In Huang Taiji's view, military training is a gradual matter, and it is impossible for Yuan Chonghuan to train tens of thousands of elite soldiers in a short period of time.

You must know that Yang Chengying has trained a little more than 20,000 soldiers since the first year of the Apocalypse and until the end of the fifth year of the Apocalypse.

Even if the army is expanded, it is a little bit of expansion, for fear of diluting the main combat power and causing the combat power to decline too quickly.

There are already 20,000 soldiers in Jinzhou, so there should not be many soldiers in Yuan Chonghuan's hands who dare to fight.

Based on this theory, Huang Taiji made an important decision:

Dig a trench to trap Jinzhou City, and then send a large army to attack Ningyuan.

In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, that is, the first year of Dajin Tiancong, the twenty-seventh day of the first month.

Huang Taiji personally led Amin, Jierharang, Sakhalian, Azig, Liu Xingzuo and other armies to attack Ningyuan.

The army arrived at the city of Ningyuan on the 28th, rested for a while, and launched an attack in the afternoon of the same day.

Yuan Chonghuan followed the strategy of repelling Nurhachi last time, and ordered to continue to defend Ningyuan.

How can he gang guard the west gate, You Shilu guard the south gate, and You Shiwei guards the north gate.

You Shiwei is You Shilu's own brother, the second in the family, and the brothers' eldest brother, You Shigong, died in battle when the city of Shenyang was broken.

These brothers were all under the command of Yuan Chonghuan, and You Shiwei followed Man Gui to guard Qiantun, and then followed him to Ningyuan City.

It was the turn of the East Gate, which was the most responsible, and Yuan Chonghuan handed it over to Man Gui to guard.

Man Gui disagreed to defend the city: "The reason why I defended Ningyuan last time was because the tall man was timid and withdrew the Ningjin defenders, which led to low morale.

But now it is different, in the two battles of Lishan Mountain, our army encountered slave soldiers, and none of them were crushed at the first touch, which proves that we have the strength to fight.

If we don't go out of the city to fight, what will the defenders of Jinzhou think?

Now the morale is high, but there is no reason to hide in the city and let the Tartars besiege the city. ”

For an unruly military general like Man Gui, he feels a headache for everyone.

And this guy's words were relaxed, and Yuan Chonghuan's heart was on fire when he heard it: "Under the pressure of insufficient food and grass, Jianyu attacked my Ningyuan City, and he was looking forward to the general going out of the city, how could there be any reason for him to fall into his arms."

"The Tartars have been besieging the city for a long time, and the morale will inevitably be low, and our army will be able to hit its twilight by waiting for work."

Man Gui argued according to "reason": "If our army goes out of the city, there will definitely be gains." If there is no head, what will the court think of us! ”

"I am never afraid of the discussions of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty."

Yuan Chonghuan knew the reason, but the anger in his heart was gone, only helpless, and his mouth was very hard.

In fact, he also knew that although the emperor approved the military merit assessment standard of defending the city and retreating from the enemy, the officials and ministers would have opinions.

And the vast majority of the common gentry will be very skeptical about whether they will really repel the enemy.

The most direct sentence, how can there be a reason that the siege war has been fought for so long and has not obtained a head?

"Since General Man insisted, I can't say anything."

Yuan Chonghuan agreed: "It's just that after leaving the city, you must not fight, you must be cautious." ”

"You don't need to be reminded by adults about this, the last general has his own opinions."

Man Gui didn't buy it, but he actually agreed in his heart.

After he led his army out of the West Gate, he set up camp under the city, and put the army within the range of the Hongyi cannon in the city tower.

Contrary to what people think, Man Gui himself and Yuan Chonghuan have neither personal grudges nor official hatred.

What he was dissatisfied with was that he was the chief soldier of a town, but he couldn't be like Yang Chengying, who could command the army.

On Yang Chengying's side, Hu Liangfu, who was the eunuch guarding the town, was like an ornament, and he didn't even let out a fart.

Outside Ningyuan City, seeing that the Ming army actually went out of the city to meet the battle, Huang Taiji was on fire at that time:

"Who gave the guts! Dare to fight. ”

He immediately ordered the whole army to stand by, and let Sakhalian lead a small force of Houjin army to lure the enemy.

As long as the Ming army was lured out, he used Amin as the left flank and Yue and Shuo as the right flank to outflank the enemy, and he personally led the main force to meet the enemy from the front, annihilating this Ming army in one fell swoop.

However, Huang Taiji's idea is very good, and the reality is very skinny.

No matter how Sakhalian tried to lure the enemy, Man Gui did not move.

Huang Taiji was angry and decided to lead the army to take the initiative to attack the Ming army.

Sakhalian persuaded: "The Ming army is under the city wall, and there are cannons on the city tower, and our army will suffer a big loss if it is attacked." ”

"Our army is a field battle, not a siege."

Huang Taiji said nonchalantly: "In the field, if you encounter the Ming army of Jinzhou, you have to be cautious, Ning Jin's Ming army is not worth mentioning." ”

The news that his son Hauge led eighty men to charge into battle spread throughout the camp of the Houjin army.

Sakhalian couldn't say anything more.

The Houjin army, under the orders of Huang Taiji, launched a charge against the Ming army outside the city.

As soon as he saw the Houjin army dispatched, Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly asked the Ming army on the city tower to prepare for artillery fire.

Within the range of the Jin Jundao, artillery fire rang out.

Boom Boom!

The shells fell to the ground, splashing dirt several feet high, and thick smoke billowed out.

"Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the time has come to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions."

Man Gui pulled out his sword: "Charge with me!" When they are out of range of artillery fire, they immediately withdraw. ”

His military orders were issued in flags, and the morale of the Ming army was high.

Da Da ...... Da Da ......

The sound of horses' hooves accompanied by artillery fire and the shouts of soldiers rang out outside the city.

The Ming army withstood artillery fire and launched a counter-charge against the charging Houjin army.

The Houjin army was a little surprised, this was the first time to see the Ming army other than the Ming army in Jinzhou, and launched a charge against them.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, they immediately fought together.

Yuan Chonghuan saw it in the city, and hurriedly ordered He Kegang to lead the army out of the city quietly from other city gates, detour to the flank and rear of the Houjin army's receiving troops, and launch an attack to support Mangui in front.

This force was originally arranged by Yuan Chonghuan, and after Mangui suffered defeat, he took over Mangui's troops returning to the city.

The assembly had already been completed, and with Yuan Chonghuan's order, he immediately went out from the south gate.

Rounded behind the first wave of the Houjin army's rushing troops and launched an attack.

Hou Jin Jun was even more stunned now.

Under the flanks of Man Gui and He Kegang, the Houjin army, which attacked western Liao, had to retreat for the first time.

And not an orderly retreat, closer to a rout.

On the improvised command platform, Huang Taiji discovered all this.

He hurriedly ordered the retreating generals to organize their soldiers to retreat in a centralized manner, and on the other hand, he ordered Liu Xingzuo and Hao Ge to lead the army, preparing to outflank the Ming army while it was out of the range of artillery fire.

However, after the Ming army pursued to an area slightly farther away from the city wall, He Kegang's troops stopped Man Gui's front.

After the two contacted through the flag, they retreated to the city of Ningyuan City at the same time.

Huang Taiji was furious: "The first Khan attacked Ningyuan but did not fall, and I attacked Ningyuan today and did not fall, and was countercharged by the Ming army." If it goes on like this, how can we show the prestige of our Dajin army. "Anyway, force the Baylor to charge.

However, Amin chose to refuse.

Such a fierce artillery fire, whoever charges is a fool.

Huang Taiji was angry.

Ben Khan didn't even have this authority.

In a fit of rage, Huang Taiji stubbornly charged with the Bayala Protectors.