It turned out that Niu Qian, Ma Yan and Zhang Xi had already agreed that if something happened, the red flag at the top of the city would be brought down, and Zhang Xi would come to reinforce it as soon as possible. Just now Niu Qian was fighting for his life, but after being promised
This is the purpose of bringing down the red flag before the wild donkey catches him...
Seeing that the two lieutenants were killed, Niu Qian and Ma Yan's men gave up their resistance, but naturally they couldn't find the key...
Xu Yelu was running around anxiously when he saw Wang Xian ascending to the top of the city surrounded by several men.
"Quick, city gate key." Wang Xian glanced at the two corpses lying on the ground and knew that Xu Yelu did not disappoint.
"He was thrown into the moat by cattle..." But Xu Yelu's answer disappointed him. "And Zhang Xi is about to kill him."
"Can you stop them?" Wang Xian asked.
"They are all charging cavalry. I'm afraid they won't be able to stop them." Xu Yelu frowned. Xu was worried that Wang Xian would misunderstand him. The next moment he stressed again: "But even if they can't be stopped, I will lead people to stop them."
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"Okay, no more nonsense." Wang Xian nodded and said: "You can block it for as long as you can, go ahead."
At the critical moment of "Cheng", everything he said was nonsense. Xu Yelu nodded solemnly, then got off the tower and said loudly: "My sons, follow me."
Xu Yelu called out, and more than 200 of his soldiers came out first, and some Niu Qian and Ma Yan's soldiers also followed... These people were simply impressed by the performance of His Highness the Crown Prince, and subconsciously thought that they should
Protect the prince.
These people hurriedly blocked the horse on the road. As for those who were unwilling to help, at most they just stood by and watched without anyone causing trouble. But to be honest, almost no one thought that with this simple barricade, they could stop the charging horse.
Cavalry... After all, the main task of the defenders is to prevent someone from attacking the city from the outside. For an attack from the inside, they seem to be poorly prepared...
The soldiers seemed to have heard the sound of horse hooves, and the atmosphere became increasingly tense. At this moment, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded.
The whistle attracted everyone's attention, and then Wang Xian's voice shouted: "Everyone get down."
Hearing this sound, Xu Yelu's men were still thinking, who is this person? But the prince was very obedient. Everyone, including the prince, fell to the ground.
Seeing the prince's fat body, he didn't hesitate to lie down on the ground. Xu Yelu didn't know that he would definitely have fun if he didn't lie down. He quickly said loudly: "Get down, get down, get down, everyone" when he heard the command
After the envoy gave the order, his soldiers quickly fell to the ground...
I saw a flash of fire on the second floor of the restaurant opposite the city gate building, and there was a blast of a cannon. A cannonball roared into the city gate, and hit the city gate hard. There was a sudden tremor, and rubble and bricks flew.
When the smoke and dust settled, everyone saw that a big hole had been smashed out of the city gate.
"The door is open" cheers rang out, and the soldiers rushed forward and opened the two closed doors.
At this time, Zhang Xi also led the cavalry to the street. Hearing the sound of the cannon, Zhang Xi became anxious and shouted loudly: "Quick, rush over. Anyone who dares to stop will be shot to death."
"Yes" the soldiers responded in unison, quickly drew out their spears and got ready to throw them.
Unexpectedly, the sound of cannons sounded again, and the muzzle of the cannon actually turned to this side of the street. The shells roared, and one shot hit Zhang Xi's cavalry formation. The broken shrapnel shot straight into the belly of the horses. Immediately, several horses were killed.
He screamed and fell to the ground.
However, no matter how powerful the artillery shells were, one or two cannons could not change the situation of the battle. Zhang Xi was not affected at all and drove his men to continue to move forward.
However, the sound of the cannon was just a signal to launch an attack. After the cannon was fired, two rows of crossbowmen appeared on the roofs on both sides of the street. The distance between the two sides was too close at this time, and the crossbowmen could shoot the arrows without having to specifically aim.
Accurately shoot at the cavalry
When the bow string sounded, arrows fell like raindrops, screams came one after another, and the cavalry fell off their horses one after another.
But after all, they were the elite of the Shangzhi Guards who represented the highest combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty. The cavalrymen of the right guard of the Fu army remained calm in the face of danger. Without waiting for Zhang Xi's order, they took off their shields from their backs to protect themselves and their horses from the bows and arrows.
But in this way, they had no chance to shoot the javelin, which made Xu Yelu's men breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise, just by throwing the wave of javelins, his temporary defense line might have been destroyed...
However, Zhang Xi finally led most of his men to rush to Xu Yelu's defense line. After being baptized by the shelling and arrows just now, the two sides had no buffer and started fighting fiercely across the Juma.
At the street entrance in front of the city gate tower, a fierce fight broke out. Soldiers from both sides faced each other, and generals were killed to the death.
"Xu Yelu, you traitor" Zhang Xi, who was riding a white horse and holding a silver gun, approached Xu Yelu, who was riding a black horse and holding a mace. He was really jealous: "What did the prince do to you?
How dare you betray"
"That's ridiculous. I am an officer of the Ming Dynasty. I am loyal to the emperor and protect the prince. Now someone is causing trouble. What do you think I should do?" Xu Yelu, although he is a Mongolian, is not stupid at all, so he immediately retorted.
"Look at the gun, you." Zhang Xi was rendered speechless by the rebuttal, and Yu Jian drew out his spear and aimed it straight at Xu Yelu's throat.
"Well done!" Xu Yelu yelled. He leaned back and swept his mace horizontally, trying to hook Zhang Xi's spear. However, Zhang Xi's marksmanship was light and agile, and he used his martial arts skills.
His moves are far superior to Xu Yelu's, so naturally he won't be able to succeed.
Zhang Xi trembled his arm and pulled out a spear. The tip of the spear evaded the mace like a snake and went straight to Xu Ye Ass's heart.
Although Xu Yelu's martial arts skills are not as good as Zhang Xi's, he is better because of his immense strength and rich experience. No matter how many tricks he has, I will force Zhang Xi to change his tricks with a sudden blow. There is a saying that one force can defeat ten enemies.
That's what it means... In addition, there were archers harassing him from time to time, so Zhang Xi had to concentrate on dealing with it. The two sides fought back and forth, but they couldn't tell the winner.
The killing was so intense here that the city gate on the other side finally burst open. Wang Xian hurriedly helped the prince onto his horse and left the city as soon as possible. Xin Ci and Xin Yan also waited for others to follow him and followed him out of the city.
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While Zhang Xi was fighting, he kept looking at the six directions. He saw someone escaping from the city. Although he was not sure whether it was the prince, he was so anxious that he tried his best to fight his way out, but Xu Yelu was like this.
It is as difficult to deal with as dog-skin plaster. The more impatient he is, the more steady he is. Xu Yelu knows very well that his mission is to hold Zhang Xi back anyway, and the longer he can hold him off, the better.
The more impetuous Zhang Xi became, the more indecisive the battle became. Until the reinforcements arrived, he and his men were unable to break even half a step through Xu Yelu's defense. However, once the reinforcements arrived, this battle
There was no need to fight anymore. Under the attack from the Han army, the archers on the roof had no time to worry about themselves.
Once the pressure from the archers was gone, Zhang Xi and the others, who had been simmering for a long time, were finally able to go all out and drive away those pesky horses in one go, killing them like tigers entering a herd of sheep.
Xu Yelu knew that there was no point in killing any more and could only let Erlang die in vain, so he did not hesitate to order the surrender... Seeing this, the archers on the top of the city also withdrew from the battle... They were in the connected area.
It felt like walking on flat ground on the roof, but he broke away from the battle group in the blink of an eye.
Although Zhang Xi wished he could chop Xu Yelu into pieces, he could not vent his anger at the moment. As soon as he passed Xu Yelu's defense, he immediately led the crowd into the city gate. He had to quickly catch those who escaped.
Chase back because at this time he already knew that the prince had appeared under the city gate just now. Although he could not understand why the prince did not go to Fangshan, there was no doubt that the prince must be caught at all costs.
But the guys who served the prince were obviously dishonest. They just ran away and set up many obstacles for the pursuers. The first one was that the door was closed again and locked with iron chains from the outside. Zhang Xi's men pulled out their weapons.
, banging, banging, banging, banging for a long time, but it didn't do anything to the door.
In the end, Zhang Xi asked people to use ropes to fall outside the city, and then used an ax to cut off the iron chains, then opened the city gate and let them out. But inside and outside, they can go out in just a cup of tea. And this is not over yet, there are more
The trouble is still to come...
Jinchuan Gate is named after the Jinchuan River. The Jinchuan River is the moat of Jinchuan Gate, so there is a suspension bridge outside the gate. After the killers passed through, they actually burned the bridge with a fire... They wanted to build a temporary bridge.
In reality, it was impossible for men and horses to swim across. Zhang Xi found that after struggling for a long time, he was still disappointed in the end. He couldn't help cursing, and then hurriedly got back on his horse and walked around the adjacent city gate.
Before leaving, he did not forget to tell his men to keep an eye on Xu Yelu and wait for him to come back...
However, Zhang Xi obviously underestimated the difficulty of pursuit. When he finally left the city and went in the direction of the enemy's escape after making a big circle, more than half an hour had passed. Where was the shadow of the prince's men and horses? Zhang Xi could only look at the ground.
Horse hoof prints traced.
After chasing for about ten miles, Zhang Xi came to a fork in the road. Zhang Xi encountered another problem, because it was obvious that the enemy had divided into two groups at the fork in the road. Judging from the marks left, it was impossible to tell which direction the prince went.
, which way is another feint.
Many generals are most afraid of this kind of brain-consuming decision, and Wang Xian is no exception. However, Zhang Xi's choice is extremely simple and crude. The answer he gave is - he doesn't know what to say to him when he divides his troops...
Zhang Xi gave an order, and his cavalrymen split into two halves and chased them in different directions. Zhang Xi himself followed his instincts and chased toward the northeast.
However, within two miles, another fork in the road appeared, and the opponent was still divided into two groups... Now even Zhang Xi felt a little crazy. He had no time to think about it, so he had to continue to divide his troops and lead them.
With a quarter of the troops and horses, continue the pursuit...