Chapter 935: Siege of the City for a Month

The armed forces of the merchant regiments are different from the regular army. There are military laws and disciplines in the regular army, and the soldiers and soldiers also have the belief of fighting for their own country and nation.

But in the merchant group, the militia and mercenaries, are fighting for money, and they have to enjoy their lives if they make money. If they die, don’t say anything.

The battle to attack the gold mine was not very smooth from the beginning, and the next few battles were also very troublesome. Taiji first sent some of his cavalry out. During the battle, he had to be careful of them coming in to harass him, so he could not fight with all his strength.

The gold mine was not squatting behind the earth enclosure. They had already built low walls with wood, soil, ice and snow outside. There was no shortage of trees here. After water was poured into the soil, the low wall was easily built and could be restored quickly even after it was demolished.

The merchant army had to break through this low wall before it could break under the earth wall. Moreover, the Tartar soldiers were all ordered to shoot arrows only if they were close to the range of bows and arrows. In this state, bows and fire guns really couldn't tell the difference. If you broke through this low wall, it would be similar to the earth wall.

A musket can kill people, but it is useless for thick earthen walls and watered. When you get under the earthen wall, you still have to go to the traditional way of attack, using a simple tied ladder to build the wall, and then climbing the ladder to fight, fighting face to face with big swords and spears.

In such a battle, the armed forces of the merchant regiments did not have any advantage over the Tartar soldiers. Moreover, with such cold weapons, the defending side of the city, would take advantage of the city.

The battle was fierce, and there were many casualties and injuries. Many guards were all relieved, thinking that they would come to the grassland to make a fortune and have a happy life. Who would have thought that it would be such a scene of fighting for life, and there was no end to see, and who would have been willing to make trouble here?

On the third day of the battle, deserters appeared, and the leaders of the guards were amused and laughed at that the cavalry of the foreign tribes had no escape.

Although these cities are brave and brave, their lives rely on Guihua City. With the current situation, once they are absent, they may have to go to the northern desert or the end of the Western Regions to make a living.

The deserters were the most shaken of morale. Since they had already practiced military laws when the war started, they were not polite at this time. The cavalry near the city were sent to guard the enemy, and the deserters were caught and directly treated as vanguards and rushed to the front.

Even though he kept fighting in the offense and defense until early November, General Tan had no choice but to survive so slowly, it was not a solution. At present, the cohesion of the merchant group's armed forces was not suitable for protracted warfare.

Several big merchants from Guihua City all came to Xuanfu, some in Miyun and some in Longmen. They naturally knew what the benefits of capturing this gold mine were. Their meaning to Tan General was very simple, don’t be afraid of death. Even if you fight, those guards were supported with money, so they naturally had to work hard.

With this statement, General Tan didn't care anymore. The caravans took turns to go up and arranged people to use materials to log and make simple siege tools on the spot.

But it still couldn't be defeated, and there was water source inside the gold mine, and there were enough food storage. More importantly, the merchant group armed forces could not fully understand this, and they could always keep in touch with the outside world.

On the tenth day of November, General Tan was a little angry and simply gathered the veterans of the border towns in the team, the private soldiers sent by the generals of each army, and all the backbone wearing plate armor, and decided to attack the front. After all, the main gate of this gold mine was the widest road, and the Tartars fought back several times, opened the main gate and rushed out.

This was almost the core force of the merchant group's armed forces. General Tan was almost sixty and was also leading the team in armor. Although he was fighting in one go, he was still very cautious.

The city cavalry began to use the city cavalry to drive the ordinary guards to rush forward with the wooden cone that hit the door. The brigade followed behind, and many casualties were injured during the impact of the gate. The city cavalry was supervising the battle and shooting against the Tartar soldiers inside the earthen wall. What was more unexpected was that the gate was knocked open.

The elite merchant gang that had been holding back for a long time rushed in, but as soon as they rushed in, they found that it was broken. The Tartars actually built another circle of earthen walls inside the gate, just like a regulation of the urn city in the Ming Dynasty. After attacking, it was still the elite outside the defense of the earthen walls. They could attack and withdraw.

But the arrows were falling like rain, and more than twenty were still damaged. Even General Tan's left arm was hit by one. It was said that this plate armor could protect his whole body, but if an arrow shot into the gap, it would be unlucky.

After a simple treatment, it was nothing, but General Tan couldn't lift his left arm. This battle may not have been as many people died in the previous few times, but the morale of the merchant armed forces plummeted. Not only could the siege, but even the most elite force was not invaded, and the main general was injured, so these guards could not withstand it.

This time, it was not a waste of money. The entire team of guards proposed to leave. The loss was in vain. The boss didn't know how much pension money he had to spend, how to afford it. Moreover, all the territory he had finally won was recaptured by the cavalry of the Korqin tribe. There was no cheap price to make. Until now, he even lost money.

It’s okay for a few people to say that this general Tan can marche at the law, but the whole team of people leaving is legally inappropriate.

If you want to fight, the Sanjiang Commercial Bank's guard team can be the main force. If you fight all the money, no one will say anything about him. But if other commercial banks don't fight, then General Tan can't restrain anything. After all, everyone's relationship is an alliance.

On November 15th, the brigade began to withdraw Montaoer in batches, preparing to prepare here and return to various places. This battle made everyone feel discouraged and really held their breath.

After arriving at the Mantaoer, a new convoy came from the Miyun defender, who also brought supplies. The leader Tan Jiang recognized it, but it was Mu En.

After a day of rest, General Tan led Sanjiang Trading Company and several other armed guards from the alliance to the gold mine. Although General Tan had also made a big appointment with a helper before going there, when he saw General Tan's hanging arms, everyone did not know that Mu En arrived. Except for the three guards with close ties with Sanjiang Trading Company, the others did not follow him. Instead, the cavalrymen followed him again.

Everyone is not in a hurry to leave, it’s better to wait for the result. In less than a day, the people from Sanjiang Trading Company are a little too arrogant.

Everyone in front of me was so bloody that they all came back in shame. Isn’t it even more loss if you go by yourself?

On November 17th, the news came back to the Montaur, and the gold mine was knocked down...

After hearing this, the guards who were resting in a lot of room were stunned and then they fought. Their first reaction was to doubt whether they had heard it wrong.

The middle and upper armed forces of the naturalized merchant regiment are basically veterans from Huwei Army and other border towns. They naturally understand that they could not fight some time ago, but now that Tan has weakened his power but has defeated him, there must be something strange.

There are also top figures from various businesses. When I heard this news, everyone beat their chests and stamped their feet. It was originally the piece of meat that everyone discovered, but who would have thought that later, it became the Sanjiang business company to take it alone. This is really unwilling.

The news can be exchanged on the same day. Tan will let the people from various businesses go there. Sanjiang Business Bank is willing to give up half of the gold mines and make everyone rich.

Everyone was shocked again. This was a gold mine, and it was said to be a high-yield gold mine. Half of the participants were a lot of money. Why was it so easy to give it up? However, there was a cheap one in front of us, so there was no reason not to be denied. The guards of the merchant group killed them again.

General Tan’s request is very simple. In the past year, the guards of Sanjiang Commercial Bank will not invest too much escort forces in the gold mines, and they have to share the burden with other companies, so they sell their rights.

This is simple, but everyone agreed. In fact, in this case, Sanjiang Commercial Bank and Xuanfu can share the accounts, and they can completely put aside the armed forces of the merchant group.

Some veterans also went to the battlefield to take a look. Several large holes were opened around the gold mine. I think the armed forces and the city of Sanjiang Trading Company broke into here. This gap must not be artificial. People who have participated in those wars know what this caused. Good guy, I guess he used cannons to attack.

Muen brought five cannons and two hundred soldiers from the Tiger Power Army. Such a battle became simple. The cannons were built and the earthen wall was collapsed.

The thunderous cannon fire directly destroyed the resistance of the Tartar soldiers. When the cavalry and infantry broke in, they could not organize too strong resistance. Moreover, without the assistance of fortifications, they could not resist in front of the firearms.

But General Tan brought few people this time. Despite the pursuit of the cavalry by the city, more than half of the Tartars' power ran out.

The gold mine fell, the portal changed hands, the armed forces of the merchant group and the Korqin tribe both invested their strength, and the Korqin tribe finally made a judgment on the strength of the naturalized merchant group.

When the naturalized merchant group arrived at this position, they did not have much strength to go east again. At least they would have to digest the results of the war and stabilize the rule between the naturalized city and the Mantaoer. The war on the grassland came to an end.

Tan gave his subordinates and the city cavalry a generous reward, but he did not stop at Manta'er, but directly took away the backbone and elite troops in the Sanjiang Trading Guards, as well as most of the city cavalry, and returned to naturalization.

He still has injuries on his body, and it is hard to understand how anxious he is.
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