Section 21 Into the city

The Jiannu soldiers who had already lined up the battle array were even more frightened. In the usual battles with the Ming army, as long as they rode on their horses and raised their swords, a charge could make the Ming army flee in despair. Even in the face of the artillery of the Ming army, they can rush to the front of the Ming army, and then harvest the lives of the Ming army to their heart's content.

But now, before their horses could charge, they were startled by the sound of continuous explosions. The frightened horses alone caused hundreds of Jiannu to be killed and wounded. Although this Ming army was small in number, it was too strong and too frightening.

As soon as the cannon fire stopped, another shower of gunfire rang out. However, it was the Ming army in front of the battle array, which took advantage of the chaos of the Jiannu battle array to launch an attack. Advanced firearms, without lighting the fire rope, were almost a breath of gunshot, like a rain of ammunition, swept towards the Jiannu army.

The chaotic Jiannu army suddenly suffered an unprecedented heavy loss, and the cavalry on the war horse fell off their horses one after another like wheat poles blown down by a strong wind, and there was no sound again. Jiannu's archers, who didn't even wind their arrows, returned to the embrace of Immortality.

Perhaps, the warriors of Jianzhou before the war still had a little courage to fight against the Guards. After all, not all Jiannu have seen the destruction of the 5,000 inlaid white flags, and against the Ming army, the Jianzhou warriors have an innate sense of superiority.

But now a fierce battle first annihilated the battalion, and then a rain of gunpowder annihilated the front. The Jianzhou warriors, all of whom had earthy faces, couldn't even hold up the knives, guns, bows and arrows in their hands, how could they still raise the courage to rush into battle. I just wish that my father and mother gave birth to a pair of legs for themselves, and they can't escape from this hell of artillery fire.

Hong Chengchou and other generals of the Ming army in Songshan City unconsciously opened their mouths at this time, and they all did not have the demeanor of the head of an army. The almost miraculous artillery battle of the Guards, the stormy gunfight, made them not dare to believe that these three thousand Guards were actually the army of the Ming Dynasty.

With such a sharp firearm, why hasn't there been a little rumor before. If it was the army of the Ming Dynasty, no, even if only the border army of the Ming Dynasty had such firearms, how could the Guanningjin defense line be held so hard, and how could Songshan Jinzhou be besieged by Jiannu for a year.

Chief soldier Ma Ke unconsciously wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and unconsciously muttered: "God, the artillery and firearms of this guard army are really too scary, these 40,000 Jiannu army can't resist such firearms and artillery at all, no wonder they dare to attack Jiannu's 40,000 army with such a small number of people." ”

Hong Chengchou was shocked in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, now the siege of Songshan is about to break the situation. The camp of the Jiannu army has been chaotic, and the slaves are in front of you, so you should not return to the camp quickly, so we should immediately open the city gate, break the Jiannu in one fell swoop, and capture the slave chieftain alive......"

Hong Chengchou was finally capable, and when he saw that the situation in front of him was of great benefit to the Ming army, he immediately issued several orders in succession, forming a situation of encircling the Jiannu army under the city on all sides, and actually wanted to swallow the 40,000 Jiannu army besieging the city.

Azig's face was pale without a trace of blood, his body was weak on the horse, lying on the horse's back, he no longer had the courage to look at the Ming army again, and he couldn't care about how to stop the chaotic army, he raised his horsewhip fiercely and whipped it hard, turned around and fled.

Abatai was already trembling in both strands, and he couldn't hold back the urge to urinate, and a stream of heat soaked the horse's back. Seeing that Azig turned around and fled without making a sound, he didn't care about the chaotic army, and followed behind Azig and fled the battlefield.

In the fierce gunfire and the slogan shouted by the Ming army: "Put down your arms, kneel on the ground and don't kill", they threw away the swords, guns, bows and arrows in their hands, knelt on the spot with no face, and waited for the Ming army to deal with it.

Azig and Abatai, the two brothers and sisters, have been fighting for many years, and they can see the situation on the battlefield clearly, and under the siege of the guards and the defenders of Songshan, they have found a gap to escape, avoided the siege of the Ming army, and escaped from the battlefield.

But at this moment, a golden rope suddenly flew out of the camp of the guards, and reached behind Azig and the others, and then it extended for an infinite length under the frightened gaze of Azig and others who fled in a hurry, tying up Azig and Abatai, as well as the soldiers who followed them to protect them, and even men and horses.

Then, seeing the golden rope move slightly, he brought the captives back to the camp of the Guards, and knelt outside the big tent of the Guards' camp.

The gunfire on the battlefield has stopped, and occasionally one or two shots have been fired, indicating that the war is not completely over. Azig and Abatai and the others, who were kneeling outside the big tent of the Guards camp, were in better spirits at this time, although their faces were colorless.

The previous encounter with being captured is enough to show that this is not that the Ming army suddenly became stronger. They were not fighting against the Ming army, but with the gods. How can man defeat God? In this war, they did not lose unjustly.

The guards on the battlefield are collecting the weapons of the Jiannu soldiers, escorting groups of prisoners back to the camp. The general soldiers under Hong Chengchou were also chasing and killing Jiannu's deserters everywhere. The victory came too easily and too exhilaratingly.

After the defeat of the Ming Dynasty's Salhu, the war with Jiannu never had a big victory. And in today's battle, the 40,000 Jiannu army was annihilated, which was enough to boost the morale of the Ming army, and it was enough for the emperor to comfort the Taimiao.

Although it is said that the leader of this war is the Son of Heaven Guards from the capital, and the greatest credit has been taken by the Guards. However, these general soldiers of Matsuyama Castle also really participated in the war, and the captured prisoners of Jiannu also had a share of the credit of the Matsuyama defenders.

It's just that they have been rounded up on the battlefield for so long, and the bodies of the slave chiefs Azig and Abatai have not been found, and the two slave chieftains have not been captured alive, which makes the general soldiers of Songshan City really a little annoyed.

They didn't expect that the two slave chiefs, Azig and Abatai, who had already fled from the battlefield and escaped from the encirclement of the Ming army, had been captured by Zhu Yunwen who was sitting in the camp of the Guards, and was kneeling behind the big tent at this time, waiting for Zhu Yunwen's fall.

An hour later, Fang Zhenghua and the others, who had counted the results of the battle, returned to the camp, and saw at a glance the prisoners such as Azig and Abatai kneeling in front of the tent. Originally, Fang Zhenghua, who thought that the two slave chiefs had escaped, breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he felt the strength and mystery of the ancestor Zhu Yunwen.

"Ancestor, the war has stopped, and the results have been counted. In this battle, a total of 8,000 Jiannu elite soldiers, 7,000 Mongolian elite soldiers, and 12,000 Han army banners were killed, killing more than 27,000 enemies in total. The rest of the Jiannu soldiers were captured, and none escaped. ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded with satisfaction, although he also hoped to capture all the 40,000 slaves alive. But this was the first war of the Guards, and all the soldiers were eunuchs in the original palace, and they had never experienced the test of the battlefield.

Although he said that he had equipped them with advanced weapons that had been used for hundreds of years, the Guards had not been trained for less than a month, and there were even soldiers who did not know how to use these advanced weapons. The requirements for them should not be too high. Fortunately, although the soldiers of the Guards were a little timid before the war, they also completed the arrangement of the war and did not let the 40,000 Jiannu escape.

"Ancestor, Hong Chengchou, the Jiliao Governor of Songshan City, has already set up a banquet in Songshan City, and with the general Yang Guozhu, Ma Ke, Wang Tingchen and other generals, I respectfully ask the ancestor to move to Songshan City."

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said: "These generals have worked hard this year, okay, let's pass the order, let the city empty a piece of land, and escort these prisoners into the city." Well, there are also the two slave chiefs of Azig and Abatai outside the tent, so let's entertain them, don't abuse them, the ancestor will also use these two slave chiefs. ”

Fang Zhenghua took the order and withdrew from the big tent, Zhu Yunwen looked at the dejected Azig and Abatai and others who were kneeling outside the tent, smiled and shook his body, he had disappeared from the big tent and appeared on the tower of Songshan City.

Half an hour later, in the camp of the guards, groups of guards walked out, escorted a long line of prisoners, and marched into Matsuyama Castle amid the enthusiastic cheers of the defenders and the people of Matsuyama Castle.