Wanli 1592

Chapter 511 War Supervisor and Deserters
"One Hundred Thousand Mongolian Cavalry" is finally coming to attack Zijing Pass and attack the capital!
Although not so many Mongols actually came, every Ming soldier felt this way, including the generals.

A tense atmosphere swept through the whole Bauhinia Pass, from the general to the soldiers, no one was not nervous.

The Mongols' offensive was very sharp. As soon as they came, they sent out a troop to attack Zijingguan, and another troop set up camp on the spot. Li Chengliang stood at the top of the city, looked at the way the Mongols were attacking, and sighed——

"Qing Xiao (Chai Guozhu's name), it seems that this battle is not easy to fight."

Chai Guozhu looked at the densely packed trebuchets, bed crossbows, and various artillery below, and his scalp tingled for a while.

"Beilu should have snatched these objects from the defenders of Datong. Now, it's no wonder that Pingxing Pass was lost, and Dong Zongbing died in battle. Beilu's siege firepower will not be inferior to our army's defense firepower. Li Shuai, tell me, how do you fight this battle?"

In front of Li Chengliang, Chai Guozhu didn't dare to hold his own in the slightest, and honestly bowed his head and accepted Li Chengliang's orders. He also believed that Li Chengliang, who had flourished in Liaodong, had enough experience to compete with the Mongols. After all, Li Chengliang was also He beat the Mongols fiercely in Liaodong and won many victories.

But now there are no Liaodong cavalry around Li Chengliang. To be honest, if the Liaodong cavalry is by his side, Li Chengliang will definitely let the cavalry go out and confront these Mongols head-on.

The Liaodong athletes under his command are not afraid of any Mongolian Jurchen cavalry at all. They come to fight one, or two to fight a pair. That is the most powerful army in Ming Dynasty, not one of them.

But now, for these more than 4 softies, the Mongols trembled in their calves before they started attacking the city, and many soldiers turned pale with fright. Li Chengliang shook his head helplessly when he saw this posture.

"First block the city gate firmly, no matter what, we can't let the northern captives come in, just on the city wall, we still have something to do, as long as my son's Liaodong cavalry arrives, the situation can be changed gone."

After hearing this, Chai Guozhu felt that it made sense. In the current situation, don't even think about confronting these people. First, defend the city, and don't let the Beilu break through the Bauhinia Pass and rush to the capital.

Right now they are the last line of defense from Zijingguan to the capital, if they fall here, the face of the Ming Empire will be lost.

The victories of the previous three major conquests pushed the prestige of Guochao to the peak, but now, how come it has fallen to this point in only three years?
Chai Guozhu was also a little confused. At this moment, he suddenly recalled the Wanli No. 1 general Xiao Ruxun who suddenly rose like a comet and then disappeared from the Central Plains in Yongzhen Burma.

He couldn't help but imagine, if Xiao Ruxun didn't go to Burma, but stayed in the capital, would the northern captives still be so rampant?

It is said that in Pinglu City, Xiao Ruxun used the same force to almost wipe out the entire army of three thousand Mongolian cavalry. He was able to do all this at that time, but now, they have ten times more troops than Xiao Ruxun, but why? Can only passive defense?

Chai Guozhu couldn't answer this question. He could only order that the army be ready and the gunners be ready to fire at any time to attack the Mongols.

The Mongols quickly launched an offensive. The shrill and desolate horn sounded. The Mongols shouted the ancient and long-standing battle horn, dismounted and fought on foot, relying on the standard siege weapons of the Ming army to continuously approach the city of the Ming army.

As soon as Chai Guozhu waved his hand, the drums of the Ming army on the city wall rumbled.

"dong dong dong dong dong"

The Ming army also beat the drums that had not changed for thousands of years to inspire the soldiers' will to fight. The commander and deputy commander came to the front line to boost morale, so these people rarely fought against the Mongols, or even never fought against the Mongols. The soldiers fighting against each other held their weapons steady.

The gunmen and crossbowmen were all ready, and the gunners were also ready. At the same time as the Mongols' first round of catapult firing began, Chai Guozhu also pulled out his sword and pointed forward——

"fire!!!!"

The battle to defend the Bauhinia Pass has begun.

The artillery of the Ming army roared, and the Mongols' trebuchets also fired huge stones. The stones and iron bullets danced in the air and staggered, smashing each other on the opponent's position.

The artillery shells of the Ming army bombarded the formation of the Mongols, causing a burst of dust and a wave of air, which overturned an unknown number of Mongols, and some of the Mongols' stones also smashed on the walls of the Ming army. In an instant, blood was splattered and pieces of meat were splattered.

The beginning of the war was filled with cruel blood. Many Beijing soldiers who had never experienced such a cruel war held their heads and screamed loudly. They were frightened by the brutal killing and even started to run away immediately. , Li Chengliang has long been prepared.

Killing deserters on the battlefield, Lao Li didn't have any psychological burden on it. I didn't stop you from running away before, but if you want to run after you come, there is no way!
Lao Li's 120-man family guards are all extremely fierce. They are all veterans who have followed him in the South and North for more than 20 years. They are all in the prime of their 40s. Splashing heads flew across.

These fierce warriors faced those deserters from the Beijing camp, just like a falcon faced a quail.

"Anyone who dares to fight and hides privately, beheaded!"

Li Chengliang issued an order to kill.

Looking at the stairway where the corpses piled up like a mountain, the deserters realized that they couldn't get over these fierce warriors and rushed to the city to find a way out. The front was dead, and the back was still dead.

Under the city, some Beijing soldiers were stimulated by the terrifying scene of huge stones falling from the sky and killing people. They often collapsed and tried desperately to escape, but within a few steps, several rows of soldiers holding bird guns and three-eyed guns suddenly appeared in front of them. It was a salvo at them.

bang bang bang bang-

Such a short distance, regardless of the error, as long as the shot is fired successfully, the lead bullet will almost hit the flesh, and a large number of deserters from the Beijing camp will be killed, blood splashes everywhere, and batches of people fall to the ground to die The rest of the people were afraid and dared not go forward.

An officer in armor stood out with a saber in his hand, walked up to a deserter from the Beijing camp who had been shot in the thigh and was still screaming, and shouted: "Commander Li has an order! Those who dare not fight and flee without permission who! Cut!"

Then he held the saber in both hands, raised the saber high, and stabbed down fiercely, directly stabbing the deserter to death on the ground.

"Who dares to escape?!"

He raised his saber and pointed at the Beijing camp soldiers who were showing fear.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

The soldiers of the Beijing camp roared in pain, retreating again and again, not daring to move forward a step.

(End of this chapter)