The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 289 Desperate

It was dark at night, and after the soldiers completed their shift change in the middle of the night, the replaced soldiers soon went to sleep with their matchlock guns in hand.

Wang Shouren had hardly closed his eyes for a few days to rest. At this time, he was still inspecting the camp, and beside him were Sun Shangqi, Liu Gui, and several Jinyi guards. These people were almost Wang Shouren's absolute direct descendants in the army.

At this time, in the middle of the hillside, the herdsmen were being ordered to dig the soil to pile up sandbags, and they were also arranging tripping ropes, and people from the Jingying Shenji Camp were planting gunpowder under the hillside.

The artillery was not placed in the forward position, but behind the temporary fortifications piled up with sand.

"There are less than eighty shells that can be used now, and there are not many cannons that can be used."

After the artillery battalion reported the situation to Wang Shouren, Wang Shouren nodded.

He already knew the situation before the war started.

The cannon Zhang Zhou gave him was light after all, and it was brought over after a long journey. The transport was improper, and the gunner did not know how to maintain this light cannon. After firing, the cannon body was easily deformed by the high heat of the yellow powder. Big discount.

"Arrange five cannons at a time, load them all, and fire them all at once. It doesn't matter how many enemies can be killed or wounded. The key point is to be able to intimidate the bandits and cooperate with the cavalry to drive them back!"

Wang Shouren is now a clever woman who can't cook without rice. He obviously has a big killer in his hand, but he can't bring too much luggage for the expedition, so that after the Battle of Weininghai, the firearms he can use are not enough.

Wang Shouren raised his head and looked at the camp of Meng Guolejin, which was faintly visible in the distance, and asked, "Haven't the front-line explorers returned?"

A lieutenant under Guan Jing said: "General Guan went there in person, he should probably come back, but he may have to wait."

Wang Shouren's face was gloomy.

Now it is likely to be a desperate battle. Any generals and soldiers who go out to investigate the enemy's situation may defect to the enemy or flee privately, especially before the grassland tribes have completed the encirclement. There is still a chance to withdraw at this time. It's nothing more than walking north and south for a while, bypassing this mountain directly, and heading east.

"General, it's only 120 miles from here to the horse-hanging platform. Usually, the horse-hanging platform will be patrolled by soldiers and horses from Datong Town. Why don't you try to send troops and horses for help?"

The generals of the frontier army were also reminding Wang Shouren.

You have arranged so much, and the defense seems to be doing very well, but we don't understand that you don't send troops to ask for help.

Even if you think that Da Ming's reinforcements will come, they still need to know your direction, right?Just wait?

Wang Shouren said: "If there is one less soldier, we will have one less chance of winning. Diyi are gathered around, so why don't the soldiers of Ming Dynasty know where we are?"

The reasons are also sufficient, leaving the frontier generals speechless.

"Before dawn, send [-] cavalry to attack the enemy's camp, prepare the musketeers, and the commander of the horse will lead the troops himself. Where is the commander of the horse?" Only then did Wang Shouren realize that Ma Yi, who was supposed to be stationed at the front line, was nowhere to be seen.

A general said: "Vice Chief Ma was tired all day last night and was resting. Do you want to wake him up?"

It was only then that Wang Shouren realized that even a battle-hardened general like Ma Yi was not made with iron. According to the principles of army governance, he should immediately find Ma Yi out and let him continue patrolling.

But Wang Shouren also knew that he shouldn't push people too hard. Since Ma Yi was going to be sent to attack the enemy camp early in the morning, and it was past midnight, Ma Yi should be let to sleep first.

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When Wang Shouren passed through the place where the soldiers slept in the open, the soldiers were sleeping soundly.

Even someone stepped on their bodies, but they didn't react at all. If it wasn't for the faint snoring sound, they would have thought that these soldiers were all dead.

This also made Wang Shouren feel the cruelty of the war, and also felt the torment of these frontier soldiers who marched for many days. A decent battle, let alone this kind of raid after a long journey, let alone a Jedi rebound under the current embarrassment.

"Could it be that I pay too much attention to talking on paper?"

When Wang Shouren arrived at his temporary command post, which was a small open space barely covered by a rain cloth surrounded by wooden fences, he turned his head and sighed.

Sun Shangqi said: "Master Wang, don't underestimate yourself. You are the most brave and fearless commander I have ever seen in a humble position... second only to Mr. Zhang."

Hearing this, Wang Shouren didn't look annoyed, but wanted to laugh instead.

In the reflection of the bonfire, his face was rarely relaxed, and it was the first time in many days that he felt a sense of peace when talking with people.

The most heroic and fearless, second only to Zhang Zhou... It sounds like a curse, but I understand that Sun Shangqi, as a thousand households of Jinyiwei, is actually Zhang Zhou's retinue. The one who was promoted to be Qianhu was naturally on Zhang Zhou's side...not to say that his boss is the most heroic, but he is a temporary comrade-in-arms in the same trench?
"I don't know the outcome of this battle, and I don't know if we can work together."

Wang Shouren is still from a humble background now, but he is a new scholar, and almost all his prestige comes from Zhang Zhou's forced bestowal, so he has no airs in front of Sun Shangqi who is fighting side by side with him.

Sun Shangqi grinned, showing his teeth, and said, "I dare not expect another chance, but if I still have the chance to serve Mr. Wang, I will do my best."

"The name of Mr. cannot be honored." Wang Shouren felt the change of Sun Shangqi's address, and seemed to feel Sun Shangqi's respect for him from the bottom of his heart.

This is the sense of sympathy and sympathy produced by sharing weal and woe.

He is not Sun Shangqi's boss, and even Sun Shangqi came to help him, but he and Sun Shangqi have a friendship of sharing weal and woe.

Sun Shangqi said: "Mr. Wang, you are polite. If your command these few days is determined, it will open the eyes of the humble official, or you will definitely become a famous general of the Ming Dynasty in the future. In this battle alone, your reputation will be no less than that of the Marquis of Weining." I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to serve you by your side after being humbled."

"Sun Qianhu, you have promoted me, and you are serving the court. All of this is... Zhang Zhitai's arrangement."

Wang Shouren was somewhat disappointed.

He had tried his best throughout the battle, but everything was going according to Zhang Zhou's plan.

Now that he was facing a setback in going south, he had to wait for Zhang Zhou's reinforcements before he could escape from death. He didn't even feel that he was qualified to compete with Zhang Zhou for the first victory.

Besides... Even if he robbed it himself, who would agree?The emperor would feel that all of this was due to him, a fledgling kid who was unknown and even temporarily appointed as the head of the Ministry of Industry?
Immediately Wang Shouren saw Liu Gui dozing off with his saber leaning on him, nodded in approval and said, "You are fine too."

Liu Gui was startled.

Are you talking about me?
I just came out with the army to fight soy sauce. Although I am a Jinyiwei, I have never even drawn a knife before. I was guarding the prisoners in the back during the war, and this young commander actually thinks that I am also very good?
Sun Shangqi smiled and said: "Liu Baihu, this is Mr. Wang's appreciation for you. You can be appreciated by two great talents, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wang, at a young age. You have a bright future."

"Thank you for your appreciation, I...humble...do my best."

Although Liu Gui seemed to be very shrewd, he was always a bit out of his wits at critical moments, as if he could be cheated by Zhang Zhou for ten cents.

But his vision and ability are not bad, the point is that he is like a mountain mouse, he can always dig holes to find what he needs, or his luck is very good.

"Report... General Guan Shen is back!"

"Upgrade!"

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Inside the temporary command post.

But all generals with names and surnames were brought here, and even Ma Yi was awakened from sleep to attend the military meeting.

Guan Jing came back from spying on the enemy, and the situation he brought back to Wang Shouren wasn't too bad, but it wasn't good news either.

"...Huozhai headquarters probably haven't come back yet, but the troops behind him may have been used to guard against the rest of the tribes, but now they have all gathered together, plus their former banner troops from the south, together they are in Wanzhou More than a few. And they have already started to set up camps, but perhaps they are afraid of my Daming artillery, so their camps are relatively loose..."

Tens of thousands, for the people of Daming, they are not a strong enemy.

In this kind of field battle, the Ming side still has firearms as an advantage, and the opponent is not the most elite main force of the Huoshi tribe. The morale of the Ming army is still relatively strong, and there are enemy hostages in hand.

It's just that if one is against four, let alone breaking through, even if they are defeated, it is not impossible.

Guan Jing said: "But if we can't go south now, if we drag it on, it will only make people from all walks of life gather here."

Wang Shouren nodded and said: "The other party's tents are loose, which means that the number of buried stoves and tents is bluffing as much as possible. Maybe there are not even six or seven thousand soldiers."

"what?"

Guan Jing was taken aback, was he questioning the result of my half-night investigation?

Wang Shouren gave Guan Jing a look, and told Guan Jing not to talk nonsense. He would say that the other party was bluffing, which was obviously to boost the confidence of his own soldiers.

"Tomorrow morning, Commander Ma will personally lead five hundred cavalry to attack the camp, ignite it with mighty sky gunpowder and throw it away, as much as it can explode!"

Wang Shouren adjusted his tactics.

Send "death squads" to bomb the enemy camp.

What I want is a life-threatening, rushing into your camp, igniting the yellow gunpowder, and running away, if I can't run, I will die with you.

Of course, you can't just tell the soldiers clearly that you may not come back after you go, but the general tactics still need to be explained clearly.

Ma Yi hurriedly asked, "How many cannons do you bring?"

"Don't bring a single cannon!" Wang Shouren said, "Soldiers who don't want to bring the mighty gunpowder themselves can tie it to another horse, and when they are approaching the enemy camp, ignite the gunpowder and stab the horse with a sharp knife." body, let the horses rush into the enemy camp!"

When the soldiers present heard it, they all exclaimed "I rely on it"!
Can you still play like this?
I was still thinking about how to throw gunpowder into the enemy camp, but now it is better to ignite the gunpowder by sacrificing a horse and use the horse as a mobile bomb?

"Cough cough!"

Cao Shun coughed and asked, "If you can use horses, why use people?"

Sun Shangqi said: "The enemy camp is six or seven miles away, and ten miles away. How can we put the horses into the enemy camp? If there is no support from the soldiers and horses, the horses may be shot to death on the way."

Only then did Cao Shun know that the biggest problem with this tactic was whether the horse could charge into the enemy camp. If the riders were not on it, the horse would run wild by stabbing the horse's butt with a sword. The Tatars saw this kind of horse Come over and shoot you into a hedgehog without a long distance?The method of moving the explosives will not work.

After hearing this, Ma Yi was invigorated and said, "It's so feasible! Look at you guys!"

Originally, Ma Yi heard that she wanted to kill the enemy camp and weave explosives, so she was about to retreat, but now that she knew that she was just going to assist the horses to kill the enemy camp, she immediately became energetic.

This tactic is real, at least personal safety can be guaranteed to a certain extent, so it doesn't matter whether they are death squads or not.

Anyway, regardless of whether the five hundred riders who rushed down could come back, with his character of Ma Yi, he would definitely find a chance to sneak back.

This is also the "advantage" of the generals of the Daming Frontier Army. Before the battle, everyone chanted Wang Weining's slogan loudly, but after the battle started, everyone was like Chen Liangjiu.

"There is still more than an hour before dawn, let the soldiers take a rest first."

"Tomorrow morning, a bloody battle with Di Yi!"

"Order!"

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The sky is bright.

Wang Shouren still didn't sleep. He looked down on the enemy camp with binoculars and remained silent for a long time.

Sun Shangqi asked: "The commander of the horses has ordered all the men and horses, even the sky gunpowder has been tied up, should we start the journey now?"

"No, the wind direction has changed."

Wang Shouren put down the binoculars and said.

Cao Shun was listening, frowning and said, "I'm going to bomb the camp. What's the matter with the wind direction? How can there be any wind today?"

Wang Shouren said: "Retreat and wait for the enemy to attack!"

"Order!"

Sun Shangqi and others went to make arrangements immediately.

"Why is this?"

Cao Shun couldn't understand the whole person.

You, Wang Boan, said last night that you would send horses carrying explosives to bomb the enemy camp, and you excited our family for a long time, thinking that you had found a way to defeat the enemy, but you changed your mind early this morning?
play?

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The battle line shrunk immediately, and Tatar troops from all walks of life rushed forward, as if they couldn't help but want to fight towards the earth mountain.

Ma Yiben was waiting for the order to dispatch troops. At this time, he returned to the position and asked Wang Shouren, who was riding a horse in armor and holding Wang Weining's long sword to boost morale, "Young General Wang, what is this for?"

Wang Shouren said, "The direction of the wind has changed."

"What is the direction of the wind?"

Even Ma Yi didn't completely side with Wang Shouren this time.

It is you who are attacking, and now that the enemy shows signs of attacking, are you ready to retreat and defend?

This place needs to be defended, I'm afraid I can't defend it, right?

It is said that there is no way to go, but the Tatars did not encircle on three sides, but only attacked on one side. The Ming army still had two directions to escape, the north and the south. What's wrong with his desperate determination?
Wang Shouren said loudly to the soldiers present: "The Hu captives came in a hurry, it must be because our Ming reinforcements are close at hand, they want to fight to the death, this is the best opportunity for us to make meritorious deeds."

"The right time, the right place, and the right people are all on my side, and this battle must be won!"

Cao Shun and others were stunned when they heard this.

You, Wang Shouren, are fine with comforting yourself, but doing this now... are you bullying the soldiers of Ming Dynasty stupidly?

No matter how you look at it, the Tatars are afraid of long nights and dreams, so they directly lead their troops to kill them. You forcefully explain that this is the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, and they have to rush to fight. If this is the case, why don't they attack at night and insist on waiting after dawn Invading with great fanfare?

"Prepare for battle!"

Wang Shouren didn't talk so much nonsense.

Let you fight as you like, what are you talking about with me?
But his military order seemed to be unable to be carried out.

If it is said that Weininghai is the big guys rushing up to grab credit together, or that they have to fight, but now there are still two options for the soldiers to fight and break through. Obviously, the grassland tribes also know that it is difficult to eat all the troops. He left a way to escape, if he wanted to fight to the death like this...

Wang Shouren shouted: "The tactics of the former army remain unchanged. When the enemy's vanguard is three miles away from our position, they will rush forward with fast horses, and the horses will be tied with gunpowder to ignite..."

Hearing this, Ma Yi let go of her prejudice a little bit.

Ma Yi first looked at Cao Shun. After many days of continuous combat, these soldiers were no longer completely on Wang Shouren's side. to matters of life and death.

Looking at Cao Shun, it means... Ma Yi also has plans to retreat.

Leaving all the people and animals of the Tartars, the Tartars are concerned about taking over the men, women, and children of their own tribe, so do they still have the heart to chase us?
Perhaps the heads that were beheaded before could be brought back to the Daming border.

"war!"

This time, Sun Shangqi and other Beijing camp troops firmly stood by Wang Shouren's side.

Even Liu Gui rode on the horse and raised his Xiuchun knife.

It can be considered that what Wang Shouren said to Sun Shangqi and Liu Gui last night had an effect. At this time, they, the supervisory team and the artillery battalion, were needed to boost Wang Shouren's morale.

If you dare not to fight, first ask the supervising team if they agree. If there is a mutiny, it doesn't mean who will suffer!

In particular, our supervisory team was sent by Zhang Zhou, the head of Xuanda. If you dare to disobey the order, then when you return to the border, you will not get the slightest military exploits, and you will be punished for disobeying the military order!

"war!"

Guan Jing and the others raised their swords.

In the end, Ma Yi and others had to agree.

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The war finally started again.

This time it was the active attack of Meng Guolejin's department, and Ma Yi led five hundred cavalry to stop it... There were four or five thousand people who came up to charge from the local area, and it seemed that they wanted to knock down the mountain in one round.

The five hundred cavalry, in the eyes of the other party, are just a fraction of their own side.

Even if the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty rushed down from the hillside, they would not have the slightest advantage.

Wang Shouren watched as the cavalry formations on both sides were gradually approaching, and kept pressing his hands on the hilts of his swords. His whole body was filled with aura, which made Cao Shun on the side feel that this major general was coming for real.

Cao Shun went over and asked, "Master Wang, you mean... Zhang Zhitai really led the army here?"

"Yes." Wang Shouren replied simply.

"Why?" Cao Shun asked.

Wang Shouren pointed to the battlefield in front of him and said: "Otherwise, the Hulu can wait for a day or two, and fight again when our three soldiers are exhausted, instead of going out like this. The men, women, and children of their tribe are still in our hands, and they can be slaughtered at any time .There is only one explanation for this, that is, they want to fight more urgently than us. If we don’t fight today, we may never have another chance. This is a desperate move!”

"Da Ming's reinforcements may be less than fifty miles away from here. Before noon, if they can't win the battle, they will definitely retreat!"

was talking.

Ma Yi led five hundred cavalry in front, and released the five hundred horses they brought at the same time, while at the same time the momentum of their attack slowed down.

The five hundred horses rushed towards the enemy's position like wild horses running wild.

It was originally five thousand against five hundred, but now it has become five thousand grassland tribal cavalry fighting against five hundred horses.

Apparently, the cavalrymen of Mengguoljin have never seen this kind of tactic in their life, and they have not noticed the danger, or...their momentum of charging can no longer be stopped in the middle...

(End of this chapter)