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Chapter 120
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When Jiannu's fifth siege vehicle was blown up by the gunpowder barrels of the Ming army, the eastern sky had already revealed a gleam of whiteness. Without this siege weapon that threatened the Jinzhou defenders the most, the Jiannu army In addition, the Ming army had moved four Hongyi cannons from the two forts in the southeast and northeast to assist in the battle. Nurhachi, who really couldn't bear the huge casualties caused by the grape bombs, had to order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. Since the start of the war in Jinzhou, the largest attack launched by the Jiannu army has also been completely declared a failure.However, when the Jiannu army withdrew in disgrace, the soldiers and civilians in Jinzhou had no strength to cheer and celebrate. Most of the soldiers of the Ming army threw down their weapons, and their buttocks were already stained dark red with blood. On the city wall, he took a rest panting heavily.The same is true for Young Master Zhang, but when he fell down on the steps of the tower, Young Master Zhang was surprised to find that his underwear was covered with thin ice, where did the ice come from?Young Master Zhang searched for a long time before he found out the reason. It turned out that Young Master Zhang's own sweat soaked his underwear and the sweat froze. Knowing this, Young Master Zhang gave a wry smile and sighed: "It's a tragic victory, it's a dangerous victory."

It was indeed a tragic victory. In one night, Jinzhou soldiers sacrificed more than 4000 people. More than 500 soldiers were killed in Ximen alone. The saber was cut off, blood flowed all over his face, and he persisted with serious injuries until the end of the battle. Jian Nu passed out as soon as he withdrew, Wu Liuqi and Wu Xiang suffered countless major and minor injuries, and Young Master Zhang was also shot Both times, luckily the wound was not too deep.However, the biggest loss is the supplies for defending the city. Ten thousand enemies and fire oil are less than [-]% left, the mines are completely used up, and the most abundant gunpowder is only more than half left. When reporting the inventory of materials to Young Master Zhang, Yong said worriedly: "Master Zhang, I managed to resist last night, but if Jiannu launches another attack on the scale of last night, our family is worried that even if the army can hold on, the guards The city supplies can’t last until the battle is over.”

"It's okay." Young Master Zhang waved his hand feebly, pointed to the pile of corpses of Jiannu soldiers outside the city, and said with a weak smile: "Look, Mr. Ji, the casualties of Jiannu are much greater than ours. The population is only 30 to [-]. You dare to launch such a large-scale attack even if you borrowed the courage of Nuerhachi, the old Jiannu. Besides, we suffered heavy losses last night, mainly because of the new style of slavery. The siege engine killed a person by surprise, so we had to spend the lives of soldiers and the supplies for defending the city. Now that we know the trump card of Jiannu and have enough time to prepare, I can at least think of several ways to destroy Jiannu This new type of siege vehicle."

"Master Zhang's analysis is thorough and makes sense." Ji Yong nodded and asked again: "Master Zhang, what do you think the old Jiannu Nuerhachi is going to do next?"

Young Master Zhang did not answer in a hurry, but lay on his back on the steps of the tower, looked at the snowflakes slowly falling from the sky, and murmured: "Yes, what will Nuerhachi old Jiannu do next? If I am old Jiannu, what method will you use to break through Jinzhou?"

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As Young Master Zhang expected, after the statistics of the casualties of the Jiannu army were counted, Nuerhachi collapsed on the chair and couldn't say a word for a long time—in the bloody battle last night, nearly eight soldiers died in the Jiannu army. Thousands, more than 13 wounded, and three or four thousand of them were seriously injured and completely lost their combat effectiveness. In addition to the casualties in the previous battles, Nurhachi's [-] troops were injured and disabled, and [-]% of the troops had disappeared forever. Such a loss is really an unbearable figure for the Jiannu Jurchen with a small population.So after finally regaining his composure, Nurhachi's first words were, "Zhang Hao, an ancient barbarian, I will not execute you Ling Chi! Destroy your bones and ashes! I swear I will not be human!"

Cursing is cursing, hating from the heart is hating, but Nuerhachi dare not use the army to fight against that perverted little plague god, Young Master Zhang. The vitality was seriously injured, so not only the murderous Nuerhachi dared not continue to attack, but the other banner owners of Jiannu were also frightened. When the name of Young Master Zhang was mentioned, their hearts trembled, and they scrambled to beg Nuerhachi Don't fight Jinzhou anymore, don't waste the precious lives of Jiannu soldiers on that perverted line of defense in Jinzhou.Nuerhachi gritted his teeth and asked: "Don't fight Jinzhou again? Then the blood of our more than 1 soldiers will be shed in vain? Wouldn't De Gelei and Fei Yangwu die in vain? If we don't attack Jinzhou and take revenge, How can we save the face of my Dajin Eight Banners? If we don’t break through Jinzhou and get the grain, how will our Dajin survive the food shortage?”

"Ama, if you want to attack Jinzhou, you don't have to attack by force." Tanggu, who is more thoughtful among the Nuerhachi scholars, said cautiously: "For example, just like the previous attack on Shenyang and Guangning, recruit the Mongols and barbarians to do it." Internal response, open the city gate from the inside."

"You think I haven't thought about it?" Nuerhachi shouted angrily: "That little barbarian Zhang Haogu is more slippery than a loach. Since the start of the war in Jinzhou, he has directly sealed off the city gates, and even gave us the internal response we arranged in advance." If everything is wiped out, what should we use to open the city gate from the inside?"

"Ama, little barbarian Zhang Haogu has sealed the four gates of Jinzhou, but will he never open them?" Tang Gugu said darkly: "Amake still remembers that in the book "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Ma Chao What broke Tongguan? Pretending to withdraw troops, waiting for Cao Cao's defenders in Tongguan to go out to cut firewood and collect water, Ma Chao took the opportunity to let Nei Ying disguise himself as ordinary people to sneak into Tongguan, and then Ma Chao's army turned around and fought back, Nei Ying opened the gate, Ma Chao took the opportunity Take Tongguan."

"Using Ma Chao's method? Can it work?" Nuerhachi's eyes lit up.Without waiting for Tang Gu to speak, Fan Wencheng, who regained his trust and entered into the discussion, rushed to say: "Khan, this slave thinks this plan is absolutely impossible, that little barbarian Zhang Haogu is really too cunning, even if we withdraw the army, Zhang Haogu little Manzi will definitely not leave the city immediately, he will only send scouts to reconnaissance repeatedly, and he will not crawl out of the tortoise shell until our army is really withdrawn. Besides, Zhang Haogu, little manzi, is very aware of the situation of grain shortage in Liaodong. How can Zhang Haogu not suspect that there is a fraud in withdrawing the army without grabbing the food?"

"Ama, we have no reason to withdraw, but we can make up one." Tang Gu said unconvinced: "For example, Ama can also learn from Zhou Yu. Last night, the black lights were in the dark, and Zhang Haogu barbarian's red cannon He doesn't know who we hit. We sent a few reliable barbarians to Jinzhou to feign surrender. We said that Ama was injured by the barbarian's Hongyi cannon last night, so we withdrew our troops. When we withdraw our troops, we will kill those who are weak The barbarians vented their anger, and they ran to Jinzhou to surrender. Zhang Haogu barbarian heard what they said, and saw that we really withdrew our troops, would he be fooled and get out of the tortoise shell?"

"Fourth elder brother, you really underestimate that little savage Zhang Haogu." Fan Wencheng has also learned his lesson now, and he dare not have the slightest feeling of underestimating the enemy against Young Master Zhang, let alone believe in Tang Gugu's superficial schemes. It can fool young master Zhang.Fan Wencheng said again: "Khan, according to my servant, it is better for us to divide our troops and go south to attack Juehua Island. Juehua Island has lost the protection of sea water now, and the defenders only have [-] people, so we can easily take it. , the grain stored there is enough for Dajin to survive the grain shortage in the coming year."

"Attack Juehua Island?" Nuerhachi lowered his face again, subconsciously remembering what the guards monitoring Huang Taiji had reported.Fan Wencheng observed the situation, quickly knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said, "Khan, do you still believe Zhang Hao's nonsense? The servant is willing to guarantee the lives of all the family members. There is absolutely no red barbarian cannon on Juehua Island. The eighth elder brother absolutely did not have any collusion with Zhang Haogu barbarian! The sweat divides the troops to the south, if the grain storage on Juehua Island cannot be easily captured, then please sweat the slave and the slave's family to death!" Saying that, Fan Wencheng He kowtowed to the point where his forehead bleeds, appearing extremely sincere.

Tang Gugu was the fourth son of Nuerhachi. When Nuerhachi was entrusted with the eight banner banners, he skipped over him to confer the fifth son Mang Gurtai and the eighth son Huang Taiji. Tang Gugu was naturally secret about this. Feeling dissatisfied, now that he finally waited until Huang Taiji fell and took over Zhengbaiqi, how could Tang Gu give Huang Taiji a chance to turn around?So Tang Gu immediately said again: "Ama, my son thinks that you must not take the risk of going south. Let alone whether Juehua Island can be easily taken, even if it can be taken, our army will be caught on three sides by the barbarian army in Jinzhou, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan. Encirclement is not good for the battle, please think twice."

"Surrounded on three sides?" Fan Wencheng stopped kowtowing and said with a sneer: "Brother Si is too careful, right? Not to mention Gao Di from Shanhaiguan and Yuan Chonghuan from Ningyuan City, they are Zhang Haogu barbarians from Jinzhou City. One of them dares to leave the city Field battle with Daikin's army?"

"Stop arguing." Nuerhachi overcame the dispute between Tang Gu and Fan Wencheng, waved impatiently and said, "Last night, the army was exhausted after a night of bloody battle. To lure Zhang Haogu's little savage out of the city, the army needs time to rest before they can act. You go down first, let me think about it first."

Tang Gugu, Fan Wencheng and others had no choice but to kowtow and leave.After there was no one else in the Chinese army tent except the guards, Nuerhachi habitually picked up the bong, smoked a few puffs sullenly, and then beckoned a guard to come to him, and asked in a low voice: "De Lentai, I want you to secretly send someone to Juehua Island to investigate the situation there, is there any news?" The guard replied in a low voice: "Return to the master, the slave sent out to spy, and I will probably be back tonight, please master Don't worry, wait another day." Nuerhachi nodded, and then returned to the tent to rest under the support of the guards.

When the equally exhausted soldiers of both sides were resting, the day passed quickly, and at night, the spies that Nurhachi had sent out since the day he received the false letter from Young Master Zhang finally returned to the camp.As a result, the news brought by Jiannu's spies almost made Nurhachi faint - the sea near Juehua Island has indeed been covered with thick ice, and you can go directly to the island whether you are walking or riding a horse!Moreover, Jiannu's spies also found out accurate news that Liaodong Economic Strategy Envoy Gaodi did order to transfer the grain from Juehua Island to Ningyuan City. When Jiannu spies left Ningyuan in the early morning of the second day of the first lunar month, Ningyuan’s grain storage was still on Juehua Island. At the same time, the spies directly under Nurhachi’s guards did not hear any rumors that there were Hongyi cannons on Juehua Island.

"Damn it, I've been fooled by that little savage Zhang Haogu again!" Knowing this, Nuerhachi was furious and hurriedly ordered to summon all the generals to discuss the action of dividing troops south to attack Juehua Island.In order to appease the innocent and wronged eighth elder brother Huang Taiji, Nuerhachi also specifically called him into the Chinese army tent, preparing to restore his title and reward him.I never thought that after all the generals arrived, Nuerhachi just made his decision, and Huang Taiji, who was standing at the end, stood up and said with a gloomy face: "Ama, there is no need to go to Juehua Island, it is already too late .”

"It's already late? What do you mean?" Nuerhachi was taken aback, and said in confusion: "The people I sent have already found out very clearly that the food in Ningyuan City is still on Juehua Island. How can you say it's too late?"

"Dare to ask, Ama, what day was the news about the situation of Juehua Island sent by your secret work?" Huang Taiji asked with a wry smile.Nuerhachi was taken aback, and replied, "On the morning of the second day of the first lunar month."

"That's right." Huang Taiji nodded, and replied with a mournful face: "My son received the insider news from Ning Yuan. On the afternoon of the second day of the first lunar month, the barbarian Liaodong Economic Commander Gaodi sent troops to Juehua Island. All the food stored there was removed, and all the common people and merchants there were relocated, and only [-] shi of winter grain was sent to Ningyuan City. Qi took out the imperial decree of the Manzi court and forced Yuan Chonghuan to accept this arrangement. It turned out that Zhang Haogu had already expected that Juehua Island’s grain storage would be very dangerous before the war in Jinzhou, so he asked the Manzi court for an order early on, asking the Manzi court to accept the arrangement. Directly ordered to intervene in this matter and forcibly remove the food, soldiers and civilians from Juehua Island."

"How did you know so quickly?" Nuerhachi asked angrily.Huang Taiji replied dejectedly: "Ama, your spies have to avoid the barbarian scouts' blockade and interception, so they move slowly, but the inside line of your minister directly uses the barbarian scouts to send the news, so the speed is much faster. But this is also the last time, because the food stored on Juehua Island does not match the accounts, and the insider who directly contacted Erchen was afraid of the incident, and had already planned to escape from the barbarian army and join us. It is already very difficult to obtain news from inside the barbarians."

"Zhang Haogu, it's you again, you bastard!" Nuerhachi slammed his fist on the table, cracking the table into several pieces.Huang Taiji hurriedly comforted him: "Ama, don't be angry, I have some good news for you, my insider also hated Zhang Haogu barbarian to the bone, the reason why he didn't run away immediately was because he planned to defect Before you come here, give us a big gift."

"What big gift?" Nuerha Chi asked with a livid face.Huang Taiji replied sinisterly: "Zhang Hao, the ancient barbarian, is full of dog lives from the nine clans! He has already sent people to Manzi's capital to spread rumors, saying that Zhang Hao, the ancient barbarian, sacrificed Jinzhou and surrendered to us. We just need to cooperate with him a little. If the Emperor Manzi and the old eunuch Wei believe it is true, then the Emperor Manzi and the old eunuch Wei will definitely kill Zhang Haogu’s family members in the capital! Ling Chi executed! At that time, maybe even accompany Zhang Haogu to defend the city The family members of the other barbarian generals can’t escape, and once we spread the news, even if Zhang Haogu barbarian desperately wants to defend, no one will be willing to give his life to him!”

"As long as you play a play, you can kill Zhang Hao's ancient barbarians?" Nuerhachi finally showed some joy, and quickly asked Huang Taiji what kind of play his army needs to perform. After Huang Taiji answered in detail, Nuerhachi immediately applauded , said with a very ferocious expression: "Okay! Time waits for no one, be on the safe side, use your counter-insidious plan together with Tang Gu's deceitful retreat plan, use open and hidden arrows together, I see how Zhang Haogu barbarian will parry it?! "

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