Mao Liqiu's cavalry was equipped with cold weapons, but that didn't mean that the Mongol and Tartar armies didn't have firearms.
On the contrary, Mao Li Hai's Tartar army had a powerful firearms battalion.
In history, the founder of the second largest Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, had led the Mongol army to use firearms since then.
It could even be said that the principles of firearms and the use of gunpowder in the western world were brought over by the Mongol Empire during its conquest of the world.
The Mongol Tartars had always lived by plundering, their people were savage, and their fighting strength was much higher than the Ming army.
In the small Guyuan Town, Xiang Zhong led 150,000 troops and Mao Li Hai's 100,000 troops to engage in a life-and-death battle.
Under Xiang Zhong's planning, the Great Ming Army and Xiang Zhong's Tartar Army fought for fifteen days before being defeated!
Defeated, they could only retreat from Guyuan and retreat to Qingyang City.
"Hey, isn't this our commander, Lord Xiang? Why was he beaten up by a Mongol Tartar?”Xia Jian said to Xiang Zhong sarcastically on the city wall where the cavalrymen were burned.
When Xiang Zhong heard this, the veins on his face bulged as he looked at Xia Jian with a ferocious expression.
However, before Xiang Zhong could speak, his deputy interrupted.
"Shut up, dog! Where were you when we were fighting the Mongolian army? What ability do you have to blame the commander?”
As soon as the deputy general said this, Xiang Zhong realized that something was going to happen.
However, before he could react, a sword qi cut through the deputy general's arm. The deputy general fell to the ground and roared in pain. His right hand had been completely separated from his body.
"Castrate a dog? Hehe, who do you think you are? How dare you talk to me like that?”Xia Jian's expression had already turned completely cold.
"Eunuch Xia! Are you trying to kill the hero general of the country?”Xiang Zhong roared furiously.
A national hero?
"Hahaha, Lord Xiang, you're funny.”Xia Jian suddenly burst into laughter and said,""Do you think you're worthy of being called the country's hero? They were just a bunch of defeated generals being chased by the Mongolian and Tartar armies!”
"Xia Jianjun, please watch your words.”When Xiang Zhong said this, he practically said it through gritted teeth.
"Hmph." Xia Jian snorted lightly and shook his head in disdain before walking down the city gate.
Seeing that Xia Jian had left, Xiang Zhong ordered people to carry the unconscious deputy general away. His wound needed to be bandaged, or his life would be in danger.
At this moment, outside the city gate, Mao Li Hai led the Tartar army and rushed over. He was shouting from below.
At the rear, the heavy wooden wheel-mounted carriage that was used to attack the city gate was slowly being dragged in this direction. The scaling ladder and musket were already prepared.
From the looks of it, the Mao Li child was determined to destroy Qingyang City today.
Xiang Zhong frowned. The army led by the Mao Li child was very powerful. If it wasn't for the Wa Ci tribe holding the rear of the Tartar army and preventing them from acting recklessly, half of the land of the Ming Dynasty would have been taken over by the Tartar army.
"Pass on my order. The city gates are tightly shut. No one is allowed to rush out of the city. Otherwise, they will be punished by military law!”
Just as Xiang Zhong's order was passed down, the city gates opened and rows of soldiers walked out!
"Bastard, that bastard opened the city gate?”Xiang Zhong said furiously.
"Lord Commander, it was, it was, it was Lord Inspector who opened the city gate and went out!”the soldier said carefully.
Xiang Zhong was so angry that his cheeks puffed up. What was this damn eunuch trying to do? Surrender to the enemy or seek your own destruction?
"Close the city gates quickly!" Xiang Zhong ordered.
"But, but the Military Inspector is still outside.”
Xiang Zhong was so angry that he slapped the soldier and said,""Xia Yegou defected to the enemy and is already a traitor of the Great Ming Country. I told you to close the city gate, did you hear me?”
After being slapped, the soldier knew that he could not disobey the commander's orders. This was like a fight between immortals and a little devil. He could not afford to offend either side.
The city gate was slowly closed and then bolted with bolts. The soldiers outside the city had no way of turning back.
"Milord, they closed the city gates!”The trusted aide said shakily.
Xia Jian glanced at the closed city gate and patted his trusted aide's shoulder.""Little Deng, you're just too timid. Everything else is fine.”
There were a total of 5,000 soldiers following Xia Jian out. 2,000 of them were from the Craftsman Camp and the soldiers who had defended the city last time. The other 2,000 were recruited by Xia Jian in Qingyang City.
The Great Ming Country lacked everything except for people. Many people wanted to be soldiers and had to give gifts.
The furry child looked at the 5,000 or so Ming soldiers walking out of Qingyang City and did not know what they were up to.
Surrender? But it didn't look like it!
Decisive battle? Why would they send out so few soldiers?
Therefore, the confused Mao Li child asked the person who knew Chinese to shout.
"Are you here to die or surrender? Why did they only send out so few troops?”
The Mongolian soldier who could speak Chinese was very arrogant. This was what the Mao Li child had instructed him to say.
In the eyes of the Mao Li child, the Ming army was very weak. Even if the Ming army had the advantage in numbers, they would not be able to defeat the Mongolian army, let alone these five thousand soldiers.
"Get someone to shout that I killed 20,000 Tartar pigs that ran out two days ago.”Xia Jian said indifferently to his trusted aide, Little Deng Zi.
"Milord, should I say the word 'grandfather' too?”
Xia Jian glanced at Little Deng from the corner of his eye and slowly moved his lips. He said,"What do you think?"
Little Deng understood and let the soldiers shout this sentence in unison.
The Maoli child did not understand the meaning of the words, so he asked the Mongolian Tartars who knew Chinese to translate for him.
After hearing the translator's translation, the furry child was furious and slapped the translator away.
The corners of his eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the Great Ming soldiers in the distance. He knew that his younger brother had died at the hands of these Great Ming soldiers.
He had gathered his forces and fought from Guyuan to Qingyang City in one go to avenge the death of the 20,000 cavalry.
"You're courting death!"
Mao Li Hai ordered the entire army to attack. The 5,000 Ming soldiers in front of him were all killed!
The 100,000-strong army jumping around in unison really had the aura of a black cloud pressing down on the city. It was even more shocking than the zombie army in those zombie movies.
"Milord, they, they are charging over!”His trusted aide, Xiao Dengzi, said.
"Why are you panicking? Fire the crouching tiger cannon!"
Under Xia Jian's command, 20 Crouching Tiger Cannons lined up in a row, their muzzles pointing high into the sky.
These 20 Crouching Tiger Cannons had been recently developed. Because all the time had been spent on the 5,000 flintlocks, only 20 of them had been produced.
"Light the fire!" Under Xia Jian's instructions, the fire rope at the end of the crouching tiger cannon was ignited.
Go, go, go ~
Like fireworks, the crouching tiger cannons fired one after another.
Even in the era of cold weapons, in the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu could slaughter Liu Bang's 600,000 soldiers with 30,000 elite soldiers.
Tactics, strategy, and weapons were all very important.
The Tatars were good at riding, so the Tatars in the front suffered the first round of bombardment!
Twenty Crouching Tiger Cannons were neither too many nor too few. Just like that, they exploded in the charging formation of the Tartars.
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