Chapter 50 The most important thing I need is food, grass and military resources
Chapter 50 What I don’t lack most is food, grass and military supplies
"Those dead soldiers who escaped from the grain team lured the enemy to report their merits and were incorporated into the auxiliary barracks."
Li Yunze, who was holding a Nikon field telescope, saw Dege soldiers and horses rushing into Songshan Fort in the distance. He waved in a good mood, "Man Gui, lead the troops to seal the city."
The Tartars have many cavalry, are experienced, and are very vigilant.
Songshan is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is the same as Xingshan and Tashan. It is surrounded by flat plains and is very empty, making it very difficult for an army to ambush.
What Li Yunze wanted was total annihilation to boost the morale of the entire army.
In this case, he chose to throw out the grain team and Songshan Fort as bait one after another to lure Derge into the urn.
After Dege burned the food team's food, he rushed into Songshan Fort without hesitation.
When Mangui's cavalry rushed over and surrounded the city, he would no longer be able to escape.
"Long live." Cao Bianjiao, who accompanied the army on the expedition, expressed a little regret, "It's a pity that we have lost so much food and military supplies."
"I can't bear to let go of my children, but I can't trap the wolf, and I can't bear to let go of my wife." Li Yunze on horseback waved his hands grandly, "It's nothing but grain and grass supplies, I have plenty!"
He is really not bragging, he indeed has too much food and supplies to count.
"Let's go." Li Yunze urged the war horse on his crotch, and the high-spirited Li Yunze rode forward. "Let's go out too. Today we will kill the Dege and return to the camp for a big feast."
Dege, who still didn't know that he was in danger, was counting the military resources in Songshan Fort with envy.
"Master Beile, there is so much meat and so much wine."
In addition to mountains of grain and grass, Songshan Fort also stores a large amount of wine, oil, meat, cloth, silk and other military supplies.
For the Tartar bandits, this was really something they couldn't bear to do.
"Master Beile, it would be great if I could take all of this away."
"I also want to take him away." Dege Lei, who was blessed with good fortune, sighed with a blush on his face. "It's a pity that we can't make luck if we go deep alone. That's all, we can eat and drink as much as we can. We'll wait for the bright dog in Jinzhou."
When reinforcements come, we will set fire to retreat."
"My slave, congratulations to Lord Beile. It is a great achievement to burn down Minggu's food and grass reserves in this battle."
"Hahahaha~~~" Dege laughed proudly, "It's obvious that Gou is too weak to escape from a place with such a strong military resource without a fight. I have received military honors from the Great Khan, so naturally you are indispensable."
"Master Beile, it's not good!" Just when he was in high spirits, Tan Ma frantically came to report, "There are a large number of Ming troops outside the fort!"
With a solemn look on his face, Dege hurriedly climbed onto the city wall.
Looking around, he was quite frightened.
Smoke and dust billowed from all directions around Songshan Fort, and Ming cavalry swarmed in like a tide.
"how come."
The livid-faced Degerei clutched his riding whip tightly and said, "I have been fooled! All the cavalry of the Guan Ning Army are here."
"Quickly gather your troops, mount your horses and rush out!"
"Master, the things haven't been burned yet"
Degerai whipped him with a riding crop, "Burn you! If you don't run away, you're dead!"
The fifth military camp is mainly composed of cavalry, and no one dares to eat empty pay if it is fully paid.
A full battalion has 3,000 soldiers, and four battalions means 12,000 troops.
In addition to the auxiliary infantry to watch the horses and transport, there must be tens of thousands of horsemen.
Thousands of galloping horses came from all directions, with a shocking momentum.
Dege types are arrogant, not idiots.
He only has two thousand people, and they are deep in the hinterland of the Ming army. It won't be long before their army will surround him.
There is nothing much to say at this time. Applying oil on the soles of your feet is the only option.
After selecting and adding some Guan Ning cavalry, the fifth military camp has strong combat effectiveness.
The Tartars, who had gathered urgently, ran into the Ming cavalry head-on within two miles of leaving the city.
Swords and swords came and went, spears and axes struck.
Under the billowing smoke and dust, as the horses crossed each other, one figure after another fell off the horse, and then disappeared under the countless horses' hooves.
As soon as Pu and Pu fought, Dege clearly sensed that something was wrong.
The Ming army had an extremely strong desire to fight here, and they were very brave in fighting to the death. The Guan Ning cavalry had completely lost the caution in avoiding battles in the past, which mainly focused on preserving their strength.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the servants of Guan Ning's army are no worse than the Tartars.
The fifth military camp lacks combat experience, but its equipment is better than that of the Tartars, and their will to fight is stronger.
The most important thing is that there are many of them.
Tens of thousands of cavalry besieged two thousand cavalry. As the battlefield became more and more crowded, the Tartar casualties increased rapidly.
"Master!" A private soldier of Bagala rushed over and grabbed the reins of Derge. "There are too many dogs. The slaves are protecting the master and rushing out to the north!"
Dege looked around and saw that the Ming cavalry came too fast and was surrounded from all directions.
Breaking through at this time, let alone whether he can break out, even if he breaks out, the more than two thousand horses he brought will basically have to be thrown here.
The Tartars are a bandit group, and their military strength belongs to the Baylor military leaders.
These two thousand cavalry all belong to his Dege class. If the whole army is annihilated, even if Huang Taiji can bypass him, without the soldiers and horses, the bannermen, wealth, slaves, farm and other things will definitely be annexed by his brothers.
fate.
Thinking of this, the red-eyed Dege suddenly gritted his teeth, turned his horse's head and roared, "Let's go back to Songshan Castle!"
His idea was simple. Songshan Fort was extremely strong and stored a large amount of military supplies and supplies.
If you can hold it, it would be better to hold on until Huang Taiji's victory. If you can't hold it, you can also use the military resources in the city to negotiate with the Ming army in exchange for a way out.
After all, continuing to fight in the wild can only lead to death.
They had horses and could run, but couldn't the Ming army run with their legs?
This place is so far away from the main camp that even the horses are exhausted and cannot go back. The Ming army pursues them all the way, and there is no chance of escaping.
Songshan Fort was right behind them. When the Tartars retreated, the Ming army took advantage of the situation and took a big bite out of the rear soldiers and horses.
When Dege Lei ordered the city gate to be closed and went up to the city wall to count the number of people, his heart suddenly felt cold.
There were more than 2,300 people when they arrived, but now there are less than 1,500 left.
In less than half an hour of fighting, as many as 800 people were lost.
What made Derge even more chilling was that the general beside him tremblingly stretched out his hand to remind, "Master Beile, look at that flag!"
Thousands of Ming troops in the distance, surrounded by a large flag raised high, slowly approached Songshan Fort.
"What is that?" Dege was puzzled. "I have never seen such a flag."
"Master Beile." As early as the Battle of Saarhu, the general who was captured and surrendered said in a trembling voice, "That's the big banner, the dragon flag banner!"
"Tell me clearly what it is!"
"Only the emperor can use the dragon-patterned banner. The Ming Emperor is here~~~"
"The emperor of Ming Dynasty is here? Just to deal with me?"
Dege really couldn't understand that he was very cautious when moving. How did the Ming Emperor know his whereabouts and even take the initiative to ambush him here?
Moreover, I am just a little Baylor, but I can actually lead the Ming Emperor to take action himself.
"Long live."
Man Gui, who personally charged into the formation, came on horseback and saluted Li Yunze, "The slave thieves have been forced back into the fort. The previous field formation has been defeated by 813 levels."
"Well done." Li Yunze nodded with a smile, "The soldiers who died in battle were restrained, the wounded were treated, and pensions must be paid in time. Those who have won military merits will receive one hundred taels for each head as I promised before."
As soon as the news came out, cheers suddenly shook everyone.
One of the important reasons why the Ming army fought so bravely was that Li Yunze agreed that anyone who captured the head of this battle, regardless of whether he was a soldier or not, would be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.
There are rewards for winning in battle in the Ming army.
In the past, those with the highest rewards were the Northern Barbarians on the grassland, but after the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty, they were changed to the Tartar Barbarians.
Under normal circumstances, a soldier's harvest can earn fifty taels of silver.
Soldiers were difficult to kill, and the reward money was often withheld, so the Ming army's results were never high.
Being able to capture hundreds or even thousands in one battle is already a rare victory.
"What are they shouting?" Li Yunze, who was very interested, saw through the telescope a few miles away at Songshan Fort, where a group of Tartars were shouting in unison, "Go and listen."
It didn't take long for the meeting to be completed, and a quick horse would come to repay the favor.
"Long live, the one in the city is the old slave's tenth son, Dege Lei. He asked Long live to let them go, otherwise the food and military supplies in Songshan Fort will be burned."
"Sand sculpture."
Li Yunze was amused, "Those food troops are just bait to lure him into taking the bait. These are the things I don't lack the most."
Cao Wenzhao turned to look at the side and said, "Go and let the Shenji Battalion attack the city."
"According to the order!"
The anxious Dege was waiting for the Ming Emperor's reply, hoping that the large amount of food and military supplies in Songshan Fort could be exchanged for his life.
But what he finally waited for was more than twenty cannons dragged by mules and horses.
The fifth military camp retreated and blocked the perimeter.
The Shenji Battalion stepped forward and fired more than twenty new cannons at Songshan Fort.
Amidst the roaring sound like thunder from the blue, heavy projectiles hit the city wall one after another, smashing the bricks and stones and creating cracks.
Derge was very anxious, but all the original defense equipment on Songshan Fort had been dismantled, and everything that could not be dismantled had been destroyed, and he could not reach it even if he wanted to fight back.
In a hurry, he once again ordered people to shout, "You don't want food, grass and military supplies?"
What responded to him was an even more violent bombardment.
The new artillery has been greatly improved in all aspects of performance, especially in terms of power.
After multiple rounds of intensive bombardment, the city gate here was completely shattered, and the gate tower was also blown down, leaving a gap.
Because time was too tight, the Tartars did not have time to fill the city gate.
Thousands of Shenji's campfire gun soldiers were arranged in a dense formation with bureaus and divisions as units, pressing forward step by step and suppressing the city head with intensive shooting.
As the horns sounded, more cannon fodder from the Death Soldier Battalion, wearing leather armor and holding weapons, roared loudly to embolden themselves, and swarmed towards the shattered city gate.
For these cannon fodders, pardon can only be obtained by obtaining the heads of Tartars.
Under the unprecedented intensive firepower of the Ming army, the city could not stand at all.
The embarrassed Dege people hurriedly gathered their troops and blocked the city gate.
There are many cannon fodders, but it is difficult to break through the narrow breakthrough. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Tartar warriors is really not weak.
But soon, several new artillery pieces were pushed up, filled with shotguns at close range, and with a few shots, the Tartar warriors blocking the breach were swept into pieces of bloody gourds.
Seeing a large number of Ming troops swarming in, Derge, knowing that he would not be spared today, shouted with red eyes, "Set fire, burn all the food and grass!"
He turned around and looked bitterly at the large banner in the distance.
"Even if I die, I won't leave you a bite to eat!"
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