"Sure enough, the troops are going to be withdrawn, which is great......"

"Dog Tartar, phew!"

"Get out!"

As Zhu Gaoxu guessed, since the failure of the siege in the morning, Jixi Fort has not been attacked again.

Especially after dusk, Zhang Chun on Hadaling Mountain also sent people down the mountain to tell that the soldiers and horses of the Uqiye Department in the Wuliangha camp began to retreat, and nearly 10,000 people were evacuated at once.

As the allies retreated, only one of the three Uliangha tribes remained, so their strongholds began to move to the rear, and many cattle and sheep were driven westward.

The Uliangha people moved to camp for ten miles, which basically exceeded the farthest distance that could be seen from the Hadaling Lookout.

All these kinds of information seem to reveal the news of Uliangha's imminent retreat.

Seeing this situation, the Ming army also stood at the head of the city as if venting, and abused the group of Wuliangha people who had withdrawn.

"Is it really retreating......

Standing at the gatehouse, Lin Su, Yishaha, Wang Yi and others all felt that this news was a little illusory.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing in front of them, frowned even more, as if he felt that the Uliangha people had retreated too timely.

Turning around and walking towards the gatehouse, Zhu Gaoxu instructed as he walked: "They are just retreating from the camp, not withdrawing the army." ”

"Explain all the departments, give me a good night patrol, don't try to be lazy."

"Only by surviving this last night can we know if this military disaster has really receded."

"Yes!" Listening to Zhu Gaoxu's words, the three generals puffed up their chests one after another.

Soon, they passed Zhu Gaoxu's military order to the ears of everyone in Jixi Fort City, and sent people to Hadaling Mountain to inform Zhang Chun.

Regarding Zhu Gaoxu's military orders, Zhang Chun did not relax because of Wu Liangha's movements, but let people prepare enough wood, and did not stop cutting until the wooden platform could no longer be put down.

Zhang Chun's actions were all in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, because he could clearly see the trees that kept falling on Hadaling Mountain.

As the sun sets in the west, Jixi Fort begins to light bonfires and torches.

That night, Zhu Gaoxu lay down on several wooden planks in the city tower to rest, and so did the soldiers in the city.

Everyone didn't want to toss, but after preparing enough wood and rolling stones and boiling water to defend the city, they lay down one after another, and never wanted to move again.

Not only them, but even the more than 2,000 servants were lying down, all seeking comfort.

Time passed little by little, and soon the night covered the earth, and the soldiers of Jixi Fort could hear the sound of the Songhua River, and the rest was some natural sounds on the Hadaling Mountain.

On the top of Hadaling, Zhang Chun asked everyone to extinguish the torches, in case the Hu soldiers were in the dark, and judged their numbers by the firelight.

Due to malnutrition, many Jurchens suffer from night blindness.

In comparison, the 200 soldiers of the Bohai Navy were raised by Zhu Gaoxu with big shoulders and round waists.

In the moonlight, they sat on makeshift chairs knocked out of the wooden platform.

Others sat on the branches of trees.

They used the moonlight to monitor their surroundings, which would have been difficult in later generations, but at this time more than 600 years ago, the moonlight was enough to provide them with light.

"Woo... Woo... Woo......"

In the mountains and forests, the spot-headed owl, called a night owl by the Jurchens, stood on the branches of a large tree and cried in a low voice.

The mountain wind blew, and the big trees made a "rustling" sound, listening to these sounds, the soldiers of the Bohai Navy looked around, but they did not find a single figure, only heard the gusts of wind and the echo of the beast as it passed.

The mountains and forests without fire make people feel that those wild flowers and trees have turned into fierce beasts, peeking at you in the dark.

The silence and darkness of the forest revealed a strange atmosphere, which seemed eerie.

"Whew... Whew......"

Suddenly, a strange scream came faintly from afar, frightening at the same time, but quickly disappeared without a trace, which was terrifying.

It's just that this kind of situation has been experienced many times by the soldiers of the Bohai Navy stationed in Hadaling, although there is still some hair in their hearts, but they will not be stage frightened.

"Do you still want to fight?"

"I don't know, I shouldn't fight."

"Then we didn't kill anyone, can we become Jilin citizens?"

"It's up to Bohai Khan ......"

On the dirt road, some Jurchens gathered together to discuss whether their group could obtain Jilin nationality, and because they did not know what the king meant, they called Zhu Gaoxu Khan.

For example, there were not many of them who gathered, even the brothers of the Bohai Navy gathered around Zhang Chun and complained to him:

"In this battle, our 600 or so people have won dozens of heads, I'm afraid there are no military merits."

"There should be, but there aren't as many brothers as in the city." Zhang Chun comforted the hundred household officials beside him, and at the same time sighed:

"Military merits will have a chance to be won in the future, but if you lose your life, it will be a bad thing."

"You have only seen the military exploits of the brothers in that city, and you have not remembered their dead and wounded."

"Maybe many of the dead and wounded brothers are still familiar faces to you."

As soon as Zhang Chun spoke, everyone closed their mouths one after another.

No one thinks he is wrong, after all, no matter how good the military merits are, they have to have their lives to do it.

It seemed that Zhang Chun was a little nervous about what he said, and everyone no longer discussed military exploits, but instead discussed trivial matters in the city.

"After this Hu soldier retreats, the city should start to continue to reclaim."

"I don't know if I will build a house this year, but last year I said that it would be repaired this year, but I was delayed by this matter at the moment."

"It's repaired, I heard that we also have the opportunity to enjoy the fire path, and we don't have to be frozen in the house in the future."

"If the soldiers killed by God delay the construction of the new house, I will have to chop them alive."

Everyone chatted about trivial matters, and the more they talked, the more energetic they became, and the more they chatted, the more they talked about it, and gradually the number of people chatting began to decrease, and finally most of them rested, leaving only the soldiers and servants who kept vigil.

Time passed, and soon it was time to sub-time.

Unbeknownst to everyone, he led more than 1,000 Tanma Red Army and 2,000 troops to the south and came to a mountain col.

In the darkness of the night, everyone couldn't see their faces clearly, and Tulu Kucha'er turned to look at the Tanma Red Army behind him, their armor was all carried by Hu Cong, and they were only wearing cuirass at the moment.

"One hour, climb to the top of the mountain, make a detour to attack the Ming army from the side, and half an hour later Haragu Khan will attract the attention of the Ming army for us."

Tulu Kucha'er instructed a few hundred households around him, and then began to lead the team to climb the mountain.

In the dark primeval mountain forest, there are many ancient trees and vines, and from time to time you can trip over the roots of the trees while walking.

Rao is so, this Hadaling did not stop Tulu Kucha'er, they slowly climbed up the mountain, although the speed was very slow, but they were always advancing.

After about half an hour, they finally reached the top of the mountain, which was still seven or eight miles away from the wooden platform on the western slope of the Hadaling Mountains of the Ming army.

"Rest first, and wait for the Khara Khan to attack."

Tulu Kucha'er was tired enough, panting and speaking, and the Tanma Red Army behind him also sat on the ground to rest.

Time passed little by little, and about a quarter of an hour later, the camp of Uliangha was full of fire, and a 'fire dragon' came out of the camp.

At first, Zhang Chun and the others did not notice it because of the distance, and it was not until they walked a few miles to Hadaling that someone found the team that was rushing with torches.

"Beep-"

"Hu Bing is out of the camp, report to His Highness!"

The sound of wooden whistles sounded one after another, waking up Zhang Chun, who was sleeping.

Waking up in a panic, Zhang Chun squinted his eyes, and only woke up suddenly after listening to the shouts around him tiredly, and suddenly stood up from the wooden platform:

"Prepare for war! Light the fire and shoot the rocket! ”

At his shouting, many of the soldiers crouching in the trees immediately ignited rockets and shot them into the forest in front of them.

The dense forest below the slope was partially ignited by rockets soaked in fire oil, and since it had just begun spring, the amount of hay was not very large, and only one could barely see the scene in the forest.

Fortunately, there was no one in the forest, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

"Prepare the wood and boiling water, and inform His Highness to prepare for war!"

After confirming that there was no one, Zhang Chun subconsciously put the direction of Hu Bing's attack on the Jixi Fort at the bottom of the mountain, and he instructed two Hu Cong who could understand the official language to go to the mountain to inform, and he prepared enough wood and boiling water on the mountain.

Even if he didn't think that Hu Bing would attack the western slope, he felt prepared.

At the same time, the Ming army under the mountain also heard the dense whistle on the Hada Ridge, and Zhu Gaoxu was woken up by Yisha from his sleep.

When he learned of the situation on the mountain, he immediately gathered a thousand servants and five hundred soldiers.

The servants carried their armor on their backs, and the soldiers waited lightly, as long as the news came from Hadaling, they could quickly change, or defend the city in Jixi Fort, or go up the mountain to help.

Not only them, but many servants and soldiers were woken up, and the figures in Jixi Fort were shaking and the lights were bright.

"They still have a lot of ...... people"

One or two miles away, north of the Songhua River in the dark night, Harawu was leading hundreds of cavalry to observe Jixi Fort in the dark night.

They didn't dare to illuminate for fear of exposing their targets.

However, Jixi Fort had to be lit so that they could see figures running back and forth on the horse path.

Isn't it true that Haragu should be rejoicing, or should he be remorseful.

If he knew that there were so many soldiers and horses in Jilin City, then he would never come to attack Jilin City.

It's just that it's too late to say anything now, and he can't go back empty-handed with thousands of dead and wounded, thinking of this, he turned his head to look at the fire on Hada Ridge.

Whether you can take Jilin City depends on whether you can capture Hadaling.

As long as Hadaling is captured, they can open up a road, take Hadaling to bypass Jixi Fort, and drive straight into Jilin City.

Even if the Ming army of Jixi Fort retreats back to help, it is useless, there are tens of thousands of people in Jilin Bay, and Halawu has already known this through the mouths of the captives.

Now that spring has just begun, the grain and grass in Jilin City will inevitably be insufficient.

As long as he took Jixi Fort and then left troops to garrison it, he could completely resist the Ming army that came to help while besieging Jilin City.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't last long, as long as Jilin City was broken, he would be able to cross the river with the craftsmen in the city and retreat calmly to Jiangbei.

Between his thoughts, Harawu stared at the western slope of Hadaling, and at this time, nearly 10,000 people under his command had arrived at the bottom of the slope of Hadaling on horseback.

When Zhang Chun thought that they would continue to move forward and attack Jixi Fort, they stopped, turned over and dismounted, and rushed towards Hadaling Mountain.

When the tens of thousands of fires poured towards him, Zhang Chun only felt creepy, and subconsciously grabbed the people around him: "Go!" went to the bottom of the mountain to ask for help, and said that Hu Bing attacked Hadaling in a big way! ”

"Yes!" It was not only Zhang Chun who was frightened, but everyone present.

After getting the military order, the little flag officer led people down the mountain with a rolling belt, and Zhang Chun also pulled out the long knife at his waist: "Prepare for war!" ”

With a pale face and a nervous body and mind, six hundred people on Hadaling began to prepare for battle, and Hu Cong stood next to the sassal wood, and next to them stood the armed Ming army that protected them.

With their help, the Ming army pierced the armor, and when the armor was complete, they also began to prepare to obey the order and leave the sassaga wood at any time.

In the night, the awakened birds flew out of the mountains and forests, and seeing this scene, the long-awaited Tulu Huchaer also ordered the whole army to move.

They went all the way to the Ming army in Hadaling, and they didn't know how many birds were startled along the way.

At first, it was because the distance was too far for the Ming army to see, but when the Ming army saw it, the Hu soldiers under the mountain had also gone up the mountain, and at this moment they were scattered up the mountain to climb.

"Throw!"

Under a military order, the four hundred horses joined hands from the beginning to throw out a piece of sassal wood weighing dozens of catties.

The sassal wood was smashed down the hillside, and countless people were injured and killed for a while, but more of them were lucky to avoid it, and they climbed up with all their strength.

When the situation was critical, Zhu Gaoxu didn't wait for Zhang Chun's Butang, and he had already seen the fire-filled Hadaling.

Taught by Fu Youde and Feng Sheng, he knew the main direction of Hu Bing's attack by the light of the fire alone, so he immediately ordered Wang Yi behind him: "Take the soldiers prepared outside the city to the mountain, Hu Bing is attacking the mountain!" ”

"Yes!" Hearing that Hadaling, where Zhang Chun was stationed, was attacked, Wang Yi didn't dare to delay for a moment and turned to leave.

Seeing him leave, Yisha was also worried: "Zhang Chun grew up under Wang Yi's watch, will Wang Yi worry about mistakes?" ”

"There are too many Hu soldiers, even if you worry about mistakes, it's useless." Zhu Gaoxu's face was solemn, but he still instructed a hundred household officials beside him:

"You go with Wang Yi, and when you arrive, you will pass back the number of Hu soldiers and tell me, especially the number of armor soldiers."

"The last general commands!" Hundreds of officials responded, turned around and went with Wang Yi.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu also looked at Yishuha: "There are still six hundred brothers from the Bohai Navy in the city, let them feed the military horses." ”

"Your Highness, ......" Yizha seemed to guess Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts, and Zhu Gaoxu did not hide this:

"If Hadaling is in danger, then I can only lead my troops out of the city and attack the Haragu camp."

"If he returns to the army, I will take people to the north, and then Jixi Fort will order Lin Su to stay behind, and you will take people back to Jilin City to drive south, ready to meet us at any time."

Compared with Wuliangha, Zhu Gaoxu has one more mobile team, that is, the sailor of Jilin City.

Although the eight guns of the Mariner had been unloaded and did not have the ability to attack land, it was a good option to use them for rescue.

"The slave knows, take care of your Highness."

Yisha knew that he did not dissuade Zhu Gaoxu, so he could only do his best to ensure that Zhu Gaoxu could break through.

After the battle, he ordered the people to return to Jilin City and drive the warship to Jixi Fort.

After this coming, the defenders in Jixi Fort were only 500 cavalry and 200 foot soldiers waiting to set off, as well as more than 2,000 Jurchen followers.

"Kill!!"

On Hada Ridge, in the face of the Hu soldiers who came like waves, the defense line that Zhang Chun and others worked hard to maintain was finally broken.

The gentle slope of dozens of steps was paved with people, and the sassal wood could no longer solve them all, and there were always people climbing the wooden platform.

"It's all ordinary Hu soldiers, don't be afraid!"

Zhang Chun looked at the Hu soldiers who were wearing animal skin armor and went into battle, and a trace of relief flashed in his heart, and while commanding the surroundings, he also sat in the army with interest, rather than fighting in battle himself.

After all, he is only fifteen years old, and he is not a fierce general like Zhu Gaoxu, and when it comes to fighting with Hu Bing, he can only drag down the soldiers around him.

The 200 Bo navy and the 400 Hu condescended from the beginning to defend the city with spears and sassal wood.

The six-foot ridge that Zhu Gaoxu deliberately sent to dig became a low city wall.

The Ming army standing on the wooden platform wantonly shot and assassinated Hu Bing, and the servants also threw out the sassaga as much as possible.

The battle was stalemate on this line of defense, but things soon turned around.

The death of a large number of Hu soldiers made the rest of the Hu soldiers who attacked the mountain begin to stop, and some people even mixed with the mountain attack team to fish in troubled waters.

In this regard, the Qianhu of the Tanma Red Army, who commanded the army, was also furious: "Those who dare to retreat, the whole family is a slave!" ”

His words made many Hu soldiers who were fishing in troubled waters not dare to delay any longer, and rushed up one after another.

After a quarter of an hour of fighting, nearly a thousand Hu soldiers fell, and Zhang Chun and others almost wanted to lose their strength.

"Beep-"

Suddenly, there was a hurried wooden whistle from the west, and Zhang Chun immediately reacted: "Bad thing, Hu Lu touched it from the west!" ”

Zhang Chun's face turned pale, but he was powerless, 600 people to resist 10,000 people attacking the mountain was already the end of the crossbow, and now there was no one to transfer to the west.

"Thousand households!" At this time, he went down the mountain and came to Zhang Chun's side and reported excitedly: "Qianhu, Wang Qianhu has led five hundred brothers and one thousand Hu to go up the mountain, he asks you to hold on for another quarter of an hour!" ”

"Guard!" Hearing Butang's words, Zhang Chun gritted his teeth and said this word, and the soldiers around him also gritted their teeth when they heard the news and prepared for a hard top.

During the battle, many weak soldiers were dragged off the wooden platform by the Hu soldiers, submerged into the Hu soldiers, and died of stabs in many places.

War and military exploits came, but not as they imagined.

The western defense line was the first to collapse, and the armor soldiers led by Tulu Kuchaer pierced the western defense line, and the Ming army was defeated one after another.

The defense line broke through a gap, and many Hu soldiers boarded the dirt road along the undefended wooden platform in the west and began to fight with the Ming army in the forest.

Wang Yi led the troops to the top of the mountain, but he didn't even have time to rest, a thousand Hu Cong helped the Ming army to wear armor, and five hundred Ming troops went into battle to fight, and the Hu Cong also rushed up with short soldiers.

In the dark night, the fire in the forest rushed up, and the sound of killing filled the sky.

Zhu Gaoxu wore two layers of armor and sat in front of the gate of Jixi Fort, and the red horse next to him had already put on a vest and kicked the ground uneasily.

In front of them, one man and one horse, five hundred well-dressed horsemen nervously grasped the spears in their hands.

After a while, Lin Su walked out of the back of the team in silence, and the sound of the armor piece rattled.

He walked up to Zhu Gaoxu, and without opening his mouth, Zhu Gaoxu knew what he wanted to say, so he got up and grabbed the reins of the red horse.

However, at this time, Lin Su grabbed the reins of the horse together and looked at Zhu Gaoxu solemnly: "Your Highness, let me take the brothers!" ”

"Heh......" Zhu Gaoxu chuckled: "I'll go, I'm sure to break through, do you have it?" ”

"......" Lin Su was silent, his personal martial arts were not good, not even Wu Zhangyi and Wang Jian in Nanjing City, let alone Zhu Gaoxu.

"Don't worry, there is Chi Lu, and besides, the army of Hu soldiers is attacking the mountain, this is a good opportunity."

After appeasing Lin Su, Zhu Gaoxu grabbed the reins of the horse, looked back and said, "Brothers! ”

He pulled out the Zhangliu iron spear inserted in the ground, and while leading the red donkey to the city gate, he also shouted with his back to everyone: "Go! I'll take you to kill the Tartars! ”

Without too many words, five hundred elite horsemen grabbed the reins of the horse, and Lin Su also endured his emotions and ordered someone to pull up the jack gate and open the city gate.

"Great Khan, the southerners seem to have opened the city gates."

Outside the city, Halawu, who was hidden in the dark night, heard the reminder of the person beside him, and he looked carefully, and sure enough, he saw the gate of Jixi Fort that had been opened.

"Not good!" Seeing the city gate open, Kharagu's heart tightened.

No one knows better than him what the situation is in the barracks of the army now.

In addition to the 1,000 soldiers who stayed behind Hu, there were only 400 armor soldiers in his hands.

If the Ming army sends troops, and it still sends elite cavalry, then they are finished.

"Let the Tuolu Kuchaer Taiji bring the three thousand people from the headquarters back to the camp!" Haragu turned his horse's head and calmly ordered.

"However, Hadaling is about to capture ......" The thousand households next to him couldn't bear it, but Haragu just glanced at Hadaling: "They can't hold it." ”

As Haragu said, after losing the defense line of Mutai, the Ming army really couldn't hold Hadaling.

Without the advantage of geographical advantages, they retreated one after another, and Haragu also turned his horse and led his troops back to the camp.

However, before leaving, he still glanced at the gate of Jixi Fort.

The distance was too far for him to see clearly, but Rao still saw a vague figure leading a horse out of the corridor in the city.

"Let's go, kill the Tartars!"

"A group of thieves, slaughtered his leader and used it to receive merit!"

"Look who's killing the most!"

"Haha......"

In the Jixi Fort Road, the Bohai Navy, who led the military horse out, followed behind Zhu Gaoxu and Chiyu, and this scene was fully seen by Harawu.

"There are so many armor riders in Jilin City?!" Haragu was shocked, but he still withdrew to the camp with his troops and horses as if nothing had happened.

In a short time, the mountain also received an order from Kharagu, to which he had no objection and was to withdraw from the camp as soon as he received the order.

When he went down the mountain, he saw the Ming army rushing to the camp with torches in the direction of Jixi Fort.

Because the distance was too far, and the Ming army led the horses on foot, he didn't see that the Qingming army was a cavalry, and sneered at it: "But there are hundreds of people, and Haragu is too fussful." ”

Although he was dissatisfied, Kotolu Huchaer still withdrew from the camp according to Haragu's orders, after all, there were still cattle and sheep involving the whole army in the camp.

Once the cattle were gone, they had little hope of recovering to the city of Uliangha.

Without any delay, Tuolu Kuchaer began to retreat with the unarmored Tanma Red Army and the negative armor.

After his 3,000 people withdrew, the pressure on Zhang Chun and Wang Yi was greatly reduced.

At this moment, they didn't know that Zhu Gaoxu was using himself as bait, but they just said bravely:

"Brethren! Hu Bing's armor soldiers have been sharply reduced, continue to kill!! ”

(End of chapter)