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Chapter 501 Ming Liaodong Great Wall

After the blockade of the grassland began, in less than half a month, a large number of grassland tribes began to unite.

It was Daming who forced them to unite.

Bei Yuan was the first to be impacted the most by the Nine Sides blockade.

Most of the grassland territory controlled by Beiyuan now covers the border of Daming, and the dependence of Muming here on Daming is also extremely strong.

Unlike Wusi Tibet, that is, the Western Regions, the frontier where the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty joined forces belonged to the territory directly managed by the Ming Dynasty.

At this point, it seems extremely troublesome.

In fact, it is very difficult to completely close the blockade of the grasslands. Smugglers can still enter the Western Regions, and then enter the grasslands from the Western Regions.

But this will take a detour to the East Chagatai Khanate. Simply put, the distance is at least nearly three thousand miles away.

For three thousand miles, we still have to detour to Uszang in the Western Regions and the Chagatai Khanate in the East. Which smuggler would be so brainless.

So now it is difficult for Bei Yuan to feel the danger.

In just half a month's time, 20 troops gathered south and knocked off Daming.

Liaodong Town.

From Phoenix City in the east to Shanhaiguan in the west, it is 950 miles long.

Liaodong Town has the largest number of troops among the nine borders, and it is also the place where the imperial court has the largest construction.

This is the front line against the grassland.

There is a complete defense system of the Great Wall of Liaodong Town.

The Ming Liaodong Great Wall disappeared in the Manchu period, and now it is a key fortification against the grassland.

The urban defense system of Liaodong Town is divided into five levels: Zhencheng, Lucheng, Weicheng, Suocheng and Baocheng.There are two towns, Liaoyang City and Guangning City.

Under the town, there are east, south, west, north, and middle five road garrison cities, which are road cities.

Each city is in charge of 25 guards, and each guard has a full establishment of 600 people. Some guards have independently established defensive acropolises, such as the famous Ningyuan Acropolis.There are 120 seven schools in Weixia, and the city they rely on is Suocheng, which is relatively small in scale.

The lowest level is the Fort City, also known as Taibao, with [-] buildings.

At present, there are about 20 troops in Liaodong Town.

It is because this place is too important, and the strength of the generals is also the strongest, so it is impossible for anyone to control it.

Even temporary abstinence will be lifted immediately after the war.

"This time, Beiyuan is very aggressive. There were 20 cavalry at the beginning. It seems that they really want to take down Liaodong Town."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a bit of disdain.

Zhu Yingdao: "This time it will definitely deal a huge blow to the grassland, and it will also be a lesson for the grassland, just to see what happens in the future."

"However, my grandson guesses that Beiyuan will definitely ask us to surrender to Ming Dynasty, and wants to get through this cold winter one by one."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then said: "That's the way it is supposed to be, but we will never agree to accept the surrender because of his wolf ambition in the prairie."

"According to the current situation, we only need to spend two or three years on Bei Yuan to seriously injure his vitality, and then destroy Bei Yuan. It should be a piece of cake."

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was a little cold.

As for the Mongolian grassland, it has always been a worry in his heart, which can be seen from the guards on the Nine Frontiers of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that on the Nine Sides, nearly half of Ming's combat power is deployed there.

Every year, countless labors are spent on the repair of various fortifications on the nine sides.

So 20 cavalry sounds really scary, but can the cavalry attack the city?

Especially the Great Wall of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty was completely a nightmare for grassland cavalry.

In fact, the Great Wall of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty was not considered high. In many places, it was equivalent to a two-meter mound of earth.

Basically, you can pass by just setting up a ladder.

But the defensive function of the Great Wall is not against people, but against horses.

Can the Mongols without horses still be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty?

It was during the time when Zhu Yuanzhang was chatting with his grandson.

Beiyuan's impact on Daming has begun.

Naturally, the Mongols were not fools. They would not say to use cavalry to attack the Great Wall, but would drive a large number of slaves in advance to destroy the fortifications of the Great Wall.

As long as there is a gap in the fortifications of the Great Wall, it will naturally allow a large number of cavalry to pass quickly.

But the Great Wall is a very complete defense system, with side walls, piers, and beacon towers.

It is impossible to hide the assembly of the grassland cavalry from the Ming sergeants.

Not to mention that the temporary Liaodong General Soldier appointed this time is Lan Yu.

Lan Yu is very familiar with these old friends. When the beacon fire appeared, he immediately dispatched an army to intercept it.

When the grassland attacked the Great Wall, it would not be said that it was only in one place, but that it destroyed many places at the same time.

And the sergeants of Ming Dynasty will start to deal with it under the reminder of the beacon fire.

At this time, the effect of artillery will actually be relatively small.

Because the moving speed of the artillery is too slow, in the early stage of the war, the gunners will still be the main players.

And the war that is starting now is the first battle of the gunners in the true sense.

Since the Gunpowder Division developed the matchlock gun, it has been working on mass production.

Zhu Ying also provided a lot of ideas in this regard, such as segmented assembly.

Since the Gunpowder Division's monthly output was only one or two hundred guns last year, it has continued to invest money in an expansion. Now there are twelve factories manufacturing matchlock guns under the Gunpowder Division alone.

At present, the output of Daming matchlock guns has reached [-] per month.

Now in Liaodong Town, there are already [-] firecrackers, and they are already using matchlock guns.

Under the freezing weather, the arquebus will not be disturbed too much.

After all, when winter is coming in Liaodong, there is very little rain, except that the weather is extremely cold, and many soldiers from the mainland can't stand it.

The same situation also needs to be faced by the Northern Yuan cavalry.

In winter on the grassland, there will be no large-scale wars, but this year Beiyuan has nothing to do.

If there is no fight, more people may starve to death, and even Bei Yuan's rule will be greatly challenged.

Therefore, as soon as he got the news, the current Beiyuan Khan, that is, Eleboke, took the offensive against Daming without hesitation.

On a certain section of the city wall, looking at the densely packed crowd in the distance, the Ming sergeant on the wall looked very calm.

These slaves who ran over were all ragged and skinny, no different from being sent to death.

As far as he was concerned, he was also driven to death by the Northern Yuan cavalry.

Behind the crowd, there were dense prairie cavalry, just watching over there.

"The matchlock guns in our hands, we are reluctant to practice on weekdays. After all, the gunpowder is limited, and all the money we shoot out are precious money."

"Brothers today, don't be ambiguous. Let me shoot you as much as you want, but I can say what I said before, don't give me a blind shot. This is the best opportunity for you to practice guns."

"I aimed at Lao Tzu one by one, don't waste a fireball."

Baihu roared loudly.

The supply of gunpowder is very strict in the army, and each hundred households has its own quota.

Especially during combat, these consumptions must be counted.

As the crowd got closer and closer, the sergeants also became nervous, but they didn't get instructions, so they just nervously took out their fire pockets to prepare.

Although gunpowder has been granulated, there are still some reforms such as formulas.

But now the effective distance of the matchlock gun is already within a hundred steps, that is, it can kill a hundred meters.

Generally speaking, the start of shooting will be controlled within 80 meters. If it is too far away, the lethality will be very small.

Baihu looked at the slaves who were getting closer and closer. These slaves still had a lot of fear in the face of those black gun muzzles, but the crowd behind them piled up, and there was no chance of retreating.

Even if they retreated, they would be ruthlessly slaughtered by the prairie cavalry. For these slaves, their only way out was to smash down the low Great Wall in front of them.

As long as you rush over, you will be free.

The honorable master will not care about them, even the soldiers of Daming will not pay attention to them.

After the war is over, they can stay directly with Daming.

The Ming army will give them a certain amount of food to give them the strength to carry out a resettlement.

For a long time, Daming's absorption of the grassland's population was not small in terms of slaves.

Therefore, those who rush over will not die, but can live.

"Call me!"

Seeing that the slave army on the prairie had come within range, Baihu shouted loudly, and the musketeers on the city wall lit their matchlocks without hesitation and started shooting.

As a thick fog rose, there was a continuous crackling sound, and a large number of slaves were shot and fell to the ground.

Within the range of 80 meters, the power of the arquebus is not to mention killing in one hit, but it is not a big problem to seriously injure people.

After the gunners in the first row finished shooting, the second row came, and the third row took turns.

Three-stage shooting has become a necessary item in the current training of gunners.

At the beginning, the sergeants still seemed a bit unfamiliar, but as time went by, they became more and more proficient.

"My lord, the firecrackers of the Ming army are so powerful that our slaves can't get through it at all."

"If this continues, even if all the slaves pass by, I'm afraid they won't be able to break through the defense of the Great Wall."

Hearing the report, the grassland general shouted loudly, and then raised the scimitar in his hand.

Dozens of prairie cavalry led out and began to attack the Great Wall.

Seeing this, the hundred households on Daming's side laughed and said, "Brothers, the opportunity has come, whoever can take down a Mongolian Tartar will be credited."

The gunners under his command immediately became energetic after hearing this.

The slave army is said to be an army, but it is actually some hard-working people. These people will not be counted in the military merits.

But the prairie cavalry is different. Every prairie cavalry has been trained since childhood. As long as one is defeated, it can be regarded as a big gain for a sergeant.

The prairie cavalry roaring up naturally did not mean to attack the Great Wall, but to interfere with the musketeers on the Great Wall.

The effective range of the Mongolian soft bow is about the same as that of the matchlock gun, which is about 80 meters.

But the Ming army stood there to aim, while the prairie cavalry needed to shoot arrows on horseback, so it was difficult to control the accuracy.

There are gaps in the wall of the Great Wall as cover, and the Ming army also has helmets as protection.

It is obviously a matter of luck to shoot the Ming army directly in the face.

However, the prairie cavalry mainly interfered with the Ming army's firecrackers, and only needed to perform a projectile.

Obviously, the cavalry still has a certain effect on the interference of the gunners.

Under the interference of the prairie cavalry, the slave army also began to increase under the city wall.

Those without tools throw it by hand, and some just start digging with a hoe.

The city wall here is not made of stones like the city, as long as a hole is dug, a gap can still be made.

But there is a gap, which is obviously filled with human lives.

As the slave army of the first echelon approached the city wall, the second echelon also entered the field.

The slave army of the second echelon is the real soldiers. They carry ladders and long knives and climb the wall directly.

Next is the confrontation of cold weapons.

The gunner will retreat a certain distance.

Then began to use bows and arrows.

Even if it is a matchlock gun, it is impossible to say that it will be used all the time. Firstly, the gunpowder worn on the body is limited, and secondly, the firecracker needs to be cleaned.

And every gunner will carry a bow and arrow.

But at a distance of more than ten meters, there is basically no need to prepare, just shoot with the bow.

The beginning of the tug-of-war represents a heated state.

But this is not friendly to the Northern Yuan army.

Even with a large number of slave troops, the casualty ratio varies greatly.

While killing a Ming army, it may represent the death of dozens of slave troops.

Although it doesn't matter how many slave soldiers die to Bei Yuan, if they are all dead, they can only play cavalry.

Scenes like this can be seen everywhere in the Liaodong frontier defense.

After all, some sections of the Great Wall were captured by Bei Yuan.

It was just captured, even if the gap was opened, there would still be a large number of Ming troops waiting behind.

Especially Ming cavalry.

At the same time as the gap appeared, Ming cavalry also arrived.

The Ming cavalry was completely asymmetrical massacre against the slave army.

After just a few rounds of charging, the slave army that rushed over was completely disintegrated.

Some smart slaves immediately prostrated themselves on the ground, begging the Ming army for forgiveness.

For these slave armies, there will generally be a corresponding Ming army to receive them.

Then they lived within the territory of Ming Dynasty.

However, after initially entering Daming, they will not enjoy Daming household registration, but will work in the form of labor for a certain number of years. If they perform well, they will be granted Daming household registration, and they will be regarded as Daming people in the future.

Daming is now rich, especially in terms of food, so these slaves are still very at ease.

After a day's war, these slave troops incorporated by the Ming army will undertake the work of repairing the fortifications of the Great Wall.

It’s hard to say, but they were the ones who knocked down the gap in the Great Wall, and they were the ones who repaired it later.

(End of this chapter)