Chapter 271: Guining Agni

Many people have already begun to brew their next plan, waiting for how to take the opportunity to suppress Hou Shilu and others after the defeat on the grassland.

Datong, looking at the official document just delivered, slammed the teacup on the ground with full anger, because he was too angry, he touched the wound, and he grinned in pain. Lou Daji hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Lord Commander, what's wrong with you?" ”

"What else could have happened?" Man Gui pointed to the official document thrown on the ground, and said angrily with a dark face, "What are those people thinking?" At this time, I didn't think about how to help, just thinking about how to dismantle the stage. You see, I actually thought about how to deal with those people in Xuanfu once the army was defeated, and I actually asked Lao Tzu to prepare, and once the war over there was unfavorable, he would immediately arrest Tie Zongbing and others for questioning. Look, is this a human thing? ”

Picking up the official document and looking at it twice, Lou Daji said helplessly: "What's so strange about this?" How can these people know how to fight, the Khalkha Ministry has come over, do we have to wait for others to take Guining City before reacting? They also don't want to think about why there has been a prosperous scene in northern Jin in the past two years, and it is not because the Yunfu army blocked the threat of the Mongolian tribes from the outside and cut down the iron general soldiers. Isn't it our Xuanfu and Datong who are unlucky? ”

"Hmph, by the way, how is that traitor in Baihan Valley?"

"This thing is very difficult, the surname Bai is the same as a loach, and the troops we sent are not enough, so we can't catch him at all. We also want to prevent the rebels from stabbing us in the back....."

Man Gui sighed and said coldly: "Forget it, don't worry about Baihan Valley for now, and concentrate your forces to deal with the affairs in the north first." As soon as the Iron General Soldiers are ineffective there, they will be brought back immediately. As long as we keep the four cities of Zhangbei, we still have a chance to turn the tables. Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, no matter how powerful Abadai Khan is, he still dares to go to the south to fight with our Xuanfu and Datong Mansion? ”

"If it weren't for the chaos of the party and cholera in Shaanxi, we would have to prevent them from breaking into Shanxi, Lao Tzu would wave his troops north, and Abadai's dog would dare to go south?"

Hearing Man Gui's words, Lou Daji smiled bitterly: "My Lord Commander, you can extinguish the fire, if these words are heard by the people in the imperial court, there will be a reason to find trouble." ”

"Lao Tzu is afraid of them? I ....."

Man Gui exhaled, glared, and finally stopped. In fact, Man Gui was really afraid, if it wasn't for Inspector Sun's protection, it is estimated that he Man Gui would have been taken home by those civil officials to pick up the child. At this time, Man Gui could only pray to the heavens in his heart, he must not be defeated, this is going to be defeated, and he doesn't know what will happen. With Inspector Sun to protect him, he may not be able to take Tiemo's life, but when the time comes, there will be chaos in northern Jin, I can't say, Tiemo will spend a piece of land in the Hanhai Grassland to live happily, and the six departments of the cabinet will take away the military affairs of Xuanfu, and then it will be the turn of Datong Mansion.

In this matter, Xuanfu and Datong Mansion are actually cold-lipped, if Tie Mo falls, he Mangui will not think about it. In his heart, Man Gui really likes the young man Tiemo. After dealing with each other in the past two years, it has been very comfortable. When you need help, there is no ambiguity, there are benefits, everyone shares together, and in many things, the two sides cooperate intimately. In Man Gui's opinion, this kid Tiemo is much more pleasing to the eye than Hou Shilu's old guy.

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Southwest of Wolf Mountain, Guining City!

The rumbling drums of war sounded, flags stood on the withered grass, and tens of thousands of Khalkha cavalry spread out, covering the sky and the earth like a tide. Although the attack has not yet been launched, the pressure of the mountain has already enveloped the head of Guining City. Every soldier felt that violent killing intent, and what followed was bound to be a battle to the death. Looking at the posture of the Khalkha Ministry, this is to concentrate all the forces to gnaw down the city of Guining.

Holding a clairvoyant mirror and looking at the situation outside the city from afar, Tie Mo gradually frowned. Wang Zuohang's face was solemn, and he was no longer confident before, "I really admire Abadai Khan, in this case, he can suppress all the departments and kill them with high morale." ”

Tiemo smiled faintly, "How easy is it for Abadai to unify the northern and southern Khalkha and rise on the banks of the Tula River?" Capturing Guining City was his best chance, and it was one of the few opportunities, and if he couldn't see this, he wouldn't have to worry about it. ”

"Three dogs, keep an eye on the city, there will be a bloody battle next, I don't want any problems in the city!" Tie Mo instructed with a serious expression, Abadai Khan poured all his troops and horses to attack, and made up a huge determination, and the pressure to defend the city would be very great. If something goes wrong in the city, then Guining City will really not be able to hold it. Since the incident with the monkey, Tiemo is really a little scared, who knows if Abadai Khan has any other back-ups?

On February 26 of the third year of Chongzhen, the sky fell with strong winds and dust. The sound of killing in the dim sky and earth was everywhere, and countless Khalkha soldiers carried the ladder towards Guining City to kill, there were too many people attacking the city, and the sound of killing really trembled in the world.

The rolling wood and stones continued to tilt, and the skilled Khalkha people were willing to admit defeat, and countless people turned over and dismounted, stretched their bows and arrows, and shot at the head of the city. In order to capture the city of Guining, Abadai Khan almost spared no cost, he ordered the archers to press forward as much as possible, covering the siege troops, and even let the archers enter the design range of the musketeers at the head of the city.

A series of gunshots rang out, and the siege soldiers continued to fall down the ladder, and at the same time, the people with bows and arrows in the distance also heard muffled grunts from time to time.

In the corner of the city, a general waved the steel knife in his hand vigorously, and when he saw someone hiding behind the battlements because of timidity, he walked over and kicked twice, "Waste, pick up the musket in your hand and aim it for Lao Tzu." Damn, the Tartars' bows and arrows don't have enough range, and it's hard to shoot us, so they all shoot Lao Tzu with guns, aim at those archers, and scatter them. ”

Under the general deterrence, the soldiers were finally no longer as flustered as before, and the long-term repeated training finally took effect. The guns were aimed, the shots were neatly fired, and when the fire coverage poured down neatly, the casualties of the Khalkha archers began to increase dramatically.

But you can't retreat, and if you retreat a little, you will exceed the effective range, and you won't be able to cover the siege. The siege of the head of the city has a natural disadvantage, and the range can never be compared with the head of the city. It is also strange that the firearms of the Han people are much more powerful than those encountered before, but the range is much longer. Behind the overwhelming crowd, a pair of archers were disorganized by muskets, and the leader of the team patrolled back and forth with knives, his eyes burning in anger.

"Quick, the people behind make up for it, Doha, what about the shields, the shields are blocked, this battle is fought" The leader pinned his hopes on those shields, but in the past hundred years, the Mongols rarely attacked the city, mostly field battles, and all the shields were mostly wooden, used for individual combat. There were very few iron shields used in the real array, and the wooden shields stood in front of them, and the banging gunfire did not stop.

At first, I was relieved, but when the muskets came, the sawdust flew around, and soon many wooden shields were pierced by bullets, and the soldiers hiding behind fell one by one wailing. Without shield protection, the archers were once again targeted by musketeers.

The leader of the team picked up a shield, looked at it twice, and gasped. After a while, a lot of holes were punched, what kind of firearms did the Han people use?

As more and more people died, some people finally couldn't help it, and said in fear: "Team leader, you can't fight like this, the brothers can't shoot people at all, but those hateful firecrackers can hit us." ”

"Can't shoot?" A cold light flashed in the eyes of the team leader, "Advance forward twenty zhang, knowing that you can shoot until you can shoot to the fire guns at the head of the city, you must suppress them......"

"This ....." is crazy, pushing forward twenty feet, which is putting everyone under the guns of the other party. Although it can cover the firecrackers on the wall, they can also shoot unscrupulously. If you continue to fight like this, you will hurt 100 enemies and 1,000 yourself.

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As soon as the battle was fought, both sides were a little crazy by the blood in front of them. Abadai can be said to be bound to Guining City, so as soon as he came up, he gave a death order, how dare the soldiers and horses not do their best?

But after fighting for a long time, he didn't get any benefits, and no one even touched the city. Maguire, who was in charge of the main attack, hurriedly found Abadai Khan, he wiped the blood on his face, and said with an ugly face: "Great Khan, you can't fight like this, the Han people's fire guns are quite strange, and the warriors' shields will be penetrated after a while." The archers of the various divisions who were responsible for covering the siege all suffered heavy losses. ”

Abadai just glanced at the bullet holes in the shield with an expressionless face, but he clenched his fists and looked at Guining City not far away, "Then push forward a little, Ben Khan doesn't want to hear this, as long as the result is achieved." ”

"Maguire, don't you understand? We don't have much time, and for every day we drag, the morale of the warriors will be weakened by two points, and if we drag on for a few days, we will collapse without a fight. ”

Abadai's words silenced Maguire. At this moment, Maguire's heart was full of unbearable, in order to return to Ning City, should he not hesitate to suffer casualties? Gritting his teeth, Maguire clenched his right hand into a fist and thumped hard in his chest. He already understood in his heart that he could not afford to lose this battle, not because the Khalkha Ministry could not afford to lose, but because the Great Khan could not afford to lose. If you lose, there will be nothing, and the Khalkha Ministry will be torn apart again.

Returning to the battlefield, Maguire seemed to be a different person, that hideous face was daunting, and his heart was cold, "Tell Doha, I will mobilize archers for him again, all he has to do is to suppress those firecrackers, no matter what the cost, I want to see someone climb the head of Guining City." ”

For a long time, the Mongol warriors were not good at attacking cities, and even worse than the Jurchens, but there was no other choice. Maguire had a ruthless heart in his heart, and he didn't believe that under the fierce charge of the Khalkha warriors, the blood of those warriors could not burn this Guining city.

Maguire gave the order to the front, and Doha's eyes lit up, urging the archers to press forward like a mad dog, and before he knew it, he had come to the front of the siege reserves. Who has ever seen the archers mingling with the siege soldiers instead of taking cover in the rear?

The musketeers on the city were the first to target the archers, followed by the ladder climbers. The thumping of gunfire rang out, and archers continued to fall, often seven or eight men lying on this side before they could kill or wound a musketeer in the city.

The sand sculpture grabbed the battlements, and the scalp gradually became numb, and after a while, the long knife slapped down on the stone bricks, "Damn, these Khalkhas are crazy...... Let the people behind bring up all the wine jars, and you must suppress the arrogance of this group of archers......"

The Mongols made it clear that they did not want to die, and exchanged the lives of the majority for a short-term suppressive effect. It seems to be a loss, but this kind of fighting style has too much impact on the hearts of the brothers defending the city, who is not afraid of this situation?

Soon, some special wine jars were transported, and the sand sculpture gave an order, and many soldiers put down their knives and guns and threw them out with wine jars.

The jars arced through the air, and most of them landed where the archers were. Under normal circumstances, it is not possible to smash the archers with great effort, but now, in order to effectively suppress the musketeers, the Mongols have sent the archers almost under the city walls. If you throw it out from a jar, seven or eight will fall into the designated position.

Bang Bang Bang ...... The jar was shattered, and the besiegers smelled a strong smell of wine. The smell of wine was overflowing, but no one thought it was a good thing, and some veterans who had participated in the siege of the city changed their faces in an instant. A soldier threw down the ladder, ran a few steps to the rear, and grabbed the arm of an archer, "Don't be stupid, retreat quickly, the Han people want to set fire, retreat quickly......."

Unfortunately, it was still too late, and the muskets rang out again, and countless sparks splashed and the flames burned. Around Guining City, several fire dragons instantly ignited, and the firelight was like day, accompanied by countless terrible roars.

One after another the Burning Men fled in panic, rolling on the ground to extinguish the flames, but this season, Guining City was surrounded by dead grass. As soon as he rolled on the spot, the dead grass caught fire, and the flame on his body had just been extinguished, and his clothes were set on fire by the fire ignited by the dead grass.

The dead grass has fire, and the wind helps, and in the blink of an eye it becomes a sea of fire. A sea of fire poured in, and thick smoke billowed from it, mixed with a strong smell of burning, which was very pungent.

This sea of fire was no match for man, and many of the archers did not escape, and the besiegers had to retreat for a while. In this way, the Khalkha Ministry frantically attacked the city and reluctantly retreated in this tragic sea of fire.

The fire spread, and it burned the dead grass around it. Spring is coming, the grass and trees are gray, I don't know if the spring breeze can really blow and grow after it gets warmer.

The smell of fireworks, dust and smoke, and stars looming in the sky. Abadai's expression was complicated, his hands behind his back, and no one noticed that his hands were shaking violently.

Since the siege of the city, nearly 5,000 people have been lost. This is Guining City, this is the terrible army of Yunfu. A sea of fire brought indelible pain to the hearts of the Khalkha warriors.

Remove? It's impossible, they have to continue fighting, the Han people even used this trick, proving that they don't have many backs. The pressure behind will be much lighter.

Before dawn, half of the men were resting, while the other half resumed the siege.

Abadai Khan judged correctly, at this time, there were not many rolling wood and stones left in Guining City, at least, there were very few sharp weapons for regular defense of the city. Fortunately, the musketeer's bullets will last for a while.

Tiemo insisted again, waiting for the best moment to counterattack.

Abadai doesn't have much time, he doesn't have much time to iron ink, and neither side wants to delay, since they are fighting, then they will fight and see who falls first.

Dawn seems so far away.