Outside the south gate of Ningyuan City, the Jurchens braved the artillery fire with the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice and finally rushed to the bottom of Ningyuan City, at this time, the cannons at the head of the city could no longer hit them, and after a burst of cheers, they were busy with their work, and the cloud ladder was erected to plane the city wall, and the city wall was started from top to bottom. The soldiers at the head of the city hurriedly shot arrows downward, and some threw stones downward, but the Jurchens had a clear division of labor, and some planed the walls and some supported huge shields to start work.

Seeing that the city wall below was damaged to varying degrees under the chisel of the Jurchen hoe and iron rod, Yuan Chonghuan was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, the cloud ladder erected by the Jurchen people did not need to worry, it didn't matter if he could push it or not, it didn't matter if he could climb up if he could push it or not, couldn't so many people standing firmly on the city wall still be able to clean up a few people who were playing acrobatics in the sky? The most worrying thing is digging the corners of the wall, whether it is to dig through the wall or to dig it down. It is said from top to bottom that Ningyuan City, which is impregnable, will collapse in less than a day, and anyone who sees it will be anxious. Now it is time to chisel the city wall and hold the feet, and after the chisel is completed, it is time to chisel the city wall body, once the city wall is chiseled, it is useless to say anything, thinking of this, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

At this time, Ning Yuan's general soldier Man Gui came over and said to Yuan Chonghuan: "Lord Yuan, you can't let the enemy dig like this, you have to set fire to them." ”

Yuan Chonghuan said: "Quickly prepare the things that ignite the fire, ignite it and throw it down, be quick!" ”

After a while, Man Gui brought a lot of quilts, ready to light them and throw them under the city wall, at this time, Sun Chuanting, a supervisor who had just come from the Military Affairs Academy, said: "Don't burn the quilt for the time being, the things I brought will be set up immediately." ”

Yuan Chonghuan looked in the direction Sun Chuanting pointed out, and saw that the hundred people brought by Sun Chuanting carried four large iron frames with wooden planks to the city, and some people dragged some thick iron chains and large iron cages behind them. Seeing that these cars didn't look like cannons or cannons, Yuan Chonghuan's heart couldn't help but be angry, but he knew that these people from Beijing couldn't be offended, so he suppressed his anger and asked, "What are you going to do with Lord Sun lifting the iron frame?" Is it too late to set up a stage and ask God? ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Now is not the time to joke, this is specially designed to deal with the enemy's siege after the discussion of the Military Staff Department, and the results are very good after many tests, Lord Yuan quickly sent two hundred people to help." If the quilt is burned, everyone will be frozen at night, and how many quilts in Ningyuan City can withstand burning day and night? ”

Seeing that Sun Chuanting was talking about it matter-of-factly, and thinking about it again, Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly called over two hundred people, and Ning Yuan's general soldier Man Gui also personally rushed over to help and asked, "Lord Sun, how do you use this thing?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "The four shelves are placed at a distance, and there are wooden planks on each shelf, and a hundred people sit on them separately, and no orders are allowed to get up, and those who violate the order are beheaded!" ”

Seeing that the four shelves were full of people, Sun Chuanting asked people to pass the thick iron chain through the middle of the big iron cage, and the two ends of the iron chain were fixed on the two iron frames, and the iron chain on the ground was still very long, Sun Chuanting asked the remaining 100 people to grab the iron chain and get ready.

Man Gui understood a little at this time, he looked at this iron cage, which was about hundreds of catties, and said to Sun Chuanting: "Lord Sun is going to throw this big iron cage into the city and smash the Jurchens?" After smashing, pull up the iron cage with an iron chain, and then put the iron chain to continue smashing? ”

Sun Chuanting nodded and said: "General Man Gui is half right, what he means is to wrap cotton cloth strips on the iron cage, soak it in oil, ignite it, and then smash it, the person on the left pulls the chain up, the person on the right puts the chain down, the iron cage will swing to the right, and in turn, the person on the left puts the iron chain, the person on the right pulls the iron chain, the iron cage will roll to the left, and when there are many people, pull it up at the same time, and then put it down at the same time, hundreds of catties of iron cage plus fire, what kind of ladder, wooden shield and hoe are all finished." ”

Yuan Chonghuan also understood at this time and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked someone to pour oil on the iron cage that had been wrapped with cotton strips, and after hanging the iron cage outside the city wall and igniting it, the iron cage immediately turned into a huge fire cage, Sun Chuanting shouted: "Release!" I saw two large fire cages spewing fire hanging down from outside the city wall in the south of Ningyuan City, and the hundred people he brought with him had undergone many trainings, and they skillfully commanded people to pull or release.

Under the skillful command of this hundred people, the two big fire cages were like two big brooms with tails wandering around outside the southern city wall, the Jurchens who climbed the ladder and dug the city were killed and injured under the iron fire cage and burned with the belt, and the people who did not die also ran back with climbing and rolling, only one of the fierce-tempered Jurchens hooked the big iron cage with a hoe and wanted to hook off the burning iron cage, but the ending of a person playing a tug-of-war game with a hundred people can be imagined, and in the end even he himself was scorched, and the smell of fragrant and smelly human flesh fluttered together with the cold wind and snowflakes, Let the hungry want to eat, and the full one wants to vomit.

Yuan Chonghuan breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and walked over to Sun Chuanting and said: "Lord Sun, I started to be rude in my words, and now I apologize to Lord Sun, my temper is a little stinky after staying in the barracks for a long time, please don't take it to heart." After speaking, he bowed deeply.

Sun Chuanting hurriedly said: "Lord Yuan doesn't need to be polite, there are two sets of iron cages below, Lord Yuan quickly ask someone to go to the east." ”

When Man Gui heard this, he hurriedly asked someone to take out the iron frame, iron chain and iron cage with the people brought by Sun Chuanting, drag them to the east gate city wall and put them down, and then set them on fire like on the south city wall and let the iron fire cage swim around and kill the enemy. The Jurchens under the eastern city wall were also digging the city and erecting cloud ladders, and suddenly were attacked by two huge fireballs across the sky, one by one ghosts crying wolf howls and screaming, hundreds of catties of things smashed down and no shield can stop it, and there is a raging fire burning on this thing, everyone knows that they can no longer suffer the loss in front of them, and they all ran back after shouting, leaving only some wooden ladders and wooden shields burning on the ground.

The second Jurchen under the city, Belle Daishan, was also stunned by this sudden unexpected blow, and it was indeed a little lost to see that Ning Yuancheng was about to succeed and suddenly all of them were driven back. When he was thinking about countermeasures, he suddenly heard the earth-shattering shouts and horses' hooves from the east of Ningyuan City, and Dai Shan thought to himself: "Does this Ming army still dare to use cavalry to hedge with me?" ”

At this time, Ao Bai came over and said: "Erbeiler, about three or four thousand cavalry of the Ming army rushed out of the strange city in the north of Ningyuan City, and fled back after slashing and killing while our army was unprepared, please show Erbeile what to do?" ”

As soon as Aobai's words were finished, the Jurchen general in the south of the city came to report that there were three or four thousand Ming cavalry from the west of Ningyuan City, and they also rushed over from the side, and then fled back after taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the siege army to slash and kill for a while.

Dai Shan thought for a while and said: "According to what you started to say, you can know that the Ming army has a cavalry of seven or eight thousand hidden in that circular strange city, this circular strange city is north of Ningyuan City, as long as this circular strange city is broken, Ningyuan Pass and Ningyuan City can be separated, and when the time comes, there will be no problem to break through Ningyuan Pass from behind and then take Ningyuan City." ”

After thinking for a while, he said: "But the thousands of cavalry of the Ming army can come and go freely and easily enter and exit the city, so how big should the city gate be?" ”

Ao Bai said: "This round strange city seems to have no gates, but it seems to be full of gates. ”

Dai Shan said with a little displeasure: "What's so weird, let's go, let's take a look." ”

Dai Shan took the men and horses from the east of Ningyuan to the west, and after a careful inspection, he had a plan in his heart, and returned to the camp and said: "I took a look, the Ming army in Ningyuan City was frightened, the east, south, and west gates were all blocked, and it was very difficult for us to get in and they had to come out." There are only two directions to attack that strange city, one is to attack from the northwest corner of Ningyuan City, but it is only one mile wide, and the terrain is uneven; The second is to attack from the northeast corner of Ningyuan Pass, where there is a two-mile road wide to attack, as long as you don't get close to Ningyuan City, the artillery in the city will not be able to threaten us, do you have any ideas? ”

Ao Bai said: "Erbeile, there is a good way to do it, which is to attack the west. ”

Dai Shan asked: "Why do you want to attack the west?" ”

Ao Bai said: "I will take 20,000 people from the northwest corner of Ningyuan City to the round strange city to feint, to attract their cavalry over, when the time comes, Er Beile will lead 30,000 people from the northeast corner of Ningyuan City to suddenly kill the round strange city, and the big thing can be done." ”

At this time, someone asked, "What if the people in the round monster city also use fire cages?" ”

Dai Shan said: "Don't be afraid, there are many people at the head of Ningyuan City, but the head of the circular strange city is not connected, so there must be very few people on it, if there is a fire cage on it, we will use iron chains to pull it down with a fire cage." ”