Tongzhou City was built in the Ming Hongwu period, the city wall is more than 11 meters high, the city circumference is nine miles, the total area is about two square kilometers, the new city is built again in the Ming Dynasty and connected with the old city, so the total area of Tongzhou City expands to three square kilometers, the permanent population is more than 20,000, it is the capital of Jingdong.

There are five city gates in Tongzhou City, three in the old city, two in the new city, and now the city gate attacked by the Tartars is the west gate of the new city, the name is called: five feet to see the sky, probably means that it is very close to the capital, five feet can see the sky (son) face, and the business travelers who enter Beijing from Tongzhou will walk this west city gate.

Tonight, the people in the new city were suddenly woken up by the officers and soldiers knocking on the door, and Xu Jin, the governor of Zhili, ordered that all the people in the new city must be evacuated to the old city before the hour, otherwise the military law will deal with it.

The big night was woken up and moved, and no one was happy to change it, but the military law was like a mountain, and the people did not dare to disobey, so they could only be unhappy to pack up the soft, and the speed was slow, and some people even packed and took away the bottles and cans at home, and the speed was even slower.

Tongzhou Wei Commander Tong Liao Fa, who was responsible for evacuating and pacifying the people, couldn't help but get angry when he saw this, and wanted to use the strong, but he was worried about triggering a violent conflict between the army and the people.

Fortunately, at a critical time, one of his clever Baihu sent an idea to Liao, and the latter felt that it was feasible after listening to it, so he announced that as long as the whole family withdrew to the old city before Zishi, he would be given two stones of grain according to the person's hair.

At this time, a stone of grain can be sold for more than one or two pieces of silver, and when the common people heard that each person could receive two stones of grain, they suddenly felt like they had beaten chicken blood, and every household brought the old and the young to help the young, and rushed to the old city, and the people with a large family obviously made a lot of money.

Liao Fa finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, now the most important thing in Tongzhou City is grain, and it is the summer grain relief in Beijing, so the major warehouses in the city are full. If it was normal times, Liao Fa naturally didn't dare to take it upon himself to distribute the official grain to the people, but now according to Xu Jin's plan, these grains are also wasted, so it is better to send part of it to the people.

Before midnight, nearly 10,000 people living in the new city, as well as business travelers, all withdrew to the old city, and then, as soon as the gate connecting the old and new cities was closed, the officers and soldiers began to "open the warehouse and release grain", nearly 500,000 stone grain was pulled out, all poured into the streets and alleys, and paved nearly half a meter high, not to mention horses, even people walking on it is very difficult.

"Evil, there is such a bad grain, heaven does not tolerate it, heaven does not tolerate it!" He Qiusheng, the chief eunuch in Tongzhou City, who was responsible for supervising the transportation of grain, trembled and pounced on the street, raised his hands and shouted to the sky and the ground, and suddenly stood up and pointed at Xu Jin and scolded: "Xu Jin, you are so bad at the grain, you will be sent by heaven, you will be sent by heaven!" ”

Xu Jin frowned and asked, "If the city is broken, isn't this grain cheap?" ”

"But the city hasn't broken yet!" He Qiusheng retorted sharply.

Xu Jin said lightly: "After the city is broken, I am afraid that Gonggong He will not have the opportunity to stand here and speak, come and help Gonggong He go back to the old city official office to rest." ”

The two soldiers of the Shenji Battalion responded to the promise, stepped forward to set up Eunuch He and went to the old city, the latter danced like a shrew, kicked the grain on the ground and flew wildly, and screamed: "Xu Jin, my father-in-law is going to join you in front of the emperor, you wait, my father-in-law wants to participate in you!" ”

"Feel free to do it!" Xu Jin indifferently spit out three words, and then led the soldiers to step on the soft wheat and grains on the ground and walked towards the West City Gate.

At this moment, the West City Gate was brightly lit, and the officers and soldiers were preparing intensively, and when they saw Xu Jin coming, both officers and soldiers stood and saluted.

A large pit was dug under the hole in the city gate, and a team of soldiers from the Shenji Battalion were carefully burying the pit and re-paving it with green bricks.

"Lao Guo, no problem, right?" Xu Jin asked Guo Jindiao, who was wiping the flintlock pistol, and the latter smiled confidently: "Don't worry, Dashuai, I promise to complete the task." ”

"Okay, I'll give you the first credit when the deed is done!" Xu Jindao.

Guo Jindiao saluted and said loudly: "Xie Dashuai, this leader has won it!" ”

The surrounding soldiers of the Shenji Battalion couldn't help but cast envious and jealous eyes, but there was no way, who made the old Guo gun accurate, and the real hundred steps through Yang.

The defenders of the city were in full swing to prepare, the Tartar army outside the city was not idle, Harichi and Temur were ready to launch a wave of onslaught at dawn, they had no way to retreat, and they must take Tongzhou City by tomorrow afternoon, otherwise they could only turn their heads and go to meet me.

At about five o'clock in the morning, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, Harichi and Temur ordered the siege of the city, and in the sound of agitated war drums, all kinds of siege equipment were pushed to the front of the battle, and the first batch of fifteen hundred Tartars shouted to kill and fiercely pounced on the city walls.

The second group of 1,500 Tartars and the third group of 1,500 Tartars were on standby, ready to take over from the previous group of companions and carry out non-stop attacks. In addition, there are 3,000 elite Tartars waiting in the camp, as long as the city gate is broken, they will jump into the city as soon as possible, and slaughter the defenders in the city.

The battle began to heat up, with the Tartars using all their siege equipment, slamming the gates with fearlessness, or climbing on top of the city, with corpses falling like dumplings.

Xu Jin stood at the head of the city to personally supervise the battle, and his own soldiers erected shields to form a formation, protecting the space in front of him impermeable, and arrows rained down, but they were all blocked by the shield array.

"The Tartars' attacks are more fierce than ever, and I guess I'm in a hurry." Wang Lin'er stood beside Xu Jin and said.

Xie Sangun smiled: "That's better, we don't even have to act." ”

Xu Jin shook his head and said: "The play still has to be acted, otherwise the Tartar will be suspicious!" As he spoke, he took out his pocket watch and opened it for a look, and continued: "Now for a moment, after the second wave of Tartar attacks, let's act according to the plan, Lao Wang, you will command!" ”

Wang Lin'er said solemnly: "Your subordinates respect your orders, please go down to the city first, and this place will be handed over to your subordinates!" ”

Xu Jin is not hypocritical, the marshal is not used to charge into battle, he instructed the generals a few words, and then under the escort of the soldiers, he went down to the city, and went to the old city, if there is no accident, the new city will soon become a purgatory.

After Wang Lin'er waited for Xu Jin to leave, he pulled out his waist knife, pointed to the outside of the city, and shouted: "Fire!" ”

Boom Boom Boom ......

Six cannons on the head of the city fired at the same time, and in the earth-shaking roar, huge tongues of fire illuminated the darkness before dawn, and fiery red cannonballs roared into the enemy formation, exploding sparks in the sky.

"Kill, rush!"

The Tartars were red-eyed, and so were the defenders of the city, and every minute and every second there was a fresh life......