The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 231 Mr. Ye and Zhu Yuanzhang are actually the same species, and they will honorably take off their armor and go home!
In the eyes of all the defenders on the city wall,

Two hundred steps outside the city, the city wall that was originally composed of steel and flesh and blood has long turned into a broad red line.

On that broad red line, there were nearly two thousand corpses lying in random directions. Most of them were the corpses of Beiyuan troops, but there were also young men still wearing silver armor.

As for the two hundred or so soldiers who died in battle, almost all of them had their protective armor severely deformed or even falling off, and they died of serious injuries.

They were either injured in the internal organs and heads with blunt instruments, or were pierced by spears and taken out of the intestines and stomach, or they died of excessive blood loss due to too many knife wounds!

Beyond this red line of corpse blood, nearly [-] soldiers formed their formation again, just because in front of them there was an enemy holding a mace and laughing maniacally with his back to them!

Behind them were about a hundred Yanmen soldiers who, although seriously injured, could not get up.

Some of them have deep cuts on their legs with white bones visible, or only a little flesh connecting their arms, or the wounds on their abdomens are still bleeding, or one of their eyes has begun to scab!
But they just gritted their teeth and held on to the wounds that were being destroyed by the wind and sand. No one screamed.

Even if they hold back tears, they don't want their living enemies to hear their vulnerable side.

People live to fight for breath!

If you are to be braver than these northern barbarians, then you must be braver than them!
"switch,"

"Bring in our fallen and wounded brothers."

Under the city gate tower, when General Chen issued this order, his voice was not very loud, and it was not as powerful as the attack order.

His voice was a little heavy, but it was enough to be heard by those who carried out the order.

After a while, the door was opened wide, and many horse-drawn carts were led out, and many empty stretchers were carried out.

At the same time, General Chen, Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang also went straight to Boerjijin Ulihan.

In front of the military formation [-] steps outside the city, in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and the others, the Beiyuan general, who was as strong as an ox, but now covered in stab wounds and with blood soaking through his armor, was already extremely exhausted.

He was in such a state of collapse that he would fall down if pressed with a finger, but he wouldn't fall down and even turned his back to them and laughed.

Facing such an enemy, Mao Xiang subconsciously wanted to ask for a name, but he still held back.

General Chen said, "What's your name?"

"Bo'er is only a pound. Wulihan!"

After Bol Jijin. Wulihan reported his name, he said proudly: "What's your name again?"

General Chen said solemnly: "Commander of the Yangming Fort Guards Chen Feng!"

Bol Jijin. Wulihan nodded and said: "General Chen, you are very powerful, but you lost. Now it's our turn to bombard you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his already trembling hand and pointed to a location six hundred steps outside the city.

Everyone followed his direction and saw that their five thousand-strong siege brigade had already been lined up six hundred steps outside the city.

Their siege equipment is also very complete, including the most advanced artillery in the former Yuan Dynasty, which is the 'Zhankou Bronze Gun'.

Not only that, but there was also the 'return gun' that had made great achievements in their attack on Xiangyang City, which was the most advanced trebuchet at the time.

There are even large wooden structure siege equipment such as siege ladder trucks and log ramming trucks.

Bol Jijin. After Wulihan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, he immediately said with a smile: "Yes, your cannons hit very far. If we want to come over, we have to pay with our lives."

"But let me tell you, the most important thing for the descendants of Genghis Khan is courage!"

"As long as our cannons hit your city walls, our siege ladder trucks and ramming trucks will immediately attack the city, and this will also be the clarion call for the army behind to launch a general attack!"

"You lose!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bol Jijin. Wulihan closed his eyes and looked like he would kill if he wanted to.

And at this moment,
General Chen just smiled and said: "Our cannon can not only hit more than 1000 steps, but also [-] steps. Can't it still hit [-] steps?"

Hearing this, Bol Jijin Wulihan not only opened his eyes all of a sudden, but also looked at the city wall with a look of enlightenment.

He only heard the continuous sound of adjusting mechanisms and saw a hundred cannons all at the same elevation angle.

At this moment, twenty giant arrows shaped like javelins, with the sound of piercing the air, flew straight towards their siege ladder truck and log door-ramming truck.

The lower ends of these arrows are all tied with kerosene bottles. These bottles are not big, only about [-] ml each.

In Bolijijin. In Wulihan's eyes, the burning arrow was not only burning the kerosene bottle, but also rapidly burning the arrow shaft under the influence of the wind.

The next moment, he only saw twenty giant rockets, fiercely piercing their large engineering equipment.

At the same time, the bottle of kerosene that had already been heated exploded directly under the strong collision in an instant.

Burning debris randomly harvested the bodies of the baggage soldiers, and burning kerosene covered their heavy baggage.

Before their heavy troops could react, another twenty giant rockets flew towards them.

At the same time, a hundred cannons were bombarding their baggage positions at will!
Countless baggage soldiers were killed by the explosion, and countless baggage soldiers were killed by fragments of the bombed baggage!
In less than a quarter of an hour, the five baggage squadrons six hundred steps outside the city were ablaze, their gunpowder was exploding, their baggage equipment became burning firewood, and many baggage soldiers were also in place. Burn to death.

The wind outside the pass blew into the pass, and there was the choking smell of gunpowder, the smell of burning wood, and the smell of burnt leather armor and people!
"Don't chase after the poor!"

"These more than 1000 fleeing Beiyuan soldiers will definitely spread panic among the army. They are more useful alive than dead."

The person who said this was not General Chen, but General Guo, who in his eyes had never played the role of a general.

Just now, more than 1000 Beiyuan baggage soldiers who had narrowly escaped death were running back with all their might.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the soldiers behind him, he subconsciously wanted to chase them. When he saw the artillery on the city wall began to adjust their elevation again, he immediately said to General Chen.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a deep look: "If there are only a dozen people, they can kill these soldiers who may confuse the army, but with more than 1000 people, Wang Baobao will never dare to kill them."

"If we kill them, we won't be able to command these hundreds of thousands of troops."

"If you want these people to stay alive and shut up, Wang Baobao will have a headache for several days!"

After listening to these remarks, General Chen suddenly understood the reason why Ye Qing invited General Guo to come.

After he ordered according to Zhu Yuanzhang's suggestion, he nodded and said: "General Guo, I didn't understand the reason why Mr. Ye asked you to be a staff general until now."

Zhu Yuanzhang just said with great interest: "Tell me about it?"

General Chen smiled lightly and said: "Because you are very similar to Mr. Ye. We are both the kind of smart people who are good at using tricks to attack people's hearts."

"Actually, I only figured it out now. The reason why Mr. Ye put these heavy troops in, first burned them with rockets, and then bombarded them at will was to give Wang Bao Bao hope before disappointing him."

"This is to tell him clearly, Wang Baobao, that I, Ye Qing, have the ability to destroy your siege equipment from a thousand steps away, but I want to let you in, and I want to destroy you instantly before you are about to launch."

"There is no other reason than the word 'play'!"

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that General Chen in front of him was praising him, but he always felt that the praise was a bit unpleasant to him.

Zhu Yuanzhang just smiled unnaturally and said, "Then let's thank General Chen for the compliment!" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and continued to look at the blazing fire in front of him, and then fell into deep thought.

"Play?"

"Only when you have the ability can you play tricks on people!"

"This battle is enough to prove that Ye Qing is capable!"

"We killed more than 3000 enemies and suffered only [-] casualties on our side. We can already leave our mark in history!"

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When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, a picture of Ye Qing's preparations for this battle and his related orders instantly appeared in his mind.

Of course, there are also his various disbeliefs.

And all these unbelievable things have become reality at this moment!
Looking at this first battle record, even though Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to admit it, he still commented on his preparations as "step by step".

At the same time, he also made a "strategic" evaluation of his combat effectiveness!
Thinking of this, he quickly ran through Ye Qing's life history in his mind. He was only in his 20s, had been an official for only three years, and the honor he had obtained was only the "No. 1" with a little bit of luck. !
The fact that Ye Qing had never led a soldier was before his eyes, but he still wanted to ask:
"Has he really never led a soldier?"

It makes sense why Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly wondering in his heart even though he knew the facts.

Poems and songs can be talents, but those who lead the troops in battle are living people, and the opponents are also living people. In addition to talent, they really must rely on battlefield experience!

Besides, Ye Qing's performance most of the time really lacks any talent.

Considering that he was ranked last in the examination and could not compose poems, he must be considered lucky to be such a border magistrate.

But his performance in many aspects cannot be explained by just talent.

Whether it is his creation work that doubled the grain yield per acre, or his achievements in urban trade construction, or even his step-by-step war preparations and strategizing combat command, it can be said that talent and experience are indispensable.

But Ye Qing's age is equivalent to having no experience, and his fame is equivalent to having no talent.

Zhu Yuanzhang just frowned and thought, but he frowned and couldn't figure out these contradictory questions.

Just when he was caught in endless conflicts, he suddenly remembered the scene where Ye Qing paid homage to Li Mu, Li Guang, Li Shimin, and Li Jing.

"That is the most important apprenticeship ceremony among the nine worships of the Han family!"

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But before he could think more carefully, General Chen's voice came from beside him again.

"This little girl is only a pound. When did Wulihan die?"

In Mao Xiang's view, this opponent was still a figure. In order to show basic respect, he suppressed his laughter and just replied seriously: "He watched his baggage troops being burned and bombarded, and then listened to your The conversation just made me mad."

"It seemed that he finally gritted his teeth and shouted 'Ye Qing', and then he ran out of energy."

"The whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and they were so wide open. I used my hands to help him close his eyes, but he couldn't close them. It was as if he would not let Master Ye go!"

Zhu Yuanzhang, whose thoughts were interrupted by the two men, was not interested at all in how the Beiyuan general died.

He looked at the more than 1000 frightened transport troops who were about to disappear, but there was no mockery in his eyes.

In his opinion, this completely affects his evaluation of the Beiyuan army!
No matter how brave they are, they are still people who are afraid of the unknown. It is good that they can persist in advancing even when they are watching their infantry and cavalry being killed.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang recalled Ye Qing's words of "infinite expansion, showing kindness overseas, and civilizing the barbarians in the world".

"good,"

"Conquering them is only the first step. Making them our loyal sharp swords is the ultimate goal."

"But apart from Ye Qing, who among the talented people in our court can do this?"

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After realizing this, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought again.

"withdraw troops!"

Following General Chen's order, Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang also entered the gate with the army.

But at the moment Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang entered the door, everyone unconsciously became solemn.

Even though the two of them, who had gone through many battles and had a rock-solid heart, looked at the scene in front of them, their eyes could not help but moisten.

In front of them, the bodies of more than 200 fallen soldiers lay quietly in the martial arts square.

More than a dozen uncles and aunties living nearby on Bianmao Street spontaneously became 'volunteers', wiping their tears while removing their armor.

"Kid, it's easy."

"It will be easier to go home after taking off this heavy armor!"

"Uncle, wipe your face clean and go back to your parents, wife and children cleanly!"

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After they cleaned the fallen soldiers as much as possible, they also took off the breastplate at the heart of the armor.

Because that piece of breastplate is their identity information, with their name and unit engraved on it.

This is a military rule passed down from the elders, in order to let the corpse collector know which unit the deceased belongs to.

If it is an expedition, the body will definitely not be able to go home. What can go home is the breastplate that proves the soldier's identity, and a lock of hair.

It is said that the body is affected by the hair and skin of the parents. If the body cannot return to the parents, then 'the heroic soul is attached to the hair and the body is replaced by hair' and goes home to worship the parents!

Compared to the soldiers who fought on expeditions, they were lucky.

At the very least, they can go home relatively intact!

In this way, the young men who were honorably disarmed and wearing the identity breastplate around their necks were carried onto horse-drawn carts.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang watched them go away, he heard the urgent voice of the medical officer again.

"Quickly, once the bleeding stops, send him to the field emergency hospital."

"Anyone who can breathe can be sent over there as soon as the bleeding stops!"

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After arriving at the battlefield emergency hospital, Zhu Yuanzhang saw another young medical officer undergoing surgery.

Looking at this young medical officer, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang had disbelief in their eyes! .
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