The soldier was like a clod of earth on a shovel, and as he moved forward with the shovel at high speed, the shovel suddenly stopped, and the clod of earth was thrown far forward.

He rolled twice in the air, then landed on his shoulder, and with a "click", his shoulder blade broke, but the castration of his body did not abate.

Like a thunderbolt, he rolls on the ground until a mine is triggered.

The part that triggered the mine was his lower abdomen, and the gunpowder exploded, wiping off all his lower abdomen and the flesh of the belt, and Bai Huahua's intestines leaked out, staining the ground with dust and blades of grass.

He finally let out a scream, and then lay on the ground, motionless, staring blankly at the sky.

Geeta didn't know exactly what had happened, but the hapless soldier's injury was a sure thing, and he called one of his own soldiers, "Go and see what his injuries are." ”

The pro-soldier dismounted and trotted towards the hapless soldier.

"Ezhen, all his factory intestines are leaking out, he should be alive ......"

Geeta's mind was momentarily confused: "How did he get hurt?" I didn't see the Ming army firing artillery! ”

"Oh Zhen, there are two holes in the ground, and the explosion should come from underground." The pro-soldiers apparently saw scorched marks on the ground.

"Underground? Could it be that the Ming army buried the shells in the ground in advance? Not understanding why the explosion was coming from the ground, Geeta jumped off his horse and walked over to the soldier himself, examining the two blackened craters.

The wounded soldier wailed weakly, but his body remained motionless.

Geeta saw that Bai Huahua's intestines had come out of his chest, stained with mud and blood, and knew that he would not survive, so let him suffer less. He gestured to his own soldiers: "Let him hurry up and return to Changshengtian's side!" ”

The soldier nodded, slowly pulled out the scimitar from his waist, and stabbed the wounded soldier in the chest with precision.

"Ah......" The wounded soldier used all his strength to make the last sound of his life.

"Take the body and go back to the camp." Gita turned around in a daze, and Mu Ran stepped onto his warhorse, he wanted to report the situation of this force to Mang Gultai as soon as possible.

Mang Gurtai was reveling in the big tent to the mare's milk wine, and when he saw Gita returning, he squinted: "Gitta, how is the situation outside the north gate?" Are there any of the Dashers of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Lord Belle, the subordinate soldiers have not encountered the stragglers of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no way to hide the soldiers there. But...... But ......" Geeta became more and more hesitant to speak, and he really did not know how to describe the craters in the ground in words.

"Geeta, you are a straightforward man, how did you get here and become like a mother-in-law like a Han person?" Mang Gurtai was still pouring his mare's milk.

"Lord Belle, there was an explosion underground, and one of my soldiers died." Geeta finally said exactly what he meant.

"Underground? Explode? Mang Gurtai's heart tightened, "What the hell is going on?" How did your soldiers die? ”

"Damn the Ming army, it must have hidden the shells in the ground." Geeta reported what happened outside the city to Mang Gultai, "At that time, there were no Ming troops outside the city, and I didn't see them firing artillery, so I ...... So...... The subordinates believed that the explosion came from underground. ”

Mang Gurtai narrowed his eyes, and his right hand holding the mare's milk wine bag stopped in the air, and he thought of Shi Geli's death: Could it be that the Ming army had buried a large number of mines outside the city?

"Lord Belle, has the Ming army buried shells in the ground before?" Geeta still knelt in front of Mang Gurtai.

"Get up, Gitta." Mang Gurtai came back to his senses, "The Ming army did use it, but what was buried in the ground was not called a cannonball, but a mine. ”

"Landmines? What is a landmine? Geeta stood up and waved her hand to pat the dust off her knees.

"It's about the same as a cannonball, it's buried in the ground." Mang Gultai shook his head slightly, "It seems that we won't be able to storm the city tomorrow morning. ”

Gita still didn't understand: "Lord Belle, then how do we get around these mines?" Is there no way to deal with the mines of the Ming army? ”

"How?" Mang Gultai's big open mouth forgot to close, "You let me think about it, and I'll talk about it tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, Lord Belle." Geeta said goodbye to Mang Gultai, he had heard the name of the mine for the first time, and he had no method or experience in dealing with mines, so let Belle Ye think slowly.

Mang Gurtai paced up and down in the tent, and he did not find any way to deal with the mines, except that the mare's milk in the wine bag was gradually decreasing.

"Lord Belle, you've drunk a lot of mare's milk wine, eat a piece of mutton to press the bar!" The soldiers handed a piece of piping hot cooked mutton to Mang Gurtai's hand.

"Mutton?" The Mang Gurtai soldier did not do as usual, munching on the cooked mutton, and he was in a daze with the mutton in his hand.

"What's wrong? Lord Belle, the lamb is just hot, just right for wine. The pro-soldiers didn't know what Mang Gurtai was stunned about.

"There it is." Mang Gurtai suddenly grinned, "Boy, you really came up with a good solution for your master." ”

"Lord Belle?" The pro-soldiers were confused.

Mang Gurtai poured another sip of mare's milk wine, "You don't have to understand, tomorrow morning, you can naturally see it." ”

The soldier grabbed the braid at the back of his head and retreated.

In the early morning, the sun has broken free from the shackles of the horizon, quickly crossed the treetops, and the morning glow dragged behind him, indicating that it was another sunny weather, the sun and moon military flags fluttered in the slight cool breeze, although it was still late autumn, but the breeze blew all the cold, just like the winter in the pass.

The soldiers of the Ming army at the head of the city rubbed their hands, the dry and cold climate made them feel very unhappy, fortunately they were originally from Beizhili, and their ability to withstand cold was still good.

Du Wenhuan came to the North City Gate early in the morning, and yesterday the soldiers guarding the city told him that Jiannu's cavalry had inspected the North City Gate, and he had a premonition that the North City Gate might become the focus of Jiannu's attack, so he came to the North City Gate early in the morning.

"Brothers have worked hard!"

"Serve Daming, no matter how hard you are, you won't be tired!" The soldiers' answers were sonorous and powerful, not at all like a cold wind blowing in the middle of the night.

Du Wenhuan was happy, and the slogan can really inspire the morale of the army, "Brothers, there is some cold wind in the city, are you cold?" ”

"Serve Daming, no matter how cold it is, you are not afraid!"

Du Wenhuan was also excited: "After fighting this battle, Jiannu should also be honest, as long as Guangning is stable, the rest of the battle will be fought again next spring, and the brothers can live a comfortable winter." ”

"Junza, Jiannu is here!" A soldier pointed in a northeast direction.

Du Wenhuan followed the soldier's finger and looked, the shadow of a group of cavalry appeared in the thin morning light, there would not be so many stragglers of the Ming army, it must be the cavalry of Jiannu.

"Could it be that Jiannu really wants to attack the North City Gate? The artillery is all placed at the East City Gate! Du Wenhuan muttered to himself: "Could it be that Jiannu really used human lives to clear mines?" ”

"Junza, is Jiannu really not afraid of our mines?"

Du Wenhuan suddenly realized: even if Jiannu attacks the city from the north gate, they must first break the underground mines, maybe they make a feint and feint to attack the north gate, but in fact, the main attack on other city gates may not be.

"Pay attention to vigilance and carefully observe the movements of Jiannu."

"Throne, why is Jiannu's march so slow? It wasn't like the speed of the cavalry at all, it was even slower than the infantry, and it had only moved such a short distance until now. The observer suddenly reminded Du Wenhuan.

"Slow?" Du Wenhuan put his eyelid on his eyelid and looked to the northeast, Jiannu's cavalry was like a traveler touring the mountains and rivers, moving at a speed comparable to that of a snail, and there was no dust in the sky.

Du Wenhuan was stunned: What happened to Jiannu today? Is it because he is afraid of raising dust and revealing his whereabouts? No, the northeast is an endless plain, how can you hide your whereabouts in this broad daylight?

So why exactly?

Artillery? Could it be that Jiannu brought artillery? Siege and defend the city with artillery, but the usual methods of the Ming army, did Jiannu also learn it?

Jiannu's cavalry stopped at a distance of 1,000 paces, which was the limit of the range of the Tiger Cannon.

The cavalry in front suddenly parted to the two sides, making way for the middle road.

Large swaths of white, mixed with scattered black, slowly moved forward from behind the cavalry.

"Junzuo, what are Jiannu driving the sheep over?"

"Do you want to surrender?"

"Can these live sheep be exchanged for their lives?"

……

Du Wenhuan shook his head, the battle has been fought so far, not a single Jiannu who surrendered, they have not lost their psychological advantage over the Ming army at all, let alone the will to resist, there is still a long way to go to completely defeat Jiannu spiritually.

Du Wenhuan couldn't figure out why Jiannu sent his flock of sheep to the battlefield, were they ready for a long-term war with the Ming army, and these flocks were their food?

If it is used as food, it can be placed in their big tent, and it does not need to be displayed on the battlefield.

The sheep were moving forward in a straight line, approaching the north gate step by step.

"Bang."

A mine is triggered by the head of the flock.

The head sheep was lifted into the sky by the heat wave, rolled over in the air, and fell heavily to the ground. He let out a desperate cry of "Mimi", and struggled on his hind legs to get up, but finally failed, so he had to lie on the ground, looking around, and his eyes were moist.

"It's not good, Jiannu has to use sheep to clear mines." Du Wenhuan finally understood, "Go and sue Commander Sù." ”

"Yes, Throne." The soldiers gave up their hands and quickly ran away.

"It seems that Jiannu is determined to attack the North City Gate," Du Wenhuan narrowed his eyes and called another personal soldier: "Tell the Sù brothers, immediately transport all the artillery from the East City Gate to the North City Gate." ”

The manpower to transport the artillery was that the entire Sixth Division was resting, but the artillery was too heavy, and one piece of artillery, weighing up to a thousand catties, had to be transported by a horse-drawn carriage, so it was very inconvenient to get on and off the car.

Fortunately, the east city gate is not far from the north city gate, only a little more than two miles, basically just a matter of lifting and unloading, but after the artillery arrives at the north city gate, it will be installed and debugged, and it will also delay a lot of time.

The first batch of five artillery pieces had just arrived at the north city gate, and Jiannu had already driven the sheep to a place a hundred paces below the city. But Jiannu was afraid of the flintlock pistols of the Ming army, and did not get too close to the city.

Yuan Chonghuan heard that Jiannu used sheep to clear mines, and couldn't help but "hehe" sneered: "I have never heard of using sheep to clear mines, and I am grateful that Gurtai can come up with such a strange method, go, take a look, and see if Jiannu's sheep are roasted." ”