Amid the sound of artillery fire, the soldiers of Dongjiang Town advanced with difficulty but firmly towards the position on the hillside.

Along the way, there were the corpses of soldiers who did not know whether they were their own or the enemy, wrapped in bursts of scattered snow rolling down, and by the time they settled, the body was already cold, and the blood was still congealing.

"General, did you say that they have already hit the mountain?"

The sound of gunfire and fighting on the hillside seemed to be getting farther and farther away from Wu Sangui and others at the bottom of the mountain, from the deafening sound at the beginning to the current ethereal and sparse, even the artillery forts built by the soldiers of Dongjiang Town on the battlefield did not know when there was no movement.

"Hmph, I really think that they Jurchen barbarians are vegetarians, how can they be so easy to be defeated?"

Wu Sangui said it beautifully, but in his heart he was so hesitant and confused, could it be that this Jurchen was really scared and lost his fighting spirit this time?

However, soon, the soldiers of Dongjiang Town did not know that the first wave of the offensive was still defeated, and when Kong Youde, who was in the formation, came down from the mountain with a lot of Han stains and blood, and before they could rest for a day or two, they were pulled in front of Wu Sangui.

"What are you doing to eat, you can't take it down until now, and you have prepared so many artillery pieces in vain!!"

Wu Sangui was dissatisfied, and there was a lot of condemnation in his tone.

"Lord Commander, the enemy chieftain on the mountain is really resisting strongly, and the opponent has a lot of soldiers, but the fighting spirit is much more resolute than imagined, please give our army two more hours, and we will be able to break it!"

There is no personal relationship on the battle array, although Kong Youde knows that Wu Sangui's words are prejudiced against the soldiers of Dongjiang Town, but he can't stand up to him at this time, and he holds his breath to defend with them.

"Hmph, give you two more hours, don't you know that less than a hundred miles north of this mountain, there is a military stronghold of the female 'real thief'? I'm afraid that if you make such a big move at this time, the other party has already learned about it, and its reinforcements are probably already on the way here! ”

Wu Sangui didn't appreciate it, knowing that the other party had actually tried his best, but he had already made up his mind in his heart, but he immediately made arrangements.

"Wait for the soldiers of Dongjiang Town to retreat first, take a detour to the northeast, and set up defenses in the dangerous place between the Jurchen thief chieftain's stronghold and Panshan on the opposite side to resist the reinforcements that may arrive from the other side."

"By the way, these cannons will be temporarily handed over to our department for use, and after this group of thieves on the mountain is defeated by our army, we will return them to your department."

Wu Sangui frowned, on the surface, he looked like he was thinking about the overall situation, but in fact, his arrangement was to snatch the credit of Dongjiang Town by virtue of his official rank, and he almost made Kong Youde turn his face on the spot.

Fortunately, Xiang Shenggao on the side tightly clasped Kong Youde's right wrist, forcibly used brute force and pain to stop Kong Youde's imminent anger, and after answering the word "no" on behalf of Kong Youde with an expressionless face, he pulled Kong Youde out of Wu Sangui's temporary camp.

Looking thoughtfully at the backs of the two people in the distance, Wu Sangui's eyes revealed not only the dissatisfaction he had expressed before, but also a deep killing intent.

However, since the two of them did not fight themselves on the spot, then without a good reason, Wu Sangui is not good at finding trouble with the other party, although he is a little envious of the firearms that the other party has, but after all, everyone is still a temporary ally at this time, and it is not good to really kill them all, with this great merit on the mountain, it can be regarded as being able to deal with the imperial court, and even be promoted again!

"Beat the drums, charge the battle!"

At the sound of an order, the more than 40,000 troops of Ningyuan City, which had been preparing for a long time, slowly pressed up, stepped on the loose snow, and began to climb and march towards the winding mountain.

With the foundation of the previous Dongjiang Town soldiers and the support of dozens of artillery pieces under the mountain, the Ming soldiers in the early stage did not encounter much trouble, until they rushed to the two-thirds of the mountainside, and the Ming soldiers began to encounter fierce and ferocious counterattacks.

"Hmph, I really shouldn't work with this guy, a bunch of things who only know how to steal merit!"

Even if he was pulled out of Wu Sangui's tent by Xiang Shenggao more than a hundred feet away, the anger in Kong Youde's heart had not yet disappeared, and when there was no one around, he began to confide in Xiang Shenggao fiercely.

"What kind of virtue is the military general class in Liaodong, you don't know it in your heart, you have already told you before you come to be mentally prepared, you see that you almost didn't contain your anger, it doesn't matter if you offend this Wu's general soldier, but if you let this group of Jurchens escape because of the contradictions between us, it will not be beautiful."

Xiang Shenggao actually has grievances, but compared to Kong Youde's relatively upright temper, he is much deeper, and he cares more about the results of this battle.

"Hmph, if I hadn't thought about this mission, I would have turned my face with this son of a bitch!"

Kong Youde spit out a few mouthfuls of evil phlegm in the direction of the mountain, and then regained his mood and looked at the faint battle situation on the mountain: "I hope that this Jurchen person will fight for breath, so that Wu Sangui, the guy raised by a son of a bitch, will lose more people on it!" ”

"Okay, okay, let's stop complaining, hurry up and reorganize the team, and go to the foot of the northeast mountain to set up a card, so as not to touch the mold of our chief soldier."

Xiang Shenggao patted Kong Youde's shoulder and said comfortingly.

"Phew!!"

The officers and men of Ning Yuanjun charged three or four times in a row in more than an hour, but they still failed to make much progress, and even according to the traces of the advance of the soldiers of Dongjiang Town before, they did not make as much progress as the soldiers of Dongjiang Town.

At this time, the generals of the Ning Yuan Army, who took the lead in the charge, began to regret it, knowing that the fighting spirit of this Jurchen barbarian was still tenacious, and they would not have instigated Wu Sangui to deprive the soldiers of Dongjiang Town of the attack posture in advance, so that it would not be too late to consume the strength of the Jurchens in a few more waves before taking action.

However, at this time, it was too late to say this, they couldn't escape down the mountain with the team, and then find the chief soldier Wu Sangui to cry and beg, let him transfer the soldiers of Dongjiang Town back to attack the mountain again, and replace themselves and others.

Although the enemy in front of him is still resisting stubbornly, but after several battles, the Ming generals can still feel that the opponent's resistance is weak, and the Ming army will be able to break through the opponent's position.

For the feats that were about to be made, the generals of Ning Yuanming's army really made a bloody investment at this time, and sent the private soldiers they had cultivated in the next impact, and they had a great deal of courage to break through the defense on the mountain.

(End of chapter)