Ma Xiaoquan knew Yuan Chonghuan's thoughts and said, "Leave this matter to me."
Yuan Chonghuan clapped his hands and said: "Then there is Brother Ma, but... let's forget about this torture. As for whether to kill or not, it all depends on Brother Ma. I will not participate. Ma
Brother, just give me a message when the time comes."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, thinking that Yuan Chonghuan was trustworthy in employing people. He gave me such great power in order to leave no loopholes during the war. It just so happened that I could ask some spies about Nurhaci.
...
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.
The weather was good that day. It was not as cold as expected during the day, and in the evening, there was no northeast wind as usual.
Ma Xiaoquan stood alone on the wall of Ningyuan City, looking far ahead.
In fact, nothing could be seen in front of him, but Ma Xiaoquan looked at it with great concentration.
"What are you doing?" Hua Yue walked up to Ma Xiaoquan and asked softly.
Ma Xiaoquan came back to his senses and said, "I was wondering when Nurhaci will come? By the way, Yue'er, you should be able to ask those little birds to find out, right?"
Hua Yue nodded and said, "I came here to tell you this...according to the distance, it should be less than ten days before Nurhaci's army arrived."
"Hmm~" Ma Xiaoquan nodded, pointing to the fortifications under the city and said, "I don't know if these fortifications we have built will be effective."
Hua Yue asked: "Ms. sir, we only have 10,000 people. I heard from Nurhachi that there are more than 100,000 people. Can we survive?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded affirmatively: "We can definitely survive!"
Hua Yue took Ma Xiaoquan's arm, rested her head on his shoulder, and murmured: "Actually, I didn't want you to stay here. It's too dangerous. Although you are from that era, you can tell us
If we can survive, then we must have won the battle of Ningyuan... But... I always feel uneasy..."
Ma Xiaoquan put his arm around Hua Yue's shoulders and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I do things very appropriately! By the way, where is Xiaomei?"
"Xiaomei hasn't gone out much since you asked her to do that thing last time. I went to look for her, but she didn't see me either... Could something happen?"
"That's not true, that girl is very real~"
...
Inside the Jurchen Ministry camp.
Nurhaci smiled proudly. In front of him, a sheepskin topographic map was unfolded. There were more than ten marked points on the map, and almost most of the marked points were blacked out.
Nurhachi smiled and pointed to the black marked points and said: "These strongholds were all given to me by that coward Gaudi. I got these strongholds without any effort. It's really interesting...
.”
Standing next to Nurhachi was Huang Taiji. He saw the strongholds on Father Khan's fingers and said: "Father Khan, it is said that Gao Di is from Wei Zhongxian. That eunuch Wei Zhongxian is really a moth in the Ming Dynasty..."
"Well, it is precisely because of that kind of moth that we can achieve the final victory... Lao Ba... you are a generous person. If you become a master one day, you must remember
, People like Wei Zhongxian must not be used, do you understand?"
"Yes, Father~"
"Hmm~~" Nurhachi nodded, picked up the dagger from the table, threw it away, and stuck it somewhere on the map with a bang.
Huang Taiji stared at the place where the dagger was stuck and said, "Ning Yuan? Father, Ning Yuan hasn't gotten any news so far. Could it be that everyone has escaped?"
Nurhaci nodded and said: "It's possible. Let's work steadily and advance step by step. We can reach the suburbs of Ningyuan in a few days. We will know when the time comes."
...
On the 23rd of the first lunar month, Nurhaci led the Jurchen tribes to the outskirts of Ningyuan. He expected that Ningyuan City would have no troops stationed like Linghe Jinzhou before. Unexpectedly, several spies were sent out, but all of them were beaten up by meat buns——
There is no return.
After sending out more than a dozen spies in succession, one spy finally escaped back in embarrassment. When he saw Nurhaci, the spy gasped and mourned: "Khan, there is... someone..."
.Ning...there is someone in Ningyuan..."
"Is there someone?" Nurhachi was surprised, "There is someone in that small Ningyuan City. Do you know who it is?"
The spy calmed down and said, "The guard general's name is Yuan Chonghuan. I haven't heard anything else."
"Yuan Chonghuan?" Nurhaci said disdainfully, "A little Ningyuan guard actually wants to hit an egg against a stone? Okay, then I'll give him some color."
"Wait a minute!" Huang Taiji came out and said, "Father, we can't defeat the enemy without fighting. Before attacking Ningyuan, why don't Father send a letter to force him to surrender? If Yuan Chonghuan understands the current affairs, we can do it without any effort.
Take Ningyuan."
"Well, what you said makes sense, old man," Nurhachi said with a smile, "Then you can write this letter."
"Yes~~"
...
In Ningyuan City, Yuan Chonghuan stood on the city wall and looked ahead.
With the observation distance of his naked eyes, he could already see the dark area in the front, which gave an idea of how many people there were in the Jurchen Army.
Yuan Chonghuan took a breath and tried to calm down. At this moment, he saw a black figure slowly approaching the city.
"Bring me my bow and arrow~" Yuan Chonghuan ordered.
He took the bow and arrows, opened the bow, set up the arrows, and was about to shoot at the black shadow. Suddenly, a hand pulled down his bow.
Yuan Chonghuan turned around and saw that it was Ma Xiaoquan.
"Brother Ma, what, do you know that person?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and shook his head and said, "Brother Yuan, look carefully. The man is holding a flag. That is the envoy's flag."
"Messenger? Haha... I didn't expect Nurhachi to send an envoy. Could it be that he wants to persuade me to surrender?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "I don't dare to persuade you to surrender. I'm afraid I have to force Brother Yuan to surrender!"
"Haha... It's interesting~ Then let that person come in. I want to see what Nurhachi is up to..."
...
When he saw the Jurchen envoy, Yuan Chonghuan did not immediately ask questions, but first observed the Jurchen envoy in front of him. The generals around him opened their eyes wide and put pressure on the Jurchen envoy with momentum.
This Jurchen envoy was also a fierce man. Faced with the pressure put on him by the Ming army, he not only was not afraid, but actually laughed out loud.
"Why are you laughing?" Ma Yuan couldn't help but roared angrily.
The Jurchen envoy sneered: "There is a reason to laugh..."