Zhang Yanling decided to break out. Although the battle seemed to continue, the North City was still not breached under Zhang Yin's defense. It seemed that he only needed to clear the Tatars on the walls of the South City to continue to defend the city. However, Zhang Yanling knew that he
You must not get too excited and be fooled by unrealistic illusions.
Do you really want to fight to the end? That is obviously not the purpose. Being trapped in the one-stone city is out of helplessness. The hard battle for several days is to survive, not just for the one-stone city. Right now, I may be carrying a blunderbuss.
The team can gather troops and horses to clear the enemies on the walls of the southern city, but the defeat of the city defense battle has been determined, and this fact must be accepted.
More than half of the casualties of the defenders in the city have been lost, and the supplies of bows and arrows have been almost consumed. After many days of holding on, everyone is in a state of high tension and exhausted. Today's battle can be said to be completely supported by a stream of blood. If it continues,
The Tatar advantage will become ever greater.
They have enough capital, with tens of thousands of Tatars in the south and north of the city. Even if more than half of them are killed or injured, they can still accept it. Moreover, today's siege is also their last chance. They understand this, and Batu Monk certainly understands this too. Today has already happened
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It’s the fifth day of defending Dushi City. Ming reinforcements may arrive at any time starting tomorrow. If he can’t attack today, Batu Munch will have no choice but to give up, because once the Ming reinforcements arrive, if he refuses to leave, he will
Maybe you can get yourself into it.
Because of this, it is impossible to expect the Tatars to withdraw their troops in today's battle, unless they can defend the city and let the Tatars' troops suffer casualties. But judging from the current situation, this is impossible.
It was already dark, and there were still hundreds of soldiers still fighting. There were still hundreds of rounds of ammunition for the muskets. The brothers' physical strength had not been completely exhausted. It was time to make the final choice and break out.
This moment should be the last chance. If we hesitate any longer, even this last window period may disappear. By then, no matter whether we like it or not, we will have no choice but to die together.
This opportunity was not to be missed, Zhang Yanling was not ready to die here, and he could not let Zhu Houzhao die here.
After the order was issued, Zhang Yin, Chen Shi and others felt incomprehensible. In their opinion, there was still room for a battle. However, the Marquis wanted to abandon the city and break out of the siege, which they found difficult to accept.
However, an order is an order, and whether they understand it or not, they can only obey it.
After Zhang Yin led the remaining two hundred or so soldiers in the north city for a final round of killing, he looked at the torches swaying all over the city and sighed deeply, ordered to abandon the defense of the north city wall, and went down to the south city wall.
Under the south city wall, Zhang Yanling had already assembled more than 200 soldiers. After Zhang Yin arrived, they gathered together and found more than 400 soldiers and horses that could fight. Zhang Yanling quickly explained a few words and arranged the breakout formation and direction.
, he gave the order in a deep voice to break out from the gate of the south city.
When the soldiers protected Zhu Houzhao and rushed towards the city gate, under the city wall, many people who were still helping to carry stones to the city, as well as some seriously injured defenders and civilians lying under the city wall, looked at Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Yanling in shock.
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"Isn't that...the emperor and Mr. Zhang? What? Where are they going?"
They stared blankly at Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Yanling and others, and asked in panic.
"They are going to run away. Alas, the city cannot be defended." Someone sighed and threw the stones they were carrying on the ground.
Zhang Yanling felt extremely uncomfortable, but could not explain it to them. All explanations were pale, so it was better not to explain.
"Master Marquis! Are we... just giving up on the remaining people and wounded soldiers here? They... don't know what they think in their hearts. I'm afraid they think we have deceived them. As soon as we left, the Tatars came in, and they
It's all over." Zhang Yin couldn't help but said softly.
Zhang Yanling shouted coldly: "Zhang Yin, our mission now is to escort the emperor to break out. We should know the importance of our actions, how can we be benevolent as women? Don't I know that they are extremely disappointed in their hearts? Don't I know that they will be massacred by the Tatars?
?However, do we have any other choice? Stay and die together? Can we break out if we take them with us?"
Everyone was silent.
"If you think that I, Zhang Yanling, have deceived them and have not fulfilled my promise to live and die with the city. If you think that I, Zhang Yanling, have not kept my word, I will stay and die with them. Zhang Yin, from now on, you will protect the emperor to break out of the encirclement.
That’s it.” Zhang Yanling said coldly.
Zhang Yin said hurriedly: "You must not do it, Mr. Hou. I don't mean to be humble. I just blame myself for not being able to protect them. I don't mean to blame Mr. Hou."
Zhang Yanling said slowly: "We must avenge today's revenge. If you rush out to protect the emperor today, we will come back to save them. The living will naturally take care of and comfort them, and the dead will avenge them. I will come back.
I apologize to them. We failed to protect them and failed to live up to their expectations. I feel unbearable pain in my heart."
Zhang Yin nodded and said no more. In the dim light of the fire, he saw the tears on Zhang Yanling's cheek. He knew that the Marquis was not a stone-hearted person and was suffering in his heart. However, he had no choice.
"Let's go! We can't delay any longer. The Tatars from Beicheng have already rushed in." Chen Shiyi shouted in a deep voice.
Everyone turned around and saw shouts rising into the sky from the direction of the north city, and the city walls were covered with torches. All the Tatar soldiers and horses had climbed onto the city wall, but they did not know that the defenders had already evacuated and were searching for traces of the defenders on the city wall.
"Everyone, take care." Zhang Yanling bowed her hands to the common people and wounded soldiers who were standing there blankly, turned around and left quickly.
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At the gate of the south city, the shouts of killing rose to the sky. After the suspension bridge was lowered, the Tatar soldiers had already attacked the outside of the city gate. The logs bombarded the heavy city gate with a roar, and the logs supporting the city gate in the city gate hole were tightly pressed against the city gate.
For a while, the Tatars were still unable to break through the city gate.
More than four hundred people crowded inside the city gate, nervously looking at the roaring city gate.
Zhang Yanling quickly ordered the thirty-life bird cannons to be lined up in three rows in a standing, kneeling, and crouching position, and aimed the bird cannons at the gate of the outer city.
"Move the logs and remove the iron bolts. Prepare to meet the enemy!" Zhang Yanling shouted.
A dozen soldiers quickly moved away the logs holding up the city gate, unloaded the three heavy horizontal iron bolts, and then quickly withdrew. The city gate, which had lost its support and iron bolt reinforcements, soon crumbled under the impact of the Tatars.
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Finally, with a loud bang, the stone mortars on the upper and lower sides of the huge city gate came loose, and the two heavy gates collapsed. The light of the torch at the city gate instantly illuminated the entrance to the city gate.
"Let it go!" Zhang Yanling shouted.
"Boom, boom, boom." The roar of three rows of bird cannons was deafening in the city gate. For a moment, everyone's ears were buzzing and they temporarily lost their hearing.
But with the roar of cannons, dozens of Tatar soldiers at the city gate were killed and fell to the ground like mowing grass. Everything happened so suddenly, they were cheering when the city gate fell, but the next moment
Corpse.
"Keep your formation and charge!" Zhang Yin shouted loudly.
One hundred personal guards held up their shields to protect the formation, thirty personal guards with muskets were in front of the team, flanked by spearmen and archers, and behind were shield-swordmen led by Chen Shiyi. Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin and others were in the middle
Location. More than four hundred people rushed out of the crowded city gate opening.
The cannons made continuous roaring sounds, blasting the Tatars on the suspension bridge in front of the city gate into a bloody path. Everyone rushed out of the suspension bridge and came to the open land outside the city.
Once they came to the open ground, the formation of the team became more compact. There were two layers of shields inside and outside, with archers and spearmen in the middle, cannons in front to clear the way, and swords and shields in the rear. More than four hundred people gathered into a group and rushed towards
Go south and kill them.
The roar of firearms and the incident at the city gate quickly attracted the attention of the Tatars who had already attacked the city wall in large numbers. On the east side of the city wall, Commander Dahar led the Tatar soldiers and horses along the city wall to massacre the wounded and resistance on the wall.
The defenders looked up when they heard the roar of firearms, and happened to see a group of people rushing out from the suspension bridge and breaking out in a tight formation.
"They want to escape, damn, chase them quickly. If anyone comes, go to Beicheng and report to the Great Khan. It means that the little emperor and the others are leaving the city to break out." Dahal shouted loudly.
While he ordered people to deliver the message, he loudly ordered his men on the city wall to go down to the city and follow him in pursuit.
When he got off the city wall and came to the open space outside the city, he saw a large number of soldiers and horses pouring in from the west, led by Jida.
"Jeddah, chase quickly, the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty has escaped. There is no need to attack the city anymore, they have escaped." Dahal shouted.
Jida groaned and said, "Run away? Why didn't I see you?"
Dahal shouted: "Are you deaf? The firearm is so loud, you can't hear it? Even if you can't hear it, you can still see it. They are right in front. What are you waiting for? Aren't you chasing them?"
Jida frowned and said, "Since you saw it, why didn't you pursue it?"
Dahar said angrily: "You don't even look at how many men I have left, why should I catch up and die? Where is the commander? Why are you missing? If the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the others were allowed to escape, he would be the one to blame."
Jeddah looked behind Dahar, and saw that there were only more than 300 men left. It seemed that his thousand-man team had suffered a lot in attacking the city. At the beginning, he stormed the east wall of the city, and the Ming army at the head of the city caused him a lot of damage.
There were many casualties, so no wonder he didn't dare to pursue them.
"My father has invaded the city, and it's too late to call him now. Uncle Dahal, let's go after him together. I still have more than 800 people here," Jida said.
Dahal cursed a few words in his heart and thought: You bastards didn't make any effort to attack the city. There are still more than 800 people in the thousand-man team, so they didn't attack with all their strength. Looking back, I didn't report the matter between you and your son to the Khan.
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But he said: "Okay, Jida, let's chase him together. If we catch the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty, each of us will get half the credit."
Jida smiled and said: "Thank you, Uncle Dahar. What are you waiting for? I heard the sound of firearms. They should have been stopped by the rear camp soldiers and horses. Let's go."
Dahal nodded, roared, and led more than 300 of his men to rush toward the roar of firearms in the direction of the southern camp.
A slight sneer appeared on Jida's lips, and after muttering a few words to the centurions beside him, he led more than 800 Tatar soldiers and horses to pursue them.