The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 248 Lord Ye doesn’t need to think when he leads a battle. Zhu Yuanzhang will be punished for several crimes. Queen Ma has revealed the truth!
Thousands of vultures arrived, hovering over the flat and snow-white valley grassland with an eight-shaped opening.

As they landed on the hills on both sides, the originally frost-covered trees and green plants shook off some ice and snow, revealing some green that was extremely conspicuous at the moment.

Green represents vitality, but the chirping of vultures that make people feel goosebumps makes people feel extremely depressed.

In the eyes of thousands of vultures, two Beiyuan soldiers lying in the snow suddenly stood up and started running back.

"Don't let go of the arrows, let them bring back the news that my middle door is wide open!"

Under the gate tower of the Zhongmen Gate of Yanmen Pass, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to order the three strong crossbows to fire arrows, but General Li, the commander-in-chief of the Zhongmen Defense, gave the order not to fire arrows.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at General Li and frowned again. At the same time, he watched the two Northern Yuan soldiers leave with a deep look.

He knew that these generals were convinced by Ye Qing, but he didn't expect that they were convinced to the point of blindly following them without using their brains.

You have to know how inappropriate Ye Qing’s military order is!

But now he has no choice. He is just a general. If General Li does not adopt his opinion, he will only be an audience!

"Hope you're right!"

"I hope your aerial fire sea array and your 'burning yourself' can successfully block the enemy and wait until Xu Da arrives!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered the military order issued to them by the Ministry of War.

The military order clearly states that the commander of the Four Guards must lead the Yanmen Four Guards garrison and must hold on until the morning of November [-]. If the city is breached before dawn on that day, the commander of the Four Guards will be punished with death, and all his subordinates will be held accountable according to law!
After the city was broken in the early morning of that day, the four guards commanded the meritorious officials and their subordinate generals to reward them based on their merits!

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately decided that this military order issued by the Ministry of War to the commanders of the Four Guards also applied to Ye Qing.

There is no other reason,

The Ministry of War did not know that he, Ye Qing, was the actual commander-in-chief, but he, Zhu Yuanzhang, knew it all.

Not only does Ye Qing apply this military order, but once the army is defeated, he will also be punished for the crime of involving a civilian official in the army, and he will be punished for several crimes at the same time!
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was planning this, two soldiers from the Northern Yuan Dynasty also brought the news to the commander's tent located at the position of the Chinese army.

"King,"

"The Yanmen defenders have already left the city to form formations, but the Yanmen Guanzhong Gate is always wide open!"

"On the city wall of Yanmen Pass, there is not a single gun barrel sticking out of the female wall!"

In the commander's tent, the Beiyuan generals, who were actually the leaders of each tribe, started shouting.

"Then what exactly is Ye Qing thinking? The middle gate is a large iron-clad gate. Whether it is opening or closing, it is much more difficult than the double-open riveted wooden gate. I'm afraid that when we attack it, he won't even have time to close it."

"In my opinion, he is not planning to close the door."

"Yes, he also knows that if we attack with tens of thousands of people, he has no chance of winning, so he just doesn't need the cannons and closes the door."

"You mean, he is dealing with Emperor Zhu, but in fact he has wanted to surrender for a long time?"

"That's how it should be. If he surrenders without a fight, Emperor Zhu can kill his whole family!"

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Wang Baobao, who was sitting on the commanding officer's seat, felt helpless as he listened to the speeches of these tribal leaders.

If he had a choice, he would not let these people become generals. They really knew nothing but recklessness.

But today's Beiyuan has such a condition. Not to mention them, even the Yuan Zhaozong (Bor Jijin·Aiyou Shili Dala) who hunkered down in Harala and Lin is also such a person who has nothing but recklessness and enjoyment. , just a person who knows nothing.

Thinking of this, Wang Baobao felt that it was reasonable and necessary for the powerful Yuan Dynasty to become the Bei Yuan Dynasty.

Wang Baobao looked at the arrogant generals sitting below and made up his mind again. After he entered Yingtian Mansion and became emperor, the first thing he had to abolish was the ethnic hierarchy!
He wants the world to be one family, he wants to reproduce the strength of the early Yuan Dynasty, he wants his children to learn sinology, and he wants his Yuan Dynasty to continue to be strong!
But to achieve this ambitious goal, he now has to rely on these people to help him open the gate of Yanmen Pass!

Thinking of this, Wang Baobao could only say patiently: "Everyone, you are all wrong."

"Although I have never met Ye Qing, I know clearly that he is not this kind of person."

"It is said that those who enjoy and indulge in sexual activities are afraid of death, but he is a person who enjoys and indulges in sexual activities better than anyone else, but he is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"It's impossible to capture him alive or win him over!"

"I can be sure that if that time comes, he, Ye Qing, will be the one who has prepared his steel sword and fierce horse, and will die fighting for Yanmen County in the end!"

"He dares to do this, of course he has his reasons, and it is most likely a way to provoke the general!"

"But we have no other choice. Even if we know how to provoke the generals, we must bite the bullet and fight. In order to survive, for dignity, and for our descendants, we will no longer migrate thousands of miles every winter!"

"Not to mention that we have no choice but to fire the arrow. Even though our military strength is more than ten times theirs, and they don't have cannons, and the central gate is wide open, we must do our best to fight this battle!"

"What he did was to say, 'If I don't have a cannon, even if the second middle door is wide open, you can't get in'!"

Having said this, Wang Baobao stood up, picked up a bowl of mare's milk wine and said: "Now, I would like to ask you on behalf of Mr. Ye, I, Ye Qing, am indeed cheating, but if I don't have cannons and the second middle gate is wide open, you Do you dare to fight to the death?"

"If you don't dare, you are not worthy of calling yourself the descendants of the Sirius God and the people of the Immortal Heaven!"

As soon as Wang Baobao finished speaking, these tribal leaders, who he thought were only reckless, instantly gained the aura of the 'Wolf King'.

The red blood in their eyes appeared from nothing at a visible speed!

They just drank a bowl of kumiss and threw the glass away decisively!

As they left one after another, the curtains of the handsome tent were kept being raised, and the wind and snow poured in, blowing all the flames used to warm the fire in the tent to one side.

After Wang Baobao and Nai'er watched the last Beiyuan general leave, they also opened the curtain and walked out, exposing themselves to the wind and snow.

In their eyes, these large armies composed of Tatar, Chahar, Tumut, Horqin, Yongshebu, Ordos, Asu and other tribes had already lined up.

These are actually the generals of the tribal leaders, and they also become the vanguard generals of the corresponding arms in accordance with military orders.

Their tribe was cavalry according to military orders, so they got on their horses and stood in front of the military formation!
Their tribe was infantry according to military orders, so they abandoned their horses and stood in front of the military formation!
Their tribe is a siege baggage force according to military orders, and they are standing in front of the siege baggage at the front and center!
After they were all in place, Wang Baobao and Naier Buhua also rode their war horses to the front of the military formation. After some impassioned encouragement, he issued the military order to attack in front of them.

"Ten thousand cavalry took the lead in rushing through the maze of stone walls and broke through the contradictory horse-resistance array they formed outside the city!"

"Thirty thousand infantrymen unload the siege ladders and follow closely behind. I want you to rush through the open gate!" "As soon as the thirty thousand siege baggage is pushed into the range of our army, bombard the city wall immediately!"

After a while, a hundred horns sounded in unison.

Ten thousand cavalry formations lined up in five hundred and twenty rows, led by the four rows of heavy armor in front of them, began to move forward at a constant speed.

Among the [-] infantrymen at the rear, some also removed the ladders that could be assembled on-site from their backs, and then followed closely behind the cavalry.

Immediately afterwards, there were thirty siege and baggage brigades equipped with siege ladder vehicles, copper blunderbuss (cannons in the late Yuan Dynasty), trebuchets (trebuchets in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty), and three-bow ballistae. They also used the Yanmen Guanzhong Gate. The width of the city wall was used as the benchmark, and they marched in horizontal formation.

The sound of [-] troops moving in unison, whether it was cavalry or infantry, even just the footsteps of men and horses, was enough to cover up the neighing of vultures, and it was enough for the Yanmen defenders on the city wall to hear clearly.

Even the wind caused by the walking of people and horses is enough to set off a 'snowstorm' formed by snowflakes!
Such a snowstorm is not very high, only one or two feet high, but as wide as the military formation is, such a snowstorm is as wide as it is!
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was downstairs at the Yanmen Guanzhongmen city gate, stood on the city wall and looked at this scene. He felt that a huge white wave with a width of a kilometer was rushing towards the Yanmen Guanzhongmen city wall where he was.

And along with this huge white wave came the clear and violent sound of the footsteps of men and horses clashing with armor and swords.

Rao was the former 'Shuai Zhu' and General Mao. Looking at the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but feel nervous and depressed!
Under the huge disparity in military strength, it is normal to feel a little nervous and depressed. Even Geng Bingwen, the first guard general of the Ming Dynasty, dare not say that he is not nervous and depressed at all.

Tension and depression are one thing, but courage and bloodiness are another!

They looked at the city wall defenders on both sides who were preparing for battle, but they found that whether it was the archers holding strong bows or the crossbowmen operating a hundred crossbow beds, their eyes were just serious and focused, not much nervous.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang reacted immediately.

The reason why they didn't feel so nervous and depressed was because they trusted Ye Qing enough!
And the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was so nervous and depressed was because he didn't trust Ye Qing very much!

In fact, he also wants to trust, and he also knows that he can only trust now, but he really can't trust until he sees the results of the victory!

"The opponent has dispatched [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] baggage for the first time. The troops are fifty steps apart and have not yet launched a charge."

"The front row of cavalry is 2300 paces (about [-] meters) away from our army!"

"Commander, hurry up and send the signal back to the command room with the flag!"

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking like this, the observer on the third floor of the city gate tower shouted out his observation results.

Under the sky full of white snow, the tops of the mountains are white, the roofs are white, and even the roofs and capitals of the watchtowers are white.

But because of this, the red and blue flags on their hands are even more conspicuous.

The flag carriers waved with all their strength. They had to produce accurate flags in the wind and snow, which meant that their arms had to fight against the force of the wind.

Therefore, every time they swing, it takes much more effort than usual, and every time they swing, they can exhale into frost!
But even so, with frosty brows, they still have no regrets and are determined. Compared with the soldiers on the front line, they are lucky enough!

Therefore, they must ensure the accuracy of the semaphore no matter what!
Soon, the real-time battle situation at the front was conveyed to the command room located in the middle of the county government office through flag language.

While Queen Ma was recording quickly, the sand table operators also quickly placed the models of the units in the corresponding positions according to the instructions of the ordering soldiers, and wrote the corresponding quantity and distance marks on the small paper flags.

And at this moment,
Ye Qing just glanced at the sand table and then began to place black and white chess pieces on the chessboard next to him and Wang Baobao.

At the same time, he decisively ordered: "Tell General Li that the weather is cold, and the charging distance will be shorter than in autumn regardless of men and horses."

"The charging distance of the heavy armored formation-breaking cavalry will not exceed [-] steps."

"The maximum range of our ultra-long-range trebuchet is [-] steps, so he must ensure that the first 'Ten Thousand Enemies' falls within the ranks of their heavy-armored formation-breaking cavalry."

"After the explosion of ten thousand enemies, the ultra-long-range trebuchets will quickly and freely bombard, throwing out as many as they can until all the troops are out of the range of the ultra-long-range trebuchets."

"At the same time, according to the planned plan, the crossbow bed killed the infantry, cavalry, baggage generals and the chess players, and tried its best to consume the cavalry. As for their infantry, ignore them for the time being."

"Tell General Li that while he will absolutely execute my military orders, he can think of other ways to fight as he pleases, and he can also listen to the opinions of General Guo whom I invited!"

"The next time I report the battle situation, it must be before the enemy enters the 'Stone Wall Maze Formation'!"

The ordering soldiers clasped their fists one after another, then left the command room and ran all the way to the central watchtower.

Just when the ordering soldiers left, Queen Ma also recorded and completed the series of command orders issued by Ye Qing and reported them to the Ministry of War for review and archived military orders after the war.

With her peripheral vision, she looked at Ye Qing, who dropped white stones on the chessboard for herself and then black stones for Wang Baobao. There was an unnoticeable look of horror in her eyes again.

Just like when the commander gave the order in the first battle, he gave the order directly as soon as the messenger reported the battle situation.

Empress Ma couldn't see the thinking process in Ye Qing, and she had the feeling that she had known Wang Baobao's style of play for a long time and was just waiting for reward for this process.

"Are you really just talking about military affairs on paper and have no experience in leading an army?"

"If you can only talk on paper, you might as well be better than me!"

"But not only does he lead the battle without thinking, he also knows that the charging distance of men and horses in winter is not as good as in warm autumn. This is not something in military books, this is absolute experience!"

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Thinking of this, Queen Ma immediately thought of the scene where Ye Qing paid homage to Li Mu, Li Guang, Li Shimin, and Li Jing.

The solemn and solemn apprenticeship ceremony came to Queen Ma's mind again.

But then, she denied her conjecture and even thought her conjecture was ridiculous.

But because of this, her eyes looking at Ye Qing became more and more profound.

Because she could no longer see through the young man in front of her, who once spoke big words and wanted to play with her heart!
Because she couldn't see through it, she wanted to see through it even more!
Thinking of this, Queen Ma once again looked at Ye Qing with a hint of expectation that was not easy to detect, but was quite strong!

I look forward to getting Ye Qing to the capital and slowly seeing through it!
Just when Empress Ma was looking forward to it, Ye Qing's military order was also conveyed to the Yanmen Guanzhongmen city wall.

"The enemy's front row of heavy armored cavalry is 350 steps away!"

"Super long-range trebuchet, ready to launch!"

Following the observer’s command,
The ten 'ultra-long trebuchets' modified from ten tower cranes fixed on the inner wall of the city wall completely lowered the arm that was longer than the height of the city wall and shaped like an elephant's trunk! .
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