Ma Dengyun looked at the unconscious Tan Shide, waved his hand, and asked the soldiers to carry their commander into the city quickly. He stood there by himself, holding a simple sword, like an iron tower.
It wasn't until the last person entered the city that he turned around and went back. The suspension bridge behind him made a heartbreaking sound and he was slowly pulled up. Jiannu was obviously stunned and did not pursue him.
The cavalry did not come back and wandered outside as agreed. The driver caused trouble for the enemy. The enemy did not dare to deal with the city wholeheartedly. If there was no threat outside the city, the enemy would surround the city. This would make the enemy passive.
Ma Dengyun walked out of the city gate and saw more than thirty women opposite, wearing armor and holding torches. The one in front of him was in military uniform, with a wide cowhide girdle tied around his waist, and a long sword of the imperial guard hanging on his waist. He was wearing a red cloak. It was exactly that.
His wife Malan.
"It's such a cold day, Madam, why did you go out and endure the cold?" Ma Dengyun was moved and held Madam's cold hands, warming her while saying distressedly.
The outside of the Great Wall is no better than the inside of the Pass. The low temperature is 20 to 30 degrees below zero. It is not easy to stand for half a night. The armor is covered with white frost. Apparently, after Madeng Yun left the city for a sneak attack, she was waiting here for him to come back. It is almost dawn now.
.
"Master, after all I am a skilled archer and horseman. If there is a special situation, I can help you." Malan said with a smile.
The two led the horse back.
"Sir, it went well to steal the camp tonight. I saw General Tan being carried back. He seemed to be seriously injured."
"It's not like you don't know Jiannu, how can anyone be so easy to fight? They are used to being arrogant, and they were not prepared for us to attack by surprise. They were caught off guard at the beginning. We took advantage of the chaos and killed more than a thousand people. But soon
Soon they controlled the chaos, but the situation became unfavorable. At the end of the fight, our soldiers and servants were still able to compete with them. Ordinary soldiers, one general banner cannot defeat more than ten people."
Ma Dengyun said in a tone of voice, it’s okay not to mention the morale of the Ming army.
There is no solution to this problem, because the crux of the problem lies in arrears or even non-payment of wages.
"Master, don't be discouraged. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. At least we have a foothold in the city. There is a saying in the art of war. Those who were good at fighting in the past first made themselves invincible, waiting for the enemy to be victorious. The invincible lies with ourselves, but the victorious lies with the enemy. We
Defend the city tightly and find opportunities to kill them."
Ma Dengyun looked at Madam's heroic profile and smiled warmly.
After so many years, Alan is still the same, unchanged at all. She doesn't look like a mother who gave birth to four children at all.
In a daze, he seemed to have returned to Datong Town twenty years ago.
That year, his father asked him to bring gifts to visit Ma's family in Datong Town. He said that he had arranged a marriage for him that year and asked him to go to Ma's house in Datong Town.
I'm giving a New Year's gift to Mr. Ma and visiting his fiancée by the way.
He was young at that time, and his horses were hoofed in the spring breeze. On the grassland outside Datong City, he met a heroic girl who was riding a horse and hunting with her maid.
That glance made his heart skip a beat. The girl looked at his stupid look, laughed like a silver bell, and rode away.
In a blink of an eye, more than 20 years had passed, and in the blink of an eye, the young lady from the Ma family had given birth to three boys and one girl.
Ma Lan felt that he didn't respond, so she turned her head in surprise, and immediately blushed. They were already an old couple, why was the master still looking at her blankly like he did when he was young.
"Master," Malan said angrily.
"Ah, haha, I just remembered what happened on the battlefield and I was fascinated." Ma Dengyun smiled awkwardly.
The two were speechless for a moment, and Ma Dengyun silently took her hand.
She held the horse and lowered her head, feeling her cheeks feel a little hot. She hadn't had such a warm hand-holding walk in many years. They walked in silence, enjoying their own time.
"Master, do you think Chifeng City can be defended?" Malan suddenly whispered.
"Whether we can defend it or not, we have to defend it. The imperial court is determined to defend the enemy from outside the country. Hehe, we have no choice. Our two families have been guarding the country and guarding the border for more than a hundred years. If the city falls,
, it’s just death, it won’t bring shame to our ancestors.”
"Master, you sent all the children to Yinchuan in advance, are you worried that you won't be able to keep them?" Ma Yun asked.
"It's enough to have us here, there's no need to catch up with them. Tan'er is already twenty this year. If anything happens, he can take good care of his younger siblings. The fields and shops in the house are enough for them to live on. Don't think about this. Heng
The next thing I want to do is fight to the end with Jiannu."
Ma Dengyun also felt a little sad and angry in his heart. The cabinet was completely blind in giving instructions. This arrangement was bound to fail miserably. If Chifeng City was lost, the whole Rehe door would be opened. He would definitely not be able to escape the blame.
It was impossible to retreat. If he died here, the emperor could still consider his sacrifice and take care of the Ma family.
If he lost ground and retreated, he would probably bring trouble to the family. In fact, he had no choice.
Why doesn't Malan know this truth? Although the current emperor is young, he is very harsh and stern. There may not be rewards for meritorious service, but losing territory will result in beheading.
The two of them were relatively speechless for a moment, and both sighed.
Early the next morning, the sound of horn horns came from all directions. Then hundreds of big cowhide drums were beating loudly. Madengyun climbed up to the tower, opened the window, and looked around, only to see the overwhelming blackness of the Mongolian army.
Come.
The Jian slaves were holding the line at the back. There were also many Han military flags pushing Franco machine guns and artillery carts, and many slaves pushing carts were slowly leaving the camp and rushing towards the city wall.
Madeng Yun frowned, he hated these carriages very much.
The shield on the Eight Banners Cart is made of thick wooden boards covered with cowhide and iron sheets. The car made in this way "will not move when hit by small bricks, rolls down when hit by large bricks, and will not burn when thrown by firewood", which has great characteristics.
Strong defense.
Although the Ming army has been equipped with a large number of firearms, these firearms are mainly aimed at the Mongolian light cavalry without armor or with little armor, so their power is seriously insufficient when facing the chariots.
Ma Dengyun knew that this kind of carriage was the result of Jiannu stealing the Ming Dynasty and adding his own improvements.
During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, in order to deal with the threat from the "Northern Mongols", a group of military strategists such as Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou developed a vehicle camp that was "encircled by vehicles and used to attack the enemy with muskets and artillery".
The Ming army used chariots as vehicles carrying firearms and movable barriers, effectively restraining the Mongolian army, which was famous for its cavalry. In the twelfth year of Wanli (1584), Nurhaci, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, unified the various tribes in Manchuria and attacked the Mardun Mountain City.
So they used the carton.
During the siege, Nurhachi ordered three carriages to advance side by side in an attempt to cover the soldiers as they reached the city wall.
From that time on, Jiannu paid more and more attention to chariots. They developed many tactics. Some were field tactics. Some were siege tactics. There were also tactics to deal with cavalry. After defeating Galdan Camel City
In the battle of camel artillery, the tactics of chariots to restrain cavalry still played a great role.
Now, it is obvious that Huang Taiji used the siege method of the carriage to attack Tongliao City.
Ma Dengyun observed carefully and found that in each Niulu of Jiannu, every one hundred people were equipped with four carriages, operated by twenty-five soldiers. These people were hiding behind the shields of the carriages. The bows, arrows and muskets on the wall were very visible.
It's not easy to hit them.
Behind each cart, there was a group of more than twenty people. They also had shields on their heads, and there were carts in front of them, so they were basically unable to attack them. Once they pushed the cart to the bottom of the city, they would immediately put up their shields.
