Chapter 607: Occasional Burst of Blood
The snow is still falling, although it is not as heavy as the previous two days, but it still makes people's vision a little blurred, the sky and the earth are white, and the splash of blood under the city is extremely dazzling.
"Is it a man who can watch his fellow citizens being killed and be indifferent?" The voice of silence and anger resounded through the head of Xuanfu City: "Is it a man who can't even have a little blood?!" He actually held back this sentence for a long time, he didn't want to say it, he didn't want to say it, but today he couldn't bear it anymore and finally broke out.
All the officers and soldiers lowered their heads one after another, Evil Jade's face turned red, how could he have been humiliated like this? Hearing this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Please take back Fang Cai's words!" ”
"Don't think!" Shen Mo tore off a piece of his clothes, bandaged his wound indiscriminately, and sneered at the people in the city: "Although my surname is Shen, I am a scholar. But it's even more, man, this is going out of the city to fight with those dogs, even if the blood is splashed three feet, it will be sprayed on the shoes! As he spoke, he shouted, "Three feet, prepare the horse!" ”
Sanchi said loudly: "Order!" And he ran down the city as fast as he could.
"Your Excellency, you are a civil official; nbsp; Evil Jade stretched out his hand to block it, but was slapped away by Shen Mo and said: "The military generals don't come out, only the civil officials are up." Then he turned and went down the city.
The officers and soldiers in the city looked at each other, and they all saw that the general's face was like a pig's liver, and the adjutant general on the side asked cautiously, "General." What shall we do? ”
Evil Jade stomped his feet and said, "Damn, people die in the sky!" He had to go down, Shen Mo is the minister of the Qincha, the emperor's cronies, if there are three long and two short, he can't afford to pay for it.
As soon as he saw the general go down, the adjutant general hurriedly beckoned his subordinates and said, "Quick." The Guards Battalion keeps up! "Then they all went down to the city; nbsp; , the same reason, if the evil jade has three long and two short. They're going to be out of luck, too. got on the horse, grabbed the reins and whispered: "My lord, just make a show, why bother?" ”
Shen Mo snorted: "If I don't throw myself out, can they be willing to attack?" ”
"Swords and guns have no eyes, my lord." Sanchi eagerly persuaded: "Brothers, just go, you can press the formation for us in the back; nbsp; The guards on the side also whispered, "Yes, my lord." I heard that the Mongols are skilled in arching and horses, and all of them can wear Yang in a hundred steps. ”
A strange smile hung on the corner of his silent mouth, and he said in a low voice: "The time and place are favorable, today is a good opportunity to break the enemy!" At this time, the evil jade also came down, and everyone had to stop talking.
Evil Jade blushed his face, hugged his fists at Shen Mo and said, "The last general will go out, adults can go back."
Ignoring him silently, he ordered the city gate officer: "Open the door!" ”
The city gate official looked at the evil general, and the evil jade nodded helplessly, and the door latch slowly rose, and the winch began to creak and rotate.
Shen Mo glanced at Xing Yu and said slowly: "The generals of the southern army who I mentioned were transferred to the north is not a joke, the imperial court is very disappointed in the combat effectiveness of the border army, and the war in the south is prepared to slow down a little, so the generals with outstanding performance will be transferred to the nine sides and serve as senior generals." ”
Evil Jade's face was even more ugly; nbsp; If it is really as Shen Mo said, then he, the highest-ranking chief military officer, must bear the brunt. His mood changed suddenly, and he shouted in a low voice: "Stop! ”
The winch came to an abrupt halt, and the latch fell again.
"Please advise." Evil Jade hugged his fists and said: "Xing Mou is all subordinate!" ”
Shen Mo nodded, dismounted, and said, "Follow me." Then he led the evil jade back to the city gate, and his generals had to look at it again, and said in their hearts, what is going on.
Silently holding on to the battlements, he pointed at the Mongolian cavalry moving in the snow with his horsewhip and said: "It has been snowing for several days, and the snow has not reached the horse's calves; The snow thickened, and the horses' hooves sank. The movement of the shoe cavalry was very slow; And even when it was snowing, the air was very humid, their bows and arrows were damp, they lost their strength, and their accuracy and range dropped badly, what do you say this means? ”
"What do you mean?" Evil Jade's eyes lit up.
"The right time, the right place, and the right people are on our side." Shen sighed and said: "The combat effectiveness of the Mongols may not be half of that of usual, if they don't dare to fight and win, I believe that the last bit of controversy will disappear." ”
Evil Jade's complexion changed for a while, and finally nodded fiercely and said, "Then him!" After speaking, he hugged his fists to Shen Mo and said: "Please supervise the battle, if we fight well in this battle, please speak for us!" ”
Shen Mo nodded and said, "If you want to get the attention of others, first prove yourself!" ”
Evil Jade nodded heavily, slammed his chest and said, "Look! Then he turned around and yelled, "Children, go to the armory with Lao Tzu!" After saying that, he walked down the castle tower.
Looking at the back of the evil jade leaving, Nian Yongkang, who had been silent on the side, said softly: "The adults scolded and provoked, and finally mobilized them. ”
Shen Mo nodded with a wry smile, his eyes fell on the outside of the city, the killing continued, and the red-eyed Mongols, obviously addicted to this way of venting, did not want to stop easily.
The silent face was difficult to look at again, and he found that the arrogant Mongols did not regard the people of the Ming Dynasty as human beings at all, perhaps in their eyes, the Han people were just a herd of cattle and sheep to be slaughtered.
This scene left a deep impression on Shen Mo's heart, and the public directly affected his attitude towards the Mongols in the future, and the training can be repeated, and the Huang Taiji will definitely not want to carry out this senseless killing
But at this moment, all the Mongols took this massacre for granted, for the nomads, the people of the farming people, really no different from sheep, even the army of the Ming Kingdom, although they are professional soldiers, but there is no blood at all, when they see them, they are like mice and cats, it is too late to escape, how can they resist?
Witnessing the tragedy in front of her, Xiao Qin's face was extremely ugly, and she said to Huang Taiji, who was roasting meat in the big tent: "Our purpose is to ask for money, not to kill people, stop meaningless killing."
Huang Taiji glanced at him, continued to roast his leg of mutton, and said, "The anger of the warriors needs to be vented, and when their hearts are calm, they will stop."
Xiao Qin, who will anger the Ming people like this, said angrily, and his mood was very depressed. In fact, the people within a radius of dozens of miles have run out, and he can't catch anyone at all with Lezi. Originally, this was the case, but at this time, a believer led the whole village to join him, and he suddenly ran into the knife of the Mongols.
In this case, Xiao Qin couldn't protect them, so she could only say to Huang Taiji, only kill a few) people to intimidate Dong and intimidate the Ming army, just get the money, they are the most hypocritical, and they will definitely agree. Huang Taiji was full of promises at that time. Who knew that it would not be him today, and he would go on a killing spree!
Xiao Qin was so angry that if this spread, how much would his reputation be ruined?
But he didn't dare to offend the Mongols, otherwise how would he survive in the cracks?
Looking at Xiao Qin, who was pale, Huang Taiji snorted and said, "Okay, I'll stop killing for a while, and I'll give you most of the left."
Xiao Qin's chest rose and fell violently a few times, and finally she didn't say anything.
Looking at his compromised appearance, a sneer hung on the corner of Huang Taiji's mouth, the Han people are so incompetent, they don't even dare to resist in the face of the strong. The south gate of Xuanfu City slowly rose. There was a huge cala sound, which also made the Mongolian cavalry forget about killing, carrying bloody sabers, and looking at the city gate hole that was wide open.
I saw a group of Ming soldiers holding seven-foot-long single-pole ski poles and wooden skis on their feet, galloping out of the city gate hole, and rushed out of the distance in a blink of an eye.
"Hari Bu Na!" The commander shouted loudly, woke up the Mongolian cavalry in a daze, and drew their bows and arrows, and when they didn't shoot yet, they secretly screamed that it was not good to shoot the people of the Ming Kingdom, they felt that the bow and arrow were damp, and the range and accuracy were gone, but there was no need to be too demanding to slaughter the unarmed. I didn't expect it at all. The Ming army would take the initiative to attack, so it didn't go to heart.
But there are no absolutes in the world, and when you are accustomed to everything, it is often the time when danger comes!
In the face of this sudden impact, the Mongols had no time to adjust, so they had to aim and shoot hard, and whizzed the long arrows out, but they lacked accuracy and range. Most of them fell in front of the Ming army, causing the killing
Seeing the situation as Shen Mo said, the Ming soldiers were greatly encouraged, and those snow towers held ski poles in one hand and drew a three-foot-long short spear from their backs with the other, and threw them at the Mongols.
Although a little too excited, it was thrown too early, and by the time the spear flew in front of the eyes of the Mongols, it could have been avoided or pushed away, without directly injuring a few people. But their ** mount will not hide, more than a dozen war horses were injured, stood up in pain, and even fell directly on the snow, the people on horseback were naturally not spared, fell into the snow and could not be seen.
"Shoot the man before the horse! , The soldiers of the Ming army suddenly came to the sense, and they drew out the second javelin one after another, approaching the throw, this time the target was directly the war horse of the Mongols, although because of the lack of years of practice on weekdays, the hit was limited, but it also caused more damage than the last time.
As the two sides approached, the Mongols' bows and arrows finally regained some power, shooting more than a dozen Ming soldiers to the ground.
The Ming army is on the rise, and I haven't felt what it is, the Mongols over there can't stand it first, and they have long been used to it, ten Ming troops for one, the proportion of dead and wounded in the scarves, looking at the blink of an eye, fifty or sixty brothers, the commander of the thousand can't stand it, so he hurriedly whistled, beckoned his subordinates to distance themselves from the Ming army, and gave full play to the advantages of high mobility and long range of the archers.
However, the Mongols miscalculated again, the snow was too thick and too deep, and it was very difficult for the horses to walk on it, and it was simply difficult for them to gallop; The Mongolian soldiers urged desperately, and the war horses snorted and spewed white gas, barely running, but they couldn't run at all; nbsp; At least, without the snow skills, the Mongolian cavalry was never able to get rid of the Ming army, and they were greatly agitated, and the accuracy of the arrows they shot was even worse. even had a fight with the Ming army's hit rate.
The morale-boosting soldiers of the Ming army easily attached themselves to the back of the Mongols and threw javelins one after another, even if they were not on the right track, causing great casualties. They chased after them and drove the Mongols back to their camp.
This is a victory that has not been won in many years! But the soldiers of the Ming army did not have time to cheer, so they turned the snow tower one after another, and used their strength to rush back, because they saw that in the camp of the other side, many Mongolian soldiers with snow skills and bows and arrows rushed out. This is not unusual, as skiing is an ancient hunting skill that has always been mastered by the Mongols on horseback. They all brought a pair of snow buildings, but they didn't have time to take them down
But this time was enough for those ordinary people to flee into the city, and the mood of the people in the city relaxed a little.
"There's something I don't understand, please give me advice." Nian Yongkang whispered.
"Speak." Shen Mo nodded.
"Horses can't run in the snow, and bows and arrows are less powerful in wet weather." Nian Yongkang said strangely: "For the Mongols and the soldiers who have been fighting all the year round, these are common sense, right?" ”
"Of course." Shen Mo nodded and said, "As long as you pass through this and the weather, you will know." Said and recalled: "When fighting in the south of the Yangtze River, the ground was muddy, so both sides never used cavalry, there were many rainy days, and bows and arrows were almost not used, and both sides used spears and javelins to do long-range killing. ”
"Why?" Nian Yongkang asked in a low voice, "What about the enemy and me?" ”
"It's not that I don't realize it." Shen Mo shook his head and said, "But I don't care."
The Mongols were paralyzed, and they couldn't imagine that the Xuanfu soldiers, who were used to being turtles with shrunken heads, actually stretched out their heads and took a bite. ”
"Turtle sticking out your head?" Nian Yongkang couldn't help laughing, looked outside the city, and suddenly frowned: "It's hard to move, and I'm going to shrink my head again." "It turned out that the 8,000 soldiers of the Ming Army who followed the evil jade out of the city to suppress the formation said in their hearts that the task was completed. Brothers, you can go back to the city, too. Without waiting for those comrades-in-arms who chased out, they turned around and prepared to return to the city.
However, at this point, something unexpected happened. The gate of the city, which weighed 10,000 pounds, fell with a bang, blocking their way back.
After a short period of stunned, the Xuanfu soldiers scolded one after another, greeting the eighteenth generation ancestors of the orderer.
"Shut up!" Evil Jade still has prestige, and with a loud shout, the scene is quiet, he looks up at the city and says, "Which one has the order?" ”
"This officer." Shen Mo bowed his head and said in a deep voice.
"What's the joke your grown-in?" Evil Jade suppressed his anger and said, "We have rescued the people, what else do you want us to do?" ”
"You're doing a good job, but it's not enough." Shen Mo shook his head, raised his voice and said to the evil jade and Xuanfu soldiers under the city: "The Xuanfu soldiers killed the common people and risked merit. Although Yang Shun is the first evil, and the crime cannot be punished, but as an accomplice and executioner, you are also guilty of the same crime. ”
There was an uproar in the city. Unexpectedly, at this time, Shen Mo actually settled accounts with them
The atmosphere in the city was tense. Sanchi led his own soldiers, Nian Yongkang and Zhu Shisan, with brocade guards, firmly guarded Shen Mo's side, lest there be a mutiny, and someone would be unfavorable to him.
But Shen Mohun didn't care, and said to the evil jade: "This official promises that he will exonerate you." But the emperor's thunderous anger is not me, people can extinguish it, if you want the emperor to calm his anger, you can only atone for your crimes! As he spoke, he pointed to the Mongolian soldiers who were getting closer and closer, and said, "You have killed a total of 500 innocent border people, so use the same double head of the Mongolian soldiers to atone for the crime!" Six hundred and one were killed the night before, and about one hundred were killed today, and three hundred and nine were still owed to the common people, and the number of kills was reached. The official will open the door! Then he waved his hand violently and ordered, "Let's start!" ”
Seeing that the Mongolian soldiers were chasing closer and closer, and there was no time to make any more noise, Evil Jade's mind flashed silent's extremely contemptuous words: "Still not a man?" Or not a man? I couldn't help but shout: "Isn't it just four hundred heads?" What's so hard about it? As soon as he propped up the ski pole and slid out first, his own soldiers hurriedly followed, and the rest of the Xuanfu generals also noticed that the Mongolian soldiers were no longer strong today, so they all shouted "four hundred heads" and followed with a strange scream. The people on their backs, not the people on the snow oaks, and the sparse population, it is impossible to turn all the precious cavalry into snow tower soldiers to fight against the Ming army, and they cannot afford possible losses.
But these two thousand Xuelou soldiers also have great lethality, their bows and arrows have just been taken out of their baggage, and they have not yet been loosened, and they can still maintain accurate and tough shooting.
In this way, while shooting and chasing, chasing and shooting, the Mongols re-approached Xuanfu City, and saw thousands of Ming troops, rushing over with strange screams, and the snow foam raised covered the sky and the sun, and there was the power of the cavalry group's impact.
Bingtu Taiji, who was watching the battle from a distance, was shocked, and hurriedly blew the horn of retreat, whose children were distressed, and the two thousand snow soldiers were all his people.
But the distance was a little far, the sound of the horn was muffled by the shouting of the Ming army for their lives, and the vast majority of the Mongols did not hear the order in time, and when they reacted and wanted to retreat again, it was too late
I didn't send it until now, and I'm ashamed. I can only write one more chapter tonight, so I'll hide my face and leave.