"The Western Capture is so resolute in resisting, do you want to hold off the attack and wait until they have cut off the water before besieging it?" Yun Xi looked at the Xi Lu who was fiercely resisting in front of him, and said with some hesitation. When the situation was settled, he did not want to have too many losses among his soldiers.

"Your Majesty, no." Song Sheng said: "At present, except for the fleeing cavalry, the encircled soldiers are divided into three groups, namely the Jesbu Division, the Tieletai Division, and the Chinese Army. ”

"There are still more than 100,000 people in these three departments, and their combat strength is not weak, and the drinking water they carry is enough to support a day and a night. It is already afternoon, and if they hold out until the evening and attack our army at night, even if they also camp around it, if our army does not come out of the fortress, the western captives can divide their troops and flee back to the strong camp, and it will be even more difficult to annihilate the western captives at that time; If our army had gone out of the camp to block the Western Prisoners, the losses would not necessarily be less than they are now. ”

"It was the ministers who thought that they should continue to besiege the Western captives until they were completely annihilated."

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what General Song said is in accordance with His Majesty's teachings in the past." Xu Huizu said: "This is the case when Your Majesty Hongwu led his troops to Mobei in the 28th year, not leaving the slightest opportunity for the northern captives to stop, so as to completely annihilate their soldiers. He felt that Song Sheng's tone of voice was slightly disrespectful, and hurriedly added.

Of course, Yun Xi also heard it, but he didn't care, and smiled: "Since the two Aiqing said so, let them continue to attack." Moreover, send the Jinwu Guards to attack the Jesbu Division, and send the Imperial Guards to attack the Tieletai Division, and we must capture them in one fell swoop! ”

"The remaining three upper guards, waiting for a while to besiege the Xiyu Chinese army."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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"You want to let us go? That's great. When Li Cheng heard Liu Mingzhao's words, he patted his thigh and said with a smile.

"Why do you like war so much?" Liu Mingzhao saw his expression and said helplessly.

"I don't like to fight, I just go to farm according to His Majesty's arrangement, why bother to be an official?" Li Cheng also said with a smile: "Lord Cao Xing Cao, who is suitable for commanding the left and right guards of the government army to fight, is enough to prove that the weapon and tactical changes of the cavalry and mounted infantry are right, but the infantry of the right guards did not fight for much time and retreated, and it is difficult to prove whether the infantry reform is correct." Therefore, I will personally command my men and men to prove the right thing about the change. ”

Li Cheng is a fanatic who studies and uses firearms, and he frantically researches firearms when he was in Annan, but he has done a lot of experiments due to Annan's national strength, but there are very few firearms and tactics that are actually put into use, which makes him very unhappy; After coming to the Ming Dynasty, he was appointed by Yunxi as the commander of the Jinwu guard and also in charge of firearms, and immediately devoted himself to the study with great interest, and the single-barreled firearms used by the infantry and the three-eyed firearms used by the cavalry have his contributions, and the formulation of new tactics has also put forward a lot of suggestions, and I hope to be able to verify whether it is correct or not.

Liu Mingzhao also knew his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Okay, you can lead two thousand households to attack the Xilu first, and see if the soldiers who use firearms are of great use against the Xilu surrounded by the regiments." ”

"You'll see." Li Cheng said confidently.

He then stood up and prepared to command his men into battle. After a while, after calling all the guards of the Kingo, he began to command the two thousand households to rush forward and besiege.

However, the upper guard commanded by Li Cheng did not rush forward as quickly as ordinary guards, throwing a grenade first and then engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. To Jesbo, he seemed to be directing the soldiers through training, with the drummers beating the waist drums and the soldiers moving forward at an unhurried pace.

Jezbu immediately noticed the army, the muskets they were holding, and realized that it was the enemy. He also paid attention to the battle between Tieletai and the Ming army, and knew that these firecrackers were highly disciplined, and the firecrackers in their hands were also powerful and extremely powerful.

He immediately sent out an army that he had always held in his hands to deal with them. "Miku, go and defeat this Ming army." He said to the generals of this army.

"Yes, General Jesbo." The man's eyes flashed with a look of fanaticism, and with a salute, he led his men over to meet him.

When he approached a hundred paces from the Jinwu guard, he ordered his soldiers to release arrows, and fired three rounds of arrows; At the same time, Jesbou ordered his artillery to open fire on them.

"Don't dodge! Keep going! Li Cheng, who was dressed like ordinary soldiers, except that his armor was much more ornate, kept ordering his soldiers. Although they had all been trained for a long time, it was the second time they had gone to the battlefield, and there were no pikemen around them at this time, so they were inevitably a little nervous. He had to wear this armor, which was very eye-catching on the battlefield, and kept shouting. Finally, the soldiers were well trained and moved forward under the command of the drumbeat.

When they rushed to the west and were only more than thirty paces away, according to Li Cheng's order, the drum beat suddenly changed, and the soldiers raised their firearms with both hands and fired projectiles forward.

In an instant, a whole two thousand guns fired at the same time, as if a thunder had sounded in the air, which shook people's ears and buzzed, and at the same time two thousand projectiles were fired at the west, and in an instant, a thousand people fell to the ground, killed or seriously injured.

If it was an ordinary army, this would have been able to collapse him, but Miku's department was not an ordinary army. The people who were placed in this army were all extremely fanatical about religion and proud of the heavens, and although the volley of the Ming army was extremely powerful, the people who were not shot just now seemed to have not seen all this, and they picked up their swords and guns and howled and rushed towards the rear guard of Jinwu.

Although Miku is also an extremely religious fanatic, he is still wise and willing to use his brains when fighting. He noticed that although the power of the firearm was great, it was not easy to reload, and it took a long time to reload, and now it was almost impossible for the Ming army to complete the second reload when it was only more than thirty paces away, just so that he could rush up to fight hand-to-hand and kill these hateful Ming troops.

"Kill all the pagans of the East!" He shouted.

"Kill!" His soldiers also howled and rushed forward.

Li Cheng immediately realized that the Xilu in front of him did not collapse, but instead charged at them, still relying on his two legs. Therefore, even if he couldn't see the front clearly, he still made a decision and shouted: "Beat the drum and make the soldiers prepare for hand-to-hand combat!" Ordered the pikemen to rush up to protect them. ”

Then the drum beats. Hearing the beat of the drum, the firecrackers were slightly taken aback, but they immediately came to their senses, took something similar to the head of a spear from their waists, inserted it into the pipe of the firecracker, twisted it again to make sure it did not loosen, and then formed a formation similar to a spear formation to meet the Xiyu.

For the famous bayonet in modern military history, Yun Xi will certainly not forget that at the same time as he popularized the firecrackle in Shangzhiwei, he ordered the research of pointed and thorny weapons that could be mounted on the firearm for hand-to-hand combat with firearms. Although he would not normally let the musketeers in the infantry fight the enemy hand-to-hand, he always had to be prepared for special situations.

However, both the craftsmen in the palace and under the Ministry of Industry agreed that the bayonet required by His Majesty could not be manufactured. "Your Majesty, the craftsmen say that this weapon called the bayonet cannot be made. It's not that the craftsmen can't do it, but that the bayonets you asked for are too thin and too fine, and the steel is so thin, so fine, soft and easy to break, and the craftsmen made several samples, all of which were broken. The official in charge of this work reported to Yun Xi at the time.

"What if it's thicker and thicker?" Yoon-hee asked.

"If it is thickened and thickened, and it does not match the pipe of the firecracker, it is not easy for the soldiers to use, and it is better to use a spear or equip the soldiers with waist knives." Song Xuan, who cooperated with the test, said at the time.

Yun Xi had to give up the idea of bayonets, but he didn't want the soldiers to carry other weapons, so he ordered the Ministry of Works to continue to research the weapons that could be mounted on the firebolt, and developed this kind of thing similar to the head of a gun inserted in a tube.

At this time, as soon as the soldiers formed a tight formation, the Xilu had already rushed through the smoke and killed, and they immediately raised their weapons and stabbed forward.

But to their surprise, there were not many Western captives who were stabbed. 'Obviously, the shouting and killing sound I heard just now was very loud, at least a thousand people, why did only more than 200 people rush out now? Some people wondered.

But at this time, he suddenly heard Li Cheng's shout: "Hurry back!" The man was in his confusion when he saw a smile on the face of the enemy who had been stabbed in front of him, and then he heard a loud bang and lost consciousness.

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"Damn, it's a human flesh bomb!" Yun Xi burst into a foul mouth with great anger: "These damn bitches raised things!" ”

However, at this time, no one spoke to dissuade Yun Xi, because everyone was in shock and anger. It was also the first time they had seen the tactic of launching a suicidal charge with a gunpowder bag strapped to their body.

"Spread my will, all the soldiers of this army of the Western Capture will be captured alive! Can't let them just die! I will let the captured alive see alive, and the bodies of the dead will be put in pig dung! Then cut off their hands and feet and throw them into the pigsty! Finally, find a few more dogs and swallow their corpses! Yun Xi said angrily.

More than a thousand soldiers were killed and injured alive, and they are still the soldiers of the guard! This loss made Yun Xi's heart hurt; What's more, the situation in front of him brought back some bad memories for Yun Xi, which made him even more angry and made the above decision.

Some people felt that Yun Xi's will was not appropriate, but seeing that His Majesty was so angry, he didn't say anything, bowed down and retreated to pass on the decree.

"Send soldiers to besiege again, and you must destroy this Western captive!" Yun Xi commanded again.

At the same time, Li Cheng was also angry and sad. These are all his colleagues these days, and they have some feelings for getting along day and night, but now they have been killed a lot by their tactics, if he hadn't stood in the back position, it is estimated that he would have been killed just now. He immediately led the remnants of the soldiers to rush forward with shouts and fight against the Xiyu.

At this time, the rest of the Xilu also came here through the smoke, and were about to mend the Ming soldiers who were not dead, when they saw Li Cheng rushing up with people, so they could only stop mending the sword to face the battle.

Although there have been many hand-to-hand fights in this war, and hand-to-hand combat will continue to occur in the future, this one is the most brutal of this war. The Jinwu guards led by Li Cheng saw that their comrades were killed by the Xilu in this way, and the spirit of mourning reached its peak, and in order to avenge their colleagues, they almost fought with the Xilu in the way of exchanging their lives; And the Xilu are also some religious lunatics, who are proud of the heavens, and have no resistance to exchanging lives for lives, and even take the initiative to exchange lives. In an instant, more than 300 people fell in the first round of the battle between the two sides.

Then the spearmen rushed forward. They were not far from the firecrackers, and they accelerated their pace after seeing the explosion, so they arrived at this time. They were equally enraged, wielding their spears and slaughtering the Sirva.

After all, religious maniacs do not account for the majority of the total population, and there are naturally not many people in Miku's army, so they soon fell into a disadvantage and were surrounded and killed by the Ming army before and after, and the losses were very fast, and when the people who conveyed Yunxi's order rushed over, only Miku was left unkilled, but he was also wounded all over his body.

The herald saw that Miku was still alive, but his arms and legs had been pierced by spears, revealing his bones; I glanced at the corpses of the other Western captives on the ground, and there were several large holes in their bodies, and many people's eyes had completely turned into two hollow holes, and the holes were stained with yellow-white brains, and blood was still gushing out. The blood mixed with the brains was terrifying.

This man only looked at it a few times before feeling sick to his stomach, and hurriedly conveyed His Majesty's order to Li Cheng and hurriedly brought Miku back. Not only is he unwilling to stay here, but because Miku is so seriously injured, if he is not treated immediately, he may not survive, so he has to go to the military doctor as soon as possible.

After killing them all, Li Cheng's impulse was vented a lot, but he was still very angry, and led the soldiers to rest for a while, and then rushed forward again. "Kill all the Western captives!" He shouted.

Yesbou's troops were immediately plunged into a scuffle. Shangzhiwei was originally the army with the most rigorous training, the best food for ordinary soldiers, and the strongest combat effectiveness in the country, even if it did not use firearms for hand-to-hand combat at this time, it was not comparable to ordinary guards; And at this time, they were full of physical strength, and Xilu had a serious physical exhaustion after a long time of fighting, and in the face of the angry Jinwu guards, they couldn't even stop it, and they were killed in an instant, and the defense line was also broken through. Driven by them, the morale of the other guards was also high, and they fought hard.

On the other side, the morale of the Western Lu was low again, and some even wanted to surrender in person, but they were killed by the Ming army in an instant. But even so, their morale continued to be low, and their resistance was getting weaker.

It's not surprising that not everyone can fight to the death when they know they are going to die. In the face of the German army, there were Jews who surrendered knowing that they would die, and there were even those who were about to be slaughtered who dug a hole for themselves and were killed, and there were quite a few. These Siyu are also human beings, and of course there will be such a situation.

But their surrender or collapse did not merit the mercy of the Ming army, and everyone was killed whether they surrendered or not. Soon, the Ming army rushed to the last dozen or so Western captives, Jesbu and his guards, and surrounded them.