The fire burned half of the sky red, and the new city suddenly became a sea of ​​fire. In addition to fire, there were no living creatures. Five or six thousand Tartars, and thousands of war horses, were all buried in the sea of ​​fire.

It is said that killing an enemy of 1,000 will damage oneself by yourself. In this battle, the Ming army killed 10,000 will damage oneself by yourself by yourself, but this 500,000 will only be food. If you kill more than 500,000 stones of grain and a city, will it make a profit or a loss? It depends on your opinion. For Xu Jin, this is completely worth it. Even if it is converted into silver, an average of five taels of silver will be exchanged for the Tartars' life, not to mention that the Tartars also had tens of thousands of war horses, which is worth it.

Of course, if the situation allows, Xu Jin did not want to waste so much food, but the current severe situation does not allow him to hesitate at all. Once the Tatar Bodi Khan broke through Gubeikou, the Ming Dynasty would be in danger. Therefore, he must get rid of the Tatar soldiers besieging Tongzhou City as soon as possible, so he can free up his hands to gather all the troops who are serving the king.

For example, Xu Jin cannot control the three guards in Tianjin on both ends of the rat. Since the three guards in Tianjin are like this, will other soldiers and horses who serve the kings be suspicious and wait and see? Therefore, Xu Jin must liberate himself, and at the same time use a big victory to boost morale, increase his prestige, and intimidate the soldiers who serve the kings.

As the saying goes, the viper stung his hands, and the hero cut off his arm. Now the center of the Ming Dynasty is surrounded by the Tartar army. It is not just the viper stung his hands, but the viper has already eaten his head. In extraordinary times, extraordinary means should be used to burn hundreds of thousands of stones of official grain. What is it? 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.

Boom...

A wall of the new city collapsed with a blast by the fire, and the heat waves raised were coming towards us. At this moment, Xu Jin and the generals were still standing on the top of the city between the old and new cities to observe the fire, and were forced to retreat one after another by the heat waves coming towards us.

Liao Fa, the commander of Tongzhou Guard, said gladly: "Fortunately, the general was foresighted and ordered a four-meter-wide isolation belt between the new and old cities. Otherwise, the section of the city wall we are standing at our feet would probably have been burned down."

Commander Miao Xin said worriedly: "Now the new city is abolished. The people are crowded in the old city, with dense population and chaotic public security. Moreover, most of the food in the city is burned. It is because people are panic. Once the Tartars send troops to attack, it will be difficult to defend it."

Xu Jin nodded and said, "Tongzhou is really not allowed to be defended anymore. Prepare immediately and set off for Tianjin."

As soon as this statement was made, Miao Xin and Liao Fa were both shocked and blurted out: "The Grand Marshal is going to abandon the city?"

"When you keep breaking down, you will suffer from chaos. Since you know you can't defend it, then just leave." Xu Jin said calmly. In fact, he had already thought about it before the fire of Tongzhou. He immediately withdrew to Tongzhou to control the three guards of Tianjin, and then used Tianjin City as a base to gather all the soldiers and horses to support the king. Only when the troops are strong can you have the capital to fight head-on with the Tartars. Otherwise, there would be only tens of thousands of troops, which would not be enough for the Tartars' cavalry to get stuck in the teeth.

Miao Xin and Liao Fa looked at each other and finally learned Xu's decisive behavior. The latter said carefully: "Master, how can we resettle the tens of thousands of people in the city?"

Xu Jin said indifferently: "If you are willing to go to Tianjin, you will be taken with you, and if you are unwilling, you will be dismissed on the spot. Each person will give you five dou of food to let them find a way out."

The reason why he only distributed five dou of food was not because Xu Jin was stingy. There was really not much food in the city now. He had to ensure the supply of the army first, so that the soldiers could have the strength to fight when they were full.

Liao Fa said embarrassedly: "Master, is there a little less food in the five dou? Last night, the people in Xincheng moved to the old city and gave each person two stones of food. Five dou... They may not leave. Da Zheng, you have heard that the people in Xincheng were burned and kept scolding, asking us to compensate their homes, otherwise they would go to Beijing to file a lawsuit!"

Xu Jin naturally heard that some people even scolded him by name, but he was not angry. If his house was burned, he would curse himself indifferently: "Without a country, how can a small family come? Tell the people that it was promised by my official that as long as the Tartars are defeated in the future, Tongzhou City will be rebuilt immediately, and all the people will be given new houses that are no smaller than before. If anyone is not assigned, come to find my official, and I will pay for them out of my own pocket!"

The officers and soldiers present couldn't help but feel awe. Liao Fabiao saluted and shouted: "I'll do this!"

"Go!" Xu Jin waved.

The people are very real. What they care most about is whether there is a meal or a place to live. If they want everyone to have the awareness of sacrificing their homes for the country, that is not realistic. So when Liao Fa announced Xu Jin's promise in public, the passionate people were finally comforted.

In the end, about two-thirds of the people received the food and sought their own way out. The remaining one-third of the people had no place to surrender and chose to follow the army to Tianjin.

At noon, everything was ready, so Xu Jin led Shenji Camp and Tongzhou Guards a total of more than 6,000 people, and tens of thousands of people left Tongzhou and evacuated to Tianjin in a water and land route.

Just two hours after Xu Jin led his army to leave, the furious Altan personally led 10,000 cavalry from the capital, but only saw the new city that was still burning in the fire, and an empty old city.

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

Altan looked at the raging fire in front of him with a blue face. He was so angry that he drew his sword and roared to the sky, like an angry wild wolf. He immediately sent an order to chase Xu Jin, but Zhao Quan persuaded him to death.

Under Zhao Quan's persuasion, Altan gradually calmed down. This time he went south to lead a total of 100,000 cavalry. The battle was damaged. Now only about 70,000 can still be fought. If he divides his troops to attack Tianjin, it is unwise. It is better to concentrate his troops to break through the capital first.

Moreover, Altan was a little timid after suffering a lot of losses under Xu Jin. Xu Jin was a man of tricks. If he fell into his trap on the way to hunt him down, he would really lose his wife and his troops.

After repeated measurements, Altan finally gave up chasing Xu Jin and led 10,000 cavalry back to the capital. Hey, in the near future, Altan will probably regret his decision today!

Let’s talk about Xu Jin leading the Shenji Camp and Tongzhou Wei evacuated to Tianjin, and followed by tens of thousands of people with family members. The speed of the journey was as slow as possible. Therefore, everyone was nervous all the way, fearing that the Tartars pursuers would catch up, but God was very kind. 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, 2018, the team that had traveled for two days finally arrived outside Tianjin City. The head of the Tianjin Three Guards was shocked when they heard about Xu Jin's arrival.

Xu Jin is now the governor of Zhili and the general of Pinglu. He controls the troops and horses of the whole country and holds the power of life and death. How dare Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong and Mei Dingjia stay in the door like last time?

Ni, Zhao and Mei led all the military officers under their command and opened the city gate in a hurry and went out to greet Xu Jin.

Outside the north gate of Tianjin City, Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong and Mei Dingjia led a group of military officers to kneel down in front of Xu Jin on one knee, and said in unison: "I will meet the general!"

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

The fierce soldiers of the Shenji Camp immediately rushed up, and pushed the flintlock spear on his forehead and suppressed all the military officers of the Three Guards of Tianjin. Ni, Zhaomei and the other two were shocked. Zhao Jizong said juicyly: "What is Xu... Lord Xu's intention?"

Xu Jin shouted with cold eyes: "The three guards in Tianjin disobeyed the order of our commander, and all officers above a thousand households were dismissed from office and were detained for punishment. Commanders Ni Yunpeng, Zhao Jizong, and Mei Dingjia were sentenced to death to serve as a warning to others!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Ni, Zhao and Mei were almost scared and paralyzed, and the military officers of Tongzhou Wei also changed their color in horror.

"Xu Ziqian, you are taking personal revenge, you are taking personal revenge!" Zhao Jizong's face was pale as paper, pointing at Xu Jin and said in a trembling voice.

Mei Dingjia and Ni Yunpeng also came to their senses, shouted loudly, and called their own soldiers. The three of them subconsciously pressed the handle of the knife, but before the knife was pulled out, the soldiers of the Shenji Camp had already swept over a row of guns and shot more than a dozen people on the spot. The rest were so scared that they threw away their weapons, squatting on the ground with their heads in their arms, and did not dare to move.

Ni Zhaomei and the other two knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to mercy. Unfortunately, this was useless. Xu Beitou was about to kill someone to establish his authority in order to intimidate all the soldiers who served the king. The three of them just hit the gun, and they deserved their luck.

Xu Jin spit out the word "slash" with a cold expression, but when a knife flashed by, the three heads rolled into the dust, and the three major martial arts families that had been entrenched in Tianjin for a hundred years disappeared.

The Tongzhou guards and the three guards present were all stern and they were all in a state of sternness and didn’t even dare to let out a breath. Tsk tsk, Xu Beheading was indeed not a waste of time!!!

"Enter the city!" With Xu Jin's order, Shenji Camp and Tongzhou Guard drove into Tianjin City in an orderly manner. Even the people of Tongzhou who followed behind subconsciously stood up straight. 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 other two, they all felt their necks were cold.

"Ai's mother, Xu Behead even said that the commander would chop him, and even chopped three of them in one breath... I can't afford to offend him, I can't afford to offend him!"

When everyone entered the city, the thick gate slowly closed, and a Xu-character flag rose slowly at the top of Tianjin city, and there was a big flag next to it, with the letter: General Pinglu!!

Half an hour later, a transfer order was issued from Tianjin City with the seal of the General of Zhili Governor Guanwei, Guanwei, and Pinglu. He was sent from various places to Henan, Shandong, Nanzhili and Jiangxi.
Chapter completed!