The magistrate of Jinzhou is obviously a capable person who can organize the people to guard the situation. It will take five days for so many days, which makes the Qing army sigh at the city of Jinzhou, and there is no hope of defeating it.

Jiazhuang did not conquer and Jinzhou could not conquer. This continuous failure has to be said that it was indeed a blow to the high morale of the Qing army, and it also forced Dorgon to be depressed.

As for Lu Xiangsheng's troops, it was still the same. It could not be destroyed or driven away, and it was just a candy that was stuck.

Dorgon considered it over and over again and decided to give up Jinzhou and not waste it here. He could not afford it, whether it was time, supplies, etc.

Watching the Qing army leading to the camp, there were loud cheers coming from the top of Jinzhou City. The powerful Qing army ran away in shame!

The people were cheering, while the gentry gathered beside the governor Chen Hongxu, congratulating the governor with a smile and congratulating each other!

Chen Hongxu smiled, looked at the dust brought about by the departure of the Qing army, and looked at the direction of the capital, but he didn't feel much happy.

Now Jinzhou has been defended, but his personal future has been cast on the shadow of what happened before.

There were also careful people among the gentry. They realized Chen Hongxu's worries. He immediately clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, sir, everyone is willing to pay 1,000 taels of silver in the officialdom. You can also make some money and ask the fellow villagers in the capital to ensure the safety of lords!"

Hearing this, the high-high and excited mood on the scene seemed to be poured with cold water, which immediately cooled down. Other gentry also expressed their consolation, saying every word and every word, how much money you paid, and how much money he paid, all expressed their desire to raise the money to come out for Chen Hongxu.

Their meaning is: Chen Hongxu offended the chief minister for Jinzhou. Now that he has defended Jinzhou, the people of Jinzhou will naturally repay him. Otherwise, if the city is broken, the whole city will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed!

But even though that is the case, Chen Hongxu offended the head of civil servants and the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. No one was sure whether the money they had raised was enough to protect Chen Hongxu.

Chen Hongxu himself seemed calm and said to them with a smile: "Thank you all. If I do it again, I will still make such a choice. For Jinzhou, I will have a clear conscience!"

Hearing this, these Jinzhou gentry were moved. Just when they were about to say something, Chen Hongxu suddenly sighed and said, "Actually, I hope the court can make an impartial decision, do not speak with money, and do not do things due to personal gains and losses. In this way, I can have a peaceful and prosperous country in the Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing this, these gentry stopped talking. How could the wish of the magistrate be realized? The court now speaks with money!

As for the peace and stability of the country? Thinking of this word, looking at the corpses of the abandoned land outside the city and the remaining traces of the battlefield, everyone only sighed in their hearts. In the scene of the end of the world, peace and stability of the country and stability of the country are just a luxury!

In the original history, after Jinzhou cleared the siege, the court indeed sent Jinyiwei to arrest Chen Hongxu and imprisoned. In the end, thanks to the gentry of Jinzhou who collected money and entrusted fellow villagers in the capital to use money, Chen Hongxu was saved and exempted from being demoted to the second level of external use.

In the evening, the Ming army's failure to collect at night increased significantly, and the sound of hooves rumbling from time to time, chasing the Qing army in the direction of leaving.

Although I was still on guard on the top of the city, I felt much more at ease when I saw the Ming army not appearing so frequently at night. Some gentry even thought of a solution.

"I heard for a long time that Shangshu Lu is fair and honest, and he is my Ming Dynasty's pro-war faction. When he leads his troops, we will avenge the Lord!"

"Yes, it's understandable that the Lord is defending the city and rejecting the Chief Supervisor. Secretary Lu will definitely speak for him."

“…”

Of course, some people don't think so.

"Lu Shangshu himself was promoted and lowered. The Qing army was not easy to fight. I didn't know what would happen in the end, let alone taking into account others!"

"Yes, Shangshu Lu also has political enemies in the court, right? What if the Qing army conquered another city, maybe it would be convicted of it!"

“…”

Chen Hongxu did not comment on their remarks, but just watched the Ming army passing by hurriedly outside the city fail to accept the night. Although Lu Xiangsheng is now the Minister of War and commanding the king's army, he seems to have great power in his hands. But in fact, this is the most difficult job to do, and no one will necessarily want to take on this job.

The reason is very simple. The Qing army is too powerful. The Ming army has almost never won a battle against the Qing army! Under such a background, if the general leader fights against the Qing army, the responsibility will be very great.

Of course it is good to win, but the chance of losing is even greater!

If you keep your troops still or do not take action, someone will impeach you and fight ineffectively!

Fighting with the Qing army in the field, and being defeated, if they do not die, more people will impeach him incompetence!

Even if the Qing army captured other cities, someone would definitely impeach Lu Xiangsheng, saying that the rescue was not effective!

Basically, unless Lu Xiangsheng destroyed all the 100,000 Qing troops who entered the pass, he would definitely be impeached.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng's position is actually a thankless position. With Lu Xiangsheng's intelligence, it may not be unaware that under the current circumstances, this position is actually very hot, but he finally took it.

Thinking of this, Chen Hongxu couldn't help but admire the long-known Lu Xiangsheng.

Shangshu Lu, such responsible persons who do not care about personal gains and losses are the real pillars of the Ming Dynasty!

The next day, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops through Jinzhou and failed to enter and followed the Qing army, which disappointed the gentry in Jinzhou and did not even see Lu Shangshu.

However, the military officer Yang Tinglin received the order from Lu Xiangsheng to enter Jinzhou City and came to meet Chen Hongxu.

The two met and were very happy and each clasped their fists.

"Scholarship!"

"Boxiang!"

Chen Hongxu, whose courtesy name is Shiye; Yang Tinglin, whose courtesy name is Boxiang. They are friends for many years.

In the original history, both of them were in Nanchang, Jiangxi during the Jiashen National Incident. At that time, they looked at each other and cried, and Ai Jun died.

Shortly after the two met, Yang Tinglin rushed to the Central Army to meet Lu Xiangsheng in person and reported the situation in Jinzhou.

Wang Chengen, who was listening next to him, couldn't help but be surprised and immediately praised with a smile: "I didn't expect that a magistrate who came from a juren would dare to refuse the prime minister of the dynasty. He is really brave!"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded when he heard this, but he didn't say much, but he commented in a very pertinent manner: "He is a responsible person!"

Without hesitation, he immediately wrote a memorial and asked someone to report it to the capital immediately.

The day before this memorial arrived in the capital, the chief assistant Liu Yuliang heard that the Qing army was running wildly, so scared that he never dared to stay outside again. He quickly fled back to the capital, which was at least the safest place at the moment.
Chapter completed!