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Chapter 946 Alta Withdrawal

Zhao Quan was captured, and the Yulin Guard and the Jinwu Guard arrived one after another. Seeing that things were not possible, Altan had to hurry out of the imperial city from the same route and led more than a thousand remaining soldiers to Fuchengmen. Song Qi, the eunuch in the military supervision of the Ganyong Camp, tried to lead the army to resist, but the number of people was equal. How could more than a thousand infantry in the Ganyong Camp be the opponent of the Tatar cavalry, let alone a Tartar cavalry who was eager to escape!

Therefore, when Xu Jin personally led his pursuers to Fucheng Gate, Altan had already broken out, leaving only the messy corpses on the ground and the wounded soldiers who were crying in pain. The supervisor Song Qi ran to Xu Jin tremblely to apologize, knocking his forehead and blood was pouring.

Xu Jin was naturally quite annoyed when he let Altan escape, but when he saw the old eunuch in his sixties kneeling in the wind, trembling with his face, he couldn't bear to blame him too much. After all, in the case of the same number, the combat power of the Danyong Camp was far inferior to that of the Tartar cavalry. If anyone led it, the result would probably be similar.

After throwing off the old eunuch Song Qi, Xu Jin rushed to the city of Fucheng Gate and looked at it. It was almost Yin time. The north wind on the city was blowing, and the cold was eroding, and the darkness was getting dark outside the city. But he saw a cavalry of about a thousand people running around the city and running towards Guangning Gate. It was obvious that it was Altan's remaining soldiers who had just broken out of the gate.

Seeing this, Xu Jin couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Altan is so famous in history that he is indeed not a mediocre master. At this time, he did not flee in panic, but ran to Guangning Gate calmly, obviously to meet with tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry in the outer city.

Don’t forget that although Xu Jin’s plan to invite you into the trap deceived more than 10,000 Tatar cavalry into the inner city, there were at least 50,000 Tatar cavalry outside Xuanwu Gate. Therefore, Altan’s losses tonight were undoubtedly huge, but it was not yet at the point of being injured. At least with the troops currently under Xu Jin, he did not dare to open the city to fight Altan head-on before Wang Shouren arrived.

Xu Jin originally thought that Altan would panic to escape, so that he could send Shenji Camp out of the city to chase him all the way, but now Altan is running to join the army under his command, and there is nothing he can do.

Therefore, Xu Jin could only order the Fucheng Gate to be closed, the city defense was strengthened again, and the defense was sent more personnel, and then the focus was on extermination of the Tartar cavalry trapped in Xuanwumenli Street.

At about dawn, the battle in the Xuanwu Gate area finally ended. The trapped Tartars were either annihilated or captured, and no one missed the net.

Amid the cheers of thousands of victories, Xu Jin stepped on the blood all over the ground and climbed the city of Xuanwu Gate in the dawn breeze. Wherever he passed, whether it was the soldiers of the Beijing camp, the soldiers of the Five Cities, or the ordinary civilians, he stood up and bowed and greeted him respectfully, and called him "Governor General" or "General".

The two days of the sixth and seventh day of the 10th month of the fourth year of Jiajing are destined to be recorded in history. After this battle, Xu Jin's name of ever-winning victory was further confirmed. It can be imagined that Xu Jin's prestige in the military and political circles would be at its peak.

"See the Grand Marshal!" Wang Lin'er, Yu Linsheng and other soldiers came up and saluted on one knee.

Looking at the bloody and exhausted soldiers in front of him, Xu Jin couldn't help but be moved, and nodded and said, "Get up, you all have worked so hard, how are the casualties of your brothers?"

As soon as Xu Jin came up, he did not ask about the record first, but about the casualties of the brothers. The soldiers couldn't help but feel warm. Especially the soldiers of the Xianwu Camp and the Martial Arts Camp had their eyes red. In the battle last night, they were responsible for defending Xuanwu Gate, and the casualties were the largest, almost one-third of them.

Wang Lin'er replied: "Go back to the Grand Marshal, in the battle last night, we had a total of 2,312 soldiers killed in our side, and nearly 3,000 injured, of which 308 were seriously injured."

Xu Jin couldn't help but frown. Under the ambush, the Ming army suffered such great casualties. If we fought in a dignified manner, the result could be imagined. It seems that the flintlock rifle must be popularized as soon as possible, otherwise it would be impossible to destroy the Tatars.

"The injured must be treated as soon as possible. As for the pension for the dead and injured, I will implement it within five days. However, the military rewards of all the soldiers will be slowly fulfilled in the future. At this time of national crisis, I will encourage you and the soldiers to expel the Tartars and restore the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!" Xu Jin said in a deep voice.

This time, Altan fought from the Hukou to the capital, and even broke through the outer city, burned, killed, looted, and the losses it caused to the Ming Dynasty were immeasurable. In the end, even if the Tartars were completely repelled, it would be difficult to fully recover within a few years. It is certain that the finances were tight.

"We are willing to encourage each other with the commander, expel the Tartars, and restore the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!" The soldiers said loudly passionately.

"The Ming Dynasty has won thousands of victories! My emperor has won thousands of victories!!" Xu Jin shouted with his arms raised.

"The Ming Dynasty is victorious! My Emperor is victorious!!" The soldiers raised their arms and shouted, their voices straight into the sky, and their morale was strong.

Xu Jin smiled slightly before asking Wang Liner: "What's the record last night?"

Wang Lin'er said with a chirping face: "Go back to the Grand Marshal, he killed 7,417 Tartars in the battle last night, captured 1,700 people, seized more than 5,300 war horses and nearly 8,000 weapons!"

As soon as Wang Liner finished speaking, there was another cheer of victory. This was undoubtedly a beautiful victory. The key was to defeat the enemy's conspiracy and defeat all the traitors in the city.

Next, Xu Jin came to the Xuanwu Gate Tower surrounded by the generals. At this time, the Tartars in the outer city had stopped attacking and were gradually withdrawing from the outer city and stationing the camp outside the Guangning Gate in the outer city.

Yu Linsheng licked his lips, which were chapped by the northwest wind, and suggested: "Master, Altan was caught in the trap last night. He suffered heavy losses. Although he escaped from death, hey, I guess he was already scared. In 18 to 10, he was ready to apply oil under his feet. Camping outside Guangning Gate is just a sign of deceiving us. If we take the initiative to attack at this time, we will definitely get miraculous results."

When all the soldiers heard this, they felt right and asked Xu Jin to fight. Even the generals of Xianwu Camp and the martial arts camp were no exception. It seems that this great victory last night did make them brave, which is a good phenomenon!

However, will Altan be really scared to pee?

Xu Jin naturally didn't believe it. This guy dared to turn around and break into the imperial city while running for his life, and almost turned defeat into victory. Will such a brave wild wolf be scared to pee?

Therefore, Xu Jin seriously suspected that Altan's move to withdraw from the outer city at this time was to lure himself out of the city to pursue. After experiencing the Cining Palace crisis last night, Xu Jin had to be very cautious, and Lao Wang was about to lead a large army to arrive. There was no need to be greedy for merit and make progress at this time!

To take a step back, even if Altan is really ready to escape, he has 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry under his command. With the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the city, he left the city to fight against the Tartars. Without the protection of the city wall, the probability of being beaten to tears by others is even greater.

Of course, Xu Jin was not willing to pour cold water on everyone, which would dampen the enthusiasm of the soldiers. So he smiled and said, "The soldiers and brothers fought fiercely all night and were exhausted. As for the saying goes, sharpening the knife and killing the firewood, everyone should rest and recover their physical strength first. As for the chances of killing the Tartars, there are still many opportunities. Moreover, the city has not yet stabilized, so it is not appropriate to take the initiative."

As soon as Xu Jin finished speaking, a bell came from the imperial city. This was the bell that summoned the ministers to court. Before the bell could stop, the eunuch Huang Jin ran up the city tower and said to Xu Jin: "Mr. Xu, the emperor summoned him."

Huang Jin, the guy, personally locked Lu Bing in a death row last night and took someone to confiscate the Lu family. He was so happy that he was full of spring breeze on his face, with peach blossoms blooming, and his legs were like springs installed, and he jumped around when he walked.

"I will be here soon!" Xu nodded. The city was settled, and it was time to settle the liquidation.

Xu Jin ordered the generals a few more words, then got off the city of Xuanwu Gate and hurried towards the imperial city.

At this time, the outside of Zuoanmen, the imperial city was already crowded, and all the officials who came to participate in the morning court. Most of them came after dawn and realized the situation was stable. People like Xia Yan and Xu Jie came to Zuoanmen before the situation was clear last night to inquire about the news.

The officials in the court looked different, gathered in groups of three or five and whispered to each other, asking for news from each other. The former upstart celebrities Zhang Cong and Gui E, etc., were now standing among the crowd, but they seemed lonely.

It turned out that the news of Guo Xun, Zhang Lun, Tang Shaozong and Lu Bing rebelled last night had spread, and Guo Xun and Zhang Cong had a close relationship all over the court. Naturally, no one was willing to get out of trouble at this time and they all hid far away. This is the reality!

Zhang Cong's face was calm, standing there for no reason, while Gui E and Yan Song were obviously uneasy, and the upstartists who had participated in the impeachment of Xu Jin were all worried. Xu Jin, who was almost killed by them, was about to return to the court. How could they not be worried?

Dangdangdang...

The bell rang, Zuoanmen slowly opened, and a group of ministers lined up to Fengtianmen to attend the morning court.

At this moment, the Tatars were slowly withdrawing from Guangning Gate in the outer city. Altan waited left and right, but no Ming army in the city took the opportunity to chase him out, and he was disappointed.

As Xu Jin expected, Altan pretended to withdraw from the outer city, in order to lead the defenders in the city out of the city to pursue and then rebel against the generals. Unfortunately, Altan's attempt was lost and Xu Jin was not fooled at all.

Seeing that the Ming army was not deceived, Altan couldn't help but curse Xu Jin for being insidious and cunning, as timid as a mouse, but it was useless. In the end, Altan had to order to retreat to Liangxiang, this time it was a real retreat!
Chapter completed!
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