The Jin army's attack on Ningyuan was not smooth at the beginning, the Ming army in the city did not surrender or flee as before, nor did they go out of the city to fight, they just defended the lonely city, the city wall was full of defenders, and the arrows and guns were not stopped, and the archers of the Jin army poured a rain of arrows on the city and could not destroy the defenders. The performance of the Jin army is also very brave, the siege soldiers not only have black battalion soldiers, but also supplement a large number of soldiers, the soldiers are composed of the Eight Banners who voluntarily carry weapons and rations to participate in the war and the masters sent to serve the Khan King, this group of people voluntarily fight for their own purposes, some want to be officials and make a fortune, some want to lift their nationality and get rid of slaves, and they want to ask for wives, the combat effectiveness of the war may not be strong, but they dare to play with their lives, and they dare to rush up with a broken cart.

No matter how fierce the Ming army is, it can't stop this gang of outlaws, what really blocks the Jin army is the thick city wall, Ningyuan's city wall is more than three zhang high, and what's worse is that it is still in the first month, the weather is cold and dripping into ice, and Ningyuan's city wall has been frozen and become hard and slippery. The Jin soldiers are really desperate, the ladder is not needed, they use the big axe to cut the city, want to dig a hole in the city wall, of course the Ming army does not agree, the boulder, the fire pot smashed down one by one, and then simply used the quilt, reed swept with gunpowder and threw down, the outlaws and the chariot under the city were burned, the Jin army did not come to bake the fire, in this case can only retreat. The Ming army was red-eyed, the cannon used yesterday is still used today, a cannon down and the people behind the cart belt were smashed to pieces, the archers in dense formations were beaten the worst, a cannon can sweep out a bloody alley, leaving a stump and broken arm, frightening the archers of the Jin army to scatter and flee, fortunately, the rate of fire of this cannon is too slow, and two can't be fired after a meal, but the offensive of the Jin army has also been greatly weakened, and the outlaws are afraid to see their companions who have been smashed into a human shape, and they began to cower.

The old Khan was angry, shouting and scolding at Baylor and the officers around him, these people were also a little anxious, and they changed their luck and began to attack Nancheng, and by the way, they also drove a group of Han troops up, Ming has firearms, and we also have them, so let's fight it, in order to prevent this group of Han troops from cutting corners and loading less gunpowder, Baylor also sent some knowledgeable Han Aha as experts to supervise. The firearms fight was very unsuccessful, and the guns of the Han army exploded one after another - this is the result of the messing up of those experts, in order to prove their level, they forced the Han army to refill gunpowder, and the Ming army was not much better, the firearms of the Ming and Jin countries were in the same vein, and the guns of the Jin army were immediately infected to the Ming army, and the crackling and wailing sound on the city proved that they also suffered. However, the few cannons that scared Jin Jun were not affected, and they still fired a few cannons from time to time, and each cannon made Jin Jun tremble.

At this time, the sky was also a little dark, the two attack points in front and back were in vain, the Jin army had no intention of fighting, and the old Khan had to order the troops to be withdrawn, and the day's offensive ended hastily. When the old Khan returned to his big tent, he scolded the Baylors, lamenting that the generation was not as good as the generation, how fierce he was back then, the fortresses of Fushun and Tieling, and even the towns and cities of Liaoyang and Guangning, were all leveled under his feet in one fell swoop, and this group of unscrupulous sons were afraid to fight a small Ningyuan, and today the fight was lively, but the old Khan could see that the flags were not able to work, and the Baylors were coaxing a group of soldiers to be cannon fodder in front, and the flag soldiers were left behind and were reluctant to be sent, and only three or four hundred people died in one day today, there are only about forty people per flag, and in this way, the Baylors are still complaining. The old Khan scolded so much that the stars were splashing, and the Baylors were honestly scolded, but they were not convinced, everyone didn't want to attack the city, it was your old man who forced it to do it, Ningyuan City is tall and strong, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers standing on the city to guard, you also found a snowy day to attack, isn't this hard to hit the iron plate! And the Houjin army has not really captured a decent city, the city that your old man took in the past, I don't know that you beat it, and those who know understand that the Ming court is too black for the people, and the people of the Ming country helped you take it, and you are embarrassed to blow!

The old Khan was tired of scolding, and made a decision to continue the siege tomorrow, and then drove these unfortunate children and grandchildren out of the big tent. It doesn't matter as soon as the Baylors come out of the account, the old Khan has scolded them twice in three days over the years, they have long been used to it, and it is good that they have not been whipped by the old Khan.

Far away from the big tent, the white armor soldiers who were waiting for their banner owner watched the excitement of the day and were also discussing in private, this time Meng Ke, who relied on Li Yu to eat, became the protagonist - he was a soldier from Ningyuan City, of course, he knew some gossip, and this guy was very good at blowing, he could fool a group of people wherever he went, Li Yu, Tulai and Yang Shan, the gang of Bai Jia, were surrounding him, listening to Meng Ke flickering there. Meng Ke told everyone very mysteriously that he had seen the cannons that scared everyone, they were cast by the Taixi people, and everyone called it the Hongyi cannon, each weighing five or six thousand catties, and the cannons were also ten catties heavy, and they could hit ten miles away with enough gunpowder, and the big black cannon was really a bit scary, and Ning Yuan had eleven such cannons. Seeing everyone's fear, Meng Ke was even more proud, and immediately changed his tone to comfort everyone, this kind of cannon is really scary, but it is not useful, it is too troublesome to use, and you don't want to shoot a second cannon without a meal, although it is far away from the head, it is not very good, whoever hits it will definitely die, but everyone is a good person, who will be so unlucky? Meng Ke's words made everyone nod their heads again and again, and they all felt that they were good people.

Meng Ke immediately changed the topic when he said this, the Hongyi cannon is nothing, the key is that the officials who defend the city are ruthless enough. Yang Shan didn't think so, and immediately said, I know that it is Yuan Chonghuan of Ningqian Dao of the Ming Kingdom who guards the city, and how ruthless he can be as a literati.

Meng Ke replied, this guy is ruthless, he really dares to kill, before you came, the city was arresting spies, and the Mongols and idle Han people on the street said they would be caught, and they killed hundreds of people in one breath - I don't believe you have so many spies, you say he is ruthless. Everyone thinks what Monk said is reasonable, and it is better to be careful when encountering a guy who kills people without blinking.

Li Yu also interjected, he felt that it was not necessary to attack this kind of city, anyway, the Ming army did not have the courage to go out of the city to fight, it was better to dig a few trenches to surround the city, and then send some cavalry to patrol around, as long as the Ming army was trapped, we would all do whatever we wanted, why waste it here. Li Yu's idea resonated with everyone, they all came out to find food to eat, who wants to stay here without dying.

As soon as the Baylors came out, everyone dispersed, and the four Baylors found Li Yu at a glance, and he shouted Li Yu hurriedly ran over. Sibeile asked Li Yu a few words, and told him that the two yellow flags and white armor were the old Khan's personal soldiers, and the performance of the white armor in every battle Lao Khan would personally ask about it, and he fought well in these two battles, and his military exploits had been recorded, and rewards were indispensable when he went back. Sibeiler patted Li Yu on the shoulder, said do a good job, and left.

When Li Yu returned to his team, Azig was staring at him coldly—Azig was always lukewarm to him during this time, and when he saw Li Yu coming from Sibeile, he said coldly: "I'm going to see your master." Without waiting for Li Yu to speak, he continued: "The Great Khan said, the Mongol captive will be given to you to be Aha, but you can find a way to find rations yourself." With that, he turned and walked away.

Meng Ke is sure that Li Yu is going to eat, and he can't get rid of it, Li Yu even plans to squeeze some rations out to him and let him escape by himself, Meng Ke doesn't do it and says that there is a shortage of soldiers outside, and he will starve to death when he goes out, so he doesn't want to do it with others, he thinks that people like Li Yu are easy to bully. This matter became a joke, everyone said that Li Yu was falsely accused, and the old Khan and the Baylors heard it and felt that this Erlu was too wretched, how could it be falsely accused by the captives, but according to Zhu Shen's habits, whoever captured the prisoner had priority, and it was really inconvenient for Baijia Bayala to feed the horses and carry the armor without Aha to help him, so they all agreed to leave this Mongol to Li Yu. Azig didn't object, Li Yu was a poor bastard, where did he find rations for two people, and when he was forced to come to the door in a hurry, Azig felt that he had to be enviable and treat this guy well.

Early the next morning, the Jin army rushed out of the camp to Ningyuan City, Li Yu was also in the team, the white armor were all full of indifference, anyway, it was not their turn to die, and the ordinary flag soldiers were sad and unmotivated. Meng Ke followed Li Yu and led the mule, saying strange things all over his mouth - others stayed, but the horse was taken away as a trophy from above, and now he can only walk in his heart, of course, he is dissatisfied, and Li Yu is too lazy to care about him.

Li Yu was walking with his head down, and suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder, as soon as he turned around, the man hugged him, and said: "Brother Erlu, my brother hasn't seen you for a long time, and I still miss you." Li Yu looked up, it turned out to be Bei Zi Shuotuo with red flags, this guy hugged Li Yu tightly, there was a puff of wine in his mouth, and he kept saying: "I heard Sakhalian say that you went to the literary hall to mix, and now you know more words than Ye, and your writing is better than Ye, Ye has long seen that you are a good kid." Twisting his face to see Meng Ke, he continued: "This is your new Ahha, yes, this slave is quite strong." Hey, how can you lead the mule as a minion, can the white-armored soldiers have such a minion! ”

Shuo Tuo couldn't help but say that he stuffed the reins in his hand into Li Yu's hand: "The master misses the old the most, so he can't get used to seeing the people next to him being aggrieved, this master's good horse is given to you, don't be polite to the master, the master can't stand this the most." After Shuo Tuo finished speaking, he ran away, from beginning to end Li Yu didn't even have a chance to interject, and was baffled by Shuo Tuo, Turai shook his head and said, This Shuo Tuo Beizi is nervous again, but I look at this horse How familiar it looks, Ao Bai also said on the side that it feels a little familiar. Meng Kecai didn't care about this, snatched the reins from Li Yu's hand and rode up unceremoniously - this is a big red horse, fat and strong, and it looks like a good horse.

The battle in front of Ningyuan City began again, the old Khan went to the front line today to personally supervise the battle, the Baylors also cheered up and mobilized troops to continue to attack Ningyuan City, the city and the city were mixed again, the Ming army still beat the Jin army under the city according to yesterday's routine, Meng Ke said that the Hongyi cannon fired intermittently, destroying several Jin army's chariots, the Jin army also learned to be smart, the outlaws in front of them threw the chariots around to hide as soon as they heard the sound of the cannons, and they only smashed together in fear when they got to the city - the outlaws didn't want to die in vain, The archers and gunners in the back no longer dared to line up in a dense line, and they fought sparsely. In contrast, the Jin army was sluggish, and the Ming army was more energetic, and the guns and crossbows were fighting more fiercely.

The old Khan was so angry that he yelled and yelled, forcing the Baylors to contribute, the Baylors were helpless, and each drew some people from their own cattle records, and some officers also led the team to attack the city, under the coercion of the officers, the flag soldiers and the pawns finally attacked a few times in a decent manner, and dug some pits in the city, but it could only end here, the wood, fire pots, bedding and reed mats wrapped in gunpowder on the city were thrown down one by one, and the Jin army under the city was burned to the point of screaming, throwing down the corpses on the ground and running, and the offensive of the Jin army was repelled again and again.

The Baylors began to persuade Lao Khan to withdraw his troops, and if he continued to fight like this, he could only die in vain, and the Jin army was good at field battles and clumsy in attacking cities, and he had never conquered the fortified city since the beginning of the army, and he could not come up with any means of attacking the city. Old Khan just couldn't swallow this breath, and insisted on fighting with shouting and scolding, spraying the blood of the Beylers scolding, and at this time the Ming army helped a lot. Lao Khan's Huangluo umbrella cover was too conspicuous, the Ming army finally noticed this target, a cannon roared towards their circle of people, and when they reacted, it was too late, they could only watch the cannon come to them at a loss, the guards around Lao Khan were a little better, but they could only desperately rush in front of Lao Khan, wanting to protect Lao Khan with their own body, Turai also reacted quickly, shouting: "Not good, save Da Khan!" With Li Yu, Tie Spear and others beside him, they rushed to the position of the old Khan.

The cannon finally flew over, smashing heavily on the snow ten steps away from the old Khan's horse, making a dull sound, not waiting for everyone to breathe a sigh of relief, the cannon jumped up again and pounced on everyone, this time it couldn't dodge, the cannon smashed on the head of a guard in front of the old Khan, smashed the horse's head to pieces, and then the aftermath did not decrease and hit the guard's chest, immediately blood splashed, even people and horses screamed and fell, the crowd crowded into a crowd and shouted that the horse neighed for a while, and then another person fell from the frightened horse, and the scene was even more chaotic. The man who planted the horse did not wait for others to save him, but got up on his own, holding a horsewhip and shouting angrily: "Shuoto, you little rabbit cub, you have robbed Lao Tzu's horse, and Lao Tzu will kill you brute." As he spoke, he ran away from Shuotuo in the crowd, and after a while, the howling of Shuotuo's wolf and ghost sounded, and Sibeile was the calmest at this time, and shouted repeatedly: "Protect the Khan King, retreat!" Evacuate! His shout reminded everyone, and a group of Baylor, Xungui and civil and military executives immediately surrounded the frightened old Khan and ran backwards. As soon as they ran, the guards of each banner immediately followed, and then the banner soldiers in the Jin army's large array ran together, and the banner soldiers and soldiers who had no intention of fighting under the city saw that the Huangluo umbrella cover had disappeared, so they naturally scattered backwards.

Everyone ran, and of course Li Yu had to run too, and Turai rushed over and shouted, "Throw the horse away, run with it." As soon as he pulled Meng Ke off the horse, Meng Ke wanted to say something, but Turai whipped it up, and Meng Ke had to run with Li Yu with his legs open. Thurai whispered to Li Yu as he ran: "I remember, the horse that Shuoto gave you is the mount of Big Baylor, this master will definitely be beaten by Big Baylor today, don't ask for this horse, whoever picks it up will go and return it to Big Baylor, we don't know anything, don't want us to admit it." ”

Ao Bai, who was following Li Yu's buttocks, also gasped and said, "Yes, we won't admit it." ”

The Jin army's one-day offensive ended in such a chaotic manner, fortunately, the Ming army was also very honest, but he didn't expect to take advantage of the fire to rob, and the Jin army ran from Ningyuan City to Longgong Temple, five miles southwest, before stopping. The old Khan was surrounded by Baylor and the guards and ran wildly, but at this time he finally came to his senses and immediately ordered to stop retreating and camp on the spot, and at the same time released scouts to search in all directions.

The old Khan's big tent was soon erected, the wind and snow howled outside the tent, and the silence inside the tent, and the Baylors all hung their heads and waited for the old Khan's scolding—the old Khan was dragged down from Ningyuan City by them. Old Khan lowered his head and sat without saying a word, he was also frightened, the huge cannon was too scary, the unlucky guard in front of him was smashed into a blur of flesh and blood, his mind was blank at that time, so he was coerced here by his own children and grandchildren, but now he understands that Ningyuan City can no longer fight, no one wants to consume their population here, no one will honestly attack the city, he is a little helpless, it doesn't matter if people talk when they are old.

The old Khan sighed and said to his children and grandchildren, Ningyuan City still has to go, the Baylors immediately turned ugly, and the old Khan immediately added, the bodies of those soldiers left in the city should be brought back for cremation, the Baylors breathed a sigh of relief, patted their chests and agreed, and they would admit it if they lost the battle, and it was too cheap for the corpse to be left for the other party to cut off the head of the Ming army, and there were not many dead, at most five or six hundred people, and it was not troublesome to carry it down.

Ning Yuan is not fighting, the question of how to end up decently is in front of him, you can't let everyone run for nothing, this time the Jin State mobilized nearly 40,000 banner soldiers, soldiers and Han troops, plus Aha and Minfu who accompanied the army, the total number of people dispatched exceeded 100,000, and countless grains, grass, and ordnance were consumed.

The scouts sent out finally returned, and they brought back a piece of news that a large number of Ming troops were stationed on Juehua Island, thirty miles southeast of Ningyuan City, and the sea surface from the land to the island had been frozen, and the Ming army was gathering people to dig ice on the ice, as if they were planning to hold on to Juehua Island. Baylor's eyes lit up as soon as they heard it, Juehua Island is where the Ming army hoarded grain on the sea in western Liaoning, and there was a grain city on the island, everyone thought that the Ming army on Juehua Island might have withdrawn like Daling River, Youtunwei and Jinzhou, but I didn't expect that there were still people stationed, and since the Ming army was willing to brave the wind and snow and the cold at the expense of manpower to dig ice, it means that there must be a lot of oil and water on the island, and the Jin army must of course accept this gift.

This time, there was no disagreement between the old Khan and Zhu Beile, everyone shouted and beaten, and the four Beile also suggested attacking Ningyuan City, he estimated that the Ming army did not have the courage to go out of the city to support Juehua Island, at best, a few brave Ming troops would secretly cut off the heads on a few corpses to go back to report their merits, but the civil officials who defended the city would be worried that they would be punished by their emperor in the future, and out of helplessness, they might drive the Ming army out of the city to find us trouble, so we must send some people to pretend to fight under the city- Anyway, we have a lot of soldiers and Han soldiers here to eat, so let them go to fight Ningyuan overnight, and make a good appearance to find a reason for the officials defending the city to fool their emperor, while the main force of the Jin army is going all out to attack Juehua Island, and the distance between Longgong Temple and Juehua Island is also close, and it is convenient for the flag soldiers to be mobilized, so they must fight for Juehua Island, so that everyone can go home with some loot.

Mang Gurtai immediately agreed, but he thought that the Mongolian battalion should be allowed to move, these guys followed us out and did nothing, and when they attacked Ningyuan, they used the excuse that the cavalry would not attack the city, and hid to the side and watched us bleed, this time they have to make some efforts, and leave the matter of taking the lead to them. Mang Gurtai's proposal resonated with everyone, and Da Belle Daishan also nodded absentmindedly and said yes, his mind is now on the second Shuo Tuo, this rabbit cub rushed to Da Belle early this morning, and ran away from the big red horse that Big Baylor often rides from Aha's hands, saying that his horse is too weak to have foot strength, and the old man will give him this horse if he has a horse, and said that his son wants Lao Tzu's righteousness, and he ran away without waiting for Big Baylor to speak, and Da Baylor had to temporarily change a horse and accompany Lao Khan to the city, Unexpectedly, this horse that is not often ridden was suddenly frightened, causing Big Baylor to fall down and be embarrassed, Big Baylor was ashamed and angry and wanted to beat the second child, but this guy only received a few whips and even cried and hid to the side of the old Khan without leaving a step, the old Khan protected his grandson, and the big Baylor did not dare to beat his son in front of the old Khan, although the big red horse was quickly recovered, but the big Baylor always felt that he had not beaten the second child enough, and his eyes were always aimed at Shuotuo behind the old Khan.

Seeing the rare unanimity of the Baylors, and all of them were high-spirited, the old Khan was also very happy, and immediately made a decision to attack Juehua Island early tomorrow morning, the old Khan and Zhubeile sat in the center of the Longgong Temple to deploy various armies, in order to deal with the changes of the Ming army in the two directions of Ningyuan and Juehua at any time, and the master of the Gushan Ezhen Dynasty of each banner led the main force of the banner soldiers and the Mongolian battalion to attack Juehua, and each banner sent part of the Baijia Bayara to help in the battle, and then sent people to find the third-class deputy general Wu Nag who was in charge of the Mongolian battalion, and the attack direction of the Jin army also turned to Juehua Island.