Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 224 The Gap
Another day, Yongping City was about to be captured, but it was just short of being captured.

A few days have passed, and although the rangers who have been sent out have not found any news about the main reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian Tatars are finally a little anxious.

Perhaps it was his intuition on the battlefield, or something else, that led the Tatar leader Jiutong to personally supervise the battle, hoping to capture Yongping City as soon as possible.

However, they attacked the city again. Even though they had already reached the top of the city, they were still driven off by the defenders. They were still just short of breath.

Jiutong was furious because of this. As he was getting angry, a scout from the north came to report.

At this time, even Brother Bili was alarmed and immediately asked the messenger sent back by Duoerbuhua: "That Ming army ignored the harassment and kept advancing towards Qingshui Mingyue Pass?"

After receiving the confirmed answer, Jiutong was confused: "Duoer Buhua's troops are indeed not enough to stop the Ming army, but the question is, doesn't the Ming army think that it is just a forward? Once our army goes north, then Why are the men and horses fighting? Aren't they afraid of being annihilated by us?"

Brother Bieli was also puzzled when he heard this, and immediately ordered Duoer Buhua to send a scouting horse to Jizhen to see if the Ming army had follow-up reinforcements following.

Then, he ordered the scouting horses to travel farther to be alert to the movement of Ming reinforcements.

As for Yongping City, continue to strengthen the offensive.It must be fought down as soon as possible, and then withdraw to the outside of the customs after grabbing one to be at ease.

"kill……"

The shouts of killing continued to echo over Yongping City.This is already the fifth day, and it snowed again in the middle, but it didn't cool down the place at all, and the killing was still in full swing.

Both Brother Bieli and Jiutong were staring at the section of the city where the fighting was fiercest without blinking. It seemed that if they exerted force, their men would be able to attack.

This time, they summed up the lessons learned from the previous times, mobilized the elite of the army, protected them with big shields, and tried to form a formation on the top of the city to stabilize their position.

Because they discovered that every time their men attacked the city, a group of Ming army elites would form a formation and use a strange formation combining long and short weapons to kill their men at once.

As he watched, Jiutong suddenly shouted excitedly: "Okay, let's attack!"

This time, their men were also smart. They did not rush to the top of the city at first, but waited for the follow-up to catch up before swarming up. At once, many people rushed to the top of the city, and behind them, there were A steady stream of people keep up.

Just all of a sudden, there were many elite Mongol Tatar troops on the city.They are not in a hurry to widen the gap, but wait for the follow-up to follow.

"Steady, steady!" Jiutong saw it in the distance and couldn't help laughing, "We're finally going to capture Yongping City!"

Contrary to his laughter, Fei Yu, the commander of Yongping City, became anxious and shouted at Lan Yu: "If you don't drive the Tartars out, Yongping will be in danger!"

To be honest, he really has a very big opinion against Lan Yu.

There were obviously countermeasures to easily retreat the enemy, but Lan Yu insisted on not using it and did not send the most elite soldiers to guard the city. Instead, Minzhuang was sent out, causing many unnecessary casualties to Minzhuang in Yongping City.

Only when the city was in danger, Lan Yu would send out his elite men, and they could only drive the Tatars off the city.

Several powerful city-defending firearms, including the "Ten Thousand Enemies", "Tiger Crouching Cannon", and the even more powerful "Bombing Cannon", were refused to be used.

This time, the Tatars once again attacked the city. There were obviously too many people. Even if the elite soldiers were sent over, they might not be able to drive the Tatars off. This was all very urgent!

But Lan Yu still looked very calm and not anxious at all. After hearing Fei Yu's words, he just ordered: "Tiger crouching cannon, ten thousand people are against us!"

Hearing this, Fei Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, this Sapphire was finally not stubborn anymore.

On the top of the city, several groups of Ming army soldiers were seen forming a formation and charging towards the Tatars on the top of the city. However, they did not rush to kill them, but left their positions a few feet away to engage in a stalemate.

When the Tatars saw that the Ming army did not attack, they were naturally happy to have more accomplices go to the top of the city and did not rush forward to kill them.

But suddenly, the Ming army soldiers in front took a few steps back, revealing what was hidden behind them.

What's that?Squatting on the ground like a dog?

artillery?

As soon as I had this idea, I saw fire suddenly erupting from those "dog mouths".

"Boom boom boom..."

Several Tiger Crouching Cannons fired shotguns at close range, and rubble densely covered a large area in front of them.

Even if the Tatars on the city are protected by shields, it is of no use at all.Those shields were just like paper.

In the blink of an eye, the Tatars fell to the ground on this section of the city, and no one was still standing.

The Tatars on the periphery didn't even have a chance to struggle, and they had already reported to the Palace of Hell.The Tatars in the inner circle fell to the ground, with bloody holes on their faces and bodies, still wailing and struggling.

After the Tiger Crouching Cannon was fired, the Ming army soldiers immediately formed a formation and moved forward to finish the attack and reoccupy the city head.Some Ming army soldiers at the end of the team ignited the "Ten Thousand Enemies" in their hands and threw down the city.

In this section of the city, there were a large number of Tatar elites who wanted to follow the city. They just heard a sound on the city and was hit by something. They found that they were fine and breathed a sigh of relief.

As a result, the things that fell to the ground were seen emitting thick smoke, and began to spin with flames, and at the same time, more and more thick smoke was spewed out.

The Tatars on the side quickly slapped the sparks on their bodies, covered their heads, and tried to avoid it, but they immediately started coughing. The smoke was too pungent.

Just five or six "enemies of ten thousand people" covered a large area of ​​the city.These Tatars didn't care about attacking the city. They even threw away their shields, swords and guns. They only focused on avoiding the smoke and fire, and became a mess.

At this time, the defenders on the city took the opportunity to shoot the Tatars below the city.

After a while, the city was quiet, only the enemies who hadn't been completely dyed were still smoking there.

This scene immediately demoralized all the Tatars who were attacking the city.

How to defend against this new firearm of the Ming Army?
The sound of Mingjin withdrawing troops rang out, and the Tazi soldiers retreated like a tide.

Jiutong and Beli Ge were happy for nothing, but their faces were ashen.I really didn't expect that the Ming army actually had a trump card, so that the siege fell short!
On top of the city, the defenders cheered: The Tatar siege was repelled again!
Fei Yu looked down at the city, and then at the dead Tatars on top of the city. He was shocked by the power of the firearms.Fighting with cold weapons, especially bows and arrows, if worn with armor, will not cause much damage to the human body, and most of them will just be injured.If he recovers from his injuries, he will be a good man again.

However, those who were killed by firearms would basically be accounted for.Even wearing armor is useless.

Especially this Tiger Crouching Cannon, which can be carried by a single soldier. Under close range bombardment, nothing can stop it.

It’s really awesome!
Thinking of this, Fei Yu returned to Lan Yu and wanted to ask if these new firearms could be given to the local army.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at Lan Yu's place, before he could say anything, he saw one of Lan Yu's personal guards coming over to report the latest news and handed over a note.

At this moment, Fei Yu was confused.

The Tatars besieged the city outside and there was no way to get in or out.What is this latest news? Where does it come from?

While he was thinking about it, he saw a smile suddenly appear on Lan Yu's cold face.

At this moment, Fei Yu thought he was dazzled. This Lan Yu could actually laugh?

Unexpectedly, Lan Yu looked at him first, without her usual indifference, and said to him: "Qingshui Mingyue Pass has been blocked, and the army has surrounded them. It's time to deal with the Tatars!"

When Fei Yu heard this, he was overjoyed at first, but then he immediately became confused and asked: "Isn't this possible? Where did this news come from?"

They are all surrounded by Tatars, and it is said that Qingshui Mingyue Pass has been blocked, and that a large army is surrounding them. Even if they can get out, it is impossible to get such news, right?Encirclement, what kind of encirclement?
Lan Yu was obviously in a good mood. She pointed upward with her hand and replied, "Did you see that? That's the signal tower invented by the Prince Consort, and that's what the signal tower told us."

After hearing this, Fei Yu followed Lan Yu's fingers and looked up. There was indeed something on the mountain. He had known it for a long time.

However, he didn't know what that thing on the mountain was for. It was too far away and he needed a telescope to see it clearly, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

He didn't know that the matter of the signal tower was of course kept confidential.Only the senior generals in Peiping, in fact, those generals present during the military meeting that day, knew that the signal tower could send messages.Of course, Xin Guogong Tang He who was stationed in Ji Town also knew.

If it is not kept secret, the signal tower cannot be used for battlefield communication.The enemy will destroy it, or try to crack it.

But now, even the commander of Yongping City doesn't know about the signal tower. The effect of this is very good.

At this time, after understanding the role of the signal tower, Fei Yu immediately understood why Lan Yu had not used simple and effective methods to repel the Tatars before.

Not to repel the Tatars, but to eat the Tatars!
If we could really encircle and annihilate the Tatars who entered the customs, it would definitely be a great victory in recent years!

Fei Yu was excited at the thought.

At the same time, when he looked at Lan Yu, his eyes were a little complicated.

At this time, looking back and thinking about what happened in the past few days, Fei Yu clearly realized that he could not control the rhythm of the war like Lan Yu and make the Tatars feel that they were about to attack the city, but they were just one step away. tone, thus firmly attracting the Tatars to continue their siege.

If it were him, if he were not careful, he would probably burn himself with fire and lose Yongping City.

Perhaps, this is the difference with Lan Yu!
........................

On the side of the Tartars, the atmosphere was obviously not right.The leaders all had gloomy faces and no one spoke.

In the siege just now, so many soldiers were on top of the city. I thought I was sure of victory and could capture Yongping City. But I didn't expect that the Ming army actually hid such powerful firearms, so that the siege was completely defeated. Morale was a heavy blow.

In the end, it was Jiutong who spoke first: "These days of continuous attack on the city, there have been many casualties. Now that the Ming army has such powerful firearms, it is almost impossible to take down Yongping City. Otherwise, we should withdraw Well, or go to Luanzhou?"

Brother Bieli remained silent, and did not answer his words immediately. Instead, after a while, he slowly asked: "The Ming army's firearms for defending the city are so powerful, why didn't they take them out from the beginning?" Instead of using it only after so many days, when we are about to capture it?"

When Jiutong heard it, it did seem to be a problem. Why?

Before he could figure it out, he heard Biligo himself answer: "Either the Ming army guarding the city is afraid that if they take out such powerful firearms, we will not attack the city and go to other places, which is not what they want; Or there are not many powerful firearms, so they can only be used at the most critical times!"

Hearing this, Jiutong clapped his hands and immediately said in a positive tone: "If the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty want to know that our main force is attacking Yongping and come to rescue, I don't know how long it will take. Besides, even Li Peiping There are no traces of the Ming army in Luanzhou, which is closer over there. You can be sure that there are not many firearms to defend the city, and they must be used at critical times in order to wait for the Ming reinforcements to arrive!"

After hearing this, Brother Bieli nodded and said, "I think so too. In other words, this is a time when the city's defenders are in a tight situation. As long as we persist for a few more days, we might be able to defeat them."

The plan was decided, and the Tatar army began to continue the attack.

But in the morning of the next day, while they were attacking Yongping, Duoer Buhua's messenger arrived.

"What, the Ming army has blocked Qingshui Mingyue Pass, and about [-] Ming troops were found in the direction of Ji Town?"

Before Biligo and Jiutong could react, they saw another horse galloping from the south.

"Report, the main force of the Ming army was found in the south, at least 5 troops. Only 5000 troops were sent to support Luanzhou, and the rest are rushing towards Yongping."

When Brother Bieli heard this, he was immediately shocked: "This is impossible. How did the Ming army know that the main force of our army was attacking Yongping? This is impossible!"

"Yes, besides Luanzhou, we also have two suspects. How could the Ming army know where our main force is?"

"..."

At the top of Yongping City, Lan Yu has been observing the enemy's formation with a telescope, and the focus is of course on the Tatar commander's flag.

When he saw a fast horse galloping, he paid even more attention.Vaguely, he saw the Tatar leaders looking panicked, and he roughly guessed what was going on.

So, he made a decisive decision and immediately ordered: "Push the three red barbarian cannons forward, aim at the Tatar commander's flag, and fire three times in a row. In addition, the cavalry must gather under the city gate."

Fei Yu, who was standing next to him, was startled when he saw that he was about to fight, and quickly advised: "Since the army has surrounded the Tatars, why should the general take risks?"

After hearing this, Lan Yu showed a look of contempt, ignored him, and strode down the arrow tower.

(End of this chapter)