Chapter 28: I was busy killing the Tartars and forgot to deal with you
Naraxita looked at the hook ladder next to the northwest artillery and sighed with a heavy heart. His Jiaqi and Baoyi rushed up one by one, and then were chopped in half one by one. Most of the bodies were hooked into the city by the Ming soldiers, and the remaining limbs fell to the foot of the city.

After learning that Li Hao, the fierce Ming general who killed the Great Beile, was guarding the city there, he passed this information to Huang Taiji, the Fourth Beile, who was commanding the rear.

The two flag leaders, the Fourth Beile and Ajige, sent people to negotiate successively, hoping to exchange Daishan's head from General Li, but they were both rejected. The Fourth Beile was furious, and ordered Naraxita's Jiaqi to attack from here in advance. As mentioned before, if the man was captured or killed alive, the flag soldiers would be promoted to Ezhen, and the Ezhen of Niulu, Jiala and other levels would be promoted one level.

Although Naraxita felt sorry for his own men, he had no choice but to force his men to rush forward and die because of the Fourth Prince's order.

"That's enough! Send a message to the front, stop climbing the ladder, and have the armored guards get ready. I'll go ask the Beile for instructions."

After eighteen bannermen and twenty-seven bondservants died in that ladder, he finally made up his mind and went to discuss with the Fourth Beile to replace them with other bannermen from the Jiala clan.

Or they may call upon those who have corrected the red flag to come and avenge their masters.

Naraxita and his personal guards were located approximately 400 steps away from the city wall, which was the closest distance a warhorse could stop. If they were any closer, they would be targeted by small artillery fire.

The Eight Banners Cavalry were not afraid of the newly appeared super-large artillery of the Ming Dynasty. The shells of that thing could be used to hit the shield carts, but could not hurt the cavalry at all.

After climbing onto his horse, Naraxita took his men to find Lenggeli first, intending to ask the right-wing leader to say a few good words for him.

Lenggeli was the younger brother of General Yangguli, and was from the Shumulu clan. Yangguli was the son-in-law of the Khan. In other words, Lenggeli was a relative of the Khan, unlike him who was a slave of the banner owner.

"I have also seen how fierce that Ming general is. Let's go and explain this to the Fourth Prince."

After learning about Naraxita's purpose of visit, Lenggeli agreed on the spot.

Xita was one of the masters of the Nara clan, which was spread over most of the Haixi tribes, including the former Yehe tribe, the Ula tribe, and the Huifa tribe. It was a large clan with a large population. Lenggeli was happy to do a favor for just accompanying him on a trip.

The two men led their personal guards northward and, after arriving at the central army flag, reported the reason to the Fourth Beile who was in charge of commanding the siege.

"You Seth Black!" Huang Taiji's face turned red with anger, "Even if dozens of flag soldiers went up, they couldn't kill a battalion commander and his servants."

During previous communications, they had learned that the Ming general who killed Daishan in battle was only a junior general at the level of a thousand commander or battalion commander, and did not have a high status in the Ming country.

Naraxita lowered her head in shame and said nothing.

Seeing that the Fourth Prince was angry, the other two Yellow Banner Ezhens did not dare to speak, and the atmosphere became awkward. Leng Geli had no choice but to stand up and help:
"Fourth Prince, that Ming general is really terrifying. He even claims to be Li Rusong's uncle. He must have some real skills. We can't get rid of him without some effort and tricks. I suggest recruiting two red flags or two blue flags. Let's gather together and kill him."

The flag Huang Taiji led was the Zhengbai Banner.

At present, the Zhenghong Banner is led by Dudu, and will probably be handed over to his younger brother Dorgon later. The leader of the Zhenglan Banner is the third prince Manggurtai, and the leader of the small banner is Manggurtai's brother from the same mother, Feiyanggu (also known as Degelei). Both of them do not get along with Huang Taiji and are competitors for the Khan's throne.

The Bordered Blue Banner belonged to the two brothers Amin and Jirgalang. Although the latter preferred Huang Taiji to succeed the throne as the Great Khan, the Bordered Blue Banner was still to be reduced.

The two Yuetuo brothers of the Red Banner were Huang Taiji's own men.

Among these four flags, three flags should be reduced, while the Red Banner should retain its strength.

After Huang Taiji's face returned to its normal pale color, his thoughts became active. "The two blue flags have too many people, and they can't help in the south. Let them transfer ten Niulu to help the two yellow flags. The two red flags have too few people, and they still have to attack the west. Let the red flag send three or four Niulu to avenge their master."

He called the standard-bearer and issued a combat order in the name of the siege commander and Zhiyue Beile.

One of the main jobs of the four great Beile is to take turns on a monthly basis and be in charge of all the national affairs of that month. The month they are on duty is called the Zhiyue Beile, and this month Huang Taiji is on duty.

After the flag bearer received the order and left, the Eight Banners began to adjust the siege forces.

……

On the north city wall, the Ming soldiers, who were temporarily free from the Tatar attacks, began to take a break. Li Hao's servants and soldiers from nearby camps came to help clean up the corpses of the Jiannu.

"Brother Tianqiong~" Deputy General Zhu Mei, who was smiling with his eyes narrowed, said with a cheesy ending, "Everyone saw your bravery just now. After this battle, I will definitely submit a memorial to commend you for your contribution."

In the past half hour, this enemy tower, the only one that was attacked by a large number of flag soldiers, became the focus of attention of both the Ming and Jin sides.

Baoyi wearing only body armor and fully armed Zhenghuangqi bannermen kept climbing up the city walls, ready to kill Ming general Li Hao. But most of the bannermen were chopped to pieces by axes as soon as they showed their heads. Occasionally, there were bannermen who managed to climb down the parapet alive and dodge a few times, but they could not withstand a heavy axe blow.

Therefore, as soon as the armored bannermen and some armored bannermen came up, they would immediately split up and act.

Literally split!

During this process, the other servants and soldiers did not even need to do anything. The only thing they needed to do was to gather the various body parts on the inner parapet to prevent the piled up body parts from blocking the invincible General Li from exerting his strength.

Li Hao was enjoying the chopping. The two life-size axes beside him were found in the armory of the provincial government office. Their scientific name was Fang Yue. The axe blade was as big as a human face, the axe back was one inch wide, and there was no blade. They were purely ceremonial weapons.

Because the blade of a broadsword can easily become bent when cutting armor, and the Yanling-style waist knife is even less effective against heavy armor, and the city defense battle is on the ground, there is no need to consider the center of gravity of the weapon, so Li Hao decisively took the two axes, sharpened them slightly, and added body-length axe handles for actual combat.

With the addition of various conditions, he really turned into a grass-cutting god of war.

Just this morning, he had harvested at least forty heads. With the accumulation from the previous two battles, his upper limit of health had become forty. Moreover, because each kill restored a point of health, Li Hao was still at full health.

He didn't feel any effort at all when swinging the heavy axe.

This made the soldiers and servants nearby even more amazed. They all revered General Li as a god and almost knelt down to burn incense and worship him.

After the Jiannu army suspended its attack, generals such as Zhu Mei also came here to comfort Li Hao and his servants who had fought fiercely against dozens of Tartars.

"No problem. Brother Haifeng has made a good plan and should be credited for his contribution." As he spoke, Li Hao signaled his servant Yang Shigong to bring him two heads.

Haifeng is Zhu Mei's name.

"Brother not only planned it, but also found the time to kill the two real Tartars. We who were guarding the city walls saw it all."

General Li handed the two Zhen Tatar heads to Zhu Mei.

He did this simply because he liked Zhu Mei. Zhu Mei had a good attitude, was kind, and was a native of Liaodong, so they could become close friends.

Looking at the head still dripping with blood, Zhu Mei was both surprised and happy.

These are not just two heads, but the guarantee that I will be promoted to deputy general.

His title of deputy general was just an honorary title, two levels lower than the actual dispatch. There was indeed a real position of deputy general of the Liaodong Association, but this position was led by Zhao Lujiao, who was usually stationed in Qiantun in the south.

"Hey, you're being so polite, brother. How can I accept it?"

The wrinkles at the corners of Zhu Mei's eyes were all revealed with smile. Although he refused verbally, his hands did not slow down at all. He took it directly, fearing that Li Hao would change his mind and take it back.

"These were all cut by Zhu Shuai himself, don't you think?"

Li Hao asked.

The soldiers in the camp had always admired General Li for killing the Tartars. Now that they saw that this brave general was willing to share his military achievements with other generals, everyone was naturally happy and agreed.

"What about mine? What about Yuan Bingxian's?"

Just when everyone was happy, someone suddenly jumped out.

Li Hao looked back and saw that they were, as expected, Luo Lisu's four servants from the provincial government office.

Hey, I was so busy killing the Tartars that I forgot to deal with you.

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