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Chapter 86 Mao Wenlong’s meritorious service (please subscribe with a monthly ticket)
When the Ming army guarding Xiong Tingbi and others saw a second wave of Tatars coming out, they knew something bad was going to happen.

This wave of Tatars happened to be between the Ming army and Xiong Tingbi in front.

So more than 20 Ming troops rushed forward to entangle the Tatars, and the remaining dozen or so cavalry escorted Xiong Tingbi and others to retreat.

Both sides knew the importance of time, so they both unleashed their greatest fighting power.

Tuhatai swung his big ax and chopped down a Ming army in one stroke.

But these Ming troops were not stupid enough to know that their mission at this time was to block these Tatars, not to kill them, so they began to adopt entanglement tactics.

Moreover, the Ming army that was encircling and suppressing the Tatars in the front had already discovered the anomaly behind them, and some Ming troops had begun to return for reinforcements.

If they cannot quickly defeat the Ming army in front of them, they will inevitably fall into a situation where they will be attacked from both front and rear by the Ming army.

Looking at Xiong Tingbi and others who were gradually going away, he saw it in his eyes and felt anxious in his heart.

At this time, six or seven of the 20 companions who were blocking the main force of the Ming army had been killed by the Ming army, and the rest were basically injured.

And his troops would have to face a double attack from the Ming army. It would be a real loss if this high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty ran away after paying such a high price.

So he roared angrily, and the Xuanhua ax in his hand began to show its power, hitting the Ming army in front of him.

The tomahawk was powerful and heavy, and the Ming army quickly used their spears to block it, but unexpectedly, both men and guns were knocked off their horses.

Originally, the Ming army's numerical advantage was not great, but it was soon torn open. Finally, Tuhatai led three cavalry to break through the blockade.

At this time, Xiong Tingbi and others had already run a thousand meters away. However, these Tatar sentries were all top soldiers, and their horses were carefully selected. In a short time, they had caught up to within a hundred meters.

The three Tatars behind him began to take out their bows and arrows and fired arrows at the Ming army.

I saw a sharp arrow passing through like lightning, directly hitting the Ming army in the back. Soon, three Ming soldiers were knocked down by them.

Xiong Tingbi and Yan Mingtai were good at riding, but Yuan Yingtai obviously couldn't keep up with their speed.

He directly slowed down the overall movement. The soldiers responsible for guarding also complained secretly in their hearts, but they could not abandon him.

In desperation, the remaining Ming army had to turn their horses and fight with the Tatars behind them. This was the last thing they could do.

At the cost of their own lives, these Ming soldiers only gained a few hundred meters of distance for Yuan Yingtai.

At this time, Yuan Yingtai was also very depressed. Xiong Tingbi and Yan Mingtai in front had disappeared.

And his riding skills are really not that good. Although he is no stranger to riding a horse as the Minister of War, he is really not used to this kind of high-intensity running.

Extremely nervous, he had no other choice but to keep waving his riding crop.

He didn't even have the courage to look back at his pursuers, but the increasingly clear sound of horse hooves continued to expose the distance between the two sides.

"My life is over!"

At this moment, he was ready to kill himself. As soon as these pursuers approached, he would draw his sword and kill himself. He would never let himself become a prisoner of the Tatars.

Tuhatai behind him was getting more and more excited, and Yuan Yingtai had already entered the range of their bows and arrows.However, they discovered that the lone official in front of them seemed to have poor riding skills. Almost every breath they took could shorten the distance between them.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry to shoot him, but planned to capture him alive and take him back to perform meritorious service.

Presumably, the other 20 people who were responsible for blocking the attack had already been killed by the Ming army. Now only this big prey could make up for the losses of this attack.

Just when they were very close to Yuan Yingtai, a sharp arrow suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.He used the ax in his hand to deflect the arrow, but then a rain of arrows from the Ming army followed.

Caught off guard, they were quickly hit by arrows and fell to the ground. A Ming army general wearing armor rushed over on horseback and quickly killed the Tatars.

Yuan Yingtai, who had escaped the disaster, was already sweating profusely. He saw the middle-aged general clasping his fists and saying: "The last general, Kuiyang Guard Mao Wenlong, was ordered to garrison Fushun. The escort was late, which frightened Governor Yuan!"

Yuan Yingtai, who escaped the disaster, quickly returned the favor and said, "Thanks to Mao Shouwei, otherwise I would have suffered a lot today."

At this time, Xiong Tingbi and Yan Mingtai also rushed over. Xiong Tingbi said, "Thanks to Mao's defense this time, how many troops did you bring?"

Mao Wenlong said: "500 people under the general's command were ordered to garrison Fushun City."

Xiong Tingbi did not expect that he would be attacked by the Tatars during his first inspection of Liaodong. At this time, he did not dare to be too confident and said: "Don't rush to garrison Fushun. This briefing will inspect the Kaiyuan area of ​​Fushun. You Just go along and act as a guard."

Mao Wenlong is not young anymore. He was promoted to the garrison of Kuoyang ten years ago. However, Kuoyang is far away from Hetuala. Although it is relatively safe, he has no chance to perform meritoriously.

So much so that he has not been promoted in the past ten years. At the age of 43, he is still only a middle-lower officer.

Even in the Liaodong War, the Ming army and Jianzhou fought in a hazy manner, but it still did not affect Kuoyang where he was stationed.

So he made many arrangements and finally transferred himself to Fushun City, which was close to the front line.

As expected, "If you move a tree, you will die, but if you move a person, you will live." Unexpectedly, this defense change actually directly saved several senior officials of Liaodong. This time they showed their faces well.

Serving as a leader's security guard has always been a shortcut to promotion.

Mao Wenlong said excitedly: "I will obey your orders!"

At this time, the guards from the front also rushed back one after another, and the Tatars who restrained them were eventually eliminated by them because they were outnumbered.

However, they lost a total of 138 people.

Since Sun Dusi had died in the battle, the remaining more than 100 people were temporarily placed under Mao Wenlong's command.

After a short journey, they finally arrived at Fushun Pass.Fushun Pass was built in the eighth year of Ming Dynasty (1464). Like Crow Falcon Pass, it is also an important pass on the Liaodong border wall.

This is a complete defense system consisting of several walls, several forts and many beacon towers.

The famous Fushun Horse Market is located outside Fushun Pass.

Last year, the cunning Nurhaci drove the merchants from Fushun Mashi to enter the pass, thus taking the opportunity to enter Fushun Pass, and then provoked a war between Ming Dynasty and Jianzhou.

Soon Xiong Tingbi and others, led by the commander-in-chief He Shixian, boarded the city gate.

Nowadays, the area in front of the pass is devastated, and the lively horse market of the past has long disappeared. It has been replaced by trenches and wooden fences to keep away horses.

It should be said that the defense of Fushun Pass is very tight, but Xiong Tingbi is not happy!

Because the Ming army was purely defensive and even blocked its own passage out of the customs, at most it could only accommodate a small number of Ye Wushou to go out to investigate the enemy's situation.

He Shixian did not notice the change in Xiong Tingbi's expression, but still said enthusiastically: "Several trenches have been dug in front of the pass, and many traps have been laid. As long as Jianlu's cavalry comes to call the pass, they will definitely pay a heavy price."

Then he pointed to the closed artillery and said: "Fushun Gate in front of the gate has 20 Franco machine guns and 30 squatting tiger cannons. The gate has sufficient gunpowder and shells."

From today's perspective, there is nothing wrong with doing this. Since we are holding on to the city gate, we must hit the gate with firepower and use the gate to maximize the damage to the enemy.

However, this was not in line with the mainstream tactics of the Ming army at this time.

At that time, the Ming army basically sent a small number of infantry to defend the city, placed a large number of cavalry under the city, and even placed artillery under the city.

This is why Jianzhou attacked the Ming Dynasty's city all the way. The Ming army almost always chose to fight Hou Jin's cavalry under the city instead of hoarding heavy troops to defend the city.

This is also the reason why Jianlu's spies can often open the city gate, because there are not many defenders on the city.

On the one hand, it is because the city itself is too small to accommodate a large number of soldiers.

For example, Shenyang, although famous, was actually just an acropolis, not the Shengjing of later generations, and could not accommodate 7 Ming troops.

The Ming army really used the defensive tactics of fortress artillery after Sun Chengzong established the Guanningjin Defense Line.

But before Xiong Tingbi spoke, Yuan Yingtai couldn't help it.He said: "Isn't Mr. He's arrangement too conservative?"

"This is equivalent to giving up the defense line and territory outside the pass and relying directly on the city pass. Since ancient times, the defense of the city should be to defend the periphery first, constantly consume the enemy's power, and finally use the city to fight decisively."

"If you dig so many trenches, you may even block your way out of the customs. How can you pursue the enemy and expand the results?"

He Shixian asked: "According to Governor Yuan's wishes, how many troops and horses should be deployed under the pass?"

"Five thousand, ten thousand or thirty thousand or fifty thousand?"

"The general has only 5000 troops in total, so he will naturally guard the pass with all his strength and use the pass to kill the Jianlu to the maximum extent."

He Shixian's words left Yuan Yingtai speechless.

The reason why he had such a change in thinking was completely influenced by Li Xianzhong and Yan Mingtai. These two are best at obscene style.

Yan Mingtai said: "This method of guarding the pass was summed up by my subordinates and General Li. Now that we have insufficient troops in Liaodong, we naturally have to use the minimum force to guard the pass. If we follow the traditional tactics and deploy heavy troops under the city, So how many troops and horses do we need in Liaodong? I'm afraid 20 are not enough, and the court cannot afford it."

Then Yan Mingtai added: "General Bing Li believes that artillery will not have much effect under the city. The enemy will rush over after one shot, so the artillery must be concentrated on the city gate to inflict maximum damage to the enemy."

"This is called relying on the city to protect the cannon, and protecting the city with cannon."

Although Xiong Tingbi did not agree with giving up territory, he had to admit that this tactic was more suitable for the Liaodong Ming Army under the current circumstances.

So he pointed to the sergeant holding the three-eyed gun and said: "Isn't the three-eyed gun used by the cavalry? Why are the infantry guarding the gate now using it too?"

Yan Mingtai said with a smile: "This is a strategy developed by my subordinates at Qinghe Fort. The first wave of soldiers who boarded the city were all elites in their army. Just like the dozens of people who ambush us before, they were wearing heavy armor. A, extremely fierce."

"If our soldiers of the Ming army fought with them with swords and guns, they would not only suffer heavy casualties, but they might even board the city directly."

"Fire guns can directly break armor at close range. No matter how elite you are, you will definitely be easily broken by fire guns at this distance. Even if the gunman is killed in the end, we will exchange ordinary soldiers for Jianlu's elite, no What a loss."

At this time, Mao Wenlong, who was standing by, couldn't help but interjected: "The Tatar's White White Tooth Lao Shao is said to be a veteran of five years, or even more than ten years, and he is really making a lot of money by exchanging a blunderbuss for one. New recruits will be able to use this skillfully after half a month of training. The most important thing our Ming Dynasty lacks is people!"

Although Mao Wenlong's words were not pleasant to listen to, they were rough and rational.

In the previous war, Ming Dynasty's main force in Liaodong was almost exhausted. It is indeed a shortcut to quickly restore combat power and firearms.

It is a good idea for veterans to use weapons and recruits to use firearms, but the quality of Daming firearms is really worrying!
Yan Mingtai said: "Actually, bird cannons are more suitable for defending city gates. However, we in Liao Town have always used three-eyed cannons and there are not many bird cannons. I hope Xiong Jinglue can communicate with the Ministry of War and allocate more high-quality bird cannons to the army."

Xiong Tingbi said with a smile: "Governor Yuan was in charge of the Arsenal Department in the Ministry of War, so we have to ask Governor Yuan for help with armament matters!"

Yuan Yingtai said: "I will try my best to obtain armaments for Liaodong!"

During this inspection of Fushun Pass, although we encountered a Tatar attack, we were lucky to be safe.The harvest was still great, giving Xiong Tingbi some new insights.

Xiong Tingbi was still very satisfied with the defense of Fushun Pass, and He Shixian was very concerned about it.

So they stayed one night at Fushun Pass and prepared to leave for Kaiyuan the next day.

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