I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 47: Xianghe Victory
In the sight of the three thousand Duoluo Tuman cavalry, countless flames streaked across the sky, dragging long tails, like countless meteors, slowly enlarging in their pupils and smashing towards their heads.

"Run!"

"Run!"

Someone shouted heart-wrenchingly, and the team exploded with a bang.

The Duolo Tuman tribe responded to this call with practical actions.

Everyone turned their horses around in panic, whipped their mounts, and ran desperately towards the wilderness in the distance.

But it's too late!
They hadn't run more than a dozen steps when the meteors came down from the sky, hit the ground heavily, and exploded one by one.

Balls of fire rose up.

Amid the flames and black smoke, countless triangular iron pieces flew out, sweeping away everything in their flight path.

The sharp triangular iron plates ruthlessly penetrated into the flesh of humans and horses, spinning with blood and flesh scraps that flew all over the sky amid wailing.

This is the rocket designed and manufactured by His Royal Highness Prince Yu, and is also called the Prince's Rocket by the officers and soldiers in the southeast who are fighting against the Japanese invaders.

Together with the previous bird gun and sub-gun, they are collectively known as the three weapons of the Marine Corps.

In just a few months, these three axes made the Japanese pirates in the southeast terrified.

I heard that some people now have to double the money to recruit real Japanese in East Wo, the risk is too high!
These rockets were loaded onto launch racks early on and placed on the deck of a ship near the west shore, covered with tarpaulins.

Wait until Qi Jiguang gives the order, quickly remove the tarpaulin, ignite and launch.

The first batch of 120 volleys blew the 3,000 Duoluo Tuman cavalry to the ground in panic.

Then came the second batch, the third batch, the fourth batch, and the fifth batch.

The quantity was large and sufficient; a total of 600 rounds were fired, using up one third of the reserves carried on the grain ship.

Six hundred rockets were equivalent to six hundred small meteorites falling on the dense formation of three thousand Duoluo Tuman cavalry. The damage they caused was so destructive that Baduer almost vomited blood.

The smoke slowly dissipated, and the ground was littered with corpses and wounded soldiers. The war horses were also dead or injured, lying in all directions on the ground, creating a desolate scene.

The blood gradually turned black, turning the land into black soil.

Amid the wailing, nearly a thousand cavalrymen fled in panic.

The sound of their retreating horses' hooves seemed to be accompanying the rising and falling wails of the enemies on the battlefield.

In less than half an hour, only 3,000 of his 7,000 cavalrymen were left, and many of them escaped with injuries. What was even more terrifying was that their courage was shattered and they only wanted to escape from this place that terrified them.

Ba Duer looked at the tribesmen who were surrounding him, avoiding his gaze and looking in a miserable state, like dogs that had lost their homes. He turned his head and stared fiercely at the circle of vans in the distance, anger in his eyes!

He is unwilling!
The seven thousand tribesmen were the foundation for him to gain a foothold in the south of the desert and become Altan Khan's confidant.

If he loses more than half of them now, he will become a joke when he returns to the desert outside the Great Wall. Then, he will become someone else's food in this grassland where the strong prey on the weak!

Where did these damn Ming troops come from?
What kind of tactics are they using? Why are they so different from those of the Ming army in the nine borders?
Woohoo——!
The trumpet sounded, and the three thousand Ming soldiers formed a mandarin duck formation and slowly walked out of the circular formation of carriages.

They were very vigilant, with each team staying very close to each other and moving carefully on the battlefield.

For the wounded lying on the ground, the Ming army would most likely give them a stab or a shot without hesitation to relieve their pain.

According to the experience of the Marine Corps in using firearms, the mortality rate from being hit by lead bullets is very high. Even if you are just injured, the lead from the lead bullets will slowly penetrate into the blood, causing lead poisoning, which can still be fatal.

Take out the lead bullet?

It is very difficult under current medical conditions.

Often the wounded would bleed to death before the lead bullets were removed.

Therefore, sending the wounded soldiers of the Duoluo Tuman tribe on the road to reduce their suffering is the greatest mercy to them.

Half an hour later, the battlefield was cleared and hundreds of war horses that were still alive and kicking and just screaming were captured - they had much stronger vitality.

Less than a hundred wounded soldiers from the Duoluo Tuman tribe were admitted.

Part of the remaining warhorse carcasses were cut off as a snack for dinner, and the rest were thrown aside. It was believed that it would not be long before the nearby villagers would flock to cut off the horse meat and take it back for a snack.

The bodies of the Duoluo Tuman cavalry were piled up together, and their heads were chopped off and stacked together. These needed to be inspected by the Ministry of War.

Weapons, armor, flags and other miscellaneous items were piled on the other side.

Baduer almost gritted his teeth as he looked at the bodies of his tribesmen separated and neatly stacked in the distance.

Several times he was furious, drew his sword, and shouted, "My men, follow me and kill."

But in the end, reason still held him back.

Finally, under the eager anticipation of the surviving tribesmen, Baduer had no choice but to say bitterly: "Retreat!"

"Report! The northern barbarians have retreated. Our scouts followed them for thirty miles and saw them passing Xianghe County and continuing northward."

Qi Jiguang breathed a sigh of relief. The battle was finally over and they won a complete victory!
He knew very well that the biggest reason for achieving such great results in this battle was because it took the enemy by surprise.

The northern barbarians thought that their team was just a transport team for money and food, so they rushed forward carelessly.

If they had been prepared, they would not have been caught off guard by the attack and would have been wandering around the periphery of the chariot formation, waiting to be killed by the bird-guns and sub-guns.

If they had been prepared, they would have formed a dispersed formation, and would not have rushed forward in a dense formation as they did just now, allowing the bird guns, sub-guns and prince's rockets to exert their greatest power.

Or maybe they just turned around and ran away when they encountered a small setback.

They have four legs, and I have more infantry than two legs, so I can't catch up at all.

Minister Hu, Governor Tan and Deputy Envoy Wang are absolutely right.

Since the Jiajing period, our dynasty's strategy for the nine borders has been passive defense.

Hundreds of thousands of border troops hid behind the high and thick city walls, not fighting back when attacked or retaliating when insulted, which made the Northern Barbarians increasingly arrogant. They completely forgot the experience of a hundred years ago when they were chased and beaten by the Second Ancestor's northern expedition army in the south and north of the desert.

"Report! The battle results are out."

"Say!"

"We captured 3,967 heads, 110 prisoners, 576 horses, 34 banners of 100 households and 6 bronze drums, and 7,261 swords, spears, bows and shields."

"Are our troops injured or killed?"

"Sixty-three people were injured, thirteen of whom were injured by the bursting of bird guns, and seventeen were burned by the tail flame of the prince's rocket.

Twenty-five people were killed. Eleven of them met the enemy scouts before the battle and were killed. Five were shot in the vitals by the enemy cavalry. Twelve were killed by the Northern Tartars who pretended to be dead while cleaning the battlefield.

"Okay, register them all and send them to the capital by express horse. Submit one copy to Xiyuan and one copy to the Ministry of War."

"Yes!"

Qi Jiguang stood on the gradually drying black soil, smelling the lingering smell of gunpowder, looking at the empty battlefield, full of confidence.

He knew very well that he had stepped onto a new stage, and this stage was Hubudang, which was built for him by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Turning around, I saw teams of soldiers forming a mandarin duck formation and patrolling the surroundings.

These soldiers trained by him personally will be his greatest reliance!
"The clouds are full of toothpicks, and the stars contain swords. I don't want to be a marquis, but I hope the sea will be calm."

Qi Jiguang's victory report was quickly sent to the capital, one copy was sent directly to the Western Garden, and the other copy was sent to the Ministry of War.

When the officials of the Ministry of War received the good news, they could not believe it and hurriedly submitted it to the Minister of War Yang Bo who was inspecting the defense of the capital.

The news thus leaked and spread quickly to the five cities of the capital.

When officials and citizens in the city heard the news, they all had the same thought.

Are you crazy, you country bumpkin from the southeast, wanting to make a contribution?

Relying on several victories in the fight against the Japanese invaders, he actually dared to report false news of victory in front of the Emperor!
Beheaded the northern barbarians from the Dolotu tribe in the south of the desert who broke into the border and disturbed the territory, 3,967 heads were taken!

Three thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven heads, and they are said to be the real Tartars from the Northern Tartars!

You are such a boaster!
Why don’t you say that you went straight to Huanglong and sealed Juxu Mountain?

(End of this chapter)