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Chapter 771 Bombard Khan Palace

They have all advanced to the gate of the Tartar palace, and there are rules and formulas for how to conduct the battle. All armies know how to do it, and there is no need for the commander Wang Tong to order.

Li Hutou and Tan Bing, the heads of the first and second regiments, came here. They couldn't help being stunned when they heard what Wang Tong said. Wang Tong stared at them and repeated again:
"I will say it again, there is no living person in this palace!!"

Smart people don't need to say it a second time. Li Hutou and Tan Bing may not be extremely smart, but they immediately understood what Wang Tong said. Li Hutou and Tan Bing immediately said in a solemn marching salute:
"The last general takes orders!"

Wang Tong smiled and nodded, and the two regiments went to deploy separately. There were many Tatar soldiers in the city, but the city was not suitable for cavalry mobile field warfare. In fact, when the Ming army invaded the city, most of the Tartars The captive soldiers hadn't mounted their horses yet, and the infantry fighting of the Tartar soldiers was far inferior to that of the soldiers of Jizhen, let alone the infantry of the Huwei army.

Fierce battles took place in every street, every public building, and even in some private houses, but these battles ended soon, and there was no way to form organized resistance.

When the artillery was pushed to the top of the city and gradually occupied several city gates, it could be said that Guihua City had fallen under the control of the Ming army, and the next job was to kill the enemy.

Almost [-]% of the non-Han residents in the city, but most of them have not lived in the city for a long time. Many people are still used to living in the city in winter, and go nomadic on the grasslands in other seasons. They have nothing to do with this city. Belonging.

These people knew that the Ming army was the enemy, and they also had the courage and determination to fight the Ming army, but they did not have the courage and determination to fight the Ming army in this city. They are not used to the restricted terrain of the city, they would rather leave the city first, and then come to fight.

With such thoughts and judgments, one would naturally not use all one's strength in battle, thinking how the fleeing pawns could win, not to mention that most of them were just herdsmen in the tribe.

The city has been divided by the cavalry of the Ming army and the soldiers of Ji Town. Several city gates are equipped with cannons. For the cannons inside, there is no such fierce street fighting in the city that would cost the soldiers their lives, only chasing and suppressing.

A battalion of Ji soldiers had already rushed to the side of the palace, and began to build earthworks at the other gates of the palace, blocking the way of people inside.

Four six-pound cannons were lined up in front of the door. After they were ready, they fired at the same time. The door with thick wooden nails was not supported. Maybe there were brackets and blocks behind it, but it was too late in such a short time.

The shattered gate fell backwards, and the Tartar warriors inside ran away in a panic. When the gate fell to the ground, someone shouted and urged them. The Tartar soldiers guarding the palace were indeed much stronger in fighting will than ordinary ones, and they immediately swarmed up. Under this situation, it was too late to hide behind the fortifications.

Only when they blocked the Ming army with hand-to-hand combat, the rest of the forces in the palace would have time to prepare, and the archers could open their bows and shoot arrows.

But in a sense, this battle is no longer a battle with cold weapons. In the past, the Ming army also used firearms. Take advantage of the situation and rush to the front. In this battle, firearms are the sharp weapon for killing people.

The Tiger Spearmen wearing good plate armor may be more brave, but most of the kills on the battlefield are not provided by them. They are all carried out by firecrackers and artillery.

The battle at the gate of the palace was also the same. The courageous charge of the Tartar soldiers was immediately crushed by the sound of dense firecrackers.

The musketeers were in the front, the spearmen were in the back, and the artillerymen were dragging the light cannons behind. With this combination, the Tartar soldiers fighting in the palace were no match at all, and could only retreat step by step.

Several places in the palace and the city were already on fire, and the smoke filled the air. It took a lot of time to fill the trenches and attack the city during the day, and the sky was already dark at this time.

The smoke and darkness blurred vision in battle, but the blur did no good to the Tartars, whose resistance was useless.

The Tartar soldiers guarding the palace retreated step by step, and their will to fight without risking their lives disintegrated little by little. People began to flee, and some people began to surrender on their knees. The palace is like a semi-enclosed area, and it is not so easy to escape. , Thousands of Ming soldiers searched and advanced in a carpet-like manner, and there were no dead ends.

Moreover, the Ming army did not accept surrender, kneeling down to surrender, throwing down their weapons or waving the white flag. Only one person would end up being killed mercilessly. Kill is.

The generals communicated layer by layer that the battle situation is dangerous, and the enemy's surrender is likely to be a conspiracy. If our side is merciful, it is very likely that the other side will take advantage of it and cause unnecessary casualties. The order is very simple and direct, that is "there is no living person in the palace!".

It was completely dark, and the battles in various areas outside the palace became more dangerous. Those remaining resisters, those who wanted to escape from the city, could use the cover of night to deal with the Ming army.

But the palace has gradually quieted down, the bloody smell in the air has faded a lot, and the fires that appeared everywhere have been extinguished.

Corpses lay scattered on the ground, and all the soldiers gathered at the main hall, enclosing it in an impenetrable way. Judging by the regulations of this building, it looks like a shrunken Daming palace. According to the guide, this place is usually Also known as the Golden Temple, it looks like a joke now.

"Commander, Seng Gedu Guleng, the Tartar bandit chieftain, Lalik, the son of Seng Gedu Guleng, and the third lady and the wives and concubines of the thief chieftain are all in this hall. Just now, my subordinates roughly estimated the strength of the troops in the lower hall. That's eight hundred."

Tan Bing reported in a deep voice that a huge fire was lit around the palace, and many soldiers of the Huwei Army were holding torches. He surrounded it, in the enemy's palace, if someone really shot someone from somewhere, it would be troublesome.

Even though the various areas outside the city were chaotic and the shouts of killing were still there, for the current Ming army, victory was already assured, and the question now was to what degree of victory should be achieved.

Yang Jin, deputy general of Ji Town, and Ma Yong, who led the cavalry of Datong Town, came around the palace. After meeting Wang Tong, they waited aside. I usually behave calmly, but now I can't restrain my emotions.

On the contrary, the soldiers of the Huwei army and a group of generals were quite calm. Wang Tong understood that the palace was the Khan of the Tartars. This Khan was not the leader of a chief with thousands of people, but Dominating the grasslands of thousands of miles, under his command tens of thousands of people who control the strings, suppressed the emperors of the last three generations of the Ming Dynasty, plundered Shanxi, and defeated King Alta Khan under the capital city.

Since Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's Northern Expedition, when did the Ming Dynasty achieve such a victory? The Yingzong was captured in the Tumu Fortress, and was beaten to the capital city by the Tartars several times. The Nine Borders were looted and attacked. Slowly being taken over, Daming was nothing but a shame to the Tartars.

For so many years, among more than a dozen emperors, the only one fighting for breath was the battle of Yingzhou between Emperor Wuzong Zhengde of Ming Dynasty and the little prince of Tatar, but the results were obscure and obscured. In addition, the great achievements recorded in the history books , but beheading dozens, hundreds of beheadings can already be called a great victory.

But in this battle, since Datong left the border, he fought against a powerful enemy who was superior to him in the enemy's country.

As a warrior, destroying a country and killing a king is the highest honor. Beheading [-] people is already a trivial matter, and attacking the enemy's capital is a foregone conclusion. The next step is to capture the Tartar Khan. What an honor at this time.

Everyone can't control their emotions, but they are generals who lead troops after all, and they can still remember to observe. They notice that the soldiers are only surrounding them from a distance, and the artillery is being dragged in. Settle around.

"This commander just got a confession from a dying prisoner. King Shunyi, Princess Shunyi, and a group of princes were all held hostage by traitors. I'm afraid they have been murdered. Now in the main hall, there are horse robbers pretending to be King Shunyi and others. The Wang family took revenge, and in order to prevent our soldiers from being killed or injured, this commander decided to bombard this place!"

After Wang Tong finished speaking, just as he was about to wave his hand to give an order, Yang Jin, the lieutenant at the side, yelled, and hurriedly rode close to him, and hurriedly said:

"Commander, if you send this family of the Tartar captive chieftain to the capital as a sacrifice, the Holy Majesty will be delighted, and the commander-in-chief is also of high merit. If he dies, he will offer his head."

"Confused, sent a living person to the capital, and this tartar has the name of King Shunyi on his head, those die-hard scholars in the capital will definitely make a fuss and cause unnecessary trouble, if there are more repetitions, we will Wouldn't it be a waste of so many soldiers to die and wounded in the expedition, and it would be quicker to kill them!"

After being slapped by Wang Tong, Yang Jin didn't feel angry, instead he nodded for a moment. At this moment, a burst of shouts erupted from the palace, and then the firecrackers rang out, but it was the people inside who wanted to rush out. , was directly beaten back.

"It's on fire, it's on fire, the Tartars set themselves on fire inside!!"

A soldier shouted, Wang Tong glanced at the palace, there was already thick smoke coming out, he raised his hand with a sneer.

(End of this chapter)