Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 622 The Alliance 5
bang bang bang ————

The dense gunfire was so intense that it was difficult to tell the numbers. Hundreds of slender barrel flames suddenly shot out from the parapet. There was no familiar black smoke, but it was even more breathtaking!Hundreds of pointed bullets spun out at supersonic speeds, forming a barrage that swept across mercilessly, opening bloody fountains among the Mongolian cavalry.The pointed bullet easily penetrated the leather armor of the Mongolian cavalry, tore the muscles, rotated and rolled into the body, causing terrible injuries. The person and the horse who were shot at the same time let out extremely shrill and dissimilar sounds. People screamed and wailed, and more than 100 people fell to the ground in just two or three seconds. The scene was simply terrifying!
The Mongolian cavalry who hadn't been shot had their ears buzzing, and they looked around in a daze. What they saw were bloody corpses and wounded soldiers rolling on the ground in pain.What exactly is going on?As soon as such doubts arose in my mind, I was shattered by the bullets flying in front of me———The second row of musketeers of the Tianxiong Army opened fire, and more than 300 muskets fired again. The ax and hammer were thrown far away and fell to the ground. The soldiers on horseback rolled into a ball with their horses and men, and the screams were earth-shattering, and then stopped abruptly.The third row of muskets fired again, and the Mongolian cavalry collapsed. The horses neighed wildly, knocked the owner to the ground, and dragged him to run wildly, screaming endlessly.The corpses in front of the chai village were like numb bones, and several layers of corpses were piled up in some places. Blood gushed out from the explosive wounds and merged into small rivers, which completely shattered the courage of the Mongolian cavalry.The unshot cavalry shouted meaninglessly, turned their horses and fled in the direction of the main force. In their eyes, this line of defense consisting of a thin layer of deer stockade and barbed wire had become a massacre. The Asura Hell that devours countless lives, if you stay here for a while, you will die!

"This...is this the end?"

Salib watched in disbelief as nearly half of his hundreds of fine knights were killed or wounded in an instant. He ran back crying for his father and his mother, and was so shocked that he dropped his riding crop to the ground.The leaders also turned pale with shock. Aren't the firearms of the Ming army always just audible? Once fired, the probability of killing oneself is higher than that of killing the enemy?Why did he suddenly become so sharp!Separated by twenty or thirty steps, it was difficult for the Mongolian cavalry to cause effective damage to the Ming army who were protected by parapets and wearing steel helmets. However, as long as a volley of guns from the Ming army hit them, they would fall in pieces. How could we fight this battle!
The captain who led the charge ran back in tears, knelt in front of Salib's horse, and cried loudly: "Taiji, this battle can't be fought! Ming Gou hid behind a wall made of sandbags. No matter how much we shoot, we can't hurt them, and their firearms are extremely lethal and their shots are accurate. After only three shots, my thousand-man team lost 300 people! If we fight like this, even if we are all dead, We can’t take this small town!”

Three platoons of guns killed 300 people, and with so many shells, there were as many as 800 casualties. That is to say, they lost 800 people without even touching the hairs of the Ming army. This scary number made everyone gasp.Nomads are different from farming peoples. They struggle on the grasslands, and their survival is much more difficult than farming peoples. The ability of the grasslands to adapt is limited. The same ten acres of land, as long as the weather is good, the food produced is enough for the Han people to feed a family. But nomads can't do it. Even if the weather is good, the pasture provided by ten acres of pastures can't support even one person.The harsh natural environment and hard life make them sparsely populated. The loss of [-] people is already a very scary number. Even if it is divided among the tribes, it is enough to make the tribal leaders hold their hearts and yell.This is also an important reason why the nomads are no longer able to compete with the farming peoples after the hot weapons gradually mature. The advantages of non-contact combat have been taken away by the farming peoples. Even with the same weapons, no matter how good a cavalry commander is, there is no way If they defeat the infantry several times more than themselves with slight casualties like in the era of cold weapons, they may be able to win some battles, but they will definitely lose the whole war in the end.The Ordos tribe is no exception. They live in the arid and rainless Ordos Plateau. The living conditions are more difficult and the population is even rarer. They lost [-] young and strong at once, and Salibu almost vomited blood!

"Retreat ten li and set up camp, let's think about it in the long run!" Salibu's voice was hoarse and his eyes were a little distracted. It was obvious that the short battle just now had greatly shocked him, and his hands were shaking violently.

As if the Mongolian cavalry was amnesty, the rear team changed to the front team and retreated.No one spoke, and everyone was silent. The arrogance that came when they came had been shattered by the cannonballs, and the scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere made them shudder.Everyone realized that Yancheng was not so easy to fight. They had to gather more cavalry and formulate more careful tactics.

Tianxiong's army did not pursue them. They were all infantry, and they were greatly outnumbered. Leaving the camp to pursue the cavalry was asking for death.They just cleaned the battlefield and cut off the intact heads, resulting in a total of more than 380 heads. As soon as this number was announced, the city burst into cheers. Six hundred infantrymen and four hundred salt workers could actually sustain more than ten casualties. More than 380 levels of beheadings were carried out at a human cost. This achievement can only be described as terrifying!
Mr. Ba was proud of himself and said: "Flying pigeons to report the victory to Lord Hou, and by the way, tell General Qian that the salt pond is as solid as gold. If he has other things to do, he should do it first. After ten days and a half months, he will come back to support him." It doesn't matter!"

I don't know if Salibu would vomit blood in anger after hearing this?

Mr. Bo really doesn't want Qian Yu to arrive so soon, as soon as this evil star arrives, he will have nothing to do with him, let me show off for a few days first!It's a pity that Lu Xiangsheng put Qian Yu on the Yinchuan Plain, where the most important enemy situation is also the most serious, because he took a fancy to his vigorous action and thunderous iron fist, and only he can stabilize the Yinchuan Plain with two to 3000 troops in such a short period of time. The situation made the Mongolian tribes fearful. If anyone dared to come to his territory to act wildly, he would certainly not be polite to them. The cavalry he led had already reached the side wall that evening, only thirty miles away from Yanchi.

"Mr. Guo Qian, how is the situation?" As soon as he arrived at the side wall, Qian Yu immediately went to Mr. Qian, who was in charge of defending the side wall, to understand the situation, and he was unwilling to delay for a second.

Mr. Guo Qian used to be the chief executive of the Pingluwei. He was quite upright and his skills were quite good. However, the frontier army had died long ago, and a person like him had no chance to make his mark.After Qian Yu came to Yinchuan, he started to rectify the Ningxia frontier army, moved all the old and weak back to farm or sweep the streets, selected strong and strict training, promoted some young officers who were not yet rotten, and were willing to use swords to fight for a future. , Mr. Guo Qian finally had a chance to make his mark.Now he has 380 soldiers under his command. They usually cultivate wasteland outside the side wall. When the Mongols come, they will copy the guys to guard the side wall. The equipment and food are pretty good. He thinks it's not a bad day.Qian Yu asked, of course he didn't dare to be negligent, and said: "Report to the general, Ye Bushou, who was sent by the humble officer, has already contacted the general manager of Yanchi City. They just repelled an attack by the Tartars two hours ago and beheaded them." At level [-], more than [-] Tartars were killed or wounded, and Yanchi City remained unmoved! Now the Tartars have retreated ten miles and set up camp, ready to fight again."

Qian Yu asked, "Who is the leader of the Tartars?"

Mr. Guo Qian said: "Salib, a very intelligent guy, has the nickname of Steppe Wolf."

Qian Yu grinned grimly: "Prairie wolf? This time I want him to turn into a dead dog!"

Since the salt pond was not lifted, Qian Yu didn't have to be too nervous, and ordered the army to stop and camp to rest, recharge their batteries, and prepare to drive out of the side wall tomorrow to fight against Salib.Marching at night on the grassland was very dangerous. Although Qian Yu was furious, he would not let his troops take the risk.This order made the Mongolian knights who followed him quite dissatisfied. Everyone clamored that their physical strength was still bearable, and the horses were not tired. They could take advantage of this enthusiasm to rush to Yanchi and settle the battle before dark. Then tonight, everyone can eat barbecue meat covered in refined salt in Yanchi City and count their achievements. Rest now, isn't that a waste of a day!Of course, their objection was invalid, and Qian Yu insisted that the only thing they could do now was to feed the horses and then eat.

The horses of Qian Yu's [-] Lancers were dragged into the stables by the grooms of the Pingluwei. They were first given a few ounces of spirits to invigorate the blood, and then fed with barley mixed with eggs, sugar and refined salt...the horses were eating better than humans again. Good series.The horses of those Mongolian knights were not treated so well. They used to mix the barley with wine and then eat it. Even so, those horses that were used to eating grass still tasted delicious.As for the food of the people, it is different. Those Lancers have four dishes and one soup, and there is fruit when they are done, and a cup of tea by the way, while the Mongolian knights can only eat beef jerky with kumiss. There is no harm if there is no comparison. Inadvertently caused tons of damage to these Mongolian knights.These Mongolian knights had no complaints about this. They happily ate dried meat and drank milk wine around the fire, and talked about their post-war plans with longing faces.

"I heard that more than 1000 new houses have been built in Yinchuan City. The houses are really nice, spacious and bright, cool in summer and warm in winter. You don't have to pick up water, just turn on the tap. It's great!"

"Yeah, I went to a family in the city as a guest. They didn't burn firewood or cow dung for cooking. They used coal. It only cost two yuan. It was enough for cooking and hot water. It was so convenient. Now There are no Han people going to the mountains to cut firewood and cut grass, and even straw can only be used to feed livestock.”

"What is this? I heard that Mr. Qian's mansion has built a biogas pool. Just turn on the switch and turn on the fire, the biogas from the iron pipe will catch fire, and the food will be cooked without coal. Where is it?" You need to be like us, who use cow dung cakes every day to get all dirty!"

"I heard that their house still has heating, and it's very warm even in the middle of winter!"

"That's great! I must cut off a few more heads to get the qualifications to move into the city and then sell the sheep and hire a few people to help reclaim dozens of acres of land and become a carefree little landlord!"

"If I can move into the city, I will definitely sell the sheep, and then find someone to borrow some money to set up a cattle farm and milk the cows every day! I heard that in the Central Plains, many children drink a glass of milk every morning. Or milk tea, cheese is becoming more and more popular in the Central Plains, and I can definitely make a lot of money by making cheese from the squeezed milk and shipping it to the Central Plains.”

"Tch, when is it, and you still think about transporting it to the Central Plains by yourself? You wouldn't sell it to Han merchants and let them transport it by themselves?"

"Cheese can't be sold for a price here!"

"You transported the cheese all the way to the Central Plains, and it seems that you sold it for a good price, but in fact, after excluding the freight and labor, you can make a lot of money... Be content, as long as you can earn something!"

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E Zhe was secretly surprised when he heard the conversation of these Mongolian men.How long has it been since the Tianxiong Army came to Ningxia? How come so many grassland men have changed completely, envious of city life so much?This is not a good sign. After leaving the grassland, can they still be regarded as the proud sons of heaven?He instinctively felt that this was inappropriate, but he couldn't think of any way to deal with it. Everyone hopes to live a better life and let their family members live a better life. This is only right and proper, is it wrong?

In fact, the little prince is confused. The Tianxiong Army has only been in Ningxia for more than half a year, which does not mean that they have only been in contact with the Mongols for more than half a year. The Mongolian tribes in the border areas came into contact with them. Through those businessmen who ran away, the Mongolians knew for the first time that people could live so comfortably.Now that the Tianxiong Army has come, it has turned the barren Yinchuan Plain into a paradise of fragrant rice in just half a year, and it does not exclude the Mongols from coming to settle.If there is a choice, the devil would be willing to drive cattle and sheep to graze all day long with a horsewhip. It is the Han people who robbed all the land suitable for farming, forcing them to graze outside the Great Wall, okay?

(End of this chapter)