Chapter 179
Jiannu was extremely troubled by Ning Haijun's barbed wire fence.
Fortunately, it is not like back in Haizhou. At that time, the weather was not too cold and Ning Haijun could easily dig trenches. But now it is not possible. The weather is too cold. It is worse than breathing into ice, but the ground is frozen like stone. hard.
The current Jiannu slaves do not need to deal with the Ming army in the trenches, and it is much easier. But the problem is, what makes the Jurchen warriors extremely sad and angry is that the Ming army fired arrows or shot at them from a hundred steps away. Every time they fired or every row of guns came, they were all bloody.
But they had no way to cause much damage to the Ming army who kept firing at them a hundred steps away. They could only stand up and be beaten. This situation made the Jiannu warriors extremely aggrieved. They couldn't even reach each other!
Cheng Shijie did not interfere with the command of the generals of the various armies. He just watched quietly, watching wave after wave of Jiannu warriors rushing up and being knocked down by thunderbolts...
This scene also fell in the eyes of the Jiannu warriors, and they felt a bit sad that the rabbit was dead and the fox was dead. They are all martial arts practitioners who have practiced hard for more than ten years. If they were to catch and kill each other, it might be a bit exaggerated to ask them to fight against ten, but if they were to fight against three or three, they would definitely not be afraid.
However, seeing so many Jiannu warriors fall under the gunfire, they were unable to fight back. They were in despair, and their martial arts skills were no longer useful.
One of the slaves was so angry that he held a knife and shouted in broken Chinese in the direction of the Dongjiang Army: "Ming Gou, who dares to fight to the death with me?"
However, a Dongjiang Army soldier, a young soldier about fifteen or sixteen years old, held a crossbow and pulled the trigger on the slave warrior.
As the metal trembled, a sharp three-edged arrow came out of the string.
The roar of the slave suddenly stopped. The sharp crossbow arrow was shot from the mouth of the slave and out of the back of the head. Blood gurgled along the crossbow arrow.
Just when the young soldier looked proud, he turned his head inadvertently and saw Cheng Shijie coming to the front line escorted by a group of personal guards.
"Big...big...handsome!"
The young soldier opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief: "Commander, why are you here?"
"This place is so messed up that I can't come over and take a look!"
"But, it's too dangerous here!"
Cheng Shijie patted the young man on the shoulder: "When have I ever been afraid of Jiannu? How is the situation here?"
"Hundreds of them have been knocked down... The Jiannu slaves have gone crazy, knocking down one group after another, and they are desperate to rush through our defense line."
"Can you stop it?"
"No problem! The barbed wire restricts their movement. They can't get through at all. A large number of people are crowded in front of the barbed wire. They are perfect targets. It couldn't be easier to fight."
"That's good!"
Only then did Cheng Shijie realize that this was a childish face.
Cheng Shijie asked: "How old are you?"
"I was born in the forty-fourth year of Wanli (1616). I am sixteen years old this year!"
"Nonsense, forty-four years old, and he's only fifteen years old this year."
"I was born in April!"
"That's only fifteen and a half years old!"
While Cheng Shijie was chatting with the young man named Xu Fuyi, Huang Taiji was observing the enemy's situation with the newly arrived Jiannu elite.
Huang Taiji already paid enough attention to Ning Haijun and had enough understanding. He knew that if he broke through Ning Haijun's defense, he would not be able to break out even if he lost 40,000 to 50,000 troops.
Regarding the Ning Haijun defense line, they only sent a part of the rangers to feint attack. The rangers galloped around the barbed wire fence, throwing sharp arrows one after another towards Ning Haijun.
The wind direction at this time was very unfavorable to Ning Haijun. Some slave-building soldiers took the opportunity to set fire to weeds and shrubs, causing thick smoke to billow. Ning Haijun was severely smoked. He not only coughed repeatedly, but also shed tears.
Faced with this situation, the general Ming army would have been in chaos at this time, but Ning Haijun was different. Although their eyes were filled with tears, they still kept their eyes wide open, The crossbows with sharp arrows in their hands were tightly held in their hands, and the weapons were ready. If Jiannu dared to take advantage of the situation and approach, the crossbows and fire muskets in their hands would be fired without mercy, harvesting lives.
Seeing the continuous firing of crossbows and fire cannons in the thick smoke, the Jiannu cavalry who were galloping and roaring like beasts were hit by arrows or shot off their horses one after another.
Baiyintu gasped and murmured: "What a strong soldier, what a strict military discipline!"
He was glad that he had led the elite cavalry to face the difficulties and put the breakthrough point on Ning Haijun's side. Otherwise, what awaited them would be an overwhelming blow.
"These soldiers are too strong!"
Baiyintu was still frightened and felt the hairs on his hair stand on end. He said, "This Ning Haijun is too strong!"
Huang Taiji smiled faintly, pretending to be relaxed and said: "No matter how strong it is, there are only this one group, only thirty or forty thousand people, and I have more than a hundred thousand brave warriors in Dajin, so why should I be afraid?"
Huang Taiji pointed at the Dongjiang Army's defense line: "Besides, the Dongjiang Army is far from as strong as them!"
It just made Huang Taiji a little disappointed. In the past, the Dongjiang Army was indeed not strong. According to the real strength of the Dongjiang Army, the war has been going on now. Even if the Dongjiang Army does not collapse, they cannot hold their defense line.
However, in the hearts of the Dongjiang Army officers and soldiers, the Dongjiang Army has become a thing of the past. They are now just Ning Haijun wearing the guise of the Dongjiang Army.
Although the Dongjiang Army is very tenacious, the problem is that some things cannot be solved even with all their efforts. For example, a child, no matter how hard he works, is no match for an adult in terms of wisdom or strength.
The Dongjiang Army's combat effectiveness is far different from Houjin's. We can't blame them. In the Ming Army's combat sequence, they have never been a regular army. When encountering such a large-scale battle with a scale of 100,000 people, the Dongjiang Army has always stayed away. How far, because they simply cannot afford to fight this kind of battle.
However, now they have become quasi-members of the Ning Navy. Stimulated by the hope of victory and the blood feud, the Dongjiang Army fought extremely tenaciously, roaring with extreme rudeness in a Liaodong accent, one after another.
When they ran out of crossbow arrows, they picked up their spears and stabbed the slave slaves' spears, fighting hand to hand, exchanging lives. Some guys even rolled into the formation of the slave slave army with a bag of explosives, and were chopped to pieces by the slave slave warriors with knives. At the same time as the meat was pureed, the explosive packs in their arms also made a terrifying roar.
Then, a dozen or even twenty or thirty people staggered around and even jumped into the air. Both sides used steel knives, spears, bows and arrows, even fists, and teeth to fight until the last drop of blood was shed.
Commander Cheng Shijie couldn't stand this scene anymore: "Retreat the Dongjiang Army!"
"Cheng Shuai, please give our brothers a chance, a chance to prove themselves!"
Shang Keyi, who had been killed to death, knelt in front of Cheng Shijie and said: "Six generals of our Dongjiang Army died before and after. In the eyes of the imperial court, our Dongjiang Army is a grandma who doesn't love us and an uncle who doesn't love us. We have to use our own reality." Take action to prove the bloody nature of our Dongjiang Army!"
"You don't have to prove anything, I believe you!"
A Dongjiang Army soldier knelt in front of Cheng Shijie: "Please Cheng Shuai, please grant me your permission!"
Shang Keyi said: "Our brothers in the Dongjiang Army have a bloody feud with Jiannu. Every one of them has been killed to the point of being almost wiped out. Now we cannot retreat. Even if we still have one breath, we must fight against Jiannu!"
"You don't have to fight, you are all good, retreat and recuperate, and leave the rest of the battle to me!"
"No, please let Cheng Shuai make it happen!"
Li Weiluan said with determination: "I beg Cheng Shuai to grant you permission. We must avenge ourselves!"
"Blood revenge must be repaid with blood!"
"There will be no truce until blood is shed!"
"I beg Cheng Shuai to help you!"
"I beg Cheng Shuai to help you!"
Thousands of Dongjiang Army soldiers raised their arms and shouted, their voices so loud that they soared into the sky.
Cheng Shijie wanted to persuade him again, but at this time, Sun Chengzong came over.
"Beiping!"
Sun Chengzong said: "There is a saying, I don't know whether I should say it or not?"
"The teacher is cheating!"
"Then I will rely on my old age and act like my old age!"
Sun Chengzong said: "I thought it would be better to let the tiger return to the mountain than to harm the tiger's power! After the tragic defeat of Saarhu, how many people in the Ming Dynasty dared to take the initiative to fight against Jiannu Yedilang? In addition to Ning Haijun, the Dongjiang Army was the second Support. All along, our army has defended wherever the Jiannu attacked. It was extremely passive. Our army lost more and more cities, and the Jiannu became more and more aggressive! Now you, the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy, are not afraid of the strong. The enemy dared to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight against Jiannu. Now the Dongjiang Army is not afraid of strong enemies. Let’s not talk about anything else. This courage alone deserves a commendation!"
Cheng Shijie nodded slowly: "Always leave some seeds for the Dongjiang Army!"
"Seeds, these are all!"
Sun Chengzong pointed to the injured soldiers who were scarred but still conscious, and shouted "Fight to the death!" Some Dongjiang Army soldiers were seriously injured and comatose, while others were exhausted.
Sun Chengzong pointed to the wounded soldiers of the Dongjiang Army and said: "These are the real seeds. As long as there is still one person in the Dongjiang Army, the Dongjiang Army will not be completely destroyed!"
"Okay, I agree!"
"Thank you Cheng Shuai for making it possible!"
All the generals of the Dongjiang Army rushed to the front line, shouting: "If you stay on the battlefield, you will die on the battlefield!"
Just when the Dongjiang Army decided to fight to the death, Jiannu was also in the encirclement and began to hold a shamanic ceremony. A shaman holding a nine-section staff began to dance the Great God.
The slave warriors knelt on the ground and worshiped the shaman devoutly.
The shaman took a small knife and lightly cut himself on the forehead. Blood flowed out. These 10,000 to 20,000 Jiannu warriors also followed the example of the shaman and cut themselves open with the small knife. forehead.
As the blood flowed out, each of the 20,000 slave warriors had their faces covered with blood. They dipped their palms in their own blood and began to smear it on their blades and armor. This scene was so weird. Weird.
"Commander, what are these slaves doing?"
Cheng Shijie shook his head: "I don't know, it seems to be a religious ceremony!"
Following waves of strange screams, 10,000 to 20,000 people began to launch a new round of attack on the Dongjiang Army's defense line.
Although the Dongjiang Army fired arrows desperately, and arrows rained down in front of the Dongjiang Army's formation, these blood-stained Jiannu warriors did not dodge, but just surged forward with their shields raised! Some were shot through the head by arrows but survived for a while, and some were smashed half of their bodies by cannonballs but still had a breath left, but they were still using their last strength to crawl forward and roll forward!
It seems that the place that sends out the rain of arrows and artillery is not hell, but heaven!
When the Jiannu rushed to the barbed wire fence, these Jiannu slaves no longer thought about cutting the barbed wire. Instead, they directly held up their shields and crawled forward. Whether they were dead or not, they served as meat cushions for the Jiannu warriors behind. Go on the attack.
Jian Nu is crazy.
Shang Keyi, who was covered in blood, couldn't help but want to vomit when he saw this scene. He was like this, let alone an ordinary soldier! The officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were originally very sure of holding the defense line, but now they became frightened. Many of them even wanted to run away quickly rather than face such an enemy!
The level of Jiannu's attack was indeed not worthy of Shan Keyi, but the aura of death they displayed outweighed all of this!
In the blink of an eye, 10,000 to 20,000 Jiannu had rushed to the fourth barbed wire fence. Their human shields crawled onto the barbed wire fence, while the others crawled forgetting their lives.
The bows, arrows, crossbows, muskets, and artillery of the Dongjiang Army opened fire with all their strength. The Jiannu soldiers who bore the brunt were shot, beaten, and smashed to death in the blink of an eye. The corpses fell one by one. But later, the Jiannu soldiers had no idea what death was, and continued Move forward, move forward, climb fearlessly!
Although the battlefield is cruel, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army are still frightened when facing those who regard death as home.
In terms of casualty ratio, the Dongjiang Army had the advantage, but in terms of momentum, the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were completely suppressed by Jiannu!
Mao Chenglu suddenly realized that he was wrong!
Jiannu is still the same Jiannu, so scary, then the Dongjiang Army is in danger!
Mao Chengjun was now a bloody man. He swung his hammers like windmills and hit the slave soldiers who came up like a tide. In front of him, the corpses of the Dongjiang Army and Jiannu Xianghuang Banner soldiers were piled on top of each other, with blood flowing all over the ground, which was very terrifying.
However, Jiannu completely ignored the casualties.
Precisely because they ignored casualties, they inadvertently cracked Ning Haijun's barbed wire tactics.
In fact, there is no tactic or strategy in the world that is unsolvable. If you want to solve this tactic or strategy, you need to use the right method.
After seeing that they had successfully broken through the barbed wire fence, the slaves' confidence increased greatly, because they found that the Dongjiang Army's damage to them was actually reduced.
Jiannu came up in waves, and one group died after another. The attack was so fierce that it was unheard of! It took Jiannu a quarter of an hour to break through the Dongjiang Army's fourth line of defense, but the fifth line of barbed wire took less than half a quarter of an hour, and the sixth line only took half a stick of incense.
Jiannu's offensive became more and more fierce, especially when they broke through the sixth barbed wire fence, the Dongjiang Army soldiers had not had time to deploy the seventh barbed wire fence.
In desperation, the two sides had no choice but to fight on the ground. The Dongjiang Army soldiers and Jiannu stabbed each other with spears and fired at each other with bows and crossbows, killing flesh and blood everywhere. All of Shang Kexi's servants pressed forward, and almost all of them died in the blink of an eye. , the last few were carried down bloody and sent to the field hospital. Only God knows whether they can be saved.
In an army, there are definitely not many warriors who can wear heavy armor, hold long soldiers, and fight bravely with the enemy repeatedly. There are even fewer in the Dongjiang Army. After the bravest group of people are all dead. , the Dongjiang Army could no longer hold on and was beaten back steadily.
When Mao Chengjun saw this, he ignored his old injuries and rushed forward with his injuries. They rushed wherever the situation was most critical, appeared in the position about to be breached by the enemy, and killed the most ferocious enemy.
This adopted son of Mao Wenlong was really brave. He charged and killed as many as eight or nine Jianu white-armored soldiers who died in his hands. Niu Lu'erzhen, who was charging at the front, also had his head smashed with a hammer.
The general is so courageous, and the soldiers are of course embarrassed to pretend to be cowardly and risk their lives to fight. Although the entire line of defense is still pressed back by Jiannu, it is not easy for Jiannu to penetrate their defense line. .
Zhou Ning looked at the blood and flesh on the front line, and was a little frightened: "Jian Nu is all crazy!"
"If they dare to die, I will bury them!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Get ready to respond. With this fierce fighting, the Dongjiang Army's blood is almost drained!"
Zhou Ning said: "I don't believe they can break through our Thunderbolt's firepower network!"
"Don't be careless, Thunder Gun is not invincible!"
Zhou Ning has great confidence in the Thunder Gun, but Cheng Shijie knows that let alone the Thunder Gun, even the machine guns of later generations cannot be said to be 100% certain to win in the face of a death-defying charge.
There are too many variables on the battlefield.
On the entire battlefield, Huang Taiji concentrated all his strength and specifically attacked the Dongjiang Army, which was the weakest in the encirclement. However, the casualties were not high. After all, the Dongjiang Army's firepower strike density was too low.
Cheng Shijie picked up the walkie-talkie and tuned to the artillery channel: "Yuan Shiliang!"
"I will finally receive it!"
"Order the artillery to move the artillery position. The target is to cover the five hundred steps in front of the Dongjiang Army's formation with firepower!"
"As you command!"
Just when Ning Haijun's artillery unit began to shift positions, Mao Chengyongjun lowered his head and glanced at his chest, and a shocking bloody hole appeared on his chest.
These were elite soldiers in white armor hidden in the Jiannu formation, and they fired cold arrows at him. Although he is now wearing a breastplate made of fine steel given to him by Cheng Shijie, the problem is that this armor has been hit hard by Jiannu many times, and the arrow hit the spot where he was hit by a spear before.
The broken cone, which was more than three inches long, hit this gap by accident, and successfully pierced the armor with the armor-piercing arrow.
While Mao Chengjun was stunned, a javelin flew from a distance, passed through Mao Chengjun's chest, and pinned him to the ground. A Jiannu white-armored soldier struck with a long axe. With a swing of the huge ax, blood splattered on Mao Chengjun's waist, almost cutting him into two pieces.
Seeing that Mao Chengjun was in danger, Shang Kexi and Shang Keyi both grabbed out and stabbed the white-armored soldier in the chest with two spears.
But the problem was that when the white-armored soldier fell, Mao Chengjun was exhaling more and less inhaling. .
Shang Keyi shouted: "Mao San... Mao San... your injury..."
Mao Chengjun opened his mouth. He wanted to speak, but a large mouthful of blood poured out of his mouth.
Mao Chengjun grabbed Shang Keyi's hand with force and pulled Shang Keyi to his mouth.
Shang Keyi vaguely heard two words: "For me..."
Shang Keyi didn't know whether Mao Chengjun wanted to take command for me or avenge me, but he decided to stick to it.
Shang Kexi lowered his voice and said: "Even if we can hold on until dawn, there are only a few left! These thousands of soldiers are the blood and bones of the Dongjiang Army. If they are all gone, how will the court deal with us?"
Li Weiluan glanced at Shang Kexi with a gloomy look and said, "Shang Laoer, you don't understand Cheng Shuai's character. I don't blame you. It's just that I don't want to hear such strange things again. Otherwise, I know you. I The knife in my hand doesn’t recognize you!”
Shang Keyi smiled and said: "Cheng Shuai said that as long as we can hold on, it will be the first achievement. From now on, we will be Ning Haijun and enjoy Ning Haijun's treatment. If we lose one soldier, he will give us two more. If we lose one He made up two sets of armor for us. He is an upright gentleman and he does what he says!"
Shang Kexi did not believe Shang Keyi's words, and murmured to himself in a voice that could only be heard by himself: "An upright gentleman... Where are the gentlemen these days? They are all using our Dongjiang Army as cannon fodder..."
Cheng Shijie thought that according to such a brutal battle, the Dongjiang Army could withstand for up to two quarters of an hour, or even a quarter of an hour. However, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were like small boats in the vast ocean, looking to capsize at any time, but they persisted tenaciously.
The Dongjiang Army's defense line became the focus of the battlefield.
Guan Ningjun, Ning Haijun, Zu Jiajun, Wu Jiajun, including Fu Zonglong and Sun Chengzong are all watching here. As the protagonists on the battlefield, the soldiers of Dongjiang Army are also fighting crazy.
Huang Taiji secretly prayed in his heart: "Go back quickly, retreat quickly, don't hold on!"
However, Huang Taiji's great shaman could not take into account his prayers.
The eyes of the Jiannu army burst out with blood, and they pressed forward like an overwhelming mountain.
Seeing that the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army could no longer hold on, Shang Keyi shouted loudly: "In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, we escaped. We lost Shenyang, Liaoyang, and our hometown of Liaonan. We became invincible. We escaped, but our family members did not escape. They are all dead. Think about it. Think about our parents, brothers, and sisters who died tragically at the hands of the slaves. The robes fell under the knife of these beasts, think about the sins we have suffered and the hardships we have endured! God is wise and has given us such an opportunity to send these beasts into our surroundings! Now they If you want to rush through our defense line and escape, will you agree?"
The Dongjiang soldiers tried their best and roared wildly: "No!"
Those pairs of eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, and extremely violent roars erupted from their chests. Countless Dongjiang soldiers rushed forward desperately, colliding with the surging turbid current, splashing blood rain all over the sky.
The battlefield at this time has become a meat grinder and a flesh and blood mill, devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides anytime and anywhere.
When Fu Zonglong saw this scene, a flash of crystal tears appeared in his eyes: "God bless the Ming Dynasty, this battle will be won!"
Cheng Shijie said calmly: "It is not the sky that protects the Ming Dynasty, but the ants in your eyes, fighting against the common people, that's all!"
(End of chapter)
