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Chapter 893

Du Si Huang Jingong immediately turned his head to look at Xiaobijia Mountain after hearing what the Chief Jia said, and saw a thick black smoke rising in the sky from the observation deck on the top of the mountain.

Huang Jingong couldn't help being shocked, he staggered and almost fell on the spot, but fortunately the armor leader who reminded him just now helped him, so he didn't make a fool of himself in front of everyone.

"Huang Dusi, what should we do, everyone will listen to you."

Chief Jia was the first to express his attitude. It seemed that he did not agree with Ma Shaoyu's order to burn the grain and grass.

Huang Jingong also had a look of resentment on his face, he said angrily: "Nonsense, it's hard to get so much food and grass, it's going to be destroyed by my brothers!"

"Who said it wasn't? Isn't it all in vain?" Chief Jia's face was full of anger.

"Ugh!"

But Huang Jingong saw farther than him, he looked at the overpass in front of him, sighed, and said: "This battle is really useless, we have to burn good food by ourselves."

The chief armor next to him also looked regretful, and asked, "What should we do? Should we burn it or not?"

Huang Jingong slammed his fist on the stone wall beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Burn, it must be burned, we can't leave this much food to the Tartars."

He turned around and looked at you Chief Jia with extremely firm eyes, and said: "You can't be so cheap, Tartar, you lead people to spread the word, without our military order, no one is allowed to light the fire first."

Huang Jingong turned his head to look at an important granary on Bijia Mountain, and said, "It's only a matter of time, if things turn around, wouldn't it be a pity to waste these grains."

The Chief Jia also shouted in a deep voice: "Follow the order. Let's take people to spread the word everywhere, and we must not follow the military order here, and we will never light the fire."

Huang Jingong grabbed him and told him: "Right now, sulfur and other fire starters have been piled up in all warehouses, even if there is no order from this general, if you only find that the Tartars are approaching, you must immediately light the fire and burn food.

Do not leave this much food to the Tartars! "

"Yes."

Looking at the back of the armor leader running away, Huang Jingong stared at a pair of blood-red eyes, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, we are going to fight with the Tartars today, and we must not let the Tartars take Bijia Mountain for nothing." Take it."

"Fight with Tartar... fight... fight..."

After everyone shouted for a while, Huang Jingong stopped everyone's roar, and asked the people around him: "Have the dry grass and sulfur between the stone walls in front been filled properly?"

After getting an affirmative answer, he shouted: "Brothers, get your guns, bows and arrows ready. After the tartar rushes into the fourth stone wall, let's give him a roast tartar first."

After a while, the attacking Tartars climbed over the third stone wall. Their front row was full of sword and shield soldiers, holding a large shield in their left hand, and mostly close weapons such as waist knives and hatchets in their right hands.

There are more than ten steps between the stone walls built by the Ming army guarding the island. After they climbed over the third stone wall, they could clearly feel that the firepower of the Ming army seemed to be much weaker in an instant.

They all thought it was because the defenders were timid and were about to give up their defenses, but they never thought that the Ming army still had a backup.

They squeaked and continued to rush forward. Against the densely packed guns, bows and arrows of the Ming army guards, they quickly attacked under the fourth stone wall and faced the stone wall at chest height. Naturally, they would not He rolled over and handed his back to the Ming army as a target.

I saw the Tazi soldiers rushing in the front row squatting in front of the stone wall. They gathered the shields in their left hands on their heads, and at the same time they stood on the ground with the short weapons in their hands to prop up the shields, and shouted loudly: "Go up!"

The Tartars at the back stood up with their shields in front of them, covering their heads and chests, and started to run in big strides. They stepped on the shields raised by the Tartars in front. Leap over the chest-high stone wall.

After they landed, they rolled forward for a certain distance before standing still, so as to leave a foothold for the Tartars who had crossed the stone wall behind them, and at the same time raised their large shields in front of them to block the sparse artillery shells from the guards. and bows.

Just like this, waves of Tartars climbed over the stone wall, and they were about to follow suit and continue to climb over the fifth stone wall. If they continued to do so, the defense line of the sky bridge would be breached by the Tartars in less than a quarter of an hour.

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However, Ningyuan Dusi Huang Jingong, the defender of the Ming army, was very calm. He stood on a large rock, watched the battle on the defense line of the sky bridge ahead, and kept yelling at the guards to shoot guns and shoot arrows, without any signs of panic or panic.

He suddenly shouted an order: "The rocket is ready."

Several messengers around Huang Jingong immediately shouted in unison: "Rocket is ready...Rocket...ready..."

I saw the guards shooting guns and archery in front of them flustered. They put many arrows wrapped in oilcloths in front of the teams of bonfires, and the bonfires flourished in just a moment.

Looking at it, the Tazi soldiers in front had easily climbed over the fifth stone wall and were rushing towards the sixth stone wall, while the seventh stone wall was slightly shorter, not enough to stop the attack of the Tatars.

If it broke through the sixth stone wall, it would be tantamount to declaring the fall of the entire overpass defense line. If so, it would also mean the fall of the entire Bijiashan grain storage area.

At this moment, the guard Du Si Jin Gong yelled: "Fire the arrows, let the rockets go!"

Following a burst of eager shouts and orders, rockets soared into the air, and according to the strength of the archers' arms, they landed on the sky bridge defense line in front, and the space between the fourth and sixth stone walls.

Arrows flew up one after another, and the flames on the arrows were extraordinarily dazzling in the afterglow of the setting sun!
However, unless such arrows had other ulterior motives, they would hardly be able to injure those heavily armored Tartar soldiers with just these arrows.

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The Tatars cooperated very well, and the offensive was extremely fierce. They broke through the defensive lines of the defenders one after another, and saw the last stone wall ahead.

What's more, this stone wall was not even as high as their waists. It seemed that they could jump over it by running over and leaping vigorously. Now that they saw victory in sight, the Tartars were even more excited. They roared loudly and moved forward. dash.

But just when the Tartars were about to break through the last stone wall, they saw flaming arrows flying out from the guard position on the opposite side, which made them surprised.

You know, this kind of rocket is actually an ordinary arrow with the arrowhead removed, then wrapped in sackcloth or tarpaulin, and stained with some grease.

However, this kind of rocket can hardly cause effective damage to the Tartars in heavy armor. Even in other battlefields, it is mostly used to ignite tents or other inflammable objects.

All of a sudden, the Tazi soldiers also seemed to have realized something, and they smelled a strange smell in the Shiku, which was assigned to a positive red flag. They didn't pay much attention to it because they had been charging forward fiercely.

But at this time, when he saw the rocket flying in the sky, he immediately thought of this point, looked down at the ground in horror, and exclaimed loudly: "Sulphur...it's sulfur!"

His shout was actually more powerful than those hundreds of rockets flying in the sky. The Tartar soldiers who were still looking up at the rockets in the sky suddenly fled in all directions as if they had blown up their camp.

But things have come to this point, where can I escape?

Except for the Tartar soldiers running ahead, they rushed forward and jumped over the last stone wall, but the rest of the more than two hundred Tartar thieves failed to escape.

As the rockets fell, flames soared into the sky, and the sulfur, saltpeter, and a small amount of gunpowder hidden in the dry grass and dead branches caused bursts of deflagration.

Large clusters of sparks exploded, shining brightly under the reflection of the setting sun, like the fireworks in a festival, which makes people feel intoxicated.

But now the Tartars who are in it don't have the heart to enjoy this rare beauty!

From the third stone wall to the sixth stone wall, this section of nearly forty steps long and twenty steps wide instantly became a sea of ​​flames.

With the sound of "crackling" explosions, the raging fire became more and more intense, and the smoke billowed, not to mention that the nearly two hundred Tartars inside who hadn't escaped in time would undoubtedly die.

Even the tartars behind who hadn't rushed up were sweating profusely from the raging fire, and the dozen or so tartars in the front row who couldn't stop the car rushed directly into the fire. Fortunately, they reacted quickly. They retreated in time, even so, many places on their bodies were ignited by the fire, and they were so scared that they rolled all over the ground.

After the space between the stone walls was ignited, a wall of fire rose up, winding for more than 40 steps. The Tazi soldiers behind were completely blocked, and they could no longer attack Bijia Mountain.

He was even forced back more than [-] steps by the heat generated by the burning wall of fire. The retreating Tartars and the advancing Tartars crowded together, looking very chaotic, but no one yelled cursing.

Everyone was shocked by the sight in front of them, and also by the horror of the Tartar soldiers inside the wall of fire, everyone was dumbfounded.

Looking at a figure burning in the fire, they couldn't help retreating slowly, all trembling with fear, secretly rejoicing that it wasn't themselves being burned by the raging fire at the moment.

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"Bastard!"

Looking at the end of the overpass, Manzhouzhenghongqi, Gushan, and Zhenmandahai were full of resentment, seeing that he was about to attack Bijiashan Island and robbed the Ming army's food and grass, but he was finally captured by Duoduo first.

When he was excited at this time, he saw the flames soaring into the sky over there. The blazing flames instantly extinguished Man Dahai's ambitions, and black smoke billowed, as if they were going to swallow him all together.

Man Dahai jumped up in a panic, he shouted loudly: "Hurry up, put out the fire, put out the fire, put out the fire quickly."

He was anxious in his heart, naturally he wanted to extinguish the fire here as soon as possible, so as to capture Bijia Mountain and rob the Ming army's food and grass, but the fire was so raging, and it was so windy by the sea, how could it be extinguished?

Fortunately, this section of the overpass is only [-] to [-] steps wide, and only the middle ten or so steps are relatively dry. The two sides are impacted by the waves, and the fire is also intermittent.

In fact, the fire on this overpass is the most difficult to last. After all, it is all bare sand and gravel. It is only possible to burn so vigorously because of the weeds and dead branches that have just been paved, supplemented by sulfur and saltpeter.

But the wind helps the fire, and the strong fire also means that it cannot last. With such a fire, I believe it will burn out in a short time, but how can Man Dahai wait?
Although he still doesn't know that Jialazhangjing'emuqi has failed and died in battle, he also knows that if he can't break through Bijia Mountain for a while, the chances will be slim when Ming reinforcements arrive.

In this regard, how can he, who is already determined to win, be reconciled!
But what if he is not reconciled?

On the Bijia Mountain on the other side of the bridge, about ten bales of hay flew in the air, and after crossing the stone wall, they fell into the fire scene one after another.

Seeing that the flames were raging again over there, Man Dahai's heart was bleeding, he couldn't accept it for a moment, he only felt an abnormal boredom in his chest.

At this moment, I suddenly saw hundreds of riders running back sparsely from the north. They all looked very embarrassed, as if they had just suffered a defeat.

A few of them galloped all the way, and when they got close, they reported loudly: "Manda Haigu Mountain, defeated. Many southern troops, Emu Qijiala also died in battle."

All of a sudden, Man Dahai felt his throat itchy, and then the root of his tongue became sweet, a fishy smell rose from his chest, and a big mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth!

Ce was on the horse, and Man Dahai, who was on the verge of falling, was supported by a foreign Mongolian general beside him, and then he managed to regain his stability.

After he sat down again, he couldn't help but stand up and look towards the north. He saw a blanket of red banners flashing in front of his eyes, and he couldn't estimate how many Ming troops were coming.

Man Dahai scolded loudly: "Idiots, things that are not as good as pigs and dogs, even a few smart dogs can't deal with them, I want you to have a fart?"

He only cursed a few words, but he felt that his strength was a little short, and at the same time, there was a stabbing in his throat, and he couldn't help coughing loudly.

As time passed, the cavalry of the Ming army running from the north were getting closer and closer, and at the same time, the cavalry of the Tartars who had just fled in all directions also gathered back one after another.

Man Dahai also regained his sense at this moment, he glared and asked in a deep voice: "How many troops does Minggou have? He defeated you all."

The Tartar who came back to report the news was another Lazhangjing Taktu with a red flag, he saw Man Dahai asked about the number of Ming soldiers and horses, so he knew that he would not care about the responsibility for their defeat for the time being.

Immediately, he immediately replied: "Manda Haigu Mountain, there are five or six thousand southern troops, and they are full of cavalry soldiers, even more fierce than the Liao soldiers. The most annoying thing is their hand cannons. That kind of guy who raises his hand and hits, many of our warriors were killed by that hand cannon."

"Hand cannon?"

Man Dahai looked suspicious, and asked again: "There are really five or six thousand bright dog horse soldiers?"

"Lend me eight heads, and dare not lie to Master Gu Shan."

Taketu seemed to be afraid that Man Dahai would not believe it, and added: "Taketu also saw it with his own eyes. This Southern Army is well-armored and fierce in combat. One of their teams even wears armor on their horses."

"It must be the Ming dog of Xuanfu."

Man Dahai said bitterly, he seemed to be unwilling, turned his head and looked at Bijia Mountain, the raging flame seemed to be about to go out.

But the timing was already missed. Even if the fire there was extinguished now, the warriors would not be able to survive for a long time. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "What a pity!"

(End of this chapter)