Chapter 78 The Transformation of War
.There is a garrison brigade stationed in Wuerge City, and the garrison is Du Xiaoshan. The garrison brigade is not fully organized, only two regiments, plus the personnel directly under the brigade headquarters, a total of 3,700 soldiers.
After receiving a large-scale invasion of the Mongols fort No. 7, Du Xiaoshan immediately recruited officers at the barracks level and above for a meeting.
When the lobby exploded when the Mongolians heard that they dared to attack the fort, the lobby exploded immediately. The battalion officials screamed excitedly. The two regiment commanders were scrambling to lead their men to annihilate the invading Mongolia. The entire lobby seemed like a vegetable market.
Seeing the officer below making a fuss, Du Xiaoshan slapped the table hard: "Shut up, do you know where the invading Mongols came from, how many of them are there? Are there any Baiyi people involved? If you don't know anything, you will be yelling to send troops. If something goes wrong..."
Speaking of this, Du Xiaoshan did not continue, with a smile on his lips. This metaphor was a bit too worrying. Usually a company could drive the Mongols to run around, and a battalion could jump thousands of miles to attack the Baiyi people. If it weren't for the cold north, the big west, and the desert everywhere, the army was inconvenient to supply, the Mongols would be lifted up in the morning. No matter how many Mongolians came, they could win no matter which regiment they dispatched.
What made Du Xiaoshan a headache was that it was because he could win any group that could be sent, but he didn't know which group to send to. The palms and backs of his hands were fleshy. The two leaders were fighting for red faces, and they would be dissatisfied with each other, which would definitely make him stubborn.
"General, I am willing to issue a military order to ensure that all the Mongols are wiped out." Seeing Du Xiaoshan hesitating, the first regiment commander Guo Fujia quickly patted his chest and said.
Seeing Guo Fujia taking the lead, Zhang Zhongweng hurriedly continued: "Hmph, your first cow is not a vegetarian, and the second cow is not a vegetarian. General, Huye is willing to issue a military order to ensure that the Mongols will be wiped out."
Before he made a decision, Du Xiaoshan was already overwhelmed. If he asked one person to go, he would not know what would happen. Du Xiaoshan shouted: "Okay, you don't want to fight anymore. This time I will lead the team myself. Your two regiments each left a battalion and the rest will attack with me tomorrow."
"Follow the order."
Guo Fujia and Zhang Zhongweng answered and looked at each other. Now it was their turn to have a headache. Which camp is left behind is a big problem. Sure enough, as soon as Du Xiaoshan left, the lobby became a quarrel again.
Zhao Heidan lay tightly on the battlements of the city wall. With a "bang", a gunshot was heard. A Mongolian man's chest splattered blood, and he swayed, and fell to the ground with a sound. Zhao Heidan didn't bother to check it, quickly put the ammunition on, and raised his gun and aimed at the next Mongolian.
This is the fourth day of the Mongols' attack on the fort. In the first three days of attack, the Mongols left more than a thousand corpses under the fort, and more than two thousand injured people. If it were only a vanguard of 5,000 people, the Mongols would have been unable to support it. The next day, the main force of the Mongols arrived, and the 30,000 Mongolian army surrounded the fort tightly.
Galdan spent a whole day with his forward and did not even win a small dock. He personally directed the siege and dispatched a very precious musket team. He still did not capture the dock team. Instead, his baby musket team suffered heavy casualties.
The design of the fort is really good for defense. The bottom of the fort is wide on the outside and narrow on the inside. As long as the Mongol cavalry comes in, there is no room for maneuver, and can only become the target of the Ming army on the fort.
If the Mongols were brave enough to lose their lives, they might not have to lose more than a thousand people to lay a passage to the fort. Unfortunately, facing this task of dying and death, the Mongols retreated and would rather dismount and carry mud bags on their horses than ride on the horse to capture the city, because there is still vitality on foot.
A small dock fort was not captured for three consecutive days and suffered more than 3,000 casualties. Galdan was furious and vowed to burn it all after taking the dock fort. On the fourth day, the Mongols started the attack on the new day just after breakfast.
The Mongols' attacks in the first three days were not without gains. At least they filled the soil a lot. Moreover, after three consecutive days of attacks, the Ming army in the fort also suffered casualties. More than 30 people were shot by the Mongols' arrows, two of whom died in serious injuries.
Although the casualties of more than 30 people are negligible compared to the more than 3,000 Mongols, there are too few Ming troops, less than one percent of the Mongolians. Fortunately, there are more than 300 young and strong people in the fort. If these young and strong people were in the wild, they would probably be scattered by the Mongols, but there is no problem in defending the city.
Due to the continuous combat, three consecutive guns were scrapped. Fortunately, there were still many grenades, which blew up the Mongols under the fort so much that they were sobbing.
The ancients retreated like a tide, and the attack was repelled again. The young and strong in the fort cheered loudly, but the regular Ming soldiers did not cheer, but continued to shoot the Mongols who had not yet withdrawn their range. They waited until all the Mongols left their range before they put away their guns. Some began to close their eyes and some wiped the barrel.
The steel technology of the Ming Dynasty was still not very good. The muskets could only be scrapped after about 300 rounds. Many guns were damaged in the past two days, but there were 200 muskets in the fort. The young and strong men brought their own muskets. The Ming army did not have to worry about insufficient guns for the time being.
"Come here, kill the retreating commander of the thousand-man. The subordinates of the thousand-man are demoted to the criminal army and continue to attack." Galdan's roaring voice rang in the military tent.
"Khan, you can't attack anymore, order a truce." Danjin and Shuoqi knelt down and dissuaded.
Galdan's face became gloomy: "What did you say? Say it again."
Several nobles tried their best to wink at Danjin and Shuoqi. Everyone could see that Dahan was in a state of rage. At this time, he was dissuaded and accidentally got the flag sacrificed in his head.
Danjin and Shuoqi seemed to be unaware of the eyes of everyone, and shouted in a crying voice: "Sweat, if you continue to attack, our Mongolian blood will be dried up."
"Liugan, just this small dock? I came here for 30,000 cavalry and was blocked by a small dock?" Galdan sneered, and was about to instruct Qiexue to kill Danjin and Shuoqi, a scout came in and reported loudly: "Khan, a large number of Ming reinforcements were found on the east."
Galdan was startled, his angry mind suddenly became clear, and he asked, "Where did the reinforcements come from? How many people are there?"
"When Khan, Hangou's firearm is too powerful, and with the divine mirror, the warriors cannot get close to each other. They can't see how many people came. They can only guess that there are thousands, most of them from Urge City."
"Urge." Galdan was so obsessed with this name. This time he was going to capture Urge City, but he didn't expect that he would be frustrated after attacking a small fort. The Ming army in Urge City dared to fight a hundred miles away from the city.
"Khan, good opportunity. As long as you defeat this Han dog, Urge City can be easily captured." The minister next to him said quickly. He was afraid that Galdan would kill Danjin and Shuoqi in anger.
"Danjin Heshuoqi, Ben Khan left you two thousand people to monitor this fortress. If the han dog in the fort dares to leave the city, be sure to wipe out it all. The rest of the generals will follow Ben Khan to meet the enemy." Although Galdan wished to capture this small fortress immediately, the situation has changed now, so he had to let Danjin Heshuoqi go temporarily.
All the Mongolian soldiers breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that they didn't have to attack this fort. This small fortress was like a walnut that could not be smashed, lying across the throat of the Mongolians. Now they spit out the walnut for the time being. Although they couldn't eat the meat inside, they also avoided the risk of being stuck.
Tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry regained their confidence and pressed down towards the Ming army like a dark cloud. Du Xiaoshan received a reply from the scout and ordered the scammer to stop moving forward and start building a position.
In the past few days, the Ming army has roughly understood the situation of the Mongols. Although the Mongols came out in full swing, the Ming army did not want to retreat. Instead, they were excited: If this main force of the Junggar Mongolia could be annihilated, the Junggar Khanate might also become history. The achievements of destroying the country and expanding the territory are right in front of us, so how can the Ming army not be excited?
The forces of the two Ming army regiments, plus the personnel directly under the brigade, totaled 2,900 people and 72 large and small artillery guns. With such a powerful force, no matter how many Mongolians come, Du Xiaoshan felt that there were benefits to mixing with the poor for the first time. If a regiment was dispatched alone, it would be very difficult to eat the Mongolians.
The Ming army's position was built very quickly. It was completed when the Mongolians were more than ten miles away. It was said that it was a position construction, but in fact it was just a circle of large trucks that pulled supplies around the periphery. More importantly, it was to build artillery positions. It was not easy to place more than 70 cannons in a short time.
Seeing this simple position, Mongolia launched a tentative attack. As soon as it approached the Ming army's position, the Mongolians were violently bombarded. Dozens of cannons bloomed in the Mongolian formation, causing the attacking Mongolians to be dizzy.
"Retreat"
The charge of the Mongolian cavalry shouted. Although they were also bombarded by the Ming army when they attacked the fort, how could the mere two cannons be compared with dozens of cannons? When they saw their companions and their horses being blown to pieces, most of the Mongolians were shocked and did not care whether they had orders. They hurriedly turned their horses to escape. However, many of the war horses under the Mongolians were frightened and were not controlled at all. Instead, they ran towards the Ming army's positions and could only be blown to pieces.
Less than half of the attacked Mongols fled back. Seeing the power of the Ming army's artillery fire, all the Mongols opened their mouths and became frightened. Many people murmured and cursed, most of which were the Ming army who were cowards and could only rely on firearms to win.
In the middle of the military position, a young man under twenty years old put down his telescope and praised him loudly.
This young man was an adjutant of the garrison general. Most people only knew that his name was Wang Zhuo, but they did not know that his other identity was the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!