Under Jinzhou City.

The Qing army's camp has a huge tent on the imperial platform.

"Your Majesty, Zu Dashou sent someone to send a letter of surrender, requesting surrender."

With the defeat of the Ming army, more than half of the 110,000 troops led by Hong Chengchou were lost in just three days.

The Tashan and Xingshan camps of the Ming army were lost one after another.

Today, only Songshan, an isolated city, remains in Jinzhou.

Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty who was guarding Jinzhou, saw the defeat of the Ming army and knew that if he did not surrender, once the city was broken, his family would not be able to escape the massacre.

Finally, he raised the flag again and chose to surrender to the slaves.

The reason why I say again is because Zu Dashou had surrendered to the Qing army in his early years.

But in the middle of the process, because he felt that the Ming Dynasty was strong and the slave establishment was weak, he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty.

And now Zu Zerun, Zu Dashou's son, serves as the deputy commander of the Han army with the white flag under the imperial tent.

The report from Interior Minister Rausa made the sick Emperor Taiji overjoyed.

"Xihan, please immediately prepare a decree to confer the title of first-class knighthood to your ancestor, Dashou. This will not be hereditary. I will personally welcome him to surrender."

Although Zu Dashou had always been capricious, Huang Taiji didn't mind at all, at least on the surface.

The reason is very simple, Zu Dashou was from a family of generals in Liaodong, and his disciples and former officials from all over Liaodong were everywhere, and Zu Dashou surrendered.

The road to Liaodong will be much smoother.

This is just like when Li Yongfang, the guerrilla general in Liaodong, was the first Ming general to surrender. His impact on the morale of the military in Liaodong was immeasurable.

It was precisely because of Li Yongfang's surrender that eventually led to the surrender of a large number of Ming generals in Liaodong, the most famous of whom was Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming.

Similarly in history, after the Battle of Songjin, the Zu Dashou family returned to become slaves, which undoubtedly paved the way for Wu Sangui's surrender and founding slaves.

Because Zu Dashou was Wu Sangui's maternal uncle, the favor of the Zu Dashou family in the Qing court obviously played a crucial role in the choice made by Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, who had a heavy army in history, at a critical moment.

The good news about Zu Dashou's surrender had just been arranged, and Dorgon on the Songshan front sent another secret report.

"The servant is here to see the emperor." Gushan Ezhen, who came back from the front line, was none other than Niugulu Turge, who was wearing a white flag. He was also one of the most famous generals under the emperor's command.

"Excuse me, Turge, if you come back at this time, could it be that Songshan City was captured?"

Huang Taiji was in a good mood and asked jokingly with a happy face.

"Reporting to the emperor, Prince Su (Hauge) asked his slaves to come and report that Xia Chengde, the deputy general of Songshan, sent his brother Xia Jinghai to surrender. He said that he was willing to open the city and submit to our court, but he hoped that the emperor could promise to take Songshan City and seal it as Songshan.

The town’s chief military officer.”

Turg knelt on the ground, holding in his hands the letter sent by Hauge and Xia Chengde.

Huang Taiji took the official letter brought by the chamberlain, looked at it with a relaxed expression, and said with a smile: "It's just a general soldier, I'm sure."

"Xihan, you draft an edict to confer Xia Chengde the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Han Army Banner, Commander-in-Chief of Songshan Town, and grant him the third-class title of Angbang Zhangjing, allowing his descendants to inherit it."

"Turg, tell Hauge and ask him to speed up communication with Xia Chengde and capture Songshan City as soon as possible."

"This slave accepts the decree." Turge kowtowed.

Xihan, one of the internal ministers, also bowed and flicked his sleeves with both hands, then knelt on his knees and replied.

"Today is full of happy events. It seems that Songshan will be settled soon." Huang Taiji was in a good mood. His illness, which was originally a bit heavy, seemed to be a lot lighter now.

"Come here, prepare a banquet. I want to eat." Because of Yuan Ye's illness, Huang Taiji had no appetite in the past few days, but now he was in a good mood and suddenly had an appetite.

"Quick, the emperor wants to have a meal. Immediately send the order to the kitchen to prepare the meal." The chamberlain ran out of the tent with a respectful look and conveyed the order.

After the food and wine were served, Huang Taiji was in a good mood. Accompanied by the concubine Batma Hong who was accompanying the army, Huang Taiji, who had just finished three glasses of wine and had a rosy face, looked at the concubine next to him, and couldn't help but feel a hint of charm in his heart.

"Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like this?" Although Batma Hong was secretly happy in her heart, there was a hint of shyness on her face, and she pretended to be reserved.

"Hahaha..." Huang Taiji held the opponent's white jade-like wrist with an excited smile on his old face.

Seeing that the emperor seemed to be interested, the chamberlain in the main tent quickly waved away.

"Your Majesty, emergency military report from Yiju."

However, at this critical moment, the real Tulai of Baya Lagu Mountain under the tent suddenly shouted, instantly breaking the harmonious atmosphere of the tent.

Before the chamberlain could stop him, Tu Lai had already broken into the tent.

Tu Lai was Huang Taiji's Baya Lagushan Ezhen, who was equivalent to the emperor's personal bodyguard general.

Therefore, he is also qualified to enter the emperor's tent directly.

"What happened?" Huang Taiji's face clearly showed displeasure. Although Huang Taiji, who was already fifty years old, trusted Tu Lai very much, he would inevitably have emotions when his good deeds were interrupted by his subordinates.

"My slave deserves to die." Tu Lai knelt on the ground and kowtowed and shouted: "But Yizhou is in urgent need of military affairs. I dare not refuse to repay my humble position."

"What happened to Yizhou?" Huang Taiji's sharp eyes like an eagle fell on Tu Lai.

"Just now, Mongolian leader Nart with the red flag came to report that Yizhou was attacked by the Ming barbarian army, and the money and food were burned and hijacked by the Ming barbarians."

Tu Lai touched his head to the ground and said sadly: "The general of the country (Abai) was killed in battle, and my Jurchen people in the city were brutally killed by the Ming barbarian army."

"Ah, I am going to die." Huang Taiji, who was already ill, suddenly heard such bad news, exclaimed, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fainted and fell down.

Fortunately, the concubine Batema Hong beside him helped him in time, so Huang Taiji did not fall to the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Seeing Huang Taiji fainting, everyone in the tent became a mess.

"Royal doctor, send the imperial doctor quickly."

Huang Taiji has been ill recently, and now he has experienced great joy and sorrow, causing him to vomit blood and faint.

Although he was treated by the royal doctor, he soon woke up.

But at this time, Huang Taiji was in an extremely weak state.

It was difficult to even open his mouth to speak. Relying on his strong willpower, Huang Taiji, who was lying on the mat, said intermittently to the three ministers Xihan, Rausa and Turai beside him.

"Pass, spread, my decree, block the news of the attack on Yizhou..."

"Supervise, urge Hauge, Dorgon, come on, speed up and take Songshan..."

"Let, let Jierharang, quickly, quickly deploy your defenses, and be sure to kill the Ming army that attacks Yizhou..."

Huang Taiji, who issued orders intermittently, then passed out again.

Under Huang Taiji's order, the Ming and Qing armies on the front lines of Jinzhou and Songshan did not learn any news about Yizhou in a short period of time.

The commander-in-chief of Jinzhou, Zu Dashou, was contacted by Abatai, the king of Raoyu County, and surrendered in Kaicheng the next day to welcome the Qing army to enter Jinzhou City.

The next day, Zu Dashou, at Abatai's request, led the Ming army from Jinzhou to surrender, arrived at Songshan City, and staged a surrender drama against the Ming army trapped in Songshan City.

The surrender of Zu Dashou and his son was undoubtedly a huge blow to the Ming army officers and soldiers such as Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, Cao Bianjiao, Qiu Mingyang, Wang Tingchen and other soldiers who were trapped in the isolated city.

Although there are still more than 40,000 Ming army soldiers in Songshan City at this moment, there is also the governor Hong Chengchou sitting in charge, and there are fierce generals like Cao Bianjiao guarding the city.

Logically speaking, there is no problem in guarding Songshan, but because the food and grass in Bijia Mountain were burned, the food and grass in Songshan City now is not enough to last for ten days even if you eat one meal a day.

Without a full stomach, no matter how brave a soldier is, he can only be reduced to Mianyang.

Today's Songshan City, due to lack of food, has already suffered from military morale failure and is on the verge of collapse.

Now Zu Dashou raised his troops and surrendered again, causing the whole city to be shaken.

On top of the city, Hong Chengchou, who had an ashen face, looked at Zu Dashou shouting below the city and the Qing soldiers surrounding the city, and his heart was filled with despair.

"General Cao, if this continues, even if the Qing troops don't attack the city, we won't be able to hold on."

Hong Chengchou sighed and said in a low voice: "Find a way to disperse and break out. We cannot let tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty athletes die in vain."

It has to be said that Hong Chengchou was still loyal to the Ming Dynasty at this time.

At least at this time, Hong Chengchou never thought about surrendering to Jiannu.

Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Qiu Mingyang, several generals, as well as deputy generals Zhu Wende, Jiao Kuan, and Yang Zhen all felt sad when they heard Hong Chengchou's powerless words.

Breakout? Why don't the generals want to break out of the siege? But now the slave army is besieging the city and the morale of the defenders in the city is low. Breaking out is not easy!

However, at this time, they did not know that a turning point had actually come.

[Author's digression]: I update regularly, but I posted the wrong chapter. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
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