Chapter 197: Details Determine Fate

The veteran, apparently the father of the crying recruit, had been killed by the lead bullet that had hit the boulder they were carrying, and it bounced off the veteran's head, bursting his brain.

Oh my life! What else can be said? The two soldiers, along with the Uighur centurion, ran over to comfort the soldier who had been crying out for the sky.

The centurion patted him on the shoulder and sighed very sadly: "Just put your father here, let him watch us kill the Ming army!" ”

The Uighur soldier choked back tears, nodded heavily, and then wiped his already dusty face with a pair of dirty hands, revealing obvious finger marks, and with full of anger and his companions, he opened fire on the Ming army, he wanted to avenge his old father.

Under the double blow of the Uighur reinforcements and the stone-throwing fleet, the soldiers of the forward battalion of the Ming army, who were responsible for attacking the stone wall, fell into a bitter battle, and the situation was stalemate for a while, and no one could help anyone.

Compared with the heat of the eastern front, the north side of the Uighur army's position was very calm, several Uighur troops patrolled back and forth, and never found anything abnormal, and some of the troops on their side were taken away to defend the front, although there were not many people left, but everyone did not dare to relax their vigilance, because there were too many cases of fighting from the east to the west from ancient times to the present, and everyone had an extra mind and would not be easily fooled, especially just now, the deputy general did not spend time to send people to convey orders for them to strengthen their vigilance and prevent the enemy from sneaking attack.

At this moment, a Uighur soldier in charge of the guard suddenly noticed something unusual outside the camp, and when he looked closely, he realized that it was a large group of men and horses approaching the area. The soldier judged that this was the Ming soldier in charge of attacking the west, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Heighten your vigilance! ”

The Uighur army on the northern front became nervous, took up their weapons and entered the designated positions, setting up a position for a major battle. The Uighur Khan's golden sword and horse in charge of the defense of the northern front suddenly tensed up when he heard the alarm, and he immediately calmed down and strode to the front to observe the movements of the enemy army.

Because he saw that it was no one else coming from the opposite side, it was a group of stragglers in Hami uniforms, they were in a very disorganized formation, carrying a few strange ladders, and were hurrying slowly. Unexpectedly, it was this group of people sent by King Su to attack them.

It didn't matter if the smile of the golden sword and horse caused the soldiers around him to laugh, and then the Uighur army on the entire northern front began to laugh, they knew that the elite of Hami were trapped in the city by them and could not get out, and the rest were some second-rate troops, and they did not pay attention to the first-rate troops, and they were even more contemptuous when they saw these second-rate troops, and some unauthentic Uighur troops even began to wave their hands to the Hami army, and they almost said: "Savadika".

However, they didn't laugh for long, and immediately fell into a huge panic, because after the "Hami army" that came to attack entered the designated position, they immediately tore off the layer of skin that made them very uncomfortable on their bodies, revealing their true colors of Lushan.

"Ming Army! It's the Ming Army! Hurry up and release the arrows! Fast! The golden knife horse was startled, the chrysanthemum was tight, and his legs were weak, and he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to wait with bows and arrows, and he must drive back this wave of sneak attacks of the Ming army.

The Uighur archers were also shocked when they saw the true face of the Ming army, and before they could finish their words, they immediately took out their arrows and put them on their bows, preparing to give the Ming army on the other side of the trench a close salvo, so that they would not return.

However, the Ming army had been prepared for this, and the archers who entered the range first ripped off the hard bows of the Uighurs, mounted their arrows and shot at the Uighurs on the opposite side, and immediately put down a group of Uighur archers.

A Uighur archer had just bent his bow and aimed at his target, and was about to shoot his first arrow against the Ming army, when he did not want to see a sharp arrow into his forehead, and he fell to the ground on his back, and his bow and arrow fell to the side.

"Build a ladder! Attack the village! Zhu Ao emerged from the back of the group, pointed his heavy sword at the Uighur position in front of him, and shouted with a solemn face.

Last night, the thing that Zhu Ao and King Hami discussed was to exchange clothes—of course, to let the Ming army and the Hami army exchange clothes. The soldiers of the Hami army wore the uniforms of the Ming army and continued to attack the stone wall with the forward battalion, while some of the elite of the Ming army changed into the clothes of the Hami army, taking advantage of the contempt of the Uighur army for the Hami army, and went around the northern defense line to carry out a surprise attack, which really achieved good results.

The assault troops of the Ming army, taking advantage of the cover of this wave of archers, quickly carried the ladder close to the trench, and what shocked the Uighur army was that they did not erect the ladder and turn it over, set up on the opposite side of the trench and attack the fortress, but the current row of Ming troops jumped down and jumped into the trench.

Subsequently, the Ming army pushed up their dozen strange ladders and set them up on top of the trench. Their ladders were strange because they weren't long enough to reach the other end of the trench, but they weren't far, just over three feet apart. In addition, there is a bracket at the end of the ladder above the trench, and the bracket is supported in the trench to fix the ladder.

The advantage of this is that it is not easy to be overturned by the enemy, and there is still a distance of more than a meter from the other side of the trench, and it is not easy for the Uighurs to pry it over no matter what tools they use, and the distance of more than one meter is not far.

In a hurry, more than a dozen Ming sword and shield men had jumped through the ladder and engaged the Uighur soldiers on the other side of the trench.

"Hold it off for me! Don't let them break through the barracks! Go and ask the lieutenant general for help! Seeing that the situation was not good, the Golden Knife Horse also became very nervous in his heart, and changed his previous frivolous and playful expression, and hurriedly ordered the herald beside him.

The herald did not dare to hesitate, and immediately turned around and ran after receiving the order, and rushed to the deputy general to ask for help.

This scene has long been seen by Zhu Ao, who supervised the battle in front of the Ming army, and must break through the camp before the arrival of enemy reinforcements, otherwise the previous series of efforts will be in vain.

"Hurry up! The reward for the first attack on the camp is 5,000 taels of silver, and those who retreat will be killed! Zhu Ao's handsome face had already been pulled down, and his face was solemn, even harsher than the bitter cold of winter, which made people dare not look at it.

"Hurry up! Bad boys, your chance to make a meritorious service has arrived! Don't poke at the back and sit on the cold bench and watch others get promoted and get rich! "General Zhang Long led the guards to charge in person, this time the prince chose to bring him, it is the greatest trust in him, he must play a brilliant battle in this battle, in order to make up for the general he lost because of his mistakes.

"Kill!" The Ming army shouted loudly, rushed up from the passage carefully built for them by the king of Su, and poured like a tidal wave into the Uighur position on the other side of the trench, rushing to be the first to break through the camp, and in this lightning flash, hundreds of Ming troops rushed over and began to destroy the Uighur camp.

This peculiar cloud ladder shape was conceived by Zhu Ao on a whim last night, don't underestimate this small move, it is very effective for the progress of the war. This ladder is placed on the shore outside the trench at one end and supported by a tripod at the other end, and is placed one meter above the trench one meter away from the opposite side, so that the soldiers can not only cross the ladder along the ladder, but also avoid overturning the ladder on the opposite side, which greatly improves the success rate.

Fighting a war is often about details, those so-called famous sayings of soldiers, such as "luring the enemy into the depths", "striking the east and attacking the west", "annihilating the enemy's living force", etc., everyone knows that few people will be fooled, but if you can come up with new tricks in the key details, you can really play a surprising winning effect.

The Ming army swarmed up, instantly dispersed the Uighur army on guard on the edge of the trench, and attacked the enemy's main camp, and the situation was extremely favorable. Seeing this scene, Zhang Long, the general's servant, became murderous, and simply abandoned his command position, took his own guards, crossed the ladder, and went straight to the enemy's camp.

"Rush! Work harder and you'll win! Zhang Long shouted loudly while brandishing his sword, he had seen the dawn of victory, and his heart was very excited, as long as he broke through the camp of the Uighur army this time, the star on his shoulder should come back, and when the time came, he would no longer have to feel embarrassed to see Li Mian and the others, and he could drink with them on an equal footing.

"Cut down their wooden fences, Your Highness has an order, and those who enter the camp first will be rewarded with five thousand taels of silver!" The commander in charge of commanding on the front line commanded Jiang Mihou while organizing the attack and commanded loudly. He saw Zhang Long rushing over, and knew that the leader attached great importance to this matter, and he was going to break through the enemy's camp no matter what, so he also risked his life at the moment, and personally rushed to the front, and slashed the opponent's wooden fence with ordinary soldiers.

"Shoot the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows! As the Uighur horse, he was also known for his bravery, and because of this, he was favored by the Great Khan and married the princess to him, if the Ming army broke the camp here today, then what face did he have to go back to see his father-in-law, and he could only apologize for his death if the Ming army broke the camp here today.

A Ming army knife and axe hand was shaking his arms, using all his strength to cut the wooden fence in front of him, I have to say, the Uighur army camp is very strong, and the wood is all good hardwood, and an axe will not cause much damage. As the vanguard, the most important task is to clear the barricades for the large army behind, otherwise when the large army comes, the wooden fence here is still erected, that is, they have not worked. At that moment, the second pole was full of energy, threw away the shield in his hand casually, and then picked up the axe with both hands and slashed towards the wooden fence.

At that moment, a sharp arrow burst through the air and shot straight into his chest, and although he was wearing armor, it still pierced through his heart at such a close distance.

The sturdy body of the Ming army fell suddenly, his eyes were full of unwillingness, and he still held the mountain-opening axe tightly in his hand. Seeing this, another Ming saber and axe bearer behind him jumped forward with an arrow, took over from the fallen Ming saber and axeman, and began to continue wielding his axe and slashing the Uighur army's wooden fence.