Chapter 48 Who told you that the wheels are placed like this?
Another horse carried a tiger squat cannon.

This is a small cannon about two feet (64 centimeters) long with seven iron hoops around it and a total weight of 36 pounds.

Li Hao brought it with him, of course, not to use it to bombard the door, as that would be a waste of gunpowder.

After dismounting at the place, he took all the necessary weapons, then picked up the tiger squat cannon, walked to the iron and wooden door, and used all his strength to knock the door with the butt of the cannon.

Bang bang bang!
The sound of collisions caused the heartbeats of the flag bearers in the city to resonate with the same frequency.

The footsteps of death are no more than this.

"Are you ready? I'm coming in!"

Although it was obvious that there were pillars supporting the iron and wooden door, after being hit twenty or thirty times, the horizontal bolt of the door was cracked little by little.

Of course, Li Hao still couldn't get in because seven or eight people were blocking the door.

After knocking the door a dozen times, the people behind the door finally couldn't stand the vibration and several of them escaped. Li Hao seized the opportunity when they were taking turns and knocked the door with the butt of his cannon, causing the door to open a crack. He threw down his tiger squat cannon, propped up the door crack with both hands, and leaned in with a sly grin on his face.

The person inside the door welcomed the guest with a sword, and Li Hao respectfully returned the greeting with a hatchet.

The Lord is kind and the guests are respectful!

The doorway of this kind of garrison was only about seven feet deep, or about two meters. Behind the door were three or four sturdy Tartars and a dozen or so young men with knives.

Several people in this group had rotten teeth, which looked uneven and had the appearance of being gnawed by dogs. These were obviously the teeth of barbarians who had been fishermen or hunters.

Because the Han people ate cereals, their teeth were relatively well developed, while the fishing, hunting and nomadic Jurchens ate more meat and dairy products, and their teeth were more prone to tooth decay.

Teeth are also the focus of attention of the Ministry of War's Examination Bureau when examining the heads of barbarians.

If it was a Han Chinese under the rule of the Eight Banners, Li Hao might have given them a decent death, such as being hacked to death. But when it came to the Tartars, he showed no mercy and did whatever was convenient for him.

After dodging a slash from his waist knife, he rushed directly to the Tartar closest to him and headbutted him, leaving a dent in the face.

It was the spear on his iron helmet that killed the Tartar.

After General Li stretched his neck and pulled out the head, there was a bit of grayish-white brain matter clearly visible on his helmet and gun.

"What a scary Ming general!"

"My Ama! I will fight you!"

"If we all attack together, he may not be able to withstand all of our attacks."

After encouraging each other, the Tatars began to besiege the invading Ming general.

Pushing the first hospitable Tartar forward to serve as a human shield, General Li drew out the second borrowed Cao's broadsword from behind.

This kind of knife feels a bit like the Tang Dynasty's horizontal sword, and he likes it very much. Against these remaining Tatars who don't even have complete armor, this thing is much more useful than a battle axe.

Because the battle axe is swung too slowly and is not very efficient.

Obviously, the Tatars who stayed behind were far less capable of responding than those who went out to fight. After Li Hao chopped down several strong Tatars, the Tatars who were shooting arrows on the wall of the garrison climbed down after being reminded and started shooting arrows at the visitors.

General Li already had experience in this, so he just picked up the meat shield on the ground and rushed forward.

Outside the ancient city.

"The general has attacked, let's move too!"

When Li Hao was away, Cao Wenzhao was often ordered to lead the team.

Now that they were in the territory of the Later Jin Dynasty, it was a little difficult to find gunpowder, so this group of Ming soldiers agreed not to give orders by firing guns anymore in order to save some gunpowder.

Many brave generals and soldiers rode their horses to charge forward. Because the commander attracted the Tatars who were shooting at them on the wall, they were basically unobstructed along the way. With the reinforcement of Cao Daxiao, Huang Long and others, Li Hao's efficiency in clearing the village fortress increased greatly.

It took half an hour before all the humanoid creatures that could breathe in the village knelt down and surrendered.

In the open space in the center of the village, about 130 people, big and small, knelt down, with their heads bowed, waiting for the decision of the Ming general.

"I like a Mongolian rule. Let's make it clear that we won't kill any Tatars or Han Chinese below the wheel. Bring the rest to me and I'll personally send them off."

Human life is of paramount importance and cannot be left to others. General Li felt that he should work harder and reward them decently with a sluice knife he had looted.

"understand!"

After what he saw and heard along the way, Wu Sangui was convinced by his godfather. After hearing the instructions, he excitedly pushed a cart over.

The other two teams stayed in a circle to guard against unlikely accidents.

"This one can understand Chinese, go play."

"This one is lower than the wheel, let it go."

Xiao Wu examined them one by one. Those who could understand Chinese were ignored for the time being, while those who could not were dragged to the front of the wheel for measurement.

When Li Hao saw it, he became furious.

"Who told you that the wheel stood like this? Take it off and lay it flat for me."

When he saw Wu Sangui using a standing wheel to measure, he became furious.

Isn't this just misleading like Lei Jun claiming that a computer is thinner than a one-yuan coin?
Young Xiao Wu had never been yelled at like this by his godfather. He was at a loss and embarrassed for a few breaths, then he began to react, removed the wheel and laid it flat on the ground, and started a new measurement.

Li Hao did not get tired of it and did the work himself to send people on their way.

……

"What? A group of Ming soldiers appeared at the Bordered White Banner's base? And they even broke into the ancient castle?"

Near the first watch, several members of the Bordered White Banner fled from Dongsheng Fort, north of the ancient castle.

Guaerjia and Tulai, who were in charge of patrolling near Dongshengbao, immediately got up from the kang, put on their clothes in a hurry, and then went to the reception room to inquire about the situation in the south with their armored bannermen at home.

The general situation of Li Hao and others was described by the people of the Bordered White Banner who were fleeing. People like Tu Lai who were from the Bordered Yellow Banner felt that this group of Ming soldiers were crazy.

"With just over 20 people, you dare to go to the east of Sancha River and act wildly? When Marshal Sun was here, General Ming was not as courageous as him."

Tulai said with emotion that he is the seventh son of Fei Yingdong, one of the five founding ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty, and is currently patrolling along the Liaohe River with some remaining bannermen.

The bannermen of the Bordered White Banner were terrified. "That Ming general is extremely brave. We have nearly thirty armored bannermen at home, but they couldn't hold out for more than a quarter of an hour. Masters, you should call more people and go to the battle again."

He didn't even dare to think about what happened two hours ago. His calves would tremble if he thought about it a little bit, and he might wet his pants if he thought about it any more.

"Of course I know this. To deal with such fierce Ming soldiers at close range, we can only use bows and arrows to shoot more."

Tulai stood up and paced back and forth in the living room, gradually coming up with a solution in his mind.

"Aobai, take your men to Changning Fort tonight and inform Meile Ezhen of the incident at the Bordered White Banner garrison, and request reinforcements. I will go to Anshantun and gather the archers and horsemen there. The group of Ming soldiers should escape soon. Let's meet near the Sweet Water Spring west of the ancient castle at noon tomorrow."

Tulai called his young cousin Guaerjia, Aobai, and assigned him the task of seeking help.

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