Chapter 572: After All, I Will Be Returned (Part I)
"Use a large group of Mongol troops to attract attention, and then send a cowardly Xue army that is not large in number but definitely the elite of the elite to venture to land from the most difficult beachhead to land, and launch an attack on the flank of the Daming camp," Ye Yingwu muttered, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Kublai Khan used so many means, he really can afford a certain Ye Yingwu." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Ye Yingwu did not mean to despise the cowardly Xue army, and he also knew that this army played a very important role in the history of the rise of Mongolia in just a few decades, and its status in the Mongolian army was even much higher than that of the Praetorian Guard in the Ming army.
Kublai Khan sent the cowardly Xue army into battle in front of him, the first may be because Kublai Khan is sure to win this battle, so he directly tops the whole army, and the second is similar to Ye Yingwu's previous speculation, Kublai Khan must be due to physical reasons or some other unavoidable reasons, he needs to fight quickly, so he simply took out all the hole cards in the first battle.
Although the place where they went ashore was the most difficult choice among the three beachheads, they still rushed to the beachhead as fast as possible, although the first few sheepskin rafts were almost capsized because of the turbulent waves, but the soldiers on the ship still tried their best to stabilize the boat, and even some soldiers jumped directly on the stones next to them, and then jumped between the stones and rushed towards the beach.
Seeing this scene from the clairvoyance, Ye Yingwu couldn't help but nodded approvingly, these cowardly Xue soldiers can be seen to be outstanding in their personal ability, which even reminds Ye Yingwu of those reconnaissance brigades of the PLA in later generations, although I don't know which is stronger or weaker in the face of this cowardly Xue army and his own Praetorian Guard, but when Ye Yingwu saw the skilled and experienced movements of these cowardly Xue soldiers, it was very clear that this army had only had a small fight with the Ming army in Huainan in recent years, It also maintains a strong training volume and combat power.
Some people in later generations classified it as one of the "eight strong armies" in China for 5,000 years, which is indeed reasonable.
Xiao Yangzi, who was standing next to Ye Yingwu, was not in such a good mood to watch the play here, the two sides were still desperately shooting at each other on the river beach under the hillside, and at the rocky beach downstream, the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard and the Mongolian soldiers who killed the shore were fighting happily, and the Ming army on the bank of the entire Qinshui was mobilized, and even the artillery was busy greeting the Mongolian Tartars on the river, only they were still staring at the play here.
Although Xiao Yangzi, as Ye Yingwu's personal guard, naturally understands that it is best if he does not move, and the dispatch of the personal guard cavalry in a hundred battles means that His Majesty will personally go into battle, which is definitely not an ordinary thing for the Ming Dynasty, but now that the cowardly Xue army is about to be killed outside the Ming army camp, Xiao Yangzi, who has always been not very convinced by the cowardly Xue army, these guards, naturally want to try how many catties and taels the other party has.
The war horses behind also followed ashore, and the cowardly Xue army quickly assembled, obviously they also realized that the Ming army had no intention of competing with them in the field now, so they did not panic when they assembled.
And Ye Yingwu also restrained the smile on his face, revealing a cold color; "Spread my will, let Zhang Zhuguo lead the army to hold the rocky beachhead downstream, not let the Mongol Tatars take a step forward, and send another thousand Praetorian Guard cavalry to support the camp, tell General Yang that I will try my best to send troops to support, and be sure to hold the flank between the camp and the trench before the reinforcements arrive, if that outer trench is lost, let Yang Bao come directly to see him!"
Several guards around him went down to give orders. Ye Yingwu looked at Xiao Yangzi, exhaled lightly, and said with a smile: "Do you have the courage to follow me to the battlefield?" ”
Xiao Yangzi suddenly shuddered, and he didn't know that there was already a raging blood fire burning in his eyes, and he solemnly bowed his hand to Ye Yingwu at the moment, and the guard commander, who was actually not very old, replied without hesitation: "I am willing to follow Your Majesty to the death, and I will not give up on the sword mountain and the sea of fire!" ”
"Follow me, we can't die, only the Mongolian Tartars will die," Ye Yingwu smiled and patted Xiao Yangzi's shoulder, and walked down the hillside, "Haven't you always been dissatisfied with the so-called 'strong army in the world' of the cowardly Xue Army, then follow me to see and learn!" ”
Xiao Yangzi's lips trembled slightly, after all, he still didn't say anything, but he was already a little big, just now his blood rushed over, and his head was hot for a while, but now he was sighing in his heart.
Although Xiao Yangzi is an out-and-out killer, he knows very well what his current responsibilities are, he is Ye Yingwu's personal guard chief, and he is also the last barrier that Da Ming can arrange around His Majesty the Emperor, and his only task is to do his best to ensure Ye Yingwu's safety. Now if you let the Chinese martial arts of the dynasty and those ladies in the harem know that they have followed Ye Yingwu to the front line with great courage, it is estimated that it is not enough to die a hundred times.
Ye Yingwu glanced back at Xiao Yangzi, whose crying face had long since lost the spirit just now, and couldn't help but chuckle, it is still easier to deal with these killing embryos.
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The Mongol soldiers roared and rushed upward, and the rocky beachhead kept falling, but more Mongol soldiers were still charging forward desperately.
A big banner full of arrow holes waved in the wind, half of Zhang Shijie's body was covered with blood, and even his eyes became a little blurred because of the blood coagulated in front of him, but he was still the same strong and majestic when he rushed into the enemy formation with a knife. Jiang Tie behind him followed closely, guarding Zhang Shijie's flank, and the saber in his hand danced so well that any Mongolian soldier who wanted to get close was directly cut off his head.
It is precisely because of the existence of Jiang Tie that Zhang Shijie can not care about his left hand side, and slash and kill the enemy on the other side as much as he wants, with Jiang Tie escorted by the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard, Zhang Shijie Fang understands why Ye Yingwu has so much courage to come to the front line every time but he is not worried that he will be injured, because Jiang Tie is like this, Ye Yingwu doesn't know where to find the killing embryo, it can be said that he was born to kill and fight for the battlefield.
Maybe they can't even handle a little thing in life, maybe they are almost crushed by the current civil and military officials in the court, but they have natural wisdom and ability in guarding and killing, all the enemies that may threaten the commander will be directly chopped into pieces by these killers, and the Praetorian Guard cavalry that rushes forward in a triangular formation dedicated to cavalry assault is like a sieve made of steel, sifting through the Mongolian army over and over again, leaving only pools of flesh and bones.
It's just that Jiang Tie is guarding Zhang Shijie alone, Zhang Shijie can obviously feel the pressure reduced, and when Ye Yingwu charges, it is usually Jiang Tie or Wu Chucai - one of these two people goes out with Ye Yingwu every time, and another person stays in Nanjing City, so it is difficult to determine who is - on one side, and Ye Yingwu's personal guard captain Xiao Yangzi is on the other side, basically the enemies who are a threat to Ye Yingwu have been screened by these two guys, not to mention the cavalry soldiers of the Praetorian Guard on the periphery, And how many are vegetarians?
"Kill hard!" Zhang Shijie rushed out of the Mongolian army formation, grabbed the reins of the horse, and couldn't help laughing.
The Mongol army behind him was already in chaos because of the assault of the Ming cavalry, and on its front and flanks, the two brigades of the Shenwei Army and the Zhendong Army had been neatly pressed up, the heavy armored soldiers armed with giant axes opened the way in front, the shield bearers escorted the crossbowmen to shoot any enemy who might threaten the heavy armored soldiers, and the spearmen behind waited for an order to rush forward to send the enemy on the last ride.
The Praetorian Guards cavalry all grabbed the reins of their horses violently, and looked back at the military formation that they had just killed, with smiles on their faces. Zhang Shijie hasn't been fighting for a long time, so why aren't they? Not being able to fight with the enemy is the most painful thing to kill an embryo, and after today's addiction, these Praetorian Guard cavalrymen are naturally refreshed.
Jiang Tie breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhang Shijie, this master is unscathed. Zhang Shijie is the secretary of the Ming Dynasty's military department, Shangzhu State, and more importantly, the brother-in-law of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
What's more important is that Zhang Shijie is different from Ye Yingwu, Ye Yingwu knows that he has a few catties and taels, so even if he usually pays attention to exercise, but when he really gets to the battlefield, even if he is hot-blooded, he will not rush to the front to face the enemy, with Ye Yingwu's skills, it may not be a problem to deal with a few ordinary soldiers, but it is not so easy to deal with those Mongolian Tartar centurions and thousands, after all, such enemies are also killed from the sea of corpses and blood, and they have more or less some real skills. It's not something that Ye Yingwu's three-legged cat kung fu can deal with.
Therefore, Ye Yingwu generally went into battle to kill, mainly to stimulate morale, and also to prevent the Praetorian Guard cavalry, a first-class strong force of the Ming Dynasty, from watching the excitement all the time, not to kill himself, which means that when Ye Yingwu himself is in the formation, he often pays attention to his own safety, plus Xiaoyangzi and Jiang Tie and others generally help him block all the enemies around him who may harm Ye Yingwu's safety, so Ye Yingwu usually wields his blade to make a show, This is also why Ye Yingwu has fought on the battlefield a lot of times, but in fact, he was only injured once.
It was precisely because of that arrow that pierced the heart that almost cost Ye Yingwu's life that Ye Yingwu himself was also very cautious in the future killing.
And Zhang Shijie is different, this general who came out of the Mongol army to defect to the Southern Song Dynasty when he was young, is definitely not afraid of bloody and dangerous battlefield fighting, and it can even be said that he has not fought on the battlefield for a long time, which has made him a little unbearable, otherwise he would not have killed so fiercely today.
Zhang Shijie is fierce, Jiang Tie and they are naturally worried, this master is not as good as His Majesty the Emperor!
It's just that Zhang Shijie obviously didn't realize that Jiang Tie and they were all relieved, and leading the cavalry to charge the battle just now was actually a helpless choice, the two brigades that the Ming army rushed over to support were all foot soldiers after all, and it still took some effort to come over from the camp, and the Mongolian army had gradually gained a foothold on this rocky beach, if Zhang Shijie didn't take action, I am afraid that the two teams of Ming troops who rushed to support would not be able to drive the enemy down Qinshui again in a short time.
Therefore, Zhang Shijie simply led the team to rush into the Mongolian army, using the momentum of the cavalry and the strong breakthrough ability to directly disrupt the formation gradually organized by the Mongols, so that the Mongols could be confused, and secondly, it could also give enough time to the Ming soldiers who rushed over.
The two Ming army brigade commanders who led the team obviously understood Zhang Shijie's intentions, and hurriedly led the army to form a team, so there was a scene where the Ming soldiers of the two brigades pressed up in a neat formation just now, and on the contrary, it stands to reason that the Mongols, who should have formed a formation against the Ming army, were already in chaos.
"Up!" Behind the shield, there was a constant roar of the head of the Ming army, and the shields were opened, and the swords, shields and spearmen of the brigade roared and rushed towards the enemy, but in fact, the enemy in front of them had long been unknown under the charge of the Ming cavalry just now and the chopping of the big axes in the hands of those heavily armored soldiers, where did they still have the energy to fight against the Ming army?
You must know that the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard of the Ming Dynasty and these heavily armored soldiers are all used to deal with the Mongolian cavalry, and now they are used to deal with the foot soldiers.
Zhang Shijie exhaled lightly, the soldiers of the Ming army in these two brigades are not much compared to the number of soldiers who have come ashore one after another from the Mongolian Tatars, but the Mongols have been oppressed to the beachhead, and the situation is in chaos, plus the Mongolian army behind obviously does not continue to send troops to a rocky beach, and even the sheepskin rafts have been transferred back one after another, so the odds of victory are already in the hands of the Ming army.
After all, not everyone in this world has the courage to fight against a powerful enemy.
The battle here is more than enough to hand over to the two brigade commanders, Zhang Shijie turned his horse's head to look in the direction of the camp, there was also a sound of killing, and it was obvious that the Mongols had also launched a fierce attack on the other side of the river. Zhang Shijie immediately looked at Jiang Tie: "Without further ado, let's hurry back." ”
Jiang Tie nodded, after all, he led the elite Praetorian Guard cavalry, and the main task of this cavalry team was to protect the safety of Ye Yingwu's periphery, but now Ye Yingwu only had five hundred people led by Xiao Yangzi around him, so Jiang Tie was naturally not at ease. Although many of the soldiers of these Divine Guards and Zhendong Army were on the battlefield for the first time, the rigorous training in peacetime let them know what they should do, as long as they could find a rhythm and adapt to the battlefield that was difficult for the enemy to deal with even in the training ground, they would be able to completely gain the upper hand and completely wipe out these Mongol Tatars who seemed to be quite numerous.
And the Praetorian Guard cavalry, as the most elite and most useful rapid mobile force of the Ming Dynasty, is naturally a little inappropriate to blow the wind here.
However, before Zhang Shijie could go back to find Ye Yingwu to restore his life, a herald had already rushed to Zhang Shijie's face: "Qi Xianggong, Your Majesty's will, the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard will immediately go to the north side of the camp to support, Your Majesty has led the cavalry of a hundred battles over!" ”
Zhang Shijie and Jiang Tie glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprised look in each other's eyes. Zhang Shijie immediately asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong with the north side of the camp?" Could it be that the Mongol Tatars broke through the trench defenses behind the river beach so quickly?! ”
This trench was personally ordered and arranged by Ye Yingwu, and Zhang Shijie and others also praised this kind of defense line after inspecting the defense system of the trench, as long as there is this trench, the Mongols can only pile up the corpses little by little!
And now the whole war has not been around for a few hours, and even if there are many enemies attacking from the river beach, it is impossible to directly penetrate the trench and threaten the camp.
The herald hurriedly explained: "The Mongol Tatars have also landed on the rocky beach on the north side, although there are not many people coming, but they are all cavalry, and they are also the cowardly Xue army of the Mongol Tatars, known as the 'strong army in the world'. His Majesty was afraid that the brothers in the trench would not be able to resist the attack from both sides, so he led a hundred battles to rush to the rescue, and asked the prime minister to immediately bring the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard! ”
Zhang Shijie, Jiang Tie and the others suddenly flashed a glimmer of light in their eyes, there is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell, since the cowardly Xue Jun has already killed at the door, there is no reason to cheap them. Zhang Shijie immediately raised the knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the cowardly Xue army has been killed, we have to let them see what we say, what is the Ming Praetorian Guard!" ”
Jiang Tie also laughed and picked up the horse lance, compared to Zhang Shijie, his words were more concise and clear: "Go!" ”
Countless Praetorian Guard cavalry instigated their horses to gallop in the direction of the camp, and Zhang Shijie and Jiang Tie stared closely at the figures galloping down from the hillside, as well as the red flags - that was Ye Yingwu with a hundred battles - Your Majesty, you also have to take care, sons and daughters will be killed!