"These northern prisoners must not fall into my hands." Zhang Hong slapped his palm hard on the female wall and said bitterly.
Through the monocular, he saw the Mongols slaughtering the Han people who had finally escaped, and those Han people had been working for the Mongols before.
Li Shuheng patted Zhang Hong on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we will avenge this."
Zhang Hong nodded vigorously.
After being stationed in the grassland for so long, this was the first time that he fought such a heart-warming battle. Although he had clearly won, it was hard to be happy.
Li Shuheng turned his head to Wu Bin and said, "Go find Ma Yunjiu and ask him to lead the cavalry to collect some of the corpses on the grassland. By the way, tell him that if there are still people who can be treated, bring them back to the fort for treatment."
Wu Bin nodded, turned around and walked down the fort wall.
Many Han corpses were left unattended on the grassland. Unlike when Mongolians died and other Mongolians took the corpses away, when Han people died, no one collected the corpses and dumped them directly on the grasslands.
Not long after, the drawbridge of the Dunbao City Gate was lowered, and a group of cavalry filed out of the city gate.
Li Shuheng turned around and said to Zhang Hong: "This time the artillery team killed many unarmed Han people. Some people will definitely feel uncomfortable. Remember to explain to these people."
Most of the soldiers and artillery gunners in the Third Battalion were Datong and Liaodong people who later joined the Tiger Banner. Only a minority were from the bandit camp.
"I know." Zhang Hong nodded and said immediately, "But I believe that our soldiers will be adjusted quickly. After all, those Han people came to attack the Dunbao on behalf of the Beilu."
Li Shuheng pursed his lips and patted Zhang Hong's upper arm twice, then turned and left from the fortress wall.
The corpses of five to six hundred Han people were scattered randomly on the grassland.
After Wolunkuo killed the Han people who had escaped, he returned to the Mongolian camp with his armored cavalry.
The Mongolian camp was very lively.
Although they suffered a defeat, the casualties were all Han Chinese, but the Mongols did not suffer any casualties. Compared with the previous two attacks, this was already a very good result.
All the tribesmen returned to their camps.
To them, it was no big deal if they failed to capture the Dunbao with the Tiger Flag. As long as the warriors in the tribe did not need to be killed or injured, they could just graze their cattle here in the Dahei River.
Su Nang returned to his tent, and Kankantada and Batu followed him into the tent.
The three Ren took their seats respectively, and Su Nang sat in the middle.
"Taiji, those Han people who escaped back have been dealt with." Wo Lunkuo came in from outside the tent to report.
Su Nang nodded, then looked at Kankantada and said, "You also understand the situation at Dunbao. How do you plan to deal with the people in the Tiger Flag next?"
"Did anyone send anyone to Dunbao to persuade those who held the Tiger Flag to surrender?" Kankantada said, twirling his beard.
Su Nang said: "When the army first arrived, I sent people to persuade them to surrender. The people with the tiger-shaped flag in the fort were unwilling to offer up the fort. Now that they have won three battles in a row, they are even less likely to surrender the fort. ”
Kankantada twirled his beard and said, "Then the only way is to attack by force."
"How do you want to attack by force?" Su Nang looked at Kankantada and said, "You have also seen the situation in the pier with your own eyes. They have many Ming Dynasty cannons. Once they get close, they will fire."
"And a moat!" Batu added.
"Yes, there is a moat." Su Nang said, "If you can't cross the moat, no matter how many people you send, they will be a living target. Moreover, the Tiger Flag not only has those Ming Dynasty cannons, but our people have already left Qing Dynasty." I heard from the other side of the city that there are more than a dozen cannons in the fort."
Kancantada stroked his beard and thought for a while, then said: "Since we can't attack by force, we can only trap the people inside the fort so that they can't get out of the fort."
"This is a good idea." Batu said, "The people in the Tiger Flag always want to eat and drink. As long as the people in the fort have no food, they will definitely open the fort gate and surrender."
Su Nang frowned and said: "With such a big fort, who knows how much food the Tiger Flag has hidden inside. If we don't surrender for several months, the ministries will not be able to stay here forever."
"Then we can only attack by force." Kancantada said, "As long as we are willing to use human lives to fill it, the moat outside the fort can definitely be filled."
Batu responded: "The ministries are definitely not willing to send people to fill in the moat outside the fort. The only people who can do this are the Han slaves."
"No, we can only let our herdsmen fill in the river." Kankantada rejected Batu's proposal.
Su Nang and Batu looked at him in confusion.
Kancantada continued: "When the Han slaves attacked the city today, I noticed that there are several miles from the army to the Dunpu. It takes a while to run empty-handed. If you bring a sack full of soil, you can get closer to the Dunpu. The speed will only be slower, and I am afraid that before those Han slaves can throw the sacks into the moat, they will be bombarded to death by the artillery fire in the fort."
"You can ride horses. As long as you equip the Han slaves with horses, they will be faster. You can also bring more sacks to fill the river." Batu said.
Kankantada shook his head and said: "Once the Han slaves have horses, they will definitely think of running away if they know that we will let them die."
"So we can only use herdsmen to do these things?" Batu frowned.
Su Nang said: "The herdsmen are definitely not good. The Taijis of various tribes will definitely not let the herdsmen in their tribes do such a thing that would lead to death."
This time, Kancantada didn't answer.
Su Nang pondered for a long time and then said: "It is better to use the method of besieging the Dunbao. No one in the tribe will be killed or injured, and Taiji from other tribes will not object."
"It seems that's the only way it can be." Batu nodded in agreement.
When Kancantada saw that both of them chose to besiege the Dunbao, he said: "That's it, we will send a large army to surround the Dunbao here, and then we will discuss the next plan."
"Do you still have a plan?" Batu looked at Kancantada in confusion.
Su Nang sitting in the middle also looked puzzled.
Kancantada smiled and said: "Of course there is a plan. We can't have a large army surrounding the Dunbao and then we just do nothing."
"What are you going to do next?" Su Nang asked Kankantada.
Although he didn't like Kancantada stealing his limelight when he arrived, he knew better that Kancantada might have some good ideas.
Kankantada said: "I said before when we were in Bansheng City that we can deal with the Tiger Flag's convoy on the grassland. Now we can't take down the Tiger Flag's fortress for the time being. It's better to deal with the Tiger Flag's convoy on the grassland. Caravan on the prairie.”
Su Nang's brows knitted together.
When he was in Bansheng City, he had vetoed Kankantada's proposal. Now Kankantada proposed it again, which made him a little hesitant and didn't know whether he should agree or not.
