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Chapter 915 Governor Xu sets fire to Tongzhou (2)

There were already corpses everywhere near the city gate, but the fierce battle continued. Hundreds of Tartars rushed towards the city gate with huge siege rams. Some were responsible for raising shields to cover them, and some were responsible for rushing to the door. Looking down from a high place, it was like a giant centipede moving.

The defenders on the top of the city poured the rolling stones and hot oil down. The Tartars under the city were scalded and their flesh was broken. The Tartars responsible for holding the shield were broken by the rolling stones and even vomited blood. The big stone thrown from more than ten meters high was not something that the flesh and blood could bear, even holding the shield.

The Tartars rushed forward one after another, and the suicide squads that hit the door changed batch after batch. When the first red glow appeared from the sky in the east, there was a shocking sound, and the city gate finally fell down under the impact of the Tartars.

"The city is broken! The city is broken!" The Tartars outside the city cheered like a tsunami.

"The city is broken! The city is broken!" The Ming army at the top of the city was frightened and threw down their weapons and fled in panic.

"The city is broken! The city is broken!" Harichi and Temuir's ecstasy at this moment is hard to describe. After two days and one night of attack, he finally broke through Tongzhou City. It's not easy!

"Warriors, rush into the city with me, slaughter all the dogs, and avenge the brothers. The piles of food, countless gold, silver and treasures, and the delicate and beautiful ladies are all ours, enjoy it!" Harry raised his sword and shouted.

"Ao, kill me!"

Three thousand Tartars who were raising their energy quickly jumped onto the horse. They rode their horses and raised their swords, rushed in through the city gate at a speed of lightning. Then the infantry rushed to follow, blocking even the gate.

Harry took the lead, holding a shining scimitar in his hand, and chased a group of Ming troops who were fleeing in a panic on the street.

"Hahaha, without the protection of the high walls, the Ming army is just a group of lambs to be slaughtered. Warriors, drive the horses quickly and slaughter them all." Harichi laughed proudly, hung up his scimitar and took down the bow and arrow, raised his hand and shot a slow-running Ming army with one arrow.

The Tartars behind Harry also bent their bows and arrows, but the group of Ming troops who had fled ahead had already escaped to the end of the street and disappeared.

"Chasing!" Harry hung his bow and held his sword, and rode his horse to chase him urgently.

drive……

The Tatar cavalry ran on the streets, and the horseshoes knocked out a series of sparks on the ground paved with sesame stone.

It was just dawn and the city was still dark. Harichi led the cavalry to the turn of the street and saw more than a dozen Ming army defeated soldiers running, but their escape posture was a bit strange.

"Kill...grass!" Hari Chi just said the word "kill". The war horse under her crotch actually slipped, making a sad roar, and then fell to the ground with a loud bang. Hari Chi was also thrown away.

Harry Chi was shocked and said that he would be disabled even if he didn't die this time. However, when he fell to the ground, he unexpectedly found that it didn't hurt much. He got up in a mess, but something fell down his body.

"This is... beans!" Harichi looked at the dim morning light and found that his feet were full of beans, and there was a thick layer on the street. No wonder the war horses slipped.

"Not good..." Harry Chi felt a secret feeling in his heart, but before he could even war horses rushed over and fell into a ball on the spot. Harry Chi himself was also hit and blew up in blood.

The Tatar cavalry coming from behind did not know the situation ahead, and it was located at the corner of the street, and countless war horses scrambled to each other, and the order was in chaos in an instant.

Xie Sanliang and Pi Shiyi looked back at the Tartar cavalry who were so terrified that they were stumbled. They couldn't help laughing. With a whistle, they occupied the narrow alleys and disappeared. Soon, more than a dozen fireheads rose in the new city.

As the fire broke out, the fire spread rapidly. At this moment, the streets of Xincheng were full of flammable food, and some of them were poured with tinder oil, so they burned sharply when they encountered an open flame.

Harichi was shocked and did not care about his internal injuries. He shouted at the top of his lungs: "Get out of the city, get out of the city soon, be trapped!"

However, the Tatar cavalry was in chaos at this time, and the infantry behind were constantly rushing in, so it was not easy to turn around. At this time, the fire was getting bigger and bigger and spreading rapidly towards this side.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!" Harichi shouted in despair. Seeing the fire burning, the Tartar cavalry were panicked, but they rushed towards the city gates with all their might, and countless casualties were trampled on each other.

At this time, the Tartar infantry near the city gate finally reacted and turned around and wanted to escape from the city. However, can the turtle that entered the jar still let it escape?

The sharpshooter Guo Jindiu, who was ambushing a height of a building, pulled the plate machine, bang...

A fiery red bullet flew over a hundred meters and accurately hit a pile of wine jars placed under the wall of the city gate. The wine jars were filled with black gunpowder and exploded on the spot. The Tartar soldiers squeezed at the city gate were blown into pieces.

However, the highlight was still behind. With a louder sound, smoke and dust soared into the sky. The entire city gate hole exploded, completely blocking the Tartars' retreat. The huge shock wave blew the nearby Tartars into the air, and a rain of flesh and blood suddenly fell.

It turned out that there was a larger amount of gunpowder buried under the ground in the city gate, and there were leads connected to the pile of wine jars. When the wine jar exploded, the gunpowder under the ground also exploded.

"No!" Temoor almost fainted when he saw this scene. He did not enter the city, but was responsible for commanding outside the city, but saved his life.

At this time, there were about 2,000 Tartars who had not yet entered the city. They were all frightened and rolled and crawled to the distance.

The fire in the city became more and more intense. In just under half an incense stick, almost all the buildings in the old city caught fire. Hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, including many beans, peanuts and other foods rich in vegetable oil. Once it burned, it would be terrible.

The Tartars rushed in the city, trying to escape from the fire, but except for a section of the street entering the city, almost all the streets were filled with thick food, which became a purgatory that was raging with fire.

The terrible fire scene is unimaginable. The high temperature of thousands of degrees is not something that can be withstood by flesh and blood. In addition, the large amount of thick smoke and dust generated when the fire burns, you will be choked to death if you are not burned to death. If you are not choked to death, you will be choked to death because of lack of oxygen!

After Guo Jindiao put out his gun, he ran wildly. When he ran back to the gate connecting the old and new cities, there was a basket waiting for him. Guo Jindiao sat in the basket, and the brothers on the top of the city immediately pulled him up.

"Haha, Lao Guo did a great job, congratulations on winning the first result!"

Guo Jindiao went up to the top of the old city, and the generals surrounded him to congratulate him. The gun just now ignited a large amount of gunpowder buried under the city gate hole, and blew up the city gate hole in one fell swoop, successfully cutting off the Tartars' retreat.

Guo Jindiao smiled and turned to look at the new city. When she saw the scene in front of her, she couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning.

At this time, the new city had already shot into the sky. The Tartars on the street were running away in despair, but gradually they were engulfed by the spreading fire. The war horses were roaring and the Tartars were thundering. The people and horses turned into fireballs and eventually turned into ashes.

Even the Shenji Camp, which has been through many battles, was silent at this moment when they saw the tragic phenomena in front of them. I remember that the general had burned the Japanese pirates in Songjiang Prefecture, but at that time the Japanese pirates were hidden in the grass on the hillside, and the scene was not real. Now, everyone was standing on the top of the city and condescending, so they could see clearly. They witnessed the Tartars screaming and dying in the fire. The scene was a bit creepy.

Tongzhou Guard Commander Miao Xin and commander Liao Fa secretly looked at Xu Jin who was looking at the fire with a calm expression. There were storms in his heart. This person was not just Xu Beheading, but he was simply a god of killing. Four or five thousand Tartars were burned to death. Tsk, he was afraid of the rich!!

"Shenji Camp obeys the order and leave the city!" Xu Jin calmly gave the second order.

All the brave soldiers of Shenji Camp immediately got on their horses, rushed out from the south gate of the old city, and rushed around the west gate, where more than 2,000 Tartars had not entered the city.

Bang bang bang bang...

The sound of gunfire sounded in the rising sun, which was a one-sided massacre, because the tars who were lucky enough to not enter the city had already been scared and lost their courage. They collapsed without much resistance and fled in scattered places, and naturally there was no suspense.

At this moment, seven or eight miles away from Tongzhou City, two cavalrymen stopped by the canal. They tied their horses and looked in surprise and suspiciously towards Tongzhou City, but they saw fires soaring into the sky and thick smoke rolling.

The two scouts were sent by the three guards in Tianjin to inquire about the news. Seeing this, they couldn't help but look at each other in horror. One of them said in a deep voice: "It's not good, the fire in Tongzhou City soared into the sky, and it was probably because of the Tartars."

"What should I do?" asked another person.

"What else can I do? Turn around and report it quickly. Tongzhou City is broken, there is no need to save it."

So, the two cavalry scouts immediately turned around and ran for nearly thirty miles, and finally returned to a camp, which was the camp of the three guards of Tianjin.

It turned out that after receiving Xu Jin's transfer order, the three guards in Tianjin did not dare to disobey. After all, Xu Jin was famous, so they ordered all the troops to set off that day. However, Ni, Zhao and Mei were afraid of death, so they were slow and procrastinating along the way. It took more than two days to arrive at the lower reaches of the canal more than 30 miles away from Tongzhou.

Let’s talk about the two scouts who reported to the central army’s tent. When Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong and Mei Dingjia heard that Tongzhou had been captured by the Tartars, they were shocked.

"Luckily, we'll be one step late, otherwise it would be miserable." Mei Dingjia, the commander of Tianjin Right Guard, said gladly.

Tianjin Guard Commander Ni Yunpeng said a little disappointedly: "Isn't Xu Jin called Xu Changsheng? He can't even defend Tongzhou!"

The commander of the left guard of Tianjin, Zhao Jizong, said in an authentic way: "When you walk by the river, how can you not wear your shoes? There is no undefeated general in this world. Xu Jin won many small victories. It is good to temporarily save Tongzhou. It is normal for the Tartars to counterattack, and it is normal for him to not be able to defend!"

Ni Yunpeng frowned and said, "Uncle Zong, what should I do now? Will I still go to Tongzhou?"

Zhao Jizong said angrily: "Tongzhou is broken, are we going to die? Let's go back to Tianjin immediately. Once Xu Jin dies, the Ming Dynasty may be really beyond help. Let's make plans early!"

Ni Yunpeng and Mei Dingjia looked at each other in shock. Is the Ming Dynasty really going to perish? Then the world is going to be in chaos again?
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