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Chapter 42 Jianlu retreats (please read the new chapter)
Nurhaci was riding on a war horse, staring at Shenyang City ahead.

Judging from the current situation, the Ming army in Shenyang was very cautious and did not choose to use cavalry to attack the Eight Banners' carriages.

This also indicates that it may be difficult for their offense to make any progress this time.

Houjin was not the Ming Dynasty, and he would never choose to attack a large city with complete defenses like Shenyang without absolute certainty.

The small Qinghe Fort and the red flag had cost nearly 4000 people before, let alone the tall Shenyang City.

At this time, Huang Taiji quietly walked to Nurhaci and said: "Qi Khan, I just received news from Qinghe Road. The three Niuluzheng red flags in front of Crow Falcon Pass are missing. They may have been annihilated by the Ming army. Yue Tuo has sent additional sentries to investigate."

After hearing the news, Nurhachi's face darkened. The Ming army in Crow Falcon Pass had always been on the defensive, but now they actually took the initiative to attack.Could it be that the Ming army wanted to cut off their own retreat?Fortunately, there are many gaps in the Liaodong border wall to escape the border, so the Ming army cannot trap them; and with Yue Tuo staying at Qinghe Fort, it is expected that the Ming army will not be able to make any big waves.

Then Huang Taiji said: "According to intelligence, several reinforcements from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty have arrived near Shanhaiguan and will arrive in Liaodong in a few days."

Nurhachi remained expressionless and said lightly: "Thank you Sibeile for your hard work. The information was delivered in a timely manner. I ordered all the banners to seize the opportunity to plunder the surrounding areas of Shenyang. We may not have much time left."

At this moment, Nurhachi felt somewhat regretful. He originally wanted to take advantage of the Ming Dynasty's weakness in Liaodong to open up the situation in one fell swoop.

After all, they still underestimated the Ming Dynasty. Although they easily defeated the 5 Ming troops in the northwest two groups, the subsequent battles deep into Liaodong suffered heavy casualties, and it was obvious that the gains outweighed the losses.

At this time, the archers of the Ming and Jin sides were shooting at each other outside Shenyang City. Although the Ming army had the advantage of having a commanding city wall, they had nothing to do with Hou Jin's carriages.

Most of the arrows were blocked by the shield in front of the carriage, and very few actually hit the Eight Banners soldiers in the rear.

Hou Jin's feather arrows continued to be thrown onto the city wall, causing some casualties to the Ming army.

After all, Li Rubai and Yang Hao are used to seeing big scenes, so they are quite adaptable to this.

How had these two civil servants, Wang Keshou and Zhou Yongchun, ever seen such a scene?
Although many shield soldiers were already standing in front of them, the screams of scattered arrow-shot soldiers on the city still made them feel uncomfortable.

In particular, an arrow hit Zhou Yongchun's face and hit the pillar behind him, which really scared him.

However, they also knew that they could not show their timidity at this moment, so they still insisted on holding on on the tower.

Seeing the trembling looks of the two of them, Yang Hao couldn't bear it, so he said: "Jianlu has no signs of attacking the city for the time being. If a few of us are on the tower, let the spies in the city take the opportunity to get in." It would be bad if there were any gaps.”

At this time, the two of them looked at Yang Hao gratefully, and Wang Keshou said: "What Yang Jinglue said is absolutely true. I will leave this to you two. I, the governor of Zhou, still have many important matters to deal with, so I will retire first."

In fact, Yang Hao was unsure at this time. He asked softly: "General Li, if Jianlu attacks the city with all his strength, how long can Shenyang City hold on?"

Li Rubai said: "Commander, don't worry. There are several well-prepared trenches outside Shenyang City. With a large number of artillery, it won't be a problem to drag the prisoners up for a few days."

"No matter what happens, we still have a thousand heavy-armored infantrymen of my Li family. Even if the rebels attack the city, we will still be able to fight."

Seeing that Li Rubai looked confident, Yang Hao felt relieved.

At Qinghe Fort, Li Xianzhong personally promised him that if he held on for five days at most, the Jianlu troops would definitely retreat!
Although the battle caused by Jianlu was not small, there were hundreds of carriages and 8000 or [-] people dispatched.It was obvious that they were only feigning an attack and did not attack the city with all their strength. Yang Hao could still see this clearly.

However, Li Rubai decided to teach these rebels a lesson.

Soon a dozen tiger squatting cannons were pushed out, and after a simple adjustment of the firing range, everything was ready.

As the gunner's torch fell, the artillery at the top of the city spurted out bursts of flames. Each shell passed over the carriage and exploded directly in the crowd behind; countless lead shot out, penetrating the heavy cloth armor of the Eight Banners.

After the shelling, the enemy's position was in a mess, and the air smelled of sulfur and blood.Dozens of people were lying scattered on the ground. Many people were not killed on the spot, but were rolling on the ground in pain and wailing!
This caused the enemy's morale to plummet!At this time, Li Rubai's weather-beaten face also showed a smile, and said: "These Jianlu think that we can't do anything to them because they are seventy steps away and our fire blunderbuss can't hit them?"

"It's ridiculous!"

Seeing that the shelling of the Tiger Crouching Cannon was very effective, the morale of the Ming army on the city was greatly boosted. The gunners quickly cleaned the gun barrels, loaded gunpowder and marbles, and soon launched the second round of shelling.

At this time, even Daishan, who had always taken the lead in the battle, was anxious and said: "Great Khan, the Ming army's artillery is sharp, and the warriors of the two yellow flags suffered heavy casualties. I am afraid that the city of Shenyang cannot be taken, so we should withdraw."

As a low horn sounded, the Eight Banners soldiers hiding behind the carriages quickly abandoned the carriages and receded like the tide as if they had been granted amnesty.

The Ming troops on the city burst into deafening cheers.

At this time, Yang Hao still had [-] elite cavalry in his hands. He knew that if the cavalry came out of the city at this time and took advantage of the situation to cover up Hou Jin's defeated troops, he would be able to expand the results of the battle.

However, his rationality quickly made him give up this idea. After all, there were tens of thousands of Jianlu cavalry outside Shenyang City.It would be too risky to attack at this time, and might fall into Jianlu's trick of luring the enemy.

It is safest to defend the city safely and use the advantages of your own firearms to continuously kill and injure the captives.

Fortunately, he had taken the two old guys into the city just now. Otherwise, he would have been shouting in his ears to pursue the victory and expand the results. He might even have given himself a "fear the enemy like a tiger, miss the opportunity, let the captives return" mountain" crime.

The smoke from the battlefield has not yet cleared, and it is full of abandoned carriages by Jianlu, as well as about two hundred corpses wearing yellow armor.

Although the loss of troops was not large, it had a great impact on their morale.At this moment, the morale of the Ming army in Shenyang City was high. As long as he did not take risks, it would be impossible for Jianlu to capture Shenyang.

On the other side, the Eight Banners soldiers quickly returned to the camp. It was obvious that their plan to lure the enemy this time had completely failed. Neither the Ming army in Shenyang nor the Ming army in Liaoyang had any intention of leaving the city.

The surrounding looting did not go well either. Although they expanded the search area, they only captured more than 3 people and a small amount of livestock and food.

While everyone was still discussing how to respond next, a fast horse galloped into the camp.

Soon the messenger was brought to the Chinese army's tent. He calmed down his breath and said: "Reporting to the Great Khan, thousands of Ming army's cavalry have rushed out of Crow Falcon Pass and annihilated the main force we left outside Crow Falcon Pass. red flag."

As soon as this statement came out, the tent went crazy, especially Dai Shan. This meant that the ten cattle records he had left near Crow Falcon Pass had been reimbursed.

The messenger continued: "The Ming army has rushed directly to the city of Hetuala. Please ask the Great Khan to return quickly!"

Although Nurhaci remained calm on the surface at this time, he had mixed feelings inside.He understood that what the Ming army was doing was actually the same as them, they were stealing each other's nests.

If he did not return to defense in time, it is estimated that the villages and strongholds near Jianzhou would be swept away by the Ming army.

The Ming family is rich and can withstand hardships, but Dajin is different; Baoyi can be captured again, but the number of bannermen is sparse, and once lost, it will be difficult to replace it in the short term.

Moreover, Ming Dynasty had already taken precautions, and its harvest from plundering around Shenyang was very limited.

Although he was unwilling to do so, he had no choice but to retreat at this time.

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