In late September, it was already extremely cold in western Liaoning. During the day, the dirt roads made the cold air after nightfall solid, and the color was slightly lighter than the dark night in the four fields. It seemed like a light yellow burlap extending out, and it couldn't last long. I felt like a bottomless abyss ahead, and the dirt road in front of me was like bait that seduced to fall into a trap.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the sky and felt particularly heavy.

The court did not stipulate when he would arrive in Jinzhou, and he was not worried about the loss of his time. However, Qin Yiming's words seemed like a seed with magic, taking root in Lu Xiangsheng's heart. Some things are not afraid of no evidence, but are afraid of thinking deeply.

As Qin Yiming said, since the Battle of Hunhe, the war in Liaodong has been getting worse day by day. Guanning's army has been defeated many times, but it is as stable as Mount Tai. Before, Lu Xiangsheng had not been in charge of military affairs and did not know where the six or seven million taels of silver were spent every year.

Even like Liu Mingyu, he was very generous to the soldiers, had enough food and food, and ate meat every now and then, the cost of supporting the troops was more than fifty taels of silver a year. With the military pay of the Guanning Army, there was no problem in supporting more than 100,000 troops.

The Liu family army has not been formed for a long time, and the Tianxiong army has not been formed for a long time. However, Liu Mingyu was able to lead the newly established Liu family army to defeat Jiannu without temper, and he could also defeat Jiannu in a row with the power of the Tianxiong army, the Zhenglan Banner and the Yellow Banner, which almost collapsed the Yellow Banner...

But what about Guanning Army? It’s amazing that they beheaded more than ten levels, dozens of levels, and hundreds of them can be blown to the sky. Whenever they think of this, Lu Xiangsheng’s mood becomes even heavier.

Just when the Tianxiong army of Lu Xiangsheng's troops arrived in Ningyuanwei, a blizzard unexpectedly encountered. After a night of strong storms and snow, at dawn, the vast white fields seemed to have entered a world covered with ice and snow.

The soldiers of Tianxiong Army were not too uncomfortable in the face of this cold weather. The Tianxiong Army was equipped with excellent equipment. Each soldier's cotton coat was very thick, and there was no impact. However, the civilians...

The civil servants had no such conditions. A blizzard overnight, and more than 100 people were frozen to death with the military and civil servants, and five or six hundred people were injured.

Lu Xiangsheng was even more deeply moved. The construction of Daling River began in five months, more than four months ago. It was the summer of Daling River, and the people and the army must have not prepared winter clothes. Now Daling River City has been surrounded for more than two months. This heavy snow is undoubtedly a worse injury for Daling River City.

But the Tianxiong Army is now trapped in Ningyuanwei. At this time, the road is no longer visible, and snow is more than a foot deep everywhere. Not to mention marching, it is very difficult to walk.

As the saying goes, the more you worry, the more tired you are.

Lu Xiangsheng was anxious to get angry, but there was no way.

Liu Ming was not worried about Lu Xiangsheng when he met. All the supplies of the Liu family army were transported by the baggage troops. The vehicles were unable to pass through due to heavy snow. In fact, it was very simple. Unload the wheels of the carriage. The carriage carriages of the Liu family army were originally equipped with skateboards, which was caused by the climate in Daning.

The winter in Daning is also cold, with at least three or four months of ice and snow covering a day. In order to facilitate transportation, the carriage was changed to a sled type. When there is no snow, wheels are used, and snow is used as sleds. The soldiers of the Liu family can also sit in the carriage and roast the fire around the stove, without feeling the coldness of the weather at all.

However, after leaving Shanhaiguan, Liu Mingyu sent cavalry reconnaissance platoons and scattered around the front, back and forth. He was really worried that Guanning Army would let the point open, and Jiannu went deep into western Liaoning to get Lengzi to give him a bunch of them.

Although the speed of the march remains unchanged every day, he travels fifty miles a day, and when he reaches fifty miles, he immediately stops to rest. When Liu Ming met soldiers, he felt that this long-range marching was even worse than training in the Liu family army camp.

Zhao Yuanqing asked in confusion: "Mr. Marquis, we can obviously be fast..."

"No need to be that fast!"

Liu Mingyu smiled bitterly and said, "Don't worry, the Guanning army cannot chew the Jiannu encirclement. In the end, they will definitely let our Liu family army go up. If we do not care and move forward at full speed, guess if we arrive in Jinzhou, will those officials let us rest?"

"Probably not!"

"That's right!"

Liu Mingyu looked at the soldiers around him and said, "It was all raised by my father and mother, and no one is more noble than anyone else. The lives of the soldiers are precious, it is not so wasteful!"

"Is the Marquis worried that Guan Ning Jun would cheat us?"

"What did they cheat us?"

Liu Mingyu smiled faintly and said, "They just took advantage of our bloody battle with Jiannu. The Guanning Army ran away without fighting, which caused the collapse of the entire army... Do our Liu family army need to worry about this problem?"

Zhao Yuanqing nodded and said, "It's true that there is no need. When our Liu family army first formed an army, we all rely on ourselves to fight against Jiannu!"

"In the eyes of other generals, Guan Ningjun is still a tough dish!"

Liu Mingyu smiled disapprovingly and said, "In my eyes, even if they are nothing, they will not regard them as humans. They will arrange their defense lines as they are. What else can the Guanning Army do? They act as the vanguard of Jiannu and enter our camp? Do you know why this marquis carries 259 Thunder guns?"

Zhao Yuanqing said in amazement: "Is it the Marquis who is guarding against the Guanning Army?"

"This is naturally. If Jiannu comes, it is to deal with Jiannu. Guanning army comes, and this marquis will deal with them!"

Liu Mingyu discovered a problem. His own system does not function normally. In fact, this system mall is actually a supply team. He now uses the gold and silver seized by Lao Huihui, and the accumulation of reputation. At this time, the total reputation accumulated to the system mall has reached more than 12 million.

If exchanged for food, Liu Ming met one person and could support a million troops.

For this reason, the soldiers of the Liu family army were very comfortable at this time. They could enjoy extra meals from time to time and drink mutton soup every day, which could replenish their energy and maintain high morale.

On September 22, the fourth year of Chongzhen, the army was more than 40,000 troops led by Zhang Chun, and the last one arrived in Jinzhou City by 6,000 Zhejiang troops.

This army almost covered all the mobile troops of the Ming Dynasty in the Northern Zhili area, and was quite combat-effective. Their arrival boosted the morale of the Ming army, who was depressed due to consecutive defeats, and seemed to see hope again.

No matter how powerful Jiannu is, he will only have 50,000 people. Guanning’s army suffered three consecutive defeats, and the losses were quite large, but 30,000 to 40,000 people could still be gathered, and 80,000 to 50,000. Even if there is no way to defeat Jiannu, at least they can force them to retreat, lift the siege of the Daling River, or rescue most of the army besieged in the Daling River City, right?

Regarding Zhang Chun's arrival, Sun Chengzong and Zhang Chun discussed it. He remained unmoved for the time being and had some rest. After the Tianxiong Army and the Liu family army arrived, the entire army rushed to Daling River, and with a superior force of 100,000 troops twice the enemy, he defeated Jiannu in one fell swoop and lifted the Daling River siege.

Sun Chengzong said optimistically: "When the Tianxiong Army and the Daning Army arrive, we will do our best to help. It will be as simple as recapturing Dalinghe City. We must strip down two layers of Jiannu's skin!"

With Sun Chengzong's words, as they arrived one after another, the military and civilians in Jinzhou became better.

Although Sun Chengzong didn't want to be anxious and Zhang Chun didn't want to be anxious, Huang Taiji had a way to make them anxious.

Just on the afternoon of September 24, the fourth year of Chongzhen, some things about Dalinghe City spread in Jinzhou City. At the beginning, it was just circulating on the streets and alleys, and soon spread to every corner of Jinzhou City, and then spread to the rear like a plague, and it broke out in a blink of an eye.

"Hey, have you heard of it? Dalinghe..."

"What's wrong with Dalinghe?"

"The food is out of stock, I'm so miserable!"

"How is it possible? Isn't it just been surrounded for more than two months? There are less than 30,000 people in Daling River. At that time, Master Sun Ge transported 30,000 stones of grain to Daling River. Even if they were pigs, they would have to eat them for another two or three months, right?"

"You know, Jiannu's fine works are everywhere. It is said that more than a month ago, Jiannu's fine works set fire to burn the food in the city. Fortunately, it was discovered earlier, otherwise, the food would have been out of stock!"

"Actually, Dalinghe has been out of food for a long time, but the news has not been heard!"

"Do you know? The Daling River is fighting so badly! The defenders lost their food half a month ago, and now they have started to eat people!"

"Ah? Real or fake?"

"Really! Someone escaped from Dalinghe City and told me personally! He said Jiannu was very cunning. After surrounding Dalinghe City, he did not attack. He just dug three long trenches and built a mud wall to surround Dalinghe City. There were 30,000 to 40,000 people in the city. Most of the food he had originally reserved was burned down, so how could it be enough to eat? Now, the rats and sparrows were eaten, and only those generals had a few buckets of rice..."

"......If there was nothing to eat, the military heads started to eat people, killed the servant husband, used bones as firewood to roast the human meat half-cooked, and then chewed! Not only did they eat it themselves, they also distributed the endless meat to the servant husband, raised them to fat, and then killed the fat next time..."

"Stop talking! If I continue, I should vomit!"

"My God, I don't know if I didn't say it. I was shocked when I said it. It turned out that Dalinghe City was fighting so badly!"

"The battle in Dalinghe City is so bad, why didn't Master Sun send reinforcements? Do you have to wait until the people in the city die before you can dispatch it?"

"What do you know? I heard that there were treacherous officials in this court. They wanted to wait for the people in Dalinghe to die. What's the use of Jiannu asking for a dead city? Then don't retreat? At that time, they will send troops again, without spending one soldier and taking back Dalinghe City..."

"So the officials are so dark!"

The siege of Daling River has lasted for more than two months. In addition to more than 10,000 elite Guanning Army soldiers, there are also many servants and merchants from Jinzhou and other places. The wives and children of these people are worried day and night, fearing that their families will suffer unexpected results. Now I heard that Daling River City has become a gloomy hell on earth, and all their worries and fears have finally erupted.

Groups rushed to the barracks, pointing at the soldiers' noses and cursing, with one meaning in their words. Why didn't they send troops to support Dalinghe City? What if my family's military heads were eaten, can you poor soldiers pay me a compensation?

The emotions in Jinzhou City were surging, like a boiling crater, and even the swords and guns could not be suppressed. Sun Chengzong reacted quickly and started to act as soon as he received the rumors. He began to order the person who was walking on the rumors while ordering a thorough investigation!

The Governor of Jinzhou and the Jinyiwei knew that the matter was extraordinary, so they immediately dispatched to start a thorough investigation.

The investigation process was very difficult. The people thought the government wanted to block their mouths and reacted very fiercely. They even started fighting with the official cadre and the Jinyiwei, and the situation was almost out of control.

What Sun Chengzong was most worried about happened. A group of angry people rushed to the mansion where Zhang Chun lived temporarily and gave Zhang Chun several thousand kilograms of gold (mantle manure).

Zhang Chun vomited in a dim way, and even the bitter gallbladder was about to be spit out.

Sun Chengzong was worried. This damn rumor was too timely! In a few days, the Xiong Army would arrive. Joining forces with Zhang Chun, the Ming army's combat effectiveness increased greatly, and the success of repelling Jiannu increased exponentially. But at this critical moment, the rumors were arbitrary and people were shaken. If this continues, Jinzhou would be in chaos before sending troops to reinforce Dalinghe. That's not bad!
Chapter completed!