If it weren't for the fact that it is the acropolis of Jinzhou and has the function of connecting the north and the south, this place would not attract anyone's attention at all.
At least in the eyes of military strategists, Songshan City, as a separate city, has no defense capabilities at all.
However, the ridiculous situation in the late Ming Dynasty caused many capable ministers and famous generals to be imprisoned here.
From August last year to February this year, the Qing army had besieged this city for nearly half a year.
During this period, the Qing army only conducted a few limited sieges, and then enough was enough.
In fact, with the capabilities of the Qing army, it was not that difficult to break through Songshan City.
The reason why they did not do this was that, firstly, the Qing army was afraid of excessive losses, and secondly, it was also afraid that the Xia army would take advantage of the situation.
In fact, Huang Taiji still holds a hope.
That is, the Ming Dynasty continued to send reinforcements, and then they were surrounded by him for reinforcements and eliminated in Liaodong.
In this way, more of the Ming Dynasty's vitality can be consumed and the situation will be opened for the future march into the Central Plains.
It's a pity that he overestimated the courage of the Ming Dynasty's center and also overestimated the Ming Dynasty's national potential.
Although Hong Chengchou and others were surrounded from all sides, and destruction was imminent, the Ming Dynasty central committee was all anxious and panicked all day long.
But Ming Dynasty could no longer use any extra strength.
Huang Taiji waited until it snowed heavily in October and it was so cold in the wild that his body could no longer bear it.
Under the persuasion of all civil and military officials, Huang Taiji reluctantly embarked on his way home.
Before leaving, he also called Hauge back.
This made Hauge very dissatisfied.
"Brother Dorgon will definitely be able to continue to make meritorious deeds if he stays here. Why doesn't my father leave such an opportunity to me?"
Listening to his complaints, Fan Ji only felt a headache.
If you follow such a stupid master, you will be tired in the future.
He lowered his voice.
"Master, you have also seen the emperor's dragon body. I'm afraid that time is running out. If the emperor's dragon controls Bintian, whoever will be around by then will be very knowledgeable."
Hauge was stunned for a moment, and then his body began to sway with excitement.
He has always believed that as the eldest son of Huang Taiji, it would be natural for him to inherit the Qing Dynasty's legacy in the future.
However, Dorgon's abilities also made him very wary.
Now Huang Taiji's body can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and he can no longer hold on for long.
Huang Taiji asked Dorgon to stay in Jinzhou to preside over the war, but asked him to follow him back to Shengjing, which made sense.
For the first time in his life, Hauge felt a little better about Fan Ji.
"Slave dog, tell me, next... what should I do?"
This master can’t keep his temper!
Fan Ji forced himself to hide his lament in his heart.
"It's not what the master should do, but what he should do according to the emperor's arrangements."
Hauge's two thick eyebrows were knitted together.
Obviously with his wisdom, it is difficult to figure out the twists and turns.
Fortunately, he still trusted Fan Ji. Although he didn't understand, he decided to do it.
Whether it was the Ming army inside Songshan City or the Qing army outside Songshan City, they were all doing the same thing for a long time.
That's waiting.
Both sides are waiting for reinforcements from the Ming army to arrive.
The difference is...
The Ming army was waiting for the opportunity to break through, while the Qing army was waiting for the opportunity to annihilate the enemy.
After waiting for a long time, the endurance of both sides was tortured. But in the end, the Ming army in the city couldn't wait any longer.
In January of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, I don’t know if I received false information or if Hong Chengchou had hallucinations.
He actually thought that reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty were coming, so he sent 6,000 men out of the city to attack at night, hoping to find a way out.
The result is self-evident. They encountered a head-on attack by the Qing army and suffered heavy losses.
As for the so-called reinforcements, not even a shadow was seen.
This defeat completely destroyed all the energy and energy of the Ming army.
From then on, even if the Ming army starved to death or froze to death, they would never think of leaving the city.
However, history has proven that the law of true fragrance always exists.
Since there is no way to get out of the city by beating, naturally some people will choose other ways.
Lieutenant General Xia Chengde was very reluctant to become a hero.
He wants to live.
So he betrayed everyone.
Xia Chengde got in touch with Dorgon and used his son as a hostage to gain the trust of the Qing army.
Just at this time, Dorgon also received Huang Taiji's order to quickly resolve the Battle of Songjin.
Why did Huang Taiji change his previous calmness?
It turned out that news of defeat came from Samushka and Suohai, which he had sent to the Heilongjiang River Basin.
Huang Taiji was extremely shocked. He could not imagine how a mere Sauron tribe could defeat the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners.
However, when he saw the Sauron weapons sent back from the front line, Huang Taiji immediately understood the seriousness of the matter.
There is absolutely no way that such a flintlock musket could have been made by the Sauron tribe.
From these weapons, Huang Taiji smelled a strong aura of the Xia Kingdom.
Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel chills all over his body when he thought that the Xia Kingdom had appeared behind the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The Battle of Songjin must be resolved as soon as possible and troops deployed to deal with the crisis behind it.
After receiving Huang Taiji's order, Dorgon immediately ordered an attack on the city.
Under Xia Chengde's internal and external cooperation, Songshan City was breached in one day.
But when the Qing army rushed into the city, they suddenly discovered that the Ming army in the city had already lost its fighting capacity.
Even the coaches such as Hong Chengchou, Qiu Minyang and others were so weak from hunger that their limbs were so weak that they could not even lift their swords.
Cao Bianjiao, the most valiant general in the Ming army, looked like a mummy. If he hadn't been breathing through his nostrils, he would have easily been thought to have been dead.
When the Ming army broke through last September, only Cao Bianjiao was brave enough to launch a desperate attack on the Qing army.
He even killed himself in front of Huang Taiji.
If Yi Bilong and others hadn't shot an arrow in a hurry, seriously injuring him, Huang Taiji might have died on the spot.
However, after that battle, Cao Bianjiao was seriously injured and bedridden. He was trapped in Songshan City and lacked medical treatment, so he never received complete treatment.
By the time the Qing army broke through the city, he was already exhausted.
As Songshan City was breached and Hong Chengchou and others were captured, the Songjin War, which lasted nearly two years, finally began to come to an end.
A few days later, he saw that the reinforcements were completely cut off and the food in the city was exhausted. Zu Dashou opened the city gate and surrendered to the Qing army just like he did during the Battle of Daling River.
But this time Zu Dashou was completely disheartened and no longer thought about looking for opportunities to return to the Ming Dynasty.
In contrast, the soldiers and civilians of Xingshan and Tashan were more courageous. After the city was broken, they still chose to fight to the end, and no one surrendered.
At this point, the Guan-Ning-Jin defense line that the Ming Dynasty had worked hard to maintain for more than ten years completely collapsed, and there was no longer any buffer before Shanhaiguan.
The Central Plains finally revealed its weakest destiny to the Manchus.
At the same time that Liaodong was completely defeated, Kaifeng, the capital of Henan Province, ushered in Li Zicheng's million-strong army for the third time.
The decisive battle in the Central Plains has officially begun!