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Chapter 646: Ningyuan Victory · Nur Dies

On the canopy.

Under the city wall.

Several heavy infantrymen wearing thick armor pushed a chariot towards the city wall.

The chariots made of elm were covered with several layers of water-soaked cowhide.

More than a dozen chariots arrived at the foot of the city, braving the arrows shot from the top of the city wall.

Several soldiers holding sledgehammers jumped out from under the covering cowhide.

The Ming soldiers on the city wall leaned out, drew their bowstrings, and shot sharp arrows towards the city.

At this time, the archers and musketeers of the Jurchen army came to the front.

……

Tang Dynasty and Emperor Gaozu's period
Li Yuan's eyelids twitched.

"This method of attacking the city... is indeed quite impressive."

While the defending army was focusing all its attention on how to eliminate the enemies who were hammering the wall, the second wave of troops came into battle.

If the defenders divert their attention and attack the archers in the distance, the archers can retreat immediately and the soldiers hammering the wall can continue their attack.

Most city walls will be breached.

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin brushed his clothes lightly, held his head high and said:
"This little thing is not worth mentioning."

Li Yuan really couldn't stand this kid's arrogance.

But he also had to admit that this kid had reason to be proud.

and so……

Li Shimin waited for a long time, but no one continued to ask him.

Tsk, life is as lonely as snow.

……

[At noon on the 24th day of the first lunar month, Yuan Chonghuan was chatting with a passing Korean official when his subordinates reported that the Later Jin army was preparing to attack the city.]

[Nurhaci first concentrated his attack on the southwest corner of the city wall. ]

[First send chariots to rush to the city and hammer the wall, then wait for the soldiers on the wall to lean out before sending archers into battle.]

[The archers suppressed the Ming army, and the soldiers hammering the walls created cracks.]

[Nurhaci gathered his cavalry and prepared to charge.]

【At this time, the "Red Cannon" from thousands of miles away unveiled its mysterious and cruel veil to the world for the first time. 】

……

On the canopy.

The heavy cavalry is slowly picking up speed.

Black gun muzzles protruded from the battlements of the city wall.

One cannon after another spewed out tongues of fire!
Not like the iron bullets shot before.

Countless shrapnel shells fell into the cavalry.

The shell shattered into countless shrapnel in an instant!
Cavalrymen and horses fell in large numbers!

The archers were trampled into the mud by the frightened war horses.

Countless cavalrymen had suffered casualties before they even reached the city wall.

The hammer soldiers under the city wall were still safe and sound and were hammering the wall hard, but a big hole had already appeared on the wall.

At this time, something unexpected happened.

One by one, the wooden boxes were half pushed out from the city wall, and the other half was fixed.

These wooden boxes are suspended in the air like castles in the air.

The soldiers in the wooden box could see the enemy soldiers hammering at the foot of the city wall.

They took out wood and cotton dipped in diesel, wrapped them in gunpowder, tied them with iron chains, and then sent them to the carts on the hammer soldiers under the city and set them on fire.

The wet cowhide was dried by the fire.

Siege vehicles caught fire and exploded!

The hammer soldiers were left without protection and were completely wiped out.

The Later Jin cavalry who were gathered together and bombed stared blankly at the city wall.

Then came the artillery fire.

……

[Nurhaci's first attack was a complete failure. ]

[This siege lasted from noon to late at night, and the bodies of the Later Jin army piled up like a mountain under the city. ]

【Nurhaci was forced to retreat.】

[In the early morning of the 25th, the Later Jin army began to use human wave tactics to attack the city again.]

……

Great Qin.

Ying Zheng looked at this new firearm, and his eyes twitched. A killer weapon on the battlefield!
A killing weapon more terrifying than a bed crossbow!
"Do you think the Mohists can create something like this?"

The others did not know how to make weapons, but Wei Liao nodded slightly.

"The technology is not complicated, there are only two points."

"First, the gunpowder, and second, the barrel."

"As long as these two points are resolved, we can build it by following the instructions."

Ying Zheng looked at the sky.

After a while, he sighed with a hint of melancholy:
"Just write it down for now."

……

Tang Xuanzong Period
Li Shimin sat on the bed, stroking his beard and sighing:

"The world changes, and things change so much."

"If I have this in my hand, I can defend Hulao Pass by myself!"

Li Longji stood aside calmly with two dark circles under his eyes.

Li Mi secretly looked at Emperor Taizong.

As for what Emperor Taizong said...

Hi, Emperor Taizong is like this. He prefers to use exaggerated metaphors, which is a unique personal charm.

very good!

"you!"

Li Longji stood at attention immediately.

Li Shimin glanced at him and said in a long voice:
"You keep the navy's sea route in mind."

Li Longji nodded quickly.

Li Shimin snorted lightly, then stood up, walked to Li Mi and patted him on the shoulder.

"The Tang Dynasty will rely on you for your care."

Li Mi burst into tears and choked up:

"I am willing to serve your majesty at the cost of my life!"

Li Shimin smiled and patted his shoulder again.

Li Longji looked at the "King and his subjects get along well" in front of him expressionlessly.

got used to.

……

Song Dynasty Xiaozong Period
Yue Fei's body couldn't help but tense up.

Just by looking at the power of the dozen or so cannons in the sky, he already felt deeply threatened!
But the bandit chieftain assembled his troops and was ready to march the next day.

"This guy... has a great ability to judge the battlefield."

Zhao Shen also wanted to ask Yue Fei to think of a solution, as he also wanted this kind of cannon!

But after hearing this, he turned his attention back.

"Why do you say that, Pengju?"

Yue Fei heard the question and saluted and replied:
"Your Majesty, although Nurhaci was forced to retreat, it was because he did not expect the Ming Dynasty to suddenly have that artillery and that strange fighting style, so he suffered a great loss."

"But Ningyuan City only has so many soldiers and generals. As long as we keep the morale of the army stable, Ningyuan City will not be able to outlast Nurhaci."

Zhao Shen nodded thoughtfully, and then thought about the artillery.

"Can the Song Dynasty manufacture this artillery?"

This question really stumped Yue Fei.

Yue Fei thought about it and could only say cautiously:
"You can give it a try."

Zhao Shen also understood that he was asking too much, but he still held out hope.

"Then try it!"

What if we try out something?

……

[At that time, there were less than 20,000 troops in Ningyuan City. Yuan Chonghuan relied on the powerful Western "Red Cannon" and the "Ten Thousand Enemies" invented by Tongpan Jin Qizong, the earliest prototype of incendiary bombs, to injure countless enemies.]

[Five days later, when the smoke in Ningyuan's sky cleared, people were surprised to find that this ancient city, riddled with holes, still stood tall on the territory of the Ming Dynasty.]

[This arduous battle caused heavy losses to both the Ming and Later Jin.]

[And Ningyuan City was destined to be Nurhaci's Waterloo. ]

[While commanding the siege, he was hit by a stray bullet from the Red Barbarian cannon and was seriously injured.]

[He died in August of that year.]

[The Battle of Ningyuan made Yuan Chonghuan stand out on the historical stage, and it was also a long-awaited victory for the Ming army, known in history as the "Ningyuan Victory." ]

……

{Was he really killed by the bombardment?}
{It cannot be said that he was killed by artillery fire...but Nurhaci's death was indeed somewhat related to the Battle of Ningyuan.}
{According to the record in "Shikui Shu Houji" by Zhang Dai of the Ming Dynasty: "Where the artillery passed, countless Northern Cavalry were killed, including the Yellow Dragon Camp, and a deputy king was injured. The Northern Cavalry thought that the expedition was not going to work, so they wrapped the bodies in leather, wailed and ran away."}
{The History of Ming Dynasty also records this, so we can be sure that an important leader of the Later Jin Dynasty was indeed injured by the Red Barbarian Cannon. As to whether it was Nurhaci, it is difficult to say for sure.}
{Han Ai, a Korean official who served as a diplomatic envoy and experienced the war, also recorded this statement.}
{It even records in detail Yuan Chonghuan's post-war ridicule.}
{After the Later Jin army retreated, Yuan Chonghuan sent envoys to the enemy camp to express his condolences, and specifically said to Nurhaci: "The old general has dominated the world for a long time, but today he was defeated by this kid. Isn't this fate?"}
{But this also has a problem. Han Yuan, a Korean, could stand on the Ningyuan City and see Nurhaci being injured by the Red Barbarian Cannon. Then why didn't Yuan Chonghuan or other Ming army officers and soldiers who were also standing on the Ningyuan City mention the incident of Nurhaci being injured in their memorials?}

{You have to know how great an achievement it was for the Ming court to injure Nurhaci, the highest military commander of the Manchu Jurchens and the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty.}
{According to the "Records of the Qing Dynasty", the Battle of Ningyuan did make Nurhaci very angry, but in the following months, Nurhaci continued to fight.}
{In June, when Taiji Oba of the Khorchin tribe of Mongolia came to see him, Nurhaci personally led the ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty to meet him ten miles outside the city and said to him: "Now that you and I are both fine, it is enough for us to meet!"}
{From this perspective, it seems that Nurhaci was not seriously injured in the Battle of Ningyuan.}
{However, the "Three Dynasties Liao Records" and "Biographies of Qing Emperors" also say that the defeat at Ningyuan caused Nurhaci great mental trauma.}
{He said to the ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty: "Since I was 25 years old, I have been victorious in every battle and conquered every city except Ningyuan!"}
{So after the Battle of Ningyuan, he was always in a state of depression. And because of his long military career, the fatigue of riding a horse, and his advanced age, he became ill from overwork.}
{In July of this year, he was suffering from gangrene and went to Qinghe Hot Spring for recuperation on the 23rd.}
{On the seventh day of the eighth month, his condition suddenly worsened. On the eleventh day, he took a boat down the Taizi River, intending to return to Shenyang, but died at Aijibao.}
{So, we can only say that his death was related to Ning Yuan, and he might have died of depression.}
{After all, in the Battle of Ningyuan, the Jurchens suffered nearly 20,000 casualties, while only more than 200 Ming soldiers were killed, so the record was remarkable.}
(End of this chapter)