"Six hundred and thirty-seven! Six hundred and thirty-seven sons died! ”

In the afternoon, Azashri found Harawu, who was eating meat in the big tent, and vented his men who had been killed and wounded in the battle.

Among them, the majority was killed during the attack on Jixi Fort, and a small number were killed during the attack on the western slope.

For Azashri, who had only 5,000 people, he needed to give a lot of cattle and sheep to comfort their families with so many casualties at once.

If he can't grab something, then he will be the biggest loser in this battle.

"Tru Kuchaer, let him send two thousand sheep and two hundred cattle to Azashritaiji to make up for his loss."

Khalagu commanded another man who was also eating meat in the tent, and it was Taiji of the Uliang Habe, Tarukchaer.

"Yes, I'll let someone do it." Tarukchar glanced contemptuously at Azashri, and then walked out of the tent.

After receiving the cattle and sheep, Azashri was not as angry as he had been at first, he simply sat down and commanded outside the tent: "Fetch me a leg of lamb too!" ”

After that, he looked at Harawu, who was calmly eating meat: "I can't let my sons go to the next siege, they have just been frustrated." ”

"Don't worry......" Harawu said unconcernedly, "I won't let your people go on it again, and you can also take your people to other savage cities to fight grass valleys." ”

"What do you mean?" Azashiri's face changed greatly, but Harawu said contemptuously: "Your armor soldiers have died so much, and now you can't even get together four hundred people, and this piece of meat in Jilin City has already been distributed to you just now." ”

"It's just two thousand cattle and sheep, you ......" Azashri stood up suddenly, his face flushed, obviously angry.

But he also had to admit that his strength had been damaged.

Azashiri's Weng Niute Division (Tai Ning Wei) was originally the weakest of the three, and since he only brought half of his troops this time, he naturally became the first to be excluded.

However, in this regard, he still said cruelly to Harawu: "It is easy for my more than 4,000 people to go, but if you want to find me to go south to fight the grass valley, it will not be so easy." ”

"I'm afraid you're going to come to me at that time." Harawu didn't care about Azashiri's words, after all, as long as he took Jilin City, the gap between the strength of Uliangha and Wengniut would get bigger and bigger.

At that time, no matter what the special department of Weng Niu faces, it will have to come to him.

"Humph!" With a cold snort, Azashri left the tent without looking back.

Soon after, he returned to the tent with a playful expression on his face: "Why don't you keep him?" ”

"He has killed and injured so many people, and he can't keep it if he wants to, so it's better to let him go, and he can also give more than 4,000 people less food."

Kharawu said his thoughts, and at the same time said to Tulu Kuchaer: "Order the army to rest for a day, and continue to attack the city tomorrow, this time for our Uliangha headquarters." ”

"Okay." Tulu shook his head and turned away from the tent.

At the same time as he left the tent, Jilin City also had a short rest.

All the corpses were thrown into the Songhua River and went down the river, hoping to be seen by the six cities under the river.

"It seems that Uliangha is not ready to attack the city again."

On the arrow tower of Jixi Fort, Zhu Gaoxu held the female wall with both hands, changed into black clothes, and looked at the Wuliangha camp in front of Jixi Fort.

Behind him, Lin Su, Wang Yi, and Yishaha stood and breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words.

One hundred and fifteen soldiers were killed and wounded in one day, which was already an unbearable burden for Jilin City.

At present, Jilin City, what is needed is time, and if the city is breached one day later, then they will have more hope for reinforcements.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu didn't think about leading his troops out to fight in the field, but he only had 3,000 new and old soldiers in his hands, and although the armor was enough, he didn't know if he had a chance of winning against these tens of thousands of Uliangha.

Zhu Gaoxu will not do anything that has no chance of winning, and he can't joke with the lives of his brothers.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu looked back to the south, as if he wanted to see the scene of Jilin City at this moment.

Sixty-eight people were killed in battle, and behind them were sixty-eight families, the pillars of hundreds of people.

This was only a tentative siege on the first day, and Zhu could not have predicted what the battle would be tomorrow, how tragic it would be, and how many people would lose their children, husbands, and fathers.

"Slaughter 500 sheep and let all the brothers and servants who participate in the war eat meat!"

Thinking that many people would not survive tomorrow, Zhu Gaoxu no longer saved food, and turned his head and ordered Yishu to let his brothers have a good meal.

The deep meaning of his words was guessed by Lin Su and the others, and the three of them were silent in return, and they separated after a while.

Standing at the head of the city, looking at the Bohai Sea banner that was ringing in the hunt, Zhu Gaoxu knew very well that this was just an ordinary battle on his future growth path.

Uliangha, this group of people who are only worthy of acting as a gang of horse bandits in Daming make me have such a headache now, what if I run into the Tatar and Warat headquarters?

Or, if he had to face the Southern Army in armor per capita, what would he do?

The question appeared in his mind, and Zhu Gaoxu also subconsciously put his hand on the Hongwu iron cannon next to him.

Feeling the touch in his hand, he looked sideways at the Hongwu iron cannon.

Perhaps only the knowledge of the future in his own mind can make the Bohai Navy stronger and stronger, and gradually get rid of today's embarrassment.

As he thought this, there was an uproar in the castle behind him, as if something had happened.

Hearing the uproar, Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly turned around and walked to the other side of the arrow tower, and then he saw Guo Yan riding a horse into the castle.

She was wearing a mandarin duck jacket, followed by carriages that drove into the fort.

Seeing her, Zhu Gaoxu frowned, not happy that she came to this dangerous front line.

As if feeling Zhu Gaoxu's gaze, Guo Yan also raised his head and looked at him.

Not long after, Guo Yan turned over and got off the horse road, and Zhu Gaoxu also took advantage of this to get off the arrow tower.

The two met on the road, but Guo Yan saw Zhu Gaoxu's frowning brows from a distance.

In this regard, she said unhurriedly: "Your Highness is not very happy that the concubines are here, but at present, most of the men in the city are transferred to the front line, if the concubines do not bring healthy women to carry food for the army, they can only let those children in the academy serve as child soldiers." ”

Guo Yan said the reason why he appeared here, Zhu Gaoxu didn't say much after hearing it, but said to Yisha, who came up with Guo Yan:

"Take a thousand pieces of grain from the city to the city, and carry enough for twenty days."

"The slave and maid receive the order......" also lost Ha in response, Guo Yan also walked to the women's wall and glanced at the Wuliangha camp tent outside the wall.

There was a smell of blood on the horse road, and Guo Yan frowned and turned around to reveal a maturity different from her age.

"Why don't Your Highness take this opportunity to ask Your Majesty for additional soldiers and horses?"

Guo Yan's words were beyond Zhu Gaoxu's expectations, she didn't expect that Guo Si's granddaughter, who was close to Lao Zhu, would actually come to teach her to expand her soldiers and horses on the fifth day after coming to Jilin City.

Zhu Gaoxu was not sure whether this was Guo Yan's temptation or Guo Ying's temptation, so he could only prevaricate in a high-sounding manner:

"How many soldiers and horses does Grandpa want to give me, he has his own considerations, even if he only gives me 1,000 soldiers and horses, I can still defend Jilin City."

There was no flaw in his high-sounding words, Guo Yan only lost his eyes for a moment after hearing this, and then said:

"Since this is the case, the concubine will go back to the house and wait for His Highness to return triumphantly."

"It's also lost, send it to the princess." Zhu Gaoxu instructed Yizha to lose Ha, and Yizha also turned sideways and made a gesture of please.

After a while, the two got off the road, and Yishaha held the saddle and helped Guo Yan get on the horse and get out of Jixi Fort.

Looking at Guo Yan's disappearing back, Zhu Gaoxu was suspicious, but he had to admit that what Guo Yan said was very right.

The invasion of Haragu gave Zhu Gaoxu a good excuse to increase his troops and horses.

Since the 22nd year of Hongwu, the places in the north that can encounter tens of thousands of Hu cavalry into the Kou can be counted on one hand, and every time there is a new place that encounters the Hu cavalry into the Kou, Lao Zhu will add local soldiers and horses, less than 1,000, more than 1,000.

This opportunity, once he grasps it, he can increase the number of soldiers and horses in Jilin City.

However, Zhu Gaoxu knows very well that he can't do that, because active demand and passive acceptance are two different things.

He was already full of suspicion from Zhu Yunwen, and if he took the initiative to ask for more soldiers and horses, even if Lao Zhu wanted to allow it, Zhu Yunwen would get in the way.

Rather than taking the initiative to ask for it, it is better to let Lao Zhu make his own choice.

According to his own understanding, if Lao Zhu knew about Jilin City, he would definitely decide to increase the strength of Jilin City, or send more soldiers and horses, or send enough war horses and firearms, in short, he would not let Jilin City have no ability to protect itself.

Lao Zhu took the initiative to decide things, except for Queen Ma, no one could interfere.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu looked into the distance, and also saw the back of Guo Yan's distant team.

"This woman, although she has many mature peers, is too young to hide her thoughts after all."

After giving an evaluation, Zhu Gaoxu got off the horse, waited for 20 of the 500 sheep to be dealt with, and then took more than 10 soldiers and 20 servants to Hadaling.

When they arrived on the mountain, it was already midnight (15 o'clock).

Knowing that Zhu Gaoxu was coming, Zhang Chun hurriedly brought a few people to greet him.

"Your Highness!"

Zhang Chun ran over, but Zhu Gaoxu turned sideways and signaled the mutton on the back of the servant behind him: "This is twenty mutton, first beckon the brothers and servants to clean up, I will also eat here with you today, by the way, how it feels to guard the mountain today." ”

"Yes!" Hearing this, Zhang Chun turned around and instructed the hundred households around him: "Do as Your Highness says, and eat mutton together today." ”

"Command!" The hundred household officials grinned and received the order, and then the mountain guards with the screaming mountain guards began to take the twenty baskets of mutton, and ran away with the mutton in their arms.

After they left, Zhu Gaoxu patted Zhang Chun and motioned for him to follow.

After Zhang Chun followed, he immediately said: "This mountain is easy to guard, Your Highness, your arrangement is enough for our six hundred brothers to defend the offensive of thousands of people." ”

The love of comrades-in-law for a day has made Zhang Chun's soldiers and Jurchen subordinates not so separated.

Zhu Gaoxu was happy about this, but Zhang Chun continued: "Today, Hu Lu sent more than 1,000 people to attack the mountain, but he didn't even take a few steps out of the forest, and he was smashed by the wood and withdrew, leaving more than 50 corpses that he didn't dare to take away. ”

Zhang Chun excitedly talked about the results of the battle on the western slope, Zhu Gaoxu did not interrupt him, just smiled and listened to him.

"Your Highness, the last general doesn't dare to say anything else, just this western slope, unless Hu Lu sends troops to attack, otherwise six hundred people are enough to defend!"

"Okay......" Zhu Gaoxu smiled and shook his head, not mocking Zhang Chun, but thinking that it was very good for him to have such courage at his age.

Although Zhu Gaoxu is only seventeen, he was thirty-two in his previous life, and he has lived for three years in this life, which is almost thirty-five.

However, the thirty-two years of his previous life were too plain compared to the three years of his present life.

Standing on the dirt road between the wooden platforms, Zhu Gaoxu looked down the mountain, and could clearly see the Uliangha camp that stretched for several miles.

This was the first time Zhu Gaoxu had looked at the Uliangha camp from this direction, but it was this look that he saw something wrong.

"Hu Lu has transferred troops."

"What?!"

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth in surprise, and Zhang Chun also hurriedly looked.

After looking around, he saw thousands of Uliangha men mobilized, carrying their herds of cattle, horses, and sheep through the barracks and toward the rear.

Since the location of the wooden platform can see the entire Jixi Fort and the hills and flatlands in the west and north, the movements of the Uliangha people can be seen at a glance for Zhu Gaochu and them.

"What are they going to do? Do you take a detour to sneak up on us? ”

"Not like ......"

Zhang Chun asked suspiciously, and Zhu Gaoxu was equally puzzled, but he could conclude that this army was not going to attack Jilin City.

There are many places to sneak attack Jilin City, such as the plain bypass on the north bank of the Songhua River can directly enter Jilin Bay, but if you want to attack Jilin City, you still have to cross the Songhua River.

Zhu Gaoxu was not worried that the Uliangha would do this, because the Ming warships could sink their rafts even if they collided.

If you can't take the waterway, you can only take a detour from the west side of Hadaling all the way to the south and take the mountain road into Jilin City.

It's just that these mountain roads are narrow and rugged, and there is no way for horses to pass through them.

If you want to open up a road, even if you use thousands of people, it will take a month or two to open up a mountain road, so Zhu Gaoxu didn't think that this team would take a detour to attack on the mountain road.

"The direction they left ......"

Zhang Chun looked at Zhu Gaochu cautiously, and Zhu Gaochu also frowned slightly: "They go north, is it possible that they are going to the Six Cities?" ”

"Maybe it's because the grain is running out, go to the six cities to hunt grass valleys." Zhang Chun guessed, and Zhu Gaoxu also guessed like this.

Rao is what they think, and they can't think about retreat, after all, the current Uliangha still maintains an absolute advantage.

They only made a tentative attack, and they killed and wounded more than 200 people in Jilin City, so there was hope for the capture of Jilin City and Jixi Fort.

"You pay attention later, if this army has not come back for more than a day, send someone down the mountain to tell me."

"Yes!"

Zhu Gaoxu had many guesses in mind, but he needed time to determine them one by one.

As long as Zhang Chun told the team how long it had been gone, he would be able to eliminate the incorrect answers one by one.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu also continued to inspect the wooden defense line of Hadaling with Zhang Chun.

It's just that what they don't know is that because of the siege of Jilin City, the Liaodong Dusi has become a pot of porridge.

Although there are more than 100,000 military households in Liaodong, seven of them have become tun and three have become wars.

The number of 40,000 soldiers is actually the total number of troops that the Ming Dynasty can fight in the field in Liaodong.

However, 10,000 of these 40,000 soldiers had been led to Quanningwei by the chief military officer Zhou Xing as early as early February to participate in the mission of the northern tour with Zhu Di.

That is to say, there are only more than 30,000 soldiers in Liaodong at present, and some of them cannot be mobilized at will, such as Guangning Sanwei, Jinzhou, Dingliao and other places where soldiers and horses cannot be mobilized.

After the soldiers of these guards could not be mobilized, there were only 15,000 soldiers and horses that could be dispatched, and the guards of northern Liaobei still needed to leave enough soldiers and horses to defend the city, so the number of soldiers and horses that Liaodong could send did not exceed 10,000.

In the past, 10,000 soldiers and horses galloped to aid Jilin City, but now Zhou Xing, the head town of Liaodong, is not in Liaodong, which makes Liaodong unable to pull a reliable general to aid Jilin City.

Of course, the more important point is that the Liaodong Metropolitan Division did not have the power to mobilize the army out of the fortress at will, and everything needed to be reported to Nanjing before the Governor's Office decided.

But at present, Jilin City is besieged, and Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Bohai County, is in danger, and everyone in a hurry is anxious.

Send troops, if you break the law, even if you save Zhu Gaoxu afterwards, you will be punished.

If you don't send troops, if you lose the vassal king, you will also be punished.

Faced with such a situation, the Liaodong Metropolitan Division finally dared to send more than 1,000 cavalry out of the fortress and rushed to Jilin City step by step.

Although it is an expedited 800 miles, the current Liaodong Capital is far more than 800 miles away from Nanjing and Zhu Di.

Time passed little by little, and soon the night passed again, and April 16 arrived as scheduled.

"Woo woo woo ......"

In the early morning, before dawn, the sound of the horn echoed in the valley of the Songhua River.

The sound of the horn not only woke up the Uliangha people, but also woke up the Ming army defending the city.

In the midst of the anxious calls, the Ming army put on armor and walked on the horse road with a little nervousness.

Unfortunately, today's weather is thick with fog, and the fog obscures the Jixi Fort and the Uliangha camp, and the visibility does not exceed 20 steps.

The water in the mountains was heavy, and many of the bearded soldiers had not long walked up the road, and their beards were covered with water droplets between their breaths.

Zhu Gaoxu also got up in double armor, sat at the door of the city gate tower with a chair, and quietly looked at the thick fog.

Gradually, the sound of the wooden wheels of the Lu bus began to be clear in the thick fog.

After that, Lu buses slowly emerged from the dense fog, like black lighthouses in the white sea.

Yesterday's four-seater Lu bus had been pushed to the ground by the Ming army's special wooden mallet, and the fallen Lu bus made it impossible for today's Lu bus to attack the city in the same position, but this did not disrupt the rhythm of Haragu.

"Ten Lu buses, all of them are ...... soldiers"

Lin Su, who was standing beside Zhu Gaoxu, took a deep breath, he saw the Lu bus that was only a few dozen steps away from the city wall, and when the Lu bus entered the range of twenty steps, he saw the elite of Wuliangha who was wearing armor.

Although it was impossible to see whether the other Uliangha soldiers who were following under the Lu bus were wearing armor, everyone already had the answer in their hearts.

Today is destined to be a bloody battle.

"Put!"

At the critical moment, the Ming army launched the first wave of counterattacks on today's defense.

"Boom, boom!!"

The light of the fire appeared in the thick fog, and then the tiny firebolt projectile was fired towards the Lu bus as if it didn't want money.

Like a rainstorm of pear blossoms, thousands of iron pellets pierced the not heavy Lu bus, and some unlucky ghosts who showed their bodies were even pierced through their armor and fell on the way to siege the city.

"They're using artillery."

In the main camp of Uliangha, Tulu Kuchaer listened to the dull sound of cannons and the flash of fire to judge the means of the Ming army.

Beside him, the Khalawu, who sat on the horse, smiled: "If they use artillery, it means that they have no other means." ”

"They've run out of tricks, it's up to us now......" said Haragu as he stood up and turned to look behind him.

When he turned, there stood in front of him a long line of armoured soldiers, so numerous that they spread into the thick fog.

"Tanma Red Army is out of battle!"

"Woooooooooo

With his words, an even duller horn began to sound, and a large number of armored elites began to enter the battlefield.

For all this, the Ming army did not know.

"Tell Your Highness, ten Lu buses, about 1,000 soldiers are ready to enter the city!"

Behind the female wall, Zhu Gaoxu learned the number of soldiers who pushed the Lu bus to attack the city when the Lu bus had already hit the city wall.

The number of more than 1,000 armor soldiers made people gasp, but Zhu Gaoxu slammed the iron shovel in his hand to the ground, his eyes were calm: "Fight!" ”

"Yes!!"

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu so calm, everyone seemed to have taken a reassuring pill.

Yizha continued to command his subordinates, and Lin Su still organized the defense on the horse road.

With yesterday's experience, today's Ming army began to rely on artillery to attack the Hu soldiers hiding behind the Lu bus, and the soldiers on the horse road also prepared round shields and spears, lined up on the horse road, and pushed the Hu soldiers who boarded the horse road one by one down the fort, and watched them be hammered to death by the Hu Cong under the city wall.

Things seem to be going on on the better side, and with the cooperation of the Bohai Navy and the Liaodong Army, there is no longer a situation in which Hu soldiers can gain a firm foothold as soon as they get on the road.

Although the opponent was a thousand armor soldiers, the Ming army still controlled the rhythm of the war.

In such a good situation, even Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief.

But before he could stretch his breath, his ears were sensitive to the sound coming from the mist.

Gradually, Zhu Gaoxu's expression began to change, he got up and walked behind the female wall, holding on to the female wall, staring at the thick fog.

Soon, a neat line of Hu soldiers came out of the fog, dressed in rough armor, holding blunt soldiers in their hands, and with scimitars hanging from their waists.

The fog was too thick, and Zhu Gaoxu only saw one team, and he couldn't even see it clearly.

He walked along the women's wall and watched, staring at the new Hu soldiers.

They came out of the mist, stretching, as if they would never see the end.

"Hu Bing's reinforcements are here!"

"Why are they all armor soldiers!"

"Straight lady thief, come on! Come to war! ”

"Killing one is enough, killing two is earning!"

On the horse road, many Ming troops saw the second batch of Wuliang Hajia soldiers who participated in the siege, and their number far exceeded the number of Ming troops on the horse road.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Gaoxu didn't dare to delay, turned around and ordered one of the guards beside him: "Tell Yishuha that all the Hu soldiers who participated in the battle, and the Hu soldiers who fell into the city, stripped off their armor and put on the battle!" ”

"Yes!" The guards responded with their throats pulled, and Zhu Gaoxu also turned his head to look at Hu Bing in the thick fog.

He admits that even people like him can't keep their composure at the moment.

There are too many enemy troops......

"Kill!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Ascend to the city, don't seal the knife for three days, kill all the men who are taller than the wheels, and don't move any craftsmen!"

Mongolian and Chinese resounded on the Jilin River Beach, and listening to the louder and louder shouts of killing in front of him, Harawu's heart also became confident.

"More than 3,000 armor soldiers, I want to see how this group of southerners can stop it!"

(End of chapter)