Ningyuan City Head

Without Yuan Chonghuan's permission, seeing that he had wasted a great opportunity, Man Gui could only avoid the excited officials and hide to the side to sulk.

Seeing that the Houjin camp went from a little spark before the shelling to a bright light and the whole camp was brightly lit, and then gradually returned to the point where the lights were out.

Everyone at the head of the city understood that Houjin had completed the transfer of the army.

"Ceasefire".

Yuan Chonghuan ordered majestically.

Ceasefire, ceasefire.

With Yuan Chonghuan's order, Ning Yuan's two batteries stopped firing from the red-coated cannons.

The cheers of Ningyuan City rang out.

In more than half an hour, the Ming army fired a total of 8 rounds of artillery shells at the Houjin camp.

In the dark, the specific results of the shelling were not clear to the Ming army.

There is only one clear outcome.

That is, Houjin was forced to move to the camp.

Being able to determine this result is enough to boost Ning Yuanming's spirits.

There is no way, in the face of Nurhachi, the Ming army has not seen it for a long time, even the slightest victory.

The last time he won a small victory over Nurhachi, it seems that it was when Xiong Tingbi was in charge of Liao.

Therefore, being able to force Nurhachi to move the camp is already a rare victory for the Ming army.

At the head of Ningyuan City, the cheers of the Ming army were deafening.

In the cheers, Ning Yuan's officials were as clear as a mirror in their hearts.

Ning Yuan's hardest battle is coming.

It's dark

Enraged, Nurhachi left the camp with a dozen guards.

The enraged Nurhachi had become completely serious, and he was going to take a good look at Ning Yuan.

This projectile town that dared to provoke him and tried to humiliate him.

Releasing the horses and trotting all the way, Nurhachi looked at the camp that had been attacked last night in the morning light.

I couldn't see the attack clearly last night, and now Nurhachi needs to take a good look.

Miserable, really miserable.

In Nurha's eyes, the location where the battalion was hit by shells was simply miserable.

With Nurhachi's long-term experience and the eyes of countless vicious battles, he couldn't help but gasp.

It can be seen that if the location where the Ming army's artillery shells hit the camp was in an open field, the scene would be a little better.

At most, there was a crater from a shell, a tent that was torn apart by the shell, and a bloody and mutilated body left behind by the impact.

But if the Ming army's artillery shells hit the tent directly, the broken human body and the torn tent were directly mixed together, and completely turned into a pile of things that were difficult for people to distinguish.

Seeing the power of the Ming army's shells, Nurhachi also felt a secret in his heart.

Thankfully!

If the cannonball hit his tent directly, then no matter how wise and powerful he is, he will definitely die.

The horses shuttled through the main camp, and Nurhachi made a simple calculation, and the Houjin soldiers lost at least nearly 100 men in the shelling.

A tent in Houjin generally accommodated 10 soldiers.

Almost all the tents that were hit by the shells were killed or wounded.

Soldiers who are hit by ricochets will die less directly, and more will be injured. But most of the injured soldiers will not survive.

With just one blow, Ning Yuanming's army at least made it impossible for Houjin's hundred-man team to go to the battlefield again.

After passing through the camp, Nurhachi calmed down and began to carefully observe the high walls of Ningyuan.

Like Amin, Nurhachi, who was carefully observing, was also taken aback by the standards of the Ningyuan city wall.

Under close scrutiny, Ningyuan's city wall as high as 3 zhang 5, coupled with the city tower more than 1 zhang high, became more oppressive.

After carefully observing Ningyuan North City, Nurhachi did not say a word, and silently turned his horse around the other directions of Ningyuan City.

Ningyuan City is indeed not big, and it is only about 10 miles in size.

From the north city to the west city, it is only a dozen miles in total.

Nurhachi did not care about horsepower, and in a matter of hours, he completely explored the northern and western cities of Ningyuan.

After seeing the situation in Xicheng, Nurhachi dialed his horse and returned to Houjin Daying.

"Summons," Nurhachi ordered loudly as soon as he entered the camp gate.

"The whole army moved to Xicheng and set up camp."

"Wow!"

Later, the Jin Zhong looked at Nurhachi's gloomy face, and no one dared to ask why.

All the generals made a loud promise, and turned around to arrange the details of the army's move to camp.

"Amin," Nurhachi shouted.

Amin, who was walking out, was excited, and he quickly stopped and turned around and promised loudly: "Amin is here, please give the order of the Great Khan." ”

"Amin, your blue flag is here to stay."

Contrary to Amin's expectations, Nurhachi actually arranged for him to stay in the north of the city with a blue flag.

Looking at Amin's flushed face, the other generals smiled and quickened their pace.

Well, the credit for breaking the city should not be inlaid with the blue flag.

Nurhachi looked at Amin whose face was flushed, and continued to explain: "After the army pulls out the camp, you go and clean up the remnants of the camp in front, and then wait for Ben Khan's order here with peace of mind." ”

Hearing Nurhachi call himself Ben Khan, the blood on Amin's face slowly faded.

Amin knew that when Nurhachi called himself Ben Khan, it meant that his decision was beyond doubt, and Nurhachi's mood at this time was often very bad.

"Wow!"

Amin simply agreed, he didn't dare to challenge Nurhachi's temper at this time.

The camp was moved again because Nurhachi decided to launch an attack on Ningyuan from Xicheng.

Compared with the northern city, the city wall of Ningyuan West City is slightly lower, which is more conducive to the siege of the Eight Banners.

As for the east and south directions of Ningyuan City, Nurhachi had already learned in the investigation that those two sides were not suitable for deploying large forces at all. Nurhachi didn't think about either direction.

The reason why the blue flag was left in the north of the city was because Nurhachi keenly felt that the blue flag that had come a day earlier in the various armies seemed to have been frustrated by the defenders of Ningyuan.

And next, Nurhachi was going to launch the fiercest attack on Ning Yuan. The slightly sluggish morale of the blue flag made Nurhachi a little uneasy.

Leave them in the north of the city, let the blue flag clean up the dilapidated old camp, and give the blue flag a time to restore morale.

On October 19 of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi led the main force of the Eight Banners to re-establish a large camp in the west of Ningyuan City.

As soon as the camp was set up, Nurhachi personally led the Houjin generals to explore the defense of the city wall of Ningyuan outside the city.

After being attacked by the artillery of Ning Yuan's Ming army, Nurhachi became a must to defeat Ning Yuan.

Nurhachi now not only has to take down Ning Yuan, but also has to take Ning Yuan as quickly as possible.

The internal reason is that the supplies of the Houjin troops are really not much, and they cannot support them to fight in Ningyuan for a long time.

Another reason is that Nurhachi wants to use a great victory to shock the Ming army in Liaodong.

You must know that Nurhachi's reputation for winning a hundred battles over the years no longer allows him to face the provocation of the Ming army, and there is still room for retreat.

Nurhachi was determined to use the blood of the entire Ningyuan to tell the Ming army in Liaodong: I am angry, and the consequences are serious.

At the end of the exploration of Ningyuan City, Nurhachi pointed at the head of Ningyuan City with a horsewhip and announced majestically and solemnly: "This city dares to provoke Ben Khan, you go back and announce the army."

Whoever ascends to the head of the city first will be given the number of Baturu, and the amount will be raised, and a hundred slaves will be rewarded.

The banner of the advanced city, the priority is to select the spoils of this city.

After entering the city, the whole army did not seal the sword. ”

Hearing Nurhachi's statement, the generals of the Houjin Dynasty all showed a happy smile on their faces.

Nurhachi's proclamation was very rich, and it directly set the tone for Ning Yuan's complete destruction.

Ningyuan City must be destroyed!