Inside Mang Gurtai's big tent.
In addition to the generals of the Lianglan Banner, Tong Yangxing and some Han army generals and Mongolian army generals all gathered here.
"The Han soldiers attacked the city today, which disappointed Ben Beile. There are more than a thousand people, but they didn't even touch the walls of Jinzhou City. You Han people are really incompetent and useless." Mang Gurtai had no regard for the Han generals. Belittle and curse without mercy.
When it comes to treating Han people, he is more like an old slave. He doesn't have much favorable impressions of Han people. He usually uses Han soldiers as vanguards, and he won't feel bad about them even if they die.
Several Han generals lowered their heads and said nothing.
Even if he felt aggrieved, he would not dare to confront Mang Gurtai, the most powerful Baylor in Dajin.
"The Han soldiers failed to attack the wall of Jinzhou City. We cannot blame them entirely. The battle during the day can be seen that the defenders in the city were fully prepared." Tong Yangxing explained a few words to these Han generals. .
Unlike these Ming army generals who came to join him after the old slaves rose to power, Tong Yangxing had secretly interacted with the old slaves as early as when he was still a compliant slave to the Ming Dynasty.
It can be said that the old Tong family has Han ancestry, but in Dajin they are no different from real Jurchens. Neither Huang Taiji nor anyone else treats the old Tong family as Han people.
At this time, Ji'erharang on the side also said: "The tiger bandits have probably no fewer than six or seven cannons on the top of the city. This is the city wall we are testing today, and I am afraid there are many cannons on the other walls. .”
It was impossible to see how many cannons there were in the city, so we could only estimate the number of cannons in the city based on the sound of cannons coming from the city walls.
Normally this estimate won't differ too much.
"I had expected that the defenders in the city had artillery, but I didn't expect that the tiger thieves had equipped a large number of firecrackers in the city, but they didn't see any bows and arrows. It looks like what was rumored. The tiger thieves are not good at bows and arrows. Next time they attack, Can you think of a solution from the bow and arrow?" Mang Gurtai looked at Jierhalang and others.
With Tong Yangxing and Jierhalang speaking for those Han generals, he wanted to give them face and was too lazy to argue with these Han generals.
"I'm afraid it's not that easy to get close to the city wall. There's a moat blocking the way. If you want to forcefully get close, I'm afraid it will take a lot of casualties." Jirhalang frowned slightly.
Cannons are a powerful weapon for city defense. Jinzhou City had so many cannons prepared, which gave him a headache.
Mang Gurtai said: "When we came to attack Jinzhou City this time, didn't we also bring a dozen cannons and take them out, and then let the Han soldiers attack the city and the Eight Banners soldiers as backup."
"This is a way, I'm afraid there are still cannons in Jinzhou City that haven't been taken out." Jierhalang said with some worry.
It is no secret in Dajin that Tiger Flag is good at firearms. Seeing that there are only these few cannons in Jinzhou City, although there are many, they are somewhat exaggerated compared to the rumors.
Mang Gurtai said: "Six or seven cannons are placed on one city wall, which is already a lot. There are so many cities in the Ming Dynasty. How many cities dare to place six or seven cannons on one wall."
There are six or seven cannons on one wall of Jinzhou City. In his opinion, this is already a large number. It is impossible for the walls to be filled with cannons without leaving any defenders behind.
And there are six or seven cannons on one city wall. Even if there are not as many cannons on each city wall, there will always be more than a dozen cannons on several city walls.
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There are more than a dozen cannons in a Jinzhou City. This may not seem like many, but it is definitely a lot in a city like Jinzhou City. When they attacked Jinzhou City, there were only a few cannons in the city. Later, in order to defend against the Ming army in Lushun, Dajin sent several cannons from other places and placed them in Jinzhou City.
"There are also firecrackers. I asked the Han general who came back. He saw the Han soldier in front approaching the city wall, and was intercepted by the defenders of Jinzhou City near the moat with firecrackers." Jirharang reminded.
He was a careful person. After the Han army that attacked the city retreated, he learned about what happened.
Mang Gurtai snorted disdainfully and said: "After shooting the fire cannons, I just burned the fire sticks. They are far less useful than bows and arrows. It is obvious that the defenders in the city did not have enough archers, so they used a large number of fire cannons."
He had seen too many Ming army guns and looked down upon them.
Even though he had heard that the firecrackers of the Tiger Character Flag were different from the firecrackers of the Ming Army, in his opinion, they were both the same thing, and even if they were stronger, they would not be much stronger.
"The next time you attack the city, you should be prepared for the firecrackers in the city, and don't forget about the two red flags." Jierhalang was afraid that Mang Gurtai would be careless, so he had to move the two red flags out.
Now the two red flags have become a shame to their country. Even people from other banners are unwilling to mention the two red flags on the grassland.
"The incident between the two red flags cannot happen to me, Zhenglan Qi." Mang Gurtai looked unhappy.
He felt that Jierharang was looking down on him.
He brought nearly 20,000 troops, but the garrison in Jinzhou City was only a few thousand soldiers and horses. Counting the entire Lushun Tiger Flag troops, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.
Ji'erhalang knew that Mang Gurtai had misunderstood, and explained: "What I mean is that the tiger thieves' fire blunderbuss is still very powerful. The two red flags suffered a big loss here, and I asked about the Ming army coming over." The generals all explained that the reason why the army's firecrackers are not powerful is because of cutting corners, resulting in poor quality of the firecrackers."
"Okay, okay, I know, I will be on guard against the firecrackers in the city." Mang Gurtai said impatiently.
No matter how powerful the fire gun is, it will only look like that to him.
The really powerful ones are their Daijin archers.
Seeing this, Jierhalang knew that Mang Gurtai didn't take his words into heart, but he didn't have much to say. He thought of reminding the generals who were attacking the city to be more prepared for the fire cannons in Jinzhou City.
"Jierhalang is right. We should take more precautions against the tiger thieves' muskets. If there are too many casualties under Jinzhou City, it will not be conducive to the subsequent attack on Lushun." Tong Yangxing stood up to support Jierhalang.
He didn't want to see Mang Gurtai lose too many Dajin soldiers and horses under Jinzhou City because of his carelessness, which was not conducive to Dajin's recovery of Lushun.
Although he is Han, he knows that if Dai Jin is finished, the end of the old Tong family will definitely be very miserable.
"I'll let the people below be prepared."
Seeing the two deputies standing up, Mang Gurtai had to take a step back.
But he was very dissatisfied in his heart.
He thought that these two people were sent by Huang Taiji to restrain him. If he had brought Dege over, he would never confront him like this.
Thinking of this, he said directly: "Tomorrow morning, I will continue to attack Jinzhou City, General Tong!"
He looked at Tong Yangxing.
Tong Yangxing stood up.
Mang Gurtai said: "You will lead the Han generals to attack Jinzhou City head-on. I will bring the people of Zhenglan Banner as support."
"Hey!" Tong Yangxing responded and returned to his seat.
"Jilharang!" Mang Gurtai looked at Mang Gurtai and said, "You will lead the soldiers and horses with blue flags to attack from other directions in Jinzhou City, attracting as many people as possible to Jinzhou City. The defender’s attention will be used to share the pressure on General Tong’s side.”
"Hey!" Jierhalang said.
