The fighting situation at night was worse than during the day, because the Hou Jin army could not see the Ming army at all, and their bows and arrows were useless.
Although the damage from iron caltrops and landmines were mostly not fatal, they could still injure people.
And injuries are more likely to demoralize than death.
Huang Taiji swore before the war that Xin'an Fort would be easily destroyed during the night siege, but the current situation made his oath a joke.
Nurhachi was furious, and Duduo was still adding fuel to the fire.
The old slave chief finally went crazy.
He grabbed a big knife and slashed at Huang Taiji.
Mang Gurtai was shocked.
He dragged Huang Taiji who was kneeling on the ground and pulled him back hard.
Nurhachi's sword hit the ground.
Mang Gurtai shouted: "Father, you are trying to kill Ba Brother, he is your biological son."
Nurhaci snorted coldly: "Zhu Ying is also my biological son."
As soon as these words came out, Du Du's face turned red, but he remained speechless.
Huang Taiji gave Duduo a cold look and said: "Father Khan, the child is wrong.
Please calm down Father Khan.
If the child's life is necessary to make Father Khan feel at ease, then please Father Khan take it and give it to Father Khan."
A child’s life is something that only the father has the power to deal with.”
Although Nurhachi said so, he felt a hint of regret in his heart after slashing out with the knife.
At this time, after listening to Huang Taiji's words, I felt a little dissatisfied, so he said: "Your good strategy has caused me to lose my troops.
What should I do now?"
Mang Gurtai heard Nurhachi's tone relax, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and let go of Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji said: "It is true that the child is incompetent.
Please calm down my father Khan for the time being.
The child feels that besieging this place will deprive him of his food and grass.
In the end, he will not be able to win without a fight."
Nurhachi shouted: "Do you know how much food and grass they have?"
Huang Taiji replied: "The child has already asked the scouts.
Every time they occupy a land, they transport supplies from various places.
It is speculated that they should be transported back to Pi Island.
In this case, even if there is food and grass in Xin'an Fort, there should not be a lot of it. " Nurhachi's face softened a little, and he nodded and said: "This is all we can do now.
Then use the money to withdraw your troops.
I will definitely avenge this."
After the Hou Jin soldiers retreated, they simply cleaned up and found that more than 1,800 people had not returned.
Among those who came back, there were more than 300 wounded soldiers, and the loss was about 2,000 people.
Of course, some of those who have not returned should be injured, but it is impossible for both sides to clean up the battlefield now.
By the time dawn comes, the injured will basically freeze to death or bleed to death.
The next morning, the Guards began to clear the battlefield.
They first determined that the mines had exploded based on the marks, and then cut off the heads of the slaves one by one.
As for the caltrops, they left them in place and buried a batch of them.
The mines were put in to prevent the next attack from Jiannu.
A total of 2,075 heads were chopped off, and some of the heads had been blown away or burned, which made the soldiers who beheaded them very unhappy.
The method of calculating the merit of the Guards is not based on the head, but the total merit is of course related to the head.
One less head of a slave will mean one less credit.
Lu Qin looked at the harvest and smiled from ear to ear.
No one in the Guards was injured, but they actually killed so many slaves.
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No one would believe this result.
It seems that the advantage of weapons is indeed the biggest advantage.
The Houjin Army was originally positioned in the north of Xin'an Fort, but now it is moving and actually wants to surround Xin'an Fort.
Lu Qin couldn't help but feel nervous when he thought about his food reserves.
He asked the quartermaster: "How long can our food reserves last?"
The quartermaster said: "Because we have grabbed a lot of food from other forts, if we consume it normally, we should be able to sustain it for more than two months."
Lu Qin just breathed a sigh of relief, but the quartermaster's next words made him feel relieved again.
"However, there is a problem with the amount of gunpowder.
There are now more than 7,000 Guardsmen in Xin'an Fort, and each person only has about fifty bullets in reserve for their gunpowder."
He quickly asked: "What about rifled guns and artillery?"
"The rifled muskets should each still have eighty bullets.
As for the artillery, they should be able to fire five thousand rounds."
Lu Qin took a breath: "Forget about the firecrackers, why are there only so many artillery pieces?"
The quartermaster replied: "Our reserve warehouse is in Pi Island, and then part of it was transported to Yinshan Fort.
When we went to Xin'an Fort and Yunyang Fort, we only brought the ammunition needed for the battle.
Later, when we withdrew from Yunyang to Xin'an Fort, we had already Most of the ammunition in Yinshan Fort was transported to Xin'an Fort.
Now the ammunition is only available in Pi Island."
Lu Qin patted his head in frustration and said: "The artillery can only support one attack during the day yesterday.
If Jiannu attacks again today, the artillery will become a decoration during the attack tomorrow."
The quartermaster nodded and said: "Yes, but from my perspective, Jiannu will not attack again.
Could it be that the casualties from the two attacks yesterday still didn't make them give up?"
Lu Qin waved his hand impatiently and asked the messenger to summon the generals to discuss how to deal with Jiannu's siege.
He only had two infantry brigades, one and a half artillery battalions, and Dongjiang soldiers under his command, so there were only more than 8,000 soldiers in Xin'an Fort.
There would be no problem if this small force was concentrated on one city wall, but now that it was scattered on four walls and there were not enough artillery shells, he was a little worried that he would not be able to defend it.
The generals don't have any clever tricks.
There are too few people, so it is really difficult to hold on.
In fact, if Houjin adopts a four-sided attack method from the beginning, Xin'anbao's defense will be much more difficult.
It was only Nurhaci who was obsessed with it and wanted to wipe out Xin'an Fort in one fell swoop, focusing on attacking only one side, that allowed the Guards to achieve such a big gain.
Lu Qin had no choice but to say: "If Jiannu attacks, everyone should pay attention to saving ammunition, especially the artillery battalion.
Unless there is an intensive attack, try not to use artillery."
Xue Boling said: "That's all.
The use of fire cannons should be more reasonable.
With rifled fire cannons, place the enemy within a hundred steps before hitting them.
With ordinary fire cannons, place the enemy within fifty steps before hitting them.
On the city wall, Piling up more rocks should make it stronger.”
Gui Zhunzhen smiled and said: "I'm afraid the Jiannu won't attack again.
They want to trap us to death.
I don't think ammunition is a big problem, but food and drinking water are the top priority."
Lu Qin said: "The food can last for two months, and the well water in the fort is suitable for drinking.
There is no big problem."
Gui Sunzhen said: "If the slaves dig ditches outside the city, it will affect the water output of the well.
I think it is better to store some water now.
Anyway, the water will not go bad if it is stored now.
Besides, the problem of firewood is very troublesome. , although the weather is getting warmer, it’s still a bit cold without a fire, and we can’t light a fire for warmth in the future, so we have to keep the firewood for cooking
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