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Chapter 878 Battle of Jinzhou (5) (one more)
The great scholar of Hongwenguan in the Qing Dynasty, the minister of state affairs, the crown prince Fu Ningwan, and I also followed Xiao Shunzhi and Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who were personally conscripted by the imperial driver, to Jinzhou City.

Hearing the emperor's call, the veteran minister of the three dynasties who was waiting outside, the Han minister who was used to being a slave, came in and prostrated himself on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I have seen the Empress Dowager."

At this time, Emperor Shunzhi also made an astonishing move, and I also bowed to Ning Wan: "Please teach me, sir."

It is only natural for ministers to worship the emperor, but conversely, the emperor's worship of ministers violates common sense and law.Especially Ning Wan, who is willing to be a slave and despicable, I have never received such courtesy, and I was stunned for a while.Serving these Tartars all his life, from Nurhaci to Huang Taiji, no one has ever done this to him.Unexpectedly, his Lord Shunzhi would kneel down to him today, this is to break his life!

King Ning, I was overwhelmed by flattery, and I was so grateful that I kowtowed all the time, "Your Majesty won't let me, you're going to kill this old slave..."

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was also a little surprised when she saw that Emperor Shunzhi knelt down to Hanchen Ningwan.

"Mr. is the prince and tutor, and is my teacher. You can accept this thanks. Now I am as clear as a lamp in the wind, and I am precarious. Please give me your advice. I have been inconsiderate to my husband just now. Mr. Wanwang is sympathetic." .”

Emperor Shunzhi said and pulled me up from the crying nose and tears.

"The slave has never meant to blame the master. The slave will definitely go through fire and water and die..."

"Come, come, sir, please sit down, and I will have a long-term plan with you."

Emperor Shunzhi sat on the Longshu table and asked Ning Wan and I to make a chair, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang sat on the side to accompany her.

After Ning Wan, I thought about it and said: "It is foolish to think that if you want to defend Jinzhou City, Your Majesty has three strategies to use. Keep enough people in the city to defend the city, and Your Majesty and the Queen Mother will move to the capital and send King Qin's troops to reinforce. This is the best strategy. "Your Majesty mobilizes the people to defend the city in person to strengthen morale. This is the best strategy. The best strategy is to attack the heart and control the Han and disintegrate the enemy. The best strategy is not to ensure the safety of Jinzhou City. Only then can the enemy be defeated.”

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Emperor Shunzhi looked at each other, and Emperor Shunzhi was overjoyed, "Of course I have to do something better, sir, please explain in detail."

"Your Majesty, Rong Bing, since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, all the Han people have advertised themselves as benevolent monarchs. I believe that Emperor Hongguang is no exception. He is considerate of the people and has repeatedly reduced rent and taxes. He can kill and surrender on a large scale, but never Don't dare to shoot at the people in the city. Your Majesty can use the middle strategy to temporarily hold the city, and then use the best strategy to retreat the enemy, and Jinzhou City will be safe."

Emperor Shunzhi was overjoyed, nodded again and again, and ordered Ning Wanwo to immediately implement a plan to mobilize the common people to go to the city, no matter men, women, old or young, anyone who refused to go to the city would be killed regardless.Those who are willing to cooperate with the Qing army to go to the city will count as much as they have. Each person will be given ten taels of silver first, and there will be another heavy reward after the Ming army retreats.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was also happy to see this place. The next day, she ordered 3 horses and left Jinzhou City with Gang Lin and Leng Sengji, Minister of Military Aircraft, to reinforce Yizhou and Heishan.

Emperor Shunzhi took Ning Wan and a group of ministers out of the city.

Zhu Yousong, who was in the camp of the Ming army, soon got a good news. The commander of the navy, He Zhaoxiong, lived up to his expectations and captured the Daling River like lightning.Now the three strategic strongholds of Xiaoling River in the southwest of Jinzhou City, Nuerhe River in the south, and Daling River in the north have all been taken away by the Ming army.

Zhu Yousong discussed with Song Xiance, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, and felt that the time to attack Jinzhou had come.Jinzhou City was besieged on all sides, and only Yizhou and Heishan in the northwest were left. The Tartars in the city must be panic-stricken and the morale of the army is unstable.The back route has been cut off. In this case, if they want to become the turtle in the urn, they must send troops to reinforce Yizhou and Heishan. The defense force in the city is weakened, and it happens to attack the city on a large scale.

Sure enough, as expected by Zhu Yousong and others, Li Quan's Jinyiwei quickly collected information. The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang personally led 3 horses and left Jinzhou City to reinforce Yizhou and Heishan.

Zhu Yousong heard that there were still 7 people left in the city to defend the three cities, and this was the best time for them to attack Jinzhou on a large scale.

Zhu Yousong immediately divided his troops and sent generals, and ordered Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to lead the left army and the right army, each with 5 troops, to attack Songshan and Xingshan, and Zhu Yousong personally led the rest to attack Tashan.With the momentum of destroying the horns of these three cities, the three cities cannot look at each other.

The 10,000+ troops of the three Ming armies are all ready.Siege vehicles, ladders, dead soldiers climbing the city, famous archers in special warfare, white pole soldiers, musket battalion, engineering soldiers, demolition battalion, and Zhu Yousong's new imperial army are all ready to go. More than ten miles outside Jinzhou City, soldiers The mountains meet the sea, swords and guns are like forests, full of murderous intent.

Before launching the onslaught, Zhu Yousong let Li Zhushi's cannon clear the way first.

When Li Zhushi aimed the black muzzles of dozens of red cannons at the tops of Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan, Li Zhushi suddenly found something wrong through the telescope.

The walls of the three cities were full of unarmed ordinary people. I don't know how many there are, at least tens of thousands.

Li Zhu didn't dare to call the shots.

At this time, Zhu Yousong also saw this change on the top of the city through the telescope.

Zhu Yousong smiled, "Heh, Shunzhi and Xiaozhuang really have you, and you actually play this game for me? You are cruel, pass on my order, and temporarily stop the siege."

In this way, Zhu Yousong withdrew his troops and returned to the camp. Soon Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Song Xiance and others came to Zhu Yousong's imperial camp to discuss countermeasures.

Xiao Liu just scolded, these Tartars are really despicable, they let the common people be cannon fodder, are they still human?When they enter the city, kill them all.Especially Shunzhi and Xiaozhuang, they must be crushed.

On the other hand, Zhang Xianzhong advocated that there is no other way but to fire at the moment, because there is no other choice but to wait any longer.Now or never.The wrath of the emperor, laying down millions of corpses, and blood flowing into rivers are also common occurrences. If you want to blame, you can only blame the fate of these ordinary people.

This time Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong agreed surprisingly.

He Xuanjiao said angrily: "These people are not bad if they die, whoever let them be the people of the Tartars. Jiaoer thinks that His Majesty should attack the city."

Ma Jinhua also nodded in agreement.

The resourceful Song dwarf stroked a few sparse goatees, pondered for a while and said: "This is a trick of the Tartars, to trap Your Majesty into injustice."

Zhu Yousong sneered and said: "Of course I can't be fooled by them. The Tartars are ruthless, so I can't be unjust. If I fire at the unarmed common people, won't I become the king of Jie and Zhou?"

"But if Your Majesty doesn't do that, you'll be fooled by the Tartars. They're obviously afraid of us attacking the city." Xiao Liu said quickly.

Zhu Yousong laughed out loud, stunned everyone present.How could His Majesty still laugh at this time, shouldn't he be angry?
After laughing, Zhu Yousong said: "Liu is right, but they must have other tricks. Let the common people who have no strength to restrain their hands ascend the city and retreat. I can not attack the city for a while, but can I retreat as they wish? We can wait and see what happens. This move of the Tartars seems clever, but it is actually an act of losing the hearts of the people. It is no different from drinking poison to quench thirst. They will not last long. Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and vice versa. I've been smart for a while, but I've been confused for a while, it seems that the Qing Dynasty is about to end, just wait and see!"

Seeing Zhu Yousong's full confidence, everyone's hearts were also relieved.

(End of this chapter)