At nightfall, the general army marched.

Scarface knelt in front of Wang Pu's case with a face full of shame, and Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng and Monk Zhang were on both sides, also with solemn expressions.

The fierce battle before dark finally ended with Jiannu's active retreat, and Tan Tai finally failed to trap Zhao Xin and Tang Sheng's two thousand-man team, but almost put himself in.

Wang Pu asked indifferently, "Scarface, how many casualties did your thousand-man team have?" ”

Scarface said gloomily: "More than 100 brothers died, and more than 300 people were injured. ”

Wang Pu asked Zhao Xin and Tang Sheng again: "What about you?" ”

Zhao Xin said: "Nineteen were killed and thirty-six were injured. ”

Tang Sheng said: "Seventy were dead, and one hundred and sixty-three were injured. ”

"Wow." Wang Pu said in a solemn tone, "Originally, I was going to pick up Zhao Liujin, but as soon as I left the city, I was blocked back, and six or seven hundred brothers were killed and wounded. ”

Scarface's face immediately drooped, and he whispered, "General, it's all to blame for being incompetent." ”

Wang Pu didn't blame Scarface, but just asked, "Scarface, now you should tell me, is your thousand-man team enough to settle the tens of thousands of Jiannu outside the city?" ”

Scarface was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, and whispered, "No." ”

Wang Pu asked Monk Zhang again: "Monk, can you take a team of five hundred people to destroy the Jiannu camp outside the city?" ”

Monk Zhang's head also drooped, and he replied in a low voice: "No." ”

Zhao Xin shook his fist at Wang Pu and said solemnly: "General, it seems that we are a little underestimated, and Jiannu is not as vulnerable as we imagined." ”

"It's good to know." Wang Pu stood up and said loudly, "Go back and find an opportunity to talk to your commanders, chiefs and every brother, Jiannu is not a thief, they are an elite division that has been on the battlefield for a long time, not a vulnerable rabble, we defeated Jiannu several times, in fact, we won very lucky." ”

"Yes." Zhao Xin and the others responded in unison, "The lowly rank will convey the general's words tonight." ”

"Not so much tonight." Wang Pu said, "We have more important things to do tonight. ”

Zhao Xin was stunned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Pu's face suddenly showed a trace of fierceness, and he said in a deep voice: "We just suffered a defeat, if this matter ends like this, won't it boost the arrogance of Jiannu but extinguish our own prestige?" ”

Scarface and Monk Zhang immediately raised their heads again.

Zhao Xin asked in a loud voice, "What does the general mean?" ”

Wang Pu smiled and said: "Hehe, you will return to the camp, order all the brothers, and go to the Ximen camp of Jiannu overnight, and pull the two mortars as well. ”

"Yes."

Scarface, Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng, and Monk Zhang took the order and left.

Not long after the four of them left, the disgraced Zhao Liujin entered the line, knelt down in front of Wang Pu, and said miserably: "General, you are incompetent, and the grain and grass escorted by Jiannu have been intercepted." ”

"Get up." Wang Pu said indifferently, "Zhao guerrilla." ”

"Uh......"

Zhao Liujin was shocked when he heard this, he thought that Wang Pu would definitely be furious, and might even kill him, but he never expected that Wang Pu's reaction to this matter would be so lightly stated.

Wang Pu smiled slightly and said: "Zhao Guerrilla, you have made a great contribution to the imperial court, this general has entrusted Gonggong Zhang to give the master of the Tao through the master of ceremonies, as long as there are no major accidents, as soon as this war is over, you will be the deputy general of Datong Town." ”

"Huh?" Zhao Liujin couldn't believe his ears, and said in a mouthful of words, "This ...... Is this true? ”

"Of course it's true." Wang Pu stepped forward and patted Zhao Liujin's shoulder gently, and said in a harmonious voice, "Deputy General Zhao, do a good job, as long as you are obedient, General Ben will never treat you badly." ”

"Yes." Zhao Liujin straightened up sharply and said loudly, "I must swear allegiance to the general." ”

"Alright." Wang Pu smiled and said, "I've been fighting with Jiannu for a day, I must be tired, go back and rest." ”

"Yes." Zhao Liujin replied abruptly, "Retire from your humble position." ”

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The north gate of Datong, the camp of the slaves.

Haoge is feasting Leng Seng Ji, Tulai, Tan Tai and other henchmen in the tent, today is a festive day, not only intercepted a large number of horse feed, but also thwarted the defenders who went out of the city to respond, and grew up with the military might of the Qing Iron Cavalry, almost everyone smiled, only Xifu frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Come on." Haoge raised the wine bowl and shouted loudly, "Everyone respects Tan Tai for a bowl, Tan Tai fought well, he forced Wang Pu's firearms battalion back, from now on, we don't have to be afraid of Wang Pu's firearms battalion anymore, if we meet again in the future, everyone will fight according to Tan Tai's tricks, what is it to lose some face, winning is the most important thing." ”

"The master said it well."

"The minions will fight according to Tan Tai's method in the future."

Turai, Leng Seng Ji and others echoed one after another.

Xifu, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly said: "Master, the slave feels that something is not quite right. ”

Hauge was most annoyed by others disturbing him, and immediately frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xifu said: "Wang Pu's firearms battalion shouldn't be so easy to deal with, right?" ”

"Say what?" Haoge said unhappily, "Wang Pu's firearms battalion is not a heavenly general, what is there to deal with?" I couldn't beat them before, that's because I didn't find a way, didn't Tan Tai find a way to crack it today? From now on, Wang Pu's firearms camp is over. ”

Xifu said: "The minion still feels that something is not quite right. ”

"Boom!"

Xifu's voice fell, and two violent explosions suddenly sounded in the distance, and everyone could even feel that the ground under their feet was trembling slightly, and Hao Gehuo stood up and said in a condensed voice: "It's a cannon, where is the cannon?" ”

The aftermath of the violent artillery fire did not stop, and then there was a dense gunfire, which everyone heard clearly, the gunfire was clearly coming from the west direction, and then Goshha hurriedly entered the tent, knelt on the ground and said: "Master, it's not good, the Ming army is taking advantage of the night to go out of the city to sneak attack, and is storming the camp in the west of the city." ”

"Quick!" Hauge was taken aback when he heard this, and said hurriedly, "Immediately gather people and horses, and immediately go to help in the battle." ”

"Wow!"

Tulai, Leng Seng Ji and others suddenly agreed, and hurriedly went to gather people.

Tan Tai said even more anxiously: "Master, the slave will fly back to the camp in the west of the city." ”

"Let's go." Hauge said in a deep voice, "There must be no mistakes in the camp in the west of the city, otherwise our siege of Datong will be wasted." ”

"The minion understands, the minion retires!"

Tan Tai knelt down and punched Hauge, turned around and walked away.

However, before Turai and Leng Seng Ji and others arrived with reinforcements, Jiannu's camp in the west of the city had already been breached, and the two mortars that Wang Pu had treasured for a long time played a vital role.

When the Jiannu in the camp heard the sound of cannons coming out of the tent and rushed behind the gate in a chaotic manner, Datong Minzhuang who went out of the city with the army had already filled the trench in front of the Jiannu camp with door panels, and Scarface, Tang Sheng, Zhao Xin and Monk Zhang launched an attack directly from the front with a musket team.

Without waiting for Jiannu to release the arrows, several rows of dense rows of guns came over, and the Jiannu who were crowded behind the gate and the fence suddenly fell a large area, most of the Jiannu in the camp in the west of the city were Tushetu people, Tushetu people were not Jurchens after all, they didn't want to die here for the Jurchens.

The Tushetu people soon collapsed, mounted their war horses and fled, and all the more than 300 Jurchens who fought to the death were killed, and when the reinforcements led by Turai and Leng Seng Ji arrived, the Ming army had completely occupied the camp in the west of Jiannu.

Leng Seng Ji and Tu Lai launched an attack, trying to take advantage of the Ming army's unstable foothold to recapture the camp, but they were attacked by the Ming army's firearms battalion, losing hundreds of cavalry in vain, Leng Seng Ji and Tu Lai knew that there was no hope of recapturing the camp in the west of the city, so they had no choice but to lead the troops back to the camp north of the city.

In the next five days, Hauge sent troops several times to try to recapture the camp west of the city, but they were unsuccessful, and instead lost more than 1,000 Tushetu cavalry in vain.

At this point, Jiannu's siege of Datong has in fact existed in name only.

Storming, not attacking, besieged, trapped? Jiannu has fallen into a dilemma, Xifu after realizing this, even more to persuade Hauge to withdraw the army, since the siege of Datong has existed in name only, so what is the point of staying in Datong?

Xifu persuaded Hauge to lead his army to Yanjing to join Dolgon, but Hauge hesitated, he did not want to lose the battle, but he did not want to return to Dolgon's orders.

Just as Hauge hesitated, a catastrophe struck.

Almost all of them suddenly began to run and have diarrhea, and as soon as one rode them, they immediately fell to the ground!

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Lei Gong Mountain Camp.

Monk Zhang shook his fist at Li Yan and said with a big grin: "Leader Li Yan, the eight thousand sets of saddles have been delivered, and I should also take the war horse and silver back to Datong to report to the general." ”

"Hey, there's no hurry, there's no hurry." Li Yan shook his hand and smiled, "Seeing that it's time for lunch, General Zhang should eat on the mountain before leaving." ”

Of course, Li Yan had other plans to leave Monk Zhang to eat in the mountains, because he found that Monk Zhang was a person with a straight intestine, such a person had no scheming, and it was easiest to get words from his mouth, Li Yan just wanted to put some of Wang Pu's details from Monk Zhang's mouth, especially the details of the firearms battalion.

Monk Zhang touched his stomach and said happily: "I'm really a little hungry here, okay, then eat and leave." ”

"Refreshing." Li Yan laughed and said, "Old Seven, immediately let the room prepare wine and food." ”

"Yes."

Li Jun took the order and went.

In less than a moment, the room brought up the wine and food, Li Yan poured Monk Zhang two bowls of wine, and was about to use words to set Monk Zhang, but Monk Zhang spoke coldly first: "Leader Li Yan, I heard that there is a man named Jing Maocheng under your command, who used to be the king of mountains in Shaanxi?" ”

Li Yan smiled: "There is such a person. ”

Monk Zhang wiped the wine stains on his mouth, and said with a smile: "I won't tell you, my monk also worked as a horse thief before defecting to the official army. ”

"Someone." Li Yan's heart moved, and he shouted loudly, "Get General Jing immediately." ”

■■■

Datong, the general army marches.

Zhen Youcai, who was full of fatigue, shook his fist at Wang Pu and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "General, 250,000 rounds of paper shell shells and 1,500 Dragon King cannons have been delivered to the firearms battalion." ”

"Okay." Wang Pu said happily, "Youcai, it's really hard for you." ”

Zhen Youcai replied respectfully: "This is what a humble job should do." ”

"Talented." Wang Pu held Zhen Youcai's thin hands tightly and said sincerely, "I won't say anything if I am grateful, it's too hypocritical, if you can really wipe out the Jiannu outside the city this time, you are the first talent!" Even if the imperial court doesn't give you a reward, this general must give you a reward, you say, what reward do you want? ”

Zhen Youcai shook his head and said in the same sincere tone: "General, you don't want any reward for your humble position, you want to follow you and do great things!" ”

Wang Pu shook Zhen Youcai's thin hands vigorously and didn't say anything more.

Zhen Youcai suddenly asked: "General, I heard that the person who put the saddle on Lei Gongshan this time is a monk?" ”

Wang Pu nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Zhen Youcai asked, "General, you must have a plan for this arrangement, right?" ”

Wang Puxiao asked, "What do you say?" ”

(To be continued)