Yuan Chonghuan's heart is also dripping blood, these are all veterans of the Four Martial Arts Battalion, they have been trained by Zhu Youzhen for the longest time, and they have participated in the battles in Shandong and Shaanxi, and they are the elite of the elite, but he can't retreat now.

Just like two bulls fighting, both sides are exhausted, if one side is discouraged and admits defeat, the morale of the other side will rise, and a huge amount of energy will be released in the body.

Yuan Chonghuan can't retreat, if he retreats, Jiannu's morale will rise sharply, and it is likely to climb the city in one go, at that time, not only the Ming army at the head of the city is difficult to protect, but also tens of thousands of Ming troops in the city, but also out of extreme danger, when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, Jiannu can proudly throw off the Ming army a few streets.

"Military seat, Jiannu is gone." The observer said tremblingly.

For Yuan Chonghuan, this voice was like a heavenly sound, but it took him a long time, and when the gunshots gradually thinned out, he came to his senses: "Really? Did you read that right? ”

"No, Junzuo, the Jiannu who attacked the city are really gone, and there are no more Jiannu standing on the ground."

Yuan Chonghuan poked his head out, just in time to see the last Jiannu slowly falling, the arrow arrow in his right hand pointing downward, deep into the soil under the action of gravity, but the iron bow in his left hand smashed into his chest.

"Solid bullets, fire at the Jiannu in the back, quickly."

The gunners rushed out of their bunkers, quickly reloaded the shells, lit the fuses, and were too late to calibrate.

"Boom...... Long ......"

Solid bullets flew towards Yue Tuo's last two Jiala soldiers.

The soldiers of the Ming army took the opportunity to collect the five ladders leaning on the city wall to the head of the city.

Yue Tuo had to sigh with admiration, he wanted to grab the ladder, not only did there be a solid bullet on the opposite side, but also a distance of nearly three hundred steps.

In the second wave of solid shells, the gunners adjusted the muzzles of the guns according to the impact point just now, and fired at the place where the Jiannu soldiers were most concentrated.

"Lord Belle, without the ladder, we can't attack the city." Wu Dabu saw that Ah Xibao had been completely wiped out at the city gate, and he was stunned for a while, and the sound of the Ming army's artillery made him sober up again, regardless of whether Yue Tuo admitted it or not, it was impossible to attack the city today.

Yue Tuo looked at the wounded soldiers all over the ground, hesitated, if he retreated now, none of the wounded soldiers under the city could be taken away.

"Boom...... Long ......"

The tiger cannon fired at Jiannu with impunity, and the loud roar seemed to urge Yue Tuo to leave early. Although the solid shell will not explode and will not be as bloody as the flowering bullet, the impact of the solid bullet is very strong, and after one shell lands, the entire line of Jiannu will be bulldozed.

More importantly, in the face of solid bullets, Jiannu not only has no effective protection, but also does not have any ability to fight back.

It was a massacre, it was just a matter of how fast it was killed.

"Lord Belle, make a decision quickly!" Wu Dabu couldn't wait to kneel for Yue Tuo, he couldn't watch his warriors fall meaninglessly under the solid bullets.

Yue Tuo took one last look at Jinzhou City, and the feet of the five ladders were still exposed on the outer edge of the parapet wall.

"Get on the horse and get out."

In the face of the huge cannonball, Jiannu's war horse was also frightened, scattered outside the city, and the soldiers didn't care who the owner of the war horse was, they grabbed a war horse and stepped on it directly.

"Junza, why did Jiannu get on the horse again?"

"Jiannu is going to escape, blossom bombs, prepare." Yuan Chonghuan knew that Yue Tuo was going to withdraw his troops, and he had to pass through the area covered by the flowering bullets.

All the gunners snatched out of the bunkers.

"Boom...... Long ......"

The first shot does not need to be calibrated, the gunners will calibrate the second wave according to the point of impact and the position of the Jiannu.

The retreating Jiannu also rode like the wind, and the gunners fired only three waves of flowering shells, and the Jiannu's cavalry had already escaped from range.

The sun had already passed overhead, and it was not until Jiannu fled far away that the soldiers felt hungry and thirsty.

In this offensive and defensive battle commanded by Yuan Chonghuan and Yue Tuo personally, the Ming army killed more than 300 people and wounded more than 400 people, while the casualties of Jiannu exceeded 2,000.

This was the battle in which the Ming army suffered the largest casualties after Yuan Chonghuan came to Liaodong for the second time, but Yuan Chonghuan felt that it was still worth it to fight two thousand Jiannu.

Sun Chengzong was in Jinzhou, Yuan Chonghuan did not have to make a special trip to Shanhaiguan to report the military situation, after he cast out the ranger, he saw Sun Chengzong on the horse.

Du Wenhuan was drinking tea with Sun Chengzong.

With such a big movement, of course Du Wenhuan couldn't calm down, he knew that as soon as the battle was over, Yuan Chonghuan would definitely report the military situation to Sun Chengzong, so he came to see Sun Chengzong first, and was actually waiting for Yuan Chonghuan.

The results are horrifying.

Since Nurhachi raised his army, the Ming army did not even have a battle to eliminate two hundred Jiannu, let alone two thousand, otherwise, how could the Jurchens, who only have a population of hundreds of thousands, swallow the entire Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty.

There was undisguised loneliness in Du Wenhuan's eyes. This unlucky Yue Tuo, when he was defending the city yesterday, he didn't come to send him to death, but he just left the city when he came. If Yue Tuo came one step earlier, he would have an excuse: Jiannu is coming, and it is not appropriate to change the defense.

"Wen Huan is envious of the third division's exploits?" Yuan Chonghuan noticed that there was something wrong with Du Wenhuan's expression.

"Chonghuan, you ......" Sun Chengzong thought that Yuan Chonghuan was going to tease Du Wenhuan.

Yuan Chonghuan hugged his fists at Sun Chengzong and Du Wenhuan once: "Don't worry, my subordinates mean that there is a small credit now, I don't know if Wenhuan can afford it?" ”

"Commander refers to......" Du Wenhuan didn't care about the size of the credit, after he came to Shanhaiguan, he still hasn't made an inch.

"Tonight to the camp of the poach."

"Chonghuan, you ......" Sun Chengzong's nose was crooked, "Chonghuan, this is in the wilderness, there is no city wall to lean on, and Yue Tuo still has thousands of soldiers." ”

"My lord, let's first briefly analyze what Yue Tuo is doing in the big tent now." Yuan Chonghuan was not in a hurry.

Sun Chengzong said angrily: "What is Yue Tuo doing? Regret? Chagrin? Hate? ”

Yuan Chonghuan said with a smile: "Your Excellency is right, maybe you have to add mare's milk wine." Last time he lost, Yue Tuo could put the blame on others, but this time, but he personally commanded, so many soldiers were killed and wounded, we and Jiannu can see it clearly, and he can no longer rely on others. ”

Sun Chengzong still didn't follow: "Chonghuan, the more this time, the tighter his defense will be." ”

Yuan Chonghuan followed Sun Chengzong's words: "What my lord said is that Yue Tuo will definitely explain to his subordinates, and he must strengthen his vigilance at night to prevent stealing camps." But what about his soldiers? With so many dead, can the soldiers remain as indifferent as usual? Maybe they have been thinking about going home for a long time, but this is too far away from Shenyang after all. What will happen to Yue Tuo himself? Who would take a drunkard's words seriously? ”

Du Wenhuan's eyes rolled: "Okay, I'll do it." ”

Sun Chengzong shook his head: "Wen Huan has never been to Liaodong before, but the combat effectiveness of the Jiannu cavalry, Chonghuan, you have seen it, even at night, even if they are attacked by sneak attacks, they can quickly form combat effectiveness." ”

Yuan Chonghuan looked at Sun Chengzong and smiled slightly: "My lord, this is exactly what I want to say to Wen Huan." We only took a small number of troops, such as 300, with grenades, and entered the camp of Jiannu while it was dark, threw down the grenades, and quickly withdrew when Jiannu fell into chaos - even if the sneak attack failed, it would not break our nerves. ”

This is exactly how Sun Chengzong dealt with Jiannu in Shanhaiguan before, Sun Chengzong closed his eyes and pondered for a moment: "Chonghuan, Wenhuan, you must be careful." ”

"Yes, sir." Yuan Chonghuan hugged his fist to Sun Chengzong, "My lord, my subordinates still have to go back to deal with the wounded soldiers, so I will go back to the camp first." ”

"My lord, I'm going back too, and I still have to prepare for stealing the camp at night." Du Wenhuan also arched his hand and bid farewell to Sun Chengzong with Yuan Chonghuan.

Sun Chengzong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's really a pair of living treasures, I don't know what tricks I can do tonight." ”

Du Wenhuan and Yuan Chonghuan came out side by side, and seeing that there was no one around, Du Wenhuan lowered his voice: "Commander, I want to play big." ”

Yuan Chonghuan was also confused: "Big? What do you mean? ”

"Commander, if only a small group of soldiers are sent to sneak attack, apart from disturbing Yue Tuo, Jiannu's losses will not be too great. Since you want to steal the camp, you have to let Jiannu have a long memory. Du Wenhuan looked proud.

Yuan Chonghuan stared at Du Wenhuan's eyes: "Wenhuan refers to ......"

Du Wenhuan whispered: "I want to send out cavalry at the same time as a small group of soldiers sneak attack, chase and kill Jiannu at night, and consume Jiannu's strength." ”

Yuan Chonghuan frowned: "Then why didn't you say it just now?" ”

Du Wenhuan blinked his eyes and smiled innocently: "I said it just now, Master Sun will definitely not agree." ”

Yuan Chonghuan said coldly: "Then you tell me now, do you want to pull me to be a back?" ”

Du Wenhuan arched his hand towards Yuan Chonghuan: "I am the commander's subordinate, so I naturally ask the commander for instructions if there is something." ”

Yuan Chonghuan waved his hand: "Tell me about your plan." ”

Du Wenhuan gestured with his hand as he spoke: "I plan to use a small army to bring grenades to the camp, if the sneak attack is successful, Jiannu will inevitably fall into chaos, and then use cavalry to cover up the chaos." ”

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head: "Even if the big tent falls into chaos, once the explosion of the grenade is over, the cavalry of Jiannu will soon be reorganized, their individual combat ability is too strong, and there is no army in the Ming Dynasty that can match it; Even if Jiannu escapes, your infantry can't catch up at all, and the cavalry can't use flintlock guns, it's still better than hand-to-hand combat, and it's difficult to have any results. ”

Du Wenhuan was also a little disappointed: "This is exactly what I want to ask the commander for, why do you continue to create chaos for Jiannu?" ”

"Constant chaos?" Yuan Chonghuan thought for a moment, "Then let the soldiers who steal the camp bring flintlock pistols, and after throwing grenades, don't leave for the time being, and continue to shoot with flintlock pistols." ”

"However, after all, there can't be too many soldiers stealing the battalion, and it is easy to expose the target if there are too many."

"Tiger cannon! Armed with two tiger cannons, the cavalry fired a few cannons before attacking, and the soldiers of Jiannu had heard the sound of artillery, and with artillery, they would be frightened at all. ”

"Commander, I see." Du Wenhuan snickered proudly.

Yuan Chonghuan felt that he was trapped by Du Wenhuan, "Wenhuan, meritorious service is not a moment, you must accept it when you see it, my lord is right, Yue Tuo still has thousands of elite soldiers." ”

"Commander, I know, I don't have such a big appetite to be able to eat thousands of his cavalry in one go in the wild."

Midnight.

Because it was the end of the month, there was no moonlight, and it was as dark as a bottomless pit.

Yue Tuo's tent had long since been extinguished, and only a few sporadic ever-bright lamps emitted a little glimmer, which happened to point out the direction for night walkers in this dark night.

The sentry had just been replaced, and he had just come out of the quilt, still sleepy, and his upper and lower eyelids were still fighting. In a short time he fell into a deep sleep against the tent behind him, sleep was the best way to forget his fears and insecurities, and it worked better than mare's milk wine.

Besides, the Ming army had not had the courage to attack their tent for at least five years, and the sentry was just a formality, or rather, just to guard against wolves in the wild.

A male nightingale is courting, and he sings a high-pitched, bright, melodious song that can be heard far away in the silence of the wild. After a while, on the left side of the Jiannu tent, a pelican made an "ah" sound, and then, on the right side of the Jiannu tent, a crow suddenly let out a "ah" cry, which stopped in an instant, and it was terrifying.