Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 213

Is the other party really so firm?
Yang Chao couldn't help feeling suspicious.

If they don't fight today, will they still have the courage to continue attacking their own formation tomorrow?

Yang Chao didn't think so. It was very possible that if they couldn't fight today, they would leave tomorrow.

After all, there were nearly a hundred losses before and after, plus today's casualties, the captive soldiers must have exceeded a hundred, and the opponent only had a total of more than 300 people. The ratio of casualties to one hundred is simply unimaginable, not something a feudal army can have, probably It was because they went deep into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and they could see enemy territory everywhere, so they had to hug together to keep warm, and there was no way for them to go back alone. Therefore, a tighter unity was formed to endure such casualties.

It seems that when the Ming army was besieged, even when the ammunition and food were exhausted, they were able to hold on, and finally the whole army was wiped out. Behind is my home, my relatives, and the resistance is more determined.

If it was placed in Liaodong, Yang Chao did not believe that the captive soldiers could withstand such a level of casualties in a field battle with the Ming army.

Because the northern and southern captives launched a strong attack at the same time, Yang Chao was stationed in the north, and the south could not be left alone. Yang Chao gave Wang Pu an order to be responsible for the defense of the south as the general. Yang Chao believed that Wang Pu had the most abundant resources. Combat experience, he has killed more than a hundred Jiang bandits before, and he is reassuring here. The most important thing is that Wang Pu's military exploits can still convince the public. At least where Zhao Kang is put, he may not be able to hold down other officers. .

Yang Chao's decision was completely in line with Wang Pu's thoughts. He organized the defense very actively, standing high on the roof and staring at the captive soldiers.

He saw the captive soldiers approaching step by step, completely ignoring the shield chariots. His eyes flicked across the back of the captive soldiers, and he saw the last batch of elite captive soldiers, all of them in armor, and there were quite a few of them. The armor of the captive soldiers was bright and red, which made him jealous.

"It's all big fish!"

Wang Pu judged which ones were the officers of the captive soldiers. Thinking of this, he couldn't resist the urge to rush over and kill all these captive generals, but he also knew that this was unrealistic, but he couldn't be reconciled in his heart.

Those captives were 150 steps away, no matter whether it was bows and arrows or bird guns, they could do nothing, but Wang Pu was unwilling.

Suddenly Wang Pu thought of cannons. He had never played with cannons before, but that didn't prevent him from knowing that cannons hit farther.

Thinking of this, Wang Pu suddenly became excited, jumped off the roof, and immediately pulled the gunners to point all their cannons at the captives in the rear and fire.

Then Wang Pu completely ignored the captive infantry and cavalry who were approaching him step by step, and stared closely at the group of captive generals behind him.

The captive generals in Wang Pu's eyes are really big fish, especially one of them is the highest among this group of captive soldiers.

At this time they are also talking.

"Master Bei, this Ming army is weird! It looks extremely calm, I really haven't seen it before."

A captive general wearing a beautiful red-painted iron armor with chain mail exposed at the cuffs shook his pigtails and said to a captive general next to him in a more colorful armor.

The captive soldier called Beizi said contemptuously: "So what if they can't be defeated? Can they last one day, two days, ten days, 20 days?"

The captive general said: "That's true. The Zu Dashou is such a ruthless person, and Jinzhou City is so strong. After half a year of siege, the city has not yet been broken. And Hong Chengchou, I heard that he is still the famous Ming Jinglue, so he has surrendered!"

Bei Zi said: "Hmph. That's natural. Who in the world can block the front of my big golden iron cavalry. If it is not allowed to attack Jiancheng, we will not be able to break into any Daming city."

The captive said: "That's not because the masters cherish the slaves and don't want to lose them for nothing."

Bei Zi snorted, "If you don't attack the city, you can get something good. All the rich people in Ming Dynasty live in the city."

The captive general sighed and didn't speak. Beizi can talk about these masters' matters, but he can't.

However, the captive general still regretted in his heart: "I just don't know how many mouths will be lost."

In fact, Beizi is not sorry. It proves that the general Abate has ordered the whole army to gather in Shandong. After some corrections, it is time to return to Liaodong. Most of the captive soldiers went back honestly, but Beizi did not, because he was not afraid of Abatai. Ty, because he has nothing to fear.

So he asked some of his troops to go back first, and he brought some Dingkou to stay for a few more days. His original intention was to let some bannermen under his command grab more things. For this reason, all the Mongols in his generals were sent back. Those Mongols were still not happy.

Now Beizi regretted it a little. If the Mongols were here, they could charge forward now and consume the Ming army, so they wouldn't have to die with these Ding mouths in their own banner.

It's a pity that Beizi didn't expect that this Ming army would appear suddenly, let alone that they dared to line up outside the city. Accept it, and he will never give up until he kills all of this Ming army.

And Beizi has already made up his mind, not only to kill this Ming army, but also to break through Haizhou City.

He has already seen the wealth of Haizhou. Several Yanpus near here have allowed his subordinates to snatch more than 30 taels of silver, and these are all snatched privately. You don’t need to hand them over to the public when you go back. With this amount of money, by next year, his banner will be able to wear thousands of armors, and his Ama's strength will be improved to a higher level. In the future, even Huang Taiji must be able to win him over, and his family's status will be greatly improved.

If Haizhou City can be opened, wouldn't the gold and silver looted exceed one million? Thinking of this, Beizi felt that the loss of No. [-] bannermen was not unacceptable. As for whether they had the ability to attack Jiancheng, Beizi had no idea He suspected that they were under the city of Haizhou these days, and those Ming soldiers who were close at hand would not dare to surpass them and shoot an arrow. Such a Ming army was not worthy of his respect.

On the contrary, the Ming army who doesn’t know where it came from is quite tricky. There are a lot of bird guns in the army. The key point is not the bird guns. The key point is that they are different from other Ming troops.
It’s okay, if the Ming army is so ignorant, even if they have no fighting power, it may not be so easy for Manchurian warriors to plunder easily in the future. Just like the rabbits, they can't kill them all. These rabbits don't need to turn into wolves if they are brave enough. As long as they turn into wild dogs, it is enough to kill their tiger, Manqing.

Therefore, in public and private, Beizi felt that he was going to kill the Ming army. Thinking of this, Beizi's will became firmer, but at this time he heard a loud noise, and his heart was shocked immediately. He knew this sound very well. This is a cannon, and the Eight Banners in Liaodong did not suffer less from cannons!

The captive soldier's shield chariot in front of Yang Chao had already arrived in front of the warehouse, and the captive soldiers behind the shield chariot had already started shooting arrows, targeting the gunmen on the roofs on both sides.

But the gunner's target is the cavalry who has entered sixty steps behind. On both sides, you fight yours and I fight mine.

Because of the angle of elevation of the captive soldiers' infantry bows, they either missed the shot, or they hit the helmet of the musketeer without any damage.

But the musketeer was able to shoot and kill the cavalry one by one in an orderly manner, and the cavalry fell one by one.

Probably feeling that this was too futile, the shield car also arrived in front of the warehouse, and the captive infantry finally began to attack the street.

The shield car pushed towards the narrow street, and began to throw towards the street.

There were indeed a few arrows that wounded the unlucky guy behind the low wall.

But the shield car is still moving forward.

The gunner hid nervously under the low wall, just leaning against the low wall, looking at Yang Chao in fear.

However, Yang Chao watched and saw the captive soldiers' shield chariot against the low wall, and then a captive soldier jumped out with a knife. Yang Chao took a deep breath and shouted: "Fire!"

The gunner couldn't wait, and used a wooden stick with a matchlock to point towards the pool of fire.

With the roar of the ten cannons, the lead bullets weighing five cents were rushed out by the energy of the gunpowder explosion. Because the tiger crouching guns were tied to the salt bags inside the low wall, the whole low wall trembled.

A puff of white smoke came out from the ten cannons, and at the same time, limbs flew across the front, and a large area of ​​the street was immediately cleared.

An unlucky captive soldier jumped up, trying to jump from the shield car to the low wall, just in mid-air the tiger crouching gun rang.

The captive soldier who had just jumped up immediately flew backwards, unable to even scream, because a big hole exploded in his stomach, blood and flesh mixed together, and poured all over the captive soldier behind.

And the other captive soldiers didn't care about this hapless companion at all, because they were also stunned. It was the ones at the back, but the ones at the front, the captive soldiers who stuck to the low wall escaped unharmed.

But the captive soldiers against the wall were also uncomfortable. They held knives in their hands. They originally planned to climb up the low wall first, and then the captive soldiers behind them would follow, but suddenly there was nothing behind them, only them. A batch of ten people, the tragic scene in front of them actually made them terrified, and they didn't dare to climb the wall for a while.

The Ming army on this side of the wall did not know that there were still a few fish that escaped the net hiding on the other side of the low wall. At this time, the army formation was already operating like a machine.

Behind the archers are the same cannons, which are also ready, and behind the artillery are groups of infantry in formation, holding long guns.

Although the shield chariot soldiers were hit hard, the cavalry behind them, sixty steps away, couldn't feel it. What they saw was that some infantry had been lost, but some infantry had stuck to the low wall. Although they hadn't attacked for a while, Instead, the cavalry thought they were waiting for them.

Therefore, not only did the first round of shelling not make the cavalry retreat, but they also started to charge at an accelerated speed.

The distance of fifty or sixty steps, for a cavalry charge, is just a matter of a dozen breaths.

In an instant, the cavalry in the second row reached forty paces, and the cavalry in the third row also reached within sixty paces.

Yang Chao suddenly roared: "The cannons are ready, bombard the cavalry!"

(End of this chapter)