Chapter 193: Fierce Battle on the Grassland (Part II)
Chu Yun stood in front of the first line of defense of the Iron-Blooded Praetorian Guard, he didn't care about the Rouran cavalry who rushed over, and he was very calm and talked to a few excited soldiers, looking at his calm appearance, all the soldiers of the Iron-Blood Praetorian Guard felt at ease. This is the fear of danger, this is their emperor.
The sound of the impact of the 50,000 cavalry shook the sky, and the sound of the horse's hooves almost drowned out all the sounds of this grassland, they were only a kilometer away from the camp, at this time Chu Yun spoke in the noisy sound of horses' hooves, his voice was not loud, but it made all the soldiers in the entire battalion hear it clearly: "Burst the rocket once, and then change the crossbow and attack automatically." ”
The explosion rocket that obscured the sky and the sun with black exhaust fumes covered the sky and the sun, this never-before-seen scene made Commander Rouran's heart tighten, and the next scene made him frightened.
When did he see this scene, the soldiers of the Iron and Blood Praetorian Guard were bold, they deliberately delayed the time to launch the explosive rocket, so that the explosive rocket exploded in the air, and the iron pieces inside scattered out, I don't know how many unprepared Rouran cavalry and war horses were hit, and pieces of cavalry fell off their horses, and more war horses ran in panic, and the Rouran cavalry suddenly blew up the battalion.
However, the sight of the cavalry was obscured by the white fog and black smoke of the rockets, and he could not grasp the battlefield scene in time, although he saw many cavalry in his headquarters retreating, but he hesitated and did not order the whole army to retreat, which was the biggest failure of his campaign.
When the smoke cleared, the 70,000 troops under him saw a scene that made them jaw-dropping, the camp of the Ming Dynasty continued to shoot dense crossbow arrows, the Rouran cavalry kept falling off their horses, the closer to the camp of the Ming Dynasty, the more dense the crossbow arrows, many people of the Rouran cavalry wanted to turn their horses and flee when they saw this scene, but the cavalry behind rushed up and knocked them to the ground, and it was a mess for a while.
None of the Rouran cavalry rushed into the Ming position, and even they had no courage to charge, but they did not give the clarion call to retreat, they couldn't advance, they couldn't retreat, you pushed me, I pushed you gathered a few hundred meters in front of the Ming formation, and became a live target, how could the Ming let go of such a good opportunity. The crossbows were constantly fired, reaping the lives one by one, and each soldier of the Iron and Blood Praetorian Guard carried hundreds of crossbow arrows, and half of them had been shot out in a short time, but the effect was also very great, and at this time half of the 50,000 cavalry had been lost.
"Blow the trumpet, let them come back, quick, quick. He shouted loudly that he had heard about the weapons of the Han people from the Xianbei people, but he, like the clansmen, thought that the Xianbei people were deceitful, and that any crossbow arrows and rockets were all deceitful, how could they compare to their bows and arrows. But now that they saw this scene, they knew that the Xianbei people were not lying.
When the horn of retreat sounded, the large Rouran cavalry began to retreat, and the range of Da Ming's repeater crossbow was only three or four hundred meters, so seeing this scene, Chu Yun gave the order to stop. But the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty picked up their bows and arrows again, and although they did not use explosive rockets, they still killed hundreds of people after several rounds of shooting.
After Rouran's list of dead and wounded was counted, his heart was dripping blood, but he didn't expect that in less than an hour, more than 20,000 of his cavalry had died, and his heart was dripping blood, and at the same time he was furious, he thought that the Han people were all relying on weapons, they were all guts and soft eggs, and if they fought on horseback, they would never lose. But no matter how angry they are, they can't change the fact that they are afraid of the Han people's bows and crossbows, and they will never storm the camp of the Iron and Blood Praetorian Guard again.
Seeing them retreating, Chu Yun quickly asked the soldiers to rest on the spot, they were too tired. Chu Yun knew that it was impossible for this group of guys to have the courage to storm the camp in a short period of time, this time they easily killed 20,000 people and it was the last time, this group of Rouran people was not stupid, but Chu Yun didn't think that Da Ming would lose in the cavalry battle, as long as he recovered his strength, Chu Yun would go out of the camp to fight a decisive battle and deal a fatal blow to this group of barbarians.
"Mo Fo, why don't we contact the Xianbei people, they must know how to crack it. The deputy of the reins suddenly spoke, and the eyes lit up. The meaning of this is the meaning of the chief general. The supreme leader of Rouran is a khan like other nomadic peoples, and below the khan is the minister of state and the national teacher, and then there is, and Rouran is divided into small tribes, both in charge of the people and in charge of the army, and this Sumilati is one of.
"Yes, what you said is right, send someone to call the Xianbei people, this group of earth dogs, they didn't send troops to support, they only hid, what a coward, tell their leader, if you don't come, I will go back to tell the Khan, and completely wipe out the Xianbei people. As soon as his eyes lit up, he came up with a crossbow arrow that would allow the Xianbei people to consume the Ming Dynasty as a pioneer and the damn arrow that could explode and catch fire. He believed that if he fought with the Ming cavalry, then the Ming would definitely lose. But he didn't know the true strength of the countries in the Central Plains now, the three kingdoms of Daming, Dazhao, and Dayan combined with the power of Hu and Han, the victory of the soldiers was unique, and even small countries such as Dai and Liao could beat Rouran with the same strength.
The Rouran cavalry only had leather armor made of animal skin, but the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty and other countries were all wearing iron armor, even if they were not heavy cavalry wrapped all over their bodies, but the defensive power of light armor far exceeded that of leather armor. Moreover, the quality of weapons such as bows and arrows, spears, and sabers of the cavalry of various countries is far better than that of Rouran. Don't look at the decline of Daiguo, and they can't afford to be equipped with light armor, but they have inner armor made of silk under their leather armor, which is still a grade higher than Rouran.
Rouran didn't know how superior the Han people's equipment was, and their ability to deal with the Central Plains cavalry like a small tribe in the steppe would inevitably end in failure, even if they were slightly more numerous.
The Acting Commander Tuoba Yujun received the arrogant and conceited Rouran envoy, this envoy entered the Daiguo camp and did not dismount at all, he was led by his own attendants to the commander's camp with his head held high. The sergeants of the Daiguo were all furious when they saw this scene, and those of them who were a little older remembered the glory of the Tuoba clan's strength back then, and at that time, no matter which country's envoys came to their territory, they were cautious when they were so angry. Had it not been for some of the more experienced and respectful men who stopped him, the Rouran Messenger would probably have been killed by the enraged soldiers.
"Your Excellency, the commander is in the tent, please dismount. "To tell the truth, Tuoba Yujun has already given the envoy a lot of face, and he has endured riding a horse into the camp. You must know that the military law of the country is strict, and the law enforcement of the first generation of male lord Tuoba Yilu is strict, the country is getting stronger and stronger, and the law of the army is even more strict, so the iron cavalry of the country is invincible. Later rulers of the country followed this military rule, and they were not allowed to gallop in the camp, otherwise they would be beheaded.
"Let Tuoba Kun come out to see me. The envoy snorted coldly, now the sergeant of the descendant is really angry, you are just a messenger, and you actually let our commander come out to greet him? This is not taking me seriously at all.
In fact, Rouran looks down on Daiguo, how can the people of Daiguo not look down on Rouran, the name Rouran is their own name, but in the mouth of Daiguo people, Rouran people are called "worms", what does this name mean? In fact, it is the meaning of small insects, Daiguo people think that Rouran has low intelligence, and there are more defeats and fewer victories, so they ridicule them as insects who can't think. This title was even notified to the whole country when Emperor Wu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the descendant of the Dai people, was in power, and Rouran was a worm. This is not to blame the people of Dai Guo looking down on Rouran, when Rouran dominated the grassland of the Xianbei people, he was still a miscellaneous and small force, if it weren't for a few Xianbei to focus on the Central Plains, any of the six Xianbei could teach them a lesson.
Now although Rouran has grown stronger, and even exceeds the strength of Daiguo, in the eyes of Daiguo, they are still a small tribe that is being played with. Even Tuoba Kuojun was confident that if he really forced them into a hurry, hundreds of thousands of Xianbei Iron Cavalry would be able to destroy the same number of Rouran cavalry, if it weren't for the fact that they were too many more than their own side, they didn't need to look at the faces of the Rouran people at all. Now his father, Tuoba Shiyigan, is co-opting the forces within Rouran, and if the opportunity is successful, then they will annex Rouran. The successive generations of forces on the steppe are not nomads except for those guys of the Manchus, they are not nomads at all. The other forces are made up of small tribes, so they are not monolithic, and their plans are still very successful. Rouran is extremely vicious to non-native tribes, no different from slaves.
Thinking of this, Tuoba Yujun suppressed his anger, and he forced a smile on his face and walked out.
"Hey, it turned out to be Brother Lou Lian, yesterday our army fought too fiercely with the Tiefu people, and our army suffered heavy casualties, so I am dealing with the military, slack, slack, Brother Lou Lian, please come in." Tuoba Yujun walked out with a bold smile, this person can kill his father Tuoba Xianbei's most outstanding male lord Tuoba Shiyigan in history It can be seen that his ability, although after his father died, he was immediately eliminated by Qianqin, but his talent cannot be denied. Tuoba Kunjun seems to have a bold temperament and can make friends with anyone, which is also his personality charm.
This Lou chain saw Tuoba Yujun giving face like this, so he got off the donkey, after all, he was going to complete the task, and if something went wrong, he still had to take the blame in the end. He is the person of Mu Wuchi, the eldest prince of Rouran, who was forced into the army by him, and is not the person who commands Rouran, so he finally got this opportunity to make some meritorious deeds, and he must not make a mess.
"The eldest prince told me about the general before he came, and he said that you are his friend, that is, my friend of Loulian. Seeing that the building chain was very good, Tuoba Weijun also said and laughed and pulled him into the big tent, not that Tuoba Weijun was too enthusiastic, but that he didn't know how many pairs of eyes were looking at him in the camp, how could he not know what these soldiers were thinking, this Lou Lian did not get off the horse when he entered the camp, and he still flattered him, and he became a person in the hearts of the soldiers, which is the reason why he was in a hurry to enter the big tent.
The two sides sat down, Lou Lian is not a smart person, under the flattery of Tuoba Yujun, he quickly said all the purpose, and even drank two glasses and even said the original words of the leader Qi Lat, these Hu people can't walk when they see wine, not to mention Rouran, these people who are new to wine, where did Lou Lian drink the good wine that he got from the Han people. Soon he was drunk.
"You've all heard it, these worms have grown brains, and they want to use us as cannon fodder, what do you think we should do now?" asked Tuoba Jun, looking at his men. Daiguo once occupied the northern part of the Central Plains, deeply influenced by the Han people, and there were also a lot of Han officials in the country, their army was much more formal than the primitive management of Rouran, and the army of the Han people was almost the same.
"According to me, I will directly send troops to kill this group of worms, what kind of thing, a mere messenger dares to be so arrogant, and treat me as if I were nothing. A Xianbei deputy general scolded, and the rest of the hot-tempered generals also spoke out in support, and it could be seen that they were not less angry with the Rouran people.
Tuoba Yujun directly ignored them and looked at a few people who had not spoken, they were all Han Chinese, and they were deeply favored by Daiguo, and there was even an old man who had followed them since Liu Kun twenty or thirty years ago. Who knew that Daiguo would soon decline, and even was driven back to the grassland by Daming, but this person still did not abandon Tuoba Xianbei, after all, several generations of Daiguo lords were very good to him, and the Han people paid attention to treating me as a countryman, and I would repay it to the countryman, not to mention that the homeland in this person's heart was the Great Jin, and he thought that the Ming Dynasty was a chaotic minister and thief, so he helped the Daiguo deal with the Ming Dynasty.
This person's name is Yang Lin, and his brother is Liu Kun's left chief Shi Yangqiao, after Liu Kun was imprisoned by Duan Piyan, he followed Liu Kun's eldest son Liu Zun to close the city and defend himself, but was betrayed by a traitor and killed along with Liu Zun. Yang Qiao later hated Duan's Xianbei extremely, and later when Da Zhao and Da Yan attacked Duan's Xianbei, he persuaded Tuoba Xianbei who wanted to be rescued, and finally Duan's Xianbei was completely destroyed.
Although Liu Kun was worshiped after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Lin still felt that if it weren't for Chu Yun's self-respect, Liu Kun would not have been killed, so he hated Daming very much.
"Boss, the Puppet Ming is strong, and I heard the spy tell me that the Emperor of the Puppet Ming personally commanded the troops, although this person is ungrateful and cunning, but the use of troops has to be admired. Now the Puppet Ming has dispatched the most elite iron-blooded Praetorian Guards, and we have all heard of their prestige. It only took a few hours for them to annihilate the 60,000-strong army of bald Xianbei, and it was indeed worthy of their reputation according to the old man. I think that Rouran will definitely lose this time, even if our army intervenes, at most it will remain undefeated and invincible, and even our army may suffer heavy losses, so our army should not obey the orders of the Rouran people. As soon as Yang Lin said this, the Xianbei generals agreed, but Tuoba Yujun did not speak, he continued to look at Yang Lin, and Yang Lin continued to speak with interest.
"According to the old man, we have to thank the Rouran envoy this time, many soldiers have seen him riding into the camp on horseback, and we can use this as an excuse to directly tear up the alliance with the Rouran people. Their army is in a stalemate with the Ming Dynasty, and they don't have time to care about us at all, so we lead the army directly to the king tent of the Rouran people, where there are only forty or fifty thousand people to defend, and they are not our opponents at all, if we break the king tent of Rouran, Rouran will definitely have no leader. The old man has already attracted a large number of allies, we will unite them and completely defeat Rouran, then our country will have the entire grassland, once we integrate all the strength of the grassland, we may not have the opportunity to make a comeback and enter the Central Plains to take revenge. After Yang Lin finished speaking, Tuoba Yujun's eyes lit up.
In order to deal with Tiefu, King Rouran moved the royal tent to the southern part of the grassland, less than fifteen days away from the battlefield. Obviously, as a Rouran Khan, he knew the prosperity of the Central Plains, and he was ambitious, and he thought that they would definitely win, so he made this move. Of course, this was also the result of the agitation of Tuoba Shiyigan, the head of the Dai Kingdom, who offered Han women and all kinds of treasures to King Rouran and the rest of the rulers, who coveted Han women and territory.
This time, they moved the royal tent before the entire tribe completely moved south, they brought an army of 1780,000, and more than 200,000 troops on the way to migrate, or they were not qualified to migrate at all, if the 120,000 troops who confronted the Ming Dynasty were wiped out, then the royal tent guarded by only tens of thousands of people was not impossible to break, as long as the king of Rouran was successfully killed, then a big event could be expected.
However, there are only two issues to consider, one is that the Ming must annihilate Rouran's 120,000 army, otherwise they will come back to help in the process of attacking Rouran's royal tent, and it is likely to fall short. The second problem is that King Rouran must be killed, otherwise once he escapes, he will be able to gather an army of two or three hundred thousand in an instant, and Daiguo will most likely be beaten by chickens and eggs at that time.
"The coach doesn't have to worry, these two problems have been solved by the old man. Yang Lin pinched his beard and said. Everyone didn't know that in the middle of the night after Yang Lin finished speaking, an inconspicuous Han people's room returned to his tent and released a white dove.
The next morning, the Ming sergeants who had slept all began to get up, they were the most hard-trained sergeants, so the forcible march of more than ten days was resumed in just one night, and their high-intensity training was not a lot, and ordinary people couldn't get out of bed for ten days and half a month.
Chu Yun looked at the soldiers who had recovered their energy and nodded, they deserve to be the most elite Iron-Blooded Praetorian Guards, their quality should be the top in this world, and the cost of cultivating a Iron-Blooded Praetorian Guard is several times that of ordinary soldiers, and these costs are worth it.
Chu Yun has already seen that the Xianbei people are twenty or thirty miles away from them, and it seems that they want to make a profit, but the advantage of the Ming Dynasty is not easy to take advantage of, Chu Yun is ready to send 30,000 people to entangle the Xianbei people, and defeat more than 100,000 Rouran cavalry as soon as possible with 70,000 people, Chu Yun has already understood the strength of these Rouran cavalry, although the riding skills and cavalry archery are indeed good, but the equipment is really not good, and the military formation is even more unbearable, they will only swarm forward without any formation, without any technical content, Chu Yun is confident that he can defeat them.
At this time, a carrier pigeon appeared in Chu Yun's sight, Chu Yun saw a letter tied to the pigeon's leg at a glance, and saw that as soon as he stretched out his hand, the carrier pigeon actually shot straight towards him from two or three hundred meters away. This is just Chu Yun's wonderful use of the aura of heaven and earth, something the size of a carrier pigeon can still be mastered, but as a person, Chu Yun can't do it, although the aura of this world is so low.
Chu Yun touched the carrier pigeon, the carrier pigeon settled down, although Chu Yun didn't learn much about the beast control technique he got from the Beast God Mountain, he was still invincible against these ordinary animals. Chu Yun took the letter down. When he finished reading it, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he handed the carrier pigeon to the soldiers beside him and called a meeting of the senior generals of the Iron and Blood Praetorian Guard.
And in the camp of the Xianbei people, the drunken messenger of Rouran finally woke up, and he found himself tied up, and he struggled with a whimper, but there was no way to break free, and soon several people came in and dragged him out like dead dogs.
At a glance, he saw the Xianbei commander Tuoba Weijun standing in front of the Xianbei army, and Lou Lian, who was not too good at his head, didn't know why the Xianbei people who were still good last night suddenly turned their faces, but Tuoba Yujun didn't look at him at all, "Soldiers, you should know this one, he is the Rouran envoy who rode into the camp yesterday, and when we dominated the grassland on behalf of the country, they didn't know where it was." Yesterday, this messenger came to tell me that they want us to use our lives to consume the arrows of the Ming Dynasty on behalf of our countrymen. These wrigglings are now so insulting to us that I, as the son of the king, can no longer bear their bullying. Now that I, Tuoba Yujun, am ready to turn against them, regain the honor of our Xianbei people, and lead you to kill the Rouran Khan, are you willing to follow us?"
Willing, willing, willing.
The Xianbei army, which was already annoyed with the bullying of the Rouran people, made a noise, and Tuoba Yujun nodded, The military heart is available.
"Someone, kill him and sacrifice the flag. As soon as Tuoba Yujun's words fell, Lou Lian was directly frightened and fainted.