After the captain dispersed the crowd, he also took a few steps back, and then threw the fire fold in his hand into these cloth bags with all his might!

"Boom!"

A deafening loud bang sounded throughout the battlefield, and everyone in the Ningzhou Army who was under the city at this time was shocked to their ears, and even the forbidden army on the city wall was stunned by this loud noise and froze in place.

The captain of the pioneer battalion of the Ningzhou Army, who ignited the fire, and several officers and soldiers of the Ningzhou Army who were relatively close to the city gate, were instantly swept away by a huge force and flew several meters away!

Among them, the captain who ignited the fire was the most seriously injured by the shock wave, and the corners of his mouth were already dripping with blood.

At the west gate of the capital, there is a lot of gunsmoke.

When the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, the soldiers of the forbidden army on the city wall also reacted, and still threw thunder under the city wall.

After a long while, the smoke that enveloped the West City Gate cleared, revealing the current appearance of the West City Gate!

At the same time, several huge cracks appeared on the city gate, and the originally closed city gate was also pushed open by this huge force, and the latch of the latch behind the door was also torn off by this strange force, revealing a gap that could probably allow two people to pass!

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At this time, the city gate is generally very tall, it is unlikely to use pure metal, one is too heavy, the other is that the process of one-piece molding is not easy, and it is also very difficult to transport, so the general city gate is a wooden door, painted with a layer of red paint, and some big city gates will be nailed with iron and copper nails outside.

The gate of the capital is made of fine mahogany, although it is extremely heavy and strong, even a battering ram is difficult to break through, but it was blown up by almost 800 catties of gunpowder, and it was not torn apart on the spot, which is already very remarkable.

Of course, the reason why it was not completely exploded was because the power of these gunpowders was not concentrated, and if there were conditions to dig a hole under the city gate and make a serious blasting point, there would be no problem with 800 catties of gunpowder to open the mountain and crack the rocks, and it would definitely not be difficult to overturn a city gate.

Although the effect of the "blasting" is not ideal, but the effect is enough, a gap has been blown out that can be entered and exited by two people, and the people of the pioneer battalion rushed into this gap with only a few breaths under the cover of the fire of the catapult in the distance, and after these four or five people entered the city gate, the first time they did not think about rushing into the city, but worked together to pull out the door bolt that was ready to be twisted and broken from the door hole!

Because the city gate is huge, this door latch is no different from an ordinary small tree, plus it has been deformed and twisted, stuck in the door hole, and under the joint efforts of five people, the door latch is only pulled out little by little!

However, there was originally a forbidden army guarding behind the city gate, although these people were swept away by the huge force of gunpowder, but soon other forbidden troops reacted, and when the five people worked together to pull the latch outside, a team of dozens of forbidden troops had already supported from the outside!

At this time, about one or twenty soldiers of the vanguard battalion came in from this hole, and these twenty people looked at the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army rushing over, and one of the vanguard battalion team was untying a heavenly thunder from his waist, lighting it and throwing it into the forbidden army array, and then he pulled out his saber from his waist, gritted his teeth and said: "Brothers, block them!" ”

"Stop them, buy time for the brothers behind you, and once you open the gates, the battle will be won!"

The rules of the Southwest Army, at the level of the deputy of the team, whether it is a person from the firearms battalion or not, a heavenly thunder will be issued, and now the heavenly thunder in his waist has been thrown out, and then he can only draw a knife and play with his life!

The people on both sides were red-eyed, or armed with knives or spears, shouting and killing together.

The general of the forbidden army over there was also shouting: "The traitors have come in through the city gate, be sure to block them and close the city gate!" ”

"Kill me!"

The two groups of people were in the cave of the city gate, and the fight was extremely fierce.

Fortunately, the five people in the most advanced city, with the help of later generations, quickly pulled out the door bolt that had been twisted and out of shape from the hole in the city gate, and after pulling out the latch, these five people pushed hard, and the heavy west gate of the capital finally opened slowly!

The Ningzhou army, which had already rushed to the city gate, suddenly lifted its spirits and shouted loudly: "The city gate is open, the city gate is open!" ”

"Kill into the city, kill into the city!"

For a while, the morale was greatly boosted, and one by one the Ningzhou troops rushed towards the west city gate!

Seeing this, Li Shuo in the rear also decisively ordered the firearms battalion to move forward.

The Ningzhou army was outside the capital for more than two months, and finally entered the capital for the first time.

Li Shuo, who was commanding in the rear, turned around and walked to a high slope after ordering the tactical arrangements, and bowed his head slightly to Li Xin, who was watching the battle on the high slope: "General, the west city gate is broken." ”

Li Xin put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and said in a calm tone: "I saw it." ”

"The speed at which the Ningzhou Army opened the West City Gate was about the same as I expected in advance."

Because of the existence of firearms, the city wall of the capital has never been a difficult thing for Li Xin, in fact, as early as two months ago, he had the ability to easily open the west gate of the capital as it is today.

The problem is that the people in the capital are not quails waiting to be slaughtered, it is not difficult to enter the capital, but the difficult thing is how to win the 200,000 forbidden troops in the capital after entering the capital!

The number of the Southwest Army is too small to afford too much consumption, and in the case of thunder on the opposite side, Li Xin estimated that even if the Southwest Army can win the Forbidden Army, it will not have the strength to occupy the capital anymore.

This is one of the reasons why he hesitated for two months and didn't do it.

Li Shuo stood behind Li Xin, bowed his head and said, "General, the city gate has been broken, how to fight next, please ask the general for instructions." ”

Li Xin glanced at the fierce battlefield in front of him again, and frowned slightly: "I only have one sentence, I don't want to enter the imperial city, but the momentum is as big as possible, and people should die as little as possible." ”

"Don't fight hard with the enemy, if the situation is not right, withdraw temporarily, we have enough gunpowder, we can blow up the city gate once, and we can blow it up a second time."

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked at Li Shuo and said slowly: "I only have so many requirements, as for how to fight, you can do it yourself." ”

Li Shuo took a deep breath and bowed his head slightly to Li Xin: "General, what if my Ningzhou army has the ability to enter the imperial city?" ”

General Li was stunned at first, and then shook his head slightly: "Then the Great Jin should really die." ”

"If you want to try, you can also give it a try, but I only allow the Ningzhou army to kill and wound half of the people at most, if the Ningzhou army is dead and can't see the shadow of the imperial city, don't die in vain."

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked up at the sky.

It's the best time of the day.

He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Today's battle must be fought until night, and I will arrange for a person to sneak into the city at night." ”

Li Shuo nodded silently: "The last general understands." ”

With that, he turned away and went down again to direct the battle.

Li Xin stood alone on this high slope, looking at the capital city in front of him, and muttered to himself.

"If everything goes well, it won't be long before I can live back in the Jing'an Hou Mansion."

(End of chapter)