Chapter 497: Heavy Snow Fills the Bow and Sword
Unbeknownst to Wang Yizhou, this was the first time the Mongol Tatars had attacked, and these enemies, who had panicked at first, immediately revealed their terrifying minions after a short period of adjustment. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wang Yizhou thought that he might never forget it for the rest of his life, the black clouds on the vast snowfield from far and near, I don't know how many Mongolian cavalry killed from outside, the raised sabers made the bleak winter sun look a little dazzling, the hooves of the horses that slashed the snow kept falling and rising, and one by one the figures showed their hideousness from the flying snow powder.
These Mongol Tatars are even tireless, constantly rushing forward.
Wang Yizhou, who knew the inside story, knew that these enemies were obviously also hungry and crazy, and they were also red-eyed because of the continuous fall of the robes around them. The wind and snow in Jeju Prefecture are still like this, and the damage to the territory of the northern Mongolian Tatars can be imagined.
It is even rumored that Mongolian Tatars have even begun to eat human flesh.
"What are you doing, give Lao Tzu a top!" One of them looked at Wang Yizhou, who was huddled behind a wall, and shouted hoarsely.
Wang Yizhou took a deep breath, he knew that the Mongol Tartars were rushing up again, these madmen were simply tireless, dragging the first brigade of the two Huai armies to death in this small town and could not get out. However, Wang Yizhou knew that as long as the First Brigade could be nailed here, so that the Mongolian Tatars could not cross the thunder pool by half a step, then the only thing waiting for the Mongolian Tatars would be to perish.
Hold on, hold on!
In this howling wind and snow, the one who can support to the end is the winner.
"Kill!" Wang Yizhou roared lowly, lifted his sword and shield, and turned over directly in the vacancy of the broken wall, and several arrows whistled past his head, but the battlefield has been tempered in the past few days, and Wang Yizhou has become accustomed to dodging arrows.
I don't know if I think maybe he's already an old pawn.
A squad of Mongol cavalry came down the street, and they had fired the few blind arrows just now. When Wang Yizhou was trying to find out where the head of the capital was just now, the head of the capital had already jumped out of the ruins, and with him several crossbowmen and firecrackers. Divine crossbows and firebolts poured out their wrath at the nearest foe, and they all stepped on the arrows to fall into the Mongol cavalry.
The knife fell, and the blood flowed.
Looking at the fierce battle not far away, Wang Yizhou only felt that the hot blood wiped away all the fatigue in his body, and gritted his teeth fiercely, he also followed the figure of the head and crashed into the chaotic crowd.
The other two teams of Mongolian cavalry apparently also discovered the battle situation here, and rushed over with their horses. However, more Ming soldiers who had been in ambush for a long time in the ruins also roared and jumped out of the ruins, the spears in their hands rose at the same time, and the fire guns roared, piercing the cold wind.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and as the battlefield located in the northwest corner of the town took the lead in moving, the whole town seemed to come alive in the cold wind. The flying thunder cannons arranged on the south side of the town began to roar at the same time, although the Ming army did not have artillery because of the inconvenience of carrying, but these flying thunder cannons could also solve the temporary needs. In the countless Tibetan caves dug on the periphery of the town, there were constantly Ming soldiers rushing out, and the originally empty town was instantly overwhelmed by the dancing figures.
A red dragon flag was raised from the center of the town, signaling an attack.
In the streets and alleys, large and small, as well as on the outer fields, the sharp-eyed Ming soldiers who had been waiting for a long time simultaneously launched an attack on the nearest enemy.
And the Mongol Tartars did not hesitate in the slightest, and the Mongol cavalry that rushed into the town began to cover the retreat alternately, while more cavalry were desperately rushing to this side. The Ming and Mongolian soldiers continued to fall, but more people still did not hesitate to devote themselves to this mighty battle and did their best.
"The Mongol Tartar cavalry is coming around from outside the town and heading straight for our Flying Thunder Artillery position!" A ten-man was wounded and ran desperately.
Du Tou kicked away a Mongolian soldier who had fallen off his horse, and dragged up a soldier next to him, and looked at Wang Yizhou with his eyes, and immediately shouted loudly: "Wang Yizhou, you take the rest of the people to the south side of the town immediately to support, if there is a flying thunder cannon missing, come and see you!" β
Wang Yizhou nodded without hesitation and shouted, "Come and see you!" β
Before he finished speaking, he immediately beckoned a few soldiers to run back with him. And Dutou did not hesitate to turn around and kill the second batch of Mongol Tartars who came up. The second group of Mongol cavalry was more ferocious, especially according to the calculations of the Mongols, the stormy attack here would inevitably make the Ming army unable to deploy enough manpower to support the flying thunder artillery positions in the south.
It's just that they didn't expect that the Ming army would transfer most of the soldiers back from the front line, leaving only a small number of old soldiers to wander among the ruins. Because the Ming army knew very well that the flying thunder cannon could save lives at a critical time, and repelling the outflanked Mongolian cavalry could also ensure that their back road was foolproof, which was better than being surrounded in this town by Mongolian Tatars with dumplings.
He picked up a crossbow and rushed between the two walls in three steps and two steps, and several arrows almost grazed his ankles, clanging to the ground.
The order from above has reached the level of the capital, and if you hold this place for three days, the two Huai armies will launch a major counterattack. Although it is not clear how the counteroffensive was launched, it is clear that today is only the morning of the next day, which means that there are still nearly two days to defend.
At this time, the most important thing to do is to do everything possible to preserve the equipment, grain and grass of the defenders, and try to make use of the surrounding ruins that have not completely collapsed and the Mongol Tartars to fight, and even do not hesitate to lure the enemy into the depths and concentrate superior forces to strangle them in one fell swoop. Otherwise, when most of the people die in the future, I am afraid that there will be no chance to fight like this.
Rumbling explosions continued to sound, and the flying thunder cannons in the rear were still doing everything possible to pour out their anger on the enemy. Countless clouds of mud, snow powder, and the remnants of houses were swept into the air by the air waves, and scattered all over the ground. And the Mongol cavalry, which was the first to rush into the town, was directly wiped out by the explosion of this flying thunder cannon.
"Rush over, rush over!" Dutou could faintly hear the urging of the Mongols behind the tumbling mud. A young Mongol cavalryman was urged by their superiors to rush into the town, perhaps in their opinion, by breaking through the blockade of the flying thunder cannons, they could reach safety.
But it backfired.
One by one, the Ming army's crossbowmen and firecrackers showed their figures at the same time, pulling the triggers in their hands at these enemies, arrows and iron bullets whistling like the wind, and with human aiming, the effect was even better than the flying thunder cannon that shot blindly.
On the narrow streets, like the wind blowing wheat waves, the Mongol cavalry moved forward one by one, and fell one by one. The hot blood stained the muddy ground, and even the mud from the horse's hooves had turned a terrifying red. Before that, there were already many corpses in their robes on the streets, and the people behind kept urging and pushing the people in front forward, and the people in front fell in rows in a dense stream of arrows and iron bullets.
When the first row falls, the second row will naturally be pushed up, followed by the third and fourth rowsΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· The corpses of the Mongol cavalry had been piled up in every corner of the street, and under their continuous arching forward, the dead corners and holes of the Ming soldiers on both sides of the street were constantly cleared one by one.
Because most of the Ming soldiers have been sent out to defend the Flying Thunder Artillery position, the fate of the Ming soldiers here is similar to that of the Mongolian soldiers, and there is basically only a dead end on the top. On both sides of the main street and in the rest of the streets and alleys, the sound of explosions rose and fell one after another, apparently the Ming soldiers directly ignited the fire thistle on their bodies, pulling the nearest Mongolian cavalry to their deaths.
The arrows whistled and pierced the chest of a famous soldier, and the hot blood bloomed into beautiful flowers on the chest, and the heat rose on the snow.
Dutou secretly felt a pain in his heart, these are the elite of the two Huai armies, the backbone of the two Huai armies, just thrown into this town, he doesn't know if this is worth it, but Dutou is very clear, now their feet are the land of Daming, behind them are the people of Daming, since they are already standing here, the soldiers of Daming have no way to retreat, this is no longer a question of whether it is worth it.
If you want to cross the town of Hachae and attack the Jeju Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, you must first step over the bones of all the soldiers of the First Brigade of the Two Huai Army!
A few tripwires that had been ambushed in advance, the last time they were not willing to be exposed at all, now they had bounced violently in the shouts of the leaders of the group, and the Mongolian cavalry that was getting closer and closer to the center of the town to the south was fiercely overturned to the ground, and the Ming soldiers rushed out of the streets and alleys with shouts, although their numbers were not large, but no one slowed down, just raised the swords and guns in their hands, bent down slightly, and looked at them with a strong and irresolvable killing intent.
The recruits of the 1st Brigade were basically transferred to support the Flying Thunder Artillery position, and those who were left here were all veterans after the big waves washed away the sand. The two Huai armies fought all the way from Huainan to Yingtianfu, although the battle record was not as good as the Tianwu Army and the Zhen Navy, but they had also experienced the tempering of the war, and the veterans in the army should not be underestimated.
In fact, most of these veterans already have three or four Mongolian Tatar lives in their hands, and they have already killed enough, and they have long been not afraid of life and death, so they rush forward with such a shout, more to buy time for the soldiers guarding the flying thunder artillery positions behind, and even the price they need to pay is their lives, they are not willing to give up.
"Quick, go up to Lao Tzu!" The brigade commander stood on a large rock not far from the town with a mace in his hand, and roared loudly, and there were red and white things steaming hot on the mace in his hand, which can be imagined that not long ago this mace had directly smashed the head of a Mongolian cavalryman.
The soldiers of the Ming army ran past him on the left and right sides at the same time, charging forward.
Wang Yizhou followed the brigade to the south of the town, only to know that the situation was even worse than he imagined. The Mongol Tatars were not stupid, after the successive attacks have been frustrated, they naturally adjusted their offensive methods, and directly used their best roundabout tactics to outflank the Ming army's rear road, because for the Ming army's biggest dependence - the flying thunder artillery is arranged on the south side of the town, as long as the flying thunder artillery position can be destroyed, not to mention the resistance to the attack, it can also greatly dampen the morale of the Ming army.
The south side of the town is flat and flat, and there is nothing to use as a barrier, perhaps the stone where the commander of the First Brigade is now standing is already the highest point outside the town. Even a madman would not have done this to fend off the onslaught of cavalry in the wilderness with foot soldiers, as this would inevitably lead to considerable losses on the foot soldiers' side, making it even more difficult to complete the task of holding on.
But the brigade commander also knew very well that if he took the initiative to retreat into the town, it was very likely to lead to the collapse of the whole line, let alone support it for two more days, I am afraid that in a few hours the town would be Mongol, and the Mongol cavalry could also drive straight into Jeju Prefecture, where there were not many soldiers stationed; Second, it will also cause the loss of flying thunder artillery, which is rarely relied on, and for the first brigade, if you want to live, you can't lose it.
Now the 1st Brigade had to not only hold the town, but also do everything to hold back the Mongol cavalry. Otherwise, once the Mongol Tatar cavalry bypassed Hecai Town and went south to Jeju Mansion, the main forces of the two Huai armies that were outflanking the road would naturally be in vain, and the entire Jeju Mansion would naturally be in chaos.
In desperation, the brigade commander could only exchange his life for time, leaving the veterans to defend the front line, and the rest of the recruits were all dragged out, constantly retreating, resisting layer by layer, and buying enough time for the flying thunder cannon to withdraw into the town, even if it took a lot of lives to do this.
If the Ming army does not fight more fiercely, I am afraid that the Mongol Tatars will not continue to attack.
When Wang Yizhou ran in front of the brigade commander, the brigade commander suddenly shouted: "You, stop!" β
Wang Yi was stunned on Monday, and then looked back in surprise. The brigade commander jumped off the rock, looked at Wang Yizhou, and said in a deep voice: "From now on, you will stay by the side of so-and-so. β
The personal guards of the two brigade commanders had already stepped forward and couldn't help but say that they wanted to hold him up.
"No, if you want to rush up, the cavalry of the Mongol Tartars has already been killed here, and the brothers have been killed, why don't you let me go up?!" Wang Yizhou suddenly broke free of the two guards, his eyes had become red, "Don't stop Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants to fight to the death with the Mongolian Tatars!" β
The two guards hesitated, and the brigade commander slowly stepped forward and handed the mace in his hand directly to Wang Yizhou: "Since you want to go so much, then kill Lao Tzu!" Don't bite a mouthful, you're not worthy now! When you get to the point of your grandfather and your father, you will come here again! β
Wang Yi took the mace on Monday and nodded his head heavily to keep up with the pace of the Ming army's soldiers.
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"You still threw the First Brigade in Hecai Town." Chen Jiong slowly walked outside the door.
The howling cold wind swept his armor, and his whole person seemed to be frozen.
But Wang Anjie had already stood here and watched the heavy snow flying outside for half an hour.
"Well, the First Brigade is the strongest brigade of the two Huai armies, and if they can't complete such a task, then no one can complete it." Wang Anjie nodded and said lightly.
"But Yi Zhouxian's nephew is also in the First Brigade." Chen Jiong was a little worried, "This is the only descendant of your Wang family's generation except for the one in the palace." This child has not yet been crowned, let alone married and had children, if he dies in Hecai Town, do you still plan to continue to continue the incense for the old Wang family? β
"Maybe it's because the Wang family killed too much in their previous life, so the heirs are thin." Wang Anjie's voice was low, and he turned his head to look at Chen Jiong, "What I am more concerned about now is where the teams on both wings have gone, if I can't kill them in time, I'm worried that the first brigade can't support it, and the Mongolian Tartars will kill it." β
Chen Jiong replied in a deep voice: "The Second Army has arrived in Leize, and it will definitely be able to kill Hecai Town on time, now it depends on how long the First Brigade can defend in Hecai Town, this stubborn defense is filling with human lives!" β
"And from my father to a certain person, the Wang family has never frowned on the matter of being loyal to the country!" Wang Anjie raised his eyebrows, turned around and walked into the house, "Once Yizhou dies in battle, it's a big deal that the next one to die in battle is so-and-so!" As long as there is one person left in the Wang family, the last bit of sincere blood should be sprinkled! In this battle, either the two Huai armies were completely annihilated, or the Mongol Tatars took the initiative to retreat, otherwise there was no room for turnback! β
Loud and sound.
The howling wind seems to be blowing no matter how it blows.
(Author's note: Wang Anjie's father, Wang Jian, stubbornly defended Diaoyu City, causing Meng Ge to die, and the first Mongol expedition to the south fell short; Wang Anjie held Changzhou at the end of the Song Dynasty, and was the last city in the south of the Yangtze River to resist for a long time, forcing Boyan to slaughter the city after the city was broken, comparable to Jiangyin at the end of the Ming Dynasty. This feat of father and son, reading history here, I don't feel emotional! (To be continued.) )