Just when Duoduo commanded more than 200,000 Qing troops to encircle and suppress the tens of thousands of Ming troops who were defending the hillside, a few miles south of Xuecheng, Yan Yingyuan led the fourth army of Yinglong's army and 30,000 Ming troops and other 50,000 troops here.

"Xue Cheng has indeed been occupied by the Qing captives." In return, Yan Yingyuan said with a gloomy face.

Things turned out to be as he thought, Duoduo secretly led more than 100,000 iron horsemen to make a detour of more than 300 miles, and attacked Xue Cheng from the north, cutting off the retreat of the Jining City army in one fell swoop.

"What does Commander Yan think?" At this time, because Yan Yingyuan's judgment was correct, Chang Shunhou gradually became a little convinced of Yan Yingyuan, and his tone of voice improved a lot.

Yan Yingyuan thought for a while, and said categorically: "We must find a way to recapture Xue City and reopen the road, and quickly, at this time, the 100,000 troops in Jining City are likely to have withdrawn from Jining City, and are even being besieged by the Qing army, which is not only tens of thousands of troops, but also the first army of the Yinglong Army, if it is all annihilated by the Qing captives, the impact will be too great, and the Ming Dynasty cannot afford such losses." ”

Indeed, if only tens of thousands of ordinary Ming troops were annihilated, it would be a small blow at most, but if the first army of the Ying Long Army was wiped out, it was unimaginable, the Ying Long Army was almost the spiritual pillar in the hearts of the Ming army and the people, and the first army of the Ying Long Army was one of the two initial armies of the Ying Long Army, which was of great significance.

"In this case, Commander Yan thinks what to do, if it is a strong attack, this general soldier is willing to personally lead people to launch the first wave of attacks, and he will definitely be able to take Xue Cheng in one fell swoop." Chang Shun nodded and said sincerely.

Chang Shunhou is not joking, he knows what Yan Yingyuan said, as a member of the Ming Dynasty, although he was pressed by the junior Yan Yingyuan because he did not get the attention of the emperor, he was a little unwilling, but he still has a great righteousness in his heart, at this time, he will not have any thoughts of stumbling on Yan Yingyuan.

Yan Yingyuan shook his head and said: "No, it is too risky to attack directly, and the chance of success is not great, you should take advantage of the fact that the Qing army does not know that we are coming, find a way to approach the city gate, blow up the city gate with gunpowder, and attack it in one fell swoop." ”

Although the topography of Xuecheng is surrounded by mountains on both sides and guards the main road, there is no moat, and Yan Yingyuan concluded that the Qing army must have just taken Xuecheng, as long as the gate of Xuecheng has not been blocked by the Qing army from the inside, there is a great chance of blowing up the city gate with gunpowder.

"That's a good idea, if the inner passage of the city gate is not blocked, two boxes of gunpowder are enough to explode." Chang Shunhou pondered for a moment and immediately agreed.

This is the only way to be the quickest, and they can only hope that the Qing army did not have time to block the city gate.

"Give me the gunpowder, and I'll take it myself." Chang Shun then stared at Feng Houdun behind Yan Yingyuan, and decided to take the risk himself, especially to convince Feng Houdun's hairy boy.

Feng Houdun snorted coldly, and also said to this Yan Yingyuan: "Big brother, let me go, I promise to blow up the city gate." ”

"This" Yan Yingyuan was suddenly a little embarrassed, Chang Shunhou was the chief soldier, commanding an army of 30,000, he naturally couldn't let Chang Shunhou take risks, he could have refused in one bite, but who would have thought that Feng Houdun also mentioned it at this time, the two of them were already wrong, if he refused Chang Shunhou and let Feng Houdun go, it would be too easy for Chang Shunhou to have a misunderstanding, which would lead to differentiation and was not conducive to unity.

At this time, Chen Mingyu saw Yan Yingyuan's embarrassment, and stood up and said, "Big brother, let me go." ”

Yan Yingyuan pondered for a moment, nodded, looked at Feng Houdun and Chang Shunhou and said: "General Chang is one of the main generals, it is really not appropriate to take risks, Hou Dun also stays, let Ming Yu go, Ming Yu's martial arts are slightly stronger than Hou Dun, he is the right person." ”

Although Chang Shunhou was dissatisfied, he did not object in the end, and glared at Feng Houdun again.

After deciding on the candidate, Yan Yingyuan immediately ordered someone to prepare.

When everything was ready, the army of 50,000 quietly approached Xue Cheng and stopped about a mile away from Xue Cheng. The number of 50,000 troops is too much, and it is already the limit to be so close, in order to avoid exposure, only Chen Mingyu took 300 Ying Long troops to seize the city gate.

"Mingyu, be careful!" Yan Yingyuan instructed.

"Big brother, rest assured, Ming Yu will complete the task!" Chen Mingyu nodded, and then approached the gate of Xue Cheng with three hundred soldiers of the Ying Long Army.

A hundred meters in front of the city gate is an open space, which was cleared to prevent the enemy's sneak attack, Chen Mingyu and three hundred Ying Long soldiers hid in the grass a hundred meters away, staring at the Xue Cheng City Tower.

On the city tower, hundreds of Qing soldiers of the Eight Banners can be clearly seen, and Chen Mingyu can't estimate how many soldiers and horses the Qing army left to guard.

"Up!" Chen Mingyu didn't hesitate much, and with an order, he led three hundred soldiers of the Yinglong Army to rush towards the city gate. At a distance of 100 meters, they can rush there with a maximum of ten breaths.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! On the tower of the city, the Qing army roared.

Suddenly, hundreds of Qing soldiers appeared and began to bend their bows and arrows one by one, trying to prevent Ying Longjun from approaching.

Ying Longjun reacted first, except for Chen Mingyu who led more than a dozen people to carry two boxes of gunpowder to blow up the city gate, all the remaining Ying Long soldiers formed a formation on the spot and shot at the city wall, covering Chen Mingyu and others who rushed towards the city gate.

"Bang bang bang" Ying Longjun soldiers took the lead in taking a breath and fired.

Nearly 100 lead bullets swept towards the Qing army on the city wall, nearly 30 Qing soldiers were shot, turned backwards, interrupting the action of many Qing soldiers shooting arrows, only half of the Qing soldiers shot the arrows down, but at this time the second wave of lead bullets of the Ying Long army also swept over.

"Sneered" Many soldiers of the Ying Long Army were hit by arrows.

At this time, Chen Mingyu and the others had already rushed to a distance of only more than thirty meters from the city gate.

The Qing army generals on the city tower noticed the two boxes escorted by Chen Mingyu and others, and their hearts immediately jumped, and they subconsciously wanted to stop Chen Mingyu and others from approaching, and even the other nearly three hundred Ying Long soldiers couldn't take care of it, and pointed at Chen Mingyu and others who were constantly approaching and shouted.

"Stop these people from approaching the city gates!"

The Qing soldiers reacted, and everyone's bows and arrows were aimed at Chen Mingyu and the others.

"Rush!" Chen Mingyu clenched the steel knife in his hand and roared.

At this moment when the Qing army was aiming, Chen Mingyu and the others approached another ten meters, and there was only a distance of twenty meters left.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Although Ying Longjun fired again and knocked out a lot of Qing troops, there were still at least two hundred arrows that formed a rain of arrows and shot towards Chen Mingyu and others, although they could really shoot at most dozens of Chen Mingyu and others, but this was equally terrifying, and more than a dozen people such as Chen Mingyu would all be shot by the range hedgehog.

Chen Mingyu and several soldiers of the Ying Long Army suddenly blocked in front and waved their swords to block.

Several Ying Longjun soldiers were hit by arrows, especially the two of them who were in the front with Chen Mingyu, they were all shot by the hedgehog, and even Chen Mingyu's left arm was hit by an arrow, but they also blocked most of the arrows for the people behind.

"Rush!" Chen Mingyu ignored the pain on his left arm, gritted his teeth and continued to impact with the rest of the people.

In the rear, nearly 300 soldiers of the Ying Long Army kept firing at the city tower to cover for Chen Mingyu and others.

When the Qing army bent the bow and arrows again, Chen Mingyu and others approached more than ten meters, and they couldn't see the distance of ten meters, and the arrow rain of the Qing army flew again.

Once again, there were three soldiers of the Ying Long Army and Chen Mingyu blocking the front to block the rain of arrows.

"Boom! Boom! "Although Chen Mingyu's martial arts are not weak, but after all, it is manpower, in the face of so many arrow rains, although he resisted again, he was also shot with an arrow in his right leg, and even the hair crown on his head was shot down, which was very embarrassing.

The soldiers of the Yinglong Army in the back were no better, most of them were hit by arrows, only two of them were intact, and one of the boxes of gunpowder fell to the ground, if the mouth of the box had not been locked, I am afraid that the gunpowder inside would have spilled out.

"Rush!" Chen Mingyu was alone and yelled at the box of gunpowder that had fallen to the ground.

With a short distance of less than ten meters, and nearly 300 soldiers of the Yinglong Army behind them, Chen Mingyu and the others finally succeeded in stacking two boxes of gunpowder in the center of the city gate.

Chen Mingyu slammed the lock of one of the boxes open, and the gunpowder inside was immediately revealed. Then he took out the fire fold he had prepared in advance from his bosom, blew it up, and quickly threw it at the gunpowder in the box, and the city gate rolled under the city wall on the right in an instant.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang that shook the sky, and the entire tower was shaken.

The Qing army did not block the city gate, the tall city gate was blown up, and you can see the situation inside the city at a glance.

The three hundred soldiers of the Yinglong Army behind "Chong" quickly rushed towards the city gate, preparing to occupy where to occupy.

A mile away, Yan Yingyuan and the others heard this loud noise.

"Mingyu has succeeded, seize Xue City!" Yan Yingyuan was overjoyed, raised his arms and shouted, and the 50,000 army was like a fierce tiger, all rushing towards Xue Cheng.

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