【1841】Ningyuan offensive and defensive battle (15)
Yuan Chonghuan and Ma Xiaoquan stood side by side on the city wall and saw a huge pillar of fire rising not far ahead. They knew that it was Nurhachi cremating the bodies of the dead Jurchen soldiers.
"What should I do?" Yuan Chonghuan asked.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and said: "Besides the Hongyi Cannon, we probably have nothing to rely on now. Brother Yuan, are you afraid?"
Yuan Chonghuan shook his head and said: "With the war going like this, there is no need to worry about anything. But where is Nurhaci?"
"Brother Yuan, do you want to deal with Nurhachi?"
Yuan Chonghuan smiled bitterly and said: "I have no virtue or ability, but I saw that his Huanglong tent is not far from the range of the Hongyi cannon. Can I give it a try and blast him with a cannon... What if it happens?"
Where is it?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said, "Okay, how about I do this shot?"
Yuan Chonghuan laughed: "Okay, then I'll give you a good shot~"
The two of them did what they said. Yuan Chonghuan shook the direction circle, squinted one eye, and took aim for a long time, and finally aimed the muzzle at the Huanglong tent.
"Brother Ma, I've fired it. You have to pay attention. The recoil of this Hongyi cannon is very strong. Someone was killed before..."
"Okay~" Ma Xiaoquan smoothed the cannon fuse, straightened the long fuse, and then hid behind a low city wall and carefully lit the fuse.
After the fuse was lit, it made a "chichi~~~" sound. As the fuse burned shorter and shorter, Ma Xiaoquan and Yuan Chonghuan's hearts rose to their throats.
Watching the burning fuse sink into the barrel, just one breath later, there was a "boom" and the Hongyi cannon fired an angry shell.
In mid-air, a dark and huge solid iron ball was thrown towards the Huanglong tent not far away. Whether it was too hot or too strong, the solid iron ball actually shattered in mid-air.
Dark iron chunks flew all over the sky and crashed into Huanglong's tent.
...
Ma Xiaoquan ran over and stood with Yuan Chonghuan, their eyes fixed on the Huanglong tent.
The Huanglong tent was smashed into pieces by broken iron blocks, but no one escaped from it.
"Isn't Nurhachi in the Huanglong tent?" Yuan Chonghuan blinked and muttered to himself in confusion.
"Wait~" Ma Xiaoquan grabbed Yuan Chonghuan and pointed at the Huanglong tent and said, "Brother Yuan, look, someone has entered the Huanglong tent... It seems that someone is crying..."
Yuan Chonghuan was delighted: "Did we really hit Nurhaci?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "I don't know, but Brother Yuan, the Jurchen army has begun to attack fiercely."
"Okay, let's not talk about it for now. Brother Ma, come with me to fight. We will talk about it later..."
...
The Jurchen army's offensives came one after another, and each wave became more fierce. Most of the walls of Ningyuan City had been beaten to a pulp. Looking from top to bottom, the Jurchen army could actually enter and leave Ningyuan City unimpeded.
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What makes people feel strange is...the Jurchen army is fighting outside the city and refuses to enter the city. Didn't they see that the city wall has been broken? Or...
Yuan Chonghuan raised his crossbow and shot an arrow with all his strength. A Jurchen soldier fell to the ground under the city wall.
"Brother Ma, how are you?"
Ma Xiaoquan hacked to death a Jurchen soldier who climbed up, and said: "It's okay, Brother Yuan, what's going on with the Jurchen army? The city wall has been broken, they should come in."
"I don't know either, but it's okay if you don't come in, let's continue killing~"
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In Huanglong's tent, Nurhaci clutched his injured thigh, feeling angry and resentful.
He never thought that the Hongyi cannon had such a long range and actually hit Huanglong's account and wounded him.
Although Nurhachi tried his best to suppress the pain, a piece of flesh was ripped off his leg, which made him very worried.
Huang Taiji knelt beside Nurhachi and watched his men quickly bandage Nurhachi.
"Father... Ningyuan City, we are about to capture it..." Huang Taiji said excitedly, but he was thinking about Hua Yue and Beiming Shuangxue.
Nurhachi raised his head and glared at Huang Taiji, and said slowly: "Give me the order to withdraw~"
"What? Withdraw? Father Khan, Ningyuan City..."
Nurhaci sighed and said: "That's it, it's a small town. It doesn't matter if you don't want it. Send an order to evacuate~~"
Huang Taiji was unwilling to give in, but he did not dare to disobey his father. He nodded, respectfully walked out of Huanglong's tent, waved his hands to the left and right, and ordered: "Send the order, withdraw~ Well, don't make any noise!"
"Yes~~"
.......
On the dilapidated walls of Ningyuan City, Yuan Chonghuan and Ma Xiaoquan were sweating profusely as they fought. Due to excessive force, the wound on Ma Xiaoquan's shoulder burst open, and he almost fainted from the pain.
At this moment, the scouts suddenly came to report that the Jurchen army had begun to retreat.
Ma Xiaoquan and Yuan Chonghuan looked at each other. After killing the Jurchen soldiers around them, they stopped and looked into the distance.
Sure enough, although the Jurchen army was still attacking and the offensive was fierce, their rear troops were retreating one after another.
"Did they really withdraw or did they fake it?" Yuan Chonghuan asked Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan shrugged, shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but it looks like they are really retreating."
Yuan Chonghuan dragged his chin, squinted his eyes, and nodded: "Based on my long-term military experience, Nurhachi is indeed withdrawing troops. Well, pass on the order and don't relax~"
...
Nurhaci was secretly carried out of Huanglong's tent. His thigh had been bandaged, but he could no longer walk.
Nurhachi was very angry and asked the adjutant beside him: "Where else are Han people living around Ningyuan City?"
The adjutant said: "Back in the Great Khan, there is Juehua Island, where there are thousands of Ming troops and some common people."
Nurhachi gritted his teeth and said: "Slaughter Juehua Island completely. Don't let go of the elderly, children, women, not even a chicken~"
The adjutant was stunned for a moment, then respectfully said: "Yes~"
...
Two hours later, the Jurchen army began a comprehensive general retreat. At this time, the Ming army finally determined the Ningyuan offensive and defensive battle, and the Ming army successfully defended the city.
However, due to Yuan Chonghuan's order, every surviving Ming army did not slack off. Although they were injured and disabled, no one dared to sit down and rest.
As long as it took the Jurchen army to retreat, the Ming army would spend twice as long monitoring until they were completely invisible.
Another hour and a half has passed...
The scouts from the front came back and reported that the Jurchen army had completely withdrawn. It was true that they had to withdraw.