Chapter 31 Bombardment across the river
Bai Hongda didn't have a good time yesterday, and when he saw the Ming army coming to help, he was eager to try and said, "Anda counts me as one." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Immediately, the horn sounded in the Mongolian army, and Da Brain Mao and Bai Hongda each led 2,000 elite horsemen, accompanied by gusts of wind and sand raised by horses' hooves, and led the troops to gallop away.
Although Gong Tu was ordered to attack the city, he was worried that the Ming people were scheming. It's just that Tong Changang led his troops to besiege Puhesuo, and he was not in a hurry to attack.
Seeing that the Mongol Tatars suddenly divided their troops and left, the soldiers in the city, who had been fighting hard for a long time, knew that reinforcements must have come, and a smile of joy appeared on their faces. However, the siege had not yet been lifted, and Han Yuanshan did not dare to be careless, so he took this opportunity to adjust his deployment and dispatched artillery and soldiers to garrison in the east and west cities.
Although Fan Nan is a scholar, he is an official to the military department during the period of his ancestor Zhengde, and his father Fan Shen once served as the commander of the Shenyang Guard. Although his family is in the middle of the road, Fan Nan has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he did not show any timidity when he first went to the battlefield.
Only Cao Xixuan saw that more than half of the family members behind him had been killed and wounded, and after rolling his eyes twice, he called his henchman Cao Wu and whispered: "Let the brothers pack up the gold and silver, and if the reinforcements are repelled by the Tartars, we will go out of the city tonight." ”
"It's not appropriate for the second master to do this, right?" Cao Wu knew that Cao Xixuan wanted to abandon the city and flee, so he kindly reminded: "If you escape from the battle, the eldest lord will not be able to protect us." ”
"You know what!" Cao Xixuan instantly straightened his face, glared and said: "I went out of the city to receive reinforcements, and in the end I was blocked out of the city by the Tartars, so what is the crime of not being able to return to the city?" ”
"The second master is wise." After Cao Wu flattered him, he muttered to himself in his heart: "How good it would be to put this ability to shake off his lips in military affairs." Although I felt that this was too far-fetched, I still insisted on arranging it.
Cao Xiyuan, who led the troops along the river to help, originally wanted to find a secluded place around the Puhe Institute to recuperate, and then send troops to lure the enemy when Ziren and Sun Shoujing arrived with their troops. Who would have thought that he would be noticed by the Mongol Tatars so early and see the Mongol cavalry killing him like a tide. shouted "retreat", and immediately led his subordinates to flee.
It's a pity that the big brain hair and Bai Hong's big decision will not let him get his wish. In order to completely annihilate the reinforcements of the Ming people, the two of them brought the elite of the clan, and everyone was equipped with two horses, and they were biting tightly in the rear.
Cao Xiyuan's good horse quilt in his hand was lost a lot, and he could only barely achieve a single horse per person, and after a horsepower competition, he was gradually caught up by the Tartars. Brainhair saw that the wise man entered the firing range and shouted to release the arrow!
At the sound of an order, the bowstring in the Mongolian Tartar array shook wildly, and the rain of arrows in the sky was like a dark cloud covering the sun, and a volley shot out in an instant, turning into a cold light and breaking down the wind, Cao Xiyuan's department suddenly suffered heavy casualties, and many riders fell off their horses with a wail.
Before Cao Xiyuan's surviving men and horses could come to their senses, a second wave of arrows poured in, and this wave of arrows was even more accurate. After two rounds of blows, more than half of Cao Xiyuan's men were killed and wounded, and the rest were also injured. The Mongol Tartars did not wait for the rain of arrows to stop, and immediately changed their short soldiers and prepared to kill the Ming army in chaos.
Cao Xiyuan couldn't care about the pain of being torn by the horse under his crotch, and fought hard to beat the horse just to escape the catastrophe. But the dust raised in front of him made his blood almost cold.
Seeing the hundred and ten Tartar scouts coming head-on, Cao Xiyuan's men had already lost more than half of their fighting intentions, once this Tartar was entangled, after a while, the large team of Mengnu arrived, and this battle must be nine deaths. Just as he was about to despair, a burst of cannon fire suddenly sounded on the other side of the river.
Looking for the sound, I saw a sun and moon flag swaying in the wind with a red sun and a yellow moon stacked on top of each other, lined with a blue background. Dozens of exterminators and furlong planes were lined up, and the soldiers on the left and right flanks of the artillery relied on the cover of the chariots, holding the guns and blades in a lined up on the south bank of the Pu River.
In the center of the military formation, a young general sat firmly on horseback, holding a gun with three eyes and gently tapping the iron mesh shoes under his feet, and the murderous aura on his body was awe-inspiring.
"General Ding, save me!" When Cao Xiyuan saw Ziren, he couldn't care about his face and wailed loudly.
Ziren said loudly with a cold face: "The surname Cao, you go down to the river quickly, otherwise you may be injured by mistake when the cannon goes off, don't rely on my head at that time." ”
The width of the Pu River was no more than ten steps, although Cao Xiyuan was not good at water, and when there was no way to escape, he immediately led his troops to cross the river. Seeing that the mount was afraid of the water and hesitated, Cao Xiyuan was in a hurry and went directly into the water. choked on a few mouthfuls of river water, and was rescued by two family members who knew how to swim to the other side of the river.
Brainhair and Bai Hongda saw Mingren go into the water and escape, and shouted, "Kill!" ”。 The Tartars instantly fired a volley of arrows, and the arrows that shot like flying locusts covered the surface of the river.
It was not easy to dodge in the water, and Cao Xiyuan's department was constantly swept away by the river after being hit by arrows, and the blood stained the river red for a while.
Seeing this, Ziren immediately ordered Lei Zhenwei to open fire, and several cannon shots thundered into the sky, and the sound of cannons resounded on both sides of the Pu River. Rao is Tartar formation is sparse, and there are still more than a dozen Tartars who rushed to the river, and even the people and horses were beaten into meat sauce. Under the cover of artillery, Cao Xiyuan finally led people across the river.
Looking at the only remaining thirty or forty remnants of the defeated generals behind him, plus the loss of horses, Cao Xiyuan knew that in Liaodong Town, where he spoke with strength, his position as a commander was at the end.
This will not be sad, and quickly flee towards the Ziren array, but he is constantly complaining in his heart: "Ding Shouming, this kid, why did he set up the artillery so far from the river bank?" ”
The Mongolian tartars are all scaled, and they are naturally afraid of water, and they know that they cannot catch up, so they are unwilling to shoot a burst of arrows across the riverbank.
Ziren saw Cao Xiyuan being chased and killed by the Tartars across the river, and immediately ordered his soldiers to form a formation eighty paces away from the river bank, in order to reduce the power of the Tartar arrows at the same time, they could use the range advantage of the artillery to bombard and kill the Tartars.
The power of the Tartars' arrows was greatly reduced at this distance, and the soldiers were hiding in the retreating formation, and they stopped the baffles in front of the wheelbarrows. Except for shooting down a few of Cao Xiyuan's subordinates, few results were achieved.
Seeing that the Ming people were defeated today, they captured more than 50 war horses and thought it was a complete victory, and they were unwilling to continue to waste arrows, so they turned over and walked away before Ziren fired again.
Seeing that the Tartars were slowly retreating, Ziren rode his horse to the embarrassed Cao Xiyuan, looked down at the other party's face and said, "Cao commanded me to ask you to lead your troops to lure the enemy, but I didn't let you run to die." It's a pity that there are so many soldiers and horses, how good it is if you can't afford to send them to me directly. Now that the grass is startled, it will be difficult to cross the river to rescue again. ”
Ziren's words were reasonable, Cao Xiyuan was so choked that he couldn't speak, and his face turned red in shame and he was stunned.
At this time, Sun Shoujing, who had been on guard in the rear, ran over and said with a smile: "Ziren, look who is coming." ”
Cao Xiyuan saw the face of the person who came clearly, and immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground, crying and shouting: "Ding Shouming beat the official and blackmailed the money below, and I hope that the general will severely punish him and give Cao someone justice." ”
(To be updated before 10 p.m. tomorrow night) (To be continued.) )