The supplies transported by water from other parts of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the necessary items for combat that Tang Feng asked the court for gunpowder, arrows and other items, also had some materials such as cloth. Obviously, they were used by the court to encourage the morale of the Ming army. The emergence of these things made the morale of the Ming army, which was originally depressed, cheered up again.

Although Tang Feng used the enemy to be weak a few days ago and lured him to the city and then attacked him with a painful attack, the Jin people could still see that this was the strategy of the Ming army's virtual and real offer. When the Jin army rushed forward desperately, the weapons left in Ningyuan City may not be able to block a few rounds. But now there is no need to worry about anything anymore. Nearly 100,000 arrows, countless gunpowder and ammunition are enough for the Ming army in the city to hold on for several more months. Moreover, there are still enough 40,000 troops in Ningyuan City to use food and grass for the first half of the year, which greatly enhances everyone's confidence in keeping the Jin army's retreat.

Along with these supplies, several close confidants of the Jinyiwei who stayed in the capital to take care of the situation there. After handing over the supplies to Zu Dashou and others for processing, he called the people to his study to ask about the recent situation in the capital.

After one of them entered Tang Feng's residence, he took out a letter. Seeing the beautiful handwriting on it, Tang Feng knew that it was a letter from his wife Liu Hui to him. Although he wanted to put great things first, his hand opened the envelope first and read it carefully in front of those people.

The letter was not written long. In addition to saying that he and Da Yuer missed her husband, and that he hoped that Tang Feng could take good care of himself and avoid getting caught in the cold, he just talked about some interesting things about his children. Although he often complained about how naughty the children were, he could still feel their happiness in Tang Feng's eyes. Obviously, everything in the family was well, which made Tang Feng feel half at ease. Then he thought of his real purpose of asking them to come in and asked: "How is it, is there something big happening in the capital?"

"Return to the Marquis, there has been no major incident in the capital in the past month. Everything is the same as before. It's just..."

Hearing the word "just", Tang Feng glanced at him: "If you have anything, just say it, don't be like a sissy."

"Yes, I heard from someone recently that Admiral Luo has been in contact with his former subordinates again, I am afraid that he will take action." This man is an old man from the Jinyiwei. Although he knew that Tang Feng had robbed Luo Yangxing's power before, he also understood the origin of the two. He was afraid that he would be dissatisfied with Tang Feng after saying bad things about Luo Yangxing, so he was a little hesitant.

Tang Feng did not have any dissatisfaction as he was worried, but slowly narrowed his eyes. Since he suppressed Luo Yangxing that day and took back the great power of the Jinyiwei, Tang Feng knew that he and him could not go back to the past. However, because of the past friendship, Tang Feng no longer made things difficult for Luo Yangxing, who lost his power, but he did not expect that he wanted to take action now. It seemed that the relationship between him and him was completely irreversible. Thinking of this, Tang Feng suddenly said: "Where is Lu An? He is just watching Luo Yangxing regain?"

"Mr. Lu disagreed with our report. He said that this was just an ordinary friend relationship and there was no need to make a big deal. He just asked us to take care of our errands and asked me not to talk to you, saying that it would affect the Marquis's mood to fight the enemy in Liaodong..."

"Huh?" Tang Feng was slightly stunned. Why was Lu An so careless? Although the power of the Jinyiwei is no longer in Luo Yangxing's hands, his connections in the yamen are still there. How could he be so willing? Could it be that he no longer takes Luo Yangxing seriously because he holds great power now? No, it should not be like this! Tang Feng still understands Lu An's character. In addition to his extraordinary martial arts, his cautious style is also a key to his current position. He cannot completely relax Luo Yangxing, so there is only one possibility. Lu An also had a strange intention to himself.

This is easy to understand. When a person can control a force, of course, he will not let another person control himself behind his back. Luo Yang's nature is like this, and Lu An will of course have the same idea. People always have a selfish side. Tang Feng sighed, knowing that his relationship with these two people will soon end, and he may become an enemy at any time. But now is not the time to think about these things. After nodding to the people with praise, Tang Feng asked them to go back: "Remember, all the changes in the capital will be sent, which is not only related to the future, but also to the current battle against the Jin people."

"Yes, I have recorded the Beiyi." After the few people nodded, they retreated together.

After calming down his mind, Tang Feng came back to the city wall. With so many weapons in his hand, the soldiers also smiled, and the Jin army under the city also had a little more murderous aura.

Tang Feng also followed everyone's eyes and looked down at the city. He thought that maybe he should use those new weapons to fight the enemy. But then his eyes narrowed, and some things slowly moved up by the Jin people attracted his gaze. He was also surprised, because those things were the artillery that the Ming army had the most powerful killing of the Jin people.

The most different thing about Dorgon and his father and brother is his ability to accept new things, whether in terms of political system or weapons. The Jin people have been attacking Liaodong for many years, and they have not succeeded every time. During this period, they were defeated several times. Nurhaci was injured by cannons because of his attack on Ningyuan and eventually died of this injury.

However, the Jin people did not learn from this and still rely on their fast horses and strong bows, hoping to capture Liaodong as before. However, Dorgon did not think so. From the experience of repeated failures, he learned a lesson, that is, the artillery of the Ming army is indeed powerful, and cannot be resisted by the flesh and blood of the Great Jin warriors. If they do not suffer any losses in this regard, they can only have their own firearms.

However, even after Dorgon took a certain amount of power, it was difficult to achieve this idea, because the Jin people did not have gunpowder craftsmen, let alone made cannons. However, Dorgon did not give up his idea because the conditions in front of him were immature. When fighting with the Ming army, he arrested the prisoners the most was whether there were any of them who could do artillery and whether there were any of them. Over the past few days, he really brought a group of such talents.

However, a clever woman can't cook without rice. Even if there is a person, everything without gunpowder will be given in vain. Although she can still get some gunpowder through small-scale battles, it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the amount she really needs. Just when Dorgon was a little helpless, the loss of Jinzhou City gave them a great opportunity.

As the most important city in Liaodong, Jinzhou naturally took down hundreds of artillery pieces, including nearly ten red artillery pieces. After capturing Jinzhou, Dorgon ordered the soldiers to rest and make the guns while trying to fire those artillery pieces. It was just because the artillery was too heavy and afraid of being damaged, so it took a lot of effort to remove them from the top of the city. It was not until a few days ago that they finally took down all dozens of artillery pieces. Except for some of them being sent back to the Jin Kingdom, the others were transported to Ningyuan City by carriages and horses to help the prince defeat the enemy.

Now everything is ready, Dorgon didn't want to wait any longer, and immediately ordered the Han prisoners to push the cannons to the city and prepare to attack the city. And when they moved the cannons, they happened to be seen by Tang Feng and the others.

"No, the Jin people actually wanted to attack the city with artillery!" All the Ming soldiers' faces became very ugly. It turned out that their sharpest weapons were now in the hands of the enemy, which would have a great psychological blow to them. If a large number of weapons were not transported today, I was afraid that the morale of the army would be in chaos.

When generals such as Man Gui and Zu Dashou looked at the style of the artillery, their expressions became even more ugly. They recognized these iron guys, all of whom were from Jinzhou City, but now they were used by the Jin people. Another consequence of the fall of Jinzhou appeared.

"We are here, we are also preparing to hit them with cannons. Now we are condescending, and the range of cannons should be farther than that of Jiannu, so we can only start first!" Tang Feng's reaction was the fastest and immediately ordered. The soldiers on the top of the city immediately took action, and the general's cannons began to aim at the enemy cannons under the city, put on gunpowder and fired projectiles, and a series of actions were carried out tense and orderly.

The Jin people under the city also saw this scene. Under the encouragement of the Jin people, the captive gunners also accelerated their movements and soon, the place was ready. Although the Jin people under the city were prepared earlier than the Ming soldiers, because of their nervousness and the fact that they were also Han people, they had some resistance, both sides fired artillery almost at the same time.

"Boom!..." "Boom!..." Dozens of cannons fired at the top of the city and under the city at the same time, the sound was deafening, and even the entire land seemed to be shaken by the continuous sound of cannons.

The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and more than 200 people were injured by artillery on the Jin army camp under the city, and five of the generals were destroyed. The Ming army at the top of the city also suffered a great loss. Some gunners could not dodge for a while and were killed by the fire of fire. This was caused by the young Ming army soldiers who were bombarded by artillery and did not know how to avoid it. The upper edge of the city wall also collapsed several feet, and two cannons were destroyed.

The two sides temporarily stopped this tentative artillery battle and began to rescue their wounded soldiers. In this first confrontation, neither side could gain any advantage, but it was already a great success for the Jin people.

Half a moment later, the sound of cannons rose again. At this time, the Jin soldiers began to attack the city head with the cover of artillery fire, because the targets of the cannons on the city are now aiming at the cannons under the city, so they naturally have less threats to them. Moreover, Dorgon still believed that the weapons in the city should be almost taken away, and now it is a good opportunity to take advantage of the power of cannons to capture Ningyuan in one fell swoop.

However, the Ming army in the city was no longer the equipment they used to be today, and they were prepared. Just as the Jin army was pressing forward, the rain of arrows on the city was pouring down like a pour, followed by the "enemies of thousands of people" that made the Jin people afraid, and many huge rocks obtained by demolishing the houses of some people in the city.

Before the court's materials arrived, in order to prevent the lack of weapons to block the enemy's attack, Tang Feng ordered the demolition of the people's houses. Although many people were unwilling to do so, they also understood the principle that there was no end to the full nest. At this time, it should be the first priority to retreat to the enemy. Fortunately, it is summer now, and the weather is getting hotter and there is no roof tiles covering their heads, which will not make it difficult for the people to make a living.

Although more combat weapons have been sent, these huge rocks that have been transported to the city can't be wasted. Now they are just enough to attack the Jin army with pain. The stones and sharp arrows are constantly attacking the Jin people under the city, killing them so hard that they are overturned. There are more casualties than in the past few days.

Seeing all this, Dorgon's face became even more ugly. He ordered: "Concentrate artillery fire for me and knock down the city wall. As long as the city wall is gone, the defenders of Ningyuan City will be the fish under our knife!"

The remaining artillery roared again, hitting Ningyuan City Wall. Although the city wall was also a little damaged, the Ningyuan City Wall made of square stones could not be easily broken by the general's cannon. Moreover, in order not to be easily hit by the cannons on the city, they retreated for a distance, and the damage of the cannon was even smaller.

However, it is not a solution to continue this. With the continuous impact, the walls of Ningyuan City began to feel a little trembling. This was due to the fact that the captive Han people hid some selfishness. They did not tell the difference between the Red Barbarian artillery and the General artillery. Otherwise, with the power of the Red Barbarian artillery, the city wall would be really not be able to be protected.

Tang Feng looked at the Jin army under the city and knew that he had to come up with a solution as soon as possible. Suddenly, he thought of the newly-built firearms of the Divine Machine Camp he brought when he came here. Because he could only rely on the original artillery, he had no intention of touching them. They were secret weapons of the Ming army. But now it was obvious that he could not care about so many, so he immediately ordered people to transport these artillery that were obviously much smaller than ordinary artillery to the city.

The Jin people's targets were replaced by the Ming army on the city to the city wall, which made it difficult for the artillery on the city to hit those targets. Although the Red and Barbarian artillery was powerful enough, it was impossible to hit wherever they were. Therefore, at this time, these were needed to have dozens of new artillery, and the range was far beyond that of ordinary general artillery.

After a while of busyness, the cannons had been adjusted and gunpowder was loaded. Under Guan Zhengjie's order, dozens of soldiers from the Shenji Camp ignited the fire leads at the muzzle.

"Boom boom boom..." Dozens of shells whizzed out from the top of the city and shot straight towards the Jin army under the city. The Jin people didn't take it seriously. They obviously thought it was just the Ming army's venting in desperation. But the result was much beyond everyone's expectations. Dozens of shells all landed on the Jin army's artillery positions. Hundreds of Jin army and captured gunners were shattered by the dense bombardment, and the artillery that was still in use was also exploded due to the explosions inside and outside.

This was just a small test of the new artillery of the Ming army. Immediately afterwards, they fired dozens of artillery shot out, and accompanied by the bombardment of several more powerful red artillery artillery. This time their target was no longer the Jin army's artillery camp position, because less than 20% of the people could survive there, but directly attacked the Jin army's central camp.

When dozens of shells fell from the sky, the memory of the defeat several years ago appeared in the minds of the Jin army again, and they could no longer hold on. The Jin army retreated in a hurry, and even Dorgon could not control the situation.

The Ming army was very confident at this time. Although they did not break out of the city, the artillery still fought with all their might towards the retreating Jin people until Tang Feng and others ordered to stop. Tang Feng knew that this was just a small victory. Although the Jin people retreated, they would make a comeback soon, so the most important thing now is to make all preparations and not be slackened at all.

In fact, Dorgon's failure this time was also his carelessness. First, he thought that Ningyuan City was almost without defensive weapons and could be suppressed by the entire army. Second, after obtaining the cannon, he was a little proud. You must know that the use of artillery was still an unfamiliar means for the Jin people, but he wanted to use his own shortcomings to fight the enemy's strengths. Of course, if Ningyuan had not received a large amount of supplies urgently sent by the court, perhaps the Jin army might have relied on the sudden appearance of artillery and the Jin army would have been able to enter Ningyuan and win.

After retreating for nearly thirty miles, the Jin army stabilized its position. Looking at the obviously timid soldiers, Dorgon sighed weakly. He had never suffered such setbacks since he led his troops. Whether it was leading troops to defend the enemy at the most dangerous time in the capital of Jin, or the subsequent battles with the Mongols, or even this time the march into Liaodong, it was very smooth.

Jinzhou is also considered a strong city, and there is still nearly 50,000 troops garrisoned, but has it been easily captured by me? But why did it repeatedly attack Ningyuan, a small city? And his father and brothers, who were also defeated under this small city, ended up with defeat. Could it be that Ningyuan defeated me in the Great Jin Dynasty?

"No, it's better to say that Ning Yuan defeated me Da Jin than Ning Feng defeated me Da Jin. My father died at the Ningyuan city where he guarded. Will I return it without success?" The feeling of fate arose in Dorgon's heart. Now he doesn't have much chance of winning against Ning Yuan. But he knew that this would be impossible to explain to other people in the Da Jin country, and he might even lose his current military power because of this, which was something he could not accept. "No, I can't just admit defeat like this, I will definitely think of a solution again!" He kept cheering himself up in his heart.

At this moment, a personal soldier appeared in front of his tent and said, "Prince, the Khan sent Mr. Fan to work hard, and the food and other goods have been delivered..."
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