Chapter 35: Recruiting Soldiers and Burning the Village
[Li Hao killed Bayala of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Later Jin Dynasty]

[Li Hao killed the elite archer of the Later Jin Blue Banner]

[Li Hao killed Bashiku, a junior officer of the Zhenghong Banner of the Later Jin Dynasty]

……

As soon as he opened the panel with his mind, Li Hao saw the screen full of green bullet comments that floated for a long time without finishing.

It was all kill information, and the system also carefully indicated the forces and main combat positions of the targets killed by General Li.

He had to admit that this system was the most playable Mount & Blade mod he had ever played. As long as there were kills, they could be quickly converted into combat power.

[Clearance rate: 0.0206%]

According to the clearance rate, General Li has completed 206 kills, including four heads near Tashan Fort, eight kills when he beheaded Daishan in battle, 42 Dingjia Baoyi of the Jiannu Banner this morning, and a total of 152 Tartars and armored Baoyi were beheaded in the afternoon.

[HP: 68.5|71]

The upper limit of health points has also reached 71. If you wear an ordinary split cloth armor, you can withstand nearly twelve or thirteen beryllium arrows shot by Ma Qing bows.

If it was Bu Qinggong, Li Hao estimated that he could only take seven or eight of them.

This is enough. He can directly launch a charge against a small group of Jiannu cavalry with less than ten people, and he can also charge together against a group of Jiannu cavalry with hundreds of people, accompanied by servants, camp commanders and others around them.

His health points are currently only 68.5, and he hasn't killed anyone in nearly two hours.

If you continue to degenerate like this, you will become a useless person who relies on eating to restore your health.

Ugh!
Li Hao sighed deeply.

Fourteen hundred years ago, a historical figure named Liu Bei saw the flesh on his thigh grow back, so he sighed, "I always ride on the saddle, and the flesh in my thigh has all disappeared; now I no longer ride, and the flesh in my thigh has grown back. Time passes quickly, and old age is approaching."

At first, Li Hao wondered what brand of garbage bag Liu Bei used, it was so big that it didn’t matter if he had some fat on his thighs.

Now that we are living in troubled times, I suddenly understand why I feel so sad about the regrowth of thigh muscles.

It is not too late, the moon is as bright as the wind. If we don’t seize the time to kill the Tartars, the years will slip away quietly through our fingers.

Li Hao immediately decided to continue the fierce battle tomorrow. Even if the Later Jin did not come to attack the city, he would leave the city to seek an opportunity to fight.

[Level: 7; Experience value: 1840|2100]

The level jumped to level seven. According to Li Hao's own guess, killing a Tartar would bring about forty points of experience. After reaching level seven, he gained five specialization points and one attribute point through upgrading.

By killing enemies, you gain five attribute points and ten specialization points.

【单手武器13；双手武器21；长杆武器19；专精：2；3；3】

In other words, after killing more than 200 people, the skill levels related to melee weapons are slowly increasing.

The long-handled battle axe is a two-handed weapon, so this skill has been increased from 16 to 21.

Li Hao used the expertise points in his hand to raise all three melee skills to the upper limit of 5.

The rest of the points were all spent on archery and horsemanship.

There are also six attribute points, three points added to vitality related to melee combat, two points added to endurance related to riding, and one point added to control related to the bow.

【Vigor: 7】

[Control: 4]

[Endurance: 5]

All the skills and attributes he clicked on were related to combat. As long as his combat power was raised, killing the old slave would be just around the corner.

Li Hao calculated the days and it seemed that Nurhaci only had a few months to live.

During these months, if he cannot reach a level where he can attack Shenyang alone and kill the old slave before he dies of illness, he, Li Hao, will feel guilty about this point allocation panel and will have to apologize to the god who traveled through time at Qidian.

All things are created to nourish man, and man has nothing to repay to heaven!

Only by killing, killing and killing can we avoid the ending of having to apologize.

……

Outside Ningyuan City, the Later Jin military camp, the central military tent.

Charcoal fire burned silently in the four braziers, bringing light and heat to the tent.

More than forty Jala, flag owners, small flag owners, Gushan Ezhen and others gathered together. Nurhaci was lying on the couch, staring angrily at Tan Tai and Yekeshu who were kneeling in front of him, as well as a dozen Niulu Ezhen who were responsible for supervising the battle under the city.

No one in the tent dared to even breathe, for fear that they would attract the attention of the insane old Khan.

The depressing atmosphere had lasted for an hour or so. Nurhaci would yell and curse from time to time, but the kneeling people didn't dare to say a word in reply.

"Eighth Prince, you commanded the general attack. You should at least say something about today's defeat." Nurhaci asked his eighth son Huang Taiji in a strange tone. The fourth prince who was called came out from the crowd, patted his sleeves with his left and right hands, and knelt down.

"Khan Ama, the number of casualties today is actually quite normal. More than 400 bannermen died in the battle, and more than 2,300 bondservants died. The extra 100 or 200 bannermen died at the hands of Ming general Li Hao. This man was quite powerful, and he defended an enemy tower by himself. At the end of the battle, Tan Tai's men didn't dare to rush down the ladder."

Huang Taiji's face looked normal. He had not expected Li Hao's ability.

Gave him a big surprise.

It would be best if we could do this again tomorrow. In two or three days of siege, we could consume nearly ten armored flag soldiers from the Niulu, and they are all from the five flags that are not on good terms with us.

The old Khan's health is getting worse day by day, and he is about to seize the Khan position. At this time, the more casualties there are in the five flags, the stronger his own strength will become.

There is no such good thing in the world!
Nurhaci was certainly not a fool. He could hear his eighth son secretly accusing Tan Tai of failing to supervise the battle, but he was still very angry, so he roared in a low voice:
"Tan Tai, I gave you so many people and nearly a hundred shield vehicles, but you only gave me this result? Tell me, is there someone behind you who is trying to make me angry to death? Who is hoping that I will be promoted soon so that they can have a job?"

His angry look was just like a big tiger that was bending its body, slowly stretching its four legs forward, ready to leap up and kill its prey.

The great prince was killed for no reason, and many more people were lost during the siege. Nurhaci felt that he could no longer understand the world he lived in.

But he still sensed a different flavor based on his more than 40 years of combat experience.

Hearing this accusation, Tan Tai immediately lifted his head off the ground, straightened up and knelt down to reply:

"Eighteen years ago, I was selected by the Khan to join the Goshaha guards. From the Khan's personal guard, to the Niulu master, then promoted to Jiala, to today I am in charge of the twenty-five Niulu of the Zhenghuang Banner. Every step of my promotion was from the Khan.

If there is someone behind me, it can only be the Khan. I don't know if there are people who are hoping for the Khan's death, but I will never do that, and I will never get involved with such a heartless Seth Black. If I deliberately use the failure of the battle to anger my master, let the sky send down a thunderbolt and strike me down. "

Lack of ability is a matter of ability, but if it comes to the fight for the Khan position, then even if Tan Tai has ten heads, they are not enough for the Khan to chop off.

Therefore, Tan Tai did not try to refute the Fourth Prince's accusation that he failed to supervise the battle effectively, but quickly clarified the meaning of the old Khan's words.

"Then it's because you failed to supervise the battle effectively? You are an old general who has followed me for 18 years. You fought all the way from Sarhu to the city of Ningyuan. Don't I know how capable you are?

It's fine if they can't capture the big city, but hundreds of flag soldiers climbed up and couldn't kill a young Ming general. You, Eighth Prince, Tan Tai, must give me an explanation. It's impossible that my battle-hardened flag soldiers will become dung threads, Aqina, and domestic pigs that make dung in your hands!"

Nurhaci continued to roar.

Tan Tai quickly lay down again, and after several breaths he replied:
"Master, you know who I am. If there is any chance to kill that Ming general, I will not give up. But there is really no other way. The flagmen from the two yellow flags, two blue flags, and the red flag are all scared. The man standing on the city is not a human. He can still swing the giant axe after killing hundreds of people.

The people of the banners are all made of flesh and blood, how can they not be afraid? I have also seen how powerful that man is, and I will not send anyone to die in vain. After all, the bannermen are the master's property. If I waste the master's property, I will be sorry for the master's favor for so many years."

Huang Taiji silently lowered his head and lay on the ground. Tan Tai was the one who was most responsible, so it was not his turn to speak and defend himself.

"You killed hundreds of armored bannermen, and you still think that killing is moving? You, a slave, are trying to fool me with these words? And last time, fifty people from the Zhenghong Banner killed my brother Daishan. He was a great prince, and he had followed me in battles for more than 20 years without falling..."

Nurhaci's voice became low, and finally he even sobbed softly. The days of high spirits were gone. He used to think that his son Daishan was selfish and partial to infants, and disliked him for not being good to his two grandsons Yuetuo and Shuotuo. But now thinking back, wasn't he the same?
"You hateful slave, even if Prince Daishan is dead, you should bring back his head. I can't even remember my second son's face."

Nurhaci sighed and cursed his servants who fought poorly until his mouth was dry and he could no longer curse.

Another hour passed almost immediately.

Huang Taiji, who was the most senior at the moment, looked around and found that many Jiala were staring at him eagerly, so he gritted his teeth and asked, "Khan Ama, the soldiers have fought hard all day and were called here at night without even having a meal. Should we let them eat first so that they will have enough strength to continue attacking the city tomorrow?"

Nurhaci thought for a moment and said, "Today, many bondservants died. We don't have many slaves left. Let's rob the food on Juehua Island and leave. Tomorrow morning, the whole army will be mobilized to leave this sad place."

"Then how do you deal with General Li Hao?"

Huang Taiji was a little surprised. It was not like the Khan to not take revenge.

"What? Do you have a way to climb up to the top of the city wall and kill him?"

Nurhaci, with his wrinkled face, thought of a way to hunt down the young Ming general, but it was not suitable for use now. Now it was more important to grab food, otherwise all the Han slaves would escape and the family fortune accumulated for half a lifetime would be gone.

"I am incompetent and cannot help Khan Ama to share his worries."

Huang Taiji understood, so he stood up and ordered his generals to prepare to move to Juehua Island.

……

When Li Hao woke up and was about to continue chopping the Tartars on the city wall, he heard the sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers in Ningyuan City. Only then did he learn that the Eight Banners Army had fled away in the morning.

Without receiving any response at night, a large number of Jiannu troops headed towards Juehua Island.

General Li was a little disappointed. How come this Tartar had become so smart?

What should he cut now?
Then he realized that a great opportunity had come.

"Li Tianyang, Yang Shigong, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao... prepare your weapons, armor, and war horses. We will leave the city today."

He called his subordinates and prepared to head north to play in the territory of the Jiannu.

After capturing the Tartar's manor, they first recruited soldiers and then burned the village.

PS: Today's chapter has 3,300 words, and there will be another chapter with 2,500 words later. I would like to ask for some recommendation votes and monthly tickets from the readers.

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