Chapter 520: The Final Battle (21)
The Mongol iron cavalry finally retreated, and the retreat was very clean, and the corpses scattered on the battlefield did not have time to be cleaned up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Cai Siwei looked at Zhang Jue, who was lying on the ground and unwilling to move, and Lu Wenhuan, who was wrapping his arms, laughed, he had already received a report from the scouts, and the army led by the emperor arrived at Yishui County, and the Mongol Tatars attacked with all their might, but they were not able to break through the defense line of the Ming army and were forced to withdraw to Yishui County.
The battle finally lasted for two and a half days.
100,000 troops, casualties are at least about sixty percent, such a heavy loss, Cai Siwei dare not imagine, you must know that this is the most elite army of the Ming army.
However, such a loss, in exchange for the total annihilation of the fighters of the Mongolian iron cavalry under Kublai Khan, was worth it.
Zhang Jue and Lu Wenhuan also laughed, and even burst into tears.
When he led the army to evacuate towards the city of Yishui County, Hedan did not have any expression on his face.
After two and a half days of fighting, the casualties of the sergeants were close to 40,000, and they paid such a heavy price, but they were not able to break through the defense line of the Ming army, and Hedan couldn't figure it out, but fortunately, the emperor had already detoured away from Wangjiadun and went to Jinan Mansion under the escort of the guards and elite sergeants, which was also the only thing that Hedan felt relieved about.
Sticking to the city of Yishui County and waiting for the help of the capital has become the only belief that Hedan can adhere to.
It's a pity that the hope is too slim, the first thing is the lack of grain and grass, there is not much grain in Yishui County, nearly 100,000 troops need a lot of grain and grass expenses, once the grain is out, the army will be chaotic without a fight.
But in a short period of time, where did I get so much food?
Before entering the city of Yishui, Hedan had already made up his mind that he could not stick to the city, but he still had to try to kill it, or rob the Ming army of food and grass to maintain the cost of the army.
The withdrawal of Yishui County is forced, and the Ming army must not be allowed to occupy the city, otherwise nearly 100,000 soldiers will die without a place to be buried, and the withdrawal of Yishui County is also a step by step.
Near noon, the army finally arrived at the city of Yishui County.
All the sergeants entered the city, and when the city gate was about to close, the scouts came to report that the Ming army was only five miles away from the county seat.
This news made Hedan's face change dramatically, and he completely understood.
In fact, the reinforcements of the Ming army had already arrived in the city of Yishui County, but they had no intention of occupying the city at all, just waiting for the Mongolian soldiers under his command to enter the city.
At this moment, Hedan suddenly thought of the artillery of the Ming army.
Shocked Hedan, he quickly began to think, maybe the army entered the city to temporarily hold on, it was a very wrong decision, and it had entered the trap set by the Ming army a long time ago.
He Dan understood too late.
The four hundred Dingkun cannons began to roar, leaving no chance for Hedan to adjust.
This time, the Dingkun cannon was directly aimed at the city of Yishui County.
The city of Yishui is not very large, after nearly 100,000 troops entered the city, the narrow city seemed to be extremely crowded, and the soldiers almost all occupied the houses in the city, entered the house to rest, and waited for the order of Prince Hedan.
The shells that fell from the sky made the Mongolian sergeants stunned.
The small city has become a box at this moment, and all the Mongolian sergeants are loaded into this box, and the shells fall in the box, and the rest is heavy casualties.
The artillery fire will not stop, desperately firing, until the cannon chamber turns red and cannot be fired, the soldiers of the Dingkun Army even poured water directly on the top of the cannon chamber in order to be able to fire more shells.
The county government where Prince Hedan was resting was not spared, and was constantly hit by shells, and in the front, middle and back yards of the county office, there were many sergeants who were hit by shells, and they had long lost any breath.
The collapsed houses suppressed some of the sergeants who were hiding inside, and many of them closed their eyes forever in the screams, and the horses went even more crazy, running around the city, and even directly bumped into the sergeants around them and stepped on them.
The city of Yishui County quickly turned into a hell on earth, and the sergeants who were hiding in the city did not know when they would die, and they did not know when the shells falling from the sky would hit them.
The four gates of the city were opened, and some of the unbearable Mongolian iron cavalry sergeants galloped towards the outside of the city on horseback, waiting for them was round after round of accurate arrow rain, and countless sergeants fell on the open space outside the city.
Hedan was no better, if it weren't for the desperate protection of the guards around him, he would have been hit by a cannonball.
Staggered away from the county office, came to the street, and looked at the tragic situation on the street, and the old man of Hedan burst into tears.
This is the elite of the Great Yuan court, the proud Mongolian iron cavalry, many of them have gone to Europe to conquer, and the European crusaders who beat the tall horses knelt down and begged for mercy, but what is the matter now, why is there no way to fight back under the attack of the Ming army.
He Dan finally gave the order, all the sergeants left the city, and broke through to the outside, although he knew that the Ming reinforcements were waiting outside the city, but at this time, it was a wise choice to rush out of the city, if all the sergeants stayed in the city, I was afraid that most of the sergeants would be wiped out by the artillery of the Ming army.
Hedan led most of the sergeants to break through from the direction of the south gate, and a small number of sergeants rushed out from the direction of the north gate, the west gate and the east gate.
A large number of sergeants began to break through from the south gate.
The sky suddenly darkened, and countless bows and arrows with smoke were fired.
The sergeants instinctively dodged these bows and arrows and continued to charge forward, but they never imagined that the bows and arrows that landed on the ground exploded quickly, setting off a wave of qi that caused many soldiers around them to fall off their horses.
It turned out that this was the Ming army using bows and arrows to throw thunder.
This is the idea that Zhang Wenqian came up with, since he used his hands to throw the thunder, there was a disadvantage in the distance, so he simply used a bow and arrow to launch the thunder, so the distance was farther, and the Mongolian army could not resist.
Hedan, who was inside the corridor, couldn't hold back anymore when he saw the scene outside, and tears flowed down again.
The sergeants who rushed out of the city gate one after another almost all fell within a hundred meters of the city, a large number of corpses, blood flowing on the ground, and the unbearable smell of blood, which meant that the Mongolian iron cavalry was gradually being wiped out by the Ming army.
The weeping Prince Hedan couldn't think of any other way, he entered the city and encountered the attack of the Ming artillery, and went out of the city to fight and encountered the bombardment of thunder, neither advancing nor retreating, and Hedan watched the Mongolian iron cavalry soldiers under his command fall into a desperate situation.
Wu Shaogang's performance was much easier.
Kublai Khan, escorted by the guards and a small number of Mongolian sergeants, diverted to Jinan Mansion, which did not surprise Wu Shaogang, if Kublai Khan was following the army and waiting for death, it would be a strange thing.
The Mongolian sergeant had just entered the city of Yishui County, and before he had time to rest, the Dingkun cannon began to roar, and all the shells were poured into the city, so that the Mongolian sergeant in the city could not hide, and the Mongolian sergeant who was forced to be helpless chose to break through, but unfortunately the outside of the city was laid out with a more frightening formation.
At this time, Wu Shaogang could be sure that the Mongolian Iron Cavalry was over, and there was no chance of regaining its glory.
The Mongolian soldiers who rushed out of the city gate kept falling, and no one could rush to the front of the Ming army's queue, that is to say, the Ming soldiers who were ready to fight were useless at the moment, that is, they watched a large number of Mongolian soldiers rushing out and fell in a pool of blood.
In Wu Shaogang's mind, a lyric came up: I can't go back.
This sentence is the most appropriate to give to Prince Hedan.
Before the battle of Shandong began, Wu Shaogang did have a dream and plan, that is, to completely annihilate the Mongolian army that entered Shandong, but that was just an idea, and he would never say it, but it was only a long time, and everything became a reality.
Wu Shaogang did not plan to let many soldiers charge, he clearly knew that the Mongolian army had almost no food, and after the battle of Wangjiadun, his emotions could not be calmed down, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a frightened bird.
The bombardment of the Dingkun artillery finally came to an end, but an hour had passed.
The Ming army did not launch an attack on the city of Yishui County, and began to clean up the battlefield in an orderly manner, although the open space in front of the city gate was full of the corpses of the Mongolian soldiers, but in the late summer and early autumn season, the autumn tiger was still in full swing, and the climate was hot, these corpses must be buried immediately, otherwise they would infect countless diseases.
The county pond of Yishui County is surrounded by iron buckets.
Cai Siwei, Zhang Jue, Lu Wenhuan and others are finally back.
Seeing the three people who were all hanging colors, Wu Shaogang stepped forward to take a closer look and patted the three of them on the shoulder.
"Very good, very good, I know that you have suffered heavy casualties, you don't need to look at many soldiers, it is enough to look at your situation, but the casualties paid are worth it, more than 100,000 Mongolian army iron horsemen, surrounded in the city of Yishui County, at most half a month, they will completely collapse, this is your credit...
This time, Lu Wenhuan clasped his fists and saluted.
"This is all the credit of the emperor, the ministers are in accordance with the emperor's arrangement, if this thing is not done well, and the emperor's trust is disappointed, then the ministers will have no shame to face the emperor. . . ."
Wu Shaogang looked at Lu Wenhuan and smiled, what he said was very good, he didn't completely deny his own merits, but he would never be arrogant.
"Okay, let the soldiers under your command rest for a few days, the list of fallen soldiers must be counted as soon as possible, send people to Kaifeng Fucheng, and the soldiers' pensions must also be in place, can you not chill the hearts of the families of the fallen soldiers."
Hedan never dreamed that the Ming army did not attack the city immediately, and they were still busy with the compensation of the fallen soldiers.