I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Li Dingguo successfully destroyed all the artillery of the Mongolian army.

However, the problem is that although Li Dingguo destroyed more than a dozen artillery pieces of the Mongolian army, he gave Shuo Lei time to mobilize troops. During this precious time, the Mongolian army regrouped and began to surround Li Dingguo.

A total of more than [-] Mongolian cavalry moved to the gate of Pingding Prefecture. It was obvious that the retreat of Li Dingguo and others had been blocked.

"General Li, what should we do now?"

"When I left the city, I didn't think about going back alive. Killing one is enough money, and killing two is enough to earn one. What else can I do? Let's die!"

Li Dingguo shot down three Mongolian cavalry with three arrows in a row. Looking at the boundless Mongolian cavalry, a trace of worry flashed in his heart.

Too much!
There are too many of them!

According to this way of fighting, even if the 800 of them are not killed, they will be exhausted to death!In fact, Li Dingguo's cavalry has killed and injured more than 100 people since leaving the city.

Li Dingguo is not afraid of death, but he feels a little worthless.The longer he joined the Ning Navy, Li Dingguo gained a new understanding of the Ning Navy as a group. The best treatment for the Ning Navy is not the cavalry, but the naval soldiers of the Ning Navy. After all, in this era, there are still many accidents when the navy goes to sea. Yes, from the formation of the Ning Navy to the present, the most serious casualties of the Ning Navy's navy soldiers were not hit by the enemy, but accidents.

Encountering storms at sea, or diseases, even minor injuries, if there is no time for treatment, life is in danger.However, the most difficult thing to replenish is the cavalry.Although there are less than [-] cavalry in the Ning Navy so far, more than [-] of them are scout cavalry.

It's not that Cheng Shijie doesn't have enough horses, but it's not easy to train a Ning navy cavalry. Of course, the easiest way for Cheng Shijie to get cavalry is to accept Mongols or Jian slaves. They are all born knights. You can become a good cavalry.

It's just that Cheng Shijie is unwilling to expand the slave cavalry. The slave cavalry under Hu Erqi's command has less than 6000 cavalry, and the Mongolian cavalry under Qi Yan's command has less than [-] cavalry. Less than [-] people.This is Cheng Shijie strictly controlling the number of foreign cavalry.

Li Dingguo asked: "How many grenades do we have?"

"I still have three!"

"I still have four!"

"I only have two!"

"I do not have anymore!"

After a rough estimate, there were less than 700 wounded soldiers under Li Dingguo's command, barely more than [-] grenades, and an average of two grenades.

Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and raised his fist: "Concentrate on using grenades, and we will attack the Mongol king's flag!"

The trumpeters following Li Dingguo blew the swan whistle, and the cavalry of the Annan Corps of the Ning Navy were only slightly stunned for a moment, and then understood Li Dingguo's order from the whistle. This order was: "Assault to the death!"

"Grenade, ready, throw!"

Following Li Dingguo's order, they were still thirty or fifty steps away from the Mongols, and grenades began to be thrown into the Mongolian army.

It is slightly different from infantry throwing grenades. When cavalry throwing grenades, they like to use ropes to assist them. The grenade is tied with two ropes, one long and one short. One of the ropes is slightly shorter and the other is slightly longer. , the grenade will fly out, and at the same time, the long rope pulls the fuze, and the grenade begins to ignite the fuze structure.

"Boom boom boom..."

A series of impenetrable explosions sounded suddenly, overwhelming the shouts of thousands of troops and horses. The Mongolian cavalry looked over in horror. They saw flames rushing among the Mongolian cavalry, shrapnel flew across the air, and many horses were directly overturned by the explosion shock wave. , Those who were not overturned were also hit by shrapnel and steel balls flying at explosive speed, and a suppressed scream came from the airtight helmet.In the face of the explosive fragments and steel balls flying at explosive speed, no matter how thick the armor is, it is useless. The Mongolian cavalry charged in a dense formation were cut down by the shrapnel like clumps of wheat, causing casualties!

Mobei Mongolia seldom touched firearms in the past. Since they went south, they have fought against the Ming army many times, and gradually understand the firearms of the Ming army. Firearms are very difficult to deal with.

Although there are many firearms equipped by other Ming troops, especially the Zhentianlei equipped by the frontier troops on the Great Wall, the Mobei Mongolian army has tasted it.This thing is a wooden or clay pot filled with a lot of iron nails and pot fragments. It is thrown out after being ignited, and a large area is blown up with a bang.

The problem is that this thing weighs at least a dozen catties, and can only be used to defend the city. At least they have not encountered such a thing in field battles, but Ning Haijun's grenades can not only defend the city, but can also be used in field battles.

"Boom boom boom..."

Although the grenade equipped by Ning Haijun is far lighter than Zhentianlei, or even less than one-tenth of the weight of Zhentianlei, the explosion power is quite equal, and it is smashed in pieces, and the explosion is vigorous.

Now the Mongolian army has finally tasted the bitterness. The grenades seemed to fall like hailstones, full of bursting flames, and flying shrapnel everywhere, blowing up half of them including their men and horses, and many of them were blown to pieces. Severed limbs flew around, and those who were not bombed felt cold all over their bodies.

Faced with grenade attacks from all directions, the Mongolian cavalry had no choice but to be passively bombed. I believe these Mongolian soldiers must be very aggrieved. They began to practice martial arts hard at the age of five or six. He joined the army, suffered so much hardship, and fought so many vicious battles to develop such superhuman martial arts. He didn't expect that just a lump of iron would make them fall on their backs.

One after another, the Mongolian cavalry were cleared by the cavalry under Li Dingguo's command with grenades, and they were blown up. Even Shuo Lei wanted to flee: "Ming dogs can only bully people with firearms..."

However, Yatai saw the crux of the problem. He grabbed the reins of his steed and said, "King Khan, look, Minggou's Thunderbolts must be running out!"

Looking in the direction of Yatai's finger, I saw Ning Haijun cavalry in front of him throwing grenades. After throwing the grenades, they retreated and another wave of cavalry came to throw grenades.

"Their Thunderbolt is just a little bit, there are three more rounds at most, and they will have no grenades!"

Shuo Lei saw that there were six or seven thousand loyal soldiers protecting him in front of him, and he felt relieved. According to this speed, they should be able to stop Li Dingguo with another one or two thousand casualties.

Li Dingguo looked at the loose Mongolian army formation, but it became stronger and stronger. He knew that his plan was about to fail again.

Finally, the grenades under Li Dingguo's command ran out.

The bows and arrows of the Mongolian cavalry began to work. The Mongolian army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, shot a rain of arrows at Li Dingguo's cavalry like a storm.

Although the cavalry of the Ning Navy wore solid armor, the bows and arrows in the hands of the Mongolian cavalry officers in Mobei had no armor-piercing ability, but they were only scout cavalry, not heavy cavalry, and their horses did not have any protection. Fortunately, the Mongolian cavalry pointed at them. The target is cavalry, not war horses, otherwise Li Dingguo's troops won't last long under this kind of arrow rain.

However, the problem is that two or three hundred cavalrymen still fell off their horses with arrows. In such a chaotic battlefield, as long as they fall off their horses, there is almost no possibility of them surviving. Even if they are not injured, the horses will trample them to death.

"Rush forward and fight them hand-to-hand!"

Li Dingguo can only attack the enemy with his own strengths. It can be said that the most advantage of the Ning Navy cavalry is the long-range range, but the problem is that when they left the city, they left the bullets and rifles on their bodies in the city of Pingding Prefecture. It was to bring out all the grenades.

This method can only be adopted now. Even in the face of an enemy with dozens of times the advantage, Li Dingguo is still like a tiger entering a sheep, killing the Mongolian army retreating steadily.

Seeing this scene, Shuo Lei sighed and said, "This Ming army is really strong!"

"King Khan, this is Cheng Shijie's personal army. It should be his most elite army. As long as his army is eliminated, Cheng Shijie will have no cards to play!"

Fighting close to each other was extremely fierce.Obviously, Ning Haijun's cavalry has been at a disadvantage from the very beginning. Although Ning Haijun's cavalry scouts are very good, they are indeed inferior to others. There is not a small gap between the grown-up Mongolian athletes.

Just when Li Dingguo felt a little powerless, Na Brun rushed forward.

Nabulun is the number one warrior under Shuo Lei's tent, and he is extremely powerful. He brandished a mace and attacked Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo thumped and thumped three times to defuse the three fatal attacks one by one. When the two horses passed by, Nabulun suddenly swept over with a stick.
This blow made Li Dingguo's back armor slightly deformed, and the force pierced through his chest. He felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, his limbs and bones were all torn apart, and his internal organs were even torn apart, excruciating pain. , rushed up against the blood, opened his mouth fiercely, a blood arrow spurted out from the throat, the spear could not be held firmly, and fell to the ground!
Li Dingguo was seriously injured.

The cavalry of the Ning Navy, who were in the bloody battle with Mongolia, was taken aback, and they roared in unison: "Protect the general!"

In an instant, more than ten people gave up their opponents and rushed towards Na Brun without thinking about their own safety.

Nabulun was even more brave, knocking down at least one of them with every blow, and in a blink of an eye, all the dozen or so Ning navy cavalrymen died under his mace.

In terms of the ability to fight on horseback, the ordinary Ning Navy scout cavalry is far behind Li Dingguo. Li Dingguo is not the opponent of Nabulun, and they are naturally even worse.But just taking advantage of this time, hundreds of Ning Navy cavalry have gathered to protect Li Dingguo in the middle.

Li Dingguo endured the pain, looked up, and saw that there were less than 300 people around him.

At this time, Cheng Shijie came to the city wall of Pingdingzhou City.

"Marshal, quickly retreat!"

Cheng Shijie's eyes were also bloodshot, he punched the battlements, and roared: "Ning Haijun doesn't have a single deserter who runs away, so naturally I won't be the first deserter. Even if I die, I will die with my brothers!" Together, open the city gate, and fight out with me!"

Xie Shangkui stopped Cheng Shijie: "Commander, you can't go, this is a trap! An obvious trap!"

On the battlefield below the city, there are less than 300 Ning Navy cavalry under Li Dingguo's troops. If Shuo Lei is willing, he only needs a strong attack to wipe out the Ning Navy cavalry, which has become the end of its strength.

But the problem is that he didn't do this, but surrounded Li Dingguo and others with heavy troops. The first attack was only dozens of people, and he didn't shoot arrows. He attacked while sending people to persuade him to surrender.

Now the Mongolian army is sending out cavalry masters selected from thousands of miles. Let alone fighting more and fighting less, even in a one-on-one situation, the Ning Navy cavalry is not an opponent.

Every time a dozen or so Ning navy cavalry were killed by Mongolian warriors, it was like cutting flesh with blunt knives, which caused Cheng Shijie pain like a knife.

"Damn it!"

Cheng Shijie said angrily: "What if it's a trap? It's better for me to die under the swords, guns, bows and arrows of the Tartars than to watch my brothers being humiliated and killed! Open the city gate!"

Xie Shangkui wanted to persuade again: "Cheng Shuai, you are a famous general of Ming Dynasty. You understand the truth of not raising troops when you are angry, but why..."

Cheng Shijie interrupted: "I'd rather let the tiger go back to the mountain than harm the tiger's prestige. Thank you, Shangkui!"

"The end is here!"

"I will give you [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to cover the people of Pingding Prefecture and evacuate to Yangquan. I will stay and cover them!"

Xie Shangkui gritted his teeth and said, "What are you going to withdraw? You're going to die together!"

Xie Shangkui was furious: "Do you think we haven't killed enough people? Get out of here!"

Xie Shangkui repeatedly insisted that he bring some infantry to cover, but Cheng Shijie was unmoved, and finally even pulled out his knife.Xie Shangkui had no choice but to take an [-]-step cavalry army to cover the people of Pingdingzhou and retreat towards Yangquan.He turned his head three times at every step, tears streaming down his face, because he knew that after leaving, he would never see those comrades in arms and Cheng Shijie again.

The city gate of Pingding Prefecture was wide open, and a black wind hurricane roared out!This time, more people rushed out than Li Dingguo's troops, nearly two thousand riders.Everyone is dressed in black, black armor and black flags, and everyone is wearing a hideous ghost mask. From a distance, it seems that the gate of hell has opened, and a large group of evil spirits from hell have rushed out.

You don't need to look at the banner armor, just by looking at this momentum, you can tell that it was Ning Haijun who came out!
In front of the formation of two thousand cavalry, six banners fluttered in the wind.

Written on one side: "Prime Minister Nine Frontier Military Affairs!"

One side wrote: "Governor of Liaodong Army Zheng Cheng!"

A letter was written on one side: "The prince of the Ming Dynasty is in charge!"

One side wrote: "The Governor of the Five Armies, the Governor of the Zuodu Cheng!"

A letter was written on one side: "Ning Navy Commander Cheng!"

On one side of the letter: "The general's plan to conquer the captives!"

Seeing that there were only two thousand riders around Cheng Shijie, Shuo Lei showed a satisfied smile: "It's finally out!"

Shuo Lei's big hand swung down fiercely.

Five or six thousand Mongolian cavalrymen Ning Haijun rushed forward, their horned bows unleashed, and sharp arrows rained down.They are indeed well-trained. Five or six thousand people flew together in the shape of bull horns, and immediately wrapped Ning Haijun in it. There were roaring cavalrymen on all sides, and beast-like howls on all sides. Surrounded by wolves.

This is the stunt that the Mongols are famous for, and it is also the capital for the nomads to fight against the Central Plains Dynasty, and it is now fully displayed.

However, the officers and men of Ning Haijun under Cheng Shijie's command did not move the rifles on their backs. Instead, almost everyone held a revolver and watched the Mongolian army rushing quietly.

Forty or fifty steps away, just as the Mongolian cavalry was preparing to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

"Bang bang bang..."

The revolver raised the gun and fired, and the flying Ning Navy cavalry burst out a bunch of dazzling flames, the sound of gunfire was like popping beans, and the rain of bullets was dense, bloody flowers continued to burst out from the Mongolian cavalry and horses, screaming, Hissing sadly, people turned on their backs.

In all fairness, if you want to hit a Mongolian cavalry 50 meters away with a pistol, it is quite difficult, but the problem is that there are too many Mongolian cavalry, and many of them do not need to be deliberately aimed. will not fail.

But they couldn't stand the firepower of their guns. After the bullets in the six magazines of a revolver were exhausted, a large number of Mongolian cavalry had been killed and injured!
Seeing this scene, Shuo Lei was surprised: "Their hand guns are so powerful?"

Through this round of unreasonable tactics, Cheng Shijie successfully merged with Li Dingguo's cavalry.

The surviving Ning Haijun cavalrymen looked at Cheng Shijie and were very excited: "Marshal!"

There was a choking sound.

Cheng Shijie looked at the soldiers and said: "It was Cheng who played a hero and brought you into a desperate situation, I'm sorry!"

All the naval officers and soldiers of Ning were stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed: "I'm willing to follow the commander to kill to my heart's content!"

Cheng Shijie patted Li Dingguo: "How is it?"

"I can't die!"

Cheng Shijie said to the soldiers: "I'm sorry, but if I could do it all over again, I would still do it."

Ning Haijun said in unison: "And we will still rush out with you, let's kill it!"

Cheng Shijie suddenly remembered a poem that was especially suitable for the occasion: "What's the meaning of cutting your head today? Entrepreneurship is difficult and full of battles. Go to Quantai to recruit the old department, and kill Yama with a hundred thousand banners."

The Mongolian army began to readjust their formation, and the Ning Navy officers and soldiers were also preparing. They took off their rifles and rode on horseback. It was not easy to aim, but on the ground, they were more accurate.

……

Just when Xie Shangkui was less than ten miles away from Pingding Prefecture, suddenly, a convoy appeared on the official road ahead.

Xie Shangkui stepped forward and said, "Stop, don't go any further, the Tartars are attacking..."

Li Guanying stepped forward and said: "We came here precisely because the Tartars are here, and we are here to help Cheng Shuai!"

Seeing this scene, Xie Shangkui actually wanted to go back.

However, when Xie Shangkui directed the people to get out of the way, he noticed that the snow particles on the ground were beating slightly, and Xie Shangkui realized that a large group of cavalry had arrived.

Looking along the official road, I saw a stunning red on the snow-covered official road in the distance. Yes, although Ning Haijun is in black military uniform, black armor, black battle flag, and black cloak.

However, the Tianxiong Army was personally supported by the Emperor Chongzhen. The entire army wore mandarin duck battle jackets. The military uniforms were no different from the ordinary Ming Army, except that the Tianxiong Army’s equipment was newer, unlike other Ming Army although it was red. However, because there is no change of military uniform, the original red color can no longer be seen, but it looks more like clear gray.

As time passed, this army was galloping forward, and the leading general was actually wearing silver armor, a pure white horse with no blemishes, and a bright silver gun in his hand.

The two general flags were fluttering in the wind, and on one side was written "Military Affairs Lu of the five provinces of Nanzhili, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, and Huguang", and on the other side was written "Lu, Deputy Chief of the Right"

Seeing the belated reinforcements, Xie Shangkui couldn't help sobbing, and he shouted to Tianxiong's army: "I want to see Mr. Lu!"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Xie Shangkui's chest rising and falling: "You are..."

"The last general, Xie Shangkui, is the son of Xie Zhiliang, the commander-in-chief of the Taiyuan Prefecture. Lord Lu, please send troops to help Cheng Shuai!"

"Cheng Shuai? Where is he now?"

Xie Shangkui said urgently: "Cheng Shuai is in a very dangerous situation. Ning Haijun's main reinforcements have not yet arrived, and the only one he can rely on is Master Lu. Please help him..."

Lu Xiangsheng needed to know the truth. He learned from the imperial palace newspaper that Xie Zhiliang had abandoned the city and fled, but the problem was that Xie Zhiliang was right in front of him, dying.

The Lang Zhong of the Tianxiong Army came forward to check on Xie Zhiliang's injuries, and said for a long time: "Master Lu, Mr. Xie has lost too much blood, and also suffered from wind and cold, so he has internal injuries. Even if he can be cured, he will not be able to ride in the future. Lie Ma, you can't fight tough battles, what a pity for such a hero..."

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "What's going on in Taiyuan City?"

Xie Shangkui's general He Sui launched a sudden attack while begging to see Xie Zhiliang and injured Xie Zhiliang with a pistol. He had to run away with Xie Zhiliang. When Cheng Shijie arrived.

But the problem is that Cheng Shijie only brought [-] cavalry... After several days of bloody battles, Ning Haijun ran out of ammunition and food, and there was no artillery to suppress the artillery of the Mongolian army.

From Xie Shangkui's narration, although he did not say who instigated He Sui's rebellion and who the master behind He Sui was, but with Lu Xiangsheng's political wisdom, he could easily figure out who was behind it.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng was also very angry, very angry.After all, Li Zicheng has been beaten by Lu Xiangsheng so much that he can't take care of himself. It only takes a month, not even half a month, and Lu Xiangsheng can absolutely wipe out Li Zicheng.

But the problem is that at this most critical moment, he heard the bad news in the north. First, Jing'an Fort fell, and Tuxietuhan's army broke through the Great Wall defense line, threatening Gyeonggi.Fortunately, Cheng Shijie blocked the opening, but there were problems in Hexi and Taiyuan.

The situation in Hexi is unknown for the time being, but Taiyuan Mansion has fallen in such a way, which made Lu Xiangsheng unable to hold back his anger anymore, and shouted: "Those civil servants should be damned! Look at what good deeds you have done!!! "

In fact, for the first time, Lu Xiangsheng felt that these civil servants were too hateful.

"Go down and rest first!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The whole army speeds up, and the goal is to pacify the state!" (End of this chapter)