Ao Bai's expression became even more arrogant. He raised his chin and asked," Can't afford to lose? Do you Mongolians only know how to sneak attack from behind?”
After three consecutive questions, the Mongolian Gara's face also had some shame.
"Even if Barter was in the wrong, you can't kill him!”
Ao Bai strode over to the Mongolian soldier and stretched out his hand.
"Pa!"
Ao Bai grabbed the back of the saber. The Mongolian Jia La saw that the situation was not good and tried to pull the saber back, but the saber did not move at all.
"You said that I can't kill you, so why are you pointing a knife at me now?”
With that, Ao Bai gripped the back of the saber with one hand and lifted it up. The Mongolian soldier's feet left the ground.
The Mongolian soldier cried out,"General, you're amazing!" We won't offend you anymore!"
Ao Bai smiled coldly. The scar on his face twitched slightly, and his face looked ferocious.
"Alright, from today onwards, the Eight Banners of Mongolia will be under my command. If anyone is not convinced, use this Barter as an example!”
The other Jia La and Niu Lu nodded and bowed, not daring to act rashly.
Tudor came over and handed a robe to Oboi.
"Lord Lieutenant, you should have drunk enough wine. Why don't we take advantage of the high morale of the Mongolian warriors and attack Datong together?”
"Hahaha!" Oboi laughed. Alright, it's afternoon. Let's attack Datong quickly. Take down Datong and rob him for three days before going to Jinyang!”
The Mongolian soldiers beamed with joy at the mention of robbery. Wasn't this the purpose of their trip?
"In this attack, the Mongolian army will be at the front. They will feign an attack from the north to the south and attack the east of the city!”
Ao Bai had been following Nurhachi and Huang Taiji in their battles in Liaodong, and he was the best at siege warfare in the Qing army.
When attacking the city, he was not only brave and fierce, but also very organized.
Amongst them, this combination of fighting from the inside and outside, surrounding three and one in the air, and feigning reality was the only way for him to win.
Because they came in a hurry, they did not have the time to use this tactic of cooperating from the inside and outside.
But in Ao Bai's heart, this empty Da Tong was already in his pocket.
Ao Bai confidently gave the order, and everyone retreated to prepare for battle.
Tudor came to Oboi's side and whispered,"Lord Lieutenant, there was a report that nearly ten thousand soldiers entered Da Tong.
As the art of war says, surround the enemy ten times.
We only have seven to eight thousand men now, so why don't we wait a little longer?
After figuring out the situation in Datong City. Arrange for the spies to attack.”
"Haha," Ao Bai laughed,"Your Highness, you don't even think about it. How can there be ten thousand reinforcements in Beijing?"
Although there were rumors that 3,000 cavalry defeated 200,000 bandits a month ago, could the capital gather another 7,000 soldiers in just a month?
Even if they could gather all of them, would they all be sent to support Datong?”
Ao Bai firmly believed that the seven thousand men were a false number. The so-called reinforcements were at most one or two thousand old, weak, and sick.
Hearing this, Tudor also felt that what Oboi said made sense.
However, they did not know that these soldiers were summoned by Zhu Youjian from the system.
"However, there's a guy called Guan Shou.”
"Commander, are you talking about the general who killed Liu Zongmin with one slash?”
Oboi did not answer Tudor's question. Instead, he put away his contemptuous expression. The scar on his face seemed to be able to squeeze out water as he stared at Datong City.
Just after noon, a soldier reported,"Lord Lieutenant, the soldiers from the north, south, and east have gathered.”
"Good! Attack!"
Dozens of war drums the size of tables were beaten at the same time. Rumble! The thunderous sound of the drums shook people's hearts.
"Kill them!"
Outside Da Tong City, the battle cries shook the sky, especially in the east of the city.
Several eight-bull crossbows that had been assembled at the last minute shot toward the city wall and the battlements with a whooshing sound.
These eight-bull crossbows were actually equivalent to ballistae. A crossbow bolt was about the same size as a spear, and it was also very powerful.
"Deng, Deng, Deng!"
The eight-bull crossbow shot out a bolt, and the arrowhead sank into the city wall, leaving behind a few wooden poles that could be used to climb on the wall.
At the same time, the Mongolian soldiers began to shoot arrows at the top of the city wall. A rain of arrows landed on the city wall.
Seeing the Ming army being suppressed, the Mongolian soldiers waved their sabers and shouted as they charged towards the city wall.
As there was no moat in the east of Da Tong City, the Mongolian soldiers directly rushed to the bottom of the city wall and began to attack the city.
Some soldiers grabbed onto the crossbow rods, while more soldiers set up ladders and climbed up the city wall.
"The northern bandits are here! Shooting arrows! Throw stones!"
On top of the city wall, the Datong garrison began to counterattack. The commander was Zhou Yuxiang.
Guan Shou and Yu Bao had given him the order to suppress the Qing and Mongol armies.
At the same time, they couldn't expose their main forces. They had to maintain the illusion that the city was about to be breached.
This was a little difficult for this brave man.
Whether it was to let him fight on the battlefield or to let him defend the city and kill the enemy bravely, there was no problem.
It would be a little too much to ask him to act.
However, Zhou Yuxiang still tried his best to perform.
He first put away the cannons and muskets and used the rolling thunder stones to attack the soldiers near the city.
At the same time, they also tried to reduce the number of soldiers in the city, creating a situation of insufficient manpower.
When Ao Bai and Duo Duo saw Zhou Yuxiang's performance, coupled with their preconceived notions, they quickly fell for it. They believed that there were not many defenders in Datong City.
"Shoot at the top of the city wall. Are the catapults not ready yet?”
Just like the other generals of the Qing army, Ao Bai disliked firearms. He preferred long-range weapons like bows and arrows and catapults.
"Reporting to Lord Lieutenant, everything is ready!”
"Aim at the city tower and release the fire oil tank.”
Three or four soldiers operated the capstan with two horses. They aimed at the city tower and loosened the gear.
"Hu ~"
The fire oil tank that was lit at the mouth of the tank dragged black smoke and flew toward the city gate tower like a meteor.
This shot hit a corner of the city tower, and the fire immediately burned.
"Put out the fire! Put out the fire!"
Fortunately, they had been prepared for fire attacks. The soldiers on the city wall used water and mops to extinguish the fire.
"Another cupping jar is flying over! Everyone, be careful!"
The cupping cups flew towards the city wall one after another. Zhou Yuxiang was indeed powerful. He was calm in the face of danger and commanded well.
Originally, the Qing army thought that after the cupping, the Ming army would definitely be in chaos.
But unexpectedly, the fire did not cause much of an impact, and the number of soldiers on the city wall did not seem to decrease.
This was also the result of Zhou Yuxiang's arrangement to carry the injured down the city tower in time and transfer them to the reserve team at the right time.
"Sound the bell and withdraw!"
Suddenly, Ao Bai gave the order to retreat, which made everyone feel a little confused.
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