Outside the city of Shenyang, the snow has not yet melted away, only more than a day, the city is already a strict barrier, several moats dug earlier are full of bamboo sticks, the ice surface of the Hunhe River is also barely chiseled, the river water with ice ballast is introduced into the double moat, and then a layer of thin ice is formed, the glacier and the horse rejection, the wooden fence together, layer upon layer will protect the Shenyang city in it.

And in the impermeable Shenyang city defense, there are countless firearms, wooden artillery stones.

As for the two armies, they have long been in touch.

After less than half an hour of fighting, the two teams of dozens of people have won and lost.

The day before, the Houjin scout had been shouting and scolding along the river, and the officers and soldiers got up early with the killing intent, and today they finally got what they wanted.

You Shigong's family rushed out quickly, and he could catch up with a few slow retreaters, and showed off his might outside the formation, carrying the heads of the four Houjin scouts, and returning to the city through rows of rejecting horses and wooden fences.

Compared with those Houjin detective cavalry, You Shigong's family members are all well-equipped, not only are they well-equipped with bows and knives, but some also carry three-eyed firearms, and they have the upper hand in both long-range attacks and close combat.

Every time there is a big war, the outposts of the two armies are always the first to face, but because they are mostly cavalry, they are often mainly guerrillas, especially the reconnaissance cavalry of Houjin, the best at riding and shooting, and rarely go directly to the city to fight like this on weekdays.

In the tower on the East Gate City, he glanced at He Shixian, who was sitting opposite, and stopped talking.

He Zongrong was tilting his neck at the moment, sending a mouthful of hot soju into his mouth, and he didn't seem to care much about the battle outside the city.

According to today's appearance, this Shenyang City should be impregnable, but there are always some thoughts in He Shixian's heart - but it lacks some credit.

He is now a red member under Yuan Jingluo, but he has always been overwhelmed by You Shigong in terms of military exploits, and he always has some competitiveness.

At this moment, a military report came from the city that 500 Jiannu forwards had arrived outside the Xiaodong Gate.

'Who is the leader of the army?' ’

'Li Yongfang. ’

The moment he heard this name, He Shixian's eyes lit up, this is the first border general of the Ming Dynasty to surrender to the enemy since the Eastern Affairs, if he can capture and kill this person, it is undoubtedly a great achievement. However, it can also be seen from this that the barbarian character of this Tartar, if it is an enemy general under the command of Daming, he will never be forced to come to the front to send people's heads, the old slave really does not understand the way of Huairou, it seems that Yuan Jingluo is more old, and those Mongolians in the city have made meritorious contributions a few times before, and I am afraid that they can also make achievements this time, but Li Yongfang is the best person.

He couldn't bear it, threw the wine bowl on the table, and shouted loudly: "Pass the order, let the descendants of the Chinese army go out of the city with Lao Tzu to meet the enemy." ”

You Shigong wanted to stop it, and said: "The general can't, we have the responsibility of guarding the land, and we can't risk the arrow stone until we have to, and today's matter, Rimao is weird (note: the Ming Dynasty Northern Shaanxi dialect) is very much, according to my opinion, send a strong general to attack." ”

He Shixian disagreed, "If it's someone else, forget it, even if it's Li Yongfang, a donkey thief, I won't let it go, I have made up my mind, and I will sit in the city to see He succeed." ”

It was difficult for him to understand his state of mind when he said this, He Shixian was raised when he was young, and he went to join the army when he was a little older, how many years of accumulation of merit to have today's official body, and he has his own temperament, if he can win this great achievement, he will naturally have a future in Yuan Jingluo.

Besides, Li Yongfang's house is really hateful, during the battle of Salhu, he was in Li Rubai's army, and when he heard that Liu Zhen was trapped, he persuaded Rubai to save him, and he was also a man of temperament. As a border general, Salhu's defeat is really a great shame, in his mind, I am afraid You Shigong is also thinking the same way, at that time he and He Shixian were in Li Rubai's army, which is considered a witness, and You Shigong had also accompanied Zhang Chengyin, the general soldier of Guangning, to help Fushun before Salhu, if it was not for Li Yongfang to defect to the enemy, Zhang Chengyin would not have died in battle, and You Shigong would not have been taken away from office by the crime of being reinstated.

It was You Shigong who saw He Shixian's resolute attitude, so he didn't insist anymore, but just asked He Shixian to be careful.

There is also He Shixian's strength through wine, he knows that persuasion is useless, fortunately, he is just a pioneer in the construction of slaves, there are not many people, and it doesn't look very elite.

As he spoke, General He had already ordered a thousand elites under his command, and as soon as the city gate was opened, these more than 1,000 soldiers rushed out, and immediately lined up outside the horse.

The two armies looked at each other, and they didn't say much, He Shixian took his family to rush over first, speaking of the past against Jiannu, although it was also more victorious and less losing, but today, somehow, before the battle, he felt that he had risen a lot of self-confidence in vain, and he waved the steel whip in his hand more easily.

It felt like it was right, he hadn't been able to see the opposite banner clearly, and the hundreds of Jiannu pioneers had already messed up.

The first dozen or so cavalry rushed to the small half, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they quickly separated to both sides, and they seemed to turn around and escape.

The rest of the Jiannu were all foot soldiers, and they had collapsed after a battle, but the experience of many years of conquest told He Shixian that these people were not Han soldiers, but real Zhenyi. This made him a little puzzled, if he was a pioneer, how could he not let these goods consume his own spirit, but with the temperament of the Jianzhou Tartars, they would never use their so-called Zhushen as bait, but if he didn't understand it, he couldn't understand it, but these merits could be borne, and the wine strengthened people's courage, so he no longer thought about blindly moving forward.

Who called them all infantry, except for the dozens of horsemen who ran away, these people should be able to leave most of them.

He Shixian was proud, so he heard his soldiers shouting, "Zong Rong, Li Yongfang ran away." ”

It turned out that Li Yongfang and the family members around him also had horses, and he followed the prestige, and sure enough, he saw that the general flag also fell back and retreated very quickly.

"Chase!" He Shixian didn't think much about it, and shouted loudly, and his subordinates also shouted in unison when they heard this, where would they let go of such credit, so they all rushed to the east.

You Shigong saw it in the city, the secret way was not good, and he was anxious, but it was difficult to give orders in a hurry, and it was impossible to recall He Shixian, so he had to order the generals in the city, re-order the garrison, and be ready to go out of the city to answer at any time, I only hope that He Shixian will not blindly be greedy for merit and be self-controlled.

And at this moment, on a small mound not far from the east gate of Shenyang City, Wang Xingping and the 'family members' of the Yelang Camp are also paying attention to this battle.

"All of Jin's pawns are like this? I said how good I was, but that's not it. Looking at the fighting outside the city, the members of the Yelang Battalion made disdainful words.

"Tell me about it?" Wang Xingping ignored others, and just asked quietly.

He replied quickly: "It's natural that Dongyu's ordinary soldiers are not as good as those of the officials and soldiers, but today's these seem to be too ordinary." ”

"So you're more powerful on weekdays?"

"Almost, at least you can always run away if you can't beat it."

"What about the combat power of the white armor in the Eight Banners?"

"Baijia, what is that?"

Wang Xingping was a little surprised, but then thought about it and said, "It is to select the elite from each Niu Lu and build a battalion." ”

He said suddenly: "It sounds a little similar to our Yelang Battalion, but the villain has never heard of this military system in Dongyu." ”

"There really isn't a white armor?" Wang Xingping was stunned when he heard this, could it be that Houjin really did not establish this system at this time?

The speed is not hidden, "The villain has been in the Yehe Department since he was a child, if it is said that the elite of the Jinying Niu Lu can fight, there are naturally there, but I have never heard of the special construction of a battalion, after all, the flags of each flag are the private property of the banner owner, and there are also various families Ezhen and Zhang Jing below, if this is a camp, it is a question who the Ding Kou will obey." ”

"But if there is no white armor, what are those?"

If you look in the direction of Wang Xingping's finger, you will see that there seems to be something faintly in the forest under another hill not far away.

"You can use this to see." Wang Xingping took off a brass tube and handed it to the handle, who knew that it was a clairvoyant.

The moment he brought the lens barrel close to his eyes, he immediately gasped, and at this moment he finally saw the situation in the forest clearly, it was the elite of a team of Houjin.

Before the cold air was exhausted, He Shixian's front army had already broken through to the back of the hill.

A trumpet sounded, and the Houjin army in the forest suddenly killed, and the back road of the Ming army was cut off immediately. From a distance, it can be seen that Li Yongfang's department, which was still fleeing in the wilderness, has been in a good time at this moment, and Shi Shiran is heading towards the general flag of this ambush army.

The people on the hill didn't know from a distance that the Ming army was leading the troops, let alone Li Yongfang's identity, but they had clearly seen the banner of the Jin ambush soldiers.

"It's a white flag."

"Huang Taiji ......," Wang Xingping whispered.

He didn't seem to hear it, and said: "The banner owner of the Zhengbai Banner is Sibeile Hun Taiji, who has always been shrewd, it seems that they have already laid an ambush to lure the officers and soldiers to attack, no wonder the gang of foot soldiers are so unbearable." ”

Wang Xingping said: "Then what do you think of the outcome of this battle?" ”

"It's hard to say, these officers and soldiers seem to be family members." But the brow of the speed was visibly furrowed.

Wang Xingping took the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it for a while, and said: "There is a word 'He' on the flag at the beginning, could it be that He Shixian came in person?" ”

Ding Yi couldn't help but interject on the side, "The lord of a city, risking his life?" ”

"It's something that doesn't matter." He glanced at the Houjin soldiers who had been counted out of the woods again, and his face suddenly became solemn, "These flag soldiers ......"

"What's wrong?"

"It seems to be all Bayara."

"Bayara?"

"It's the warriors in the Niu Lu, I didn't expect them to really train so many Bayalas into an army, this is the white armor that the chief master said earlier, right?"

"It should be."

"From this point of view, I am afraid that the officers and soldiers will be more auspicious."

"So how do we do that?"

"Look at the combat power of the white armor."

"And then?"

"And then what to do."

At this moment, next to the woods, there was already a sound of shouting and killing, and He Shixian saw such a battle, and the wine also woke up a little.

In the midst of the heavy siege, the family surrounded He Shixian, trying to find a way to break out, after the previous round of volleys of ambush, his armor had been carried with several arrows, if it were not for the heavy armor to protect himself, I am afraid that he would have died a long time ago, but the war horse was also injured and could not run.

The family Ding around him had just killed a slave soldier who wanted to get close, and one hand was also seriously injured, and he was weak and hung beside him, and the family Ding was extremely loyal, seeing the crisis of the situation, he gave up his horse and He Shixian, and after leading a group of dead soldiers, he desperately resisted for a while, so that the Chinese army quickly retreated to the city of Shenyang. Seeing that the other family members were fighting for their lives one by one, they managed to fight half of their blood, but in exchange for a sigh from Wang Xingping on the hill.

"Shenyang City, it's over."

When he said this, the clairvoyant mirror couldn't help but lift it, but his eyes inadvertently looked at the mountain.

Among the desolate bushes on the mountain, two little heads lie in the middle, and it is difficult to find them unless they bump into each other by chance.

It seems that they are two and a half old children, the eldest is probably only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the younger one is at most eleven or twelve, at this time, both of them stared at the battlefield under the mountain, and they were fascinated, but the older boy glanced at Wang Xingping coldly.

'Noticed?' Impossible. Wang Xingping had this strange thought in his heart, but it was only for a moment, and when he looked again, the older boy had already led his companion down to the back of the mountain.

…………

"Rate, wait for me, why did you run away."

When the younger boy saw that the older one had already left for the mountain, he hurried to follow, and from the language in which he spoke, he knew that the young man was a Jurchen.

The young man who was called Sutai didn't look back, only beckoned, and said in the same Jurchen words: "Shenyang City is already in the bag of Sibeile, what else is there to see." ”

"But it's just been surrounded, and it's not over yet."

At this time, Na Sui Tai turned around, but the combed bun was Han style, and he did not keep the money rat tail.

"I said Aobai, do you want to just watch from this mountain, or do you want to follow me into Shenyang City to have a look?"

"Wasn't it your idea to train Bayala in an army? I just want to see how powerful it is. ”

"Haven't seen enough?" As he spoke, he walked away, and gradually distanced himself from the boy named Aobai.

"Then you should wait for me, and we will go to Shenyang together."

After saying that, Ao Bai followed two steps, and the two small figures quickly disappeared into the mountain forest.

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