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Songshan City has been without food for nearly ten days, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are anxious and anxious.
At this time, most of the main grain and grass of the Ming army were stored in Ningyuan, and a small amount was stored in Tashan. Although Hong Chengchou sent people to urge the transportation of grain many times, the grain teams were intercepted by the Qing army several times in succession, causing heavy losses. Hong Chengchou also
Don’t dare to be rash again!
But life has to go on.
At this time, in Songshan City, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to order the sergeants to slaughter some old and weak war horses, pickle them with salt, and mix them with some remaining grains and millets to make soup in a large pot, barely maintaining the Ming army's livelihood!
But with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, in the small town of Songshan, they are like a fat man of 1.8 meters tall and 200 pounds. No matter how coordinated they are, it will be difficult to maneuver around.
In the past few days, fights between various departments of the Ming army often occurred in order to compete for food and grass!
Even if Hong Chengchou used military law to suppress and kill a group of troublemakers, he could not suppress this fire for survival!
Songshan Government Office, the governor's residence.
It was already late at night, but Hong Chengchou was still awake. He frowned and kept pacing back and forth. In his hand, he held tightly the imperial edict given to him by Emperor Chongzhen when he came to Liaodong to resume his duties.
His temples had grown gray at some point, and the space between his brows was filled with darkness, and he could no longer find the strategizing and confidence he had before.
At this time, Hong Chengchou discovered that the imperial court ordered to rush to Jinzhou and hoped for a quick victory. This idea was fundamentally wrong!
The Ming Dynasty was weak, but the Qing army was strong!
The Ming Dynasty was unprepared, but the Qing army had been planning for a long time and was ready to attack!
If at the beginning, Hong Chengchou had firmly grasped the troops in his hands and not rushed to rescue Jinzhou, but had firmly grasped the Songshan, Daxing Fort, and Tashan defense lines to confront the Qing army!
The Qing army would never be able to cross the Xiaoling River so easily, thus trapping the Ming army in the tiny town of Songshan.
But this year, there is a severe drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi, the land is full of hungry people, and there are countless refugees. In the Central Plains, Li Chuang is making trouble with great momentum. In Huguang and Sichuan, the Xian bandits are resurrected. Yang Sichang is defeated again and again. The imperial court really has no spare power to support Liaodong.
The war has resulted in huge military expenditures!
Thinking of the imperial court, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but let out a deep sigh!
Regarding the Songjin crisis, Emperor Chongzhen actually treated Hong Chengchou quite well. He tightened his belt and saved a hundred thousand people a year's food and salary through his teeth, and paid it to Hong Chengchou in one lump sum. This basically has already
This is his limit!
But the reason for the current situation is that on the one hand, the imperial court is eager for a quick victory and the pressure to reduce military expenditures, but on the other hand, it is him who is too eager to achieve success!
If we had been a little more stable, made more inquiries, and thought about the situation, we would definitely not be like today.
It's a pity that what happened happened, it happened, and it will never happen again!
With a long sigh, Hong Chengchou looked at the sword placed on the table. It was given to him by Emperor Chongzhen himself when he captured Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang alive.
"Your Majesty, yes, I'm sorry for you!" Hong Chengchou knelt down towards the southwest of the capital and kowtowed as hard as he could.
At this moment, he really wanted to use this sword to make up for the mistakes he had made!
At this time, a soldier suddenly knocked on the door.
Hong Chengchou quickly stood up, wiped away his tears, straightened his clothes, regained his dignity, and said seriously: "Come in!"
After a moment, a soldier quickly rushed into the room, knelt down and said: "Master Bu Tang, tonight, there are many sergeants fleeing from the defense line outside the city towards the Qing army camp opposite. I'm afraid there are hundreds of them."
After the soldier finished speaking, his forehead was pressed tightly to the ground and he did not dare to look at Hong Chengchou's face.
Hong Chengchou frowned, and suddenly there was a hint of murderous intent on his face, and he said coldly: "So, there is contact between the two parties?"
"This?" The soldier was stunned and said hurriedly: "I haven't found this yet! However, most of the fleeing soldiers are from the Jizhen Army. There is no movement at Wu Junmen!"
"Huh..." Hong Chengchou took a deep breath and said, "I understand! You continue to go back and monitor closely! If there is any change, report it to me immediately! By the way, continue to send people to contact Liu Ruyi in Tashan City.
Ministry, let him personally escort the food and fodder to help!"
At this time, on the west side of Songshan City, where the Guan Ning Army was stationed, Wu Sangui was also frowning and thinking hard!
To be honest, Wu Sangui did not expect that things suddenly reached this point!
Originally, when the Shimen Mountain attack was blocked, Wu Sangui intended to break away from the main force of the Ming army. But at that time, news suddenly came that Liu Ruyi had completely wiped out the Azige tribe in the left wing position of Rufeng Mountain. This made Wu Sangui's
My mind wavered a little, and I gained a glimmer of hope for a situation that I was not very optimistic about at first!
But he didn't expect that Huang Taiji would be so decisive and strike so accurately, leaving no room for resistance for the Ming army. He cut the Ming army into two pieces with one strike.
As a result, the Ming army did not dare to fight the main force of the Qing army and had to retreat towards Songshan City. On the other side, Liu Ruyi and Wang Pu were also separated by the Qing army and had to retreat towards Tashan.
As a result, the Qing army took the absolute initiative, while the Ming army only passively defended Songshan City!
At this time, although Songshan City's food and grass were exhausted, the Qing army did not launch a general offensive. Wu Sangui still had a faint glimmer of hope in his heart.
Unlike the pessimistic Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui has experienced hundreds of battles. He knows how to find his chance of survival in this seemingly confusing battle situation!
Just like now, although the Qing army has surrounded Songshan City and seems to be menacing, after all, there are more than 100,000 elite soldiers of the Ming army in Songshan City, and the Qing army only has just 100,000 soldiers!
Under this situation, even if the Qing army could storm Songshan City, they might not be able to gain a favor!
His subordinates under Wu Sangui are much more elite than other Ming army units, especially the three thousand veteran cavalry troops under his command. They are all the servants that his Wu family has raised for decades. With these people guarding him, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, Wu Sangui
He also believes that his own safety is not a big problem.
However, in this expedition to Songjin, Wu Sangui basically brought all his military strength with him. He accounted for almost half of the Ming army's more than 100,000 troops!
Unless it is absolutely necessary, he will never give up the foundation that the Wu family has built over the years!
Of course Wu Sangui understood the intention of the Qing army, which was to use up the Ming army's food and fodder, and to defeat the enemy without fighting!
But how can things in this world be so simple?
Even if they were to kill pigs, it would take a while to kill hundreds of thousands of them! What's more, these were hundreds of thousands of well-trained Ming army elites?
At this time, this matter is at a node!
The so-called ‘shooting the first bird’!
If Wu Sangui wanted to break out of the encirclement, then the generals of the Ming army, including Hong Chengchou, must also want to break out of the encirclement!
At this time, it’s worth thinking about!
Whoever breaks through the encirclement first will be severely attacked by the Qing army and will never be able to escape unscathed!
But the chance of survival this time is around this node!
At this time, in Dorgon's tent ten miles northwest of Songshan City, brothers Dorgon and Duoduo were also thinking carefully!
Huang Taiji suddenly fainted, adding another layer of darkness to the already somewhat clear situation of the Qing army!
During the Battle of Songshan, Dorgon also agreed very much with Huang Taiji's strategy of "simmering the fire slowly"!
Although the Qing army seems to be powerful, in fact, its effective troops are not too many!
But at this time, the entire Qing army was dispatched to launch a general attack on the Ming army. Even if they could win, they would definitely have to pay heavy casualties!
Such an ending is absolutely unacceptable to both Huang Taiji and Dorgon!
If you are not a family member, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are!
Something suddenly happened to Huang Taiji, and Dorgon's thoughts were no longer limited to the land of Songjin!
"Brother, tell me, who are the Ming troops who attacked Shengjing City? Who in the world could be so bold? Actually, even Da Yu'er and Xiao Yu'er were kidnapped.
Let's go! If I catch them, I will definitely skin them alive!" Duduo gritted his teeth.
Those two women, Duduo could not even dream about. Now, something happened to that damn fat man. Duduo had just gained some hope, but he never thought that before he had a chance to get involved, he was actually overtaken by the Ming army.
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How could Dodo endure this?
Dorgon frowned, his face expressionless, and did not answer Duduo's words!
Hailanzhu is still a little worse, but Dorgon and Bumbutai have long been disconnected. Her being kidnapped was a big blow to Dorgon!
Dorgon is already thirty years old, but he currently only has an infant daughter, but no son. This casts a shadow over his hegemony!
This is not because Dorgon is not interested in women, but because when he was young, he was really suppressed by the shadow of Huang Taiji and could not breathe!
Bumubutai is the best way for him to vent and cheer up!
"Brother, I really don't understand, what are you thinking? Right now, even if we can't capture those Ming troops, after all, their main force is still here! As long as we kill Hong Chengchou! I don't believe it
, How can those bastards not show up!" Duduo gritted his teeth and said angrily.
Dorgon shook his head and glanced at Duduo, "Fifteenth brother, it's not that I don't want to attack Hong Chengchou at this time! It's just that the time has not come yet!"
"Brother? Why hasn't the time come yet? The blood letters from Bai Guangen, Tang Tong, and Ma Ke have been sent over. Why are we still hesitating? If we kill them all in one go, we're done!"
"Fifteenth brother, you only saw one side, but not the other side! It is true that the Ming army is weak now, but there is one thing about Hong Chengchou that is watertight! That is, the main force of the Ming army has not been dispersed! Let's go again
It would be very difficult to eat it in one bite like before!" Dorgon sighed.
Duduo also responded, "Brother, you mean our military strength..."
Dorgon nodded, "His strategy is right! Only by waiting, waiting patiently, until the time is right, will it be most beneficial to me, the Qing Dynasty!"
Seeing Dorgon talking about the "Qing Dynasty" in a grand manner, Duduo's spirit was also lifted and he nodded vigorously...