Yuan Chonghuan stood on the city wall and watched Jiannu slowly retreat to his main formation. He was so tired that he was panting, sweating through heavy armor, and had a feather arrow stuck in his chest, so he didn't look like a civil official, but like a military general who was loyal to the country.

Zu Dashou was taken aback when he saw this, and stepped forward and asked, "Lord Yuan, you don't matter, right?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan dusted off the dust on his chest, pulled out the arrow with two fingers, and said: "It's okay, fortunately, the official knows that silk can block crossbow arrows, and he wears a few more silk clothes inside, otherwise this arrow will let me report to Emperor Taizu Gao." ”

Zu Dashou breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "That's good." You can't have anything to do, my lord, you are our backbone, if something happens, we don't know how to defend the city. ”

Speaking of this, Zu Dashou asked, "By the way, can silk clothes really block feather arrows?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan ripped open the cotton armor, revealing the silk underwear inside. He said proudly: "Is the name of this officer's confidant false? I often visited veterans, chatted with them, talked about tactics, and gained a lot of military knowledge. This is a veteran's life-saving trick, and I used a pot of good old white gan to get it. ”

"Your Excellency is really willing."

"There is a qiē when there is a life. I remember that the famous general Li Chengliang often said that if you are willing to give up, you will have to give up. ”

"Lord Yuan's foresight is admirable. What do you think of today's battle? ”

"I feel that today's Jiannu seems to have gone crazy, they who have never had experience in tackling tough problems, they actually dare to beat the Ningyuan City I built, it is really beyond their strength."

"But Jiannu's combat effectiveness is really not covered, without heavy siege weapons, he can actually kill the city wall five times, if it weren't for the desperate battle of the last general, Jiannu would really be able to break through Ningyuan City."

Yuan Chonghuan lowered his head and groaned, and said after a long time: "It's not easy to do." The personality of the old thief of Nuer Hachi. I know very well that he is the master who only takes advantage of the advantages and does not suffer losses. After suffering such a big loss today, he will definitely come to attack the city tomorrow, and the attack will be more fierce than today. Alas, isn't Nuer Ha Chi usually quite shrewd? Why has it become stupid during this time, and even Juehua Island, which is close at hand, has not appeared. ”

"Why don't we sue him about the situation on Juehua Island?" Zu Dashou proposed an insidious building yì.

"Hey. As a Ming official, how can he betray his colleagues in the Ming Dynasty. Yuan Chonghuan's face was full of righteousness, and he said solemnly, "By the way, the old slave failed to attack the city today, and the fire will inevitably rise, I will write a letter to scold him, maybe I can make him angry to death." ”

Zu Dashou seemed to understand whether he understood or not, so he brought pen and ink.

Yuan Chonghuan sighed. Said: "The old slave is illiterate at all, and if I write too deeply, he can't understand it at all." It's really sad and lamentable, to think that I, Yuan, am only eight buckets high, but now I want to write this kind of thing about the lower riba people. ”

Zu Dashou didn't know how to read, Yuan Chonghuan wrote and read it to him, anyway, the city wall was full of cronies of the two, and he was not afraid of others hearing it. Originally, there were many people on the city wall. It's not that convenient. But after a long and hard battle, everyone was very tired. In order to win the hearts of the people, he asked all the ordinary soldiers on the city wall to go down to rest, leaving only their cronies to hold their positions. In this way, it created conditions for the two to talk secretly, and it can be regarded as an unintentional willow and willow shade.

Yuan Chonghuan's pen was flying, and his mouth did not stop, and he read word by word: "Nu'er Ha Chi Taijian." In today's battle, you probably already understand that the Qing army will not be able to conquer Ningyuan City. Don't think about encircling the point to send reinforcements, there is no foreign aid in Ningyuan City, and the other armies of the Ming Dynasty are gathered in Shanhaiguan, just wait for you to come forward to meet the head-on; Don't think about besieging Ningyuan City. The supply base of Ningyuan City is on Juehua Island, and there are 250,000 stone of grain (one stone in the Ming Dynasty is about 180 catties now), which is enough to support Ningyuan City to hold on for three or four years; Don't even think about blocking the sea, there are 6 direct routes from Juehua Island to Ningyuan, and large carts and small carts can push grain into Ningyuan City. ”

After reading the letter, Zu Dashou clapped his hands and laughed: "Wonderful, wonderful, seeing this letter, Jiannu must have retreated in disgrace." ”

"This letter is inappropriate." A loud voice came, "Don't give this letter to Nu'er Haqi, otherwise Daming will be in danger." ”

Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou looked at each other, and it turned out to be Jin Qiliang. He heard that Jiannu had withdrawn from the army and came to the southern city wall to inspect the losses of the Ming army. Yuan Chonghuan and his own soldiers only paid attention to the situation outside the city, and did not pay attention to the situation in the city, so Jin Qiliang broke in and heard the content of the letter.

Jin Qiliang didn't bother to greet Yuan Chonghuan, and said anxiously: "Lord Yuan, Jiannu doesn't know that the sea surface of Juehua Island has been frozen, so he won't attack. If they knew that Route 6 could go directly to Juehua Island, and they heard that there was so much food on the island, they would definitely attack Juehua Island. Today's battle made me understand that the army of the Ming Dynasty was indeed inferior to the army of Jiannu. We defended the city with great casualties; Juehua Island has no danger to defend and will definitely fall. The purpose of Jiannu's southern invasion was to rob grain for the winter. As for where the food is, Jiannu may not take it to heart, and Lord Yuan can't take it lightly. ”

"Winter? Joke. On the first day of the first month, spring begins, and now it is spring, so how to start building slaves and robbing grain for winter? ”

"My lord, now that it is cold and snowy, the days of Jiannu are difficult, whether it is spring or winter, he has to rob ...... Oh, I understand," Jin Qiliang's face turned pale, and he said angrily, "No wonder you repeatedly disobeyed the order before, and did not allow the grain from Juehua Island to enter the city, it turned out that you were fighting the idea of losing the pawn and protecting the commander." Feed Jiannu with the grain of Juehua Island, so that they can withdraw their troops, protect Ningyuan City, and achieve your reputation as a world-famous general. ”

"Lord Jin, my Yuan someone's loyalty to the imperial court can be demonstrated, otherwise I would not disobey the order and defend the lonely city alone. Don't overthink it, I'm not who you think I am. It's been hard today, so you might as well go down and rest for a while. ”

Saying that, he glanced at Zu Dashou and asked Zu Dashou to pull Jin Qiqi down.

Jin Qiliang struggled and refused to leave, and shouted to himself: "Yuan Xiaogou, you tricked my only son into guarding the place of death, I will not let you go." I, I will go to the court and let the court punish you. ”

Yuan Chonghuan's expression changed greatly, and he beckoned Zu Dashou to push Jin Qiliang over. He tore off a piece of silk cloth from his body, made a ball, and stuffed it into Jin Qiliang's mouth.

He said coldly: "Originally, we were guarding the lonely city together, and we had a deep friendship, and we wanted to spare your life and share the glory." But you are killing yourself, no wonder me. But don't worry, I'll make your name. Your spiritual position will definitely enter the Ming Dynasty Martyrs Temple and enjoy the incense of all people. You can go in peace. ”

Yuan Chonghuan whispered a few words to Zu Dashou, and Zu Dashou nodded when he heard this.

Zu Dashou filled the tiger squat cannon with a lot of gunpowder, and then tied Jin Qiliang in front of the cannon and blocked the muzzle of the cannon. He took a lead and "boomed". The barrel of the tiger squat cannon exploded, twisted and deformed, and Jin Qiqi turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared into the city tower.

Yuan Chonghuan let out a sad voice: "Brother Jin, Brother Jin, why did you go?" I'm still looking forward to fighting Jiannu with you tomorrow, but I can't imagine that today, I'm a black man and a white man......"

The sound of the tiger cannon explosion was very loud, and many soldiers thought that Jiannu was attacking again. hurriedly climbed the city wall, but Jiannu didn't see it, only saw Yuan Chonghuan crying bitterly.

Zu Dashou slapped the city wall hard, and said with annoyance: "Lord Jin Qiliang Jin has gone." Just now, Jiannu suddenly turned around and rushed towards the city wall, and Lord Jin stepped forward bravely and fired a cannon. Jiannu was scared away, but the artillery suddenly exploded, and Lord Jin was martyred. ”

The soldiers all knelt down. Farewell to the valiant Governor.

Yuan Chonghuan cried for a long time, and fainted several times during this time. fully let the whole city feel the deep friendship between him and Jin Qiliang.

Late at night, Yuan Chonghuan secretly ordered a cronie to go down to the city and deliver the letter to Nuer Haqi.

Besides, on Jiannu's side, Nu'er Haqi returned to the barracks, and there was inevitably a doubt in his heart, can they capture Ningyuan City?

He and his sons discussed it again and again. There is always no convincing conclusion.

At this moment, the soldiers came to report, and Ning Yuancheng sent an envoy to meet him.

Nu'er Ha Qi didn't understand what Ning Yuancheng wanted to say, and met with the envoy suspiciously.

The envoy was neither humble nor arrogant, and handed Yuan Chonghuan's handwritten letter to Nuer Haqi.

Nu'er Ha Chi opened the letter and looked at it. was so angry that his face turned from red to blue, and from blue to purple, as if he had learned to change his face in Sichuan.

Huang Taiji took the letter and read it, and he was a little angry at first. Yuan Chonghuan had tried his best to change his calm tone, but Jiannu, who was so arrogant, still felt that he had been greatly insulted. However, Huang Taiji is Huang Taiji, and after a little groaning, he immediately analyzed some information from the letter, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes showed joy.

Nu'er Ha Chi finally calmed down, gritted his teeth and said, "Someone, the messenger ......"

He originally wanted to say that he had launched the Yuanmen slash, but Huang Taiji said: "Send a gift out of the door, and send ten taels of silver to reward him for sending the letter." ”

As he spoke, he wiped his neck and winked at Nu'er, not to mention how obscene and disgusting the action was.

The governor of Nu'er Ha Chiqing had a reason and did not change Huang Taiji's order.

After sending the envoy out of the door, Nu'er Ha Chi asked with a sloppy face: "Old eight, Yuan Chonghuan sent a provocative letter, and you still sent the envoy out of the door, do you think that our face has not been lost enough?" ”

"Father Khan, great joy." Huang Taiji pointed to a few lines on the letter and said, "Here it is said that there are 250,000 stones of grain and grass on Juehua Island, 250,000 stones, which can not only solve our urgent needs, but also have a surplus." And here it is said that Juehua Island is connected to Ningyuan City by 6 roads. This shows that the sea cannot stop us from marching, and we can follow the 6th route to Juehua Island. Father Khan, we don't need to attack Ningyuan City, we can get what we want. I heard that Yuan Chonghuan is resolute and resolute, and he is so famous that it is better to meet. I thought he was as stupid as a pig, wrote a letter to intimidate us, and instead leaked the information to us. ”

Overjoyed, Nu'er Ha Chi hurriedly ordered the scout to investigate the road to Juehua Island.

Subsequently, he ordered Wu Nege to lead a partial division of 5,000 men to attack Juehua Island, and he himself still led his troops to besiege Ningyuan City, hoping to take Ningyuan City tomorrow.

There is a reason why the table of Nu'er Ha Chi is slightly different from the historical one. Historically, Gao Di was at both ends of the line between withdrawing troops and holding on, until there was intelligence that Jiannu was indeed preparing for war, and then he transferred all the people, soldiers, grain and grass outside the pass into Shanhaiguan. But Gao Di of this history was prompted by Zhu Youcheng, and as soon as he took office, he immediately began to clear the walls, clean up the outside of the pass, and didn't even leave a mouse for Nuer Hachi. Of course, Nuer Haqi, who had not seen a grain of rice, was very dissatisfied, but he couldn't beat Gao Di, who was hiding in Shanhaiguan to enjoy Qingfu, so he had to take Ning Yuan City out of anger.

Where did Yuan Chonghuan of Ningyuan City know this, and he was still dreaming of Jiannu's withdrawal. (To be continued!)

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