(Recommended reading: In the afternoon of the next day, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji led the Houjin army to Tieling City, camped outside the city, and naturally had to rest after a long march, //.(2)(5)(8)>

According to the usual practice, before the siege, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji sent Li Yongfang to persuade him to surrender, hoping that Yu Chengming and others could distinguish the danger they were in and surrender to Houjin.

However, Yu Chengming disappointed Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, and he scolded Li Yongfang on the city gate tower, which made Li Yongfang's face blue and white for a while, and extremely ugly.

Speaking of which, the personal relationship between Yu Chengming and Li Yongfang is good, and the distance between Tieling and Fushun is only more than 100 miles, and the two often deal with each other.

Yu Chengming never imagined that Li Yongfang would surrender Houjin and Tian shamelessly came to persuade him to surrender, so he naturally wanted to scold him for his traitorous behavior, which made the Ming soldiers on the city wall applaud one after another.

"Since you are so ignorant of lifting, wait for the city to break down and see that I don't kill him alive!" Knowing that Li Yongfang, who was persuaded to surrender, was scolded by Yu Chengming and his face was bloodless, Dai Shan sneered and said to Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji smiled slightly when he heard this, he had already guessed that the defenders of Tieling would not surrender, after all, the Ming Dynasty was a huge empire that was a hundred times stronger than Houjin, how could it surrender to them, the frontier barbarians? Although some generals were greedy for life and afraid of death and surrendered to Houjin like Li Yongfang, more generals were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and would rather die in battle than surrender.

"Second brother, you said that Ye He's people won't harm our business, right?" After a deep groan, Huang Taiji's brows furrowed slightly, for some reason he was a little uneasy, and the source was Ye Hebu, who was migrating on a large scale.

Now in Liaobei, the only military force that makes Huang Taiji simple is the Yehe Department, the Yehe Department is Nurhachi's mortal enemy, if they come to make trouble at this time, it will have an extremely adverse impact on the attack on Tieling, and it is also something that Huang Taiji does not want to see.

In the final analysis, Ye Hebu is the maiden family of Huang Taiji's mother, he naturally doesn't want to fight to the death with Ye Hebu, if Ye Hebu can surrender Nurhachi, then his power will undoubtedly get a qualitative leap.

"Those cowards of Ye He are busy running for their lives now, how dare they ruin our affairs!" The corners of Dai Shan's mouth suddenly flashed with a look of disdain, thinking that Ye Hebu's people didn't dare to come to join in the fun.

Huang Taiji couldn't help but bow his head slightly when he heard this, thinking that he was a little worried, Ye Hebu fled without a fight during the Battle of Salhu, obviously to preserve his strength, so how could he come to get involved in the affairs of Tieling?

The next day, the tragic siege battle inevitably broke out, under the personal supervision of Li Yongfang, the soldiers of the newly annexed army held shields, carried ladders, and rushed to the city of Tieling City with shouts.

After the new annex army approached, the defenders on the city wall fired thousands of arrows, and the rolling stones and fallen trees rained down, causing the new annex army to fall down in large pieces, and many people fell in a pool of blood with wailing, which made the soldiers of the new annex involuntarily retreat.

"Those who retreat from the battle, slash!" Li Yongfang looked at the retreating new annex soldiers with an expressionless face, brushed the knife on his waist and shouted gloomily.

Following his order, the soldiers on the side immediately rushed up to supervise the battle, driving the soldiers of the newly annexed army to continue the siege of the city, and soon became a group with the Ming army defending the city.

Li Hongfang's face looked a little pale, since he surrendered to Houjin, he has been despised and despised by the Jurchen nobles and generals, so he is bent on taking Tieling and making a head, so he urges the new annex army to launch a fierce offensive.

On a small hillside outside the city, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji stood side by side watching the battle, looking at the Ming army and the new annexed army who were caught in a desperate struggle there with serious expressions.

I have to say that the Houjin army is indeed inferior to the Ming army in terms of siege and defense, although the new annex army is very embarrassed under the counterattack of the Ming army defending the city, but it has to be said that they advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and there is cooperation between the siege arms:

Part of the Ming army on the city wall was pressed with bows and arrows, part of it was built with a cloud ladder, and the other part climbed the cloud ladder to attack the city, and it was not chaotic because of the attack of the Ming army on the city wall.

If you attack Tieling according to the way of the Houjin army, then you will definitely have the same casualties as Kaiyuan, although the Eight Banners are extremely fierce on the plain, but there is nothing they can do in the face of the high city wall, after all, they have never attacked a city with such a high city wall before, and the advantage of individual soldier quality is lost in front of the city wall.

"Second brother, it seems that my father is really prescient, if it weren't for these new annexes, we wouldn't know how many girls would be killed and injured!" After a long time, Huang Taiji glanced at the new soldiers who had fallen from the ladder one after another, and said to Dai Shan on the side with emotion.

"It will take at least ten years for our Jurchen warriors to die, and these new annexes will continue to flow as long as we can win the battle."

Dai Shan laughed when he heard this, "Originally, I thought that I had fed these wastes in vain, but I didn't expect them to be of some use." ”

"Second brother, Tieling is too close to Shenyang, in order to prevent the Ming army in Shenyang from coming to the rescue, we should still fight quickly."

Huang Taiji knew that Dai Shan, like other Jurchen nobles, looked down on the surrendered Ming army soldiers, so he frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "After today's siege by the new annexed army, the Ming army defending the city also has a lot of casualties, tomorrow we will follow the new annexed army to launch an offensive and capture Tieling as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

"By the way, didn't my father say that he had planted spies in the city, and I wonder if they would open the city gates and welcome us in."

Dai Shan bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and then remembered something, and couldn't help but say, "If they can open the city gate, then we can spend a lot less effort." ”

"I hope so." Huang Taiji nodded, and then Yu Feng turned to Dai Shan and said, "This siege is very important, we can't count on those internal responses, they belong to the kind of people who are icing on the cake, and if we want to win the city, we have to rely on our own strength." ”

"Hmm!" Dai Shan felt the same way, and after shaking the fist in his hand, he said arrogantly, "In the end, it is still harder than anyone's fist!" ”

Huang Taiji smiled slightly, then looked up at the fierce battlefield, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, he naturally knew that Tieling had extremely important strategic value to Houjin, so this battle must capture Tieling.

After nightfall, the head of Tieling City, which had been fighting all day, finally fell silent, and the new annexed army retreated under the command of Li Yongfang, and the bloody ground outside the city was filled with the corpses of the new annexed army, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of blood.

After today's siege, the 3,000 new annexed troops lost more than 2,000 people, but also caused hundreds of casualties to the defenders of Tieling.

What is particularly important is that the new annex army has consumed a lot of arrows and stones and other items of the Ming army defending the city today, which means that the counterattack posture of the Ming army defending the city will gradually weaken and can no longer maintain the intensity of today's counterattack.

At night, Yu Chengming personally inspected the city wall and visited the soldiers defending the city, after all, Tieling City is now besieged by the Houjin army, and it is possible to launch an attack at any time, even at night, he can't be careless, and the night siege has not happened.

Not only did Yu become famous, but Shi Ketai, Ding Bi and Wu Gongqing also went to inspect the city wall, and the four of them were each responsible for the security of a city gate, and they lived in the city gate tower at night.

"On the orders of the Chief Soldier, take Zheng Zhifan to the City Gate Tower!" At midnight, a group of soldiers suddenly arrived at the General Military Palace, and one of the military attachés in the lead handed the arrow in his hand to a military attache guarding the door.

"Guys, why do you look a little blind?" The military attache guarding the door checked the arrow, it was the military order issued by Yu Chengming, so he returned the arrow to the leading military attaché, and looked at him and the soldiers behind him with some doubts, it stands to reason that Yu Chengming should send the guards around him.

"Now that the war situation is urgent, it is the right time for Lord Yu to employ people, so he sent me and others here." The leading military attache bowed slightly to the military attache guarding the door, and then led the soldiers behind him into the General Military Mansion, and went straight to the prison of the General Military Mansion under the guidance of a soldier.

After checking the arrows of the leading military attaché, the cell boss in the prison led them into the prison and came to the door of the prison where Zheng Zhifan was held, and asked the jailer to take Zheng Zhifan out of the prison.

"What are you going to do?" Since no one has approached him since he was imprisoned, Zheng Zhifan was in a restless mood at this time, and when he saw that the jailer handed him over to the leading military attache and his party, he suddenly felt inexplicable excitement in his heart, and forced the excitement in his heart to ask the leading military attaché.

According to the design of Zheng Zhifan and Yu Chengming, Yu Chengming will not send someone to take him out of prison, which means that the leading military attache is not Yu Chengming's person, then he must be a traitor's subordinate.

"On the orders of the chief soldier, I will take you to ask for the guilt." The leading military attache replied coldly, then waved his hand and asked the soldiers behind him to escort Zheng Zhifan away.

Zheng Zhifan could be sure that the traitor in Tieling City had taken the bait, thinking that he had really taken refuge in Houjin, so he sent someone to rescue him, so after taking a few deep breaths, he suppressed his excitement and quietly followed the leading military attache and his party away.

After leaving the General Military Mansion, the leading military attache took Zheng Zhifan through several small alleys, and when he came to a secluded place, he brought Zheng Zhifan a set of soldiers' uniforms for him to change into.

"What are you ......" Zheng Zhifan glanced at the military uniform, pretending to be puzzled and looking at the leading military attaché.

"Zheng Tuiguan, we are the internal response sent by the Great Khan to the city, and we will take you out of the city tonight." The leading military attache smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "Time is pressing, quickly change your clothes." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhifan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, changed his clothes and followed the leading military attache to the west city of Tieling City, where a general with a helmet and armor was already waiting in the city gate.

"Zheng Tuiguan, you've been suffering these days." After seeing Zheng Zhifan, the general's face showed a relaxed look, and he said with a smile to Zheng Zhifan.

"General Ding!" Zheng Zhifan looked at the general in some surprise, he didn't expect that this person would betray Daming and join Houjin.

There is only one person who can be called a "general" in Tieling, and that is the general Ding Bi, this general is Ding Bi, and the general in Tieling City who has a secret communication with Houjin has finally surfaced.

"Zheng Tuiguan, now the person guarding the gate of Xicheng has been replaced by the henchman of the general, since Zheng Tuiguan is here, then let's get out of the city as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night."

Ding Bi saw Zheng Zhifan's stunned face, the corners of his mouth couldn't help flashing a smile, and after greeting Zheng Zhifan, he went down to the city gate, he was worried that Yu Chengming would get the news that Zheng Zhifan was rescued, which would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Of course, the leading military attache was the male owner of the house that Ding Bi had gone to see the night before, and he was a spy sent by Nurhachi to Tieling City.

Zheng Zhifan stabilized his mind and quietly followed Ding Bi downstairs, secretly admiring Li Hongyu for having the foresight to lure the snake out of the hole, otherwise Tieling City would definitely be destroyed by Ding Bi.

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