Dahan fell from his horse, and everyone rushed to check.
Fortunately, a soldier named Erni stood between Nurhachi and the shell, and Nurhaci was only injured in the back.
But this time it really frightened everyone. They quickly lifted the injured Nurhachi and retreated backwards.
Who would have thought that the Ming army's artillery actually fired 4 miles away?
If Da Khan had any shortcomings at this time, Da Jin would be in ruins.
Historically, the Great Khan of Mongolia, Meng Ge, was killed by the artillery of the Song Army outside Diaoyu City. This led to Kublai Khan and Ali Buge fighting for several years to compete for the position of Great Khan.
It even directly interrupted the Mongolian army's march south to destroy the Song Dynasty.
Fortunately, Khan was wearing heavy armor and was only hit in the back by shrapnel.
The doctor said that no vital parts were injured and there was no danger to his life, but he still needed to rest to avoid further deterioration of the injury.
At this time, among the four Baylors, only Huang Taiji was by his side, so Nurhachi had to order Huang Taiji to take over his command.
At this time, both sides fighting fiercely in front of the bastion still knew nothing about what was happening behind them.
Under the command of An Feiyanggu, the white flag and the Manba Banner with yellow flags had already attacked the slope.
Bai Baiyala from the Eight Banners of Jianzhou was extremely fierce. He was able to carry Lumi's blunderbuss by virtue of wearing several layers of armor.
After being hit by the Ming army's gunfire, many people did not fall to the ground, but chose to endure the pain and continue to charge.
Don't underestimate their death-defying behavior. Originally, the Ming army's shooting efficiency could no longer stop the enemy's charge. Now it took two shots to knock down an enemy, which reduced the shooting efficiency by half.
If it weren't for Hong Tianlei's help, the Eight Banners soldiers might have occupied the second floor by now.
Of course, there are still some problems with the Ming Army's sky-blasting thunder. Some of the fuses went out during the throwing process, resulting in dumb bombs.
Some Ming soldiers were afraid and dropped the Hongtian Lei as soon as they lit the fuse, causing the fuse to still burn when they landed.
Some brave Eight Banners soldiers even pounced on them and put out the fuse.
The Eight Banners' thick armor also reduced its own casualties to a great extent, and the light thunderbolts could only limitedly kill a few people around them.
Only when dozens or even hundreds of them are thrown at the same time can the deafening effect be achieved.
At this time, the stone rolling logs on the slope had been smashed, and Man Gu had already led the spearmen of the Ming army to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Eight Banners soldiers.
Li Sanshun gritted his teeth and said: "Just throw the heavy thunder!"
The reason why he was reluctant to use the heavy sky-blasting thunder was because there were not many of them. The Ming army only had fifty in total.
The second is to directly use heavy thunder to attack the Tatars under the city, which will cause damage to the walls of the bastion.
It would be funny if the bastion was directly destroyed by his own thunder.
But in this critical moment, he couldn't care so much.
Mangui's men only had six to seven hundred spearmen in total and could not hold out for long; at this time, the bows and arrows of the Sauron soldiers had already begun to kill the Ming troops on the city.
There was even a Ming soldier who was shot dead by a Sauron archer when he was throwing a thunderbolt. Fortunately, the Ming soldier next to him picked up the burning thunderbolt in time and threw it out, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
As the heavy thunderbolts were thrown out, the Eight Banners soldiers' offensive was quickly blocked.
The huge shock wave directly brought down a large number of surrounding enemy troops. After only a dozen thunderbolts were thrown, the originally dense Eight Banners soldiers on the slopes and under the city became sparse.
Mangui also took advantage of the Eight Banners' subsequent reinforcements to be temporarily blocked and launched a final attack on the Tatars who rushed to the second floor.
He kept waving the machete in his hand, and in a short time he killed several Tatars around him, and the spearmen of the Pinglu Guards also boosted their morale under the fierce force of the general.
They all raised their spears to stab the Tatars, and the gunmen on the three-story main fort also began to shoot the attacking Tatars at close range.
Although these Bai Bai Ya La were extremely powerful, with the cooperation of the Ming Army's spearmen and Lumi's guns, they were all eventually wiped out.
Anfeiyanggu suddenly felt that the situation was not good. He did not expect that the Ming army actually had such a powerful weapon as the thunder.
The losses suffered by the Xianghuang Banner and the Zhengbai Banner were relatively small, so the number of elite White Pendulums among them was much greater than that of the other banners.
The reason why they were able to maintain a strong offensive despite the impact of Hongtianlei was all because of these elite soldiers.
But now all these Bai Bai Ya La have been killed in the battle, and at this time, the negative impact of the Jianzhou Eight Banners' desperate water injection has also emerged.
The majority of the remaining team are the old, weak and Korean Jurchen descendants. These Jurchen descendants have been Koreans for more than two hundred years and have long since wiped out the blood of their ancestors.
The timid character of the North Koreans who did not dare to fight quickly took over.
Originally, there were Bai Bai Ya La Da pioneers. Infected by the heroic and fighting atmosphere of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou, they were able to charge forward fearlessly.
But at this moment, it is absolutely impossible to rely on these people to open up the situation bravely without fear of death. Facing the Ming army's Lumi gun, they not only hesitated, but even retreated.
The extremely angry Anfeiyanggu personally led his men to kill dozens of Eight Banners soldiers who retreated without permission before stopping their retreat.
Due to the rate of fire problem, the Ming Army's Rumi gun is currently unable to completely prevent the Eight Banners' siege.
But this is based on their disregard for death. Now they are so hesitant that they are giving lives to the Ming army.
In the end, Anfeiyanggu reluctantly chose to retreat.
Fortunately, Nurhachi returned to camp early to rest due to injury, otherwise he would have been pissed to death after seeing this scene!
This was the first time that the Jianzhou Eight Banners took the initiative to flee and cowered on the battlefield.
This is the consequence of incorporating the Jurchen ethnic group in North Korea into the Jianzhou Jurchens. Although it expanded the population, it reduced its combat effectiveness.
These people are not even as good as yesterday's Han army Niulu. Compared with them, the performance of the Han army is simply heroic.
An Feiyanggu took the initiative to kneel on the ground to plead guilty. Although he was one of the five ministers of Houjin and had a very distinguished status, Nurhaci directly punished him with a hundred lashes!
But this matter was not over yet. Six thousand Jianzhou Eight Banners attacked, but 2,500 people came back.
There are more than 10,000 Jurchen descendants from North Korea who were incorporated into the Eight Banners of Jianzhou. If they were all like them, the Eight Banners of Jianzhou would probably be completely abolished in the future.
At this time, we must not be soft-hearted. Nurhachi soon showed his decisive side of killing. He ordered all the North Korean Jurchen Niulu who took the lead in the retreat to be beheaded.
A row of tightly tied North Korean deserters were kneeling on the execution platform by the Suzi River. Fan Wencai read out their crimes. Following the order of the executioner Huang Taiji, the executioner's ghost-headed sword quickly struck. them!
Although this scene was very bloody, the Jianzhou Niu Lu and Han Army Niu Lu who were watching below were all clapping and applauding!
These escaping cowards are really shameful. If they hadn't chickened out, how could the white-toothed men who had already attacked the Ming army's fortress be outnumbered because they were isolated and helpless? The Ming army's fortress would have been captured by them long ago. !
But those Koreans who were also included in the Jianzhou Niulu were trembling with fear at the moment. If they "do not work hard" next time they attack the city, I am afraid this will be their fate.
There were a total of twenty executioners on the execution platform, and the Korean deserters to be executed were escorted up row after row.
The executioner skillfully chopped off the heads of the Koreans one by one, and the splattered blood flowed from the gaps in the execution platform and directly merged into the Suzi River, dyeing the river red.
This time, more than 500 deserters were killed, which greatly shocked everyone.
But three full days have passed, and they have only reached the second level, and have not even touched the main castle on the third level.
The Ming army only lost a few hundred people, while the Eight Banners lost a total of 11,500 people, including 4,000 Jianzhou Niulu and 7,500 Han army Niulu, not counting the nearly 5,000 Korean auxiliary troops lost.
No one has confidence in whether they can capture the Ming army's fortress in front of them.
At this time, Fan Wencai came to Huang Taiji's tent.
Although Fan Wencai was hired by Nurhachi through Huang Taiji's recommendation, the two did not have much private communication on weekdays.
Now that Fan Wencai was the Khan's most trusted advisor, Huang Taiji naturally needed to avoid suspicion.
There are many things that the two of them understand tacitly!
He knew that something big must have happened when Fan Wencai took the risk.
Fan Wencai said: "Sibeile, do you know that Dahan's injury just now has recurred again?"
Huang Taiji was naturally very concerned about Nurhachi's injury. He said: "The Great Khan was angry at those deserters, but didn't the doctor say that the Great Khan's injuries can be recovered and there is no fear for his life?"
Fan Wencai whispered: "Mr. Liu is a fellow countryman of Fan. It was Fan who asked him not to reveal the true condition of the Khan, so as not to affect the morale of the army!"
Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng in front of him and said sternly: "Mr. Fan, you are so brave. You dare to hide Dahan's injury. What do you want?"
Fan Wencai said: "Actually, it is not necessary to conceal the illness. The Khan is indeed not in danger of his life in the short term. But after all, the Khan is 62 years old. He was injured by artillery this time. Although his life is not in danger for the time being, now In the midst of the scorching heat, Li Xianzhong has interrupted the supply of medicinal materials to us."
"According to Dr. Liu's speculation, it is difficult for this wound to heal completely. Over time, it may still endanger the Khan's life!"
Huang Taiji said: "Just send people to sneak into the Ming Kingdom to buy the medicinal materials needed by the Great Khan. If Dr. Liu's medical skills are not good, then go to the Ming Kingdom to find famous doctors. Even if they are kidnapped, they must be kidnapped back to Jianzhou by me."
Fan Wencai said: "These are all things we should do for our master, but has Sibeile ever thought about what would happen to Da Jin if the Great Khan unfortunately dies one day?"
Huang Taiji said: "The Great Khan has been in the military all his life and has suffered more serious injuries than this. He will definitely survive it; even if something unexpected happens, there will be a great Beile who will inherit the throne on behalf of the Khan, so Mr. Fan doesn't have to worry!"
Even though Huang Taiji said so, Fan Wencai could feel that he was still very interested in the position of the Great Khan.
He said rather worriedly: "To be honest with Si Baile, what I'm worried about is Da Baile's Daishan style of doing things!"
"Originally, my slave suggested attacking North Korea to temporarily relieve our immediate needs, but we also wanted to use North Korea as the foundation for our future."
"Big Beile's violent expropriation and desperate plundering have made the two peoples of North Korea miserable. Forgive me for saying this, but if the Ming army really captures Hetuala, North Korea will be our last resort."
Did the Ming army capture Hetuala?
If someone had said this in front of Huang Taiji three days ago, he must have thought that person was a lunatic.
But after these three days of siege, Huang Taiji had to consider this issue.
The Ming army could easily demolish the outer city of Gule Village, but still allowed Mang Gurtai to hold on for a month. There must be something fishy in this.
He now even suspected that Li Xianzhong deliberately brought the Liaodong cavalry to the grassland so that they could send troops with peace of mind, and ended up with a bloody head in front of this fortress!
When Fan Wencai saw Huang Taiji's thoughtful look, he knew there was something interesting about this matter!
He suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "Now that Dajin is in a precarious situation, only Sibeile can lead Dajin out of the predicament. I dare to ask Sibeile to replace Dajin's kings for the sake of Dajin's country. Only Only in this way can we see hope!"
Huang Taiji knew that Fan Wencai was telling the truth. In fact, Fan Wencai's strategy of using North Korea as an escape route coincided with his idea!
Of course he has ideas about the position of crown prince, and he has been secretly collecting dirty information about Daishan. However, Daishan has now gone to North Korea, and he has no chance to take action for a while.
Regarding this, he said helplessly: "Our founding of the state is based on strength and military achievements. Da Beile has made great military achievements and has 20,000 elites holding two red flags. Even Du Du, who is wearing a white flag, is very close to Da Beile. .”
"But Ben Beile only has a white flag in his hand, and he lost thousands of bannermen today. With Big Beile's current strength, let alone me, even the Great Khan may not be able to completely suppress him."
Fan Wencai said with a smile: "So the Great Khan should be very afraid of Big Belle, why don't we add fuel to his fire!"
So Fan Wencai whispered a few words next to Huang Taiji.
Originally, Nurhachi's injury had worsened, but in order to boost morale, he still appeared injured in front of everyone to quell the rumors in the camp.
Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Banner has already lost two thousand Jianzhou Niulu. If he continues to fight, his old capital will be wiped out. At this time, he is naturally unwilling to fight again.
He said: "Reporting to the Great Khan, according to the latest news, Li Xianzhong's main force arrived at Fushun Pass yesterday."
Fan Wencai also commented at this time: "The Ming army has sharp weapons. We took the initiative to attack their fortress, which is exactly what they wanted. I still suggest that the army retreat to Ma'er Dunzhai and that the Great Khan return to Hetuala as soon as possible to recuperate!"
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Gule Village is just a trick of the Ming army to "encircle a point and call for reinforcements". If they want to attack by force, it is impossible for Mang Gurtai to hold on for more than a month.
But at this time they gave up rescuing Gule Village and Sanbeile, but they couldn't say this.
So Fan Wencai said: "The terrain of Gule Village is dangerous, and there is sufficient food and grass in the city. Sanbeile has been holding on for more than a month. I think there will be no problem in holding on for a while longer."
"Now that the morale of the Ming army is strong, and Li Xianzhong's Liaodong cavalry has arrived, it will be disadvantageous for our army to fight again. It is better for our army to retreat first and let the Ming army suffer a bloody blow under our strong city."
Fan Wencai was talking nonsense, but at this time everyone acquiesced in his statement.
They said in unison: "Mr. Fan's words are reasonable. Please ask the Great Khan to withdraw his troops first!"
Nurhachi also understood that the army was no longer willing to fight, so he simply took the Zhenghuang Banner and returned to Hetuala to recuperate.
Huang Taiji was given the responsibility of arranging the defense of Ma'erdun Village and the retreat of the army.
Nurhaci was seriously injured this time, so it was naturally impossible for him to ride a horse.
After returning to Hetuala, Fan Wencai collected medicinal materials from all over the city, and made great fanfare to find people with proficient medical skills among the Han people in Hetuala to heal the Khan's injuries.
Soon the Great Khan was hit by Ming army artillery, and news of his extremely serious injury spread in Hetuala.
Afterwards, Huang Taiji adjusted the white flag into Hetuala and refuted the rumors.
However, his behavior did not control the rumors. Zhengbaiqi arrested Ming army spies throughout the city and strengthened inspections at the city gate, which further confirmed the rumors that the Khan was seriously injured.
At this time, although Dai Shan and Yue Tuo were stationed in Pyongyang and Kuandian Fort respectively, his second son Shuo Tuo was still in Hetuala.
After Shuo Tuo got the news, he quickly sent someone to seriously injure the Khan and Sibeile took the opportunity to send the news of blocking Hetuala to Pyongyang.
After Daishan learned about the incident, he immediately called his eldest son Yue Tuo to discuss the matter.
Yue Tuo said: "Now that Sanbeile is trapped in Gule Village, the situation is very bad, and Ama, you are far away in North Korea, and only the fourth beile, Huang Taiji, is with the Khan."
"What if something unexpected happens to the Great Khan? He can quickly control Hetuala. We have to guard against this?"
Daishan naturally understands this truth, but if he leads his troops back to Hetuala for no reason, the Great Khan will definitely think that he has evil intentions.
Yue Tuo said: "Why don't we just pretend that Fujin is seriously ill and return to Hetuala to visit him."
Soon Daishan returned to Hetuala on the grounds that his Fujin Yehenala was seriously ill.
Of course, he did not dare to bring a large army into the city. He just stationed the 3,000 troops outside the city on the grounds of strengthening the defense of Hetuala.
Daishan holding two red flags already made Nurhaci quite jealous, but bringing troops at this juncture aroused Nurhachi's suspicion.
Soon he asked people to inquire about the situation of the Fujin Yehenala clan in Daishan.
As a result, after inquiring, it was discovered that Yehenala was not only not sick, but also beat his second son Shuotuo together with Daishan.
Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo were both born to Li Jia, the direct descendant of Daishan in Fujin Province, but Li Jia had been dead for many years at this time.
Daishan later remarried Fujin. Daishan and Xinfujin were extremely mean to brothers Yuetuo and Shuotuo, causing them to live in the shadows since childhood.
Yue Tuo was luckier than his younger brother Shuo Tuo. He was brought to the palace by Nurhachi and handed over to Huang Taiji's mother, Meng Guzhezhe, to raise him. Now he leads Xianghongqi, and he can be considered successful.
But Shuotuo was often abused by his father and stepmother, and was even beaten severely at every turn.
This time, the news he sent that "the Great Khan is critically ill, and Si Baile is trying to seize the throne" was inaccurate, which made Daishan jealous of the Great Khan.
Coupled with Yehenara's instigation, the two of them actually beat Shuotuo together. Then Shuotuo, who couldn't stand his father's abuse, ran away from home.
But what is unexpected is that news spread in Hetuala that Shuotuo was going to defect to the Ming Dynasty.
Then Daishan personally led people to capture Shuotuo from outside the city of Hetuala, although Shuotuo denied that he was going to commit suicide.
However, Daishan still imprisoned Shuotuo on the grounds that he had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and even wrote a letter to Nurhachi demanding Shuotuo's death.
After Nurhaci refused, Daishan asked for help several times.
Now Nurhaci couldn't help it anymore. He had long heard that Daishan often abused the eldest son and second son born to the late Fujin Li Jia, otherwise he would not have entrusted Yue Tuo to be raised by other concubines.
The tiger's poison also refused to eat its children, but he didn't expect Daishan to be so crazy that he wanted to kill his own son.
Nurhachi began to investigate the treatment given to the two sons of Fujin by Daishan, and found that the assets owned by Daishan's sons Yuetuo and Shuotuo were worse than those of his other half-brothers.
Therefore, Nurhachi angrily scolded Daishan and said: "Your mother Yuan Fei Tong Jia has passed away a long time ago, and you are also the son of my late wife. Do I mistreat you at all?"
"The best of your tribe will be assigned to you, you will be commanded by the Zhenghong Banner, and you will be crowned Crown Prince. How could you be deceived by your own successor, Fujin, and abuse your grown-up son?"
"Why can't you treat each of your sons as kindly as I do?"
"If you act like this, how will you inherit my throne and convince the people of Dajin in the future?"
Nurhachi also personally killed his eldest son Chu Ying. In this regard, Daishan really inherited his genes.
However, this does not prevent him from teaching Daishan as a "loving father" at this moment.
Nurhaci personally released Shuotuo and ordered Daishan and Shuotuo to separate and no longer live together.
To be honest, at this moment, he had already considered abolishing Chu.
However, Daishan did not sit still and wait for death. When he returned home, he personally beheaded his successor, Yehenala of Fujin, and beheaded him.
He also said that he sincerely regrets and will never make any mistakes again in the future.
However, at this time, Nurhachi's concubine Deyinze revealed to the Khan that there was an affair between the great Beile Daishan and the great concubine Abahai.
The concubine Abahai secretly offered delicacies to Daishan twice, but Daishan accepted them and ate them; another time the concubine secretly prepared delicacies for Huang Taiji to eat, but Huang Taiji accepted them but did not eat them.
The concubine sometimes sent people to Daishan's house three times a day, not knowing what important matters to discuss. Also, she discovered that the concubine had slipped out late at night two or three times and disappeared without a trace.
The eldest concubine Abahai is Nurhaci's favorite concubine. She is also the biological mother of Azig, Dorgon, and Duduo.
Nurhachi was shocked when he heard this, and quickly sent three ministers, Erdeni, Yasun and Mangatu, to investigate and verify.
It turned out that this incident was true, and Nurhachi was so angry that his condition relapsed and he fainted.
The first thing he did after waking up was to depose Daishan from his position as king!
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