Chapter 474: Bloody Battle to Stop Fort Hu (Medium)
On the wall of Fort Hu, Song Daniu looked at the ground with red eyes.
Many brothers have fallen forever, and the Hu people attacked with 500 soldiers and horses, and the Ming army suffered more than 30 casualties, and in the blink of an eye, it lost one-third.
Hao Ergou stood beside him covered in blood, and said again: "Withdraw." ”
Song Daniu turned around, and many Ming troops looked at him and wanted to retreat.
He then walked backwards, looking into the distance.
After only a while, there were people in their sight in the distance.
Many people are supporting each other to retreat in the direction of Shuozhou.
"The people haven't gone far yet, let's retreat, let them open the door, the cavalry will come in, and they will catch up in a while." Song Daniu said in a deep voice.
Everyone was speechless.
"That's it, if you want to withdraw first, you can withdraw, follow Hao Zongqi first, and if you want to stay, follow me." Song Daniu finally said.
Hao Ergou showed joy on his face and quickly turned around.
Immediately someone stood beside him, and then one or two, several people came over.
But after someone came over first, thought about it, and walked to Song Daniu's side again.
After a while, more than 60 people were divided into two groups, and more than 20 people were willing to stay, and most of them wanted to leave.
"100 households." Hao Ergou saw that they were only such a small person, and it was useless to stay.
"Put your lightly wounded brother on your horse and go first." Song Daniu said in a deep voice.
Hao Ergou's eyes were also red, and he turned around and asked, "How many horses do we have?" ”
"Twenty-six." There is humanity.
Hao Ergou stood in place and hesitated for a few seconds, and suddenly scolded: "Special mother." A kick flew a spear off the ground.
Then he walked to Song Daniu's side again.
Song Daniu glanced at him and didn't say anything.
Many people saw it later, and some people came back one after another.
After a while, there were more than forty people who were willing to stay, and less than twenty who wanted to leave.
"Boom" Suddenly there was a heavy sound of horses' hooves behind them, and Song Daniu and the others looked back, but it was dozens of cavalry Ming troops coming from the east of the fort.
This Ming army was supported by the general Huibao on the south side, and the leader was a general banner.
Song Daniu let them in first, and then said: "The fort can't be defended, if they come in from here, the nearby forts will definitely not be able to hold it, so that the people of the forts will retreat to Shuozhou and Datong." ”
"If you don't want to keep it, you can go first and go back to report the news."
The general banner shouted: "Lao Tzu was ordered to come to support, do special mothers, kill these Hu people." "Refuse to retreat.
The newcomers are so fierce, and it suddenly boosts morale, but there are still people who want to leave.
In the end, sixty-eight men were left, and the rest were each given a horse, and withdrew from Fort Hu, and at the same time divided into nearby forts, and called a general assembly to all retreat.
"Tell the people to hurry up, we won't be able to last long." Song Da Niu watched the last group of people leave the fort, standing on the fort and screaming.
After seeing everyone leave, Song Daniu looked left and right, and suddenly said, "Pile everything that can be lit behind the fort gate." ”
The Ming army persuaded one after another, many door panels and bed boards were all removed, and the ladders left by the Hu people were also pumped up, and a lot of clothes that were not used were piled up behind the fort gate, as long as they could be ordered, and then poured fire oil.
There was a large pile of stuff at the scene, and the fort gate was firmly blocked like a mountain.
The Ming army had just finished this, woo, and the horn sounded again under the city.
The second wave of Dubra's men and horses were ready, carrying ten ladders and preparing to start the attack.
This time, the Hu people were very orderly and not impatient, the front row was full of sword and shield soldiers, the middle was carrying a bow ladder, and the back row was an archer.
There were two hundred archers, all gathered in the back row.
With the clarion call of attack, thousands of Hu people slowly moved forward.
The Ming troops on the wall prepared to meet the enemy.
After a while, the Hu people entered within sixty steps.
"Archery." The Ming army was the first to shoot.
The Hu people went forward against the rain of arrows, and along the way, people kept falling to the ground with arrows, but the Hu people seemed to be unflustered and continued to move forward.
Song Daniu looked frightened, the Ming army is now under the perennial queue training, and it can also practice to withstand the rain of arrows and move forward without panic, but the Ming army is because of strict discipline.
And the Hu people are afraid, if the Hu people are shot by the rain of arrows, they are afraid of the rain of arrows, and after they go back, they will all be cut down.
These Hu people are too brutal, and Song Da Niu knew at this time that if he was captured alive, the end would be very miserable.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the city, like countless bees buzzing.
With a bang, a large wave of arrows flew towards the city.
"Raise your shield." The Ming army shouted one after another, but it was too late.
When, when, when, arrows rained down on the city, and many screams surged at the scene.
"Shoot them archers." Hao Ergou yelled frantically.
The Ming army reflected back at the archers.
But there were too many arrows under the city, and they were shot at the head of the city in dense numbers.
The two sides crackled and shot at each other, the Ming army was condescending and had the advantage of terrain, and there were many Hu people with arrows, and they shot up and down at one time.
After a few rounds of fire, boom, ladders were raised to the city wall.
The shouting of killing at the scene of "killing" shook the sky, and the Hu people climbed up like a tide.
"Zheng" Song Daniu raised his knife and said sharply: "Kill these dog offal, let them see, our Daming is not easy to bully." ”
"Long live Da Ming, long live Your Majesty."
"Hooray." The Ming army roared wildly, and many people stepped forward to meet the battle under the rain of arrows.
The Hu people occupied a large number of people, crowded under the city, and the archers in the back row also advanced to within ten paces of the city wall.
Song Da Niu saw that the situation was not good, the opponent's arrow shot fiercely, the Ming army almost a moment later, everyone was hit by the arrow, Song Da Niu was also hit by several arrows, fortunately there was no injury, and the other party was a throw, can not completely break his armor.
"Hao Ergou." Song Da Niu suddenly screamed.
"In, in, in." Hao Ergou ran to Song Daniu's side from not far away.
Song Daniu's face changed slightly, Hao Ergou had at least three arrows stuck in his left shoulder and back, and his body was covered with blood, and it seemed that the injury was not light.
"Special mother, prepare the ruthless guy and throw it to the crowded place below, can you throw it at those archers?"
"It should work, I'll try." Hao Ergou's face showed a hideous look, turned around and looked for it in the back, and soon a hundred-person enemy appeared in his hand.
This is a weapon invented by Zhu Gaoxu to defend the city in the rebel war, which is equivalent to a grenade bomb in later generations.
However, because the Ming Empire is too large and in demand, it has given priority to equipping major cities and important passes in the past two years, and only a small number of border forts like these have been equipped.
In the second year of Hongxi, the fort was matched twice in the third year, and a total of 28 100 enemies were obtained, which was far less powerful than 10,000 enemies.
Each hundred-man enemy weighed five catties, and the explosion kill range was about ten steps.
"Ignition, ignition." Hao Ergou took one with both hands, and a soldier on the side helped him light it.
While nodding, the man said, "Does Mr. Hao know how many times?" ”
"Dozens of explosions, Lao Tzu knows."
Wow, as soon as he finished speaking, he was ignited.
“1,2,3,4,5——”
Hao Ergou was a little scared, he counted quickly, and when he counted to five, he quickly stood up and ran all the way from behind: "Dodge-open-"
The front row of Ming troops got out of the way.
He rushed to the battlement.
Flutter, an arrow shot at him in the chest.
He grinned in pain, and almost lost his hand.
Originally, he wanted to throw the archers in the distance, but he couldn't use his strength directly.
Whoosh, 100 enemies fell under the ladder.
There was a loud bang under the "boom", the cloud ladder shattered, and the Hu people fell down in an uproar, followed by all kinds of screams.
The Hu archers, who were originally very close, flew out of the sky and retreated one after another.
"Mr. Hao." Someone rushed up.
Hao Ergou pulled out the arrow in his chest with a hard stroke: "It's okay, come again." ”
But when he walked back, he had already stumbled.
Boom, boom, and soon, the city was thrown several times with a hundred enemies.
The ladder of the Hu people was almost blown up, and a large number of soldiers were overturned.
"Ahh
The second wave of 1,000 men attacked Fort Hu and failed again.
Harino in the distance, Dubra and others were stunned and couldn't believe it.
Because when they fought Zhenyuan Pass before, the Ming army there was no 100-man enemy, and there was no such fierce resistance.
The Hu people retreated again, this time thousands of people attacked, and there were more than 800 people who retreated, in fact, the casualties were not large, but the earth-shattering explosion and powerful power just now shocked the Hu people.
Probably knowing that the retreat was not good, the more than 800 people stopped in place halfway through the retreat, and did not dare to come back, so they looked at the Zhuhu Fort in the distance in horror.
Harino looked at Dubra with a gloomy face, and Dubra trembled, for fear that he would also be cut down.
At this moment, driving, the main force of the Chinese army in the distance had a fast horse coming out.
Soon came to their side.
"The Sultan has an order to pick out ten people who fled first and cut them down, and the rest will attack again."
"Tell them to retreat next time, and the whole army will be beheaded."
"The Ming people have limited gunpowder, continue to attack, they will definitely be able to break it, and after breaking the city, everyone will be rewarded."
Dubra's face softened slightly.
But the ladder has been destroyed, and they have to rebuild it, but fortunately, there are many people, and they have millions of people nearby, and the speed of building the ladder is still very fast, and there are always people working.
In less than half an hour, twenty ladders were brought from the river, thirty miles away.
This time, Hu Ren learned smartly, but he still only carried five parts, and the interval was a little farther away.
"Kill, kill all these dogs." With a loud shout from Dubra, more than 800 people who had just returned attacked again.
The Hu people poured like a tide, and then the two sides began a bloody battle, and whenever the Ming army could not withstand it, they would throw down a hundred enemies.
But the Hu people have learned to be smart, and there will not be too many people gathered under the city.
Boom, boom, in a powerful explosion, five ladders shattered.
"Again." Five more ladders rushed up.
After the last ladder was blown up, the sky was already slightly dark.
Shaharu sent people here to spread the word, and before dark, the thousand men could not attack, and all of them were beheaded, including the main general Dubra.
Dubra's face changed dramatically, he rode his horse and thought about it, swished, and jumped off his horse.
There were still twenty personal soldiers behind him, and he waved his hand directly: "Let's go, attack the city." ”
Personally led his own soldiers to attack the city.
At this time, he originally had a thousand subordinates, but there were probably less than five hundred.