Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 643 The captive cavalry withdraws, good news!
After losing 400 people, the Oirats finally filled up a section of moat on each side of Ishigaki Fort.

However, they did not take advantage of the situation to attack, but withdrew their troops.

Two miles away, several people wearing exquisite cotton armor and iron helmets rode horses among a group of Wala cavalry, but it was the Wala nobles who led the more than 3000 Wala cavalry.

The leader is a thousand households from Heshuo Special Department, Nazarel.

At this time, Nazal was looking at Ishigaki Castle, and his thick, oily eyebrows were tightly frowned.

A little nobleman next to him said: "Qianhu, this fortress of the Ming people is not easy to fight. It seems that the one who destroyed our cannon carriage just now was the rumored Hongyi cannon, and there were actually four of them.

When riding to fill the moat, the Ming army used another twenty or thirty tiger squatting cannons, killing three or four hundred of us in two rounds.

If we let the cavalry attack by force, we will die 1000 people, and I am afraid that we may not be able to attack. "

Another little nobleman followed suit: "Yes, Qianhu. Moreover, this castle is nearly five feet high. Even if our people rushed through the river ditch, bows and arrows may not be able to suppress the Ming army at the top of the city.

Even if we use muskets to shoot at each other, we will suffer a disadvantage.At that time, it is not the cavalry (herdsmen) who will die, but the elite cavalry.

Anyway, there are only two or three hundred Ming troops in this castle, and we can surround them by leaving 1000 people here.

If the Ming army came to rescue, wouldn't it be cheaper for us to fight them outside than to attack Baozi? "

Nazar actually didn't want to attack Ishigaki Fort either.

Don't look at him leading more than 3000 people now, but most of them are ordinary herdsmen called temporarily, also known as cavalry.There may be a few warriors and good archers among these people, but most of them have average riding and archery skills and average courage.

Real cavalry requires a lot of money to train, and the cavalry mastered by him and a few minor nobles under his command can barely make up a thousand cavalry.

If the Ishigaki Fort were to be stormed, the cavalry would definitely attack, let alone a loss of three or four hundred, he would feel distressed even if he lost a hundred.

Considering that this time, Oqier Tuhan's original intention was to lure the Ming army out of the Great Wall first, wipe out its main force outside, and then go to Daming to attack Caogu, so he waved his hands and said, "Retreat the troops."

Hearing this, several little nobles showed joy, and immediately went to carry out the order to withdraw troops.

Thousands of households like Nazarel are worried about the loss of cavalry, and small nobles like them are even more worried.

It should be noted that both their aristocratic status and the rule of the herdsmen under the account depend on the support of these cavalry.

If there are fewer cavalry in hand, the pasture may be embezzled by other tribes, or even the tribe will be annexed.

Similarly, with fewer cavalry, it is impossible to subdue many herdsmen and let them accept exploitation and oppression.It should be noted that grassland herdsmen are not as docile as Ming farmers.

It is not that there are no nobles killed by herdsmen in the tribe, but there are many precedents.

In addition, there are extremely ferocious horse bandits on the grassland. They are not strong enough, and it will be miserable if they are missed by the horse bandits.If there is trouble, the whole family will be destroyed, and even all the fallen people will die.

Therefore, Nazareth's order to withdraw troops was quickly executed...

"The Oirats have withdrawn their troops?"

On the wall of Shiyuan Fort, many soldiers of the Ming army were puzzled when they saw the Wala retreat.

Some high-ranking officers like Wu Mingwei and Zhao Gang, and Zhang Erquan, who had been in the frontier army for many years, suddenly understood the intentions of the Oirats.

"I'm afraid they think that attacking the fortress will cause too much loss, and they will besiege us. If the higher-ups send troops to rescue, they will lay an ambush outside, or fight a decisive battle outside.

If no one is sent from above, they may besiege us for a period of time and then withdraw their troops, or they may besiege us until we run out of food and surrender. "

"How long will there be enough food in our bunker?"

"Although the above will send supplies to each bunker every month, the total amount of food stored in the bunker is theoretically enough for us to feed a sentry for three months."

"We only have two hundred people now, wouldn't we be able to last for half a year if we save on food?"

"I'm afraid it won't last that long, don't forget that the grain and other materials of our fort still have to be distributed to the piers.

This time the Oirats came to attack, many soldiers on the pier were urgently recalled, but there were very few supplies that could be carried.

Therefore, the food and other materials stored in Ishigaki Castle may only be enough for us for a month or two. "

"Is that so? What should I do?"

"I can only hope that the Oirats don't besiege us for too long, or that the higher-ups sent troops to rescue us..."

Hearing some people's comments, Zhang Erquan was a little disappointed.

He was also thinking about waiting for the Oirats to attack Baozi by force, so that he could avenge Qiu Huwei, Qi Sanyuan and other comrades who most likely died.

Immediately, Wu Mingwei, the head of the post, shouted loudly: "What are you talking about? The Wala people didn't withdraw their troops. Lao Wang, the artillery team doesn't need to stop fighting. While the Wala people are retreating, let's fire a few more shots to see if we can scare them. Return."

"understand!"

Wang Yingxiang responded, and went to direct the gunners to operate the four bright cannons.

Zhang Erquan was quite envious looking at it from the side, wishing that he could handle cannons, and then as a gunner, he would kill a large number of Tartars with bright cannons, and avenge Shi Chang and them.

Boom boom boom!

With four cannon shots in a row, the retreating Oirat cavalry was bombarded by the bright artillery shells again, killing or injuring 30 people immediately.

One of them even landed near Nazar, killing several of his cavalrymen and leaving him in a cold sweat.

He didn't expect that the artillery of the Ming army could hit two or three miles away. Thinking that he was within the range of the artillery of the Ming army before, he felt terrified.

So he hurriedly shouted: "Everyone spread out! Withdraw to four miles away from the fort!"

In fact, there is no need for Nazar to say that the Oirat cavalry also knew to withdraw quickly. After all, no one was sure that they were not the unlucky ones who were knocked out by the next round of artillery.

After the Oirat cavalry retreated to a place nearly five miles away from Ishigaki Fort, they began to set up camp, because after all this trouble, the sun had already begun to sink...
Seven days passed in a blink of an eye.

Zhang Erquan looked at the Oirat camp a few miles away from the fort wall—he did this every day these days, hoping that the Oirats would have a convulsion to attack Shiyuan Fort.

It's a pity that the Oirats are not stupid.

Today, after watching for a while, he suddenly discovered that there was an unusual movement in the Wala camp.After a while, he finally understood, and the soldiers who were in charge of staring at the Oirats also understood, and immediately shouted.

"The Oirats have withdrawn! The Oirats have withdrawn!"

The post chief Wu Mingwei quickly came to the fort wall, looked around, and found that the Oirats were pulling out their camp, looking like they were about to leave.

Military and political officer Zhao Gangxi said: "Could it be that the higher-ups sent troops to rescue us?"

Wu Mingwei said: "Our fortress can be guarded for at least a month, so why do we need rescue from above? I think these Wala people are either called to fight the army coming out of the side wall, or they are really about to withdraw."

In any case, it is always a good thing for the Oirats surrounding the fort to retreat.

As for the pursuit, no one mentioned it.

Not to mention that there are only 200 people in the fort, and the problem of only one horse eliminates this possibility.

All the Wala people have horses to ride, and there are only dozens of mules and horses in the stone wall castle. How can they chase the Wala people?

Speaking of it, Wu Mingwei is cautious and not greedy for credit.

Otherwise, in the face of the attack of more than 3000 Walas, if he led 100 people out of the fort to seduce, he would probably use the advantages of the Ming army's guns and other equipment to kill more enemies.

But in this way, there will definitely be a lot of casualties among the soldiers at their post, instead of no one being injured like today.And if he was eaten by the Oirats outside the fort, the Ishigaki Fort would be gone.

The main task of their post is to guard Ishigaki Castle and make it stick here like a nail.If Ishigaki Fort fell because of Wu Mingwei's corruption, even if he survived by chance, he would not be able to escape the military law.

Therefore, as the head of the garrison, Wu Mingwei really knew a lot.

When the Oirats were out of sight, Wu Mingwei immediately dispatched several scouts and messengers in the post.

The scouts were going to follow the Oirats to see if they really retreated.Xinqi went to Zhenyi Office to inquire about the news and reported the situation of Ishigaki Fort.

Half a day later, Tanqi and Xinqi returned to Baozi one after another, and brought back important news.

But yesterday, Zhang Neng, a member of the 16rd Battalion No. [-] Township of the Frontier Army, who was in charge of the anti-captive mission of the Zhenyi Station, defeated the invading Wala Heshuote Division at Huangfengkou!
More than [-] Oirat cavalrymen were killed on the spot, and the chieftains of the Heshuote tribe fled in panic for more than a hundred miles!

(End of this chapter)