At this time, the city gate opened, and a group of Jurchen cavalry rushed out. The officers of the Guards had the Jurchen tribes escorted and retreated. He drew a sword and pointed forward, "Array." ”

The Guards quickly lined up in three rows, and when the Jurchen cavalry rushed one hundred and fifty paces away, they began to draw their bows, and the Guards officer ordered: "The first row is aimed at the enemy." ”

The first platoon of the Guards took their guns and aimed them ahead. Soon the Jurchen cavalry had already begun to draw their bows and arrows, and the Guards officer waved his sword and said, "Release." "The firecrackers in the first row went off, and smoke rose from them. The command sounded again: "The second row comes forward, put!" "The third row comes forward, let's go!"

After the smoke dissipated, the Jurchen cavalry was already sparsely scattered, and only a few dozen horsemen were left to wander in front. The Guards had already loaded their bullets, and the officer's sword pointed forward: "Put!" "Knocked down a dozen more horses. At this time, the Jurchen cavalry fled backwards as if they had just woken up from a dream.

Lin Bulu, the leader of the Yehe tribe, stepped forward and said, "My lord, can you let the Yehe tribe clean up the battlefield?" ”

The officer nodded. With a wave of his hand, more than a hundred Yehe tribesmen ran forward with large swords. The officer's sword pointed forward again, and the guards raised their guns and aimed them at the Yeh soldiers in front of them.

Lin Bulu rushed to the front of the battle, cut off the head of a screaming cavalryman with a single sword, and then lifted his braid and raised it high, turning around. The officer then lowered the tip of his sword, and the guards moved the sword down, but did not retract it.

Lin Bulu led the Yehe tribe to kill all the Houjin cavalry waiting to die, cut off the heads, collected the horses that had not yet run away, and then led the horses back to the Guards formation with their heads.

The Guards officer tucked his sword into the scabbard, slapped Lin Bulu on the back and said, "We're all in this together." ”

Lin Bulu bowed slightly and said, "This is Ye He's honor!" ”

The Guards saluted him and said, "You earned it yourself." It is an honor for our Ming Guards to be able to fight together with the Yehe people. ”

Seeing this scene, the other three tribes of the Haixi Jurchens were all hot in their hearts, and even some of the Jianzhou Jurchens who had surrendered had some ideas, maybe it was not a wrong decision to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

The Guards slowly retreated to two miles away and began to encamp. Some staff officers thought that they should retreat, such as camping five miles away, but Lu Xiangsheng refused: "Now is the time to see who is tougher, Jiannu's spirit has broken down, and he does not dare to launch an attack at night." Besides, if we set up the artillery, they will only come to die. ”

The proportion of night blindness in the Guards has now decreased dramatically, and of course this is closely related to the addition of corn to the grain. Therefore, in the case of a night attack, the Guards have a great advantage. And Lu Xiangsheng wanted to give the people in the city a sense of oppression, so he insisted on camping next to Liaoyang.

He believed that Nurhachi would not be able to admit defeat like this, and there would definitely be a fierce battle under Liaoyang City. Therefore, Man Gui's Fifth Division was only a day's journey from him, and it should be possible to camp twenty miles behind him before dark.

When patrolling the camp in the evening, the staff officer reported that the Fifth Division had stopped twenty miles behind, and then he relieved himself and asked the signal corps to send a letter to Man Gui.

At this time, in Liaoyang City, Houjin and Baylor were already arguing. In order to show his composure, Nurhachi did not come out to participate, but just let them discuss it first. Without an old slave in charge, the monkeys quarreled without any scruples.

It is mainly divided into two factions, one faction is represented by Daishan, who wants to withdraw from Liaoshen, return to Hetuala, and then try to fight with the Ming Dynasty after recuperation. The other faction is represented by Amin, saying that they will first severely punish the guards outside the city, and then Jin's troops will deal with the more than 8,000 Ming troops outside the city.

Dai Shan sneered: "You don't think they don't have reinforcements behind them, do you?" If there are 8,000 more people, do you think you can win them with crowd tactics? ”

Amin said: "The weapons of the Ming people are suitable for long-range attacks, as long as they are approached, they are vulnerable. ”

Dai Shan smiled: "When you were in Yunyang Fort, why didn't you approach them to fight." You have a large number of people with blue flags, and you can completely annihilate the guards with the tactics of crowds. ”

Amin was furious, and in the battle of Yunyang Fort, he could only shrink back and finally lose the castle, which has always been a thorn in his heart. Now Dai Shan stabbed this thorn into his heart again. He shouted, "Do you want the Jurchen heroes to retreat without a fight? ”

Yue Tuo said unhurriedly: "If you don't win the Ming army with a roar, why bother? It's important to find a way. ”

Dai Shanjian saw that his son, who had never been close to him, actually helped him, and said excitedly: "Yes, if you don't want to retreat, then find a way to win the Ming army, if you win, you will have everything." ”

Amin's heart was about to collapse, and the current Houjin Bing's stomach barely remained not too hungry, but it was definitely not full. If such an army wants to win the Ming army, it is afraid that there is no hope at all. But if he wants to leave without a fight, he is unwilling.

At this time, Mang Gurtai spoke: "Second brother's idea is naturally safe. It's just that if we retreat this time, it will be more serious than if we lose. I'm a rough man, I only know that if we retreat without a fight, the hearts of the entire tribe will be scattered, and the first thought when I meet the Ming army in the future is to escape. The reason why we advanced all the way after Salhu, and most of the Ming troops we encountered surrendered, was because they were afraid of us, and their hearts were scattered. We will now retreat to Hetuala, and after that, the combat effectiveness of our Dajin soldiers will be even worse than that of the Ming army after Salhu. ”

At this time, a voice sounded: "Although the fifth child is rude, this remark is extremely reasonable. I saw Nurhachi slowly walking in from the outside. The crowd hurriedly saluted, and Nurhachi waved his hand and walked to his seat and sat down.

"I rose up against the Ming that day, in fact, it was not because of the so-called seven hatreds, it was just an excuse, the real reason was that I was unwilling, why the Ming Dynasty could decide the affairs of our Jurchens, why we Jurchens could only become the lackeys of the Ming people, not the lackeys of the Ming Emperor, but just the lackeys of Li Chengliang."

"I want the Ming people to be our lackeys, I want the fertile land of Liaodong, not the barren land outside the border wall, I want the officials of the Ming Dynasty to kneel in front of our war horses and beg for mercy, and put on a flattering face that I once posed, so that the Ming people know that I, Nurhachi, am not the lackeys of the Ming Dynasty. It was with this unwillingness that we rushed out of the mountains, laid down Liaoshen, and laid down Guangning. ”