1032 Purging the Spies
The elephant can be described as thick skin and thick flesh, and there is a layer of rattan armor on the outside, but even so, when the gun is hit at close range, it is also an instant blood flower. These behemoths either fell and rolled directly, and the elephants riding on their backs were crushed into meat patties; Either they suddenly stopped and knelt on their front legs, and the elephants on their backs were caught off guard one by one, and they fell off the elephant's backs one by one......
Elephants are also creatures, have their own instincts, this round of guns fired on the Ming army position, the power is amazing, even if these elephants have been trained, they have also experienced the scene of musket firing, but the power of this gun is much more than the musket, not to mention, those elephants found that their companions were injured, screaming, they knew that they would emit smoke in front of them, very dangerous.
Once the elephant is stubborn, the nine cows can't pull it. The rest of the elephants were frightened, and listened to the screams of their companions, and no matter how much the elephant soldiers on their backs drove away, they turned around and ran away from each other.
As a result, the elite soldiers of Dongwu who followed behind the war elephants were stupid. They followed the buttocks of the war elephants, densely packed, waiting to rush into the Ming army. As a result, the elephant turned around, and he stubbornly walked out of this sea of people, running wildly all the way, as far as he could from the Ming army's position.
Dongwu's elite soldiers are also human, and when they see the rest of these elephants coming over, as long as they don't want to die, they will flash for the first time. So, not to mention maintaining the formation, it was a mess, and they fled one after another, and there was no distinction between southeast and northwest.
This situation made Qin Liangyu and the others a little stunned. Originally, I thought that the flintlock pikemen would follow, shoot a few rounds, stop the momentum of the Dongwu army's charge, and then the white pole army would go up and defeat the Dongwu army in hand-to-hand combat. Well, these are not needed, the war elephants that the Dongwu army relies on the most have already done all this for the Ming army.
The opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, Qin Liangyu was the first to come back to his senses, and immediately ordered, the flintlock pismen went to watch the play while watching, the white pole army was on the army, and the cavalry army was on it.
As a result, the battle of Baojing, which originally thought that there would be a fight, directly skipped many intermediate links after releasing a row of raised guns, and staged a scene of the Ming army chasing and killing the rout.
The people watching the battle from a distance didn't even have time to think about the battle, when they saw the rout flee back, and behind them were the Ming cavalry and soldiers with long white-pole spears. At this time, the people didn't care, they scattered and fled, and even some people didn't forget to carry a bag of grain when they fled.
Qin Liangyu rode his horse to Baojing Town, but he didn't look at the corpses along the way, and looked at the piles of food and supplies, and was a little surprised. I didn't see it, although Dongwu is a small country, there are still a lot of food and materials!
The original purpose was to burn these grains and herbs. But Daming is not rich, especially when Qin Liangyu was under Zhu Xieyuan in the northwest, he could realize this. As soon as she saw it, she called her daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi, who was a correspondent next to her, and said: "Immediately report to the emperor and the elders, and say that our army has taken Baojing." He wanted to attack forward, hold the pass, and not give him the opportunity to regain the grain for King Long. If you can't keep it, burn the grain again! ”
In the chat group, Emperor Chongzhen was naturally online at this time, paying attention to the war that was going on in the south. After seeing Zhang Fengyi's announcement and seeing the video she uploaded, I couldn't help but be very happy. This kind of battle is well fought, and there are basically no casualties on your side!
Seeing the mountains of grain and grass materials, to be honest, Emperor Chongzhen, who was the head of the Ming Dynasty, was reluctant! Everywhere in Daming, it is still a time of shortage of grain, if so much grain and grass can be guaranteed, at least the food supply in the southwest of Daming will be greatly slowed down. By the way, with so much food, Zhu Xieyuan's side can allocate more troops to the south!
But there is also a problem, that is, if the grain and grass are not burned, it will give hope to the Dongwu army in Mengmi, and they are likely to fight back and try to retake the treasure well. In this way, will the White Pole Army be able to stop the crazy counterattack of the Dongwu army? Is it worth it if the White Pole Army loses a lot of money for the sake of this food?
Min Hongxue also took this concern into account, and saw that he was asking Zhang Fengyi about the situation.
"Uncle Zhong Lie thought that so many grain and grass materials were worth trying by the White Pole Army. If you really can't stand it, you won't be reluctant. Anyway, these grains and grass materials will never fall into the hands of the Dongwu people again! Zhang Fengyi replied in the group after a while, "It will be arranged, and if the signs are wrong, they will be set on fire immediately!" ”
Looking at their conversation, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly remembered something, so he interjected: "That's it, you tell Zhongliebo and let her shout, just say that my Ming Dynasty has captured Ava, and you are fighting all the way north from Ava." Let those routs bring this news to Meng Mi's Dongwu army! ”
Ava is the center of the northern Dongwu and the most important stronghold of King Talong's northern expedition, but it is indeed a bit far from Mubang. The number of the White Pole Army was also a little smaller, and in order to ensure the attack on Baojing, a grain and grass distribution center, there was no idea of attacking Ava. But that doesn't mean Ava isn't important! If the Dongwu army led by King Ta Long heard this news, if it was believed to be true, it was estimated that they would despair.
Zhang Fengyi naturally understood the importance of Ava, and was overjoyed when she saw it, she didn't even have time to reply, so she immediately quit the chat group and conveyed Emperor Chongzhen's suggestion to Qin Liangyu.
When Qin Liangyu heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and without saying a word, he immediately sent his own guards to convey the military order to his son, who was chasing and killing the defeated soldiers in front. Watching the guards go away, she couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Thanks to the emperor's overall situation, he can think of this idea in time, but there are 100,000 soldiers in the low!" ”
Zhang Fengyi smiled when she heard it beside her, and then entered the chat group to report on the implementation here.
Fortunately, this proposal came in time, and Ma Xianglin led the cavalry infantry to chase and kill, not with the fastest speed, but hanging behind the rout, so that they would not have a chance to stop and rectify, and the speed of this pursuit was naturally not as fast as the gallop of the heralds behind them.
As soon as the military order arrived, Ma Xianglin was also overjoyed, and immediately shouted while chasing and killing.
"Ava has been taken by my Daming, you surrender quickly!"
"100,000 heavenly soldiers will capture Ava, attack from the north and south, and those who surrender will not die!"
“……”
The defeated soldiers ran wildly all the way, thinking that if they could escape the pursuit of the Ming army, they would care about the rest. But no matter what, there are always some people who hear the shouts of the Ming army. In a panic, I just heard it, and more thoughts were still on escaping.
In order to spread this rumor, Ma Xianglin's pursuit slowed down significantly, and he didn't kill or injure these routs too much, but just drove them to flee north desperately without stopping for a moment. Another of his tasks was to occupy the narrow pass in front of him, where he could stop the counterattack of the Dong Wu army.
At the same time, outside Mengmi City, under the raging fire, the battlefield that originally screamed and killed became quiet, only some screams came and went, but as time passed, these screams eventually slowly disappeared.
The fire slowly subsided, and only the smoke still drifted into the air. As the wind blew, many people smelled the smell of meat, but they vomited one by one.
On Meng Micheng's head, Deng Kelu stared at the battlefield with cold eyes, and his heart was shocked. This big killing weapon for defending the city, the first time I saw the defense of Changli, and then the first official large-scale application, was Gaizhou against Jianyu. At that time, even if the slave chieftain drove the expedition in person, the elite of Jianyu suffered heavy losses. When I heard about this time before, I always felt that it was a bit exaggerated, but now that I see it, I really understand the power of this kind of city-defending weapon.
Thinking like this, he could conclude in his heart that at least the Dongwu army would never dare to attack the city again in these two days! How could a flesh and blood body be able to withstand the power of such a great killing weapon!
As he thought, the Dongwu army outside the city, whether it was King Talong, or his brave and skilled generals, or the soldiers below, were all stupid there. Such a tragic siege battle, they have never seen it in their lives. It's not that they haven't seen how tragic murder is, if you want to say this, some of the killings they have done themselves, if they want to say terrible words, there are more tragic than this; But in a siege battle, it was the first time that the defenders had been killed or wounded on such a large scale. As the injured party, how can I describe the feelings in my heart? Some of them, one might even say, are completely frightened!
Half a day later, King Ta Long came back to his senses, his eyes were blood-red, as if he was stimulated, and he roared loudly and shouted to the Gu Zhaoshi.
The dove master was also on this platform, and was summoned back to his senses by this roar, and hurriedly went over to salute.
When he saw his King Long's blood-red eyes, he couldn't help but be startled, and before he had time to think about it, he heard King Long seem to be shouting at him in a gritted tone: "Say, why didn't you tell Gu in advance that the Ming army had such a powerful weapon to defend the city?" ”
When Gu Zhaoshi heard this, he came back to his senses, and immediately understood why King Long was so angry, and he hurriedly defended: "Your Highness, I didn't know that the Ming army had such a powerful weapon to defend the city!" If I knew, how could I not have said it! ”
In fact, in his heart, he was thinking that if he knew that the Ming army had such a powerful weapon to defend the city, when you sent someone to persuade you to surrender, he would definitely not agree to you so easily! Now Meng Mi, can you still beat it?
King Ta Long listened to his reply, but he just sneered and shouted: "If the Ming army has this kind of firearm, the fierce fire oil is just a little bit, and I believe your words." But see for yourself, is the Ming army's firearms and fierce fire oil just a little bit? Huh, I don't know? Is it really easy to deceive a three-year-old child? ”
Hearing this rhetorical question, Gu Zhaoshi's heart suddenly groaned, what did he mean by King Long, did he want to use himself as a scapegoat?
Thinking like this, Gu Zhaoshi panicked. At this time, his subordinates were all lost, and even if they didn't lose, they were lambs to the slaughter in this Dongwu army. He hurriedly replied, "Your Highness, I really don't know! Otherwise, if Your Highness asks them, they will surely not know......"
Speaking of this, he suddenly came back to his senses, and couldn't help but immediately add: "The Ming army must know that our people are unreliable, so they deliberately conceal these city defense equipment. Your Highness, believe me, everything I say is true......"
Before the Gu Zhaoshi could curse and swear, after the blood-red eyes of King Long swept over the other Tusi leaders who had taken refuge in him, his gaze turned back to the Gu Zhaoshi, and he sneered, "Still quibbling? Why didn't you talk about this matter at the beginning, you had to propose Lone's army because of the heavy losses, what do you think? Isn't it, you're a spy sent by the Ming army......"
Hearing this, Gu Zhaoshi was a little stupid, if he was a spy sent by the Ming army, would he have lost all the troops like this, and then he was still trapped in the enemy camp? He hurriedly tried to defend himself or two. But before he could speak, he heard King Ta Long ask himself and answer: "Yes, you must be a spy sent by the Ming army, not killing you is not enough to vent the hatred in my heart, and not killing you is not enough to make Lone's death and injury elite blind." Today, Lone wants to kill you and sacrifice the flag! ”
After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, and immediately several Dongwu soldiers stepped forward and set up the Gu Zhao Master to drag him away.
The Tusi leaders who surrendered to King Talong couldn't help but be a little stunned when they saw this, turned their heads to look at the angry King Talong, and glanced at the Dongwu civil and military officials on both sides of King Talong, and saw them staring at Gu Zhaoshi with cannibalistic eyes one by one, and they couldn't help but feel a little afraid in their hearts. Shouldn't these Dongwu people suffer such a big defeat, and then put the blame on themselves who surrendered to them!
Although they didn't say anything just now, what Gu Zhaoshi said was indeed true, and they had never seen the Ming army have these weapons to defend the city. If the Gu Zhaoshi is killed, it will really be a bit wronged! Thinking like this, or maybe the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad, these toast leaders can't help but feel heavy, and even a few toast leaders who defected to the enemy are secretly regretting, knowing this, regretting that they shouldn't have surrendered to Dongwu!
Gu Zhaoshi was about to be dragged away, and he was immediately frightened, struggling hard, and at the same time begging for mercy loudly: "Your Highness, I am wronged, I am really wronged!" I sincerely surrender to Your Highness, and as soon as your envoy came, I agreed, Your Highness......"
No matter what he said, King Ta Long always had a cold face. As soon as the soldiers who were dragging the Gu Zhao Division saw it, they used their strength to drag the Gu Zhao Division away.
Seeing that he had no hope of life, Gu Zhaoshi suddenly went crazy, and he shouted sharply: "King Talong, you insidious, vicious and treacherous villain, sooner or later you will be captured by the heavenly soldiers and escorted to Jingshi to divide the corpses of five horses!" Lao Tzu is waiting for you underground, Lao Tzu curses you not to die well, Lao Tzu ......"
After seeing the head of the Gu Zhaoshi in front of him, his eyes swept over the civil officials and generals and other people present, and saw that their faces seemed to be a little ugly, probably touched by the last curse of the Gu Zhaoshi, his heart moved, and suddenly laughed: "Gu has cleared the spies and is on guard against the firearms of the Ming army, Gu doesn't believe it, what else can the Ming army do to me?" ”
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