Chapter 140: Tongliao Fort Meat Grinder 5
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The overlord gun in Li Chengliang's hand was like a dragon, and Batu, who was caught off guard, didn't even have time to pull out the scimitar on his waist, and was pierced by Li Chengliang with a shot.
"Huh!" Seeing that Li Chengliang was like a demon god, he roared angrily, raised the spear in his hand, and directly lifted Batu high, and his heavy body pressed the pure steel body of the spear slightly bent.
Li Chengliang was angry, swept the gun diagonally with one hand, and directly threw Batu's body out of the body, and the latter screamed and the blood gushed from the wound.
"Boom!" Batu fell to the ground fiercely, and was beheaded by Zhang Dingbian who followed, and his headless body was quickly submerged in the dust.
"The head of the enemy general is here, and those who surrender will not be killed!" Zhang Dingbian hid in a stirrup just now, cut off the head of the Batu, and immediately raised it high above his head, and roared angrily.
Hearing this, they were still trying their best to resist the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and the Mongolian cavalry who returned in a hurry was suddenly taken aback: Batu, the first fierce general in the army, was actually killed!
At this time, the Mongols saw the appearance of their opponents clearly, and when they saw the wolf banner waving in the wind and the black armor of the enemy, everyone couldn't help but gasp: those black-clothed Grim Reapers' back!
"It's those guys with explosives strapped to us! Run! Suddenly, a Mongol soldier looked frightened, turned his horse's head and ran, shouting loudly as he ran.
Seeing that the main general is dead, and the terrifying enemy of the battle of splitting the mountain that night has reappeared, where will the thousands of Mongol troops still have the courage to fight again? Everyone fled in fear, completely ignoring their comrades who had fallen into the enemy line.
"Kill Lao Tzu!" Li Chengliang was willing to let go of this God-given opportunity, and was about to take the opportunity to chase and kill, but at this time, smoke and dust were rising in the distance, and the main force of the Mongolian iron cavalry led by him should have been killed!
"Dumbo! Get back to Tunpu! The little ones retreated! Pursing his lips helplessly, Li Chengliang shouted at Du Fei, and led the cavalry troops to retreat quickly.
It turned out that he thought that Batu would be able to capture Tongliao Fort in half an hour, and he had been leading more than 10,000 main forces to hurry unhurriedly. But soon he realized that something was wrong, a large number of his scout troops had disappeared, and even Zhao Quan's White Lotus Sect Northern Sect had disappeared without a trace.
He was a famous general who had been fighting for a long time, and immediately realized that something was wrong, and quickly ordered the team to speed up the march and rush to join Batu.
When he arrived, Batu was already dead, and the thousands of troops under his command completely collapsed, scattered and fled, and he had to stop and gather the remnants of the defeated army, and watched Du Fei lead the six hundred remnants to retreat into Tongliao Fort.
"Damn it! The barbarians of the Ming Dynasty were really cunning, and immediately reported to the Great Khan, and asked the Great Khan to quickly bring the main force to converge" After listening to the report of the soldiers who fled back, he should have slashed on the table with a knife, and roared angrily.
The enemy actually has a brave cavalry unit, and even if he relied on self-explosion to break through his defensive circle that night, he almost wiped out the group of black-clothed Grim Reapers. This made Ye Su not only angry, but also frightened: he only had 18,000 men at present, and if he attacked the city with all his might, the enemy's cavalry would definitely come and attack him with all his might.
"If I arrange a defensive force, it will take at least 10,000 people to ensure that this cavalry is blocked, and 8,000 people will be able to defeat Tongliao Fort?" Frowning his eyebrows, he said to himself.
At present, under the frenzied attack of Batu for four hours, the Mongolian iron cavalry has paid more than 3,000 casualties and nearly 10,000 slaves killed and wounded, completely destroying the chariot battalion troops of the dangerous mountain army.
"Just by eliminating a few hundred people on the other side, my Mongol warriors have suffered thousands of casualties and a general. At this rate, if we want to capture Tongliao Fort, won't our army have to lose tens of thousands of warriors? After thinking about it for a while, he quickly said bitterly.
The population of each Mongolian tribe and its lack of strength, whether a tribe is strong or not, depends entirely on the population of the tribe and the number of descendant troops, if the descendants of the Altan tribe have too many casualties. Then those tribes that were originally subservient to Altan will not hesitate to rebel, carve up Alta's territory for their own interests, and even directly eliminate the Altan tribe.
Moreover, the troops under the command of Alta who went to the dangerous mountain this time were all descendants under his command, and some of the cannon fodder soldiers of those small tribes were exhausted in the previous battle, and the remaining cavalry of less than 10,000 people was left in the split mountain, and the 10,000 descendants left by Alta guarded the grain route and retreat in the rear.
"Well, let's fill in the trench first!" After thinking about it for a long time, it was decided to continue the battle, first filling in the trenches to reduce the trouble for the subsequent siege operations.
It was time to change Batu's previous tactics of frantic attack, and he dispatched 2,000 marksmen who were good at shooting, crossed the first trench and continued to shoot arrows around Tongliao Fort, suppressing the defenders of the city, and at the same time concentrating 20,000 slaves to dig earth and rock on the spot to fill the trench.
At the same time, he also led 10,000 iron cavalry as the Chinese army, and arranged 3,000 iron cavalry on each wing to guard against Li Chengliang's further surprise attack, and at the same time monitored the actions of the Ming Dynasty people to fill in the trenches.
"Hey, hey, dogs aren't stupid! Brother Bianwai, seeing that they work so hard, are we making a mess? Watching the actions of the Mongols indifferently on the city wall, Du Fei suddenly said with a smile.
"Well, but these people are my Ming people, and if they are shelled, they will inevitably hurt the people. It's not easy to do! Han Bianwai glanced at it for a moment and then said, the other party used the people as shields, so that the artillery and firearms of the dangerous mountain army completely lost their effect.
Seeing that the first trench was gradually filled, and the Mongol cavalry was already approaching the fort, a large number of arrows were raining down, and the three hurriedly ordered the soldiers to take shelter.
"There's no way, the people in the fort can't be saved if they go on like this! Fire! Seeing this scene, Du Kun reluctantly gave an artillery order, and if it went on like this, all the trenches would be filled, and Tongliao Fort would be in danger.
"Boom! Rumble! "There was a rush of cannons, dozens of Furlong medium guns opened fire, and a large number of shells rained down on the crowd near the trench.
"Fire! Run, everyone! "The people who were filling in the trenches immediately became chaotic when they heard the sound of the cannons, and they turned around and ran away without falling.
"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing this scene, the rear-sweeping array did not hesitate to order, and the Mongol iron cavalry shot all the retreating civilians.
Suddenly, the first trench was full of blood, and countless civilians either died under the shelling of the dangerous mountain army, or were killed by the dense rain of arrows from the Tartars. The first ditch was full of corpses, and the people were crying and begging, hoping to find a way out, but they couldn't find it.
"I'd rather be a peace dog than a troubled world!" Han Bianwai sighed slightly, but did not stop the artillery bombardment of the troops.
In this situation, if the people were left to fill in the trenches, the bows and arrows of the Mongol iron cavalry would cover the fort of Tongliao. At that time, the fort will be difficult to defend, and the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the fort will be seriously threatened.
Even later, when the Altan army came, if it was not conducive to the trenches, it would be a heavy blow to the Altan army. The fortress will fall, and then the iron horsemen of Alta will swoop like eagles on the dangerous mountain against which they have no ability to resist.
It would take at least six days for Li Rusong to make a detour to split the mountain to cut off the grain route of the Altan army, while it would only take three days for the iron cavalry of Altan to capture the dangerous mountain. By that time, it will be too late, and the blood and lives of the officers and men of the dangerous mountain army, the fruits of heavy damage to the enemy army will be in vain.
"This is war! The victor will live, and the loser will surely die. These people, reincarnated in the next life, must not be in Liaodong! Seeing that countless people either died from their own artillery bombardment, or died under the scimitar bow and arrow of the Tartars, Du Fei said sadly.
At the same time, the main force of 30,000 Mongolian iron cavalry led by Alta was less than a day's journey from Tongliao Fort!