After Qin Yongchun changed into dry clothes, he took the white pole soldiers to the grain depot that Wu Lasu said, the main purpose of attacking Dongzhi was this batch of grain, so the Donghu people must not be allowed to destroy the grain.

Outside the granary, there was a group of Donghu people, armed with torches and knives and guns, who seemed to be arguing over something. Qin Yongchun breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there was no fire, it was a good thing.

The white pole soldiers shouted and rushed forward, killing the Donghu people who were arguing and fleeing in all directions, and then guarded the door of the grain depot. Qin Yongchun took people in to take a look, and the grain was piled up, so he really put his mind at ease.

After a while, a team of Donghu people attacked the grain depot, and no one came after being repelled by the white pole soldiers, and when it was dawn, Xiong Tianyi rushed over with a team of guards, and said to Qin Yongchun: "Battalion Commander Zhang wants us to guard the grain depot to the death, wait for the team behind to come up, and we don't go out of the city before the big army comes." You take the white pole soldiers to patrol and see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net. ”

2,000 people were guarding a city, and there was a large amount of food in the city, and everyone was worried that the Donghu people would send people to attack, so they stepped up the repair of the damaged city gate and drawbridge, and at the same time Zhang Yibin sent people to Lailin to ask for help, asking the troops behind to catch up quickly.

However, Taunggyi is different from Lailin, it is only 300 miles away from Taungoo City, and there are many surrounding towns, and the news has long been transmitted back to Taungoo City. So that night, it ushered in the first fierce battle since entering Donghu.

The attacking Taungoo numbered more than 5,000 men, armed with trebuchets and firearms. Zhang Yibin arranged the guards on the city wall and waited for them.

The Taungoo people installed the trebuchet from a distance and began firing towards Taunggyi. Zhang Yibin shouted: "Leave a few people to watch, and everyone else will go down to the city to hide." "The Guards basically went down the city wall, next to the dead corner of the wall where stone bullets could not hit. Stone bullets flew and crackled the walls, but they didn't hurt anyone.

Qin Yongchun said to Zhang Yibin: "Battalion Chief Zhang, it's not a way to go on like this." Let's go out in the dark and destroy this trebuchet. ”

Zhang Yibin shook his head and said: "We have few people, so we can't take advantage of going out." The enemy will definitely attack the city tomorrow, so it is better to save your strength first, and they must always stop the trebuchet when they attack the city. ”

Qin Yongchun asked again: "Do you want to kill all the Donghu captives in the city, so as not to cause more trouble." ”

Zhang Yibin shook his head again and said: "If you can not kill prisoners, try not to kill, we don't fight and run here, here will eventually become a part of the Ming Dynasty, killing too much is not good for future rule." ”

The trebuchet also stopped attacking after dark, the guards checked it, the city wall was still strong, only the lookout hole on the head of the city was partially smashed, in order to prevent the enemy from attacking at night, Zhang Yibin asked Xiong Tianyi to take people to bury thistle.

Now the Ming army's thistle terrestris is all made of steel, divided into two kinds, and now Xiong Tianyi is buried with small and sharp infantry thistle, mainly used to prevent infantry sneak attacks. There is also a larger one that is used to prevent the horse team from charging.

The White Pole Guards patrolled the vigil, while the Guards began to rest. Qin Yongchun himself was conquering Dongzhi at night, so he naturally knew that he wanted to prevent the enemy from using this method to enter the city, so he patrolled extra carefully.

At about two o'clock in the morning, a miserable scream suddenly came from outside the city, Qin Yongchun was in good spirits, jumped up and blew the whistle. The white pole soldiers, who had no patrol duty, were already resting with blankets on the city walls, and immediately sat up and prepared for battle.

The Donghu people outside the city were preparing to make a sneak attack, but they stepped on the thistle terrestris, which alarmed the white pole soldiers. The Donghu people did not stop doing anything, so they simply began to attack the city.

At this time, the guards who were resting under the city wall also quickly climbed up and poured onto the city wall. The whitepole soldier lit the torch and threw it far away, landing beside the moat. The Guards took their guns and began firing at the Tokhoo soldiers.

At this time, the Donghu people began to throw stone bullets with trebuchets, and Zhang Yibin asked the white pole soldiers and some guards to go down the city wall first and guard outside the city gate. Then let the remaining Guards hide behind the walls as much as possible and spread out in order to reduce losses.

Because there were no torches on the city, the trebuchet was affected, but some soldiers were still injured by the splashing stones. The Toungoo people placed trees across the moat, easily crossed the moat, and rushed towards the city gate.

As the Toungoo soldiers crossed the river, the trebuchet stopped firing. The guards poked their heads out of the walls and began firing at the Toungoo below. Because there are a lot of people in Donghu, although I can't see it very clearly, I still hear the screams after being shot.

The people of Donghu approached the city gate on both sides, and soon entered the city gate hole, and when they saw that there was no city gate in the city gate, they rushed to the city with great joy.

The Guards were divided into six platoons and were waiting at the exit of the city gate, and the commander gave an order, three rows of muskets were fired together, and then began to retreat, and the other three platoons stepped forward and aimed the muskets, waiting for the commander's order.

In the narrow gate hole, a large number of bullets swept by, and the Donghu people who were huddled together suffered a disaster, and the people in front of them fell to the ground. The Donghu people behind had no way to retreat, so they had to rush forward with a shout.

The guards continued to fire, and the Donghu people kept falling to the ground, and people kept rushing towards the city gate, and soon blood flowed all over the city gate hole, and the thick smell of blood made people want to be sick.

Slowly more and more Donghu people fell in the hole of the city gate, and the people behind had to climb over the corpses that were piled up higher and higher, and the speed of rushing out was getting slower and slower. And the people behind the Toho people were still crossing the moat in a steady stream, and a large number of Toungoo people were blocked under the city walls, ruthlessly harvested by the fire guns above.

Finally, the commander of the Donghu people discovered this problem, and he did not withdraw his troops, but let more people rush inside. But there is only such a large city gate hole, how many people can enter at one time? What's more, there were still corpses piled up inside, so the losses of the Donghu people were getting bigger and bigger, and the guards were safe except for a few people who were wounded by arrows.

Zhang Yibin lined up the Guards, rotated in three rows and three rows, and kept letting go of the guns to make the Guards tired enough, but the Ming army was too small, and if it didn't take advantage of this geographical advantage to hedge in the dark, there was actually not much chance of winning.

Finally, the corpses piled up so that there was no way for the Donghu soldiers to crawl over again, and the commander of Donghu knew that there was no way, so he had to withdraw his troops. The people of Toungoo retreated like a flood, and many were squeezed off the moat by their companions and stuck in the water by sharp stakes.

Zhang Yibin said to Qin Yongchun with palpitations: "This Donghu people are too fierce, no wonder they beat Nanzhang and Siam in embarrassment." ”

Qin Yongchun said: "If it weren't for the city gate hole blocking them, I really don't know what would happen today." If they do it again tomorrow during the day, it will be even more difficult to deal with. ”