The fighting conditions at night were worse than during the day, because the Later Jin army could not see the Ming army at all, their bows and arrows were useless, and the damage from thistles and mines, although mostly not fatal, could cause injuries. And injuries are more likely to lower morale than death.

Huang Taiji had sworn before the battle that it would be easy to break Xin'an Fort by attacking the city at night, but now this situation makes his oath a joke. Nurhachi was furious, and Duoduo was still adding fuel to the fire, and the old slave chief finally went berserk, grabbed a large knife and slashed at Huang Taiji.

Mang Gurtai was shocked, and dragged Huang Taiji, who was kneeling on the ground, pulled it back hard, Nurhachi's big knife slashed on the ground, and Mang Gurtai shouted: "Father Khan, are you going to kill the eighth brother?" He's your own son. ”

Nurha snorted coldly: "Zhuying is also my own son. As soon as these words came out, Du Du's face turned red, but he couldn't make a sound. And Huang Taiji glanced at Duoduo coldly and said: "Father Khan, the child is wrong, please father Khan to calm his anger, if it is necessary to have the child's life to make Father Khan feel at ease, then ask Father Khan to take it, Father Khan gives the child life, this life is originally only Father Khan has the right to dispose of it." ”

Although Nurhachi said this, after the knife was slashed, there was also a faint remorse in his heart. At this time, after listening to Huang Taiji's words, he was even more unsatisfactory in his heart, so he said: "Your good strategy has caused me to lose my troops and generals, what should I do now?" ”

Mang Gurtai heard Nurha's breath loosen, so he breathed a sigh of relief and let go of Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji said: "It is indeed the incompetence of the child, please let the father Khan calm his anger for the time being, the child feels that besieging this place will make it impossible to continue with food and grass, and in the end it can be won without a fight." ”

Nurhachi shouted, "Can you know how much grain and grass they have? ”

Huang Taiji replied: "The boy has already asked the scouts, and every time they occupy a place, they will transport supplies from all over the world, presumably back to Phi Island. In this case, even if there is grain and grass in Xin'anbao, there should not be a lot. ”

Nurhachi's face softened slightly, and he nodded: "Now it can only be like this." Then Mingjin will withdraw his troops, I will definitely avenge this revenge. ”

After the Jin soldiers retreated, they simply cleaned up, and a total of more than 1,800 people did not return, and there were more than 300 wounded soldiers among those who returned, and the loss was about 2,000 people.

Of course, some of those who did not come back should still be wounded, but now it is impossible for both sides to clean up the battlefield, and by the time dawn, the wounded should basically freeze to death or bleed to death.

The next morning, the Guards began to clear the battlefield, first to make sure that the mines had exploded according to the markings, and then cut off the heads of the Jiannu one by one, and as for the thistles, they left them in place, and planted a batch of mines in them to prevent the next attack of the Jiannu.

A total of 2,075 heads were cut off, and some of the heads had been blown up or burned, which made the soldiers who cut off the heads very unhappy. The method of calculating the merits of the Guards is not calculated according to the head, but the total credit is of course related to the head, and one less Jiannu head will lose one credit.

Ruchin looked at the capture and smiled from ear to ear. The Guards did not hurt a single person, and they killed so many Jiannu, such a result will not be believed at all, it seems that the advantage of weapons is indeed the biggest advantage.

The Houjin army was originally only deployed in the north of Xin'anbao, but now it is moving, and it actually wants to surround Xin'anbao. Lu Qin thought about his food stockpile, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.

He asked the quartermaster, "How long can we have our food stockpiles?" ”

The quartermaster said: "Because a lot of food has been stolen from other forts, if it is consumed normally, it should be able to support more than two months." ”

Lu Qin had just breathed a sigh of relief, and the quartermaster's next sentence had lifted his newly relieved breath again. "However, there are some problems with the amount of gunpowder, and now there are more than 7,000 guards in Xin'anbao, and each person has only about fifty bullets in reserve."

He hurriedly asked, "What about rifled muskets and artillery?" ”

"There should be eighty more bullets per rifled gun, and as for the artillery, it should be able to fire five thousand shells."

Lu Qin gasped: "Forget about the firecracker, how can there be only so many artillery?" ”

The quartermaster replied: "Our general reserve is on Phi Dao, and then part of it was transported to Yinshan Fort, and when we went to Xin'an Fort and Yunyang Fort, we only brought the ammunition necessary for the battle. Later, when it was withdrawn from Yunyang to Xin'anbao, most of the ammunition in Yinshan Fort had already been transported to Xin'anbao. Now ammunition is only available on Phi Dao. ”

Lu Qin patted his head in annoyance and said: "The artillery can only support one attack during the day yesterday, if Jiannu attacks again today, when the attack is made tomorrow, the artillery will become an ornament." ”

The quartermaster nodded and said, "Yes, but in my opinion, Jiannu should not attack again, can't the casualties of yesterday's two attacks make them die?" ”

Lu Chin waved his hand irritably, and asked the herald to gather the generals to discuss how to deal with the siege of Jiannu.

There were only two infantry brigades and one and a half artillery battalions under his command, plus the Dongjiang soldiers, and there were only more than 8,000 soldiers in Xin'anbao. This little force would have been fine if he had concentrated on one wall, but now that he was scattered on all four walls and there were not enough shells, he was a little worried that he would not be able to hold it.

The generals also don't have any tricks, the number is too small, and it is indeed difficult to hold on. In fact, if Houjin had taken the approach of attacking from all sides at the beginning, it would have been much more difficult for Xin'anbao's defense. It's just that Nurhachi was fascinated for a while, wanting to sweep Xin'anbao in one fell swoop, and concentrating on only one side, so that the Guards could get such a big victory.

Lu Qin had no choice but to say: "If Jiannu attacks, everyone should pay attention to saving ammunition, especially the artillery battalion, unless there is a dense attack, try not to use artillery." ”

Xue Boling said: "It can only be like this, the use of firecrackers should also be reasonable, the rifled firecrackers will put the enemy within a hundred steps before fighting, and the ordinary firecrackers will put the enemy into fifty steps before fighting, and pile more stones on the city wall, which should be stronger." ”

Gui Shuzhen smiled: "Jiannu is only afraid that they will not attack again, they want to trap us, I don't think there is much problem with ammunition, and food and drinking water are the top priorities." ”

"The food can last for two months, and the water from the well in the fort is not much of a problem for drinking," Ruchin said. ”

Gui said frankly: "If Jiannu digs a ditch outside the city, it will affect the amount of water from the well, so I think it is better to store some water now." Anyway, the water won't go bad when it's stored now. In addition, the problem of firewood is very troublesome, although the weather is getting warmer, but there is still a little cold without fire, and we can't burn the fire to keep warm in the future, and the firewood has to stay for cooking. ”

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