Chapter 319: Guarding the Pass (4)
Sun Xu saw the tragic situation of the soldiers and horses under the city, and immediately laughed, and the soldiers of the Ming army around him were also greatly inspired.
The Wara army was frightened by the ruthlessness of the Ming army, many soldiers and horses stopped, and even some soldiers began to retreat.
Seeing this, the two of them continued to urge the army in front to continue the onslaught, and at the same time ordered 3,000 archers to suppress the Ming army at the head of the city.
At this time, the siege battle had just begun, but the three thousand archers in the Wara army fired continuous salvos from the beginning, which was very physically exhausting, and many people's hands were already slightly swollen.
And on the head of the city, the firepower of the Ming army's bird gunners is still unabated, constantly shooting against the Wara archers, and as time goes by, the advantages of the Ming army's bird guns are becoming more and more obvious, after all, the physical strength consumed by the bird's guns can be said to be insignificant, and shooting arrows with a bow is a very physical work!
With the strict order of Tokhtar Buhua and Yexian, the army of Warat under the city began to rush up again.
Seeing this, Sun Xu was also not afraid, and commanded the soldiers of the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks and the Qi Barracks to meet the battle in the city.
For a while, the firecrackers, rolling stones, and ash bottles poured down like raindrops, bringing huge casualties to the Warat army under the city, and it didn't take long for a thick layer of corpses to pile up under the city of Juyongguan, which was also mixed with many wounded, and they wailed in pain between the corpses.
The Warat soldiers who rushed up later were already numb at this time, and they kept rushing forward under the urging of their companions behind them, rushing towards death.
At the head of the city, the soldiers of the Ming army also continued to suffer casualties, and some soldiers were constantly shot by Wara archers.
At this time, after the concentrated shooting of thousands of bird gunners in the two battalions, the 3,000 Wat archers outside the city suffered a lot of casualties, and more than 1,000 people had been shot to the ground, but they also mobilized 3,000 archers to come forward to support them, and for a time the number of Wara archers on the battlefield reached more than 4,000 people, and the firepower was even better than before!
Although the soldiers of the Ming army at the head of the city were all wearing two layers of armor and protected by arrow stacks, in the face of the more than 4,000 watts of archers who had broken through to dozens of paces outside the city, the Ming soldiers still suffered a lot of casualties!
Fortunately, the ten remaining trebuchets of the Warat army had been destroyed by the blows of the birds, and the wooden trebuchets had all been shattered by the powerful and dense birds.
Liu Juntao, who was sitting in the city, heard that the casualties of the Ming army in the city had increased, and his heart was full of anger, but there was no good way for a while, after all, at this time, the offensive and defensive battle of Juyong Pass had fallen into attrition, and no one on either side had the ability to break the balance in a short period of time, and now it was attrition!
So, Liu Juntao gritted his teeth and gave the order to fight to the death, and at the same time ordered Chen Ziping to mobilize all the birds and guns of the left battalion of the Yushan Town Guard to reinforce the city, so as to strengthen the firepower output on the city.
It didn't take long for thousands of bird-gunners to rush to the city under the leadership of their respective commanders, and the commander Chen Ziping also came together, and immediately commanded his bird-gunners to start reinforcements and defenses on the city.
At this moment, the Ming army on the head of the city reached more than 10,000 people, and the firepower almost doubled in an instant!
"Put!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
"Put it again!"
"Ash bottle! Golden Juice! Hurry up and drop it! ”
For a time, the shouting on the head of the city continued, and almost the soldiers of the Ming army with three battalions of troops were already crazy, not only more than 10,000 birds and gunners continued to shoot like crazy, but the long knife hands and baggage soldiers around them also kept throwing down all kinds of city defense equipment, not to mention that the mine-throwers in the three battalions threw out the earth-shaking thunder without money.
Such a scene made the Warat army under the city suffer, although Totokh did not spend and also increased the troops several times, so that the number of Warat soldiers and horses under the city has reached about 40,000, and even the number of Warat archers outside the city has reached 5,000, but it is still impossible to climb the city!
You can even see it from a distance, and it is already full of white fog under the city of Juyongguan, during which there are frequent flashes of explosive fire, and the fire on the city is still constantly burning, and countless poles and birds are exerting their might.
And the siege of the city of Warat soldiers and horses at this time has been beaten dizzy, even if there are 5,000 archers to support, is not the enemy of the Ming army's strong firepower, at this time off the flower and can also be clearly seen, the soldiers on the ladder of the Warat soldiers continue to fall down, fall into the white fog under the city life and death do not know, as if it rained!
"Can't fight anymore!"
He also said with a pale face, and was ready to give the order to retreat.
But he was stopped by Totobuhua, and he only heard Totobuhua say loudly: "Retreat at this time, and the warriors will die in vain!" ”
He was also angry at first, and said loudly: "Khan calm down!" If they don't withdraw, the warriors will be exhausted, and the Ming army can lose 10,000 people, or even 100,000 people, but Warat can't bear it, how many 300,000 troops are left now? The most important thing is to preserve strength! ”
I don't want to speak anymore, although I understand that what I said first is right, but I can't swallow this breath in my heart.
Suddenly, a team of scouts broke into the Chinese army and reported to Totokh Buhua and Ye Xianyu: "Qi Qi Great Khan, Qi Qi Taishi!" The main force of the Ming army set off from Beijing City, with 100,000 troops, and was heading towards Juyong Pass! ”
After hearing this, Totokh Buhua and Ye were all full of horror, at this time, the Warat army had fallen into the situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy, and the only way out in front of the two of them was to withdraw the army!
At this time, Tokhtobu no longer insisted, and said loudly: "Order: The whole army immediately retreats!" Let the warriors on the battlefield pull down! ”
First of all, he hurriedly sent people to pass the order, and at the same time sent scouts to closely monitor the movements of the 100,000 Ming army.
Soon, more than 30,000 Warat soldiers and horses on the battlefield withdrew one after another, and at this time, the morale of the Warat army was low, and it can be said that it was already the end of the crossbow.
Seeing this, Sun Xu immediately reported to Liu Juntao, and after Liu Juntao ascended to the top of the city, he saw from a distance that the banner of the Wara Chinese army was moving, so he said to Sun Xu: "Immediately inform Zhou Zongsheng and prepare to lead the army to pursue!" ”
Sun Xu asked in surprise, "Is the general saying that the Warat people are going to retreat?" ”
"That's right! It is estimated that our army has captured at least tens of thousands of Tartars, presumably it will not be able to bear it first! ”
Then, Liu Juntao paused and said, "It is also possible that Shi Heng led his troops to kill." Hum! This bastard will find a bargain! ”
As he was talking, Liu Juntao saw that the Warat army in the distance began to slowly retreat and was rushing towards the southwest.
"Bauhinia Pass!"
Sun Xu exclaimed in surprise and looked at Liu Juntao.
Liu Juntao also nodded and said, "I must have taken the Emperor Taishang to the north of Bauhinia Pass first!" ”
While the two were talking, Zhou Zongsheng led the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Battalion of the Yushan Town Escort Team to rush out of the Guancheng, and followed the Wara army all the way to kill them.
He didn't want to be entangled with Liu Juntao's subordinates anymore, so he directly gave up all the captured Ming army craftsmen in the general and led the army to gallop away.
Seeing this, Zhou Zongsheng also understood the truth that the poor should not be chased, so he commanded his soldiers to bring all the hundreds of craftsmen left behind by Wara back to Juyong Pass.
Liu Juntao was also very happy to see this, these craftsmen are all talents, and they are all talents that Liu Juntao urgently needs.
Therefore, Liu Juntao immediately sent 500 soldiers to send these hundreds of craftsmen back to Yushan Town first, and handed them over to Zhang Baigui, the director of the equipment department.
Of course, for the imperial court, Liu Juntao naturally would not tell these craftsmen.
After that, Liu Juntao ordered the army to continue to garrison Juyong Pass, counting the results of the battle and the losses of each department, while waiting for the 6,000 reinforcements sent by the Recruit Division.
The next day, Shi Heng led 100,000 Ming troops to arrive, Liu Juntao refused to meet Shi Heng on the grounds that he was busy with military affairs, and only asked the commander Zhang Xiaojun to come forward to greet him, which made Shi Heng very annoyed.
However, when Shi Heng learned that the Warat army had withdrawn to Bauhinia Pass, he didn't have the heart to argue with Liu Juntao anymore, so he immediately led his troops to start a pursuit.