Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 150
Huang Laifu was wearing a 57-jin bright iron armor, a six-petal bright iron helmet on his head, and a bright red cloak around his neck. He massaged the handle of the knife with his hands and looked calm. Walled Fort West Gate Tower.

Beside Huang Laifu, father-in-law Ma Jiuying was closely following him. He was too weak to wear iron armor, so he wore leather armor. He walked beside Huang Laifu nervously, with a pale face.

On the top of the city tower, at this time, Su Dong'an, Li Yunzhuo and several Qian Zong and Zong Zong stood on it, watching closely the movements of the Mongolians outside the city.The weather was bitterly cold, and thick white gas came out of everyone's breathing and mouth.

Seeing Huang Laifu coming up, everyone clasped their fists in salute and said, "My lord."

Huang Laifu nodded, watching the movement outside the city.I saw densely packed Mongolian cavalry not far away, and from time to time, groups of Mongolians galloped their horses back and forth in demonstrations along the outside of the city.To be honest, Huang Laifu has been in the Ming Dynasty for so long, and he has not seen the appearance of the Mongolian army, so he couldn't help but stare at it with wide eyes.

Although it is not very clear, but through the galloping and roaring Mongolian cavalry outside the city, you can see their general appearance.I saw these Mongolians all wearing fur robes and hats, and they were all fur.Carrying a big bow and a huge quiver on his back, dancing with a saber, running back and forth and screaming, it reflects the characteristics of nomad cavalry, one man, one horse, one sword and one bow.When fighting against these people, due to the great long-range threat, the army of the Ming Dynasty has always been indispensable for players.

As for the appearance of these Mongolians, they generally have disproportionately large heads, but their eyes are small and squinted, and they have a big pie face, which is very similar to the Koreans of later generations.They are generally not tall. Compared with the people in the Central Plains, they are a lot shorter. Many people are not as tall as many women in Ming Dynasty. If the average height of the people in Ming Dynasty is 1.6 meters, the average height of these Mongolians The height is only 1.5 meters.

However, although they are not tall, because they live in the harsh environment of Mobei, they are very thick, with broad shoulders and long arms.And all of them are skilled in equestrianism. They can make all kinds of unimaginable movements when riding on horses.

After Huang Laifu had seen enough, he retracted his gaze in satisfaction, his face was stern, he snorted coldly, pointed at the Mongols and said angrily: "The captives, if you dare to invade my Wuzhai Fort, you will let all of you buried here."

After hearing Huang Laifu's heroic words, the morale of the Wuzhai Fort soldiers on the tower was boosted, and everyone cheered.Even Eunuch Ma was so infected that he couldn't stop laughing.

In Huang Laifu's arrangement, his first battalion had nearly 3000 soldiers—of course, Huang Laifu's nearly 2000 cavalry servants were not included in the establishment.More than 400 people were left in the city, and another general Ding Chaoyong was sent to lead the army. More than [-] people from the first division were arranged to cut off the retreat of these Mongols in Sanchabao.

In addition, Yang Xiaolu, a pro-general, led 3 cavalry servants, and there were more than 300 people in three rounds. The reinforcements were used, and after the Mongols were exhausted from attacking the city, they attacked back and forth, and they were sure to defeat these enemy bandits who dared to come to Wuzhai Fort to rob.

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When Huang Laifu was planning and was confident, at this time, the main tent of Lite, the leader of the coalition army, was full of quarrels.

It's past noon, it's time to eat.In the tent, there are several burning stoves with iron pans on top of the stoves.At this time, the water in the pot had already boiled, and there were large pieces of meat rolling in it, filled with the smell and smell of mutton. In addition, there were some cheeses on the blanket next to it.

Of course, these things can only be enjoyed by leaders like them. As for the ordinary Mongolian soldiers, they can only bite some tasteless and cold dry meat or dry food. Their enjoyment is only available after breaking the city.

Everyone sat cross-legged, eating big pieces of meat and drinking in big bowls. Of course they were happy, but when it came to whether it was time to attack Wuzhaibao later, everyone had different opinions.

The leader of the Bushitu tribe, Buletu, lost more than 200 people in Sancha Fort. He was already afraid of attacking Jiancheng.Among the thousands of warriors, some of them can be divided to monitor the movement of the Wuzhai Fort army, and the rest can be divided into various places in Wuzhai Fort to plunder.

The leaders of Zhuangtulai, Huoluochi, Ming'an, Tumei and other tribes also joined in one after another.Their tribal forces were not many, if they were all in Wuzhai Fort, how could they go back and explain to their clansmen?
Zhuolite squinted his eyes and listened to everyone's words. Of course he understood that these people wanted to preserve their strength, and suddenly he shouted: "Longevity is God, since when have the warriors of our Ji Nang Department been afraid of swords and flesh and blood? Wuzhai Inside the castle, there are countless beauties with money, food, grass and property waiting for us to enjoy, and taking their property is enough for the women and children of our tribe to enjoy for several years. Are you so cowardly, worthy of the title of warrior?"

Everyone lowered their heads. Although they were dissatisfied, no one dared to say anything.In the end, he focused on suppressing dissent and decided to attack Wuzhai Fort.However, he also took a step back and promised to start the war tomorrow. In this afternoon, each department can make more siege equipment.

In the afternoon, thousands of Mongolian troops went out to cut down trees, demolish houses and make equipment.

In Wuzhaibao, besides the various farms, there are also a large number of workshops and factories. Some of the large factories, such as Wuzhaibao Wool Mill, Wuzhaibao Minqi Workshop, Wuzhaibao Meat Factory, etc. Every farm is average, with high and thick outer walls, built like a small military fort.The original male and female workers and their belongings have all been transferred to Wuzhai Fort.In every large factory, the merchants in charge also left their own guards to guard them.

The Mongols have nothing to do with these big factories, but outside Wuzhai Fort, there are many small workshops, and there are many huts built by refugees who came to Wuzhai Fort to work, and there are also buildings built by the Qinglian River. Some oil mills, mills, etc.

These houses have suffered bad luck for eight lifetimes. Some of them were occupied by the Mongols. As the place where they lived these days, some of them were demolished and some of them were burned.

The flames shot up into the sky, accompanied by the wild laughter of the Mongols. After the sound came into Wuzhai Fort, Huang Huang Laifu's teeth itch with hatred. Although all the people and property that could be moved were transferred, the loss of the appearance of the house and property was also lost this time. Not small, for a person like Huang Laifu who is used to taking advantage of others (he can let others take advantage of a small advantage, but in the end it is to take advantage of a big advantage), this is a very resentful thing.

In the afternoon and evening of that day, there was no movement of the Mongols attacking the city.Most of them lived in houses outside the fort, and some of them could not find a house to live in, so they surrounded their tents with some grass and trees, frozen with cold water, and built simple wind walls to resist the extremely cold winter nights in Northwest Shanxi.

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The next morning, after breakfast, the Mongols began to attack the city.

The first to attack, of course, were the cannon fodder from the Zhuangtulai, Huoluochi, Ming'an, Tumei and other ministries.As for the Bushitu Department, since they had already fought in Sancha Fort, they could rest temporarily.

First of all, it is to fill in the trenches. Unlike most of the military forts in Northwest Shanxi, the Qinglian River surrounds the city outside Wuzhai Fort. There is a moat outside the city. Although the river has frozen, the ice surface is still far from the river bank. If there is a certain distance, if the river is not filled, will it be impossible to fall into the ditch?

The sound of killing shook the sky, one tribe after another.Those Mongolian cavalrymen, riding on horses, rushed towards Wuzhai Fort like a tide.Some of them carried a bag of earth bags or sandbags in their hands, and when they rushed to the edge of the moat, they threw the bags of earth in their hands into the moat.Among the other people, waves of horses shot arrows to cover the Mongolian soldiers who filled the trenches.

The soldiers of Wuzhaibao on the city used artillery, blunderbuss, bows and arrows to attack the Mongolian cavalry as much as they wanted.The sound of cannons shook the sky, the smoke filled the sky, and the iron arrows pierced through the air. The ammunition and arrows in the city were very sufficient, and they could be used as much as they wanted.

By noon, a section of the moat in front of the west gate had been filled in. Although it was covered by the rain of arrows from the archery Mongolian soldiers, the Mongolian soldiers who filled the trenches still suffered heavy casualties, with more than 300 casualties. The fighters, with good cover, only wounded a few people.

The casualties were so heavy, everyone from Zhuo Lite, Pretu and others looked ugly, especially Zhao Mengdai, the leader of the Zhuangtulai tribe who had lost more than 100 people, was so painful that he hammered his chest with his fist , He sent 1000 troops this time, and he lost more than 100 people without even touching the gate of Wuzhai Fort. Lost, lost.

in the afternoon.

Wave after wave of Mongolian soldiers, carrying simple ladders, rushed desperately towards Wuzhaibao City.In addition to the cavalry behind the brigade galloping around the city and covering the siege troops with arrow rain, on the plain behind them, these Mongolian troops also made a few crude trebuchets, which kept throwing stones at the city wall. Huge boulders.

But it's a pity that even if these stones hit the cement and blue brick wall of Wuzhai Fort, they only made a few shallow marks. There may be something to lose.Moreover, the shooting range of these trebuchets is not far. When throwing 60 catties of stones, the range is only more than 100 steps.

The trebuchet was once the favorite weapon of the Mongolian army, but it was a pity that it was outdated when it was used in the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)