Chapter 1219 - Scheduled
Originally, he thought that Daning City was empty, so Dayan Khan used this strategy to attack Daning. Dayan Khan was still very proud in his heart, feeling that he had played Zhang Zhijie around, and he could easily capture Daning City to be ashamed.
As a result, I didn't expect that Daning City not only had such a dense artillery cannon, but also a dense array of muskets. Thinking of the dense musket sound just now, it can be seen that there are definitely not a few muskets on the city wall.
Dayan Khan's heart was a little dazed, didn't Zhang Zhijie lead the army to rush to the aid of the Yibu tribe? Why are there so many musketeers in Daning City? Could it be that Zhang Zhijie didn't take away the musketeers in Daning City at all?
If Huadang was by Dayan Khan's side, he would definitely tell him the truth, and Da Ming was constantly making flintlock pistols. In the future, there will be more and more musketeers in the border army, until one day the entire border army will have a flintlock musket!
Although Dayan Khan couldn't figure it out, it was obvious that he understood that it was impossible to capture Daning City with the army under his hands. Because he has deeply experienced the power of muskets, not to mention that there are dense artillery in Daning City.
His cavalry was not good at siege in the first place, but only in field battles. Faced with the city of Daning, which had a dense collection of muskets and artillery, he had to admit defeat. He vaguely understood in his heart that not only could he not capture Daning City this time, but he would probably never be able to capture Daning City in the future.
The generals behind him were also silent, these warriors couldn't rush to the root of the wall of Daning City at all, and they couldn't even erect a cloud ladder. And they could feel that the defenders of Daning City still had some strength left.
How many warriors do they have to fill in to reach the base of the city wall and erect a ladder? Will they still have the strength to climb the ladder then? Will they still have the strength to storm the city?
"Great Khan?" The generals behind Dayan Khan couldn't help but open their mouths to persuade, they were afraid that Dayan Khan would insist on going his own way, in that case, even if all the more than 20,000 cavalry were filled in, they might not be able to capture the city, let alone capture Daning City.
But no sooner had the generals opened their mouths than Dayan Khan raised his horsewhip and sighed, "I know what you have to say! Ben Khan is not a person who insists on going his own way, let's take a look, with the strength of the defenders of Daning City, it is impossible for us to attack Daning City! ”
"I don't want to admit it, but that's what happened, and Ben Khan had to face it! Continuing to attack will only increase casualties! ”
When these generals heard this, they all immediately bowed down and said, "The Great Khan is wise! ”
The corners of Dayan Khan's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this, and he said a little stunned: "Wise? I thought it was a perfect plan to attack the west, but in the end it fell to this point, what kind of wisdom is it?! ”
These generals were also silent, this plan was approved by them, and they thought that they could pinch a soft persimmon and pick up a big bargain, but they didn't expect to be knocked out of their teeth.
There were corpses all over Daning City, and they threw thousands of corpses in Daning City, and the original army of more than 20,000 became an army of 20,000. Although they did not suffer heavy losses compared to the Battle of Xuanfu, they had no results at all this time, and they had not even touched the walls of Daning City until now.
Since you can't capture Daning City, what should you do? The idea in the hearts of these generals is to plunder Tainingwei and Fuyuwei, at least this expedition will not return empty-handed.
However, since they proposed to plunder Duoyan Sanwei just now but were reprimanded by Dayan Khan, they all just thought about it in their hearts and did not say it rashly.
Dayan Khan fell into deep thought after saying those words in a bit of a daze, since he couldn't capture Daning City, what should he do next? You can't just quit like that, can you?
Dayan Khan muttered: "There are still so many musketeers in Daning City, the army that Zhang Zhijie brought to help will not all be cavalry, right?" It is likely that this is so, since the musketeers were foot soldiers, and it was simply impossible to run long distances in the steppe. ”
"Since the army led by Zhang Zhijie is all cavalry, what else is there to be afraid of?"
The surrounding generals couldn't help but light up when they heard this, it was true that they were defeated by the army led by Zhang Zhijie in Xuanfu, but it was a defeat to the musketeers, not to the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty! The cavalry of the Ming Dynasty simply could not be compared with the steppe cavalry that grew up on horseback since childhood.
If Zhang Zhijie really just led the cavalry to help the tribe, then what else was there to fear? They also felt that Dayan Khan's analysis was very reasonable.
"What the Great Khan said is very true, the musketeers can't follow Zhang Zhijie to help at all, they must have been left in Daning by Zhang Zhijie, so there are so many muskets in Daning City!" These generals also spoke out in agreement.
The more Dayan Khan thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, so Dayan Khan felt a deep sense of chagrin in his heart! Zhang Zhijie galloped to the aid and didn't even take the cavalry, he knew that he was still attacking the east and west, and he directly took the iron cavalry to attack the tribe!
In that case, how can there be the current dilemma, not to mention the bloodbath, it is estimated that even Zhang Zhijie was captured alive by himself! Cavalry against cavalry, Dayan Khan felt that the cavalry he led was invincible in the world, and there was no cavalry that could compete with his iron cavalry.
Capturing Zhang Zhijie alive, it's exciting to think about it, if you ask Dayan Khan who hates the person the most, it must be Zhang Zhijie! But he missed such a good opportunity, Dayan Khan really had the urge to vomit blood, it was really a plan to sacrifice the original and seek the end!
"Great Khan, since that's the case, let's go directly to attack the Yibula tribe, right? Just capture Zhang Zhijie and Agoura alive and sacrifice them to the Great Khan! The generals clamored.
At this time, Dayan Khan calmed down, raised his horsewhip and said in a deep voice: "Now that the army is frustrated and demoralized, if you immediately run a long distance, the wise man will not take it!" ”
"Zhang Zhijie didn't wait for Ben Khan's army for a long time, he wouldn't be so stupid as to think that Ben Khan would come to attack Daning City, right? It was here that the army rested and regained its morale, and waited for work to meet Zhang Zhijie's tired army. ”
These generals felt that what Dayan Khan said was also very reasonable, but the defense of Daning City was so solid, would Zhang Zhijie still be in a hurry to return to the division?
Dayan Khan also thought of this, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't wait for Zhang Zhijie to return to the division, then Ben Khan will give an order to let the army attack and plunder Tainingwei to stimulate morale, and then run again!" ”
"When the time comes, the coalition army of Yibula and Zhang Zhijie will be defeated in one fell swoop, and Zhang Zhijie and Agoura will be captured alive, and the bloodbath will not be a tribe!"
When the generals heard this, their hearts also became excited, and they all bowed down on their horses and said: "The Great Khan is wise! Obey the orders of the Great Khan! ”