Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Bloody Battle Begins

The day finally dawned, and the Chahan troops also gathered in front of the battle in the fog, preparing to attack the city.

More than two dozen thousand household chiefs gathered around Chahan, ready to accept the task. Everyone was full of excitement, the swords in the hands of the Mongol warriors were already rusting, and they urgently needed the blood of the enemy to lubricate them.

Chahan pointed to Datong City with a horsewhip in his hand, and asked loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, today this king hereby solemnly declares that as long as whoever leads the army to attack Datong City first, the reward of the regent will belong to him. The wealth obtained after the defeat of Datong, as well as women, were also selected to the best of their ability. Ahem...... Listen, all of you, no one shall retreat without the order of the king, or he will be killed!"

The more than 20 thousand household chiefs under his command responded in unison, and what Chahan said made them so excited, breaking through Datong, being able to take all their possessions and rob women at will, there is nothing more tempting than these. The wealth of the Han people, the water spirit of the Han women, everything made them yearn for it very much, and the Mongol warriors were already eager to storm the city and snatch these things that made them salivate.

After receiving the order, the chiefs of the thousand households returned to their respective teams and prepared to attack the city. Countless Mongolian cavalry began to march slowly, their wolf-like eyes staring at the city of Datong not far away, like the viciousness on the steppe, greedily watching the prey in front of them. Unbeknownst to anyone, they had become outcasts of the Jurchens, and Dorgon and Dodor were preparing to use their heads and blood to stir up the hatred of the entire Kormi tribe.

The current Mongol tribes are just eagle dogs and war knives of Jiannu, every time they go out, they are the same as the Han army, they are acting as cannon fodder, and the Jurchens are always the last to rush to kill, but not many of the Mongols understand the meaning of this, they are always complacent about getting the approval of their masters. No one would think about it, their power is getting weaker and weaker, and their strength is weakened by being the vanguard one after another.

In comparison, those Han generals who surrendered understand this principle, but they have no other choice, those traitors have already embarked on the road of no return, and they can only rely on slaughtering their compatriots in exchange for the approval of their masters.

The horns of the charging bull whined, and all the Mongolian cavalry who were ready to go to battle brandished their swords in their hands and demonstrated to the city of Datong in the distance.

Under the personal orders of Chahan, some of the captured Han Chinese people were pushed to the front of the battle, and the Mongols were ready to sacrifice their flags. With Chahan's order, the more than 20 Han people who were desperately struggling by the Mongols were simply cut off their heads. A pile of skulls with gushing blood, rolled forward for a long time before stopping.

The Han people's heads were sacrificed to the flag, and the rolling heads and the blood that spurted out further aroused the beastliness of the Mongols, who brandished their swords again and shouted loudly:

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill all the Han people!"

In the deafening shout, the Mongolian cavalry slowly advanced, and after advancing to a distance of about two miles from Datong City, the four thousand Mongolian cavalry in front dismounted, and under the leadership of their own thousand household chiefs, they carried more than 200 ladders and swarmed towards the north gate of Datong. The Mongol cavalry, which followed, continued to march, preparing to cover the attacks of their companions with mounted fire.

Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting personally commanded at the north gate of Datong.

The north gate of Datong is the first target of Jiannu's southern attack, so any Datong defender will place heavy troops in the direction of the north gate, and Cao Yue is the same.

At this time, Cao Yue, together with Sun Chuanting, was standing on the tower of the North Gate, holding a telescope in his hand, quietly checking the movements of the Jiannu people.

"General Cao, if this official doesn't interfere with your command today, I just want to sit here and see how you repelled the Jiannu siege!" After holding the binoculars to check the situation for a while, and then seeing that Cao Yue was not much nervous and afraid, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but be curious, how Cao Yue defeated the Jiannu under Datong City last time, he didn't understand very well, and today I want to see how Cao Yue used soldiers.

Also, he also wanted to see the combat effectiveness of the Datong Army in person.

"Okay, then let Master Sun see the combat effectiveness of our Datong Army!" Cao Yue smiled at Sun Chuanting very confidently, continued to hold the binoculars to check the situation, and said while watching: "The first wave of Jiannu attacks was actually carried out by the Mongols, and they thought it was the Han army. Since the Mongols want to take the lead, let them taste the power of the firearms of the Ming army, so that they will never dare to attack the Ming city in the future!"

Cao Yue said, put down the binoculars, and ordered Cao Jie who was waiting beside him: "All the soldiers of the first battalion, get ready!"

"Yes, Lord Commander," Cao Jie slapped his legs, saluted, and strode to his own position, ready to command the battle.

In front of Cao Jie, a thousand musketeers stood behind the female wall, looking out of the city intently through the shooting holes, and the muskets in their hands were aimed at the slowly approaching Jiannu sergeant. They will be the first wave of fighters to open fire, and behind them, there will be three teams of sergeants with guns on standby, ready to refill the fire as soon as the first wave is finished.

With the agility of the musketeer, there is no longer a need for five shots, and four shots can be fired without gaps.

The hundreds of mercenaries led by Justin also went to the battlefield for the first time today, and their position was under the city gate tower where Cao Yue stood.

After coming to Datong for a few months, he didn't fight, and they didn't come in handy in the last fight with the rogue, so Justin was a little impatient. Today, they finally had their use of force, and this tall, yellow-haired, blue-eyed down-and-out nobleman patted his chest and assured Cao Yue that they would definitely impress everyone.

The Ming defenders at the head of the city were in full formation, and when they were ready to fight, the Mongols who were preparing to attack the city were about to enter the range of muskets.

"Kill the Nanming barbarians at the head of the city, we will be happy and happy in Datong City tonight......"

"Haha, the woman of the Han family is Shui Ling, I played one when I came forward, it's really cool to get home, after breaking Datong, I must play a few more!"

"Wow yes...... There are a lot of gold and silver treasures in the Han people's homes, let's grab more!"

As the Mongols advanced, they spoke rudely and recklessly, and their eyes showed greed and **, women and money will always be men's favorites, and they are the spoils they yearn for the most.

In the blink of an eye, the Mongols rushed to a place only about a mile away from Datong City, at this time, Cao Yue gave an order for artillery firing, and with Cao Yue's order, the "boom" of artillery roared out. Solid lead bullets, flowering bullets roared and flew towards the charging queue of the Mongols, and the solid lead bullets, with huge kinetic energy, ploughed open a bloody passage, and the Mongols who collided head-on were either smashed into a ball of flesh or turned into a pile of severed limbs and stumps.

The bloody battle has officially begun!