People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 448: Strong national power supports a strong war! !

Therefore, these officers and soldiers who transported grain rarely appeared on the battlefield.

But he also fought many battles with Zhu Di and witnessed many scenes.

But they had never seen a scene like this, where horses trampled people.

And it was so miserable that the Ming army felt that the Mongolian Tartars were very pitiful at this time.

You can imagine how miserable the scene was, with people screaming, horses neighing, brains flowing out, it was a horrible sight.

But the grain transport team could only watch like that, and the commander did not give the order to stop until they surrendered.

So they took advantage of his illness to kill him.

The Ming army took turns firing cannons at the Mongolian Tatars, causing a stampede.

This time the aim was better, because after the Mongolian team fell into chaos, they began to think about rescuing people, but people and horses were mixed together, and the people below were piled up in three or four layers, one after another.

The ones at the bottom had already been trampled into mud.

All they could do was try their best to stop the charging troops from behind.

Otherwise, how could it be said that Lajiji has no combat capability at all?

He had always been commanding a real battlefield from the rear and didn't even know how to lay out the plan.

He only knew that when the number of people reached a certain level, he could use the advantage of cavalry to attack the infantry.

However, he did not expect to detect the terrain, and now the situation is that he has already lost in terms of terrain.

Instead of thinking about such a smooth road, he only thought about the experience passed on by some people.

The so-called cavalry must rush down the slope to create a momentum, which can make the cavalry more powerful.

This is true, but it also depends on the time.

For the cavalry to have this power, they must have a certain number to accomplish this.

But what Lajiji planned was exactly the opposite.

Such a layout not only deprives the cavalry of a large amount of downward power, but also makes it easy for people to crowd together.

Because that piece of flat land was only about a hundred meters wide, and there were slopes on both sides, and they were relatively steep slopes. How could he stand on it?
With an unstable foothold, the cavalry could only swarm together, like the mouth of a gourd, which was too narrow.

After the cavalry squeezed in, they suddenly realized that everyone could only enter and exit through one opening, so there was no stampede.

Otherwise, why do they say that one incompetent general can bring failure to the entire army?

Lajiji rushed out with a surge of blood, but he didn't expect that he would fall behind in the most important layout.

Not only did he harm himself, but he also harmed the 5,000 soldiers under his command.

Maybe these 5,000 soldiers were also thinking, what difficulty would it be if we just rushed down to deal with those grain transport teams?
They are all infantry, and they are pulling so much baggage. They want to fight against our flexible cavalry. Isn't that like an egg hitting a stone?

How could this happen?

They did not take into account that the Ming army had already upgraded their weapons and equipment.

At the same time, they did not expect that this time, in order to guard against these Mongolian cavalry from attacking the food supply route in the rear, they deliberately sent 5,000 troops to transport food and grass.

This not only ensures that food and fodder are delivered quickly and timely, but also safely.

The reason why the Ming army had such confidence was that the 20,000 cavalry in the front and the 20,000 infantry led by Zhu Di did not require too much manpower. They could just provide them with so-called help and charge directly.

So a lot of manpower was saved.

This is Zhu Di’s confidence after the weapons and equipment were upgraded.

People like Lajiji dared to attack at will without any intelligence support. Aren't they just seeking death?

So after three rounds of artillery fire, more than half of the 5,000 cavalrymen who had raided the grain route were killed or wounded, and they began to retreat.

Going uphill is much more difficult than going downhill, especially when you are retreating.

Even if everyone was riding a horse, there was no way to get up at once.

What was even funnier was that many cavalrymen hurriedly fell down the steep slopes on both sides.

It is very difficult to find a steep slope on the grassland.

Although the steep slope is only 20 to 30 meters high.

But if a man and a horse were to fall down together, they would risk breaking their legs at best and dying from a brain explosion at worst.

The grain transport team watched helplessly as the team of 5,000 people fell down the steep slope like dumplings.

The commander immediately gave the order, asking the musketeers to push forward and attack those chaotic special forces at close range.

The musketeers divided three thousand of them into a formation and rushed forward quickly.

Then they opened fire on the fleeing cavalry.

Round after round of volleys of gunfire, the cavalrymen were beaten to death!
Lajiji saw that more than 3,000 of his 5,000 troops were killed or wounded, and he began to consider retreating.

However, he discovered that not only his way of retreat was blocked.

There were actually Ming army musketeers rushing up from behind.

He wanted to shout loudly to ask the chaotic troops in front to make way.

But at this time, everyone is thinking about escaping, everyone is thinking about staying alive. Who would be willing to listen to the orders of an incompetent commander like you?

There were even many soldiers who were complaining in their hearts, if it weren't for this incompetent guy who commanded us to come to this place to die, would we have ended up in such an embarrassing situation?

Especially Monk and Tuhaji, the thousand cavalrymen they sent out ran even faster.

Originally they were monitoring Lajiji's actions from behind.

Therefore, they had never been the main force in the charge. Now they saw that the troops led by Lajiji were defeated so quickly and suffered countless casualties.

The thousand of them turned their horses around and fled without suffering any casualties.

As a result, the head coach Lajiji was thrown onto the battlefield.

This kind of thing can only happen in today's chaotic battlefield.

If this happened on an ordinary battlefield, even if the person escaped, he would have been beheaded. It was really a disregard for the overall situation.

But these people did not originally belong to Lajiji.

He was originally sent out to supervise him, so it doesn't matter.

Just run away.

La Riji, leading more than a hundred of his men, could only escape in a panic amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Looking at the blown-to pieces corpses behind him, Lajiji finally understood what kind of people he was facing.

Only then did I understand why, even though there were more than 20,000 cavalrymen in front, only more than 1,000 of them escaped when they were besieged by the Ming army.

At first everyone thought that those individuals were ignorant and incompetent, but after actually coming into contact with the Ming army, they realized that the deaths of those 20,000 cavalrymen were not unjust.

It is extremely difficult to gain a foothold under such powerful firepower.

Before Lajiji could finish expressing his feelings.

The Ming army troops behind them had already rushed up.

Facing Lajiji who had just escaped from the sea of blood, the Ming army did not show him any courtesy.

Especially when you see that the armor he wears is different from that of other special soldiers.

Ten musketeers aimed directly at him and fired.

Lajiji screamed, but before he could escape, more than a dozen bullets hit him.

Seven of them hit him directly, and three of them passed through the back of his neck and the right side of his face.

In an instant, he was beaten into a sieve.

His horse was not spared either.

This is the end of this ridiculous war.

The Ming army stood out from the crowd with its record of fighting without any casualties.

The logistics troops never thought that they, who were originally transporting food and fodder, would have the opportunity to directly face the Mongolian cavalry and achieve such a good result.

Even the main force probably couldn't fight as well as they did.

This is all thanks to Lajiji.

Because this Lajiji is an incompetent person.

He originally thought that he had learned 90% of the leader's essence by following him so often.

But what I didn't expect was that he didn't even know how to plan.

More than 4,000 cavalrymen were directly killed.

Except for some special forces sent by Monk and Tuhaji, father and son, who escaped, the rest of the special forces belonging to their own tribe, including Taraji himself, all died here.

The grain transport team went forward to clean up the battlefield and captured more than 300 prisoners and seized more than 3,000 horses, which was a huge harvest.

Horses were extremely precious in the Ming Dynasty at all times.

Being able to get so many horses at once is definitely a great achievement for the logistics troops.

There was no way to treat those injured horses, so they could only be killed on the spot and eaten as food.

After cleaning up the situation, the logistics troops set out again and soon met up with Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng.

When Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng heard that the logistics troops had won a great victory during this gap and killed more than 5,000 enemy cavalry, they were very surprised.

However, they were relieved when they saw the logistics troops bringing in twenty artillery pieces.

Now Daimyo is indeed very wealthy.

This time, the Northern Expedition Army brought only a total of 120 cannons.

But there are twenty guns for the logistics and food transport team.

There are only five thousand of them.

Even main cavalry units like Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng only had twenty cannons in each unit.

Each of their two teams has 10,000 people.

As for the remaining forty cannons, they were all dragged around the grassland by Zhu Di's main infantry and were rarely fired.

Three days later, Zhu Di met up with Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng.

After hearing about what happened in the logistics troops, he greatly rewarded the commander.

Immediately before they set out again, the logistics, food, weapons and equipment at the rear were transported up.

This time, 300,000 kilograms of food alone were transported, as well as more than 100,000 bullets of various types, 1,000 artillery pieces, and a number of cotton clothes.

Even Zhu Di himself was shocked to see the speed of the logistics troops.

He fought against the Tatars in the north many times, and most of the withdrawals were due to the poor logistics support, which forced the combat troops in the front to wait in place, lose the opportunity to fight, and finally have no choice but to retreat.

But now he discovered that the logistics troops were transporting food and fodder much faster than he had imagined.

They only traveled across the grassland for about ten days.

But the first batch of logistics troops had already caught up with them.

And deliver so many timely things.

For example, now that it’s getting colder, a large number of quilts have been shipped up.

For example, if the consumption of artillery and bullets was high, hundreds of thousands of bullets would be delivered immediately, and the corresponding gunpowder would also be delivered.

This solved the urgent problem for Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng.

At that time, they were still worried about whether they should allocate some bullets from the main force led by Zhu Di for their own use.

But unexpectedly, more than 100,000 rounds of bullets were delivered to them from the rear at once.

This allowed their warriors to fight extremely profitable battles.

Zhu Di had arrived earlier, and Yao Guangxiao, who was in charge of the logistics and grain transportation, asked him what was going on.
Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together with a smile on his face.

This prime minister in black has always been very calm, decisive, and always down-to-earth.

Although in history he was one of the main planners of the Jingnan Campaign.

But now history has not allowed this to happen again.

But it gave Yao Guangxiao more opportunities to display his talents.

For example, in terms of logistics support.

He provided Zhu Di with a steady supply of food and fodder.

Hearing Zhu Di's question, Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, "It's all thanks to the timely delivery of food and grass by the steam locomotives in the rear, and the support we have gained from the people around Beiping Prefecture. The people spontaneously help us transport food, so we can move so fast. Here, it is the national strength that supports us."

This is the real truth.

Because war is fought with national strength. If there is no strong national strength, even if Zhu Di and his men are capable, they cannot just go without food and drink.

Only then did Zhu Di feel at ease.

After receiving food support, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng divided their troops into three groups with Zhu Di and pressed towards the Khorchin grassland tribes.

At this point, even if Monk and Tuhaji, father and son, tried to suppress the news of the defeat, it would be of no avail.

Because everyone has seen a fact at this time.

Twenty thousand vanguard troops were wiped out.

Now the five thousand cavalrymen led by Lajiji went to attack the grain route, and only one thousand people returned.

From this we can see that the Ming army this time is absolutely different from usual.

The leaders of the remaining tribes realized that the situation was hopeless and prepared to flee.

At this time, Jihatu, who wanted to be the leader, found Monk and Tuhaji father and son again.

“Captain, people are in a panic now, and everyone has heard about the successive failures at the front. You should fulfill your promise as soon as possible.

The captains under my command are all looking for an explanation from the leader, asking whether they should withdraw their troops.

The leaders of several tribes are already preparing to pack up and go back. If we continue to suppress them, we will probably be in disarray before the Ming army attacks.

They may even disobey your orders and return directly to the grassland.

It would be really bad if that happened. In order to stabilize the morale of our people and the army, please announce me as the leader immediately. Our leader has died of illness."

Faced with Jihatu's threat to him at this critical juncture, Monk was helpless.

But in fact, I don’t know how much I hate Jihatu in my heart. He is just taking advantage of someone’s misfortune.

Monk knew very well that if he made Jihatu the leader at this time, it would tell other tribal leaders that Jihatu was plotting against them, and he would be the one to die... Therefore, these officers and soldiers who transported grain rarely appeared on the battlefield.

But they had fought many battles with Zhu Di and witnessed many scenes. But they had never seen a scene like the horse trampling people.