Chapter 222: Troop Pot
The sharpness of the Ming people's firearms made the chasing fanqi cry bitterly.
At this time, his cavalry had suffered more than 30 casualties, and most of the Ming had disappeared into the mountains and forests.
This made Ruan Youjing hate itchy, but there was nothing he could do.
"How can this Mingren's artillery be so sharp." Ruan Youjing couldn't help but get angry, and the Ming artillery in front of him kept bombarding his cavalry.
From time to time, with a burst of firearms and arrows, several charges have been repulsed one after another.
"General, the Ming people are condescending, the firearms are violent, my cavalry and horses are weak, and it is very laborious to run up the hillside, plus the Ming people are fire and lead bullets, and the arrows are constantly coming, and they can't attack for a while." A Quang Nam cavalryman looked at the hill in front of him and said helplessly.
"Damn, I knew I should have brought the red-haired ghost's cannon." Ruan Youjing was so angry, he was too aggressive, and as a result, he didn't even wait for the follow-up infantry, and the copper cannons that were originally hauled by mules and horses and chariots all fell in the front camp at this moment.
Of course, what made Ruan Youjing even more crazy was that he had been chasing and killing the Ming people for so long, and the troops in the camp had not caught up.
If the infantry of the Fan army arrived, they could eat this elite firearms force of the Ming people with their numerical superiority, but the Fan army was delayed, so that now Ruan Youjing had to let the precious cavalry go to death.
"Go on, the Ming people's sub-cannon is almost running out." Ruan Youjing gritted his teeth and said, cursing countless times in his heart.
In fact, it's no wonder that the Ming people attacked the camp of the Fan army, almost set fire to the entire rear camp, and it was too late for the soldiers to put out the fire, how could they go out of the camp at night to pursue the Fan army.
Suddenly, a lead bullet smashed directly into Ruan Youjing's mount.
"Bang!" A heavy muffled sound came, and in an instant a blood groove was punched out on the mud.
A plate of soldiers was also frightened by the sudden cannonball.
You know, they were at least half a mile away from the hill where the Ming people were.
The range of the Franc cannon is not far, and Ruan Youjing is not stupid, so he naturally stands far away. But who would have thought that it was like this, and he was also hit by a shell from the Akito.
"General." The cavalry on the side hurriedly stepped forward and lifted the already bloody war horse.
Ruan Youjing was also lucky, several pounds of lead bullet hit the front thigh of the war horse, and the huge impact directly lifted the war horse, and Ruan Youjing was also pressed under the war horse.
Ruan Youjing only felt dizzy, and his lower body had already lost consciousness, and several personal soldiers hurriedly helped him up.
"The general is injured, quick, take the general back." A cavalry general hurriedly said when he saw it.
The cavalry, which had already been overwhelmed by the artillery fire and firecrackers of the Ming army, also withdrew from the battlefield one after another.
Naturally, the Ming people didn't know that this cannon hit a great man, and when he saw that the fan cavalry had retreated, he hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield with artillery.
Not far from the south of the Fanren camp, several large bonfires, flames scurried up for several feet, clouds of black smoke soared into the sky, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of burning, it was the Zhenla army that was disposing of the corpses of the soldiers of the two armies.
This battle army paid a great price, with more than 500 soldiers lost, 5,000 stone of grain stored in the rear camp was burned by the Ming people, and countless heavy chariots were damaged.
"Our army's current reserve of grain and grass is only enough to last the army for five days, and if we want to hold on, we must send three times more manpower to transport grain and grass from firewood sticks." The general in charge of logistics and quartermaster said helplessly.
In order to maintain the supply of grain and grass for the army, firewood sticks have mobilized tens of thousands of people, hundreds of war elephants, thousands of heavy vehicles and wooden boats, starting from both land and water, it took more than half a month to accumulate so much grain and grass, and after a night was burned by the Ming army, it was really like crying without tears.
And Ruan Youjing, who was chasing the Ming people last night, was also injured by the Ming people's artillery fire, although the injury was not very serious, but he had to recuperate on the couch for ten days and half a month.
For a while, the entire army was filled with a sense of loss and frustration.
The last night attack by the Ming army failed to destroy LĂź's car, so he had to retreat to the city to rest.
Because the Ming people attacked at night and then hurriedly withdrew, most of the bones killed in the battle were not brought back, but left there.
The night attack of the Ming people made the hidden man grit his teeth, so he ordered the soldiers to behead all the more than 300 Ming corpses left on the battlefield, and the heads were made into a Jingguan and placed directly under the city.
This made the soldiers of the Ming army defending the city furious.
"People have deceived me too much." Wang Shi looked at the Ming people's heads piled up under the city, and couldn't help but open his eyes with anger, and his teeth trembled.
"My lord, give me three hundred soldiers, and I will go down and slaughter these people without leaving a piece of armor." A general couldn't bear it anymore and said to Chen Shangchuan.
"Calm down, the grain and grass in the camp of the army have been burned by our army, and the army under the city will not hold out for a few days. Chen Shangchuan shook his head, he also saw that his blood was surging, but he still chose to endure it.
"Rather, we watched as the corpses of our brothers were mutilated alive by these men." Wang Shi said angrily.
"General Wang, you guard this Nongnai City, there are tens of thousands of people in the city, every drop of blood shed by our soldiers is shed for the people, if you can't defend the city, then it is not the bones of these hundreds of soldiers in front of you who are trampled on." Chen Shangchuan shouted sternly.
After hearing this, all the soldiers were silent.
Due to the night attack of the night people, the deployment of the Fan army was disrupted, and even the heavy grain and grass of the army were burned, and the Fan army under the city did not attack the city for several days.
Just built an earthen wall along the Lu bus, relying on this earthen wall as a barrier to attack.
For several days, the Fan people did not attack, but gave the Ming people time to recuperate.
In the Qianhai camp, Li Shi held a banquet to celebrate the victory of the night attack.
He also invited all the few people in the camp to hold a grand military and civilian party.
It has been several years since the Ming people arrived in Dongpu, and no one has ever mentioned that the celebration banquet was also invited to the common people.
As for the military-civilian gala proposed by the Luzon Ming Army, it made the Qianhai camp generals present feel very fresh.
However, due to the siege for more than a month, the whole village is very short of materials.
So he simply followed the method of eating in the pot of the troops of the Luzon Ming Army.
A cauldron was erected in the village.
He ordered someone to specially pick up the best mountain spring water from the distant mountain, pour it into the pot, and then sprinkle it into the spice bag for the field of the Luzon Ming army.
The so-called spice bag is a product of Liu Yu's systematization of food for the Ming army when it was fighting in the field, considering the logistics supply and supply.
The packet contains the required mixture of sea salt, spices and even some Chinese herbs, wrapped in resin-coated waterproof paper.
When camping in the wilderness, you only need to set up a large pot, put the meat dishes in the army, and sprinkle them with a special spice packet to make a delicious broth.
Not only can the soldiers eat a mouthful of hot food in time and quickly recover their physical strength, but also dispel dampness and heat and restore their vitality.
Thanks to the fact that the Ming court is located in the South Seas, relying on the convenient conditions of the South Seas, it is much more convenient to obtain spices than the mainland, and the convenient shipping of merchant ships from all over the world has also reduced the price of spices a lot, so the Ming army can prepare such a cherished seasoning.
Before everyone put in the ingredients, there were already bursts of fragrance coming from the big iron pot.