Qi Xiang rushed into the city gate with Lao Zhu's five hundred personal soldiers screaming, these people had already been aggrieved in Yingtian, how could they not fight bravely to be the first with the anti-heaven merit of capturing the enemy chief in front of them. Madu followed closely with the musket battalion, and the artillery battalion followed with the wagons pulling the artillery.

The artillery was fastened to the iron railing of the carriage with several iron hoops with iron rods, and when used, the body of the carriage could be removed and fixed with wooden stakes, and the body could be used as a gun carriage without moving down.

I don't know if the recoil of the artillery is too great, or the quality of the irons is too poor, but it was used once in Xinkailing, and the irons have begun to deform slightly......

The upper part is not large, and the circumference is only nine miles, but it is divided into three parts: the outer city, the inner city and the palace city. When Ma Du followed the musket battalion into the outer city, the city was already on fire, and Qi Xiang led five hundred cavalry to set fire to chaos.

There are no brick and stone houses in the outer city, most of the yurts are on fire when they see it, and the fire will grow when the wind blows, and in a short time there is a sea of fire near the south gate and spread in all directions.

It is said that the Mongols are all soldiers, and they originally thought that they would encounter fierce resistance, and the musket battalion even lit the fire rope and waited to meet the enemy. Who knew that the men who came out of the tent with knives only cared about pulling their old and young wives and children and fled for their lives in a panic, and no one came to fight with the Ming army at all.

Most of these people are people brought by Emperor Zhizheng from Dadu, they have lived a comfortable life for a long time, and they have long lost the blood of their ancestors, and in the face of the surprise attack of the Ming army, it is their first choice to flee with their relatives.

"Formation! Don't run out of formation! Slow down! Ma Du shouted loudly, leading the troops to fight, he was also the first time that the eldest girl got on the sedan chair, and he couldn't help but be more cautious in his heart, "Qi Xiang, you take the cavalry to the front to reconnoiter the enemy!" If there is a gathered enemy army, turn back and report, and have its own magic battalion to deal with it, so as not to easily lose the men and horses. ”

The two thousand Ming army was headed by Qi Xiang at the moment, Ma Du followed behind with the Shenji battalion, and there were only two groups of dozens of cavalry Yuan soldiers along the way, all of whom were killed by Qi Xiang and others, and the Shenji battalion went outside the inner city without firing a single shot.

Compared with the loosely defended outer city, the inner city is full of torches, standing full of Yuan soldiers, everyone is holding bows and arrows to wait, it seems that there is no plan to go out of the city to meet the enemy, which is not quite in line with the military style of Meng Yuan, obviously planning to defend to the death.

Qi Xiang led the cavalry to the city gate, and a rain of arrows immediately shot at the city, but fortunately it was far away and did not hurt him. He rode to Madu and said, "I heard the movement, they seem to be pushing a cart to block the city gate, and they don't seem to be planning to come out." I asked the cavalry to go to the nearby east and west gates to see if there were any soldiers coming out. ”

"Good! You go and let the cavalry go around on guard, and the siege of the city will be handed over to the Shenji Battalion. Fan Jin, what the hell are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up, it's really hard to let you do something. ”

At that moment, twenty artillery pieces were pushed up, and Fan Jin quickly walked to Ma Du, "Report to Ma Du whether we will use scattered bullets to hit the enemy, or solid bullets to break the door." ”

"Can you make it to the city gates? Won't you fight together! ”

At that moment, the twenty artillery pieces were immediately loaded with projectiles, and when the artillerymen were holding torches and preparing to light the fire, Ma Du clearly saw that the Yuan soldiers at the head of the city were lying on the city wall, and only looked down with their heads half-drawn.

Damn, this group of people obviously knows the power of firearms and knows how to hide, but when did the upright and reckless Mongolian man in his impression become so slippery and shrewd. Madu dared to say that if he sent someone with explosives bags to blow up the city gates, the soldiers at the head of the city would definitely get up again and shoot arrows.

Fan Jin asked: "What should I do about the horse, can I fight it or not!" ”

"Hit! Let's play a round first! ”

Boom Boom Boom ...... A series of twenty cannon shots rang out, and iron beads flew all over the sky, causing dust to fly on the rammed earth walls, and two large iron bullets hit the city gates, which were rough and rotten, and smashed the dilapidated city gates into pieces of wood.

It's a lot of momentum, but it's useless. Ma Du had the city plan of Shangdu in his hand, which was found in the imperial palace in Beiping. The walls of the inner city were no more than six feet wide, but they were more than two feet high, and it was difficult to get a projectile to fall on them at the angle of artillery.

Although the rammed earth city wall was beaten into a pockmarked face, the Yuan army on the head of the city did not seem to have any casualties. Although the two gates were opened, by the faint light of the fire, you could see that the gates were piled up with carts everywhere, as if they had been wheeled away.

"Damn, I don't believe these adobe walls can withstand a few rounds!" Ma Du somewhat understands why those generals who lead troops to fight, whether they are ancient or in later generations, like to scold their mothers and sons, it is indeed easy to make people angry, Xu Da is the most gentle general he has ever seen.

Qi Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "Where is the lord who fights like this, when you collapse the city wall, the Tartar Emperor may really run away, and you can't attack the city without letting people attach to it." ”

"It's going to die!"

Qi Xiang was choked all of a sudden, "Sir, don't laugh, how can there be immortals in war." Why don't I get you some of those grenades, or let our cavalry attack the city. ”

Qi Xiang collected two hundred cavalry, and each of them had a grenade in his hand ready to fire, "Lord and I are ready, you can fire your cannon!" ”

"Good! Fan Jin ignites! ”

Boom Boom Boom ...... There was another burst of cannons, and at the sound of artillery, Qi Xiang's cavalry had already rushed over, taking advantage of the dust and smoke on the city wall, the two hundred cavalry turned into a straight line, directly attached to the city wall, pulled out the grenade and threw it directly on the city wall.

The Yuan soldiers who were about to get up on the city wall were immediately blown up, and the Ming cavalry stood directly on the back of the horse, but the two people were more than two high on the city wall, and they jumped up and immediately fought with the remaining Ming army on the city.

Lao Zhu's personal soldiers are really not vegetarians, but it is so easy to kick the city? It's too easy, Ma Du smiled self-deprecatingly, war is really an art, and he obviously doesn't have the talent for it. He waved his arm, "Brothers, rush me!" ”

With the support of the guards and chamberlains, Emperor Zhizheng staggered up from the ground and said in a panic: "Nanban is coming?!" ”。

Emperor Zhizheng's cowardly Xue head Dai Qin said: "Listen to this movement, the emperor, let's run away!" ”

"Let's go! Walk! Walk! Let's go, let's go back to the camp and call the queen and the prince! He turned his head to look at the eunuchs who had just thrown him to the ground, and said viciously: "Cut down these useless wastes!" That smashed the corner of his eye into blood, and the muscles on his face twitched in pain.

The cowardly Xue beside him got the order, and immediately waved the shining steel knife, and the eunuchs fell to the ground one after another. There was a eunuch who was so frightened that he peed his pants, but he still didn't forget to beg for mercy loudly: "Your Majesty, you can't live without yourself, spare the life of the slave." ”

Emperor Zhizheng's heart softened, "Forget it, spare his life." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! The eunuch knocked his head on the ground three times, and when he looked up, he saw that the cowardly Xue was driving Emperor Zhizheng to run, he pinched his limp legs and staggered up to keep up.