Quack......

As the sun set, the twilight was vast, and a flock of faint crows hovered over Tongzhou City, making a disturbing noise, and a few bold crows even flew under the city wall to peck at the scattered severed limbs and internal organs.

Zheng ——!

There was a huge sound of metal rubbing, but when I saw a cold light shoot out, it was a heavy arrow for bed crossbows, the heavy arrow was shot from the position of the Tartars, the speed was as fast as lightning, and a frightened crow happened to hit the arrow, and was "fried" into a ball of minced meat on the spot, and the heavy arrow continued to stab, piercing deeply into the city wall, causing sparks to splash everywhere.

Kill ——!

The Tartars are like a tide rushing to the west gate of Tongzhou City, this is already the tenth wave of attacks launched by the Tartars today, and it seems that they are planning to fight at night.

The defenders at the head of the city were so tired that they had to take up arms and fight back, and a terrible battle began at sunset......

Harichi and Temur, two Tartar generals, came to the city to direct the siege, they held scimitars in their hands and cheered up the soldiers hoarsely, there was no way, the military order was like a mountain, I promised them to take Tongzhou City within three days, otherwise they would come to see each other, and now more than two days have passed, and tomorrow afternoon will be a three-day period.

I replied that three days is three days, and if I can't take Tongzhou City, I will really cut off the heads of the two of them, so Harichi and Temur can only fight hard. It's a pity that their opponent is the Shenji Battalion, if there is only Tongzhou Wei in the city, it is estimated that they will not be able to hold it for a long time.

Bang bang bang......

Gunfire rang out one after another on the city, and the Tartars fell one after another.

Although there were only 3,000 people in the Shenji battalion, they were all equipped with flintlock pistols, which had a long range and high accuracy. However, the Tartars were outnumbered, and the stone throwers and bows and arrows also caused a lot of casualties to the Shenji Battalion and the Tongzhou Guard.

Soon it was completely dark, and the Tartars were not iron-beaten, and they were even more tired after attacking the city with continuous high intensity, and when the battle lasted until about eight o'clock in the evening, the Tartars finally reluctantly retreated to rest, and the Shenji Battalion and Tongzhou Wei also seized the time to rest and treat the wounded.

The temporary general's mansion in the city was brightly lit, Xu Jin was wearing a jade-colored robe, holding a small bamboo whip in his hand and standing in front of the screen, revealing a calm bearing in his gestures, although his expression was a little solemn at this time.

Wang Lin'er and other soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, as well as the military attachés of the Tongzhou Guard, headed by the commander Miao Xin, all gathered around with respectful expressions and listened to Xu Jin's speech solemnly.

The emperor's holy decree was sent to Tongzhou City early yesterday morning, and along with the holy decree, there was also a Zhili Governor Guan Fang, and a letter from the general of Pingyu. With the Governor of Zhili, Guan Fang, and the general's seal letter, Xu Jin could justifiably mobilize the armies from all walks of life.

In fact, after Xu Jin got the seal letter yesterday, he immediately sent fast horses to Tianjin to reinforce Tongzhou, but until now he has not seen the arrival of Tianjin Sanwei, which makes him a little annoyed.

There is a map hanging on the screen, which is the terrain and military deployment map of the Beizhili area.

Xu Jin glanced at the generals present, and said in a deep voice: "It's all here, then let's start, Ben Shuai will tell you about the current situation now." ”

As he spoke, Xu Jin pointed at Xuanfu Town on the map with a bamboo whip, and continued: "The general army of Xuanfu is pinned down by the 30,000 troops of the Tatar Yongxieb Division, and there is no way to rescue the capital for the time being.

Li Fuda raised troops to rebel in Datong, and had already captured Shuozhou and forced Taiyuan, so the soldiers and horses of King Qin in Yulin Town and Shanxi could not be counted on for the time being.

And the Baoding general army was newly defeated, and he was too busy to take care of himself. Unfortunately, not long ago, I received news that the Great Khan Bodi of the Tatar Chahar Department was leading an army of 100,000 to attack Gubeikou in Jizhou Town, so the general army of Jizhou Town could not count on it. ”

The bamboo whip in Xu Jin's hand pointed at Jizhou Town, which is located in the northeast of the capital, Gubeikou is located in Jizhou Town, which is now near the Miyun Reservoir in Beijing, only about two hundred and fifty miles away from the capital.

All the generals present looked solemn when they heard this, the situation is too grim, it is enough to deal with one answer, if the Tartar Bodi Khan leads an army of 100,000 to kill, then the Ming Dynasty will really be in danger.

Xu Jin continued with a serious expression: "So now we can only count on the arrival of the soldiers and horses of King Qin in Shandong and Henan as soon as possible, otherwise once Bodi Khan breaks through Gubeikou, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Wang Lin'er said in a deep voice: "The soldiers and horses of the Qinwang in Henan and Shandong will take ten days and half a month to arrive, I hope the defenders of Gubeikou can resist." ”

Zhao Datou couldn't help scratching his bald head and said: "His grandmother's, Dashuai has already issued an order yesterday, and Tianjin Sanwei should also arrive at this time, it's only less than two hundred miles, how can it be like a turtle crawling." ”

Xie Sangun pouted and said: "In my opinion, Tianjin Sanwei is cowardly, maybe he didn't dare to come at all, before my brother-in-law...... Cough Marshal asked them to send troops to help Chi Tongzhou, but they were closed. ”

The generals of Tongzhou Wei were all angry when they heard this, and the commander Miao Xin was even more angry: "How can this be true, Tongzhou and Tianjin are watching and helping each other, and the distance between them is only two hundred miles. ”

A hint of coldness flashed in Xu Jin's eyes, before he was "powerless and powerless", and his request for Tianjin Sanwei to send troops was refused, but he is now the governor of Zhili, the general of Pingyu who controls the soldiers and horses of all roads, if Tianjin Sanwei dares to disobey the order, then he doesn't mind killing chickens and monkeys again.

Of course, the premise is that Xu Jin has to solve the current predicament first and eliminate the Tartar army outside the city. After two days of fierce fighting, although the Tartars outside the city suffered great casualties, there were still seven or eight thousand troops, even more than the total number of people in the Shenji Battalion and Tongzhou Wei combined, so it was absolutely impossible to fight hard, if there was no city to rely on, it is estimated that the Shenji Battalion and Tongzhou Wei could not support it at all.

Therefore, in the face of the Tatar cavalry that is ahead of his own in terms of number and combat power, he can only outwit and not be able to defeat the enemy, Xu Jin has an extremely bold idea!

However, his idea is too bold, and it is extremely destructive, which will cause extremely serious losses, so Xu Jingang said his idea, and all the generals were surprised, and some even directly opposed it.

"Dashuai, Tongzhou is the granary of the capital, this move must not be!" Tongzhou Wei commander Miao Xin was shocked.

Tongzhou Wei commander Tongzhi Liao Fa also hurriedly echoed: "Think twice, this move is too risky, and it may not be successful." ”

Wang Lin'er was steady, and obviously felt that Xu Jin's method was too risky, and also persuaded: "Marshal, let's wait a little longer, maybe the reinforcements of Tianjin Sanwei will arrive tomorrow." ”

Xu Jin shook his head and said lightly: "At both ends of the head of the head of the Tianjin Sanwei, there is a chance that there will be no troops, and even if the troops are dispatched, they will delay on the road for various reasons, and they can't be counted on at all." Now this situation can only be fought for, and it will be resurrected after death! ”

Miao Xin frowned and said, "But if the emperor blames it......"

"All the consequences are borne by the marshal, may I ask Commander Miao, is Tongzhou important or the emperor important? Is food important, or is the Ming dynasty important? Xu Jin looked at Miao Xin coldly.

Miao Xin couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "The emperor's safety is important, and the Ming dynasty is important!" ”

Xu Jin nodded: "Then do what Ben Shuai does, act immediately, Liao Tongzhi, you are responsible for evacuating and pacifying the people in the city, if there is a mistake, only you ask!" ”

Tongzhou Wei Commander Tongzhi Liao Fa's heart tightened, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

The generals present glanced at each other and received orders to prepare.