Chapter 915: Governor Xu Burns Tongzhou (II)
There were corpses all over the city gate, but the fierce battle continued, hundreds of Tartars carrying huge battering rams rushed to the city gate, some were responsible for raising shields to cover, some were responsible for slamming the door, looking down from a high place, like a giant centipede moving.
The defenders at the head of the city poured down the rolling stones and hot oil, and the tartars under the city were scalded to the point that their skin was rotten, and the tartars responsible for lifting the shield were smashed by the rolling stones and their hands were broken, and even vomited blood, and the big stones thrown from a height of more than ten meters were not at all able to withstand the flesh and blood, even if they held the shield.
The Tartars pounced one after another, and the death squads that slammed the door changed one after another. When the first rays of red light appeared from the eastern sky, there was a terrible bang, and the gates finally collapsed under the onslaught of the tartars.
"The city is broken! The city is broken! The Tartars outside the city shouted like a tsunami.
"The city is broken! The city is broken! The Ming army at the head of the city was terrified, threw down their weapons and fled.
"The city is broken! The city is broken! "Harichi and Temur's ecstasy at the moment is indescribable, after two days and one night, thousands of lives, finally broke through this Tongzhou city, it is not easy!
"Warriors, and Ben will rush into the city, slaughter the Han dogs, and avenge the brethren. Mountains of grain, countless gold and silver treasures, and delicate beautiful girls, all of them are ours, enjoy them! Harry raised his sword and shouted.
"Kill!!"
Three thousand well-recharged Tartars leaped on horseback, and they rushed through the gates with their swords and swords, and then the infantry scrambled to follow so much that they blocked even the gates.
Hari Chi took the lead, holding a glittering scimitar in his hand, and galloped after a group of Ming troops fleeing in disarray.
"Hahaha, without the protection of the high wall, the Ming army is just a herd of lambs to be slaughtered, warriors, drive the horses fast and slaughter them." Hari Chi smirked, hung up his scimitar, took his bow and arrow, and shot a slow-running Ming soldier with a single arrow.
The Tartars behind Harry's bare bones and arrows, but the group of Ming troops fleeing in front of them had fled to the turning point at the end of the street and disappeared.
"Chase!" Harry hung his bow and carried his sword, and rode his horse in pursuit.
Drive......
The Tartar cavalry galloped through the streets, their horseshoes striking a series of sparks on the granite-paved ground.
At this time, it was just dawn, and the city was still relatively dark, Harichi led the cavalry to the bend of the street, and saw more than a dozen Ming army routs running, but their fleeing posture was very strange.
"Kill...... Grass! As soon as Hari Chi made a killing word, the horse that stepped down actually slipped on all four hooves, let out a mournful roar, and then fell to the ground with a bang, and Hari Chi was also thrown away.
Harry was shocked and said that he would be crippled if he didn't die this time, but when he fell to the ground, he unexpectedly found that it didn't hurt much, and he got up in embarrassment, but things fell down his body with a bang.
"It's ...... Bean! Harichi took a look in the dim morning light and saw that beans were all under his feet, and the street was covered with a thick layer, no wonder the horses slipped.
"It's not ......!" Harichi had a bad feeling in his heart, but before he could warn, more horses rushed and fell to the ground on the spot, and Harichi himself was also hit with blood.
The Tartar cavalry who came from behind did not know the situation in front of them, and this place was located at the corner of the street, and countless war horses crowded together, and the order was instantly chaotic.
Xie Sangun and Pi Shiyi glanced back at the tartar cavalry who were stumbling, and couldn't help laughing, and with a whistle, they disappeared into the narrow alleys of the side streets, and soon, more than a dozen fireheads jumped up in the old city.
As soon as the fire started, the fire spread rapidly, and at this moment the streets of the old city were full of flammable food, and some of them were specially poured with fire oil, so they burned sharply when they encountered an open flame.
Harichi was so frightened that he couldn't care about his internal injuries, and shouted hoarsely: "Get out of the city, get out of the city, you're in the middle of the plan!" ”
It's just that the Tartar cavalry is in chaos at this time, and the infantry behind is constantly crowding in, so it is not easy to turn around, and the fire is getting bigger and bigger at this time, and it is spreading rapidly to this side.
"Withdraw, withdraw!" Harichi shouted in despair, and when he saw the fire coming, the Tartar cavalry also panicked, but rushed to the city gate with great care, and trampled on each other, killing and wounding countless people.
At this time, the Tartar infantry near the city gate finally reacted, turned around and tried to escape from the city, however, the turtle that entered the urn could still let it escape?
Guo Jindiao, a sharpshooter who was ambushed on the top of a building, pulled the plate machine and bang......
A fiery red bullet flew over more than 100 meters and accurately hit a bunch of wine jars placed under the cave wall of the city gate, which were filled with black powder and exploded on the spot, and the Tartar soldiers crowded at the city gate were blown into minced meat on the spot.
However, the main event was still behind, and there was an even louder bang, and the smoke and dust rose into the sky, and the entire city gate cave was blown up, completely sealing the retreat of the Tartars, and the huge shock wave blew up the nearby Tartars into the air, and a burst of flesh and blood rain fell in an instant.
It turned out that a larger amount of gunpowder was buried under the ground of the city gate cave, and there was a lead connected to the pile of wine jars, and when the wine jars exploded, the gunpowder under the ground also exploded.
"No!" Temur almost fainted when he saw this scene, he did not enter the city, but took charge of the command outside the city, but saved his life.
At this time, there were about 2,000 people in the Tartars who had not yet entered the city, and they were all frightened and fled to a distance.
The fire in the city became more and more intense, and in less than half a burn of incense, almost all the buildings in the old city were on fire, and hundreds of thousands of stone of grain, including a lot of beans, peanuts and other grains rich in vegetable oil, once burned, it was really terrible.
The Tartars rushed through the city in an attempt to escape the fire, but all but one of the streets into the city were sprinkled with thick grain, and became a purgatory where the fire raged.
The horror of the fire is unimaginable, the high temperature of thousands of degrees is not at all what the flesh and blood can bear, coupled with the large amount of smoke and dust produced when the fire burns, if you are not burned to death, you have to be choked to death, and if you are not choked to death, you will be suffocated to death, because of lack of oxygen!
Guo Jindiao ran wildly after putting the gun, and when he ran back to the gate connecting the old and new cities, there was already a basket waiting for him. Guo Jindiao sat down in the basket, and the brothers at the head of the city immediately pulled him up.
"Haha, Lao Guo did a good job, congratulations on winning the first credit!"
Guo Jindiao went to the head of the old city, and the generals came up to congratulate him, just now Guo Jindiao's shot ignited a large amount of gunpowder buried under the city gate hole, and blew up the city gate hole in one fell swoop, successfully cutting off the retreat of the Tartars.
Guo Jindiao smiled, turned around and looked at the new city, and couldn't help but gasp when he saw the scene in front of him.
At this time, the new city was already on fire, and the Tartars in the streets were running in despair, but gradually they were all engulfed by the spreading fire, the horses were screaming, the Tartars were howling, and the men and horses were turned into fireballs, and finally turned into ashes.
Even the battle-hardened Shenji Battalion, at this moment when they saw the tragic scene in front of them, they were all awe-inspiring and silent, thinking that when they were in Songjiang Mansion, the marshal had also burned the Japanese Kou, but at that time the Japanese were hiding in the grass on the hillside, and the scene was not real, and now, everyone was standing on the head of the city, condescending, so they could see it clearly, and witnessed the Tartars screaming and dying in the fire, and the scene was a little creepy.
Tongzhou Wei commanded Miao Xin, and commanded Liao Fa, the commander of the same knowledge, secretly glanced at Xu Jin, who was looking at the fire with a calm expression, and there were turbulent waves in his heart, this is not only Xu beheaded, it is simply a killing god, four or five thousand Tartars were burned alive like this, tsk, I am afraid of it! !
"The Shenji Battalion listens to the order and goes out of the city!" Xu Jin calmly gave the second step order.
All the soldiers of the Shenji battalion immediately mounted their horses, fought out from the south gate of the old city, and went around the city to the west gate, where there were still more than 2,000 Tartars who had not entered the city.
Bang bang bang......
The sound of gunfire like beans rang out in the morning sun, and it was a one-sided slaughter, because those Tatars who were lucky enough not to enter the city had already lost their courage in fright, and collapsed without much resistance, and fled in all directions, and the result was naturally no suspense.
At this moment, seven or eight miles away from Tongzhou City, two horsemen stopped at the edge of the canal, they strangled their horses, and looked in the direction of Tongzhou City in disbelief, but saw the flames soaring into the sky and thick smoke billowing out.
These two scouts were sent by Tianjin Sanwei to inquire about the news, and they couldn't help but look at each other in horror when they saw this, and one of them said in a deep voice: "It's not good, the fire in Tongzhou City is soaring, and nine times out of ten it has been broken by the Tartars." ”
"What then?" Another asked.
"What else can I do, hurry up and turn around and go back to report, Tongzhou City has been broken, there is no need to save it."
So, the two horsemen immediately turned around and left, galloping all the way for nearly thirty miles, and finally returned to a camp, which was the camp of Tianjin Sanwei.
It turned out that Tianjin Sanwei did not dare to disobey after receiving Xu Jin's order, after all, Xu Jin was famous, so he ordered his troops and horses to set off on the same day, but Ni, Zhao, and Mei were afraid of death, and they were grinding along the way, and it took more than two days to come to the downstream of the canal more than 30 miles away from Tongzhou.
Let's say that the two scouts reported into the big tent of the Chinese army, Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong, and Mei Dingjia couldn't help but be shocked when they heard that Tongzhou had been broken by the Tartars.
"It's a good thing we're one step late, otherwise it would have been miserable." The commander of the right guard in Tianjin made Mei Dingjia happy.
Tianjin Wei Commander Ni Yunpeng said with a little disappointment: "Isn't Xu Jin called Xu Changsheng?" I can't even hold the state! ”
The commander of the Tianjin Left Guard made Zhao Jizong's old god in the tunnel: "I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet?" There is no undefeated general in this world, Xu Jin has won many small victories, and it is already good to save Tongzhou temporarily, the Tartars have a big counterattack, and it is normal for him to not be able to hold it! ”
Ni Yunpeng frowned and said, "Uncle Zong, what now?" Still not going to Tongzhou? ”
Zhao Jizong said angrily: "Tongzhou is broken, shall we still send it to death?" Let's go, go back to Tianjin immediately, as soon as Xu Jin dies, I'm afraid Daming is really hopeless, let's plan early! ”
Ni Yunpeng and Mei Dingjia looked at each other in shock, is Da Ming really going to die? Then the world is going to be chaotic again?
At that moment, the front team of Tianjin Sanwei changed into the rear team, and the back team became the front team, and fled back to Tianjin in a smoke.
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