Chapter 205: Wang Qi is the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty
When the soldiers in the front row of the Uighur army rushed to the front of the Ming army, they suddenly felt that their feet were hanging, and many of them fell into the trap arranged by the Ming army, and their whole legs stepped in, only half of their bodies were exposed, and they could not move. These people all became the live targets of the archers of the Ming army, and they were shot at a fixed point, and no less than ten arrows were stuck in each person's body, and they fell on their backs or fell into the muddy ground, and their faces were covered with mud.
Other Uighur soldiers accidentally stepped on obstacles such as large iron nails that the Ming army had first scattered in front of the battle, and their entire soles were pierced, and they fell to the ground with a common sound, screaming in pain, and either became a living target for the Ming archers, or they became useless people who lost their combat effectiveness. What's more, he was even trampled to death by his teammates who rushed from behind, which was miserable.
However, the Uighurs were outnumbered, and after paying some initial casualties, most of them were killed in front of the Ming army. Enraged, they frantically waved the weapons in their hands and engaged their main enemy, the Ming soldiers.
I have to admit that the soldiers of the Uighur army are still very heroic, because they are faced with the most basic problem - the problem of survival, if they want to survive, they must defeat the Ming army in front of them, this is the only chance, so everyone exerts all their strength, with the spirit of death and lifelessness to impact the Ming army's formation.
Tens of thousands of Uighur army forwards rushed towards the Ming army's defense line like a tsunami, and the second line of defense of the Ming army was hit by a huge force, and the pressure was immediately great, but although the Ming army was small in number, it was well organized, which had to admire Zhu Hao's foresight.
Before the Ming army, the smallest officer was the small flag officer, and there were ten Ming troops in a small banner, and it was still difficult to take care of it once the battle started, and once the small flag officer died, the remaining nine Ming troops would be leaderless and easy to be defeated by the enemy. On this basis, Zhu Ao designed a non-commissioned officer system, in addition to one small flag officer, there are two non-commissioned officers, and the non-commissioned officer and the small flag officer each bring two to three soldiers, so as to strengthen the command ability of the army, so that the command can reach the people, the organization becomes very tight, and it is relatively difficult to be defeated. It's like adding steel bars to a stone wall, which will make the whole stone wall much tougher.
The Uighur spearhead was also shocked by the tenacity of the Ming army, and the two sides fought for more than two quarters of an hour.
After all, no matter how well-trained the army is, it is also people, not emotionless machines, there is such a big accident, or in the critical period of the offensive, it is impossible for the team not to panic, and now the Ming army is prepared, ready to fight to the death with the damned Uighur army, and the psychological quality of the whole team is naturally stronger than before.
What's more, the Uighur golden swords and horses slaughtered the Ming prisoners had spread all over the Ming army's camp, and every Ming soldier gritted their teeth with hatred for this, and many of them were crying with grief and indignation. Before the start of the war, Zhu Ao had already confessed that he would not accept the surrender of the Uighur army's men with golden swords and horses, and would kill one by one.
Coincidentally, today, this golden knife and horse led people to hit the muzzle of the gun again, and shouted that he would be the first hero to break the Ming army, so arrogant, who will you fight if you don't hit you?
The time set by Zhu Ao for the second line of defense had long passed, but the Ming army here, neither officers nor soldiers, had any intention of retreating, and held out for a quarter of an hour before moving to the two wings in an orderly manner under the leadership of their commander.
Due to the organization of grassroots non-commissioned officers, the retreat of the Ming army was much more orderly than that of the Hami army, and the casualties were much smaller.
"Golden Knife Horse, they are defeated!" One of the Uighur commanders shouted excitedly at the golden-swordsman horse. The commander of the Uighur army also went out today, went into battle in person, and killed two Ming troops.
"Kill! These Han people have killed so many of our compatriots, and they can kill one more! "The Golden Knife Horse has gone completely crazy, the pouring rain, the atmosphere of slaughter, and the flying blood have completely transformed him from a human into a killing machine. He brandished his sword, ignoring his own casualties, and shouted loudly, urging his men forward.
"Don't fight! Come on! A non-commissioned officer of the Ming army grabbed a red-eyed Ming soldier and shouted.
Recruits are easy to get into battle, and they may feel scared at first, but once they fight, they are easy to get in and out. As the most basic commander, the non-commissioned officer of the Ming Army, has the obligation to grasp the offensive rhythm and movement awareness of the combat team, and when he sees his teammate on top, he must be pulled back to avoid unnecessary losses.
"Ahh I'm going to kill them! The Ming soldier's emotions were evidently very agitated, for not long ago, his good friend, who had come with him to join the army, had died under the sword of the Uighurs, and the two of them were a good man, and they had seen his good friend stabbed in a big hole by the enemy, and he had fallen into the muddy water without snorting, splashing his face with blood, a feeling that no one could understate.
This Ming soldier can't forget the unwilling eyes of his good friend when he was dying, he hasn't married yet, those eyes look straight at him, as if he is asking for something, so that this soldier is always unforgettable. A surge of flesh and blood came to his heart, and even if he did not want to fight for his own life, he would kill all the Uighurs who would commit the future crimes.
"Second baby! Don't get emotional! Withdraw, the brethren are beginning to withdraw! "The non-commissioned officer understands the feelings of this comrade soldier very well, but now is not the time to be emotional, the Ming army in the second line of defense is exhausted and has begun to retreat to both flanks, what can he change if he is brave alone? can only die in vain!
"Master Chief, I'm going to kill them!" The soldier named Erwa cried and yelled at his non-commissioned officer.
This Ming army non-commissioned officer was also very emotional in his heart, Erwa was honest, affectionate, and very temperamental to him, because of this, he couldn't let him die here, grabbed his arm and dragged him back, shouting while dragging: "Don't cry and cry!" It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, it's useless for you to fight yourself to death now, wait a while, and then we will kill these Tartars happily to avenge the dogs! β
As soon as the voice fell, "Whoosh! With a thud, a sharp arrow struck the non-commissioned officer in the neck impartially, and blood suddenly gushed out. The non-commissioned officer never expected that he would die at this time, and he also thought that he would kill a few more Tartars in a while to make meritorious contributions. However, God did not fulfill people's wishes, and he could only fall into the blood without saying a word with unwillingness in his eyes.
"Master Chief!" The recruit named Erwa couldn't believe what was in front of him, and the non-commissioned officer who was usually a shining bull fork died in front of him like this, and his death was very worthless. "I hurt you."
"Don't talk nonsense here, take his corpse with you, and evacuate quickly!" Another non-commissioned officer who was also in a small flag yelled at Erwa when he saw this scene.
Erwa didn't care about revenge at this time, and with the help of her companions, she retreated to the left flank with the body of the non-commissioned officer. In ancient warfare, the number of beheadings was far less than the actual number of enemies killed, because people have feelings, and no one wanted to look at their robes and heads to be cut off to repay their merits, so as long as there was a slight opportunity, the soldiers would take away the corpses of their comrades.
The Uighurs won two battles in a row, their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed to the third line of defense of the Ming army, which also fought hard, held out until the allotted time, and then slowly retreated.
At this time, one of the Uighur commanders sensed that something was wrong, and although their central army was progressing well, the troops on both flanks were stubbornly blocked out, and there was no progress at all, and the Ming army was an organized retreat to both flanks, not to the rear. At first, he thought that the Ming army was afraid of breaking up the formation behind him, but now he began to worry faintly - the central army was too prominent.
"Golden sword and horse, the friendly forces on both wings have not made the slightest progress, are we slowing down." The Uighur commander walked up to the Golden Knife and spoke out his worries with a worried face.
Although the Uighur army's golden sword horse is known for its bravery, it is not stupid to know whether it is dead or alive, otherwise it would not be a golden sword horse, after the Uighur army commander reminded him, he also discovered this problem, he is making too fast progress, the two wings are moving slowly, and in the end he is not surrounded on three sides.
But is it okay to withdraw now? One drum, then decline, three and exhaustion, said that today is going to defeat the Ming army, take Zhu Ao's head, the cowhide blows loudly, just go back like this, isn't it a slap in the face? What does this make the officers and men of the three armed forces think? How much morale will take a hit.
Besides, there is only one day left in the army's grain stockpile, and if it is withdrawn now, it will definitely not be able to attack today, and after today, the army will run out of food, and the people's hearts will be unstable, and the Ming army will be able to drag its own side to death just by dragging it out.
The Uighur army's golden sword and horse had a solemn face, and raised his eyes to look at Zhu Ao's banner not far away, success was close at hand, how could he give up so easily? Although it is not easy to rush through, and there are several lines of defense, what is the easiest thing in this world to do? Especially how could it be easy to establish such a huge feat.
The pouring rain fell heavily, and sprinkled on his and the captain's helmets, and on the armor, splashing large and small droplets of water, washing away all the swords that were still stained with blood just a moment ago.
"Let's do it! What else can be done at this time? The Uighur army's golden sword and horse finally made his decision with a solemn face, and a pair of eyes kept looking at Zhu Hao's banner, but it could be seen that his heart had gone through a great tangle.
Fighting a war is a gamble, who can say what will happen in the next moment? Last time, the Ming army attacked their own stockade, wasn't it because of a fire in the backyard?
Although the Ming army has a trap, but their side is not without a chance of winning, first of all, there are many people on their side, secondly, the heavy rain weather, the Ming army's most proud firearms can not be used, again, every Uighur army soldier knows that after today, they will run out of food, do not want to die can only defeat the Ming army in front of them, all are willing to fight to the death, morale can be used.
As long as these defensive lines of the Ming army are broken and Zhu Ao is captured, it is useless for the Ming army to have 10,000 tricks, and as long as it breaks through the Chinese army of the Ming army, the two wings of the Ming army will be divided into two, so that they can't take care of each other, and then it will be useless for them to be stronger, and it is only a matter of time before they defeat them.
"Kill! Defeat the Ming army and capture Zhu Ao alive! After such a reminder from the golden sword and horse, the commander of the Uighur army also figured out that at this time, there was only one way to Huashan, and whether it was success or failure depended on who was ruthless.
One step forward is heaven, and one step back is the abyss.
"Kill!" Tens of thousands of Uighur vanguards, led by golden swords and horses, braved the heavy rain to once again charge the Ming defenses, and the pouring rain struck them in the face and sprinkled them on their armor and weapons, not only did not lower their morale, but inspired them to fight supreme in their hearts.
The vanguard of the Uighur army raised their weapons and stepped on the mud under their feet to charge the Ming army, and the mud on the ground splashed them, and they did not bother to pay attention to it, but charged forward with all their hearts, and defeated the Ming army in front of them.
The Ming army defending the fourth line of defense was a veteran of the Su State, and their combat effectiveness was very strong, although the number was less than that of the Uighur army, but each of them dared to fight desperately, and after several life and death battles, they had long regarded life and death very lightly, and in their hearts, the honor of the soldiers was more important than anything else.
The recruits in front of them can hold out for two quarters of an hour, and they can't afford to lose to the recruits. Under the command of the commander, the Su army stubbornly resisted, and the swords and guns on both sides were staggered, and people continued to fall, fell into the muddy ground, splashed several feet high, and buried themselves on the land forever.
After nearly half an hour of hard fighting, the Uighur army finally broke the fourth line of defense of the Ming army, but it also paid a heavy price of casualties, especially for them to wonder that, according to past experience, if the main general of the army was killed, the army would immediately be scattered and lose its combat effectiveness.
However, after their archers shot the commander of this Ming army to death, this Ming army did not have the slightest confusion, but became more and more courageous under the command of another person, causing them great casualties.
This is the role of the military rank system, although the commander of the Ming army was not careful to hit the opponent's arrow, but this Ming army did not panic because of this, looked around, and saw that the highest rank here is the commander Tongzhi, so they united under his banner and continued to struggle to resist the Uighur army.
This system greatly enhances the resilience of the army, so that the army no longer depends on one person, but becomes an organic whole, no matter what the situation, it can spontaneously organize and continue to fight.
The forward battalion of the Uighur army began to attack the fifth line of defense of the Ming army, and the situation at this time was becoming more and more unfavorable for them, starting from the fourth line of defense, the Ming army in charge of defense was all veterans of the Su State, not to mention the increasing combat effectiveness, and even the Ming army on the flanks began to act, harassing the rear of the central army of the Uighur army, making their attack quite obstructive and very troublesome.
However, the Uighur army, which was superior in numbers, still broke through the two lines of defense of the Ming army one after another by virtue of its strong combat effectiveness and the will to fight to the death, and rushed to the front of the seventh line of defense.
The seventh line of defense, which is the defense line under the command of Zhu Ao himself, is composed of the old foundation of the three guards of the palace of the year, and the combat effectiveness is very fierce, when they broke the Hami army with one enemy and four enemies, and now they want to make this indestructible furnace foundation, and the dream of the Uighur army is strangled under their feet.
"Kill! In front of him is Zhu Ao'er, and whoever can take his head will be the first Uighur warrior! The Uighur commander who rushed to the front of the line pointed his sword at Zhu Hao's banner and shouted hoarsely. Even breaking the six lines of defense of the Ming army, in addition to exhaustion, made him even more excited, in front of him is the king of Su Zhu Ao, as long as he crosses this line of defense, the immortal merit will be in hand, as soon as he thinks of this, the commander of the Uighur army suddenly felt blood spurting, regardless of the danger, personally led the soldiers to the front line.
"Bold fanatic! How dare you call my prince by his name! "The commander of the last line of defense is the commander Wang Huchen, although he has changed from the first striker to the current defender, but Wang Huchen did not have a trace of displeasure in his heart, but was even more excited, because he knew that the prince trusted him, so he gave him his net worth and life.
After Wang Huchen heard the shouts of the Uighur commander, he immediately jumped like thunder, and the anger in his heart suddenly came out, the ancients humiliated the king and humiliated the ministers, and the other party so blatantly provoked their boss, it was obvious that they did not take them as little brothers in their eyes, which made Wang Huchen, who had a hot temper comparable to Chang Yuchun, not angry.
Wang Huchen's two-pole spirit also came up, and when he handed over the command position to his deputy, Commander Tongzhi, threw off his arms and rushed forward with a big knife desperately, and he must chop up this miscellaneous piece that can't speak.
Zhu Ao, who was supervising the battle in the rear, smiled slightly when he saw this scene, he had long expected that Wang Huchen would do this, and he was not annoyed because he left the command position without permission, to be honest, he just liked Wang Huchen's brave and fearless spirit, this kind of person can stand up at a critical moment. If he retreats 10,000 steps, even if Wang Huchen is killed, he is not worried, because the Su army has never relied on individual troops, and they will still unite around Wang Huchen's command and acquaintance to resist with all their might.
βduangοΌβ With a bang, the swords of Wang Huchen and the Uighur commander were intertwined, and the air in the vicinity was buzzing. The commander of the Uighur army suddenly felt his arm numb, his martial arts were not as good as Wang Huchen, coupled with this morning's fighting, he was already exhausted, and he was completely supported by a breath, which supported him to cut small soldiers, but when he met a martial arts master like Wang Huchen, he could only rest.
"Die!" With a loud shout, Wang Huchen kicked the Uighur commander in the head, then flew forward and slashed off his head.
"Good! Good! Seeing this, the morale of the Ming army in the seventh line of defense was greatly boosted, and they shouted loudly and launched counterattacks against the Uighur army on the opposite side.
As Zhu Ao had predicted, the Uighur army had reached its limit at this time, and from morning to afternoon, it broke through the six lines of defense of the Ming army, which looked very stylish and remarkable, but this had exhausted all their sharpness. The soldiers of the forward battalion of the Uighur army all felt the same as the commander at this time, their arms were sore, their waists and legs were weak, and they were all supported by one breath, and under the counterattack of the Ming army, a large number of them fell in an instant.
They're already at the end of the crossbow! At the end of the strong crossbow, you can't wear Lu Mianye!
Although the Uighur army was still attacking desperately, although from time to time sharp arrows flew to the shield in front of him, or flew over his head, Zhu Ao knew that the Uighur army had reached its limit, and they were just trapped beasts, like a heavy camel, and it was almost the last straw that crushed it.
Unfortunately, the straw was also prepared for them. Zhu Ao turned his head to look at General Zuo Li Mian, and smiled confidently: "Go ahead." Take out your secret army! β
The corners of Li Mian's mouth opened suddenly, and it was finally his turn to appear, who said that on a rainy day, the firearms battalion can only sit on a cold bench, and the old self will let you Tartars see it today, even if it is a rainy day, we will beat you like a firearms battalion and cry your father and mother.
Li Mian's secret army is the grenade unit of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the grenade of the Ming Dynasty naturally cannot be compared with the current grenade, first of all, it is not filled with explosives but black powder, if the power of the explosion is at most, it is about the same as two kicks, far from the killing radius of many meters of the current grenade.
Secondly, the grenades of the Ming Dynasty were not made of metal on the outside, but made of ceramic, and after the explosion, the lethality caused by shrapnel was not great.
Therefore, in order to strengthen the power of this grenade, the Ming army often very unkindly loaded the ceramics with sharp objects such as broken iron pieces. Then use a bamboo or reed pipe as a fuse, and then seal it with soil and fish glue.
As early as the night before yesterday, when it was about to rain, Zhu Ao ordered Li Mian to hurry up to make grenades, although it was rainy in the past two days, but the Ming army hid in the tent to make completely sealed grenades did not suffer much, there were definitely duds, but Zhu Ao believed that most of them could still blow up.
"Quick! Bad boys, it's your turn to play, and don't be polite to the Uighurs! Li Mian walked off Zhu Ao's general platform, came to a large tent nearby, and said loudly to the dozens of Ming soldiers inside.
These dozens of Ming soldiers are his grenade troops, and there are still in the tent next to them, and he has already sent his men to inform them.
ps: There are changes to the plot, and when the protagonist left after getting married, he said that he would see the city wall of Nanjing for the last time. has been changed, and the protagonist will go to Nanjing in the future.