Chapter 290 The real combat power of the Ming army
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Li Yang trembled slightly, but when faced with Wang Yangming's question, he just lay there and didn't reply for a long time.
Just looking at Li Yang's reaction, Wang Yangming couldn't help but take a deep breath and said slowly: "So, someone deliberately did it to get the gunpowder damp! You, Li Yang, are a quartermaster, and this happened under your nose."
Do you know what happened?"
Li Yang said in a trembling voice: "I know that I have committed a crime, so please ask the governor to punish me."
Wang Yangming walked back and forth, looked at Li Yang and snorted coldly: "Tell me, who did it?"
Li Yang shook his head and said: "I don't know, I have already asked my officials. No one knows who has tampered with the gunpowder."
Seeing Li Yang's confused look, Wang Yangming couldn't help but shouted coldly: "Come here, take Li Yang and others to the governor and keep them under strict supervision."
Immediately, more than a dozen soldiers came forward and took Li Yang and the officials down. When they were taken down, the officials begged Wang Yangming one by one for mercy.
Everyone knows that if something like this breaks out this time, under strict investigation, regardless of whether there is any problem with them themselves, even if there is no problem, they will probably be jointly and severally responsible. Being able to save their lives at that time depends on their own luck.
What's more, many of these people simply can't bear to investigate. If they don't loudly beg for mercy now, I'm afraid they won't have the chance to beg for mercy.
Wang Yangming waved his hands with an angry look, and soon everyone was taken away.
There was a sudden silence in the big tent, and Wang Yangming pondered for a moment and said: "Come here, please invite Yue Buqun, the governor of Qianhu, Shaanxi Jinyi Guards."
A long time ago, Li Huan had already transferred Yue Buqun, who was from the Shaanxi Qianhu Bureau, to come and take charge. Now Yue Buqun is working under Wang Yangming's account, responsible for inquiring into the Tatar military situation and other matters. It can be said that he is Wang Yangming's right hand.
One of the arms.
After a short while, Yue Buqun, dressed in a brocade robe and a very capable man, strode into the tent and saluted Wang Yangming, saying, "I'm your official, Yue Buqun, to pay my respects to the Governor. I wonder if the Governor has summoned me?"
What's the order?"
Wang Yangming glanced at Yue Buqun and said, "Yue Qianhu, there is a shortage of gunpowder in the army, and there are reports that the gunpowder got wet. Does Yue Qianhu know?"
Yue Buqun didn't show any surprise when he heard this. These things had already alarmed Wang Yangming, so it was naturally impossible for Yue Buqun, who was a member of the Qianhu Family of Jinyi Guards, not to know at all.
So after hearing this, Yue Buqun just pondered for a moment and then nodded to Wang Yangming and said: "I only found out about this not long ago."
Wang Yangming nodded and was not surprised that Yue Buqun knew about this matter. After all, he was a Jinyiwei official who was valued by Li Huan. If the information was blocked, he might not be valued so much by Li Huan.
Yue Buqun could only be heard saying with a look of shame: "This low-ranking official is so incompetent that he was unable to detect this matter in advance, thus affecting the governor's plan..."
Wang Yangming waved his hand and said: "This matter has nothing to do with Yue Qianhu. I called you here, but I hope that Yue Qianhu can use the power of Jin Yiwei to investigate for me who is behind this matter."
for!"
A cold look flashed in Yue Buqun's eyes, and he immediately clasped his fists at Wang Yangming and said, "I will accept your order."
At the same time, Qi Zhen was leading his elite soldiers and horses to pursue Ma Guli's troops. Under the constant shelling of artillery behind them, they pressed forward step by step without losing any ground.
Ma Guli led his soldiers and horses. Looking at the people who were bombarded by the Ming army's artillery in the distance, his soldiers and horses couldn't help but said angrily: "Damn it, if you have the ability, just kill with real swords and guns."
This feeling of powerlessness suppressed by firearms made Ma Guli suffocate a burst of anger in his heart, and he couldn't help shouting loudly.
However, Qi Zhen laughed loudly and commanded his troops to charge towards the Tatar team. At the same time, he shouted: "Tell the brothers behind to let them see the opportunity and bombard me hard and kill me."
These Tatars."
Ma Guli, who had been retreating continuously, now realized that if he retreated just a mile or two, he would be where his army camp was. Thinking of the consequences of the Ming army rushing into the camp, Ma Guli couldn't help but grit his teeth and said to his soldiers and horses: "Young men, here you go.
I will kill and we will never let the Ming army enter the camp."
Under the numb roar of filial piety, these retreating Tatars finally began to counterattack, but what greeted them was an astonishing blast of artillery fire.
Seeing the Tatars in front of them being turned upside down by a hail of artillery fire, the morale of Qi Zhen and other Ming army officers was naturally high.
"It's so happy, it's so happy. Tell the brothers behind you to keep blasting and work harder..."
However, at this moment, the sound of artillery suddenly stopped suddenly, and the loud noise that had once thundered to the sky suddenly disappeared. For a moment, not to mention Qi Zhen and other Ming troops who were a little uncomfortable, even those who had been bombarded by artillery fire
The Tatars could not help but look puzzled.
There was a bit of astonishment on Ma Guli's face. Although he was extremely shocked at what was going on and why the Ming army suddenly stopped shelling, Ma Guli knew that this was definitely a rare opportunity and endured it.
He couldn't help shouting: "Sons of Changshengtian, the firearms of the Ming army are useless, everyone follow me to kill."
These Tatars had been bombarded by firearms, but they could only watch their companions die. Now seeing the Ming army's firearms stop, naturally their spirits were lifted, and they could not wait to pounce on them immediately.
The Ming army killed them all to avenge their comrades.
Qi Zhen came to his senses and couldn't help roaring: "What are the people behind doing to eat? The Tatars are gathered in one place, why don't they bombard them!"
At this moment, I saw a horse galloping over. He dismounted and shouted to Qi Zhen: "My lord, the Commander-in-Chief, the Commander-in-Chief has an order. From now on, the use of firearms must be ordered by him personally, otherwise no one can
Unauthorized use of firearms.”
After being stunned for a moment, Qi Zhen showed a look of contemplation on his face. He vaguely understood something. A cold light flashed in his eyes. He pulled out the long knife from his waist and looked at the Tatars who were riding in front of him. He shouted loudly about filial piety.
: "My sons, follow me and kill all these Tartars."
Since the firearms at the rear cannot provide them with assistance, this means that the Ming army will have to fight more with the Tatars with real swords and guns.
However, Qi Zhen was not afraid. Although the Daming firearms were very powerful, it was the first time that Wang Yangming concentrated a large amount of fire energy and used it with such good effects.
In normal times, generally speaking, a wave of firearms would be used when engaging the enemy, and then both sides would engage in hand-to-hand combat. However, this time it was because Wang Yangming concentrated on using firearms that the power of the firearms burst out. After several times, the Ming army was stunned.
There is a feeling that firearms alone are enough to defeat the Tatars.
But now, due to the problem of gunpowder, they could no longer rely on firearms. All they could rely on were the weapons in their hands. Qi Zhen roared, waking up everyone around him.
Seeing Qi Zhen rushing forward first, all the Ming soldiers who reacted also followed up and killed him.
Ma Guli saw the Ming army's flag coming towards him. If this were normal, the Ming army's artillery would have been smashed down.
But seeing that the two sides are about to fight together, there is still no movement of the Ming Army's firearms. Even the slowest reaction in the bones can be guessed that either the Ming Army has some plot, or the Ming Army's firearms are out of control.
what is the problem.
But no matter which possibility it was, Ma Guli knew one thing, that is, they finally no longer had to make fearless sacrifices.
Thinking of this, the anger in Ma Guli's heart that had been suppressed for a long time finally found an outlet. He fiercely slammed out the scimitar in his hand, only to miss a few arrows that were shot at him.
The two Ming cavalrymen who rushed at the front were thrown away.
"Hahaha, boys, kill all these smart dogs!"
Like two torrents, the two sides collided together, and immediately there were shouts of killing and screams that resounded through the sky.
At a glance, the two torrents intertwined, and it could be seen that soldiers from both sides were fighting desperately, and soldiers from both sides were killed and wounded at all times.
When Dayan Khan arrived with his soldiers, he saw from a distance that Ma Guli's troops were strangled with the Ming army.
You can even smell the smell of blood coming from far away, and you can clearly hear the shouts of killing from the front.
At this time, Alborot, who was riding on a horse and following Dayan Khan, said to Dayan Khan with a face full of surprise: "Father Khan, the Ming army's artillery has stopped, the Ming army's artillery has stopped!
"
No wonder Alborod had such a big reaction. In fact, he was psychologically affected by the Ming army's firearms. Whenever they tried to charge towards the Ming army, what awaited them was a barrage of artillery fire. In the end, they lost one
body on the ground.
This time, seeing Ma Guli finally leading his troops to fight with the Ming army, Alborod even had the urge to cry.
It was really not easy. Who knows how hard it was for them to fight the Ming army in an upright manner.
Han Yu, on the other hand, stroked his beard and said to Dayan Khan: "Great Khan, there is no movement from the Ming army's artillery. It seems that there is no problem with the news. There is really something wrong with the Ming army's gunpowder."
Dayan Khan naturally understood this, so he couldn't help laughing after hearing Han Yu's words.
Dayan Khan also knew how powerful the Ming army's firearms were. Previously, he thought that he would have to pay a huge price to escape this time.
But he didn't expect that the most sharp weapon of the Ming army would have a problem. In Dayan Khan's view, this was the blessing of the immortal god.
"Hahaha, this is the blessing of the eternal heaven. We, the Tatars, will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army and return to the grassland smoothly."
While speaking, Dayan Khan glanced at the troops of Ma Guli who were fighting in the distance, nodded slowly, and said with a somewhat satisfied look on his face: "As expected, Ma Guli didn't make Ben Khan.
Disappointed, send me an order to deploy 30,000 troops to Ma Guli and tell him that he must block the Ming army with all his strength. If this Khan cannot take Wuning Fort and open up a retreat in one day, he will not be allowed to take a step back."
Alborod immediately nodded to Dayan Khan and said: "Father, don't worry, as long as the Ming army has no firearms to use, we, the sons of the grassland, are absolutely not afraid of the Ming army, and we will definitely be able to stop the Ming army."
Wang Yangming, who was in charge of the central army, was in the front at the moment. To be precise, Wang Yangming was on top of the position where hundreds of artillery pieces were located.
Looking at the two armies entangled in front of him, Wang Yangming raised his eyebrows and showed a bit of disappointment in his eyes.
The soldiers and horses under Qi Zhen were drawn from Henan. They were local garrisons. They had never seen any weapons at all. Compared with the border troops in the Nine Borders, they were naturally not elite.
If these soldiers and horses are fighting a smooth battle, there will naturally be no problem, but when it comes to fighting with the Tatars, they are powerless.
You must know that this was based on the premise that the Tatars had been defeated time and time again, and the morale of the army was available. As a result, Qi Zhen led an army of 20,000, but he had no choice but to have less than 10,000 troops under his command.
Shen Buyi stood beside Wang Yangming, and with the telescope in his hand, he could clearly see the fighting situation between the two sides in front.
Shen Buyi's face was a little pale, obviously he was stimulated by the tragic scene he saw. After all, on the battlefield, soldiers with broken arms and limbs, and all kinds of tragic deaths, if it were an ordinary person with a weak will, they would be able to
Fainted from fear.
Shen Buyi put down the telescope in his hand, calmed down the turmoil in his heart, raised his head and said to Wang Yangming: "Grand Governor, although General Qi has many soldiers and horses, his combat power is worrying. I'm afraid if we continue to fight, there will be a defeat.
Worry."
Even with Shen Buyi's eyes, he could see the problems with Qi Zhen's soldiers and horses. Wang Yangming glanced at Shen Buyi, nodded slightly and said: "Senator Shen can rest assured, I will naturally not sit back and watch General Qi.
Big defeat."
While speaking, Wang Yangming said to a general standing next to him: "Commander Guan, you can command five thousand cavalry and go to help the general of Qi."
Guan Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately cupped his fists and saluted Wang Yangming and said, "The last general takes orders."
Accompanied by the rumble of horse hooves, Guan Zheng took the lead with a long sword in his hand, and behind him was a dark cavalry team.
"All soldiers, follow my general to kill the Tatars!"
Guan Zheng's troops came from the flanks and stabbed into Ma Guli's troops like a sharp knife.
Although Ma Guli was said to be fighting, such a big movement from Guan Zheng's headquarters alerted Ma Guli immediately.
Seeing the Ming cavalry troop running towards the flanks in the distance, Ma Guli couldn't help but be shocked. At this time, most of the troops on both sides were entangled together. Even if they wanted to mobilize the troops, it was too late, but Ma Guli still ordered
The soldiers blew the horn and ordered some troops on the flanks to meet the enemy.
Boom, the two sides collided together. This time, it was the Ming army that naturally had the absolute numerical advantage. After all, although the Tatars on the flanks said they heard the warning horn and even took precautions, but after all, it was the Ming army that had the absolute numerical advantage.
There was a huge difference, and I was about to be submerged by the torrent.
Seeing this scene through a telescope, Shen Buyi couldn't help but smile a little on Wang Yangming's face.
Shen Buyi couldn't help but cheered: "Okay, okay, this battle is worry-free!"
However, Wang Yangming looked a little solemn, slowly shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that may not be the case!"
While he was talking, Shen Buyi's expression suddenly changed and he exclaimed: "Commander, look quickly, Tatar reinforcements have been dispatched."
No need to be reminded by Shen Buyi, Wang Yangming also saw the black Tatar cavalry roaring towards him in the smoke and dust.
Although the exact number is unclear, but just looking at the momentum and scale, I am afraid there are tens of thousands of people.
Seeing this scene, Wang Yangming showed a bit of a smile and said: "Dayan Khan has divided his troops, and I want to see how many more troops he can send to stop us."
As he spoke, a sharp look flashed in Wang Yangming's eyes and he said: "Send the order, all artillery fire three rounds of bombardment!"
If hundreds of artillery pieces can fire three rounds in a row, it is equivalent to a thousand shellings. It may only cause thousands of casualties to the Tatars, but it is equivalent to giving a blow to the newly joined Tatar army.
It can be imagined that when these Tatars with high morale were bombarded by artillery, their morale would be greatly affected, so it was necessary to use less gunpowder now, but Wang Yangming still ordered without hesitation.
Use artillery to give the newly arrived Tatar army a head-on blow.
Alborod's horse galloped in high spirits, with 30,000 elite troops behind him.
At this moment, Alborod's heart was full of excitement and joy. As long as he could cooperate with Ma Guli to block the Ming army, with this merit, he might not be able to become the most dazzling one among Dayan Khan's sons.
"My sons of Changshengtian, follow me to kill the Ming Dog!"
Waving the scimitar in his hand, Alborot shouted excitedly.
At this moment, a roar like thunder was suddenly heard.
The rumbling sound fell into Alborod's eyes. Alborod, who was originally looking excited, suddenly seemed to hear some terrible noise. He leaned down on the horse almost instinctively, and at the same time, his expression changed.
He was pale, his eyes were full of fear, and he murmured: "How could this happen? Why is the Ming army's artillery moving again?"
Fiery projectiles came through the air one after another, and every projectile that fell could clear an entire area, taking away the lives of many Tatars.
After three rounds of shelling, the rumbling stopped suddenly. Although the shelling stopped, the 30,000 Tatars behind Alborod were stunned by the bombardment.
Unlike the nearly 10,000 troops under Ma Guli's command, they had been bombarded several times, so they were already used to being bombarded, at least they would not be stupid when faced with bombardment.
However, the 30,000-strong army brought by Alborod had never experienced such a horrific situation. They saw their companions being smashed into pieces by pill pills, separated from life and death in the blink of an eye, and even many had their arms and limbs broken.
Splattering everywhere, some of the surviving Tatars were stained with the blood of their companions.
For a moment, even though the bombardment stopped, the 30,000-strong army still failed to react and was in chaos.
The generals who were following Alborod came to their senses at this moment, and their expressions changed involuntarily when they saw the situation around them.
One of the generals immediately said to Alborot: "Your Highness, Your Highness, blow the horn quickly and stabilize the army, otherwise the army may collapse."
Alborot, who had come to his senses, reacted immediately when he heard the general's reminder, and quickly gave orders to the guards around him.
Accompanied by the desolate horn sound, the horn sound echoed within a radius of several miles.
The tens of thousands of troops who were originally in panic finally reacted after hearing the sound of the horn, and the chaos finally gradually disappeared.
Seeing through the telescope that the originally chaotic Tatars were gradually restoring order, the scene he just saw still remained in Shen Buyi's mind.
Hundreds of artillery were fired at once, and the sight of landslides and ground cracking was simply too astonishing. Shen Buyi felt that if there were a few more rounds of shelling, the Tatars might be defeated.
"Go on, Grand Governor, go on!"
Seeing the Tatars restoring order, Shen Buyi couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
However, Wang Yangming slowly shook his head and said: "If we go for a few more rounds, all the gunpowder stored will be exhausted. If there is no gunpowder replenishment, we will lose our greatest reliance."
After being stunned for a moment, Shen Buyi couldn't help but said angrily: "Damn it, those quartermasters in the logistics department should be killed. I will write to the cabinet and your Majesty, and I must not spare them lightly."
Looking at Shen Buji, Wang Yangming couldn't help but sigh and said: "What if we kill so many people? The governor sent people to investigate carefully. There are problems with the recent batches of military supplies. This is not a problem of a few people.
I don’t know how many people are involved…”
After hearing Wang Yangming's words, Shen Buyi immediately turned aside, his eyes narrowed, he didn't know what he thought of, and he consciously closed his mouth.
Wang Yangming just glanced at Shen Buyi blankly.
At the same time, more than a dozen deserters were killed in the front line. Coupled with the timely bombardment, the Ming army, which was showing signs of collapse, finally stabilized its position.
Along with the sound of gold ringing, Qi Zhen let out a long sigh of relief. Feeling both happy and slightly disappointed, he began to retreat slowly under the cover of the cavalry of the Guan Zheng Division.
Ma Guli was also awakened by the wave of shelling just now. In addition, the soldiers and horses under his command suffered heavy casualties in the battle just now. Therefore, even if Alberot led tens of thousands of new troops, Ma Guli was suppressed.
I thought of taking the opportunity to chase down a wave of people.
After all, the tens of thousands of fresh troops brought by Alborod had just experienced a wave of shelling, and their morale had plummeted. Otherwise, he would never have let go of such a good opportunity to pursue the Ming army.
Looking at the remains of the Ming army's corpses, Nu Gu felt a little relieved. At least from the battle just now, he could feel that the Ming army's combat effectiveness was very average.
This made Ma Guli very excited. The Ming army was indeed as powerful as ever, relying on its sharp firearms. Otherwise, given tens of thousands of troops, Ma Guli would have dared to charge into the Ming army camp.
When seeing Alborot, Ma Guli learned from Alborot that the Ming army had a logistical problem, so that the Ming army was short of gunpowder, resulting in the inability to use firearms frequently.
Hearing the news, Ma Guli couldn't be more excited, especially since Dayan Khan had dispatched 30,000 troops and horses to be commanded by him. Ma Guli suddenly became proud and laughed: "As long as I am here, Ma Guli will be here tomorrow."
The army can't even think about taking a step forward."
Numbly excited, he looked at Alborot and said, "Your Highness, how was the damage from that wave of shelling just now?"
Ma Guli looked at a general on the side, and the general said hurriedly: "General Ma Guli, I just made a simple statistics. In that wave of shelling, we killed and injured more than 3,000 people..."
Ma Guli, who was still excited just now, couldn't help but change his expression when he heard this, and couldn't help but said angrily: "Damn Minggu, don't give me a chance, otherwise, I will smash all Mingren's firearms.
"
Under normal circumstances, the bombardment of artillery would not cause such a large number of casualties. It was just that when Alborot led an army of 30,000 people, he subconsciously believed that it was impossible for the Ming army to use artillery, so he was not prepared, so that the army gathered in
At the same time, under that astonishing density, any projectile hitting at least can cause death or injury to at least three to five people.
It can be said that the number of casualties of more than 3,000 people mentioned by the general is still less. If we really count some wounded soldiers with broken muscles and bones, the number may be 5,000.
Qi Zhen, who returned to the main camp, settled down his troops and went to see Wang Yangming.
When Qi Zhen walked into the tent and saw Wang Yangming, he didn't care who else was present. He knelt down in front of Wang Yangming with a guilty look on his face and said, "I have failed to live up to the expectations of the Grand Governor. Please punish me."
Many people in the tent were stunned when they saw Qi Zhen's actions, and then they reacted.
Qi Zhen came to apologize, obviously because of the battle just now.
Everyone can see clearly that after all, there are more than 20,000 soldiers under the command of Qizhen, which is not a small number, but they can't help the Tatars who number less than 10,000.
Even if Wang Yangming had not sent Guan Zheng and his cavalry to help in time, the army of more than 20,000 might have been defeated by less than 10,000 Tatars.
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