The horse mother sighed and murmured: "In this war, we women are suffering the most. Our men are on the battlefield, and we still have to be frightened. Alas..."
Hua Yue and Beiming Shuangxue looked at each other, and both of them recalled in their minds the scene when Ma Xiaoquan, the Prime Minister, once talked about his time. The Prime Minister said that his time was a peaceful era, and the country he was in was no longer the Ming Dynasty.
, but a great country called "The People's Republic of China".
...
Outside the city, the fighting was still going on. The trenches that had been dug very deep were now basically filled with the corpses of Ming and Jurchen soldiers. Taking this opportunity, the Jurchen infantry had already rushed forward, stepping on their companions and Ming soldiers to die.
The corpses of the soldiers continued to attack and kill the Ming army defending in front of the city.
The Jurchen Army's infantry fighting method is called "camp step by step", that is, every time they advance a certain distance, they camp forward a certain distance to tighten the encirclement circle.
Although soldiers of the Ming army were constantly filling their positions outside the city, the Jurchen army was actually much more numerous than the Ming army. Originally, they were in a formation of three standing apart, but now they were fighting side by side.
Liu Yingkun, the eunuch of the supervisory army, stood on the city wall. Yuan Chonghuan personally held a shield to protect him. Liu Yingkun shouted in his neither yin nor yang voice: "Defend to the death and fight to the death!"
Although Liu Yingkun's voice sounds strange, there is no way, Yuan Chonghuan's voice has been hoarse. If he doesn't shout at this time, there will be no other suitable candidate.
Fortunately, no one paid much attention to Liu Yingkun's voice on the battlefield. The Ming army officers only saw him shouting on the city wall. As for what he shouted, it didn't matter anymore, because they saw Yuan Chonghuan and the governor's bravery.
Standing on the city wall holding a round shield to defend.
The war was very brutal, even worse than that of Jinzhou.
At noon, the Jurchen army finally retreated because three generals were seriously injured.
Under the Ningyuan City, there were bursts of smoke, and the blood had gathered into a small river, covering every inch of land under the Ningyuan City. Under the sunlight, it reflected a strange blood light.
Due to the hot weather, within an hour, the stench of decaying corpses was already wafting around.
Yuan Chonghuan ordered to go out of the city to recover the corpses of the Ming soldiers. No matter what, he wanted to see the people alive and the corpses dead.
As for the corpses of those Jurchen soldiers, the Ming army piled them up, set them on fire, and killed them all.
...
The Jurchen army temporarily retreated to the Shuangshu Fort to camp. Belzier Harang, the third son of Great Beldaishan, Sahalian, and the fourth son of Wakda were all seriously injured, especially Wakda, who had a whole right arm.
Almost half of his skin and flesh had been shaved off, and he had not paid attention to his fearless battle before. After withdrawing his troops, the severe pain became unbearable for him.
Daishan was extremely distressed and quickly asked Huang Taiji for help, asking the Great Khan to send out the best doctors to help treat his son. Huang Taiji immediately agreed and went to see Wakda in person to cheer him up.
Fortunately, Wakda practiced martial arts hard on weekdays and was strong. Even after suffering such a serious injury and sweating like rain, he still gritted his teeth and tried hard not to let out a painful cry.
Huang Taiji nodded movedly and said: "If our Jurchen soldiers are more good men like Wakda, why worry about Ningyuan Jinzhou not being destroyed?"
Having said that, both Jinzhou and Ningyuan are indeed strong cities, and they are actually stronger than the Jurchen army in terms of terrain and opponent's equipment.
The human sea tactics that Huang Taiji had originally planned did not have much effect at all when the above two conditions were at a disadvantage. On the contrary, many of his own people died, causing various tribe leaders to talk about it.
Huang Taiji knew very well that in order to fight against the outside world, he must first settle down the inside. If he messed up his position first at this critical point, the consequences would be disastrous.
So after Daishan asked Huang Taiji for help, he did not hesitate to send his royal doctor and himself to express condolences in person.
It has to be said that Huang Taiji's move won praise from the Jurchen army. Everyone thought that it turned out that the Great Khan was not the aloof type. He would also shed tears and feel uncomfortable.
"Don't worry, Khan. Not to mention this arm, I'm willing to take my life even if it means taking it!" Wakda vowed.
Huang Taiji squatted down and comforted him: "Your main task now is to recover from your injuries. I will talk to your mother about the following matters. With your mother here, you will at least feel at ease, right?"
Wakda pursed his lips and nodded heavily.
Huang Taiji stood up and moved around again before returning to his tent.
"Hmm~~" Huang Taiji held his forehead and shook his arms a little tiredly. The battles these days had made him extremely nervous. He had thought about withdrawing his troops many times, but his father Khan's attack on Ningyuan failed in the past.
He can't do it now. If he goes back, how can he explain to his fellow tribesmen? How can he explain to the Jurchen people?
At this moment, an urgent report came from outside the camp, saying that the second reinforcement force from Shenyang had arrived and was only twenty miles away from the main camp.
The journey of twenty miles can be reached in one day. Huang Taiji squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and quickly summoned all the tribes to go into the tent to discuss the matter. In the end, everyone agreed that they should not attack Ningyuan and attack Jinzhou again.
After agreeing on the retreat, everyone discussed how to withdraw from the Ningyuan defense line. After all, if they withdraw suddenly, they may be ridiculed by the Ming army.
A certain leader suggested that they pretend to attack Ningyuan again and set up camp near Ningyuan City. They sent a soldier with a similar body shape and appearance to the Great Khan to pretend to be the Great Khan, so as to attract the attention of the Ming army. According to the practice of the Ming army,
, will definitely use cannons to hit the main camp. When the time comes, we pretend that one of the main camps was hit by cannons, the Khan was injured, and we will retreat by then, which makes sense.
Huang Taiji nodded helplessly. At this point, it seems that this is the only way.
...
The next day, the Jurchen army continued to attack Ningyuan and quickly set up camp not far from Ningyuan.
On Ningyuan City, Yuan Chonghuan saw Huang Taiji entering the main camp and shouted to his men to push the Hongyi cannon over.
Yuan Chonghuan licked his lips and cursed: "What the fuck, if I don't blow up that Huang Taiji to death today, I'll write the character Yuan upside down!"
On the side, the eunuch Liu Yingkun's eyebrows were twitched twice. The governor has not stopped swearing since he started swearing yesterday. He is usually a quiet and quiet person. Why is he so rude and rude when he fights?
Well, it's really... very speechless...
"Bah~~" Yuan Chonghuan spit into the palm of his hand, causing Liu Yingkun to roll his eyes again.
Yuan Chonghuan chuckled and said: "Eunuch Liu, please help me aim the shot. I plan to fire this shot myself~"
Liu Yingkun cursed in his heart, this Hongyi cannon is so heavy, I am a eunuch, how can I have such strength?
He thought this in his heart, but Liu Yingkun had to agree to it in order to save his face. Fortunately, the two soldiers beside him had a look and immediately went up to help his father-in-law aim the target.
"Eunuch Liu, retreat a little. The power of this cannon is huge and the sound is loud~" Yuan Chonghuan said.
"Yeah~" Liu Yingkun nodded and ran back as he was too busy.
After Liu Yingkun signaled that he had run enough, Yuan Chonghuan licked his lips and ordered the soldiers to light the fuse.
"I'll blow you up~~~~~" Yuan Chonghuan chuckled, and then with a roar, the huge iron ball shot out and went straight to the Nuzhen camp.
Immediately, the main camp tent not far away collapsed instantly, and crashing sounds continued to sound.
"Haha..." Yuan Chonghuan clapped his hands happily, "Huang Taiji, let's see if you die~"
It seemed that the Jurchen Army's commander was really injured, so they quickly called for gold and retreated their troops. They didn't have time to run away, and they even ignored them.
The hasty retreat caused joy throughout Ningyuan City, but everyone knew in their hearts that this might be a trick of the Jurchen Army, so they cheered and cheered. Every soldier still stood firm at his post, and no one left his post.
Not far away, Huang Taiji was sitting in a carriage. Listening to the spies' report, he sighed: "Ningyuan City cannot be captured, so don't blame us. If you want to blame it, you can only blame Yuan Chonghuan for being too hateful~~"
...
In Jinzhou City, Ma Xiaoquan moved his body and yawned twice.
Zhao Zhijiao stepped forward, squinted his eyes and said, "Does the deacon seem to be recovering well?"
Ma Xiaoquan laughed and said: "It's okay, okay~ By the way, how is the war in Ningyuan?"
Zhao led Jiao to take out a letter and said: "This was just passed on, saying that the main camp of the Jurchen Army was hit by artillery, and Huang Taiji may have died."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "If Huang Taiji could die so easily, he wouldn't be called Huang Taiji. No matter what, Jinzhou must not relax. The Jurchen army may come to attack Jinzhou again."
"No, didn't you fight me last time?"
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes: "If we can't defeat Ningyuan, where can we defeat Jinzhou?"
"Oh, I got it~" Zhao Shujiao scratched his scalp awkwardly, took out another letter and said, "Master Deacon, this is a letter from your family. Do you want to read it?"
"Letter? How should I read it at this time? If you don't read it, burn it~" Ma Xiaoquan said while doing push-ups.
"Sir, this is a letter from your home. You should take a look at it anyway, right?"
"I would like to watch it, but if I watch it and I am distracted, the Jurchens will come over and hit me. If my mind is not here, how can I cooperate with you?"
Zhao Lijiao gave a thumbs up, stuffed the letter into his arms, and said: "Master Deacon, I really admire you. I will keep this letter for you first. When this battle is over, I will come back to you."
Leave it to the adults~"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "That's fine~ Then you can keep it safe for me for the time being. Well, no peeking is allowed?"