In the face of Acton's iron will, the chiefs bowed their heads. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Although this person's words were cruel, they touched everyone's heart, and a thought flashed in the hearts of many people - maybe this person can really lead the beggar charm to break free from the shackles of the Jurchens.

On the castle tower, the fire had already receded, and the soldiers used long-handled hooks to pull large pieces of wood out of the fire and set them aside as a savewood for throwing the besieging enemy. The remnants of the flame crackled and peeled, like a bean that was about to be cooked. Amba leaned against the corner, his face pale, and cold sweat the size of a soybean continued to trickle down his forehead. The doctor had just corrected his broken leg and put on a splint again, and habitually advised: "My lord, you still have to stay in bed to recuperate for a hundred days!" As soon as he said this, the doctor realized the fallacy of his words, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you, doctor!" An Ba smiled disapprovingly: "If I can go back alive this time, I must be in bed to recuperate!" ”

The sound of the horn interrupted the brief conversation between the two, and Amba smiled at the doctor, and with the help of his own soldiers, he stood up and walked to the edge of the city to look at the enemy's forts. I saw that the enemy had formed a huge circle around the fort, and it didn't look like they were about to attack, but like they were watching something. The Jurchen soldiers' eyes widened in curiosity as they watched as they played a trick - among the Jurchens of Ningguta, there were all sorts of rumors about the wild men who lived in the forest. Rumors such as that they had intermarried with bears, wolves, or other wild beasts, and that the children they gave birth to would become their own beasts on moonlit nights, were so popular among the soldiers that they were aroused in between battles.

To the disappointment of the soldiers, however, the barbarians did not come up with any new tricks, and with a few shouts, they dragged up dozens of bound men from under the platform, and then cut off their hands and feet in a painful manner, and then threw them off the platform. Looking at the actions of these barbarians, Amba's face suddenly became gloomy.

"My lord, what are they doing here? Sacrifice to the gods? An officer asked in a curious whisper.

"I'm afraid not!" Amba's voice was low: "If I'm not mistaken, this is punishing deserters!" Prepare all of you, the enemy is coming! ”

The begging attack was swifter and more ferocious than Amba had imagined. Acton's ruthless actions worked, and the bravery of these barbarians was unbelievable. Since it was too late to make battering rams, they used dozens of improvised ladders to reach the city. The attacker shielded the arrows with a leather-covered wicker shield with one hand and the weapon with his mouth, freeing the other hand to climb the ladder. The Jurchen soldiers on the city walls welcomed the uninvited guests with arrows, stones, spears, and boiling oil. Every time a man fell, ten pairs of hands reached up the ladder to fill his gap, and the distant batteries were firing constantly, and the solid cannonballs that flew in, although not heated, were enough to tear the female wall and the flesh behind it to shreds, and the knocked-out female wall was like a mouth with no teeth, and there was no cover, and the guards who threw their weapons at the city had to risk being shot by arrows. This exchange ratio was undoubtedly detrimental to the outnumbered defenders, and soon the attacking side opened several gaps in the city, and a brutal white-knuckle battle ensued. Seeing all this, Antigua knew very well that the destruction of the city was a foregone conclusion, and it was only a matter of time before the besiegers won the victory. Holding a waist knife in his left hand and a spear in the other, he shouted to his own soldiers beside him: "Now it's our turn!" ”

Half an hour later, the high platform.

"General, this is the head of the Ningguta guard!" A chief respectfully sent a head to Acton, Acton looked at the head, there were six or seven scars on his face, he could barely see what it looked like, the only thing he could be sure of was the white hair on his head, this was an old man.

"How can you be sure this man is Ningguta's guard?"

"This man at the gate of the city led a dozen personal soldiers to fight to the end, and the armor on his body is also very good, it took us a lot of effort to kill him!" The chief struggled to explain, and Acton nodded majestically, "Very well, I'll take credit for your work!" ”

"Thank you, General!" The chief bowed excitedly to Acton before retreating. After he stepped back, Lin Heshui smiled and said to Acton, "Congratulations! These barbarians are finally a little afraid! It doesn't seem like a big problem! ”

"Well, strike while the iron is hot! Otherwise, it will be difficult to miss this opportunity! Acton whispered.

"Tomorrow, what do you think?"

Hearing that his long-cherished wish was about to be fulfilled, Acton could no longer hold back his joy, and bowed to Lin Heshui: "Then it will be annoying Lord Lin!" ”

"It's okay, it's just a gesture!" Lin Heshui smiled: "But what are your plans next?" ”

Acton had obviously thought about it for a long time, and replied confidently: "The soldiers will disperse without food, and even if I become the commander of the capital, I will not be able to restrain the troops. It's better to retreat to Xingkai Lake, dig the foundation of the Ninggu Pagoda wall before leaving, and burn it again, which will also cause some trouble for the Jurchens! ”

Lin Heshui nodded: "It's okay, anyway, it will cost a lot of manpower and material resources just to rebuild this city, and it is not in vain that the Lord spent a lot of effort ordering me to wait." ”

Shengjing.

It was already quite hot in Shengjing in July, and the guards on duty at Yongfu Palace had already changed into cotton clothes, coiled their whips on their heads, wore big hats, and guarded the palace gate with knives on their waists. The afternoon sun shines on people, making people sweat, and the trees on both sides know that the sound is heard, making people drowsy. Due to military discipline, these carefully selected guards stood still, but they were looking forward to the time when they got off duty, so that they could rinse with cold water, and it was better to have a few pieces of melons that had been calmed with cold water, which was very happy.

At this time, a person walked over in the distance, and the guard on duty looked at it, but it was Fan Wencheng of the Academy of Literature. The guard on duty was a red belt, and he knew that although this Fan Zhangjing was a Han man, he was very trusted by the Great Khan when he went in and out of the palace on weekdays, but he didn't dare to despise him. When he was far away, he greeted with a smile: "It's Fan Zhangjing, do you have something important to see the Great Khan today?" ”

On weekdays, Fan Wencheng would always nod his head, respond to a question, and sometimes say a few words of gossip. But this time, Fan Wencheng's face turned pale, tied the front of his robe to his belt, and he went up the steps in three steps and two steps, and went straight to the door, as if he hadn't heard the guard's greeting at all. The guard was angry and scolded: "This Nikan (the meaning of Han in Manchu), who has been favored by the Great Khan, is so rude, he really doesn't understand any etiquette,"

The scope of Yongfu Palace is not large, Fan Wencheng entered the palace gate, walked through a corridor, and walked dozens of steps to the outside of Huang Taiji's study, he tidied up his outfit a little, and said respectfully: "Great Khan, Minister Fan Wencheng has something important to say!" ”

"Is it Mr. Fan? Come on in! Huang Taiji's voice came from inside the house, Fan Wencheng took a deep breath, entered the door, flicked his sleeves twice, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Great Khan, something happened over there in Ningguta!" ”

"Ninguta?" Huang Taiji was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "What can happen over there?" Those beggars are charming and rebellious again? I can't even handle this little thing well, it seems that Antiba is really old! ”

"I'm afraid it's not just a rebellion!" Fan Wencheng took out the letterhead from his sleeve and presented it with both hands: "Ningguta has fallen, according to those who escaped, the beggar charmer has his own sweat, and there are tens of thousands of people besieging the city. ”

"What?" Huang Taiji's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly took the letterhead, but he didn't look at it immediately, and asked like a cannon: "How is this possible, there is no wind in advance, and although Ningguta has no cannons, there are city walls, shooting towers, and horse faces, and there are more than 1,000 guards. ”

"The enemy army besieging the city has red-clothed cannons, it should be the Ming Kingdom that is making trouble behind!"

"The cannon?" Huang Taiji opened the letterhead, carefully read it twice, and when he looked up again, his face was already as iron, and he said in a loud voice: "Pass the order, and immediately convene all the relatives and nobles in Shengjing to discuss." ”

Yongfu Palace, main hall.

The princes and nobles of the Eight Banners were lined up on both sides, and several well-informed people were talking to each other, while those with relatively low official positions and not so well-informed like Abatai and Babutai stood near the entrance of the palace, looking at the brothers who were talking to each other with envy and jealousy.

"Lao Jiu, look at those people!" Abatai said in a low voice: "I don't say anything in front of everyone, I don't feel good, and I don't look like our Jurchen men at all." ”

Babutai smiled: "Seventh brother, don't say it, such important news, I won't say it to others in vain if I change you!" ”

"Humph!" Abatai snorted coldly, and after a while, he whispered: "What's the spirit, Lao Tzu will know a little later than you!" ”

"The Great Khan has arrived!"

With the long voice of the guards, the nobles in the hall stopped talking and quickly stood in line to welcome the arrival of Huang Taiji. After the salute was finished, Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "I invited you here today for a very important matter, please come up with an idea together!" Mr. Fan, tell everyone about it! ”

"Yes, Great Khan!" Fan Wencheng answered, owed his body to the relatives, and then rebelled against the beggar fans, and told the story that Ningguta was broken. As soon as he was halfway through speaking, everyone in the hall was shocked, and the most short-tempered Azig shouted: "It's really the opposite, these Sauron cheap slaves also dare to bow to their masters, Great Khan, you give me three thousand iron horses, and I will immediately cut off the heads of these cheap slaves and send them to you!" ”

"Old Twelve, if there is something to do after Mr. Fan finishes speaking, I will talk about it!" Huang Taiji shouted.

Azig snorted coldly and retreated, Fan Wencheng recounted his analysis and stepped aside, Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "Everyone has heard it, Mr. Fan's analysis is reasonable, I'm afraid that this beggar fan rebellion is not so simple, who is this beggar charming Khan?" Where did their cannons come from? Who's behind it? What is the purpose? You have to think about it clearly, and then find a way to deal with it! Big Baylor, what do you think? ”

Dai Shan thought for a moment and replied: "There is too little to know now, it is difficult to speculate, but I think it should be Mingguo who is making trouble behind it!" ”

Azig said: "That's right, what the second brother said is that no one else except the Ming Kingdom can give the red-clothed cannon to those barbarians." Isn't Mingguo a ghost? Let's go and fight Liaoxi, and let them see how powerful our Dajin Kingdom is! ”

Azig's words immediately won a chorus of approval, but his half-brother Duoduo remained silent, in his opinion, since Dolgon, who was the hidden leader of the three, was not in Shengjing (protecting the Korqin Ministry) at the moment, and he and Azig were far inferior to Huang Taiji and Daishan politically, it would not be wise to make a premature statement.

"What do you think?" Huang Taiji ignored these voices and continued to ask Dai Shan, who was sitting on his right hand. Since the loss of Yue Tuo, Dai Shan has actually stopped posing a threat to Huang Taiji's throne, and the relationship between the two has become much closer, and Huang Taiji has paid attention to asking his second brother for advice on many issues.

Dai Shan hesitated for a moment and replied: "I don't think it's too urgent, although it is the Ming Kingdom, but Liu Cheng is still uncertain whether Liu Cheng is still the Guan Ning Army of Liaoxi, there is a big difference between the two." ”

"That's what the second brother said!" Huang Taiji patted the handrail, this sentence just said what he was thinking, although Liu Chengbu in the west of Houjin and the Guanning army that controlled the western Liaoxi Corridor were both Ming armies, but whether it was the style of tactics, the number of troops, or the tactics adopted, they were all very different, and the natural way to deal with them could not be the same. However, deep down in his heart, he still felt that Liu Cheng was the mastermind behind this matter, judging from his experience in dealing with the Guanning army over the years, although this army was among the top in the Ming army, but the twilight of its generals was very heavy, and they only wanted to defend their own fields and cities, and did not have much initiative to attack. However, this Liu Cheng has been acting unexpectedly since he started, and it is very likely that he will make this amazing move.

"Great Khan, whoever it is, you have to give these barbarians a little color!" Azig stood up: "Please send me!" ”

"The old twelve is really ambitious, and he is worthy of being the descendants of our Aixin Jueluo family!" Huang Taiji smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and motioned for him to sit down, but did not answer his request. Duoduo saw it in his eyes, and secretly thought that the Great Khan was afraid that he already had a candidate in his heart.

"Abatai!" Huang Taiji said suddenly. (To be continued.) )