E Bi Lun took the lead with his white-armored soldiers. After experiencing some casualties, the Mongolian cavalry still rushed toward the southwest where the Han soldiers were.
They may not be able to attack the city, but chasing infantry is as simple as herding sheep, and the Mongols are scrambling one by one.
The Mongols are not stupid either. Only with merit can they get more benefits when the city of Jinzhou is destroyed.
The Mongols followed the slave thieves to send troops to fight. In addition to being forcibly taken along to send troops, another reason was that they could gain benefits by winning the war with the slave thieves.
Hundreds of cavalry gathered in one place and started galloping, making a huge noise and full of momentum.
The Han soldiers who came to the open space southwest of Jinzhou City looked at the Mongolian cavalry coming straight in their direction in the distance. The Han soldiers became panicked. Some Han soldiers even broke away from their companions and fled into the distance.
At this moment, these Han soldiers were unarmed and unarmored. Although they were more numerous than the Mongolian cavalry brought by E Bi Lun, once the Mongolian cavalry rushed them close, they were like lambs to be slaughtered and had no power to fight back.
The faces of several leading Han generals changed when they noticed the Mongolian cavalry in the distance.
But no one chose to escape.
This is not because they are not afraid of death, or how brave they are, but because they know very well that in their current situation, they will definitely die if they escape.
No matter how fast a horse can run with two legs, it cannot run as fast as a horse with four legs.
The defenders who stayed in Jinzhou City might be able to save them, but if they ran away, they would really be dead.
boom! boom! boom!
The cannons in the city kept firing in the direction of the cavalry in the distance, trying to use the cannons to drive away the Mongolian cavalry rushing towards the group of Han soldiers.
Every shelling would cause many casualties to the Mongols.
Compared with the Eight Banners soldiers who were slaves and thieves, the Mongols were far less fearless than them.
Some Mongolian cavalry began to stop moving forward.
E Bilun and a group of white-armored soldiers who rushed at the front naturally couldn't see what was happening behind them. Their target was still the Han soldiers in the distance.
E Bilun was even in a state of excitement.
However, just when they were one step closer to the Han soldiers, there was the sound of gongs and retreating troops behind them.
Seeing that they were about to kill those Han soldiers, of course they refused to give up just like that.
However, the white-armored soldiers around him were all people who obeyed orders and prohibited them. They knew the cost of disobeying military orders and did not dare to let E Bilun disobey military orders.
He had no choice but to return with E Bi Lun forcibly.
Facing these white-armored soldiers who forcibly took him back, E Bilun struggled no matter how hard he tried.
These white-armored soldiers were all sent by Mang Gurtai to protect Ebilun, and they had to obey Mang Gurtai's orders in the end.
E Bilun's horse was held in the hands of a white-armored soldier and forced back.
And it was at this time that E Bilun noticed that there were not many Mongolian cavalry left who were supposed to be following him. Most of the Mongolian cavalry had already gone back first, leaving a long distance between them.
E Bilun's nose almost became angry when he saw this scene.
I also understood why the rear requested troops to withdraw.
It turned out that all the Mongolian soldiers had run away, and if he and the white-armored soldiers around him continued to hunt down the Han soldiers, they might become the stuffing in other people's dumplings.
E Bilun, who understood all this, no longer resisted and retreated, but just cursed that those Han soldiers were lucky.
When E Bilun came back, Mang Gurtai immediately came up to him, looked him up and down, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that E Bilun was fine.
"Amma, if it weren't for those Mongolians, I would have dealt with the defecting Han soldiers." E Bilun said angrily.
In his opinion, the failure to kill those Han soldiers was all the Mongols' fault.
Mang Gurtai looked at him and said, "Okay, just come back no matter what."
At that time, he was shocked when the defenders of Jinzhou City fired at Ebilun.
I was worried that E Bilun would be bitten by a cannonball.
Once injured by a cannonball, even if he does not die immediately, there is basically no way to save him.
Otherwise, just because the Mongols escaped, it would be impossible for him to order people to recall Ebilun.
"Amma, are those Han soldiers who defected just left alone?" E Bilun said unwillingly.
The first time he personally led troops to kill the enemy, he returned without success. He was so arrogant that it was difficult for him to accept it for a while.
Mang Gurtai said: "Jinzhou City is here, and we can't escape. There will be many opportunities in the future. Now follow me back to the camp and discuss with the generals how to deal with Jinzhou City. You will inevitably have the opportunity to show your face later."
After a few words of comfort to E Bi Lun, Mang Gurtai ordered the army to retreat.
As a battlefield veteran.
After several attacks on the city, they failed to reach the top of the city. Instead, they lost troops and generals, and a large number of their soldiers defected, which dealt a huge blow to the morale of the army.
It is impossible to capture Jinzhou City today, and there is no use in staying here. It will only continue to consume the remaining morale of the army.
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As soon as the army of slave thieves retreated, they were quickly discovered by the defenders in Jinzhou City.
The defenders on the city also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although this battle has not always been very difficult, the pressure on ordinary soldiers on the battlefield is still very high. Now that the slaves have retreated, many soldiers finally relaxed their nervousness.
"Yingzheng, what should we do with the Han soldiers outside the city? Do we want to let them into the city?" Wang Ju found Zhao Wu.
Zhao Wu shook his head gently and said: "These Han soldiers are too numerous to be put into the city. Let's do this. You take a small group of people and take them to Nanguan Island, pass through Nanguan Island to Lushun, and hand these people over." Give it to Deputy Master Xing."
"Don't let them enter the city?" Wang Ju said unwillingly, "If these people enter the city, they can enrich our manpower."
There were one or two thousand Han soldiers who defected.
When these people enter Jinzhou City, even if they do not need to go into battle to kill the enemy and are only used to carry supplies, they can reduce the pressure on the city's manpower shortage.
"No, these people must not enter the city." Zhao Wu decided without thinking.
Before knowing whether these people sincerely surrendered, he could not put so many Han soldiers into the city. After all, there were only a few thousand official soldiers in the city.
Once these Han soldiers cause any trouble in the city, it will involve a lot of energy from the defenders in the city.
For him, these Han soldiers were an unstable factor. As long as the army of slaves and thieves did not retreat, he would not let so many Han soldiers enter the city.
"Yingzheng."
Chief of Staff Yun Xun's bodyguard came to Zhao Wu and raised his hand in salute.
Seeing the person coming, Zhao Wu asked: "If you are not with the chief of staff, why are you here alone?"
"There is a secret letter here. The chief of staff asked his subordinates to give it to Ying Zheng." As he said that, Yun Xun's guard raised a letter with both hands.
Zhao Wu reached out to take the letter, read it over and saw that the letter was sealed.
Then he tore open the letter with his hands and pulled out the letter paper.
After smoothing the letter paper and reading the contents, Zhao Wu suddenly realized.
No wonder there were Han soldiers on the battlefield who took the initiative to defect from the army of slaves and thieves and took refuge in Jinzhou City. It turned out that there was an arrangement by the Foreign Intelligence Agency.
