Nu'er Haqi saw more than a dozen things hanging on the head of Juehua City from a distance, and he didn't feel a little strange, and asked, "Do any of you see what is hanging on the head of the city?" ”

Ah Defeat's eyes were sharp, and he said: "Father Khan, it's a human head." ■→, ≌c⊙om barbarian hung the head of the city. ”

Nuer Haqi didn't care, although the cavalry of the Great Qing Kingdom was killed by artillery, dozens of them were killed, but the Ming army did not dare to go out of the city, and they did not cut off the heads at all. Since it is not the head of the Qing Dynasty, it is the head of the barbarian's own people. In this way, even if the head is hung all over the city wall, he will not frown, but will be full of joy, because the barbarians are fighting among themselves.

Huang Taiji trembled and almost fell off his horse.

Nu'er Ha Chi frowned and asked, "Old eight, what's going on?" A dozen heads will scare you like this, you really don't look like the descendants of Ai Xinjueluo. ”

Huang Taiji pointed at the city head with a trembling finger and said, "Father Khan, what ...... That's our work. ”

Huang Taiji's trembling was contagious to Nu'er Ha Chi, who asked, "What about ...... That means ......"

"The gates will never be opened."

Nu'er Ha Qi suddenly looked like he was more than ten years old, and he turned his horse's head weakly and said, "Collect the troops and return to the camp." ”

In order to prevent the invasion of Jiannu, Yuan Chonghuan resolutely carried out the policy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, and demolished or burned all the houses within a radius of 15 miles outside Ningyuan City. Nuer Ha Chi did not have the houses of the people of the Ming Dynasty to serve as a military camp, so he could only set up tents. His golden-roofed tent, though gorgeous, kept warm until a carbon basin was lit inside.

"What should I do?" Nuer Ha asked his sons.

On this expedition, he brought a total of four sons out, namely the third son A Defeat, the fourth son Tang Gu, the fifth son Mang Guertai, and the eighth son Huang Taiji. The second son has a stable personality. He stayed in Shenyang and guarded the capital.

Ah Defeat's personality was the most impatient, and he said, "Fight." But how could we Qing warriors be afraid of their rotten cities? As long as Father Khan orders the city to be broken, and the sword is not sealed for three days, we can take Ningyuan City. ”

Tang Gu and Mang Gurtai didn't speak. Wait for the decision of the slave.

Huang Taiji saw Nu'er Ha Chi looking at him with inquiring eyes, hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to tell the truth: "We 60,000 people surround Ningyuan City, if we can't take it, it's a lie." However, as far as I know, the total number of soldiers and civilians in Ningyuan City before the war was about 20,000 people, and I don't know much about the current population, and it is probably not much worse. 60,000 to 20,000. It seems easy, but in the siege battle, the best situation of the casualty ratio of the attacking and defending sides is only to control it at one to one, that is, if you kill a Ming army, the Great Qing Kingdom may have to lose a warrior. Although Mongolia has been defeated by us now, its strength is still there, and if our side loses too much during the siege, I am afraid that we will not be able to suppress the Mongolian counterattack in the second half of the year. ”

Huang Taiji didn't know. Because Ningyuan City became a benchmark for resisting orders, many troops and civilians withdrew to Ningyuan City. Ningyuan's current population is more than 30,000 people.

Nu'er Haqi knew that Huang Taiji was reasonable, but when Ning Yuan returned to Shengjing without getting any benefits, he would severely attack the fighting enthusiasm of the fighters, and they would not be willing to follow him to fight in the future. What's more, Shengjing's grain has bottomed out, except for the Jiannu aristocracy. The others are no longer able to eat, although they can still eat the meat of the barbarian slaves, but the number of barbarians is limited, where can they find food after eating?

Nu'er Haqi felt that her heart was on fire, and she opened the curtain and walked out. Outside are a long stream of tents. There were dim lamps lit inside. Seeing the neat military tent, Nu'er Ha Qi couldn't help but feel a little confident, but when he thought of the terrifying cannons in Ningyuan City, he became frightened again. Here are elite soldiers, 60,000 elite soldiers, he dominates the foundation of Liaodong, once the loss is too great, his king's hegemony will become a mirror.

He remembered what Li Chengliang had said back then, willing to give, willing to give, willing to get, he nodded, couldn't help admiring the old master's foresight (Nuer Ha Chi once did Li Chengliang's personal soldier, so he called him the old master), after thinking for a while, he decided to give up Ningyuan and withdraw to the west of the Liao River.

Just then, he heard a whimpering cry coming from a tent.

He casually asked, "Which one is in charge of the military tent?" Who's crying? ”

With no one behind him answering, Nu'er Haqi looked back to see his sons twisting in the golden-domed tent. But the fight is a fight, and the strange thing is that there is no sound, so the troubled Nuer Ha Chi doesn't know anything about it.

"What? You haven't died yet, are you in a hurry to divide the family property? "The front suffered a defeat, and the rear son fought, and he was so angry that he even said the words of dividing the family property.

The four sons hurriedly parted and sorted their clothes. The other three sons were fine, but the worse one was his eighth son, Huang Taiji, with one eye blue and blood from the corner of his mouth.

The third son, Ah Defeat, said nonchalantly: "Father Khan, it's okay, we are teaching the eighth child a lesson." ”

"Why?"

The fourth Tang Gu said: "It's not because of what he said in front of his father Khan just now. ”

Old Wu Mang Gultai said: "If what he says is wrong, then it is enough." But he was right, we had nothing to argue, so we had to beat him up to get angry. ”

"Jealous?"

The three sons shook their heads in unison.

Seeing that he couldn't ask the truth, Nu'er Ha Chi didn't investigate it anymore, so he left the matter behind, pointed to the military tent where the crying sound came, and asked, "Who is in charge of the military tent?" Who is crying? ”

Ah Yu glanced at it, his expression became very bad, and he said in a low voice: "It's the military tent I manage, I'll go and see who is confusing the army." ”

As he spoke, he rushed out with his whip in a gust of wind, and rushed straight to the tent. After a while, there was the sound of shouting and whipping from the tent.

Then Ah Su ran back and forth, and reported: "Father Khan, the elder brother of a soldier who was killed by artillery. Originally, one out of ten was drawn, and it was the elder brother who was drawn, but the younger brother heard that he was here to rob the barbarian's good things this time, so he squeezed in, and died under the barbarian's artillery. ”

Nu'er Haqi's face was gloomy, and it was not because the officers of Jiannu did not strictly select soldiers according to the standard of "one out of ten", but because he thought of a very strict question. Since the defeat of the Ming Dynasty in the Battle of Salhu, he has won every battle, leading the Jiannu soldiers to rob one Ming family after another, raping one Ming woman after another, and killing batch after batch of Ming people. With the accumulation of victories, the Jiannu people were proud to be soldiers, and when they heard that they were going on the expedition, their eyes lit up, and the opportunity to know wealth came again. Like the younger brother of the two brothers, even if he didn't win, he had to squeeze in. This time he returned with a feather, it was his first failure, and the blow to Jiannu's morale was unprecedented, and the next time he recruited soldiers, I am afraid it will not be so easy, and even if they are recruited, they are not so sure whether they can win. The reason why the Jiannu soldiers marched forward bravely on the battlefield and did not defeat the soldiers when the soldiers' losses reached 50% was because they were sure that Nuer Ha Chi could lead them to victory.

The four sons fought just now, not necessarily because they were jealous that Huang Taiji had proposed the correct proposal, but because of their failure. In victory, many contradictions are obscured, and in the event of defeat, contradictions appear. The reason why he did not conquer the Ming Dynasty for two years was that he seized too much land and population from the Ming Dynasty, and it took time to digest these contradictions. If this expedition returns with a great victory, then the contradiction will definitely disappear into invisibility; And if you return defeated, or even not defeated, but return in vain, Jiannu will definitely fall into chaos, and the Han barbarians who have been suppressed will rebel again.

Nu'er Ha Chi pondered for a long time, and finally slapped the table and said, "We can't retreat, we must attack Ningyuan City." I declare that after the attack on Ningyuan, the sword will not be sealed for seven days. ”

The four sons stepped forward together to persuade him, of course, not to persuade him to withdraw the order not to seal the knife for seven days - killing and poking the people of Daming was the happiest thing for them. They were persuading Nuer Ha Chi to withdraw his troops. Today's battle situation, they saw it very clearly, and knew that the gain from capturing Ningyuan City outweighed the loss.

Nu'er explained the reason to them, and the four sons quickly understood what he meant, and they all took action.

They drove out all the craftsmen in the barracks and asked them to make hook ladders and carts on the spot. The so-called hook ladder is an upgraded product of the siege ladder, the upper end is curved, can hook the city wall, and is not easy to be knocked down. The chariot was made of logs, covered with raw cowhide, which could not be penetrated by arrows or guns, and the soldiers could hide inside and safely approach the city walls.

There were many trees around Ningyuan City, and Jiannu sent soldiers to cut down the trees and transport them back to the barracks. Because he knew that after the city was broken, the sword was not sealed for seven days, and the murderous Jiannu robbers came to the spirit, and there was no complaint at all when they felled the wood. Under the threat of the Jiannu butcher's knife, the craftsmen were also very fast, and in one night's work, they had already made 27 hook ladders and 63 carts. Nuer Ha Chi did not expect to attack the city, so they did not carry raw cowhides, and the craftsmen killed horses and took horse skins and carts. Horse skin is not as tough as cowhide, so craftsmen use double layers of horse skin instead. The consequence of a stronger cart is that the horses are lost more. Fortunately, Jiannu came this time, and they were all one person and two horses, so the number of horses was sufficient, and there were hundreds less, which had no impact on Jiannu at all.

At the turn of the morning (around 9 o'clock in the morning now), the siege equipment has been prepared, and looking at the tall and majestic Ningyuan City, the Jiannu burst into a cruel smile. (To be continued!)

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