Wanli 1592

Chapter 502 Although the general is dead, the governor is still there!
For Wei Yunzhen, the Yanmen Pass is in danger now. If the Yanmen Pass is not secured and the Mongolian cavalry enters Shanxi and wreaks havoc, he will surely die.

Not to mention that his political ideals and aspirations could not be realized, and even his life and family inheritance could not be guaranteed. Under such circumstances, he who was in a superior position could easily make a decision.

Even if he lost Yanmen Pass in the end, if he died in a battle, it would be a way out for his descendants, he would be buried for his ideals, and he would live up to Hai Rui's inscription.

Unlike others, he has no way out, not from the start.

He has offended many forces in the DPRK, if he cannot perform his duty faithfully, he will have nowhere to go.

It is much better to die in battle than to die from party strife and one's own cowardice.

The Mongols attacked extremely fiercely, and they got the weapons of the Ming army in Datong, and their siege ability instantly reached a big level.

Countless arrows were shot at the city. Although the battle-hardened Mongolian soldiers were far inferior to their ancestors, the Ming army was even more inferior to their ancestors, and their combat effectiveness was crushed in all directions.

Thanks to the majestic Yanmenguan City, because this city wall gave the Ming army the possibility to kill the Mongolian soldiers without fighting them in close quarters.

Therefore, the Ming army has always insisted on repelling the Mongolian army's attack six times in a row. The Mongolian army also stopped attacking the city many times because it was too cold and unable to fight for a long time, which repeatedly gave the Ming army a chance to breathe.

Just now the explosion of the Ming army's artillery made the Mongols see the possibility of a successful attack, so they carried the Ming army's standard ladder, shot the Ming army with the Ming army's bow and crossbow, and also used the Ming army's artillery, bed crossbow, trebuchet, etc. Weapons attack the Ming army.

It has to be said that at this time, the firepower of the Mongols was not inferior to that of the Ming army who had the advantage of the city wall. They probably captured the surrendered Ming army to manipulate the artillery and other siege equipment. For a time, the Ming army who was resisting was beaten so hard that they couldn't lift their heads.

The area that became a gap in the defense line due to the explosion of the chamber was also able to defend it thanks to the desperate counterattack led by the guard of Yanmen Gate, who drove the Mongols off the city wall, and the battle entered a stalemate again.

Seeing that the strong attack was not enough, the Mongols once again used their firepower to attack the Ming army on a large scale. Soldiers of the Ming army continued to be hit by artillery or affected by air currents, and died tragically in front of Wei Yunzhen. Wei Yunzhen looked at the heavy casualties of the Ming army , frowning tightly, but still did not take a step back.

It was probably Wei Yunzhen's unrelenting courage that gave the Ming army courage. After all, the Ming army did not let the Mongols succeed. What good fruit did the Mongols eat.

The Ming army was condescending, and the range of their weapons exceeded the Mongols. The Mongols who attacked the city in melee did not even dare to get too close to the city wall, lest they be affected by the artillery fire of the Ming army and die tragically on the spot.

The flesh and blood of the Ming army spread all over the city wall, Wei Yunzhen's nose was filled with the smell of blood and foul smell, and below the city, the flesh and blood of the Mongols also filled every inch of the frozen ground.

The remaining temperature didn't even have time to stay. In an instant, the steaming flesh and blood were frozen into hard blood clots.

The cruelty of the war, the severe cold of the weather, that's it.

The Mongols' trebuchet was ready again, and the Mongolian commander gave an order, and the trebuchet made a creaking sound, and huge stones shot up into the sky with an indomitable posture, rushed to the city wall of Yanmen Pass, and smashed on the solid city wall , making a crisp crackling sound.

At the same time, huge crossbow arrows roared in, threatening the Ming army guarding the city wall at all times.

Under such a dangerous situation, Wei Yunzhen remained motionless, the place where he was standing was relatively safe, even so, his situation was still very bad.

The splashed stones had already hit the large shield of the soldier guarding him. Just now, a crossbow arrow rubbed against the corner of a soldier's shield and shot towards the gate tower behind him, causing everyone to be falsely alarmed. Cold sweat broke out.

"Futai, this place is really too dangerous, Futai is in danger of the whole city, please go to a safe place, stones and crossbow arrows have no eyes, if there is a mistake in Futai, you will die! Futai! Please leave!"

The Yanmen gate guard tried his best to persuade Wei Yunzhen to leave the tower. Wei Yunzhen thought over and over again, with a sullen face, feeling that if he stayed here, the soldiers on the tower would not be able to let go and fight with all their strength to protect him. He was silent for a while, and decided to leave .

"Okay! Ben Fu is just under the Guancheng. If you need anything, come to Ben Fu immediately. Ben Fu will support you quickly! Remember, the firearm attack cannot be stopped, but each cannon must not be fired more than three times in a row. Remember! No! Bomb blast again!"

The guard of Yanmen Gate clasped his fists.

"promise!"

Wei Yunzhen nodded, turned around and was about to leave.

"Be careful Futai!!"

At this moment, with a loud shout, Wei Yunzhen was pushed down by a huge force, and hit the ground so hard that he felt that his whole body was about to fall apart. He looked up angrily, and his expression froze immediately. up.

A thick crossbow strung together four people and nailed them to the wall of the gate tower. The outermost one was the guard of Yanmen Gate. His eyes were fixed on the place where Wei Yunzhen fell to the ground, and he was already dying. .

Wei Yunzhen never knew why this guard, who had no close relationship with him, sacrificed his life to save him. He was a guard here for five years, longer than he had been the governor of Shanxi.

In four years, I have only met him five times. I remember his surname is Zhang, but I forgot what his name is, because this man always calls himself "My Old Zhang" when he is happy, and he is a hearty guy.

The death of the guard general of Yanmen Gate brought a huge blow to the morale of the soldiers on the city wall, but they did not collapse, because right afterward, Wei Yunzhen got up from the ground, ran to the drum in person, and shot the soldiers who had been shot to death by arrows. The drummer picked up the drum stick in his hand and rumbled the war drum.

Although the guard is dead, the governor is still there!
The governor personally beat the drums to cheer, so that the morale of the Ming army increased instead of decreased, and the city wall was filled with an air of mourning soldiers.

At this moment, a violent explosion suddenly occurred on the Mongols' position outside the city, and seven or eight large fireballs shot into the sky, stretching for more than ten meters, and the Mongols' position was wailing.

The Mongols' artillery also exploded!

The sword of Damocles did not spare any of the two sides in the war, and it fell on the heads of both sides without any mistakes, and no one escaped.

The formation of the Mongols was in chaos, and there was a sound of howling outside the city. At the right time, Wei Yunzhen seized the opportunity and ordered the Ming army in the city to organize and attack the Mongols.

The Ming army took the initiative to attack with the spirit of mourning soldiers. On the seventh day after the start of this sudden war, in the unfavorable situation of being defeated like a mountain, they started their first counterattack and achieved success. The Mongols drove out seven or eight miles.

The battle ended with the Ming army taking the initiative to attack and win. The Ming army beheaded 78 Mongolians, and the corpses discarded by the Mongols outside the city were about seven or eight hundred, and nearly half of them were trampled to death during the chaos.

The Ming army itself also lost 800 people, and with the wounded, this number will only be even greater. The biggest loss is the Yanmen Pass guard who died for his country.

Winning a single attack could not reverse the overwhelming unfavorable situation of the entire battle situation. That night, the Mongols returned to camp under the Yanmen Pass city, and assumed a posture of attacking Yanmen Pass for a long time.

The war has once again returned to a stalemate.

(End of this chapter)