Pingdingzhou City.
Shuolei watched the Mongolian army being shot and killed by Ning Haijun with rifles like target practice. He had to face reality. After all, mounted archery was no match for firearms.
Even if they have an advantage of dozens of times the number of people, the problem is that people are not machines, and people will be afraid, especially in this situation. The Mongolian army was shot dead by the rifles of the Ning Navy reconnaissance cavalry before they entered the range of the bow and arrow. They There was simply no time to take advantage of them.
What makes the Mongolian army feel most helpless is that as more and more corpses are killed in front of the Ning Haijun battle, the corpses of these horses or soldiers will be frozen into ice sculptures by the cold, which greatly limits the mobility of the Mongolian cavalry.
Shuolei issued a desperate assault order to Nabulen. Nabulun had no choice but to grit his teeth and order to pull out his scimitar, lay his spear flat, and no longer use bows and arrows, nor mount and shoot tactics. He decided to use Scimitars and spears decide the outcome.
At this time, the Ning navy cavalry still maintained a strict formation, firing bullets with rifles at the rushing Mongolian army.
Seeing the attack of more than two thousand cavalry, which suffered heavy casualties under the bullets, Ning Haijun began to charge. However, Ning Haijun only charged forward three or four hundred steps before he stopped charging.
Cheng Shijie ordered Ning Haijun to immediately collect the corpses of the Mongolian soldiers who had just died in battle, and build them into an ice wall together with the corpses of the war horses. The blood that had not yet cooled down melted with the ice and snow at the cold low temperature to form an ice wall.
Ning Haijun's cavalry formed two corpses of Mongolian soldiers, like an inverted ice wall. In this way, Ning Haijun's numerical disadvantage was alleviated. At least the Mongols could not attack Ning Haijun from the left and right flanks.
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "The Mongols today are no longer as brave as they used to be. They are no longer the yellow devils who used their iron hooves to trample the Eurasian continent and wash the earth with their blood!"
Yes, as Cheng Shijie said, with the establishment of the Four Mongolian Khanates and the Yuan Dynasty, those terrible yellow devils quickly became corrupted, and their bravery and warlike style disappeared.
The Yuan Dynasty was relatively good. It was driven back to the Mongolian Plateau by the Ming army. Facing the harsh natural environment and the aggressive Ming army, it quickly recovered its combat effectiveness. Although the Ming God of War Lan Yu fought all the way to the fishing sea and destroyed it. The Northern Yuan Dynasty, but eventually the Ming Dynasty, was never able to completely wipe out the Mongols.
There is no way. The space for the Mongolians to move is too big. There are five to six million square kilometers of living space for them to roam freely. If they can't stay in the Mongolian Plateau, they can run to Liaodong. If they can't stay in Liaodong, they can run to Qinghai. If Qinghai Still unable to stay, he ran to Central Asia, Siberia and even southern Russia.
Anyway, as long as they bring their tents and catch up with the cattle and sheep, they can survive no matter where they go. If they are lucky, they can escape to the Middle East or Europe, and they will start the slaughter mode again, killing a lot of countries in one round and then establishing their own. nation.
Isn’t this how the Yueshi, Xiongnu, Rouran, Turks, Khitan, Mongolian and other nomadic peoples came here? On the other hand, the same cannot be said for the Central Plains Dynasty. These places were simply not suitable for the survival of farming peoples. Some places they had barely developed could not support large-scale military operations.
Precisely because of such a huge geographical advantage, Mongolian talents struggled to survive military attacks from the Ming Dynasty and pushed back again, forcing the Ming Dynasty to build the Great Wall to defend themselves. But the four great khanates did not have such good luck. Before the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, the nations of Europe and the Middle East were wiped out to the point where not even a scrap was left. The territory they had worked so hard to conquer was in vain, and the Russians benefited.
The surviving Mongols also painfully discovered that under the fierce attack of the Ming Dynasty, they had lost the material and spiritual support necessary to re-establish an empire. The subsequent two hundred years of competition with the Ming Dynasty was just a last resort. .
Although they are still fierce and good at fighting, their bravery and ability to withstand casualties are more than one level behind their ancestors.
The Mongolian cavalry has fallen into depravity, but it is still a good fighting force. But now, these Mongolian cavalry who grew up on horseback faced these terrifying black knights, but were killed by them with almost no effort.
However, there were only more than 2,000 Ning navy cavalry. They killed and wounded six to seven thousand people, but they did not threaten the more than 2,000 Ming army cavalry.
However, the problem is that these Ning Navy cavalry are becoming more and more helpless as they fight, because their bullets are getting less and less, and the rifling of many barrels has been almost flattened. There is no way. Now the production technology of Ning Navy is not advanced enough, and the barrels they manufacture are , once the barrel overheats, the rifling becomes very fragile.
"Commander, I'm out of bullets!"
"Commander, I'm out of bullets!"
As the battle continued to intensify, more and more soldiers around Cheng Shijie lost their bullets.
Cheng Shijie has no better way now. Just like in the later EU wars, E Army failed to keep up due to logistics. E Army's Army Combined Battalion lacked necessary logistics supply forces. Tanks and armored vehicles attacked all the way, broke down and abandoned along the way. , as a result, the war was not as one-sided as everyone expected, but instead fell into a stalemate.
"Won't you fight without bullets?"
Cheng Shijie pulled out the Tang Hengdao and shouted loudly: "Generals, follow me to attack!"
Cheng Shijie leveled the horizontal sword, and the cavalry under his command also put away their empty rifles at the same time. At the same time, they drew their sabers, held them levelly, and aimed them at the enemy's chest and abdomen.
Their formation was frighteningly neat, like a galloping iron wall, and with one strike ten, it was still terrifying. Anyone who knows Ning Haijun knows that the most terrifying unit of Ning Haijun is not the front division, nor the left and right divisions, but the personal guard division.
Unlike the personal guards of other generals, Cheng Shijie's personal guards are all soldiers who have made meritorious service on the battlefield. They are then transferred to the personal guards of the capital, where they train for a period of time, and then enter the Ning Naval Military Academy. After further studies, after passing the advanced studies, you will be an officer.
Cheng Shijie took the lead in charging, with his bodyguard cavalry blocking the front. A wall of sharp and bright swords flashed past, announcing the end of each life. The bodyguards crashed into the middle of the Mongolian cavalry, which was ten times more than them. The Miao swords were waved. , the torn limbs and head were separated from the body and thrown around. Large streams of blood spurted out from the terrible wounds, blooming into coquettish blood flowers. After the astonishing bloom, they withered immediately.
Wherever Cheng Shijie's personal cavalry went, the Mongolian cavalry were cut down in clusters, or knocked over together with men and horses. Shouts of horror sounded among them, and became louder and louder, overwhelming the screams. : "My God, the Han people's fighting skills on horseback actually overwhelm them!"
"Commander, I am humble enough to take the first step!"
A guard cavalryman whose left arm was cut off by a Mongolian cavalry looked deeply at Cheng Shijie: "Commander, take care!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Chen Erhu, I will remember you!"
Chen Erhu, who was seriously injured, had a terrible light in his eyes. He pinched the horse's belly and the horse neighed wildly and rushed towards the Mongolian army.
"Commander, I am humble enough to take the first step!"
"Commander, I am humble enough to take the first step!"
Ning Haijun's bodyguard cavalry quickly gathered together, and once again the cavalry formed a loose formation and slammed into the Mongolian army. It seemed that in their eyes, whether the enemy was like a wolf or an enemy like a pig, they were just a piece of meat. Let them eat!
The black storm swept across the battlefield where the dead bodies were lying. The Mongolian cavalry were dumbfounded. They discovered for the first time that the Ming cavalry could be so fierce and brave when fighting with cold weapons. Not the Jurchen warriors who claim to be invincible.
Cheng Shijie saw that there were fewer and fewer Ning Haijun around him, and his heart began to sink: "Is it finally over?"
At this moment, the sharp whistle of the swan whistle suddenly rose from the ground, reaching into the night sky, and then the ground began to shake. Both warring parties fled, only to see hundreds of horsemen rushing toward the gate of Pingdingzhou City like a fierce wind and fire. Their fiery red helmets and fiery red cloaks were flying in the cold wind, and a long formation lined up along the way. The official road is winding and moving forward, like a roaring red dragon!
Tianxiong Army, Tianxiong Army has arrived!
The battlefield fell into a brief silence, and then earth-shaking cheers sounded, followed by exclamations and curses.
Seeing the Tianxiong Army appear, Shuolei felt something bad in his heart.
Sure enough, his hunch was correct.
Unlike Cheng Shijie, even if Cheng Shijie personally led the troops to charge, Cheng Shijie's riding skills and kung fu were very average. But the problem was that Lu Xiangsheng was different. Lu Xiangsheng was a fierce man who was good at literature and martial arts, and could use a simple sword.
The Pu Dao is actually the Qinglong Yanyue Dao.
The simple sword in Lu Xiangsheng's hand only weighed thirty kilograms. He took the lead and swiped behind the Mongolian cavalry. He swung the sword like a ball of light. He slashed through the ranks one by one regardless of the generals. Wherever he rushed, there was flesh and blood. Fly across!
Several red-eyed Mongolian generals came forward to meet them, but they were all chopped open by him with his sword. The broadsword first cut off the horse's neck, and then split the Mongolian general's weapon and body in half. The flying blood rain quickly killed him. The pure white shirt and war horse were dyed red, and this bravery was frightening.
The commander was so brave, so of course the soldiers could not lag behind. On that day, all the cavalrymen of the heroic army fought bravely to take the lead, slashing and killing. The elite Tianxiong Army cavalry, as if possessed by evil spirits from hell, crashed into the middle of the Mongolian cavalry, which was three times more than them, cutting them down piece by piece and devouring them piece by piece.
Under the sharp blades of the Mongolian cavalry, they also fell on their backs, but these cavalry seemed not to know what fear was at all, and only knew one word: charge! Until the enemy army collapses! The rolling cavalry was like a huge millstone, with thousands of cavalry spinning around on it, turning into piles of broken corpses.
Seeing this scene, Li Dingguo said excitedly: "Commander, the reinforcements have arrived! Pingding Prefecture is defended!"
Cheng Shijie closed his eyes and exhaled a long breath. The moment he saw the flag of the Tianxiong Army, he felt a big stone fell in his heart. Those people could rely on conspiracy and tricks to put Ning Haijun into a passive position of being beaten.
The Tianxiong Army originally hoped to capture or kill Li Zicheng, but as a result, someone plotted against him. The Tianxiong Army was probably already furious, and they charged and killed very bravely.
At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng, who was covered in blood, turned his horse's head and shouted at Ning Haijun: "Where is Commander Cheng?"
"This commander is here!"
"Cheng Shuai quickly returned to Pingdingzhou City. The Tianxiong Army came only as the vanguard and the main force has not yet arrived. Once the main force arrives, it will not be too late for a decisive battle!"
Cheng Shijie will naturally not be hypocritical. Ning Haijun has made a huge sacrifice. More than 2,800 cavalry have arrived in Pingding Prefecture. Now the remaining troops are less than half, barely more than a thousand people, especially Cheng Shijie's more than 300 relatives. More than two-thirds of the guard cavalry were killed, and now there are less than a hundred cavalry.
Seeing the extraordinary bravery of the Tianxiong army, Shuo Lei
Yatai asked nervously: "King Khan, what should we do now?"
"The enemy's reinforcements have arrived and their morale is strong. We no longer want to fight. Retreat!"
What Shuolei didn't know was that he missed his only chance to capture Pingding Prefecture, because there were less than 4,000 Tianxiong Army cavalry arriving in Pingding Prefecture. More importantly, these Tianxiong Army cavalry are also at the end of their strength.
However, the problem is that there is no way. The problem Shuolei needs to consider is that the Mongolian army also suffered heavy losses in this fight, especially when Li Dingguo first led 800 cavalry out of the city, then Cheng Shijie led more than 2,000 cavalry out of the city, and then the next day The heroic reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, and with a set of combined punches, the Mongolian army suffered heavy losses, more than 15% of them.
One of his six thousand captains was crippled, and the other lost thousands. This means that Shuolei's men lost more than 20,000 men. If the attack continues, what will happen even if Pingding Prefecture is captured? Once the Chechen Khan tribe shows its weakness, Zasaktu Khan will turn around and annex them.
As the Mongolian army retreated, the Tianxiong army also retreated as soon as it was good. After all, if they continue to fight, they will not take advantage, but suffer heavy losses.
The Tianxiong Army is far less wealthy than Ning Haijun. Although the military expenditure received by the Tianxiong Army from the court far exceeds that of Ning Haijun, the problem is that Lu Xiangsheng really doesn’t know how to manage money. Fortunately, Cheng Shijie set an example for Lu Xiangsheng. Cheng Shijie was farming in Liaodong, and Lu Xiangsheng was also organizing a military camp. This military camp was dominated by Damingfu, and more than 4 million acres of land were reclaimed.
It's just that Daming Mansion is short of water, the weather is dry, and the harvest is far less than that of Liaodong. If Lu Xiangsheng had Cheng Shijie's financial resources, not only one-tenth of them, the Tianxiong Army would expand to more than ten times the number of troops.
But the problem is that the Tianxiong Army now has less than 7,000 cavalry and more than 35,000 infantry. This has given Lu Xiangsheng a huge headache.
"Cheng Shuai, how do you feel?"
"Master Lu, if you had come half an hour later, it would probably be time to collect Cheng's body!"
The Ming Dynasty was indeed a very interesting dynasty. In general, by the end of the dynasty, the talents had already withered away. This was different. In its last dozen years, famous generals still emerged in large numbers.
Chongzhen produced four fierce men, namely Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting. Each one was more powerful than the last, and Lu Xiangsheng was even more fierce among the fierce men.
Lu Xiang had a prosperous career in promotion. It only took him five years from passing the imperial examination to becoming a prefect. After three years as a prefect, he served as the deputy envoy of the Shandong Advocate and Inspectorate, and also participated in politics from the right. It only took eight years to become a deputy provincial-level official. . It only took two years to go from deputy provincial level to senior official.
In other words, it took Lu Xiangsheng ten years to do it. Those officials who had been in the capital for twenty years and still failed to make a breakthrough, knew that the magic horse called speed. He is an honest official, has no gray income, and is serious and responsible in his work. The people have an excellent impression of him. To put it bluntly, the first impression he gives people is that of a standard scholar and a civil servant.
There were not many people that Cheng Shijie admired in the entire Ming Dynasty. Naturally, Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi were the two, and of course, Lu Xiangsheng was definitely one of them.
When Cheng Shijie admired Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng also admired Cheng Shijie.
Compared with Lu Xiangsheng's promotion speed, Cheng Shijie's promotion speed was faster. In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, he was still a fifth-grade Qianhu, and he was a donated official. In the Ming Dynasty, there were not even one thousand but eight hundred donated officials like Cheng Shijie, and Qianhu was He was simply worthless as a cannon fodder military attaché, but it took Cheng Shijie just over three months to be promoted to a fourth-grade military officer.
He did not serve in the garrison for three months before he became the commander-in-chief.
In just half a year, he has reached the ceiling of the military attache rank. More importantly, he is now the crown prince's Taibao and the prime minister of the Nine Borders. In terms of official position and real power, he is greater than Lu Xiangsheng.
However, Lu Xiangsheng was not jealous of Cheng Shijie, because Cheng Shijie did something that ordinary people could not do. Jingan Fort guard Qiao Zhaolin abandoned the city and fled. Tens of thousands of Mongolian troops invaded Miyun and threatened the capital. It was Cheng Shijie who led his men to block the opening and Tuxietu Khan's tribe was almost completely wiped out.
More importantly, after the Taiyuan Mutiny, it was Cheng Shijie who defended Pingding Prefecture. Without Cheng Shijie, I am afraid that the Mongolian army would have rushed through the Taihang Mountains, entered Zhending Mansion, and might have reached the capital city.
Cheng Shijie and Lu Xiangsheng both worked very hard and did not talk too much. Instead, they went back to rest. After all, the crisis in Pingding Prefecture has not really been resolved. This time the Chechen Khanate suffered a loss, and they will definitely arrest more Ming people. , a fierce battle is still to come.
The arrival of the Tianxiong Army only improved Pingding Prefecture's strength, but the enemy was still strong and we were weak.
However, what made Cheng Shijie really relieved was that Ning Haijun's reinforcements came up that night. This was after Shen Mingyu stabilized Datong Town, and at all costs, he transferred 3,000 infantrymen from the main force of the Annan Army to escort them. They brought a convoy of supplies to Cheng Shijie. These supplies were mainly bullets and grenades. There were 300,000 bullets, 20,000 grenades, and more than 1,000 rocket launchers.
With these equipment, Cheng Shijie is more confident. However, Pingding Prefecture had weapons and ammunition, but no food was sent. With the arrival of the Tianxiong Army, food was even more scarce.
If this battle had not been won, and Ning Haijun had used the ice wall to store some of his war horses, both the Tianxiong Army and Ning Haijun might have gone hungry.
Even with less than four thousand Ning Haijun, Cheng Shijie dared to launch a general attack on Shuolei.
Listening to the cheers coming from Pingdingzhou City, Shuolei's mood became even heavier: "It seems that reinforcements from the Ming army have arrived again!"
Yatai smiled bitterly and said, "How many reinforcements does Minggou have?"
"The Ming Dynasty has more than two million troops, what do you think? They can mobilize hundreds of thousands of reinforcements!"
Shuolei has a very big headache. This is the advantage of a big country. Ming Dynasty can lose, even if it loses ten times, Ming Dynasty still has the capital to make a comeback. But the problem is that Mongolia really cannot afford to lose.
Especially the Chechen Khan tribe was too weak in front of the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty.
But the problem is, so what if you can’t afford to lose?
The Chechen Khan tribe will only have a dead end in Mobei. They are also looking for a way to survive. This is their confidence.
What Shuolei doesn't know is that their Chechen Khan tribe has no future. (End of chapter)
