Chapter 70 Deserted and Fleeing

"Although I have nearly 100,000 elite horsemen, I naturally have no opponents in normal times. Bayi Chinese ???.? But they also have a fatal drawback, that is, once a large number of shells enter the horse formation, the horses are frightened and will definitely be in chaos. At that time, the men and horses in the city will be killed again, and it should not be difficult to defeat the Mongolian Tartars in panic. Standing at the head of the city, Shen Chongming has a great posture of directing the country.

"But my lord, the Tartars are mostly attacking the city on foot, and it is impossible for our shells to hit their camp. Even if the artillery was to be transported out of the city and placed in it, it would take a lot of work, and by then the Tartars would have been prepared. Wang Chonggu shook his head and said, although the idea is good, it is unrealistic.

Shen Chongming smiled and said, "Isn't there a gun carriage in the city, putting the Franc cannon on top of the gun carriage and firing the cannon while moving forward takes a very short time, and the Tartars can't even prepare if they want to." ”

"My lord, so you ordered the artillery carriage to be sent together for today's play?" Wang Chonggu couldn't help but be a little surprised. Dozens of artillery trucks sent to Datong from the capital that day only said that they would be sent to the grassland to transport artillery in the future, but they never knew that these sturdy artillery trucks could directly erect Franc machine guns.

Shen Chongming shook his head without thinking about it, "It's not, although I did have this idea when I first ordered this artillery carriage to be built, but if I can't fire a few shots, this thing will fall apart, so it's just used to transport artillery." But now there is such a need, and it can only be used at any cost. ”

After making a plan, it was natural that it would not be delayed too much, and in the evening, when the Tartar soldiers were a little slack in attacking the city, the gate of Datong City suddenly opened.

It happened suddenly, and the Tartar soldiers, who had been trying to try to break through the city gate, were dumbfounded in the face of such a situation, and they didn't know what to do for a while. Knowing that the shouts of killing came from the city gates, they realized that something had happened.

"Kill!" This time out of the city, it was Xiong Dabiao who was the vanguard, and he was followed by the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion. There was a saber hanging from the saddle, but in his hand was a three-foot-long firebolt. As soon as he rushed out of the city gate, the sound of crackling firecracks rang out.

Suddenly attacked, the Mongol Tatars who were besieging the city were caught off guard and immediately became in chaos, and naturally chose to retreat.

However, Xiong Dabiao's crotch did not stop, and a big knife in his hand flew up and down, and the Tartar who killed him screamed. The unexpected purpose had been achieved, and the soldiers of the 5,000 Shenji Battalion put away their firearms, replaced them with their more skilled sabers, and only followed behind Xiong Dabiao, like a torrent annihilating the Tartar soldiers who did not have war horses.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry." At this moment, Wang Chonggu personally came to the gate of the city to command, and dozens of Franc machine guns that had been placed on top of the gun carriage were pushed forward by the soldiers who used their strength to eat, and they rushed forward behind the Shenji battalion as if they were happy.

The artillery left the city, and a large group of men and horses drove out, but this time they were not in a hurry, but methodically set up a formation in front of the city wall, their task was very important but also very simple, that is, to cover and kill the Tartars from behind after they were completely disorganized.

Something so big happened that immediately alarmed me who was just about to enjoy dinner, and quickly rushed out of the big tent and asked, "What's the matter with falling to the ground?" ”

"Grandpa, the Ming army is out of the city and is coming to the camp." At this moment, Bahannaji hurried to report the situation.

I replied with a frown, and wondered: "Take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, what is the reason?" ”

Bahan Naji's forehead is covered with black lines, when is this, how can grandpa still have the mind to guess the mind of the Ming army here. "Grandpa, how to deal with it, you can get an idea quickly."

As soon as Bahan Naji said this, he immediately disrupted my train of thought, and ordered with some impatience: "Send a group of men and horses to block the Ming army for the time being, and the rest of the men and horses will immediately set up a formation and take this opportunity to kill into the city." ”

Bahannaji quietly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he had just set up the right arrangement.

"Fire!" With a loud shout, a whistling cannonball crossed the heads of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in the melee with the Tartar soldiers, and directly entered the camp of the Tartar soldiers. One after another, they fell, and immediately caused the Tartar soldiers who were assembling to turn over on their backs.

Seeing this situation, I couldn't help but be shocked, how could the artillery of the Ming army be able to hit the camp, you must know that when you set up camp, you deliberately chose a place outside their range.

"Grandpa, look." The young man had good eyes, but he saw the faint flash of fire several miles away.

Following Bahannaji's fingers, I answered, who held clairvoyance, took a closer look, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded, how powerful this cannon could fire while moving.

"Oh no, we've been tricked." After a few turns in my heart, my face suddenly became extremely ugly, and the Ming army in the vanguard was clearly blinded to gather men and horses to wait for their artillery strikes.

As soon as the words fell, the entire camp was already in chaos. The cannonballs exploded at hand, and the horses gathered immediately became agitated, and the mood was like a plague, which quickly spread to the nearby horses.

The neighing and noisy noises became louder and louder, and seeing the chaos of the horse array that had just taken a little appearance, the young Bakhanaji suddenly lost his opinion.

"Najib, give the order to withdraw your troops immediately." I Da, who has been in my career all my life, was quite calm in the face of such a situation, judged the situation, and immediately made the most correct choice.

Bahannaji hurriedly responded, and while commanding the people to blow the trumpet and retreat, he eagerly thought of the sound of the tent and hurried to it. This mess, if she wasn't by her side, she would have to kill her.

Hundreds of shells fell into the battalion, and Rao, the Tartar soldiers who grew up on horseback, could not control the frightened horses under their crotches at this moment.

And the people of the Shenji Battalion, who were fighting with a Tartar soldier, also relied on the sharpness of the first battalion of Jingwei to kill a passage, ignoring the Tartar soldiers around them, and killed straight to the Tartar camp.

"Charge!" shouted loudly, but this time it was Wang Zhen who led the main force that had been assembled to attack, and nearly 50,000 cavalry were dispatched together, and the sound was also loud all day long.

The outcome of this battle is self-evident, although the Tartar soldiers did not suffer any fatal damage, but the formation has been chaotic, and there is no respite under the unforced pressure of the Ming army, and they were driven out of the pass that they had finally guessed and occupied.

As the night approached, the battle came to an end temporarily, and Shen Chongming, who had been following behind the army, immediately gathered the generals to discuss the battle early tomorrow morning.

"Although this battle has achieved the results we wanted, and it has gone smoothly, you must not take it lightly and think that the Tartars have no power to fight back. If it is not bad as expected, the Tartars who have slowed down early tomorrow morning will definitely fight back wildly. Shen Chongming's expression was serious, and the next battle would only be more difficult.

Wang Chonggu nodded in agreement and said, "What my lord said is very true, the Tartars withdrew their troops too quickly today, although the withdrawal was a little embarrassing, but it did not hurt the vitality. The temptation to attack Datong inside and outside with the Wuwei Sect rebels is too great, and with my character, I will not give up easily. ”

"Therefore, we must not only be fully prepared, but also make detailed arrangements to deal with tomorrow's war, and strive to rely on today's momentum to defeat the Mongol Tartars to the point that they have no courage and no longer dare to try for the same thing." Shen Chongming said fiercely, he must not give them the slightest chance.

"Since that's the case, then Brother Shen will quickly tell me about your specific arrangements." Xiong Dabiao asked a little uncontrollably, only by repelling my answer, could he turn his head and stew the thieves of Wuweijiao.

Looking at everyone's eyes full of anticipation, Shen Chongming spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "No, that's why let's get together and discuss it." ”

This time, the time is too short, and I can't allow myself to plan carefully, so I can only say that I can take one step at a time. Although today's battle went smoothly and unexpectedly, he also dispelled some thoughts in his heart, and I fled too quickly, and I didn't hurt the vitality of the Tartar at all!

So, what we have to do now is to plan carefully overnight and try to come up with a concrete charter before the war begins.

Everyone couldn't help but be dumbfounded, there was no plan in their hearts, this was not like Shen Chongming's usual style.

Among these people, Wang Chonggu led the Datong soldiers and horses for a long time, and he also had the longest time against the Tartars, and after thinking for a while, he put forward his opinion.

"Time is so tight that we don't have time to set up any plans. Lord Shen, in the shallow opinion of the following officials, tomorrow's battle depends on the morale of the soldiers on both sides, and whoever can gain the upper hand will be the winner. ”

Hearing this, Shen Chongming nodded slightly. In fact, this is what he thought, but it is too risky to do so, after all, the Tartar soldiers are not vegetarians.

But now that Yu Jiao said this, he knew that there was really nothing he could do. "That's the only way, everyone will go back and gather their generals to inform them of this matter, and tell them that if someone dares to cowardly the enemy and avoid the war and disturb our army's heart in tomorrow's war, this official will have to engage in their military law."

Everyone nodded yes, and immediately went back to convey this military order overnight, which was destined to be a sleepless night.

At this moment, I was also sitting by the fire, thinking about what to do after dawn tomorrow, the skin on my forehead was twisted into a deep Sichuan character, and the expression of hard thinking jumped on my face.

"Withdraw your troops." After a long time, he raised his head and said to Bahan Naji, who had not dared to disturb him.

Bahan Naji was stunned and exclaimed, "Grandpa, why is this? Although today's battle was dominated by the Ming army, the army suffered little loss, and it still had the strength to fight, so why should it be easy to withdraw the troops? ”

I sighed and talked about the reason for my move. "The defenders of Datong took the initiative to go out of the city to fight unusually, but I am afraid that Wang Chonggu, who is sitting in the city at this time, is no longer a cautious man. Such a bold move, if it is not bad as expected, it should be the handiwork of Shen Chongming. ”

"Shen Chongming? Isn't he leading his men and horses to chase down the people of Wuwei, how can he appear in Datong City? Bahannaji asked in surprise. After all, Shen Chong's name is powerful, he knows.

"Hmph, we can all analyze the matter of Wuwei Sect's sword pointing at Datong through intelligence, how can Shen Chongming not? Now that he is in Datong, he must be trying to defeat us before the arrival of Wuweijiao, and then return to the army to eliminate Wuweijiao's people and horses wholeheartedly. ”