Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 180 The Great Jin Kingdom is gone (Part 2)
"My son has lost many soldiers and generals. Please punish me, father Khan!"
"Huh? Chu Ying, how did you come back? Do you dare to abandon your subordinates?"
"Father! I have followed you in battle for more than 20 years and have been through hundreds of battles. How could I abandon my soldiers and run away? This time, I was captured by a martial arts master named Cheng Zongyou."
"Oh? Then you..."
"It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Southern Dynasty, who asked his son to bring a letter to you, the Khan."
Zhu Youdong's letter was very clear, asking Nurhaci to surrender. Of course, he had the upper hand at the moment, so he naturally disdained to trick the other party laying down their arms and then breaking the agreement afterwards. So he told Nurhaci very clearly: If you surrender now, you will be the only one who dies, and the Jianzhou Jurchens can still survive in the future. If you want to resist stubbornly, you will still die in the end, but why drag so many ordinary people of the Jurchens to be buried with you?
After reading the letter, Nurhaci's face was uncertain, and his eyes were fixed on Chu Ying: "Have you read the letter?"
"My son has seen it."
"So what do you think?"
"I will never agree to it! If the Southern Dynasty only wants the lives of my son or my brothers, this can be discussed. But my father Khan is the sky of our Great Jin Kingdom, and there must not be the slightest mistake!"
"Well..." Nurhaci, who looked a little better, finally leaned back on the chair. "In fact, if my life alone can save hundreds of thousands of people in the Great Jin, it is not impossible. But! The Southern Dynasty's grandson did not say in the letter how the Southern Dynasty would help us overcome the difficulties if the Great Jin surrendered! Everyone knows that over the years, the land of Liaodong has become colder and colder, the grain output has become less and less, and the wild boars and black bears in the forest are migrating... If we don't go to grab the land of the Southern Dynasty, even if I hand over my head this time and the Southern Dynasty withdraws its troops, it won't be many years before hundreds of thousands of people in the Great Jin will all starve to death!"
"Father Khan is wise! We must not be fooled by the southern barbarians."
"Well, pass the order down and strengthen the defense of the village. We will use the villages along the Suzi River to gradually delay the advance of the southern barbarians. As long as we wait until April this year, when the Suzi River thaws, it will be time for us to counterattack!"
"The Khan is wise, the Jin will surely win!"
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The next day, February 22, at 7:30 a.m., the sun slowly climbed up the sky. The soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty who had been on guard on the city wall all night rubbed their eyes, leaned on their weapons, stood up from the extinguished braziers, and began to look down the city wall.
The whole army was out fighting all day yesterday, and the two Niulu of the Zhenghuang Banner were assigned to guard the night. They were really tired. In the second half of the night, everyone couldn't help it and almost fell asleep. Fortunately, although the southern barbarians below the village were not very quiet at night after repelling the soldiers who went out for a night attack, they made a lot of noise on the ice all night, but they didn't attack us after all. And in the second half of the night, those southern barbarians were probably exhausted, and finally they calmed down, allowing everyone on duty on the city to have a good sleep.
Huh? What's up with the southern barbarians below the village? They actually pushed the cannon so close to us?
There was no time for the soldiers on duty to inform their superiors. Xiao Bozhi below was already shouting with high spirits: "Number one gun position, load solid bullets, fire!"
As the order to fire was given, a shell instantly flew into the air, and then with a shrill sound of breaking through the air, it hit the wall of Jiefan Village about five meters in front of it, splashing up a handful of snowflakes.
"According to the impact point of the bullet, each gun position adjusts the firing parameters, aims at the enemy's wall, and fire!"
Following Xiao Bozhi's order, forty-nine solid bullets flew into the air, and amid the roar of thunder, thirty-two shells accurately hit the village wall. Xiao Bozhi even saw through the telescope that many soldiers on the opposite village were bounced off the wall because of the violent shaking of the wall, and then fell heavily down.
"Reload."
"Yes, reload! "
From the moment the Ming army fired the first shot, the high-ranking officials of the Later Jin who were resting in the village put on their armor at a very fast speed, and then ran towards the village wall at a high speed. When they arrived, the second round of artillery fire had just ended, so what was presented to everyone was a scene that made them dumbfounded.
The Jiefan Village of the Later Jin Dynasty was a fortress built with wood, bricks, and rice paste. After the uprising, Nurhaci sent people to reinforce it again. In addition, it was winter, and there was an extra thick layer of ice on the wall of the village. Therefore, at the beginning, both Nurhaci and other high-ranking officials of the Later Jin Dynasty were very confident that they could rely on this village to fight the Ming army for ten days.
But now it seems... can this dilapidated village wall hold off the Ming army for more than ten days?
"Father Khan, the southern barbarians' artillery is too powerful and has a very long range. Our bows and cannons can't reach them at all. So the only way now is to gather our elite troops and charge out to see if we can destroy their artillery!"
"Okay, Chu Ying, my good son, in addition to your Bordered White Banner, I will allocate 20 Niulu from the two Yellow Banners to you. Work hard. Your father is getting old, and the Great Jin will still need you to lead it in the future."
"I just want to find a way for the Jurchens to survive. I won't think about other useless things. Please give me a sword, so that I can use it to lead the warriors of the Great Jin to advance bravely!"
"Okay!" Nurhaci quickly took off the big sword hanging on his waist. He still felt that it was not enough, so he took off a smaller sword on the other side of his waist: "Chu Ying, this big sword is the imperial sword of the Khan of the Great Jin Dynasty. This smaller one is what my father has been wearing since he started the rebellion. Now I give them to you. My Baturu, take care of yourself... Chu Ying, what are you going to do?!"
"Don't move! If anyone dares to move, I will stab him to death!" Chu Ying quickly took Nurhaci's two knives, pulled out one and put it on Nurhaci's neck, and quickly stretched out a foot to kick the other knife away: "Father Khan, don't you know what your son is going to do?"
"You shameless Archana, Seth Black! Are you going to sell out your father for glory?"
"Humph! Ever since you asked me to lead the remaining Yehe and Wula troops out to die last night, the relationship between you and me as father and son has ceased to exist!"
"You!" Nurhaci certainly couldn't tell the difference: after the defeat yesterday, in addition to eliminating all the unstable factors such as Yehe Ula, Chu Ying, the second person in the hidden Jin Dynasty, must also be eliminated. Only in this way can we completely control the situation on our side! This is a last resort!
"Daishan, Huang Taiji! Jirgalang, what are you doing? Hurry up and take down this wicked fellow!"
"Second brother, you and I have been fighting together since we were very young, so we are veterans. You should know what will happen if we don't take down our father. Eighth brother, you are a smart man, I won't say much to you, you should know what to do now! Jirgalang, your father was killed by this guy, do you still want to continue to be his dog?"
Daishan, Huang Taiji and Jirgalang all took a step forward, but stopped after hearing Chu Ying's roar.
However, their movement did not mean that the others would not move. The remaining two of the five ministers, He Heli and E Yidu, both roared and rushed over from behind Chu Ying.
Unfortunately, while their figures were still in the air, two "bang" sounds were heard, and the two famous ministers fell to the ground on the cold snow.
"Yagyu Munenori, how dare you betray me? You have accepted so much gold, silver, treasures and women from me, and you dare to betray me?"
"Great Khan, a man who knows the current situation is a hero. In a battle that is doomed to fail, it is not impossible to fight to the death if it can leave a name for oneself. However, if this kind of battle continues, the survival of the entire Jurchen nation cannot be guaranteed, so how can the name of one's martial arts be passed down? Therefore, at this moment, we should face reality and obey the strong. Let the strong decide our fate."
"Hahahaha, father, you didn't expect that. Your son persuaded Mr. Liu Sheng last night. If it weren't for his guarantee, your son would not dare to do this to you. Now that things have come to this, you should just accept your fate!"
"Chu Ying! You are a fool with only bean curd dregs in your head! You can never think of such a trick. Tell me, is he the crown prince of the Southern Dynasty?"
"So what? Daishan, Jirgalang, you take down Huang Taiji for me! His Royal Highness the Ming Crown Prince has promised that you will also have a share in Jianzhou in the future!"
