Chapter 182: Artillery Battle

Then, in the east not far away, billowing wolf smoke rose from the flat ground, like a sandstorm in the desert, rolling towards Turpan City, but in the eyes of Di Linaza and others, it was so magnificent and so lovely.

Looking at the appearance of smoke and dust, there are at least 100,000 troops!

"Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming! All the Hami soldiers who were defending the city saw this scene, and shouted excitedly, and they had struggled until now, and finally saw reinforcements, which was as excited as a man who had been thirsty for several days to see water.

Di Linaza looked at the billowing smoke and dust in the east, the corners of her mouth smiled unconsciously, and two lines of tears slipped down from her already dirty cheeks, her expression was excited, happy, relaxed for the rest of her life, and there was also a trace of deep resentment of a resentful woman, as if she was complaining to Zhu Ao: "Dead ghost, why did you come." ”

When the Uighurs saw the momentum of the reinforcements, their morale was also lost, and the soldiers standing at the head of the city began to retreat, for fear that the main general would withdraw his troops again in order to defend the flank, and make them become cannon fodder, and began to retreat unconsciously, and the people below did not dare to continue to climb up.

The Hami army, on the other hand, was in high spirits when they saw this, and after holding out for so many days, they finally saw hope, just like a forty-year-old man who suddenly married his daughter-in-law, and tossed and turned again, and once again beat the Uighur soldiers.

Bol, who was supervising the battle under the city, suddenly saw the smoke and dust billowing from the east, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, the main opponent is finally here, then let this general solve you together, as long as you defeat the main force of the Su State that rushed to support, you can drive straight into the Ming Kingdom, and this immortal feat seems to be established by me.

Zhu Ao rushed to the Uighur army camp with the army, covered his forehead with his hand to cover the sun, and looked at the ruined Turpan City, seeing that the flag of the Hami army was still fluttering on the city, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile slightly, and said in his heart: Okay, little Nizi, I really didn't disappoint this king, and when the Uighur army is finished, this king will definitely pamper you. Immediately, his face turned cold, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire, and he shouted at Qu Neng: "Qu Neng! Organize an attack immediately, first with artillery, and bombard them for half an hour! ”

Qu Neng was stunned on the horse, the soldiers on his side ran for a long time, and their legs were about to be broken, and they finally arrived at the destination, it was when they were extremely tired, and the enemy did not come to take the opportunity to attack thank God, how could he take the initiative to find something to attack the enemy, immediately rode on the horse, gave a military salute to Zhu Ao, and asked tentatively: "Your Highness, the brothers are very tired, do you want to rest first?" ”

"You know what?" Zhu Ao's face was so angry that his face turned pale, his eyes widened, and he shouted with a tiger face: "Now the enemy does not know our reality yet, we have just rushed over not to rush to save people, but to rest first, which is equivalent to exposing our weakness and exhaustion to the enemy at once, when the time comes, these hundreds of thousands of Uighurs will rush over at once, what will you let our tired brothers do?" ”

Although Zhu Ao has confidence in the combat effectiveness of his army, confidence does not equal arrogance, you must know that the Uighurs are not dry food, the "Ming Huidian" records that their formation is very strict, the combat effectiveness is very strong, the main general of the people is also a veteran of the battlefield, not a fool, when I see you cowardly, I must know that you are tired and half dead, and if you don't take the opportunity to command the army to rush up, then it is really a ghost in broad daylight.

Zhu Ao's personality is the same as Zhu Yuanzhang, unnecessary risks are definitely not taken, they are like you walking on the road and meeting a vicious dog, if you turn your head and run, it will definitely chase you, if you stand still, it may not dare to provoke you.

Whether you encounter a wicked person or a wicked animal, the most important thing is not to show cowardice, otherwise you will be eaten up and wiped clean, and there will not be even a bone residue left.

After Zhu Ao's scolding, Qu Neng understood at once, he quietly raised his eyes to look at this young prince, and was greatly impressed in his heart, he can have such a strategic person at such an age, I am afraid that it is very rare in ancient and modern China and abroad, he is very glad that he is with the right person, and with this prince, he will definitely be able to make contributions and go down in history. Thinking of this, Qu Neng couldn't help but feel his blood gushing, and the pride in his chest rose sharply, as if he was about to burst his chest, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Forward battalion, prepare to attack!" All the gunners are in position, and give me a hard bang for him! ”

Looking at the posture, he vowed to tear the army of hundreds of thousands of Uighurs to pieces before he would give up!

The most important thing in the army of Su Guo is discipline, no matter what the situation, the order must be carried out, the ban must be stopped, no matter how big an officer you are, how much military exploits you have, if you violate military discipline, the same military law is ruthless, because Zhu Ao never believed that one or two so-called top talents can change history, he believes that only by gathering all the resources in his hands can he create his own future.

When later historians talk about the first grassroots emperor Liu Bang, they always attribute his success to being good at employing people, especially his sentence: "Strategizing in the strategic, winning thousands of miles away, I am not as good as the ovary; Fill in the country, give the people, and keep feeding and paying, I am not as good as Xiao He; Even among the millions, the battle will be won, the attack will be won, I am not as good as Han Xin, these three are all outstanding people, I can use them, so I have the world. It has been regarded as a classic by historians and conspirators for thousands of years, and is considered a must-read classic for successful people.

But in Zhu Ao's view, this is only a secondary reason for Liu Bang's success, and the main reason for his success is that he was lucky, taking the lead in entering Guanzhong and occupying the treasure land of Qin.

You know, at that time, where was the most powerful and rich place in China? It's the State of Qin! The core idea of the Shang Dynasty reform is to reward farming, which is actively encouraged for farming, and those who grow more grain will be rewarded, so after more than 100 years of implementation of this national policy, the Qin State has abundant products, more grain, more food to feed the population, and more people to fight in the war, so they can beat each other in groups, which is the fundamental reason why Qin can fight with one enemy and six enemies.

In addition, after Qin Shi Huang unified China, in order to strengthen the weak branches, collect the world's troops, gather Xianyang, and move all the rich families of the six countries to Guanzhong, making Guanzhong's strength stronger than elsewhere.

At the end of Qin, the world was in turmoil, and the main battle was also fought east of Hangu Pass, and the land of Guanzhong surrendered as soon as Liu Bang came, and did not suffer much loss, so both manpower and material resources were far superior to other regions.

After Liu Bang entered the customs, he took the measures of three chapters of the law, and quickly captured the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, coupled with the weak strength of Zhang Han and others, and could not get the support of the people in Guanzhong, so he was quickly killed by Liu Bang, Liu Bang is precisely because of the rich land of Guanzhong, so he has the capital to dominate the world. Moreover, his prime minister Xiao He, who had been an official of the Qin State before, was familiar with the operation of the state apparatus of the Qin State, and could help Liu Bang mobilize all the resources to fight against Xiang Yu.

On the contrary, Zhu Yu felt that Xiang Yu was a top talent, and he defeated Qin Jun and Liu Bang again and again, but there was no way, his personal strength could not stop the powerful state machine, and in the end he was defeated and killed himself.

Therefore, Zhu believes that for a king, the so-called top talents are not the most important, the most important thing is strength and discipline. The so-called "Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix Chicks, one person can win the world." "Liu Bei got it, didn't he win either?

The most important thing in Zhu Ao's training of the army is to emphasize discipline and advance when he hears the drums, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, he must move forward indomitantly and retreat when he hears the gold, even if there is a mountain of gold and silver in front of him, he cannot take a cent, otherwise the military law will be ruthless!

Therefore, once the order was given, although the soldiers of the Su State were very tired, none of them complained, and immediately entered the wartime state, corrected the artillery emplacements, and dug the pits for the attacking artillery. The officers and men of the forward battalion were all gearing up and preparing to attack. The war horses were neighing, the warriors were roaring, and the 100,000 troops of the Su Kingdom began to be busy again.

The Hami King Nahuri and his more than 20,000 Hami troops who were watching from the sidelines were all stunned by this scene, they did not expect that the army of the Su State could be banned to this point, and the enthusiasm for war would be so high, I am afraid that Genghis Khan's troops were only like this.

Each of them began to secretly rejoice that they had surrendered, and if they were enemies of such an army, they would definitely be eaten up and wiped clean by the other side, and they would be killed to the ground.

Bol, who was supervising the battle in the rear, suddenly saw such a full morale scene of the Su army, and he couldn't help but be surprised, he had done a certain degree of investigation on Zhu Ao, the king of Su, and thought that with his strength, there were only 100,000 soldiers at most, leaving the part that had to defend Wara, and he could only send 50,000 or 60,000 people at most to fight with him, even if he added Hami's coalition army, he was confident that he would eat the opponent, but looking at the current posture of Zhu Ao, at least he brought no less than 100,000 troops, which were almost equal to his own men and horses, and his heart couldn't help but be.

He still underestimated King Su's ability to manage and control his own country, and underestimated his potential.

Seeing that the hundreds of thousands of troops had set up an offensive posture, the Uighur general Bol did not dare to slack off, and immediately abandoned the city of Turpan, but only sent a few thousand troops to monitor and prevent them from making trouble in the rear, and turned all the main forces to meet the combined forces of Suguo and Hami brought by Zhu Ao.

Dilinazar and the Hami soldiers at the head of the city were all relieved to see this scene, looking at the posture, the Uighur army would definitely not attack itself before defeating the Su State, and it has always been taboo for soldiers to beat people with two fists, especially when the strength of the other party is not much different from yours.

"Princess, we won." The captain named Bahu walked up to Dilinazar, placed his right hand on his chest, bowed deeply to her, and spoke in a strong tone of gratitude. To tell the truth, if it weren't for the princess's words yesterday, he would have advocated surrender, so that even if he saved his life, he would have spent his life in guilt, not to mention, he was a general, and his position on the Uighur side can be imagined, I am afraid that a commander of a thousand or even a centurion can call him to drink.

Therefore, she was very grateful to the princess, and it was because of the princess's last insistence last night that he was able to survive until the arrival of reinforcements, not only to save his life and status, but also to preserve his dignity as a warrior.

"Yes, princess. We won. "We won the princess." "Look at how strong the Su army is, it will definitely be able to defeat the Uighur army." "Princess, you really found a wishful man. We are here to congratulate the princess. "Yes, congratulations to the princess. I hope that the princess and King Su can be together for a hundred years. ”

Di Linaza listened to the praise of the soldiers of the Hami army, and her heart did not feel sweet, to be honest, if these people praised her, it would not make her feel very happy, but if they praised her Langjun, it would really make her happy.

Because every woman hopes that her man is a hero of the world, no worse than others, which is their greatest glory.

Di Lina was supported by the maid Luluo, threw away the blood-stained war knife in her hand, and had a happy smile on her face for the rest of her life, instantly like a fairy of the Nine Heavens, petrified all the soldiers, and said proudly and kindly: "Don't worry, soldiers, he is here, and we will win." This princess counts when she speaks, and you are all my great heroes. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." All the soldiers replied in unison, their hearts were full of infinite guilt and gratitude, as a warrior, they did not think of dying on the battlefield, but the idea of surrender last night, which was enough to make them ashamed for a lifetime, and now Her Royal Highness the princess not only did not pursue it, but still called them heroes, how could this not make them grateful?

"Settle down, everybody. Reinforcements are coming, and I don't think the Uighurs will attack the city on a large scale, so this princess will go and clean up first, and I will trouble you here. Di Linaza said with a slight smile. The frost on the face was swept away, today is a good day, why do you have a cold face? I must go down and clean myself up, for I am confident that with your abilities, you will surely defeat the Uighurs and save the city of Turpan, and I don't want you to see me in such a mess. No matter what the situation, I will appear in front of you in the most beautiful posture.

The generals are all old and sophisticated, their wives have married a lot, and their daughters are older than Di Linaza, so they naturally know her little thoughts, they looked at each other, and they all replied with a smile: "Please rest assured, princess." We'll leave it to you here. ”

Di Linaza smiled slightly, still regained her proud princess look, didn't care about the evil smile of the generals, and said, "Then there will be labor." Immediately, with the support of the maid Green Pothos, he slowly walked down the city wall and returned to his temporary dormitory.

At the same time, the Su army outside Turpan had completed their pre-battle preparations, and every soldier looked at the Uighurs in the trenches as if they were going to be eaten alive.

Zhu Ao raised his eyes and looked at the ruined Turpan city wall not far away, the banner of the Hami army that had been shot with countless holes by arrows, and knew that his woman had suffered a lot under the hands of the Uighur army in the past few days, and his heart was on fire, and he said secretly: Dead Nizi, you take a good look at the city, and see how this king can avenge you? Immediately, the tiger stared, a layer of frost hung on his handsome face, and the anger in his eyes burned hot, as if he was going to burn the world away, and shouted at Qu Neng: "Qu Neng! What are you waiting for? Why don't you hurry up and beat up this bunch of rabbit cubs for this king! ”

Being scolded by Zhu Ao like this, the anger in Qu Neng's heart also burst into flames, his dark face was flushed with blood, and his beard was jumping up and down because of the muscle twitches on his face, and he shouted at the firearms battalion: "Don't do it yet!" ”

When Zhou Lianzhong, the commander of the firearms battalion, heard Qu Neng's order, a layer of killing intent instantly appeared on his face, and the order flag in his hand waved down violently, shouting: "Release!" ”

In an instant, the Ming army's general's artillery, second general's artillery, iron mortar artillery, Shen's cannon, and attack artillery roared in unison, smashing one after another with angry lead bullets into the Uighur army's position on the other side of the trench. The Uighur army of this dog's day has been in a hurry for the past two days, and their legs are about to run away, and if they don't give them a little color at this time, they are not considered men!

The firearms of the early Ming Dynasty were still leading the world, and the large lead bullets landed from the air, just looking at them made people tremble, and the Uighur army was so frightened that they began to scatter and flee, but the monks could not run away from the temple, and Zhu Ao did not plan to really attack them, but just bluffed with a few shots, so the main goal was not to kill and injure the Uighur army, because the artillery in the early Ming Dynasty was a solid bullet, which could not create a scene of exploding one by one, and the lethality of the loosely positioned artillery was limited.

The main targets of Zhu Ao's attack were the main military facilities in the Uighur army's camp, such as arrow towers, enemy platforms, and other things that could pose a major threat to the attacking Soviet army, and these things did not have long legs, and it was impossible to run away, as long as they were aimed, it was a fatal blow, so people said that artillery was the infantry's best friend.

"Click!" With a loud bang, an arrow emplacement in the Uighur camp was hit by several large iron mortar shells from Zhu Ao, and it was instantly smashed to pieces and collapsed, and the Uighur archers on it were not spared, and all of them fell to the ground, either dead or wounded.

"Quick! Shoot the arrows! The adjutant general of the Uighur army, who was in charge of commanding the front, also waved his sword and shouted loudly that the forward battalion of the Suguo was approaching the trench dug by the Uighur army, a distance within reach.

When the Uighur archers heard the commander's order, they immediately took off their hard bows, mounted sharp arrows one after another, and poured their arrows down to the forward battalion of the Su army, the Mongols are a people on horseback, each of them has received strict training in mounted archery since childhood, archery is as normal as eating, and almost every one of their warriors is equipped with a hard bow, and the tens of thousands of troops responsible for defending the eastern front of the Su army have just been blown up by the firearms of the Su army, and they are holding their stomachs. At this time, he took this opportunity to vent his anger to the soldiers of Su Guo.

The forward battalion of the Su army was immediately faced with the enemy's pouring of arrows, but fortunately, they were well prepared, and they raised their shields above their heads to cover themselves and their allies, but Rao was so, and there were still arrows that slipped through the net, injuring the Su soldiers under the shields.

"Ahh There was a scream, and a soldier of the Su Kingdom was shot in the arm by a sharp arrow from the Uighur army, and he lay on the ground and rolled on the ground in pain.

Seeing this, the little flag officer next to him immediately pulled him back into the shield array and scolded: "Don't run around, you want to be shot as a hedgehog?" ”

Then, in this improvised shield array, he ripped off the cloth on the left arm of the wounded Su soldier, and then stuffed a rag into his mouth, holding the shaft of the sharp arrow with his hand, and said nervously: "Bear with the pain, it will be fine for a while." ”

Immediately, with a very rough "bang", the arrow inserted in the arm of the Su soldier was pulled out, and the painful Su soldier screamed again, and the rag in his mouth fell out.

When the little flag officer of Su Guo saw him like this, the boss in his heart was unhappy, and scolded with a straight face: "Look at your cowardice, one arrow will become like this, and you may not be hurt in the future?" Missing arms and legs are light. Immediately, he began to pour gold sore medicine to bandage him simply, and arrows fell from time to time on the shield on the top of his head, making a clanging metal impact, but none of the Su soldiers in the shield array had a panicked look on their faces, and everyone was calmly doing what they had to do, so they could be called an excellent army.

In this case, the little flag officer of Su Guo helped his subordinates complete the bandage, and after tying the last knot on the gauze, he patted the soldier on the shoulder, sat on the ground, and said nonchalantly: "Okay, get up quickly." It's just a small injury, don't make it too dead and let others see the joke. ”

The soldier of Su Guo is a recruit who has just been conscripted into the army, although he has undergone a certain amount of training, but after all, he has not been tested in actual combat, he just saw that the other party has so many arrows shooting over, he panicked for a while, and subconsciously ran around, only then he was hit by the arrow, if it wasn't for his own little flag officer who saved him in time, he would have been shot into a hedgehog now afraid of death, and he was very ashamed of his extremely unprofessional behavior at the moment, sat up with his right hand, and then touched his head, and smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry." Sir. I won't do that again. ”

Su Guo's little flag officer saw that he knew that he was wrong, and he was very happy in his heart, eating a trench and growing wise, this little injury for a little memory value, it is better than losing his life in the future, patted him on the shoulder at the moment, and comforted him very kindly: "It doesn't matter, just get used to it." I was also scared when I first started going to war. ”

While the two brothers were talking, the archers of the Ming army were already in place, and under Qu Neng's order, they bent their bows and arrows one after another, sending rows of arrows at the Uighur army opposite, they were all well-trained archers, and their archery skills were no worse than those of the Mongols, so this row of arrows also made the Uighur army on the opposite side suffer a lot.