The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 555

[555. Chapter 542 A great victory]

along the narrow road, throwing all the way.

Each of these glass bottles, as many as you need, are all enough.

With fires all over the sky and thick smoke billowing, the Tatar tents were the easiest to burn. As soon as they encountered an open flame, the cowhide felt and cloth strips quickly spewed tongues of flame.

This made the flying balls above also begin to feel uncomfortable.

The smell is very pungent.

As a result, all the flying balls had to start to be raised a little higher. When they reached the position of 150 steps, the thick smoke dispersed. Although the sky was still filled with a pungent smell, at this time, at least it felt better. Quite a few.

The balloon had to use the flywheel in the rattan basket to control its northward flight, and the density of the glass bottles thrown was much smaller.

But even so, the fire that filled the sky could no longer be contained.

Under the balloon, the Tatar camp completely collapsed.

The Tatars had no choice but to abandon their horses, watching in horror the fireworks that swept away, and the ‘bombs’ dropped from the sky at any time. They were originally partners side by side, but now, in order to seek a glimmer of hope, they had to pull away. Sword, sword and soldier meet.

Yanda Khan sadly saw a larger flame rising in the sky, which was the dry food and horse feed that the Tatars had hoarded.

The mountains of horse feed began to burn, and frightened horses in almost all the horse pens began to flee in all directions.

It’s over…

He looked at the burning people rushing out of the fire everywhere. The pain of being burned was enough to make anyone tremble with fear. The cattle and horses became ownerless things.

Yanda Khan was almost dragged by the guards, running north all the way. They hoped to find a few horses again and again, but these horses were all crazy, unable to control them no matter what, and they threw people down crazily. Come.

Defeated soldiers were everywhere, and many Tatars who woke up suddenly collapsed mentally. They drew out their long swords hysterically and chopped at random. Their companions became enemies.

But the swarming flying balls were still taking their time, following their steps and moving forward slowly.

“What is this?” Yanda Khan looked back at the flying ball that covered the stars and the moon, and murmured: “Southern people… Southern people…”

Looking at the tragic situation around him, his heart was as sharp as a knife, and his whole body People are going to collapse.

His face was distorted and hideous. He stuck the long knife in his hand into the ground in agony, raised his head and roared: “I swear to repay this great hatred!”

“Great Khan…” the guards howled in horror. He shouted uneasily: “Let’s go, let’s go.”

“Where are the sons, where are they?” Yanda Khan was still unwilling to leave and would take his sons away with him no matter what.

The eldest son is dead, but the second prince and the third prince are still there.

The only youngest son stayed in the desert.

The Tatars inherited the Mongolian system. The eldest sons either divided some troops and established their own families, or they went to conquer with their fathers, while the younger sons were responsible for guarding the family.

Now, his two sons are still in the camp engulfed by fire.

Yanda’s face was filled with sweat and tears. He couldn’t bear to leave. He wanted to rescue his son immediately, but the fire in the sky was engulfing the surroundings. He could only watch the fire in front of him devour everything. He roared and roared: ” My son.”

“Great Khan!” The guards had to pull Yanda Khan and continue heading north. Behind them, there were broken troops and chaotic fleeing horses everywhere, and the fire shot straight into the sky.

I couldn’t stand the flying balls filled with smoke and dust, so I had to start to pull up, and keep pulling up, to the upper wind outlet.

Almost all the glass bottles had been thrown. Yang Biao took out the telescope. The ground was burned brightly due to the fire. The camp in the telescope had become a purgatory. Countless people were burned black and covered with fire. There are people who are surrounded by fire, trying to break out of the sea of fire, and people who are fighting for a way to survive and stabbing their companions.

Yang Biao chewed the beef jerky and couldn’t help but sigh: “It’s so pitiful. Why do everyone keep killing? If they come to kill us, we will kill them. What’s the point in killing them until the end?”

Shen Ao looked at the tragic scene below, thought about it seriously, and answered Yang Biao: “Because for some people, robbing others is a shortcut to keep themselves fed and clothed, so… they all deserve to be killed.”

Yang Biao After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: “You’re right, my mother said, if I know how to eat, there will be no use in giving birth. So I asked her, if there is no use in giving birth, why should I give birth? What do you think? What did my mother say? My mother said that if we were not born, we would be bullied by others. My mother is really a reasonable person. Although she has not read any books, every word has meaning. Isn’t it the same today? I was born to prevent us from being bullied. If they want to rob us, I will let them have a taste of it. Master Shen, do you want to eat beef jerky?”

Shen Ao shook his head and took the bag. He took out his own dry food and smiled lightly at Yang Biao.

“Beef jerky is too hard, let’s eat something else.”

After half an hour of attack, the flying team began to return. After the flying ball was raised, it slowly passed through the canyons with mountains. In the dark night, like ghosts, the screams and fire behind them gradually became farther and farther behind them.

After crossing the Datong Pass, the balloons began to land. Each balloon, after lowering, immediately dropped its iron sight. Then, the exhausted people turned over and got off the rattan basket.

Yang Biao immediately started to set off fireworks, and the fireworks lit up the night sky one after another.

The ground crew not far away came quickly following the fireworks, and the pilots who had landed nearby also came to gather.

This night.

The two flying balls lost contact and did not return to the pass. Only God knows where they went and whether they can come back.

But even if it doesn’t come back and the fly ball is intercepted by the Tatars, it doesn’t matter because without fuel, the fly ball means nothing.

The Tatars couldn’t even make an iron pot, let alone supply the fuel for the flying ball.

The rest of the people all returned to the pass.

Fifty-eight fly balls and nearly seven thousand kerosene bottles were all thrown cleanly.

Everyone who came back from outside the customs had a red light on their face.

Even though it was their first time fighting, the previous nervousness had disappeared without a trace.

This raid was almost like a crushing attack, taking advantage of the Tatars’ unpreparedness. Moreover, the Tatars did not expect that they would be attacked by flying balls from the sky, so they camped densely and confidently.

As for how many Tatars died, only God knows.

After all, Yang Biao was very anxious about his arithmetic. If it were the sailors from Ningbo Water Village, the approximate number could be calculated through binoculars.

It was just dawn.

The soldiers and civilians of Datong, who heard the howling all night last night, spent the night in anxiety.

For many households, they were born and raised here. Although many people began to move south, many others stayed.

Even those who have not experienced the horror of the Tatars after breaking through the border have enough terrifying impressions. They are like ants, unable to abandon everything here, but have to prepare for the fate of being slaughtered.

The officers and soldiers were even more frightened. They tried in vain to repair the gap in the Datong Pass, but they themselves also understood that temporary repairs were meaningless. Once the Tatars launched an attack the next day, this fatal weakness would still become The source of their tragedy.

But…

it’s dawn.

A large number of scouts began to leave the city.

Immediately, terrible news came back.

A fire broke out in the Tatar camp, killing countless people and horses.

The captured Tatar prisoners confessed that that night… countless flying balls arrived in the sky above them.

God bless the Ming Dynasty.

Countless soldiers and civilians couldn’t help cheering, and some lit firecrackers with tears in their eyes.

At this time, people thought of the flying team stationed ten miles away from the pass, the people who used the sign of Zhenguofu.

Chief Military Officer Jin Zizhong and Lieutenant Commander Wu Xie, as well as the local patrol censor, gathered together.

They were anxiously waiting for the news. On the one hand, they wanted to invite the flying team to enter the customs.

On the one hand, the scouts had already begun to leave the city, inspecting the camp left by the Tatars, and counting the results of the battle.

Everyone was silent. From yesterday’s day and night, in the blink of an eye, their thoughts were different.

Finally, the results of the battle were tallied up: “Reported that thirteen thousand corpses were found outside the customs. Most of them were beyond recognition. In addition, many disabled people were also found. They were all intercepted and killed by the rangers before they could run far. , the approximate number, in total, should be about fifteen thousand people. “

Fifteen thousand people…

Jin Jin took a breath, and the hanging stone was finally put back in place.

He knew very well what fifteen thousand people meant.

When the Ming Dynasty fought against the Tatars, the reports often reported the beheading of more than a hundred people, thirty people, or seven people. Even in a great victory, getting three hundred heads was considered a military achievement.

Of course, this does not mean that the Ming army’s combat effectiveness is very low.

But because the Tatars are all cavalry, the cavalry is too mobile, and all battlefield initiative is in their hands. The Ming army simply cannot carry out an effective annihilation battle against the Tatars, even if the Tatars are defeated. Now, seeing that the situation was not good, they could easily escape on horseback, and the Ming army could not pursue them at all.

In addition, since there was no annihilation battle, naturally, even if they won the battle, they could only see the Tatars calmly collecting the corpses of their companions and returning to the desert.

It is too difficult to get the first level.

Therefore, sometimes tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry may be defeated in one fell swoop, and the number of heads that may be reported is also very few.

But this time… there were fifteen thousand heads at once. Just outside Datong Pass, no Tatars took away the corpses of their companions. All the Tatars who could escape escaped completely. Obviously The army can confidently and boldly go out of the city and take off the heads like wheat.

(End of chapter)