Seven days later.
After Huang Taiji plundered Xuanfu, he headed for the capital. This robbery was not smooth. In just seven days, thousands of people were lost. The defenders of Xuanfu counterattacked very sharply.
The 20,000 imperial troops assembled from Datong and the grasslands, and their 50,000 Mongolian cavalry, have already set off and will reach Xuanfu in about five days.
Huang Taiji's army had already assembled in Yanqing Mansion at this time.
The capital's capital Han Xi led 40,000 personal guards to go out in person and stationed themselves near Yanqing Guard.
There is only a distance of sixty miles from Huang Taiji's army, and it only takes half an hour for the cavalry to reach them at a fast pace.
Han Xi had some plans to keep Huang Taiji directly, so he shuttled to the Longmen Guards, a hundred miles away behind Yanqing Prefecture, and prepared to summon an army of 50,000 to make dumplings for Huang Taiji.
Dragon Gate Guard.
Han Xi traveled here through the system.
There are 500 imperial guards in Longmen Guards, and 1,000 auxiliary troops. The city has a population of 20,000, and the number of people gathered in the city from the countryside reaches 50,000. It was not lost at this time.
After Han Xi shuttled over, he went to the government hall and saw that thousands of households here were distributing tasks to defend the city.
Seeing Han Xi come in, he stopped what he was doing and stepped forward to salute: "I have met the king."
Han Xi waved his hand and asked directly: "What's going on outside the city at this time?"
Qianhu thought for a moment and then reported: "The people attacking the city at this time were a group of Mongolians, about 3,000 people. We lost 68 people in seven days. The morale of the army is stable, and the food in the city is enough to last for three months."
"However, I have observed that the Mongolians have not made any progress for many days, and they seem to be thinking of retreating."
Only more than 3,000 people?
Han Xi was a little surprised, but soon he was relieved. These people came here to plunder, and they did not really come to attack the city and occupy the territory.
When encountering a city of a certain size like Longmen Guard, if you cannot capture it, you will naturally have to plunder it elsewhere.
Hou Jin came in a hurry this time, so there must be some people who didn't have time to enter the city.
Thinking of this, Han Xi didn't hesitate.
After clearing all the people from the government hall, he began to summon soldiers. This time Han Xi summoned 2,000 cavalry, 4,000 spearmen, 3,000 musketeers, and 1,000 artillery.
An army of 10,000 people was more than enough to intercept Hou Jin's cavalry on the bank of the Nanhe River.
Moreover, the main force of the encirclement and suppression was not this army of 10,000 people, but the 70,000 cavalry behind them.
Han Xi looked at the panel at this time.
Population: 6,131,002
Maximum troop strength: 310550/307550
Currency: 50, 546, 200 taels/silver
Popular support: 19
Food: 87,756,600 stone
Supplies: 1,898,000 pieces of cloth, 930,000 cotton...
The population lost 20,000, which seemed to have been plundered by Huang Taiji.
The maximum number of troops exceeded three thousand.
"It seems that we have to fight a few tough battles with Huang Taiji to consume these three thousand people." Han Xi murmured to himself.
If these three thousand people cannot be consumed, then Han Xi will have to provide the army with 120,000 yuan of food a month. Taking into account the losses on the road, that is 150,000 yuan.
This is not a small amount.
You must know that the grain harvested by Shuntian Mansion this year is only 500,000 dan.
This is not enough to sustain the army for three months.
In the future, there will be more and more troops and natural disasters will continue, and there will definitely be many victims. Food relief will be needed. If we don't take advantage of the prosperity now, there will not be many disaster victims. If we save more food, is it possible to wait until there is a shortage of food?
After summoning the army, Han Xi began to edit officers for the army. He was already familiar with these tasks and could finish them in just an hour.
After everything was done, Han Xi looked at the sky outside, and then ordered the newly summoned general: "Go and kill all the Mongolian troops outside without leaving any one behind."
"Yes!" After receiving the order, the commander strode out of the government hall.
Outside Longmen Guard City.
I saw three thousand cavalry divided into six waves, wandering erratically around the city gates.
These people will suddenly attack within twenty feet of the city gate.
A burst of arrows and muskets will be fired from the city gate, and these Mongols are actually consuming the city's defense equipment. Naturally, he wouldn't really rush in.
A burst of arrows and musket fire failed to hurt a single Mongolian Tatar. Suddenly the Mongolian Tatars sneered arrogantly: "Hahaha, these southern barbarians are really like hamsters on the grassland. They will be scared after being scared."
"Hahaha~"
A group of people around him sneered.
While all the Mongolian Tatars were laughing, suddenly a young Mongolian Tatar shouted loudly: "Look, the city gate is opening on the other side."
This sudden shouting made all the Mongolian Tatars in the field stunned, and then they all looked at the gate of Longmen Guards.
Sure enough, the city gate was wide open at this time.
Among them, there was also a group of very old-looking spearmen gathering scatteredly outside the city gate.
The leading Mongolian Tatar stood on his horse skillfully and looked over, and suddenly saw several chariots that seemed to be stuck at the gate.
Then a group of spear soldiers came out and all blocked the city gate.
Seeing such a scene, the leading Tatar was overjoyed and immediately shouted: "Come on."
"Woooooo~~"
A low trumpet sounded.
Hundreds of Mongolian cavalry rushed towards the city gate.
"Oh oh oh~"
The Mongol Tatars waved their sabers and shouted loudly as they rushed forward.
But when they were nearly twenty feet away, another shower of arrows was fired from the top of the city, and at the same time there was gunfire mixed in.
This time the Mongol Tatar charge was a bit intensive.
So when the arrows fell, more than a dozen cavalry fell from their horses in an instant.
But the fall of a dozen cavalrymen did not scare hundreds of Mongolian charges.
"Oh oh oh~"
The strange screams were getting closer and closer to the city gate. When the cavalry approached the city gate, they were greeted by a second wave of arrows, followed by the sound of muskets.
Because the distance this time was only a few feet, more than thirty people fell instantly.
But the city gate was in sight, and the leading Tatar led the charge.
The war horse jumped over the tilted chariot at the door, and the spearmen who had come out before had already gone to nowhere.
When a group of Mongolian Tatars rushed through the doorway, they saw a row of Juma blocking the doorway, and behind the Juma there were battlefields.
The leading Tatar quickly realized something was wrong.
But unfortunately, there were Mongolian Tatars rushing towards the entrance of the cave from behind, all eager to enter the city to plunder treasures and sleeping women.
at this time.
Hundreds of musketeers were exposed on the rooftops of the street, and groups of spearmen rushed out of the houses.
"Retreat, this is a trap, retreat quickly." The leading Tatar shouted loudly.
But then the musketeer had already pulled the trigger.
"Pa bang bang~"
There was a burst of gunfire, and hundreds of Tatars fell off their horses. Only the horses were still charging forward.
At this time, the spearmen also surrounded and killed them.
An hour later.
Han Xi, who was waiting quietly, saw that the number of soldiers on the panel slowed down or even stopped, and he knew that the battle was almost over.
The corners of Han Xi's mouth turned up: "It seems that these Mongolian Tatars are not too bad, they just lost more than a hundred people."
