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Chapter 34

At Da'ankou Pass, the five thousand people who were forced to recruit were strong day after day, and were insensitive. With mechanical labor, the broken city wall was gradually restored, and the broken marching wall restored its original appearance.

After more than 20 days, many people were killed and injured by forced recruits. Some of them fell to the ground with exhaustion, and were beaten by soldiers with whips. They struggled to get up to work. After they were exhausted, they were dragged out on the grassland outside and left to feed the wolf.

The Ming Dynasty recruited the Min Zhuang to repair the city wall in Da'ankou and eliminated spies in Zunhua City. Naturally, the Later Jin Xizhu, who was lurking nearby, was noticed. A few days later, Huang Taiji also obtained information.

"Khan! According to the detailed report, Minggou should have known that we are going to attack Da'ankou. Khan, has our army changed its attack route? We will attack from another pass?" Fan Wencheng learned the news and immediately proposed to Huang Taiji.

"The plan remains unchanged!" Huang Taiji said firmly, "Even if the Ming Dynasty strengthened the defense of Da'ankou, so what? It was just recruiting thousands of untrained civilians. In front of my Dajin Iron Cavalry, it was not a two-legged sheep! Our army in Zunhua City suffered losses, so what? Chongzhen's son instead withdrew Wang Yuanya and Zhu Guoyan who were hunting and killing my Dajin I. Can Liu Ce, the incompetent person, defend Da'ankou and Zunhua?"

The Later Jin army acted according to the original plan. On October 22, the Later Jin army started camp from the Shangduhe Grassland Shangduhe Village, with a total of more than 30,000 Jurchen soldiers in the Later Jin, more than 20,000 Mongolmen soldiers in the Korqin, and another 5,000 Han army flags and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers composed of Baoyi Aha, totaling more than 85,000, claiming to be a 150,000 army, attacking towards Hongshankou.

On October 28, the Later Jin army arrived in Panjiakou, and the Panjiakou garrison Jin Youguang surrendered. On that day, Beilemanguertai attacked Hongshankou City, and the Ming army that defended the city was defeated.

While the Later Jin army captured Hongshankou, another route of Later Jin army led by Jirgalang and headed straight to Da'ankou.

"Jiannu is here!" The Dadongyugouling Mountain Village had already discovered the Later Jin army and reported the matter to Li Laoer.

Li Laoer made a decisive decision: "Let's go, let's go and inform the Da'ankou defenders first, and then kill a few Jiannu's scouts and whistle cavalry!"

At present, only more than twenty cavalrymen can be used in Li Lao Er's hands, and the rest lack excellent armor. When they go to the Houjin Sweeping Cavalry, they can only be used as targets for the Houjin Sweeping Cavalry.

Li Lao Er personally ordered twelve old horse thieves, including Li Hong, Zhang Wei, Han Dashan, Zhao Quan, and then ordered eight new horse thieves adapted from Mu Nu, including Liu Cheng, Chen Zhongfa, Wu Gouzi. Although Liu Cheng, Chen Zhongfa and others were newcomers, they performed well in several bandit suppression operations and the last time they wiped out the Shanxi merchant caravan. The excellent riding skills and good kung fu made Li Lao Er look at them differently, and was promoted to the core force in the parody.

For the twenty cavalrymen who set out to fight, everyone was wearing the exquisite armor seized from the Jurchens. Each of them was wearing two thick iron-inserted cotton armor, and a chain mail was worn at the bottom. The three layers of heavy armor were enough to block the direct shooting of the Bayala soldiers' heavy arrows.

These twenty people are their own squad of cavalry without quitting at night. Together with them, there are a total of twenty-one riders. They will leave the village on the morning of October 27 and go to Da'ankou to report the news. Twenty-one riders, one man and three horses. Anyway, there are no shortage of war horses at hand, and what they lack is excellent armor. Only twenty-one will fight, and the rest are guarding their homes in the village, and there are too many horses to use.

Li Laoer himself carried a horse spear, Miao sword, cavalry bow and a three-eyed gun. Li Hong, the second leader of the village, still carried a tiger-toothed sword, cavalry spear, pedal bow and cavalry bow. Han Dashan, who was the most powerful, carried a long-handled axe, a straight knife, a foot bow and cavalry bow. The rest of the people, each carrying his most convenient weapons, and the proportion of three-eyed guns was extremely high. Except for Li Hong and Han Dashan who were good at archery, each of the other eighteen cavalry carried a three-eyed gun.

The three-eyed gun is a powerful weapon to deal with Baijia Bayala, especially when it is fired. One person in the front will withstand it, and the other person in the back will attack with the three-eyed gun at close range. He will definitely be able to kill with one blow.

The carefully selected night-delayed people are good at shooting archery. Everyone has at least one bow, either stepping or riding bows. The arrows used are all smeared with the poison of blood-sealing throat.

There were a total of 63 carefully selected good horses, several of which were specially used to carry everyone's food and forage, and also equipped the war horses with salt water, beans, and bread to ensure that the war horses did not lose weight. Before leaving, everyone carried dry food and water bags, and the water bags were filled with water. The dry food was the fried noodles created by Li Laoer himself.

The so-called fried noodles with oil are completely a kind of dry food created by Li Laoer who copied the later army. The fried noodles are not fried noodles, but are made of flour, bean flour, millet flour, sorghum flour, and stir-fry them with salt. They are eaten with water. The taste is good, and they can provide enough calories and are very hungry.

After the Yebusuo team led by Li Laoer himself was ready, on the morning of the 27th, after breakfast was served in the mountain village, twenty-one people and sixty-three war horses set off in a mighty manner and headed straight for Da'ankou.

When Li Laoer came to Da'ankou this time, he saw that the city walls of Da'ankou had changed their appearance and the city walls were repaired. There were many defenders standing on the top of the city, and the city gates were also closed. Unlike last time, the city gates were opened, and the guards leaned lazily against the door. Seeing all this, Li Laoer was also a little relieved.

Whether the Da'ankou defender can be defended depends on the fortunes of the Da'ankou defenders. In short, the guards will be strengthened, and at least it will make the Later Jin army lose more personnel when attacking Da'ankou. Perhaps it can also give Zhao Lujiao valuable time to avoid this powerful general of the Ming Dynasty being lost under Zunhua City.

"Is the Jiannu Shou Cavalry coming downstairs?" Min Zhuang He Xing, who was on the top of the city, saw a group of well-equipped cavalry coming down from the city, so he asked a veteran.

The last time Li Lao Er came, he impressed the Da'ankou defenders. The veteran recognized Li Lao Er and replied: "The one who came here was not Jiannu, but Han horse thieves outside my pass. Last time they came to inform the incident of Jiannu's about to invade."

"Horse thief?" He Xing said in confusion, "Why did the horse thief come to help us?"

"After all, they are all Han people." The veteran said.

"Brothers in the city, Jiannu is about to invade! All are ready!" Li Laoer raised his head and shouted at the Ming army defenders on the top of the city.

"Thank you for your brothers under the city for reporting the news!" A Ming army officer with a thousand general looked like a clasped his fists at the top of the city, and thanked Li Laoer.

"Brothers at the city wall just guard Da'ankou. We will harass Jiannu outside the pass!" After Li Laoer bowed and returned the favor, he took his own night-bang cavalry and left.

"Military Sect! Jiannu is here!" Someone had already reported this to General Zhang Shixian.

It was almost noon, and General Zhang Shixian was still hugging his concubine and sleeping soundly.

"Is Jiannu really here?" After hearing this news, Zhang Shixian, who was originally just recruiting people to build a city to enhance his courage, was frightened and sweated.

"Take it seriously! The thief who came here just last time came to report, and the beacon tower in the north emitted another wolf smoke!" The servant knelt on his knees to report.
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