Chapter 875, a failure
The Khitan army attacked fiercely and continuously, slowly spreading over the city walls like a rising wave.
Bang! Bang! Bang! β¦β¦ Suddenly, a violent explosion sounded on the top of the city, and I saw smoke and dust billowing and flames tumbling, and countless Khitan soldiers were thrown out of the city wall and fell to the ground by the strong shock wave! The soldiers of the Khitan Army, who were swooping down on the city wall, suddenly saw such a violent explosion on the city wall, and couldn't help but stop, their faces were shocked, and the originally surging and mighty attack wave stopped in an instant!
Just before the Khitan army could react, the city gate suddenly opened, and Mu Hong, a fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, led three hundred war cavalry to rush in! It was like a tiger like a pack of wolves, and in an instant, the Khitan soldiers were killed to the point of blood flying! Three hundred warriors rushed bravely to kill, straight towards the handsome banner of Yehu Hugo, like a sharp sword quickly tore through the enemy group, unstoppable! The Khitan army under the city did not expect the enemy army to dare to go out of the city to counterattack, and they couldn't help but panic when they saw that they were unstoppable like tigers and leopards.
Mu Hong led three hundred warriors to break through the enemy's formation, and the horse stepped on the knife and slashed forward, like a tiger, like a dragon, it was simply irresistible!
In the blink of an eye, Mu Hong had arrived at a hundred steps in front of the Imperial Banner of Brother Ye Hugh! JesΓΌgo ordered the crossbowmen to block the attack, and thousands of crossbowmen immediately released their arrows. The dense rain of arrows flew towards Mu Hong and them, only to see people on their backs, but the remaining knights still raised their swords and spears and roared and rushed up!
The general Da Lan hurriedly led thousands of cavalry to meet him. The war horses rushed like a tide, and in the blink of an eye, the two war horses slammed into each other! You wield a knife, I dance a gun, a fierce battle, flesh and blood fly, people turn on their backs! Seeing that it was impossible to break through the enemy cavalry, Mu Hong hurriedly led the remaining knights to break away from the battle and run back to the city. The gates slammed shut. Until this moment, most of the Khitan soldiers have not fully reacted.
Seeing that his army was in a state of confusion, he was greatly annoyed, and immediately ordered his armies to shrink and reorganize their formations for the time being.
The Khitan soldiers received the order and immediately contracted the whole team, and soon after, the reorganization of the army was completed.
Yehu Hugo pulled out his scimitar and shouted: "The first to ascend will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the official will be promoted to the third level!" Those who cut off Mu Hong's head will be rewarded with 10,000 gold and 10,000 households! Rush me! β
The soldiers of the Khitan army rushed forward with a howl as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Mu Hong, who had returned to the city, had already gathered all the remaining forces and was ready to put up a final desperate resistance.
However, at this moment, a rapid horn sounded in the middle of the Khitan army, and the Khitan army wave that was rushing to the city wall like a tide immediately stopped, and then quickly retreated.
Seeing this, Mu Hong couldn't help but be stunned. Then I heard a whine in the distance...... Woo...... The sound of the trombone sounded with joy when he landed, and he hurriedly followed the prestige. I saw a black shadow appear in the eastern sky! Mu Hong couldn't help but exclaim; "Your Majesty has arrived! Your Majesty has arrived! There was a cheer from the top of the city.
It turned out that the reason why the Khitan army suddenly stopped attacking just now was because the scouts rushed to report that they had found more than 10,000 Ming war cavalry not far from the east. Surprised, he was worried that he would be taken advantage of by Yang Peng, so he quickly stopped the attack, shrunk his troops and horses and put on a defensive posture.
A moment later, I saw a Ming warrior leading more than 10,000 horsemen to approach and stop a few miles to the east, but he did not come to charge.
Han Chang said to Brother Yahu: "Your Majesty, the enemy reinforcements are coming, but they are not attacking, presumably the large army has not yet arrived. Jerehugo nodded.
Han Chang suggested: "Your Majesty, simply take advantage of the fact that the enemy's large army has not yet arrived, and quickly take Jianzhou!" β
Ye Hugo also had this thought, and when he heard Han Chang say the same, he ordered the assault troops to continue the siege of the city. The drums and horns of the Khitan army sounded in unison, and tens of thousands of attacking troops poured towards the city.
The Ming Warhorse began to move, as if it was about to launch a surprise attack. Brother Yehu's heart moved, and Han Chang said urgently; "Your Majesty, let the cavalry attack!"
"Nope! Order the attacking troops to stop attacking! Han Chang was taken aback, the herald had already passed down the order. The horn sounded rapidly on behalf of the retreating soldiers. The soldiers of the Khitan army, who were preparing to storm the city, heard that they were about to retreat again, and many grumpy soldiers couldn't help but scold: "Fuck! What kind of battle is this? One moment in, one moment back, play with us! Although everyone was annoyed, no one disobeyed the military order, heard the horn of retreat, and even stopped advancing and retreated.
The Khitan army stopped the attack and retreated, and the Ming war cavalry in the distance also stopped advancing.
Han Chang was very puzzled and asked Brother Yehu, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly order to stop the attack?" If you wait for the enemy's local army to arrive, it will be difficult to capture Jianzhou again! β
Brother Ye Hugo smiled incomprehensibly, raised his whip and pointed at the Ming war horse in the distance, and said, "Didn't you see it just now?" As soon as our army moved, they moved, and if our army did not move, they did not move. This shows that they are going to take advantage of the opportunity for us to attack Jianzhou and attack us from the side! I won't be fooled! β
Han Chang frowned and said, "What Your Majesty said is naturally extremely right. It's just that, according to the time and the information obtained earlier, it is possible for the enemy cavalry to arrive at this moment, but it is absolutely impossible for the enemy's main force to arrive, and it will not arrive until tomorrow at the earliest. The last general wondered, are these Ming cavalry in front of him just suspicious soldiers released by Yang Peng? β
When he heard Han Chang questioning his judgment, he was greatly displeased, and shouted, "You dare to doubt my judgment? Han Chang's heart sank, and he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Even if the last general eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he will never dare to doubt His Majesty's judgment!" It's just that the last general is always faintly worried in his heart! Please forgive me, Your Majesty! β
Brother Ye said angrily: "These worries are completely unnecessary! Han Chang promised repeatedly.
Brother Ye Hugh couldn't help but turn his head to look at the Ming cavalry in the distance, thinking of Han Chang's words just now, he couldn't help but feel that what he said was not unreasonable. However, although he thought so in his heart, he was unwilling to admit that his judgment was wrong, firstly, he could not let go of this face, and secondly, the Confucian philosophy of ruling told him that as a king, he must never admit his mistakes, so how could the master be wrong? The Lord of Man is a saint, an infinite saint.
Although he felt that Han Chang's words might be correct, he still insisted on his opinion, believing that the Ming army had come nearby, so he ordered the army to return to the camp temporarily. Han Chang was very unimpressed with Brother Yahu's decision, but he knew how to be an official, but he understood that it was better for him not to say anything, otherwise he might not have his own good fruit to eat.
The Khitan army abandoned the almost accessible city of Jianzhou, slowly retreated, and returned to the barracks. Seeing that the Khitan army had retreated, the Ming war cavalry outside the city did not pursue and quickly entered the city.
After arranging a strategy for dealing with the main force of the Ming Dynasty in the big tent, the meeting was dismissed.
Later that day, Ye Hugo received a report from the scouts, only to learn that the main force of the Ming Dynasty had not yet arrived, and only more than 10,000 Ming soldiers had arrived. At this moment, Yehu Hugo realized that his judgment was wrong, and in anger, he waved his army to storm Jianzhou City. The Khitan army swooped down on all sides, arrows and stones flew over the battlefield, and the battle situation was extremely tragic! However, Jianzhou City, which was supported by more than 10,000 fresh troops, simply withstood the onslaught of the Khitan army again and again! Until midnight, the Khitan army was exhausted and suffered heavy casualties, and still failed to break through the city!
Agitated, he ordered the assault troops to pile up powder kegs under the gates, ready to try to see if they could blow them open in one fell swoop.
The Khitan soldiers desperately transported the powder kegs to the city gate, while the Ming soldiers fought back desperately. The corpses of the Khitan soldiers pillowed, and the Ming soldiers also suffered heavy casualties, and finally the Khitan army transported enough gunpowder barrels to the city gate cave. Immediately, the Khitan soldiers tried to light the fire, but countless water poured down from the hole above the city gate, which instantly wet the powder keg piled up in the city gate hole, no matter how the Khitan soldiers lit the fire, the powder keg just did not burn.
Annoyed, he ordered his soldiers to bombard a wall near the city gate with powder kegs.
Bang! With an earth-shattering bang, a huge fireball rose with black smoke. The originally noisy battlefield was instantly covered by this huge sound!
The Khitan soldiers stared at the city wall with wide eyes, and when the smoke and flames dissipated, they saw that the city wall had only collapsed halfway. Angry and anxious, he ordered his soldiers to continue to pile up gunpowder and bombard.
At this moment, the city gate suddenly opened, and the fierce general Shi Peng led thousands of war horses to rush out, rushing into the enemy formation, people like tigers, horses like dragons, prancing horses rushing to kill, indomitable! The troops who were besieging the city could not resist at all, and they were killed so much that their corpses were bleeding, and they were instantly impulsive, and the army began to retreat.
Jeschugo immediately ordered the cavalry to attack. The cavalry was ordered to meet them, and the two sides fought under the city wall, and the horses neighed and shouted, only to see the soldiers on both sides turn on their horses. After a short and tragic battle, the losses on both sides were not small, and the Ming war cavalry retreated into the city.
With an evil fire in his heart, he continued to wave his army and attack. However, the momentum of the Khitan army is not as good as before. The Ming army was also exhausted, but they still resisted desperately, and one by one the soldiers of the Ming army rolled down the city wall with the enemy in their arms. A group of enemy troops broke through a gap in the city, and Jerego and the others were very excited, thinking that the city was about to be breached. However, a seriously injured and dying Ming officer lying in the pile of corpses lit the powder keg beside him, and in an instant, the flames soared into the sky, and the Khitan troops who rushed to the city were wiped out in an instant! Brother Ye's eyes widened, and he was depressed, and he just wanted to catch someone to slash and kill to vent his anger!
The fierce battle lasted for most of the night, and the Khitan army never managed to break through the city, but made itself exhausted.
At this moment, the scout came to report that the main force of the Ming Dynasty was not far from here. Yeychelo was very unwilling, but he had to order the army to stop the attack and retreat into the camp. The exhausted Khitan army finally retreated, the noisy battlefield suddenly quieted down, and the Ming soldiers at the head of the city were also at their limit, and many people sat in the pile of corpses and blood, panting, unwilling to get up.
Worried that Yang Peng would come to raid while his army was exhausted, he hurriedly arranged the defense of each army and prepared for the onslaught of the Ming army. At this time, Brother Ye Hugh couldn't help but regret a little, one regretted that he shouldn't have listened to Han Chang's advice, and the other regretted that he shouldn't have attacked Jianzhou later. However, these regrets disappeared in an instant, but he felt that he was not at fault, but that his subordinates were too incompetent, and no one could solve their own problems. In fact, it's no wonder that those generals, because in a country where Confucianism is the ruler, it is really difficult to have a general or minister who can really take charge of himself, and even if he does, he often dies well. Don't talk about it far away, let's talk about modern society, the leader says one, which one dares to say two without long eyes?
It's far away, let's get down to business.
The Khitan soldiers retreated into the camp, and although they were very tired, they had to drag their exhausted bodies to prepare for the attack of the main Ming army. The armies took turns on guard, and they did not dare to rest.
The sky gradually brightened, and the scout Pegasus entered the camp and reported to the Golden Vultures: "Your Majesty, a large army of the enemy army has set up camp a few miles away from Jianzhou City. In addition, a group of about 30,000 soldiers and horses entered Jianzhou City. β
Brother Yehu frowned and muttered, "Set up camp? Why not come and assault? Turning his head to look at the generals, the generals also looked inexplicable.
He thought about it and felt that it would be better if the enemy army did not attack, and it happened that he needed to rest. Perhaps the enemy came from afar and was very tired, so they did not attack immediately. As soon as he thought of this, he ordered all the armies to defend it strictly, and the generals promised to retreat.
Jerehugo walked over to the giant sand table, looked at the terrain on the sand table, and considered his next strategy. I feel that although the strength of the Ming army is only a lot more than its own, the main army with strong combat power is only about 200,000, and the rest are military government troops that are of little use, how much difference can there be between these military government troops and the civilian army? At the thought of this, Brother Ye's face sneered.
In terms of troops, although the enemy has a large number of troops, its overall combat strength is absolutely inferior to that of our army. They didn't take the initiative to attack, I'm afraid they saw it. Then he pondered: What is the enemy's intention? Is it to defeat our army, or to hold on to our army? Perhaps the latter is more likely!
After a pause, I thought: Why don't you give them a way to lure the snake out of the hole, gather and annihilate it!
As soon as he thought of this, he immediately summoned the generals and ordered the task.
The Khitan army rested for two days, and the Ming army never attacked. On the third day, Han Chang, the general of the Khitan army, led more than 100,000 troops to approach the Bo Daming camp and shouted challenges.
The door of the Ming camp was wide open, and more than 200,000 Ming troops rushed out, with their backs to the barracks and lined up in the military array. Han Chang looked at it carefully, and he couldn't tell how many of the more than 200,000 Ming troops were the main force and how many were military government troops. The appearance of the Ming army is very similar to the main force, and it is difficult to distinguish who is the main force and who is the army from the appearance alone. In fact, the armor of the Ming army is still very different from the armor of the main force, the armor of the military army is mostly the armor of the enemy captured in the war over the years, and the armor of the main force is mostly a variety of armor specially built by the ordnance department. However, the Ming Army is different from other armies, regardless of whether the main force or the military army, there is a layer of outer robe outside the armor, and the style of the outer robe is the same as that of the military army and the main force, so it is difficult to distinguish who is the main force and who is the military army at a glance.
Han Chang thought of Ye Hugo's order, and immediately ignored the thirty-seven twenty-one, and waved his army to attack. The war drums thundered, and the army rushed towards the Ming army like a tide, with smoke and dust billowing and the momentum was very amazing.
The Ming army immediately met the battle. After a fight, Han Chang felt that the combat power of the Ming army was not very strong, but it was impossible to defeat the other party's more than 200,000 soldiers and horses with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. So Han Chang deliberately deceived and defeated according to the order of Ye Hugo, and the army retreated towards the mountains north of Jianzhou.
At the same time, Yehu Hugo was leading all the cavalry to ambush in the mountains and forests north of Jianzhou, just waiting for Han Chang to lure the Ming army to gather and annihilate it.
A scout flew to report: "Your Majesty, General Han has retreated, and the enemy army is chasing after him!" "Jeho Hugh was overjoyed, and ordered the armies to prepare for action.
After about half an hour, neither Han Chang's army nor the Ming army appeared, and Brother Ye Hugo couldn't help but become anxious. At this moment, the scout returned and hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, the enemy has not gone far after the enemy, and then they have retreated!" Surprised, he ordered the scout to probe again.
As he paced back and forth anxiously, General West said, "Did the enemy discover that we were ambushed here?" β
Yaren Hugo felt that this was a possibility.
"Whatever the reason, they won't come, and we don't need to stay here. β
Yehu Hugo was depressed in his heart, and ordered the generals: "Collect the troops!" "Nearly 200,000 cavalry ambushed in the mountains and forests drove out in a steady stream and returned to the barracks.
Yehu Hugo thought about it, and felt that the overall combat strength of his army was above the opponent, so why bother to rub against them, so he simply attacked directly. As soon as he thought of this, he raised the whole army to attack the Ming camp and attacked fiercely. Hundreds of stone artillery vehicles lined up in front of the Ming camp row after row, constantly bombarding, the Ming position was dusty and the fire was shining, as if it was boiling, and the Ming army used portable three-bow bed crossbows to fire gunpowder packs to return fire, and the stone artillery positions of the Khitan army were also filled with smoke and dust, and the flames were tumbling. Neither side used artillery, because the artillery was heavy and difficult to transport, the artillery of the Khitan army was still halfway through, and the Ming army did not take the artillery out of Xingzhong Mansion at all.
The long-range weapons of the two sides bombarded each other, and there were losses to each other, and when Yehu Hugo saw that the fence of the Ming army camp had been blown down, he ordered the Mongol cavalry to charge first.
General Lakshin was a little dissatisfied with this, but he did not dare to disobey the military order, and immediately ordered 10,000 war cavalry to charge the camp! The 10,000 Mongolian warriors shouted, like fierce wolves, and pounced towards the Yanyun camp! At this time, the stone artillery wagons of the Khitan army had stopped bombardment, but the three-bow bed crossbow of the Ming Dynasty was still shooting, and the huge spears and arrows shot down the Mongolian cavalry galloping on their prancing horses, and a ball of flames rose in the cavalry torrent. However, all this could not stop the fierce Mongolian cavalry, and I saw the Mongolian cavalry rushing towards the Daming camp through the churning flames!
General Vest looked at the fierce Mongolian cavalry and couldn't help but sigh: "This is the best warrior in the world, no one can compete with them!" It's like a horsewhip in God's hand! "The whip of God, the metaphor for the Mongol cavalry, hence it.
The Mongol cavalry surged in from the collapsed area, and the Ming army formed a defensive line and prepared to meet it.
In an instant, the waves crashed on the shore! The Mongolian cavalry slammed into the defense line of the Ming army, only to see the gun break and the shield cracked, the human body flew up, and the Ming defense line was knocked out of countless gaps in an instant! Immediately, the Mongolian cavalry rushed forward, the horses' hooves trampled, the scimitars slashed, the corpses of the Ming soldiers accumulated blood and flew with heavy casualties, and the defense line was broken by the Ming cavalry in one fell swoop!
Yehu Hugo didn't expect that the Mongolian cavalry would actually break down the first line of defense of the Ming army in one breath, and he was greatly surprised, and immediately ordered the army to attack in an all-round way. When the drums and horns sounded in unison, hundreds of thousands of Khitan soldiers shouted and rushed towards the Daming camp.
The Mongolian cavalry broke through the first line of defense of the Ming army in one fell swoop and continued to rush forward, unstoppable, as if entering a no-man's land!
The Ming army suffered heavy losses and pushed away on both sides.
Roar! A roar like a tiger and a giant bear suddenly exploded in front of the Mongol cavalry. The Mongolian cavalry were all shocked, and they were shocked to see a group of thousands of soldiers, covered in Xuantian battle armor, armed with huge battle axes and Mo knives, like iron towers, blocking the front. The Mongolian cavalry was in full swing, and they didn't care about the three, seven, twenty-one, howling and rushing up, and the prancing horse swung the sword like a hungry wolf!
Yang Jing brandished the double axe and roared and rushed into the enemy cavalry group first, wielding the plate axe like crazy, but seeing the plate axe flying up and down, the cold light flickered, and the Mongolian cavalry was flying on his back! Thousands of Mo knife troops immediately rushed up, Mo knife battle axes rolled like wheels, slashing and killing the enemy, whether it was a person or a horse, they couldn't resist it, the armor was broken and the head flew, and the horse turned over! The fierce Mongol cavalry howled and slashed at the Modao army, but the scimitars only stirred up some sparks in their heavy armor! However, although the attack of the Mongolian cavalry was ineffective, they attacked frantically forward, and the Modao army only felt extremely pressured! Some Mongolian cavalry were so successful that they actually pounced on their horses, knocked down a Mo Dao army, and slashed at his neck with a knife, but they were often cut off by the Mo Dao army first, kicked his corpse, stood up and fought again!
Just when the Mongolian cavalry and the Modao army were inseparable, tens of thousands of troops besieged from both flanks, and Rulin's spears continued to stab the Mongolian cavalry.
At this time, the large army of the Khitan army was already approaching outside the camp and was about to rush in. The Ming crossbowmen kept shooting, but they couldn't stop it at all, and the rain of arrows fell into the enemy's army, as if it had stirred up a little inconspicuous ripple in the big waves, and the big waves were turbulent, and the shooting of the crossbowmen was just a drop in the bucket!
The Khitan army poured into the camp and stormed the Ming army. The arrival of the Ming army could not be stopped, and they fought and retreated. In the blink of an eye, the first camp was broken by the Khitan army.
The Ming army retreated into the second camp to defend the defense, and the Khitan army captured the first camp, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they continued to pounce on the second camp. Ye Hugo personally came to the front to supervise the battle, trying to completely break through the Ming camp and eliminate the Ming army in one go. Looking around, I saw that the Khitan army was turbulent, and the situation was very unfavorable for the Ming army! How should the Ming army turn defeat into victory? Will they be able to turn defeat into victory?
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.