Seeing that the Han general kneeling on the ground was almost frightened, Nahai said: "I'll give you another chance. Bring your men and take down the Ming army on the hillside. If you fail again, you don't have to come back."
"Beiyu, you're just a boss!" Geng Qianhu said with a bitter look on his face.
Nahai glanced at him and said: "From now on, you will take over Jia Zhenba's position, and the Han army's cavalry will be led by you."
Geng Qianhu's face turned even more bitter after hearing this.
Jia Zhenba and his nearly 200 cavalrymen failed to capture the Ming army on the hillside. In the end, they even risked their own lives. Now there are still about 100 cavalrymen left.
He also led these people to attack the Ming army on the hillside. He was afraid that he would end up like Jia Zhenba.
"What? Not willing?" Nahai's face immediately darkened when he saw Geng Qianhu's unwilling expression.
Geng Qianhu wanted to say that he was willing to go against his will, but he knew very well that even Jia Zhenba couldn't defeat the Ming army on the east hillside, let alone him.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of delaying your work."
"Don't worry, I won't let you deal with the Ming army on the east hillside alone. I will arrange Han soldiers to accompany you to attack the Ming army on the east hillside." Nahai said.
He also knew that even Jia Zhenba couldn't defeat the Ming army on the hillside, and it was even more impossible with Geng Qianhu alone, so from the beginning he was prepared to have people cooperate with Geng Qianhu.
Hearing this, Geng Qianhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he was not allowed to die.
Moreover, they attacked the Ming army on the hillside together with other Han troops. In this way, they were much more confident about taking over the Ming army on the hillside.
Of course, it would be better if there was artillery support.
When he thought of cannons, he hurriedly said to Nahai: "The Ming army on the hillside has dozens of cannons. Do you think you can use cannons to bombard the Ming army on the hillside?"
Although the Tiger Crouching Cannon is light in weight, it is still called a cannon, and even the fire blunderbuss with a larger muzzle is also called a cannon.
"Okay." Nahai nodded in agreement.
Hearing this, Geng Qianhu was overjoyed and hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, Beiyu. If I can't take down the Ming army on the hillside, I will cut off my own head and give it to Beiyu as a night pot."
"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news, go ahead!" Nahai indicated that he could leave.
"Young man, I will lead the troops to attack the Ming army on the hillside." Geng Qianhu got up from the ground, turned around and strode away.
As soon as he left, the slave soldier who had been following Nahai said: "Beiyu, you have used all the Han soldiers to attack the Ming army on the hillside. What will happen to Nanguan Island?"
"Getting rid of the Ming army on the hillside can demoralize the defenders of Nanguan Island. Once the Ming army on the hillside is defeated, Nanguan Island may be able to surrender without a fight." Nahai glanced at Nanguan Island in front of him.
When he came out of Jinzhou City, he wanted to capture Nanguan Island and open the passage to Lushun for the next army.
Geng Qianhu once again took his cavalry to attack the Ming army on the hillside.
Even now, he still regards Zhao Wu and others as reinforcements from Nanguan Island.
"Xue Qianhu, I'm counting on you next." Geng Qianhu came to a Qianhu official and spoke to him very politely.
Unlike his Geng Qianhu named Qianhu, the other party is a real Qianhu.
"Haha, easy to say." Xue Qianhu stretched out his big hand and patted Geng Qianhu's shoulder, and said with a smile, "I haven't congratulated Geng Qianhu yet. From now on, Jia Zhenba's seat will be yours."
Xue Qianhu, who heard this, said with a look of shame on his face: "I am really ashamed that the last general failed to protect Shangguan's safety, which resulted in General Jia being killed by the Ming army."
As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed, but his eyes showed joy.
Although he suffered a defeat, he was promoted. Only Jia Zhenba and those who died were unlucky.
At this time, another Han general came over.
"Qin Baihu." Geng Qianhu saw the visitor and hurriedly raised his hands to say hello.
The visitor was only from a hundred households, but he was indeed in charge of all the cannons. He would attack the Ming army on the hillside and borrow the cannons from the other party. Naturally, he was very polite at this time.
Qin Baihu clasped his fist towards Geng Qianhu and said: "Beiyu sent the junior general here to assist General Geng. I don't know how General Geng plans to ask the junior general to cooperate."
"With the help of Qin Baihu, there is no need to worry about the Ming army on the hillside being destroyed." Geng Qianhu praised Qin Baihu with a smile on his face, and then said, "The Ming army on the hillside brought many tiger squatting cannons. , and later asked Qin Baihu to use artillery to bombard the Ming army on the hillside."
"This is easy." Qin Baihu nodded.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon has a short range. As long as they don't get close, the few cannons under his command are enough to threaten the Ming army on the hillside while ensuring safety.
Geng Qianhu clasped his fists and said gratefully: "I would like to thank Qin Baihu in advance."
Qin Baihu returned the gesture with fists in his hands.
"Everyone has just arrived, Xue Qianhu, let's discuss how you and I can cooperate next." Geng Qianhu said to Xue Qianhu next to him.
With Nahai, a Jurchen noble, pressing down on his head, several Han generals in Jinzhou City got along pretty well.
They were all military attachés from the Ming Army, so they naturally knew how to fight.
After discussion, the main attack was handed over to Xue Qianhu, while Geng Qianhu, as the only cavalry commander, was responsible for harassing the Ming army's flanks and chasing down the remaining soldiers. As for Qin Baihu, the task was the simplest, and he only had to deal with the Ming army's Crouching Tiger Cannon on the hillside. and support.
Thinking that the distribution was complete, Xue Qianhu took his soldiers and horses and prepared to climb the hillside.
At this moment, Qin Baihu began to order his gunners to bombard the Ming army on the hillside.
The cannons at this time were all smoothbore cannons. No matter how good the gunner was, he could not guarantee that his two cannons would hit the same target, let alone the target that he fired after firing.
And the farther away you are from the target, the harder it is to hit it.
Because of the special nature of artillery, when it appears on the battlefield, it often appears at the front or flank of the army, rather than at the rear.
So before Xue Qianhu could lead his men to attack, Qin Baihu had already ordered his men to fire.
Cannonballs flew out of the barrel and appeared in the sky above the hillside.
Zhao Wu, who was on the hillside, had long noticed the movement of the slave-traitors' muzzle through the monocular telescope in his hand. When the muzzle of the gun pointed at the hillside, he had already ordered the people on the hillside to disperse and not give the enemy any chance. Opportunity to hit hard.
At the same time, it was natural to fight back against the slave thieves at the foot of the mountain.
Although the Tiger Crouching Cannon couldn't reach that far, the four-pounder cannon and the two small Fran cannons could still reach the slave bandit's artillery array.
Both sides' cannons were within range of the other side's cannons.
The cannons on both sides fired at each other.
The slave-traitor side has more artillery, so the advantage is naturally greater. However, artillery is a science, which makes the gunners of the Tiger Flag who have specially studied artillery technology better than the slave-traitor gunners in military quality, while the slave-traitor gunners are more Practice makes perfect.
