Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 151
The siege of the city failed yesterday, without even reaching the top of the city, the Mongolian soldiers retreated like a tide, leaving hundreds of mutilated corpses under the city.

On the third day, the Mongolian soldiers continued to attack the city, and the battle between the two sides was in full swing.

In the afternoon, the suspension bridge at the west gate of Wuzhai Fort had been cut down. With a loud "boom!", dozens of Mongolian soldiers supported a huge bumper and slammed it into the thick iron gate of the west gate. The bread was covered with heavy iron, and it slammed against the door with a sound, which was shocking to hear.Moreover, the bumper is covered with thick cowhide, which can guard against bird guns, bows and arrows, and can protect the Mongolian soldiers who hit the door under the cowhide.

However, following Huang Laifu's order, several cupping pots were thrown from the tower, which happened to be thrown on the cowhide, and the cowhide and the Mongolian soldiers below were immediately burned.The screams of the burning men rolling on the ground and the smell of barbecue kept coming.

An attempt by the Mongols to ram the door failed.

In the distance, there was another large group of Mongolian soldiers, chanting and pushing several chariots the size of houses, moving towards them step by step.This chariot has a solid chassis and a center underneath, and a wooden reel that can rotate underneath.The several-storey wooden frame is as high as the city wall of Wuzhai Fort, and is covered with cowhide.Inside the house, I don't know how many Mongolian soldiers are hiding.

In the repeated battles with Daming, many Mongolian tribes near the border town of Daming also learned some methods of attacking the city wall. This kind of chariot with several floors is one of them. In addition to scouting the situation inside the castle, it can also Can climb walls to fight.

These wooden chariots came like a cloud, and they were naturally noticed by the Wuzhaibao army at the head of the city. Immediately, several artillery fires fired at once, breaking up three of them, and two of them, and finally rushed to five. Under the walls of the fortress.Immediately, the Mongolian soldiers standing on the stage became excited, ready to put down the boards and step onto the walls of Wuzhai Fort to fight hand-to-hand.

Moreover, the Mongolian soldiers at the bottom of the wooden platform also came out quickly, and under the protection of the cowhide, they were ready to dig the root of the wall.Standing on the wall of Wuzhai Fort, of course there are blind spots, and you can't see the wooden houses covered with cowhide below.However, these Mongolian soldiers realized that the walls of Wuzhai Fort were too thick. Digging, only a slight imprint.

They estimated that with the crude digging tools in their hands, even ten days and a half months would only dig out some shallow pits at most.It is impossible to cause any major damage to the walls of Wuzhai Fort.

And there is another point, the city wall of Wuzhai Fort is different from many military forts in Shanxi Town. Every few dozen steps here, there will be a horse face protruding from the city wall. This horse face is very similar to the western bastions. It is so that there is no blind spot under the city wall.Due to the large amount of engineering and financial problems, Jianditai horse noodles were only built in some big cities in Ming Dynasty.However, Wuzhai Fort has strong financial resources. There are countless horse faces built along the city wall.

They hadn't been digging for a long time, and the blunderbuss and arrows on the horse's face came like rain. If they were protected by cowhide, they were not afraid. Later, they were replaced with cupping pots. Countless cupping pots came. The soldiers became barbecue again.

Not only that, but the Mongolian soldiers on the top floor of the wooden platform also suffered heavy casualties under the impact of the rain of birds and arrows on the city. Although they were protected by leather shields, they were useless. There is no room for either.In the end, countless fire pots were thrown on the wall of Wuzhai Fort. Just as they put down the boards and were about to go up to the city for hand-to-hand combat, the entire fire platform was burned into a fire platform, and countless burning Mongolian soldiers screamed and fell down.

The siege failed again.

Zhuli Te and others who were watching the battle in the rear closed their eyes in pain. After only two days of fighting, the Mongolian coalition forces have lost nearly a thousand warriors. outside.

Although all the soldiers who died were from the cannon fodder tribe, the soldiers from their own tribe had not suffered any losses.But the quarrel between the chiefs of the various tribes made Zhuo Lite dizzy, and an ominous omen rose in his heart. This time he came to Wuzhai Fort by himself, and he might be bitten by the iron plate.

Moreover, what worries him the most is the issue of food and grass. This time the Mongolian Ji Nang tribe came to plunder, with the idea of ​​eating locally, and the Mongols did this in the past.In everyone's imagination, Wuzhaibao is extremely rich, and every household has surplus food. Even if you just grab a few villages and towns, it will be enough for everyone to eat for a while.

It's just that I didn't expect that this Wuzhai Fort is very different from other places. All the people live in the fort with thick walls, and I haven't even seen a small mountain village with dozens of households.And they seem to have cleared the walls and cleared everything, and everything has been removed.In the past two days in Wuzhaibao, let alone a large amount of food and grass, even a chicken was not grabbed.

By this morning, even the remaining troops at Sancha Fort, the entire Mongolian army of more than [-] people had run out of food.The warriors had no food and drink, and in the cold winter, there was no fodder for the war horses. If this continued and Wuzhai Fort could not be captured, my Mongolian army might collapse.

The real question before Zhuo Lite and others is whether or not this Wuzhai Fort should stay any longer.

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The result of the quarrel is that Wuzhai Fort has already reached this level, so we can't give up halfway, can we?That being said, in fact, it was because he couldn't let go of his face.

However, the leader of the Bushitu tribe, Pletu, and others have spoken beforehand. If they attack the city again, they will have to use their own soldiers from the Lite tribe. There are damages in the center, if they are allowed to attack the city again, they will not accompany them.

In the end, it was decided that among the remaining 500 Mongolian soldiers under Wuzhaibao, 1000 Mongolian soldiers were left to monitor Wuzhaibao.The remaining more than [-] people first looted around to see if they could find some villages and towns and grab some food, grass, chickens and ducks.If you can't find any unprotected villages and towns, you have to try to attack those thick farms like Sancha Fort.As long as one can be broken, it is enough to solve the problem of eating and drinking for thousands of Mongolian soldiers.

For these Mongolian soldiers, plundering at this time is no longer the pleasure of venting tyranny, but is related to their own survival.There is no more food to eat, no more farms to conquer, and no other way but to kill horses.Thousands of Mongolians know what it means to have no horses.

But what is disappointing is that that day, the more than 1000 Mongolian soldiers did not find any small mountain villages, except for some vegetables for the winter in the Wuzhaibao vegetable garden, and some vegetables from the Wuzhaibao livestock farm. Except for the fish, nothing was snatched.Except for those at the leader level, ordinary Mongolian soldiers have already started to starve, and some people at the centurion level only get some vegetable and fish soup.

Leaving Wuzhaibao has no face, and there is no need to think about capturing Wuzhaibao City. It seems that there is no other way but to capture a certain farm.

It's the second day again.

Inside Wuzhaibao No. 500 Farm, it was crowded with people.This is the largest farm in Wuzhaibao, with [-] people in the village.In addition, there are family members of the Tundings. The entire farm has a population of several thousand.In addition, near the first farm is the Wuzhaibao large livestock farm, as well as a non-staple food factory.This time the Mongols invaded, many people in these places took refuge in the first farm.

In addition, the chickens, ducks, pigs, etc. in the large livestock farm, as well as various foods in the non-staple food factory, were all moved into the farm, and the whole farm was crowded.Fortunately, Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm has undergone several expansions, and now it has expanded to the size of Wednesday, and these people can all be accommodated.In addition, the children in the farm were crying, and the chickens and ducks were screaming. It was really lively.

In the conference hall of the No. [-] Farm in Wuzhaibao, Yang Xiaolu drank wine in annoyance, accompanied by the three Baizong, He Deli, the head of the farm, and Huang Tingshou, the farm supervisor.After Wuzhaibao's army expansion, Yang Xiaolu, as Huang Laifu's personal general, was promoted to the title of Qian Zong, but he had no military exploits, and the title of Qian Zong was still a trial.

Of course Yang Xiaolu was dissatisfied with this. Seeing Jiang Dazhong's proud appearance, he couldn't help but hold back his heart. He just wanted to make some military exploits so that he could pass the previous trial, but he never had a chance.

The first farm of Wuzhai Fort is not far from the city of Wuzhai Fort. These days, the offensive and defensive battles of Wuzhai Fort are earth-shattering. Not to mention that he is watching the progress of the Wuzhai Fort protection battle from the fort wall every day. The numerous Tun Ding and their family members on the farm all stood on the castle and looked at it.Of course, these villagers hoped that Wuzhaibao would be fine, but Yang Xiaolu hoped that some Mongolian soldiers would attack Wuzhaibao's first farm or other farms so that he could make some military exploits.

It's just that a few days have passed, but no Mongols have come to attack a certain farm for a long time, which makes Yang Xiaolu very bored.

At this moment, suddenly a soldier from Wuzhaibao came in and reported to Yang Xiaolu: "Master Qian, there is a beacon fire coming from the second farm, and there are more than a thousand captives who are in a hurry to attack the second farm. Commander-in-Chief reinforcements!"

"Okay!" Yang Xiaolu slapped the table fiercely: "It's finally time, gentlemen, follow me to kill the thief!"

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Although the second farm in Wuzhaibao is second only to the first farm, the scale of the farm is not very large. There are 300 people in it, all of whom have received two years of military training. Soldiers are more than that.

Among the three hundred villages, although they were not equipped with firearms such as bird guns and artillery, they were equipped with a large number of bows and arrows, as well as weapons such as knives and guns.There are also a large number of defensive rocks and logs and other things.

The Second Farm has two city gates. At this time, on the east gate wall, the farm supervisor Liu Dazhi is directing the troops to fight with all his might, while the general chief of the farm, Qiu Hongma, is directing the young people in the farm. The strong women rescued the wounded, carried stones and logs and other objects.According to the farm system of Wuzhaibao, the farm supervision and war are in charge of the military, and the head of the village is in charge of miscellaneous assistance.Although there was a strong enemy by their side, the two commanded at this time were orderly and there was not much panic.

Outside the farm, there were killing sounds, weapons clashing, and screams.

Drawing on the experience of Sancha Fort and Wuzhai Fort, among the Mongolian soldiers who came to attack the second farm this time, there were more than 500 Mongolian soldiers who came out to loot, except for the 1000 Mongolian soldiers who howled behind their horses and covered them with arrows. In addition, the rest of the more than [-] Mongolian soldiers were all carrying simple siege ladders, or throwing iron claw ziplines, and desperately climbed towards the city wall.

If they can't grab anything, they will starve. These Mongolian soldiers are desperate.

Of course, the wall of the second farm cannot be compared with Wuzhai Fort in height and thickness. In terms of archery, the Mongolian soldiers screaming like wild beasts outside the fort, although they shoot horn bows on horseback, the range is not far and the power is weak. But waves of arrow rain suppressed the archers on the second farm.The garrison on the city wall relied entirely on blood and courage, and the slaughter of wives and daughters on the farm after the fort was broken, so they desperately fought against the Mongolian soldiers who kept climbing up the farm.

Although more than 200 people have been killed on the other side, nearly [-]% of the [-] troops have been killed or injured. In the other army of Ming Dynasty, they have already lost their combat effectiveness.

Liu Dazhi cut off another flying rope, causing the Mongolian soldier who had just climbed to the city wall to fall half to death. He shouted, "Haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?"

A little villager who was soaked in blood all over his body shouted loudly: "The smoke has already been emitted, Mr. Yang from the No. [-] Farm should be here soon!"

Suddenly he burst into joy, and laughed loudly: "I'm right, Mr. Yang's reinforcements have arrived!"

There were cheers on the city wall, but the Mongolian soldiers who attacked the city were stunned. Unexpectedly, Wuzhaibao dared to send a brigade of reinforcements under the siege of thousands of Mongolian cavalry?This was something they had never encountered in their battle against the Ming army.Of course they didn't know Huang Laifu's arrangement.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and there was a frightening momentum. Yang Xiaolu led more than 200 cavalry and servants, and 300 horse soldiers, a total of more than 500 horses, howling, brandishing weapons, rolling in.The dense sound of horseshoes made the ground tremble like spring thunder.

Compared with the crude cavalry of the Mongols, the cavalry led by Yang Xiaolu were all covered in armor, even the horses under them were covered with cotton armor inlaid with iron leaves, which was very protective.

When these hundreds of cavalry charged, their momentum was like thunder.

Under the farm, the [-] Mongolian cavalry who were covering the siege and shooting arrows had already exhausted their horsepower due to running for a long time, and they were already exhausted when they shot arrows wave after wave.As for the infantry attacking the city, there are less than a thousand Mongolian soldiers who were already exhausted when they attacked the city, and they had no formation when they panicked.How can I fight Yang Xiaolu's army?

The five hundred Mongolian soldiers who were still on the cavalry hurriedly ushered in. Before they got close, there was a burst of pistols in front of them. In the flames and smoke, these Mongolian cavalry suddenly fell down in a large piece. The cavalry did no damage at all.

After firing the pistols, the cavalrymen of Wuzhai Fort switched to long spears and continued to charge forward in a wave formation.

(End of this chapter)