After Mang Gurtai fled back to Xiping Fort, the Ming army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, nor did they officially expand to the east, they still held the city of Guangning, but Yuan Chonghuan strengthened the number of rangers, and the Ming army east of Guangning had wandered to the east bank of the Sancha River. They either appeared as cavalrymen, or disguised as woodcutters to collect firewood in the mountains, or disguised as Han Chinese people in the vicinity.

On this day, Yuan Chonghuan was chatting with Du Wenhuan, and the ranger returned: "Report to the commander and the military seat, and find a large number of Jiannu cavalry, they have crossed the Sancha River and are heading west. ”

Yuan Chonghuan laughed: "This must be Jiannu's rear army, and they are only here now, and they can't even see the ashes of the big tent." ”

Du Wenhuan asked the ranger: "How many cavalry are there in Jiannu?" Under what banner? ”

The ranger hugged his fist: "Back to the military seat, we hid in the woods and saw clearly, Jiannu's cavalry was nearly 5,000, and they were playing under the banner of the blue flag." ”

"Five thousand?" Du Wenhuan quickly calculated, "Commander, Mang Gurtai has a total of nine thousand cavalry, plus four or five thousand people from the front army, the number can match." ”

Yuan Chonghuan pinched his chin with his right hand, and supported his right elbow with his left hand, "Mang Gurtai is so blessed, the front army has just been disabled, and Huang Taiji sent him a rear army, Wen Huan, you say, will he attack Guangning City?" ”

Du Wenhuan waved his hand, and the ranger took his leave.

"Commander, Mang Gurtai has not personally commanded a battle, and his front army has been completely lost, and if he does not fight with us, I am afraid that he will not rest. However, his siege equipment had been burned, and he didn't know when he would have made enough new ones—he should have left some for him. ”

Yuan Chonghuan nodded: "As long as we don't go out of the city, Mang Gurtai will definitely attack the city, and all city gates must be on guard, especially at night, to prevent sneak attacks." ”

"Commander, rest assured, there are open and dark sentinels at every city gate, Jiannu will definitely not be able to sneak attack, and if Mang Gurtai wants to come, he can only come openly."

Yuan Chonghuan frowned slightly: "There are four gates in Guangning City, I don't know which gate Mang Gurtai will attack from - he is only four or five thousand people, and it is impossible to surround the four gates." ”

Du Wenhuan shook his head: "This ...... The subordinates don't know, the Jiannu are all cavalry, and it is possible to attack which city gate. ”

Yuan Chonghuan pondered for a while: "Wen Huan, if we know where Jiannu is attacking the city, we can concentrate the artillery." ”

"Yes, the more artillery, the greater the losses of Jiannu outside the city." Du Wenhuan shook his head, "But, who knows which city gate Mang Gurtai is going to attack?" Unless 'Hai Dong Qing' provides us with timely information. ”

"'Hai Dongqing'?" Yuan Chonghuan smiled, "Don't count on it, he may be far away in Shenyang, maybe I'll teach you a way to let Mang Gurtai only attack the east gate." ”

"What's the Commander's idea?" Du Wenhuan leaned forward, if Mang Gurtai decided to attack the East City Gate, he could concentrate all the artillery and consume some more of his cavalry.

"Wen Huan, bury the other three gates with mines, once Mang Gurtai gets close, he will definitely blow up others on their backs, see if he dares to approach?"

"That's a good idea!" Du Wenhuan thought for a while, "But the area in the south, west, and north directions is too vast, and we don't have so many mines?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan waved his hand: "There is no need to bury it too densely, besides, we still have to go out of the city, just sparse and sparse, and then make a mark." ”

Du Wenhuan suddenly realized: "I understand, I immediately asked the soldiers to bury mines." ”

Mang Gurtai has been hiding in Xiping Fort, and mare's milk wine is his best friend.

"Lord Belle, the rear army has arrived." The soldiers trotted and came to see Mang Gurtai.

"Rear Army? Where are they now? Mang Gurtai got up from his chaise longue, threw away the mare's milk wine bag, and stared straight at his own soldiers.

"Lord Belle, the rangers have returned, they have crossed the Sancha River safely, and it is estimated that they will be here tomorrow afternoon."

"Good!" Mang Gurtai slammed the air hard, "Once they arrive, we will immediately attack the city, and I must recapture Quang Ninh City." ”

"Lord Belle, they have come from far away, and when they arrived, it was already late in the morning...... the soldier hesitated.

"Well, then let them rest for a night, we will attack the city again in the morning, I can't wait for a moment." The more Mang Gurtai thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, his front army was almost gone, and he hadn't even seen Yuan Chonghuan's face until now, and there was not a single regular battle.

When the rear army arrived at Xiping Fort, it was already dusk.

Mang Gurtai personally greeted him and hugged several Ezhen one by one to celebrate: "A few Ezhen, you are here." ”

"Lord Belle! We're late, so we'll keep Lord Baylor waiting. "Several of them were about to kneel, but they were stopped by Mang Gurtai.

"It's good to come, it's good to come, and there's no need for false courtesy." Mang Gurtai turned around and instructed the soldiers behind him: "Set up the wine and wash the dust for a few Ezhen." ”

There were only five people in the seats, the original three Ala-ezhen, and only Brewer was still alive.

Mang Gurtai's excessive enthusiasm flattered the three newcomers, and each of them had a bag of mare's milk wine, and their words became unscrupulous.

"Lord Belle, does Daming really occupy Quang Ninh?" Geeta almost patted her shoulder and called Mang Gultai brothers.

Mang Gurtai's eyes became hollow, his face was solemn, he didn't say anything, just nodded slowly.

"Lord Belle came here, did he have any contact with the army of the Ming Dynasty?" Dan Tiqing threw away the empty mare's milk wine bag, grabbed another bag of mare's milk wine, and twisted the lid.

"There was contact...... Ah, no...... There was no direct contact, but we were attacked by the Ming army. Mang Gurtai said as he shoved the mare's milk wine bag into his mouth.

"Sneak attack?" Hulus's eyes widened, "Lord Belle, are our losses great?" ”

Brewer kept his head down and drank sullen wine, and the three newcomers did not speak, hearing Hulus's question, he stretched out the mare's milk wine bag in front of Hulus, "Hulus, Lord Belle will wash the dust for you, you just drink alcohol, and the affairs of the enemy of the Ming army, let's talk about it tomorrow, don't sweep away the happiness of Lord Belus." ”

The two took a sip together, each drinking a small half-bag of mare's milk wine.

Geeta also came over to join in the fun, "What Brewer said is that we will drink first, measure those cowardly Han people, in front of the blue flag, we are not a fart, we are not a red flag." ”

",, for the Ming army who is rolling in the blood."

Except for Mang Gurtai, all four of them took a big sip.

Brewer's eyes were already confused, and the mare's milk leaked from the corners of his mouth, and it was almost dragged to the ground in a line.

"Haha, Brewer, you soft egg, how can you drink this little wine, you can't hold it anymore." Geeta laughed and defiantly lifted the wine bag and poured a big sip, the mare's milk wine flowed too much, Geeta's big mouth did not fit, and the last mare's milk wine was poured on his leather armor.

Brewer's blood-red eyes widened, and his upper body began to lean back, ready to stand up.

"Uh-huh." Manggultai coughed, his eyes fixed on Brewer.

Brewer stopped, but his eyes glared at Geeta.

"I said, tomorrow we will have to fight with the Ming army, and today the mare's milk wine is enough, and when the Ming army is completely defeated and the city of Guangning is recaptured, we will drink again. Gentlemen, go back and rest early. Mang Gurtai spoke, and the three newcomers really asked, almost making him unable to get off the stage.

From Xiping Fort to Quang Ninh, there is also a half-day journey on horseback, and when Mang Gurtai arrives in Quang Ninh, it is already early afternoon.

Fifteen miles northeast of Quang Ninh City, Mang Gurtai set down a big tent, he knew that in order to capture Quang Ninh City, this half day was simply not enough, he wanted to let the soldiers rest and start the siege again tomorrow morning.

"Lord Belle?" As soon as the big tent was planted, Geeta, Dan Tiqing, and Hulus came to the big tent of the Chinese army in Mang Gurtai, and they came to ask for their lives.

"Geeta, I plan to launch an attack from the North City Gate tomorrow morning, you take someone to the North City Gate to have a look first." Mang Gurtai was a little uneasy, "Before attacking the city, no matter what, don't have a fierce battle with the Ming army, if you encounter the stragglers of the Ming army, drive them away, don't chase them." ”

"Yes, Lord Belle." Geeta's voice was like a bell, and he glanced at Dan Tiqing and Hulus triumphantly, then turned around and passed through the gap between the two.

He didn't go to fight, he just stepped on the points for the army, so he didn't need too many troops.

Gita just ordered a cow record, and then came out of the big tent and came to the north of Quang Ninh City at a gallop.

Quang Ninh City is a fortified city, the four gates are as high as the city, and there is no obvious difference in the height and thickness of the city walls.

Jita glanced at the city from a distance, and the sun and moon military flags of the Ming army were fluttering unscrupulously at the head of the city in the cold wind of late autumn.

Around the Sun and Moon Military Banner, the soldiers of the Ming Army were wandering around the city in twos and threes, and the arrival of Geeta did not attract their attention in the slightest.

"Dare to ignore me." Geeta was furious, and was about to slap his horse to go, he was about to approach the city, release a few arrows to the city, and in front of the arrows, see if the Ming army dared to underestimate it.

The pro-soldier stopped his horse's head: "Ezhen, Lord Belle has repeatedly told me not to clash with the Ming army, don't alarm the Ming army today, and it's not too late to clean them up tomorrow." ”

Geeta slowed down, but didn't step forward in the end: "If it weren't for Lord Belle's order, I would have let the Ming army leave a few small lives." ”

He inspected the north city gate, and did not find a place to ambush soldiers, thorns, hills, broken walls, dirt slopes, etc., there were none, and outside the north city gate was a bare open space, which was the ideal direction for attacking the city.

Geeta was ready to go back, but none of the Ming soldiers paid attention to him, he felt very unhappy, he wanted to find the fork of the Ming army, and when he left, he instructed a soldier: "Go, let the Ming army surrender early, otherwise, once the city is broken, we will not leave the chickens and dogs." ”

"Yes, yes." Such a soldier forgot that he didn't know Chinese at all, such an obvious loophole, but it didn't save his life.

The soldier slapped his horse and rushed towards the city gate, he planned to stop at a distance of sixty paces from the city gate, the Ming army's bows and arrows could not shoot so far.

"Bang...... Bang ......"

The front hooves of the war horse stepped on a mine, and the front legs were weak, and the soldier was thrown forward a long way, and the soldier rolled a few more times, just triggering another mine.