Yang Chengying knew that his status was not high, and only when he impressed Yuan Yingtai in a short period of time did he have the opportunity to persuade him to change his existing strategy of defending the city.

So, he had already discussed with Luo Sanjie and sang a "double reed" in front of Yuan Yingtai.

The results are also good.

Yuan Yingtai not only pardoned Luo Sanjie's guilt and let him continue to stay in Liaoyang under the name of "Li Pinghu", but also gave him a team of men to be used.

Yang Chengying was temporarily arranged to listen to Yuan Yingtai's account.

Yuan Yingtai listened to him and did two things.

The first is to arrange bamboo stick traps at the sluice gates and outlets of the Taizi River. This can not only serve the effect of wounding the enemy, but also show the determination to defend the city.

The second is to pull all the cannons erected outside the city to the head of the city.

It can rely on the city wall and strike the invading enemy with artillery fire; They can also use artillery fire as a cover to go out of the city to fight against the enemy.

March 19 of the first year of the Apocalypse, the beginning of the year.

At this time, there were no clouds over Liaoyang, which should be a good weather.

However, everyone who stayed in Liaoyang City felt as if they were in a cold winter.

Because...... The Houjin army is coming!

In the vast land north of Liaoyang City, at the end of the firmament, on the background of the blue sky, a colorful curve suddenly appeared.

But between breaths, the undulating lines became clearer and clearer, moving rapidly across the grass-blue wilderness.

After another moment, the defenders at the head of the city could already see that the line was made up of thousands of golden iron horsemen.

And among the colorful patches, the most dazzling is undoubtedly a bright yellow in the center of the riding array.

Under the huge umbrella cover, everyone is wearing heavy armor and strong bows and crossbows.

If you know a little about Liaodong, you know that this is the personal guard of the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, Nurhachi.

The momentum of rushing forward like a torrent silenced the Ming army at the head of Liaoyang City.

These soldiers, who had just experienced the bloody battle of Shenyang City and the Hunhe River, were all very nervous, and they were not sure whether they could defend it

Yang Chengying, who was standing behind Yuan Yingtai, saw this scene and felt bad in his heart. Seeing that Yuan Yingtai was only staring at the front line, he shouted even more.

Yuan Yingtai was born as a civilian official in the end, and he was not as decisive as a general who had led the troops for a long time.

Seeing that morale was fluctuating, Yang Cheng said in his heart, "We can't go on like this, once morale is broken, even if there are means, it will be useless." ”

He targeted Luo Sanjie, who was pretending to be Li Pinghu.

Historically, Li Pinghu was the governor of the three capitals second only to Li Chengliang and Li Rusong, and was extremely prestigious in the Liaodong lineage.

Yang Chengying hurriedly whispered to Yuan Yingtai: "Lord Jinglu, the enemy army has not yet attacked the city, and the morale of our army has fluctuated. The adults hurriedly asked Luo Sanjie to stand up and boost morale, otherwise he would be three points cowardly before the battle was fought. ”

After the city defense map and several conversations, Yuan Yingtai was already impressed by Yang Chengying's insight, nodded immediately, and ordered someone to call Luo Sanjie.

"Lord Jingluo, what is the matter with summoning the lowly to come?" Luo Sanjie asked.

Yuan Yingtai's head was empty at the moment, so he had to turn to Yang Chengying for help.

Yang Chengying stepped forward and said: "The slave chieftain is menacing, and he did not immediately attack the city, but set up a position, intending to intimidate us. ”

"You convey what I told you to the whole army to boost morale."

"Please." Luo Sanjie said.

Yang Chengying was in his ear, telling him so and so.

Luo Sanjie hugged his fists and turned to leave.

A moment later.

"Brothers, the slave chieftain raised by the dog is scaring the old sons!"

Luo Sanjie's voice sounded in the city.

"Why did General Li say that?"

The soldier didn't know that "Li Pinghu" was a fake from Luo Sanjie, and asked loudly.

"Does his horse have wings and can fly into the fortified city of Liaoyang? Hahaha......"

"Hahaha......"

The soldiers laughed along and dispelled the fear in their hearts.

"Brothers, as long as we keep Liaoyang City, we can return to our hometown, and we will be glorious in front of the villagers at that time."

"Returning home! Come home rich or famous! ”

If there is one person who takes the lead, there are countless people who echo it.

The atmosphere in the city was finally no longer so gloomy.

Yuan Yingtai wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief and praised Yang Chengying: "Thanks to your help, otherwise the Nu Chief would have weakened by three points before the siege of the city." ”

Yang Chengying said humbly: "This is Luo Sanjie's credit, I just made a suggestion." ”

Yuan Yingtai couldn't help but glance at Yang Chengying and appreciated it very much.

Yang Chengying was actually very helpless.

I really want to make merit, but civil officials like Yuan Yingtai, who are deeply influenced by Confucianism, do not like those who have a lot of personality, but people who are modest, polite and courteous.

If he shows impatience, it will cause Yuan Yingtai's contempt, which is not conducive to the later defense of the city.

The Houjin army continued to rush forward.

The huge canopy came to rest on top of a hill.

More than a hundred yellow-armored knights surrounded a general wearing a bright yellow robe, and without slowing down, they rushed directly up the hills, and then stopped their horses.

Under the umbrella, the general in yellow armor lifted the armor that covered his face, revealing a cold and deep face, and his eyes as deep as a cold pool showed a hint of appreciation.

He is Nurhachi.

"Li Yongfang," Nurhachi asked in a deep voice, "who is the general who defends the city?" ”

Li Yongfang sat on the horse and bent forward, and replied respectfully after saluting: "If you go back to the Great Khan, the minions are estimated to be Yuan Yingtai and Luo Sanjie, Li Bingcheng, Liang Zhongshan, Jiang Bi, Zhu Wanliang and other Ming army generals. ”

Nurhachi shook his head, his face disdainful.

Not them?

Li Yongfang remembered what Yang Chengying said before leaving, and didn't want to tell the Great Khan, but if he couldn't say one, two, three, if he couldn't say one, two, three, he would be scolded again.

He had no choice but to report head-on: "It is very likely that it is the Ming army sentry who rescued Luo Sanjie." ”

"What's your name? Where are the people? What did you do before? ”

Nurhachi asked three questions in a row.

Li Yongfang's answer was ...... I don't know.

"Why do you think it was Luo Sanjie's idea?" Nurhachi changed the question.

The sudden appearance of this person made the minions and his subordinates suffer a big loss, and they successfully rescued Luo Sanjie. Before leaving, he also said that he would definitely be able to defend Liaoyang. ”

Hearing him say this, Nurhachi sneered: "What a big breath! In the land of Liaodong, Ben Khan has not yet encountered an opponent. The small Liaoyang City can't stop Houjin's iron horse! ”

"Herald ......!"

With Nurhachi's order, the Houjin Iron Cavalry started again.