Ming Empire

Chapter 113 Dodo wants to play big
Of course, Chahan, who commanded the battle, also saw the situation on the battlefield. Thousands of Mongolian warriors were wiped out by the Ming army on the top of the city before they rushed to the moat. Chahan's nose was crooked.The Mongolian warriors fought again and again, but they had never encountered such a useless battle today. They wanted to show off and impress Duoduo and Dorgon, but they didn't expect that today's battle would be like this, and of course Chahan would be very angry.

Chahan didn't notice anything wrong, he was just angry that the bannermen who attacked the city were so useless that they couldn't rush to the edge of the city wall. He didn't think too much about it at the moment, and immediately ordered the second wave of 1 Mongols to continue attack.He personally led the remaining nearly 5000 people, carrying a large number of scull shields, and rushed to follow, preparing to attack the top of the city in one go.

Suffering such a big defeat, Chahan knew that he would definitely be punished by Doduo and Dorgon unless he recovered from the defeat.

Chahan was violent by nature. Except for his head, other parts of his body were well developed. It can be said that he was a character with well-developed limbs and a simple mind in the legend. He didn't think about why he suffered such a heavy casualty today, let alone Want to change strategy.He just wanted to lead his son Lang to rush forward and fight fiercely with the Nanming Manzi.

In fact, most Mongolians are like this, and their overall IQ is somewhat insufficient.In the final analysis, the Mongols, who no longer had the aura of the Yuan Dynasty, were just a barbaric and backward tribe. Due to their living environment, they were all born warriors, brave and good at fighting, and not afraid of death, but they lacked advanced tactics , let alone learn wars in wars, it can be said that their heads are rigid, and they only know how to fight blindly.

In today's battlefield situation, Duduo, who was watching the battle, had already seen the clues and was about to order Chahan's troops to stop attacking, but Chahan never thought of stopping the attack and continued to order the more than [-] soldiers under his command The men and horses, stepping on the blood of their companions, headed towards the north gate of Datong.The courage of the Mongols is to persevere and continue to fight, instead of thinking about strategies like the insidious Han people.

Reason told Doduo that today is going to fall into a tussle, and it is the wisest choice to stop attacking.But after Doduo thought about it, he still didn't stop Chahan's actions in the end, so let the Mongols riot as they like, and let their blood cast a deep hatred between the Mongols and the Han people.

Although Duoduo saw the tragic situation of the Mongols under the city of Datong, he did not believe that the Ming army on the top of the city could withstand the attack of the Qing army with only muskets. He believed that as long as there were enough people, the muskets would also It lost its usefulness. After all, the Datong Army did not have many muskets, and the ammunition was also used up.The Mongols can also set up scull shields to resist the shooting of muskets and bows.

Today, he wants to test Cao Yue's true ability and see what kind of posture the Datong defenders can defend the city. Therefore, after the Chahan tribe attacked the city with all their strength, he immediately ordered Geng Zhongming's [-] Han troops to follow Attack, without his order to withdraw troops, never retreat, otherwise military law will be used.

Following Duo Duo's order, nearly [-] Han troops, led by Geng Zhongming, a big traitor, quickly broke away from the formation and followed Chahan's Mongolian soldiers towards the north gate of Datong.

And Duoduo ordered the remaining Mongols and Jurchen elite to move towards the west gate of Datong, assuming that they wanted to attack the west gate of Datong at the same time.This situation was a bit unexpected to Cao Yue. He didn't expect that Duoduo would dare to attack the city with all his strength before all the Jiannu army arrived.

Doduo is going to play a big game from the beginning?

Cao Yue also knew that Azig's troops could arrive at any time, and now he couldn't receive real-time news of the movement of the slave army, so he didn't dare to be careless, and ordered all the troops of the Datong Army to enter the highest state of alert, and put the second Transfer to the west gate direction.

Cao Yue originally expected that Jiannu would go all out to attack the North Gate of Datong, so he deployed two and a half gun battalions at the North Gate and the middle position between the North Gate and the West Gate. Seeing that the Jiannu army was attacking the West Gate, he had to respond .Outside the city of Datong, the terrain is still relatively flat, and the telescope in Cao Yue's hand is made by him after improvement.

Soon, more than [-] Mongols waving swords and screaming all the way entered the range of muskets.

The artillery and muskets that had just stopped started firing again.

The quality of today's muskets is really poor. During the shooting for about half an hour just now, more than a thousand guns have gone on strike and cannot be used.The consumption of ammunition is still bearable, but it has aroused Cao Yue's vigilance.It's just that Jiannu swarmed, and Cao Yue, who commanded the battle, had no other choice but to order the musketeers to shoot quickly.

The Datong Army only has more than 5 men, and Cao Yue does not want his [-] people to suffer heavy losses. After more than half a year of training, the improvement of the Datong Army's combat power has condensed too much of his hard work.Cao Yue would not miss the opportunity to kill the enemy outside the range of their bows and arrows.

The gunpowder smoke that had just dissipated permeated the city of Datong again, and the musket shooting sound of "boom...boom" made people's hearing a little numb.

Row after row of Mongols fell under the fire of muskets, but the Mongols behind ignored the casualties of their companions, stepped on their bodies, waved their swords, and continued to rush towards the city wall.This time there were far more Mongols attacking the city than last time, and the crowd was relatively denser. Although the musket shooting was more effective, there were more Jiannu, but they managed to escape the musket bullets.

Soon, some Mongols rushed to the moat, but most of the Mongols who rushed to the moat had no chance to cross the moat, which was not deep in water. They were hit by muskets and poured straight into the river. In the river, after only a short while, the water in the moat was dyed red, and half of the river channel was buried.

The bows and arrows in the hands of the Mongols also began to shoot at the top of the city. Although the arrows shot were very sparse, some unlucky Ming soldiers were still shot.

Seeing more and more Mongols besieging the city, Cao Yue's original sense of calm disappeared, and he also ordered the three-gun musketeers of the third battalion on standby to prepare for battle.

More and more of the [-]st Battalion's muskets would fail, and their casualty rate would increase as more Mongols charged within bow and arrow range.Another point is that Cao Yue didn't want the most elite soldiers of the first battalion to suffer heavy casualties, so he was going to let those soldiers of the third battalion who had already lost their temper and wanted to perform well go to the front when necessary. Jiannu looked at it with color.

Seeing more and more enemies attacking, the Portuguese were the most excited.

The last time the rogues attacked, Cao Yue didn't let them go to the battlefield. Originally, he wanted to show a good performance, let Cao Yue open his eyes, and accept the price offered by Constin, but today he worked hard to impress Cao Yue. .The Portuguese arranged in front of the gate tower of the North Gate. This position was the most concentrated part of Jiannu's attack. They took advantage of the faster shooting of flintlocks and wounded and killed a large number of Mongols.

These Portuguese are real war lunatics. In their eyes, whoever pays them is the master, and they will fight for whom.Their shooting skills are far superior to those of the Ming army, and many Mongols have died under their hands.However, as the war continued, their muskets malfunctioned from time to time. Facing the Mongols who were getting closer and closer, they gradually felt a little difficult.Fortunately, Cao Yue made adjustments in time and ordered [-] Musketeers to join the section of the city wall guarded by the Portuguese, so as not to be taken advantage of by Jiannu.

A large number of Mongols fell under the fire of the muskets, but because the formation of the charge was very dense, and many Mongols held their shields, many people still escaped the fire of the muskets.

Finally, a ladder was erected on the city wall of Datong...

(End of this chapter)