In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 234 Enemies meet, especially jealous

"Report, Marshal, we found many small castles on the river bank ahead, but no cavalry from the other side was found."

"My Lord Governor, General Cao, after crossing the river in front of us, we can go more than 20 miles north to Guihua City."

The caravan steward was temporarily recruited from Shuozhou City. After the Tanma report, he introduced it to Sun Chuanting and Cao Bianjiao.

"Futai, should our army remove the small castles on the river bank first, or should we directly cross the river?"

Knowing that Guihua City was close at hand, Cao Bianjiao's heart became hot. Originally, he had followed Sun Chuanting for a sneak attack this time, and he had already made up his mind to die. Who would have thought that they had made the right bet, and the Hetao was indeed empty. I didn't even meet a single cavalry as I walked.

"Is the river frozen?" Sun Chuanting did not answer immediately, but asked Tan Ma.

"Go back to Master Fufu, the river has long been frozen, and cars and horses can pass."

"Okay, then don't pay attention to those small castles. The army will go straight to the naturalization."

Sun Chuanting clenched his fist and felt excited inside.

Immediately, the [-]-strong army rushed towards the naturalization in a mighty manner. Although the infantrymen were exhausted from the long journey, they heard that the rebel army's lair was close at hand, and each of them felt like they had been given chicken blood, and their bodies were full of blood. Energetic.

In the small castles of various production teams on both sides of the north and south coast, they saw that the Ming army did not come to attack them. While they were relieved, they were also worried about naturalization.

The whereabouts of Sun Chuanting and the others are always under the surveillance of the Mongolian girl, and their every move is reported in real time.

At this moment, there were no people outside Guihua City, only broken bricks and tiles, and countless sawdust.

Apparently, a large amount of bricks and wood that were originally piled outside the city were moved into the city.

Since the city has almost tripled in size, from the original circumference of seven to eight miles to more than 20 miles today, even if more than 20 people evacuate into the city, it will not seem too crowded.

It’s just that 20% of the more than 15 people are women. The largest number are Han strong women and craftsmen and their families, with a total of 2. Then there are Jurchen women, Huihui women and Mongolian women, which add up to nearly [-]%. There were as many as ten thousand, and in the end there were more than [-] ladies, ladies and maids.

At this time, all the strong women and men in the city got their weapons and climbed onto the city wall. The Mongolian women also picked up their bows and carried arrows on their backs, while the Jurchens, Hui people, and ladies who had no fighting ability all withdrew. Arrived in the inner city.

"Sister Xiuying, as long as Mr. Zhang and I are here, you'd better go back to the inner city!"

"Xiaocui, remember to protect Sister Xiuying and stay close to her, you know?"

Looking at the Ming army cavalry who were almost rushing to the city, Lin Xiuyun, Niu's sister-in-law, said quickly to Zhang Xiuying, not forgetting to give Xiao Cui a few instructions.

Zhang Han on the side also started to persuade.

Zhang Xiuying also knew that staying here would only cause chaos. Although she was very worried, she could only nod her head and leave with Xiao Cui and several other ladies.

"Fourth Princess, why don't you go back to the inner city and leave this place to us. The Ming army has traveled a long distance and lacks siege equipment, so it is impossible to attack it."

Zhang Han thought about it and persuaded Lin Xiuyun, "Forget about ordinary strong women and Mongolian girls, but the dignified princess also has to go to the city to defend the enemy. If word spreads in the future, it will really damage the face of China."

"It's okay, Mr. Zhang, don't underestimate me. When it comes to defending the city and the stronghold, I might be better than you."

Lin Xiuyun smiled, shook her head, and patted the knife tied around her waist.

Zhang Han was afraid that she would cause trouble if she stayed here, and she was also worried about letting Zhang Han and his group of scholars command the defense of the city.

Zhang Han could only laugh and said no more.

An hour later, the large Ming army arrived in Nancheng.

Immediately, Sun Chuanting and Cao Bianjiao personally circled the city, trying to find weak points.

However, after turning around, both of their faces were very solemn.

"Sir Governor, General Cao, the previous naturalization was not so big. It should have been just expanded by the thieves." The caravan manager who led the way explained when he saw the two people returning.

"Futai, we came in a hurry. This Guihua City is much larger than other ordinary cities. I'm afraid it will be a tough nut to crack!"

"No matter how hard the bones are, we have to chew them off. It's getting late today and the soldiers are exhausted. Let's rest for the night. Tomorrow we will go to the mountains to cut wood and fill in the moat of the southern city.

Sun Chuanting said with determination. He had seen it just now. The people standing on the top of the city were all women and ordinary young men. The real Chinese army could almost be ignored. As long as the moat was filled in and some wooden ladders were built, if he wanted It's not difficult to break in.

Although he wanted to take action immediately, Sun Chuanting also knew that no matter how urgent it was, the army had to rest for a night.

At dawn the next day, Cao Bianjiao sent a thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry to the mountains to the north to cut wood, and then built wooden ladders to attack the city on the spot.The remaining five thousand infantry are responsible for filling in the moat of the southern city. Of the last two thousand cavalry, one thousand are responsible for guarding and the other thousand are for reconnaissance.

at the same time.

Haber, with 300 Mongolian cavalry and [-] dragoons, as well as more than [-] newly built tanks, has already marched into the clouds in a mighty manner.

Even if they hurried slowly, several tribes were still poisoned by the Hui Hui people. Except for women, almost all the men and elderly people were killed by the Hui Hui people, even the boys under the wheels were not spared.

When Habeer arrived, the other tribes had abandoned their livestock camps and mounted their horses to flee eastward.

From the people who fled, they learned that two of the five tribes that had been wiped out were from the Chahar tribe. Habeer's eyes turned red with anger, and he led the army back to kill them.

And whether it was the Mongolian cavalry or the Han soldiers in the team, every one of them was furious and furious.

After all, since they followed the king, they have always killed others and robbed others. Now they are beaten to death, burned, killed, and robbed, and they are still weak. Almost everyone cannot accept it and feels humiliated.

Each and every one of them secretly gritted their teeth and vowed to kill all these hateful Hui Hui and rob all their women to relieve the hatred in their hearts.

At this time, the Chinese cavalry came to help.

But after discovering that the cavalry were wearing black armor and black clothes and the red uniforms of the dragoons, they were also jealous. They immediately knew that these people were the culprits who went to Ningxia to kill their tribesmen and rob their women. They immediately He gave up the looting, gathered his troops and horses, and faced them directly.

In fact, Hui Hui's guess was correct. When they went to Ningxia to commit crimes, Namuzhong and Habeier were the leaders.

Among the [-] Mongolian cavalry, many Mongolian women had also participated, but they were still young girls at the time. Among the [-] dragon cavalry, there were at least two to three hundred veterans who had personally massacred Hui Hui.

Looking back, this time was originally for revenge. After all, there were more than 20 tribesmen in total, and almost 8 to [-] were killed that time. Including the women who were snatched away, a total of [-] people were lost. It was a complete blood feud.

Although Hui Hui is a cavalryman, he is not good at mounted shooting. What he fears most is the stray shooting of the Mongolian cavalry.

At this moment, they saw that the Mongolian cavalry actually wanted to charge directly. Many of them were women, and their number was thousands less than them. Coupled with the hatred in their hearts, they naturally would not back down.

As for the more than 200 carriages, they didn't pay attention at all.

Habeier and the others were eager to go back to rescue Guihua, and they all wanted to fight quickly, so they had no idea of ​​​​shooting. Even the five thousand dragon cavalry did not dismount, but planned to charge directly on horseback.

"Woooooooo..."

Neither side stopped to adjust their formation. After locking the opponent's position, they charged directly while adjusting their formation, but they both controlled their equestrian skills.

"Fifth Princess, we will take the lead with the brothers from the chariot battalion later, you can follow behind."

The dragoon battalion commander said to Hubbell.

There is no way, most of the [-] Mongolian cavalry are women, and the rest are also old men and teenagers of fourteen or fifteen years old. The key is that many of those Mongolian women are the women of brothers from other battalions.

The king asked them, the main force, to guard the home. If the brothers came back in the future and found that their women had died in the battle, they really had no way to explain to those brothers, so it was impossible for them to rush ahead.

"All right!"

Hubbell didn't hesitate and nodded.

He immediately slowed down his horses with [-] cavalry, allowing [-] dragoons and chariots to overtake them.

"Brothers, although we are infantry, we can still kill those on horseback."

"Draw your sword and prepare to charge!"

Following the battalion commander's loud shout, the sword and shield soldiers and longbow soldiers all drew their sabers, while the pikemen and spearmen rushed to the front with their spears and spears held flat, almost as close as the chariot. Almost even.

Although the eight dragoon battalions generally do not know how to fight on horseback, Lin Rui requires that they all have the ability to fight on horseback, so almost all of them are equipped with a saber, and they also occasionally practice horse riding chops.

In addition to practicing chopping, pikemen and spearmen also need to practice charging with spears and spears on horseback.

The spear is too long, almost as big as a horse-harnessing pole, so there is a hook on the head of the spearman's horse. When marching, you can put one end of the spear on the hook, but when charging in battle, you still have to put it on the hook. Put the spear under your arm and hold it with one hand.

At this moment, two hundred chariots have been lined up in a row. After installing bearings and shock-absorbing springs, the speed of the chariots has been greatly increased. They can almost keep up with the speed of the galloping horses. However, with springs to reduce the speed of the chariots, After the earthquake, the degree of turbulence was greatly reduced, so that the two soldiers under the umbrella could already operate weapons.

What Lin Rui equipped them with was not the Changge, but an extended version of the sickle. The arc of the sickle was not that big, but it was a full meter long. With the gun barrel nearly three feet long, under the high speed of the chariot, Whether facing cavalry or infantry, they are really like the scythe of death, harvesting at will.

(End of this chapter)