On the battlefield of Zhengyangmen, the decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars has reached a critical moment. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

With the assault of the Ming cavalry, the fire of Zhengyangmen, and the entry of Shen Xi into the battlefield with his troops, the balance of victory was no longer balanced, and it quickly tilted towards the Ming side.

The Tatar Khan Department of the Tatar Khan, who knocked on the pass this time, had about 50,000 soldiers and horses, but had lost nearly 10,000 in the previous battle, and today the siege of the city encountered a fire, with countless casualties not to mention, and the follow-up soldiers and horses could not attack the city wall, and there was no hope of breaking the city.

On the Temple of Heaven and Earth, Dayan Khan Batu Munk rode on a bright red sweaty and bloody horse, looked at the billowing smoke at the head of Zhengyangmen from afar, shook his head and sighed lightly: "Decades ago, the Warat people used to drink hatred outside the capital, do I have to repeat the mistake of the past today and flee in a hurry?" ”

At this time, Batu Munch's first general, Susuha, led his troops back, and the whole person looked embarrassed.

Susuha's main task was to command the infantry to attack the city, and at the same time lead the cavalry to defend the two wings to prevent Shen Xi from suddenly attacking, but there was a big problem in the deployment of troops...... Wang Lingzhi and Lin Heng led the cavalry to kill Su Suha by surprise, and Su Suha sent cavalry to chase and intercept him several times, but they were all killed and retreated by the Ming cavalry.

The fire at the head of the city made the siege extremely difficult, coupled with the loss of cavalry, Su Suha could not take care of Shen Xi's infantry phalanx at all, and hurriedly returned to the Chinese army to return to Batu Munk.

Seeing that Susuha's face was blackened by smoke and fire, Batu Munk thought of his sons commanding the troops outside, and was slightly anxious, and asked, "How many cavalry did the Ming Dynasty dispatch?" ”

Su Suha did not dare to report the number of cavalry dispatched by the Ming army too small, otherwise not only would his own position in the Khan Department deteriorate sharply, but it might even affect the prestige of the Khan Ministry...... Only 3,000 Ming Dynasty cavalry can't deal with it, how can they break through the capital city and reign in the world? Dream on!

Su Suha said: "Back to the Great Khan, the Ming Dynasty dispatched more than 10,000 cavalry ......"

"Huh?"

The patriarchs of several large clans who followed Batu Munk all showed panic on their faces.

Although the number of Tatar soldiers and horses besieging the capital of the Ming Dynasty exceeded 100,000, it was shared by various tribes, many large tribes only had a few thousand cavalry, and smaller tribes even only had a few hundred to a thousand cavalry, they were mainly responsible for raiding and defending the flanks, relying on mobility and flexibility to maintain the active situation on the battlefield.

No one expected that Da Ming would be able to dispatch more than 10,000 cavalry at a time, and it happened to hit the weak point of the Tatar soldiers and horses.

"Report ......"

The scouts from a distance came quickly, and sprinkled another handful of salt on the wounds in the hearts of the tribal chiefs, "Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Ming army came from Xizhi Gate to Zhengyang Gate along the city wall, and the leader of the troops ...... It was the governor of Yansui of the Ming Dynasty who led the troops yesterday! ”

As for whether the scouts saw Shen Xi or not, even Batu Munch couldn't be sure, but he expected that Shen Xi would definitely not sit idly by and ignore Zhengyangmen being besieged.

The obvious reason is that once the Zhengyang Gate is lost and the capital of the Ming Dynasty falls, even if Shen Xi is stationed outside the city, it will be a drop in the bucket, and he will not be able to withstand the siege of 100,000 Tatar soldiers and horses.

A tribal patriarch hurriedly stepped forward to ask for his life: "Great Khan, and this Ming Dynasty's Yansui governor, he repelled the tens of thousands of tribal elite soldiers led by the national division in Xuanfu to attack in turn, and annihilated the general's soldiers and horses outside Juyong Pass...... This person may be a demonic person in the Ming Dynasty, and it is really not suitable to fight with him! ”

Before Batumunk could say anything, the patriarch below had begun to retreat.

At this time, the left flank of the Tatar Chinese army, that is, the west of Zhengyangmen City, came with a rapid sound of horns, and only to see the Ming infantry phalanx, divided into six, of which five phalanxes of about 1,000 people were killed in an orderly manner, and the Tatar cavalry team that went to obstruct the security of the flanks of the besieging soldiers and horses was scattered.

"Joke! Can even the infantry of the Ming Dynasty compete with our brave cavalry? ”

Batu Munk was disappointed by the incompetence of the Tatar cavalry, although he could not see the specific situation of Shen Xi's military formation, but he had heard more or less before, Shen Xi used his troops with ingenuity, the fire guns and bows and crossbows in his infantry phalanx were too sharp, and the combination of spears and shields made it difficult to break through even with the bravery of the Mongol cavalry.

Seeing that his soldiers and horses were gradually falling behind, but Batu Munk still couldn't make up his mind to withdraw his troops, he thought to himself: "As long as we can hold off this reinforcement and continue to attack the city, once the Zhengyang Gate is broken, then most of the capital can be recovered, and I can be the wise holy lord of the Great Yuan to restore the country!" ”

But when Batu Munch raised his head to look at the head of Zhengyangmen, Zhengyangmen was already in a sea of fire. Due to the lack of water at the head of the city, even in the case of fire, the soldiers could not extinguish the flames on their bodies, and the fire became more and more intense, and most soldiers had to choose to jump off the city wall to escape, because they were either burned to death by fire or smoked to death on the city wall.

Batu Munch lamented: "The time and place are favorable, and none of them are on the side of my Dayuan, so why don't you die in heaven?" This has always been the territory of the Han people, even if Taizu and Shizu can lead the army to pacify the world, but the descendants of later generations are not good, not to mention the defeat of the ancestors' foundation, and there is no way to break through the capital of the Ming Dynasty after retreating to the desert. I shouldn't have listened to Yi Si Mayin's nonsense to fight to be the emperor of the Central Plains, and now the general trend is gone! ”

Su Suha was disgraced, and the cowardly cavalry of the Xue army led by him had lost more than half of them in successive battles, and he no longer had the ambition he had before. After hesitating for a moment, Susuha bowed his head and begged: "Great Khan, whether you are fighting or withdrawing, please show me!" ”

When the tribal patriarchs present heard this, even Su Suha, who had always been not afraid of heaven and earth, was asking whether to withdraw his troops, there should be no chance to conquer the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and most of their soldiers and horses were not around, and they were scattered all over the capital, and all they thought about was how to withdraw to the grassland, preserve their strength, and not be eaten away by the Dayan Department.

Some patriarchs were very direct and said unabashedly: "Great Khan, withdraw the troops!" ”

There are also tribal patriarchs who are more tactful: "Great Khan, it is better to withdraw to Bauhinia Pass and wait for the opportunity to move!" ”

Batumunk did not listen to the words of these patriarchs who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and he looked up in the direction of the city, where the raging fire became an indelible shadow in his heart:

"In order to guard the city gate, the senior officials of the Ming army did not hesitate to set fire to their own soldiers, and those who became big things were not informal, it seems that I always owe the courage of the shortcomings!"

When more soldiers fell from the city walls on fire, Batumunk finally raised his right arm and shouted in Tatar...... Mingjin withdraws his troops.

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Zhu Houzhao, who was located at the head of the city of Wengcheng, was almost out of breath from the fireworks at this time.

Ahead was a raging fire, the soldiers didn't know how many were burned, thick smoke billowed everywhere around, and the smell of burnt paste emanated from the air was disgusting.

Xie Qian didn't know how many times he vomited next to him, and at this time, as the soldier who took over the defense, Wang Shouren had already gone to the city wall in front of him and commanded the soldiers and horses to counterattack.

"Prince, are you alright?"

Xie Qian finally calmed down, at this time the smoke seemed to be less, he hurriedly went to the prince to inquire, Zhu Houzhao covered his nose with a handkerchief, his little face was red, there was a lot of dust on his face, and it was as black as if he had just been pulled out of the coal ash heap.

Zhu Houzhao felt that the smoke was less, so he quickly took a few deep breaths and asked, "Mr. Xie, this fire ...... Is it burned out? cough cough cough ......"

Xie Qian's whole person was a little untenable, not only did he not rest well in the past two days, but he also had no appetite for eating, the previous vomiting made him exhausted, and he said hoarsely: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Di Yi's number of soldiers and horses at the head of the city has decreased sharply, and it is estimated that when it is not much, the city wall can be recovered!" ”

As soon as Zhu Houzhao heard this, the fire came up, and he said loudly: "This is simply not killing Tartars, it is to smoke the palace to death, what about Wang Shouren?" Where is he...... Let him come to Hongu! ”

Wang Shouren was not at the head of Wengcheng, and Zhu Houzhao didn't see anyone at all.

However, the fire at the head of the city is indeed weakening.

The outer layer of the gate tower of Zhengyangmen is built of green bricks, it has not been ignited, there are not many things that can be burned on the city wall, the fire before, it is completely burned by tung oil, fierce fire oil and firewood, these things are burned, many soldiers' corpses have been burned, and the fire will not be extinguished.

Zhang Yuan was very smart, after going down to the city tower, he hid in a corner of the city wall of the urn city, he had no basin of water at hand, so he covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief soaked in urine, and his spirit was the best at this time.

Zhang Yuan trembled along the city wall of the urn city, looked at the empty city wall in front of him, and came back in surprise to play: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, great news, the Tartars have withdrawn!" ”

"Has the Tartars finally withdrawn?"

Zhu Houzhao was very happy, but as soon as his smile bloomed, he put it away, "That's how it is to withdraw the troops, I don't know if Mr. Shen's soldiers and horses have been killed...... The Tartars should be ready for the next offensive! ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "No, the Tartars even ignored the siege equipment and evacuated to the south of the city, it seems that Governor Shen's soldiers and horses have also killed the south of the city......"

Zhu Houzhao asked excitedly, "Really?" Where is it? This palace wants to see Mr. Shen's demeanor! ”

As he spoke, the bear child sprang up and quickly came to the city wall in front of him. The Tartars really withdrew, and looking down from the city, you can see several infantry phalanxes of the Ming army, approaching in the direction of the Tatar cavalry camp, but unfortunately because of the cover of the residual smoke, Zhu Houzhao could not see clearly.

"The line of sight here is not good, the main palace has to go up to the city tower!" Zhu Houzhao said, and was about to go to the tower in the middle of the city wall.

This time, it was Zhang Yuan who stopped Zhu Houzhao and persuaded: "Prince, so many people have died in this city, before you enter the city gatehouse, you have to step on the charred corpses of those soldiers, can you bear the horse?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was originally just a rush to see Shen Xi lead the infantry to fight a bloody battle with the Tatar cavalry, hearing Zhang Yuan's words, he was a little disappointed, many things can't stand up to thinking, just like those corpses in the city, Zhu Houzhao saw from a distance that it was already terrifying, and the screams of the soldiers who were on fire before echoed in his mind again, and his little face became pale.

"No...... Not going! I won't go to this palace, but Zhang Yuan, you go and show this palace, how Mr. Shen fought with the Tartars, and when you come back, tell it in detail, if you dare to prevaricate this palace, you will directly chop off your head and feed the dog! ”

Zhu Houzhao made threatening words in a menacing manner.