The remaining Jiannu scouts were shocked and immediately retreated to report the news.
The slave held hostage by Wang Hongyu also moved according to his instructions, but his direction was towards the Hunhe Bastion.
"Er Tou, where are you going?"
"I, I will go to the Great Khan to report the news!"
"Okay! The sweat is not far away!"
Er Du wiped away the cold sweat and saw that his teammates were leaving. He felt slightly relieved but also worried at the same time.
"Okay, take us away."
This Jiannu was born in Yehe, and his martial arts ranked second among the scouts, so he was called "Two Heads".
Because he is a Ye He Jurchen, he has always been marginalized. When performing dangerous tasks, he was ranked after the dead soldiers. "Er Head" also means the second dead soldier. Isn't "Er Head" afraid of death?
Of course not. At that time, Wang Hongyu held a crossbow against his head and had to follow Wang Hongyu's instructions to pretend to pick up the corpse.
This Jiannu scout was a veteran, he had done business and spoke fluent Chinese, he had a quick mind, was smart and decisive, and had excellent archery skills.
The commander sent him to assassinate and exhume the corpses. He was very confident in his archery skills. Although he was friendly to the Han people, he had to fire the arrow when it was on the string.
People have to bow their heads under the eaves. In fact, before the closure of the northern and southern cities of Kaiyuan, he followed a Han businessman in the ginseng and mink fur business.
Because he was a Jurchen who could speak Chinese, had a quick mind, was skilled in swordsmanship, archery, and shorthand, he became a bodyguard and translator for Han merchants.
A few years ago, Nurhachi massacred Kaiyuan. As the Haixi Jurchens who had enmity with the Jianzhou Jurchens, his family property was confiscated.
Two Mongolian concubines and one Han concubine were robbed, and the Jurchen wife and three children were detained. He was assigned to the Xianghongqi as a scout.
Wang Hongyu didn't look at him like he was lying, so he continued to watch him with his crossbow for safety reasons.
Ertou was unwilling to sacrifice his life for the enemy, so he volunteered to lead Wang Hongyu and Zhou Dunji to sneak through several hidden obstacles in Jiannu.
The first few routes were filled with red-flag scouts. He said that under the protection of two warriors, he had obtained information about the Ming army's reinforcements and wanted to report to the Great Khan. He got through with luck.
Not far from the bastion, a group of cavalry with red flags in front discovered them and rushed towards them.
"Gu Gu oh, Gu Gu oh, Gu Gu oh цее~"
Several sharp owl hoots came from Zhou Dunji's mouth, resounding through the night sky and reaching the bastion through the shouts of the two armies fighting.
This was an emergency call for help from the Confederate army at night. The call for help was specially trained by the Confederate army generals. It was made of gourds and bamboo tubes. Zhou Dunji could make loud calls of owls and other birds by covering his mouth with both hands.
"Do it!"
Wang Hongyu shouted, raised his crossbow and shot the cavalryman closest to him to death. He got on his horse and raised his hammer to hit the surrounding Jiannu.
Zhou Dunji shot a cavalryman to death and seized the sword and horse.
The two men had no way out, so they could only shoot the enemy and seize the horse, and cooperate with them to kill the enemy and break out of the encirclement.
The three of them were trapped in a tight siege, fighting from left to right, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller. Although the three of them were brave and fearless, they had no choice but to fight to the death.
Tong Zhongkui, who was standing on the bastion and looking to the southeast, heard the cry for help and glanced towards the direction of the sound: fifty cavalrymen holding torches and wearing red flags were surrounding three tall warriors wearing the same armor.
Tong Zhongkui recognized Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu and hurriedly led 100 cavalry to rush over.
Three-eyed muskets and hand crossbows were fired in unison, knocking down the red-flag mounted cavalrymen and causing them to flip over. The surviving Jiannu cavalrymen fled in all directions.
After rescuing the three people who were fighting hard, Dong Qing killed five cavalrymen with red flags by himself. He also killed the commander and two other scouts who ran away in front.
After entering the fortress, Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu immediately informed Chen Ce and Tong Zhongkui about the flanking attack on Jiannu at sunrise tomorrow morning.
Then Wang Hongyu immediately ordered Bald Old Tan to send people to Kaiyuan quickly to contact Er Tou's wife and three children.
A scout is missing on the battlefield, and so many slaves have died in the past few days. The enemy may not be able to detect the truth.
There is Lao Tan's business and spy network, which can provide a lot of information in the future.
After discussing the flanking attack tomorrow morning, let's look at the defensive situation tonight.
The bastion is currently under constant attack by the Jiannu.
The buildings that were once prisons and warehouses are now filled with wounded soldiers.
Originally, in the evening, Mang Gurtai of Zhenglan Banner was angered by the strategy left by Wang Hongyu.
As soon as the Ming army heard that Dai Shan had had an affair with his mother and that he had killed his mother, Mang Gurtai completely lost control. Fei Yingdong and others could not stop him at all. As a result, Zhenglan Banner forced his way into the fortress, and the spears that had just rushed outside the fortress
In front of the phalanx, they were beaten to pieces by three-dimensional firepower from inside the fort.
The Ming army won for a while, but Nurhachi and Huang Taiji had to abandon Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu overnight and come back to stabilize the situation.
However, Nurhaci's military tactics were unpredictable and he suddenly launched an offensive at the second watch of the night.
The cannon captured in Shenyang City suddenly opened fire.
The first wave was a strong attack with yellow flags, red flags and white flags. Dozens of shield chariots were in front. A large number of archers hid behind the shield chariots and fired arrows. A large number of melee infantry followed behind to directly attack the Ming army outside the bastion.
The battle became intense as soon as it began.
The Folang machine and the Tiger gun cannon hit the shield car like a crater, a hole at most, and can't hurt many enemy soldiers behind. The four iron-core copper body cannons are powerful, but the firing speed is limited, and they killed 3 shield cars.
Afterwards, a close battle began outside the bastion.
The long spears and musket phalanx of Sichuan, Zhejiang, and white soldiers fought against the heavy armored infantry of the Jiannu slaves.
For example, Lin's spear prevented the Jiannu infantry from getting closer for five steps, but Jiannu directly drew his bow and fired an arrow from a distance of five to ten steps. At this distance, the arrow hit the face, and the shot was sure to hit, and he was sure to die.
The matchlock guns, three-eyed muskets, and poisonous crossbows of the Ming army also fought back under the cover of the forest of guns. Anyone who hit Jiannu within 20 steps would be killed.
As soon as the formations of both sides were shot out of the gap, soldiers from the rear row came to fill in. Although the spears and swords and shields suppressed them, they could not kill them instantly.
Outside the bastion, corpses piled up like mountains, and blood pooled in pools. Both sides exchanged their lives for lives.
After Jiannu killed and injured thousands of people, he was defeated first.
Nurhachi waved his flag, and the White Flag, Blue Flag, and Bordered Yellow Flag attacked again. After more than a thousand people were killed and injured, these three flags retreated, and the Yellow Flag, Bordered Red Flag, and Bordered White Flag attacked again.
After three rounds, 2,000 of the 8,000 Ming troops outside the city had been killed and nearly 5,000 wounded.
Zhou Dunji also immediately devoted himself to the most urgent front of the battle line, while Wang Hongyu went to the bastion and worked with Li Tiezhu, uncles and nephews from the Lu family, and the artillerymen of the Zhejiang Army to deal with the long-range firepower of Jiannu.
"You haven't killed the enemy's cannon yet?"
"One of them has been killed! Jiannu is storming the corner tower, and it is difficult for the cannon to move forward."