The three Ming soldiers approached step by step.

The Jurchen soldiers drooped their eyelids, desperate and unwilling. When he fell from his horse, his wooden bow had been broken, and his right arm had been hit by a flintlock bullet, and he was no longer able to hold a knife.

He drew a knife in his left hand, protected it on his chest, and cursed in his mouth: "Thief Ming Army, you know the sneak attack......"

What he said, Ming Jun didn't understand at all, in fact, whether he could understand it or not, the result was the same.

"Don't ramble with him, hurry up!" There was a voice from underground.

"Bang, bang, bang."

The bullets of the three flintlock pistols penetrated the body from the chest, and three bloody arrows were reflected from the chest.

The Jurchen soldier leaned down, the Ming soldier quickly grew taller in his eyes, the autumn wind blew, and with a "snap", he fell to the ground on his back, and the fingers of his left hand holding the knife trembled slightly.

On the slope, the dead grass tossed and a large plank was lifted, revealing a huge cavern from which eight soldiers dressed in gray cloth had crawled out.

The squad leader made a gesture: "Quick, drag Jiannu's body into the cave, cut off the head, and clean up the battlefield." ”

The other soldiers did not speak, and in groups of two, they threw the corpses of the six Jurchen soldiers into the cave, cut off their heads, wrapped them in brown paper, and hung them on horseback.

Someone filled the earth with a shovel hidden in the cave, and someone began to sweep the ground with blood.

The six Jurchen war horses, including the wounded horse, were all taken away by the Ming army.

The blood was swept away, the cavern was covered by floating earth, and the slope was quiet again, as if the battle had never happened.

When it was close to dusk, the gunfire of the Ming army gradually disappeared from Mang Gurtai's ears, and perhaps the Ming army went back to eat. Mang Gurtai called a pro-soldier: "What about the losses during the day?" ”

"Lord Belle, I just calculated, we sent eleven groups of chasing soldiers, and so far not a single soldier has returned, in addition, there are five sentries who have been shot by the Ming army......"

"What about the Ming Army? How many casualties did the Ming army have? ”

Mang Gurtai originally expected that the losses of the Ming army would be several times or even dozens of times that of theirs, but now it is unrealistic to think about it, if the casualties of the Ming army are similar to theirs, the face can be justified.

But the Dajin Kingdom can't afford it, the number of Han people is dozens of times that of the Jurchens, maybe more than a hundred times, if the two sides suffer one-on-one casualties, the Jurchens will soon become extinct.

The answer of the pro-soldier made Mang Gurtai want to cry silently: "I don't know the casualties of the Ming army, we have not seen the casualties of the Ming soldiers." ”

Mangul sat back on the edge of the bed, his gaze wandering, night would soon come, and he didn't know how many of his soldiers would disappear into the boundless night.

But what if it was dawn? After dawn, the soldiers continued to suffer casualties, could it be that Yue Tuo's red flag fell little by little?

In the camp of the Ming army, several officers dressed in gray cloth were eating hot soup and rice at the same table.

Yuan Chonghuan swallowed a large piece of pork belly with sperm and fat, "Your Majesty's hornet tactics and pocket tactics really work. ”

"Commander, His Majesty is thousands of miles away, how can he be so clear about the situation on the front line—more accurate than us front-line officers." Du Wenhuan had just swallowed a mouthful of white rice.

"Who knows?" Yuan Chonghuan also took a bite of white rice, "Maybe Your Majesty has studied the terrain of Liaodong, maybe Your Majesty has studied the cavalry of Jiannu, there are too many things on Your Majesty that people can't see through - the power of the sky is unpredictable, don't think about it, talk about today's harvest?" ”

Du Wenhuan smiled: "It's not good today, I only cut the heads of more than seventy Jiannu." ”

Yuan Chonghuan took a tender cabbage from the vegetable pot on the table and put it in his mouth: "It's only been three days, and the loss of Jiannu is already close to two thousand, right?" 'Hai Dongqing' said, Mang Gurtai is only six Jiala, 9,000 soldiers, can they afford it? ”

Du Wenhuan lowered his head and grabbed a piece of meat, threw it into his mouth, and when he chewed, the oil flowers flowed out of his mouth, "Also, if you continue to consume it like this, within two months, the Zhenglan Flag will be exhausted - the Jurchen Eight Banners can only be changed to the Jurchen Six Banners, haha, haha......"

Yuan Chonghuan nodded, "Sooner or later, Mang Gurtai will lose without pants to wear - what about the losses of the Fourth Division?" ”

"Not much, one dead and one injured today, all of them were shot by Jiannu's bow and arrow." There are no immortals in the war, and Du Wenhuan didn't take this loss to heart.

"The fourth division is almost tossed, and soon it will be the turn of the fifth and sixth divisions, Mang Gurtai has come all the way to Quang Ninh, there is no reason not to attack the city, this time, the first division is a reserve, Wen Huan is still satisfied, right?" Yuan Chonghuan didn't forget to let him go.

"Hehe, they are all the commander's subordinates, sending troops is the commander's business, and the subordinates only have to obey." Du Wenhuan's old face turned red, and he buried his head in the rice bowl, with a big mouth, and a small half bowl of rice into his mouth.

Yuan Chonghuan ignored his embarrassment, but turned to a few officers who had not spoken: "A few division commanders, you also tell me, what will Mang Gurtai do next?" Will they send out a large force of cavalry again to pursue the soldiers who are like hornets that stung them at any time? Why hasn't he attacked the city yet? When exactly will the city be attacked? ”

"Commander, his subordinates think that Mang Gurtai is likely to send a large force of cavalry again, he loses troops day and night, he is a clay man, and there are times when he is angry, not to mention that he is a short-tempered Jiannu." Shen Shiqiang, commander of the Fourth Division, asserted.

"Well, Shiqiang's judgment is reasonable, and we can't afford not to guard against it." Yuan Chonghuan nodded, "You continue to send a trio to harass Mang Gurtai day and night, even if he sends a large force of cavalry to pursue, it is like an axe chopping on sesame seeds—it can't be forced." ”

"Commander, I've found a problem." Liu Yuxuan, the commander of the first division, put down the dishes and chopsticks, he was already full, "According to the return of the rangers, when Mang Gurtai first came, there were no nine thousand soldiers, at most five or six thousand, I didn't believe it at the time, and now according to the big tent of Jiannu, it should not exceed five thousand." ”

"Five thousand? How can it be five thousand? Didn't 'Hai Dongqing' say that he had 9,000 soldiers? Yuan Chonghuan also put down the dishes and chopsticks, and stared at Liu Yuyan with his eyes.

"Commander, maybe it's just his front army." Liu Yuyan couldn't say for sure.

"I understand, Mang Gurtai is waiting for his rear army," Yuan Chonghuan patted his forehead, "No wonder he hasn't attacked the city yet, it turns out that his troops are insufficient." ”

Yuan Chonghuan immediately thought, can he sneak attack his rear army? So that Mang Gurtai will never be able to wait for his rear army, at most he can only wait for the message of the rear army.

However, Mang Gurtai's big tent was blocked at the intersection, and to the east of the big tent was the range of activities of the Jiannu, so it was difficult to transport the soldiers# over.

Even if the soldiers are secretly transported, there are thousands of Jiannu cavalry at both ends of this army, if one of them cannot be eliminated in time, the Ming army in the middle is in danger of annihilation, and in the field, the Jiannu cavalry still has a certain advantage.

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head slowly, the matter of sneaking up on the rear army of Jiannu was too dangerous, so he had to give up.

A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through his mind: since he couldn't sneak attack Mang Gurtai's rear army, could he sneak attack his front army? If you can defeat his front army before it arrives......

Thinking of this, Yuan Chonghuan was so excited that he wanted to snicker, and he slapped the dinner table: "After dinner, go to the Chinese army camp and immediately hold a military meeting." ”

The military meeting was a secret meeting and did not last long.

At night, the stragglers and rangers of the 4th Division increased the intensity and number of their activities, and the sound of flintlock guns rang out from time to time around Mang Gurtai's tent.

The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and even the birds and finches that were active at night were far away.

"Bang."

"Bang, bang."

Occasionally, one or two gunshots broke the silence of the night.

If you listen carefully, there is a faint mixture of dreamlike crying in the middle, as if there is nothing.

The Jurchen soldiers who were hiding in the big tent began to nest together in twos and threes, silently counting the gunshots outside the big tent, while telling each other a joke.

These Jurchen soldiers, they just didn't sleep well last night, they gradually became familiar with the gunfire of the Ming army, and also mastered the habits of the Ming army, as long as they don't make a big account, the Ming army can't do anything about them.

People are easily tired, especially in dark nights, especially after a high degree of tension.

Outside the tent, it was a matter of rangers, it was a matter of sentinels, but fortunately they were not sentinels, let alone rangers, and they had time to make up for a good night's sleep.

In the southwest of the Mang Gurtai Tent, to the wide area between Quang Ninh City, the Jurchen rangers were wiped out.

On the north and south sides of the big tent, there are also a large number of Ming stragglers, who rely on the range advantage of flintlock pistols to constantly shoot and kill the Jurchen rangers in sight and hearing, but this is close to the Jurchen activity center, they will not be unscrupulous, as long as the Jurchen cavalry leaves, they generally will not pursue too far.

Even on the east side of the big tent, there were Ming rangers, but here was the rear of the Jurchens, the center of their activities, and the Ming army's rangers rarely shot and shot, they all avoided the Jurchen rangers.

The stragglers and rangers of the Ming army gradually spread out in the southwest of the Great Tent, and without the Jurchen rangers, they began to harass the Jurchen sentinels.

In fact, they had no idea where the sentry was hiding in the darkness, shooting, just to throw stones and ask for directions.

Experienced Jurchen sentinels, when the Ming army stragglers, often motionless, the Ming army really has nothing to do, those who have just been substituted, under the deterrence of the flintlock pistol, or shiver, or subconsciously raise their arms, or move their thighs to the back of the tent, or even let out a fart, may usher in a strafing shot by the Ming army.

The night was too dark, and there was no light in the Jurchen tent, and the Ming army stragglers were basically blind shots, except for the sound of gunfire to deter the opponent, but the effect was little, there were thousands of Jurchen cavalry in the big tent, and they didn't dare to get too close.

Being able to kill many young real soldiers is not the goal of the Ming army's stragglers.

Their goal tonight was to clear the Jurchen rangers southwest of the Great Horde, and to maintain a minimum of harassment of the Mang Gurtai Great Horde with sporadic gunfire.