Chapter 279: Ming Army Crisis
The spear stabbed into the neck of the war horse and blood splattered, but the huge impact also deformed the barrel of the cobble-egg-thick, even if two people supported a spear, it was quite difficult, the spearman's face was flushed, and the green tendons were about to burst.
Fortunately, such a strong impact was only a short breath, and the cavalry of the Yuan army in front of the gun array was beaten into a sieve by muskets, and two of them rushed to the formation and were also killed.
Tang Ding let out a sigh and roared, "What are you doing in a daze!" Don't throw grenades yet! ”
The pikemen, who had recovered their strength, quickly removed the grenade from the back of his waist, snapped off the string, and threw it at the Yuan army who was close at hand. Some of them used too much force and cut their lips, and the speed of this grenade must be fast when pulling the string, otherwise it will be easy to misfire.
Boom Boom Boom ...... There was a violent explosion, and wherever the grenade was thrown in such a dense crowd, it was a piece of flesh and blood, and these fierce and fearless Yuan troops could no longer hold on, turned their horses' heads and fled.
Because of the sudden withdrawal of this Yuan army from the war group to attack Xu Da, the balance of one of the war groups was completely broken, and they scattered and fled under the pursuit of the Ming army.
The other Yuan armies also showed defeat, even if the riders of the Yuan army could hold it, the horses couldn't hold it, these war horses took them to gallop for thousands of miles, even if they took turns to change horses, their physical strength had reached the limit.
From time to time, the Yuan army had a war horse that suddenly fell to the ground, and could no longer hold on, so they withdrew from the war group and fled back to their own camp without their own Mingjin to withdraw their troops.
"Let Chang Yuchun rush into battle!" Xu Da easily commanded the herald. Xu Da has always been based on Chang Yuchun's 5,000 fresh forces and did not use it, and it was at this time that he played a role, and when it came to rushing into battle to cover up Chang Yuchun, he was the first.
However, the herald had not gone far, and the five thousand elite cavalry of Chang Yuchun had already rushed out with a roar. Xu Da let out a long breath in his nostrils, obviously a little unhappy with Chang Yuchun's approach.
Ma Du said with a smile on the side: "Deputy Marshal Chang and Dashuai have been cooperating for a long time, and they have a tacit understanding to know what Dashuai thinks in his heart." ”
Xu Da smiled noncommittally, and when he saw Tang Ding coming, he asked, "How are the casualties?" ”
Tang Ding saluted and said: "Report to the commander, two pikemen died, and eight pikemen were strained, a small gunner was burned, and six musketeers were ......."
"That's it!" Xu Da interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and sighed: "It's not difficult to defeat that Yuan army, many people under the command of this commander can do it, but only the firearms battalion can complete it at such a small cost." ”
"Don't praise them unprincipledly, they still have a lot of limitations, and marching and fighting are indispensable for the cooperation of other arms. The point is that they spend money, and in order to support them, His Majesty has to deduct silver from between his teeth, and call them Pixiu behind his back. ”
Xu Da also laughed when he heard this, and Chang Yuchun had already rushed to the front of the enemy army when they were talking, and the cavalry who participated in the battle just now followed, Xu Da took a telescope and looked, "Wang Baobao is going to be defeated!" Hey? Is that...... Bring a horse here! ”
A soldier led a horse to a small dirt slope, Xu Da stepped on the horse's back to climb the heights to lookout, and after a while, he heard him suddenly scold: "His mother's Wang Baobao is really ruthless!" Collect the troops! Mingjin retreats! ”
The first time he heard Xu Da's foul mouth, and he didn't know what made him so angry, Ma Du looked on tiptoe, and faintly saw another puff of smoke and dust rolling behind Yuan Jun, which seemed to be bigger than before......
It's no wonder that Xu Da was on fire, just when Chang Yuchun was about to attack the front of the enemy's formation, a large force of cavalry rushed behind the Yuan army, a total of more than 20,000 people were one person and two horses, and they didn't need to ask to know that this was the Yuan army, and the Chinese army of the Ming army did not have so many cavalry at all.
The reason why Xu Da scolded Wang Baobao for being ruthless was because Wang Baobao had a total of nearly 40,000 people and 80,000 horses. At first glance, this information has little to do with whether Wang Baobao is ruthless or not, but in fact, it is related to the lives of 40,000 people.
40,000 people with two horses, then it means that there are still 40,000 people without horses to ride. As a person who grew up on horseback, without horses, the combat effectiveness of these Yuan soldiers is not reduced by one or two percent, I am afraid that only one or two percent is left, especially since they can't outrun the Ming army with a pair of Luo lap legs.
The current Wang Baobao will not necessarily be dumpling filling, but the 40,000 horseless Yuan soldiers will definitely be chopped into dumpling fillings by Xu Da's Chinese army. Wang Baobao gave up 40,000 comrades, he couldn't be ruthless, but because of this, he forced Xu Da into a desperate situation!
The combat effectiveness of the two sides is equal, but now Wang Baobao has an advantage in numbers, and behind Xu Da there is Taiyuan Jiancheng, but Wang Baobao may be given dumplings, which can be said to be the biggest crisis faced by Xu Da since the Northern Expedition.
Chang Yuchun, who was summoned back by a burst of gongs, stomped his feet and said: "Dashuai, you shouldn't have collected the troops just now, let me rush over with people in one go, and the final victory or defeat is not certain." ”
Xu Da pressed his hand, "Don't hang around, sit down!" He didn't listen to the opinions of the generals at this time, rubbing his chin with one hand in a daze, the silence in the tent was terrifying, and the atmosphere was a little weird.
Madu did not have a stool to sit cross-legged at the back, and compared to the sad faces of the generals, he seemed much more relaxed and casual. Because he has an inexplicable trust in Xu Da, he vaguely remembers that Xu Da seems to have suffered losses under Wang Baobao, but not now, let alone worry about his life, as long as he keeps up with Xu Da's pace, there should be no big problem.
Although under the flutter of his own small wings, history has changed a little bit, but for the side of the Ming Dynasty, it is changing for the better, and it can't be more defeated because of the Shenji Battalion.
Xue Xian suddenly stood up, "Dashuai, listen to the words of your subordinates, let's wait until it gets dark to break through, and our subordinates are willing to break off." Xue Xian looked a little tired, today's battle was basically fought by him, Fu Youde, and Guo Ying.
There is no need to break through, Wang Baobao is not surrounding them at all now, Xue Xian said that the breakthrough is just better. Xu Da is going to escape now, Wang Baobao may not be able to stop him, but he will inevitably chase after him and stab the chrysanthemum.
Xu Da was noncommittal, glanced at everyone, and saw that Ma Du's expression was relaxed, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Do you have any suggestions for Ma Du's affairs!" ”
At the moment of life and death, Ma Du didn't want to provoke Xu Da to do any novel tricks, if he could follow the original direction of history, it would be the best, "The subordinates have no opinions, the handsome and wise should have a plan, God will definitely help you!" Ma Du didn't know God, he just wanted to give Xu Da a little confidence when he said this.
Everyone smiled slightly, if Ma Du usually said such a painting, everyone would definitely laugh at him, but at the moment of crisis and helplessness, everyone seemed to believe in the existence of God more.
Xu Da nodded, looking at the golden afterglow that shot into the tent, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he took off the binoculars from his neck, "Guo Ying, you personally take people to the nearby mountains to observe the movements of the enemy camp, and send people to report every half a pillar of incense!" ”
"Whoa!" Guo Ying answered, and went out with a telescope.
A of Xu Da's personal guards passed by Guo Ying and walked into the handsome tent, held the arrow in his hand in front of Xu Da, and whispered a few words to Xu Da. Xu Da hurriedly took out a note from the arrow, opened it and glanced at it, his eyes glared at the boss, "Hahaha...... God is really here to help me! ”