March 12, cloudy, north wind, heavy snow.

It was just dawn and the morning star rose in the misty morning.

The army of the Eight Banners arrived in Shenyang. Nurhachi ordered a camp on the north bank of the Hunhe River, seven miles east of Shenyang, to be garrisoned with wooden planks in preparation for the siege.

Nurhachi looked at Li Jing's biography, a little inexplicable, a seven-grade Nanao town guard, actually wrote to himself unashamedly, saying something, expressing understanding of Jianzhou's desire to demand his own national autonomy and independence, but to solve it through legal channels, what kind of national self-determination rights do you have, you can choose to build a country outside the border wall of the Ming Dynasty, and live in peace with the Ming Dynasty. Wealth and goods were to be dealt with by the hard work of their own people and foreign trade, not by robbery. If you don't restrain the Eight Banners from violating the laws of the Ming Dynasty in the war. He will be sanctioned by the general government of Fujian and Guangdong. At the same time, reciprocal retaliation will be given for acts that harm the peaceful population during the war. He also stated that although Jianzhou had declared the founding of the state, it had not been officially recognized by the Ming Dynasty, which still considered it to be a rebellious act and had jurisdiction over the perpetrators.

Nurhachi sneered, this Li Jing who didn't know where he came from, what kind of cat and dog, was his head broken, he threw the letter directly on the ground, and scolded Abahai. Seeing this, Mang Gurtai wanted to tell what he had seen and heard last night, but Abahai saw that the old Khan King was irritable and immediately stopped him. In recent years, the old Khan King has become old, and he has become more and more eccentric, suspicious, and irritable, and many policies are inappropriate, but he will not speak out and cause trouble for himself.

At this time, Shenyang had already fortified the city and waited for the enemy, and a deep trench was dug outside the city, and the trench was full of sharp piles, which were covered with straw and soil. Another trench was dug in the trench, and wood was used as a fence along the trench. Near the city there were two large moats, five feet wide and two feet deep. The trenches were also filled with stakets.

At the same time, a horse barrier was built, and there were cannon holes in the middle. Arrange the guns and cannons, arrange the soldiers to guard, and the artillery on the city will be in place and ready for battle.

Seeing this scene, Nurhachi did not dare to rashly attack the city, and first plundered the place south of the Hunhe River with dozens of horsemen to lure the enemy out of the city. But the Ming army was unmoved. When they returned to the north bank, the Ming troops left the city and entered the trenches, but the enemy retreated too quickly to engage them. Subsequently, Nurhachi sent cavalry across the river to reconnoitre, and saw that the Ming army had left the city and entered the Cheying fortifications and then withdrew.

On the 13th, the war broke out, the whole army of Houjin put on armor, pushed a shield cart to attack the Ming army, saw that the Ming army was well defended and did not immediately attack, first sent dozens of people to go out to reconnoiter the Ming army's position. You Shigong sent a family to defeat the Houjin scouts and behead the fourth level.

Subsequently, a large number of Eight Banners pushed the shield cart to attack the east gate, and the artillery on the city wall and the side carriage opened fire one after another. There were many heavy artillery pieces in the city of Shenyang, and more than 50 shield vehicles were destroyed in less than an hour, and more than 300 people were killed or wounded. Nurhachi ordered a retreat and stopped the offensive.

He Shixian could not read and could not read. He likes to drink and is greedy for merit, and is defenseless against Nurhachi's schemes. This small victory gave He Shixian a great illusion, plus he had always won undefeated against Houjin before, and he had won hundreds of heads, and he was brave and hard to shake the enemy, he thought that this time it was just as "slave and easy".

Standing on the watchtower, Nurhachi saw from a distance that Shenyang's fortifications were so complete and complete, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened, and once again sent hundreds of horsemen to the city to spy on them. After hearing the report, Kim's scouts were scouting around the city, and He Shixian slapped the desk and waited for me to kill them for breakfast. He picked up his knife and took seven hundred families out of the city, and made a detour to the south gate to block these scouts, and slashed at these Houjin scouts. He Shixian's family was as brave as himself, and the Houjin scouts were killed to the ground, wounded, and killed. He Shixian laughed. After glancing at the Eight Banners military formation, he returned to the city triumphantly.

That night, He Shixian was drunk.

When Nurhachi heard the news, he was furious, and the next day, he led his troops to form a formation under the city and curse. Nurhachi is not wrong, in addition to being brave and similar to Zhang Fei, He Shixian's alcoholism is not different from Zhang Fei.

He was drunk again that day. After waking up, I heard that Nurhachi only brought a thousand people and called for battle under the city, and after thinking about it, he had accumulated a lot of merits, and he had always wanted to be the governor of a certain five armies, but he never got his wish. I have been in Liaodong for 20 years, and I have never had such an opportunity, if I behead the enemy chieftain this time, see what else those officials have to say.

Silently, he picked up a pot of spirits, dried it in one gulp, and then "took the wine and filled it" ("Ming Xi Zong Records" volume 8), led a thousand relatives, and was about to go out of the city to counterattack. You Shigong, who was inspecting the city gate, was shocked, and hurriedly grabbed his reins and persuaded him: "Your Excellency must not leave the city, Yuan Jing has made a little effort to arrange this defense like a strong city, the food in the city is sufficient, although there are few soldiers, as long as it is enough, if you go out of the city to fight, once you lose, the hearts of the people in the city will fluctuate, I am afraid that it is not conducive to sticking, and there are three thousand soldiers in the city, and the recruitment is less than three months, all relying on military salaries, and there is no loyalty at all." A burden of disadvantage may be repeated. ”

He Shixian said impatiently: "Lao You, let go, if you don't kill this enemy chief today, you will never withdraw your troops." ”

You Shigong has cooperated with him for many years, where does he not know his thoughts, he knows that he can't be persuaded, so he has to turn his head and say to Zhang Xian: "Be sure to protect the adult, if you can't do anything, you can't go back to the city, and retreat to Liaoyang with the adult." ”

Zhang Xian is a scholar of the Ministry of War, and this time he came to Liaodong to understand the situation, and he is also a famous hero in Beizhili. You Shigong and his father have an old relationship, so they entrusted Zhang Xian to protect He Shixian.

He Shixian and his entourage are all elite families who have been hand-selected and trained by him in the past ten years, and their combat power is off the charts. These people are all elite programs that emerged from the melee with the Jurchens and Mongols for a long time, although there are only 1,000 people, but they have repeatedly shook the Eight Banners and have made gains.

He Shixian rushed out of the east gate, carefully observed from the car formation, and watched Nurhachi come out from under the umbrella of Huang Luo. After a closer look, it was indeed him, and he was bringing the most elite Aliha Chaoha soldiers in the two yellow flags. Seeing this, he was relieved, the enemy chief knew that he had a thousand family members, and he also brought a thousand of the most elite Aliha Chaoha soldiers. It means to be confronted with oneself face to face.

Houjin's soldiers were divided into three levels from top to bottom. Qiding (born in Eight Banners Niulu), Armor Men (those who surrendered were of all nationalities, divided into horse armor and foot armor), Aha (slaves, mainly Koreans and Han Chinese). According to the combat effectiveness, it is divided into white swing tooth soldiers, red swing tooth soldiers, flag soldiers, archers, etc. In addition to this, there is also a personal guard team exclusive to the owner of the Eight Banners, called Aliha Chaoha Bing. Nurhachi personally led two yellow flags, and there were more than 1,000 Aliha Chaoha soldiers.

He Shixian made up his mind and did it. The Ming army's chariot array separated, and He Shixian fought bravely with a thousand cavalry.