Chapter 144: The Bloodstained Prairie (3)
However, until sunset, the Mongols did not attack the city, only the looming cavalry roamed around.
"What's going on?"
Geng Xuan frowned, pondered for a long time, and formed a thought in his mind: "Is this possible?" ”
"Chiktu is just a false shot, their target is Dingbeibo!"
"It's-"
Tie Xuan's expression was shocked: "Very likely, then we-"
"No,"
Geng Xuan pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "No, we can't go out of the city." ”
"What then? Her Royal Highness Princess Jiangdu is still in the Dingbei Bo Army! ”
Tie Hyun was a little anxious.
"Lord Tetsu,"
Geng Xuan clenched his fist, then released it again, and after going back and forth a few times, he finally smiled bitterly: "I believe in the ability of Yiguo Gong and Ding Beibo!" If we miscalculate, the consequences are equally dire! ”
"Hmm,"
Tie Xuan thought for a while, and said helplessly: "That's the only way!" ”
Kuang Yi next to him was silent.
After a long time, Geng Xuan suddenly said: "General Kuang, don't be careless, this may not be a strategy for Chiktu to confuse the enemy." ”
"By the way, let the flying team out! Scout and see where exactly is the Chikta? ”
"Yes!"
.......
At the southern foot of Wolf Mountain, on the east bank of the Krulun River.
Dingbei Bo Wu Sheng rode on the horse, looked at the somewhat crooked pontoon bridge, and frowned: "Ke Solun, is there a problem with this pontoon bridge?" ”
"What's wrong? Uncle? ”
"General Ben thinks this pontoon bridge seems to be a little too crooked,"
Wu Sheng looked at it carefully for a while, and then glanced at the Wolf Mountain, but his color suddenly changed: "Come on, blow the trumpet, stop crossing the river, and the whole army is on alert!" ”
"What's wrong?"
Before Ksolon could react, Wu Sheng pointed his hand: "Take him down!" ”
"Huh?"
Before the surrounding guards could react, Ksolon raised his hand and pulled out a knife from the waist of the guards beside him, slashed the guards around him, and rushed towards Wu Sheng: "Wu Sheng, you give me death!" ”
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out.
Ksolon was shot in the chest, blood gushed from the corners of his mouth, the knife in his hand shook, and he fell to the ground with a "dang bang", and then his body shook and fell to the ground.
At this moment, Wu Sheng's guards reacted, and hurriedly rushed up and held him down.
Ke Solon raised his blurred eyes, and vaguely saw Wu Sheng blowing the smoke from the barrel of the gun in his hand - what kind of firearm is this?
......
The sound of gunfire was actually a signal, everyone looked in the direction of Wu Sheng, and then the flag around Wu Sheng began to dance, sending a signal, and the army that was crossing the river immediately stopped crossing the river and turned into a state of alert.
Almost at the same time, the Ming military flag hanging above the left guard of Wolf Mountain that Wu Sheng had just noticed suddenly lowered, and then a wolf flag was raised-the wolf flag of Chiktu, and then a desolate horn sounded, the camp gate of the left guard of Wolf Mountain opened, and a large number of cavalry rushed out, rushing towards Wu Sheng's army, and at the same time, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the east, north and across the river, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the sky and raised smoke and dust.
"Order, cavalry attack, buy time for this formation!"
"Order, the outer line chariot is close to the hook, and each fights separately!"
"Order, the inner chariots form a circular formation, echoing the outer chariots, and delay the cavalry!"
"Order, grenadiers, artillerymen, marksmen, musketeers are all in position, and fight the Mongols to the death!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
.......
Just when Wu Sheng was urgently deploying the formation, the pontoon bridge on the Krulun River suddenly broke with a "Kaba", and the four or two Wugang vehicles and dozens of soldiers who had not yet landed fell into the water, causing a commotion.
"Order, Xiong Hai is responsible for commanding the troops on the west bank, focusing on defense, waiting for the counterattack order!"
"Yes!"
"Order, the whole army must not panic, the soldiers who have fallen into the water will rescue nearby, and those who act recklessly will be killed!"
"Yes!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill! Kill! ”
At the same time as Wu Sheng's army was in the whole team, the cavalry who served as the outer guard had already called on the oncoming Mongolian cavalry, and for a while, the swords struck each other, the heads of people rolled, and the screams and neighing of horses were endless.
Although the equipment of the Ming army is good, it is a pity that the number is too small, there are only 3,000 people in three directions, and the Mongols are at least more than 30,000, so the Ming army only lasted more than ten minutes before being scattered, the Mongolian cavalry rushed into the Ming army's outer line car formation, and began to slash and kill, fortunately, the inner line of chariots at this moment has been surrounded into a circle, which can be able to block the Mongol charge, and the firearms on the chariot also began to fire, for a time the guns and cannons rang out, and the battle entered the white heat.
"Great Khan, the Ming army reacted too quickly!"
"Yes, it's a pity, if our army can rush into the circle, then a big thing can be done!"
"The commander of the Ming army is not simple!"
"It's a pity that the firearms of the Ming army are too powerful!"
"Yes! The casualties are not small! ”
As he spoke, everyone's expectant eyes turned to Chektu in the middle.
Chektu was condescending, and after carefully observing the formation, he said categorically: "Order Gerben and Kucha'er to use stone-throwing carts and logs to attack the Ming army's vehicle formation, so as to break it in one fell swoop." ”
"Yes!"
......
"General, it's not good, look over there!"
"What's wrong?"
Wu Sheng picked up the binoculars, his body couldn't help but be shocked, he found that a group of specially dressed Mongols appeared from the camp of the left guard of Wolf Mountain, they were carrying more than ten simple catapults and dozens of logs with a diameter of nearly 20 centimeters, and they were running towards the camp.
"This Chektu is a monster!"
Wu Sheng blinked, a little unable to believe his eyes - the Mongols had already fallen to this point, how could there be such a thing?
"Herald marksmen, shoot the sappers of the Mongols!"
"Command the flying team, bomb the Mongols' siege engines!"
Wu Sheng groaned slightly, and immediately gave the order to attack, not to let these things get close to the car formation, otherwise it would cause irreparable losses.
According to post-war statistics, the role played by the marksmen was so great that they almost influenced the outcome of the battle.
Because although the flying team was condescending, but the bombs were thrown at high altitude, because of the wind, they often deviated too far from the target, and one explosive package was even thrown on the Wugang car, which directly killed more than ten Ming soldiers, and finally Wu Sheng had to order the flying team to stop bombing the catapult and monitor the enemy's movements instead.
The range of the marksmen is almost two hundred meters, far greater than the range of the Mongolian improvised catapults, so under their blows, the Mongols' catapults did not play a role at all, not to mention the log team, more than ten people carried a log, as long as one person had a problem, the log would overturn, and the soldiers of the log team were either dead or wounded, and the screams came one after another, and finally no one dared to charge with the log - not because of fear of death, but because of the worthlessness of fear of death!
The Chektu on the top of the mountain had a blue face, his cheek muscles twitched, and finally he pulled out his long knife, raised it high, and shouted: "Warriors of the Great Mongolian Kingdom, we are the people of the Immortal Heaven, we are the dragons of the desert, we are the eagles of the steppe, and we are still bloodthirsty hungry wolves, and we swear not to be slaves of the Ming people!" ”
"Pass the order, from Ben Khan down, charge to the death!"
"Don't break the Ming Army! Swear not to survive! ”
"Don't break the Ming Army! Swear not to survive! ”
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
As the blood-colored banner was erected on the top of the mountain, the Mongols cheered and thundered, the cavalry at the front took out the dagger, stabbed into the horse's buttocks, the war horse stabbed, rushed forward frantically, and finally hit the Wugang car, the horse's head was shattered, and the knights above took advantage of the situation to rush to the roof of the Wugang car, and even flew over the Wugang car and fell into the inner circle - some died on the spot, some were unconscious, some were seriously injured and were hacked to death by the Ming army on the spot, some rolled a few times, got up again, and slashed and killed all around.
For a time, the car array was precarious and on the verge of collapse, and the situation in the circle was also disturbed, because there were nobles in the inner circle - such as Princess Jiangdu, etc., as well as a large number of grain and grass, supplies, and all kinds of non-combatants such as engineers and medical soldiers, and their resistance was close to zero compared to the Mongols, and if you count the panic, I am afraid it will be equivalent to a negative number......
"Fight with these dog thieves!"
"Kill!"
Xiong Hai on the west bank saw this scene, and immediately led only more than 2,000 cavalry to swim across the Krulun River and come to support the east bank, and the Mongolian army on the east bank had to turn around to face the battle, which greatly reduced Wu Sheng's pressure.
The time was nearing the end of the day, the sun was setting in the west, on the banks of the Krulun River, at the foot of the Wolf Mountain, within a radius of dozens of miles, two armies were fighting hand-to-hand combat at the end of their lives, and they both believed that they would be the ultimate victors.
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the north.
"Great Khan, it's the right guard of Wolf Mountain!"
"It's the right guard who came to help us!"
"We've won!"