Uliwa's eyes instantly became bigger than his warhorse's eyes: "What? It's used up? This is only one day! Then you can make it quickly."
"Uh really, how can we create such iron bumps? These are all left by the Liaodong Ming Army before."
"Can't make it?" Uliwa was a little frustrated, and finally relied on the tiger cannon to gain the advantage. It is now when he needs it most, but there is no solid bullet. "What should I do? Or, borrow from the second big account. point?"
"Well, the second big account just sent someone to borrow it from us! We saw that there were not many solid bullets, so we didn't agree. At this time, they must have borrowed from the first big account."
Uliwa frowned his thick and hard eyebrows: "Without solid bullets, how can I stop the Ming army from crossing the river?"
"Uh, don't we still have bows and arrows?"
"Bows and arrows? But... But..." Uliwa couldn't do it either. The solid bullets couldn't be shipped tonight anyway, "Well, prepare more bows and arrows, don't let the bows and arrows be gone! The Ming army is waiting for us to kill , But we don’t have the scimitar to slaughter the Ming army, that’s a pity."
"Uh really don't worry, we have bows and arrows."
Uliwa quickly forgot the unpleasantness just now, "That's good, prepare more torches, and keep an eye on the Ming army opposite."
"Yes, that's true."
After nightfall, the water on the Sancha River was misty, and the Jurchen soldiers lighted a lot of torches on the east bank, but on the surface of the Sancha River, the figure of the Ming army was still not clear.
On the midstream and upstream pontoons, clanging sounds from the Ming army were heard from time to time. It is estimated that they were speeding up the repair of pontoons damaged by solid bullets during the night.
As long as the voice is louder, the Jurchen soldiers will fire a few cannons. Later, when there is no solid bullet, they will shoot arrows at the center of the river. The arrows fall into the water, but every time they bloom When the bullets and arrows were fired, the Ming army would stop for a while.
But as soon as the solid bullets and arrows stopped, it didn't take long before the Ming army made a strange clanging sound in the center of the river.
The game of cats and mice was played almost all night. Fortunately, the Jurchen soldiers were cats. Although they used up bombs and arrows, there were no casualties. The Ming army was a rat that stole food. It is estimated that there are quite a few of them. The soldier was buried in Sanchahe.
In the lower reaches of Sancha River, the floating bridge built by the Ming army is moving steadily.
The night is deep and the water is misty. The Ming soldiers who are building the pontoon are extremely cautious. The Jurchen soldiers on the other side have already been attracted by the sound of guns from the upper and middle reaches.
A large amount of wood, tied together with ropes on the ground, almost reached a hundred steps. With the help of the buoyancy of the water, it was transported to the soldiers who built the pontoon bridge. The pontoon bridge seemed to have wings and was quickly extending toward the opposite bank.
"Be careful, it's only two hundred steps away from the other side." The soldiers in charge of observation were both excited and excited. The commander's method of "fixing the plank road and keeping the warehouse secretly" can achieve the purpose of "crossing the sea without hiding the sky". In the middle, I was fooled by the bells on the pontoon all night.
"I know, we have been very careful." The soldiers who built the pontoon even spoke very quietly, fearing that they would startle the opposite Jian slave.
"Puff!" A faint flame suddenly flashed across the East Bank just a few steps away, and then there was a hysterical call.
The Ming army soldiers who built the pontoon couldn't understand it. The Jurchen soldier called out, "The Ming army has crossed the river!"
It turned out that the Jurchen soldier caught a cold and got up in the middle of the night with diarrhea. After he got out of the tent, he not only heard the movement in the river, but also seemed to hear people talking.
The Jurchen soldiers in the tent didn't even have time to put on their leather armor, a swarm of bees rushed out of the tent, holding their precious bows and arrows tightly in their hands.
When the Ming Army soldiers heard a sound on the shore, they knew something was going to happen.
The soldier at the forefront quickly unhooked the five-claw flying hook wrapped around his waist and threw it to the opposite bank. The flying hook hooked the rocks or grass roots on the ground. He pulled hard and found that it was quite strong, so he pulled the rope. The other end is tied to the floating bridge.
The pontoon bridge was temporarily fixed. Although there was still less wood from the opposite bank, people stood on the pontoon bridge and tightened the ropes on the fly hooks. They could barely approach the shore. Artillery was difficult to pass. If people wade through the water, they can still go ashore. .
The soldiers who built the pontoon did not carry flintlocks. They jumped into the river automatically to make way for the gunmen behind.
The Jurchen soldier kept yelling until the Jurchen soldiers in the tent came to the river bank.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Now that it has been exposed, the Ming army's flintlocks fired naturally.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
The Jurchen soldiers were not to be outdone, their bows and arrows, with the help of the faint light reflected on the water, shot towards the Ming army on the pontoon.
The light is too dark, and the hit rate of both parties is not high, but the Jurchen soldiers hide in the darkness on the shore, while the Ming soldiers can only be fixed on the pontoon. The advantages and disadvantages of both sides are very obvious.
The pontoon bridge is being built and has not yet passed through, so there are only a hundred people with the Ming army gunmen who are protecting on the bridge.
The gunmen gritted their teeth, loaded and fired in silence. They couldn't see the number of Jurchen soldiers on the opposite side. They could only rely on their own instincts and habits to fight their opponents.
When every gunman falls, the soldiers who just built the pontoon will pick up the flintlock and join the ranks of the gunmen.
On the west bank of the Sancha River, the Ming army’s reinforcements have already stepped onto the pontoon. As long as they persist for a moment, they will wait until the arrival of the reinforcements.
"Boom... Long..."
The Jurchen soldiers fired their cannons. Although the accuracy of the solid bullets was not great, the sound and fire from the tiger's cannon was still quite scary in the boundless night.
"How to do?"
"What do you do? Spell it."
"Boom... Long..."
"Boom... Long..."
More and more solid bullets fell on the pontoon bridge, and the pontoon bridge shook violently, which seriously interfered with the gunmen's loading and aiming.
"Boom, boom!"
The rope that bound the timber finally couldn't bear it under the violent impact of the solid bullet. After making two faint noises, it finally broke, and the pontoon was disconnected from the middle and front part.
The scattered pontoon bridge, driven by the river, quickly drifted further downstream.
However, both ends of the pontoon bridge were fixed on the shore, and the pontoon bridge turned over.
"Puff, puff..." The soldiers who had been on the bridge just now staggered and fell into the water. They were quickly washed further downstream by the river, either buried in the belly of the fish, or entered the sea with the current.
Only a handful of soldiers who were lucky enough to have reached the shore when they fell into the water, they either grabbed the pontoon bridge, or the rope tied to the wood, or grabbed the dead trees and wild vines on the shore. escape.
"It's a shortfall!" Yuan Chonghuan sighed in the dark. He has calculated well enough. Dorgon's attention has been successfully attracted to the upper and middle reaches of the Sancha River. Who knows that a Jurchen soldier who was suffering from diarrhea, Broke his big business.
Since the sneak attack failed, Yuan Chonghuan had to attack, but before the pontoon was built, the artillery could no longer be used on the pontoon, and he could only rely on flintlock guns.
After several duels between the two sides, the Ming army has never been able to take advantage.
Hearing that the army crossed the river from the lower reaches of the river, Dorgon was scared in a cold sweat, "This cunning Yuan Chonghuan! The Han people are really cunning!" He even wondered whether Zhu Youjian's messenger sent to Dajin for peace talks was deliberately deceiving them.
Dorgon had no time to scold him anymore, and Yuan Chonghuan threatened his defensive formation downstream at any time. He immediately sent reinforcements to the first big account. In addition to the one cattle record assigned to the second and third big accounts, they were all transferred back. In addition, two cattle records were assigned to the first big account. The big account is now the focus of Dorgon's defense, and the number of defenders has increased to five cattle records.
There were originally twenty-eight cattle records in Zhengbai Banner, but the eight cattle records stationed on the west bank of Sancha River have been wiped out by the Ming army. Now there are only twenty cattle records left in Dorgon.
In addition to the eleven Niu Lu of the three defensive tents on the east bank of the Sancha River, there are also five Niu Lus in Liaoyang, an important town in Eastern Liaoning. Only four Niu Lus that can be maneuvered remain in the hands of Dorgon.
For the last four Niu Lus, Dorgon squeezed out two as mobile cavalry, patrolling Sancha River from time to time, and the other two Niu Lus stationed in four cities from Anshan to Gaizhou.
Only two Niulu garrisoned in the four cities, Dorgon really has no soldiers. Fortunately, there are many Han people in these four cities, and the people of Dorgon selected eight Han Niulu from them.
These eight Niu Lu, while training archery, mixed with the Jurchen soldiers, helping them defend the city. Dorgon promised them that if they help defeat the Ming army, they will abolish their coat status and make them a member of the Great Golden State. Free people.
Despite the temporary election of the Han army, Dorgon still felt that his strength was severely insufficient when confronting the Ming army.
He issued a military report to Huang Taiji and requested reinforcements from Shengjing. At the same time, he sent people to ask for help from the blue-flaged Jirhalang. Compared with Shengjing, the blue-laid banner of Jirhalang was closer, and the reinforcements Can reach Sanchahe faster.
The Ming army fought fiercely several times with the Jurchen soldiers on the east bank of the Sancha River along the half of the pontoon bridge.
The solid bullets of the Tiger Cannon had been used up by the Jurchen soldiers, and they relied on bows and arrows to block the landing of the Ming army.
On the swaying pontoon, the Ming army’s superiority in numbers and firearms could not be used at all.
The artillery cannot be fired at all on the floating bridge. The flintlock rifle is on the swaying floating bridge. Not only the range is reduced, but the hit rate is greatly reduced. Once the Jurchen soldiers learn to lay down on the riverbank and shoot arrows at the Ming army, their casualties are almost Can be ignored.
The Jurchen soldiers were on the river embankment, but their bows and arrows were extremely fierce, and the disadvantage of insufficient range was also offset by the shaking pontoon bridge.
After several fierce battles, and the soldiers who were washed away by the water after falling into the water, the casualties of the Ming army were far greater than those of the Jurchen soldiers.
Yuan Chonghuan was helpless. Du Wenhuan requested several orders to allow his Second Army to attack. Yuan Chonghuan was worried that the soldiers would suffer too many casualties and never agreed.
Yu Chongxiao's third army had already passed Xipingbao, and the one hundred thousand army of the First Army was blocked by the 20 Niu Lu of Dolgun on the west bank of Sancha River.
It seems that we can only ask the North Sea Fleet for help.