Chapter 419: Divine Protection
Under the command of the famous Mughal general Dodor Gor, the soldiers carried hay in their hands and slaughtered in the direction of the city wall.
Countless hay piles were piled together, and they tried to set it on fire, melting the ice-forged wall.
But these calculations of the Mughal barbarians had already fallen into Huang Tinghui's eyes.
Under Huang Tinghui's order, after the fire was almost burning, buckets of water were poured towards the city wall again.
In such a cold environment, a bucket of water splashed on the city wall quickly freezes again.
No amount of effort on the part of the Mughurs could destroy the ice-forged walls.
"Damn, damn, damn!!" The famous Mughal general Duoduo roared angrily.
He knew that if he continued like this, it would be in vain.
And the only drawback of the Han city may be their city gates.
After thinking this through, the Monghur general Duoduo Ge'er decided to destroy the Han city at any cost.
So under the compulsion of the Mughal general Duoduo Ge'er, those puppet troops who surrendered could only bite the bullet and attack the Han city over and over again.
They tried to break down the gates of the Han city directly, thus completely destroying the last trace of the Han people's will to resist.
"If you break through this Han city, there will be no one left in the whole city!"
"Kill them all!"
"Kill!!"
"Kill!!"
At this time, in the eyes of the Mughal general Duoduo Ge'er, only by killing all these despicable, shameless, insidious and cunning Han people could he eliminate the hatred in his heart.
Under this Han city, they already suffered too many casualties.
"Yes!!"
For the Mughal generals, these puppet armies that surrendered to them were the best consumables.
Human life is as cheap as grass, and for the Mengwu barbarians, the life of the Han people is extremely low.
Since it is impossible to take the Han city in a short period of time by storming, use these surrendered Han people to consume these Han defenders.
Consume to the end!
Then it was time for them to come and harvest these Han Chinese guards.
"Give me a storming of this Han city, at all costs!"
"All losses, after this battle, the Khan King will compensate you twice or three times!"
"Don't be stingy with the troops in your hands, there are so many Han people, it's not easy to replenish some soldiers?"
"If you fight well, it is not without a chance for King Khan to crown you king!!"
"Life has only been in the world for decades, if you can be crowned king, it will be worth this life!"
Under the temptation of the famous Mughal general Duoduo Ge'er, these puppet army leaders also understood that they could not afford not to pay blood.
Don't look at the kind look of Brother Duoduo to them now, if he turns his face and doesn't recognize people, then he is unlucky.
Although everything that Dodor had just said may be nothing more than empty words.
But these puppet army generals finally urged the soldiers to launch a fierce attack in the direction of Zheng County at all costs.
They understood that they were going to use human lives to pile up, and they were also going to pile down the Zheng County of the Han people.
For a time, the offensive against the entire Zheng County also became extremely fierce.
And Huang Tinghui guarded this Zheng County for five or six days.
Although the walls of the city have not yet been breached by these brutes, almost every soldier's physical strength has been squeezed to the limit.
I don't know how many strong bowstrings were broken, and I don't know how many arrows were shot outside the walls.
In the face of the puppet soldiers who poured in like a tide, the consumption in the city was also very large.
Fortunately, Zhu Jinxuan, the county commander of Zheng County, is not a dry meal, perhaps the location of Zheng County is special.
Therefore, the county commander of Zheng County hoarded a lot of war materials in the city.
Over the years, a lot of materials have been hoarded in the city.
Dealing with a large-scale war will not be left without usability.
"Now that it's this level, I think I should use that thing!"
Huang Tinghui, who had been paying attention to the dynamics of the war, suddenly said this.
As a person with a modern education, Huang Tinghui is still very familiar with the formula of gunpowder.
It's just familiar to be familiar, but out of the context of the times to make something powerful and the like.
It's just a dream.
Although cannons are not easy to make, Huang Tinghui can still accurately match the most powerful gunpowder.
Prior to this, Wong had taught the city's craftsmen how to make saltpeter.
And then how to mix the gunpowder that is qualified and can be used on the battlefield.
The time had been too hasty, so the gunpowder was not used on the battlefield.
Now the time is almost right, and the gunpowder weapon that can exert a certain effect can also be given to these barbarian soldiers who are besieging the city.
I saw that the soldiers defending the city brought up the fire crossbow and meteor arrows.
This is a swarm of arrows fired from a bamboo barrel, which is actually a tube-shaped firearm.
This kind of weapon is made of bamboo as a tube, 2 feet 5 inches long, and is externally wrapped with beef tendon, hemp, iron wire, lacquer, and fish glue. It contains 10 pieces of gunpowder, horses and arrows, which are dipped in gunpowder.
Its barrel is bent back with a wooden handle.
Ignite the medicine letter at the same time, suitable for battle.
It is very powerful compared to normal arrows. Created in the Ming Dynasty, it is one of the practical firearms.
Huang Tinghui has read an ancient book that records it, "Records of Soldiers: The Law of Making Instruments and Making Iron": "The system of this crossbow is made of bamboo." The length of the cylinder is two feet five inches, the handle is two feet long, the iron hoop is two, and the arrows in the barrel are two feet long, a total of ten arrows. ”
"Go into battle and point its medicine letter, all the arrows are fired together, like a flying locust, and a crossbow can be worth ten soldiers."
Such a powerful weapon is enough to have a great psychological deterrent effect on the enemy in the era of cold weapons.
In addition, Huang Tinghui has extremely accurate requirements for the ratio of gunpowder this time, so compared with the gunpowder that may appear on the battlefield before, the power of this gunpowder is much greater.
Under Huang Tinghui's order, he took the rudimentary firearms at the head of the city and launched an attack on the barbarian soldiers attacking under the city walls at the same time.
Gunpowder exploded!
Immediately, there were casualties, and a large number of besieging barbarian soldiers were stunned by the sudden explosion.
Many siege soldiers were killed directly.
Where had they ever seen such a weapon, and for a while they only felt that the other party seemed to have the help of immortals.
Otherwise, where did the explosion come from, and where did the roar come from?
Isn't this a means that only immortals have?
"Oh my God, we've angered the gods, we've angered the gods by attacking this city!"
"It must be like this, it must be like this, otherwise there would not have been such a thing!"
The barbarian soldiers who were still attacking in the direction of the city wall with their weapons in hand immediately ran back with their heads covered.
After all, they really don't dare to do anything that angers the gods.
If the water was splashed into ice at that time, the cast ice wall could still be blamed on the weather.
How do you explain this scene now?
Most of the soldiers in charge of the siege had never seen the explosion of gunpowder.
Even if I have seen the explosion of gunpowder, I have never seen such a terrifying scene.
Therefore, this scene is really normal.
Not to mention these soldiers who attacked the city, even the famous Mughal general Duoduo Ge'er was also surprised.
However, Brother Duoduo reacted instantly, he had heard from the mouths of other Mughal generals that the Han people had a weapon that made a muffled thunderous sound, and in the midst of this terrifying sound, it was accompanied by an extremely terrifying explosion.
Many Mughal soldiers died in such horrific explosions.
However, although the weapons in the hands of those Han people are terrifying, they are not as terrifying as the current weapons.
Brother Duoduo, the Mughal general who forced himself to calm down, could only shout at everyone, "What a panic! ”
"This is the weapon of the Han people, the weapon of the Han people!"
"Isn't it the blessing of some gods, you fools, can't you even see some tricks of the Han people?"
"When the Great Khan's grandfather attacked the Central Plains Dynasty, the Shenji Battalion they encountered had weapons like this!"
"You fools, don't be scared by the tricks of the Han Chinese!"
"Keep attacking for me, keep attacking for me!"
Although the non-stop attacks for several days have made the morale of these besieging soldiers far less than before.
Especially after going through so many weird things.
The resoluteness of their offensive and the morale of the battle were also extremely low.
Even under the coercion and inducement of the Mughal general Dodor Gor, these soldiers could no longer attack as before.
The battle lasted for several days, and the battle in Zheng County had already attracted the attention of Ku Bicheng, the Great Khan of the Mongol tribe.
Just when the Han garrison of Zheng County was in a stalemate with the Mongol army besieging the city.
Under the command of Wang Mingyang, who was guarding the town of Datong, the Han Chinese army launched an attack on the Mongol army.
In the past, the Mengwu cavalry, which had been fighting smoothly, thought that these border troops were still as vulnerable as before.
Who knew that they only understood after coming into contact with these Han armies, and now this Han army is no longer what it used to be.
Their combat effectiveness seems to have increased dramatically.
"These cunning Han people!"
"It turns out that the reason why this Han general only ordered two armies to deal with us is because there are only those two armies in his hands that can fight against my Great Mengwu army!"
"The rest of the Han army he gathered together for training, that is, in this short period of time, the Han border army already knows how to cooperate in training, how to better deal with our Mengwu army!"
"Although at the moment, the combat effectiveness of these Han armies is far inferior to our Mengwu warriors!"
"But compared with before, the combat effectiveness of these Han armies has been greatly improved!"
"They can cooperate with each other to deal with the attacks of my Great Mengwu warriors, and they can block or even kill my Great Mengwu warriors!"
"If there are more of them, we are afraid that we will suffer a big loss in the land of the Han people!"
After Kublai Cheng, the Great Khan of the Mughal tribe, understood everything, he said to his subordinates.
At this time, Kublai Cheng was extremely jealous of the Han general who guarded Datong Town.
Although the current combat effectiveness of the Mongol cavalry is still extremely strong, Kublai Cheng understands that this is only so far.
The so-called elite of a hundred battles, that is, the elite who stood out from a hundred battles.
The reason why the Mughal soldiers are so strong is because they have been raised with slaughter since birth.
Those who can survive are, of course, the strong.
But as long as the Han people are given time, they can also become more elite on the battlefield.
Relying on the huge advantage of population alone, the Mughurs did not have the slightest chance of victory.
How long has this Han commander been in Datong now?
He was already able to assemble an army that could almost rival the Monghur cavalry.
What if he was given a little longer?
Will the entire northern defense line of the Han people be more impregnable?
Is there no chance for them to enter the Central Plains?
Thinking of this, Kublai Cheng, the god of war of the Mengwu tribe, who is known as a victorious man in a hundred battles, also felt an incomparable headache.
"Dasheng Kingdom is really capable!"
"If there are a few more characters like Zhang Julu and Wang Mingyang in Dashengguo!"
"Then where in the whole world is there a foothold for my Mughal people!"
Kublai Cheng, the Great Khan of the Mughal tribe, said with great emotion.
But he also knew it was time to make his own decision.
If time drags on, the situation will certainly turn against them.
Therefore, Kublai Cheng, the great Khan of the Mughal tribe, could only say to his cronies: "Be ready to evacuate the Han land at any time!" ”
"We're going to retreat to the grassland!"
"One route is to withdraw to the grassland directly through Zheng County, and the other route is to go around three or four hundred miles and return to the grassland!"
"The first path is the best for us, but Brother Duoduo has not been able to take Zheng County, and this road is a great threat to us!"
"The second road is in a more dangerous condition, if Brother Duoduo can't take Zheng County for a long time, our army must not let the Han army form a situation of encirclement!"
"So I can only choose this road and return to the grassland!"
When everyone heard the Great Khan Kublai Cheng say this, they were all dumbfounded.
Do you really want to withdraw it?
Isn't this trip to the south in vain?
Just after one of the generals asked such a question.
Kublai Cheng, the Great Khan of the Mughal tribe, gave his own answer.
"If there are more and more Han troops, my 200,000 army will continue to be consumed by the Han people!"
"Eventually, we will be consumed alive by these cunning Han Chinese!"
"The Han people have a large population base, and if they consume our army to death, they won't have more than ten or twenty years!"
"My Dameng Wu clan can't recover their vitality, and at that time, I'm afraid the grassland will change hands!"
"You must know that Ben Khan's son-in-law is an ambitious man!"
"He knows that if he can't shake the Central Plains Dynasty, he will definitely bite my grassland tribe like a hungry wolf!"
"At that time, the overlord of the grassland will not be my Mughul!"
"It's these ambitious guys in wild boar skins!"
Although at present, the great Khan of the Mughal tribe, Kublai Cheng, who has golden blood on his body, and Nurhar, the leader of the Tuzhen tribe, one is a father-in-law and the other is a son-in-law.
But Kublai Cheng knew very well how ambitious his so-called son-in-law really was.
Or that Kublai Cheng and Nurhar are the same kind of people.
It is precisely because they are the same kind of people that Kublai Cheng knows the ambition that Nurhar's eyes can't hide.
He didn't want his troops to be consumed by the Han people, but in the end, he cheapened his ambitious son-in-law.
Hearing the Great Khan say this, everyone also calmed down.
There is an old saying among the Han people: "The sandpiper and the clam compete with each other, and the fisherman wins."
If the Mongols and the Han were to fight each other, it would be the group of men wearing wild boar skins who would ultimately benefit.
This is unacceptable to the proud Mugul.
Especially in this battle, it should have been the Mughurs and the Tuzhen people who united and attacked the Central Plains Dynasty together.
However, the Tuzhen people who had an oath in front of them fought a few battles with the Han army stationed in the Liaodong region.
There is no sign of breaking the bones at all.
This made the Mughal soldiers feel extremely angry and disdainful.
So after the Great Khan said this, these Mughal generals had nothing else to say.
"Great Khan, Brother Duoduo, that waste, it has been twelve or three days since he concentrated his forces to attack Zheng County of the Han people!"
"Until now, Brother Duoduo, who has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, has not even breached the gate of the Han city!"
"Great Khan, the minister asks to kill this waste of Duoduo Ge'er!"
In the past few days, the Mongol army has been entangled by the Han army.
But the battle report from Duoduo'er's side did not go well, and Duoduo'er, who had an army of tens of thousands, was tripped up by a small Zheng County.
This made the already very short-tempered Mughal generals how to accept it.
"Brother Duoduo's performance is really bad!"
"Although our army is mainly cavalry, it is not good at attacking cities!"
"But it's not so outrageous that it won't be able to hit!"
"But Ben Khan understands that Brother Duoduo is definitely not a condescending fellow, although he is not the kind of famous general who is not born in the world."
"But such a stupid mistake would never be made!"
"In this way, there are definitely capable people in Zheng County!"
"How capable the Han people are!" Ku Bicheng, the Great Khan of the Mughal tribe, suddenly said with great emotion.
"Send a letter to Brother Duoduo, Ben Khan will go to Nazheng County in person!"
"Ben Khan wants to see for himself what kind of capable people are in this Zheng County, who can trap my three thousand Mengwu iron horsemen and tens of thousands of puppet troops in that small place!"
Speaking of this, Kublai Cheng, who was the Great Khan of the Mughal tribe, suddenly smiled knowingly.
"If this battle can capture the capable people in Nazheng County alive!"
"Maybe for my Mughal tribe, it is the biggest gain in this battle!"
As the Great Khan of the Mughal tribe, Kublai Cheng has always attached great importance to capable people.
Especially in the process of the southern conquest and the northern war, Kublai Cheng understood the importance of talents.
At present, the southward movement cannot achieve great results, and the withdrawal of the Mengwu cavalry from the Han land is already a high probability.
Kublai Cheng also wanted to see at this time who could stumble the Mengwu iron horsemen in Nazheng County, who was sacred.
If this person can be brought back to the grassland, it will be a great thing for the grassland tribe.
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