Chapter 155 Offense and Defence (7)

"Ah!" A series of heart-wrenching screams kept shouting from the Jin soldiers who were on fire. Some of them fell to the ground to try to extinguish the fire, but the fire was gushing out of the ground. He lay down and had no time to roll, and he was burned to death immediately. Some of them could not stand such torture, and turned around and rushed into the Jin army behind them. This time, they even knocked several comrades to the ground. At this time, they had completely lost their minds and just wanted to free themselves from this pain, but in the end they had only one way out.

The other Jin soldiers on the edge of the fire wall were also stunned at this time. They never thought that such a big fire would suddenly appear, so in a short time they had no idea of ​​escaping. It was not until the screams kept coming into their ears and the burned people rushed around for a while that the Jin soldiers came to their senses. Although only three or five hundred people were swallowed by the raging fire, the fierce way of death still scared the thousands of Jin soldiers who were fearless. After shouting, they turned around and ran away.

At this time, waves of arrow rain shot out from the city wall again, and there were also many muskets mixed with. The Ming army also woke up from the shock just now. To be honest, although it was a hostile relationship, seeing so many people struggling to die in the fire still shocked the defenders on the city. In a short time, they forgot to attack, so they did not fire arrows against them when the Jin army was stunned. But almost at the same time, when the Jin army woke up and wanted to run, some generals of the Ming army also woke up. They gave orders: "Shoot the arrow!" After that, the archers pulled the bow and shot arrows, shooting sharp arrows at the Jin army, who only knew how to run back and didn't know how to avoid. The dense rain of arrows quickly knocked down hundreds of Jin soldiers until they left the range of the bow and arrow.

Tang Feng was also shocked by the miserable scene just now. Although he was the one who set up this trap, when he saw the fireballs ramming around the city, he still felt a little embarrassed when he heard the screams that were not as good as humans, and the burnt smell that people were about to vomit, even though these were all enemies to him. "They were all living people, just because of my order, and I..." Just when he felt uncomfortable, he heard the orders given by several generals. As the bowstrings vibrated, the sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air came into his ears, and Tang Feng suddenly woke up: "What am I thinking? This is on the battlefield, either you die or I die. How can you sympathize with these enemies? If you can't give them a greater blow, I'm afraid that we will suffer ourselves!"

Thinking of this, Tang Feng's face reappeared his decisive look. When he looked outside the city, he happened to see the Jin army constantly fleeing north. He immediately ordered: "Attack them with artillery, we must expand the results of the battle!"

After obeying the order, the gunner immediately adjusted the gun to an appropriate angle and ignited the fuse. "Boom!" Dozens of guns bombed the Jin army again, and countless people were blown to pieces and blood and flesh. But this could not stop the fear of the Jin army running away. Although many people were pushed away by the explosion shock wave, they found that they could still escape and stood up and continued to run towards the direction of the army. When the gunner rushed to fire another shot, there was no Jin army standing in the entire Ningyuan city, and thousands of Jin troops fell in a pool of blood...

...Nurhaci and other Later Jin generals also stared at his men and horses who were killed, then burned, and then fled back, and suffered heavy losses. Everyone was stunned. It was not until the men and horses rushed back to him that everyone's eyes fell on Nurhaci, waiting for the Khan to deal with the defeat. Nurhaci's face was very pale, and I don't know if it was scared or angry, but after a long time, he said, "Take everyone back, take a few days to rest and attack Ningyuan City!" After saying that, he walked back to his tent weakly.

The sons looked at Nurhaci's staggering back and felt that their father was old for the first time. A little concern and uneasiness appeared in their eyes. Seeing that the Khan was not angry, the generals calmed down a little, and they brought their troops back to the camp. After a little more careful, everyone's expressions were no longer good. They didn't even climb up the city in this battle, but the loss of 5,000 people was a huge loss, which was the biggest casualty in the attack on Ningyuan City.

In fact, less than 500 Jin soldiers were actually burned to death by the flames rising from the city. The others were either terrified and did not know how to avoid being shot by Ming army's bows and arrows, or were killed by artillery while escaping, or even fell off their horses and were trampled to death. However, this attack on the Jin army was even more serious, and it was not possible to recover in just one or two sentences.

At this moment, there was a burst of cheers at the head of Ningyuan City, and no one could believe that this was true. In their eyes, the Jin soldiers who had always been moving forward and only knew how to attack were today. They only knew that they would not escape and even retreat in an orderly manner. This was a situation that had never been encountered before. If it weren't for the city gate that had been filled with many earth and rocks, they were afraid that more Jin troops outside the city would shout and kill them. But even so, it was enough to make the Ming soldiers excited. Their morale had reached the peak, and the original worries had long been thrown out by them. For the first time, they were sure that they could defeat the more than 100,000 Jin troops in front of them.

The flames under the city finally went out. When Tang Feng looked at the distorted and deformed Jin troops, which were burning black, he felt a little sorry. But then he felt a little disappointed. The trap he laid under the city only burned hundreds of Jin soldiers to death. It was ridiculous that he was thinking about using them when the enemy launched a large-scale attack, and even thought about burning tens of thousands of enemies to death like the battles described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He didn't expect that the effect was just like this.

Yuan Chonghuan beside him discovered Tang Feng's disappointment and patted his shoulder and said, "Yizhi, your plan this time is to make great contributions. If you hadn't set up such a trap under the city, even if we had artillery in our hands, it wouldn't be possible to kill thousands of Jiannu so easily. I believe this battle would be remembered forever and become an eternal nightmare in Jiannu's heart. Don't underestimate this fire that only burned hundreds of people, its deterrence is no less than killing tens of thousands of people."

Tang Feng then smiled and said, "Brother Element, you are too ridiculous. I just want to try my luck."

Yuan Chonghuan looked at the Jin army who had retreated for several miles and said, "After this battle, Jiannu's offensive will inevitably weaken, and we can also take a good rest. However, our crisis has not been resolved. Jiannu has a large army several times that of ours. They may give up attacking our Ningyuan and turn to attack other cities. At that time, our responsibility will be great."

Tang Feng was a little dissatisfied with his concern. He sucked the unpleasant air in small mouthfuls and said softly: "I think with the temperament that Jiannu has developed to be invincible, they would not ignore us after suffering such a big loss. They may now think about breaking the city and venting our anger. However, the city behind should be very safe now, at least before breaking down my Ningyuan City, they will not go south. It's a pity that the city in the south is now

The pool is empty. If Gao Di can send a team of troops to take this opportunity to raid Jiannu, it will definitely be effective." The reason why Tang Feng made this judgment was due to the history he knew. In history, Nurhaci attacked Ningyuan for many days when he had absolute military strength. He had never thought of giving up Ningyuan first, and eventually even his life was left here. Although the situation has changed a little, a person's personality will not change because of this.

Yuan Chonghuan was very dissatisfied with his inference. Although he also wanted the Jin army to be as Tang Feng said, it seemed impossible based on the knowledge he knew. After sighing, he patted Tang Feng on the shoulder and went to look at the injured soldiers. Although there were still many soldiers injured in the Jin army's arrows before, there was no pain on their faces. Thinking that they could kill thousands of Jin soldiers with only a small injury, they felt that their injuries did not hurt at all, and their faces were filled with smiles... The next morning, there were Jin soldiers.

The general proposed to Nurhaci to divide his troops, including Huang Taiji. He said: "Khan, now we have more than 100,000 troops, which is enough to attack Ningyuan while dividing troops to attack other cities in the south. And I also heard that the southerners had gathered their troops in Shanhaiguan. We can send some troops to station troops here, and most of them continue to go south, breaking Shanhaiguan and entering the heartland of the Central Plains." The other generals also responded. After yesterday's defeat, both the generals and the soldiers under their command were already a little timid.

Nurhaci's face today was better than yesterday, but his eyes were covered with blood. Obviously, he didn't sleep all night last night and was in a very bad mood. After hearing everyone's words, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said coldly: "What do you mean is to let Ben Khan retreat when he sees trouble, let these Nan barbarians who have ruined us so many people?"
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