Volume 1 Frontier Storm Chapter 93 Reversal of Victory and Defeat
The silence of the night was shattered by the sudden assault of the Mongols, and the people of the city, who had just fallen asleep, trembled with fear, and could only ask God to bless them there, so that the officers and soldiers could once again exert their might and repel the invading enemy.
But obviously, this time the Guangling City can no longer be as stable as Mount Tai before, without Lu Jinzhong's command, the defenders have been completely chaotic, although some soldiers and horses were urgently transferred to the west gate to defend against the enemy, but it can only last for a while.
With the complete collapse of the Ming army's morale, the Mongols attacked the city, and soon, the defenders at the west gate had suffered more than half of the casualties, and the rest were forced to retreat by the advancing Mongols.
Just when the city was about to be broken, less than ten miles away from Guangling, a fire dragon was moving forward rapidly. This team, which hurried at night, came from Datong, with 3,000 elite cavalry, including 1,000 cavalry.
Li Xian rushed to Datong City to ask for help, and finally achieved the effect. When Hu Sui learned that there were Mongolians who invaded Guangling, he was also surprised, because he was worried that this was only the vanguard of the Mongolians, so he immediately issued a military order, mobilized the surrounding people and horses to start arranging, and at the same time sent out 3,000 elites, and his staff general Huang Hu rushed to Guangling to reinforce him.
Although he felt that Guangling City should be rescued by the garrisons of other surrounding states and counties to block the enemy, but just in case, Huang Hu still did not dare to be rash, and rushed straight over with men and horses day and night. So even though it was night, their march had not slowed down much.
And when they came to Guangling, which was only more than ten miles away, the scouts who were exploring the way in front of the head brought back the news that the city was on fire and the sound of killing continued.
When Huang Hu heard this, his expression became extremely nervous: "Those Tartars actually attacked Guangling at night, it seems that they are determined to take down the city." As he spoke, his face was solemn: "Order the three armies, accelerate forward, kill the enemy, and rescue Guangling!" ”
With this military order, the army, which was still somewhat pressed by the speed, suddenly accelerated. In particular, the cavalry, who had been accompanying the foot soldiers to move forward slowly, galloped happily and rushed towards the visible light in front of them as fast as possible.
This is also a side effect of the Mongols' open-minded attack on Guangling City, and the torches they lit became the most vivid guiding light at this moment, and the Ming cavalry did not even need to look for it, and they could follow the fire to go straight behind the enemy.
In just a moment, the cavalry of the Ming army had rushed to the back of the Mongolian people. When he heard the sound of horses' hooves and shouting behind him, the Mongolian people who were desperately climbing up were obviously stunned for a moment, and then someone let out a burst of exclamations: "It's reinforcements, the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom have arrived!" ”
This exclamation spread quickly, and not only the Mongolian people under the city knew this, but also the Mongolian people in the city, as well as the Ming army that was almost surrounded in front of them and was about to be completely destroyed.
Immediately, the Ming army, which had already closed their eyes and was waiting for death, had no desperate confidence at all, suddenly burst out with amazing counterattack, they shouted, brandished the weapons in their hands and rushed towards the enemy.
I thought I would die, but unexpectedly, the rescue soldiers suddenly came, which completely inspired the last will of these Ming soldiers to survive. You must know that those who can survive to the end are the people with the best physical fitness among the Ming army or the people, and their strength is still quite terrifying when they suddenly erupt at this time.
And under this elimination of the other, the Mongolian people seemed to be flustered. Although they had an overwhelming advantage in strength at this time, and it seemed that they could eat the recalcitrant ones in front of them as long as they went further, but after only a moment's hesitation, they were actually pressed back by the defenders, and the momentum suddenly shrank.
At the same time, behind the Mongolian army, he finally connected with the Ming cavalry who arrived.
Without too many words, as soon as they saw that it was indeed the Tartars attacking the city, the hundreds of cavalry in front immediately drew their bows and released arrows. After shooting the enemy in front of him, he held a gun and a knife, and shouted and struck straight into the enemy's formation.
At this time, the Ming army has not yet experienced the change of Tumubao, although it is not as brave and capable as Taizu Taizong, but it is not the fear of the enemy and the cowardice of the enemy later, and there is nothing to say when I see the Mongolian people, the battle is it. As soon as the swords and spears fell, they cut down and stabbed the Mongols who were in a hurry to fight in front of them, and then took their horses and rushed to trample these defeated generals into a mass of flesh.
If they had attacked the Mongol camp in the north, the situation might not have been so bad. After all, the Mongols have some measures and defenses there, and as long as they react and delay a little, they can resist them.
However, the greedy Yutai moved the army to the west of the city, and put on an appearance of attacking the city with all his might. As a result, their backs become unusually empty. The cavalry of the Ming army had already disrupted his entire rear with only one impact, and dozens of cavalry drove straight in, like a steel knife with a little red piercing into the butter, quickly cutting through their formation, and killing the Chinese army.
The Mongolian war has always been based on offense and defense, and it is rare that they are so passively beaten. Now that the cavalry that was suddenly killed was so rushed, everyone became headless flies, and no one restrained their subordinates, only fighting on their own, and struggling with the Ming army galloping and slashing everywhere.
Fortunately, there is an elite team of 100 people who have been guarding Yutai all the time. Seeing that the cavalry of the Ming army actually came straight over, they didn't dare to slack off, and immediately attacked them, which helped Yutai block the fatal attack. But it was enough to shake all the Mongols, because they had never experienced anything like this before......
Yutai looked at everything in front of him in a daze, almost unable to believe his eyes. How did this fight come to be like this? It's obviously a shame to capture Guangling City, why is it in such a chaotic situation now?
"Yutai, hurry up and restrain the men and horses to resist the enemy, otherwise we will be finished!" Finally, in a roaring reminder, he came to his senses and knew that he couldn't do anything, and this Guangling would definitely not be able to take it.
Although he was unwilling, he could only accept it now: "Blow the trumpet, recruit all the people and horses, and retreat to the north!" Let's stabilize the position first. "He is the one who has led the troops to fight for many years, and as soon as he calms down, he immediately gives the wisest military order.
As the horn sounded, the Mongols at the head of the city began to return to the ground, although there were still defenders behind them, but they could not bother to fight back. Most of them returned to the city safely following the ladder they had erected earlier, but some of the unlucky ones either stepped on the air or were caught up and stabbed by the defenders, screaming and falling straight down the city. Although this height may not kill a person, this fall is almost like death.
Hurriedly gathering his men, Yutai hurriedly led them to retreat to the north, hoping that the Ming cavalry would be exhausted after a charge, so as to give himself a chance to breathe.
This really made Yutai look forward to it. After two days of traveling day and night, the endurance of this cavalry was already insufficient. Coupled with the wild running of nearly ten miles and the subsequent rush and killing, they were at the end of their crossbows by this time. Although they knew that as long as they continued to chase the fierce attack, the Tartar in front of them would quickly collapse and finally win, but the loss of their own and the horse's physical strength made them finally stop the pursuit, and only stood sideways in front of the Guangling West Gate, just like the strong dam blocking the rushing torrent.
However, these Ming cavalry were not frustrated by the inability to continue the pursuit of the enemy, and even their faces remained murderous, and the appearance of the retreating Mongols was like a group of prey in a trap.
The enemy's judgment was undoubtedly correct, but they clearly underestimated the strength of the Ming army. In addition to the cavalry that was the first to attack along the way, twice as many infantry were coming. And judging by the time, they should have arrived. The reason why they didn't kill in time at this time naturally couldn't be because they were also at the end of the crossbow, but because they chose a better position to deal a fatal blow to the enemy!
As a general, Huang Hu's ability to lead troops in battle is naturally not low. When he saw the chaotic retreat of the Mongols after the melee under the city, he quickly made corresponding adjustments and led the people towards the north.
So when Yutai led his people to retreat north, he was actually crashing into the Ming army's pocket formation here. When they found out that there was already a Ming army behind them, it was completely too late to continue to change direction.
"Crossbowman, release the arrows!" After seeing the Mongolian people enter the firing range, Huang Hu waved his hand and gave the order.
"Woo-woo-woo!" A rain of arrows covered the sky and rushed towards the Mongolian people in front of them. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of the frontmost Mongolian people fell under this dense rain of arrows.
After continuing to shoot two rounds in a row, completely killing the enemy to the point of collapse of the army's morale, the drums suddenly rose, and the Ming army's foot soldiers strode forward in the form of a phalanx, quickly shortening the distance between the enemy and us, and covering the past.
In the face of such a strong enemy, the Mongolian people finally couldn't hold on any longer, and in the screams, they turned into a plate of scattered sand, and fled in all directions.
And in this way, the capital they could make a last fight with the Ming army disappeared, and many people fell into the encirclement of the Ming army, were assassinated and hacked to death, and the screams went straight to the sky, as if they were going to break the night.
And the defenders at the head of the city also kept firing arrows at this moment, shooting the enemies below one by one, venting the hatred in their hearts. It was only because Lu Zhen was not there, and no one gave an order, that they did not take the opportunity to go out of the city, and attacked the reinforcements from outside to completely annihilate these Tartars.
But even so, this two-day offensive and defensive battle suddenly reversed at the moment before the breakthrough of the city, and the offensive and defensive sides suddenly switched roles. The Ming army is already a sure winner!