Chapter 256: Shanhaining is Guanning in the distance

Huang Taiji finally saw that the iron cavalry under his command had advanced infinitely close to the gate of Ningyuan City, and he was almost able to break into the city, but it was limited to that.

The 5,000 reinforcements from Shanhaiguan joined forces with the Guanning infantry who went out of the city to meet them, lined up behind the city, fought bloodily, and formed a real Guanning Iron Army, and thus burst out with infinite combat power.

The 2,000 Guanning iron horsemen who went out of the city to rescue rushed along the city wall and rushed left and right within the range of the cannons.

Although there is indeed a suspicion of "pig teammates", Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan together are the real Guanning defense line!

The armies of the two sides are in one place, and it is the Guanning Army in the true sense!

The soldiers of the Guanning Army were bathed in blood and rain, and fought hard with the two yellow flag cavalry that surrounded and intercepted them.

The flames of war were calcined to the point of white-hot in an instant, and even the rain curtain could not be extinguished.

It only took a breath for the horses to gallop, and it turned out to be a chasm in front of the two yellow flag iron horsemen and the soldiers.

Even if Huang Taiji sent most of the white-armored cavalry over, and the rain curtain was rendered into a bloody storm for a while, it still didn't help.

Huang Taiji, who was watching the battle in the rain, looked at the Ying'en Gate with great anxiety, and looked at the red-clothed cannons at the head of the city constantly blooming flower-like flames in the rain, prompting one cannonball after another to roar into the air and smash into his subordinates, both extremely depressed and extremely envious.

How he longed for the Jurchen cavalry, whose skill in mounted archery was comparable to that of the Mongol iron cavalry of the past, to be aided by an artillery unit that could be fought wherever he wanted.

Not to mention, if you have it now, then you can form a confrontation situation with Yuan Chonghuan's killer weapon that Yuan Chonghuan relies on the most, even if you can't suppress it, you can make it a bogey, and you don't dare to be so unscrupulous.

It is a pity that among the huge Jurchen ethnic group, except for Huang Taiji himself, who is the Great Khan, and a few Hanchen such as Fan Wencheng.

The rest of the people were in awe of firearms as beings equal to the gods, and they kept away from them.

As the battle became more and more stale, the final outcome of the battle became more uncertain.

Huang Taiji, who was well aware of the command of his command, had clearly felt that the soldiers of the two Yellow Banners, who had conquered everything in the past, had become more and more powerless in their offensive in the face of the artillery fire at the head of the city and the mud under their feet, and their will to attack the fortified positions had become more and more depressed.

But Huang Taiji was really unwilling to work hard for a long time, and the victory that was easy to get at his fingertips was finally abandoned.

He still wanted to hold on a little longer, even if he consumed a lot of the strength of the two yellow flags, he would have to fight to the death with the Guan Ning army.

It's just that the development of the situation has taken an almost sharp turn.

The other 3,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry directly under Yuan Chonghuan had rushed out through the Dading Gate, a low and dazzling detour in the rain, and the target was the new Great Khan Huang Taiji himself of the Later Jin.

The Jurchen cavalry along the way saw it and immediately spontaneously carried out frantic obstruction and interception.

However, it was impossible to stop the sharp and enterprising hooves of Guan Ning's iron horse!

The constant roar of cannons at the head of the city may be a key factor.

However, Huang Taiji was keenly aware that it was clearly the determination of the Jurchen warriors to fight to the death, and in this fierce battle in the pouring rain, they were suppressed by the Ming army who once disdained it.

As the war deepened, the opportunity taken by the Jurchens was finally smoothed out by the grinding disc of the war.

At this moment in the war, the time and place are favorable, and Huang Taiji no longer even occupies one item after all.

The brave warriors of the two yellow flags, who were once invincible and invincible, were finally forced to the brink of retreat by the Guan Ning army with a firm defense and a resolute defensive counterattack.

"Great Khan, collect the troops." Fan Wencheng suddenly leaned into his ear and whispered.

Most of the troops have been put into the battlefield, and Huang Taiji, who is the Great Khan of the Later Jin, is left with only a few rising stars with yellow flags such as Aobai, and there is not much force to be dispatched.

Ao Bai and the others only guarded Huang Taiji firmly, and as usual, they were not qualified to express their opinions.

Azig, who followed Huang Taiji to watch the battle, did have.

But as cunning as he is, he wishes that the troops subordinate to Tiancong Khan would be consumed a lot, so that the three brothers of his mother and compatriots could take advantage, how could he be stupid enough to touch this moldy head?

Huang Taiji suddenly felt that among the tens of thousands of horses brought, only Fan Wencheng, a Hanchen, could really touch his heart.

Huang Taiji came from the proud heart of the Jurchen tribe, and for no reason, a wave of anger arose, and suddenly looked at Azig, and saw that the latter instantly lowered his arrogant head, and he didn't even dare to look at each other for a moment, so he felt extremely sad and indignant.

Could it be that the blood and courage of the Jurchen Baturu have all been damn annihilated in the short-term wealth?

Between the lightning and flint, after experiencing the battle between heaven and man in his heart, Huang Taiji took a deep breath, and finally gave the military order that made him feel extremely ashamed - Ming Jin, withdraw the troops.

Before giving this military order, he consoled himself with "I will definitely come back".

But he never expected that this was the last military order issued under Ningyuan City in this life.

Since then, throughout his life, no matter how hot the heat wave he has set off in the hinterland of Liaodong, but for Ning Yuan, let alone breaking through, he has never even achieved his long-cherished wish to peek at the city wall of Ningyuan again.

The flames of war, as if they had suddenly burned, were suddenly extinguished.

As the order for the Houjin army to retreat sounded, the Guanning warriors, who had just been fighting with the Jurchens under the city, quickly separated from them without even replenishing the last sword.

The strong Jurchens also let go of the stubborn little warriors of Guan Ning who were dragged to the ground, and fell into the tent of Tiancong Khan vigorously.

Huang Taiji's expression was complicated, and he finally glanced at the military city in front of him, Ning Yuan, which had twice deflated the warriors of the Eight Banners, and then turned his horse's head and rode away regardless of the horse.

Fan Wencheng and others were busy patting horses and following.

Aobai and other rising stars are firmly guarding the omnipotent Khan in his heart.

It was Azig who spontaneously assumed the heavy responsibility of the break.

However, he had this heart a little more, and Guan Ningjun did not have the slightest intention of pursuing, just like the pure retreat heart of the Jurchens.

The war subsided as quickly as if they had tacit knowledge to each other.

Even the pouring rain quickly stopped, as if echoing the end of the war.

However, there was enough water accumulated on the ground, mixed with the red blood water, which converged into rivers of blood, flooding the moat, and finally rendering the open space around Ningyuan into a sea of blood red.

Cao Bianjiao and Cui Zongyin, who were fighting fiercely, Zuo Liangyu and Wang Pu, who were shocked, and Man Ada, who was the number one cronie of Man Gui, entered Ningyuan with these bloods.

Yuan Chonghuan, who was originally pale, saw these brave guards at close range, and there were almost no remnants of these soldiers who were originally gathered together in this battle.

And everyone was seriously wounded, missing legs and broken hands, their armor was tattered, and their wounds were hideous, and they were supported only by a stubborn will.

This well-educated Confucian general, after all, couldn't help but soften in his heart, and with a wave of his hand, he asked Yuan Da to arrange for them to enter the Ningyuan wounded camp to heal and repair.

Soon, he figured out why Man Gui, who had been strictly ordered to hold the front and not attack at will, would also disobey the military order and send the most powerful number one cronie to lead nearly half of his subordinates to support.

All because of the Shanhaiguan commander-in-chief who is nominally his commander, but in fact commands the military affairs of Jizhou, and has a serious suspicion of eunuch faction-Ma Shilong.

When he learned that after Huang Taiji had ended, the Jin Eight Banners brazenly crossed the Liao River and attacked the Guanning defense line again, Ma Shilong immediately gathered all the generals under his command to discuss whether to send troops to aid Yuan Chonghuan.

At that time, Zuo Liangyu and Wang Pu, who had a deep background, did not approve of sending troops.

The reason is very good - when the slave chieftain attacked, Yuan Chonghuan was able to use the lonely city to defend it.

At this time, he has two fortified cities in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and there are countless fortresses, and he is afraid that he will not be able to overcome the lack of ability and prestige of the Houjin New Khan Huang Taiji?

Cao Bianjiao and Cui Zongyin resolutely advocated sending troops to help the war, and there was only one sentence - Guan Ning became an army.

Ma Shilong also felt that the Ningjin garrison and the Shanhaiguan garrison, although they did not necessarily have to join forces, it was necessary to help each other.

So, Cao Bianjiao and Cui Zongyin, who took the initiative to invite Ying, promised to recommend the position of general to the imperial court, and ordered the two to dominate their respective commands, and the troops went out of Shanhaiguan to aid Ningyuan.

And he himself gathered the soldiers to personally guard the Shanhaiguan Pass, in case Jinzhou Ningyuan had an accident, so he guarded the key of the Beijing division and resisted Jiannu outside the pass.

Zuo Liangyu and Wang Pu were very greedy for Ma Shilong's position as a general, so they also followed Cao Cui and asked Ying to send troops, which was approved by Ma Shilong.

When the four thousand-person teams passed by Qiantun, they naturally had to go in to visit Man Gui, who was the chief soldier.

And Man Gui felt that as a well-deserved general in the Guanning army, it would be too embarrassing if he didn't even have the opportunity to play in this war.

So he ignored Yuan Chonghuan's military order that he should stick to the front and not send troops, and brazenly sent his number one cronie Man Ada.

When the five of them marched together to the vicinity of Ningyuan, they had to take the lead in scouting and learning that it happened that Houjin was defeated and scattered in the midst of Yuan Dashuai's impermeable defense.

Cao Cui immediately realized that this was just a feigned defeat and retreated, and advocated that he should not pay attention to it, and just continue to advance for the camp step by step, echoing Yuan Shuai in Ningyuan, and forcing Jiannu to retreat.

Man Ah Da seemed to be honest, but he also saw the intention of the Jurchens to cover up, so he nodded in agreement.

But Zuo Liangyu and Wang Pu, who were anxious to move forward all the way, felt that such a fighter plane was fleeting, so they changed their previous attitude of prevaricating and cowering, and rushed to chase after each of them with a thousand troops.

As a result, there was a painful experience of being surrounded in the rain and being slaughtered more than half of them in an instant.

Fortunately, Cao Bianjiao, Cui Zongyin, and Man Ah Da rushed to the rescue desperately, and Yuan Chonghuan resolutely sent Guan Ning Tieqi out of the city to respond, so that the whole army would not be wiped out, but he only survived his life.