Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 249 Wall Charge
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The spring breeze in Hetao is biting, but compared with the spring breeze, what makes people feel more biting is the chilling air that comes oncoming.

On the low hill five or six miles north of Zhasak Tucheng, the uneasy low groaning of war horses broke the deadlock. More than a hundred Ordos cavalry appeared here. Sark City.

The dark "red tide" is like a piece of red lava, and Zasak City is a stone in the lava.

"Baihu, do you want to continue exploring the north?"

Among the sentinels, a captain asked the general in front wearing a simple layer of iron armor, and the man hesitated for a while and said:

"You spread out to investigate the mountains on the left and right sides. It's best to go around and investigate."

"Yes..." The captains of the several teams responded, and then began to lead their sentry cavalry to explore the surrounding terrain and the deployment of the Ming army, trying to determine whether the Ming army was still in ambush.

It's just that this kind of behavior can't escape the eyes of Man Gui who has been paying attention to them.

"The enemy sentries want to search, you take a thousand soldiers and horses to drive them away."

"Yes!"

Man Gui gave an order to the lieutenant general on the left, and then said to the lieutenant general on the right:

"Order a battalion of soldiers and horses to attack the Tucheng of the Zasak Department."

"As ordered..."

The two lieutenants responded back and forth, and then each led the attack.

Tang Qi, who wanted to inquire about the news, saw a large number of Ming army cavalry dispatched, so he didn't dare to go deep, so he could only turn his horse's head and evacuate.

At the same time, a cavalry battalion of the Ming army got off their horses, and after taking out their rifles, they began to tentatively attack the gap in Zasak Tucheng.

It's just their behavior, and the retreat of the Huoluo Chi tribe sentry cavalry, which made Zazak Taiji in Zazak city afraid.

Before the Ming army took the initiative to attack, the gate of Zhasak Tucheng suddenly opened, and then hundreds of cavalry came out of it.

"What do they want?"

Man Gui frowned slightly, and looked at the hundreds of Zhasak cavalry who were leaving the city. While he was watching, a Han man with ragged clothes and a bun ran to the front of the formation on foot, and shouted loudly with the Ming army:

"Don't fight the general, they are willing to surrender..."

"Surrender?" Hearing this, all the generals of the Ming army looked at Man Gui, and Man Gui was also worried that the other party would pretend to surrender, but he also looked at the simple defense of the Tucheng, and then explained with confidence:
"Order a battalion of soldiers and horses to enter the city to accept the surrender, and let them put down their swords, guns, bows and arrows, and wait in the city until I defeat Huo Luochi before disposing of them."

"Yes!" Hearing this, the deputy general ordered someone to send an order to command a battalion of soldiers who were about to attack the city to enter the city and accept surrender.

There was no sign of false surrender, Zasak Taiji readily handed over his weapons and military power, and then came to Man Gui under the guard of two cavalrymen.

He knelt in front of Man Gui's horse, feeling uneasy, and Man Gui said when he saw this:

"Tell him and let him lead people to continue in the city. If Huo Luochi's soldiers ask him for news, tell Huo Luochi that they are still standing firm."

"Yes!" The summoned official from the Siyi Pavilion began to translate for Man Gui, and Zasak Taiji nodded quickly when he heard the words, for fear that Man Gui would kill him.

"Okay, let them go back, don't reveal your secrets." Seeing the other party nodding, Man Gui also signaled the other party to back down.

In this way, Zasak Taiji was untied and regained his saber.

He saluted Man Gui respectfully, and the Ming army next to him also brought a horse to him.

After getting on his horse, he returned to the city under the supervision of several Ming soldiers. At the same time, Huo Luochi, who came to help from the north, also arrived ten miles away.

They met with the evacuated Tang Qi. Tang Qi briefly talked about the situation of Zasak's department, while Huo Luochi asked:
"Did they not surrender?"

"Probably not. When we arrived there, the Ming army was ready to attack the city." Baihu replied honestly, and Huo Luochi also turned to look at Caritas next to him and said:

"Zhu Youjian came to attack us while the snow season hadn't completely passed. We can't do what he wanted, so let's delay for a while."

After hearing the words, Caritas immediately said:

"The army can go to Zasak City. If the Ming army sees our cavalry, they should stop attacking the city."

"At that time, we can let Wu Lie lead his troops to retreat from the north gate, and return to Hongyanchi first. This place is too close to the Great Wall of the Ming army. If we are entangled, we may be surrounded and wiped out."

Caritas' words are undoubtedly very wise, and as a person who has been besieged by the Ming army for decades and has not died, Huo Luochi is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very vigilant.

After Caritas suggested, he immediately said to a general next to him:

"Jilian, you lead [-] soldiers to the south. If the Ming army shrinks, you will send people to support Wu Lie and Zasak's troops out of the city."

"Yes." Jilian agreed, then turned around and said to Wanhu behind him:

"go!"

After all, ten thousand households notified thousand households, and one thousand households sent someone to notify one hundred households. One-third of the original [-] cavalry were divided in an instant, and rushed towards Zasak City, ten miles away to the south.

The running power of tens of thousands of cavalry was seen by Man Gui with his binocular clairvoyance three miles away from the army, but he was always looking at the size of the opponent's soldiers and horses.

"Only [-] people came. It seems that there is a reason why Huo Luochi survived for so many years. He is indeed very vigilant."

Man Gui put down his binocular clairvoyance and said to the left and right lieutenants:
"There are only [-] people, and even if they eat them, they won't be able to cause serious damage to them. Judging from the posture, they are either the vanguard army, or they are preparing to lead the Zasak army to retreat."

"You send someone to tell Wu Lie that if Huo Luochi wants him to retreat, he will leave behind all the Han men who were slaves, and our soldiers are slaves in disguise, hiding their armor in their wagons , follow and evacuate."

"Captain, do you want to bury nails?" The lieutenant next to him was very clever and expressed Man Gui's thoughts.

"Well, we can only annihilate one part right now, so it's better to bury a nail, and wait for His Highness to deal with Su Nang and Sun Jinglue to deal with Ji Neng before encircling and suppressing Huoluochi."

"At that time, the inside and the outside should be combined, and there is no reason why he can't break it."

Man Gui's words won the approval of many generals, but now there is a problem that ordinary slaves are basically a little thin, and although the food of ordinary Ming soldiers is not as good as Shangzhi, they can still have a meal of meat a day.

In comparison, they appear to be much leaner.

"There are more than [-] people, it is impossible to find a thousand emaciated people?" Man Gui said, and said:
"Those who are thin and thin go to Zasak City. The army surrounds the east and west gates, so that the captives can't see it."

"Yes!"

Under the command of Man Gui, the Ming army began to look for thin soldiers. At the same time, Ji Lian, who was sent to respond, also stopped three miles away, not daring to get too close to Zasak City.

"The elite of the Ming army, I will wait here with a large army. You send someone to tell Wu Lie what Huo Luochitaiji said. After half an hour, I will cover him to break through."

"Yes!"

Ji Lian looked at the Ming army in the distance in fear, and turned to tell Qianhu next to him. Qianhu sent a hundred cavalry to inform Wu Lie after three miles south.

At the same time, Wu Lie in the city also received the news sent by Man Gui.

They needed to leave their cattle, sheep and slaves behind, and followed Huoluochi to the north with more than [-] Ming troops disguised as slaves.

That's right, more than five hundred people.

Because it was really impossible to find so many emaciated ones, Man Gui could only settle for the next best thing. He chose more than [-] emaciated Ming troops to enter the city, and withdrew the battalion of soldiers and horses that advanced the city.

At this moment, more than [-] people were entering the city in an orderly manner from the south gate, and after Wu Lie heard the news, his forehead was covered with sweat.

This kind of internal response behavior, if he is not good, he will be decapitated. He really doesn't want to do it.

The problem is, he has no choice.

Helpless, he had no choice but to comply with Man Gui's request, and the Huoluochi sentry cavalry who had been cruising for an incense stick of time also bravely approached the north city gate, and said to the Zhasak Mongol at the top of the city:
"We will take you out of the city in half an hour, and you are ready."

"Thank you!"

Wu Lie bit the bullet and agreed, and the Ming army saw that the exchange of information between the two sides was successful, and they also pretended to be fierce and came from the east and west urban areas to drive the sentinels away.

In the eyes of Ji Lian, the general of the army, such a scene is enough to show that Wu Lie has not surrendered yet.

Therefore, he was still preparing to respond to Wu Lie, and ordered someone to pass the news back to the rear.

After Huo Luochi heard the news, although he was amazed that the Zasak troops could last for so long, he still sent another [-] troops to support them.

After half an hour like this, when Wu Lie was retreating with more than [-] men, more than [-] old and weak women and children, and more than "[-]" male and female slaves, the Ming troops in the east and west cities also began to attack. They rushed to kill.

Jilian, who had been prepared for a long time, divided his troops and went to a stalemate with the Ming army. At the same time, he successfully took over Zasak's troops.

After a brief meeting and exchange, Jiren commanded the army to retreat while fighting, escorting Zasak's troops northward.

Although the Ming army was acting, they were too jealous of the number of heads, so they killed hundreds of Ordos cavalry.

In this way, it made things more realistic.

"The whole army is stationed in Zasak City, be careful not to trample on the fields."

Seeing Ji Lian and Wu Lie retreating, Man Gui ordered the whole army to enter Zasak City, without any intention of pursuing them.

Such behavior was also considered by Ji Lian to be that the Ming army was worried about being ambushed.

Therefore, when he led Wu Lie back to Huoluochi and Caritas, he also took the initiative to say:
"The Ming army's offensive was very fierce. In just a quarter of an hour, more than [-] people have been left on my side."

"Where's Wu Lie?" Huo Luochi on the horse asked Wu Lie, and Wu Lie also hesitated and said, "There are more than four hundred, and there are still more than [-] people."

"Hmm..." Huo Luochi squinted his eyes, always feeling that something was wrong, because if more than [-] people under Jilian's lead were left behind, then Wu Lie...

"The Ming army didn't bring artillery, and there were no trees around, so I persisted for so long. Now I didn't bring cattle and sheep out, so I asked Taiji to give some cattle and sheep so that my people can survive this winter."

Wu Lie made a request to Huo Luochi, and Huo Luochi could only let go of his doubts when he heard the words, and said to Mingai next to him:
"According to the marching speed of the Ming army, we will arrive at the Red Salt Pond in two days at most. If there is no Red Salt Pond, we will be passive."

"Now we need to confirm whether there is any problem with Su Nang and Ji Neng." Caritas explained:

"If there is no problem with Su Nang, we'd better withdraw to Su Nang first."

"As long as Su Nang and Ji Neng are fine, we have enough salt to last until April."

"In April, when the grass grows, we can try to attack the Ming army's supply line."

"However, according to Zhu Youjian's character, he should not choose one army to march first, but the five troops will join his headquarters to send troops."

"No matter what, let's send Tang Qi to check on Su Nang's situation first." Huo Luochi added, then looked at Wu Lie suspiciously again, and finally chose to take Zasak's troops back to Hongyanchi.

The troops of the brigade set foot on the return journey in the white snow, and at the same time they set foot on the return journey, Zhu Youjian's iron cavalry also approached the Heishui River...

On this former set of grasslands, as Su Nang Taiji's diehard Dubobu Taijigeril has [-] troops, and more than [-] troops.

When he learned from the guards that the Ming army was trying to raid the Dubo tribe, he did not choose to flee or sit and wait for death. Instead, he chose to send the old and weak, cattle, sheep, and slaves of the tribe to the north bank, and he led his troops to leave behind.

Chilechuan in winter is bitingly cold, and the gloomy weather seems to be snowing in the next second.

Xiao cavalry guards, Tiance guards, and Habayashi guards stood on the banks of the Heishui River, confronting the [-] Dubobu cavalry.

It's just that no matter in terms of numbers, equipment, or the quality of soldiers, all of them are like a praying mantis trying to block a car.

"Xiao cavalry guards attack, Tiance guards and Habayashi guards wait in place to outflank and harvest."

Beside Heihe, on horseback, Zhu Youjian knew that Gerile would not surrender, so he decisively gave the order to attack.

When the military order was issued, more than [-] command flags were waved at the same time, and more than a thousand cavalrymen of the Gongwei Battalion who were in charge of beating the drums also started beating the drums at the same time as the army was ready!

The sound of "dong dong" is different from the dull and tall infantry drums that need to be pulled by carts. The Ming cavalry drums are similar to the small drums of military bands.

But even if it is a small drum, when the number of people beating the drum increases, the sound of the drum will start to become louder.

"March into... No!"

When Gerile heard the drumbeat, he originally thought that the Ming army would dispatch all of them, trying to knock them down in an instant, but saw that the Ming army only dispatched one-third of them.

"Taiji, there are still two soldiers and horses that have not moved at all!"

A thousand households from the Metropolitan Broadcasting Department saw something strange and asked directly, and Gerile also nodded slightly: "I saw it."

"Qing cavalry go up first and hold them back, heavy cavalry wait for my military order."

"Order the whole army, don't be discouraged, Su Nang Da Khan will send troops to support us soon."

As he said that, Gerile squinted his eyes and looked at the tall banners in the Ming army formation.

That is the Ming Army's central banner, and it is also where Zhu Youjian is.

Gerile wanted to try if he could hold Zhu Youjian, and together with Su Nang's reinforcements, captured Zhu Youjian alive and threatened the Ming court.

From here to Bansheng City, it is only a distance of eighty miles. As long as Su Nang receives the news, he can change horses without changing people, and he can reach here in at most an hour.

Looking at Zhu Youjian's posture, there is a high probability that two-fifths of the soldiers and horses were allocated to escort the artillery.

If I can hold on...

"Buzz rumbling..."

Gerile's thoughts were brought back to reality by the sound of horseshoes. Along with the charge of six thousand light cavalry, the [-] strong cavalry guards of the Ming army also began to charge.

In Xiaoqiwei's army, Sun Shoufa in heavy armor raised his iron whip and roared "rush and kill".

In the endless snow field, Daqing Mountain and Heishui River became the background boards, while the charging Xiaoqiwei and Dubobu Qingqi became the protagonists of the battlefield.

The two sides began to speed up from a distance of four miles, and each rushed for a mile before starting to charge.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps...

The cavalry of the Ming army changed from loose to concentrated, and finally even dense.

Such a dense army formation made the Dubobu cavalry unable to bear it anymore. They began to shoot arrows first, and then the army was divided into two, ready to turn around and rush forward.

The first wave of arrows was designed to cause the horses to fall, causing a series of falling horses.

However, the upper straight iron cavalry was wearing heavy armor, and the war horse under the crotch also had a half armor. When the rain of arrows fell into the formation, most of them were blocked by the shields of the Xiao cavalry guards.

Arrows flew continuously, like locusts crossing the border.

However, the Xiao cavalry guards did not stop. With the rain of arrows passing, the first row of cavalrymen holding guns dropped their shields and pulled the trigger at a distance of [-] steps from the Dubobu cavalrymen.

"Bang bang bang-"

The dense sound of riding guns and the lingering smoke covered the battlefield, making it impossible to see the cavalry of the Ming army at this moment.

"kill--"

When the cavalry rushed out of the smoke, they rushed like a wall, impenetrable.

It was as if a stone had been smashed into the sand, and all the cavalry who tried to turn around were caught off guard. The entire team was knocked upside down, and some soldiers in the front row of the Ming army also fell off their horses.

The dense wall charge smashed through the front row of the Dubo Department in an instant, and then the army rushed into dozens of steps and began to be divided.

This is not being divided by the broadcasting department, but their active division after they feel that they cannot form a wall.

When half-mounted cavalry rushed into the light cavalry formation, the answer was often a one-sided massacre.

"What formation is this? The Ming army changed formation?"

Gerile was terrified, he was a little at a loss in the face of the sudden wall charge.

The horizontal teams of the two sides penetrated each other, the horses actively searched for gaps, and the light cavalry of the Dubo Department were involved in close combat. The battle developed from the entire legion to hundreds or even a dozen people.

For the former Mongols, this is definitely their favorite situation to see.

But in the melee with Shangzhi, although the Dubo cavalry with more flexible horses was more mobile, the soldiers of the Ming army were more capable.

A Dubo cavalryman who was trying to break out of the partition was beaten on the head by Sun Shoufa with an iron whip. His hat and helmet flew out, and he fell from his horseback.

"Kill me!"

Sun Shoufa, who hadn't been on the battlefield for a long time, released his depression, and the cavalry around him avoided him.

The rhythm of the Dubo cavalry was disrupted, and the escaped cavalry did not dare to turn around and face each other, but just ran away, while the Dubo cavalry caught in it could hardly escape.

For the fleeing cavalry, the Xiao cavalry guards did not pursue them. Once they dared to pursue them, no matter how many beheads they had, they would be punished.

"Advancing against a wall, the officers and soldiers cannot become officials, and they will win repeatedly."

This is the military order of the Ming army's "wall charge".

"Follow me!" Seeing the bad situation on the battlefield, Gerile couldn't bear it any longer. If he endured it any longer, the whole army would be wiped out.

Therefore, he led more than a thousand heavy cavalry in double armor to charge, and after Zhu Youjian saw this scene, he also raised his hand:

"Habayashi guard..."

"The last general takes orders!" Cao Wenzhao, who was in charge of the Habayashi Guards, took over the military order and immediately led the army to attack.

Habayashi Wei's attack was naturally seen by Gerile, but he had no choice.

Behind are the old and weak women and children who are retreating, and in front of them is the besieged team. At this time, his ability cannot match the number of troops he has.

The end of the Ming Dynasty was a rather bad situation. In the long-term public security war, Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty fell into the dilemma of having enough troops but not being able to command.

Compared with Mobei and Moxi, Monan Mongolia is because of the background of more than ten years of peace with the Ming Dynasty, the general's commanding ability has plummeted.

People like Gerile and Su Nang, the wars they have experienced are all fighting the few with the strong, and fighting the weak with the strong.

This is also one of the reasons why Huang Taiji was able to sweep the grasslands in history, because his army was stronger and more numerous.

Right now, this situation is also the situation of the Ming army. They have more numbers and stronger troops.

Gerile's soldiers and horses are not valued by Zhu Youjian at all, this is just a small battle of the sword.

"kill--"

Gerile led the army to kill the cavalry guards under Sun Shoufa, but as the distance between the two sides approached, many of the original charging team stopped when they were about to hit the cavalry of the Ming army. step.

In this scene, even the cavalry of the Ming army who were about to be hit were stunned. After reacting, they raised their hands and smashed to death the Dubobu heavy cavalry who had stopped moving forward with a pumpkin hammer.

Such a comical scene is based on the background of war and insufficient training.

You must know that the Tumed Department has not fought a decent battle for more than ten years, and there are countless people who were forced to become heavy cavalry in armor without having received charge training.

Heavy cavalry needs training, and people are also afraid.

For example, during the Napoleonic Wars, although the cavalry regulations of various European countries clearly required that the cavalry must advance at the highest speed in the final stage of the cavalry assault.

But in actual combat, due to psychological, terrain and other factors, very few cavalry can do this. After all, everyone is human and not a game NPC.

The high-speed hedging and close slashing in movies and TV shows only appeared in dreams, and the most funny thing is that in the battle, it would appear that the cavalry in the front row has already fought with the enemy, while the cavalry in the rear has turned their horses. A situation where the head runs away.

Why can Xiaoqiwei and Habayashiwei be able to charge through the wall?Because Zhu Youjian supplied a large amount of meat, he trained a large number of surgeons for them.

So they can train day after day, wall charge day after day.

Most of them, from the beginning of fear and stagnation, to the fear of staggering the target, and finally to hitting and smashing their eyes to death without blinking.

All of these require training, and it is because of this training that they show fearless bravery on the battlefield.

"kill!"

In Gerile's failed heavy cavalry charge, Cao Wenzhao was in the first row as the speaker, leading the first row of heavy cavalry charge.

This kind of bravery inspired the soldiers around, and the Habayashiwei iron cavalry, who trained day after day, did not show such a shameful behavior as the heavy cavalry.

The entire iron cavalry was like a wall like a forest, detoured, and launched a pincer attack from the rear and the front of the cavalry guards, breaking down the last line of defense of the Dubo Department in an instant...

Until the last male in the Metropolitan Broadcasting Department was killed and Gerile died in battle, Zhu Youjian didn't find it strange.

If you forget the battle, you will be in danger. Since the Tumote Department has been in peace for so many years, this scene of yours is the punishment for so many years of peace.

Just as the Ming army has been trapped in public security wars all year round, it has lost the ability to fight with large corps...

(End of this chapter)