At the head of the city, Zhang Pan held a telescope and stared at the Derg class.

This beautifully armored blue flag general has already dangled under the city twice. Looking at his posture of urging the horse, it is possible to launch a new attack on the city again at any time.

Come on, come on, and then I'll give you a taste of King Shin's new gun.

Zhang Pan glanced at the young men who were waiting behind the shield, and his heart was full of anticipation.

Under the cover of the shield of the Ming army, more than 20 teenagers of the junior team loaded their guns and shells, and at the same time aimed at a positive blue flag designated by Zhang Pan, quietly waiting for Zhang Pan's shooting instructions.

The quiet performance of the teenagers made Zhang Pan like it very much.

"They're all good seedlings!"

For these young guards of King Xin, Zhang Pan couldn't help but blush a little.

After years of continuous battles, Zhang Pan already knows that the best soldier is not necessarily the best soldier.

Those soldiers who can calm their hearts, calm their breath, and strictly obey orders are the best soldiers.

As long as these teenagers in front of them go through a few battles and accumulate more experience, they can quickly transform into real elite soldiers.

Like that kind of elite soldier, only dozens of veterans under Zhang Pan who have survived hundreds of battles can reach that level.

More than 20 elite soldiers suddenly appeared in front of him, which made Zhang Pan not blush.

If it weren't for the fact that these teenagers were all carefully selected guards by King Xin, Zhang Pan really wanted to leave all these teenagers in Lushun.

It's a pity, it's a pity!

Zhang Pan sighed regretfully again.

Under the city

Derge had no idea that he had been targeted by Zhang Pan. The Derge class was in high spirits and was ready to drive the horse to attack the city again.

The resistance of the Ming army at the head of the city was not too fierce, the ladder was easily erected, and the warriors who climbed the city almost climbed to the top of the city.

Everything in front of him made the Derge class feel that as long as he put more effort into it, the Zhenglan Banner would be able to attack the city.

The Derge class knew very well that the Blue Banner was actually just a tentative attack this time, but if it could really attack the city, then why couldn't this attack become a real attack?

Here, try again.

A bloodthirsty glint appeared in Derge's eyes, urging the war horse to rush towards the city again. Derge wants to use his martial arts to drive the courage of the Zhenglan Banner and strive to rush to the top of the city this time.

When he saw the ladders at the city wall falling, Mang Gurtai frowned.

The fall of the cloud ladder had long been expected by Mang Gurtai, but the strength of the Ming army's counterattack seemed a little too light.

According to Mang Gurtai's understanding of the Ming army in Lushun, the Ming army has only made three points of strength at most.

Otherwise, according to the troop configuration of Houjin's attack this time, the ladder should not be able to rush under the city wall at all.

Has the Ming army's ability to defend the city decreased?

Probably not.

So far, the Ming army has only used two artillery pieces, and it seems that it is only a medium-sized Franc cannon. The Ming army was more like hiding its strength.

Probe a little more, or just retreat?

Mang Gultai's brow tightened more and more.

Before Mang Gurtai could make a decision, Mang Gurtai saw the Derge let his horse rush towards the city.

Dangerous!

Mang Gurtai instantly felt a chill in his heart.

Derge was a little too impulsive, didn't he know that the new weapons of the Ming army had never appeared?

The new weapons of the Ming army have been useless, and it should be that the Ming army has not found high-value targets worth attacking.

And the exquisite armor of the Derge class is likely to meet the conditions for the Ming army's attack.

Thinking of the wound caused by the new weapon of the Ming army on Guza's body, Mang Gurtai's heart felt a chill.

That's still a hundred steps away, if it's within a hundred steps, I'm just afraid......

The Derg class moves too dangerous!

"Blow the trumpet, withdraw the troops."

Mang Gurtai did not dare to delay any longer, and shouted out the order to withdraw the troops.

"Bang."

The loud sound of a volley of muskets and the sound of bullhorns sounded at the same time.

With a loud bang, the Derg and the horses fell to the ground heavily, causing a commotion in the blue flag formation.

The clarion call for retreat sounded, and the soldiers of the Blue Banner began to retreat in an orderly manner. In a moment, there was nothing left of the city except a few dead horses and various broken ordnance.

On the top of the city

Seeing the withdrawal of the Zhenglan Banner, Chu Tianxing shouted at the top of his voice: "Yo hoo, fight back the Tartars." ”

And what, the Tartars have already been repulsed?

Zhu Youzhen jumped up, threw his legs and ran towards the city.

Because Houjin had begun to retreat, the guards and pro-soldiers did not stop Zhu Youzhen anymore, but followed Zhu Youzhen and rushed towards the city.

"Whew".

Zhu Youzhen gasped and stepped onto the city, and saw from a distance that the army of the Zhenglan Banner was retreating towards their camp. There were only a few corpses of war horses and various broken ordnance left in the city, and the rest were patches of blood that had not yet dried.

"The Tartars retreated and took away all the dead and wounded?"

Seeing this scene, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but exclaim.

"Your Highness, according to the rules established by the old slave of the Tartars, whoever snatches back the body will belong to the deceased."

In the cheers of the Ming army at the head of the city, the commander of the pro-army heard Zhu Youzhen's exclamation, and replied with some emotion: "Because of this rule of the Tartars, our army wants to get the head of the Tartars to repay the merits, and it is really more difficult than killing the Tartars." ”

The pro-army commander's feelings, Zhu Youzhen immediately understood.

Since the Tartars have such rules, as long as the Tartars have the initiative on the battlefield, it will be difficult for the Ming army to capture the head of the Tartars.

I think that as long as the battlefield situation allows, even if it is only for the clothes and armor on the corpse, the Tartars will bring the corpse back to the camp.

In this way, if the Ming army wants to capture the head of the Tartars, I am afraid that they really have to count on the annihilation war. At the very least, the Ming army must also defeat the Tartars, so that the Tartars lose the initiative on the battlefield and are forced to retreat.

Thinking of the Ming army's field achievements against Houjin, Zhu Youzhen could fully understand the helplessness of the pro-army commander.

If you want Houjin to lose the initiative on the battlefield, the Ming army can't do it at all now.

In my heart, I combined the characteristics of the Houjin army introduced by Zhang Yunyi with the Houjin rules that I had just heard. Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but gasp.

Nurhachi is so powerful!

The Jurchen Eight Banners created by Nurhachi were field legions with thick-armored dead soldiers as the vanguard, strong bows and heavy arrows as the main body, and cavalry.

When encountering the enemy, the Jurchen Eight Banners are accustomed to first frustrating the enemy's sharp edge with long-range attacks, then destroying the enemy's formation with thick-armored dead soldiers, and finally using elite cavalry to completely crush the enemy's formation.

These characteristics of the use of soldiers, coupled with this rule that encouraged soldiers not to give up the dead and wounded.

This—that's exactly what a modern army is all about.

Thinking about the characteristics of the Jurchen Eight Banners, Zhu Youzhen felt that his heartbeat was obviously faster.

If the strong bows and heavy arrows of the Eight Banners are replaced with muskets and cannons, then isn't the Jurchen Eight Banners the standard Napoleonic army?

Regardless of whether Nurhachi formulated the rules for snatching corpses for the sake of saving supplies or for other reasons, this rule definitely greatly strengthened the cohesion of the Jurchen Eight Banners.

There is no fluke under the fame!

can dominate an era, Nurhachi really has his uniqueness.