Chapter 44: The Decisive Battle of Ordos Captures Ten Thousand Households Alive

Li Yan and the others were a little strange when they watched the Mongolian cavalry rushing directly over, because according to the Mongol routine, the cavalry in front should be separated to both sides and attack the flanks. However, these attacking Mongol soldiers did not, so Li Yan had to order the machine gun to start firing. Heavy machine guns carry out continuous fire of "dood-doo", light machine guns, carry out "da-da-da" burst fire. Only after rushing within two hundred meters did the automatic rifles of the kiln soldiers begin to fire. No cavalry with such firepower can rush within a hundred meters.

Suddenly, Li Yan and Wei Xiang understood why the Mongol soldiers did not adopt the old routine, and a large number of Mongol cavalry began to attack from the two flanks of the kiln. Because the number of Mongol soldiers was very large this time, tens of thousands of people attacked from one direction, and the advantage of being large could not be brought into play, because the width of the attack was limited. So they arranged for the cavalry to attack from both flanks at the same time as the frontal attack. The Kilnmen had long been ready to deal with the attacks on their flanks. However, the attacks of the two wings were not separated from the attacking team in front of them.

According to the plan, the artillery of the kiln gang people will be divided into three sides to block and fire, so that the density of artillery fire will be much lower. Therefore, the heavy machine guns and light machine guns of the kiln gang people have to do more work, and the infantry has more opportunities to shoot with automatic rifles.

It is said that heavy machine guns are the best weapons against cavalry, and it seems that there is no truth at all. The power of the cavalry lies in its rapid impact, but no matter how fast the cavalry is, it cannot be faster than the bullet, no matter what kind of war horse, if it hits a heavy machine gun bullet, it will fall to the ground after a few steps.

The cavalry rushed like a tide, and they were greeted by a storm of metal bullets. Bursts of tide and wind collided, splashing bursts of blood mist, and a mountain of flesh soon piled up under the blood mist.

In the hedging of this gust of wind against the tide, the heavy machine guns of the kiln gang have alternated cover, and the barrels have been changed several times. In an emergency, the automatic rifles of the infantry at the kiln began to shoot. Even so, the Mongol cavalry was not able to rush within fifty meters of the kiln array, and the horses that were placed were useless. After consuming a whole Mongolian cavalry, Li Yan and Wei Xiang looked at each other. Li Yan said: "It's time for our Lord Zhou to play!" ”

Wei Xiang went over and told the telegraph operator to send a telegram to Zhou Yuji immediately. The Mongols were very tactical, but they forgot that the Han were the ancestors who studied tactics. When they adopted tactics to besiege the position of the Yaogang people, Zhou Yuji had already led the team to surround them from a larger area and surround them from behind.

Just when the Mongol cavalry attacked the position of the Yaogang people in waves without effect, the steward of Wanhu saw that the situation was not good, and the most rushed up to the front of the 20,000 or 30,000 horses, but they could not rush the Yaogang people to weave a fire net, and they all came to the front of the two armies. He came over and said to Wanhu: "Lord Wang, I think you better go first!" ”

At this time, Wan Hu had already made preparations for a decisive battle, and his eyes widened, "Bold!" At this time, you are tired of disturbing my army's heart? "Because Wanhu knows, there is nowhere to go now. Without his territory and the slaves of the people, he is like a lost dog everywhere, and he must fight to the death today.

Just when Wanhu wanted to urge the cavalry below to attack again, the people from behind reported in panic that they found a large group of cavalry surrounding them. This time Wan Hu was not a little surprised, just when he was steadily preparing to arrange people to deal with the cavalry behind, the sound of horses' hooves like a storm behind had already sounded, and soon there was a fierce gunfire. It turned out that the cavalry of the Yaogang people had already been killed, and a few personal soldiers behind him and around him were quickly killed.

The Kilnman left dozens of black holes in his guns pointed at him, and the others killed him behind his cavalry.

Wanhu knew that he was at a dead end today, and he pulled out his waist knife to wipe his neck. But the butler beside him immediately hugged his knife-wielding arm and prevented him from committing suicide. In fact, there are a few people who are really going to die, and the prince took advantage of the situation to throw down the knife.

The Kiln Gang cavalry dismounted and tied them up. At this time, Zhou Yuji came over and said to Wanhu: "Lord Wang, I think you still ordered your soldiers to stop fighting!" If they continue to fight, they will die more. ”

After the interpreter finished speaking to them, Wanhu nodded and asked the steward to pass the order to let the Mongol soldiers dismount and surrender.

Those Mongolian cavalry couldn't fight anymore, and if they rushed forward, they would die, and they all understood it, but if they didn't rush, they would die immediately. In particular, those Mongolian soldiers who were preparing to charge heard the order not to rush, and they were all thanking Changshengtian, and they all thought that Changshengtian had helped them.

The Mongol soldiers surrendered, and Wei Xiang commanded the cavalry of Yaogang to gather the scattered horses everywhere, and some of them rushed the captives together to count the numbers.

When Li Yan saw Zhou Yuji, he said: "Lord General Soldier, I think we are going to fold Yang Shou!" It's only been less than half a day, and the corpses have been killed in a sea of blood. ”

"Hey! Where, today we are avenging the Han people who were killed by them, and they have killed many more Han people than this. Zhou Yuji did not relent.

Li Yan said: "Hurry up and send a team of people straight to the palace, don't let the people there run away after being believed." ”

"Huh! I would have sent a cavalry regiment over a long time ago, so there is no need to rush. Zhou Yuji said, "After I went around, I thought, there is not so many people here." So I arranged for them to go straight over. ”

"I think we played so well today, I didn't expect it to be so good. He killed most of them and captured 10,000 of them alive. The rest is up to him to give the command, and we will also have a 'coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes'. Li Yan said.

"Haha!" The two laughed at each other.

Zhou Yuji said: "However, I don't think today's battle is interesting at all, and it seems to be no different from driving sheep." I've always dreamed of fighting the Mongols in a good fight, but what is this today? Look at them, how do they look like Mongolian iron horsemen rampant all over the world?"

"Come on! They met us. When King Chuang beat them, it took a lot of effort to beat them away, and it was not considered a submission. Li Yan said, "The weapons in their hands are not even compared to ours, and they don't even count as burning sticks." ”

Zhou Yuji said: "I think we will roughly count how many Mongolian soldiers have died, and then lead the horses and bring all the dead horse meat." Let's camp at the palace today! ”

"Good! Let's go first with the infantry. Leave the cavalry to count the numbers. Li Yan said.

Zhou Yuji said with a smile: "The wolves on the grassland are going to be happy these days. In a few days, the wolves will clean up the dead bodies of the Mongols. ”

"This is also the retribution for doing too much evil, every time they cross the Great Wall, they don't burn, kill, loot or do anything." Li Yan said.

At this time, several soldiers who came over reported: "We have also captured some Han slaves. ”

Li Yan and Zhou Yuji looked at each other. Li Yan said: "Take us over and have a look!" ”

It has long been heard that when the Mongols crossed the Great Wall, they not only robbed things but also robbed people back to be slaves. I didn't expect to see it today.

But when they saw the slaves, their hearts trembled. These slaves are still like people, all of them are skinny and bone-like, all of them are lying on their backs, their heads are bowed and they dare not raise their eyes, and they are covered with something that I don't know what it is, and they can barely cover it. There were more than a hundred of these slaves, but there were a few Han Chinese in clothes.

When Li Yan asked, he learned that these Han people were helping the Mongols take care of slaves. They were also slaves captured by the Mongols, and because of their obedience, their masters arranged for them to take care of the slaves. This time, the slaves came to help transport grain and grass.

Li Yan suddenly asked these Han people in clothes: "I heard that you have all killed slaves?" ”

"No, no, we kill disobedient slaves!" They didn't react at once, thinking that they were still answering their Mongolian master's words. But when they had finished speaking, they also knew that they had made a mistake, and they all fell to their knees at once, saying that they had to listen to their master in order to survive. Slaves were also killed to show loyalty to their masters.

Li Yan ignored them anymore, Zhou Yuji waved his hand, and someone dragged them out.

When they came to the slaves, the slaves didn't react, not realizing that they were facing Han Chinese like them. The slaves worked hard one by one, and there was no more pain, let alone joy. One by one, like a walking corpse, it seems that there is no thought.

Li Yan knew that they had been treated as livestock for a long time, and they themselves had treated themselves as livestock.

Zhou Yuji said: "Those who have survived until now are very strong, and then they don't want to do anything, otherwise they won't be able to live now." ”

Those reporters who accompanied the army hurriedly photographed these special people.

With tears in their eyes, the kiln soldiers put new clothes on them, and brought them delicious food for them to eat. By the time they had gobbled up their food, some of them began to shed tears. Li Yan knew that slowly, their side as human beings would wake up. But take your time. Give them too much to eat at once, and they will die. Let them return to normal life all at once, and they can't bear it.

A reporter asked Li Yan: "Commander-in-Chief Li, can I send back the report in front of me?" ”

"Yes, you can send today's battle and the report about these people back to the command center, and the command center will pass it on to your newspaper and radio station after the review is completed." Li Yan said, "The report you posted today will cause a sensation in the entire Ming Dynasty." I'm starting to envy your profession. ”

Before getting on the horse, Zhou Yuji asked Li Yan: "Those Han people were killed in pieces, right?" ”

"Keep them, they can know a lot of things that the slaves don't know. They can have a larger range of motion. Li Yan said.

"That's right! is still thoughtful and thoughtful. I was by them. Zhou Yuji said.

"In fact, they have long thought that they are dead, some hateful, but even more pitiful. They will go back and live worse than die. Li Yan said, "Everything about them is abnormal. If you want to be ruthless, you still hate the Mongols! Here they are not as valuable as a horse, and their status is inferior to that of the owner's dog. ”

"Huh! This time, you don't think that killing so many Mongolians will break the sun's life, right? Zhou Yuji asked.

"After eight lifetimes, I will kill them!" Li Yan said angrily, "Mr. Zhang will agree to kill them here." ”

"Huh! The reason why Mr. Zhang asked you Li Gongzi to do this job was that he was afraid that others would come over and he would not be able to control his emotions and start killing. Zhou Yuji said with a smile while riding a horse and walking side by side with Li Yan, "However, you have also seen that these Mongolians are indeed not afraid of death. They clearly saw that they would die when they rushed over, but they did not hesitate at all. They don't take their own lives seriously, and you want them to take other people's lives seriously? I think it's okay to kill it, so as not to leave a legacy of trouble. There were nearly 20,000 captives, and it is estimated that more than 10,000 escaped. ”

"We've killed 20,000 or 30,000 people for a while, I wonder if the Ordos people are here?" Li Yan said.

"Almost, didn't you see that there were both old people and teenage children among the captives?" Zhou Yuji said, "General Ningde collected a large group of Mongolian cavalry in Baotou and Dongshengzhou, and Mr. Zhang found that there were many teenage children there, so he asked them to go, some of them were assigned to the junior military academy, and some of them were arranged to study in the school. It seems that Mr. Zhang's mind is very ambitious! ”

"I, Li Yan, have seen a lot of people in the market, but I have never seen a person like Mr. Zhang." Li Yan said sincerely, "It's strange to say, Mr. Zhang is not kind to me Li Yan, and he is very polite when he sees me, but every time I see Mr. Zhang, I am still a little nervous." This reverence comes from the bottom of my heart. ”

"Haha!" Zhou Yuji laughed and said, "It turns out that Gongzi Li is the same for you?" I thought it was my old Zhou himself? ”

"If you don't rush anything else, just rush Mr. Zhang, this world is none other than Yaogang people?" Li Yan said, "Yaogang is really full of talents. It's a pity that King Chuang has some flatterers around him. Hum! Do you still want to win the world like this? From the moment I arrived at Yaogang to participate in the first cadre meeting, I knew that there was no play for King Chuang. ”

Zhou Yuji suddenly said to Li Yan: "I see, the brightly dressed captives are all their various leaders, so don't bring them to the palace." We should divide them into points, and those who seem to be a little cultured and have wealthy families are all dealt with here. In the future, they are often the ones who can take the lead in making trouble. ”

Li Yan erected the eldest mother and son and said, "Lord Commander, I said, have you been waiting for this matter?" ”

"To be honest, I dream of it!" Zhou Yuji's eyes flashed blue and said.

Li Yan turned back to Wei Xiang who was following behind and said, "Our commander-in-chief has spoken, what are you waiting for?" ”

Wei Xiang smiled and said: "Just wait for your words, the soldiers all said that it is better to kill them all if you have to eat with so many people." ”

"You can't kill them all," Li Yan said, "and you have to keep some of the work." This Ordos place is too big, how can no one do it? ”

"Okay, I got it!" Wei Xiang turned his horse and walked back.

In fact, the location of this Ordos royal palace seems to be a place that looks like a city but not a city. Several houses were built far away, and only the palace was built decently.

When Li Yan and Zhou Yuji brought people here, the Yaogang cavalry had already finished solving this place. There are dead bodies everywhere that have not yet been cleaned up, and it seems that the Mongols here are also putting up fierce resistance.

Li Yan and the others entered the courtyard of the palace and saw more corpses in the courtyard, but the corpses were all brightly dressed, and it seemed that they must be soldiers of the palace guards.

Seeing Li Yan and Zhou Yuji coming, the cavalry commander ran out of the palace tent.

Zhou Yuji smiled and said, "Hehe! Your kid is now a prince? ”

"No, no, I'm just going to go inside and have a look," said the regimental commander, "I didn't let the soldiers come in again, and after the battle, I let them all go outside." ”

"What's the catch?" Zhou Yuji asked.

"They've taken all the good stuff away." The regimental commander said, "When we arrived, only the guards were left here, and the others had already run away, so I sent two battalions to chase after them." ”

Li Yan said: "Hurry up and send cavalry again to chase out with the battalion as a unit." If there is something they can do to support each other, remember to bring the radio. ”

"Also, we have found more than 200 Han Chinese slaves here, all of whom were found in their Mongol homes. They are like slaves in a house, like cattle. The regiment commander said.

After hearing this, Li Yan's heart tightened, he closed his eyes fiercely, and said: "Those were all looted here by them, our Han brothers, treat them well, it is not easy for them to survive until now." ”

"Yes, I've found some clothes for them to put on and something to eat for them. They're probably all crazy and don't understand anything. Alas! ”

"If they weren't crazy or stupid, would they have survived until now?" Li Yan glared at the regiment leader.

After entering the big tent of the palace, Li Yan personally drafted a telegram and sent it to the command center of Yaogang. The reporter also sent back his report.

The atmosphere in the Yaogang command center has been very good these days, and several leaders of Yaogang at home have gathered here when they have nothing to do, and they all want to hear the news from the front line as soon as possible.

Just after hearing the news that Ningde and their seizure of Ningxia Mansion lightly, Li Yan and the others came with even better news, killing 20,000 or 30,000 Mongolian soldiers at once, capturing nearly 20,000 people, and capturing the prince of Ordos. Several leaders of the command center were simply happy and didn't know how to do it.

Yan Boju read the telegram and said, "Zhimu! Tonight, we are going to open the vows, shall we also have a drink to celebrate? ”

Since the start of the war, Yan Boju has taken the lead in quitting drinking, because he is afraid that something will happen to the front line, and he will drink and make mistakes.

After Zhang Zhimu ordered the telegram to be forwarded to Chen Yufeng's front-line command center, he said, "Okay! We're going to have a good drink tonight and celebrate. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Why do I feel like a dream, is it too easy for those Mongolian nobles who have plagued us for several lifetimes to end like this?" How many times has our imperial court sent troops, both to encircle and suppress both grain and husband, and each time they have been defeated. Li Yan and they wiped them all out so easily this time? ”

Yan Xing said: "Ordos is the best horse ranch! We need to organize immigrants to go in. ”

"On the south bank of the Yellow River, there are millions of acres of cultivated land that can be cultivated, where the soil is good and easy to irrigate. There are also a large number of trona and miscanthus mines in the desert, which are all treasures, not to mention a large number of underground coal mines. Zhang Zhimu said, "As soon as I was warning Li Yan and them, try to kill as little as possible, leave manpower, and we will organize it well and build it well." It will take decades to plant trees and grass on the desert there. ”

As Zhang Zhimu was talking, another telegram was sent by the staff officer, Zhang Zhimu took the telegram and looked at it, his hands trembled a little. Everyone felt that Zhang Zhimu's expression was a little wrong, and after reading the telegram, Zhang Zhimu didn't say a word, and handed the telegram to Yan Boju, who didn't say anything after reading it, and passed it to everyone. Everyone was a little heavy after looking around. This is a report sent back by a reporter from the front. It mainly reported on the tragic situation of those slaves.

Yan Xing couldn't help but say: "Kill what should be killed, don't be soft." There was no one there, so I organized immigrants to go in. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Hurry up and let Editor-in-Chief Fan broadcast the good news and this report on the radio, and tomorrow's newspaper will be published." ”

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".