Xu Xingxia stood behind the city wall and silently looked at the entire battlefield.

The walls of Yangguan Fort were already broken after repeated impacts by Jianlu cavalry. He roughly counted that there were seven or eight gaps that could accommodate two war horses. And there were at least twenty gaps that could accommodate one war horse. Without the help of grenades, it would be difficult for the White Army to block these gaps. [..com]

In fact, even with the help of grenades, the White Army paid a considerable price. The latest statistics show that in the previous battles, more than 50 people in the White Army were killed and more than 100 people were injured. Most of them were shot dead by Jianlu's arrowheads. It has to be admitted that the damn Jianlu's archery skills were indeed quite good.

If the White-Clothed Army was not equipped with Han-style rifles or grenades, but only equipped with Sun-Moon Guns, they would not be able to defend Yangguan Fort at all. It is estimated that the first attack of Jianlu Inlaid Blue Banner, the White-Clothed Army would be defeated. The attack of the Blue Banner inlaid Blue Banner is actually very fierce. From a technical point of view, the Sun-Moon Gun and Han-style rifles are not of the same era at all. As for grenades and mortars, they are even more against the will of heaven.

Now, in these gaps, a large number of corpses of Jianlu cavalry were killed. A large amount of blood dyed the surroundings of Yangguan Fort red. In some places, the corpses of personnel and war horses even overlapped with each other. Some Jianlu, who had not yet died, and some war horses that made low neighing were struggling in pain in the pool of blood. Some people slowly lost their breath in such struggles. Some people looked around helplessly, hoping that they could be rescued. Even the bravest people were weak at this time.

However, those who waited for them were often sharp bayonets. Mao Wenlong and others were carrying Han-style rifles to search for wounded people in the pile of corpses. If they found that there were still alive, it would be a bayonet. This was the most direct, simple, and cruel way to solve the wounded on the battlefield. It is said that the Mongolian military team and the special killing swords of the enemy were a bit like the triangular bayonets of later generations. No matter who was stabbed, they would not be able to survive.

After a large number of grenades exploded, the entire Yangguan Castle wall seemed even more broken and more shaky. The explosive power of the grenades had a fatal destructive effect on this city wall without cement, steel bars and stones. The Yangguan Castle wall is the simplest type, with red bricks on both sides and rammed earth in the middle. Once the red bricks on both sides are smashed, the rammed earth inside will pour out by itself.

In addition, some hunting cavalry soldiers threw the distance too close when using cluster grenades, which caused huge damage to the city walls. The red bricks on the surface of the city walls in many places were directly blown up by grenades, and most of the rammed earth inside was blown up. The remaining half was naturally shaking. To be honest, the walls of Yangguan Castle were able to persist until now and have not collapsed completely. Even Xu Xingxia thought it was a miracle.

However, Xu Xingxia could not order the city wall to be repaired immediately. He had to continue to maintain the status quo of the city wall. Because if he repaired the city walls as solid as a stolen and impeccable, Nurhaci would turn around and leave. He was not a fool and would not use his head to hit the stone. Now, the biggest reason why Yangguan Fort can attract feudal enemies and Nurhaci and others are unwilling to leave is that the walls of Yangguan Fort were already knocked down and had almost no effect. This gave the hope of the Jin army.

In the eyes of the Great Jin army, the domain wall of Yangguan Fort had completely lost its blocking effect. The current Yangguan Fort is actually a plain and wilderness. Therefore, they can continue to use cavalry in the next battle. Perhaps, a large number of cavalry attacks can flatten the entire Yangguan Fortress. The Great Jin army believed in the role of cavalry.

Of course, they believed even more deeply, the arrival of Mongolian cavalry. There were not many Mongolians, but there were a large number of war horses.

If the Mongol cavalry support arrives, Nurhaci can dispatch tens of thousands of cavalry to ravage Yangguan Fort back and forth dozens or even hundreds of times until no creature survives.

"Sir, this kind of war is really satisfying!" Mao Wenlong said excitedly.

They had just returned from searching the battlefield from the front, and the bayonets held by each of them were half-condensed. I don’t know how many wounded Jianlu soldiers their bayonets had solved. Anyway, if they fell into Jianlu's hands, they would definitely be worse than death. Jianlu would never forgive them, such executioners.

"Our price is not small." Xu Xingxia said slowly.

When Mao Wenlong and others heard this, they all lowered their heads silently. In the battle just now, Mao Wenlong and the others seemed very active. They kept throwing grenades at the Jianlu cavalry and blowing them up piece by piece on the ground. However, the arrowheads of the Jianlu cavalry also caused some damage to them. Among the more than 20 people, four people died in battle and five were injured. Kong Youde and Liu Xingzhi were shot by arrowheads and sent to the rear for treatment.

However, in Mao Wenlong's opinion, such a price was already incredible. It was not that the incredible casualties were huge, but that the incredible casualties were too small. Mao Wenlong didn't know how many Jianlu cavalry they killed and injured, but there would definitely be no less than 300 people. Mao Wenlong himself threw more than 30 grenades in one breath. Until now, his arms were still sour and he couldn't even hold up chopsticks.

They killed 300 Jianlu cavalry and paid less than ten casualties. Such a proportion was unprecedented. If Mao Wenlong had not participated in it personally, he would not have believed such data at all. Such data would have been too exaggerated. In fact, if this number was reversed, it would have been almost the same. The previous Ming army, when it was chased by feudal enemies, often had such casualties. It might even be even more exaggerated.

After Mao Wenlong and his friends counted the battlefield, the most active one was naturally the porters from the rear. What they carried was not ordinary things, but Jianlu's corpse. The white-clothed army had to rest, to accumulate energy, and to prepare for the next battle, and they did not have the time and energy to clear the battlefield. In fact, Jianlu's corpse was indeed a little more.

What's more, there were a large number of corpses of war horses. Although there were three hundred civilians behind, so many corpses of Jianlu and a large number of corpses of war horses, they were enough to be busy.

Xu Xingxia firmly disagreed with letting Jianlu take back his own body. His basic principle is that as long as Jianlu wants to do, the White Army will firmly oppose it. As long as Jianlu doesn't want to do, the White Army will firmly promote it. Anyway, it will never be as you wish. Nurhaci sent people several times to negotiate with Xu Xingxia, hoping to take back the bodies of the warriors of the Great Jin Kingdom and bury them properly, but Xu Xingxia refused mercilessly.

Xu Xingxia, who was rich and powerful, was not stingy at all with these special porters. The wages he offered were very high. As long as he moved five corpses of Jianlu, he could get one or two silver coins. The more he worked, the less he worked, the less he got. The price was fair, and the same person would be fooled.

In fact, even if there is no money, the civilians will be very active. Because most of the people who are responsible for transporting Jianlu's bodies are ordinary people who fled from Liaodong to Shandong. Each of them has one or several relatives and friends who die at the hands of Jianlu. Therefore, they hate Jianlu very much. Now, so many Jianlu have been beaten to death by the white-clothed army, so they are so excited in their hearts.

According to Xu Xingxia's intention, these Jiantang's bodies were directly taken back to Shandong to visit the suffering people of Liaodong, and then found a place to build a mass pit, burying them all collectively. Jianlu massacred a large number of Han people in Liaodong and created a large number of mass pits. The white-clothed army was also preparing to come for such a mass pit.

In order to clear the battlefield as much as possible, even the boatmen came ashore to help. These boatmen naturally had no favoritism towards Jianlu. Some people deliberately let go when transporting Jianlu's corpse and threw Jianlu's corpse into the sea. The white-clothed army soldiers next to them also pretended not to see it. Where is the same to throw Jianlu's corpse?

In addition to the corpse porters, there was also a group of very active people on the battlefield of Yangguan Fort, namely the soldiers of the artillery battalion led by Yun Qifeng. They finally got the order to use the mortar. This made them feel unprecedentedly excited, and no matter what they did, they were fast and energetic. This was the first time that mortars were used in large-scale practical combat. In the future, the artillery battalion would rely on them for eating or drinking porridge.

They lifted all the mortars out of the bunker, placed them on the position, and carefully measured the data. They also placed a large number of shells next to the mortars. As long as Xu Xingxia gave the order, the artillery battalion could get angry. The first target of the artillery battalion was Jianlu's artillery position. According to the general view of later generations, the first enemy of the artillery was always the enemy's artillery. When the battle began, we must find a way to kill the enemy's artillery.
Chapter completed!