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Just when the military attache's heart was uneasy, a long and dull sound of bull horns came from outside the city, and the Eight Banners soldiers standing in line immediately shouted, waving the weapons in their hands and rushing towards the city wall.

"Prepare for war!" Seeing this, Yu Chengming clenched his fist, then pulled out the knife in his waist with a brush, pointed at the Eight Banners soldiers under the city, and shouted loudly.

The soldiers on the city wall rushed to their respective positions on duty, those with bows and arrows took bows and arrows, and those who moved stones and trees rolled stones and trees, looking at the approaching Eight Banners soldiers with nervous expressions.

"Come up, quick." At this time, a voice came, and a group of people in the city rushed over with weapons in their hands and under the leadership of the children of the Li family to assist the Ming army in defending the city.

"Brother Li, thank you!" Seeing this, Yu Chengming was immediately moved, and said loudly to the middle-aged man led by the Li family.

"Lord Yu, it is our duty to protect our family and defend the country." The middle-aged man led by the Li family waved his hand and beckoned the people brought by him to assist the Ming soldiers in defending the city.

Originally, these people were only responsible for carrying wood and stones and other fortified items to bring down the city wall and do logistics-related affairs, but now the situation is urgent, so the children of the Li family brought them to defend the city, after all, the city wall is the last barrier to protect the safety of the people in the city, and there is no room for error.

Looking at those people who came to defend the city, Yu Chengming's face couldn't help but flash a complicated look, in front of those fierce Eight Banner soldiers, these people could only be sent to death.

Although Yu Chengming is reluctant to admit it, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners is indeed much higher than that of the Ming Army in Tieling, not only because the Eight Banners are fierce and good at fighting, but also because the negligence of the guards of the Liaodong Capital Division is also a very important factor.

In the final analysis, the military system of Ming Taizu has seriously restricted and weakened the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, making the soldiers in various guards demoralized and unintentional, and the quality of soldiers is getting lower and lower, which is also the reason why Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang and others recruited private troops.

Sou!

As the Ming army on the city wall shot the first arrow at the besieging Eight Banners, and caused one of the Eight Banners soldiers who rushed in front to stumble to the ground, the fierce battle to defend the city finally began.

The Eight Banners in the charge kept falling in front of the city wall, and the Ming soldiers and Minzhuang on the city wall also fell into the bow and arrow of the Eight Banners under the city and fell in a pool of blood.

After three consecutive days of fierce fighting, the advantage of the Eight Banners was demonstrated at this time, and the follow-up troops continued to join the ranks of the siege.

This made the Ming soldiers on the city wall under tremendous pressure, and they fought back desperately under the command of military attachés at all levels, and the scene was soon covered with corpses and rivers of blood.

"Eighth brother, it seems that this Tieling City is ours."

In the fierce battle, Dai Shan, who was standing on a small hill outside the city of Nancheng to watch the battle, glanced at the Eight Banners soldiers who were gradually attacking the city head and fighting with the Ming army on the city wall, and said with a smile to Huang Taiji who frowned slightly beside him, in his opinion, the Ming army defending the city was already powerless to fight back against the Eight Banners at this time.

Huang Taiji smiled and didn't speak, the look on his face still looked a little serious, although now the Eight Banners had an advantage in the siege, but for some reason he always seemed a little uneasy, feeling an inexplicable uneasiness.

The source of this uneasiness is that the resistance of the Ming army defending Tieling City suddenly became stubborn, and the inner response in the city has not opened the city gate to let them in, especially the change in the morale of the Ming army makes him puzzled, otherwise he would have taken Tieling City yesterday, and the battle situation would not have been so anxious.

At the same time, on the city wall of the southern city, Yu Chengming and others were forced to retreat while fighting by swarming to climb the wall, and there were constantly Ming soldiers and people who fell in a pool of blood, the situation was extremely critical, once the Eight Banners soldiers gained a firm foothold in the city, then the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing that Yu Chengming and others were about to be unable to withstand it, a group of soldiers rushed to the city wall under the leadership of Zheng Zhifan, and with the addition of this new force, the Ming army's position finally stabilized, and the fight with the Eight Banners came to a stalemate.

"Zheng Tuiguan, why are you here?" Yu Chengming, who was already covered with blood, came to Zheng Zhifan with a knife dripping blood, and asked with some surprise, Zheng Zhifan was a civilian official and was arranged by him to stay in the General Military Mansion.

"Chief soldier Yu, the situation is critical now, if you can't resist the enemy on the city wall, then Tieling will fall, how can this official sit idly by?" Zheng Zhifan shook his head and replied with a serious expression, he had already brought the only few troops in the city to support Yu Chengming this time, which meant that Yu Chengming no longer had any reinforcements.

Unlike when Kaiyuan was found, Zheng Zhifan's family has now been properly settled by Li Hongyu, so he naturally has to live and die with Tieling City.

"Alas!" Yu Chengming glanced at the soldiers of the Ming Army and Minzhuang who were fighting with the Eight Banners, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

He knew that the soldiers and Minzhuang of the Ming army would not be able to support it for long, and it seemed that Tieling City would fall before the reinforcements sent by Li Hongyu arrived, or that there would be no reinforcements at all.

"Look, my lord, reinforcements are coming!" At this moment, a panicked voice suddenly came from the side, and a military attache standing not far from Yu Chengming pointed out of the city with a frightened face and said.

Yu Chengming looked up, only to see a group of cavalry on the hillside in the distance, and then more and more cavalry crossed the hillside and galloped towards Tieling City, from the cavalry's clothing, it seemed that it was not the Ming army but the Jurchens.

"It's over!" Yu Chengming couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his face was bloodless, he never expected that the Houjin Army would have reinforcements.

"Chief Yu, the Governor's reinforcements have arrived." However, Zheng Zhifan, who was standing on the side, was overjoyed, rubbed his eyes, and then pointed to the Jurchen cavalry who came in surprise and shouted to Yu Chengming, "This is the cavalry of the Yehe Division, and they are here to relieve us from the siege!" ”

"Yehebe?" Yu Chengming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and looked carefully at the cavalry clothes that rushed over, and it was really different from the soldiers of the Houjin Army, but he didn't pay attention to it before.

"Brothers, the Governor's reinforcements are coming, Jiannu has fallen into the net set by the Governor, we must defend the city, do not let Jiannu enter the city, and welcome the arrival of the Governor.

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Then, Yu Chengming waved the knife in his hand, and shouted emotionally to the surrounding Ming soldiers and Minzhuang, he never thought that Li Hongyu really sent reinforcements, and he was also a member of the Yehe Ministry, you must know that the soldiers of the Yehe Department fled without a fight during the Battle of Salhu.

"Kill!" Hearing this, the morale of the Ming soldiers and people at the scene was suddenly boosted, and they launched a fierce counterattack against the battlering Eight Banners, forcing the Eight Banners to retreat.

At this time, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, who were watching the battle on the small hill, noticed the sound of horses' hooves bursting into a violent roar from far and near, and couldn't help but turn around and look at the Yehe cavalry rushing from a distance.

"Kaiyuan sent reinforcements?" Subsequently, Dai Shan looked at Huang Taiji in surprise, and for a while thought that those cavalry were friendly troops from Kaiyuan City, but he and Huang Taiji did not seem to order the people of Kaiyuan City to reinforce them, and Kaiyuan City did not have so many cavalry.

"It's Yehe's man." Huang Taiji's face became extremely gloomy, he glanced at Ye He's cavalry who was rushing towards him, and said to Dai Shan in a deep voice, "Second brother, it seems that Ye Hebu wants to take advantage of the fire to rob!" ”

"Hmph, shameless villain, you don't have the courage to compete with us on the battlefield, using such despicable means as sneak attacks!"

Dai Shan sneered, then waved his hand at the people around him, and shouted loudly, "Go, follow Benbeile to destroy the people of Yehebu." ”

"Second brother, Ye Hebu has always been cautious and will not come to support the Ming army for no reason." As soon as Dai Shan's words fell, Huang Taiji stopped in front of him to block his way, and said expressionlessly, "I'm worried that the reinforcements of the Ming army this time are not only Ye Hebu. ”

"Are you saying that the army has other reinforcements?" Hearing this, Dai Shan was immediately stunned, according to the information he had, the strength of the Ming army was concentrated in Yaque Pass, and there was a situation of attacking Hetuala, so Nurhachi led the army back to sit in the town.

As for Shenyang City, plus the reinforcements that arrived later, the number of troops did not exceed 20,000, and they did not dare to come to the rescue of Tieling City at all.

"I'm worried about the Mongols." Huang Taiji looked at the Yehe cavalry who were getting closer and closer, and said with a serious expression, "The Ming army has no reinforcements in Liaodong, if the Yehe army still has anything to rely on, then it is the Mongols in the north, they don't want us to defeat the Ming army in Liaodong." ”

"It doesn't matter if he is a Mongol or not a Mongol, as long as they come to Benbel, he will kill them all." Dai Shan sneered when he heard this, turned on his horse, and led his Eight Banners soldiers to go away to meet the Yehe cavalry who came over.

"Blow the trumpet, collect the troops!" Huang Taiji glanced at the Eight Banners who were suppressed by the Ming soldiers at the head of the city, muttered for a while, and gave an order expressionlessly.

Obviously, now that the enemy is coming, it is not suitable to attack the city again, otherwise they will be attacked on their backs, and if they do not defeat the reinforced Ming troops, they will be driven out soon even if they attack the city.

With Huang Taiji's order, the trumpeters of the Houjin army blew the horn in their hands, and after hearing the trumpet, the Eight Banners who were climbing the ladder to the city suddenly stopped their movements, looked at each other and got off the ladder, and the siege team retreated like a tide.

"Win, we win!" Soon, the Eight Banners soldiers who attacked the city wall either retreated or were killed, and the Ming army soon took control of the city, supporting each other, holding high the weapons in their hands and cheering for the rest of their lives.

At this time, the Houjin cavalry and Yehe cavalry in the distance slammed into each other like two head-on floods, as if making a muffled "bang", many people screamed and fell off their horses, and a fierce battle immediately began.

"Zheng Tuiguan, how many people from the Ye He Department have been transferred by the Governor this time?"

Looking at the Yehe cavalry and the infantry following behind under the black pressure, Yu Chengming's face showed a look of surprise, and he couldn't help but ask Zheng Zhifan on the side in surprise, according to his estimates, the Yehe tribe came with no less than 10,000 troops this time, and he never expected that the people of the Yehe tribe would spend such a big capital this time and send so many troops to fight the Houjin army.

"This official doesn't know, but the governor must have a back move, and the people of Ye Hebu alone can't defeat Jiannu." Zheng Zhifan shook his head, his face was filled with excitement, and he looked at the Houjin Army and Ye Hejun who were fighting fiercely in the distance and said.

Obviously, Li Hongyu spent so much energy to prepare for the battle in Tieling, so how could he only have Ye Hebu reinforcements all the way, although Ye He's army was very strong, but it could not defeat the Houjin army with superior troops.

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