Chapter 168: Turning defeat into victory

Huang Taiji, in the Jin army tent, was nervously waiting for people to come and return, and to see if the people he sent could sneak into the city for excavation, he soon received affirmative news. Huang Taiji was very happy and immediately ordered the entire army to prepare. Once the city wall was broken, the entire army would launch an attack on Ningyuan. This time, even Nurhaci came to the front army and looked at Ningyuan City in the distance.

Suddenly, they saw countless people coming from the city wall, and immediately guessed the intention of the Ming army. Huang Taiji did not dare to be negligent, so he immediately ordered the light cavalry to step forward and use bows and arrows to deal with the Ming army coming down from above. He knew that if the Ming army guarding the city was really allowed to go down to the foot of the city to fight with his people, the hundreds of people would be wiped out.

Thousands of light cavalry rushed forward. Although it was night, they could still see the outline of the Ming army on the city with the moonlight in the sky and the snow surface shining on the ground. After a gust of sharp wind, dozens of Ming soldiers who came down from the city were shot and killed. Then the more than a thousand cavalry kept shooting arrows at the head of the city, preventing the Ming army from having the opportunity to stop the excavation work of their hundreds of people under the city.

Seeing that the Jin army rushed up again to block the city, the Ming army at the top of the city was not to be outdone and fought back with bows and arrows. However, it was too dark at this time, and the Ming army's archers could not kill as effectively as the archers in the Jin army. They could only shoot arrows randomly, which was not enough to kill the Jin army. Seeing this situation, the Jin army became even more fearless, and many cavalrymen rushed to the city with their superb cavalry to kill the Ming army on the city. At the same time, as the battle situation expanded, more Jin soldiers who were originally waiting behind also continued to kill, covering the excavated people under the city with bows and arrows.

After knowing that his army was coming to help, the Jin soldiers who were digging the city wall at the foot of the city became even more excited. They quickly dug a large hole about two meters away, and the city wall several feet thick was also dug through them. However, the Ningyuan City did not collapse as they thought, and still stood there, motionless, which made the Jin soldiers a little puzzled.

When they saw a big hole appeared in the city wall, the Ming army was also shocked. Judging from the experience they knew, as long as an ordinary city wall was dug such a large hole, the solid and damaged city wall would partially collapse due to no support. Therefore, the Ming army had already made plans for the final battle. However, the final result was not so unfavorable, and the city wall did not change at all. After a while, Tang Feng thought of the reason, that was, he ordered the exterior wall to be poured with cold water to freeze it. This freezing not only made it difficult to climb the city wall, but also the foundation was more solid, and even the hole was dug so big was not damaged.

, but if they were asked to continue digging, or rushed into the city along the hole, the city wall would not be able to resist it, so he immediately reacted and issued a series of orders - "God bless me, the Ming Dynasty, this city wall is not something they Jiannu can dig, we must be able to guard Ningyuan! Hurry up and push the door-sticking knife chariot to the front of the hole to block the hole!" After hearing this, the Ming army, who was originally a little desperate, cheered up again. This was what they saw with their own eyes. The city wall was dug such a large hole and couldn't move at all, which showed that they had the protection of heaven. So soon, the Ming army took action and pushed the door-sticking knife chariot that was originally parked at the city gate to the break and rushed out.

Immediately, a few screams came from outside the city. The Jin soldiers who were thinking about digging the hole but were unprepared for a while were stabbed by the sharp blade in front of the chariot. More than ten people fell into a pool of blood. However, this did not affect the Jin soldiers' determination to dig further. Moreover, after seeing that the city wall did not fall, the cavalry rushed to the city to help them dig together.

If they were really asked to dig up so unscrupulously, they would be afraid that the city wall would really collapse. Tang Feng even wanted the artillery from other sides to bombard them, but when he thought that if the artillery hit the city wall, he would be afraid that the city wall would be broken, so he resisted this idea. He said, "What should I do? What should I do?"

At this time, a soldier suddenly said, "Sir, let's use fire attack! Didn't we use the fire attack to make Jiannu flee in a panic? Now we can use it again!"

After being in a state of dying, Tang Feng ordered people to pour the last few cans of turmeric oil from the city without thinking too much, and then threw down the torch. However, although the fire was also burned on the snow with the help of oil, it was too small after all, so it was difficult to have much blocking effect. It only burned more than a hundred Jin soldiers to retreat.

Seeing that even the fire attack was so effective on them, more Jin soldiers rushed up, and they were determined to attack with all their might to break the city wall. Although the cannons at the top of the city were ignited at the right time, after a few sounds, the cannons could no longer kill and hurt the Jin army, because the Jin soldiers had already rushed to the dead corner of the cannon - under the city wall.

When things came to this point, many Ming troops believed that the only way out was to fight with the Jin army and fight on the streets. Everyone had a decisive look on their faces. Although they didn't know whether they could resist it when facing several times the enemy, they were not timid!

At this moment of life and death, someone suddenly came up with a last method to break the enemy, which was to mix cotton wool and straw mats and throw them down from the city. Although this would result in a shortage of supplies for winter in the city, it would be impossible to care about so much at this moment. Tang Feng and the others did not care whether this method could be done. At this time, the dead horse would be treated as a living horse.

Countless straw mats and quilts were sent to the city under the arms of the people and soldiers. The Ming army did not wait a moment and immediately wrapped them up, ignited them and threw them down the city. This was the last way for the Ming army to deal with them. Everyone prayed that a miracle would happen.

After being burned by the fire and blown by the wind, the quilts and straw mats all scattered and drifted around with the wind. Looking down from the city, it was as beautiful as fireworks. But the Ming army on the city had no intention of appreciating its beauty and spectacle, just to see if it could cause damage to the Jin army below.

The Jin army under the city didn't know what happened at the beginning, but soon they found themselves in a nightmare. This nightmare was even more terrifying than seeing hundreds of people trapped in the sea of ​​fire under the city. The cotton wool that drifted with the wind quickly floated in front of them. Before they could react, these strongly burning things stuck to them. Immediately, those who were stuck were swallowed by the burning flames.

The Jin army wore fur clothes that were easy to burn, so once the fire started, it could no longer be extinguished. Many of them screamed and rolled, but even so, even on the snow, the most easily burned thing could not be extinguished by them. As the Jin soldiers who lost their minds were constantly struggling and running by the flames, more Jin soldiers under the city were swept in. After a while, the city was once again trapped in the sea of ​​fire, and this time the flames were more violent and harder to extinguish than before.

The Jin army, who were not burned by the fire, were also scared by the tragic scene. After a moment of staying, they turned around and ran back to death. They didn't want to be burned to death by the flames. It turned out that the Jin army, which was so powerful that they were immediately scared by the fire, retreating, hoping to escape from the sea of ​​fire.

The Ming army on the top of the city were stunned. They really didn't expect that the final idea would be so powerful. "The killing of the quilt and straw mat is no less powerful than our cannons. It really has the ability to have ten thousand enemies!" Some of the soldiers said with emotion. From then on, this very simple firearm became the most powerful weapon for the Ming army to defend the city, and was named "ten thousand enemies".

Tang Feng quickly walked out of the shock. He didn't want to let the Jin soldiers retreat like this. During the day, he and Yuan Chonghuan were worried about how they could kill and injure the Jin soldiers in large quantities. Of course, they would not miss this great opportunity now. After his order, all the artillery roared at the retreating Jin soldiers! Countless shells fell towards the Jin soldiers!

In the front of the Jin army, Nurhaci was so shocked that he couldn't speak when he saw the scene just now. Then he heard the rumbling cannons sound again. Many Jin soldiers who had no time to avoid were killed were killed by the cannons. The feeling of powerlessness in his heart was never so strong. He didn't expect that he would not even be able to capture a small Ningyuan when he was old. "Retreat! Give up and attack this Ningyuan City and attack other cities instead!" Finally, he had to bow to reality, knowing how huge a mistake he had made.

The sound of the horns and lights of the Jin army retreated began to sound. At this time, the Ming army on the city breathed a sigh of relief. They finally almost guarded the city. However, a sharp light flashed in Tang Feng's eyes and ordered loudly: "All artillery, aim at the Jin army with lights to fire. We must at least make the Jin army pay enough price!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" More than ten artillery pieces were ordered to spit out flames at the front battalion of the Jin army outside the city. The general's artillery was insufficient in the range, so it landed on the open space outside the city, and actually killed some of the Jin soldiers who had not yet died. The red artillery, which had a range of farther, happened to hit the shells in the front battalion of the Jin army.

With an explosion, dozens of Jin soldiers were blown away. At this time, Nurhaci, who was commanding the army to retreat in front of the army, was also startled by the shocking explosion and immediately retreated under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers. But before they could completely retreat to a safe place, a cannon shot from the top of the city landed beside them.

The guards who felt the danger immediately raised their shields and blocked Nurhaci's surroundings, but the cannon shell that was shot from the top of the city was a fireworks. As soon as they landed, countless iron nails were scattered. Even the Jin soldiers holding shields could not resist these dense and urgent fragments.

Finally, the sergeant blocking in front fell down due to explosions or fragments, and Nurhaci was exposed. Several purposeless iron pieces passed through the gaps of the guards and directly penetrated into his chest and abdomen...
Chapter completed!