The fire burned half of the sky, and the new city became a sea of fire, except for fire and fire, there was no living thing in sight, five or six thousand Tartars, and thousands of war horses, all of whom were buried in the fire.

It is said that killing 1,000 enemies will cause 800 self-losses, and the Ming army in this battle is killing 10,000 enemies and losing 300,000 themselves, but these 300,000 are just food. Killing the opponent's 10,000 cavalry at the cost of more than 300,000 stone of grain and a city, is it a gain or a loss? That's a matter of opinion, and for Xu Jin, it's completely worth it, even if it is converted into silver, an average of three taels of silver will be exchanged for a life of Tartar, not to mention that Tartar has also taken tens of thousands of war horses, it is simply worth it anymore.

Of course, if the situation allows, Xu Jin doesn't want to waste so much food, but the current grim situation does not allow him to hesitate at all, once the Tatar Bodi Khan breaks through the Gubei Pass, then the Ming Dynasty is really in danger, so he must get rid of the Tartar soldiers besieging Tongzhou City as soon as possible, so that he can free up his hands to gather the soldiers and horses of the kings of Qin.

For example, the Tianjin Sanwei at both ends of the first rat, Xu Jin is impossible to control without personally taking action, since Tianjin Sanwei is like this, then will the other Qinwang soldiers and horses also wait and see? Therefore, Xu Jin had to liberate himself, and at the same time boost the morale of the town with a big victory, improve his prestige, and deter the soldiers and horses of the kings of all walks of life.

As the so-called pit viper stings hands, strong men break their wrists, now the center of the Ming Dynasty is surrounded by the Tartar army, not to mention the pit viper stinging hands, it is already a pit viper devouring the head, in extraordinary times, when using extraordinary means, burning hundreds of thousands of stone official food is nothing, as long as the Tartars can be repelled and the Ming Dynasty can be saved, everyone can still survive this winter by tightening their belts.

Bang Peng......

At this moment, Xu Jin and the generals were still standing on the head of the city between the old and new cities to observe the fire, and they were forced to retreat by the heat wave in their faces.

Tongzhou Wei Commander Tongzhi Liao Fa said happily: "Fortunately, the marshal had the foresight to order a four-zhang wide separation zone between the old and new cities, otherwise the section of the city wall we are standing on now will probably be burned down." ”

The commander Miao Xin said worriedly: "Now that the old city is abandoned, the people are crowded in the old city, the population is dense, the law and order are chaotic, and most of the food in the city has been burned. ”

Xu Jin nodded and said: "Tongzhou really can't be defended, prepare immediately and leave for Tianjin." ”

As soon as these words came out, Miao Xin and Liao Fa were taken aback, and blurted out: "Dashuai wants to abandon the city? ”

"When the interruption continues, but the chaos is suffered, since you know that you can't keep it, then just leave." Xu Jin said calmly, in fact, he thought about it before burning Tongzhou, immediately retreated to Tongzhou to control the three guards of Tianjin, and then used Tianjin City as a base to gather the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang from all walks of life, and only when the soldiers were strong and strong could they have the capital to fight head-on with the Tartars, otherwise there were only 10,000 thousands of men and horses, which was not enough for the cavalry of the Tartars.

Miao Xin and Liao Fa glanced at each other, and finally understood Xu's resolute and resolute head-cutting, and the latter said cautiously: "Dashuai, how to settle the tens of thousands of people in the city?" ”

Xu Jin said lightly: "Those who are willing to go to Tianjin will be brought, and those who are unwilling will be dismissed on the spot, and each person will be given five buckets of grain, so that they can find their own way out." ”

The reason why only five buckets of grain were distributed was not that Xu Jin was stingy, but that there was not much food in the city now, and the supply of the army must be ensured first, and the soldiers would have the strength to fight only when they were full.

Liao Fa said curtly: "Dashuai, is there a little less food in five buckets, last night I asked the people of the new city to move to the old city, and I gave each person two stones of grain, five buckets...... I'm afraid they won't leave, Dashuai, you also heard it, those people in Xincheng were burned down and kept scolding, asking us to compensate for their homes, otherwise they will go to Beijing to sue the emperor! ”

Xu Jin naturally heard it, and some people even scolded him by name, but he was not angry, in other words, he would scold his mother if his house was burned, and said lightly: "If there is no country, how can you come to a small family." Tell the people, just say that it is the official promised, as long as the Tartars are repelled in the future, Tongzhou City will be rebuilt immediately, and all the people will be allocated a new house that is not smaller than the original, if anyone does not get it, come to the official, and the official will pay for them to build it out of his own pocket! ”

All the officers and soldiers present couldn't help but be in awe, Liao Fa made a military salute and said loudly: "The last general will do this!" ”

"Go ahead!" Xu Jin waved his hand.

The common people are very real, what they are most concerned about is whether there is food to eat, whether there is a place to live, and they want everyone to have the consciousness of sacrificing their families for the country, which is simply unrealistic, so when Liao Fa announced Xu Jin's promise in public, the passionate people were finally appeased.

In the end, about two-thirds of the people received food to find their own way out, and the remaining one-third of the people had nowhere to take refuge and chose to follow the army to Tianjin.

At noon, when everything was ready, Xu Jin led a total of more than 6,000 people from the Shenji Battalion and Tongzhou Guard, as well as tens of thousands of people, to leave Tongzhou and retreat to Tianjin by land and water.

Just two hours after Xu Jin led his army away, the angry Alta Qin led 10,000 cavalry from the capital, only to see the new city still burning in the fire, and an empty old city.

I have to say that Xu Jin's decisiveness let everyone escape again!!

I looked at the raging fire in front of me with a blue face, and was so angry that he drew his sword and roared to the sky, like an angry wolf, he immediately ordered Xu Jin to be chased and killed, but he was persuaded by Zhao Quan.

Under Zhao Quan's hard persuasion, I gradually calmed down, he led a total of 100,000 iron cavalry to the south this time, all the way down the battle, and now there are only about 70,000 left, if you divide the troops to attack Tianjin, it is really unwise, it is better to concentrate troops to break through the capital first.

Moreover, he continued to suffer losses under Xu Jin's hands, and I was a little timid, Xu Jin was a tricky person, if he fell into his trap on the way to chase and kill, then he really lost his wife and soldiers.

After repeated considerations, I finally gave up the pursuit of Xu Jin, and led 10,000 horsemen back to the capital, hey, in the near future, I will probably regret my decision today!

Let's say that Xu Jin led the Shenji Battalion and Tongzhou Wei 6,000 men and horses to retreat to Tianjin, followed by tens of thousands of people who dragged their families and mouths, and the speed of the march can be imagined, so everyone was nervous all the way, and they were afraid that the Tartars' pursuers would catch up, but God was very favored, and until it was dark, the Tartars' pursuers were not seen, Xu Jin and the generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

On the morning of September 14 in the fourth year of Jiajing, the team that had traveled for two days finally arrived outside Tianjin, and the chief officer of the Tianjin Sanwei could not help but be surprised when he heard that Xu Jin had arrived.

Xu Jin is now the governor of Zhili, and he is also the general of Pingyu, controlling the soldiers and horses of the whole country, and holding the power of life and death, Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong and Mei Dingjia still dare to close the door like last time?

Ni, Zhao, and Mei led all the military attaches under their command, and hurriedly opened the city gate and went out of the city to welcome Xu Jin.

Outside the north gate of Tianjin City, Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong, and Mei Dingjia led a group of military attaches to kneel down on one knee in front of Xu Jin, and said in unison in fear: "The last general will see the big handsome!" ”

Xu Jin didn't talk nonsense, waved his hand casually, and said coldly: "Take it all!" ”

The soldiers of the Shenji battalion immediately rushed up, and the flintlock pistol was put on the head to restrain all the military attaches of Tianjin Sanwei, Ni Zhaomei and the three were shocked, and Zhao Jizong ate and said: "Xu ...... What does Lord Xu mean by this? ”

Xu Jin said loudly with cold eyes: "Tianjin Sanwei disobeyed the commander's order, all the officers of more than 1,000 households were dismissed from their posts and detained for the crime, and the command made Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong, and Mei Dingjia be beheaded to set an example!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ni Zhaomei and the three of them were almost paralyzed with fright, including Tongzhou Wei and the other military attachés.

"Xu Ziqian, you are a personal vendetta of the communiqué, you are a personal vendetta of the communiqué!" Zhao Jizong's face was as pale as paper, and he pointed at Xu Jin and said in a trembling voice.

Mei Dingjia and Ni Yunpeng also came back to their senses at this time, shouted loudly, and called their own soldiers, the three of their personal soldiers all subconsciously pressed the handle of the knife, but before the knife was pulled out, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion had already swept over with a row of guns, and shot more than a dozen people on the spot, and the rest were so frightened that they threw away their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands and did not dare to move.

Ni Zhaomei's faces were like ashes, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy, but unfortunately it was useless, Xu cut off his head and was about to kill people, so as to deter the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang from all walks of life, and the three of them happened to hit the muzzle of the gun, and they deserved to be unlucky.

Xu Jin spit out the word "chop" with a cold expression, but when he saw the sword light flashing, the three heads rolled down in the middle of the Ai, and the three martial arts families that had been entrenched in Tianjin for a hundred years disappeared.

The Tongzhou guards present and the three Tianjin guards were all awe-inspiring, and they didn't even dare to take a breath of the atmosphere!!

"Into town!" Xu Jin gave an order, and the Shenji Battalion and Tongzhou Wei drove into Tianjin City in an orderly manner, and even the Tongzhou people who followed behind subconsciously stood up straight, and no one dared to make noise anymore, especially those who had scolded Xu Jin by name before, when they passed by the headless corpses of Ni Zhaomei and the others, they all felt a cold swishing neck.

"Ai's mother-in-law, Xu cut off his head, and even the commander said that he would cut it, and he also cut three ...... in one go. I can't afford to provoke it, I can't afford to provoke it! ”

When everyone entered the city, the heavy city gate slowly closed, and a Xu character handsome flag rose at the head of Tianjin, and there was a big flag next to it, which read: General Pingyu!!

Half an hour later, an order stamped with the seal of the Governor of Zhili, Guan Fang and General Pingyu, was issued from the city of Tianjin, and was sent by various fast horses to Henan, Shandong, Nanzhili and Jiangxi.

Exactly: a piercing arrow, thousands of troops to meet each other. After receiving Xu Jin's order, the chief officials in various places did not dare to slack off at all, and gathered their troops and horses one after another, prepared grain and grass, and gathered in the direction of Tianjin.

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