Chapter 654(1/2)
A battlefield filled with thick smoke, charred corpses everywhere. Soldiers with bayonets in their hands, a pair of eyes on the verge of death. More than half of Wuwei City has fallen, and all the battles are taking place within 500 meters of the Yamen.
A warehouse storing medical alcohol was discovered by the Mongols. At first, Cao Bianjiao thought this thing was too dangerous, so he put the warehouse outside. Unexpectedly, it left a disaster behind.
When a group of Liao troops countercharged, hundreds of glass bottles were suddenly thrown out from the enemy's position. The bottles shattered on the broken bricks and tiles. By the time the strong smell of alcohol filled the air, it was already too late.
A flaming arrow fell accurately. Besides using their guns, the Mongolians did not forget their ancestors' ability to eat.
The commando of more than fifty people suddenly turned into a burning man. The fire burned on the soldiers, and the soldiers let out the most miserable howls. Each soldier was like a moving torch. At the front of the torch was a bayonet.
, with the tip of the knife carrying flames, he rushed towards the Mongolian position crazily.
The Mongolians were frightened, some fired, others threw away their guns and ran away. More people stood stupidly, with their mouths open and their eyes stiff, like zombies.
The flaming bayonets rushed in front of them. The commandos had reached their limit. There was no stabbing action at all. They threw away the guns in their hands and jumped on the Mongolians. The howling soldiers used all their strength to
The fingers are almost inserted into the flesh.
The air was filled with the smell of burning flesh. With tears in his eyes, Cao Bianjiao led the second echelon to charge and regain the lost position.
There was a violent explosion inside the Yamen, and all five mortars in the entire courtyard were destroyed.
The shelling was so fierce that even watering could not cool it down. Finally, the mortar exploded!
Cao Bianjiao took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, it was ten fifty-eight.
"Uncle! If you don't arrive at twelve o'clock, you will have to collect the body for me." Cao Bianjiao looked at the east and murmured to himself.
Galdan was a little dissatisfied. Originally he thought the battle would end at ten o'clock. But now at eleven o'clock, the Liao army is still resisting. This is different from what Lanzhou City encountered! It can be seen that the main force of the Liao army and
There are still huge differences between the garrison divisions.
However, according to the current situation, the battle should end at noon anyway. The Liao army has been compressed to the extreme, and it will not take long for the tiny territory to be conquered.
"Your Highness! It's not good." Just as he was feeling proud, suddenly Danzila hurried over with his attendants.
"What's wrong? I asked you to be on guard outside, why did you come back?" Galdan asked with a frown.
"Ming Army, the reinforcements of the Ming Army have arrived. According to this, there are still about forty miles away. Look at those airships." Danzila pointed to the direction of the sun with his hand. Against the background of the bright sun, a dozen airships seemed to be coming from the sun.
It looks like it has emerged from inside. The airship is painted with a ferocious mask, dragging its huge body forward forcefully.
Galdan felt his whole body go cold for a moment, and he grabbed Danzila's arm and asked, "How many reinforcements are there?"
"The overwhelming number is countless. There must be ten or twenty thousand people. Your Highness, please retreat quickly." Danzila said eagerly.
"Injuring ten of his fingers is worse than cutting off one of them. We have been attacking Wuwei for so long. How can we leave without killing the Ming army in Wuwei City. The reinforcements are still forty miles away. Danzila, you can lead a sniper attack and we will work harder.
Son, kill the Ming army in Wuwei City." Dorgon stood up, feeling that it would be a pity to leave like this.
"Well! That's good. The Ming army doesn't have cavalry, so they won't be marching too fast. It will be over in about an hour here, so you can delay it as long as you can." Galdan immediately agreed to withdraw his troops now. Yesterday
A night's work was wasted, and more than three thousand people died in vain.
"No, Your Highness, although the Ming army today does not ride horses, they ride things with two wheels. I think the speed of those things is faster than horses. I think it takes less than an hour to cover forty miles.
arrive.
Even if I try my best to snipe, I can't stop the airship. We are riding horses, not eagles." Danzira pointed at the airship in the sky.
"Damn it! It's a bicycle. They actually transported that thing to the northwest." Dorgon had been to the capital and he had seen bicycles. As soon as Danzila described it, he immediately knew what the Ming army was riding.
"Is that thing very powerful?" Galdan looked at Dorgon.
"If you ride on the road, it should be similar to a high-quality war horse. Relying on this thing, the Ming army can march hundreds of miles overnight. From now on, our cavalry advantage will shrink again." Dorgon lamented helplessly, feeling once again in his heart
It is certain that the Mongols cannot defeat the Ming Dynasty. It is conceivable that after teasing the Ming Dynasty in this way, they will be killed by the Ming Dynasty in the end.
"Damn it, where did they get something so powerful?" Galdan gritted his teeth.
"This is the industrial capacity that Li Xiao said. Daming's industry can produce enough materials. Have you ever been to the capital? The factories there are next to each other. Every time they go to work, thousands of people I ride this kind of bicycle to and from get off work." Recalling what he saw in the capital, Dorgon shook his head helplessly. Why couldn't he live in a country like that and hang out with Mongolians who smelled like sheep?
"Now is not the time to talk, Your Highness! Retreat." Danzila was anxious. Do you still have time to chat? The reinforcements are about to hit you in the butt!
"Okay! Get people to evacuate, and let's go back to Zhangye." Galdan ordered helplessly.
"Not back to Zhangye, but back to the Ili Valley." Dorgon suddenly said.
"Go back to the Yili Valley? Then let's...?"
"We have robbed Lanzhou completely, which is already a big deal. If we stay here any longer, we will lose money, so we might as well go back to the Ili Valley. I heard that the Great Khan has been in poor health recently. If the Great Khan goes to see Changsheng
When the sky is dark, only Alabutan is by his side...you say!"
"Okay! Let's go back to the Ili Valley. I don't believe that their bicycles can chase us for thousands of miles. Get out!" After hearing Dorgon's words, Geerdan immediately changed his mind. The position of Khan was very important to him.
It's so important.
In other words, everything he did today was for the sake of the Khan's position.
The trumpet sound suddenly sounded, and the Mongolian soldiers in the city pricked up their ears, thinking that they heard it wrong. It was indeed an order to retreat. Seeing that the Ming army couldn't hold on anymore, Wuwei City was captured with more strength.
, retreat at this time?
The leaders all suspected that Galdan, who had always been wise and decisive, had lost his mind.
When the horn sounded again, all the leaders immediately ordered their subordinates to retreat. According to Mongolian military regulations, the three-way horn did not lead to beheading. Galdan was very strict in running the army, and they did not want their heads to be hung on
Waiting to dry on the flagpole.
Regrettably, they gave up their position and took away everything they could. The Mongols withdrew from Wuwei City like a tide. Fortunately, there was no city wall, so it was much easier to withdraw.
When they exited Wuwei City, they saw the huge airship in the sky. Seeing the ferocious beast heads painted on the airship, they just wanted to leave here as soon as possible. No one asked Galdan why he wanted to retreat at this time, everyone was busy
He stuffed his things into his backpack, jumped on his horse and ran all the way north.
When he saw the Mongols retreating, Cao Bianjiao actually cried. He stepped on the broken bricks and tiles and picked up the broken Ming Dynasty dragon flag. There were several holes in the golden dragon, which were blown by the cold wind.
It keeps swinging. When the sun shines, the light reflected by the golden thread makes people almost afraid to look directly.
Facing the Long Banner Guard Company, they raised their hands to salute. The guard company commander only had three fingers left on his hand. The guard company of 125 people now only has 14 people left, including Cao Bianjiao.
There was no laughter or cheers. Everyone sat down on the ground and couldn't get up no matter how hard they pulled. Some people fell asleep leaning on the corner. The night and the morning of intense fighting had exhausted them all.
physical strength.
People ran wildly on the streets, returning to their houses to see if they had been destroyed by the war. Others were looking for their relatives who had been drafted. Those who saw that their homes had been reduced to ruins had tears on their faces and stood in the ruins.
I kept rummaging around inside, hoping to find something useful to me.
The Mongols are all cavalry, and their assembly speed is very fast. Similarly, their retreat speed is also very fast.
Heiniu finally waited for his reinforcements, but the reinforcements only had about a hundred people. After arriving at Shuangqi Town, he began to assemble a strange-looking gun.
"What the hell is this?" Hei Niu has never seen this kind of gun before. It looks like a gun. But there is a tripod underneath and the bullets are strung together with a chain. It looks like mutton skewers.
Could it be said that this thing fires bursts of fire? Hei Niu guessed because he was super sensitive to firearms.
"Captain, this thing is called a heavy machine gun. It fires two hundred rounds of bullets a minute. Look at the bullets. They are more than two sizes larger than rifle bullets. Within four hundred meters, the bullets are like water splashing. Regardless of whether there are
How many Mongolian cavalrymen came here are destined to die." The leader of the company commander excitedly introduced to Hei Niu.
Hei Niu had seen a repeating gun. It was an old-fashioned machine gun of the Liao Army. To be honest, it was a large revolver. After a few shots, it was very troublesome to change the revolver.
"Two hundred rounds of ammunition per minute? Can your gun barrel withstand it?" Hei Niu looked at the machine gun barrel and asked with some confusion.
"Fire 600 rounds and change the magazine. Five people scout this gun. The remaining people are to protect these guns. If the Mongols really rush up, I need to blow up this gun as soon as possible. Even if I am humble,
Even if you die, you can't let this thing fall into the hands of the Mongols." The company commander said with great justice.
Hei Niu nodded, thinking that it would be better not to let the Mongols get such a powerful weapon.
Shuangqi Town is stuck on the Mongolian retreat road. In fact, the reason why Shuangqi Town was formed here is because it is stuck at the exit of the desert. When doing business in the desert, the routes are not random. You need to follow fixed roads, because
Only on fixed roads can you find an oasis or water source halfway. In the desert, a lack of water can be life-threatening.
If the Mongols want to retreat back to Zhangye, Shuangqi Town is the only way to go. If they don't go to Shuangqi Town, they can only make a big detour from the desert. For the unprepared Mongolians, entering the desert rashly is dangerous.
Very dangerous.
At dusk, rovers began to appear outside Shuangqi Town.
The Liao soldiers who had already excavated the fortifications fired a few shots and killed a ranger. The rangers immediately learned their lesson. They would never come within 500 meters of Shuangqi Town. They just stood in the distance and looked at the place they were surrounded by.
The sacked town.
In two days, Hei Niu had dedicated all his military talents to this town.
Traffic trenches strung together like spider webs were dug on the ground. Behind the traffic trenches was a mortar position. Mines were laid in front, and stones of different sizes were placed irregularly on the ground. Some small pits were also dug on the ground.
These were all unique tactics used by the Liao army to block cavalry.
Hei Niu felt that if the Mongols did not throw away thousands of corpses, they would not be able to kill them through Shuangqi Town.
Now with the blessing of machine guns, the number of enemies that Black Bull can destroy has doubled. He feels that completing the task of holding on until noon tomorrow does not seem to be a big problem.
When the sun finally fell silent in the desert, with the last ray of skylight, Hei Niu saw the densely packed Mongolian army formation. It looked like there were 40,000 to 50,000 people in total.
Hei Niu took a breath of cold air. He had thought that there would be many Mongolians, but he did not expect that there would be so many.
The sky had just darkened, and the skylight had completely dimmed. The moon had just risen, and its brilliance had not yet illuminated the earth. The Mongols took advantage of this period of darkness to start their attack!
Thousands of war horses galloped at the same time, and the sound was not much different from muffled thunder. In the darkness, only the rolling thunder could be heard, but the knights on the horses could not be seen.
The first charge was so powerful that Black Bull's heart was in his throat.
To be continued...