The war inside and outside the city was still spreading, and Shen Xi only had 8,000 soldiers and horses on hand, while the Tatars participated in the siege of the city, the number of soldiers and horses was about 30,000, and there were 10,000 reserves. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because of the barrier of the fortifications outside the city, the Tatars lost their biggest support, that is, the swiftness, flexibility and mobility of the cavalry, which could not form a military advantage in a short period of time, coupled with the fact that the Tatars were not good at siege, so that from the beginning of this battle, the Tatars suffered extremely heavy losses.

Yisima held his breath and was determined to take the civil fort in one go, but he forgot that since the successful sneak attack on the Yulin Acropolis to the present, the battle for thousands of miles has been in a state of high tension, and before that, he has experienced the battle of Zhangjiakou Fort, Xuanfu Town, and the Acropolis of Baoan, and suffered a defeat in the Tumu Fort last night.

The Shenxi soldiers and horses were at ease, and they were familiar with the terrain, and they were very clear about the direction of most trenches in the dark night, and when the Tatars were like headless flies, the Ming army was able to form a local superiority in strength and maneuver around the Tatars.

Originally, it only took ten days and a half to besiege the city, and when the water source in the city was cut off, the city could be taken without much effort, but a sudden heavy snowfall made the Tatar strategy have to be adjusted.

When Shen Xi led his troops to the north of the city, the north gate of Tumubao had been lost, and about a thousand Tatar soldiers rushed into the city gate, these Tatars brandished sabers, formed a phalanx, and prepared to fight with the Ming, but they soon found a problem, the layout of the city was not an ordinary street layout at all, although there were some buildings on the ground, but these buildings were not houses, but defensive facilities like walls.

"The Tartars are coming into the city, kill!"

The Ming army in the north of the city was under the greatest pressure, because there were about more than 10,000 Tatar soldiers and horses in this direction, and about two or three thousand were lost in the attack, that is to say, there are still six or seven thousand people, while the defenders in the north of the city are only two thousand, and they are basically pressed and beaten.

In the encounter, the fight is momentum, the Ming Dynasty's Beijing battalion soldiers and horses are far less than the Tatars, and now they are outnumbered, they can only retreat into the trenches, the Tatars are forced to jump down, and once again repeat the scene outside the city, and are teased by the Ming army to turn around.

At this time, the Tatar soldiers and horses continued to rush into the city, and Shen Xi was no longer able to climb the tower to command the battle, so he could only use fireworks to notify the ambushes outside the city, and try every means to block the Tatar reinforcements.

"Kill!"

The firecrackers behind Shen Xi immediately rushed to the front, lay down on the trenches, raised the firearms in their hands and shot at the Tatars near the city gate hole.

"Bang bang bang-"

As the firing of guns rang out continuously, the Tartars gathered near the city gate fell in rows.

The exchange of fire lasted about a quarter of an hour, and the ammunition carried by the musketeers was depleted, killing about five or six hundred Tatars, but the Tatars continued to rush into the city as if they were crazy, and the tunnels were about to be filled.

"My lord, the civil fort is about to be broken!"

Several guards accompanying Shen Xi's side felt that the civil fort could not be defended, the situation had reached a very critical point, the Tatars seemed to be endless, the city was full of fires, and it seemed that the Tatars could be seen everywhere.

"Transfer, retreat to the east of the city!"

Shen Xi shouted, and when the firecrackers began to retreat with weapons and ladders, he also ran all the way along the tunnel to the east of the city, and the sound of horses' hooves came from the ground, and he didn't know whether it was the Tatars or the Ming army, and the city was in chaos at this time.

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On a high ground two miles outside the north gate, Yisi Mayin was still on his horse, watching the battle from afar...... Although he did not personally participate in the siege, he felt that the battle was already in his hands.

"National teacher, at present, the gates of the north and west of the city have been broken by our army, and a large number of my soldiers and horses have been successfully killed. The soldiers and horses in the south and east of the city have moved to the north and west of the city! "The scout is coming.

"Who allowed unauthorized transfers? In the east and south of the city, you must not leave a single step without permission, and you must continue to put pressure on the Ming army! Esmaine was very annoyed and shouted angrily.

At this time, Yi Sima was so angry that his forehead was bruised, and the generals next to him didn't dare to talk casually, but they were thinking about it in their hearts at this time...... Is the national teacher too worried?

When the south of the city was going well, and even the city gate was taken down, you didn't let the soldiers go to reinforcements, and now the west and north of the city have achieved a breakthrough, and victory is in sight. You don't let the soldiers and horses attack from the enemy's weak link, but gnaw the hard bones, do you want us to suffer greater losses?

The scout said: "National Division, the momentum of the Ming army in the south of the city is very strong, the iron cavalry of our army that broke into the city was completely annihilated, and the rest of the troops were continuously bombarded by artillery fire and had to retreat......"

When Yi Sima Yin heard this, he frowned and muttered to himself: "Could it be that the Ming army has a large number of men and horses in the south of the city?" What is that for? ”

Soon he realized that maybe Shen Xi was preparing to break through from the south of the city.

The south of the city is the source of the water of the civil fort, and the terrain is relatively gentle, so after the soldiers and horses are killed from the trench area, they are very close to the river, and they can use the river as a barrier after crossing the river......

Yi Sima was too worried to consider this battle as an ordinary battle, because the commander of the defenders in the city was Shen Xi, who was known for his intrigue and intrigue.

Having seen Shen Xi's whimsical performance on the battlefield several times before, Yi Sima has recognized Shen Xi as the most outstanding military commander and strategist in the Ming Dynasty, and he does not dare to treat Shen Xi as an ordinary teenager.

"What is he capable of, wanting to break through from the south of the city? Even if he can get out of the city, he will definitely be able to escape back to Juyong Pass? However, even if the city is broken, only Shen Xi alone can escape, it will become a big disaster for my grassland tribe! Killing 10,000 people and destroying the city is not as important as killing Shen Xi alone! Yes, we must not let him go back alive! ”

Yi Sima thought about it again and again, and gave another order: "Let the soldiers and horses in the south and east of the city quickly return to their original positions, maintain the previous state of attacking the city from all sides, and be sure not to let a single person or animal escape in the city!" ”

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When Shen Xi retreated to the east of the city, he found that the situation in the east of the city was relatively good.

The Tatar forces in this direction were originally small, and the attack was not strong enough, and after the attack was blocked, they heard that the other directions were going well, so the thousand households who commanded the troops took matters into their own hands, changed the direction, and chose to withdraw their troops after the Tatar troops and horses in the south of the city, and moved towards the other two city gates.

Generally speaking, siege warfare is about finding a gap, and fighting through it to win.

In the previous battle, the first line of defense in the south of the city of Tumubao was insufficient, and it was the first to be broken through by the Tatars, but it did not attract the attention of Yismayin, and Shen Xi personally supervised the army, and finally killed the Tatars.

Several fast horses came from outside the city and quickly rushed into the city gates...... There were horse paths along the walls of the fort and inside and outside the walls, which were dedicated to the use of scouts. The Tatars could not see clearly in the darkness of the night, so they did not make full use of it.

"Your Excellency!"

It was not someone else who got off the horse, it was Yunliu and Xi'er.

Shen Xi didn't feel surprised when he saw the two, he asked Yunliu and Xi'er to stay outside the city to investigate the intelligence, because the acquisition of information is especially important during the battle, and only his cronies can be responsible.

"My lord, the Tatar soldiers and horses have gathered in the direction of the west and north of the city of Tumubao......" Yun Liu climbed the city tower and told Shen Xi about the key points.

"Purple fireworks!"

Shen Xi immediately gave the order.

When Shen Xi said that the purple fireworks were launched, several guards around him had not yet reacted, and Da Ming generally used red and blue fireworks to deliver messages, and purple fireworks were rarely used on the battlefield.

But Shen Xi's order belonged to the supreme order, and soon Yun Liu took out the bundled bamboo tube and placed it at the highest point of the eastern city wall, unlike the previous separate herald fireworks, this time it was a large firework, enough to illuminate half of the sky.