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

Chapter 649 Kicked on the iron plate 7
Seemingly unable to bear to see any more carnage, the sun dipped below the horizon, and the sky darkened, signaling that this dreadful day was coming to an end.

The exhausted Mongolian army withdrew with unwillingness and anger. They had neither strength nor time to continue fighting. Due to an unbalanced diet and a serious lack of vitamin C, most of the herdsmen on the grassland had night blindness. Fighting night battles is nothing. Good idea, when it gets dark, they have to withdraw if they don't.

The Tianxiong army was also exhausted. Every musketeer's muzzle and shoulders were sore and sore, and they had no energy to pursue.It's cool to use a musket to lightly pull the trigger to take a life, and it's far less labor-intensive than a face-to-face slashing with a knife and axe. However, the strong recoil after shooting for a long time is also unbearable, let alone a battle where one enemy is ten. fierce battle!
Zheng Jing looked at the layers of corpses under the city and the puddles of blood that could soak up his ankles, and said with a pooh, "You bastard tartar, you are really tough, and you charged fiercely, and it's delicious!"

Everyone laughed weakly, especially the artilleryman, who collapsed on the ground, too lazy to move.The ferocity and tenacity of the Mongolian army really exceeded everyone's expectations. The offensive wave after wave was higher than the wave, repelling a thousand-man team and another one, without stopping, without giving them any chance to breathe.In order to repel the crazy attack of the Mongolian army, in just one day of fighting, the Tianxiong Army fired a total of more than 120 rounds of 160mm mortar shells, threw away 3 grenades, and fired more than 100 rounds of bullets. Even so Still let the Mongolian army rush to the city wall many times, the musketeers of the Tianxiong army had to use bayonets to fight with them frequently, and stabbed more than 200 bayonets. Such a tragic battle, such a fierce battle, is very rare in Mingmeng's more than 5000 years of fighting history.On this day, the Mongolian army suffered as many as [-] casualties, while the defenders also suffered more than [-] casualties. The walls were covered with blood, and the camp was full of wounded soldiers.

The bodyguards with thick beards also had many casualties, and their eyes were red. Now they were patiently stabbing the wounded Mongolian soldiers lying on the wall to death one by one with their horizontal knives, and then threw the bodies down to avoid obstruction. Hands get in the way.The Mongolian army under the city watched all this silently, pursed their lips and said nothing, but the hatred grew deeper.At this point in the war, it is no longer a question of how much can be gained by capturing Yingzhou City. Even if it is just for the 300-year-old pride of the Mongols, they must capture Yingzhou, otherwise their thousands of miles of borderland will not be able to survive anymore. No one will fear them anymore!For these ethnic groups who are used to the weak and the strong, losing their deterrence is tantamount to the end of the world!

This is a tough walnut, but you have to chew it, even if you lose a few teeth, you have to crush it, and then swallow it with the blood of the broken teeth!

Now everyone has no strength to fight on, so they sit down and have dinner.Wang Wenbin commanded the women to bring up the steamed buns, steamed buns, and milk tea. The soldiers covered in blood sat around and devoured them. A group of dozens of Mongolian soldiers cut off a large piece of meat from the dead horse and put it on the ground. Roasted half-baked, they tore and bit like wolves, chewing until blood flowed.While they were eating the dead horse meat, hooves shook the sky, and a large army came rushing out of the twilight to join the eating horse meat.This is a new force put together by various tribes on the grassland in response to Boyan's call, at least 7000 people. The addition of this new force restored the confidence of the Mongolian army that had lost too much blood.

When Wang Wenbin saw the enemy reinforcements coming again, he couldn't help feeling a little worried, and asked Zheng Jing: "The Tazi's reinforcements are coming, and the momentum is even stronger. How long can we hold?"

Zheng Jing said viciously: "It's useless to come here again! Yingzhou is a tomb that can't be filled. If they think they have enough troops, just fill it in!"

The murderous tone caused Wang Wenbin to fight coldly. These Qiu Ba who had just finished the fight were really very murderous, and each of them seemed to be possessed by evil spirits!However, with such a group of murderous guys around, Wang Wenbin felt very safe. These evil stars are not so ruthless in killing tartars!
Bang!
Boyan threw a bowl of milk wine on the ground viciously, smashing it to pieces, and the wine splashed everywhere. The overlord of Tumochuan's eyes were bloodshot, and he hissed loudly: "Yingzhou guarded by a mere 6000 Ming troops is actually It was so difficult to fight, and in just one day we killed and injured 6000 people, [-] people! Who can tell me what's going on? Who can tell me what's going on!?"

The Mongolian generals were as silent as a cicada, and no one dared to answer.They all found it incredible that the battle ended like this.Today, the Mongolian army has performed beyond its level. In the more than 200 years of war history between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, have there been many battles that were fought so hard and resolutely as today's battle?However, they still failed to break into Yingzhou, and they couldn't even make a gap in the wall of Yingzhou!Under the terrifying firepower network of the Ming army, they were the entire Centurion. I don't know how many tribal leaders were crying bitterly, lamenting the heavy casualties!Recalling the scene of the swords and swords on the city wall and the thunderous explosions under the city wall, everyone couldn't help but shudder. It was so tragic. They had never seen such a tragic war in their lives!
Manzhu Xili also said with red eyes: "Minggou owes us a debt of blood! I think they have almost used up their firearms. Tomorrow, they will step up their attack and break through the city in one fell swoop. Erase this damn city!"

Wuhan said: "We should build more chariots! Their firecrackers are very powerful. Our armor and shields are like paper in front of them. Only chariots can block the bullets shot by their firecrackers!"

Manzhu Xili said: "Even the chariots can't stop them. I have seen that many chariots have been beaten like sieves."

Wuhan said: "That is stronger than a shield! Build more chariots. Now that the chariots are covered with two layers of cowhide, they will definitely be able to prevent their firecrackers!"

Boyan sighed: "Whether your idea is good or not, the question is...where can we find so much wood?"

Wuhan was speechless...

That's right, a large amount of wood is definitely needed to build a large cart, but there is no decent forest in Yingzhou for hundreds of miles, where can I find so much wood?

Lack of resources has always been the weakness of the nomads, and this "shortage" is all-round. They lack people, wood, iron, food, salt, everything. Their innate disadvantages make them rarely able to compete with others. The farming dynasties looked at each other as equals.Of course, if they have enough resources and don't lack anything, I'm afraid they won't be interested in robbing everywhere - they are full of food and clothing, and robbing everywhere will be so idle that it hurts.

Without wood, it would be impossible to build large-scale chariots. The Mongolian army could only take advantage of the night to recycle the wreckage of the destroyed chariots, remove the usable wood and rush to work overnight to build new chariots.The soldiers found cowhide and horse skin to cover their shields to enhance its defensive ability. As for whether it works or not, no one can say, and they can only pray for the blessing of longevity.

The next day, the regained strength of the Mongolian army continued to launch a fierce attack. Soldiers armed with swords and shields poured in from all directions, and arrows were as dense as migratory locusts shooting at the battlements, and the sound of killing was loud.The Ming army greeted them with fierce firepower as always. This time, many militiamen also carried muskets to the city wall and joined the ranks of queuing up to be shot. The muskets are good for this. An ordinary farmer only needs to train for a day or two. You can learn to reload and shoot. As for the accuracy... Please, is the accuracy really important in this kind of big battle with tens of thousands of people?Throwing a brick down can knock down three densities, as long as the direction is not wrong, there is a [-]% to [-]% chance of hitting someone, so be sure!The Mongolian army found that the number of fire-breathing muzzles on the battlements increased significantly, which meant that they would suffer greater casualties, which is really bad news.

The grenades dropped from the city were also much deadlier than yesterday. Yesterday, many militiamen were too nervous and threw them blindly with their eyes closed. Many grenades were thrown into the pile of corpses and wasted in vain.Now they have relaxed a lot, and they have dared to probe out to observe before throwing it into a crowded place. This terrible thing is blowing up non-stop, and every minute and every second, people are blown to pieces. , The Mongolian army was miserable.As for the mortars, they simply adjusted the shooting range to almost vertical. Many artillery shells flew high like rockets, and then plunged straight down, landing near the city wall. The ground was shaken by the explosion, and many mutilated limbs were exploded. The air waves threw onto the city wall, causing the soldiers on the city wall to cry out in mourning.

After all, the Mongolian army has an absolute advantage in terms of strength. After repeated attacks, they still opened a gap in the city wall.Seeing hope, the Mongolian soldiers yelled wildly and frantically rushed towards the gap, and the gap became wider and wider.Seeing this, Boyan knelt on the ground excitedly, opened his arms and looked up at the sky, crying loudly with tears: "Longevity blesses us, we won!" Manzhu Xili and Wuhan were also so excited that their lips trembled, and they said repeatedly: "Win, win!"

Sometimes people should really be humble, and jumping to conclusions prematurely is a kind of behavior that hurts human morality. No, these big shots only called "Win" a few times, and the situation of the battle changed immediately.With an order from Zheng Jing, two teams of about [-] militiamen committed suicide at both ends of the breakthrough. The front row held a large shield to form an indestructible shield wall. As dense as a reed, stepping on the drums slowly approaching.A group of grenadiers followed behind, holding a bamboo basket full of grenades in their hands, and eight or nine grenades stuck in their waists. With a shout, a row of grenades flew out of their hands and landed in the middle of the Mongolian army. With a series of violent explosions, the Mongolian army was blown over a large area.The shield wall took the opportunity to approach and squeeze them into the middle, and the grenadiers kept throwing grenades, blowing them to pieces.The Mongolian soldiers realized that if they couldn't get along with the Ming soldiers, all that awaited them was death. They screamed and rushed towards the shield wall, trying to destroy the line of defense and tear up those nasty grenadiers, but they didn't wait. The scimitars in their hands hit the shields, and the four-meter spears pierced their chests.The minds of those militiamen were blank, and they instinctively stabbed out the spears in their hands again and again according to the order, stabbing down the rushing Mongolian soldiers row by row. The space on the city wall is limited, a shield wall plus two layers of spears , It can be said that there is no way out, unless all these gun and shield soldiers are killed, they will not be able to rush in front of the grenadiers... However, the threat is the greatest, and it is the grenadiers hiding behind who cause the most damage to them. There are more gun and shield soldiers The purpose is to prevent the Mongolian soldiers from rushing to attack the grenadiers, and squeeze them into the middle to facilitate the grenadiers to attack. This is a dead cycle.The Mongolian soldiers howled in despair, slashing and hacking at the shield wall frantically, the grenade hissed and smoky flew over their heads, and landed behind them, exploding clouds of blood, and the spears stabbed them continuously, knocking them over...

This is exactly the power of the army formation. Those militiamen who fought with the Mongolian warriors alone, I am afraid that none of them are opponents of the Mongolian warriors. However, when several of their arms are combined, they are as brave as chopping melons and vegetables Mongolian warriors have no power to fight back in front of the combination of spears, shield walls, and grenades!

On the other side, the Mongolian army stormed the east gate regardless of everything, rammed it with giant logs, bombarded it with cannons, and finally smashed the city gate open after filling in hundreds of lives.This is probably the biggest breakthrough they have made since the start of the war. Thousands of troops rushed in like a tide, shouting wildly.Soon, six or seven hundred people rushed in, victory was in sight, and everyone was extremely excited!

However, at this critical juncture, several sealed metal barrels were pushed down from the city wall, knocking down many people at once!
The cheers of the Mongolian army stopped abruptly, and everyone looked at the tin buckets with trepidation, their little hearts beating violently.

Could this be another fatal thing?

(End of this chapter)