After a fierce battle for more than an hour and paying the price of seven or eight thousand casualties, Batai finally defeated the camp of the Xuanfu army and slaughtered the capital of Yuanshang with great momentum. When he saw that the lights on the city were bright and the flags were unfurled, Batai was not surprised and rejoiced, and immediately ordered to launch a siege, and he couldn't wait to cut off the head of Xu Jin, the commander of the Ming army.

At the head of the city, Xu Jin gently spit out two words: "Open the cannon!" ”

Boom Boom Boom ......

Ten bowl-mouth cannons opened fire at the same time, and the hot shells roared into the enemy line, blowing up one shocking crater after another, the sound was quite terrifying, but the damage caused was very limited.

In other words, the Northern Expedition of Xu Jin, the 50,000 main forces carried a total of 200 Franc machine guns, 200 old-style artillery, half of which were taken away by Wang Lin'er, and most of the artillery was transferred to Longgang Mountain behind the city just now, so at this moment there are only 20 old-style bowl-style cannons left in the city, but they are just pretending, and the firepower is very sparse.

If I was present at this time, I would definitely be able to see the clues, but the werewolf of Batai had a relatively simple brain, plus he had just crossed the camp of the Xuanfu army, and he had been carried away by the victory, and his body was boiling with beast blood, and he was eager to immediately break the city and cut off the head of the commander of the Ming army, so would he notice this detail?

"Kill!" Batai held a mace back and forth and roared, very excited, as if beaten with chicken blood, under his urging, the Tartars slapped the "low" city wall of the Yuan Shangdu like a stormy wave, oh, in fact, it is not low, the city wall of the Yuan Shangdu is also seven or eight meters high, if compared with the city wall of the Ming capital, of course, it is "short", and even the thickness of the city wall is not the same.

Due to the sparse artillery fire of the Ming army and the lack of moat protection, the Tartar cavalry easily killed the city, some slashed at the city gate, some stacked arhats tried to climb over the upper city, and some even climbed to the top of the city with their bare hands.

However, although the artillery fire of the Ming army was sparse, the bullets were not ambiguous at all, and a round of concentrated shooting was slammed, and most of the Tartars who killed the city were instantly defeated.

Whoosh ......

The archers of the Tartars immediately shot arrows at the head of the city and returned the color, and the rain of arrows covered the sky, and the Ming troops on the head of the city shrank their heads to shoot, or raised their shields to resist, and the Tartars took the opportunity to storm the city gate, and some even rode their horses directly to the city gate.

At this moment, countless black bumps were thrown from the city, and then a violent explosion occurred, instantly mourning all over the field, killing and injuring countless people!

The advantage of the Tatar cavalry lies in cavalry archery, in the speed of horses and sharp knives, once they encounter the city wall, they will have no rut, not to mention that the cavalry of Batai did not carry siege equipment at all, and encountered the advanced equipment of the Ming army, so the small city wall became an insurmountable chasm.

Time passed minute by minute, and in just half an hour, the corpses of the Tartars under the city were already piled up, with rivers of blood flowing and countless dead and wounded. Seeing that the losses were getting heavier and heavier, Batai was so angry that he kept roaring, but it was useless, the firearms of the Ming army were too fierce, and they were so impenetrable that the cavalry under his command did not even have a chance to connect to the city gate.

Just when Batai was helpless like a trapped beast, one of his own soldiers suddenly had an idea and said: "General, artillery, there are artillery in the camp of the Ming army, we can transport it over and blast open the city gate." ”

Batai's eyes lit up and he yelled: "Quick, it's here!" ”

About half an hour later, the ten Franc cannons that originally belonged to the Xuanfu Army were all transported to the city by the Tartars, and they were lined up in a fierce manner.

At the head of the city, Xu Jin, who was observing with a telescope, naturally witnessed this scene, but instead of being nervous, he smiled and said, "It seems that this first fierce general's brain is not very good. ”

The generals couldn't help laughing, after fighting for so long, with five or six thousand dead and wounded, they woke up to use the captured artillery, where can their brains go?

Zhao Datou smiled and said, "Will the Tartars use our cannons?" ”

As soon as Zhao Datou finished speaking, there was a cannon sound outside the city, and all the generals subconsciously squatted down, Xu Jin was no exception, and a group of personal soldiers also protected him in the middle, but after waiting for a while, there was no movement, so he stood up and looked at it, and they were all happy.

I saw that two of the ten Franc machine guns that had been lined up had fallen to the ground, and several unqualified temporary gunners were pressed down and screamed, and there was chaos all around.

"The Tartars really don't use our cannons, they don't even fire if they don't fix them, it's strange if they don't turn over, haha!" Zhao Datou laughed.

Yuan Honghe, the commander of the right outpost battalion, said with a smile: "When the Tartars understand how to fire the artillery, it is estimated that it will be almost dawn." ”

Xu Jin raised his head and glanced to the east, and found that the sky was really faintly white, so he took out his pocket watch and took a look, it was exactly five o'clock in the morning, and it should be completely dawn in half an hour, so he said lightly: "Let's start, it's not good to wait for dawn." ”

After Xu Jin finished speaking, he went down the city surrounded by his own soldiers and went to the north of the city, and the Ming army on the city also retreated in batches in an orderly manner, but the handsome flag still fluttered high above the city tower.

Just after Xu Jin left the city for two teas, there was a cannon sound from the city, and it was obvious that the gunners of the Tartars had finally figured out how to use the Franc cannon, but the accuracy was not flattering, and none of the ten shells hit the city wall, let alone the city gate.

At this moment, Yuan Hong, the commander of the right sentry battalion who stayed at the head of the city, couldn't help but be a little crazy, and scolded: "A group of idiots, the cannon can't be fired on time, it's almost dawn." ”

A personal soldier next to him rolled his eyes and whispered a few words in Yuan Hong's ear, and the latter had a strange look on his face, clearly a little crying and laughing.

The soldier rubbed his hands and smiled: "General, you have seen it, you have to wait for the Tartars to bombard the city gate, and I don't know if you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon, although the subordinates have a little bit of that, but it is also a way, not to mention that when they wait until dawn, maybe the Tartars will find out the clues, and they will not be fooled." ”

Yuan Hong gritted his teeth when he heard this: "Okay, you kid will do this, don't make it too obvious, but make it clumsy." ”

This personal soldier's name is Luo Xiaoluo, and he patted his chest and said, "General, please rest assured, your subordinates will guarantee their lives." ”

Yuan Hong nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead, after the matter is completed, I will point out to your kid to make a credit." ”

Luo Xiaoluo smiled and said, "Okay, the general asked the brothers to prepare to withdraw." ”

After Luo Xiaoluo finished speaking, he bent down and quickly went down to the city, and called two brothers to carry two "ten thousand enemies" and place them under the city gate.

The so-called "10,000 enemies", as has been introduced earlier, is a kind of heavy siege firearms, specially used to destroy the enemy's siege equipment, wrapped in a large amount of gunpowder with oil paper, and then pasted into a spherical shape with mud on the outside, and then put on a wooden frame to facilitate handling, the total weight reaches 100 catties, which is equivalent to a giant bomb.

Let's say that Luo Xiaoluo asked people to help move the two 10,000 enemies to the city gate and place them, clapped his hands and smiled: "Thank you brothers, tell the brothers to withdraw quickly." ”

Several brothers looked at each other strangely, told Luo Xiaoluo to be careful, and hurriedly left.

Luo Xiaoluo untied the flintlock pistol he was carrying, retreated to the bend of the street about fifty meters away, raised his gun and took aim, and then waited patiently while the right sentry battalion left behind at the head of the city was stepping up its retreat.

At this time, a series of cannon shots were heard outside the city, and it was obvious that the Tartars had fired again, but still did not hit the city gates, but two of them hit the tower, and the explosion was scattered.

Luo Xiaoluo's heart couldn't help but hang, many buildings in the city were drenched with fire oil, and it would be bad if the Tartar shells fell into the city and burned.

Soon, the Ming army at the head of the city retreated almost completely, Luo Xiaoluo hurriedly raised his gun to aim, and waited for the cannon outside the city to sound again.

After about the time of tea, the cannon outside the city sounded again, Luo Xiaoluo immediately hooked the board machine, bang, the bullet accurately hit a 10,000-strong enemy behind the city gate, and then there was a loud bang, and the city gate was blown up on the spot, and the smoke was filled.

Luo Xiaoluo picked up the flintlock pistol, turned his head and ran in the north of the city, and at this time, there was a shocking cheer outside the city.

"Hit, hit!" The Tartar gunners looked at the destroyed city gate and danced excitedly.

Batai roared, waved the mace in his hand violently, and shouted: "Enter the city, kill!" ”

For a while, the Tartars flocked to the city gate, pouring in like a tide, and at this time, Yuan Hongzheng led the men and horses of the right sentry camp to flee into the palace city in the north, and deliberately raised the "Xu" handsome flag high.

"The commander of the Ming army has fled into Miyagi, kill him!" The generals of the Tartars were so excited that they led their subordinates to kill Miyagi, and the horses' hooves knocked on the stones on the street.

At this time, on Longgang Mountain behind the Yuan Shangdu, ten Franc machine guns that had been set up, and the muzzles of the black hole were condescendingly aimed at the city.

Huang Qi, the commander of the left sentry battalion, held his clairvoyance to observe the city, and saw the Tartars breaking through the city and rushing towards the palace city, he couldn't help grinning and showing a cruel smile, and said loudly: "Ready!" ”

Ten experienced gunners immediately loaded the shells and re-aligned the angles.

After waiting for about Mo Cha, seeing that the Tartar cavalry had already crowded the streets of the city and frantically attacking the palace, Huang Qi coldly spit out two words: "Open the cannon!" ”

Boom Boom Boom ......

Ten Franc cannons were fired at the same time, and a hundred shells were thrown out within three minutes, but under the hazy night before dawn, fireworks fell into the city from Longgang Mountain, exploding a puff of fire, and then, the entire city fell into a sea of fire, except for Miyagi.

Batai, who was riding into the city, was stunned by the sudden change, at this time a cannonball happened to fall on a row of buildings next to the street, and suddenly there was a bang, a blazing flame rose up in the night, and the whole row of buildings was actually ablaze with a sky-high fire, and a rolling heat wave came to the face, and a dozen or so personal soldiers close to the building were engulfed in the fire on the spot.

Frightened, Barthedon turned around and fled out of the city.

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