Daming Military Empire

Chapter 456
After all, Sun Chengzong is getting old, and his ability to resist wind and cold is getting lower and lower. Originally, when he was in Zhenhe Zhenwei, he would recover if he took good care of him for a period of time, but he was worried that Manjingwei would be attacked, and he was also worried that Yang would Zhong Zhong, regardless of his old age and frailty, galloped in the ice and snow for two or three days, and now his cough became worse.

His cough startled Yang Zhong, and Cao Wenzhao's expression changed even more, he hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and patted his back lightly.

After coughing for a long time, he stopped. This time, he did not refuse Cao Wenzhao's support, because he was already coughing so much that he couldn't even stand still.

After panting for a while, he laughed at himself: "I'm old, I'm old, I can cough up like this even with a little cold, it makes you laugh."

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly advised: "Teacher, you should go to the barracks and rest for a while."

Sun Chengzong shook his head and said: "No hurry, help me up to have a look first."

Cao Wenzhao couldn't twist him, so he had to carefully support him and walked towards the city wall.

Yang Zhong was so embarrassed, he was covered in blood, so naturally he couldn't go up to help Sun Chengzong, so he could only follow behind carefully, keeping a distance at all times, for fear of staining the clothes of the two big brothers.

Sun Chengzong boarded the city wall, looked at the wounded soldiers of the Ming army, and looked at the densely packed corpses of the enemy soldiers below. He couldn't help being moved: "The soldiers have worked hard. With [-] people, they can withstand [-] enemies. You are doing such a crazy attack on the army, and I will give you credit for repelling the enemy army."

Yang Zhong quickly said: "Teacher is too famous, it is our duty to protect our family and country, these are what we should do."

Sun Chengzong nodded, then suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Telescope."

A personal guard behind him quickly took out the binoculars from his arms and handed them to him.

He raised his binoculars, carefully observed the situation of the enemy army, then snorted coldly, and said angrily: "A mere 10 horses dare to invade the border of our Ming Dynasty, Cao Wenzhao, go, lead [-] elite riders out of the city Let’s fight them back to the other side of the river first.”

When Cao Wenzhao heard the words, he quickly winked at the guards behind him, and two guards immediately stepped forward to support Sun Chengzong, and then he cupped his hands and said, "Teacher, or I will chase them directly and chase them away." All gone."

Sun Chengzong shook his head and said: "The ice in the river has also begun to melt. I don't know if it can withstand a large-scale cavalry charge. Besides, the mountains are not conducive to cavalry combat. The other side of the river is full of mountains. It is useless to chase them. It is useless to drive them back." , just occupy their tents. As for how to deal with them later, let the Emperor Ming first talk about it."

When Cao Wenzhao heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "I will understand at the end."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran down the city wall, and soon, [-] fine cavalry swarmed out from the west gate, forming a long charge formation.

At the front of the formation, under the dragon flag, Cao Wenzhao slowly raised the spear in his hand, and shouted: "When the dragon flag arrives, the great powers will surrender and kill."

Following his roar, the Ming army stabbed at the enemy's infantry phalanx like a sharp sword.

These days also play cavalry charge!
Golovin curled his lips in disdain, ordered directly, and responded with three-stage shooting.

In fact, the cavalry is not vulnerable to muskets. Without the cooperation of artillery, musketeers will be deflated when they encounter cavalry, because the killing distance of muskets in this era is only more than 100 steps, and more than 100 steps are for cavalry. It only takes a few seconds, and the current single-shot musket can fire a few more shots in a few seconds.

Besides, according to the penetrating power of the current musket, it will not be able to penetrate at all when it encounters someone wearing armor. Even if it encounters someone wearing chain mail, it will not cause much damage.

Cao Wenzhao naturally knew this truth, so all the generals in his front row were wearing armor or chain mail, and it was useless to shoot a round of guns.

The cavalry of the Ming army were not ordinary cavalry. If a round of guns failed to knock them down, they would be in big trouble. They all had revolvers in their hands, and they also had grenades.

Therefore, Golovin was surprised to see that the Ming army cavalry had almost nothing to do with a volley of guns. Immediately afterwards, the bullets poured over like rain, and then the grenades fell like hail. The phalanx in front collapsed like an avalanche, and he was so frightened that he quickly ordered the entire army to retreat.

Cao Wenzhao led his army to chase for a while, and only then gave up after throwing away all the enemy's armor and fleeing to the other side in a panic.

In this battle, the Ming army won a complete victory. One hundred thousand enemy troops invaded, but less than [-] escaped back. Moreover, their tents, food, grass, and luggage were all taken away, and they could only run back hundreds of miles in despair. Outside the Yakuts Castle, I don’t know how many people died of frostbite in the middle.

However, the Ming army killed less than [-] people, and seized a large amount of food, grass and supplies. The [-] lightly armed cavalry who came to support were almost equivalent to bringing all the food, grass and supplies. I don’t know how much transportation costs were saved in the process.

Logically speaking, with such a big victory, Manjingwei should be full of joy, but after the big victory, Manjingwei has no atmosphere of celebration at all, and there is even a tinge of gloom.

Because Taifu Sun Chengzong's condition became more and more serious. On the first day, he could barely let someone help him to walk. On the second day, he was bedridden and coughed continuously, even coughing up blood. up!
At this time, Cao Wenzhao and Yang Zhong were frightened, they could only add charcoal to the ward desperately, and sent Jingqi to Zhenzhenhewei to pick up the imperial doctor day and night.

In fact, adding charcoal fire at this time is useless, and even counterproductive, because Sun Chengzong is no longer simply infected with cold, and his internal fire is also quite serious. In the words of later generations, he directly coughed into pneumonia.

Under the backward medical conditions at that time, such a condition was considered quite serious. In addition, Sun Chengzong was old and his body functions were degraded.

On the third day, he was already coughing so badly that he couldn't figure out what to do. On the fourth day, he was coughing so hard that he was dying, and he was about to die!
Cao Wenzhao had no choice but to send his cavalry again to Zhenzhenhewei, but this time he did not go to urge the imperial doctor to come quickly, but to send an urgent report to the emperor: "Taifu is critically ill!"

Sun Chengzong knew that he couldn't survive, and when he was dying, he summoned Cao Wenzhao and Yang Zhong to the bed and confessed his last words.

In fact, he has nothing to explain. He doesn't have to worry too much about his family. With the emperor taking care of him, he can enjoy the glory and wealth.

He is more to comfort Cao Wenzhao, don't be too sad, encourage Yang Zhong, make persistent efforts, and strive to become the mainstay of Daming.

For his own funeral, he only has one request, that is, to ask the emperor to bury him in Manjingwei, and he wants to protect the frontier forever for the Ming Dynasty!

On the fifth day, Grand Tutor Sun Chengzong passed away with a smile on his face. Before he died, he had been muttering a word. Cao Wenzhao thought he had something to explain, so he put his ear to his mouth in a hurry, and then listened. Clearly, what he said was:
Your Majesty, the humble minister has lived up to his trust, the crown prince has grown up, and Daming is getting stronger and stronger under his rule!

(End of this chapter)