"This shack is really good. It's nothing bad except that it smells a little bit bad and is a little darker." Li Mingxun looked around and said.

"Hehe, this is learned from you Han people. Just dig a hole, cut some trees, and mud to build it. If I hadn't learned this book, I would have known how many slaves would have frozen to death one winter last year." Ba Hai said, bringing Li Mingxun hot tea.

After Li Mingxun finished drinking, he felt much warmer and asked, "How is the situation? Have you ever fought with Donglu?"

Speaking of the serious matter, Bahai became much more serious and said, "I came here in mid-August and built this camp. Donglu and us were separated by a river. Apart from the scouts, there was not much battle. On the Sanjietan, Anlin discovered a Donglu cavalry and sold a flaw to them. Unexpectedly, those guys ran back to Ningguta and did not fight."

"How many people are there in the camp and what are the supplies?" Li Mingxun asked.

Bahai said: "There are now more than 2,200 soldiers in the camp, auxiliary soldiers and slaves of more than 1,000, and two or three thousand coolies from the surrounding area to work, and more than 400 horses and mules. The horse team from Xingkai Lake came three times, and the fast crabs from Sanxingtan were transported twice. The food stored was enough for people to eat horses and chew for more than three months, and there was enough firewood and grass, but now the supply was cut off, so I think I would like to see the situation before fighting."

Li Mingxun nodded slightly. It was already mid-September, and it had already had heavy snow and light snow. The mountain road from Xingkai Lake to Ningguta had been sealed with snow. There were large pieces of ice in Mudanjiang, which was full of water. It was obvious that it was about to freeze and the boat could not go into the water anymore. Bahai wanted to wait for the river to freeze and let the ice boat try it and see the feasibility of using ice boats for large-scale supply. After all, the method of storing grain for three months is completely different from the method of unlimited grain storage.

"Then have you been sitting in this shack to drink tea during this period?" Li Mingxun knocked on the teacup and asked with a smile.

Bahai said: "How can it be? Song Laoqi said, "You have established the Yongning Chief Executive District in the East China Sea, and let me become a member of the parliament. I don't know what the official title is, but I heard that all the big and small things in the East China Sea have to let me know. This official is not small. If I don't put in my strength, Song Laoqi will not have to punish me!"

Li Mingxun smiled. Since ancient times, making a wish for officials has been the lowest cost mobilization method.

Bahai took out the map and said, "Ningguta is just south of Hailan River. It was originally just a small city with a circumference of one mile. It was said to be a stone city, mainly a civil structure, and the city wall was not high. The original Angbang Zhangjing was afraid of us. Last year, the city wall was strengthened and trenches were dug. The prisoners captured last month said that this year, there were a prince of the Donglu, and several royal families, all of whom were the descendants of the old slaves, and brought thousands of people. Cooperating with the remaining people and hundreds of bird gunmen supported by North Korea, there were probably more than 2,500 people. In addition to the servitude, Aha and the merchants who stayed there, could reach 4,000, but there were many horses in the Donglu, and there were at least 1,55 animals. Hehe, the stored food could be eaten until next summer."

"Summer? In the beginning of spring next year, Shengjing will send reinforcements." Li Mingxun said.

Ba Hai smiled: "So, if there is no problem with ice boat supply, we will help them consume food and force them to go out of the city to fight. It is best to finish the fight before the New Year. We can find a house with a roof for the New Year, so we can't stay here."

"How do you consume food for them?" Li Mingxun asked.

Bahaidao: "Send people to the city!"

As the core of the Qing Dynasty's rule in the easternmost direction, Ningguta must have been developed the most perfectly. When worshipping the literary inquisitions in later generations, people always think that the living conditions here are harsh. In fact, it is not easy for the families of criminals from the mainland, but the real death of large-scale exiles was the lawless armored people here. For the family of criminals who were exiled, it was common for them to kill men and steal their women.

The name Ningguta comes from the six sons of Nurhaci's great-grandfather. There is actually no tower here. Ningguta means six towers, and Ningguta means six. The descendants of these people belong to Jueluo, who is closest to Aisin Gioro. Not only does a large number of Jueluo live nearby, but in order to strengthen the rule, they also intermarry with the surrounding tribes and marry girls of their own tribes as Sarhans. Many soldiers in the city recruited from nearby. Bahai wanted to find these people who had to protect the Eastern Captains and then send them to Ningguta. In fact, Bahai, which has a large amount of hard currency such as salt, iron and grain, does not even need to do it by himself. Even a rumor of massacre can make a large number of people go to Ningguta to take refuge.

"Very good, let's do it first. Let's wait for half a month." Li Mingxun said.

Half a month later.

Dudu wrapped his heavy bear-skin coat around him, put on gloves, left the room and ran to the city wall. His long leather boots stepped on the snow last night, making a creaking sound. He saw the soldiers standing on the city wall standing upright without looking lazy, and felt relieved, but when he saw the people standing above the city gate, his expression changed.

The man's beard and eyebrows had thick frost on his eyebrows, and his face was already purple. He obviously had been standing here for a long time. Du Du said coldly: "The person who stands here for duty now should be Bohetuo, not you Boluo!"

Boluo bowed and said, "Prince Anping, Bohetuo caught a cold last night, so he went back to rest."

Boluo still respects his cousin. Although he was not as stunning as the late Yuetuo and Sahalian in the third generation of Aisin Gioro, he was a very steady general. This is also one of the important reasons why the emperor chose him to come to Ningguta. The older Dudu never made a mistake in the long war and was mature and persistent, which is most conducive to stabilizing the threat from the Qing Dynasty from the East.

Du Du smiled coldly: "If he wants to make a contribution, he has to go into battle instead of hiding in the bed and drinking."

But Du Du just said it casually. He would not punish a royal family for such a trivial matter, especially in front of Boro.

"Prince Anping, we can no longer let refugees come in. Now more than 6,000 people have gathered in the city. If we come again, our food will not be enough for the winter." Boro reminded.

Du Du pointed to the person who approached the city gate and asked, "What do you think should be done? The enemy will definitely kill them and not escape into Ningguta. Would they let them go deep into the mountains? Boluo, the armored people will not shoot bows at their relatives, and the white armored soldiers will not shoot arrows at our fellow tribes."

Boluo said: "At least they cannot come in at will. We can protect their lives, but they cannot protect their property. Prince Anping asked you to order that all those who enter the city to take refuge must slaughter their livestock, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter."

Nearly a thousand soldiers who participated in this battle came from Yongning City, and they were also the best-trained. Among the other soldiers, the Bahai tribe provided 300 cavalry, Li Mingxun brought 200 people from the base camp as a training force, while the rest of the troops were recruited from various tribes and organized as a jumping team with extra armor and weapons. They had no discipline or formation at all.

Guided by the drums, Bahai led 300 cavalrymen out of the camp, and followed by more than 200 jumpers. The club is not short of weapons now, so even the jumpers are equipped with iron helmets and cotton armor. The weather is too cold, and thick cotton suits are worn outside. Their weapons are varied, usually heavy weapons such as two-handed machetes, long-handled battle axes, spears, and tiger spears.

Bahai rushed out of the camp, circled around the Hailan River, and arranged about three hundred steps after the river bank. Hailan River is a small river. Even at the downstream position, it is only 150 meters wide. The river water washed and deposited the embankment, resulting in a drop of 1.5 meters and 5 meters between the river bank and the ice surface. This drop is enough to stop the cavalry. If the cavalry of the Donglu dared to rush across the ice surface, then the cavalry of Bahai can attack while the enemy has not yet gathered and cooperated with the jumping team to take the lead.

Boro also fought an old battle. He knew the consequences of the half-crossing attack. He did not cross the river rashly, but also lined up by the river.

Neither side dared to act rashly. Li Mingxun successfully led the garrison battalion and artillery team to the riverside and used the river embankment to expand the formation. The community camps were all arranged by the mesolini and spearmen. The ratio was generally three to two, with a brigade of five hundred people, three hundred spearmen and two hundred spearmen. However, the proportion of Han people in the Yongning Administrative Region was too small. To train barbarians to be mesolini, what needed to be taught is not only how to use the mesolinini, but also to understand Chinese commands and marching. Not all barbarians are willing to learn, nor are they able to learn it. Therefore, in the Yongning garrison battalion, the ratio of the mesolinini and spearmen is half and half, which is the result of a large number of Koreans.

As the garrison battalion arrived, the array changed, the jumping team moved to the left wing, the cavalry reached the right wing, and the garrison battalion formed five chessboard-shaped horizontal formations, with the raids in front, the spear team behind, and the artillery occupied a raised mound on the left wing with Li Mingxun's guards.

Dudu rode a horse to the river and saw the opponent's formation clearly. The army in front of him was arranged straight like arrows. The armor, spears and steel knives emitted a cold light. Seeing that the military formation was strict and the terrain advantage, Dudu hesitated a little.

"Prince Anping, the significance of the surprise attack is no longer great. Let's wait until the Red Barbarian Cannon arrives." Boluo came on horseback and said.

Du Du nodded slightly, but he knew that it would be a long time. At this time, the Red Cannon had just left the city. This big guy with more than two tons had only simple cannon trucks, which was inconvenient to move. Although he sent thirty mules and 100 Aha to assist, it would take an hour to arrive by the river.

On the other side of the river, Ba Hai ran to Li Mingxun and said, "Big Shopkeeper, Donglu is cowardly, let's attack!"

Li Mingxun looked at the large section of the rocky riverbed exposed to the snow and the nearly vertical embankment cut by the river, and shook his head: "Enemy and I each take one side. In this terrain, whoever attacks will suffer, let the enemy attack. Come and challenge!"

Ba Hai grinned and said, "Do you want to scold the enemy? I have heard people say that the war in the Central Plains requires scolding the enemy, but I have never seen it before. It would be considered in vain to be able to see it today."

Li Mingxun glanced at Ba Hai, who was not interested in watching the fun and said, "I am a civilized person and can't do that kind of thing."

Soon, Wu Mu and others escorted a dozen guys to the front of the formation, kicked the people at the bend of their legs, and then knelt on the ground. These people were captured from nearby tribes, all of whom were among the Eight Banners, including three of them, who were distant relatives of the Aisin Gioro family.

With Wu Mu's order, more than a dozen guards raised their swords and fell on their heads one by one. Each of the guards lifted a braid, threw the head high towards the ice, and shouted loudly: "Kill the Tartars, kill the Tartars."
Chapter completed!