Wang Hui put away his nostalgic thoughts and resolutely carried out the orders of Marshal Xiao, who would follow him for the rest of his life, and treated his orders as the highest standard.
Even if it was the Emperor's order, he would ignore it as long as it went against Marshal Xiao's orders.
The Northern Barbarians's cavalry entered the ambush circle of the Ming Army with some swagger. They lined up in columns and moved in an orderly manner. From time to time, they looked at the hillsides on both sides with vigilance in their eyes.
It had to be said that the Northern Barbarians and Daming had fought for hundreds of years. It was not completely without gains.
They had changed from the fierce charge of primitive times to having their own set of rules. During the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, the nomadic tribes developed cavalry tactics to the extreme. Together with the Han people's gunpowder, they swept through half the world.
After Daming expelled the Northern Barbarians, they plummeted. They lost gunpowder and technology. However, they still had cavalry tactics. This tactic gave the Ming Army a headache. It was no wonder that the Ming Army was rarely willing to engage in large-scale field battles with the Northern Barbarians. The casualties were high and the Ming Army's own training and equipment were extremely poor.
Under these circumstances, rashly going into battle was tantamount to suicide. Most of the time, the equipment worn by the Ming Army was not even as good as the leather armor of the Northern Barbarians. The quality of their swords might not be better than the Northern Barbarians. If they did not have enough confidence, how could they dare to go into battle?
The more Daming went into battle, the more he relied on the private soldiers of the generals at the borders to fight. The guards that belonged to the imperial court had long been rotten. Now, at least forty percent of those who fought with Xiao Ruxun were the private soldiers of the generals of the towns.
It was true that these people's combat power was impressive, but they were not the imperial court's soldiers. They listened to their generals more than the imperial court. As for the guards that belonged to the imperial court, it was not worth mentioning how miserable they were.
It was Xiao Ruxun who gave them food to eat and clothing to keep them warm. Now, many of them went to the soldiers of the Zhennan Army to ask if they could ask Governor-General Xiao to be kind enough to accept them into the Zhennan Army as Governor-General Xiao's private soldiers. They really couldn't live on anymore.
Quite a number of people said that they wanted to report their deaths in battle, fake their deaths to leave the City Guards Institution, and then enter the Zhennan Army to be Governor-General Xiao's private soldiers. That was better than starving and freezing in the City Guards Institution, wasn't it?
Every time he thought of this, Xiao Ruxun would sigh at the difficulties of the Daming Dynasty. It was obvious that if Zhang Juzheng had not ruled with an iron fist for ten years and extended the life of the Daming Dynasty for another fifty years, Xiao Ruxun would have been an independent warlord by now, and the Daming Dynasty would have returned to the era of war between the three kingdoms.
Looking at these Northern Barbarians, how could they have so many problems?
It had to be said that their strength and advantages were sometimes worth learning from. It wasn't without reason that they were strong, and it wasn't without reason that they were passively beaten. So what if they held on to the old dream of the Celestial Empire? Was the Great Tang a dream of the rule of Zhenguan and the Kaiyuan Dynasty?
Xiao Ruxun slowly pulled out his sword.
The strength of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and the strength of the Daming Hongwu and the Yongle Era, were not dreams. They were achieved with a sword and blood.
How could they become a powerful country without a strong army?!
Nirvana and rebirth!
Now was the time!
Xiao Ruxun straightened his body and pointed his sword to the sky. "Beat the drums! Fire the cannons! "
The rumbling sound of the drums rang out, and the heavy melody played the never-ending battle song of the Han people.
Accompanied by the ancient battle song, the cannons started to roar.
The roar of a hundred cannons was terrifying. Countless cannonballs fell from the sky and pierced into the unprepared Northern Barbarians.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless cannonballs fell to the ground and exploded. Gravel and lead flew everywhere. At that moment, countless flowers of blood bloomed on the bodies of men and horses. In an instant, countless lives were taken. The screams of men, the neighs of horses, and the roar of the cannons intertwined together, playing a magnificent and cruel battlefield concerto.
But this was only the beginning.
The prepared rolling stones and logs rolled down from the top of the mountain. They rolled faster and faster. This ancient and effective method brought the Northern Barbarians as much damage and fear as the cannons.
When the rolling rocks and logs came crashing down, the lucky Northern Invaders were only grazed by them, but the unlucky ones were hit squarely in the face and smashed into a pile of meat paste by a large rock. Their deaths were extremely gruesome and could even frighten the people around them to death. This was not an isolated case, as it was happening all the time in the Northern Invaders' army that stretched for miles.
This was only the beginning. The crossbowmen of the Ming Army started to release their arrows. They aimed at the sky and under the orders of the generals, they pulled back the bowstrings and released the arrows. These arrows would naturally fall to the ground with greater force, pinning some of the unlucky Northern Barbarians to the ground and taking their lives on the spot.
The bow and arrow was the earliest long-range weapon of the Han army that could effectively attack the nomadic cavalry. It had been passed down. Today, in Xiao Ruxun's army, due to the continuous improvement and popularity of firearms, the use of the crossbow was not as prominent. However, when it rained and gunpowder was used up, the crossbow was still a very reliable long-range weapon.
It was the same now. The musketeers needed to temporarily hide their sharpness. In order to deal more damage to the enemy, they needed the crossbowmen.
The sudden appearance of the Ming Army's long-range attack caught the Northern Barbarians off guard and caused heavy casualties.
The Northern Barbarians did not expect that there would be an ambush from the Ming Army here. Although they were alert, they were not prepared. Xiao Ruxun's previous victories and defeats had led He Qiuli's judgment astray. Therefore, in He Qiuli's mind, he had never thought that they would be ambushed here.
In He Qiuli's view, the Ming Army would concentrate all their forces in Datong to attack and defend. This was the only option for the Ming Army. However, the Ming Army was ambushing here? And they were attacking so fiercely?!
Boom, boom, boom, boom — —
The cannons of the Ming Army kept roaring. Frank's gun was roaring, and the Hongbari cannons were also roaring. Although Xiao Ruxun only had five Hongbari cannons that could be used, as long as they were used skillfully, the five cannons could still be used to great effect. Solid bullets and explosive bullets smashed onto the heads of the Northern Barbarians, bringing disaster to them.
"Big Leader! We are being ambushed! We are being ambushed! The Hans are ambushing us! "
"Big Leader! What do we do now? The Hans are ambushing us! We have fallen into a trap! "
"Damn it, the Hans are ambushing us!"
"Ah!!!"
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