Zhu Youzhen scolded in the city, and suddenly shot without warning. But Li Yongfang has been on the battlefield for a long time, and under such an occasion, how can he be defenseless. Seeing Zhu Youzhen suddenly raise his hand, he knew that it was not good, and almost subconsciously turned his body away.

Zhu Youzhen was about thirty paces away from Li Yongfang under the city in a straight line, which was almost the limit of the range of a flintlock pistol. But the speed at which the pistol bullet is discharged is faster than the speed of sound, and at this distance, it is impossible to dodge the bullet, Li Yongfang just made a correct prediction.

But a cavalryman behind him was not as clever as him. Li Yongfang flashed sideways, exposing him just right. Almost at the same time as the gun rang out, the deadly projectile had already slammed into the door of the cavalryman's bald head, and suddenly smashed a blood hole the size of a coin, as if Erlang God had opened his third eye.

And Zhu Youzhen had already shot, and the soldiers at the head of the city no longer waited, and fired their bows and arrows one after another, and an arrow net covered Li Yongfang's dozen people in it, and shot down five or six of them.

Li Yongfang hurriedly turned his horse's head and led the remaining subordinates to gallop backwards, shouting as he ran: "The two countries are fighting each other, and if they don't kill them, they are so shameless!" ”

"I'll go to your uncle's!" Zhu Youzhen saw that he failed to hit Li Yongfang, and scolded in annoyance: "What bullshit 'Dajin Kingdom' is nothing more than some murderous beasts!" Come, catch up with them for this king, and kill them all! ”

Before Zhu Youzhen's voice fell, the city gate was already wide open, and Li Chongyao led dozens of cavalry and rushed out like arrows.

Li Yongfang and the others were so frightened that they were scattered, beat their horses like flying, and ran back desperately. But when I ran to the moat, I found that the planks I was stepping on when I came over were gone! This moat, which is several zhang wide and about a foot deep, their war horses cannot cross it no matter what.

In desperation, they abandoned their horses, jumped off the moat, ran over the frozen river, and climbed up as hard as they could.

At this time, Li Chongyao had already killed like a whirlwind. With tears in her eyes, she shot out all the more than ten iron arrows in the quiver in one go.

Li Yongfang's men were climbing the moat at this time, exposing their backs to Li Chongyao. Except for Li Yongfang, who was vigorous and skilled, climbed three times, climbed two and jumped up, and jumped onto the opposite bank, the rest were all hit by arrows. Some immediately fell to the bottom of the river, while others endured severe pain and continued to climb up.

Li Chongyao's men and horses were one, and his legs were strong, and he continued to rush towards the moat. Her horse took to the air by the river, jumped over again, and landed firmly on the other side of the river!

But Li Yongfang kept an eye on it when he came, and left a few war horses outside the moat. At this time, he didn't care about the life or death of his subordinates, jumped on a horse and galloped away.

Li Chongyao chased for a while, and when he saw that he was close to the Jurchen camp, he was afraid that he would enter the range of the opponent's bow and arrow, so he had to return in a huff, and Li Yongfang could be regarded as picking up a dog's life.

But none of Li Yongfang's subordinates could climb to the other side. Li Chongyao's subordinates followed, pouring hundreds of sharp arrows at them. In just over half a minute, these unlucky traitors have been shot like porcupines and killed in the moat.

Li Chongyao choked back tears of hatred and said, "Behead them all!" ”

Someone immediately went over and cut off the heads of the dead bodies. Since these traitors also imitated the hairstyle of the Jurchens, they all had long braids on the back of their heads, which was convenient for the Ming army at this time, and as soon as the braids were mentioned, more than ten human heads were carried back to Ningyuan City.

Yuan Chonghuan originally wanted to refute Li Yongfang's two sentences in a righteous and stern manner, and asked him to pass on the word to persuade Nurhachi to withdraw from the army. Who knew that Zhu Youzhen Yue was the substitute, not only scolded Nurhachi for a bloody dog, but also secretly arranged for Li Chongyao to go out of the city to sneak attack, and most of them were killed in the future. He knew that the Jurchens were the most taboo about killing envoys, and this time they had to attack the city with all their might. But the wood was already in the boat, and it was too late to redeem it, so I had to sigh deeply.

At this time, Li Chongyao also returned to the city. Because she failed to kill Li Yongfang, she was in a very bad mood, and couldn't help but complain to Zhu Youzhen: "Lord Wang, didn't you say that you are responsible for scolding people, and I am responsible for sneak attacks?" This is good, as soon as you shoot, you scared Li Yongfang away! If he runs away, how can he avenge his uncle's revenge! ”

The more she talked, the more aggrieved she became, and in the end, she whimpered and cried.

Zhu Youzhen saw that she was angry, and secretly screamed that he was wronged, thinking that no matter how fast you are, can you have a bullet? It can be seen that Li Chongyao cried so much that the pear blossoms brought rain, and Zhu Youzhen was at a loss, so he had to smile and say: "Miss, complain about me, complain about me!" But you don't have to be sad, as the saying goes, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, don't worry, I, Zhu Youzhen, have a breath, and I will definitely kill Li Yongfang, the thief, and avenge your uncle. ”

"If you have no power to restrain the chicken, you will curse people, and you will scold so badly!" Li Chongyao still said angrily, "Just these two of you, you still want to take revenge?" ”

When the generals saw Li Chongyao playing with the eldest lady's temper, they even dared to reprimand Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen was willing to let her scold, so they couldn't help but look at each other, and no one dared to say anything.

Wu Sangui's brain turned quickly, stabbed Zu Dashou, and whispered: "Uncle, let's stop watching here, let's go!" ”

Zu Dashou still hesitated and said: "The eldest lady is too much, in case His Royal Highness is angry..."

"This is Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer! Don't be a big candle here! Wu Sangui said with a smile.

Zu Dashou suddenly realized, led the generals to go down to the city one after another, and even the soldiers on the side were driven away from afar, and only Zhu Youzhen and Li Chongyao were left in the city.

Li Chongyao also felt that what he said just now was a bit excessive at this time, and when he saw that there was no one around, he wanted to bow his head and admit his mistake. But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say it, and finally he still sneered: "Lord, do you really like Nurhachi's mother?" Was she born beautiful? ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed and said, "Of course it's not as beautiful as the eldest lady!" ”

"Nasty!" Li Chongyao finally burst into tears and laughed, "It's a shame that you're still a prince, why are you always not serious!" ”

Just when the two were laughing, Li Yongfang fled back to Houjin Dazhai in despair and surrendered to Nurhachi.

The Great Khan of Houjin, Nurhachi, was sitting upright in the tiger skin chair of the Yellow Dragon Tent at the moment. He is sixty-five years old this year, and his beard and hair are all white, but he is still vigorous and strong, and he has a burly physique. Especially his bright eyes, which always radiate a gloomy and cruel gaze, revealing a chill to the bone.

He didn't say a word, and listened carefully to Li Yongfang's cry. Especially when he heard Zhu Youzhen reply to his "Seven Hatreds" with "Seven Great Debts", Nurha's red eyebrows were tightened, his fists were secretly clenched, and he muttered: "Is this person the one who scolded Haoge to vomit blood, that is, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"That's it! Great Khan, Zhu Youzhen is despicable and shameless, but he is just an unruly villain! Li Yongfang gritted his teeth and said.

Nurhachi shook his head lightly and said: "The two armies are facing each other, either you die or I live, how can there be any rules?" No matter what means you use, as long as you can hit the other party and save yourself, you are strong! This Zhu Youzhen can hurt Haoge, and he has his own advantages, so don't underestimate the enemy! ”

His last sentence was addressed to the other Jurchen nobles in the tent. Everyone agreed, some people were really convinced, and some people were quite unimpressed, but they just didn't dare to show it.

After waving Li Yongfang away, Nurhachi looked around at the generals in the tent and said gloomily: "Since the defenders of Ningyuan have decided to hold on, what should we do?" ”

When he asked, the atmosphere in the tent became lively, and everyone rushed to speak.

It turned out that the Jurchens were civilized late, and at this time they were still in the late stage of the slave society. Although Nurhachi was the Great Khan, he did not have the authority of the Ming emperor. Major military matters such as large-scale warfare still had to be decided by the tribal chiefs, and this kind of meeting was called the "Council of the King's Ministers". It's just that Nurhachi has become more and more powerful over the years, and there are fewer and fewer people who dare to oppose him.

The current situation can be regarded as a meeting of the king's ministers.

Nurhachi's fifth son, Mang Gurtai, had the most impatient temperament, and shouted first: "If the southern barbarians do not surrender, then immediately attack the city and kill them all!" What else does this say! ”

Nurhachi's second son, Dai Shan, said: "Ningyuan has two inner and outer city walls, and there are Hongyi cannons, if our army attacks strongly, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties." I think it's better to surround first and not fight, to wear down the spirit of the defenders. ”

Nurhachi's twelfth son, Azigesu, was not on good terms with Dai Shan, and immediately sneered at each other: "Second brother, why are you getting older and less courageous!" The city defenses of Liaoyang and Shenyang are stricter than Ningyuan, and we haven't broken through it in a few days! If you don't dare to attack the city, watch from behind, and the twelve brothers will do it for you! ”

Since the death of Nurhachi's eldest son, Chu Ying, Daishan has become the oldest and most qualified of the beylers, believing that he is the most qualified to inherit the throne in the future. Seeing that Azig was in trouble, Dai Shan was immediately dissatisfied. But he was quite deep in the city, so he just sneered twice and did not refute it.

Nurhachi saw it in his eyes, but he didn't care, and asked the Eighth Emperor Taiji instead: "Old Eight, what do you mean?" ”

Huang Taiji said confidently: "The siege of the city is naturally to be attacked immediately. Our army does not have much food and grass, and this time we are coming to grab food, how can we be old in the city? However, the artillery of the Ming army is indeed powerful, and we don't need to let the warriors of Manchuria sacrifice needlessly. It is better to let the Eight Banners of the Han Army attack the city first and consume the enemy's ammunition. When the defenders ran out of ammunition, the siege was naturally effortless. ”

Nurhachi nodded approvingly, and was about to pass the order according to Huang Taiji's idea, but saw that his fourteenth son, Dorgon, had a disapproving face.

Dolgon is only thirteen years old this year, but he is extremely intelligent and loved by Nurhachi. On this expedition, I took him with me. Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, Nurhachi smiled and said, "Dolgon, tell me about it?" ”

"Father Khan, the sons think that it is true that they should attack Ningyuan, attack the reinforcements at Shanhaiguan, and destroy the Ming army grain depot on Juehua Island!" Dorgon spoke his mind out loud.

"Well said!" Nurhachi clapped his hands and laughed, "Those of you who are older brothers, you have to learn from your younger brother!" ”

Dolgon was praised by Nurhachi, and he was extremely proud. But the resentful eyes of Daishan, Huang Taiji and others were also focused on him!