Chapter 567: The Pillar of Kunlun (Part II)
Ye Yingwu once made it clear that as long as he could capture prisoners, he still took prisoners first, after all, for the Ming Dynasty, what was needed most now was enough labor, and these prisoners of war were naturally the best choice for the source of labor, whether they were Mongols, Jurchens or people of other races, as long as they gave their lives to the Mongols and were captured on the battlefield, then they could not escape the fate of being laborers. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
These free coolies are naturally undesirable in the Ming Dynasty, which is why the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War can advance and retreat together. The Ministry of War needed the new firearms of the Ministry of Industry to fight, and the Ministry of Industry also needed the labor captured by the Ministry of War to carry out the construction of the project, so the two sides naturally hit it off, and even stood together in many aspects in the court, and the officials under the two departments were very familiar with each other.
And what is really strange is that Guo Shoujing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhang Shijie, the secretary of the Ministry of War, are actually not people who like to form parties for personal gain, and even Guo Shoujing's character is the most fair and strict, and Zhang Shijie, as a relative of the emperor, has no need to form a party for personal gain, but it is these two departments that go closer.
Only the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry will not cause Ye Yingwu's disgust when they go together, because Ye Yingwu knows very well that this is an inevitability, the two sides are actually each other's food and clothing, and only by supporting each other can they do better in their respective fields. As for the contradictions between the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Officials who often stand together, Ye Yingwu also turned a blind eye, as the emperor, if the ministers under his command always call him brothers, then it was time for Ye Yingwu to worry.
Now the Ming Dynasty is carrying out the construction of the straight road, which is inseparable from these coolies, and the requirements of the Ministry of Industry for prisoners of war are even more simple, the more the better. Therefore, both Ye Yingwu and Zhang Shijie clearly put forward the order to capture the prisoners as much as possible.
But now in front of the main forces of the two Huai armies, who rushed to the battlefield at the end, it was the officers and men of the Zhenhai Navy who were carrying out a massacre among the Mongol army with red eyes. For the generals of the two Huai armies, who are known for their orders and prohibitions and discipline, they are naturally a little unacceptable, and all eyes fall on Wang Anjie in front, even when the Northern Expedition was the most tragic, Wang Anjie did not forget to tell the capture of prisoners, and now seeing such a scene, Wang Anjie will inevitably be angry.
It's just that to their surprise, Wang Anjie just sat on horseback and silently looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes did not stay too long in the one-sided slaughter, but directly turned to the Great Wall on the hillside, after explosions again and again and fierce unimaginable bloody battles, the entire wall of the Great Wall showed a thrilling dark black and blood, and the enemy tower that once stood at the top of the hillside has been cut in half, you can imagine what kind of fierce battle broke out there.
It's just that what really attracted Wang An's show was the red dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty that was still proudly fluttering on the beacon tower on the top of the mountain, indicating that the soldiers of the first brigade of the two Huai armies were still guarding the Great Wall, using their own flesh and blood to fulfill the only order.
The horsewhip in Wang Anjie's hand pointed forward, and his eyes also revealed a touch of ruthlessness; "Daming soldiers, our two Huai army soldiers have shed too much blood here."
The generals of the two Huai armies, who originally had a lot of complaints in their hearts, were suddenly silent. In an instant, all they thought of was orders, all they wanted to capture prisoners, but they forgot that the hands of the Mongol Tatars who were still resisting were stained not only with the blood of the Han people, not only with the blood of the Zhen Navy, but also with the blood of the two Huai armies!
Many generals of the two Huai armies subconsciously rode forward slightly, more or less ashamed in their hearts, and the bloody men on the battlefield only thought about capturing prisoners, how could they not feel ashamed? As long as Wang Anjie orders now, these generals who are holding their breath are eager to rush forward directly and break the Mongolian Tatars who are still resisting in the corner into thousands of pieces.
At this time, there is no reason not to catch the prisoners, the Mongolian Tartars who were stained with the blood of their own robes and brothers collided with the town navy, there was only one dead end, and there was no good end when they bumped into the two Huai armies!
"General!" Gu Chao rode his horse and rushed in front of Wang Anjie, "The first brigade supervises Gu Chao to see the general." β
Seeing Gu Chao suddenly, the pupils of Wang Anjie's eyes shrank suddenly: "Why are you here?!" Shouldn't the First Brigade be on the Great Wall?! β
The surrounding generals all turned around in surprise, not only seeing Gu Chao, but also seeing the soldiers of the First Brigade who were not many but could be vaguely identified behind Gu Chao. Gu Chao's voice was a little choked, and he barely calmed down and said in a deep voice: "General, the first brigade was ordered to attack Gubeikou, and was pursued by the Mongolian Tatars on the way. β
"You mean there are only 800 people on the mountain?" Wang Anjie's face changed slightly, looking at the few remaining soldiers of the First Brigade behind Gu Chao, and then looking at the broken flag fluttering in the wind on the mountain, Rao is Wang Anjie can be regarded as having experienced strong winds and waves, and he can't help but feel solemn when he sees this scene.
"Rush up, give it to Lao Tzu!" Without waiting for the surrounding generals to speak, Wang Anjie whipped his horse fiercely and rushed towards the hillside first. And in front of him and behind him, the two Huai armies rushed forward like crazy, one after another red flags fluttered in the wind, and rushed directly to the front of the Mongolian army along the official road, and in an instant, all sides of the Mongolian army were finally covered by red flags, and countless Ming troops were like tigers descending from the mountains, rushing to the prey that had been surrounded.
Boyan did not actually die in the shelling of the town navy, because compared to the general's flag, which was difficult to move on the hillside and gradually fell behind, Boyan himself actually rushed to the Great Wall first. Considering that he did not know the battle situation on the Great Wall and was afraid of injuring his own people by mistake, the town navy did not cover the Great Wall with firepower, otherwise even if Boyan had ten lives, he would not have survived.
The Mongolian soldiers on the Great Wall looked at the slope where there was no one to trace, and there were fewer and fewer companions under the hillside, the soldiers of the Ming army who rushed from all directions had begun to climb the hillside, the red flag replaced the previous black flag to become the main color on the hillside, and the land that had been dyed red with blood over and over again and the bright red flag reflected each other, like a raging fire from the foot of the mountain upwards.
In a trance, the Mongolian soldiers standing on the city wall had the illusion that they had become the Ming army that had sworn to resist here not long ago, and the Ming army below had become themselves. It's just that compared to the Ming army that has been nailed here like a nail for several days and nights, the current Mongolian soldiers have been taken away by the earth-shaking artillery bombardment just now, and their faces have long lost the killing intent just now, and even looked at the Ming army that was getting closer and closer below, with only fear in their eyes.
A complete sense of powerlessness made them face such a menacing enemy without the slightest fighting spirit at all.
What's more, Boyan has not forgotten that the enemy on the Great Wall has not been completely eliminated.
The Mongol army was still desperately attacking the beacon tower and the enemy tower not far away, which was the last place where the elite Ming army team that decided the fate of the Mongol army was finally defended, before that, the trenches, fortresses, enemy towers, inside and outside the Great Wall, they did not let go of every inch of the place they could use, and every brick that could be used to kill the enemy was smashed into the enemy as much as possible.
Boyan gritted his teeth and watched as the Mongol army's attack was crushed in the fire thistles thrown by the Ming army. And the Ming soldiers on the hillside were getting closer and closer, so close that arrows were already flying across his cheeks, so close that Boyan could even see the faces of the Ming soldiers in the front.
With a slight shudder, Boyan had an illusion in an instant, the Great Wall inside and outside, even the Great Wall itself, was his enemy, and this was a wall that he could not cross in his life. The sun shone on the Great Wall, and also on Boyan's body, and the wreckage of the enemy tower not far away was still there, and the shadows cast by the sunlight instantly engulfed most of the Mongolian soldiers who were still alive.
Countless Ming troops were roaring and charging upward, and the Mongol troops on the city walls had run out of ammunition and food, not even enough arrows. Boyan exhaled softly and strode to the other side of the Great Wall. Lush trees stretch down the steep slopes, and among the surrounding winding mountains, the shadows of the distant steppes can already be seen, home to countless Mongols, and a symbol of safety and relief. It's just that Boyan knows very well that most of the people around him now, or all of them, will not have the opportunity to live in that free world.
"Marshal, hurry up, if you don't leave, the brothers won't be able to hold on." A centurion walked quickly to Boyan, holding a roll of rope that he didn't know where to find it, and behind him, arrows roared up the city wall, and the panicked Mongolian soldiers kept falling from arrows, and there was another layer of Mongolian soldiers' corpses in the gap of the Great Wall full of corpses of Ming soldiers.
The head of the Ming army, who rushed to the front, jumped onto the city wall in one step, and the spear in his hand swung away the swords waving on the left and right sides, and after a dazzling spear, the spear just pierced into the chest of the Mongolian chief in front of him, and the blood flowed down the barrel of the gun, dyeing the white tassels red.
More Ming soldiers had already rushed past Dutou with a roar and rushed into the midst of the Mongol soldiers.
Boyan tilted his head slightly, what the centurion said was right, if he didn't leave, I was afraid that he would really not be able to leave. After all, now go down the wall of the Great Wall, as long as you can get down this hillside, you can basically escape, after all, the Ming army still doesn't know whether you are alive or dead, and nine times out of ten you think that you have been blown up with the flag, and it is actually easier to escape alone than with a few guards around you. After all, although the grassland is vast, as a native of Mongolia, Boyan knows very well how he should survive.
"Marshal, hurry up, don't go againγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" The centurion stepped forward, but before he finished speaking, an arrow had pierced his chest, and the surrounding guards were taken aback, and they were busy guarding Boyan left and right. Boyan looked back in surprise, the Ming army had just rushed to the Great Wall, and there was still some distance from the ruins of the enemy building, not to mention that there were steps in the middle as an obstacle, on this long step, hundreds of Ming soldiers had held out for more than an hour, not to mention the Mongols who were now more numerous than the Ming army.
This arrow was shot down from the beacon tower not far away, and the flag that fluttered proudly on the beacon tower did not know when it had been taken down, but it reappeared under the beacon after a while, although the number of people left was not large, but this small army of the Ming army that resisted the attack of the Mongol army on the Great Wall fearlessly launched an attack on the retreating Mongol army when the overall situation was decided.
The red dragon flag full of arrow holes can no longer even see the appearance of the golden dragon on it, but the soldiers holding the banner still have killing intent on their faces, although the Ming soldiers who rushed along the Great Wall are not many or even injured, but the blades in their hands are still raised, and the shouts in their mouths are still high. Arrows continued to pass over their heads, knocking the Mongol soldiers in front of them to the ground, and the leading Ming general, with a mace in his hand, smashed the Mongol soldiers in front of them with a mace in his hand.
Blood splattered and sprayed on the general's armor, but he did not hesitate at all, and continued to stride forward, the mace in his hand opened and closed widely, with irresistible power, anyone who wanted to stop him was smashed open by this mace, and his footsteps staggered into the web of death woven by the soldiers of the Ming army around him.
Not only Boyan, all the Mongolian soldiers who saw this situation couldn't help but gasp, they didn't expect their own army to attack like a storm for so long, with countless casualties, and finally this Ming army that had been besieged still had such a tenacious fighting spirit, and there was still so much inexhaustible strength, and there was still the courage and courage to launch an indomitable counterattack against the dense Mongolian army with less than a hundred people at this time!
And this time the counterattack was well grasped, and the timing of the capture was amazing. Now there are not many Mongolian soldiers left on the Great Wall, after all, most of them were buried in that shelling, and many of them were trapped under the mountain, so the Mongolian soldiers on the Great Wall were basically concentrated near the gap to resist the attack of the Ming army, and even the previous attack on the beacon tower was terminated, in the final analysis, in order to be able to gather more people to defend.
After all, in the eyes of the Mongolian generals, the Ming army on the beacon tower on the top of the mountain was just surviving, and there was no way to cause much damage to the Mongolian army, so even if they didn't take the initiative to attack, they wouldn't run down to find death, so there were not many Mongolian soldiers left on the side of the ruins of the enemy building.
It's just that Xu Chen and the soldiers of the First Brigade used their actions to prove that the Mongolian generals were wrong. The ruins of the enemy tower are the farthest away from the gap, so including Boyan, several centurions and thousand-commanders in charge of the command are there, and there are only twenty or thirty guards around them!
"Give it to Lao Tzu, catch a big fish!" Xu Chen was covered in blood, and he didn't know if it was his or the Mongolian soldier's, and the mace in his hand was covered with red and white things, obviously he had blown the Mongolian soldier's head more than once just now, and his face was completely covered with blood except for a mouthful of white teeth and two eyeballs, but all this did not hinder Xu Chen's good mood.
The Mongolian soldiers who guarded around were basically chopped into pieces by the Ming army, and I have to say that these guards were still dutiful, but in the face of hundreds of Ming soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, they really had no power to fight back. Especially after these Ming army killers have been fighting bloody battles in the past few days, they are fed up with being pressed and beaten by others, and finally find such a perfect outlet.
Wang Yizhou quickly followed with a few crossbowmen, and when he saw the centurions, thousands, and even ten thousand commanders in the Ming army's encirclement, his eyes were about to pop out, if it wasn't for Xu Chen's quick eyes to stop them, I am afraid that these crossbowmen would reflexively shoot these Mongolian generals directly into a sieve.
"Brigade commander, it's all γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» big fish!" Wang Yizhou even stuttered a little when he spoke.
And with a sneer on the corner of Xu Chen's mouth, he nodded at Bo Yan, who was guarded by several commanders in the middle; "It's not just a big fish, Marshal Boyan, I'm glad to be there!"
The surrounding Ming soldiers realized what kind of goods they were in the encirclement, and they couldn't help but gasp.
Boyan shook his head, took off his saber and threw it to the ground: "Put down your blades and surrender." β
"Marshal!" Several centurions and centurions had disgruntled expressions on their faces.
Boyan didn't care about their faces, but looked at Xu Chen: "Congratulations, Youyan, you have won a big victory." β