Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 872 Decisive Battle in Sand City ([-])
The 62 goose carts moved forward slowly in two rows arranged in a staggered manner, and about 4000 temporary Mongolian infantrymen acted as cover around the goose carts.

The "temporary infantry" is not the official guard of the Great Khan of the Chahar Department, but the small Mongolian tribe herders and some Han Chinese who fled north that year. With a big backer and scattered people, I didn't expect it to be affected, but unexpectedly, Tumen Khan, who lacked cannon fodder, recruited him with the mentality that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

Since there were obviously Han people among them, Gao Wushu hesitated a little before giving the order.

It wasn't that he had a heart attack, but that he didn't regard ordinary Han fleeing north as traitors.In his opinion, this group of people was nothing more than being oppressed in Daming, and they couldn't survive, so they fled north to Tumote in order to survive. They are completely different from Zhao Quan and others of the White Lotus Sect.

Moreover, these ordinary Han Chinese fleeing from the north accelerated Tumed’s Sinicization, and to a certain extent, it had a little effect on his highly pragmatic plan.

If the following were Bailian sect careerists like Zhao Quan who wanted to lure Mongolia to invade the south, Gao Wushi would not have hesitated at all, but he hesitated for these ordinary Han people.

Just when Ma Gui changed his face slightly and was about to speak to persuade him, Gao Yushi spoke up himself: "The emperor's guard of honor, no one can be humiliated! Anyone who advances to the front is the enemy of our army. If you punish him, you will punish him!" Zong Rong, you are commanding this battle on behalf of this imperial envoy, and if there are any censures from the court afterwards, I will bear all the responsibilities of this imperial envoy, and you can just do whatever you want."

Ma Gui's spirit was lifted up, and he responded loudly: "Here! Please follow the order of the imperial envoy!"

Ma Gui didn't understand the meaning of the first eight words of Gao Yushi's words, but he was quite satisfied with Gao Yushi's decisive authorization, and was even a little moved.

Generally speaking, being a civil servant in Ming Dynasty is relatively cool, but everyone cannot completely betray their own class, and high pragmatism also needs to follow some traditions of civil servants.

For example, at such a time, if he directly ordered the massacre of the Han people in front of the battle, some people in the government and the opposition might praise him for his "decisive handling", but there must also be some people who would accuse him of being "perverse and tyrannical", so he had to put himself in a The name of righteousness.

This name is his current envoy status.The emperor's full-power envoys naturally have a guard of honor representing the emperor, so he emphasized the sins of the men in the city, and pointed their swords at the guard of honor of the emperor-this is an act of treason.

I kill them not because I am cruel, but because they are "disrespectful".

Loyalty protects the body, at least there won't be any big troubles.

As for granting Magui the power to command the battle with full authority, there is no need to explain it. He is highly pragmatic and can make do with pre-war planning, but he should not be an outsider to lead an expert in such things as commanding in front of the battle. Throughout the ages, no one has not paid the price in blood.

Ma Gui's command is more complicated than Gao Pragmatically imagined. Almost every five steps the enemy takes, Ma Gui will issue a military order, and his orders are very detailed, such as "the gunner aims", "the gunner charges", "Gunner reloading", "gunner firing", "cannon clearing", etc., are almost ordered by "decomposition actions".

Moreover, he not only commanded the artillery, but also "prepared for grenades", "prepared for flying crows", "prepared fork poles" and so on. According to the different distances used against the enemy, he also received orders one after another.

Of course, no matter how loud his voice is, he can't command the entire city wall, so at intervals, there will be orderlies repeating his military orders loudly, so as not to mess around if someone doesn't hear clearly.

These were all seen by Gao Yushi, who was fighting a city defense battle for the first time. Even though Gao Yushi didn't know how to command in front of the battle, he could see Magui's rich experience in defensive battles.

It's not surprising to say that when Gao Wushi first met him, wasn't he just a defenseman?For him, this is just a professional counterpart.

Compared with the defensive level of the Ming army, the Mongolian army's siege operations were somewhat amateurish.

These goose carts and temporary infantry were first baptized by artillery fire on the walls of the Ming army.

The first wave of artillery fire was actually a test firing, the main function was to correct the accuracy of the shells. In fact, it was not very accurate. A salvo of dozens of cannons just hit a goose cart like a blind cat hitting a dead mouse. .

However, the power of this shot is not small. After the goose cart was hit directly, the hardwood and cowhide on the top of the goose cart obviously couldn't resist such a solid cannon. , I don't know how many people died.

In fact, if such a solid cannon hits, it would be a great deal to kill ten people, but the psychological shock caused by this cannon is very strong, especially since these temporary infantry are not considered an army at all. The wooden board and cowhide seem to be quite strong, who knows that it can't stop the artillery fire at all.

At this moment, the trolley and the helmsman of the goose cart immediately panicked and abandoned the cart and fled. The goose cart continued to move forward because there was still an ox pulling the cart at the front, but the direction was lost without the helmsman. All of a sudden, it started to deviate from the normal straight line and slanted to the side.

To make matters worse, several goose carts near this goose cart were also shocked. Some of the people pushing the carts and covering the goose carts ran away, and some of the temporary infantry in the body also jumped out and fled. Soon there were five A goose car lost control one after another.

Seeing this, Tumen Khan, who was standing behind the formation, was furious, and waved his hands with a cold face. The cavalry of Chahar's cavalry acted as a supervising team directly sent a wave of arrows to the spot, shooting and wounding most of the fleeing people.

The helpless temporary infantry were in a dilemma, and most of those who survived had to go back to the goose cart to wait for death.

Good things cannot be expected, and bad things cannot be sent away.Death came as expected—a second volley could hardly have been fired.

This round of artillery fire is much better than the previous one. A total of three goose carts were destroyed, four were damaged, and a few sporadic shots hit the temporary infantry formation accompanying the goose carts. Let's count as a phalanx together.

Ma Gui was overjoyed when he saw it, but he didn't expect that after only two rounds of artillery fire, the opponent's casualties would be about 100 people. It seems that as long as he can win this battle, his military exploits will definitely be incredible!
However, as in the past, the Mongols who were killed while defending the city may not be able to get their heads... I just hope that this battle will end and Tumen will not be able to take those heads away.

The effect of this round of shelling was much better than that of the previous round of test firing. In addition to direct losses, the commotion caused was also greater, causing a new round of abandoning vehicles and fleeing again.

Tumen Khan waved again unmoved, still with a cold face.The guards of the Great Khan of the Chahar Department had no mercy for their compatriots, and once again sent a wave of arrows.

"Tumen, what kind of Mongolian Khan are you! In the name of Changshengtian, I curse you to die!" During the riot, an old Mongolian man who was at least over 50 years old yelled and cursed.

This sound may have expressed the hearts of many people, and all of a sudden there was a lot of scolding, all of them scolding Tumen for sweating profusely.

The herdsmen from these small tribes used to live a good life under the leadership of Tumed. As long as they can produce enough cattle, sheep, horses and related goods, they can exchange anything they want from Zhangjiakou. The days are getting better and better every year, but unexpectedly such a bad thing happened——I was caught by my theoretical sweat and used as cannon fodder!
What kind of shit is this?What kind of blood of the golden family, descendants of Genghis Khan! ——
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