Chapter 81: Who is the Trapped Beast?
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"There is a way to be old and not die as a thief, this Meng Gelu has not yet become old, he has become a thief!"
Looking at the stalemate battlefield in front of him, Li Rusong said with great interest, he originally planned to break up the Jurchen cavalry at one time, and then break them one by one, but he didn't expect Meng Gelu to have such courage, and he disrupted Li Rusong's plan by throwing away his pawn and protecting the handsome.
When he learned that his nest had been eliminated and that the Liaodong Iron Cavalry had launched an attack on his back, Meng Gelu quickly recalled the three thousand elite main forces that had already launched an attack on Xilie Station after a short period of panic.
At the same time, Meng Gelu ignored the 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers who had been surrounded by the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, but led the main force of 10,000 to quickly leave the battlefield, while Mingjin collected his troops to collect the remnants. As a result, by the time Li Rusong reacted, Meng Gelu had already gathered more than 12,000 troops and retreated towards his old camp!
Hada Department Old Camp:
"What do you say? Menglu's grandson actually ran here? Oops! Xiao Fei immediately asked the soldiers to give up all the loot and form a formation in the northeast corner of the camp to defend, "Du Kun, who had just captured the old camp of the Hada Department and was counting the spoils, got the news from Liu Changchun's Yebu as soon as possible.
"Yes!" Du Fei's face on the side also sank, and it seemed that his plan had changed, and he quickly organized the troops to retreat.
After a long period of training and fighting, the Chiyan Legion showed extremely good military qualities, and with the orders of the two brothers Du Fei and Du Kun, the two thousand people did not hesitate to abandon all the spoils. With only the wounded, gunpowder and dry rations, they passed through the dense tents of the Hada Department in an orderly manner and quickly arrived at the high ground in the northeast corner.
Although he only had 2,000 men under his command, Du Kun was confident that he could occupy a piece of territory to withstand Meng Gelu's army. And he knew very well that all his troops were infantry, and when he encountered the Jurchen cavalry army in the wilderness, it was easy to be scattered by the enemy army if there was no tight military formation, and he was completely annihilated by the Jurchen cavalry, so Du Kun decided to defend on the spot.
At the northeast corner of the Hadabe camp is a large piece of high ground with a view of the entire camp, and there is a natural water source on the hillside. Du Kun chose this place to let the two thousand Chiyan Legions under his command become a wedge nailed to the Hada Battalion, making Meng Gelu unbearable.
After arriving at the high ground in the northeast corner, Du Fei quickly arranged the bird guns, three people in a column, the front soldier wore heavy armor, wearing an octagonal iron leaf helmet, and there was an iron mask on his face to protect his face with only a pair of eyes, the middle soldier was responsible for passing the firecracker, and the soldier behind the most was responsible for cleaning the gun and charge.
In this way, 1,500 bird guns were arranged into a phalanx of 500 people, and the soldiers in charge of shooting at the front were well protected and could basically carry the bow and arrow of the Tartars, and there were two more bird guns, which could ensure that when the bird guns were overheated many times, there were also replacement bird guns to ensure the continuous suppression of firepower.
At the same time, five hundred pikemen were arranged on both flanks to prevent the Tartars from climbing up from both sides to sneak attack.
"Hehe, I didn't feel like it was because I was fighting those rag soldiers. Meng Gelu was generous and hospitable, and sent it to the door himself. Kunzi, our brothers have picked up a big bargain, if we can kill Meng Gelu, it would be better" After the arrangement was completed, he could already see the rolling army of Meng Gelu from a distance, Du Fei looked at it from afar and said.
"Well, this time our brothers also have to make some contributions, otherwise they will really become oil bottles!" Du Kun was much calmer than Du Fei, and said lightly when he heard this.
"What? The Ming army is still in my camp? They don't want to live anymore! Nalahe, you lead 5,000 men and kill all those Ming Dynasty barbarians for me. I led people to arrange the defense, the Ming army is insufficient, as long as it hurts them, they don't worry about them not retreating" Hearing that the Ming army had lost all its property and occupied the northeast corner of his old camp, Meng Gelu immediately gave up the plan of escaping and changed to defending on the spot.
In Meng Gelu's original plan, he wanted to bypass the old camp and escape directly, but seeing that the Ming army did not burn the cattle and sheep and goods in his old camp, he suddenly committed the problem of greedy for goods again, and decided to temporarily retreat to the old camp to resist the impact of the Ming army.
"Just, this group of Ming troops is not self-sufficient, thinking that Ben Khan can be bullied by the defeat of the oblique lie? Look at me killing you today, a trapped beast, and then go to fight to the death with Li Rusong's yellow-mouthed child" Meng Gelu thought that with the protection of the old camp and a large number of sturdy women, he could be used as cannon fodder to fight, and he might be able to turn defeat into victory.
Taking advantage of Li Rusong's busy cleaning up the cannon fodder troops and remnants of the defeated troops he had left at the Xilie Station, Meng Gelu ordered all the people of the Hada tribe who were still alive to demolish all the facilities for the construction of the camp wall, and at the same time concentrate troops on the defense of all camps.
Even Meng Gelu tied all the thousands of sheep of the tribe to their limbs, laid them down on the ground, and piled them up with cloth bags full of earth and stones as a wall.
"Jiji, with these defensive things, I don't believe that Li Rusong, a little rabbit cub, can still play a role!" Looking at his masterpiece triumphantly, Meng Gelu said unashamedly.
Xilie Station:
"What a death! Kunzi and Xiaofei should be able to hold out for a while, and order the whole army to attack and annihilate the remnants of the Jurchen cavalry, try not to let one enemy escape, and the Ming army standing in the oblique station also came out to participate in the battle" Knowing that the Du brothers did not retreat, but chose to stick to the high ground of the enemy camp, Li Rusong had an approving smile on the corner of his mouth, and immediately ordered.
As Li Rusong personally led a thousand Liaodong iron cavalry into the battlefield, and at the same time, the Ming army standing in Xilie opened the Tunbao and attacked back and forth, and the remaining more than 10,000 Jurchen cavalry were suddenly powerless. Originally, they planned to resist stubbornly and wanted to fight a bloody way, but they had no courage to resist at all, and one by one they threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground, praying for the mercy of the Ming army.
In the past, it was customary for the Dangerous Mountain Army to kill all the Tartars, but this time they unexpectedly accepted the surrender of the remnants of the Jurchen soldiers.
"Hehe, didn't Oda Sosuke say that there was a shortage of slaves and cannon fodder? These Tartars are so brave and ruthless, I don't need to spend money to raise them, just give some dry food to buy mud bombardment, that is a lot of silver and gold! With a bloodthirsty smile on the corner of his mouth, Li Rusong said to the generals around him.
During the mud bombardment before, Oda Nobunaga had discussed with Li Rusong whether he could spend money to hire the elite troops under the command of the Wufeng fleet to fight, but Li Rusong refused. Instead, the Wufeng fleet was sold to the Oda family a group of brave and ruthless slaves who could fight well for the Oda family to send at will, and at the same time, Li Rusong promised Oda Nobunaga that the combat effectiveness of this group of slaves would definitely not be much worse than the elite troops under his command, and Oda Nobunaga, who was eager to unify the world of mud and bombardment, readily agreed.
"Tsk, there are more than 5,000 Tartars here alone, all of them are tied up and loaded in prisoner carts, starved for two days, and when they have no strength to toss around, they will be sent to Mayang Island. After letting the eldest brother **, he will be sold to the devil as cannon fodder in the spring! With the light of money shining in his eyes, Li Rusong said happily, as if buying and selling livestock.
"Brother, that old slippery head of Meng Gelu treats Xiaofei and Kunzi as trapped beasts in a cage, what should we do?" The monk next to him, Lingqin, asked with a frown, worried about Du Fei and Du Kun, who were surrounded by Meng Gelu.
"Cut! Meng Gelu, the old dog with his tail between his legs that we beat, still thinks he is a tiger? Brother, you give the order, I will take the Liaodong Iron Horse to cut down this group of Tartars who are still breathing! Li Ning said impatiently on the side, this martial madman has not yet enjoyed fighting, and he is anxious to look around for a fight.
"Hehe, you martial madman, don't be impatient, Meng Gelu dares to treat my Li Rusong's brother as a trapped beast? I don't know that I am the real trapped beast! After the order was sent down, and after all the captives were tied, all the men and horses went to the old camp of the Hada Department to see that I didn't kill the old dog Meng Gelu! Patting Li Ning's shoulder with a smile, a cold light flashed in Li Rusong's eyes, since Meng Gelu wants to find death, then he will fulfill him.
At the same time, the old camp of Menglu:
"Fire!" Thousands of Tartar cavalry rushed towards the Ming army's position like ants, but the Ming army waited unhurriedly until the Tartar cavalry entered the firing range, and after Du Fei gave the order to fire, five hundred bird guns fired at the same time!
The road up this high ground could only accommodate eight cavalry at a time, and Narach had no choice but to order all the cavalry to huddle together and charge in a chaotic manner. Not only was it unable to take advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry, but the arrows that shot out of the cavalry were also inaccurate, and many of them even fell on their companions.
With the Ming army's bean-like bird shots, a large number of cavalry fell on the road of the charge, which not only greatly hindered the advance of their comrades, but also caused the entire team to be in chaos.
"Cut, Meng Gelu really thinks of himself as a character. Isn't this a live target for us to shoot? Looking at the countless corpses of Jurchen soldiers in front of him, Du Fei said mockingly.
"The Tartar is really vicious! It's consuming our gunpowder! Anyway, it seems that our gunpowder can be fought until tomorrow, right? Du Kun on the side said in a rare joke, he thought it was a vicious battle, but he didn't expect it to become a light slaughter!