Chapter 49: Reflections on War
"Acting for the king......" Xu Yingxu roared angrily.
"Don't worry, this king is not ......"
Before he could finish speaking, he was thrown to the ground by two of his own soldiers.
As a result, Zhu Gui was still hit by several arrows, but fortunately, his biggest reliance on body armor played an important role.
But the two soldiers on his body were shot into hedgehogs.
Zhu Gui's eyes turned red in an instant.
The people on the city wall did not dare to show their heads at all.
Zhu Gui ran directly to the vicinity of a Hongyi cannon.
He almost tripped over the corpses of several soldiers along the way.
Two guards immediately came out to help Zhu Gui reload his ammunition.
As a result, at this time, the third round of arrow rain arrived again.
In order to protect Zhu Gui, these two soldiers died tragically in front of him.
For the first time, Zhu Gui felt the cruelty of war.
His eyes were red and he lit the red cannon.
There was a loud 'bang', and he was shocked to take a few steps back, and then he landed on the ground, and his ears were buzzing.
However, the neighing and screaming of the horses from under the city walls made him stand up and lie down on the battlements to look down.
I saw that the Mongolian cavalry array, which was very neat just now, had been torn open a big hole at this time.
Dozens of cavalrymen were strewn on the spot, and not even a single piece of flesh could be found.
"Musketeers, return fire, all Hongyi cannons, open fire."
Zhu Gui roared angrily.
The soldiers who had been hiding ran back.
The guards with the three-eyed guns and the soldiers of the Daiwang's Mansion loaded their ammunition and began to return fire.
However, Hei Muhan had already calculated the range of the Ming army's firearms, so except for the occasional achievements of the flintlock pistol, the results of the garrison of the guard were very pitiful.
But this time, the Hongyi cannon gave Hei Muhan a stick.
Ten Hongyi cannons directly killed more than 500 Mongolian elite horsemen in a round of shelling.
The rest of the cavalry were also frightened and fled, and Heimuhan had no control over the situation at all.
This round of confrontation only lasted for a stick of incense.
There were quite a few dead and wounded on both sides.
But in the end, it ended in a crushing defeat and retreat of the Mongols.
The soldiers on the walls began to cheer.
However, Zhu Gui's face did not look happy at all.
He looked at the two soldiers who died trying to save him, and his heart was bleeding.
This time, it was his lack of thought that caused them to be killed by two rounds of arrows from the enemy.
Xu Yingxu walked over, patted Zhu Gui's shoulder and said, "Lord Wang, you did a good job this time, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have repelled the Mongols so quickly." ”
Zhu Gui looked at the mess outside the city, but did not speak.
Xu Yingxu paused for a moment, then glanced at the dead and wounded soldiers on the city wall who were being carried down the city wall, sighed and said: "Lord Wang, this is war, it is impossible to be immortal." ”
"This king understands that it is only because of my negligence that I have caused such a big loss this time."
Zhu Gui clenched his fists and said.
Xu Yingxu originally wanted to say something, but seeing Zhu Gui's resolute face, he didn't continue, but ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
There are a lot of dead and wounded horses on the battlefield, these are important sources of meat, and as for those injured and disabled enemies who are not dead, they naturally need to be replenished.
Not long after, a slender figure appeared behind Zhu Gui, it was Xu Miaoqing disguised as a soldier.
"Hey, how long are you going to stand here? Steward Wang and the people of the Datong Chamber of Commerce prepared a banquet in Datong Mansion to celebrate this victory, do you want to attend? ”
Xu Miaoqing tilted her head and looked at Zhu Gui and asked.
"This king is a little uncomfortable, you can participate on behalf of this king."
Zhu Gui turned around and sat on the ground, looking at the blood stains on the ground that had not yet dried.
Unexpectedly, Xu Miaoqing was not too dirty, and sat down next to Zhu Gui.
"If you don't go, I won't go, how boring it is for me to go alone."
Seeing that Zhu Gui didn't speak, she continued: "My brother told me, I didn't believe that you would be sentimental because of the dead, and it wasn't like you at all. ”
Zhu Gui said lightly: "What do you think of this king as you think?" ”
"When I was in the capital, I often heard about you at home, but you bullied someone, and at that time I thought you should be a face full of flesh and a fierce look."
Xu Miaoqing tilted her head and recalled with a smile.
"Later, when I came here, I saw you and thought I was wrong, until, until that happened, until now, I feel that some of the rumors are quite unreliable."
After speaking, Xu Miaoqing turned her head to look at Zhu Gui, as if she knew him for the first time.
Zhu Gui sighed and said, "Thank you." ”
"Thank you, I'm not, I'm not an outsider."
Xu Miaoqing lowered her head as if she had bitten her tongue, her face slightly red.
Zhu Gui suddenly stood up, pointed to the distance and said, "Only by letting everyone in this land recognize the existence of the Ming Dynasty, the war will not exist." ”
Xu Miaoqing looked up at Zhu Gui, her eyes shining.
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It took Heimuhan more than a day to gather the remaining 2,000 cavalry, and as for the rest, he didn't know where to go.
But even these Mongolian elite horsemen who have returned are like they have lost their souls, and they may not be able to go to the battlefield again in the future, and their souls have been frightened.
This made Hei Muhan very helpless.
In yesterday's battle under the city, it was not the first time she had seen the opponent's artillery.
The Mongols also had some firearms inherited from the Han people during the Yuan Dynasty, but the cannons at that time did not have such great power, and one cannon could take away dozens of cavalry.
This forced him to reassess the threat level of the Acting Palace.
But now he had to face the wrath of the Heavenly Khan first.
If they can't take the new city of Hujian Gorge, I'm afraid that the Blackwood tribe will completely lose the dominance of the next battle.
But as he looked at the disgraced Mongol cavalry in front of him, it was hard to imagine what would happen if he brought them under that city again.
And he only borrowed more than a thousand cavalry during this time, and he was simply unable to take the city against the opponent's artillery.
That's how it can be good.
Just as Hei Mu Han was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, his subordinates suddenly rushed in.
"Chief, there is a Han man who wants to see you, and he claims to be able to help you take the city called Hujian City."
"Oh? Han? Hei Muhan was surprised and a little puzzled when he heard this.
But now, he is already difficult to ride a tiger.
If the city cannot be breached, the Blackwood tribe will most likely be consumed by the wrath of the Heavenly Khan.
So he didn't care about anything else, and came to a tent to meet the Han man.
"Who are you?"
Hei Muhan walked into the tent and saw a masked man in a cloth robe with his back to him, looking at a map of the grassland hanging on the curtain.
The masked man turned his head and said in an ugly voice, "It doesn't matter who I am, I have an important piece of information here that can help you enter Tiger Stream City, but it depends on what price you offer." ”