Li Jing soon received Ashina and the association rate, listened to his request to be a minister, and drove him out without saying a word.

From the attitude towards the Turkic captives, Li Jing knew that Zou Yu did not have a good impression of the Turks, how could he give up this operation for the sake of a little illusory name. If it's a surrender, it's almost the same, call it a minister! Then you don't have to.

Of course, Li Jing still passed the news back, after all, he still had to worry about the reaction from above. It's one thing to do it, don't say anything, it's a matter of attitude. It is impossible for Li Jing to make such a low-level mistake.

Ashina and the association returned to Dingxiang in embarrassment, and told his eldest brother what had happened, and the two brothers were immediately panicked.

"Dingxiang City has thick walls, I don't believe that Li Jing, the devil, can be attacked! As long as we hold on for a while, Jieli will definitely send troops to rescue! Tuli Khan said through gritted teeth.

"Yes, yes, as long as my uncle can gather people and horses, on the grassland, the people of the Central Plains will definitely not be opponents!" Ashina and the association rate nodded in agreement.

The two brothers decided to come down and immediately began to organize personnel to defend, this Dingxiang city currently has 30,000 Turkic soldiers and horses, 50,000 herdsmen, plus the Turks over the years to capture the Central Plains people, the entire city, there are still more than 100,000 people, if you really want to defend, it is estimated that there are not more than 100,000 people, don't want to take it.

By the time Li Jing gathered his men and horses and the troops came to the city, Dingxiang City was already in full battle.

"Chief, why don't we raid and take Dingxiang, we have to get them ready?" Yi Nan asked puzzled.

Dingxiang City South Evil Yang Ridge, itself is a dangerous terrain, if the troops are enough, the troops here, can support each other with the city, but the Tuli Khan did not dare to divide the troops, so he had to give up to Li Jing in vain.

From here to Dingxiang, it is only three miles, for the cavalry, it is only a moment's effort, and Li Jing can clearly see every move outside the city and the head of the city in the telescope.

"Huh! Although Dingxiang City belongs to Jiancheng, it is nothing to us! Li Jing said with a smile.

He can be so confident, naturally it is the explosives package that Xi Junmai brought, this is the first time that the explosives package is used in actual combat siege, so Li Jingcai deliberately let everyone gather, just to shock people's hearts.

When he arrived in Dingxiang City, Li Jing was very simple, he didn't even block the city, but was stationed in the Evil Yang Ridge, which made the Tuli Khan brothers completely confused.

Seeing that Li Jing only had 70,000 people, and 30,000 belonged to the cavalry, they thought that Li Jing was facing a difficult city, so they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Li Jing arranged cavalry on the one hand and continued to sweep around, and on the other hand, he arranged manpower to cut down trees and pretend to be engineering equipment.

For five days in a row, it was like this, and on the sixth day, Li Jing sent a large army to Dingxiang City.

Tuli Khan looked at the men and horses arranged by Li Jing, and felt even more confused, you must know that the siege of the city is generally surrounded by three and one, but Li Jing arranged cavalry to defend three sides, and a large number of foot soldiers are located outside the south of the city, which is clearly a meaning that will not be let go. However, there are only 40,000 soldiers outside the city, which Tuli Khan still knows, 40,000 soldiers, attacking a fortified city guarded by 30,000 elite guards, how can this be impossible, not to mention that there are so many herdsmen in the city, and one or two thousand people can be drawn out at any time.

"See the Grand Steward!" Xi Junmai hugged his fist excitedly.

"Ready?" Li Jing asked.

"Everything is ready!" Xi Junmai replied.

"Let's get started!" Li Jing nodded.

"Whoa!" Xi Junmai hugged his fists again and saluted, then took out a bamboo tube from his arms, inserted it into the ground, took out a fire fold and lit it, and took two steps back.

"Tsk!" With a scream, the bamboo tube rose into the sky, and then exploded with a "bang" in the air.

Yi Nan looked up and saw the bamboo tube shooting into the sky, bursting out with colorful firelight, which could be clearly seen in the daytime.

This is to add some mineral powder to the gunpowder, which can emit colorful light, just as a signal flare, this kind of signal flare can be seen in the plains, several miles away, it is better to siege the city, after all, the city is so big, as soon as the signal is sent, it can be received, compared to the herald, it must be much faster, and as long as the signal flare is agreed in advance, compared to the sound of drums, the horn should be clear and clear.

Everyone noticed the signal flare, and looked at such brilliant fireworks with a little surprise, but although the fireworks were good, they were fleeting, and the Tuli Khan looked at the outside of the city in puzzlement, and still did not move the army, not knowing what medicine was sold in Li Jing's gourd.

Li Jing's expression was indifferent, and he didn't react at all, because he was also waiting, waiting for the arranged plan to be launched.

Inside and outside the city, there was silence, time seemed to freeze, as if a long time had passed, and as if it was just an instant, everyone suddenly felt a shock underground, and then a series of huge, like muffled thunder sounded in their ears.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom Boom! ”

In the surprised eyes of everyone, Li Jing saw from the telescope that two huge clouds of smoke and dust were rising from the east and west of Dingxiang City, and his face couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.

"Xi Jun buys! Take your men into the city, this is what the governor promised you! The rest of the people, block the city, and not a single one is allowed to escape! Li Jing ordered loudly.

"Whoa!" Everyone hurriedly responded, among which Xi Junmai was the most excited, and immediately led people and rushed to the nearest West Gate.

From five days ago, he suggested to Li Jing that they secretly bury gunpowder under the city wall and blow up the city wall, and his request was that after the city wall was blown up, the musket team would enter the city and become familiar with the street fighting!

Li Jing had seen the power of gunpowder, so he agreed to his request, and in the past few days, he sent people to run around to make siege equipment, firstly to cover their actions, and secondly, to prepare to storm the city if they could not blow up the city wall.

However, Xi Junmai did not disappoint him, and spent five nights secretly sending people to bury dozens of catties of explosives in the dead corner of the city wall, which were ignited together today, and exploded a long section of the city wall without expectations, but most of them collapsed because of the vibration, not directly blown up, which is somewhat different from imagination.

The east and west of the city, led by Li Yuanba and Luo Shixin respectively, saw that the city was broken, they were the first to come back to their senses, command the cavalry, and launched a charge.

But all this, as if it were redundant, was little resistance when they stormed the city, and most of the Turks were kneeling and praying.

Come to think of it, even ordinary snow disasters, floods, and landslides are considered to be punishment from heaven, not to mention the earth-shattering explosion right in front of you! With a strong shock, they thought it was a heavenly punishment and the earth dragon turned over! I've been scared for a long time!

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