Jingming

Chapter 338 Come here!
Seeing the first horse crossing the gate of the village and rushing inside, Gunbilik smiled: This village is finally broken.

Then I saw the cavalrymen who were still on the hillside near the gate of the village suddenly raised their horses' heads and raised their hooves to stop, causing a moment of panic behind them.

"What's going on!" He yelled angrily.

In front of the gate of the village, maybe the few cavalrymen in the front happened to be relatively timid, or maybe the scene in the village before them was too terrifying.

In the flat field inside the gate of the village, the shieldmen who retreated before formed a circle, and behind them stood another three circles of soldiers holding Mingren firearms.

They have seen this kind of firearm before. It is called a three-eyed blunderbuss, but it shouldn't be so powerful, right?Isn't this kind of gun called the Three Eyes, but it can only shoot bullets within one eye at a time?
But now there is more than one place on those horses that is bleeding?

Now the ones in the first row are only holding the muzzles with three holes, and the smoke around them has not completely cleared away.

The more than 20 people who rushed into the village first, are now on their backs, howling.There was no more gunfire, only the bows and arrows directed at the cavalry inside and outside the gate of the village were still roaring.

After rushing up this slope, the speed of the horse was no longer fast.After entering the gate of the stronghold, you must move and kill the enemy as soon as possible.

Just like that, he heard another burst of gunshots, but it was not from the three-eyed muskets surrounding the gate of the village, but from the gunners who moved to the wall and pointed at the outside of the village.

The bird blunderbuss of the Eight Classics was introduced to Daming during the Jiajing period.

Now, it's a little bit earlier and a little bit more mature.

Yu Dayou kept the fire gun battalion until today, and finally started to make meritorious deeds.

He shouted excitedly: "Get in the back row!"

Along the wall of the village, the second row of bird gunners held the bird guns and protruded the long barrels out of the wall.Compared with the previous fire blunderbuss, the bird gun has a rear door and a star.

In this round of blunderbuss, more than a dozen captives and riders outside the stronghold turned their backs on their backs.

The gate of the village is still open, as if inviting them to enter and die.But staying outside the village is also not safe.

In the distance behind them, a loud horn sounded suddenly, and they even heard a trace of anger in it, as if Gonbilik was roaring in rage.

Can only rush!
"Quick! Change the gun!"

The one who let go of the three-eyed gun in the first round urged the people behind.

This new three-eyed blunderbuss is similar to the tiger crouching blunderbuss, and has the same design ideas as the kidnapper blunderbuss that appeared later in the Ming Dynasty.

Crank the wooden handle, and leave a slot for each of the three-eyed iron pipes in front, and the three sub-guns can be filled with gunpowder and projectiles and inserted into them.The match was twisted and ignited. Although the gunpowder in the three eyes did not explode at the same time, they were almost the same.There are three projectiles at a time, and the power is stronger because it is made thicker.Although the range is very short, it is quite powerful.

Seeing that the tartars rushed in again, they knew that today it was their turn to shoulder the most difficult task under the fragile protection of the sword player in front.

The bow arrow bird gun first tries to consume the people who rush in from outside, but as long as they rush in, they must all be killed!
Yu Dayou yelled: "The captives who entered the camp will ride, and every one who comes is a head, and they can't escape! Kill!"

The military merits of the Ming Dynasty, the weight of the head is very heavy.

As soon as Yu Dayou said this, Yang Bo couldn't help but look at him: The premise is not to be overwhelmed!Otherwise, no matter how many heads there are, can they be brought back?

There was a muffled roar, and gunpowder smoke rose again in the village, and there were more cavalry howling in the circle.

The power of the original shotgun cannot be underestimated at such a short distance.

The rhythm of ammunition loading cannot be messed up for a moment. Yang Bo felt that this moment was more important to him: "Repair the wounded soldiers quickly!"

The shooter on the sentry stand is now specialized in making up "swords".

Even if there were three rows, the rotation would be over soon, but there was still an endless stream of cavalry.

"Back! Go to the earth platform!"

Holding the square shield, Bao Zhengchuan took a few steps back, while the three-eyed musketeers nervously stood on a circle of earthen platforms——this time, the shields could not better protect them from the arrows of the Tartars rushing into the gate of the village. Hit the arrow.

But there is no way, the horses and cavalry in the field will block the bullets and their sight.

Fortunately, as the tiger squatting guns moved to the earth platform in the middle of the village began to bombard again, the number and frequency of enemy cavalry that could rush into the gate of the village decreased.

Yu Dayou gritted his teeth: "We've all gathered here, so there's no need to worry about the brothers of the Yuanyang Camp. Change to bombs! There are only so many, so shoot more accurately! They won't dare to come up easily!"

Yu Dayou, who had been carrying the previous three days with the mandarin duck formation, finally unleashed his hidden firepower.Guo Xun and Tang Shunzhi gave him the best equipment and supplies, and Yu Dayou and Zhao Benxue were able to use them flexibly, even daring to use cold weapons for three days with only courage.

This is not enough.

"The Yuanyangying brothers who are still able to fight, follow this general and go out of the village!"

It is not possible to let the captives ride into the village like this all the time. There are already six to seventy horses piled up inside the gate of the village. The effect of the three-eyed gun will be greatly reduced by the piled up horses and corpses of the Tartars.

It's time for Lu Qi to think of how powerful the mandarin duck formation is, so he hesitated, and he was about to retire.

"Hold on, clean up the place!"

The mandarin duck formation stood up again, this time there were only two small formations blocking the gate of the village.

Now it is not loose, it is enough to guard the gate of the village in a short time.

"Come on, hold on!"

After about a quarter of an hour, a voice came from behind: "General, it's cleaned up, do you want to put some more in?"

Yu Dayou looked at the cavalry who were still rushing upwards at the foot of the mountain, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Brothers, are you okay?"

"I can stand it!" Bao Zhengchuan shouted on the other side.

"Then make an opening on both sides of the gate, and see if they dare to go in!"

The two groups of mandarin ducks moved a few steps away, and the gate of the village revealed a gap that could allow five or six riders to rush in.

But the Luqi who rushed to the front began to hesitate.

The clan and horse corpses there were gone, leaving only a patch of blood-spattered soil almost stained like calico.

Now, he had to rush into this iron hedgehog-like formation, and also rushed in to face that inexplicable firearm, and then turned into a corpse to be dragged away.

At this time, Yu Dayou shouted in the formation: "Quanzhou Yu Dayou is here! You go in!"

As soon as the words fell, it was a bullet that shot out after aiming at the group of captives who hesitated for a moment.

This time, the flowers bloomed brightly, just a dozen steps away from the two groups of mandarin ducks.

In the distance, there was finally the sound of a horn that made them retreat temporarily.

The captive riders on the rushing mountain were relieved, braved the last shells and arrows and rode down the mountain, and even used the earthen platforms to show their superb equestrian skills and strong horse qualities.

"No need to pursue!" Yu Dayou also breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Next, we must prevent them from leaving us alone and rushing directly to Jingping. Come, cut off the head and hang it on the wall of the village! Those who can speak the language of the Tartars shouted loudly: "It's almost there, we're dying!"

On the fourth day, he was still the winner, and the people in the village suddenly burst into laughter. Although what the general said was actually true, the message to be conveyed was very scary.

But for some reason, looking at the vigorous young general standing outside the gate with a knife, they still felt that they could hold on and survive.

After a while, more soldiers in the village who had temporarily learned this sentence joined the mocking team.

"It's almost there! We're dying!"

The bad words spread far and wide to Gonbilik, who was furious.

After a while, there was another content, which was a friendly language of international communication, greeting their relatives cordially, and caring for their bodies and minds.

Yang Bo looked at Yu Dayou who was swinging his arm stained with blood after returning to the camp, and said in a sincere and convincing way: "General, you have undue courage in this battle!"

"This is Tang Yingde's initiative."

"Tang Futai is a great talent, my younger brother is really fascinated. However, the general has improved this formation, and he has the talent of invincible bravery and commanding troops to use it to make meritorious deeds. This is even more difficult."

"It's still far away." Yu Dayou sighed, "There are not many ammunition and arrows left."

"Today we will be able to deter the Tartars and make them dare not go up the mountain easily."

"I'm afraid that they will leave hundreds of people behind and make a detour, but they won't be able to catch up." Yu Dayou looked in the direction of Jingping, his eyes were cold, "I'm afraid Jingping won't be able to hold on."

"So the general provoked each other with words?"

Yu Dayou nodded: "Don't save on food, eat enough! Tonight, do another hour or two of work to stabilize the wall. One more day is a day!"

"Little brother, go see Wolf's Nest Mountain again!"

"No need!" Yu Dayou shook his head, "The Tartars have been here for four days, I'm afraid the road will soon be discovered by the Tartars. Just take twenty brothers and bring back this batch of food that is almost here. .”

Gunbilik, who was about a mile away from Naihebao, was in a bad mood, looking at the stockade and the faintly waving flag.

Now, he has to make a difficult decision.

In the end, just leave a few people to stare at the remaining more than 1000 tired soldiers here, or pull out this nail with all your strength.

How much will it cost, and how much time will it take?
The advantage of the Mongolian cavalry is not to attack such mountain "cities", not to attack fortifications—unless the fortresses themselves are very fragile, and the defenders are too weak, and they will collapse under a lot of pressure.

But Yu Dayou in front of him is not that kind of person.His stockade was very crude, but he took advantage of all the advantages, and he was even more courageous and resourceful.

The question also includes: How many people can be left behind to keep an eye on him instead of being defeated by him?
"...The wounded soldiers retreated to Naihe Fort to rest and check out what's going on here!" Gunbilik could only respond with twitching eyebrows to the taunts that still came from there from time to time, "I've already been delayed here After four days, go to Jingping!"

He understands that general on the West Road, his city is stronger and he has more soldiers, but he is easier to fight.

Gunbilik brought more than 6000 people here, and left with [-] people.

More than [-] people were killed in the battle, and nearly [-] soldiers were wounded.

Looking at the mountain, Gunbilik's eyes were full of hatred.

Now is not the time to settle accounts, let people cut off their food first.When he returns from looting, he will completely wipe out this Ming army.

……

When the Tartar army appeared to the west of Jingping City, Liu Kai knew that Yu Dayou was finished.

Wishing him to stay there for a few more days came to nothing.

"It's only been guarded for four days! The majestic champion of martial arts is not worthy of the name!"

Now that soldiers are approaching the city, Liu Kai only has resentment in his heart.

The Datong military order was issued two days ago. He received the military order yesterday. As a result, the Tartar army came today, and he had to defend it for seven days.

"Seven days is no problem!" Liu Kai, as the general guarding the West Road, also had a low-quality telescope in his hand.

After looking at the number of enemy troops, he found that it wasn't the nearly ten thousand troops that had been sent back from Fort Ying En.

A rough estimate right now is about five or six thousand, at most six or seven thousand.

The three forts of Yingen, Zhehu, and Naihe, plus the four days that Yu Dayou held on, the tartars still paid a price after all.

"Jingping city wall is thick and thick, so it's no problem to hold it for seven days!" Liu Kai's spirit lifted, "If you pass on the order, it will be a great achievement to hold it for seven days! Once the reinforcements arrive, tens of thousands of troops will be hated on Jingping!"

Unexpectedly, the cavalry soon made a movement. After resting for a while on the gentle slope at the foot of the mountain west of Jingping, they headed southwest.

The sound of horseshoes of thousands of cavalry resounded to the ground, and also pounded heavily on Liu Kai's heart.

His face suddenly turned pale.

Why not dig wells?
In normal times, he wished that the Tartars would not dig wells.

But it is different now, the military order he received now is to drag the Tartars to the well.

In normal times, he could also reason that the Tartars avoided fighting, how could Ming soldiers catch up with the cavalry?

But it's different now. Datong knows about Yu Dayou's fortress in the west of Jingping to resist the enemy.Datong also knew about the Zhuhu and Naihe lines that the Tartars took.

Why didn't Jingping provide reinforcements?Even if it is because Jingping still has to send troops to stay behind, why not send troops to reinforce?Why not block the mountain pass?Why didn't the soldiers go out of the city to attract captive cavalry?
Liu Kai couldn't figure it out: Isn't the captive afraid of being cut off?Or do you want to break through the encirclement after looting and go out through another exit?
Is it because Liu Kai is incapable of breaking the way?
Now Liu Kai was only thinking about the consequences of the captive riding past Jingping and going to Shuozhou, and hurriedly ordered with a pale face: "Mobile! Moment! Before the Tartars go far, go out of the city and line up!"

In this flustered arrangement, when the south gate of Jingping City opened and the Jingping defenders had just left in a hurry and hadn't finished their formation, the cavalry team drew a beautiful arc and rushed straight to the panicked defenders. .

Liu Kai was terrified on the city wall: "It's been tricked! Close the city gate! Close the city gate!"

Gunbilik finally vented his anger and wiped out hundreds of defenders who left the city at a very small cost, and finally looked at Jingping City contemptuously.

Such a thing can't cut off his retreat.

With this lesson, he never dared to go out of the city again.Whether it is going out of the city to chase, or trying to go out of the city again to lure yourself to stay.

Even when he returned with a full load, he still didn't dare to go out of the city to stop him.

What's more, Gunbilik will not leave him such an opportunity.

Gunbilik felt that he had been taken away by Yu Dayou before, so why bother to attack the city of the Ming people?If you want to attack, you must also pay attention to the method.

"Balk, you bring 500 people to stay and lay down this well!"

After all, he led the remaining nearly [-] riders and walked away.

Liu Kai's legs were shaking.

He stopped the tartar, but only a little.

But even this little bit is dangerous to him.

After the Tartars just feinted and killed more than 500 people easily, the Jingping defenders were already on the verge of collapse in fear.

"Li Jian of the dog day! Where are you? You must stop them!"

Liu Kai muttered to himself, he knew that if Jingping was just guarding the door, the chance of being breached by these more than 1000 cavalry was not high, but the premise was that he had to restore the morale of the army quickly.

But even if the 1000-odd people survived for seven days, it would be too much work.

Unless Li Jian came to help in time, he could stop the nearly five thousand riders at the mountain pass from Jingping to Shuozhou.

Based on Liu Kai's understanding of Li Jian...his face turned pale again...

God damn Yu Dayou!Why can't we stay for a few more days?
……

"Change horses!"

Guo Xun had just arrived at the post station in Shanyin, and his face was extremely gloomy.

According to his general's order, the horses needed by him and the two hundred soldiers he brought have been prepared here.

Before arriving here, the messenger reported back, and Li Jian of Mayi dawdled, and received the military order the night before, and hadn't set off today.

Guo Xun had no choice but to take two hundred soldiers and rushed here at full speed from the main force.

"It's less than thirty miles away from Mayi, let's carry it again!"

There are not many brave generals like Li Jin and Yu Dayou in Datong Town, and most of them are mediocre people who have nothing but merit.

Although this Shuozhou had some intentions in the previous plan, so Liu Kai and Li Jian did not move, but I did not expect that Li Jian would dare to dawdle after hearing the military order.

The military situation is like fire, can you tolerate such dawdling?

In less than half an hour, Guo Xun finally arrived at Mayi.

Li Jian went out of the city to greet him, Guo Xun said before dismounting from his horse: "The last general has just prepared the food and grass needed for the soldiers who are going to reinforce Jingping. General Liu Shen sent an order to send the general to go around Shuozhou to escort the food and grass. Shuo A message has just been sent from the state, and the food and grass have been prepared. The general is about to divide his troops into two groups, one to reinforce Jingping, and the other to Shuozhou to escort the food and grass. Hou Ye, you have to come..."

So fast!

Guo Xun got off his horse, drew out his knife, and cut blood on Li Jian's throat, and his soldiers surrounded him with their knives.

Surprised, Guo Xun's face was covered with blood, and he looked at Li Jian's family soldiers with cold eyes.

"Benhou's military order, I will reinforce Jingping at full speed after receiving the order. Now you are slow, I have to come here in person." He looked at Qianhu who was guarding the Qianhu Office in Mayi, "Order soldiers! I will give you a stick of incense , follow Benhou to Jingping! Shuozhou has grain and grass, can’t the Shuozhou guards escort them?”

Li Jian's body protested silently on the ground: Liu Kai really issued this military order!Liu Kai, the dog day!
Zheng Qianhu of Mayi Qianhu Office didn't dare to make any distinctions, Guo Xun glanced at Li Jian's family soldiers and personal soldiers again: "If you make meritorious service in this battle, you will follow me from now on, do you understand?"

Is it the family soldier of a mere guerrilla general, or the private soldier of Wu Dinghou?What's more, the guerrilla general is dead, and the dead will not pay them any more.

Under the pressure that his son might not even be able to become a country prince, Guo Xun ventured away from the main force and came to Mayi with only 200 people, taking away a total of less than 2000 people here.

"March quickly!" He ordered loudly under the flag, "Behind me, all the strongholds sent soldiers to rush at full speed. Don't worry about the lack of people, I can work hard, but you can't? To win this battle, the one who survives is Brother Benhou, the one who died in battle will take good care of his family. If he dares not go to the battlefield, this Marquis will send him to see the King of Hades!"

Gunbilik's cavalry was faster, while Guo Xun was slower.

But they were all marching in a hurry, so even the sentry cavalry had a short gap, and they couldn't detect and report the news in time.

So like an inexplicable fate, they finally met in Heye Mountain in the north of Shuozhou.

Both sides were shocked.

"...Liu Kai, I'm going to chop you into pieces!" Guo Xun immediately yelled when he saw the size of the cavalry, "Fix the formation! Form the formation!"

Gunbilik also couldn't believe his eyes: "That seems...is the general flag of the General Army of Datong?"

"Wu Dingguo, you can't go wrong!"

Gunbilik was puzzled, why did the general army of Datong have less than 2000 guards, and why did they appear here where they suffered a lot last year?
How could the General Soldier of Datong bring only such a small number of people?

"It's not good! It's a trick! The sentry cavalry didn't find them!" Gunbilik thought about the inexplicable operation of the Jingping guard, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a trap, "Quick retreat, go back to Jingping!"

Guo Xun was dumbfounded, and after a while, he said loudly: "Did you see it? The chieftain saw the flag of the Marquis, and fled in anticipation of the wind! That's the big banner for the chieftain, chase after him!"

It is impossible to catch up with them, but as long as they are driven westward, it is a success.

For the time being, Guo Xun couldn't figure out why Beiyuan Jinong had more people, but retreated hastily to the direction of Jingping after encountering him.

That night, Liu Kaiben in Jingping City had already been tossed all afternoon.Only relying on the speed of their horses, the Tartars walked around Jingping City and shot arrows at the city wall from time to time, killing and wounding some defenders, bit by bit eating away at the morale of the Jingping defenders.

But when it was almost late at night, horseshoes shook the sky outside the city, and thousands of defenders of Gunbilik returned and immediately attacked the city overnight.

Liu Kai was about to burst into tears: What is this for?

Fortunately, all the captives were stopped by him at Jingping.

"Hold on! Hold on! Reinforcements are on the way!"

　Add more.The long-lost Riwan, oh...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)