I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 74 Bombing Xifengkou

The Battle of Tiemenguan was not very grand, nor was it very intense.

Erbeile Amin led two Niulu elite cavalry, almost all of them were annihilated, only one Niulu Ezhen escaped, leading dozens of cavalry under him to fight a bloody road, and fled to the camp at Xifengkou.

At the same time, battles of similar scale at Dongjiakou, Qingshankou, Panjiakou, Luojingguan, Luowenyu and other passes are gradually coming to an end.

Erbeile Amin's Divine Arrow Battalion was almost crippled.

Four thousand cavalry were sent out, but not even one of the six passes was captured, but more than three thousand elite slaves were sent in!
"Trash, it's all trash!"

Erbeile Amin received battle reports one after another, the six harassing and diverting attacks, but the entire army was wiped out?

Arrogant soldiers must be defeated, as expected, arrogant soldiers must be defeated!

These bullies under his hands are really useless. If the cavalry of the Three Thousand Gods Arrow Battalion are thrown out, even the elite of the Ming army on the front line of Shanhaiguan will weigh it.

Now, he was beaten to death by a group of old, weak, sick and disabled?
There must be something strange about it!

"Prepare your horse, go to the camp of the Chinese army!" Erbeile Amin got on his horse and galloped towards the entrance of Xifeng...

……

Seven or eight miles north of Xifengkou, on a very gentle hillside, Huang Taiji sat on horseback, listening to the rumbling guns and nearly ten thousand people shouting to kill, his expression was very ugly.

A small Xifeng entrance actually blocked more than 1 Jiannu's most elite cavalry!
Twenty days ago, information from the inside showed that there were more than [-] old, weak, sick and disabled left in this almost abandoned pass of the Great Wall.

But when his army came quietly, he was surprised to find that there were... an unknown number of Ming troops stationed here.

What's more, the most abominable thing is that these Ming soldiers who defended the city did not obey the rules at all when they fought. They even completely abandoned the Xifengkou Pass and the inner fort, and completely evacuated the original fortifications.

Before these Ming troops withdrew, they buried an unknown number of new mines...

On the city walls, in the pass, on the hillside, in the woods, and in the narrow trails, the new mines of the Ming army restricted his cavalry, and they could not give full play to the cavalry advantage.

Many Jiannuerlang were running and running, and after a loud bang, they were blown into a ball of rotten meat!
The hateful Daming garrison turned the area around Xifengkou into a battlefield.

The most hateful thing is that as soon as the battle started, all the passages in the west, north, and south directions of Xifengkou were blown up at the same time.

The rolling rocks blocked all of Huang Taiji's escape routes.

Doesn't this mean falling into an encirclement circle carefully set up by the other party?

Cold sweat broke out in Huang Taiji's palm...

……

On a gigantic peak seven or eight miles west of Xifengkou, Mao Yuanyi overlooked the entire battlefield and issued a series of secret orders.

This ambush was simply too sour.

Fifty thousand new-style landmines were buried in all passages. Thousands of student soldiers were divided into [-] or [-] sniper squads, guarding some steep high grounds, fighting steadily, and sniping the slave cavalry trying to break out on the spot.

Looking as far as the eye could see, Mao Yuanyi could even see Huang Taiji's Chinese military tent.

Fifty new artillery pieces are all in place.

Target: Xifengkou!

The passages in the west, north, and south directions have all been sealed off, and the only way out for Huang Taiji is to go all the way east.

To the east is the line of Panjiakou.

In the secret order of the idiot emperor Zhu Youjian, Mao Yuanyi was asked to cooperate with the Daming Engineering Bureau to cut off all retreat routes of Huang Taiji and force him into Xifengkou.

"What's wrong with the Daming Engineering Bureau about the deployment of troops!"

"However, the blasting skills of those guys are really high. In less than a cup of tea, they blocked all the escape routes of the slave cavalry..."

"Long live, what do you want to do?"

Mao Yuanyi looked at Huang Taiji's large tent of the Chinese army, frowned slightly, and murmured in confusion, "Since it's surrounded, pushing the cannons to both sides of the Xifengkou Pass can also kill them... "

"Report!"

At this moment, a messenger came quickly, got off his horse and said in a loud voice: "Commander, Jiannu's army drove the horses and charged at the entrance of Xifeng!"

"Investigate again and report again." Mao Yuanyi said indifferently.

He picked up a long-sighted mirror and aimed at Huang Taiji's Chinese military tent.

"You kid can't bear it anymore..."

Mao Yuanyi chuckled, and passed the order casually: "Order everyone to go to the high ground and continue to block."

……

In front of the entrance of Xifeng, Huang Taiji urged the horses and walked slowly.

He looked confused.

It is obviously a huge conspiracy for the Ming army to block all passages to the east, north, and south, leaving only the river valley leading to Panjiakou.

But from the current point of view, apart from the opponent's hard-to-defend mines and the sporadic blocking of some gunners, there is no unusually fierce resistance.

Could it be that the Ming army deployed heavy troops in the Panjiakou area in the west to fight to the death with the main force of the Khan?

If you want to fight, then fight!
Huang Taiji snorted coldly in his heart, and ordered calmly: "All sons and lords obey the order, no matter what the cost, break through!"

"Soldiers point to Panjiakou, and fight to the death with the main force of the Ming army!"

The order of the Great Khan was passed on, and the more than 1 iron cavalry of Jiannu burst into cheers and roars, and immediately began to organize cavalry and crossbow teams to cooperate with the main force of the cavalry of the Shenji Battalion to break through.

Isn't it just a mine?

Let the cavalry run wildly forward, clearing mines all the way!

Jiannu Iron Cavalry is very familiar with the way the Ming army used firearms. After all, the two sides have been fighting and killing for so many years, and they almost know each other's thoughts and routines.

"kill!"

Huang Taiji raised the whip in his hand, and swung it down with a 'woo' sound.

Thousands of horses roared together, hooves rumbled.

The three cavalry, like a flood of beasts, suddenly exerted their strength, passed through the ruined Xifeng Pass, and rushed westward along the Luan River Valley towards Panjiakou.

Under the guard of the personal barracks, Huang Taiji followed the army far away, and also began to move forward.

Eight miles, seven miles, five miles.

Three miles, eight hundred steps.

Step by step, towards Xifengkou...

……

In the long-sighted mirror, Mao Yuanyi's heart beat faster and his lips were slightly dry as he watched Huang Taiji walk towards the Xifeng Pass.

The Jiannu Khan who sat on horseback and was not angry and proud was the famous Huang Taiji!

A bombardment is a monstrous achievement!

"All artillery, prepare—"

"put!"

The flag commander standing beside Mao Yuanyi was also short of breath, following the commander's command, he conveyed the order simultaneously through the semaphore.

Boom boom boom!
To the southeast of Xifengkou, in a hidden hillside nearly two thousand paces away, fifty new-style cannons were fired at the same time.

Dozens of fire dragons sprayed out.

Fifty pointed shells transformed by Song Yingxing into air-burst grenades roared out.

In an instant, we arrived at Xifeng Pass.

Huang Taiji, who was sitting on the horseback, only heard a short, sharp whistling, his heart yelled as a warning, and the hair on his back immediately stood on end.

"quick--"

Huang Taiji's roar came to an abrupt end.

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Fifty air-explosive grenade bombs landed almost at the same time, and exploded instantly. The dazzling white light, thick blue smoke, and a deafening violent explosion covered and obliterated the entire Xifengkou Pass with a radius of more than a hundred steps.

In an instant, the sky shook and the earth roared.

The ground shakes and the mountains shake, and the grass falls.

The mountains and mountains with a radius of dozens of miles echoed in unison, emitting a dull, distant and soul-stirring echo, covering all the gunfire, horse honking and Jiannu cavalry shouts on the battlefield.

The Jiannu cavalry reined in their horses and turned their heads, looking towards the entrance of Xifeng.

Everyone was stunned.

Two or three hundred Jiannu guards, as well as the great sweat they loyally protected, Huang Taiji, were blown up?

(End of this chapter)