When Zu Dashou was besieged Jinzhou, Hong Chengchou stationed his troops in Ningyuan, hoping to deal with the Tartars offensive with a steady attack. However, due to the locust plague in Hebei and Henan, bandits rose again and their momentum became increasingly prosperous. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to make Liaodong fight and decide quickly, so he could mobilize troops to return and suppress the bandits.

So an order was issued to urge.

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to lead his army out of Ningyuan, 130,000 people rushed to Songshan and looked at Jinzhou from afar.

Huangtai sent Ajige to lead an army of 8,000, around Songshan to run to Tashan, and wanted to cut off the grain road of Hongchengchou and retreat. Then he personally led the Zhenghuang Banner and the Huangqi cavalry to the outside of Songshan to check the military situation of the Ming army.

Outside Songshan Fort, there are nearly ten sentry forts and forts on both sides, standing on the hills of all sizes, guarding Songshan. However, the Ming Dynasty declined, the army was defeated repeatedly, and its spirit was broken. No matter how much Huangtaiji Luan's chariot was swaying, he did not dare to fight against it. The defenders were afraid of slaves, and the wolf rushed to the dolphin.

Huangtai is based on the fact that it is a mountaintop, looking down at Songshan from a distance.

At this time, in Songshan Fort, Hong Chengchou was summoning all his generals to discuss matters.

He sat upright at the main seat, with Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Wang Pu, Hu Dawei and other generals in the hall.

Hong Chengchou said: "Jiannu was arrogant and Huang Taiji personally led a large army outside the fort to see our military situation. Now that Jinzhou is surrounded, General Zu is eager to ask for help, and Your Majesty issued orders to urge the war. You are all powerful generals of the Ming Dynasty. I wonder if there is a plan to teach me?"

All generals knew that the strategy of supervising the army was nothing more than to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and to defend instead of attack. The Ming army was good at defending and was not good at field battles. Using the defensive momentum to eliminate the Tartar soldiers and then slowly planned it. This is a good strategy.

But the emperor urged him to make a lot of impulse, and even though Hong Chengchou was the supervisor, he had no choice but to do anything.

All the generals knew all of them, but when they heard Hong Chengchou speak, they were silent and unable to respond.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou sighed in his heart.

If he was given enough time, not to mention defeating the Tartars, at least he could make the Tartars return in vain. But the emperor sat high in the Golden Palace, how could he know the difficulties of the front line?

However, Hong Chengchou also knew that this year, the locust plague in Henan and Hebei was huge and the bandits were on the rise. It was understandable that the emperor was anxious.

After all, the only one available army in the Ming Dynasty is probably the Liaodong army.

But Hong Chengchou knew that although the thieves were powerful, they were mostly mobs. Jiannu is the biggest trouble for the court at present! If Jiannu cannot defeat Jiannu, what's the use of destroying the thieves?

He could only lament about this.

Seeing Hong Chengchou's expression was low, the generals had their own thoughts, but they also felt it. Shanhaiguan General Ma Ke hesitated for a moment and said, "Huang Taiji only has five thousand soldiers, why wouldn't it be better for the army to leave the city and slaughter him?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the generals rolled their eyes.

Wu Sangui said: "General Ma is a bad word. Although Huang Taiji only has five thousand soldiers and horses, they are all elites and cavalrymen. They come and go like the wind, and they can go as soon as they want."

All the generals nodded and agreed.

"Maybe it be designed to bring it in, and encircle it and wipe it out?" Datong General Wang Pu thought for a while and spoke.

"It's wrong. What kind of person Huang Taiji is, how could he be fooled easily?" Hu Dawei shook his head repeatedly: "This thief is deceitful and unsuccessful. If he can't make a plan, he will regret it too late."

You say something and say something, it’s like a vegetable market, but it’s a failure.

A hint of helplessness flashed in Hong Chengchou's eyes.

These generals are all veterans, and none of them are a bit bloody, which makes people feel sad. As the commander of such an army, Hong Chengchou could almost foresee his own fate.

He patted the armrest of the Grand Master's chair and said in a straight voice: "Listen to me. The Tartars are fierce and cannot fight each other head-on. But Your Majesty issued an order to urge them to be urgent. The General Office of Jinzhou Zu has been surrounded for nearly a month, and the arrows and food are exhausted before his eyes, so he has to save them. Our Italian army has come out in full swing, suppressing the less, and using power to suppress the Tartars to withdraw their troops. This governor has already made detailed plans. All generals and generals must act according to the plan, and cannot advance, and cannot retreat without a message."

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou had a huge official position and his eyes swept: "If you dare to disobey military orders, you can deal with it with military law!"

For a moment, the hall was silent.

At this moment, a long shout came from outside the hall: "Report, Supervisor, Tashan General Li Fuming sent someone to come, and report important matters!"

"Tashan?"

Hong Chengchou's expression changed suddenly as soon as he moved.

Although he was a civil servant, he was good at military affairs. When he heard Tashan’s report, his heart was shocked and he thought a lot. He couldn’t help but stand up: “Report quickly!”

A messenger from Tashan entered the hall, first bowed and then presented a letter and silk letter.

The left and right service quickly presented the letter. Hong Chengchou opened it, and read it quickly. The generals and officials in the hall looked at Hong Chengchou with special tension. Seeing that his face changed at first, a smeared gas appeared between his eyebrows, and then the smeared gas dissipated, and then a smeared gleam appeared, and then a smeared gleam appeared, and finally there was only doubt left.

After putting down the letter, Hong Chengchou pondered for a while before he said to the messenger: "Is there anything false about what General Li said in the letter?"

"There has never been any false." The messenger said seriously.

Hong Chengchou paused: "Then...that is the true person of Zhuangmao Zhao?"

"There's a real person."

"Ajig was indeed awarded the title?"

"It's indeed a gift to the head."

"Nearly half of the eight thousand Tartars beheaded and surrendered two thousand?"

"The head is outside the city, and the surrendered soldiers are in Tashan."

Hong Chengchou took a deep breath and stood up with a bang: "The generals followed me out of the city to see."

The generals expressed deep doubts, but Hong Chengchou did not say anything, and they were not easy to ask. So they looked at each other and followed Hong Chengchou out of the governor's mansion, each rode his horse and whipped his whip, and ran out of the city.

At this time, outside the city gate, many Ming soldiers were besieging the city, and there was an uproar.

Seeing Hong Chengchou and others coming, the officers and soldiers quickly made way. When they rode on horseback, they saw dozens of large carts parked there in a row.

On the big cart, people's heads were tiring into small hills, pickled with lime. Although I couldn't see clearly, I could see a small handful of rat tails on the head!

Hong Chengchou's eyes suddenly became fixed. He swung his whip and rushed forward, turned over and dismounted. He ignored his identity and rushed to a big cart. He didn't feel dirty or avoided the smell. He grabbed a head and looked carefully. He was stunned and laughed out loud.

"Hahaha..."

He almost burst into tears when he laughed, and he stroked his palm and said, "God helps me, God helps me!"

The generals behind him were approaching, and they all turned over and dismounted, each of them lifted up a head, looked carefully, and after amazement, they all looked at Hong Chengchou.

"Supervisor, what's going on?!"

Wu Sangui looked shocked: "These dozens of big cars are afraid there will be thousands of heads. Where did they kill so many Tartars?!"

Hong Chengchou let out a breath, and felt most of the clouds on his head dissipate. He smiled and pointed at the messenger, saying, "You say."

Then the messenger will happen, and all kinds of things will come one by one.

First, I heard that Ajige led his army of 8,000 and went straight to Tashan bypassing Songshan. Everyone's expressions changed. How could they not know Ajige's plan? They clearly wanted to cut off the retreat route of the food road and make Songshan's army alone.

I heard that one man and one cavalry suddenly fought against ten thousand people at the entrance of Lianshan Mountain to kill Ajige, defeated eight thousand troops, beheaded thousands, and captured two thousand prisoners!

"impossible!"

Wu Sangui shouted and shouted: "Military and national affairs are not a joke. Even if the King of Chu is resurrected, it is absolutely impossible. If the formation kills Ajige, it is not impossible, and it is not outrageous. But with his own strength, he will defeat thousands of troops and cut off the shells. Could it be that the heavenly soldiers and generals will not succeed?!"

The other generals nodded repeatedly, not believing it.

The messenger was anxious and shouted, "If there is a lie in half, the villain will be struck by lightning!"

He said: "The villain witnessed Zhao Zhuangshi's feat is true..." He said anxiously: "If you don't believe in all the generals, look at the incision of the head, you will be the same as before!"

This messenger was clearly the servant leader sent by Li Fuming to check the situation at that time!

He witnessed Zhao Yu's feat with his own eyes. Now he doesn't believe it and feels anxious, but he doesn't know how to refute it, so he has to speak with the incision of the human head.

When the generals heard this, Wang Pu said, "How is it possible? How can so many people have their heads, how can they be incisors equally..."

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "Come on, I'll give me a supervise!"

Then there were personal soldiers from both sides and left and right, and each car pulled out three or five heads and compared them carefully.

A moment later, the personal soldiers came to report: "It's not the same."

Wu Sangui laughed: "Sure enough, General Li's lies are really despicable."

But I heard the personal soldier say, "From the experience of villains and others, the different incisions are caused by the different directions of the behead. But judging from the traces of the knife, it is clearly done by the same knife."

Wu Sangui's laughter came to an abrupt end.

The personal soldier exclaimed again: "This kind of knife technique is really amazing. Every head is penetrated through the gaps in the neck bones. While beheading the head, it does not hurt the bones at all. Just like the butcher cuts a cow, entering the gap with no thickness!"

All the generals were stunned.

If there are three or five of these thousands of heads that penetrate through the gaps in the bones, beheading without hurting the bones. But each one is like this, that would be amazing!

"Good guy, is it really the one who did it?" Hu Dawei couldn't help but say, "Is it possible that after killing these Tartars, I just found an executioner to behead him?"

"Why would the general find an executioner to see if he has the ability to cut off thousands of heads within half a day without hurting the neck bones?" The messenger was unhappy.

Hu Dawei glared at the messenger, but was speechless.

The messenger said again: "My general has only three thousand soldiers and horses in Tashan, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. On the ground of Liaodong, besides the supervisor, where can there be any soldiers and horses that can defeat the eight thousand Tartars?"

The generals were speechless.

Among these heads, except for a few, the rest are all real Tartars. Don’t say that only three thousand old, weak, sick and disabled in Tashan, even if the Songshan army is out, it is unlikely that it will be difficult to achieve such a record.

Seeing this, the messenger was even more arrogant and said, "Zhao Zhuangshi is a native of Daxing Fortress. He is next to Dafu Fortress, the hometown of my general, and is a fellow villager. Now Zhao Zhuangshi is in Tashan and is about to come to see the commander immediately. My general is afraid that the commander will not believe it, so he sent a villain to send a head to the commander to see the commander."

"oh?"

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou said, "This Zhuangmao Zhao is coming to see this governor?"

The messenger bowed and said, "Zhao Zhuangshi wanted to take the head of the Tartar Emperor and sacrifice his parents. But he was afraid that he would be run away by the Tartar Emperor by his own strength, so..."

Hong Chengchou immediately understood.

He has been in Liaodong as a supervisor and has made a detailed understanding of the situation in Liaodong in the past twenty years. Whether it is Daxing Fort or Dafu Fort, they were all slaughtered by the Tartars. I believe that Zhao Zhuangshi's parents and family members were all killed at the hands of the Tartars.

No wonder we have to seek revenge on the Tartars.

This is a good thing!

Hong Chengchou felt a little nervous. Although he didn't believe in such a feat that surpassed the King of Chu, he wouldn't say that he was as close as Guan Yunchang and Lu Fengxian, and he was also a powerful general for all ages. Among the thousands of troops, killing generals and catching flags can be used on the blade.
Chapter completed!