Chapter 1230: Breaking the City (Part II)

Xie Sangun personally went into battle, with amazing skills to kill the head of the city, and with his own strength to resist dozens of Turpan defenders, the enemy's defense line tore a gap, the soldiers took the opportunity to climb the city, tore the mouth bigger, and then out of control, the Ming army used the siege ladder to rush to the city like a tide, completely occupied the city in the south of the city.

After getting rid of the terrain disadvantage, the power of the flintlock pistol was brought into play, and the musketeers who climbed to the top of the city pulled the triggers one after another, and the gunfire was like bursting beans, and the defenders of Turpan were either killed or fled from the city.

Knock knock knock......

Isana looked at the flag of the word "Xie" flying high above the city, smiled with joy, and beat the war drums even harder, and the other drummers also tried their best to almost break the mallet made of cowhide.

"Rush! Kill! In the exciting sound of war drums, the Jizhou soldiers rushed up to the city along the ladder, and then rushed to the west and east ends of the city along the city head.

Because the city gate hole had been blocked by a large number of bricks and stones, it was difficult to clean up for a while, so Xie San simply gave up opening the city gate and ordered to fight along both sides of the city head, on the one hand, to stretch out the team, and on the other hand, to help the Datong army at the east gate to enter the city.

The east city gate is on the right hand side of the south city gate, at this time, the Datong army led by Yu Linsheng is storming the city, but after more than an hour of bloody battles, the morale has begun to decline.

Just when Yu Linsheng was a little discouraged, he suddenly heard the drums in the south of the city, and the cheers shook the sky, and he couldn't help but turn his head in surprise and said secretly: "It's bad, could it be that Xie Sangun's little one rushed to the city first?" ”

As soon as Yu Linsheng thought of this, he saw a fiery red "Xie" flag flying high above Nancheng's head, and couldn't help but slap his head and shouted in annoyance: "Oh, really let Xie Sangun that kid take the lead, damn it, the war drums are beating, Lao Tzu can't lose to Pei Lao ruffian anymore." ”

Knock knock knock......

The drummers of the Datong Army beat the drums of war and launched a fierce offensive.

At this time, the Turpan defenders at the head of the city are also at the end of the crossbow, and they saw that the battle flag of the Ming army had been planted in the south of the city, and the military heart was even more chaotic, so soon, the Datong army also attacked the city, and then, there was an earth-shaking cheer in the north of the city, and the flag of the word "Pei" was raised!

Xu Jin on Mingsha Mountain put away his goggles and said lightly: "The overall situation is decided, let's go, go down the mountain and go back to the camp!" ”

Immediately, Xu Jin walked down Mingsha Mountain under the arch guard of a group of personal soldiers and returned to the tent, at the same time, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong led the Shenji Battalion, which had long been ready to attack, and galloped towards the west of the city.

The time was just right, when the Shenji battalion went around to the west of the city, the general of the Turpan Eastern Expedition, Hu Li Na We'er, happened to lead three or four thousand rout troops to escape from the West Gate in a hurry, and the result can be imagined, the Shenji Battalion just charged and killed this rout, with countless casualties.

However, Hu Li Na'er was fateful, and he escaped under the desperate protection of his own soldiers, and escaped into the vast Lop Nur Desert without a trace, Xie Sangun and Qi Jingtong chased and killed for more than 30 miles and did not dare to chase anymore, and quickly withdrew along the hoof tracks, so as not to smooth out the hoof tracks by the wind and sand. It is very easy to get lost in the harsh environment of Lop Nur, and if you don't get it right, you will be wiped out, which is not a joke.

Speaking of Lop Nur, it is necessary to briefly introduce it. Lop Nur was called Yanze in ancient times, is a lake located in the southeast of Xinjiang in China, because of its shape like a human ear, it is transcribed as "the ear of the earth", also known as "the sea of death", the largest area can reach 20,000 square kilometers.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, there were abundant water sources and a large population, and the prosperous ancient Loulan Kingdom in history was on the bank of Lop Nur. However, with the continuous reduction of upstream water injection, the area of Lop Nur continued to shrink, and by the time of the Ming Dynasty, the Loulan area had already become a barren desert, and the ancient Loulan city had become a legend buried under the sand, until modern times it was discovered by Western "archaeologists", and these greedy cultural relics thieves almost emptied the cultural relics in the ancient Loulan city.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the area of Lop Nur was still about 2,000 square kilometers, but due to over-reclamation, the water source was sharply depleted, and eventually Lop Nur dried up completely, turning into a sea of dead sand, which merged with the vast Taklamakan Desert.

At this time, the remnants of the Turpan defenders in Dunhuang City have been almost cleaned up, and the entire city has completely fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

In the evening, after the Ming army cleaned up the battlefield, the blocked gates were also opened, Xu Jin came to the south gate in a "Wansheng" cheers, and the generals were already waiting in line here, saluting to the oncoming Xu Jinqi, and shouting in unison: "See the big handsome!" ”

Xu Jin's face was full of spring breeze, and he raised his hand and said: "No courtesy, all the soldiers have worked hard for several days, this marshal will set up a banquet tonight to celebrate your achievements, and all the soldiers will be rewarded with two taels of silver, and the military merits will be counted separately, ten thousand wins!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole army instantly thundered with joy and smiled!!

Although two taels of silver is not much, but nearly 100,000 troops, two taels per person is 200,000 taels, which can be described as a big deal, not to mention the military merits, two taels of silver is just an additional reward, so the soldiers at the bottom are all happy.

Xu Jin's gaze finally fell on Xie Sangun, and said with a smile: "Ben Shuai has always done what he says, Chief Soldier Xie, the moonlight will be yours in the future, big head, bring the horse up!" ”

Zhao Datou brought the moonlight up in response!

The four hooves of the moonlight are long and powerful, tall, without a single stray hair on the body, the eyes are as big as copper bells, the divine horse is very, and it runs like a streamer, fast and steady, like a divine horse, and no horse in the army can outrun him, including Bing Niu'er's dark cloud covered with snow.

Looking at the moonlight of the divine horse in front of him, all the generals were hungry and their eyes lit up, Xie Sangun happily took the reins from Zhao Datou's hand, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Dashuai!" ”

Isana carefully touched the pure white mane of the moonlight, and said happily: "Congratulations to Brother Sangun!" ”

Xie Sangun grinned, stuffed the reins into Isana's hand, and said softly, "Nana, give you the moonlight!" ”

Isana was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "What about you!" ”

Xie Sanshu blinked: "Hey, you are my moonlight!" ”

Isana's face turned red, and her heart felt like she had eaten honey.

Pei Lao Ruffian smiled and said, "Yes, the old man of the Xie family has saved the dowry now!" ”

The soldiers couldn't help laughing, and the old man Xie Qing scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, if you have a lady, you will forget Lao Tzu!" ”

When Isana heard this, she suddenly became uneasy, and hurriedly said: "Brother Sangun, let's give the moonlight to Daddy, Daddy likes it!" ”

"That's called Daddy, it seems that the bride can't wait!" Yu Linsheng joked.

Everyone laughed again, Xu Jin couldn't help laughing, and smiled: "The filial piety of the county lord of Isana is commendable, but since the three guns are given to you, then accept it, and go back to Ben Shuai to find a good horse to honor the old Taishan, and after returning to Beijing, on the day you and the three guns get married, Ben Shuai will have another big gift." ”

It is said that Xie Sangun has already told Xu Jin about the showdown, and learned that Isana has "accepted her fate" and given up her position of recovering the country, so Xu Jin has now regarded Isana as "his own person".

Although the Tatar woman has a hearty personality, in front of everyone, Isana is still a little timid, blushing and whispering: "Thank you, handsome!" ”

Xu Jin laughed and waved his hand: "Let's enter the city!" ”

Next, all the soldiers surrounded Xu Jin into Dunhuang City, and a simple celebration banquet was held that night, killing pigs, slaughtering sheep and vegetables, and everyone had a share.

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On June 18, the sixth year of Jiajing, the Turpan general Yalan led an army of 50,000 from Hami to the south, approaching the city of Guazhou, and when the front arrived at the north bank of the Shule River, he finally received the news that Guazhou and Dunhuang had fallen one after another.

Yalan couldn't help but be surprised, when even after ordering the whole army to stop the front army and stay for one night, this veteran of Turpan, who had experienced a hundred battles, actually ordered to retreat, led an army of 50,000 to turn around one hundred and eight degrees, and quickly slipped back to Hami City.

After Xu Jin received the news, he couldn't help frowning, this one was decisive, seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately slipped away, it seems that it is not easy to deal with!