still has this vision.
If we fight this Ming army in the wild today, we will definitely suffer a big loss. Feeling lucky, he confirmed with his guards that military orders had been issued to the troops outside to cut off the Ming army's retreat. In addition, urgently seek help from Haizhou City and Shengjing. If possible, this Ming army should be annihilated under Jinzhou City.
But faintly, Jierhalang did not have hope for this result, because the Ming army was obviously well prepared.
Although he was wondering what the real purpose of the Opaque Army was, Jierhalang was not panicked. With the strength of Jinzhou City, it would be absolutely no problem to guard it for ten days and a half.
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Outside the city, Zhang Mingwei looked at Jinzhou City, and then looked around. Many traces can also be seen, which were left when the Jianlu army besieged Jinzhou City last time.
At that time, Jianlu had no choice but to attack Jinzhou City, and finally besieged it for more than half a year.
One can imagine how desperate the soldiers and civilians in the city must have been at that time. They held on, hoping to wait for reinforcements. In the end, all the reinforcements were wiped out by the rebels, and the city's supplies were exhausted...
Thinking of this, Zhang Mingwei said softly: "My compatriots who died in the past, today I am here to avenge you. Let the Jianlu in Jinzhou City be buried with you."
"What?" Zhu Acuo, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but ask quickly after hearing this.
She had to come with her during this war. Emperor Chongzhen agreed with her decision, and in the end she stayed with Zhang Mingwei.
Hearing the voice, Zhang Mingwei turned to look at her and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I'm just a little emotional. Jianlu owes us too much blood feud, and we have to make them pay the price bit by bit."
I think back then, there were at least a million Han people in Liaodong, and almost all of them died under the sword of Jianlu. Especially the wild boar Pinurhachi, who organized and massacred Han people in Liaodong on a large scale.
Some people say that the wild boar skin hates the Han people. In fact, from Zhang Mingwei's point of view, he does not think so.
But if there were too many Han people in Liaodong, Nurhaci would feel guilty, fearing that the imperial court would come over and the Han people under his rule would be in chaos, and he would be done with it. Therefore, there was an organized large-scale massacre of Han people.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mingwei turned to the general Wu Sangui beside him and said: "Go, shout to the city and ask them to surrender unconditionally!"
It is conceivable that the Jianlu in the city will never surrender. This shouting is just a routine matter.
"Yes, Duke!" Wu Sangui accepted the order with clasped fists, and then drove his horse forward, approaching the top of Jinzhou City, about a stone's throw away, and shouted loudly to the top of the city: "This is Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan under Duke Xingguo. Also, by the order of the Duke, I order you to surrender unconditionally, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!"
He was originally the commander-in-chief of the Suppression of Bandits. After being transferred to Shanhaiguan, he was restored to his original position and changed back to the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan.
Jierhalang, who was on the top of the city, happened to be there. When he heard the shout, he first glanced at Wu Sangui to confirm that it was Wu Sangui, and then he raised his head and looked in the direction of the Ming army commander's flag in the distance.
Too far away to see clearly. I just vaguely felt that he was a young man.
"Is it Duke Xingguo?" Jierhalang thought in his heart, "Is he the one holding the sky with one hand and changing the Ming Dynasty?"
He was a little regretful that he couldn't clearly see what this Duke Xingguo looked like.
At the same time, Jierhalang's intuition told him that the situation was not good. If the Ming army was not sure of victory, it would not be Duke Xingguo who led the army! Now that he is here, he must be sure!
But no matter what, I still can't figure out what the Ming army's confidence is?
With these things in his mind, he gave a few instructions to the guards around him.
Then, Jianlu's shouts rang out from the top of the city: "The Qing Dynasty is invincible, it's you who should surrender unconditionally!"
Originally, Wu Sangui was ready to leave after he was ordered to shout, because he knew that Jianlu would surrender before he could shout. Unexpectedly, he heard such shameless words, so he reined in the horse's head and looked towards the city again. With mockery, he shouted loudly: "You will go to hell if you keep talking even when you are about to die!"
After shouting, he no longer hesitated, turned around and left.
The angry Jianlu on the top of the city looked ugly and shouted loudly, saying that if the soldiers were to do their own thing, sooner or later they would be made dumplings.
"My lord, I will come back to pay my order!" Wu Sangui arrived in front of Zhang Mingwei and reported with his hands clasped in fists.
Zhang Mingwei listened, looked at him and nodded. Subsequently, military orders were passed to be on guard at night and launch an attack early tomorrow morning.
When I came to Jinzhou this time, I didn't plan to stay long. I spent all my money. No matter what the final result was, I would just pat my butt and leave.
When he was on Juehua Island, Zhang Mingwei presided over a military meeting and made arrangements for the situation here. Who is responsible for what, everything is arranged. With Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui, a local leader, there is no need to worry about the terrain.
Originally, Zu Dashou didn't want him to come because his injury was not healed. However, he strongly requested a fight. Considering that Jinzhou was his base camp, he finally agreed to let him come.
In fact, when he shouted to Jinzhou City just now, Zu Dashou also wanted to shout twice. What a pity!
Otherwise, think about it and shout to Jianlu on the top of the city: "My ancestor Dashou is back!"
This scene would probably be very popular!
It's a pity that the Duke just asked Wu Sangui to call for unconditional surrender. This is not interesting at all!
Of course, he only dared to think about this idea in his mind. After returning to the capital, he already understood what kind of status Duke Xing Guo held in the Ming Dynasty!
"Forget it, forget it!" Zu Dashou looked at the familiar Jinzhou City and thought to himself, "Didn't the Duke also give me a very important task? Perform well tomorrow and tell the people in the city with practical actions. Those Jianlu, my ancestor Dashou is back!"
Night fell quickly, and bonfires were lit everywhere in the Ming army camp. In some places, they were covered with large pieces of cloth, and Ming army soldiers were busy behind the cloth. Because the source of the fire was on the side near Jinzhou City, at the top of Jinzhou City, it was impossible to see what the Ming army was doing.
In the far distance of the Ming army's camp, there were occasional shouts of killing. These were battles between the Ming army that stayed at night and the surrounding captives to explore their horses. Other than that, everything in and outside the city was very quiet.
However, everyone knows that this quiet is just the quiet before the storm.
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Being surrounded by a large army, many of the prisoners in the city could not sleep.
You know, in the past, they were the ones who surrounded the Ming army, that is, they were outside the city while the Ming army huddled in the city. But now, it has changed its position!
It’s been thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. No one could have predicted the changes in the world!
This kind of feeling of being surrounded by the Ming army, you can't say how nervous and scared Jianlu was. After all, in their hearts, they never thought that the Ming army could capture Jinzhou City. It’s just that this feeling is so strange!
Only senior generals like Jierhalang understood that the previous failures of Jianlu were not entirely due to carelessness, so they did not have the blind confidence of ordinary Jianlu.
Of course, as for the propaganda of the people below, it is naturally attributed to the carelessness of the Jianlu, rather than the strength of the Ming army.
It was already late at night in Jilharang, but he was still tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. This situation was very rare in his many years of military career. If I remember correctly, this was only the case in the earliest years.
Later, the Qing Dynasty won many battles. It had a complete grasp of the war and could sleep peacefully before the battle.
"This time the Ming army came well prepared. What did they rely on?" Jierhalang asked himself in his heart while lying on the bed, looking at the top of the bed illuminated by dim oil light.
This question has been hidden in his mind since he heard the news yesterday. However, after thinking about it for so long, he just couldn't figure it out, which made him more and more uneasy.
Especially after seeing that the 50,000 Ming troops outside the city were all soldiers and elites, his uneasy feeling became even stronger.
Of course, this also has something to do with his temperament. If it were Hauge and others, they wouldn't think so much. Anyway, the soldiers will cover up the water and the earth. Such people think less and can sleep peacefully.
But Jierhalang was a well-known general among the Manchu generals. He was prudent in his work and was highly appreciated by the wild boar Pinurhachi and the fat man Huang Taiji. Although he was just a cousin, he was able to occupy a place among the eight Baylors. It can be seen from this that it is general.
I kept thinking about it late at night, thinking about it from various positions, but Jierhalang still couldn't think of anything, so he couldn't make targeted deployment. In the end he gave up. We’ll see what happens tomorrow!
However, in his room, after a while of silence, he was seen frying rice cakes again, turning them over, and after a while, turning them over again...
When it was almost dawn, Jierhalang, who was hazy and about to fall asleep, was suddenly woken up by his bodyguards and reported to him: "Master, there is movement outside the city by the Ming army, it seems they are about to attack the city!"
Upon hearing this, Jierhalang lost all sleep. He raised his head and looked at the sky outside the window. He listened carefully but didn't hear anything. He felt a little awe-inspiring and rushed to the city.
Sure enough, although no noise could be heard, under the dawn of the eastern sky, the Ming army officers and soldiers outside the city were already busy, obviously preparing to attack the city.
"This is the elite!" Jierhalang's first glance confirmed this idea again.
If they were soldiers, there would be a lot of noise when they got up so early, and they would definitely not be doing things in an orderly manner. You could hear officers at all levels shouting one after another.
At this time, the sky got a little brighter again, and Jierhalang could see the situation outside the city more clearly.
At this glance, he was immediately a little dumbfounded.
