Chapter 845 The Longest Winter (Part 1)
.Faced with the desperate resistance of the Mongolian army, although the Qi family army was brave, the siege was at a disadvantage, and the other party completely put life and death aside. Although the offensive was fierce, it was unable to achieve results for a long time, and the war fell into anxiety.
Seeing that more and more Mongolian troops gathered at the gap in the city wall, Qi Jiguang had no intention of stopping. He waved the flag and ordered the Ming army gathered under the two cities in the southeast to immediately launch an attack. This time, there was no secretly buried explosives to help them. They had to carry the ladder and climb the city wall honestly. Although the number of Mongolian soldiers on these two sides was small, even women and children were willing to take arrows and stones to the city, poured boiling pot of hot water down the city, threw huge rocks, rolled wood, and overturned the ladder to attack the city. Then they saw the Ming army falling down to the city like dumplings. Even if someone who had luck climbed up was surrounded and annihilated by the Mongols, the loss was huge as soon as they rose.
Since ancient times, the most difficult thing is the siege battle. The defenders naturally have a great advantage. "You can even fight against ten, and the opponent is fighting for your homeland. The combat effectiveness of their explosion can be imagined. If possible, Qi Jiguang will adopt a more stable approach. Create more powerful siege equipment and build more complete siege fortifications, extending time in exchange for a reduction in sacrifice. They are all the best Han men. Qi Jiguang really doesn't want to see this.
Such sacrifice, but the situation forced him to break the city as soon as possible. Once he dragged it for a long time, the broken Mongolian cavalry would inevitably regroup and come to support the city again. What's more, the enemy he was most worried about, Altan Khan of the Tumote tribe, could send troops to Hetao at any time. By then, the sandy Ordos tribes will be unified, showing the true strength of the Mongolian cavalry. If the Ming army did not rely on the city, they would fall into a nightmare.
Therefore, in the combat plan formulated yesterday, Qi Jiguang and Liu Xian reached a consensus that no matter how great the sacrifice was, they must seize Dongsheng City today. Seeing that his soldiers had only attacked two or three times, they were in a stance of not working hard. Look at the Qi family army, after making such a great sacrifice, they still fought with the enemy without hesitation. Liu Xian couldn't hold back and said hello to Qi Jiguang. Then he put on armor and led the cavalry in the guards to patrol the city. Seeing that his cousin Liu He could not hold back, some of the troops rushed over.
But he ignored Liu He and came directly to the city. He stopped a retreating officer and waved the Yanyue Sword in his hand.
The hand rises and the knife falls, the body and head are different!
The retreating soldiers looked at this terrifying scene in horror. Liu Xian had a good eye and directly killed the one with the highest official rank... and was also the son of a military general who always disobeyed him. In fact, the children of Yulin were the most powerful and would not be so bad. It was these military general families who regarded soldiers as private property only wanted to make military achievements, but were unwilling to suffer their strength. They wanted to withdraw so quickly.
Looking coldly at his subordinates, Liu Xian drew a blood-red line on the ground with the Yanyue Sword that had just killed someone. He said word by word: "Those who cross this line, kill them without any hesitation!" The personal soldiers immediately grabbed the guns and pointed at the officers and soldiers who were about to retreat.
The retreating Ming army stopped.
1 "The Qi family army has sacrificed ten times more than you since the morning, but they are still fighting for the first place! Liu Xian's loud voice roared with guns and a chaotic environment, and it can be heard in the ears of every soldier: 1 "The guest army is so like this, you guys who claim to be brave and brave." Are you so cowardly? ... His voice was full of mockery and said: 1 "Don't forget, it's you Shaanxi children who are irreconcilable with these traps, not them!...
His sarcastic words reached everyone's ears, and the officers and soldiers were embarrassed and angry, yes, their families have brothers and relatives killed by the Mongols. How could they let the guest army help revenge but become a turtle?
1 "Kill all the traps and win again in Dongsheng! Liu Xian waved the Yanyue sword in his hand and pointed it towards the city: 1 "It's today!, the Ming army launched an offensive again, and he would not stop until he defeated Dongsheng!
The defenders clearly felt the pressure increased, but they also fought. Almost ten thousand people in the city were empty, and they all gathered up and down the city walls. The men fought to fight the enemy to the death. Even the Ming army who rushed to the city was jumping off the city wall, and they would never let them take a steady step on the city. Women and children transported ammunition, wood and stones, and the elderly repaired the damaged city walls, united as one, and fought to the death. The Ming army relied on the large crowds and had artillery fire support. It was not something that the Mongolian army could repel. For a time, rocks flew and artillery fire continued. Both sides died, and countless deaths...
Before we knew it, the battle was dark, but the Ming army had no intention of withdrawing troops. Instead, with the cover of the night, the offensive became more and more fierce. The ladder was overturned and then stood up. Those who fell down and continued to climb. Those who climbed up raised their swords to fight the enemy to the death.
In order to see the Qingming Army, the Mongols lit countless torches, illuminating the city's top and under the city as bright as daylight, and continuing to fight fiercely...
From morning to night, Qi Jiguang stood there motionlessly, with the dripping grains of water still not extinguished, staring at the tragic war on the city wall coldly. Until he found that it was as dark as ink and could no longer see the commander beside him, he whispered: 1 "Let's start!, one "one "one "one "one "one "one "one "one "one "one "one "one "one "one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one,
When the west city, south city and east city were in unison and were about to fall, the north of Jinong City was quiet, surrounded by three palaces and one, which was the code of siege since ancient times. The Mongolian army was naturally familiar with it. They knew that the Ming army did not attack the north gate, so that the defenders in the city could not bear the pressure and abandon the city and escape, so as to obtain the city at the lowest cost.
When arriving in defense, Mongolian nobles expected that the other party might launch a raid here... In fact, this generation of terrain is flat and wide, which is not conducive to the concealment and raids of the troops, and it is difficult to find the focus of the attack. But they still sent the two elite Jinong personal guards to deploy here.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the nobles will keep the most elite troops here in order to preserve their strength and protect the smooth flow of retreat.
However, as the war was intensified, the Mongolians had to draw personnel from here to support others. The city was too big and the defenders were insufficient, which was the fatal weakness of the Mongolian army. As Qi Jiguang said, if there were 20,000 people defending the city, the Ming army would not have captured it. However, no tribe was willing to enter the city to fight with the people from the Nuoyan tribe, so they mobilized all the male men aged fourteen to sixty. There were only more than 12,000 people.
This number of people was enough to defend the city in the early stage, but as the Ming army's offensive continued to intensify the casualties of the defenders, the shortcomings of their lack of reserves were exposed. In order to block the gap in the west city, Zhong Jinbeji held the Jinong short sword and transferred 500 troops from the North City, blocking the line of defense that was about to be broken.
Later, the war was fierce, and even the old man and the woman came to the top of the city. How could the idle Mongolian warriors hold back? They often took the initiative to support the defense near the city wall. The number of people unknowingly decreased. When it was dark, there were only less than four hundred people on the long wall.
Only these four hundred people, listening to the shouts of killing from the other three sides, were still stumbled, wishing they could live and die with their relatives!
However, soon they discovered that they would not be lonely. The most elite army in the world was approaching the city quietly!
The Qi family army was so famous that the troops led by Qi Jiguang were called "Qi family army," but the one who really captured the Qi family army was the Yiwu soldiers from Zhejiang!
After Qi Jiguang witnessed the battle between Yiwu miners, villagers and miners from other places for four months, with as many as 30,000 participants. This general, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, was shocked to be beyond words. Regarding what he saw and felt at that time, he later went back to report his silence. He said: 1 At the end, he followed his father to join the army since he was a child, and went to all directions. At the age of 22, he encountered Altan invasion and served as a warning. Later, he stationed in Jimen. He also witnessed the iron of Tartar with his own eyes. The cavalry came and went without a trace, moving like thunder, which was fast. Then he was transferred to Xi to fight against Japanese pirates. Such people are good at using swords and swords, have high martial arts skills, and are violent in nature. It is indeed a rare strong enemy to see. However, after a breath, he exhaled fear in his heart and said, "It is no exaggeration to say that most of the most powerful generals in the world have seen them, but they are always fearless. But like the brave and domineering people in Yiwu, they are really unprecedented. They are terrified and terrible! Terrible!"
Finally, he said this: "If I were allowed to recruit 4,000 soldiers in Yiwu, the Japanese pirates' rebellion would be quelled!"
Silently, Hu Zongxian was persuaded to grant Qi Jiguang's request. Qi Jiguang recruited the most elite and bravest four thousand males from Yiwu, and thus the famous Qi family army!
Almost all of his outstanding achievements in the southeast were captured by Yiwu soldiers. Later, Qi Jiguang moved to the north and naturally brought them with him. Half of them were more flexible and were sent to the Selection Camp to serve as officers at all levels, while the remaining half continued to stay with Qi Jiguang as Qi Jiguang's personal soldiers!
The average age of the officers and soldiers of this unit is about 30 years old. They are experienced in many battles, have excellent martial arts skills and rich experience, and are at the peak of professional soldiers. Their combat effectiveness is so strong that they are never better than that in the world. Before, Qi Jiguang had not sent them to the battlefield for a long time, just waiting for the opportunity determined by this battle.
The Yiwu soldiers in black all over passed through the hot battlefield and quietly walked around from both east and west. With the cover of the night, the whole process was extremely hidden. Until they carried out the ladder and started to climb the city, the Mongolians on the north wall realized that something was wrong! They hurriedly called to stop them, but the Ming army carried twenty ladders and climbed the city from all sections of the city wall. "The number of Mongolian soldiers was too small, and they could not stop all the attack routes of the Ming army.
When the Yiwu soldiers approached the city wall, they hooked their legs on the ladder. They untied the thunder hanging around their waists with one hand (Note 1), took out the fire note with the other hand, quickly lit the fuse, and burned about halfway. They threw it on the city, and it exploded on the top of the Mongolian army's head. The shrapnel and iron nails splashed, and they exploded.
The Yiwu soldiers took the opportunity to climb to the top of the city without any firearms, and formed a three-talent formation first to resist the counterattack of the Mongolian army and cover the subsequent troops to climb the city. When there were too many people, they formed a five-element formation suitable for combat in narrow areas, and rushed towards the Mongolian army that was still blocking the siege.
The elite Mongolian army guarding the North City were all powerful and skilled in martial arts. But in front of the Yiwu soldiers with higher martial arts and exquisite formations, they were like local chickens and dogs. No one could be an enemy of one combination...... They swung their swords to block the attack above. Then they were a spear that penetrated their hearts and blocked their hearts, but their feet were cut off by Park Dao. They could not resist them at all.
The defenders were completely suppressed, and more Yiwu soldiers climbed up to the city. In a blink of an eye, they surrounded the Mongolian army and flooded like a tide. In just one stick of incense, the Ming army completely controlled the city, and there were no Mongolians standing in the northern city...
The Mongols on the other three walls have not yet discovered that the North City has been lost. In fact, they are all shaky and can do nothing even if they discover it.
The task of guarding this section of the city wall was handed over to the follow-up troops who had not yet climbed up, and the Yiwu soldiers divided their troops to fight toward the east and west walls without stopping.
Suddenly they were attacked from the flanks. The Meng army, who were fighting for their lives to defend the enemy, was immediately in a mess. They were quite good at it. Without the leader's organization, they rushed over to make up for the leaks. Unfortunately, it was too late. The Yiwu soldiers, who were like wolves and tigers, could not stop them at all!
The Mandarin Duck Formation composed of Yiwu soldiers is the real Mandarin Duck Formation. Its power cannot be stopped by courage in close combat on the ground. Most of the Mongolian army fought fiercely all day long, and the grain of rice was not exhausted. When they encountered the Yiwu soldiers like crazy tigers, how could they be an enemy of one unit?
Soon, the Yiwu soldiers caused chaos on the city. The pressure of the siege troops gradually began to rise. More and more officers and soldiers rushed to the city. Finally, the Ming army, who had stood firm, drew their swords at the Mongolian army without saying a word, and wanted to vent their aggrievances and anger that had been around for the day.
The Mongolian army was still brave, but the number was at a disadvantage and morale was greatly hit. The Ming army completely occupied the mortal world. More importantly, the invincible Yiwu soldiers joined the battle group. Wherever the war was tight, they appeared and killed the Mongolian army to retreat step by step. Finally, the two sections of the east and west walls were successively lost...
Chapter completed!