After Santu and others returned to the city, they reported what they saw to the government, but they did not wait until Erhei and the Si brothers came back.
In the morning of the next day, three cannon shots were fired at the west gate. It shook the houses in the city, and the windows were shaking.
Everyone in the city is talking about whether something big has happened.
The two cities have been put under martial law, and they are not even allowed to go out to collect firewood. It was said that the Mongols had arrived. It is strictly forbidden to go out from now on.
Everyone can feel that the atmosphere is getting increasingly tense. Parents are cleaning swords, guns and armor. Even the children were given a six-foot-long red tassel gun.
After a while, a large group of cavalry began to enter the city. In addition to the cavalry, there were also a large number of prisoners tied with ropes who entered the city. These prisoners numbered 60,000 to 70,000. Most of them are old, young, women and children, and there are only a few thousand young adults. A completely dark place.
Erhei and the Si brothers were also led into the city by cavalry on horseback. Riding on a tall horse, the three of them were extremely excited.
This was their first time riding a horse, and they were held in front by the cavalry to prevent them from falling. Even their treasure baskets and the harvested wild products were brought with them.
Wang Hao explained that these three boys have merit, and the specific rewards have not been announced yet. They have to wait for the leader An to make a decision and send them home properly first.
Santu and others crowded into the crowd of spectators and found Erhei. They were very excited and ran after him, calling Erhei's name at the same time.
Erhei's face flushed with excitement, and he suddenly had the idea of becoming a cavalryman when he grew up. It feels so good to have everyone cheering for the triumphant army.
Behind the prisoners were many Lele vehicles, loaded with yurts and various items. The cavalry behind them drove a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock into the city.
It looked like the army was returning from a victorious battle. The people watching were in joy.
The Mongols on the grasslands put too much pressure on the Han people on the border. In local terms, the Ming Dynasty's army is like a prairie dog and a chipmunk, and each generation is worse than the last.
Now that An Sanxi has captured so many people, many people are extremely excited. Many old men and women were cheering and crying at the same time.
Normally in the border army, as long as you cut off the head of a true Tatar, you can choose whether to receive a fifty-tael silver reward or to be promoted to one level. But it is not easy to cut off the heads of Mongolians, and the risks are extremely high. Usually, having dozens of heads is considered a great military achievement.
In other words, if a soldier cuts off one head, he can be promoted to team leader, and if he cuts off another head, he can be promoted to team leader. Cutting three will raise it to a small flag, four to a general flag, and five to a hundred households.
Although only more than 3,000 prisoners were young and strong, and the remaining more than 60,000 were women, children, old and weak, this was still a great victory. The Ming Dynasty had not fought such a victory for almost two hundred years.
In this battle, An Sanxi beheaded 12,000 people and captured 68,000 people, 300,000 cattle, 2 million sheep, and 100,000 horses. It is a great victory.
This was also the first real battle for the dragoons equipped with a large number of flintlocks and grenades, and they achieved very good results. Just as Yang Fan expected, the cavalry with cold weapons could not defeat the new cavalry equipped with matchlock guns.
Otherwise, why would Siberia be occupied by Maozi?
The reason why the entire tribe was captured was because in this era, the wars waged by the Mongols were fought by the entire tribe as nomads.
They did not dare to abandon the tribe and only sent cavalry to expedition.
Otherwise, when they win or come back from defeat, the tribe, cattle and sheep may have been taken over by other tribes.
That's why An Sanxi had such a big seizure.
With the entry of these prisoners into the city, the population of Duolun doubled. It exceeded 100,000 and reached 120,000.
With this population, in this era, even in the mainland, this is a large county.
Fortunately, there was a bumper harvest this year, otherwise Ansanxi would not be able to feed so many people.
The news that part of the Duoyan tribe was defeated by Nairen Bater's night attack spread in all directions with the wind on the grassland. Almost all the Taijis were shocked.
They didn't know if Nairen Bat'er was crazy. With soldiers pressing down on the territory and being surrounded from all sides, he actually dared to take a break from his busy schedule and take the initiative. First, annihilate the Duoyan tribe that was isolated due to their aggression.
Stimulated by this battle, the Mongols accelerated their advance.
They decided they would never give the bad guy another chance. At this time, in their minds, this Zhebie was more hateful than Sinister Khan.
Early the next morning, the Mongols who were surrounded from all sides appeared outside the four walls of Duolun City. As the Mongols set up camp. The city of Duolun was besieged.
An Sanxi and Wang Hao patrolled along the city wall.
I saw densely packed felt bags on all sides. Mongolian cavalry were roaming everywhere. Now it is estimated that even a bird flying out will be shot down by the Mongolian sharpshooters.
The initiator of the siege of Duolun City, the leader of this coalition, and the nominal leader of Karaqin, Khan Ahai led hundreds of Taiji and Nayan to observe the repaired building on a hastily built wooden watchtower. A city less than half a year old.
Due to the scarcity of wood on the grassland, it was difficult to get enough wood to build this high platform.
"Everyone, look at what these nasty Ming people have done to our grassland. This was originally the most fertile grassland of the Silver Tribe. They have actually opened up wasteland for farming. If they gain a foothold on the grassland, If we keep encroaching on it, we still have pastures to graze cattle and sheep, and this will cut off our roots."
Everyone nodded in agreement, and it was indeed true. The grassland was used for grazing, and the utilization rate was very low. One square kilometer might not be enough to support a family of herdsmen. But there are 1,500 acres of farmed land. A peasant family that can support hundreds of Ming people.
In the past, the Mongols went south to rob Ming farmers, but now it is the other way around. Ming farmers went to the grasslands to cultivate and rob their pastures. It's really unbearable. This makes them feel angry.
Chubuqingtabu Nang, the left side of his face was severely burned and there was some oozing, which looked extremely scary.
After he fell into the tent, another Molotov cocktail was thrown at him.
Fortunately, he was clever and put out the fire by rolling in the sand. But there was still a little grease on his face, which was completely disfigured by the burns.
More than a thousand of his 1,500 cavalrymen died, and only about 400 of them followed him and took advantage of the chaos to escape across the river. The tribe he brought was also finished, all captured by the devil. Now he had no choice but to go to Khan Ahai and find a way to settle down first.
"Fight them, we will never let them take root on the grassland." Chubuqingtabu Nang shouted immediately.
Following his lead, the surrounding princes began to shout and curse.
Khan Ahai nodded approvingly to Chu Buqing, very satisfied with his wink. He enjoyed this feeling of being able to respond to everything at once.
But after everyone finished shouting, looking at Duolun City in the distance, everyone felt like they had nowhere to go. Because the location of this city is very tricky.
This is the upper reaches of the Luan River, where several of the largest tributaries converge.
The water in the moat is running water and is very difficult to landfill.
Moreover, the west of the river here is the city of Duolun, and the east of the river is a replica of the hideous Bastille Castle. There is a pier in the middle. The upper and lower ends of the pier are closed by city walls and watchtowers.
There is no way to attack the pier from the outside, and there are iron chains blocking the river between the two opposite towers on the upper and lower ends of the river.
If the winch is not used and the iron chain is loosened and it sinks to the bottom of the river, as long as the iron chain is tightened, the iron chain will cross the river and ships will not be able to sail in at all.
Because it is upstream, the river is less than thirty meters wide and the water depth is less than two meters. It's easy to block.
The canoes used here are wide flat-bottomed boats with a draft of half a meter to one meter. Boats with a draft that is too deep cannot go here at all.
A group of people stood on a high platform and looked at the densely packed houses and yurts in the city. I couldn't help but be shocked, these Akitos were so capable at work.
In less than a year, such a large city was built.
Whether it's the Duolun City with its huge rammed earth walls in the west of the river, or the gloomy castle built with stones in the east of the river, neither one is easy to fight.
For a moment, they were all a little timid.
The Mongols were not good at siege warfare, and they could rarely lay down strong fortresses and cities. Most of the time they rushed into the Great Wall to loot scattered rural areas.
They usually go around a fortified city when they see it.
While the Mongols were studying how to attack this thorn in their flesh on the grassland, Yang Fan had already received the latest battle report from Duolun City.
"Haha, An Sanxi really did not disappoint me this time. He took some time off from his busy schedule to strike first and raided an isolated section of the Duoyan people. Beheading 12,000 people, capturing more than 60,000 people, and over a million cattle, sheep, and horses. It's a great achievement." Yang Fan said happily.
"Promote him to the rank of major general. The three cavalry regiments on the grassland are formed into a cavalry division, and let him be the division commander." Yang Fan said to Tu Shanyue.
The current director of the Secretariat is Tu Shanyue. Orders for general promotions are drafted by Tu Shanyue and issued in the name of the Secretariat after Yang Fan approves them.
Tu Shanyue saw that Yang Fan was in high spirits and said, "Master, there is another good thing. News came from Chen Xi that the cylinder has been made according to the drawings you provided, using craftsmen and a simple boring machine. . I would like to invite you to the Power Research Institute this afternoon to watch the first one-horsepower steam engine they built."
Yang Fan was a little surprised that in just a short time, he had produced a prototype of an experimental product. But it doesn’t matter when you think about it. I have given you all the information and early drawings. The material is copper, because copper is soft and easy to process.
Various parts can be knocked out by hand, and large parts such as crankshafts can be cast from steel.
The most difficult part is the cylinder, because human hands cannot knock out a perfectly round cylinder. This is almost impossible, it will get stuck. But with a boring machine, this is no longer a problem.
Another problem is the sealing problem of the cylinder. The cylinder cannot run out of air, otherwise the power of the machine will not increase. When it comes to sealing, after all, this requires a rubber ring to solve. Rubber was still in America at this time.
But this is not a problem. Among the waste products collected by the idiot, there are a lot of waste rubber. If it doesn't work, you can still use hemp rope dipped in oil, but it won't last long. But haven’t the British been using it for half a century?
"Okay, let's go and see how the steam engine our little talented girl makes this afternoon looks like,"
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