Only a few dull loud noises were heard in the center of the river, and several huge water columns rose into the sky.
The cargo ship flew out of the river, fell apart before falling into the water... and slowly sank to the bottom of the river.
Seeing this scene, the senior officials of the slave-building coalition who had pinned their hopes on the cargo ship almost went berserk.
"This, this is the Ming army's underwater mine?"
"I understand. A few days ago, the Ming army used small boats to cross the river. Some fell into the river. They fell into the river on their own initiative. The purpose was to cover up the underwater mines. They have been guarding against us for a long time!"
With hindsight, Bao Chengxian suddenly realized and murmured to himself, completely unaware of the already gloomy Huang Taiji and others beside him.
PS: The mines of the Ming Dynasty include underwater mines, underwater dragon king cannons, river dragons, etc. There are many ways to trigger them. There are clear records in military books such as "Wu Bian" and "Xinlue". If you are interested, you can read them. There are several types of mines that can float on the sea and attack along the current.
"Thank you Tiancong Khan for sending the warship thousands of miles away, we accepted it with a smile!"
A sudden loud sound made the senior leaders of the Jiannu Union Army, who were on the verge of going berserk, breathe rapidly again. Some people even spat out a mouthful of blood and looked depressed.
This is naked ridicule!
From the three-party coalition of 400,000 to the creation of Liaoze, this gave the coalition unlimited hope. The Khan promised to massacre the city and loot for three days, which greatly increased the morale of the coalition. However, the fall of Xinmin City and the arrest and humiliation of Hauge and others made Their morale is low.
But because Huang Taiji's decisiveness made everyone share the same hatred, the powerful power of the crossbow shattered their hopes. The last warship was captured by the Ming army, and the last hope was gone.
The tripartite coalition of slave-building forces went from hope to disappointment, from disappointment to hope and then to... despair.
For all the calculations, the Ming army had countermeasures. Before the battle really started, its own morale had been hit one after another, and its morale was extremely low.
Looking at the gloomy Huang Taiji, Baoshi Masayuki didn't dare to be presumptuous and asked in a low voice: "Tian Conghan, what should we do now?"
"I know what to do? If you ask Ben Khan, who will Ben Khan ask?"
"Aren't you the commander-in-chief of Fuso?"
"What are you asking Ben Khan for at this time?"
Huang Taiji roared in his heart, feeling extremely aggrieved, but his expression slowly returned to calmness.
I picked up the telescope and looked at the Ming army camp. The military flags were flying in the camp, and there were many tents. I couldn't see clearly the layout of the camp.
Then he looked at the Ming army sergeants who continued to build the bridge piers. After thinking for a moment, he said helplessly: "The army retreated three miles!"
"What? Retreat?"
"Tianconghan, are you angry?"
"Aren't you going to stop the Ming army from building bridge piers and crossing the river?"
"Have you given up completely?"
"No, absolutely not. If the Ming army's bridge piers are built, the army can cross the river at any time, and all our previous efforts will be in vain."
"We still have hundreds of pallet trucks. If one level is not enough, we will have two or three levels. I don't believe they can break through."
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As soon as Huang Taiji's decision came out, the senior officials were stunned at first, then their expressions changed drastically, and they started arguing.
Huang Taiji's eyes widened and he shouted angrily: "What time has it been? Are you still arguing?"
"It still doesn't seem like the Ming army is deliberately playing tricks on us and destroying the morale of our army?
From the beginning, this kind of crossbow with a range of 1,500 meters and no less powerful than the Hongyi cannon was placed by the river. Why did Hauge and others deliberately show weakness? Are you still waiting for our car to defend? Cargo ship hits bridge pier?
This is clearly to show weakness to the enemy, attract our troops to come forward, and then kill them unexpectedly, giving us hope but disappointing us, and damaging our morale.
Don't talk about using pallet trucks to form three or five floors. What if they just pull the pallet trucks into the river like they captured the cargo ship?
As they build bridge piers, the crossbows are also advancing. If we don't retreat, we will be within the range of the crossbows. Can you block it? A chariot can be shot through. Do you think you are stronger than a chariot?
Although the crossbow is powerful, it also has a shortcoming, that is, it takes a certain amount of time to draw the bow. We can only retreat and wait for them to land, then use the fire bull formation to attack and destroy their crossbows and chariots.
When they gather, we can also bombard them with light artillery to kill them at the maximum range.
On the plains, we are the kings, even if they have a lot of firecrackers.
Therefore, this is not called a retreat, but a strategic contraction of defense. "
Everyone fell silent, with thoughtful looks in their eyes.
They were not idiots. After Huang Taiji's analysis, they immediately knew that this was the best choice.
"I agree to retreat!"
"Seconded!"
"We will fight the Ming army again on the plain!"
"Great Khan, later you must promise me that I will be the first to charge. I will avenge my brothers who died in battle!"
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Seeing that everyone agreed, Huang Taiji waved his hand, ordered the troops to retreat, and the army slowly retreated.
"oh……"
Seeing that Jiannu had retreated, tens of thousands of Ming troops cheered instantly.
Thunderous cheers crossed the river, causing slight chaos in the formation of the slowly retreating Jiannu coalition forces.
In the middle of the Ming army's camp, Chongzhen looked at Jiannu who was retreating and said with a chuckle: "Yuan Aiqing, Jiannu just withdrew. I guess Huang Taiji was extremely angry and aggrieved!"
"Rage is a sign of incompetence. The foundation of our Ming Dynasty is incomparable to barbarians like them who rose up by chance. If not in the past few years...
Your Majesty, the retreat of Jiannu was just to take advantage of the speed of the cavalry on the plains. The coalition of Jiannu had 100,000 or 200,000 cavalry.
If we really don't care, even if we have tanks, heavy fire oil tanks and other defenses as well as dense thunder and artillery array attacks, we can't stop it. It depends on Huang Taiji's courage.
If we can't stop them, we will retreat to this side of the river, then cross the river again, and bomb again to see how many of them die. "
After Yuan Keli expressed his opinion, he pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, I suggest that we build the bridge today and use chariots and crossbows to defend it so that Jian's slaves cannot destroy it. Then we can rest for the night and start crossing the river tomorrow at 12:00. The slave coalition forces are fighting!"
"feasible!"
After Chongzhen agreed, Yuan Keli issued a series of military orders, and all the army units were mobilized.
Without the obstruction of Jiannu, and with the capture of seven cargo ships of Jiannu, the Ming army built bridge piers very quickly. By the time of Shenshi, nearly two hundred bridge piers in three rows were completed.
With several loud noises, the diverting aqueduct was also exploded. For half an hour, the water flow stabilized, and the bridge piers were about one meter above the water.
The long pieces of wood, which are seven or eight meters long and about half a foot thick, are placed on the bridge piers, and then fixed together with ropes like bamboo rafts. Finally, two adjacent pieces are nailed together with rake nails.
Pieces of door panels removed from people's homes in the city were laid on top and fixed with rake nails.
Three wooden bridges ten meters wide and more than two hundred meters long are like giant dragons crossing the Liao River, turning the natural chasm into a thoroughfare.
Groups of Ming troops marched back and forth on the bridge, mixed with chariots, carriages, etc., as if they were testing the strength of the bridge.
Hearing the cheers, the senior officials of the slave-building coalition who had been observing on the other side were so filled with hatred that they almost broke their teeth.
If Huang Taiji hadn't given a death order not to attack, they would have really wanted to rush in and kill them.
"Everyone go back and rest, recharge your batteries for tomorrow's battle!"
After the generals left, Huang Taiji took another deep look at the Ming army, with a ferocious look on his face: "Let's have a carnival. It's the last night of carnival. Tomorrow will be your death!"
