Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 45 Mutiny in the middle of the night
A Min's horse backed up several steps in shock, and A Min was even more frightened out of his wits, feeling like he was about to be shot in the head.

After the shock was settled, Amin felt that his head and limbs were still his own, but the blood was dripping from his head. He took off the helmet and saw that there was a hole in it, which was shocking.

Then he touched the bare forehead with his hand, and there was a burning groove, which was full of blood.

"Master Belle, how are you? Lord Belle, are you okay?"

Amin licked the blood on his hand, but did not answer them. He looked up, and saw a familiar face on the crenel on the city, with the muzzle pointing at him, and the white smoke was still there.

Obviously, the shot was fired by this person.

"The child surnamed Lin is you again. When Ben Baylor breaks through the city, he will definitely tear you to pieces!"

Lin Yi laughed loudly: "Hahaha, don't say it so badly, it's not certain who will kill who!"

"Fire the arrow, shoot me!"...

It turned out that Jiong's shot was an inch higher. He aimed at the center of his eyebrows, intending to shoot his head, but it pierced through A Min's helmet, leaving a groove on his bald forehead. The money-rat whip was unharmed.

At such a close distance, Lin Yi and others in the city could see clearly.

Ji Dong felt that this gun really didn't make him look good. He used to be a special soldier envied in people's minds. At the critical moment, this broken gun really embarrassed him!

"My lord is amazing!" Zhang Hua, Er Hu and the others gave thumbs up one after another. In their minds, the shot of Lin Yi, who had never played with firearms before, was undoubtedly a masterpiece.

The firearms soldiers beside Lin Yi also praised that he was able to hit the target with one shot at such a long distance. Although he did not dismount the Tartars, he frightened the Tartars' generals. Master Lin is no different from a sharpshooter!

Ji Dong's face became hot, and he thought that everyone booed him.After thinking about it, I am a human being in two lifetimes. Of course, I cannot judge by the standards of hundreds of years later. If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his weapon. In the eyes of these people at the end of the Ming Dynasty, my own shot was undoubtedly a shocking work.

That's why Ji Dong's face looked better, and he threw the broken blunderbuss to the firearms soldier and said, "It's no big deal."

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The Tartars began to attack the city, and they shot arrows at the top of the city one after another. The range of the bows and arrows varies greatly due to the quality of the bows and arrows and the strength of the bow-leaders.These barbaric Tartars are on the banks of the moat, and many of them can shoot bows and arrows to the top of the city like Amin.In other words, the range of their bows and arrows is roughly equivalent to the range of the Ming army's guns.

Bows and arrows were densely packed like rain, and the soldiers of the Ming army used shields and crenels as cover one after another, and the arrows crackled and fell on the top of the city.

Even so, there were still many soldiers of the Ming army who were unable to dodge in time and fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, and some of them fell to the bottom of the city wall.

At this time, the guns of the Ming army also rang out, crackling like fried beans, dissipating with puffs of white smoke, and many Dazi by the moat were also shot and fell.

The Tartars are good at riding and shooting and field battles, but climbing walls and attacking cities is not their strong point.

This fierce battle lasted until dark. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, both sides suffered casualties. Seeing that there was no hope of attacking the city, the Tartars had to suspend the attack, but they did not retreat. Instead, they retreated five miles and surrounded Yongping City. , set up a yurt-style camp overnight, and prepared to attack the city the next day.

The fierce and invincible Tartars suffered more than 200 casualties in this battle.

Lin Yi took Zhang Hua, Erhu and others, and the pusher Zhang Shouye to the city, and fought bloody battles with the soldiers.

After the Tartars stopped attacking the city, countless torches were ignited on the top of the city. Lin Yi commanded his soldiers to rescue the wounded, supplement supplies such as bows and arrows and ammunition, and became one with the front-line generals.

After this battle, Ji Dong's prestige in the army was established.There are more than 1000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in the city. This is the first time for them to see a city defender like Lin Yi rushing to the front line of battle, eating and living with ordinary soldiers, advancing and retreating together, and living and dying together.

Compared with the generals who led the army in the past, those officials and gentlemen would only sit in the yamen and in the military tents, blow their beards and stare, bleed and sacrifice, and kill the enemy desperately, and they could not be seen at all.

Compared with them, Ji Dong was nothing like heaven and earth.

Ji Dong made a rough count. After the battle during the day, the number of soldiers at the top of the city decreased by nearly 400.

Ji Dong knew that among the nearly 400 people who were reduced, not all of them were casualties, and there must have been a lot of escapees.

The combat effectiveness of these old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers is really worrying.

Ji Dong couldn't help shaking his head, there must be a big battle tomorrow, the number of troops has been reduced so badly, how will the battle be fought tomorrow?
After dinner, Lin Yi took Zhang Hua, Erhu and others to personally inspect the city defense situation of each gate. The four city guards are strong and sharp, but now there are less than 200 soldiers left in each gate that can fight. up.

For such a large city, there are no soldiers to guard it, and the city is bound to be destroyed. If the Tartars really entered the city, the old, weak, sick soldiers and unarmed ordinary people in the city, including those bureaucrats and gentry who are greedy for life and afraid of death, will all be killed. It became the meat of the cutting board.

It's really impossible, rectify the soldiers and horses in the city, and suddenly rush out at the dawn?Come by surprise, catch him unprepared, take the initiative to attack?
Just as Lin Yi thought about it, he dismissed the idea in an instant. These hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers fighting outside the city with the thousands of horses and horses of the Tartars outside the city are tantamount to moths flying into the flames, and there is no chance of winning at all.

This ordeal was over in two days, but Ji Dong didn't feel sleepy at all. He ignored the exhaustion of the day and was waiting for news from Xiaoying and Dongsheng.

When the third watch was approaching, Xiaoying and Dongsheng came to see him excitedly.

"Brother Lin, congratulations to you."

Xiaoying, who hadn't seen Lin Yi for a long time, saw Lin Yi's bright eyes flashing like three autumns later. A 14-year-old girl didn't look sleepy at all when she was so busy.

"Silly girl, why am I so happy?" Lin Yi smiled wryly.

"Wow, wow, first of all, Brother Lin repelled the attack of the Tartars today. Although this victory is not too big, it is still a matter of great congratulations. In addition, Brother Lin handed over to Xiaoying, It's been a great harvest..."

Under the light, Xiaoying's big grape-like eyes flashed like a treasure, and she reported to Lin Yi in detail what she and Dongsheng had done today.

After a lot of publicity and small amounts of silver were distributed on the spot, the common people in the city responded enthusiastically.In particular, the ordinary people who flocked in to seek refuge outside the city were active. When they heard Lord Lin's order to recruit warriors to defend the city and receive money, they responded to sign up one after another.

Up to now, the number of applicants has exceeded 500, of which more than 200 are young and strong men, and the rest are older people, women, and half-grown children.

According to Ji Dong's instructions, as long as these people are willing to serve, they will all be registered in the register.Rather than waiting to die in the city, it is better to rise up and fight the Tartars.

Lin Yi immediately became mentally ill when he heard it. He didn't expect that so many people responded to his call in just half a day, as long as there are people!
Lin Yi immediately brought Xiaoying and Dongsheng to meet these warriors, Zhang Hua, Erhu, He Tao, and Wang Qi followed closely.

In the Tuiguan Yamen compound, after the gate was opened, countless torches shone like daylight. When I heard that Master Lin was coming, these volunteers, men, women and children all stood up and lined up in several rows consciously. Some of them were just stunned. , now being woken up, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

At this time, the officials of the yamen led Lin Yi and others to appear in front of everyone.

Ji Yi saw that there were hundreds of people tall, short, fat and thin, male, female, old and young, black and white, ugly and handsome, and there were hundreds of them. Judging by their attire, they were really ordinary civilian troops.

Without armor, they wore their own clothes, and they had no weapons to prepare for themselves. Scythes, kitchen knives, axes, hoes, spade picks and sticks, and several teenage children held slingshots in their hands. These kitchen tools and farm tools and The toys all came in handy.

Don't underestimate these little people. Although their clothes are ragged and uneven, they are brave and undoubtedly the backbone of Yongping.The wrath of ordinary people can stir up the world, not to mention Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, etc., didn't they rely on such people to make their fortunes and become famous?
Those people who are well-dressed, well-dressed and meat-eating, talkative, and have the style of an official, they can still be five or six at ordinary times, but when the crisis comes, they will be cowardly. But it's also a bear wrapped in paper tiger.

Therefore, Lin Yi was in awe of these hundreds of people, and first bowed to these people, "Folks, I, Lin Yi, thank you!"

"This is Mr. Lin, the head of the guard of the guerrilla generals of the Ningyuan Army, and the city guard who was personally ordered by the prefect!"

"Yeah? It's thanks to him that he gave way to Kaicheng, otherwise we wouldn't be able to enter the city today, and we would have been harmed by the big Tartars long ago."

"It's not a big deal. University Lin has such a good appearance in life. I never thought he would be so young and handsome."

"Master Lin is not only young and beautiful, but also has superb martial arts skills. He can kill more than 100 thieves by himself, defeat the Tartars repeatedly, and retreat troops on foot. He is a great hero!"

These men, women and children, every word you say, is full of surprise and praise.

When Xiaoying heard some words, she felt very useful, and waved her hand: "Followers, please be quiet, and ask Mr. Lin to speak to you."

The scene immediately fell silent.

"Folks, I, Lin Yi, was born in poverty just like everyone else. I hate the Tartars. They invaded our borders for no reason, burned my home, plundered my property, killed my relatives, and raped my wife and daughter. What reason do we not have with the Tartars? Let's fight to the end!"

Ji Dong's brief words excited the crowd, and now they can't wait to rush out of the city and fight the Tartars.

"Master Lin is right, Tartars are not human! We are willing to follow Master Lin in a bloody battle to the end, and live and die with Yongping City..."

The shouts resounded through the sky, and the waves were higher than the waves. Lin Yi, Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, He Tao, Wang Qi, Dong Sheng and others were also excited.

Ji Dong knew that although these people had fighting spirit, they were still a bunch of untrained mobs to put it bluntly.Now it's too late to train and prepare to use them as a reserve force.

Otherwise, letting these people go to fight the Tartars for their lives is undoubtedly a waste of money and human life.

Therefore, Lin Yi organized these more than two hundred young and middle-aged men into a new battalion, and Wang Qi and Dong Sheng were in charge of it for the time being.

The remaining 300 people are the new second battalion, older people, women, and children. Lin Yi asked Xiaoying to take care of them.

After having the number and the officer, Ji Dong announced strict discipline, including beheading, punishment, and rewards.

It was the third watch, and Ji Dong was about to let everyone rest. At this moment, a fast horse came at a high speed.

"Master Lin is not well, something happened to the west gate. The garrison master Wang Cheng led a group of servants and soldiers to insist on the city, but the gatekeeper general Tui Guan lord Zhang Shouye insisted not to open the city, and the two sides fought at the city gate..."

All the people present looked at Lin Yi. Lin Yi was so frightened that he was out of his wits. A few miles outside the west gate was the Tartar army camp. No need to ask, this Wang Cheng must have defected and was going to leave the city at night to surrender to the Tartars as a traitor. This scum, Lao Tzu He must be killed!

But it was too late to gather the troops now, the other troops were tense, and there were no generals to transfer, so the only thing to do was to mobilize the reserve troops of these two battalions.

Lin Yi shouted: "New First Battalion, New Second Battalion, follow me!"

(End of this chapter)