Chapter 399: Stay the Course
Sun Chuanting couldn't remember how many times this was the first time he repelled the Mongol army's attacks, the city was covered with the corpses of the Mongol army, the blood stained the city walls dark red, the defenders had killed more than half of them, and the rest were almost all wounded, which shows how tragic the battle was.
The war was killed from dawn to noon, relying on fortifications and tenacious will, the defenders repelled the attacks of the Mongol army again and again, although the Ming army was about to be unable to support, and although the Mongol army was far more powerful than the defenders, it was hungry and tired, and there was no hope of breaking the city, obviously it was also at the end of the crossbow, and the offensive had gradually slowed down.
Sun Chuanting's body was also full of wounds, making it look like a bloody man, with his own blood, and from the enemy, relying on the sharpness of Ye Xun's treasure knife, he also killed a lot of Mongolian soldiers, and even Cao Bianjiao, a fierce man, gave him a thumbs up, this scholar, good.
In fact, Sun Chuanting was already on the verge of collapse, and it was the first time he had killed someone, and it was a miracle that he could still stand here.
"Scholar, is it time to send a signal?"
He Shixian's 10,000 iron cavalry had been in place for a long time, and as soon as the signal was sent from here, he began to attack the Mongol army from behind, and the addition of this new force would inevitably become the last straw that overwhelmed the Mongol army.
Man Gui and the others were also colored, they were not afraid of death, but the defenders suffered too many casualties, and they were afraid that they would not be able to stop the Mongol army from attacking again.
Sun Chuanting looked at the banners of the three Great Khans in the Mongolian army in the distance, and slowly shook his head and said: "Don't worry, we can't do it, they are worse than us, they are holding on."
As Sun Chuanting expected, in the morning of the crazy attack, nearly 50,000 Mongolian soldiers fell on the battlefield, although the Mongols are more than the Jurchens, but the people who can go to the battlefield are all young and strong, and now there are so many losses, I don't know when and when they will recover.
Both Tushetu Khan and Chechen Khan have already begun to retreat, and at the moment only Zasak Khan still maintains a strong fighting spirit.
"Two old brothers, do you think we can go back to the royal court on the north bank of the Khalkha River in our current situation?"
Zasak Khan did not directly persuade the two, but used the actual situation to make the two of them understand that if they want to leave at this time, it will be a waste of their previous efforts.
Seeing the hesitant expressions of the two, Zasak Khan continued: "According to the calculation, Ye Xun's reinforcements will arrive tomorrow morning, and according to my observation, our casualties are not small, and the defenders will definitely not be able to hold on, as long as there is another wave of attacks, Zhun Bao can take them, and when the time comes, we can leave before Ye Xun arrives, the north of the Khalkha River is our territory, and those surnamed Ye dare not chase after him."
Chechen Khan looked at Tushetu Khan, pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, and said: "Do it again, if it doesn't work, withdraw the army immediately"
Tushetu Khan gritted his teeth and turned to the soldiers lying on the grass behind him to make the final battle mobilization.
"Warriors, Ben Khan knows that you have fought very hard, and Ben Khan promises that after this battle, not only will all the booty in the city go to you, but after you return, each of you will be rewarded with five slaves and ten sheep, for the honor of our Khalkha, take up your weapons, and avenge the death of our brothers!"
It is very strange logic that the aggressor never finds fault with himself, but is always willing to impose hatred on the invaded side.
Under the constant encouragement of the three Great Khans, the Mongol army gathered again and invaded, and then slowly pressed up the city wall.
At this time, the artillery shells of the Ming army had been exhausted, the crossbow arrows had been shot, and although there were still some bows and arrows, most of the soldiers could not pull their bows.
As the Mongol army approached, a mournful trumpet sounded on the city.
"Brothers, behind you are your relatives and sisters, fathers and villagers, if you let the enemy kill them, their fate will be extremely miserable, it is a man, all stand up for Lao Tzu, take up the weapons in your hands, and fight the enemy to the end for your parents, wives and children."
Although his voice was hoarse and not a normal tone, Sun Chuanting still shouted hoarsely, he knew very well that this was not the time to talk about any honorary mission, only relatives could stimulate the fighting spirit of these people.
With Sun Chuanting's shout, the soldiers of the Ming army stood up one after another, lined up in a thick human wall, and stood on the edge of the city wall.
Whether it is Han or Mongolian, it is every man's duty to protect his family from infringement, just like Sun Chuanting said, once these enemies are killed, the fate of their family members is conceivable, so everyone is ready to die at this moment.
The corpses under the city wall are piled up, plus the corpses of war horses, they are almost as high as the city wall, and with some rudimentary facilities, the Mongol army can even step up directly.
In the blink of an eye, the two armies were connected, and there was no earth-shattering shouting and killing, some were just a hard fight with a knife and a shot from me, until the other party was stabbed to the ground, and both sides were too tired.
If this situation continues, it will definitely be detrimental to the defenders, and after seeing the combat effectiveness of the Mongol army, Sun Chuanting knew that it was time.
"Ignition!"
With Sun Chuanting's order, several wolf smoke rose into the sky, and after a while, the earth suddenly shook, and what Sun Chuanting and the others didn't expect was that on the horizon on the other side of the city, there was also a black line moving rapidly towards this side.
Man Gui only glanced at it, and shouted in surprise: "It's Qi Shuai who is back, brothers, the reinforcements have arrived, kill!" ”
Hearing Man Gui's shout, the defenders suddenly erupted in earth-shattering cheers, as if their bodies had suddenly been enchanted, and in a blink of an eye, they turned into vigorous warriors again, cutting down or driving down the Mongol soldiers who had already squeezed up in a moment.
When they saw the wolf smoke rising from the city, the three Mongol Khans, who were all a little missing in their heads, finally understood that the defenders had not used all their strength to drag them here.
At this time, they understood what was the use, and there was no need to study and discuss it in a meeting, so the three of them turned their horses' heads and took their cronies to lie.
At this time, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield, many Mongol soldiers found that they had been abandoned by their most respected Great Khan, and simply did not run, threw away their weapons, and sat directly on the ground.
It's not that they don't want to run, but they really can't run, the water and rice are not exhausted in the morning, and they originally wanted to kill and go into the city to have everything, but now not only hope is shattered, but also ruthlessly abandoned, in this case, who has the strength and mood to run? Just love it!
In the rumbling sound of war horses galloping, He Shixian and Qi Bingzhong killed from two directions, and the situation under the city had already been reported to them by scouts, so the two armies did not need to converge, and directly chased after the tail of the Mongolian rout.
Not to mention how embarrassed the three Mongol Great Khans were at this time, the 300,000 army was wiped out, but they didn't know that this was not the worst, because the fried flowers had colluded with some scattered tribes and horse bandits on the steppe to raid their hometowns
(End of chapter)