"The Xilu are resisting so resolutely. Should we postpone the attack until they run out of water and then besiege them?" Yunxi looked at the Xilu who were resisting fiercely in front and said with some hesitation. When the situation was decided, he did not want his soldiers to continue again.
There are excessive losses.
"Your Majesty, no." Song Sheng said: "Now the Western captives have removed the fleeing cavalry, and the surrounded soldiers are divided into three groups, namely Jesbu's army, Tieletai's army and the Chinese army."
"There are still more than 100,000 people in these three groups, and their fighting strength is not weak. The drinking water they carry is enough to last for a day and night. It is already afternoon. If they hold on until the evening and harass our army at night, even if they set up camp around them,
If our army sticks to the stronghold and does not come out, the Western captives can divide their forces and flee back to the strong camp, and it will be even more difficult to annihilate the Western captives by then; if our army goes out of camp to stop the Western captives, the losses may not be less than what they are now."
"That's why I think we should continue to besiege the Xilu until they are completely annihilated."
"Your Majesty, I believe that what General Song said was in compliance with your Majesty's previous teachings." Xu Huizu said: "This was the case when your Majesty Hongwu led troops to attack Mobei in the 28th year of the reign of Emperor Hongwu. He did not give the northern barbarians any chance to stop.
So as to wipe out all his troops." He felt that Song Sheng's tone was slightly disrespectful, so he quickly added.
Of course Yunxi also heard it, but he didn't care. He smiled and said: "Since the two beloved ministers said so, let them continue to attack fiercely. In addition, send Jinwu guards to attack Jesbu's headquarters, and send the government army
If we attack Tiledai's headquarters, we must capture them in one fell swoop!"
"The remaining three Shang Zhiwei are waiting to besiege the Xilu Central Army later."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
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"You want us to come? That's great." When Li Cheng heard Liu Mingzhao's words, he slapped his thigh and said with a smile.
"Why do you like fighting so much?" Liu Mingzhao said helplessly when he saw his expression.
"If I don't like fighting, I will just farm the land according to His Majesty's arrangements. Why do I need to be an official?" Li Cheng also said with a smile: "Just now, Master Cao Xing Cao commanded the left and right guards of the government to fight, which is enough to prove that we are against the enemy.
The changes in the weapons and tactics of the cavalry and mounted infantry are correct, but the infantry who had just joined the direct guard did not fight for long before the Westerners retreated. It is difficult to prove whether the changes in infantry were correct. Therefore, I want to personally prove the correctness of the changes with my own hands.
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Li Cheng was a fanatic who studied and used firearms. When he was in Annan, he was crazy about firearms. However, due to Annan's national strength, he did a lot of experiments, but very few firearms and tactics were actually put into use, which made him very unhappy;
After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, he was appointed by Yunxi as the commander of Jinwu's rearguard and also in charge of firearms. He immediately devoted himself to research with great interest. He made contributions to the single-barreled firecrackers used by infantry and the three-eye firecrackers used by cavalry.
There are also many suggestions for the formulation of new tactics, and I hope to personally verify whether they are correct or not.
Liu Mingzhao also knew what he was thinking and said with a smile: "Well, you will lead two thousand households to attack the Xilu first, and see if the soldiers using firearms are of great use against the Xilu who are surrounded by groups."
"Just take a look." Li Cheng said confidently.
He immediately stood up and prepared to command the soldiers to start the battle. After a while, after calling all the soldiers in Kingo's rearguard, he began to command two Qianhu to rush forward and besiege.
The Shangzhiwei commanded by Li Cheng did not rush forward as quickly as ordinary guards. They first threw a grenade and then started fighting with the enemy. In Jesbu's view, he seemed to be directing the soldiers to conduct training.
The drummer beat the waist drum, and the soldiers walked forward at a leisurely pace.
Jesbu immediately noticed this army, noticed the firecrackers in their hands, and realized that they were a formidable enemy. Just now, he also noticed the battle between Tieletai's troops and the Ming Army's Shangzhiwei, and knew about these firecrackers.
The soldiers are well-disciplined, the guns in their hands are powerful, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong.
He immediately sent out an army he had been holding in his hands to deal with them. "Miku, go and defeat this Ming army." He said to the general of this army.
"Yes, General Jesb." The man's eyes flashed with enthusiasm. He bowed and led his men to fight.
When Jinwu's rearguard was a hundred steps closer, he ordered his soldiers to fire arrows and fired three rounds of arrows. At the same time, Jesb also ordered his artillery to fire at them.
"Don't dodge! Keep moving forward!" Li Cheng, who was dressed like ordinary soldiers but with much more ornate armor, kept ordering his soldiers. Although they had been trained for a long time, this was their second time on the battlefield after all.
There were no pikemen guarding him, so he was inevitably a little nervous. He had to wear this armor that was very eye-catching on the battlefield and kept shouting. Finally, the soldiers were trained well and moved forward under the command of the drums.
When they rushed to only more than thirty steps away from the Xilu, in accordance with Li Cheng's order, the drum beat suddenly changed, and the soldiers raised their firecrackers with both hands flat and fired projectiles forward.
In an instant, a total of two thousand firecrackers fired at the same time, as if thunder sounded in the sky, making people's ears buzz. At the same time, two thousand projectiles were fired at Xilu. In an instant, a thousand people fell to the ground and were killed.
Killed or seriously injured.
If it were an ordinary army, it would be able to collapse in this moment, but Miku's army is not an ordinary army. The people assigned to this army are extremely religious and are proud of going to heaven. Although the Ming army
The volley was extremely powerful, but those who had not been shot just now seemed not to have seen what was happening. They picked up their swords and guns and charged towards Kingo's rear guard with a roar.
Although Miku is also an extremely fanatical person about religion, he is still smart and willing to use his brain when fighting. Just now he noticed that although the power of the fire gun is great, it is not easy to load and takes a long time to load. Now only
At a distance of more than thirty steps, it was almost impossible for the Ming army to complete the second reload, so they could rush forward and fight hand-to-hand to kill these hateful Ming soldiers.
"Kill all the Eastern pagans!" he shouted loudly.
"Kill!" His soldiers also roared and rushed forward.
Li Cheng immediately realized that the Xilu in front of him did not collapse. Instead, he charged at them, still relying on his two legs. So even though he could not see clearly in front of him, he still made a decision and shouted loudly: "Bang the drum, order the soldiers."
Prepare for hand-to-hand combat! Have the pikemen rush forward to protect you."
Then the drum beat started. Hearing the drum beat, the fire gun soldier was slightly surprised, but he immediately came to his senses, took out something similar to a gun head from his waist, inserted it into the tube of the fire gun, and twisted it again
After confirming that nothing was loose, they formed a formation similar to a spear formation to greet the Xilu.
Of course, Yunxi would not forget the famous bayonet in modern military history. While he was popularizing fire blunderbuss in the imperial guard, he ordered the research on pointed and stinging weapons that could be mounted on fire blunderbuss for use in hand-to-hand combat with fire blunderbuss soldiers. Although
Under normal circumstances, he would not let the fire rifle soldiers in the infantry engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, but he always had to be prepared for special circumstances.
But both the palace and the craftsmen under the Ministry of Industry agreed that the bayonet requested by His Majesty cannot be made. "Your Majesty, the craftsmen said that this weapon called a bayonet cannot be made. It's not that the craftsmen are not good at their craftsmanship, but that you, Your Majesty, can't make it."
The required bayonet was too thin and too thin. The steel was so thin, so thin, soft and easy to break. The craftsmen made several samples and they were all broken." The official in charge of this work told Yunxi at the time.
Reporting.
"What if it is made thicker and bolder?" Yunxi asked.
"If it is thicker and thicker, and does not match the tube of the gun, it will be difficult for the soldiers to use it. It is better to equip the soldiers with spears or waist knives." Song Xuan, who cooperated in the test, said at the time.
Yunxi had to give up the idea of bayonets, but he did not want the soldiers to carry other weapons, so he ordered the Ministry of Works to continue researching weapons that could be mounted on firecrackers, and developed this kind of weapon inserted into a tube similar to
Gun tip thing.
At this time, the soldiers had just formed a tight formation, and Xilu had already rushed through the smoke to kill them. They immediately raised their weapons and stabbed forward.
But to their expectation, not many Xilu were stabbed. "The shouts of killing just heard were obviously very loud, with at least a thousand people. Why are there only more than 200 people rushing out now?" Some people were confused.
But then he suddenly heard Li Cheng's cry: "Back off!" When the man was confused, he saw a smile on the face of the stabbed enemy in front of him. Then he heard a loud noise and lost consciousness.
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"Damn it, it turned out to be a suicide bomb!" Yunxi was very angry and cursed: "These damn sons of bitches!"
However, no one said anything to dissuade Yun Xi at this time, because everyone was in shock and anger. This was the first time they had seen the tactic of launching a suicide charge with gunpowder bags tied to their bodies.
"According to my decree, all the soldiers of the Xilu army must be captured alive! We can't let them die like this! I want those who are captured alive to see it alive, and the bodies of the dead people are placed in pig manure!
Then they cut off their hands and feet and threw them into the pig pen! Finally, they found a few dogs to eat their bodies!" Yunxi said with great anger.
More than a thousand soldiers were killed or wounded, and they were all soldiers of the Zhiwei! This loss made Yunxi's heart hurt; what's more, the situation in front of him brought back some bad memories for Yunxi, making him even more angry.
, make the above decision.
Some people felt that Yunxi's decree was not appropriate, but seeing His Majesty being so angry, they did not say anything, bowed and bowed, and went to deliver the decree.
"If we send out soldiers to besiege them again, we must destroy this group of Xilu!" Yunxi ordered again.
At the same time, Li Cheng was also filled with anger and sadness. These were his colleagues these days, and they had some feelings for each other when they got along day and night, but now he was killed by their tactics. If he hadn't been standing at the back,
, he was probably killed just now. He immediately led the remaining soldiers and rushed forward to fight with the Xilu while shouting.
At this time, the rest of the Xilu also came here through the smoke, and were about to finish off the Ming soldiers who were still alive, when they saw Li Cheng rushing up with his men, so they could only stop to finish up and fight.
Although there have been many hand-to-hand battles in this war, and they will continue to happen in the future, this time is the most cruel one in this war. The Jinwu rearguard soldiers led by Li Cheng saw their comrades being treated like this by the Xilu
They were killed in such a way that the mourning spirit reached its peak. In order to avenge their colleagues, they almost exchanged their lives for their lives to fight with the Xilu; and the Xilu were also some religious lunatics who were proud of going to heaven and had no regard for exchanging their lives for their lives.
There was no resistance and they even took the initiative to exchange lives. In an instant, more than 300 people fell in the first round of fighting between the two sides.
Immediately, the spear soldiers rushed up. They were not far from the fire gun soldiers, and they accelerated their pace after seeing the explosion, so they arrived at this time. They were equally angry, waving the spears in their hands and killing the Xilu.
After all, religious lunatics do not account for the majority of the total population, and Miku's army naturally does not have many people. They quickly fell into a disadvantage and were surrounded and killed by the Ming army. They lost troops quickly. By the time the people who conveyed Yunxi's orders arrived,
Miku was the only one left who had not been killed, but he was also covered in wounds.
The person who sent the order saw that although Miku was still alive, his arms and legs had been pierced by spears, exposing the bones. He also looked at the other Xilu corpses on the ground. There were several large holes in their bodies, and many people's eyes were still open.
It completely turned into two hollow holes. The areas around the holes were stained with yellow-white brain matter, and blood was still leaking out. The blood mixed with the brain matter was very terrifying.
The man felt nauseous after just a few glances. He hurriedly conveyed His Majesty's order to Li Cheng and took Miku back. Not only was he unwilling to stay here any longer, but also because Miku was so seriously injured.
If he is not treated immediately, he may not survive, so he must go to a military doctor as soon as possible.
After killing them all, Li Cheng vented a lot of his impulses, but he was still very angry. He led the soldiers to rest for a while and then rushed forward again. "Kill all the Xilu!" he shouted loudly.
Jesbu's troops immediately fell into a melee. The Kamizhi Guards were originally an army with the strictest training in the country, the best food for ordinary soldiers, and the strongest combat effectiveness. Even if they did not use firearms for hand-to-hand combat at this time, it was not comparable to the general guards;
Moreover, they were full of physical strength at this time, and Xilu was severely exhausted after a long period of fighting. Facing the angry Jinwu defender, he could not even stop him. He was killed instantly and the defense line was broken. Under their leadership, other guards
Their morale was also high and they fought hard.
However, the morale of the Xilu on the opposite side became low again. Some even wanted to surrender in person, but were instantly killed by the Ming army. But even so, their morale continued to be low, and their resistance became weaker and weaker.
This is not surprising. Not everyone can fight to the death even when they know they will die. In the face of the German army, some Jews surrendered even though they knew they would die, and even those who were about to be massacred dug a hole for themselves.
, and then were killed, and there were many of them. These Xilu were also human beings, so of course such situations would also exist.
However, their surrender or collapse did not bring them mercy from the Ming army. Everyone was killed regardless of whether they surrendered or not. Soon, the Ming army rushed to the only dozen Xilu who remained - Jesbu and his bodyguards.