In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 36 There’s no way you want us to take the lead
For several days, the caravan was busy dismantling carriages and building shields and wooden ladders. Lin Rui and the others were also actively preparing for war.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Kashgar summoned the seven nearby Chahar tribes and prepared to let them take the lead.

With Dorgon's order, Chatu and the six Chahar tribe chiefs did not dare not come. The seven tribes also gathered more than a thousand people, but Chatu immediately refused sternly when Kashgar asked them to take the lead.

"What? Do Chief Chatu and everyone want to disobey Lord Beile's order?"

Kashi looked at Chatu and others with a somewhat unkind tone.

The other chiefs of the eight Khalkha tribes also stared at the seven people and put their hands on the handles of the knives at their waists, obviously to cheer for the Kashgar platform.

After all, letting the Chahar tribe go first and them covering behind will greatly reduce the losses of the warriors in their own clan and also weaken the Chahar tribe.

But Chatu was not frightened. He snorted coldly and said: "Kashgar, the Han people have a saying that they use chicken feathers as arrows. Do you think I, Chatu, was frightened? Dorgon's order only said to let You summoned all the nearby tribes to destroy this group of Han people, but you didn’t say that only my Chahar tribe would attack."

"That's right, we are going to go up together. If you want us to go up first, you will cover from behind. Don't even think about it!"

The six Chahar tribe chiefs were not vegetarians either. They also put their hands on the handles of the knives at their waists and stood up to cheer for Chatu.

Seeing that Chatu and the others could not be frightened, Kashgar had no choice but to threaten again: "Chatu, don't think that I don't know that your Chatu tribe used Han slaves to secretly trade our Kashgar tribe's population with those Han people. Return the women and children to my Kashgar tribe, I will definitely report this matter to Tiancong Khan, and then you will be waiting to be exterminated by the Jurchen warriors!"

"Kashgar, who are you looking at me trading with the Han people? When it comes to your Khalkha tribe, you exchanged slaves for cattle and sheep with those Han people. I saw it with my own eyes, and the three of you actually took the initiative to trade with those Han people. What does it mean when the Han people sacrifice slaves? This is surrender and a naked betrayal of Tiancong Khan."

"Fart, old guy, don't stop spitting. When did we sacrifice slaves to those Han people?"

"You said you saw it when you saw it? I also said that I saw the Fan family caravan that your Chatu tribe and the Han people robbed together. Otherwise, why would they choose to build a castle in Chake?"

As both sides made their own accusations, tensions arose in the tent, and curses and shouts of abuse broke out one after another.

The Han stewards on the other side squinted to watch the show.

Only Manager Fan frowned and secretly cursed Kashgar as a pig. He wanted the Chahar tribe to take the lead, but he didn't find a decent reason. Do you really think others are stupider than him?

But in order to rescue the third young master as soon as possible, he had no choice but to stand up and smooth things over: "Everyone, everyone, please listen to the next words. Chief of the Kashgar clan, the top priority is to eliminate this group of Han people as soon as possible. Otherwise, when Lord Dorgon Beile comes back, I'm afraid everyone will be dead." It’s hard to explain.”

Kashgar also calmed down, knowing that Manager Fan was reminding him that he had to take the overall situation into consideration. He was the leader. If this group of Han people could not be eliminated and the third son of the Fan family could not be rescued, then Dorgon would be angry, and he, the leader, would be the first to bear the brunt.

To understand this, he could only temporarily suppress his anger and said: "Then all tribes will go together tomorrow. If anyone fails to contribute and is afraid of the enemy, Lord Beile will return with his army when the time comes. Don't blame me for reporting truthfully!"

"Row."

Although the fifteen clan leaders were reluctant to let their warriors attack, they did not dare not to go.

"Don't worry, everyone. In the past few days, our eight families have built a large number of wooden shield ladders. The shields can almost be as large as a man's hand. I believe we can easily break the castle without many casualties."

Seeing this, Manager Fan could only encourage him again.

Only then did everyone discuss the specific attack plan for tomorrow. After deciding, Chatu returned to the station with his people.

"Abba, how are you?"

This time the Hutch brothers and sisters also came. When their father came back, they immediately gathered around and wanted to ask about the situation.

"A forceful attack is probably unavoidable. Tomorrow each of the fifteen tribes will send 100 people to attack from different directions."

"Abba, if this is the case, many warriors will be lost tomorrow." Hubbell looked worried. "Hey, there is nothing we can do about it. You saw it that day. Dorgon took more than 1 Jurchens to Hetao. I am afraid that our Chahar Department will really be doomed in the future."

Chatu sighed, and the brother and sister also looked sad. The son of the Great Khan was the last hope of their Chahar tribe. Unfortunately, the Jurchens did not give them a chance to breathe. This time, it is likely to be a disaster.

"Abba, why don't you go and have a secret discussion with that group of Han people? Tell them not to hit us tomorrow, and we won't hit them either?" Hutch said suddenly after thinking about it.

"This is good, because I'm afraid that if the Han people are caught, it will be leaked." Hubbell's eyes also lit up, and then he said with some worry.

Chatu hesitated for a moment, but after thinking about it, the risk was still too great, not to mention that this kind of thing was not easy to operate, and the group of Han people might not agree, so he waved his hand: "Let's see what happens tomorrow!"

Seeing what their father said, the brother and sister didn't say anything more.

The next day, after breakfast, the fifteen tribes each selected a hundred warriors, plus a hundred guards from the Fan family, a total of more than 1600 people, preparing to attack from 16 directions.

Except for the Fan family, the other fifteen groups of Tatars have prepared 50 people to attack the wall, and 50 people to shoot arrows from behind to cover. The other tribesmen are also not idle, and are responsible for holding shields to cover those who shoot arrows, and when the time comes, they will charge. Go up and help the wounded.

This time, with the help of the caravan, there were indeed enough ladders and shields. The 750 Tatars responsible for attacking the wall almost all held a shield in one hand and a knife in the other. At the same time, they also carried a wooden ladder.

"Warriors, kill me. Kill all the Han people inside."

Following the order from Kashgar, the clan leaders of all ethnic groups had no choice but to order an attack. In one moment, 16 teams of people were like 16 torrents, pouring towards the castle from all directions.

"Everyone prepare to fire!"

Seeing that the opponent started to attack, and it was still an indiscriminate siege from all sides, Lin Rui gave the order and was also prepared to launch a few rounds of indiscriminate projectile long-range strikes.

The 200 people responsible for the defense on the wall put down their weapons and picked up the bows and arrows on the side.

"put!"

shhhhhh…

When the Tatars rushed within a hundred steps of the wall, Lin Rui shouted loudly, drew his bow like a full moon, pointed the arrow tip diagonally at the sky, and at the same time loosened the bow string.

In an instant, 200 iron arrows were drawn out in an arc like fairies scattering flowers, and shot in all directions.

"put!"

After shooting, everyone immediately bent their bows and nocked arrows again quickly, and with a loud shout, they all released the bow strings.

In just five breaths of time, everyone completed five rounds of volleys, throwing out thousands of arrow feathers.

However, due to the wide coverage and the fact that the Tatars were covered by shields, only a dozen people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

"Free fire, under the command of each general flag!"

Seeing this, Lin Rui had no choice but to order the volley to stop, and the four male generals to direct the defense of all parties.

At this time, the Tatars who were responsible for covering also began to throw arrows towards the wall to counterattack. The attacking Tatars also took the opportunity to rush in quickly and approached the vicinity of Haogou.

(End of this chapter)