Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 709
The location of the city is generally in the plains or places with lower terrain, especially grasslands, because this can avoid wind and sand erosion to the greatest extent, so there are basically hills and other high hills around the city.

Chahanhot was built in such a place. Around Chahanhot, it is almost surrounded by hills. Standing on the hills, you can even overlook the entire city.

The Cossack cavalry arrived on the hills north of Chahanhot soon without being blocked by anything.

Steinlov rode his horse and stood on the hill. Looking at the city below, he couldn't help laughing wildly. He could probably guess what Wu Keshan was up to, but the Ming army handed over such an important strategic position. It is enough to show the incompetence of the commander of the Ming army. What is so terrible about such an army?
When [-] Cossack cavalrymen appeared on the hills, the sirens finally sounded from the city of Chahanhot, and Stanlov could even see the panicked Ming soldiers on the city.

It was not past noon, and Stanlov planned to test the attack first and feel the fighting power of the Ming army.

"Marshal, what do you think that is?"

Stanlov only paid attention to the movement at the top of the city just now, but now he listened to the reminder of his subordinates and lowered his eyes to look down the city.

However, there are snow edges like ditches under the hills, starting from the city wall and extending towards the hills in rows. It is hard to see how long it is, but it is very pleasing to the eye.

The snow edge is not high, less than a person's waist, and a war horse can jump over it with one step.

Stanlov was still cautious, because he had also heard that the mines of the Ming army were powerful. With a wave of his hand, a group of cavalry rushed down the hillside quickly.

This is the cannon fodder for a team of full-time thunder hunters, but after trampling on more than ten snow ridges in a row, they didn't have any problems.

Seeing this, Stanlov couldn't help but a sneer flashed across the corner of his mouth, thinking that the army was playing tricks!Do you want to use this to delay our army's offensive?
The cavalry charges, and the momentum of galloping is the heaviest. If this momentum cannot be raised to the highest level at the first time, the morale of the rear will definitely be affected.

Order the flag to be played, and send a team of [-] people to take the lead in attacking.

Amid the sound of the melodious horn, ten thousand Cossack cavalry swooped down from the hills, like dark clouds curled by a strong wind, roaring towards the city of Chahanhot.

As I said before, the city wall of Chahanhot is not very high, and it is far from being comparable to the inland cities of the Central Plains. Although the horses cannot jump on it, the Cossack cavalry has no intention of jumping directly to the city.

According to the tactics of the Cossack cavalry, when the army arrived not far from the city wall, it would be divided into two, and then they would shoot and kill the defenders on the city with their strong bows and crossbows. , using the most conventional method for siege.

The wind and snow rolled up by ten thousand cavalry, like a boundless huge storm, rolled forward violently.

Stanlov, who was watching the battle on the hill, couldn't help showing a smug smile at the corner of his mouth. Perhaps people in the Ming Dynasty have never seen such a big battle, right?
"slimy"

The wailing of the war horses and the miserable cries of the soldiers quickly condensed Stanlov's smile on his face.

Looking around, I saw that the huge storm suddenly stopped several miles away from the city wall without warning, and it didn't stop simply. The galloping horse seemed to encounter an invisible wall, almost It's the same place that fell down.

The huge inertia made it impossible for the horses behind to stop, so layer by layer, it became a unique Cossack sandwich.

Stanlov looked dumbfounded with his mouth wide open, and then a scene that made him even more frightened appeared.

The rows of snow walls closest to the city wall were suddenly pushed down, and then countless black gun barrels appeared from behind.

Artillery is not a rare thing in this era, but he has been in the army for decades, and Stanlov has never seen so many artillery appearing in one place at the same time.

How could there be so many artillery pieces in the Ming Dynasty?Don't be a bluff, right?
Just when Stanlov was still in doubt, more than a hundred artillery pieces finally showed their sharp fangs.

"Boom, boom"

The huge roar of the artillery quickly covered all sounds, and the tremors caused by the firing seemed to be an earthquake.

Stanlov saw a flash of red light from the muzzle, and then the ground jumped up, and the horse under his crotch began to neigh uncomfortably, and this was just the beginning.

As the shells fell into the Cossack cavalry, whether it was a Cossack sandwich or the Cossack cavalry who had not yet rushed forward, they were immediately blown to pieces, and the broken corpses flew all over the sky like catkins.

One round of artillery fire completely covered the first wave of impacting Cossack cavalry, and then the artillery fire began to extend.

The Ming army's new artillery has a range of thirty miles, and it is not a problem to hit the hills.

When Stanlov realized this problem, it was obviously a bit late, because his team was too dense, and it took time to disperse and escape.

"Boom, boom."

As the shells exploded in Stanlov's rear, the Cossack army was completely thrown into disarray, and many soldiers who were dizzy after being bombed ran towards the city like chickens without their heads.

In this case, let alone Stanlov, even if Romanov came, it would be just as useless.

In the midst of the explosion, who is in the mood to care about the life and death of the general?Run as fast as you can!
On the city wall, generals such as Sun Chuanting and Qi Bingzhong, each holding a telescope, watched the situation on the battlefield from a distance.

For this battle, Ye Xun only had four words of instruction, that is, "Eliminate the evil and do everything"

Chinese is broad and profound, and another interpretation of eliminating evil and doing everything can also be to kill everything.

Sun Chuanting and Qi Bingzhong understood Ye Xun's spirit very well. The Cossack army was clearly defeated, but they still had no intention of ordering a ceasefire.

Stanlov never thought until his death that what the snow edges wanted to cover was not landmines, but barbed wire.

Use barbed wire to delay the enemy's charge, and then cover it with artillery fire. In this case, if the Cossack cavalry is undefeated, then they are gods.

Not only that, [-] Ming army cavalry were already ready to go behind the east and west gates, just waiting for the order to attack.

"Master Sun, according to the report from the scouts, Wu Keshan has slowed down. If we attack now, we can certainly wipe out the Cossack army, and I'm afraid it will also scare Wu Keshan away!"

Hearing Qi Bingzhong's question, Sun Chuanting sighed slightly, and said: "General Qi, to tell you the truth, I intend to violate the military order once. If Wu Keshan can turn around, I will give him another chance."

Qi Bingzhong frowned, and said, "Wu Keshan has already come here, and we still want to give him a chance?"

Sun Chuanting turned to Qi Bingzhong, and said solemnly: "It's not because I want to disobey the father-in-law's order, but because I don't want to kill the father-in-law anymore. Of course, if Wu Keshan is still obsessed with it, then we can't blame us."

"Master Sun, I'm afraid Wu Keshan won't understand your painstaking efforts!"

Qi Bingzhong is a Mongolian, he knows what the tribal Khan is thinking, if Wu Keshan is really afraid, he will not harm his father.

To put it bluntly, Sun Chuanting still has a bit of a bookish spirit, which is pedantic to put it bluntly.

But it seems that there is nothing wrong with what Sun Chuanting said, the murder on Ye Gonggong is really serious.
(End of this chapter)