Chapter 271: The Beginning of a Fierce Battle
The ranger's voice fell, and He Mazi suddenly pointed in front and shouted: "General, look, Jiannu cavalry!" β
"Huh!?"
Scarface's heart sank, and he turned sharply to look in the direction of He Mazi's finger, and sure enough, he saw that billowing smoke and dust had risen on the horizon in the northwest direction, and Scarface estimated the distance, and the Jiannu cavalry was only twenty miles away from Jining City at most.
"Pass the order." Scarface Huo Ran turned his head and shouted loudly, "The officers and men of the Central Army will all put down their work, seize the time to rest, and let the people do the rest of the work." β
"Yes!"
The herald who followed behind Scarface suddenly agreed and took the order.
In less than a moment, the Jiannu cavalry approached within ten miles, Scarface held a monocular and watched for a moment, and said in a condensed voice: "It's the Mongolian cavalry here, not the Jiannu Eight Banners!" β
He Mazi clenched his fists so hard that he said viciously: "It doesn't matter if he is a Mongolian cavalry or a Jiannu Eight Banners, hehe, it's a fucking heavenly soldier and a heavenly future, and there is no return when he arrives in Jining!" β
"Mongol cavalry? Isn't this the defeat of our Central Army? β
Wang Huzi was also born in Datong, and once participated in the battle of Sanbulachuan, and now he recalls that Wang Pu took them to kill three in and three out, and the scene of killing the Horqin cavalry was still enthusiastic, and he was a little eager to say at that time: "General, why don't you take the cavalry out to fuck him?" β
"No way!" Scarface shook his head and said, "Although the Mongolian cavalry is not good at fighting tough battles, but the cavalry and archery skills left by their ancestors have not been lost. At that time, it was really necessary for the two armies to distance themselves and let the Mongol cavalry give full play to the advantage of cavalry and archery, and it was difficult to say who would win and who would lose. β
"Hey." Wang Huzi said disapprenously, "No matter how powerful the Mongols are at riding and shooting, they are just a group of herdsmen, and they can still be stronger than the brothers who lick blood on the head of the knife all year round?" General, don't be angry with your family's ambition to destroy your own prestige. β
"Shut up." Scarface shouted in a muffled voice, "We only have 2,000 cavalry, but the Mongolian cavalry has 20,000 people, and with 2,000 cavalry, you are letting the brothers go to death, this is not the way to fight!" β
Wang Huzi is silent, this guy can rush and fight, but he has no brains.
Scarface pondered for a moment, and then said, "Wang Huzi! β
Wang Huzi thought that Scarface had changed his mind, and quickly stepped forward and responded, "Yes." β
Scarface said: "Let your people have a good rest, no matter how fierce the battle to defend the city is, your task is to rest well and nourish your spirits!" Wait for tonight, give the Mongolian cavalry a taste of sweetness. β
"Yes!"
Wang Huzi suddenly agreed, and went in a hurry.
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Outside the city of Jining, in front of the Mongolian cavalry.
"Appeal ......"
Sonamu gently drank the mount under his crotch, and at the same time raised his right arm, the herald who followed Sonamu quickly sounded the low and distant horn, and the 20,000 Mongolian cavalry who followed Sonamu slowly forward reined in their horses, and then slowly spread out to the two wings, forming a wide front that was more than ten miles wide.
The autumn wind shrank, and the grass and trees withered yellow.
Thousands of Mongolian cavalry lined up in a slightly messy cavalry formation, and countless pairs of cold eyes were already staring at Jining City not far away, just like thousands of steppe wolves staring coldly at the prey in their field of vision, just waiting for the wolf king's order, they would show their hideous fangs and rush forward without hesitation.
The Horqin tribe was the first of all the Mongolian tribes to form an alliance with Jiannu, after the Jiannu conquered Mongolia, the Mongolian tribes were suppressed by the reduction of Ding, only the strength of the Horqin tribe was enhanced, the entire Horqin tribe was composed of four tribes, and the prince of Horqin, the prince of Changzhi, Ukshan, had died in the hands of Wang Pu in the Sanbula Chuan Khanate.
The second branch is Chahan, the fourth branch is full of Zhu Xili, and the third branch is Sonamu.
As Doldor said, Sonam's surname was reckless, irritable, belligerent, and had no brains, and Dolgon sent him as a vanguard general, his intentions were very insidious, Dolgon made it clear that he wanted Sonamu and his 20,000 Mongol cavalry to send him to death, and Dolgon wanted to arouse the hatred of the entire Korqin Department for the Ming Central Army with Sonamu's death, and then stormed Jining at any cost.
However, Sonammu could not have known Dorgon's intentions, and he was even complacent because of Dolgon's trust!
Since Dolgon came to power and became the regent, every time the vanguard general who sent troops to build slaves was either Duoduo or Azig, Dolgon has never let someone else serve as the vanguard general, this time Dolgon is uncharacteristically Sonamu as the vanguard general, what does this mean? This shows that Dorgon has made SonamΓΌ a confidant!
Amid the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, more than two dozen thousand household chiefs had gathered around Sonam.
Sonamu pointed at Jining City with a horsewhip in his hand, and asked loudly: "Tell me, is there any way to take Jining City?" β
More than 20 thousand households are silent, and none of them are ambiguous about charging into battle, but when it comes to using their brains, it is not their forte, in fact, looking at the entire steppe, there are few Mongolian Tatars who know how to fight and fight, in the eyes of Mongolian Tatars, fighting is hunting, hunting is riding a horse to chase and kill prey, where do you need any strategy?
After all, nomadic civilization is not better than agricultural civilization, agricultural civilization has a good cultural heritage, with a large number of literate and hyphenated readers, but nomadic civilization does not, the inheritance of nomadic civilization almost all depends on the oral tradition of those sorcerers and shamans, although they also have their own language and writing, but there are very few people who can understand and can write in words.
Therefore, there have always been very few literate people among the Mongol Tatars, and even fewer who know how to strategize.
The Mongol tribes in Temujin's period were able to emerge a large number of brave and resourceful generals, which was related to the specific historical environment at that time, when Mongolia was divided, and Temujin led his subordinates to conquer the east and west.
Later, the Mongolian tribes were unified, and these subordinates also became excellent military generals, and a Mongolian cavalry experienced in a hundred battles was also cast, coupled with the unique wolf pack tactics of the Mongolian cavalry, which led to the Mongolian cavalry sweeping the world, and this was the "yellow peril" that the Western world heard about.
But the current Mongol tribes are incomparable with the Temujin period.
The current Mongolian tribes are just vassals of Jiannu, every time they go on an expedition, Jiannu is in an absolute dominant position, and the Mongolian cavalry is just a butcher's knife in the hands of Jiannu, the butcher knife only needs to be sharp enough, only needs to kill, it does not need thought, and Jiannu does not allow the Mongols to have their own thoughts.
The result is that the Mongols are getting more and more stupid and weaker the more they fight, while Jiannu is getting stronger and stronger and more refined, so it is said that Boluo, a savage Jurchen who originally relied on digging ginseng in the deep mountains and old forests, has become an excellent general with courage and resourcefulness after several years of conquest!
It is precisely for this reason that Jiannu was able to enslave 400,000 Mongolian cavalry with 60,000 Eight Banner soldiers.
Seeing that the twenty or so heads of thousands of households under his command were silent, Sonamu couldn't help but be furious and scolded: "All of them are waste! You go and cut down trees to build a ladder, Chahartai, you take 2,000 cavalry to supervise Jining City, and the rest of the people dismount to rest, and raise enough physical strength to attack the city in the afternoon! β
As soon as Sonam's order was given, the Mongol cavalry immediately began to move separately, Chahartai with 2,000 cavalry was ready to fight, and Zhelemu and Uerqi took 2,000 cavalry to cut down trees and prepare to build a simple ladder for siege.
Sonammu also turned over and dismounted, and a squire had already untied a Persian carpet from his horse and spread it on the ground.
Sonam walked to the center of the Persian carpet and sat down, the attendants brought mare's milk wine, cheese, preserved meat and other food to Sonam, the whimper of the horse's head qin sounded in the distance, and there were actually two Mongolian women wearing beautiful Mongolian robes dancing in front of Sonam, this thing really knows how to enjoy.
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Jining City Head.
The scar-faced monocular has been aimed at the two dancing Mongolian women in the Mongolian army, and his eyes move with the twisting of the waists of the two Mongolian women, and he smiled while admiring: "These two Mongolian women are good, their buttocks are warped and big, and their waists are thin enough, haha, they have picked up the treasure, and they will be Lao Tzu's people after tonight!" β
Wang Huzi, who had just returned to the city after giving the order, smashed his mouth when he heard this, and said with envy: "General, you already have two beautiful wives, and you are still a single person, or these two Mongolian ladies will reward the lowly position?" Or...... One can be done, general, if you eat meat, you have to order soup for the brothers to drink. β
"His grandmother, have you told Lao Tzu about the conditions?" Scarface glared back at Wang Huzi and scolded, "Okay, as long as you can get that head back for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will reward them to you!" β
"Who? Whose head? Wang Huzi was overjoyed when he heard this, "General, this head has been decided." β
Scarface handed the monocular to Wang Huzi and said, "See, the guy who sits on the carpet and drinks, you have to remember his appearance, tonight you must cut off the head of this guy and bring it back to the city, as long as you can do it, those two Mongolian girls will be yours." β
"Good." Wang Huzi wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile, "General, you have to count when you speak, damn it, these two Mongolian women's buttocks are really warped, hehe, look at that figure, that little waist twisted, the taste must be much better than Sister Yao on the Chunxiang Upstairs in Jining City!" β
"Hush." Scarface sneered disdainfully, "Look at your little bit of talent, when you return to the Nanjing camp after this battle, Lao Tzu invites you to go to the Wonderland to be happy, there is a Goryeo woman who Shi Lang got back from North Korea, her skin is so tender, you can pinch out the water, not to mention how watery it is, hehe......"
Wang Huzi returned the monocular to Scarface, and said with a smile: "General, you have to count what you say." β
"Nonsense, when did Lao Tzu break his promise and fatten himself?" After Scarface finished speaking, he lowered his voice and said, "But don't mention it to He Mazi and them, the cost of going back to the Wonderland is not small, please be alone, Lao Tzu is not a problem, but if you want to bring He Mazi and them, Lao Tzu will give you his life in vain this year." β
As he was talking, He Mazi suddenly ran up to the city tower and asked Scarface: "General, the Mongol Tatars are about to start attacking the city, when will my two-sentry musket team pull up the city?" β
"Look at your little bit of breath, you can't hold your breath before the battle is fought?" Scarface frowned and scolded, "Good steel should be used on the blade, your two sentry musket team Lao Tzu has to keep to deal with Jiannu, as for the Mongolian Tartar in front of you, it's just an appetizer, a thousand pikemen with hemp poles plus the people in the city are enough to deal with it, where can you use your musket team?" β
He Mazi took off his big cap, scratched his bare head, and said with a smile: "Isn't this panicking." β
"Hold it, you just have to hold it! Hou Ye said well, this soldier just has to hold on, so that they feel like a fire is burning in their hearts, and when they are released, they are like tigers coming down the mountain, unstoppable, and they can swallow the enemy in one breath! Scarface waved his hand and said loudly, "Let's go down to the city to eat, the Mongolian Tartars are cutting down wood and building ladders, but it is impossible for them to attack the city at noon." β
Although Scarface was born as a bandit, he was illiterate and could not get in touch with military books and tactics, but in his perennial war career, he had summed up a unique set of experience, he was the same as the Mongolian generals under Temujin, he was a military general who really grew up from actual combat, although he was illiterate, but if anyone underestimated him, he would pay a heavy price!
Just after noon, Zhelemu and Ur Erqi built more than 200 simple ladders.
When Sonamu was almost full of wine and food, Zhelemu and Urbeg strode up to Sonamu, knelt down on one knee and said, "Lord, the ladder has been built. β
"Hmm."
Sonamu stood up, stretched out his oily sleeves and wiped his mouth, and said loudly, "Pull those Han people up!" β
"Wow!"
The scorn and the vultures turned their heads and made a move.
There was already a large group of Mongolian cavalry escorting more than 20 Han people dressed as scholars to the Mongolian cavalry formation, and in an instant, the low horn horn had sounded, Sonamu tied his belt, turned over and stepped on the horse's back with the support of the attendants, and shouted: "Cut down all these Han people, sacrifice the flag!" β
"Wow!"
He raised his right arm in contempt and slashed down like a knife.
The Mongolian cavalry who held down more than 20 scholars suddenly showed a fierce light, and raised the sabers in their hands one after another, a dazzling cold light flashed, and more than 20 heads fell to the ground with a puff, and the dark brown earth was dyed red in a flash, Sonamu suddenly pulled out the treasure knife, raised it diagonally and pointed in the direction of Jining City, and howled sharply: "Attack ......"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
In the deafening shout, 2,000 dismounted Mongolian cavalrymen, led by two thousand household chiefs, carried more than 200 ladders and swarmed towards the west gate of Jining.
(To be continued)