Chapter 530: The Battle of Beijing (8)
Due to the distance and the darkness of the night, the shattered picture of Deshengmen cannot be clearly seen by people from miles away. But this did not affect the Ming and Mongolian armies to know this result at the same time, and suddenly, the two sides showed two completely different reactions.
The elites of the Daming Divine Machine Battalion led by Hua Xian stayed in place one by one at this moment, everyone's faces became extremely pale, and their hearts were full of despair - it's over, it's completely over! Once the city gates are broken, the capital and the soldiers and civilians inside will no longer have shelter and protection, and they will be completely reduced to the iron hooves of the Tartars and the souls of the scimitars.
In addition to feeling desperate, Hua Xian was even more deeply angry, and he aimed his hatred at Lu Jin. It was this guy who prevented himself from coming to his aid several times that caused such a disaster. If I could have done something a day earlier, no, just half a day earlier, before the night attack of the Tartars, maybe there would have been no such tragedy!
Therefore, all the blame lies with Lu Jin, if he is by his side at this time, Hua Xian will not hesitate to wave his knife and behead this big traitor who misleads the country and the people. It's just that now it seems that everything is just delusional, he can't do anything, and the only thing he can do is to fight hard to be loyal to the country.
Just when Hua Xian and his subordinates were shocked by the destruction of the city and didn't know what to do, there were already bursts of cheers in the Mongolian military camp. He didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately pulled out the saber at his waist, pointed obliquely at the city in front of him, and shouted: "Warriors of the grassland, the day has come to regain our capital and regain the glory of the Great Yuan!" Kill! Before the words fell, the knife in his hand had quickly slashed down.
At the moment when its blade fell, tens of thousands of cavalry roared, shouted, galloped, and rushed towards the direction of Deshengmen at the fastest speed. Looking at their momentum, this time, even if the Beijing city gate is still there, they will be completely overwhelmed by them.
He also rushed to the front of the team, and his heart was full of excitement and hope. Although he knew that there was still an urn city behind the Desheng Gate, the gate inside could not be compared to the outer city in terms of height and defense system. Moreover, as soon as the city gate is broken at this time, the defenders will inevitably be in turmoil, and they may be in a hurry to flee for their lives, and they will not even be able to continue to retreat to the urn city to hold on. Therefore, as long as this opportunity to break the city is used to cover up the past, it will inevitably be able to attack Beijing in one fell swoop, so as to completely capture the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, not only him, but also the people who were attacking the city with all their might in front of Desheng Gate also had the same idea. After seeing the Desheng Gate being breached, they were stunned at first, and then they all let out a burst of cheers, except for those who were still hanging on the ladder for a while, the others had quickly changed direction, turned around and rushed towards the city gate. Everyone knew that as long as they occupied the city gate and waited until the rear army arrived, Beijing would be completely in their hands.
Thousands of Mongols rushed towards the city gate, their eyes full of excitement and greed. Because the work of breaking the city is close at hand, it depends on which one is lucky enough to be the first to kill. As for the possible resistance of the Ming army, they were completely left behind. Once they lost the protection of the city wall, these Ming troops were no different from the local chickens and dogs in their eyes.
Just as they were about to enter the city gate, something happened suddenly inside the dark city gateโ
The earth shook suddenly, followed by a shout and the sound of something like a drum beating against the ground......
This is...... After being stunned for a moment, the Mengren warriors quickly understood, and their faces changed at the same time! For they were all too familiar with it, and they had shown it countless times on the battlefield in such a desperate way that it could only be caused by the sound of thousands of cavalry charging with all their might!
In a moment's astonishment, a horse had rushed out of the dark city gate, and in his hand he also held a spear more than one person long. The knight with the spear in his hand did not flinch or hesitate at all when he faced the large number of people swarming in front of the door, and shouted with a hideous face, and stabbed out a spear with a fierce face!
A warrior who was at the forefront of the Mongolian ranks, thinking that he had the best job in breaking the city, was easily pierced through his body by this spear, and then was hit by a horse, and flew out with a scream.
Then, behind the knights, cavalrymen in the same posture and costume also rushed out, wielding swords or spears, like evil spirits suddenly emerging from the abyss of hell, killing the stunned Mongolian warriors in front of them one by one, and harvesting their lives!
The screams rang out in front of Desheng's gate, but this time, it was the Mongolian people who thought they were in control of the victory who kept screaming and died. By the time they recovered from their shock and panic, and thought about retreating and stabilizing their formation against the Ming cavalry that suddenly rushed out, it was already too late. Their team has been rushed to pieces by the Ming cavalry, and they can't play any role at all, and everyone has become lambs to the slaughter!
This is a scene that has never happened in the history of the confrontation between the Mongolian and Ming armies. In the past, when the two armies fought, either the infantry of the Ming Dynasty fought against the Mongolian cavalry, or the cavalry of the two sides confronted each other head-on, and there has never been such an upside-down scene. Because the Mongol army has always been dominated by cavalry, they don't even have any foot soldiers.
But today, under the city of Beijing, an unprecedented battle has appeared. And this time, the Mongolian people finally tasted the taste of being cut and devoured by the cavalry, in the face of the rushing cavalry, they could not make an effective defense at all, and could only be stabbed down by the Ming army with the momentum of the impact of the horses, and let out a scream of unwillingness and pain.
The Mongols, who had never thought of infantry fighting, were far inferior to the Ming army at this time, and they couldn't even form a decent formation, so they could only rely on instinct to defend and counterattack. But no matter how strong their bodies were, in the face of the Ming cavalry who were twice as tall as themselves and galloped back and forth, their struggles were in vain, and in just a moment, most of the thousands of Mongolian people at the city gate had been killed, and the others had completely collapsed, turning around and fleeing towards their own camp, and they had long lost the courage to resist.
And the Ming cavalry, who had tasted the sweetness, was even more demoralized, all of them shouted, and instigated their war horses to chase after them, vowing to kill all these enemies, so as to get out of the evil spirit of being pressed and beaten by the Mongolian people for many days.
At the forefront of this team was a tall, meaty man. Unlike other cavalrymen who used swords or spears, he held a huge axe that was one and a half long men. Just looking at the axe surface, which was larger than a human head, you could see that its weight was really not light, but in the hands of this big man, the axe was danced up and down, and there was no appearance of difficulty.
This person is Shi Biao, the younger brother of Shi Heng, the commander of this cavalry team. In order to open up the situation for his brother and make a contribution, he was already brave and good at fighting, and his strength was infinite, he was completely sexual, roaring and galloping on his horse, as long as he caught up with the Mongolian people, there was often only one end, that is, an axe and two halves, and he died extremely miserably.
The two-legged Mongols were naturally unable to outrun the four-legged horses, and after only a few steps, they were quickly overtaken by the cavalry and were again slaughtered mercilessly.
Don't say that the Mongolian people are nomads, the most courageous and fearless. That's because they have always been the one who took the initiative to attack, and when they really became the slaughtered side, their performance was no different from that of the Ming army and civilians, and they still only had the share of holding their heads and running away, and even the weapons in their hands were thrown aside by them, and they couldn't even give birth to the intention of resisting.
Only a few strong-willed people gritted their teeth and turned their heads to fight to the death when they found that they could no longer escape. Among them, there is the leader of this team, Polo!
As a fierce general who also followed first, his temperament is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary warriors. However, he also knew that when the infantry and cavalry fought head-on, they had no chance at all, so he chose to turn around and flee for his life at first. Because at this time, the Yexian army behind him has also rushed quickly, as long as the two sides meet, their own cavalry will definitely be able to stop the Ming cavalry.
It's a pity that the speed of the Ming cavalry was too fast after all, and they didn't give them a chance to run to their own cavalry alive. After hearing the screams of his people being killed behind him, and the movement of the horse getting closer, Polo knew there was no escape.
He immediately gritted his teeth, and suddenly he turned around, and the knife in his hand slashed backwards fiercely with this momentum.
At this time, a cavalryman who chased behind him was also raising his sword, trying to slash the target in front of him. But his speed was a line slower after all, the knife had not yet fallen, and the knife in Polo's hand had already chopped on the horse's neck!
The horse suddenly neighed in sorrow, and as soon as its hooves went limp, it fell with a bang. By the way, he also threw out the cavalry on horseback, so that his original slash towards Polo could only fall into the air.
But Polo didn't have time to be happy about it at all, and another person and a rider had already arrived in front of him with a roaring momentum, and it was Shi Biao who arrived. Seeing that someone dared to turn back, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and with a loud roar, he had already raised his axe and slashed out.
Polo could see at a glance that the power of this axe was amazing, but it was too late to dodge, so he had to bite the bullet and shout to cheer himself up and face it.
There was only a loud sound that was heard properly, and the axes slammed together, and then the scimitar in Polo's hand, which had drunk the blood of countless Ming soldiers and civilians, was broken in two by a huge force. However, the axe was not affected much, and continued to slash forward, slashing into his chest fiercely, and after shattering the sternum, it came out directly from the back!
A sharp and desperate scream suddenly spurted out of Polo's mouth and blood, and immediately, his body was divided into two parts, and he died on the spot!