On May 28, Huang Taiji arrived in Ningyuan.

A year ago, his father fell here, and now, he will stand up here again - he thought so anyway.

When he approached Ningyuan City, he saw a strange scene.

According to convention, the attack began like this. The Ming army defended the city, set up cannons, the Later Jin army set up tents, prepared ladders, bows and arrows, and then began to attack the city.

But this time, what he saw was the neat Ming army standing outside the city.

General Sun Zushou led his army to guard the west gate, Mangui and Zu Dashou led his army to guard the east gate, and the remaining troops were stationed in the south and north directions. Ningyuan defenders had a total of more than 35,000 people, and were outside the city, preparing to fight.

Yuan Chonghuan is a very confident person now. He believes that with his own strength, he can defeat the Later Jin cavalry who are scattered all over the world. He does not have to hide in the city or defend the city. He will defeat them. He will use their own.

Way!

Huang Taiji's nerves were completely messed up, and this formation had surpassed his ability to understand, so he issued an order to suspend the attack, and wait and see first.

After watching for a long time, he understood—this was a provocation, and then he roared:

"When Huangkao Taizu (Nurhaci) attacked Ningyuan, but did not conquer. Today I attacked Jinzhou, but I did not conquer. Now the enemy is setting up a formation outside. If we still cannot win, how can our country remain?!"

Huang Taiji believed that it was too shameful not to fight, and he had to fight. But some people thought that he could not fight.

The so-called people refer to the Great Beller Daishan, the Two Beller Amin, and the Three Beller Mangourtai. In other words, the Four Beller, all three of them disagree.

Although Huang Taiji made the decision, he was a minority after all, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

So Huang Taiji said, "You all go back, I will consider it again."

The three men retreated, but not long after, they heard the horn of the attack.

Huang Taiji gave face to these three big brothers: at least he fooled them away before taking action.

The Ming army, who had always dared to hide in the city to shoot artillery, actually stood up and worked alone. It was too arrogant. He could no longer curb his anger and led the entire army to launch a general attack.

Many times, the angry person is often the weak.

The three Baylors were unprepared for no reason, and they had to follow them.

But when they rushed to the edge of the city, they finally realized that there was a reason why the Ming army dared to work alone.

Huang Taiji launched an attack because he had made a calculation. The cavalry was fighting, and the Ming army was not an opponent of the Later Jin army. He gave up his cannon and insisted on fighting horses. He was really embarrassed not to take advantage of this.

Yuan Chonghuan set up this formation because he believed that the combat effectiveness of Guanning Iron Cavalry was enough to compete with the Later Jin cavalry, but more importantly, he did not say that he did not use cannons.

Huang Taiji believed that when the cavalry of both sides fought, the cannons on the top of the city could not be fired because it might accidentally hurt his army.

Yuan Chonghuan also knew this, but he believed that cannons could be fired. The specific method was to use it to bombard the subsequent troops of the Later Jin when the cavalry on both sides fought.

In other words, it means luring Huang Taiji's cavalry to attack. When the people who took the bait were almost done, they would use cannons to attack their rear team, cut off reinforcements, and always keep more people at the top of the crowd and fewer people.

Amid the roar of cannons, Man Gui led the cavalry and launched a charge towards the Later Jin army that was swarming.

For a long time, in the eyes of the Later Jin army, the Ming cavalry was easy to bully. They disperse as soon as they fought, ran away as soon as they dispersed, and died as soon as they ran away. It was obvious that the same was true for the opponents in front of them.

But since the beginning of the first confrontation, confidence has turned into despair.

First of all, these people used not sabers, but iron rods. They swung them and made a sound, and they would burst into pieces when they hit them. What's even more terrifying is that this rod can also launch firearms, and they would suddenly open them as they hit them.

The gun is too immoral.

Moreover, the mental state of these people was obviously abnormal, as if they were injected with chicken blood, and they were not afraid at all. They had extremely strong combat power. They would hit people to death, get hit by arrows and shoot, but still fight to the death without retreating.

In front of these terrifying opponents, the invincible Later Jin army finally experienced an unprecedented experience - collapse.

When the Later Jin army rushed over like a tide, Man Gui knew that the time for victory had come.

Guanning Iron Cavalry is a group of unusual people. They are different from the previous Ming cavalry. They are not only equipped with advanced weapons, three-eyed muskets (both guns and sticks), but also

The important reason is that they are vested interests.

According to Yuan Chonghuan's principle, "the Liao people defend the Liao territory", the main members of the Guanning Iron Cavalry are from Liaodong. Because according to long-term practice in the past, people from other places generally have no enthusiasm for fighting in Liaodong. They like to fight but don't fight anyway, if they lose it, they will be lost.

I lost it and happened to go back to my hometown.

And for Guanning Iron Cavalry, they are no longer home, and this is their only home.

But what ultimately decided that they were desperately determined was Yuan Chonghuan's second principle: "Give Liao territory to support Liao people."

Like Li Chengliang back then, Yuan Chonghuan knew very well that if he wanted to work hard, he would give people benefits. On this point, he was unambiguous. He would pay military salaries as long as he fought. In addition, he would also share land, and all the land he got back could be divided. Anyway

It was stolen, and no one cares about it. He likes to divide the spoils he robs of war every time he fights, and he dares to divide the spoils he robs of war and does not report the accounts to the court.

After doing this, you will understand. To fight to the death, to say it brightly, it is to defend your home and the Ming Dynasty. To say it darkly, you can get wages for war, land, and so on.

It is really unreasonable to have a national hatred for foreign wages and extra money.

Therefore, every time he fought, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was particularly excited. The so-called defending the country was definitely not an empty slogan for them, because the piece of soil under his feet might be his own home and

Land (the land deed is proof).

Therefore, the ending of this battle is not difficult to predict. Guanning Iron Cavalry rushed into the Later Jin cavalry like a madman, slashed and killed, and shot two shots from time to time, which was extremely deterrent. The Later Jin army suffered heavy losses, so they could only

Shrink and wait for the follow-up troops.

At the same time, the cannons on the top of the city began to roar, accompanied by the screams of the Later Jin army's rear team, announcing a cruel fact: their attack had failed.

Huang Taiji was not discouraged. It was a normal thing to die. Just take down the city by killing people.

Under his command, the Later Jin army slightly rectified and launched a more fierce attack on Ningyuan City.

The battle lasted until noon. Under the powerful impact of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the Later Jin army suffered huge losses, but still did not retreat.

However, at this moment, Huang Taiji learned about something that shocked him.

Something happened in Jinzhou

Zhao Rujiao, who has been staying in the city since the attack on May 13th, finally appeared. He did not come out to shout, but led a group of people to rush into the Houjin camp beside Jinzhou city for a while.

After slashing and killing randomly, he rushed out and returned to the city.

This move was so cruel that the Later Jin army under the city could never have dreamed that the people in the city would dare to rush out, so that they had chopped, killed, and ran away. Looking at the corpse in front of them, they thought they were dreaming.

When Zhao Rujiao saw the Later Jin army beside the city bypassing Jinzhou and heading for Ningyuan, he knew that the end of the battle was destined.

Ningyuan's cavalry and cannons will completely shatter Huang Taiji's dream, and there is no doubt that these left-behind personnel under the city can take the opportunity to fight a few times. Of course, they have to wait for their main force to go away.

This attack caused nearly 500 casualties in the Later Jin army. More importantly, it made Huang Taiji realize that Jinzhou was not a safe rear, and the Zhao Rujiao, who could not stand out at any time, could stand out and put himself to death.

He planned to give up, but according to his past habits, he had to try another time before leaving.

The Later Jin army launched the most fierce and last attack on Ningyuan. With its strong will, although it failed to break through the Guanning Iron Cavalry, some of the Later Jin army still rushed to the edge of Ningyuan City.

Then, they saw a ditch, a very deep ditch.

The person who dug this ditch was a special force under Yuan Chonghuan - Cheying.

The chariot camp is a combat group formed to deal with the cavalry impact of the Later Jin Dynasty. It consists of infantry and combat vehicles. During combat, it launches chariots, digs trenches, blocks cavalry impacts, and uses muskets and bows to fight back. Attacks are not a problem, defense is no problem.

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There was no chance. After all, horses were not tanks and could not drive. After being beaten by the Guanning Iron Cavalry who was driven over, the Later Jin army completely gave up and withdrew from the battle.

On May 29, Huang Taiji left Ningyuan and retreated to Jinzhou.

In the battle of Ningyuan, the Ming army, Man Gui, who went out of the city to fight, was shot several arrows (not dead). He and the mount of general You Shiwei were shot to death.

But in the Later Jin Dynasty, it was not just horses who died, but the casualties were extremely heavy. Belejirgalang was seriously injured, the two sons of the Great Bele Daishan, Sahalian and Wakda were seriously injured. The general Juelubaishan,

Yubaxi died in battle. In just one day, the Later Jin Dynasty suffered losses of more than 4,000 people.

Huang Taiji left. He originally thought he could surpass his father and conquer this inconspicuous city. However, the fact is that last time, his father dug a few holes in the wall. This time, he didn't even touch the city wall.

Let's go.

Let's go back, Comrade Huang Taiji, Ning Yuan cannot conquer it. Let's go home and calm down for a few years.

Still unstoppable

Huang Taiji is not serious, but this time he is exceptional, because he just took office and has lost face and has no achievements. How can he convince the public in the future?

So on the way home, he had another idea to attack Jinzhou.

This is an idea to turn a big defeat into a crushing defeat.

On May 30, Huang Taiji arrived in Jinzhou and surrounded him again.

He sanctioned the team and sent cavalry to beat drums, yell horns, and shouted and demonstrated, but he just didn't fight.

Not only did he not fight, he also set up the camp five miles away from the city. Five miles was the longest range of the Ming army's cannons.

In this way, I sent people to the city side during the day, and hid in the camp at night and shivered for five consecutive days, every day.

On June 4, Huang Taiji decided to launch an attack.

The focus of the attack was the southern city of Jinzhou. The Later Jin army used a large number of ladders to risk their lives to attack the city.

I don't want to talk about the next thing, because Huang Taiji is a very annoying guy, and he doesn't have any new ideas. The procedure for siege, starting from his father to him, has not made much progress in the years.

The army was launched in batches, died in batches, and cremated in batches, without any progress.

Zhao Lujiao is similar. Although his offense is not good, it is still not a problem to play defense. He guards the city, uses cannons, and hits the crowded places. It is very easy to operate according to the procedures.

Moreover, while the Later Jin army withdrew, Zhao Rujiao built several trenches on the side of the city to ensure that the Later Jin army could stop here for a while during the attack and provide a fixed strike location for the cannons.

The battle continued, to be precise, not fighting, but massacre.

The Later Jin army could not get close to the city wall at all. Whenever they reached the edge of the ditch, there would be a fixed blast. They were either bombed into the sky or were knocked down into the ditch, and corpses were everywhere. However, objectively speaking, it was convenient for Zhao Lujiao to dig these ditches.

When the Jin army was killed, they went directly into the ditch, killing and burying.

In this way, the efficient fixed-point blasting took place for half a day, and the Later Jin army suffered huge casualties. According to Zhao Shujiao's report, no less than 3,000 were killed and countless injuries were injured.

The number of casualties of the Ming army was unknown, but it was very likely to be zero, because in the entire battle, the Later Jin army reached the trench as far as the trench (including the trench), and with the range of bows and arrows, it seemed possible to kill the Ming army on the city.

Not big.
To be continued...