Chapter 52: The Bloody Battle of Datong V
"Monchai Ezhen, Dagu Bian Ezhen, each of you will take people upstream and downstream to find a place to cross the river, and Benbel will besiege this city tonight."
"Yes, little prince."
After three volleys, Hedu ordered to stop firing, and according to the degree of the Ming artillery counterattack, it was easy to perceive that the city defense of Datong was quite weak.
In this case, there is no need to continue the temptation. He Du changed his mind and chose to divide two Gushan Ezhen forces to cross the river from the flank to distract the defenders, while he took advantage of the night to lead most of the army to fill in the river and attack.
It is bound to form a siege of Datong on all sides tonight, and He Du made up his mind to take the city before the arrival of his own Ama and capture the Ming Dynasty clan alive.
"Wu, take all the mud to make wooden planks and help the two of them build a bridge."
Wu Weihua knelt on his knees, bowed under the horse and said, "It's all up to the master's orders." ”
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Accompanied by Song Xiance, Chongzhen walked in the temporarily rebuilt wounded soldiers' station, and after a while, more than 20 wounded people were transported to the head of the city, and they were lying on the beds one by one.
A few people who broke their hands and feet were dying due to excessive blood loss, but fortunately, most of them were minor injuries, and some were saved. Chongzhen saw that there were different shades of iron, lead, and gravel residues stuck in various parts of their bodies, and after inquiry, the main reason was actually caused by the explosion of their own artillery.
"Ridiculous!" Chongzhen, who knew the reason, couldn't help but scold, the dignified border pass was important, and the guns and cannons left behind were all shoddy, and the enemy was injured and damaged by 800, which was ridiculous.
"Your Majesty, do you see that the villain's wounded soldier is properly arranged?" Song Xiance saw Chongzhen's anger and used the excuse to divert the topic.
In the wounded soldiers' station, in addition to the two military medical officers who were in charge of treatment, many village women were recruited to help, all of which were done by Song Xiance according to Chongzhen's will. Chongzhen looked around, some women were drying cloth strips outside the hospital, and some followed the medical officer to help hold down the soldiers in order to clean the wounds of foreign objects.
In a bed not far away, the medical officer urged him again and again, but the wounded soldier lying on it was red-faced, unwilling to turn over.
"Ouch, you look like this, how can the old man help you remove the foreign body in the thighs."
The wounded soldier gritted her teeth and didn't speak, and the village woman who was standing aside and fighting her hands saw it clearly, and said, "We're not ashamed, you're still ashamed." ”
"You.... knows a fart! As soon as the woman spoke, the wounded soldier opened his mouth and cried out as if he had been stabbed in the sore spot.
"You have to get it, don't look at it, who rarely takes care of you." The woman dropped a sentence and turned away to take care of the others, and the wounded soldier reluctantly turned to the side and exposed half of his ass to the doctor.
Chongzhen witnessed the whole process, although his face was still expressionless, but after such an episode, his anger had dissipated a lot. Focusing on the treatment of wounded soldiers, there is a long way to go to improve the "military doctor" system and promote the concept of "nurses." At first, soldiers were obsessed with whether men and women were intimate or not, and it was normal for some to be unaccustomed to it, and they would naturally adapt to it after a long time.
If this war didn't exist, it would be nice to have more time and energy, Chongzhen regretted in his heart.
Most of the wounded soldiers' deaths were caused by wound infections in the later stages, and in the memories of later generations, there were "alcohol" that can play a role in disinfection and "antibiotics" for the treatment of wound infections.
Do your best to obey the fate of heaven, the current Chongzhen is helpless, he can only follow the treatment of the medical officer, and there is no other way than to recruit more people to help.
"I don't think it's appropriate." After Chongzhen finished evaluating the work, he turned his head and left without giving any opinion, Song Xiance couldn't stand the praise, and he immediately got carried away, and he needed to be spurred by himself from time to time.
"Ah, the villains do as His Majesty says, Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Song Xiance saw His Majesty leave without looking back, and instantly fell to the bottom with a heart full of joy, and immediately wandered around in the wounded soldiers' shelter and pondered, what did he not do well?
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Chongzhen received news that the Qing army had temporarily retreated. At the moment, he couldn't hold back his temperament, and rode his horse and followed the flying foot on the road to the eastern city wall.
"The artillery fire is fierce, I am afraid of hurting Your Majesty's holy body, and please continue to sit in the army!" Wang Jinchao's hearing recovered slightly, and when he heard that the soldiers had come to report His Majesty's arrival, he hurried to meet and persuade Chongzhen to return to the camp.
Chongzhen didn't listen to the insistence on climbing the wall, didn't look at it and didn't know how to startle, the front of the city was full of devastation, and there were scarlet blood stains flowing everywhere, this was only the first artillery battle and the Qing army was testing it.
"Your Majesty."
"I know what you're trying to say, no need to say it."
Chongzhen looked at the position of the Qing army from a distance, the artillery truck stopped in its original position, but the Qing soldiers disappeared, and they had probably returned to the camp to rest.
"There is no need to be discouraged, it is not good to avoid it from afar. I ask you, are most of the bombardments made of Tiger Cannons? Do you still have to use those two Franc machines? ”
Wang Jinchao's face was full of dust and sweat, his face was dark, and he replied in a somewhat aggrieved tone: "As soon as more than a dozen Huzun guns were fired, two of them exploded, but the Franc machine didn't blow up, but it couldn't reach it at all." ”
Chongzhen nodded in approval, patted the broken soil on the wall with his palm, and spoke again: "If you were the Jianyu on the other side, would you think that the artillery in this Datong City was equivalent to a toy?" ”
"I'm not afraid that Your Majesty will blame you, I'm afraid it's not as good as a toy."
"That's right, the artillery of the Ming army is so weak, and now you have a siege weapon in your hand, what should I do if the enemy is weak and I am strong? Look at this wall being smashed. Chongzhen grabbed a handful of broken soil and threw it into the air.
Wang Jinchao thought about Chongzhen's words, and His Majesty's meaning seemed to be consistent with his own guess, and said: "The lowly office will immediately order a strong attack." Then he added.
"Your Majesty means that Jianyu will definitely attack today, and now he is returning to the camp to prepare for the siege of the city at night?"
"Well, it's possible to cross the river at night." After Chongzhen finished speaking, he took advantage of the situation to pull out half of his waist knife and put it back, as if he had made up his mind.
"The northern defense line is very heavy, it is related to the final retreat of Datong, there is no room for loss, I really can't rest assured if I don't send a master to the past."
"If you go to the north, the city defense should..."Wang Jinchao still hopes to stay and defend the city defense, after all, His Majesty seems to have no available generals except himself.
"I personally sit at the head of the city, and you can only guard the northern defense line for me, and you must not let Jianyu cross the river one step."
"But....." Wang Jinchao was anxious when he heard this, and he really didn't dare to speak the rest of the words, and he was in a hurry, even if His Majesty released the surname Jiang and used it, it was not impossible, why should he take the risk himself?
"There is no such thing in the world, but this is a military order."
In fact, Chongzhen's idea is very simple, he doesn't want to continue to wait for the ending in the rear, this feeling is uncomfortable.
The enemy is strong and I am weak to the extreme, and it is difficult for Wang Jinchao to return to the sky alone, so it is better to come by yourself, even if you die, you will die vigorously.
Chongzhen's next words came to the ears of everyone around him with the breeze.
"If you wear this armor, you are a soldier, a soldier, you should die on the battlefield, and what kind of soldier is it to shrink in the camp tent and live your life? The same applies to me! Here, I am not some bullshit, I am a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and I am your general. ”