Chapter 176: Queen Mother! Her Highness died for her country!
According to what the Mongolian cavalry learned from their exploration, the Ming army set up three or four forts along this road.
These simple fortresses stocked large amounts of necessities such as grain, grass, gunpowder and so on.
As long as these fortresses can be destroyed, the supply of the Ming army will be completely cut off, which will greatly damage the morale of the Ming army!
Moreover, even if there are retreating Ming troops in Yu'er, they can still lose their ability to supply and slowly die in this vast grassland!
After receiving Wang Baobao's order, his younger brother Tuoyin Timur led 20,000 cavalry and rushed towards the Ming army in the south.
Wang Baobao led the Mongolian guards on the left and right wings and the elite cavalry of various tribes to launch a full-scale attack on the Ming army in Yuerhai!
"Your Highness! Your Highness!"
"Wang Baobao's army really came and killed them!"
After Zhou Dexing, Guo Ying and others deployed their troops and horses, they discovered that the Mongolian cavalry was preparing to attack, and immediately reported to Zhu Han.
At this time, the Yuerhai camp was already in chaos. All the Mongols had fled to the north. The Ming army was also disrupted. The troops were fighting independently. Even after some assembly, they were still unable to fight.
There are many Ming army soldiers who have not found their own troops.
Zhu Han knew that the situation was urgent and immediately ordered the war drums to be beaten.
Winter! Winter! Winter!
As the rumbling war drums sounded, the Ming army relied on the ruins left by the Yuan army to launch a defense.
Rumble!
Boom!
With the sound of artillery, the Ming army immediately opened fire hastily at Wang Baobao's army that launched the attack.
In an instant, dozens of Yuan troops were killed by artillery!
but.
This casualty was nothing to the tens of thousands of cavalry, and it did not stop the Yuan army's attack.
The two sides fought fiercely on the battle front with Yuerhai as their main camp.
The Ming army and the Yuan army led by Wang Baobao were equally matched in numbers.
Both sides have their own advantages. The Ming army has the training advantage of strong soldiers and horses, but Wang Baobao's troops are all cavalry and have flexible mobility. They can wait for opportunities to find loopholes in the Ming army on the battle line, and then launch a deadly surprise attack.
The two sides fought fiercely in Yuerhai.
Countless muskets, artillery, bows and spears came and went on the battlefield.
The two sides fought for more than an hour, but there was no clear winner.
Even though the Ming army was attacked by Wang Baobao's troops and was initially at a slight disadvantage, with its excellent psychological quality and training, the Ming army quickly stabilized its position.
Wang Baobao frowned and couldn't help but feel worried as he watched the Ming army getting stronger and stronger as they fought.
His sister Zhao Min was also closely following Wang Baobao at this time. Seeing the Ming army getting stronger and stronger as they fought, Zhao Min finally couldn't help but persuaded from the side, "Brother, this is the true level of the Ming army. If you keep doing this,
If we keep fighting, they will get stronger and stronger, and it will become more and more difficult for us to win!"
Zhao Min had been lurking in the Ming Palace for more than a year, so he was naturally familiar with the Ming army's style of daring to fight and not being afraid of death.
She had warned Wang Baobao before that he should seriously consider the Ming army's ability to fight back.
At this time, Wang Baobao also knew that the situation was urgent.
If the fight continues like this, I am afraid that there is no guarantee that the Yuan army will be able to retreat intact.
However, Wang Baobao refused to give up.
After another hour of fighting, the Mongolian and Yuan army showed its decline.
Wang Baobao frowned and glanced at the gradually darkening sky.
Finally, in desperation, Wang Baobao waved his hand and issued the order to withdraw the troops.
"Withdraw troops!"
As the retreat horn sounded!
Wang Baobao's Mongolian Imperial Guards had to give up the attack and withdrew from the battlefield after their attack was frustrated.
The Ming army officers and soldiers looked at the Mongolian cavalry receding like a tide, and finally disappeared in the grassland.
They first went through a tough battle, and then completed a desperate defense.
The Ming army knew that they had won another victory, and the whole army suddenly cheered like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
Zhu Han looked at the soldiers of the Ming army who had won another great victory, and knew that from now on, the remaining forces of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty would no longer have the courage to fight against him!
Wang Baobao led the remaining defeated soldiers back to the rear of the Meng Yuan Dynasty. Seeing the Yuan soldiers returning dejectedly, Empress Dowager Qi of the Yuan Dynasty was shocked.
She greeted the returning Wang Baobao and asked in a trembling voice, "Grand Master, why did you come back? Where is Your Majesty? Where is Your Majesty?"
Wang Baobao said nothing, and the other generals all looked unhappy. Empress Dowager Qi suddenly realized that something was wrong. Her heart suddenly sank, her head felt dizzy, and she actually fainted in front of Wang Baobao.
If it weren't for the quick eyesight and quick hands of the maids nearby, they might have fallen to the ground.
Wang Baobao was in a very heavy mood and said coldly to several maids, help the Queen Mother to go down and rest!"
Wang Baobao knew that after this battle, the Ming army would only make its defense more stable. If they failed to succeed in this raid, they would never have a chance to defeat the Ming army on an upright battlefield.
Wang Baobao said to the generals on his left and right:
"Send the order and ask all ministries to step up their vigilance and don't let the Ming army catch up and attack us!"
Subsequently, he sent out the remaining elite cavalry to defend the Ming army on a large scale.
Wang Baobao was already frightened. He did not dare to let the Ming army detect his whereabouts. Wang Baobao.
In fact, these last Mongol and Yuan elites already had a great fear of the Ming army.
Everyone knew that if the Ming army caught their traces and hunted them down, their last shelter would be gone.
Now Wang Baobao has pinned all his hopes on his younger brother Tuoyin Timur. As long as Tuoyin Timur leads the Meng Yuan cavalry to destroy the Ming army's supply line on the grassland, when our Ming army retreats,
They will fall into chaos and starvation due to lack of supplies.
At that time, Wang Baobao will still have a last chance.
At this time, Wang Baobao did not realize that even the logistics troops and horses on the Ming army's logistics line were definitely not something that the Mobei Mongolian cavalry could deal with!
On the grasslands of Mobei, Tuoyin Timur led 20,000 cavalry.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After leaving the Yuerhai camp, we went all the way south to launch a sneak attack on the Ming army fortresses along the way.
However, these Ming army fortresses relied on their own firepower and excellent fortifications to withstand Timur's sneak attack.
Seeing that the raid was fruitless, Timur couldn't help feeling anxious in his heart.
He can only make a desperate move in the end!
He knew that the Ming army had the largest fortress in the far south, close to the Gobi desert.
As long as the first fortress entering the grassland can be destroyed, the Ming army will no longer have the ability to supply when it retreats in the Gobi Desert.
Therefore, the southernmost Ming army fortress was crucial, and Tamerlane made a prompt decision!
Abandoning several small forts along the way, he led 20,000 elite cavalry and headed south.
After three days and three nights of fighting, when Tuoyin Timur led 20,000 Mongolian cavalry to kill, no one in the Ming army in the "Prairie Castle" expected that such a huge Mongolian cavalry could suddenly appear.
In front of his own fortress.
As the commander of Prairie Fort, Commander Ying Changwei Luo Guanzhong immediately ordered to blow the warning signal!
Winter! Winter! Winter!
As waves of war drums sounded, all the Ming soldiers on the fortress immediately put on armor and stomach.
The soldiers of the Ming army took up their weapons one by one and were ready for battle.
Tuoyin Timur led an army of 20,000 cavalry to the grassland treasure.
He looked at the earthen fortress in front of him, which was no more than one person tall, with a proud smile on his face.
This fortress was obviously much larger than the several Ming army fortresses he encountered, and there must be more grain, grass and military supplies stored in it.
As long as he can destroy this fortress, the Ming army will lose most of its food and baggage, and will eventually be unable to safely pass through the Gobi Desert.
Without stopping, Timur ordered his troops to attack immediately.
The cavalry of the 20,000-yuan army was divided into three groups, and one of them came to surround three and one was missing.
They formed their formations from three directions: east, west, north and west, each wearing armor, holding simple ropes, and holding shields in their hands, and launched an attack on the grassland fortress of the Ming army.
Upon seeing this, Luo Guanzhong immediately shouted, "All artillery pieces are not allowed to fire without my order."
On this vast grassland, even tens of thousands of people seemed sparse. Only when the Mongols approached could the small artillery deployed by the Ming army have enough lethality.
Otherwise, the artillery fire distance is too far, and each shell can only destroy one or two enemies even if it hits. However, if you put these Mongols at a close distance, you can use powerful shotguns, and every shell can destroy them.
At least a dozen or even dozens of Mongolian soldiers.
Luo Guanzhong had only 3,000 soldiers, while Tuoyin Timur had 20,000 Mongolian elites.
The battle between the two sides can be described as fierce and intense!
The Mongolian cavalry displayed the fearless fighting style of their ancestors. They rushed to a place more than ten steps away against the artillery and muskets of the Ming army. Then I used the bow and arrow in my hand to fire round after round at the Ming army.
These bows and arrows all used armor-piercing arrows at such a close distance. Many Ming soldiers were injured by these heavy bows and arrows even if they were wearing armor.
However, even the Ming soldiers who were seriously injured by bows and arrows showed no signs of weakness. They endured the pain on their bodies and continued to fight back with their muskets.
Brothers Li Shan and Li Zhong were the musketeers in the team. The two brothers worked closely together. Li Shan fired from the front, relying on the fortifications to fire muskets at the Mongolian enemies, while Li Zhong nervously loaded gunpowder from the rear.
The two muskets took turns to be loaded and fired in their hands, and one after another Mongolian soldiers fell in front of them.
However, even after suffering such heavy casualties, these attacking Mongolian soldiers did not retreat at all.
Soon, layers of corpses filled up the trench in front.
After one round of attacks after another, the Mongolian soldiers finally rushed to the earthen wall of the Prairie Fort!
At this time, the muskets in the hands of brothers Li Shan and Li Zhong had become hot due to continuous firing.
Finally, after Li Shan loaded some gunpowder, he stopped using the hot musket. The hot barrel instantly ignited the newly loaded gunpowder.
Li Shan knew that this was because the barrel had overheated after firing for a long time.
From now on, they must wait for the firearm to cool down, otherwise it will easily explode.
Looking at the densely packed Mongolian soldiers climbing in from the wall, Li Shan's face finally showed a burst of nervousness, and Li Zhong had the same expression.
At this moment, a sarcastic voice sounded from behind them.
"Li Er, you two, are you scared?"
"Without the musket, I think you are as cowardly as without your eggs!"
The two Li brothers turned their heads.
The person speaking was none other than the black brother of Aqina and Seth whom they had laughed at two days ago, also known as Zhao Jin and Zhao Bao.
I saw these two brothers from the Jurchen tribe, one holding a ghost-headed sword and the other holding a mace, covered with bright armor and stomach, showing provocative smiles.
Brothers Li Shan and Li Tong were furious, "You dog Tatar, how dare you laugh at grandpa? Let me tell you, even if grandpa doesn't have a musket, he can still kill Mongolian Tatars crying for father and mother with the sword in his hand!"
Aqina and Seth Hei continued to show sarcastic smiles and said, "Hey, let me show you first, who is the grandpa!"
"Who is the hero and who is the grandson? Let's compare who can kill more Mongolians!"
Brothers Aqina and Seth Hei paid no attention to them anymore, immediately picked up the ghost head sword and mace in their hands, and started to kill several Mongolian soldiers who climbed up the earth wall.
After hearing a few muffled pops, a cloud of blood mist rose up on the earthen wall.
Several Mongolian soldiers in front of these two brothers suddenly had their heads blown and fell to the ground.
When Li Shan and Li Zhong saw how brave these two Ming soldiers from the Jurchen tribe were, they showed no sign of weakness. They dropped their muskets, drew out the knives from their waists, and started fighting with the Mongolian soldiers.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! A brutal fight unfolded on the earth wall.
However, underneath the earthen wall that was as high as one person, various corpses and abandoned soldiers were soon piled up into a slope.
On this slope, the Ming army and the Mongolian soldiers were engaged in a brutal blood-for-blood fight.
Luo Guanzhong stood on the highest sentry platform in the fortress, looking at the densely packed Mongolian soldiers surrounding him like a black tide.
All fronts have been broken through by Mongolian soldiers, turning them into a battleground for willpower competition!
On the short earth wall, soldiers from both sides were engaged in the most intense hand-to-hand combat.
A soldier next to Luo Guanzhong ran up from below and said to Luo Guanzhong, "Sir, all the camp walls are in emergency..."
Luo Guanzhong interrupted the soldier's words with a wave of his hand and said to him, "I have seen that every camp wall is in danger. I have no extra soldiers in my hands. Go and tell everyone that whoever wants to survive must
Let them kill three Tartars each!"
"Whoever wants to survive must show a desperate attitude!"
"Come with me and kill these Tatars!"
Luo Guanzhong looked at the vast Gobi Desert to the south and suddenly remembered the wish he had made when he joined the army in Hangzhou.
At that time, he thought that he would imitate Ban Chao and Huo Qubing in his expedition beyond the Great Wall to spread the prestige of the Han Dynasty thousands of miles away.
Now that I am here in the Mobei grassland, facing Mongolian enemies several times larger than myself, I have fulfilled my original wish.
Luo Guanzhong looked at the red military flag rising high behind him, symbolizing the Ming Dynasty... and thought again in his mind.
"Now, under my command, there are not only Han soldiers, but also Jurchen soldiers, and even some Mongolian soldiers. Now facing the Mongol siege, no one has retreated. It can be said that I, Luo Guanzhong, have led the troops well, and I am worthy of the Ming Dynasty."
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Thinking of this... Luo Guanzhong must not let these soldiers look down on him at this critical moment.
He took out the sword in his hand and said to the few remaining soldiers around him, "Everyone, follow me!"
Following Luo Guanzhong's order, several soldiers roared angrily, took out their weapons, and protected Luo Guanzhong as they rushed towards the earth wall where the battle was fiercest.