Chapter 327
On the Bashang grassland of Luanping, the cold wind blew from the Mongolian plateau, revealing the biting cold. Li Dingguo involuntarily tightened his cotton-padded clothes and exhaled a white breath.
Around him, a large army was like a black torrent, flowing over the plains, over the hills, over the grass, and rushed towards Miyun Jingan Fort.
Ning Haijun's Annan Legion cavalry was very small, and there were only scout cavalry directly under each Dusi. The number was not large, with a total of 3,000 cavalry. Shen Mingyu took out all the scout cavalry, and each took a subordinate horse with them. The horses did not stop, and the people did not leave. Saddle, as fast as wind, thunder and lightning. They all ride Dutch Warmblood horses known for their endurance and tenacity.
Ning Haijun has a total of more than six to seven thousand iron-shod horses, two-thirds of them are in the cavalry department, and the other part is the scout cavalry, because the scouts need to run fast, even if they are horses, they are Dutch warmblood horses imported from Venice. Too few in number and can only be equipped with scout cavalry units, this warmblood horse can survive in extremely high and low temperatures and has super endurance that can only be matched by Middle Eastern horse breeds.
In fact, even the Mongolian iron-hoofed horses are slightly worse than the Dutch warm-blooded horses. This type of warm-blooded horse is highly maneuverable and is good at climbing and walking on rugged mountain roads. When assigned to the reconnaissance cavalry unit, Zhao Wencai was very capable. opinion. Cheng Shijie promised Zhao Wencai that after the Animal Husbandry Bureau cultivated more warm-blooded horses, they would equip the cavalry units, and that the Sharma horses would be selected to supplement the cavalry units. Only then did Zhao Wencai cease his activities.
Cheng Shijie's decision was right. If the Annan Army did not have the Dutch warmblood horses, it would be really difficult for Li Dingguo and more than 3,000 cavalry to maneuver 300 miles in a night against the wind and sand.
In fact, Cheng Shijie really didn't have any foresight. He thought that Annan had a lot of rain, a humid climate, and high temperatures. Mongolian horses that liked the cold might not be suitable for Annan's climate, so he paired this kind of high-temperature-resistant warm-blooded horse with To Annan's army, of course this can be regarded as a mistake.
The war horses that Catherine sold to Cheng Shijie were all well-trained war horses that ran fast and steadily, and Ning Haijun's scouts treated Dutch warmblood horses better than the Dutch. In fact, horses also understand human nature. These war horses After joining Ning Haijun, although the training was hard, he was respected and received generous treatment.
When it comes to horse breeding and breeding, China has a long history of thousands of years in this regard.
The blood-white war horse that Li Dingguo got off began to pant. Li Dingguo jumped up and jumped on the slave horse Xiaohei to let it catch its breath. His movements were extremely beautiful, without any sloppiness, and he received a round of applause.
"What a skill, General!"
Li Dingguo was quite proud: "I have practiced hard and I never have to go to the ground to change horses. If there are three horses, it will not be a problem for me to stay on the ground for days and nights!"
An old Shaanxi thieves in the Annan Army snorted: "Who was complaining three days ago that his crotch was split?"
Li Dingguo blushed and made a face. He didn't dare to blow any more. He took out the water bag and poured it down his throat...
After all, Li Dingguo is young. Although he is talented and learns things quickly, he has not been with Zhang Xianzhong for a long time, especially his regular cavalry. There is still a big gap, especially Ning Haijun's scouts, who stay on horseback. The time he spent on the ground was much longer than the time he spent on the ground. During the war, he had to eat, drink, and relieve himself on the horse, and he was in trouble. His thighs were bleeding after riding the horse for a few days.
After drinking a lot, Li Dingguo said: "Speed up, we must arrive at Jingan Fort before the fourth watch, have dinner at the fifth watch, and launch an attack at dawn, so that the enemy's blood will dye the grassland red!"
"yes!"
The navy soldiers of Zhongning howled in response, then fell silent and increased their speed.
The wind is getting stronger and colder, and it's really unbearable to be covered in snow particles and keep hitting your face. But you have to bear it if you can't stand it. This is a battlefield, not a place for leisure and vacation.
…
Baihe defense line, in front of Tushetu Khan's army.
The exhausted Mongolian army withdrew with unwillingness and anger. They had neither the strength nor the troops to fight any longer. Ning Haijun's muskets were like a violent storm, and the shells came at them as if they were free. They had to retreat even if they didn't want to.
Seeing that the retreating Mongolian soldiers were all scarred, Gunbu could not lose his temper with these Mongolian soldiers. After all, they had tried their best.
Gunbu threw the rosary beads in his hand heavily on the ground. His eyes were bloodshot and he roared: "A mere three to four thousand Baiming Army was so difficult to defeat. In just half a day, we killed and injured more than 20,000 people. More than 20,000 people! Who can tell Ben Khan what is going on? Who can tell Ben Khan what is going on!?"
The Mongolian generals were as silent as a cicada, and no one dared to answer. They all found it incredible that the battle ended like this. Today the Mongolian army has performed beyond its level. In the more than two hundred years of war between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, have there been many battles that were fought so hard and resolutely like today's battle?
However, they still failed to penetrate Ning Haijun's thin ice wall, and they couldn't even make a gap in Ning Haijun's position! Under Ning Haijun's terrifying firepower network, they were slaying the entire Centurion. I don't know how many tribal leaders were crying bitterly, lamenting the heavy casualties!
Recalling the scenes of swords and swords and thunderous explosions on the battlefield, everyone could not help but shudder. It was so tragic. They had never seen such a tragic war in their lives!
Jiaktu also said with red eyes: "Minggou owes us a blood debt! I think their firearms have been almost used up. We should step up the attack, attack the Ming army's defense line, and then slaughter all the living creatures in Miyun City. Erase this damn city!"
Kebai thought for a while and said: "We should build more catapults! Their muskets are very powerful. Our armors and shields are like paper in front of them. Only catapults can block the explosives shot by their muskets!" "
Jiaktu shook his head and said: "The carts can't be stopped. I've seen it. Many carts have been beaten like sieves."
Kebai said: "That's better than a shield! Build more carts, and now the carts are covered with two layers of cowhide. It will definitely be able to defend against their muskets!"
Kyaktu sighed: "The prime minister's idea is a good one, but the question is...where can we find so much wood?"
Kebai was speechless...
Originally, there was a lot of wood in Jinganbao City, and the houses could be demolished and the beams could be used. But the problem was that all of this... was burned by Kyaktu. If you want to build a large-scale dump truck, you will definitely need a lot of wood. Wood, and it doesn’t just require cutting down a tree. In fact, there are woods near Jingan Fort. Where can I find so much shade-dried wood?
Lack of resources has always been the weakness of the nomads, and this "shortage" is all-round. They lack people, wood, iron, food, salt, everything. Their innate disadvantages make them rarely able to compete with others. The farming dynasties looked at each other as equals.
Of course, if they had enough resources and lacked everything, I'm afraid they wouldn't be interested in robbing everywhere. It would be so boring to rob when they are well fed and clothed.
Without wood, it would be impossible to build a large carriage.
Gun Bu had no choice. They had no way out now. Ning Haijun's reinforcements were already on the way. They had just received news that Ning Haijun's reinforcements did not land from Tianjin, but came directly from Funing Guard and had arrived in Yongping. Within the mansion, it might not be far away from them now.
In desperation, the wreckage of the destroyed carriages was recovered, and the usable wood was removed and reused to build new carriages. The soldiers found cowhide and horsehide to cover their shields, or they pulled off the armor from the corpses of dead Mongolian soldiers and covered their shields to enhance their defense capabilities. No one can say whether it worked or not. , I can only ask for the blessing of immortality.
The second wave of attack seemed to have begun again. The Mongolian army was still coming from all directions like a tide. Their arrows were as dense as locusts shooting at Ning Haijun's defense line, and the sound of killing was loud.
The Ning Haijun also responded to the Mongolian army with bullets, artillery shells, and rocket launchers. Relatively speaking, the Mongolian army also caused certain casualties to the Ning Haijun officers, and the casualties were not small. After all, it was the first bolt-action rifle, and it jammed. , malfunctions are inevitable. Some Ning Navy officers were injured and some were killed, but the comrades around them still responded silently.
The Chongzhen 8-year-old rifle is becoming more and more familiar in the hands of Ning Haijun, and his marksmanship is getting better and better. Some people can even spot the enemy from a position of five hundred paces. Of course, no one can say whether this shot was blinded. Not allowed.
The Mongolian army was getting closer to the ice wall, and their numbers were getting larger and larger. After several days of fighting, the Mongolian soldiers also found that if they wanted to save their lives, they could not rush upward in a swarm. They would die faster if they were bent over and riding on horses. Attacking on foot, or lying on the ground and crawling forward slowly, can effectively reduce casualties.
Those Mongolian soldiers who died in front of the battle, their bodies would be frozen to the point of popsicles, and they would become bunkers. Climbing was a life-saving method learned by Mongolian soldiers in front of rifles. It also greatly reduced the hit rate of Ning Haijun soldiers. And the bullet consumption is greater.
Gunbu thought that this attack was going to fail again, but he did not notice that countless Mongolian soldiers moved like maggots in front of Ning Haijun's ice wall. Dozens and hundreds of Mongolian soldiers jumped up and rushed towards them with their shields. Go behind the ice wall and fight with Ning Haijun.
Seeing this scene, countless Mongolian soldiers knelt on the ground excitedly, opened their arms, looked up to the sky, and shouted with tears: "Blessed by the eternal heaven, we won!"
Gunbu was also so excited that his lips trembled and he kept saying: "Win, win!"
However, the slap in the face came very quickly.
It was found that more and more Mongolian soldiers jumped over the ice wall to fight hand-to-hand with Ning Haijun. Although Ning Haijun was well-trained, the problem was that there were too many of them. In local battles, they had to face five or six soldiers alone. A number of Mongolian soldiers were hacked to death by the Mongolian soldiers one after another.
A Ning navy soldier had his right arm cut off by a Mongolian soldier, and the rifle he held in his hand was thrown to the ground. Another Mongolian soldier stabbed at him with a long spear. He had no way to hide or dodge.
The Ning Navy soldier gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Commander, An Niu Shitou will still be your soldier in the next life..."
Niu Shitou pulled off the grenade fuse on his body, and with a loud bang, Niu Shitou and three Mongolian soldiers fell in a pool of blood.
When Cheng Shijie saw this scene, his heart was as sharp as a knife.
"Yuan Shiliang, fire!"
"Commander, there are our people..."
"Has your fucking brain been blown out of your mind? Extend the artillery fire and knock out the Mongols who are attacking next!"
"yes!"
Cheng Shijie grabbed the horizontal sword: "Guardian, follow me!"
Meng En hurriedly hugged Cheng Shijie and said, "Commander, I'll go...let me go."
However, before Meng En could finish speaking, explosions were heard one after another between the first ice wall and the second ice wall of Ning Haijun. A division of nearly 300 people almost all died together in a suicide attack with the Mongols. .
The intercom in front of Cheng Shijie sounded the voice of Captain Wang Sixi: "Commander, Wang Sixi requests, fire on our position, fire on our position..."
"fire!"
Cheng Shijie still gave the order.
The first to fire was naturally the rocket launcher. The Ning Navy Artillery Division fired more than 300 rockets towards the middle of the first and second ice walls, which was about the size of four football fields, or less than 30,000 square meters. rocket shell.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
With a series of violent explosions, a large area of the Mongolian army was blown up, and the soldiers of the Mongolian army were blown away with their flesh and blood. Before the Mongolian soldiers could react, or even when the explosion sounded, Ning Haijun's reinforcements, under the cover of shield soldiers, launched an attack with grenades.
After the rocket shells exploded, the surviving Mongolian soldiers discovered that an impenetrable shield wall had appeared on their left and right. The soldiers in the front row were holding large shields and slowly pressed forward to the beat of drums. A group of grenadiers followed at the end, holding a bamboo basket filled with grenades in their hands, with eight or nine more stuck in their waists. With a shout, a row of grenades flew out of their hands and landed in the middle of the Mongolian army.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom" a series of violent explosions, and a large area of the Mongolian army was blown up.
The Mongolian soldiers who finally made a breakthrough were eliminated in the middle area between the first and second lines of defense of the Ninghai Navy. None of the three to four thousand Mongolian soldiers survived.
Seeing that his success was in vain, Gunbu wanted to order the entire army to fight again. However, before he could give the order, Ning Haijun's three-inch cannon, Folang machine gun, four-inch cannon, and five-inch cannon were fired at the Mongolian army further away. Cannonballs.
Several balls of orange-red fire shone out, and the loud thunderous noise caused the ground to rumble and shake. The explosion shock wave swept over with terrifying high temperatures. Dozens of Mongolian soldiers were rolled up like a pile of leaves and thrown violently. Twenty or thirty meters away...
And this was just the beginning of the disaster. Several fire dragons rushed up from the explosion point as if magma had broken through the earth's crust. A two-hundred-meter-long wall of fire was instantly formed. Unknown how many Mongolian soldiers burned in the flash of fire and turned into The fire maker screamed and rushed around, setting fire to wherever he hit.
This is an incendiary bomb launched by Ning Haijun. Yes, Ning Haijun's heavy artillery is basically the same as the navy's naval gun. For battleships, the killing effect of grenades is far inferior to incendiary bombs, because even a thousand-ton giant ship, Being hit by a grenade will cause damage, but it will not be fatal. At most, it will kill a large number of people, or damage the equipment and sailing ship on the deck, but an incendiary bomb can destroy a warship.
Because the Mongolian army inflicted heavy casualties on the Guards Division of the Ning Navy, especially the 12th Division, the fourth commander-in-chief of the Guards Division, the first division to be wiped out since the formation of the Ning Navy.
Cheng Shijie ordered no more reservations. Even if Ning Haijun's reinforcements were not deployed in place, and even if Tuxie Tuhan's troops retreated now, he didn't care.
Countless large and small flaming shells fell like a rainstorm, and wherever they splashed there was a sea of fire. The Mongolian soldiers had tried their best to avoid it, but they still couldn't hide far enough. The rain of fire fell among them, and countless people were shocked. They found that their clothes and hair were suddenly on fire, causing them to roll on the ground in pain and let out extremely miserable screams, which were not human-like!
The shock wave of the explosion was wrapped in flames and formed a terrifying fire dragon, which instantly devoured hundreds of Mongolians. The Mongolian soldiers howled like beasts in the blazing flames. Many of them turned into pyromen. The screams were moving. Even as an opponent who was fighting for life and death, the Ming army felt inexplicably palpitated!
The entire battlefield fell into terrible silence. Both the Ming and Mongolian armies stared blankly at the blazing flames and the Mongolian soldiers twisting and fluttering in the flames, with great horror.
Gunbu roared wildly, and a stream of blood came out of his throat. It was fishy and sweet. His body shook a few times, and he fell from the horse, unconscious. One or two thousand people were finished in the blink of an eye. Even the overlord of the Tuxie Tuhan tribe could not bear such a blow!
A commoner in the Baihe camp, this old gentleman seemed to be a scholar. Hearing the terrible cry and smelling the stench of burnt human flesh in the air made him look pale, tremble all over, and murmured: "Burn the Tengjia Army... what a sin!"
A farmer turned around and glanced at him coldly and said, "They, the Mongolian Tatars, all deserve what they deserve!"
The scholar looked at the murderous and evil-looking farmer, and hesitated to speak. Finally, his thousands of words turned into a long sigh.
A quarter of an hour later, the screams quickly stopped on the battlefield. There were burned and twisted corpses everywhere. The air was filled with waves of stench. The soldiers of the Ming Army and the Mongolian Army looked at the scorched ground. The body suddenly bent over while holding its stomach, and the remaining food in the stomach bag spurted out from the mouth and nose.
They vomited so much that their eyes turned black. Such brutal scenes made them completely lose their desire to fight. Many of them had never eaten barbecue again in their lives.
Really, except for madmen, no one would enjoy such a tragic scene, even if it was the enemy who was burned to death!
After Ganbu woke up, his eyes were dull and he didn't say a word. He just lay on the bed like this, his eyes completely unfocused, and no one knew what he was looking at.
Many generals reported military situations to him and asked him to make decisions, but he did not respond, as if he had not heard them. Anyone who looked at him could see the sadness and despair hidden in his distracted eyes. Yes, it was complete despair.
The moment the flames soared into the sky, he was completely desperate. The Ming army's firearms emerged in endlessly, each one more terrifying and more powerful than the last. Throwing a grenade could kill a large area, but the Mongolian army tried its best and was unable to cause effective damage to the Ming army.
These firearms are not only powerful, but also easy to use. An ordinary farmer can learn how to use them in half a day. This means that even a group of militiamen can cause heavy casualties to the Mongolian army. All the advantages go to the Ming army. !
If he had any luck before, then when he saw thousands of people being burned alive by the shells fired by the Ming army's artillery in an instant, even the last trace of luck was shattered.
This battle cannot be fought. Even though they fought tooth and nail, they couldn't kill many Ming troops. However, the Ming troops only needed one round of shelling to kill and injure a large number of them. How could they fight this battle?
Gunbu is now frustrated and doesn't want to say or do anything. In his opinion, no matter how sophisticated his tactical deployment is, he will be easily blown into powder by the Ming army's firearms. Everything is just a futile struggle. That’s all, why bother?
Now he just wants to know what kind of artillery the Ming army used and why it was so powerful!
The battlefield came to a standstill, falling into an eerie silence.
Only Cheng Shijie heard the voice coming from the high-power radio station next to him: "Call the commander, call the commander!"
This is the largest radio station in Cheng Shijie's hands, and it is also the radio station with the longest transmission distance. It can have a radiation range of fifty kilometers, which means that the reinforcements have arrived within a fifty kilometers range.
At midnight, the wind disappeared and the clouds dispersed, and a full moon emerged from behind the dark clouds, hanging high in the sky. Through the bright silver moonlight, you can vaguely see a huge black shadow rising behind the horizon.
From Jingan Castle to the south, torches are connected one after another, as if all the stars in the sky have fallen to the earth. The trumpets are trumpeting, the golden watch is exciting, and the big flags are flying in the evening wind. It is Mongolia. The army's camp.
The Annan Army soldiers who had been traveling all night let out a sigh of relief and finally arrived!
Li Dingguo ordered to the generals around him: "All dismount and rest, and attack immediately after dawn!"
…
Shenyang City, Royal Palace.
Huang Taiji looked at the information in front of him with a surprised look on his face: "Fifty thousand troops? Is this news correct?"
"Reporting to King Khan, it must be correct. This news has been verified. The general commanding the army is Cheng Shijie's confidant Shen Mingyu. Counting the time, they should be in the capital at the earliest!"
Fan Wencheng smiled bitterly.
Huang Taiji did not take drastic measures to survive this time. Otherwise, according to the original method, they wanted to use the more than 200,000 captive soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty in their hands to exchange more than 200,000 shi of food from Ning Haijun, plus ten beheaded soldiers. The heads of more than 10,000-level Mongolians had more than 300,000 shi of grain.
With these 300,000 shi of food, they tore up the agreement with Ning Haijun. In fact, the agreement was not even signed, it was just a verbal agreement.
Huang Taiji had no psychological burden for breaking the contract, but the problem was that when Huang Taiji saw the news, he broke out in a cold sweat. He did not expect that Cheng Shijie was still hiding a backhand in Liaodong. If he dared to make any changes, he would probably face Bibali. The Battle of the Gulf was an even more disastrous defeat.
Huang Taiji held the information and said several times: "It's so dangerous, so dangerous!"
Huang Taiji immediately made up his mind: "Beat the drums, gather the generals, and send out troops!"
Fan Wencheng bowed and said: "King Khan is wise!"
Today's Huang Taiji is like the beautiful country in World War II. When the beautiful country saw that Mao had beaten Germany to the ground, it would miss the opportunity to seize the fruits of victory if it did not join the war.
In fact, as Shen Ming encountered more than 50,000 Ning navy elites heading north, he saw that Cheng Shijie was absolutely sure of victory. The troops Cheng Shijie could dispatch included 20,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry and artillery. With these more than 70,000 elites and the nine-sided Ming army, there is no problem in defeating Mobei and Moxi Mongolia.
Even if Huang Taiji led the Jin Kingdom's elite Eight Banners to unite with Mobei and Moxi Mongolia, they had no chance of winning. Ning Haijun's artillery had already cast a psychological shadow on Huang Taiji.
As the leader of the Eight Banners and the Belles arrived at the palace, Huang Taiji looked at the civil and military ministers and said: "This Khan has decided to accept the invitation of the Governor of Liaodong and the Duke of Haiguo to visit Mobei Mongolia!"
Regarding the fight against Mongolia, the elite Eight Banners said that it was all trivial. As long as they did not fight Ning Haijun, they would have no problem fighting anyone. They have an absolute chance of winning.
"You have also heard that more than 400,000 troops from Mobei Mongolia went south. According to intelligence, Duke Hai has led his troops to annihilate 50,000 to 60,000 troops of Tushe Tuhan. We join the war and can rob Mobei Mongolia's horses and cattle. Sheep, as well as their young men and children, and more importantly, as long as we behead one level, Duke Hai will give us a hundred catties of grain!"
Huang Taiji waved his hand and said: "This time, all our Eight Banners will be dispatched!"
"The King of Khans is victorious and the King of Khans is wise!"
(End of chapter)
