Chapter 125: Investigate Fiercely
White climb down the mountain.
Seeing that he could not break through the Ming army's defense line for a long time, his casualties continued to grow, and he was even suspected of falling morale, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Is the back cannon set up?"
"Great Khan, there are already thirty."
"Bring it all up for Ben Khan and bombard the White Mountain!"
The little prince was completely ruthless.
This time, the cannon was a sharp weapon used by the Mongols for hundreds of years.
Genghis Khan has been using it since its inception, and even relied on it to win many battles, all the way to Europe, and to establish the Mongol Empire across the Eurasian continent.
In the past, when attacking Xiangyang, it was also used to attack Huihui artillery for a fierce attack, which led to the fall of Xiangyang and became the beginning of the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.
After a while, the return artillery was transported to the front of Baishan Mountain and began to bombard.
Xu Tai was unimpressed at first.
Because the return cannon is something like a trebuchet, the white mountain is surrounded by mountains and soil, and no decent boulders can be found.
As long as you hold on for a while, you can get through it.
But he didn't expect that the Tartars were not made of boulders, but clay pots with gunpowder.
As soon as it touches the ground, it explodes.
Rubble, iron nails and other objects inside splattered in all directions.
The worst thing is that there is also a lot of poison in it, which is burned with fire to form billowing smoke, which spreads with the mountain wind.
"Quick, bury all this stuff in the snow!"
After Jiang Ning received the news, he immediately sent someone to send a message to Xu Tai to make a response.
Although this can reduce the effect of poisonous smoke to a certain extent, the Ming soldiers are still choked so that they can't open their eyes, and many of them have directly lost their combat effectiveness.
This allowed the little prince to achieve his goal, and he took the opportunity to order the Tartars to launch a fierce attack.
"Warriors, the dog is no longer good, for the sake of immortality, kill!"
Zhebu, who had been wounded in more than ten wounds on his body, had not yet fallen, and was still wielding a mace to take the lead, and was the first to rush into the Ming army.
A brutal melee hand-to-hand combat began.
On the mountainside, stumps and severed arms flew together, blood and red sun.
Every moment someone is lying in a pool of blood.
The battle was extremely fierce.
At the same time, as the Tartars continued to throw clay pots that burned poisonous smoke, the entire Baishan Mountain was filled with smoke, and the combat power of the Ming soldiers was even more damaged.
The defensive line was precarious, and it seemed that it was in danger of being breached at any time.
Jiang Ning gritted his teeth and stared at the battle situation on the mountainside with red eyes.
Why, why haven't reinforcements arrived yet!
At this time, Zhu Houzhao, Hua Dang and others were already standing behind, and the latter had a complicated look on his face.
Until now, they still don't know that they have been deceived by Jiang Ning and Zhu Houzhao.
But the matter has come to this point, and I can only hold on to it.
After all, the 5,000 cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei had already mixed with the Ming army, and the battle with the Tatars was fierce, and there was no possibility of turning back.
Hua beware of praying in her heart, hoping that the immortal heaven will be on his side.
Just when the morale of the Ming army was depressed and there were faint signs of retreat, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves not far away.
Jiang Ning looked at it and suddenly showed a look of surprise.
"Your Majesty, it's reinforcements, it's reinforcements that have arrived!"
"Which officer is this?"
Zhu Houzhao asked with great joy.
"Your Majesty, look at the establishment should be the headquarters of Wang Shouren, the deputy general of Wang Shouren."
Jiang Ning was right, it was Wang Yangming, a sage of mental science, who led the army to arrive.
He was originally monitoring and pestering the fire screen outside the gate, but he didn't find any trace of him after exploring for a long time today.
It took a lot of effort to learn that the Hu Pass was broken, the little prince attacked Baishan Mountain, and the fire sieve attacked Datong.
He didn't dare to delay, and immediately rushed to the aid with tens of thousands of iron horsemen under his command.
This is the largest and last mobile force of the border army.
It was finally at this critical moment that arrived.
"Where are there so many Han cavalry!"
The little prince's complexion changed suddenly.
In just a moment, he will be able to attack Bai Mountain's mountain and capture the great tomorrow.
Because most of the Tartars were hurrying to attack the mountain, the Chinese army under the mountain was only seven or eight thousand.
And because he was suddenly attacked, he was torn a crack in the middle, causing chaos in the formation and making it difficult to organize effective resistance.
"Why, the immortal heaven does not bless Ben Khan!"
The little prince looked up to the sky and sighed, sad and indignant.
Mountainside battlefield.
The Ming soldiers who noticed the arrival of reinforcements instantly increased their morale and pounced on the Tartars like wolves.
The Tartars, on the other hand, were demoralized, and the situation that had just gained the upper hand was reversed.
Jiang Ning immediately reconvened the scattered army and organized a counteroffensive.
"Kill!"
"Kill all the Tartars!"
The Ming army ignored the eyes that were choked with tears, and stabbed in a formation with knives and guns.
In just a moment's effort, the Tartars were defeated and forced back to the foot of the mountain.
Immediately afterwards, they surrounded each other and beat the water dogs.
The little prince spat out a mouthful of blood foam and shouted unwillingly: "Withdraw!" Withdraw to Ben Khan! ”
Under the escort of more than 1,000 elites under his command, he successfully fought his way out of the siege.
The fleeing Tartar cavalry followed him closely behind his ass and escaped.
Even so, there are still 20,000 Tartars who remain forever at the foot of the White Mountain.
It was really a defeat.
Zhu Houzhao stroked his palm and smiled: "I have won many Han Gaozu today!" ”
"Your Majesty is eloquent, resourceful, and strategic, which is really a blessing of the Ming Dynasty!"
Hua dang was flattered for a while.
After all, now that the little prince has been repulsed, it means that he is not on the wrong side, of course, he has to hug Da Ming's thighs tightly.
As for what the truth was, he wisely ignored it.
Jiang Ning also congratulated Zhu Houzhao a few words, and then said: "Your Majesty, now that the battle situation has been decided, the minister will go to the bottom of the mountain to welcome General Wang." ”
"Jiang Qing is going, Wang Shouren's rescue is timely, I want to reward him!"
Jiang Ning rushed to the bottom of the mountain with hundreds of guards, but saw Xu Tai and other generals preparing to pursue the little prince.
He hurriedly called people back.
"My lord, this is a great time to annihilate the living power of the Tartars, why not chase after it?"
"This time, the Tartars came from the Pohu Pass, which shows that the Pohu Pass has their own internal responses, and the checkpoint has already fallen into their hands.
At the speed of the Tartar cavalry, it was only a matter of moments to rush to the Hu Pass.
If we are bold enough to chase after us, we will be held by them, causing unnecessary casualties.
In addition, the Tartar bow horse is skillful, and the riding and archery skills are a must.
Even if you can turn around and shoot arrows while galloping, this is where my Ming soldiers are inferior.
If we persecute them very tightly, we will surely provoke their ferocity and fight against the water.
The gains outweigh the losses.
What's more, we need to focus on a long-term strategy.
If the little prince is gone, who can compete with the fire sieve, the warat, and even the three guards of Duoyan.
It's better to let them prairie dog-eat-dog. ”
When the generals heard this, they praised one after another: "The adults are resourceful, and we are impressed." ”
Jiang Ning smiled and said:
"But you still have to send troops to follow them to make a show, otherwise it will be a little suspicious if you don't chase them at all.
At least, you can't let the King of Guiyi on the top of the mountain find out the clues, right? ”
"Don't worry, my lord, I'll know what to do."
After ordering the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and clean up the mess, Jiang Ning took Wang Shouren back to the mountain to see Zhu Houzhao.
At this time, in order to enter the grassland as soon as possible, Hua Dang couldn't wait to resign to the emperor.
Zhu Houzhao gave him a few words of encouragement, and then asked people to send him down the mountain.
Yaruo followed behind her father, and when she passed Jiangning, she suddenly turned her pretty face and winked at him.
Immediately followed.
Jiang Ning shook his head with a smile.
"The last general, Wang Shouren, meet Your Majesty!"
"Hurry up, Wang Qing is really my blessed general."
Zhu Hou looked at the handsome Wang Shouren, how to look at it and how satisfied.
"Wang Qing is really the humerus of the country, I didn't misread you at the beginning, but I missaw Yang Yiqing.
Hum! Thinking that Yang Yiqing has an army of 100,000, but he doesn't know that he has allowed the Tartars to break through the barrier, and there is not a single soldier coming so far, it's really damned! ”
Wang Shouren opened his mouth and looked at Jiang Ning, hoping that he, the celebrity in front of the emperor, could help his boss speak.
Jiang Ning gave him a reassuring look and said to Zhu Houzhao:
"Your Majesty, you really can't blame General Yang for today's events.
Before, Hua Dang was here, and it was inconvenient for the minister to tell you, but it was actually because there were White Lotus Sect demons in the border army who controlled the defense of the Hu Pass, so they would easily let the Tartars enter the customs.
General Yang had just arrived, and he hadn't had time to purge the army, so he didn't deliberately overlook.
What's more, in the past two or three months, General Yang and the soldiers of the border army have repeatedly thwarted the attacks of the Tartars, saving him from the decline before he took office.
He also sent a lone army deep into the desert, causing civil strife in the grassland, laying a solid foundation for His Majesty to expand the territory in the future and lay a solid foundation for civil and martial arts.
It is really a meritorious service to the country, and please see it wisely! ”
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his brows gradually stretched and said:
"Yes, Jiang Qing is reasonable, then it can be regarded as this Yang Yiqing's merits are offset.
However, this White Lotus Sect really deserves to die, and it is just a rebellion against me, and it dares to communicate with foreign countries and do such traitorous things, and the crime cannot be punished!
Check it for me, check it hard! ”