Chapter 1840 You make a hole, I have technical progress
"The carriage! The slave thief's carriage is coming!"
With a shrill cry, the main drama of the Battle of Camel City finally began. Then more shrill shouts followed, followed by the sound of horns and whimpering. This was the soldier on duty giving a warning. The camel was in progress.
All the noble generals who were resting in the city were alerted, either from their tents, from their nests in the ground, or simply jumped up from the camels lying on the ground. They picked up their bows and arrows and three-eyed guns and rushed forward.
It is already the morning of the second day of the "Battle of Tuocheng". The "Ming Mongolian Army" led by Princess Wuliangha and the Golden Mongolian Army led by Hauge encountered each other in the afternoon of the previous day. The Ming Mongolian Army immediately attacked Wu
Under the command of Princess Liangha, a camel city formation was set up and the formation was firmly held.
And Hauge was also unambiguous. He first launched an encirclement, and then began a tentative attack. The camel city tactic was not uncommon in the Western Regions, but it was rarely used on the Mongolian prairie in the east. Because the Ming Army and the Later Jin Army
It is difficult to gather so many camels, and the Mongols have not fought tough battles for many years. Therefore, Hauge, who is familiar with the Art of War (Romance of the Three Kingdoms), also saw the Camel City Formation for the first time.
Since it was the first time to meet him, of course he had to test it out first.
So yesterday afternoon, in addition to launching a siege, Haoge asked Aobai to take two to three thousand Han warriors under Guitu Taiji and fight for two rounds. Although they were all easily defeated by the "Ming Mongol Army" relying on Tuocheng.
Although he was repulsed, Hauge still figured out some of the truth.
Princess Wu Liangha should not have cannons at hand, but the combat effectiveness of her "Ming Mongol Army" is still very powerful!
Their equipment looks good, and everyone seems to be able to wear foam nail padded armor.
The bow in his hand is also very stiff, and it does not have seven or eight powers, but it basically has the power of six and five powers. And his archery skills are not bad, which makes the attacking Han warriors suffer a big loss.
In addition to bows and arrows, these Mongols also have many three-eyed blunderbuss, and they use them quite well - they do not use the three-eyed blunderbuss as a long-range weapon, but as a close combat weapon. Not twenty or thirty steps away.
The cannon was fired not even ten steps away, but only five steps or so away.
At this distance, it is almost impossible to miss with the three-eye punch, and the iron sand shot is so powerful that even if it cannot kill an armored opponent, it can still beat him until he is covered in smoke... The taste of iron sand barbecue is incredible.
It feels so good!
After the three-eyed blunderbuss in their hands was fired, these "gun soldiers" turned into "hammer soldiers", with a small buckler in one hand and a "three-eyed hammer" in the other hand, and they went directly to engage in hand-to-hand combat!
During the second round of exploratory attacks yesterday afternoon, how could the soldiers of the Han tribe, who had been weakened by the firepower of bows, arrows and three-eyed guns, resist? They immediately turned around and ran away crying.
The red-armored soldiers and white-armored soldiers commanded by Obai were aggressive and wanted to go up to kill and supervise the battle, but only killed a dozen of them. The remaining Mongolians, amidst shouts of "Princess, spare your life", threw themselves at the side of Princess Wuliangha.
Went... Seeing that at least a thousand people surrendered to the enemy in front of the battle, Hauge's face turned green with anger, but he did not get mad for a moment and let more than 16,000 people under his command launch a fierce attack.
Instead, wait patiently for the car to be built.
After a night of busy work by the craftsmen accompanying the army, in the early morning of May 21, the third year of Chongzhen, the "Golden Mongolian" army's offensive began again!
Princess Wu Liangha, who had slept in her tent with her clothes on all night, was also awakened by the sound of military trumpets. She immediately put on her long iron armor and helmet under the service of two maids, and then left the tent.
, raised his voice and loudly ordered: "Everyone should be in their respective positions. I will be in the middle to supervise the battle. The slaves and thieves' carriages cannot break in! As long as we persist for a few days, Long Live Lord's cavalry in front of the tent will come to help! Let's guard the place.
With so many arrows and gunpowder, I shot all the slaves and thieves, and burned the carts! Inform all the thousands and hundreds of households that anyone who steps back will be killed!"
After giving the order, Princess Wu Liangha got on a tall horse, called on several flag bearers to raise their handsome flags, and then began to patrol the camel city to boost the morale of the army.
Several of her soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs: "Those who retreat will be killed, and those who have made meritorious service will be rewarded... Those who win the first level will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver; those who win the second level will be given 30 acres of land; those who win the third level will be given 30 acres of land;
Those who want to be promoted to the next level!"
Now Zhu Youjian's army of confidants has begun to implement a brand-new merit and reward system. This system combines three reward methods: silver rewards, land grants, and promotions. Although it is not as good as the "future career" of slaves and thieves,
But it can still play a role in motivating soldiers - there is no need to deny that the rewards of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as those of the Later Jin Dynasty. This is because the society of the Later Jin Dynasty was "profitable", but the Ming Dynasty was not!
While Princess Ulyanha was trying to inspire the soldiers to fight, seven or eight thousand Mongolian bannermen and Baoyi who had joined the Eight Banners Mongolian system were already pushing hundreds of newly built carriages, beating the thunderous drums.
Amidst the sound, he screamed and rushed forward.
What greeted them was arrows falling like raindrops!
The defensive function of the camel city and the Mongolians' good shooting are perfectly combined. If Princess Wu Liangha did not build a camel city, but used the spear formation as the "city", then at least 4,000 of the 10,000 people would
To form a formation with guns, at least 1,000 people need to be covered with shields, and only 5,000 people at most can use bows and arrows to face the enemy.
But now in Camel City, everyone can hold a bow and shoot arrows!
Of course, not everyone in the ordinary Ming army infantry is good at archery. But the Mongols under Princess Wu Liangha are all quite good at archery... Their archery skills are the same as riding horses.
"Children's Skills"! However, because the productivity on the Mongolian grasslands is really not worth mentioning, coupled with the blockade of the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult for Mongolian warriors to have a good bow, a good bundle of arrows, let alone a good collar.
Got it.
But now the Mongols who are following Princess Ulyanha not only have good bows, arrows, and armor, but also have the Camel City Formation and the three-eyed blunderbuss. Although the military pay is relatively different from that of the former army, the Yanshan Army, and the Daning Army, these Ming armies
The number of new talents is still very low, but the rewards are quite adequate, and they are still enough to inspire a strong fighting spirit.
However, their opponents, the soldiers of the Eight Banners and the Two Yellow Banners of Mongolia, who were also Mongolians, seemed to be drunk today, screaming and charging up!
Because this group of ordinary Mongolian herdsmen, who are neither Taiji nor Tabunang, finally have a way to rise through meritorious service, and there is only one way to get ahead - this is just a cover at the beginning, and their advancement depends entirely on killing people!
Now at the forefront of the "Golden Mongolia" army's front line, wearing leather armor (because it is too thin and unable to protect against arrows), with a round shield on his head, pushing a cart with his head covered, he is also covered by the two yellow Mongolian flags.
Although the arrowheads falling like raindrops had killed many of their companions, the remaining people still moved forward with their heads covered.
They...are not afraid of death! Because they have never truly lived!
Only by rushing into Camel City can they truly survive!
The soldiers of the Ming Mongolia continued to shoot arrows, and the coats and bannermen of the Jin Mongolia fell down row by row. However, more Jin Mongolia still moved forward regardless of casualties, and at a glance they pushed a cart to the horse gun.
In front of the formation, they overturned all the horse-repelling guns and knocked them to the ground. However, most of the carriages were stuck by the fallen horse-repelling guns and could not move for a while.
The Ming Mongolian warriors still persisted in shooting arrows, but everyone from Qianhu to the soldiers could not help but be a little frightened. No one expected that their Mongolian compatriots could explode with such fighting power after entering the Houjin Eight Banners system.
"Three-eyed gun, move forward!"
Following Princess Wu Liangha's roar, the camel soldiers holding three-eyed guns who had been waiting in formation in the camel city immediately came out and climbed over the "city wall" composed of camels.
The three-eyed blunderbuss, holding a lit match rope in the other hand, screamed and rushed forward... Of course, he would not fire the bludgeon at the carriage, he would have to look for the Mongolians who emerged from behind the carriage.
The soldiers with the two yellow flags opened fire, and they had to get closer and fire!
Chapter completed!