Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 769
The firecrackers of the Ming army held their firecrackers with their guns facing upwards. They had already replaced the second matchlock. After the first matchlock was ignited, it was completely burned while waiting.

The gap was very wide, and dozens of firecrackers showed their heads first. Looking at the Tartar soldiers rushing in front, they would not be polite. Just on this slope, the front row squatted down and the back row stood upright, and a round of salvos came.

The roar of the firecrackers, like bursting beans, immediately knocked the Tartar soldiers who had just gathered to the ground, and retreated a certain distance. According to the tactical practice code, after the firecrackers finished shooting, they had to bow back to the back row to recharge. Learned and used flexibly, in this case it was reversed, the firecrackers who had finished shooting bowed and ran straight down to give the companions behind them a place to get out of the way.

The cavalry dispatched by the Tartars had already lined up to fight back the Ming army who rushed into the gap in the city wall, but the Ming army began to pour in non-stop.

Thousands of hundreds of firecrackers are loaded with powder and ready to be fired, and they fire directly after entering. How could the soldiers of the Tartars approach within a distance of more than a hundred steps.

At the beginning, the two groups of firecrackers stood at the same position and fired, and the ones coming in from behind, stood and fired closer to the front. They were nervously loading ammunition on one side, and Wang Tong and his personal guards did not continue to charge forward, but lined up to protect the firecrackers.

The generals on the Tartar side frantically urged their men to come forward. Some of them had already killed those hesitant men with their swords, but they were forced back step by step by the continuous fire.

This battlefield makes people crazy. The soldiers are very brave, and even have horses, but at most they rushed to a distance of [-] steps from the Ming army, and they were killed by firearms. There is no strength in the head, and people continue to die at a distance of about a hundred steps, but there is nothing to do.

I watched helplessly as the firecrackers of the Ming army poured out of the gap, and the firecrackers were placed randomly. My soldiers were pushed back little by little, and more and more enemies came in.

After running to the bottom of the city to reload, and after the second round of shooting, the situation is already under control, one-sided rushing up, one-sided being shot and killed, no matter how brave a warrior is, he can't stand such a battle, let alone shrinking The Tartar soldiers guarding the city were not so absolutely brave.

Even the hacking and killing of the generals and the supervising team could not stop the soldiers from collapsing, could not urge the soldiers to block the gap, and the defense gradually collapsed.

The artillery outside had stopped roaring, and the gunfire soldiers had formed a shooting position around the gap, protecting the gap, and fired with firecrackers to disperse the remaining Tartar soldiers who still had the guts to stay.

Holding spears and wearing plate armor, the Tiger's Might infantry also began to enter. After a simple formation in the open space in front of the gap, they rushed to the gate tower not far away according to Wang Tong's command.

They had just arrived at the bottom of the city. Although the gate tower was suppressed by the artillery from the outside, they still had the ability to attack inside, but the archers just poked their heads out of the crenel to shoot arrows.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise, half of the city gate tower collapsed suddenly, and the archer who was poking out to shoot the arrow failed to maintain his balance, and fell from the top of the city.

This momentum should be due to the twelve-pound cannon hitting the gate of the city, and the bricks, stones and broken wood were also scattered below, causing the infantry team of the Huwei Army to scatter for a while. Li Hutou, the leader of the team, cursed and said loudly:
"Tell those bastards outside to stop the cannons, and then fire the cannons, you will hurt your own people!!"

It is very difficult to adjust the muzzle and shooting angle of the [-]-pound cannon. It is estimated that it took a long time outside before the muzzle of the [-]-pound cannon was adjusted higher, and a shot was aimed at the gate tower.

For the defense of the city, the city gate tower is similar to where the handsome flag in the army formation is. The city gate is the place to enter and exit. The fall of the city gate often represents the collapse of the entire city defense.

Although that cannon almost accidentally injured the infantry of Huwei Army, but it wiped out the remaining Tartar soldiers on the gate tower, at least making them unable to resist.

Behind the gate tower is a ladder to the top of the city. More than a dozen armored spearmen walked in the forefront, and behind them were gunfire soldiers, who began to rush towards the top of the city.

Some Tartar soldiers shouted and shot bows and arrows at the soldiers of the Huwei Army, but the bows and arrows had no effect in front of the plate armor and helmets.

The soldiers of the Huwei Army rushed to the top of the city. The Tartar soldiers guarding the top of the city felt that the battle was really hopeless. In the face of the sharp firearms of the Ming army, they even had no way to fight hand-to-hand. The soldiers of the Ming army with flat-ended spears arranged in dense horizontal rows seemed to be a moving city wall. The scimitars and wooden spears in their hands could not kill the opponent at all, they could only be stabbed to death by the opponent.

By the time the infantry lifted the one-jin cannon to the top of the city, there was no suspense in the battle, and the shotgun quickly wiped out the resistance from the top of the city.

"The Tartars still have the intention of fighting back, even the gates of the city are just sloppy!"

When Wang Tong led his men to the city gate, he saw there were horses and sandbags inside, but the sandbags were only on the sides of the city gate and were not blocked.

"The gunfire soldiers are on guard, the spearmen move away the debris, and put down the suspension bridge as soon as possible!!"

Wang Tong shouted an order, and the soldiers around him hurriedly conveyed that there are two city gates here, the inner city gate and the outer city gate, and the Urn City between the two city gates. After entering the city, he broke into the Wengcheng directly from the inner city gate.

If it's just a refusal, it's not difficult to evacuate. It's not difficult to occupy the city gate area, and it's not difficult to put down the suspension bridge.

Lieutenant General Yang Jin of Ji Town had a look of disbelief on his face, but he still dispatched troops and began to arrange the cavalry and infantry from other battalions to enter the city.

To defeat this level, the Tartars defending the city also knew that the city defense was about to collapse. The Ming army suffered a disastrous defeat in the field battle, and the defending city was broken through in one day. There was no way to win such a battle. The Tartars without courage and confidence The captive officers and soldiers were all breaking up, trying to escape for their lives.

The other side of the gap was controlled, and one battalion of infantry from Ji Town began to climb to the top of the city wall to clear out the enemies on the city wall, and another two battalions of infantry began to clean up various defenses inside the city wall, while the rest of the soldiers stood guard at the city gate. Around, clear and stabilize this position, and let the follow-up troops enter the city.

Just when the team was forming, the outermost soldiers saw people waving red flags and people with red cloth covering their heads approaching. They had been instructed in advance that when they encountered such people, they would take them to the commander-in-chief. go.

More than ten people dressed like this came to Wang Tong's side, but Wang Tong didn't ask any questions, but directly ordered:
"Grannary, barracks, royal palace, armory, and noble mansions in the city, tell us where you lead the way!"

These dozen or so people looked ordinary, and there were three or four people who were still dressed up, but this time it was different. They all stood at attention and saluted, completely like a soldier of the Tiger Army. Hearing Wang Tong's question, one by one After answering where he led the way, Wang Tong turned his head and said:
"The second regiment of the first regiment of Tiger's Mighty Army will go to the palace. The cavalry will be in charge of the granary and armory, and Yang Jin will arrange the rest!"

The royal palace, granary and armory must be the places with the heaviest defense and the fiercest resistance. Wang Tong let his own soldiers and horses do it, and left the rest to Ji soldiers.

Lieutenant General Yang Jin knew that Jizhen was good in it, but he was very awkward. He thought it was Jizhen who came to play the main force, but now he seemed to be a waste that needed to be taken care of by the Huwei army. Fighting, I feel awkward, but I still have to obey orders.

Before waiting for the order, Wang Tong said again:
"During a great war, anyone who blocks the march of the army and attacks the army, regardless of the Tartars, Han, men, women, old or weak, is an enemy, and they will be killed regardless. Let the sons and daughters let go, and don't kill your own life because of the compassion in your heart. Change the big cart to a scull cart, and put it on the front, let’s sweep the streets one by one!"

All the generals listened to the order with a bang, and each family made their own arrangements. Wang Tong turned his head and said to General Tan:

"General Tan, you go to mobilize the security forces and Chang Fu's side, and help the artillery team Mu En, let the artillery go to the top of the city, whether it is internal or external, the artillery team is still very useful, and order Zhang Wu to carry it. Cannons that can’t go to the city, let’s go to the palace together!! General Tan agreed, and hurriedly left to deliver the order. Wang Tong got on his horse and hurried towards the direction of the first regiment and the second regiment.

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The King Khan's palace in Guihua City was in chaos, and the Tartar soldiers guarding this side were all the most elite and loyal soldiers, but they didn't know what to do at this time.

The carpet that you can't step on with boots on weekdays is full of mud, water and blood, and there are even people riding on it. From the highest-ranking ministers to the ordinary eunuchs and court ladies, everyone has expressions of horror and despair on their faces. No one expected that within a day, the Ming army would suddenly invade the city.

For hundreds of years, haven't the warriors on the grasslands done whatever they wanted in Daming?For hundreds of years, isn't it said that people on the grasslands are wolves, and people in the Ming Dynasty are sheep?For hundreds of years, isn't it said that the warriors on the grassland can easily defeat the Ming army several times or even ten times their size?

But yesterday, the most dominant military force of the Alda Department was defeated, and the city defense that was the least likely to be breached today was breached within a day, or even within a few hours.

Pulling on the armor, he walked into the palace quickly, but he was stunned when he entered. Seeing the armored Sengge Dugulen sitting on the throne with a big knife in his hand, looking at the front with a dull expression, Pulling said in a hoarse voice:

"Father Khan, let's go, the other city gates have not been controlled yet, Father Khan, there is still time to go now"

"What are you going to do? Without the Guihua City, what else would our Ministry be? Without Guihua City, our Ministry would be gone."

(End of this chapter)