Jinzhou, Jinzhou!

When Li Dingguo led his troops outside Jinzhou City, he felt very complicated. Any Han family knew that Jinzhou had an extraordinary significance to the Ming Dynasty. The decline of the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong was completely out of control, began when Jinzhou was seized.

Later, the Qing army advanced straight in, took Ningyuan one after another, broke Shanhaiguan and entered the Central Plains.

It can be said that the decline of the Ming Dynasty began at the moment when Jinzhou City was broken.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty has now turned over and the country's fortunes are booming.

Under the leadership of Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang, not only did he recover the inner and outer space, but he now focused his attention outside the inner space.

Liaodong has been China since ancient times and must not be thrown away by Zhu Youlang's hands.

The regaining of Liaodong is His Majesty’s wish.

It is also the wish of Li Dingguo and a group of Ming army soldiers.

In Li Dingguo's view, if the Battle of Ningyuan was the first shot to the Liaodong recovery battle, the Battle of Jinzhou would be the barometer of the battle to the middle.

If the Ming army won the next battle in Jinzhou, it would be very easy, because the first line of defense arranged by the Qing army, Ningjin defense line, was easily conquered by the Ming army, their mentality would have serious problems and they might even be in a slump.

If the Ming army lost in Ningjin's battle, the situation will take a sharp turn for the worse.

No one can continue to attack deeply while the rear is unstable.

Even Li Dingguo cannot do it.

Although the Qing army is different from the past, the lean camel is bigger than the horse and still has a certain combat effectiveness.

They were forced to force them to get up and bite them hard, and Li Dingguo couldn't bear it.

Of course, Li Dingguo knew very well that he had an advantage in this battle, and this advantage was quite large.

As long as he can fight steadily, the Ming army should have the final victory in this battle.

So from the beginning, Li Dingguo adopted the most secure approach, that is, to siege the city.

Just like when Huang Taiji surrounded Jinzhou, this time, the Ming army and the Qing army changed their identities.

Under the strict order of Li Dingguo, the Ming army surrounded Jinzhou City three layers inside and outside, which was invisible.

In this case, it was impossible for the Qing army to attack rashly. They could only passively hide in the city to defend, which was tantamount to chronic death.

The Ming army can constantly adjust its position and prepare for the next attack.

Opportunities are always left to those who are prepared. When the Qing army is in a panic, the Ming army can make various responses. Even if the Qing army has reinforcements come, the Ming army can be able to siege the city and fight aid.

After destroying reinforcements and then attacking, the probability of success will increase a lot.

This was also what His Majesty the Emperor specifically instructed before Li Dingguo went to war, that is, to fight steadily and not to fight in a strait.

Li Dingguo has many tiger generals under his command, so there is no need to say about the Thirteen Kuidong families, as well as his direct confidant and a group of generals of the Hu Ben Army.

It is not easy to use so many generals well. Because they have their own ideas, represent their own camps, and they all want to earn a lot of credit.

This is naturally understandable, and Li Dingguo also knew this. So from the beginning, Li Dingguo tried his best to maintain this wonderful balance.

Of course, one thing is certain, that is, all the generals want to win.

The war has come to this point, and no one wants all his previous efforts to be wasted.

If the bitter cold in Liaodong was not able to be taken before the beginning of winter, the Ming army would be forced to withdraw and continue to attack until the beginning of the next spring.

So the Ming army actually didn't have much time, only a few months.

But the more you are at this time, the less you cannot show panic.

Because if you are in a panic, the Qing army will laugh.

If the Ming army was not panicked, it would be replaced by the Qing army.

Now, Zhao Gan, the garrison of Jinzhou City, is in such a state of panic.

As a general of the Han Army Banner Zhenghuang Banner, Zhao Gan was not qualified to come to Jinzhou to garrison at the beginning.

Logically speaking, even if a Han man like Zhao Gan has a status lower than the original bannerman even if he has joined the banner.

As long as there are bannermen who want to lead troops to garrison, Zhao Gan will not have any chance.

But no one was willing to lead troops there, even if there was no one.

The Qing court was speechless now.

Xiaozhuang had no choice but to select one of the Han generals and lead his troops to Jinzhou to garrison.

This led to Zhao Gan's expedition.

Among the Han military flag generals, Zhao Gan was quite conspicuous.

This is because he once followed the Qing army into the pass and made contributions to the battles against Jiangnan.

Xiaozhuang knew about this, so there would be no great resistance or objection to use Zhao Gan.

Xiaozhuang didn't expect Zhao Gan to turn the situation around, and she knew that this was unrealistic. She only hoped that Zhao Gan could defend Jinzhou and help her defend the Qing Dynasty.

But Zhao Gan was helpless.

After he arrived in Jinzhou, he found that the situation was very different from what he imagined.

First of all, the grain reserves in Jinzhou City are not sufficient, and there are only about three months of grain reserves.

Three months may seem like a short time, but it is not insurable.

If the Ming army adopts the strategy of siegeing but not attacking and besieging the city and attacking aid, the Qing army will be in a very embarrassing state.

If you can't attack, you will be in a state of waiting for death if you don't attack.

In addition to the food and grass issues, what makes Zhao Gan the most worry is the city defense in Jinzhou.

Due to disrepair, many places in Jinzhou city have been damaged, such as several city gates, horse faces, stents and other details.

Although Zhao Gan had already ordered the craftsmen to remedy it immediately, the results were not very ideal.

It is okay to decorate the storefront, but if you really fight, you know if this city wall can withstand it.

If you can't stand it, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The most terrifying thing in life is that you are ready to fight with the enemy, but reality tells you that you do not have the hard conditions for fighting.

This is really painful.

Of course, there is another thing that makes Zhao Gan painful, that is, the people of Jinzhou City run and scatter. Now, they only have tens of thousands of people, including the elderly, young, women and children.

What is this concept?

When the Ming army sieges the city, Zhao Gan originally wanted to use the people in the city to help defend the city.

But now it seems that this can help.

The people in the city are not as many as Zhao Gan's soldiers.

But at this point, I can only bite the bullet and fight.

Anyway, it’s dead if you stretch your head, and it’s dead if you shrink it. It’s better to have a chance to get it.

But when the Ming army really arrived outside Jinzhou City, Zhao Gan's ambitions were thrown out of the sky in an instant.

Oh my god, how many people did the Ming army come?

Zhao Gan stood on the city tower, looking at the Ming army soldiers who were as many as ants outside the city, and he was completely in a bad mood. He endured it so hard that he did not faint. But if the war really started, Zhao Gan would really have no confidence based on the Qing army in Jinzhou City.

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