Chapter 332

Although Cheng Shijie only led the scout cavalry of the Annan Army of the Ning Navy, he did not carry artillery, but the scout cavalry also had heavy weapons, that is, the fire dragon out of the water, which was more portable than rockets, that is, rocket artillery.

After development, the rocket artillery of the Ning Navy is now barely the shadow of the guerrilla warfare artifact, even the latest type of fire dragon out of the water type 4, the range is only 2,500 meters, can carry 16 catties of nitrocellulose, slightly equivalent to the explosive power of more than seven kilograms of TNT.

When the Mongol army in Mobei was still wondering why the remnants of the Ming army erupted in enthusiastic cheers, they heard a scream in the air.

Immediately after that, there was a bang, and twenty or thirty Mongolian wounded soldiers who had just retreated from the city wall turned into countless fragments with a loud bang, and their severed hands and feet were thrown into the air, and then fell like raindrops.

Before the Mongolian army could react, the screams sounded one after another, and the orange red smoke and flames in the formation of the Mongol army in Mobei rose one after another, rushing up, and the sharp shmel became extremely hot at the moment of the explosion, and it was densely shot in all directions at an explosive speed, and a cloud of blood mist suddenly erupted among the Mongol soldiers in Mobei, and the screams and curses came and went, mixed with piercing screams and rumbling explosions, which were particularly thrilling.

"Shelling! Ming army shelling! ”

King Shuolei, the Khan of the Chechen Khan, roared: "The Ming army has shelled!" ”

The roar of the Chechen Khan was drowned out by the roar of the Chechen Khan, and the smoke and flames of the launch position of the Ning Navy's rocket artillery army outside the east gate of Pingding Prefecture tumbled, and dozens of hundreds of fire dragons rose from there, crisscrossing the sky, pulling out dazzling arcs, rolling down, and the erupting flames suddenly reflected a corner of the sky red!

Where have the Mongol soldiers in Mobei seen the shelling of rocket artillery? They watched this scene blankly, and the extreme horror made them lose their ability to think, forgot to dodge, and just watched the cannonballs fly towards them.

In fact, even if they wanted to, they couldn't! Rocket artillery shells turned into strips of fire rain from the sky, rumbling loudly shook the sky for ten miles, with flames splashing shrapnel like a holiday salute, the Mongolian army in the flames rolling, screams, screams shook the heavens and the earth, God knows how many people were blown into the air, God knows how many people were shattered at the moment of the flash of fire!

The surviving Ming soldiers on the city wall of Pingdingzhou were dumbfounded as they looked at the flames that rose high in the Mongol army's formation. Even Xie Shangkui, seeing this scene, faintly sympathized with those Mongolian soldiers, how could such power be borne by flesh and blood?

However, thinking of the soldiers and civilians who died at the hands of the Mongolian army, Xie Shangkui's compassion only stayed for a moment, and he said fiercely: "Dog Tartar, I didn't expect it, you also have today!" ”

"Launch! Launch! ”

The reconnaissance artillery of the Annam Regiment of the Ning Navy was smothering and slamming at the fastest speed, and another wave of rocket artillery shells whistled out, inflicting terrible casualties on the Mongol army.

It's so far away, I can't talk about the head or anything at all, but there is no need, there are too many Mongolian soldiers in Mobei, dense, and they can smash shells into the middle of the Mongols with their eyes closed.

Separated by three miles, the Mongolian army did not have any counterattack to reach these hateful artillery, can only stand up to the beating, the rain of rockets and artillery shells, the rain of rockets and artillery shells falling from the sky in the rain of fire caused great damage to them at the same time, but also brought them the fear of no work, in the smoke and flames of the military formation, the soldiers of the Mobei Mongolian army cried to the sky, ran wildly, trampled on each other and killed countless people, the Ming army has not yet hit, they have been completely chaotic.

Cheng Shijie in order to carry these rocket artillery, the price paid is not small, more than 10,000 war horses captured from the bank of the Baihe River, three or four thousand died of exhaustion on the road alone, you must know that in the Ming Dynasty, war horses are silver, hard currency worth more than silver, war horses worth six or seven hundred thousand taels of silver, thrown on the road along the way.

Some of these war horses have not died immediately, but these war horses have become the meat of the victims along the way, and it is not a waste, if there are not these thousands of war horses, God knows how many victims will starve to death?

Li Dingguo did not wait for the rocket artillery attack to stop, did not wait for the smoke to dissipate, he launched a charge against the Mongol army, more than 2,000 cavalrymen shot out the bullets in the guns, and then drew their sabers, there were rocket artillery flying over their heads, they did not look up to look, as if they were not at all worried that the shells would fall among them and kill them.

When Li Dingguo and more than 2,000 other horsemen rushed to less than 500 meters in front of the Mongolian army, the terrible rocket artillery rain finally stopped, and Li Dingguo raised his sword and said: "Rush!" ”

More than 2,000 horsemen burst out with a roar, suddenly accelerated, tens of thousands of horses' hooves rose and fell, knocking on the ground and shaking, blowing snow, more than 2,000 light cavalry swept like a flood!

The Mongolian army was blown out of body by the fierce artillery fire, and before they came to their senses, the cavalry of the Ning Navy had already rushed in front of them, and they had no time to organize resistance at all, so they could only look at the cavalry that was rushing towards them and let out a desperate scream!

Cheng Shijie did not participate in the charge, if he participated in the charge, the Ning Navy would go crazy, in fact, no one was willing to let Cheng Shijie take risks.

Cheng Shijie rode a tall horse and watched the cavalry charge with a telescope. Seeing that the cavalry rushed into the Mongolian army without any resistance, this was the first time that the Ning Navy had cooperated with artillery and cavalry, and it was so powerful that even he was frightened!

The 2,000 reconnaissance cavalry of the Duoning Navy ran rampant in the middle of the Mongol army, ten times their size, slashing and trampling on the Mongol army, turning the Mongol army upside down, and the Mongol army was never able to organize effective resistance...... It is estimated that even if their strength is doubled, in the face of such a ferocious assault, the result will not change anything!

Finally, the Mongol army collapsed, and the centurion and thousand-commander of the Mongol army roared hoarsely, so that the soldiers gathered among them, regained their composure, and fought to the death against the Ming army.

I have to say that this kind of effort is unusually pale, from the moment the Ning Navy scout cavalry rushed into the Mongolian army formation, the Mongol army began to collapse, the rout has been achieved, what can they change no matter how hard they try?

However, it is better to work in vain than to do nothing, and thanks to their efforts, a group of Mongol soldiers gathered around them and began to put up an organized resistance, and if those big men could keep calm and make full use of the time they had bought to collect the defeated troops, they would not dare to say that defeat would turn into victory, or at least not be too badly defeated.

However, they were disappointed.

Compared with the degeneration and decay of ordinary Mongolian soldiers, the degeneration of Mongolian nobles was more complete, in fact, as early as when the rocket artillery began to fall, the Mongolian nobles, including Chechen Khan Shuoli, had begun to retreat, which made the efforts of these brave Mongolian soldiers in vain.

More and more Mongolian nobles abandoned their armies and fled from the battlefield in a hurry, and the Mongolian army was horrified to find that there were Ming troops everywhere, but their own leaders ran so much that they couldn't even find a shadow. In such a desperate situation, even the most tenacious and tenacious people were discouraged, threw away their weapons and dismounted, and sat on the ground panting.

Cheng Shijie did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, after all, they only had more than 2,000 horses, and they were a tired army.

Xie Zhiliang fell into a coma when he learned that the reinforcements had arrived, and he was able to hold out until now, relying on his tenacious perseverance, the medical team of the Ning Navy reconnaissance cavalry treated Xie Zhiliang's wounds, he had 11 arrow wounds, 17 knife wounds, and the most serious was a gunshot wound in the abdomen, which already showed signs of inflammation.

Cheng Shijie ordered: "Go all out to save General Xie, at all costs!" ”

What Cheng Shijie said at all costs means that the drugs in the red medicine box can be used, due to the limited transportation capacity of Cheng Shijie when he crosses, the number of anti-inflammatory drugs in later generations is limited, especially for outsiders who are not Ning Navy officers, this medicine is generally not used.

For Xie Zhiliang's sake, Cheng Shijie was not stingy.

Xie Shangkui and other five or six hundred wounded soldiers were also being treated by Ning Haijun.

After Xie Shangkui bandaged it simply, he came to meet Cheng Shijie: "My subordinates meet Cheng Shuai!" ”

"Your name is Xie Shangkui, right?"

"You played really well and I'm satisfied. I think, with your abilities, being a counselor is more than enough. ”

Xie Shangkui was overjoyed when he heard this, although he was Xie Zhiliang's son, but now he was only an official position of a pro-soldier commander, that is, the level of a thousand generals. Cheng Shijie directly promoted him from the level of General Qian to the general, which was a three-level promotion in a row.

Xie Shangkui knelt on one knee, and his voice was a little fluttering: "Thank you for cultivating, thank you for cultivating!" ”

Cheng Shijie said: "You deserve it." Hurry up and organize people to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded, enough people have died today, don't let more people die after the battle is over. ”

Xie Shangkui seemed to think of something, and asked tentatively: "But ...... father is handsome?"

At the beginning, Xie Zhiliang had the will to die, so he naturally dared to kill a Zhizhou without authorization, but the problem is that now they are safe, and the medical soldiers of the Ning Navy even told Xie Shangkui that Xie Zhiliang's health is good, and his life can be saved.

However, he did not forget the disaster caused by Xie Zhiliang.

Cheng Shijie naturally knew Xie Shangkui's worries, and said with a smile: "Ben Shuai protects your father and son, the soldiers who are still participating, you go down to count the soldiers who died in this battle, Ben Shuai will also be compensated, and the soldiers have shed blood, so naturally they can't let the soldiers cry anymore." ”

Cheng Shijie, under the escort of his own soldiers, entered the city of Pingdingzhou.

Thanks to Xie Zhiliang's tenacious perseverance, the city of Pingdingzhou was not burned to the ground in this catastrophe like many towns, except for some houses that were maliciously set on fire, most of the buildings remained intact. Due to the heavy casualties of the residents in the city in this defensive battle, the houses were naturally vacated, and the entry of the Ning Navy increased the popularity of Pingding Prefecture.

The most headache for Cheng Shijie is that the city wall and the Mongolian army are somewhat seriously damaged, of course, this is not a problem, organize the people to repair it quickly.

Li Dingguo said: "Marshal, do you say that the enemy army will attack Pingdingzhou with all its might?" ”

Cheng Shijie said: "It will be." They traveled thousands of miles, they didn't bring much grain and baggage, let alone heavy equipment, they had to take Pingding Prefecture to break through the nearest Taihang Mountain, only by killing Gyeonggi could they get enough supplies and equipment, otherwise they would not be able to support them to attack at all! ”

Li Dingguo asked worriedly: "Then, can we keep the peace?" After all, we only have more than 2,000 troops in our hands, especially the rocket artillery has been exhausted, and without artillery they may not be able to hold out for long! ”

Cheng Shijie frowned slightly and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

"Please take your own soldiers to leave this place of death, and I will guard the peace."

"!"

Cheng Shijie said seriously: "We don't have time, hurry up and prepare for the war!" ”

As he spoke, the sound of a bull's horn could be faintly heard in the distance, which meant that the Mongol rout had been somewhat assembled, which meant that they would make a comeback.

Sure enough, as Cheng Shijie judged, about an hour later, the sound of thunderous hooves came from behind the horizon, getting closer and closer, the snow and dust rose from the ground, tumbling like a wall, and countless cavalrymen shouted and neighed, surging in! The Mongol army reappeared outside the city of Binh Dinh Prefecture.

Outside the city, the Mongol captives and civilians who were cleaning up the battlefield and collecting supplies were in an uproar. It's just that the rocket artillery of the Ning Navy left too much shadow on the Mongolian army.

The Mongol army went and returned, but did not attack.

Of course, this is a sign before the storm.

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Sanniangzi City, the predecessor of Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia today, is a pearl on the prairie of Inner Mongolia. During the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty, probably in 1571 AD, Alatan Khan (that is, Altan Khan) went to Datong Victory Fort and was awarded the title of King of Shunyi by the Ming Dynasty. In the following year, Alatan Khan built Kuku and Tun on the basis of Sanniangzi City, and the specific location is probably the territory of today's Yuquan District in Hohhot.

Soon, it is the largest city on the northern steppe, the city wall is made of blue bricks, majestic, there are eight buildings in the city and the three-word glazed gold and silver palace, a large population, most of the merchants outside the entrance will gather here, or trade here, or rest here, and then continue to march towards Outer Mongolia.

It was an incredible miracle for the nomads who had always wandered the steppes, and the birth of the city gave them a fixed political center, instead of the capital following the sheep around the steppes as before. This was originally under the control of the Tumut Department of Monan.

However, from the perspective of those merchants in the past, this pearl of the grassland is actually very watery, the city walls are low and low, the layout of the city is chaotic, and there are not many decent buildings except for the palace and the Silver Buddha Temple.

The most fatal thing is that in the fifth year of Chongzhen, Jiannu defeated Lin Dan Khan, and after seizing Kuku and Tuncheng, he set fire to the city, Kuku and Tuncheng were all scorched, and only a few buildings such as the Silver Buddha Temple remained.

After Jiannu withdrew from Tumochuan, the Tumut tribe returned to Kuku and Tuncheng, and all they got was a piece of scorched earth. The strength of the current Tumut tribe is too far from that of the Altan Khan period, and it is not able to rebuild Kuku and Tuncheng in a short period of time, so the Mongols living in the city have to make use of some houses that have not been burned to the ground, or simply set up tents on the scorched earth......

The Tumo Chuan did not surrender to Jiannu like other Mongols in the south of the desert, at least not yet, when the Mongol army in the north of the desert moved south, the Tumo Chuan tribe ceased to exist and became the territory of the Chechen Khan.

There is grain and grass for the Chechen Khan, as well as their old and weak women and children, and this small city is full of more than 100,000 people.

After the Chechen Khan occupied Taiyuan, the grain seized from Taiyuan, as well as the captured Ming people, were sent here, and these materials flowed in, making this city lively.

In fact, the remaining personnel of the Chechen Khan did not realize the danger coming, and Huang Taiji led an army of more than 100,000 Jiannu to Kuku and Tun less than 50 miles.

With Ezhe, the leading party, Jiannu arrived at Kukuhe very smoothly.

"King Khan"

Fan Wencheng smiled lightly: "The slave smelled the smell of meat!" ”

"Order the soldiers, let's prepare a big meal!"

(End of chapter)