Li Shouxin hurriedly walked into Zhang Han's residence, this is a small courtyard with one entrance, there is no large residence in the military fort, Zhang Han's house is already one of the best.

Li Shouxin said: "My lord, the sentry cavalry of the northern captives has increased significantly recently, and the activities of our army's sentry cavalry are becoming more and more difficult, and they have been pressed to the distance and cannot go far, and there are a large number of northern sentinel cavalry in the south and west and east. ”

Zhang Han pondered: "It seems that it's time?" ”

"Almost, the Beiyu should be preparing siege equipment now."

Zhang Han sighed lightly and said, "I have a heavy responsibility on my body, and it seems that I can't stay here." ”

Li Shouxin said: "Previously, the Lord had issued a military order, and Mr. Sun and Mr. Li would take care of important military and political affairs, but with all due respect to his subordinates, the adults are the Dinghai Shenshen Needle for me and Yusheng. ”

Zhang Han nodded silently, he also felt that this fort was very important here in Jining Fort, these days he and Sun Yao's staff department passed the information, and the staff department felt that Jining Fort would be the focus of the attack of the Beiyu, Zhang Han deliberately hunted and patrolled with great fanfare, just to see the reaction of the Beiyu, and now it seems that although the reaction of the Beiyu is slow, it is still here in the end.

When Zhang Han went down to the fort, he saw dozens of Mongol captives being brought in.

At the head was a small Taiji named Dari Achi, and the dozens of people who were captured were mostly his tribesmen, but there were also armor horses from other tribes.

This is Xiao Taiji, who was captured by Doer in a cavalry battle.

"Old acquaintances." Zhang Han smiled: "I didn't expect to meet on such an occasion. ”

Dari Achi said with a gloomy face: "The last time we met, we were drinking and feasting in the Khan Palace, and this time I am a prisoner." Proprietor Zhang, what are you going to do with us? ”

Zhang Han pondered: "We are fighting a war now, but we will always have peace in the future, if Dari Achi Taiji can promise me to be a partner in peace in the future, I can imprison you first, and I will not abuse and kill your subordinates." ”

Dari Achi shook his head and said, "I can't agree...... We, the Mongols, will not talk about peace when we are fighting, nor will we hypocritically promise conditions and then tear them up. ”

Zhang Han has some appreciation for the Mongolian Taiji in front of him, no matter what, even if it is corrupt and degenerate, some Mongolians still have integrity.

He ordered: "Hold these people in custody and send a few people to escort them, it is very important for Dari Achi, and he will go back to Xinping Fort with me." ”

At this time, Yang Mingyu, Wen Zhongfa and others hurriedly came, they and Jiang Yi and others all looked solemn, Wen Zhongfa said: "My lord can't leave for the time being...... There are already obvious signs that the Beiyu has recently deliberately put on a posture of slowly increasing troops, and in essence, they have mobilized a large force of cavalry around Jining Fort, and have already surrounded the area centered on Jining Fort on the periphery. ”

"I've just seen that Li Xuan has gone out, this time to be a large-scale cavalry sentry." Yang Mingyu said with a pale face: "My lord, we are likely to be surrounded." ”

Zhang Han was silent, if he was surrounded, it means that the Beiyu had indeed been interested in this for a long time, and his own siege was an obvious inducement, from a strategic point of view, it is a good thing to attract a large number of Beiyu to come here, and from a tactical point of view, He Yusheng will be limited to the dilemma of a group of dragons without a leader in the short term.

At this time, everyone heard the rumbling sound of the cavalry galloping, and also heard the shouts of the northern sentry one after another.

The Mongol sentry was indeed moving more and more vigorously day by day, and after an interval of three or four days, it had already entered a distance that could be seen with the naked eye from the tower of the military fort.

A team of sentry horses galloped, moving around on the grassland, the sentry of Jining Fort began to fight with them, the two sides came into contact from time to time, the merchant soldiers used firearms here, and from time to time they released, the Mongols still used the riding bow, and the sound of the collapse of the riding bow could be heard when it was fired far away.

There were a lot of people gathered on the castle, almost all the soldiers and horses guarding were on the wall, and the cavalry in the distance were fighting each other in the setting sun, and from time to time someone fell off their horses, but most of them were from the north.

"Okay, knock down another one!"

"Hit accurately, Yusheng and I are mighty!"

Most of the soldiers are veterans, there are very few recruits who have entered the camp this year, and the soldiers present have at least experienced many battles, and they should be much calmer.

Smoke and dust drifted from the northwest and southeast, and it felt as if a lot of cavalry were galloping over, as if they wanted to trap Li Xuan and the others in the encirclement.

At the head of the city, Li Shouxin patted the battlement, and said angrily with some remorse: "The northern captives have really gathered heavy troops on the periphery a long time ago, and we are a little too careless!" ”

The cuirassiers did not panic, although they withdrew to the side of the fort, the queue was still not chaotic at all, but the Mongolian cavalry who had just begun to fight with them was very close, and kept shooting arrows, and the cuirassiers could not get rid of them for a while.

Zhang Han frowned and looked at it, but he didn't make a sound.

Zhang Han made it clear that he was a banner in Jining Fort, but he would not directly command the army, and since he had appointed a fort guard, Zhang Han would not interfere indiscriminately in specific military issues.

Li Shouxin did not give any command, he just ordered all the troops to be on alert, and all the troops were in place.

The cuirassiers made a beautiful whole maneuver at this time, a large group of cavalry turned back, gathered fire together on the way to run, and knocked down dozens of northern captives at once, and the northern captives who pursued and bit them were suddenly blinded, and the banging guns were mixed with panicked shouts and screams, this northern captives quickly retreated, and even their partners gave up, and the cuirassiers easily defeated the northern captives who were entangled in them, and then collectively turned around and pulled a beautiful maneuver again on the grassland.

The northern captives who came from both sides hesitated for a moment, they felt that the cuirassiers of about 100 people were also a hard bone, and they couldn't gnaw it down at all.

Even if they could bite down, they would probably have cracked their teeth, and in a moment of hesitation, the cuirassiers had returned to the barricades, swooping in from the winding paths, and slowly returning to the fort.

Strange screams and cheers broke out above the military fort!

At this time, the sound of cannons on the military fort also sounded, and Tang Ruowang and others began to fire four-pounder cannons and large and small Fran machines!

A large puff of smoke shrouded the castle, projectiles poured on the battlefield, although the Mongol cavalry was scattered, but under this fire, dozens of horses were still hit, people turned on their horses, turf and earth chips flew into the air, the severed limbs of people and horses suddenly appeared on the green grass, black and red blood stained the turf, and people showed a very cruel scene in front of their eyes.

Zhang Han felt very excited, his cavalry can reach such a point, every step is a condensation of his hard work, and how can he not be excited, and the artillery is very good, as a firearms unit that has only been established for less than a year, and Yusheng's artillery level has far surpassed the Ming firearms battalion, after all, in Zhang Han's place, firearms are weapons rather than the wealth that the generals regard as treasures, or the capital of their promotion.

The cavalry of the northern captives outside the military fort also finally met, the originally beautiful ambush battle was like this, and those northern captives looked very dull when they were far away, and several groups of cavalry converged together, and finally did not dare to approach the castle, but carried away the chaotic war horses and the dead and wounded northern captives.

A small group of northern cavalry did not go, and began to slowly roam around the castle to guard, it was obvious that the castle was surrounded by them, and after the vast grassland, there should be a large force of cavalry hiding.

There was a sense of alarm in the air, and the cavalry battle just now gave the castle a sigh of relief, but in any case, this time Jining Fort was besieged.

Li Xuan carried his musket directly to the city tower, and Zhang Han waved his hand to Jiang Yi, signaling that it was okay.

"It's a good fight." Zhang Han said to Li Xuan: "Today I only know how the cuirassiers fight, in the past, just reading the report, after all, it was still a fog." ”

Li Xuan's expression was not very good-looking, and he knelt down and said: "I am guilty of being a prisoner, and I lost two brothers and didn't bring them back......"

When he first entered the fort, Li Xuan began to take names, and then found that two people might have fallen off the horse and were not brought back to the fort.

At this time, the Mongols must have noticed two badly wounded cuirassiers, a large group of horses galloping back and forth at a central point, and someone was making a strange noise.

Zhang Han's face also changed, and he said half-loudly: "I'm afraid it's too late to save them now?" ”

Li Xuan said: "It's too late for us to go out and line up again, those two brothers can't be saved." ”

By this time the Mongols had tied the two cuirassiers with ropes, and tied them to their horses with strange screams, and then the two northern captives rode forward and dragged the two horsemen towards the castle.

People's breathing became heavier, which was a clear indication that they wanted to be tortured and killed in front of everyone in the military fort!

"Dog's Day Beiyu!" Li Xuan blamed himself and was angry again, and punched the city wall, his fist burst out, and he was drenched in blood all of a sudden.

Zhang Han kept staring, he saw that the cuirass of the two cavalrymen was taken off, and then the people dragged a long trail on the ground, the smoke and dust were flying, and there seemed to be blood stains on the ground, the two cavalrymen must have been injured, and they didn't make any sound, and the two were dragged all the way over.

This is the battlefield, thousands of people in the military fort are watching, and there are even more Beiguo outside, and people are watching one side commit violence like this, and there is nothing they can do!

Either they will go out of the fort to fight, this is definitely impossible, and the Beiyu should just want to provoke the people in the military fort and suppress the morale in the military fort, and there is no idea that they can really stir up the merchant soldiers.

Zhang Han shouted at this time: "Listen to the Mongols outside the city, my two subordinates are warriors and my brothers and sisters, and I am willing to give each one thousand taels of gold to exchange them both back!" ”

The two northern captives on horseback were stunned at once!