This jumping team is mostly volunteers from various tribes, including Sauron soldiers and Qilie, and even the wild men in the Beishan Mountains. They all use heavy weapons such as double-handed swords, long-handed heavy axes, and nail hammers. After receiving the order, they immediately jumped off the embankment, regardless of the formation, and attacked the side of the white-armored soldiers. Some of the desperate white-armored soldiers didn't care about the white-armored soldiers and rushed towards the light-armored archers behind.

The invasion of the jumping team caused great chaos on the battlefield. The attack of the white-armored soldiers of the Donglu was stagnant and had to divide a considerable number to stop the enemy. When the archers faced the approaching enemies, they either fled or pulled out the Shundao to fight, but the small Shundao was really powerless. If it weren't for the large number of archers, they would probably have been killed by these jumpers.

Dudu was riding on the horse, panting heavily. Now there are only four hundred cavalry under his command that have not participated in the battle, but the enemy also has hundreds of cavalry. It is obviously impossible to attack the enemy's central army. He let out a long sigh and said, "Boro, you lead the army to attack the enemy's right wing."

"Prince Anping, at this time, I am not sure to kill the enemy." Boro said seriously.

Dudu nodded and said, "I know, when your cavalry moves in place, I will let you call the gold to withdraw the troops. If you cover them up, do you see that the musketeers of the island barons are also moving. If you want to attack the armored soldiers, they will definitely not dare to go down the embankment."

Boluo focused his attention and admired Du Du a little. If he was the leader next to him, he might choose to continue to increase his troops.

As the cavalry led by Bolo was unsteadily swimming around the battlefield, the war had to stop. The re-arranged meteors and artillery teams kept firing, sending out the retreating enemies with bullets. Donglu retreated very quickly, and even the seriously injured who could not move were not rescued. The red-eyed rushing team chased with weapons and heads. They were attacked by Bolo for a while and were killed and dispersed, and interfered with the artillery's shooting world. It was not worth the loss.

"Bahai, you chase after you and land on the right side. Don't start a war without authorization. Garage battalion, quickly organize soldiers to form an array, and we will press on." Li Mingxun issued an order loudly.

Wumu said: "The enemy is defeated but not chaotic, retreating steadily, and attacking rashly is probably not beautiful."

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "The weather is getting colder and colder. Whoever wants to fight with them again? Let's cover up and kill for a while and force them to return to the city, and you can seize two red cannons. I want to see where this red cannon that is so powerful that the world is coming from."

When everyone heard this, they laughed. Bahai took the lead in attacking. After going down the river, he slowly went to the right. After landing, he gathered forward and acted as if he wanted to strike sideways. Du Du gathered his soldiers and retreated quickly, but did not seize the opportunity to cross the river in the garrison camp. At this time, the gate of Ningguta opened, and Bo and Tou led hundreds of cavalry to rush out. The two sides confronted each other for less than two quarters of an hour. After the artillery team crossed the river, they shot seven or eight war horses in a row, and the Donglu retreated into the city.

The Red Barbarian cannons of the Donglu were not pulled to the position until the war was over. In addition to the reason why the cannon body was too heavy, it was because their cannon cars were too backward. When they retreated, the Donglu also tried to blow up the Red Barbarian cannons, but because Bahai led the cavalry to assault and caused chaos, it was not successful.

The Eastern Lu had limited contact with the Red Barbarian cannons than the Ming Dynasty. After suffering losses, they paid more attention to the Ming Dynasty. At first, they used artillery seized in the battles of Liaoshen and Guangning, and later imitated them, especially by accident, they caught a native artillery from the sea and snatched craftsmen from the Han area. The imitation was only effective. Kong Youde surrendered, which led to more and more red barbarian cannons in the East, so that in the Battle of Songjin, the Eastern Lu could directly use the Red Barbarian cannons to bombard the city walls.

As early as the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Donglu used the lost wax method to imitate the Red Armor cannon in Shenyang. These two cannons were produced in Shenyang and belonged to the Han army flag. They weighed more than two tons and the shells were about ten kilograms. They should be imitated nine-pound cannons. In fact, in the Red Armor cannons, both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the biggest one was the twelve-pound cannons. The difference was that multiple cannons were cast.

Due to the backward casting technology and the sulfurous iron material in the north, the Donglu cannons were heavier than Western cannons of the same caliber.

"Master, do you want to bring these cannons into the camp?" Wu Mu asked happily.

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "No, just pull it under the embankment. Remove the cannon stand and wait for them to steal it."

Umu commanded the people to pull the Red Barbarian cannons under the embankment, dismantled the cannon stand, and threw them into the pile of rocks. Throughout the afternoon, scattered reconnaissance cavalry appeared next to the cannon. As night fell, Donglu sent animals and soldiers to drag it. Pulling such a heavy thing onto the slippery embankment is not a simple task. Finally, the four-pound cannon and a clamping gun that ambushed on the north shore opened fire, killing many Donglu and livestock.

The two sides fought wits and courage around the artillery. At first, Du Du wanted to steal them back. After trying several times, hundreds of people and animals were killed and injured before giving up. Later, he simply wanted to blow up the two artillery. When the soldiers carried gunpowder under the embankment, they found that the opponent had already filled the barrel with water. The water was frozen and could not be cleaned up for a while. As a result, he was fired again, and the casualties were quite serious. Du Du completely gave up.

In October, another heavy snow stopped.

Taktu walked into the new handsome tent, which was built with mud as thick as a thigh. The wall was nearly one meter thick, which isolated most of the air conditioning. A stove was placed in the four corners and middle of the handsome tent. The warmth in the handsome tent made people sweat.

Several people have already come in. Everyone knows that the snow has stopped and the army is going to attack the city. The consul has become aware of capturing Ningguta before the New Year. Everyone is working hard to make contributions in the war.

Taktu is Tabay's grandson. His tribe is already the most important security reliance for the community in Oriental Port and the entire Sakhalin Island. The tribal soldiers and the community's guards support the defense of Oriental Port. In addition to the increasingly terrifying ironworks and the ever-expanding port, the Taktu family's workshop is the largest industry. The Taktu family cooperates with whaling shops to make a lot of profits by processing seafood, but Taktu is not his grandfather who likes to sit on the kang and count silver coins. He is young and doesn't want to rot in the pile of rum and salted fish.

Among the younger generations of various tribes, Taktu is not the best. Fortunately, he has a good mouth and can marry the widowed daughter of the Chief Executive as his wife. After being guided by Song Laoqi, he escorted the siege cannons to Ningguta Camp. Facing the generals in the tent, Taktu remembered the words of his father-in-law Song Laoqi: Don’t always think about standing out on the battlefield. The consul’s eyes are bright, and he will see any credit.

Li Mingxun sat in the main seat wearing a light leather jacket and said, "Yesterday, two Han people escaped from Ningguta. They said that Ningguta had already started killing horses and mules, and the food for coating began to be restricted. It seems that they can attack the city while their morale is unstable."

Everyone cheered in unison. They had had enough in the snowy camp. Although Ningguta was a tough and hard bone, it could at least get a warm bed and a safe environment without having to patrol in weather that they wouldn't dare to piss on.

Li Mingxun pointed to Ningguta on the map and said, "Our old opponent has been strengthening the city defense here, but now the city wall of Ningguta is less than four meters high and two meters thick. The cannons can be completely destroyed. The enemy now has four red cannons, two are at the north gate where we are mainly attacking. I plan to build two horseshoe-shaped cannons first, collapse the north wall first, and then fill the moat to attack the city. What do you think?"

No one has raised an objection. It is much better to collapse a city wall than climbing a wall. Besides, so many artillery shipped in, you can't be dismissed.

"Who is willing to supervise the construction task of artillery tower?" Li Mingxun asked, looking around for a while.

Several generals dodged Li Mingxun's eyes. They were unwilling to go to the wilderness to blow the cold wind. Taktu said, "I do."

Li Mingxun nodded with relief and said, "Very good, young eagle, what do you need, say it out."

Taktu thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, I want a few foreigners in your tent. I think they know better what the cannon building looks like. I also need a thousand coolies, two hundred of them are slaves, and the rest are guys from nearby tribes who come to work. Of course, they need some cotton clothes, salt, iron pots, and grain as rewards, and so on..."

Looking at the impatient appearance of several generals, Taktu closed his mouth and finally said, "Your Excellency, that's all for the time being."

Li Mingxun smiled. Although the young man was a little confused, he thought about it comprehensively and for a long time. He nodded and said, "You can give you everything you want. Five days to build a cannon base. I don't want to drag it until the next snow."

At noon, Li Mingxun received news that Taktu had already started.

He put on his cotton jacket, climbed the camp's shooting building, and watched Taktu's actions. The guy was riding on a horse, escorting the slaves out of the camp with more than 20 soldiers. The slaves were carrying shovels, pickaxes, steel chisels and other things, and many people were carrying straw bags. In the distance, several cavalry were already wandering in front of Ningguta City, constantly inserting a kind of wooden pole tied with red ropes into the snow on the ground.

"Listen, you four are in a team of people, and you choose your own tools. Each of them digs a trench that is one meter long, five feet wide and half a person deep. The digging soil is filled with straw bags and piled up on the south side, and the pile is four feet thick. The first three are finished, and the wife and children are returned to their wives and children, and the first ten are finished and the free ones are restored to their free body, and they are rewarded with one tael of silver!" Taktu's shouting was torn to pieces by the north wind. Li Mingxun also heard the contents clearly from Wumu, but seeing the slaves shouting, it seemed that the effect was good.

A group of slaves carried tools across the Hailang River and appeared about 500 meters outside the north gate of Ningguta. They each found the area marked by the mahogany pole and dug it hard. Taktu led more than 30 cavalry to wander around, one was to take care of the slaves, and the other was to guard against the small attacks of the Donglu. On the bank of the Hailang River, Bahai led the cavalry to find a shelter to garrison. If Ningguta sent a large group of troops to fight, it would be his time to swing.

The slaves used iron shovels to clean the snow on the surface. The pickaxe and steel drill crushed the frozen hard land and dug it out bit by bit. The weather was too cold. Many slaves' hands were frozen green, but they still waved their tools desperately. When fighting here, their fate had long been determined. When they ran to Ningguta, they were also working and repairing walls. If they escaped from the camp, they would definitely freeze to death. Only by working can they have the chance to be free. In fact, they had good food, full grain cakes and enough meat soup, and sometimes they could eat some bacon that the soldiers despised. These natives in the Baishan Blackshui tribes have lived a hard life, and many people lived a worse life in the past.

A white mist rose on the head of the slave working, which consumed huge amounts of physical strength to slow down their movements. Suddenly, someone shouted, "Lying in the ditch, I'm going to fire."

A group of people hurriedly lay in the shallow trench they dug out. Sure enough, two cannons were heard, and snow broke out in the distance, and there was no movement. The slaves hurriedly got up to work, and they were also afraid of firing, but they were even more afraid of being killed because of escape. Moreover, Taktu had already said that the lives of ten slaves were not worth a shell. If the guys in the city were not stupid, they would not have firing, at least one of them had not killed two cannons just now.

The fire was ineffective, and the city gate opened wide. More than fifty cavalrymen ran out, all of whom covered their bodies with sheepskin and held bows and arrows. However, the snow outside the city was too thick and the horses could not run fast. Taktu led his army to meet them. First, he shot two rounds with a step bow under the horse, and then he went on to meet the enemy. The horses on both sides ran hard in the knee-high snow, as if they were rabbits. The cavalry that could not run was not very powerful. Seven or eight people were injured and killed, so they went back.

"You teams will bring back the dead horses and stew them for you tonight!" Taktu shouted to a group of slaves, and the men ran over with a scream.

When it was dark, the slaves had already dug out several trenches and built thick chest walls. Unless one position was hit one after another, the chest wall would not be a problem. Taktu rewarded the slaves who performed well as promised. The next day, the main force working was turned into a bitter tribe. They wanted to build artillery bases under Taktu's command. Whenever the artillery was fired or harassed, these guys would hide in the trenches. The cost of harassment of the Donglu was getting higher and higher, because two hundred raiders entered the trenches built the day before, stood in the trenches and opened fire, attacking the close Donglu cavalry. When the cavalry approached, they shrank into the trenches. The angry Donglu dismounted and fought, but was besieged by slaves and coolies, and the fate was quite miserable.
Chapter completed!