Chapter 311, cement is really an artifact
"Great Khan, let's retreat~ If we go on like this, we won't be able to break through the pass in front of us at all, and our ladder can't even reach the city wall, how can we fight it."
The battle lasted for more than an hour, and the battle was very fierce, with corpses strewn all over the field under the tall city walls, and rivers of blood flowing, but the attack of the steppe army was still like a tide, without the slightest intention of stopping.
Dayan Khan was very strict in governing the army, and even if he gave an order, he would rush over the sword mountain and the sea of fire, and he would never stop attacking without Ming Jin collecting his troops.
The leader of the tribe looked at the miserable scene in front of him, and couldn't help but come to Dayan Khan's side, and said very unwillingly, they had never fought such a humiliating battle.
The city wall was too high, and many methods were tried in turn, but it had no effect at all, and the ladder to realize the preparation was too short, not high enough at all, and it was even a cut short from the city wall.
The archers had no way to provide suppression, and there were heavy casualties in the confrontation with the Ming army, which had never happened before, and only a few condor archers were able to form a certain amount of damage to the archers of the Ming army.
The attacks of the cloud chariot and the crashing wood also had little effect, and without the suppression of the archers, the Ming army on the city wall easily smashed the cloud chariot and the warriors who carried the crashing wood with stones.
"Mingjin Collects Troops~"
Dayan Khan naturally saw all this in his eyes, and if he continued to fight like this, he would undoubtedly be sent to death, and the effect of the tentative attack had already come out, and he clearly realized that this time it would be difficult to go south and plunder.
"Hmm~"
With a burst of dull howls, the grassland soldiers retreated as quickly as a tide, and before they even had time to gather the corpses, there were still a large number of wounded grassland warriors wailing.
"Haha, retired soldiers, retired soldiers~"
On the city wall, the Ming army began to cheer.
This battle was fought very easily, their own losses were minimal, there were only a few dozen people killed, and most of the injured were minor injuries, and they were treated in time, but the results they created were incomparably brilliant, everyone couldn't help but look at the corpses everywhere under the city walls, not to count, at least thousands.
There are also a large number of injured and immobile people, who are still wailing, which is an unprecedented victory.
"General system ~ great victory!"
Liu Yu's side, the people under him all said with smiles on their faces.
"Haha, it's a great victory, thanks to the courage of the whole army to kill the enemy, I will write all the credits of everyone, and everyone will wait for the above awards."
Liu Yu was full of smiles, he won the battle, and it was indeed a great victory, he didn't need any water, just write it down according to the number.
He has already calculated in his heart, plus the credit of last year, is he expected to be promoted from the place to the capital, go back and find his fellow countryman Liu Jian, and then work with his own head Sima Wensheng activities, activities, this promotion will definitely not run.
"This cement is really an artifact~"
Liu Yu, who was in a good mood, walked on the broad city wall, couldn't help but stomp on the hard cement wall under his feet, and exclaimed.
Without this thing, in the face of the attack of the 100,000 grassland army, let alone make meritorious contributions, they don't know how many people will die, and it is difficult to block the attack of the grassland army.
Because of the cement, their border army easily built the city wall several feet high, just when the siege of the city, he saw clearly, the ladder of the grassland people is not as high as the city wall, some of the grassland soldiers climbed to the top of the ladder, when they looked up, they found that there was still some distance from the top of the city wall, and they could only watch a big stone smash themselves down, and they couldn't see it.
"It's indeed an artifact~"
The other generals also nodded their heads.
Since ancient times, the construction of the city wall is extremely labor-intensive, material, and financial, and they naturally want to build the city wall higher, but the conditions do not allow it, and the funds allocated by the imperial court are limited, so it is impossible to build it too high.
But with cement is completely different, using cement to build the city wall becomes very simple, easy, mining sand and gravel, plus cement mixing, easily, simply the city wall continues to increase, fast, and very firm.
Many border army generals have deeply realized the benefits of cement, and even use this cement to build their own houses and build spacious, neat and clean cement roads.
There is no difference between the current Ming army and the previous Ming army, the same low combat effectiveness, the same military waste, and the same corruption, but because of this cement, the city wall was built high, and they easily won the battle, blocking the 100,000 grassland army on the grassland.
On the city wall, Liu Yu and others were happily discussing how to report to Emperor Hongzhi, under the city wall, the heavy city gate slowly opened, and the border soldiers began to clean the battlefield.
They had already confirmed with binoculars that the steppe army had really retreated, and this retreat was several miles away, encamped at the foot of a mountain, and seemed unwilling to accept today's defeat.
Not afraid of the steppe army to kill the horse pistol, they naturally have to seize the time to clean up the battlefield, the stones and rolling wood that have been thrown down need to be recovered, and then moved to the city wall, which can be reused for good things.
Arrows can also be recovered, and the steppe army withdrew smartly, leaving countless arrows on the battlefield, which cannot be wasted.
Of course, the most important thing is the head of the grassland soldiers, and the good news to the court is based on the number of heads, and each head is a great credit.
In addition, the sheep jacket worn by the grassland people is very warm, it is the favorite of the border army, this thing looks ugly, and there is an unpleasant smell of sheep, but it is a real jacket, very warm, warmer than the cotton jacket, which is a good thing for the poor border army.
Of course, if you are lucky enough to find a few copper plates and a little silver or something from this steppe soldier, it will be an extra income, and you will be able to drink a few drinks in the evening.
"Haha, let you be fierce~"
Cleaning up the war is the favorite thing of the border army, but in the past, they rarely had such an opportunity to clean the battlefield, because they were basically defeated by themselves, where is there a chance to clean the battlefield for you, a team of border troops cleaned very clean under the city wall, and from time to time they cursed and swore in their mouths, and made up a few knives on the corpse.
"Haha, brothers, come on, come on, there are still a few alive here~"
Like cat's paw mouse, the border legions cleaning the battlefield surrounded the wounded steppe soldiers and began to play.
If you really face the sturdy grassland soldiers and fight in this wild slaughter, there are not many Ming soldiers who have such courage at all, but they are still very good at bullying the injured grassland soldiers.
"General system, do you want to see if all these wounded grassland soldiers should be ~"
On the city wall, Liu Yu and the others looked at everything that happened below with a smile, and the generals under him said with a smile, and when they spoke, they also made a gesture on their necks, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious.
"No, pass the order, the injuries are not very serious, all of them will be captured alive, and some prisoners will be captured and sent to the capital, which should be better than sending people's heads."
Liu Yu thought about it and shook his head and said, he suddenly had a hunch that this time he should be able to catch a lot of grassland prisoners, and in his heart he also wanted to overwhelm these grassland prisoners to the capital, and hold a prisoner sacrifice ceremony or something, so that the people above could take a look, which might help him be promoted.
"Yes~"
When his subordinates heard this, they immediately hurriedly gave the order.
As soon as the people who were cleaning the battlefield heard this, they immediately understood what to do, and those who were too seriously injured were to be stabbed, and those who were slightly injured were arrested and tied up with iron chains.
I thought there would not be too many prisoners, but when the battlefield was cleaned up, more than 200 prisoners were captured.
People are greedy for life and afraid of death, and the same is true for the grassland people, many people simply pretend to be dead when they are injured during the siege of the city, and are ready to wait for Mingjin to collect the troops and then secretly run back, or wait for their side to break through the city wall and then come out to enjoy the treatment of warriors.
Anyway, on the battlefield, there are all kinds of people, and not everyone in the grassland is not afraid of death, not everyone is a brave warrior, there are cowards, and there are also those who are afraid of death, especially when playing against the wind, they will also be like the Ming army, secretly playing tricks.
It's just that they were unlucky and did not keep up with the retreating team, and their side lost again, so they became prisoners.