"Those dead soldiers who escaped from the grain team lured the enemy to report their merits and were incorporated into the auxiliary barracks."
Li Yunze, who was holding a Nikon field telescope, saw Dege soldiers and horses rushing into Songshan Fort in the distance. He waved in a good mood, "Man Gui, lead the troops to seal the city."
The Tartars have many cavalry, rich experience, and high vigilance.
Songshan is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is the same as Xingshan and Tashan. It is surrounded by flat plains and is very empty, making it very difficult for an army to ambush.
What Li Yunze wants is total annihilation to boost the morale of the entire army.
In this case, he chose to throw out the grain team and Songshan Fort as bait one after another to lure Derge into the urn.
After Dege burned the food team's food, he rushed into Songshan Fort without hesitation.
When Mangui's cavalry rushed over and surrounded the city, he could no longer run away.
"Long live." Cao Bianjiao, who accompanied the army on the expedition, expressed a little regret, "It's a pity that so much food, grass and military supplies have been lost."
"I can't bear to let go of my children to trap the wolf, I can't bear to let go of my wife...ahem." Li Yunze on horseback waved his hands grandly, "It's just grain and grass supplies, I have them all!"
He is really not bragging, he indeed has too much food and supplies to count.
"Let's go." Li Yunze urged the war horse on his crotch, and the high-spirited Li Yunze rode forward. "We will also go out. Today we will destroy the Dege and return to the camp for a feast."
Dege, who still didn't know that he was in danger, was counting the military resources in Songshan Fort with envy.
"Master Beile, there's a lot of meat and a lot of wine."
In addition to the mountains of grain and grass, Songshan Fort also stores a large amount of wine, oil, meat, cloth, silk and other military supplies.
For the Tartar bandits, this was really something they couldn't bear to do.
"Master Beile, it would be great if I could take all this away."
"I also want to take him away." Dege Lei, who was in good luck, sighed with a red face, "It's a pity that we can't make luck if we go deep alone. That's all, we can eat and drink as much as we can. Wait for the bright dog in Jinzhou When reinforcements come, we will set fire to retreat."
"My slave, congratulations to Lord Beile. It is a great achievement to burn down Minggou's food and grass reserves in this battle."
"Hahahaha~~~" Dege laughed proudly, "It's obvious that the dog is too weak to escape from such a military-rich place without a fight. I have received military honors from the Great Khan, so naturally you are indispensable... .”
"Master Beile, it's not good!" Just when he was in high spirits, Tan Ma came frantically to report, "There are a large number of Ming troops outside the fort!"
With a solemn look on his face, Dege hurriedly climbed onto the city wall.
Looking around, he was quite frightened.
There was smoke and dust billowing from all sides of Songshan Fort, and Ming cavalry swarmed in like a tide.
"how come..."
The livid-faced Degerei clutched his riding whip tightly and said, "I've been fooled! All the cavalry of the Guan Ning Army are here."
"Quickly gather your troops, mount your horses and rush out!"
"Master, the things haven't been burned yet..."
Degerai whipped him with a riding crop, "Burn you! If you don't run away, you're dead!"
The fifth military camp is mainly composed of cavalry, and no one dares to eat empty pay if it is fully paid.
A full battalion has 3,000 soldiers, and four battalions means 12,000 troops.
In addition to the auxiliary infantry to watch the horses and transport, there must be tens of thousands of horsemen.
Thousands of galloping horses came from all directions, with a shocking momentum.
The Dege type is arrogant, not a fool.
He only has two thousand people, and they are deep in the hinterland of the Ming army. It won't be long before their army will surround him.
There is nothing much to say at this time, but oiling the soles of your feet is the only option.
The fifth military camp after selecting and adding some Guan Ning cavalry has a strong combat effectiveness.
The Tartars, who had gathered urgently, ran into the Ming cavalry head-on within two miles of leaving the city.
Swords came and went, spears poked and axes struck.
Under the billowing smoke and dust, as the horses crossed each other, one figure after another fell off the horse, and then disappeared under the countless horses' hooves.
As soon as Pu fought, Dege clearly noticed something was wrong.
The Ming army here has a strong desire to fight, and they are very brave in fighting to the death. There is no longer any caution in avoiding battles that Guan Ning Cavalry used to do in the past to preserve their strength.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the servants of Guan Ningjun are no worse than the Tartars.
The Fifth Army Battalion lacked combat experience, but their equipment was better than that of the Tartars, and their will to fight was stronger.
The most important thing is that there are many of them.
Tens of thousands of cavalry besieged two thousand cavalry. As the battlefield became more and more crowded, the Tartar casualties increased rapidly.
"Master!" A private soldier of Bagala rushed over and grabbed the reins of Derge. "There are too many Ming dogs. The slaves are protecting the master and rushing out to the north!"
Degerei looked around. The Ming cavalry came too fast and they were surrounded from all directions.
Breaking through at this time, let alone whether he could break out, even if he broke out, the more than two thousand horses he brought would basically have to be thrown here.
The Tartars are a bandit group, and their military strength belongs to the Baylor military leaders.
These two thousand cavalry are all owned by his Dege type. If the entire army is annihilated, even if Huang Taiji can bypass him, without the soldiers and horses, the banner, wealth, slaves, farm and other things will definitely be annexed by his brothers. fate.
Thinking of this, the red-eyed Dege suddenly gritted his teeth, turned his horse's head and roared, "Let's go back to Songshan Castle!"
His idea is simple. Songshan Fort is extremely strong and stores a large amount of military supplies.
If you can hold on, it would be better to hold on until Huang Taiji wins. If it cannot be defended, the military resources in the city can be used to negotiate with the Ming army in exchange for a way out.
After all, continuing to fight in the wild can only lead to death.
They had horses and could run, but couldn't the Ming army run with their legs?
This place is so far away from the main camp that even the horses are exhausted and cannot go back. The Ming army chased him all the way and had no chance of escaping.
Songshan Fort was behind them. When the Tartars retreated, the Ming army took advantage of the situation and took a big bite out of the rear soldiers and horses.
When Dege Lei ordered the city gate to be closed and went up to the city wall to count the number of people, his heart suddenly felt cold.
There were more than 2,300 people when they arrived, but now there are less than 1,500 left.
In less than half an hour of fighting, as many as 800 people were lost.
What made Derge even more chilling was that the general beside him tremblingly stretched out his hand to remind, "Master Beile, look at that flag!"
Thousands of Ming troops in the distance, surrounded by a large flag raised high, slowly approached Songshan Fort.
"What is that?" Dege was puzzled. "I have never seen such a flag."
"Master Beile." As early as the Battle of Saarhu, the general who was captured and surrendered had a trembling voice, "That's the big banner, the dragon flag banner!"
"Tell me clearly what it is!"
"Only the emperor can use the dragon-patterned banner. The Ming Emperor is here~~~"
"The Ming Dynasty...the emperor is here? Just to deal with me?"
Dege really couldn't understand that he was very cautious when he acted. How did the Ming Emperor know his whereabouts and even take the initiative to ambush him here?
Moreover, he is just a little Baylor, but he can actually lead the Ming Emperor to take action himself.
"Long live."
Man Gui, who personally charged into the formation, came on horseback and saluted Li Yunze, "The slave thieves have been forced back into the fort. The previous field formation had reached 813 levels."
"Well done." Li Yunze nodded with a smile. "The soldiers who died in the battle were restrained, the wounded were treated, and the pensions must be paid in time. Those who have won the war merits will receive one hundred taels for each head as I promised before."
As soon as the news came out, cheers suddenly shook everyone.
One of the important reasons why the Ming army fought so bravely was that Li Yunze agreed that anyone who captured the head of the battle, regardless of whether he was a soldier or not, would be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.
There are rewards for winning in battle in the Ming army.
In the past, the highest reward was given to the northern barbarians on the grassland. After the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty, it was changed to the Tartar barbarians.
Under normal circumstances, a soldier's harvest can earn fifty taels of silver.
Soldiers are difficult to kill, and the reward money is often withheld, so the Ming army's results have always been low.
Being able to gain hundreds or even thousands in one battle is already a rare victory.
"What are they shouting?" Li Yunze, who was very interested, saw through the telescope a few miles away at Songshan Fort, where a group of Tartars were shouting in unison, "Go and listen."
In no time, a fast horse will come to report.
"Long live, the one in the city is the tenth son of the old slave, Dege Lei. He said that he begs Long Live to let them go, otherwise the food and military supplies in Songshan Fort will be burned."
"Sand sculpture."
Li Yunze was amused, "Those food troops are just bait to lure him into taking the bait. These are the things I don't lack the most."
Cao Wenzhao turned to look at the side and said, "Go and let the Shenji Battalion attack the city."
"According to the order!"
The anxious Dege was waiting for the Ming Emperor's reply, hoping that so much food and military supplies in Songshan Fort could be exchanged for his life.
But what he finally waited for was more than twenty cannons dragged by mules and horses.
The fifth military camp retreated and blocked the perimeter.
The Shenji Battalion stepped forward and fired more than twenty new cannons at Songshan Fort.
Amidst the roaring sound like thunder from the blue, heavy projectiles hit the city wall one after another, smashing the bricks and stones and creating cracks.
Derge was very worried, but all the original city defense equipment on Songshan Fort had been dismantled, and everything that could not be dismantled had been destroyed, and he could not reach it even if he wanted to fight back.
In a hurry, he once again ordered people to shout, "You don't want food, grass and military supplies?"
What responded to him was an even more violent bombardment.
The new artillery has been greatly improved in all aspects of performance, especially in terms of power.
After multiple rounds of intensive bombardment, the city gate here was completely shattered, and the gate tower was also blown down, leaving a gap.
Because time was too tight, the Tartars did not have time to fill the city gate.
Thousands of Shenji's campfire gun soldiers were arranged in a dense formation in units of bureaus and divisions, pressing forward step by step to suppress the city head with intensive shooting.
As the horns sounded, more cannon fodder from the Death Soldier Battalion, wearing leather armor and holding weapons, roared loudly to embolden themselves, and swarmed towards the shattered city gate.
For these cannon fodders, pardon can only be obtained by obtaining the heads of Tartars.
Under the unprecedented intensive firepower of the Ming army, the city could not stand at all.
The embarrassed Dege hurriedly gathered troops and blocked the city gate.
There are many cannon fodders, but it is difficult to break through the narrow breakthrough. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Tartar warriors is really not weak.
But soon, several new artillery pieces were pushed up and filled with shotguns at close range. After a few shots, the Tartar soldiers blocking the breach were swept into pieces of bloody gourds.
Seeing a large number of Ming troops swarming in, Derge, knowing that he would not be spared today, shouted with red eyes, "Set fire, burn all the food and grass!"
He turned around and looked bitterly at the large banner in the distance.
"Even if I die, I won't leave you any food!"
