The crowd of black oppression came like a tide, and in front of them were still those Mongols, Koreans, and armored men who defected to the Manchus, who were the main force of the attack, and as for the Manchus, they would not appear on such occasions as high-ranking people.

"Damn, the Tartars really look up to us, they have dispatched so many people!" Hu Laosan laughed and said loudly, "Order the troops to enter the upper city wall and beat them down." ”

With Hu Laosan's order, a team of musketeers have gone up to the wall, this kind of temporary wall built with stones and planks is not high, only more than two meters high and more than one meter wide, and it can't withstand high-intensity attacks at all, and the Yingzhou army has relied on this simple defense line to resist the fierce attacks of more than 100,000 Qing troops these days.

Yes, it is more than 100,000 Qing troops. During the period of Yueyang's departure, Yue Yang, Yue Tuo, Dai Shan and other Qing kings Beile issued a summoning order in the name of Huang Taiji, and transferred all the soldiers and horses of the Mongolian tribes who could fight in this area, the total number of people reached 780,000, plus the people and horses brought by the original, and now the number of people and horses gathered here has reached about 170,000. In these seven or eight days of fighting, the losses of the Qing army were also heavy, with a total of nearly 50,000 men and horses falling under this seemingly thin wall. This is also one of the reasons why the ammunition of the Yingzhou army is depleted so quickly, after all, it is impossible to save ammunition in the face of a crazy surge of people in a battle of this intensity. Because as long as the Yingzhou army reduces its firepower, it will be rushed up the wall by the Qing army at any time, and then it can only play hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army, and it is an idiot to play hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army, which has a numerical advantage.

Three or four miles away from the camp, Dolgon, Yue Tuo and other high-ranking Qing army leaders spontaneously formed a circle, and many people looked at the army slowly pressing towards the wall, and their faces showed smiles. Yue Tuo, who had become emaciated, also let out a long breath and said softly: "It's coming to an end, these days are really a nightmare!" ”

"yes. It's a nightmare! Dolgon said viciously: "We have lost too many people these days, but fortunately, compared to the upcoming harvest, such losses are still within our bearing, as long as we can start hand-to-hand combat with the Yingzhou army, our Qing warriors can cut them off one by one, and vent their evil anger for the Great Khan!" ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Yue Tuo didn't echo it too much, but nodded, turned his head to Haoge on the side and said, "Big brother, I'll wait until the Mongolian tribes run out of ammunition for the Yingzhou army." ”

Hauge on the side bit and shouted fiercely: "Dorobelle, don't worry." Later, I will definitely let those damn Han dogs taste the power of our Great Qing Dynasty warrior steel knife! ”

"Well, it is worthy of being a tiger father without a dog, the big brother is really brave!"

"The eldest brother shares his father's worries, and he is indeed a role model for us!"

After Hauge's words were finished, some people around him clapped their sycophants, especially some Mongolian generals who rushed to help in the war. Today's Huang Taiji is still unconscious, and he can only rely on ginseng soup to hang his life every day, and once Huang Taiji returns to the west, there is a chance that this sweat will fall into the hands of the young man in front of him. At this time, it is better to wait for the horses than to shoot them.

Compared with the leaders of the Mengzhu tribes who slapped their horses, some high-level Manchu generals looked at each other coldly, especially Dorgon's own brother Duoduo shouted a sneer at the corner of his mouth and bowed his head silently.

In the end, Dai Shan couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted coldly: "Okay." Now the most important thing is how to arrange the order and intensity of the attack, everyone has come over to discuss which tribe should take the lead. By the way, is the leader of the Korqin tribe here...... Zhaisang ...... Leader of Zhaisan! ”

"Huh...... Here it ......" After a long time, a lazy voice rang out. As the voice sounded, a fat figure squeezed through the crowd and slowly walked in, this person was Yueyang's cheap old man. Zhai Sang, the leader of the Horqin tribe.

Everyone looked at Zhai Sang, who slowly walked in, and many people showed strange expressions in their eyes. Since Zhai Sang married Hai Lanzhu to Yueyang, the Horqin tribe has lived a good life since then, and in the words of later generations, it is to run to a well-off, which can be seen by looking at the horizontal development of Zhai Sang's figure now.

It's just that as the saying goes, there must be gains and losses, the life of the Horqin tribe is better, but their relationship with the Manchu Qing Dynasty has begun to fade slowly, especially the Manchu high-level has a lot of complaints about him, but this old guy is thick-skinned enough, plus his own sister is the queen of Huang Taiji, and his own daughter is the favorite concubine of Huang Taiji.

It's just that such days have not been very good since Huang Taiji fell into a coma, and Dai Shan and Dolgon, who had long seen the displeasure of the Horqin tribe, immediately issued a summoning order in the name of Huang Taiji to the Horqin tribe, strictly ordering the Horqin tribe to send troops immediately, otherwise on the day of the victory of the army, the Horqin tribe would be requisitioned for the crime of treason. In desperation, Zhai Sang had no choice but to personally bring 10,000 tribal cavalry to help.

Looking at Zhai Sang, who had become fat because of his life too well, Dai Shan looked at Zhai Sang and said with a smile: "Leader of Zhai Sang, the Horqin tribe is one of the most powerful tribes in the Mongolian tribes, and it is also the most loyal ally of our Great Qing Kingdom, now is the time to prove your loyalty, and the attack will be led by the people of your Horqin tribe!" ”

Don't wait, "Yes, it stands to reason that the Horqin tribe just came yesterday, and it shouldn't have been so quick to let you go to the battlefield, but the military situation is urgent, so I can't take care of it so much, presumably the leader of Zhaisang won't care about these small sections, right?" ”

Although Dai Shan used a deliberative tone, there was an unquestionable flavor in his tone, and Dolgon echoed him, and he forced Dai Shan into a corner at once.

Zhai Sang still looked smiling, and said to Dai Shan: "Da Beile, all of us from the Horqin tribe are cavalry, do you plan to let us ride war horses and brave the rain of bullets and artillery fire of the Ming army to attack the strong wall?" With all due respect, I've never seen anything like it. ”

Zhai Sang's words immediately caused the people on the side to whisper, the war has been carried out in this era, even the most stupid generals will not give the order to let the cavalry attack the city wall, because this is no longer a war, but let people go to death.

Dolgon on the side didn't wait for Dai Shan to speak, and then preemptively said, "Cavalry...... Isn't it the cavalry who rides on the horse, and the infantry when he gets off the horse? You can dismount and attack again! ”

Quiet...... There was silence......

The people around were silent, and the expressions on the faces of the Manchu generals became a little weird. And many of the Mongolian generals had a mixed expression of disgruntle and annoyance on their faces, after all, what Dolgon said was really a bit of a bully, and Nima's was trying to force the rhythm of the Horqin tribe to attack.

The smile that always hung on Zhai Sang's face disappeared, and he said lightly to Dolgon: "Prince Heshuorui, do you mean that no matter what happens today, we will not be able to go up to the Horqin tribe, or will we not be able to retreat without killing the warriors of our Horqin tribe?" Don't know if that's what you mean or if the Great Khan means? ”

Zhai Sang's sentence was a bit cursing, and there was only one meaning in and out of this sentence, that is, Dolgon wanted to use the men and horses of the Mongol tribe to consume the ammunition of the Ming army, so as to open up the way for the Qing army behind, and at the same time achieve the goal of reducing the strength of the Mongol tribes.

The world is wonderful. There are some things you can do but not say, and once you find out, things will go bad. It is no secret that the Manchus use the Mongolian tribes as cannon fodder, after all, this is the case, since you are the younger brother of others, you must have the consciousness of charging for the boss, and do the hardest and most tiring work, so that when you win the battle, nature will give you some bones, this is the unspoken rule that everyone defaults to, but once the unspoken rule is become an unspoken rule, it cannot be put on the table. Once you find out, it's different.

These days, Dolgon and others drove the Mongol tribes to attack the Yingzhou army in the valley every day, and the casualties were as many as 50,000 or 60,000 after seven or eight days of onslaught, and most of these casualties were from the Mongol tribes, and such huge casualties had long made the leaders of the Mongol tribes dissatisfied. It's just that because of the obscenity of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he had to forcibly suppress his dissatisfaction in his heart, and now as soon as he heard Zhai Sang clarify the topic, the grievances and unwillingness of these days suddenly broke out, and the eyes that looked at Dolgon suddenly took on an unkind look.

Yue Tuo on the side looked at it. hurriedly stepped forward and made a round: "Leader Zhaisang, you have misunderstood, Prince Heshuorui's stunt does not mean this." These days, Prince Heshuo Rui is worried about the illness of the Great Khan on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is worried about fighting, so he is a little angry, so don't take it to heart. ”

"Oh!" Zhai Sang squinted at Dolgon and said, "Prince Heshuorui, is that so?" ”

At this time, Dolgon also secretly regretted that he was really a little impulsive, the Korqin tribe represented by Zhaisang was the most powerful tribe in the Mongolian tribes, and his sister and youngest daughter were married to Huang Taiji, and it was not an exaggeration to call him a relative of the emperor, plus this tribe had a great influence on the Mongolian tribes, and it had always been the object of Manchu people's efforts to win over, and it was really inappropriate for him to show hostility to him, it was really a mistake.

Thinking of this, Dolgon reluctantly smiled and said to Zhaisang: "Leader of Zhaisang, it is suitable for this king to say nothing, this king has no such meaning, you go and don't take it to heart." ”

Seeing that Dolgon was subdued, Zhaisang accepted it when he saw it, and said with a faint smile: "Oh, so we don't have to launch an attack today?" ”

"Well...... Dolgon's embarrassed smile: "This is naturally not good, you have also seen, other tribes have fought for so many days, and the casualties are too heavy, and now only your Horqin tribe has just arrived in a neat formation, if you don't fight, it will be unreasonable." ”

Zhai Sang also knew that it was impossible not to fight today, after all, so many people were watching, and if he didn't fight well, he would be labeled as a collaborator. It is necessary to fight, but how to fight and what Cheng dù is a big problem.

"Okay, our Horqin tribe can fight today, but I must explain that our tribe is all cavalry, and I can't waste all the precious troops in the clan in boring siege battles, so I can only send 3,000 troops to attack." Zhaisan finally agreed to Dorgon's orders, but still had to fight for his tribe's rightful benefits.

Looking at the eloquent Zhaisan, Dolgon immediately drew the long knife at his waist and split the hateful old man in half. He took several deep breaths, glanced at Dai Shan on the side, and the two made a knowing look, and then said in a deep voice: "Okay, this king can agree to your request, but you have to remember that after you go to the battlefield, you should fight bravely to kill the enemy." Don't delay the fighter, otherwise the king's military law will be merciless! Speaking of this, Dolgon's voice could be described as fierce, and his face was solemn.

Zhai Sang also knew that this was already the biggest concession between Dolgon and the Manchu generals, and they would definitely go crazy if they continued to talk about it. He stroked Dolgon's chest and said, "Our warriors of the Horqin tribe are descendants of Genghis Khan and eagles in the steppe, and they will never do anything that disgraces our ancestors. ”

After saying that, Zhaisang retreated and began to gather his men and horses to prepare for the attack, looking at Zhaisan's figure gradually moving away, Dolgon's eyes flashed a glimmer of history. He secretly said in his heart: "If I ascend to the position of Great Khan in the future, the first thing I need to do will be to uproot Korqin." ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

A low trumpet sounded, and three thousand soldiers of the Horqin tribe began to dismount and began to form themselves under the command of various officers, and cameo infantry ready to attack, and in front of them were seventy or eighty strong shield carts, which were the strongest shields of these infantry.

"Offensive ......"

With the order of a thousand-commander, the men and horses of the three thousand Horqin tribes began to slowly advance towards the mouth of the valley with the shield cart......

At the mouth of the valley outside the two places, Hu Laosan looked at the enemy army slowly advancing. The face was very unhappy, if in the past their artillery battalion should have started to shoot at this distance, but now that ammunition is scarce, those few remaining ammunition can only be used at the most critical moment. It's a really unpleasant taste. Seeing the enemy army swaggering so much and wanting to advance by himself, Hu Laosan couldn't mention how aggrieved he was.

Hu Laosan, who looked aggrieved, turned his head and said to a herald: "You immediately go to the back to sue Sùbart, and now it's time for the warriors of their Chahar tribe to contribute to the defense of the tribe. Otherwise, when the Qing soldiers rush in, everyone will die! ”

As soon as Hu Laosan's words fell, a voice sounded next to him: "You don't need to say it, I'm already here!" ”

As the voice fell. Barthes, fully armoured, strode over with a scimitar in hand.

Barth walked up to Hu Laosan and said: "Our Chahar tribe is the descendants of Genghis Khan, there has never been a cowardly person who is afraid of death, you don't need to send someone to urge, I have brought all the warriors in the tribe!" ”

With Barth's words, a group of soldiers of the Chahar tribe in armor also went up to the wall, and stood with the firecrackers on the wall, their task was to use the horn bow in their hands as a support force, and also as the main force in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Looking at the dense enemy army surging in front of him, Hu Laosan sighed with some dissatisfaction, the wall here is too simple, short and thin, to put it mildly, it will be broken with a stab, if it is changed to the city wall of Hunyuan Prefecture or Yingzhou Capital, Hu Laosan dared to pat his chest and guarantee that with the tens of thousands of troops in his hands, even if the Qing army of 100,000 troops besieged him, he could defend it, but now......

"My lord, the Tartars are still five hundred steps away from us!"

When Hu Laosan was thinking nonsense, an officer shouted loudly.

Looking at the slowly approaching enemy troops, Hu Laosan shouted: "Pass my order, save ammunition, and start firing freely at the enemy!" ”

"The general has an order, save ammunition and shoot freely!"

"Bang...... Bang bang ......"

With Hu Laosan's order, the firecrackers on the walled wall began to use the Mini-style firecrackers in their hands to take advantage of the height advantage of the walled wall and began to name the approaching enemy troops.

Compared to the traditional smoothbore gun, the Mini gun with a rifled barrel is much more accurate, and it can already start shooting accurately at 500 paces.

With the sound of white smoke and gunfire rising from time to time on the city wall, soldiers of the Horqin tribe were constantly shot and fell to the ground. Zhai Sang in the distance looked at the warriors of the clan who kept falling to the ground, and his heart hurt. How good the relationship between their Horqin tribe and the Yingzhou army was, their tribe has been able to prosper so much over the years, all thanks to the exchange of information with Yueyang's hairy son-in-law, and the business contacts between the two sides are very frequent, and now they have made such a show, if Yueyang really dies here, her daughter will become a widow, Zhai Sang knows very well how much the Manchu Qing Dynasty hates Yue Yue, if Yue Yang falls into their hands, Zhai Sang is estimated to be light with a thousand cuts.

"Alas...... Son-in-law, son-in-law, I can't help, your father-in-law and I are also unable to protect ourselves now! ”

Zhai Sang sighed and whispered to a general beside him, "You go and tell the warriors in front, remember to use your shield to protect yourself and don't rush too hard, go to the front and make a show, and retreat after fighting the Ming army twice." ”

"Yes, I understand, Chief!"

The officer also understood it, and with Zhai Sang's order, the officers in front also received orders, and soon the warriors of the Horqin tribe spread out even more, holding their shields high one by one, shrinking themselves behind the shields, and shrinking themselves like turtles.

Seeing Hu Laosan on the walled wall here, he was a little puzzled: "Grass, these turtle sons can really endure it, in the end, the people and horses of that tribe look like the equipment is not bad!" (To be continued......)