Chapter 147: The eve of the decisive battle

At night, the general was on the throne.

Scar kneeled in front of Wang Pu's case with shame. Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng and Monk Zhang were on both sides, with a serious expression.

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

Wang Pu asked calmly: "Scarface, how many casualties have your Thousand-Man team suffered?"

Scarface said sadly: "More than 100 brothers died, and more than 300 others were injured."

Wang Pu asked Zhao Xin and Tang Shengdao again: "Where are you?"

Zhao Xin said: "Nineteen died and thirty-six injured."

Tang Shengdao: "Seventy dead and one hundred and sixty-three injured."

"Okay." Wang Pu said in a serious tone, "I was going to pick up Zhao Liujin, but as soon as I left the city, I was blocked back and injured brother No. 6 or 700. This battle was really cowardly."

Scar's face bag immediately drooped and he whispered: "General, it's all a shameless person."

Wang Pu did not blame Scarface, but just asked: "Scarface, now you are talking about it. Is your thousand-person team enough to settle tens of thousands of Jiannu outside the city?"

Scarface was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the floor and whispered: "No."

Wang Pu asked Monk Zhang again, "Monk, can you take five hundred-man teams to get rid of Jiannu camp outside the city?"

Monk Zhang's head also hangs down and whispers: "No."

Zhao Xin bowed to Wang Pu with fists and said solemnly: "General, it seems that we are a little underestimating the enemy. Jiannu is not as vulnerable as we imagined."

"It's good if you know." Wang Pu stood up long and said aloud, "Let's look for an opportunity to talk to your subordinates, Shi Chang and every brother. Jiannu is not a thief, they are elite troops who have been through the battlefield for a long time, not a vulnerable mob. We have defeated Jiannu several times, but they have actually won a very lucky victory."

"Yes." Zhao Xin and others responded in unison, "Bi Jie and I will convey the general's words tonight."

"There is no need tonight." Wang Pu said, "We have more important things to do tonight."

Zhao Xin said in surprise: "What's the matter?"

A look of ruthlessness suddenly appeared on Wang Pu's face, and he said in a deep voice: "We just suffered a defeat. If this matter is over, wouldn't it encourage Jiannu's arrogance but destroyed his own prestige?"

Scarface and Monk Zhang immediately raised their heads again.

Zhao Xin asked in a sing voice: "What does the general mean?"

Wang Pu smiled and said, "Hehe, you will return to the camp now, order all your brothers, and sneak attack Jiannu's Ximen Camp overnight, and pull those two mortars up. This general has been hiding this thing for a while. It was useless when Jiannu attacked the city at the most tight time. Now it is time to let them show their skills."

"yes."

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

Not long after the four of them left, Zhao Liujin, who was covered in dust, entered the headquarters, knelt down in front of Wang Pu, and said tragically: "General, I am incompetent, and I have been escorted to Jiannu."

"Get up." Wang Pu said calmly, "Zhao Guerrilla."

"Well……"

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

Wang Pu smiled slightly and said, "Zhao Guerrilla, you have made great contributions to the court. This general has asked Eunuch Zhang to give a memorial to Master Long Sui through the Corporate Lecture Supervision. As long as there is no accident in the earth, you will be the deputy general of Datong Town as soon as the war is over."

"Ah?" Zhao Liujin couldn't believe his ears. He ate, "Is this... this... is this true?"

"Of course it's true." Wang Pu stepped forward and patted Zhao Liujin on the shoulder and said in a harmonious voice, "Deputy General Zhao, do it well. As long as you are obedient, I will never treat you badly."

"Yes." Zhao Liujin stood up quickly and said loudly. "I will definitely be loyal to the general if I do."

"Okay." Wang Pu smiled. "I've been fighting Jiannu for a whole day, so I must be tired. Go back and rest."

"Yes." Zhao Liujin responded with a loud bang, "I'm going to leave."

North Gate of Datong, Jiannu Daying.

Haoge was having a banquet at the tent for Leng Sengji, Tulai, Tan Tai and other confidants. Today is a festive day. Not only did he intercept a large number of horse materials, he also defeated the defenders who came out of the city to respond. The military power of the Dachang Qing Iron Cavalry was almost everyone smiling, only Xifu frowned, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Come on." Haoge raised the wine bowl and shouted, "Everyone respects Tan Tai for a bowl. Tan Tai fought well and forced Wang Pu's firearm back. From now on, we don't have to be afraid of Wang Pu's firearm. When we meet again, we will follow Tan Tai's tricks. What's the point of losing face? Winning is the most important thing."

"Master said it well."

"The slaves will follow Tan Tai's way in the future."

Tu Lai, Leng Sengji and others all agreed.

Xifu, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly said, "Master, I feel something is wrong."

Haoge was most annoying to others and disturbed his interest. He immediately frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xifu said: "Wang Pu's fire weapon camp should not be that easy to deal with, right?"

"What are you saying?" Haoge said unhappily, "Wang Pu's firearm is not a heavenly soldier and general, so what's wrong with it? I couldn't beat them before, because I couldn't find a way. Didn't Tan Tai find a way to crack it today? From now on, Wang Pu's firearm is over."

Xifu said: "I still feel something is wrong."

"Boom boom!"

As Xifu finished speaking, two violent explosions suddenly sounded in the distance. Everyone could even feel the ground under their feet trembling slightly. Haogeho stood up and said in a narrow voice: "It's a cannon, where are you firing a cannon?"

The violent sound of cannons had not stopped, and then there were dense gunfire sounds. The audience heard it clearly. The gunfire was clearly coming from the west. Then, Goshha stepped into the tent quickly and knelt down and reported, "Master, it's not good. The Ming army was out of the city at night and was attacking the west camp in the city."

"Quick!" Haoge was shocked when he heard this and said anxiously. "Call up people immediately and go to help the battle immediately."

"twitter!"

Tulai, Leng Sengji and others responded with a loud promise and hurriedly went to gather people.

Tan Tai said even more anxiously: "Master, I'll go back to the west camp of the city."

"Go quickly." Haoge said in a deep voice, "There can't be any mistakes in the camp in the west of the city, otherwise our efforts to siege of Datong will be wasted."

"My servant understands, me will take his leave!"

Tan Tai knelt down and called Haoge a thousand times, turned around and left quickly.

However, before Tulai, Leng Sengji and others arrived with reinforcements, the West Camp of Jiannu Dicheng was already broken. The two mortars that Wang Puzhen had collected for a long time played a crucial role. Two solid iron lumps roared over, and the relatively solid gate of Jiannu Dacheng was smashed into pieces.

When Jiannu in the camp heard the sound of cannons coming out of the tent and rushed to the back of the gate, Datong Minzhuang, where he followed the army out of the city, had already used the door panel to fill the trench in front of Jiannu's camp. Scarface, Tang Sheng, Zhao Xin and Zhang Monk led the musket team to attack directly from the front.

Before Jiannu could shoot arrows, several rows of dense ferry guns came over. The crowded behind the gates and fences of Jiannu suddenly fell down a large area. Most of the Jiannu in the camp in the west of the city were Tu Xietu people. After all, Tu Xietu people were not Jurchens, so they didn't want to die here for the Jurchens.

The Tuxitu people soon collapsed, and fled on their horses and fled in panic. All the more than 300 Jurchens who fought to the death were killed. When Tulai and Leng Seng arrived, the Ming army had completely occupied the west camp of Jiannu.

Leng Sengji and Tulai launched an attack. They tried to regain the camp while the Ming army was not yet stable, but were hit by the Ming army's firearms battalion and lost hundreds of cavalry in vain. Leng Sengji and Tulai knew that there was no hope of regaining the camp in the west of the city, so they had no choice but to lead their troops back to the camp in the north of the city.

Five days after that, Haoge sent troops several times to try to recapture the camp in the west of the city, but none of them succeeded. Instead, he lost more than a thousand earth-shaking cavalry in vain.

At this point, Jiannu's siege of Datong has actually been dead in name only.

Forced attack, no attack, siege, and cannot be trapped? Jiannu has already fallen into a dilemma of advancing and retreating. After realizing this, Xifu tried his best to persuade Haoge to withdraw his troops. Since the siege of Datong has been in name only, what's the point of staying in Datong?

Xifu advised Haoge to lead his army to Beijing to join Dorgon, but Haoge was hesitant about this. He did not want to lose, but he did not want to return to Dorgon's subordinates to obey orders.

Just as Hauge was hesitating, a disaster suddenly came.

Almost all the war horses in the ground suddenly started to have diarrhea, and once they rode on the ground, they would immediately lie softly on the ground!

Leigong Mountain Camp.

Monk Zhang bowed to Li Yan with fists and said carelessly: "Captain Li Yan, the eight thousand sets of saddles have been delivered in full. I should also take the war horses and silver back to Datong to report to the general."

"Oh, don't be anxious." Li Yan shook his hand and smiled, "It seems that it's time to have lunch. General Zhang should have dinner on the mountain before leaving."

Of course, Li Yan left Monk Zhang to have a different idea, because he found that Monk Zhang was a straight person. Such a person had no scheming and was the easiest to talk from him. Li Yan wanted to put some Wang Pu's background from Monk Zhang's mouth, especially the bottom of the firearm camp.

Monk Zhang touched his stomach and said readily: "I am really hungry. OK, then eat before leaving."

"It's refreshing." Li Yan laughed, "Lao Qi, let the kitchen prepare wine and food immediately."

"yes."

Li Jun took the order and went there.

In less than a moment, the kitchen brought the wine and food. Li Yan poured two bowls of wine from Monk Zhang. When he was about to use words to mess with Monk Zhang, Monk Zhang suddenly spoke first: "Captain Li Yan, I heard that you have a man named Jing Maocheng, who used to be a mountain king in Shaanxi?"

Li Yan smiled and said, "There is such a person."

Monk Zhang wiped the wine stains on his mouth and smiled silly: "To be honest, my monk also did a career as a thief before he joined the official army. Hehe, hey, speaking of it, he is still a fellow leader of yours."

"Come here." Li Yan's heart moved and shouted loudly, "Come General Jing immediately."

Datong, the general's headquarters.

Zhen Youcai, with a tired face, bowed to Wang Pu, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "General, 250,000 paper shell bullets, and 1,500 Dragon King Cannons have been handed over to the firearm camp in full."

"Okay." Wang Pu said with great pleasure, "Thank you so hard for being talented."

Zhen Youcai responded respectfully: "This is what a humble position should do."

"Talented." Wang Pu held Zhen Youcai's thin hands tightly and said sincerely, "I won't say anything grateful. It's too hypocritical. If you really can wipe out Jiannu outside the city this time, you are the most important thing! Even if the court does not give you a reward, this general must give you a reward. What reward do you want?"

Zhen Youcai shook his head and said in an equally sincere tone: "General, I don't have any rewards. I want to follow you and do big things!"

Wang Pu shook Zhen Youcai's thin hands vigorously and said nothing.

Zhen Youcai suddenly asked, "General, I heard that the people from the Leigong Mountains on the saddle are monks?"

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

Zhen Youcai asked, "General, you must have a plan for this arrangement?"
Chapter completed!