The Tartars attacked Xizhimen twice in one day, the first time in vain, and the second time they killed the city, and the city was about to be breached. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, suddenly there was a trumpet sound in the distance, Xie Qian tried to look outside the city, but at this time they were on the inside of the city wall, and at the same time, the fire was burning everywhere in the city, the smoke was filled, and the battlements were high, so they couldn't see far at all, but the sound of the horn was very real.

Hearing the horn of their own army, the fighting spirit of the Ming soldiers quickly improved, and the original defeated position gradually stabilized, and entered a confrontation period of exchanging life for life.

"What's going on?"

Xie Qian was a little flustered, and wanted to enter the city tower to see what the situation was, but because there were too many soldiers gathered at the head of the city, it was difficult to move an inch. Li Dongyang followed behind Xie Qian, and the two of them took ten steps to walk out of the tea effort, and there was still some distance from the entrance of the city tower.

At this moment, a group of Tatar soldiers came towards Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, all of whom carried a shield in one hand and a spear in the other.

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang were unarmed, and even if they were given weapons, they would not be able to fight the Tartars head-on with their fifties and bones.

The two dodged in embarrassment, and dozens of guards of the avant-garde of the government army saw that the situation was not good, and stopped in front of the two, but after a few rounds, they turned on their backs.

Even though the Imperial Forest Army had the advantage in numbers and weapons, they were still at a disadvantage in the battle, and finally fought to pay a heavy price of more than 20 casualties before killing more than a dozen spear and shield soldiers who rushed over from the Tartars.

"Two adults, please go up to the city tower, and leave it to the last general here!"

The captain of the Imperial Forest Military Academy, who led the team to save people, came over and said a word to Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, at this time Xie Qian was still panicking, and his body was stained with blood, but he didn't know whether it was a Tartar, or a Ming soldier, or his own.

At this time, even Xie Qian himself couldn't tell whether he was injured or not.

Li Dongyang saw that Xie Qian's soul was not guarded, so he pulled him and said, "Yu Qiao, go!" ”

Xie Qian was in a trance, pulled by Li Dongyang, surrounded by guards behind him, and barely reached the entrance of the Xizhimen City Tower, at this time, another flying arrow attacked, almost grazing Xie Qian's scalp and flying over, and he was shocked into a cold sweat.

Xie Qian could only close his eyes and resign himself to fate, when someone suddenly shouted behind him: "Reinforcements are coming, everyone must hold on!" ”

Xie Qian couldn't tell whether the so-called "strong reinforcements" were reinforcements from inside the city sent by Zhang Mao or reinforcements from unknown sources outside the city.

After Xie Qian and Li Dongyang squeezed in, the Imperial Forest Army quickly blocked the door.

"Congratulations, I didn't go to see King Yama after all! Binzhi, let's go up and have a look......"

Xie Qian calmed down, forced a smile and quipped. Although Xie Qian also knew that it was very dangerous to go up to the top of the city tower, after all, he had suffered two rounds of artillery fire in a row, and now the third and fourth floors were damaged in many places, but he was eager to know what the situation of the reinforcements outside the city was.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, supported by the guards, stumbled all the way to the fourth floor at the highest point of the city tower.

The horn outside the city still sounded non-stop, Xie Qian's heart was itching, at this time, the shield soldier blocked the hole in the hole, Xie Qian stepped forward, grabbed the collar of a shield soldier, and shouted: "Get out of the way!" ”

"You!"

The soldier was attacked, thinking it was the enemy, and was about to turn around and fight desperately, only to find that it was Xie Qian, a university scholar who had been on the fourth floor before, and quickly got out of the way.

Xie Qian looked out through the open hole, and saw that outside the city, it was no longer the Tatars pouring into the city like a black torrent, but a battle between cavalry.

"Aid...... Reinforcements? ”

Xie Qian rubbed his eyes, making sure that it was not his old eyes that were dizzy, there were indeed cavalry fighting head-on outside the city, and vaguely, behind a red torrent, there was still an infantry phalanx of the Ming army.

"Boom ......"

At this time, Xie Qian could distinguish the sound of artillery outside the city from time to time from the noisy shouting and killing. He had always thought that the firing and explosion of those artillery pieces were caused by the Tartars driving the artillery to attack the city, but then he realized that since the Tartars had already killed the city, how could they still fire artillery at the city, not afraid of hurting their own people?

"Binzhi, come and see!" Xie Qian was very excited, and the only thought in his mind was that this must be a reinforcement from Juyong Pass, and Shen Xi'er was back!

He didn't even have the slightest suspicion, because when Xizhimen was in danger, the soldiers and horses who appeared outside the capital like divine soldiers descended from the sky, except for Shen Xi's department, which was closest to the capital, there was no one else, and now Xie Qian has reached the point of blind admiration for Shen Xi.

Who told Shen Xi to get out of Tumubao safely, and he was also his grandson-in-law?

Li Dongyang coughed and went to the lookout, and when he looked out, the whole person was shocked, Li Dongyang saw the same situation as Xie Qian, but the things he thought of were very different from Xie Qian. Li Dongyang changed color and said angrily: "Without the decree of the imperial court, who transferred troops out of the city without permission?" This is not an egg hitting a stone? ”

Xie Qian secretly scolded: "Fuck your mother's stone with an egg, Shen Xi'er led the troops back to aid the Beijing Division, it was a good opportunity for the internal and external cooperation to win a big victory, you actually said that you hit the stone with an egg?" That's also, if it's an army from within the city, it's true that it's an egg hitting a stone, but you don't look at who is leading the troops now. ”

"Boom-"

Outside the city, the sound of artillery was heard one after another.

Behind the red cavalry, the infantry camp of the Ming army was equipped with a large number of artillery, and the gunners of the Ming army were not as timid as the Tartars, who gave up the powerful weapons of artillery to suppress the depth after their soldiers attacked the city, but the Ming Dynasty knew how to use it.

The cavalry charged forward, and behind them had their own artillery to open the way.

In the artillery roar, the Tartar cavalry team that has not yet confronted the Ming cavalry head-on was bombarded, the Ming Dynasty cavalry rushed forward to kill a round, killing the Tartars on their backs, but never in love with the war, immediately withdrew the troops, forcing the Tatars to chase out, and then the artillery rang out in unison, and the Ming Dynasty cavalry turned back and killed back......

Under this cycle, in less than three rounds, the Tartar found that there was little cavalry left behind his palace, and hurriedly recruited cavalry from both wings to help, and at this time, the Ming cavalry once again drove straight in, completely scattering the remaining cavalry behind the Tartar palace......

Xie Qian looked at the battle under the city, with a smile on his face, and his mouth was even more admiring: "It is worthy of being the warrior of my Ming border army, Di Lu is vulnerable in front of the soldiers of my three armies!" ”

Li Dongyang looked at Xie Qian, his expression full of questions...... The distance is so far away, the city is full of fireworks, and you can't see the flag clearly, how do you know that these cavalry are the Ming border army?

Xie Qian suddenly woke up and asked, "Where is the prince now?" ”

Li Dongyang's body stiffened, and he realized that he had patronized the situation of going up to the city tower to visit the outside of the city before, and he had forgotten about the prince.

The two looked at the battlefield from the fierce confrontation outside the city to the city.

At this moment, the battle at the head of the city is not as tragic as before, and the Tartars were so strong before, mainly because of the continuous flow of follow-up soldiers and horses, but at this time, there were no soldiers to go to the city, and the follow-up was powerless and was forced to retreat by the Ming army.

The Ming army was greatly encouraged, and the soldiers fought bravely to be the first, and at this time, many infantry dared to rush directly into the camp of the Tatar infantry without the cover of the shield array, and each time there were successes.

Li Dongyang's eyes looked for the figure of the Imperial Forest Army everywhere, because he knew that there must be guards around the prince desperately to protect him, he suddenly pointed to the crowd of people who were close to the city tower, almost at his feet, and said, "Oh, prince!" ”

Xie Qian pulled the shield soldiers in front of him apart and looked down directly at the situation under the city tower, ignoring that he was within the coverage of the Tartar arrows.

Xie Qian shouted loudly: "Prince...... Hurry up and escort the prince up! ”

Because the shouting of killing at the head of the city shook the sky, his words could not be spread far at all, only Zhu Houzhao, who was blocked behind the guards, seemed to hear a voice overhead, raised his head and glanced at it, and saw that it was Xie Qian, and Zhu Houzhao had a big smile on his face.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao no longer fell in love with the war, and commanded the Imperial Forest Army to escort him to the gate of the city tower, because at this time, the Tartar front at the head of the city fully retreated, and there were only Ming troops around the city tower, so Zhu Houzhao easily went in and went up to the fourth floor.

"Two gentlemen, you ...... You're fine, no...... Didn't get hurt, did you? Zhu Houzhao's face was stained, bloodstained, dusty and charcoal, but when he grinned, his teeth were dazzlingly white.

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang were more concerned about the prince's safety, and they were a little relieved when they stepped forward to make sure that the prince was not injured.

Zhu Houzhao also heard the horn belonging to the Ming army at this time, as well as the sound of artillery outside the city, and said excitedly: "Is Mr. Shen leading the reinforcements back?" I...... Get out of the way, this palace wants to see it with your own eyes! ”

At this time, even the shield soldiers who were blocked in the hole noticed that the Tartars no longer attacked the city with crossbow arrows and artillery, and the number of Tatar soldiers on the city was sharply reduced, and the Tartars' second military attack on Xizhimen in the day was facing failure.

The Ming soldiers on the city tower were all paying attention to the fierce confrontation outside the city, and secretly cheered for the brave and good cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.