The Guancheng guarded by Jiannu is not very high. As long as your arms are strong enough and you are good at climbing, a rope can be enough to go up.
The difficulty is that the Guancheng is not wide enough, and the number of soldiers who can climb up is too limited. Even if they climb up, they will be surrounded and killed by Jiannu.
In less than a quarter of an hour, hundreds of Ming soldiers rushed up along the ladders or hook ropes, but it was still difficult to break through.
Yue Tuo had a bit of Nuerhachi's courage. Facing the Ming soldiers who were rushing up one after another, Yue Tuo did not retreat, but instead led the soldiers to fight in person.
For a time, the morale of the slaves was quite high, and they quickly repelled the first wave of Ming army's attack.
But his good luck only ended there. Xiong Tingbi quickly launched a second wave of offensive. Just as the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, Zu Dashou finally took his place.
Because Jiannu's attention was entirely focused on the front at this time, he was completely indifferent to his rear.
Perhaps they did not expect that Ming troops would appear here while Hetuala was still there.
This actually gave Zu Dashou an excellent opportunity for a sneak attack.
In order to achieve meritorious service and more safely protect his family, after getting as close as possible to Guancheng, Zu Dashou took the lead and led two thousand elite soldiers to launch an attack.
When Jian Nu, who was guarding the gate, discovered the Ming army behind them, they were only a few hundred steps away from them and could quickly rush in front of them.
There was no time to ask for instructions from Yue Tuo, who was still on the city wall, so he had to gather troops hastily to prepare to defend against the enemy.
However, their most important and best crossbows had all been dedicated to guarding the border. Even if they gathered more than a thousand soldiers in a short period of time, they could only bite the bullet and launch a counterattack against the Ming army.
As for the Ming army, after Jiannu discovered them, a sergeant was already ready. He immediately raised his right hand above his head, holding a blunderbuss tightly in his hand.
When he pulled the trigger, the gun made a buzzing sound instantly and continued.
If someone looks up in this direction at this time, they will find a bright red dot rising continuously in the sky.
This is the latest signal gun developed by Zhu Youxiao's Military Armament Pavilion.
After Bi Maokang developed the pistol, Zhu Youxiao naturally wanted to make the signal gun, a very simple and practical weapon, come out in advance.
The Jiannu naturally heard sounds or saw flares, but they had no idea what they were.
Xiong Tingbi, who was several miles away, had already ordered people to observe with telescopes at all times.
The distance is too far. The sound of the signal guns currently equipped by the Ming army is obviously not enough to propagate such a distance, so they can only rely on telescopes for naked-eye observation.
When the blood-red bright spot rose more than fifty meters into the air, several soldiers discovered it almost at the same time.
After Xiong Tingbi learned about it, he was no longer so afraid of gains and losses. He immediately issued a death order, attacked with all his strength, left no room for any more, and broke through the barrier as quickly as possible.
Yue Tuo was originally able to cope with the Ming army's offensive, but after a while, he found that the Ming army seemed to be desperate for their lives and refused to retreat.
He just thought that the Ming army had nothing to do and had to rely on their numerical superiority to kill him. He was preparing to show off his skills and have a good fight.
But he didn't expect the bad news to come that his butt had been stolen.
When he learned that thousands of Ming troops were attacking from behind, he, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, already knew that the defense could not be defended. It was only a matter of time before the Ming troops entered the pass.
Now he had to make a choice whether to stay here or break through and retreat.
If he retreated at this time, he would have a high chance of breaking through, and the losses would not be too great, but he was afraid that Nuerhachi would accuse him.
After all, the mission given to him was to block Xiong Manzi's troops here and not allow them to be encircled by Hetuala's Ming army.
If he just leaves like this, not only will he become more passive on the frontal battlefield, but he will inevitably be liquidated in the future.
Just when he was hesitating, the Ming army's offensive became more and more fierce. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty rushed to Guancheng one after another. The fighting between the two sides had entered a fierce battle, and Jiannu was trapped deeper and deeper.
On the other side, since the Ming army only carried long knives, the two sides started fighting in close quarters. This was absolutely rare in the history of the battle between Jiannu and the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, these two thousand Ming troops were elite soldiers carefully selected by Zu Dashou, and they were no worse than Jian Nu.
On the contrary, under the brave and fearless charge of General Zu Dashou, the morale and courage of the Ming army soldiers were much higher than that of Jiannu. In addition, Jiannu had fewer soldiers than the Ming army, so Jiannu could not recruit at all for a while.
Can't stand it.
Fortunately, Jiannu reinforcements arrived soon after, and they managed to stabilize the formation without letting the Ming army threaten Guancheng.
However, as time went on, the encirclement and pincer attack between Zu Dashou and Xiong Tingbi became stronger and stronger under the fighting of the two Ming armies.
As for establishing slaves, Yue Tuo was in a dilemma and had not yet made a decision.
But the younger Shuotuo didn't think as much as his brother thought. He only knew that he was being attacked from both sides and his life was in danger.
As the leader of the small flag, his status among the red flags was second only to Yue Tuo. When he was in a panic, he did not understand Yue Tuo's order, so he led hundreds of soldiers to prepare for a breakout.
Originally, Jiannu could barely resist for a while, or Yue Tuo, the banner leader, personally deployed it, so it would not be a problem to break through and survive.
But because of Shuotuo's greed for life and fear of death, he fled before the battle, and the entire defense line collapsed in an instant.
Zu Dashou naturally would not miss such an excellent opportunity. He held the long knife that was stained with a lot of blood in both hands, bravely took the lead, and rushed towards the war zone with the largest number of slaves.
In the Ming army formation, there was also a young general who was more brave than Zu Dashou and could kill a Jiannu in three to five rounds.
This person was Huang Degong, who performed extremely well in the Battle of Liaoshen and was known as Huang Chuangzi in the army.
I saw him cutting off the neck of a Jiannu with a horizontal slash, and then looking around the front like a god of murder. The two Jiannu were trying to fight the few with more.
It can be seen that the Ming army in front of them is so brave that they can't help but retreat.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing the two slaves being frightened by him, Huang Degong, who was not yet twenty years old, laughed and said:
"Hahahaha, be happy, you ignorant dog slaves, today I will use the dog heads of you dog slaves to commemorate the hundreds of thousands of Liao people who were slaughtered by you."
After saying that, he went up with the sword and killed two more slaves quite easily.
With these two men leading the charge, the morale of the Ming army was even higher. After several charges, Jiannu was basically defeated and the entire defense line collapsed.
Naturally, Shuotuo did not succeed in breaking through. Although he gathered four to five hundred soldiers around him, it was too arrogant.
Without any orders from Zu Dashou or other generals, most of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty spontaneously gathered towards the place where Shuo Tuo was to surround and kill him.
How could the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who could follow Zu Dashou on such an adventure be greedy for life and afraid of death? Which one of them didn't want to make achievements and gain wealth?
Under such circumstances and with the high morale bonus, although the Ming army attacked more with fewer troops, it was actually the attacking side.
Fortunately, there were enough soldiers guarding him. Although they could not break through, the Ming army could only block it, and Shuo Tuo was not in danger for the time being.
When Yue Tuo, who was still guarding the wall, wanted to protect his troops from retreating, he realized that his good brother had disappeared.
More and more Ming troops are rushing up to Guancheng, and they will soon fall. The rear is already blocked by the Ming troops.
If we rashly order a retreat at this time, it may turn into a big rout. Even if we escape, we may only be left with defeated troops and the red flag will no longer exist.
But in order to survive, he didn't care so much at this moment, and at worst he could escape to the grassland.
It has to be said that Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo are indeed brothers, and their methods of escaping are exactly the same. The younger brother abandoned the army and ran away, and the older brother did the same.
However, he was a little smarter than his younger brother. He also knew to go to the stable and ride on the war horse first, and he also brought enough soldiers, more than a thousand people.
As for the others, they were cannon fodder that he used to resist the Ming army and buy himself time to escape.
After Yue Tuo fled for his life, Xianghongqi lost his general and commander, and none of Jia La E Zhen was left. Only a few Niu Lu E Zhen, who was not of sufficient status, could withstand the successive attacks of the Ming army.
Soon they were defeated. The Ming army completely captured the entire pass, and follow-up troops poured in like a tide.
The morale of the Jiannu slaves completely collapsed. They either knelt down and surrendered or fled in all directions.
In less than half an hour, the Ming army ended the battle and began to clean up the battlefield, collect loot and count casualties.
In this attack, the Ming army killed nearly 2,000 people and injured more than 500 people. They captured more than 3,400 heads of Jiannu, captured more than 800 Jiannu, and seized nearly 4,000 horses, armor and weapons.
Regardless, it's definitely a big win.
It is a pity that Yue Tuo actually escaped and did not capture alive the walking three thousand silver coins and the lifetime salary of a thousand households of Jinyiwei.
There is really only one Jia La Qu, and it is dead and worthless.
Many generals felt regretful.
Especially Zu Dashou, who was attacking from behind, Yue Tuo escaped on horseback in front of him, and he couldn't help but say it was a pity afterwards.
But Huang Degong, who fought bravely and killed countless enemies, was able to capture the big fish Shuotuo, and he was still alive, which made him extremely happy.
Although Zu Dashou was jealous, and Huang Degong was also a general under his command, he did not dare to think otherwise when he thought of the emperor who was sitting in Liaoyang, so he could only hold back his red eyes and congratulate him.
"Instruct all the generals to return to the main camp immediately after the inventory is completed. The entire army will rest for one night and will march to build Nu Lao Village tomorrow."
"Send all the troops to scout out the enemy's situation at night, and be sure to find out for me where the main force of establishing slaves is, as well as the location of Li Songping's headquarters."
"yes."
After conquering this pass and annihilating Jiannu Xianghongqi, Xiong Tingbi breathed a sigh of relief, and his pressure was suddenly relieved a lot.
Next, he only needed to join forces with Li Songping. This time the conquest of the slaves would never fail.
After arranging the post-war affairs, Xiong Tingbi returned to the camp and began to write a victory report. A quarter of an hour later, a cavalryman with a red flag on his back rode out of the camp. His direction was Liaoyang.