When the city gate is not protected by the soldiers at the head of the city, it will become a lonely gate with empty thickness.

In less than half an hour, the entire south gate was slammed open by the heavy logs of the Northwest Army.

Before the thousands of Hu soldiers standing behind the city gate could escape, they were stabbed to death by tens of thousands of pikemen of the Northwest Army.

Knowing that the general situation was gone, the eldest prince Arobu hurriedly ordered all the Hu people to retreat into the inner city and defend the inner city with the inner city wall as a barrier.

After learning that the main force of the Hu people had retreated into the inner city, the experienced Ning Zhiyuan did not rush to attack the inner city, but first sent a large number of men and horses to sweep the entire outer city, so as not to have Hu people ambush on the side of the outer city.

After the Northwest Army swept the entire outer city, in addition to finding a few sporadic Hu soldiers who had escaped, it also found an area in the city where a large number of civilians were imprisoned.

From the mouths of the Hu soldiers who were arrested, it turned out that the reason why the Hu people were holding so many people was to keep them for military rations.

This news immediately shocked and angered all the northwest generals.

Fortunately, Dashuai didn't mean to die with Hu Ren to the end, otherwise he really didn't know who could consume whom.

These Hu people are indeed a group of brutes in human skin, and cannibalism does not seem to be an uncommon thing in their eyes.

This battle has been fought for almost a day.

Ning Zhiyuan, who was already victorious, didn't want to risk fighting at night, so he decided to let the soldiers rest for a night and fight again tomorrow.

Therefore, he ordered Li Dingbei, Xiao Zhijian and other generals who guarded the eastern, western, and northern gates to lead troops into the city, and moved all the rejecting horses placed outside the city to the inner city, and then used a double-layer rejecting horse formation to seal all the four gates of the entire inner city, so as not to give the Hu people the opportunity to escape at night.

After sealing the four inner gates, the soldiers began to set up camp and cook. The whole army was jubilant and morale was high.

Today's amazing performance of the musket array and artillery array of the Shenji Battalion on the battlefield really boosted morale and gave all the officers and men great confidence.

From the officers to the non-commissioned officers, they all believed that as long as there were these two weapons of mass destruction, the Hu people could not be their opponents in the Northwest Army.

They have been fighting with the Hu people for so many years, and it is the first time that they have this kind of pleasure of running around like dogs.

Unlike the jubilant atmosphere of the soldiers of the Northwest Army, the Hu people who were cowering in the inner city were cloudy.

Although in this round of siege, the Hu people only lost about 10,000 soldiers, the casualties were not too large.

But the problem is that almost the whole army was frightened by the "ghost thunder" of the Northwest Army.

As soon as that thing exploded in the crowd, it could easily kill and injure hundreds of people, and the lethality was really terrifying.

Anyone who has witnessed the tragic situation in the city does not dare to say that they are really not afraid of the ghost thunder, which is not an evil thing that flesh and blood can compete with.

Because of the appearance of this ghost thunder, the morale of the whole army fell to a low point, and even caused all kinds of rumors among the soldiers.

In the camp of the eldest prince Arobu, the atmosphere was even more depressing, everyone's faces were very ugly, everyone knew that the current situation was extremely dangerous, so dangerous that the whole army was destroyed.

"Your Highness, if it weren't for the old man's misjudgment, His Highness would not have encountered this dilemma. It was the old man who was incompetent, so please ask His Royal Highness to surrender his crimes, and the old man is willing to be punished. Mr. Qiu, who covered his face, took the lead in pleading guilty to the eldest prince.

"This is not Mr.'s fault, who would have thought that the Ning family would have such a powerful firearm, it is careless." The eldest prince Arrob said, waving his hand.

"Your Highness's great grace, the old man is grateful." Mr. Qiu solemnly made a big salute.

If the other staff had made such a serious mistake, the eldest prince Arrob would have cut the other party a long time ago.

But Mr. Qiu has advised him for many years and has made countless great contributions. And now is the time to employ people, and the eldest prince Arobu, who has the heart to rely on his advice, naturally wants to open up to him.

Seeing that His Royal Highness still trusted this Han military advisor of unknown origin so much at this time, Akayi, the commander of the Hu people, was really angry and anxious.

Today, if it weren't for this Han military advisor who dissuaded His Highness, they would have forcibly broken through the other city gates by now, so why would they be trapped here.

The only thing they could rely on now was the thin walls of the inner city, but they were not strong enough to withstand the Northwest Army, which had more than twice as many powerful firearms as them.

If you wait like this, you will only end up dead.

However, even so, no one raised a voice to make peace with the Ning family.

Because everyone knows that the trick of taking the initiative to sue for peace may be useful for the Great Wei court, but it will definitely not work for the Ning family.

The Ningjia in the northwest and the Saiwaihu people have been fighting for more than a hundred years, and the two sides have long been mortal enemies.

No matter which side falls into the hands of the other, there is only a dead end.

Therefore, it is useless to ask the Ning family for peace, and now there are only two ways in front of the Hu people. Either fight to the death, or take advantage of the chaos to escape, there is no third way to choose.

However, now the Ning family not only has more than twice as many troops as the Hu people, but also has such powerful firearms, they will definitely not be able to defeat them, so they can only seek a way to retreat.

"Sir, how are we going to get out of this situation now?" The eldest prince Arrob asked Mr. Qiu a question that everyone present wanted to ask.

Mr. Qiu pondered for a moment and said, "Since the Ning family has raised troops into the city, this inner city will definitely not be able to hold it.

The only way is to find a way to break out. ”

"But the Ning family's firearms are so powerful, how can this break through?"

"The Ning family's firearms are indeed unstoppable, but they are not without restraint.

We can mix the Han and Hu people in the city to break through and let the Han people open the way ahead.

In this way, when the Northwest Army saw that the front was full of Han Chinese, it would be somewhat afraid and would not dare to open fire at will.

Even if the Ning family really forcibly opened fire regardless of the lives of these Han people, we can at least use those Han people as substitute ghosts.

As long as the Northwest Army hesitates a little, we can seize the opportunity to break through in a big way, and perhaps then we can escape. ”

"That's a good plan, sir is a genius." After hearing this, the eldest prince Arobu immediately clapped his hands.

Other Hu generals and staff members also felt that this method was feasible.

Even Turkey Akay, who has always looked at Mr. Qiu unpleasantly, has to admit that this is indeed the only way.

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Early the next morning, after the eldest prince Arobu and other soldiers had breakfast, he ordered all the Han people in the inner city to be brought over, and then used them as meat shields in front of the army of more than 200,000 Hu people.

Among them, a number of Great Wei officials and many nobles of the family, including their families, a total of more than 20,000 people, under the compulsion of the Hu people, were responsible for standing at the front of the team and calling for surrender to the Northwest Army.

These Great Wei officials and nobles who turned their heads to be loyal to the Hu people, the new master, in order to save their lives, did not expect that they had just surrendered to the Hu people for less than two days, and the Northwest Army would call, and they would also defeat their new masters one after another, and they had no power to fight back.

Such an astonishing turn of events made everyone regret it. I regret that I shouldn't have lowered the Hu people so quickly, I should have waited a little longer.

Now their own lives and those of their families are in the hands of the Hu people, and no matter what the Hu people tell them to do, they can only do it.

After making all the preparations, the Hu people immediately opened the north inner gate of the inner city, trying to break through from the north inner gate, which was the farthest away from the south inner gate.

After the inner city gate was opened, these Han officials and nobles immediately shouted loudly: "Don't fire, I'm Han, I'm Han, don't fire!" ”

"I am also a Han person, and I am also a Han person, please be merciful to all the Northwest warriors, and be merciful to your subordinates."

"Don't hurt me, I'm a court official. Stop, stop. ”

"I am also an official of the imperial court, and I am in the middle of the Shuntian Mansion of the Ministry of Households, so you must not be rude."

"We are all court officials, you quickly lay down your weapons and don't hurt anyone."

Similar shouts continued to sound, which surprised the soldiers of the Northwest Army who were waiting outside, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

The eldest prince Arobu, who was mixed in the crowd, saw that the Northwest Army did not fire, and his heart was immediately overjoyed, and he immediately ordered the whole army to go further, preferably all the way to the Horse Rejection Formation.

As long as you get there, you can start dismantling the horse rejection array.

Seeing that there were so many Han people in the enemy army, the tens of thousands of Northwest Army who were responsible for guarding the North Inner Gate had no idea for a while, and they didn't know whether to do it or not.

When the Northwest Army saw the crowd getting closer and closer, they immediately shouted: "Go back, go back quickly!" Don't come back, go back! If you hear no, go back! ”

However, where did the Han people in the inner city act as a cover, they were almost pushed forward by the Hu soldiers behind.

Just as the scene was becoming more and more chaotic, the crowd quickly crowded into the rejection formation.

As soon as they arrived at the rejection array, the Hu soldiers who had long been mixed in the crowd immediately drew their swords and took advantage of the chaos to cut off the ropes of the rejection array, separating the rejection horses one by one, making it impossible for them to form an effective battle formation.

Finally, a soldier of the Northwest Army saw that the horse-rejecting array had been cut off, and his face suddenly changed and he loudly informed his companions: "The horse-rejecting array has been cut off, everyone be careful!" ”

Without the order of the eldest prince Arobu, the Hu people who were also mixed in the crowd already knew that now was the important moment of life and death for Youguan, and of course shouted: "Rush out!" Come on! ”

With his order, the Hu soldiers in the rear immediately used brute force to push the Han people in front to squeeze forward.

Under the continuous pushing of tens of thousands of Han people, the horse rejection array, which had been cut in many places, was suddenly squeezed out of multiple gaps, and a huge crowd of people immediately poured out from these gaps.

"The whole army retreated a hundred steps!" Seeing that the horse rejection array had been broken, a thousand households raised the order flag and ordered loudly.

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Northwest Army saw the order flag and immediately retreated.

At this time, the entire horse rejection array had completely lost its blocking effect, and a large number of Han and Hu people rushed out of various gaps, including the eldest prince Arobu, Dutong Akayi and other Hu generals.

Because the process was so smooth, even the eldest prince Arobu himself found it a little incredible.

But at this life-and-death juncture, he didn't have time to think about it anymore, and immediately ordered to all the Hu people: "Get on the horse, rush to the north gate with me and kill it!" ”

The Hu people, who had to lead their horses to walk in order not to reveal their identities, hurriedly jumped on their mounts, and then rushed towards the north gate behind the eldest prince Arrob.

When the horse was galloping, the eldest prince Arobu suddenly found that his military commander Mr. Qiu was not by his side, and he looked around and still couldn't see anyone.

"What about Mr. Qiu, where is Mr. Qiu?" Finding that his most trusted military advisor was gone, the eldest prince Arobu hurriedly asked loudly.

"Maybe I'm lost in the middle of the chaos. Your Highness, we can't wait any longer, let's go. "Turkey Akay was sweating in a hurry. When is it, His Highness is still worried about that Han military division.

The eldest prince Arobu also knew that he could not wait any longer, but he really did not want to lose the resourceful military advisor, so he ordered the two guards beside him, "You two hurry back to Mr. Qiu, you must find him no matter what, and then find a way to bring him to meet us." Just go! ”

"Yes, Your Highness." The two Hu guards immediately turned their horses and ran back.

"Let's go!" After the explanation, the eldest prince Arobu continued on his way.

As for the Han officials and nobles who surrendered to them, the Hu people had already thrown these tool men aside, and no one cared about their lives or deaths, and everyone was only thinking about escaping from the city as soon as possible.

There are several avenues between the inner city and the north gate, and if you are not familiar with the road conditions, it is easy to get lost.

Although the eldest prince Arobu is also unfamiliar with the road conditions in the city, when he planned to break through last night, he had already prepared a few Hu people as guides.

Under the guidance of those Hu people and spies, the eldest prince Arobu led more than 200,000 troops directly to the north gate to kill.

There weren't many Northwest Army encounters along the way, which couldn't help but make the battle-experienced prince faintly feel that something was wrong.

At that moment, a mutation suddenly happened.

The war horses ridden by the hundreds of Hu people who were opening the way in front of them suddenly fell down one after another. As soon as the horse fell, the Hu people riding on it were naturally not spared, and they fell heavily from their horses.

"Be careful, there's a tripbar ahead! Stop! A hundred-year-old Hu with sharp eyes quickly noticed the problem and immediately shouted loudly.

When the eldest prince Arobu heard this, he immediately reined in the reins and stopped the horse, and then loudly ordered the whole army to stop.

The Hu people are worthy of being a people living on horseback, and this emergency stop, if it were an ordinary rider, would have crashed together because they couldn't brake.

But the Hu people don't, first, they are proficient in equestrianism and good at controlling horses, and second, even when they are marching in a hurry, they still maintain a certain distance between horses, which is enough for them to stop their horses in an emergency situation without bumping into the people in front of them.

When the army successfully stopped, the eldest prince Arobu and the others had time to observe the situation ahead.

A few of the Hu generals looked at each other, and sure enough, they saw a tripwire across the entire street where the cavalry had fallen.

This tripwire runs out of the alleys on both sides of the street, and it is indeed easy to trip if you don't pay attention to it.

When he saw this sudden trip, the eldest prince Arobu suddenly felt that the situation was not good, and a strong sense of danger quickly came to his heart.

However, before he could react, thousands of musketeers armed with muskets suddenly rushed out of the alleys on both sides of the street ahead.

After these musketeers came out of the alley, they quickly formed three neat and orderly musket formations in the front, middle and rear at great speed, each of which was enough to occupy the entire street entrance.

Not only that, but the Hu people soon found that in addition to the front street entrance, a large number of northwest musketeers appeared in every street and alley around, and they also formed a musket formation to face them from a distance.

Seeing so many musketeers suddenly appear, the eldest prince Arrob, Dutong Akayi and the others suddenly felt cold, knowing that they had fallen into the trap of the Ning family.

No wonder they were able to break through from the inner city gate so easily, it turned out that the Ning family had been waiting here for a long time.

This is the second step of the "Closing the Door and Fighting the Dogs" plan, besieging the inner city without attacking, then luring the enemy out of the city, and finally using the new tactics of musket array and street fighting to strangle the Hu people.

In the case of victory, in order not to let the war destroy Jinling Mansion, one of the best cities in the south of the Yangtze River.

Using the musket array to fight in the streets with the Hu people is the best way to hit the big rats without hurting the jade bottle.