After burning the stumps of the dead soldiers, they also looked at the direction of the Datong city wall and fell into a dilemma. He had been fighting for half his life, and he had never encountered such a difficult situation. If the siege continues, the Ming army will inevitably throw that kind of explosive thing again, and the side will inevitably suffer heavy casualties again.

What can I do?

Until nightfall, he was still helpless. He walked out of the tent and walked around the camp, and from time to time he heard the moans and groans and screams of the wounded sergeants, and there was a sudden scream, and then there was silence.

Hearing such a voice, I also understood that another wounded sergeant died.

In this battle, more than 30% of the casualties were killed, and there could be no more casualties of this kind. At this moment, he also had the intention of retreating, but he unified Mongolia and reached the peak of his prestige, if he withdrew like this, his subordinates would inevitably be dissatisfied, and the families of those dead soldiers would also have to give some cattle and sheep to pay for them. When I went out, not only did I not grab anything, but I wasted a lot of cattle and sheep in vain, is it a hero's doing?

Thinking of the consequences of retreating, he hesitated again.

I don't know when, Captain Wan followed behind him, followed him into the big tent, and said: "Taishi, it is better to let people spread wooden planks from the camp tent to the city, so that the Ming army will not know that we are attacking, and the kind of thing that will explode has a wooden plank to cover it, even if it hurts our sergeant, the power will be greatly reduced." ”

"Huh?" I also thought about it in my heart first, Captain Wan is right, as long as there is a wooden board to block it, the power of that thing will inevitably be greatly reduced, and the wooden board can also block the sight of the Ming army, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? It's just, where to find the planks, and how to put the planks under the city wall?

As his thoughts turned, he thought of another question, so he ordered: "Tomorrow on the fifth watch, bury the pot and cook food, and attack the city at dawn." ”

Captain Wan was worried: "What if the Ming army doesn't go to war, and still throw that kind of thing like last time?" "That thing is too powerful, no one can withstand it.

He also said first: "Let the wounded soldiers rush in front, lead the Ming army to throw that thing under the city, and when they finish throwing away the things in their hands, our elite soldiers will go up again." ”

Captain Wan's eyes lit up: "Taishi's good idea." ”

The things in the hands of the Datong defenders must be limited, and last night's battle didn't want to throw down like silver, and now there is definitely not much left, as long as they are all thrown down and exploded, won't it be over?

Bombing back and forth like this, the land under the city has long been blown up into a pond, where can a horse run? As long as the defenders in the city open the city to meet the enemy, he will let the archers shoot in a formation again, and the casualties will be serious.

The Ming army's riding and archery skills have always been inferior to the heroes on the grassland, they grew up on horseback since childhood, even if they can ride a horse over the pond, it must be no problem to rush into Datong City.

I also saw the hope of capturing Datong and occupying Daming.

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At the moment when he also passed the order, Zhang Fu convened the generals to discuss the matter.

In the spirit of humble learning, Zhu Qizhen took the initiative to ask to participate, and at the same time ordered Zhang Ning to accompany him.

The two walked halfway and met Zhang Fu's personal soldiers who had come to invite Zhang Ning. After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals saw the emperor and Zhang Ning greeted each other, and Zhang Fu said: "The old man wants to hear the opinion of Lord Zhang." ”

This is to listen to Zhang Ning's intelligence first when the troops are deployed.

Zhang Ning had received the news, and before sending troops first, he killed all the Ming people on the grassland. He asked people to make a list of the murdered spies, and sent people to send the bereavement benefits that the spies deserved to everyone's home. You can't treat the martyrs badly.

At the same time, a new group of spies was sent to spy on the movements of the enemy army.

"The enemy suffered about 30,000 casualties, morale was low, and the wounded sergeants wailed." Zhang Ning said. He also led an army of 100,000 to attack first, and more than 30,000 died in the first battle, which shows how serious the damage was.

At last, we know the exact number of enemy casualties, and if we know the number of enemy casualties, we can understand exactly the power of thunder. It will play a great guiding role in the next operations. It was not easy for the spy to get this number.

Zhang Fu said: "In this case, Lord Gu listened to the order, and the Shenji Battalion was divided into four rotations, and the rest of the generals did not move. ”

All the generals understood that Zhang Fu was going to bomb with "thunder" and blow up the main force of the Warat army, and then everyone was in high spirits and obeyed orders.

Zhu Qizhen smiled, and his face was happy.

Zhang Ning said: "Grandpa Guo still has to prevent the enemy from fighting. ”

He is not a fool at first, he has not found a way to deal with grenades, and he will definitely not send troops.

"What is Master Zhang's plan?" Zhang Fu asked, obviously not thinking about this possibility.

"Lure also send troops first." Zhang Ning said the method that he had thought of a long time ago, Liu Nian wanted to fight for military merits, he had to think a little more, and said: "You might as well send an army out of the city to challenge, and if you see us out of the city first, you will definitely send troops to meet the battle." After all, 'Thundering' doesn't have long eyes, and it can't distinguish between friend and foe, as long as our people are under the city, they naturally don't dare to throw it down. He had nothing to fear. ”

Xue Xue said: "If there is no 'thunder', it is difficult to guarantee that there are no casualties." ”

No one wants their sergeants to be killed or wounded, and there is a foolproof way, so why let the sergeants die in vain.

"Hou Ye Xue is right, so we must choose the best horses, pick the best sergeants with the best riding skills, and then ...... like this" Zhang Ning was confident and eloquent.

"In this case, it must be my 3,000 battalions. Please allow Grandpa Zhang's plan. Xue Xue said loudly, this plan is feasible, if this is the case, it will not only be the Shenji Battalion that has made meritorious contributions, how can the three thousand battalions also get a piece of the pie.

Zhang Fu said: "Okay, just do it." ”

Song Ying saw that Zhang Fu agreed with Zhang Ning's plan, and immediately said: "In this case, some chores will be done by my fifth military camp." ”

The cooperation between the three battalions could not be better. Zhu Qizhen's smile was even bigger.

Zhang Fu bowed his head slightly and said, "Okay." ”

After everyone finished discussing, they walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhu Qizhen and Zhang Ning inspected the camp tent, and said: "Qing thinks carefully, and thinks longer than me. I thought that I would send an army to gallop close to the enemy and throw 'thunder', and then leave after throwing it. Even if the enemy army does not fight, our army can blow them to charcoal. ”

You think the same as Liu Nian, if Liu Nian knows, he will definitely be happy.

Zhang Ning said: "The minister thinks that there must be precautions first, our army is going to fight with the enemy, where can I free my hands to throw 'thunder'?" ”

"Hmm." Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Not really." ”

While the monarchs and ministers were talking, the city gate was opened, and a team of soldiers carried sand and soil out of the city to fill the big hole blown out by the "thunder".

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I also have to report it first, and bring Captain Wan and other cronies to come and inspect it. Seeing that there were indeed hundreds of soldiers in the city who were busy carrying sand and filling the pits, he said to the captain: "Our plan is useless. ”

"Why?" The captain was puzzled.

"The Ming army is filling the pit, obviously going to war. The plan to lure them out of the city while there was a large pit in the ground was not feasible, and the order to go down was sent down, and the order to siege the city was canceled tomorrow. ”

The captain sighed and went down to give the order.