Just when Shen Xi was directing the digging of the pit, the border troops defending the city at the head of the city were also curiously looking at the group of people who had withdrawn in a hurry.

"Think it's great to be a soldier in Beijing? Lao Tzu fought with the Tatars on the frontier, but they hid behind to eat and drink spicy food, and now it's your turn to hug your head and run away! ”

These officers and men of the Ming Border Army all looked at the tired officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp on the mountain with malice, which was caused by long-term grievance and depression.

The more turbulent the situation, the more they only care about their own interests, the salaries of these border soldiers in the city are deducted by their superiors step by step, and there is no one in their hands when they get it, how can they be extravagant to work hard for the court?

"Why did you stop?"

Just when a group of border soldiers were waiting to see a good show, the Beijing artillery team that had fled suddenly stopped at the foot of the mountain, but only a small number of people stopped, and most of them were still running in the direction of the mountains and woods.

"You don't need to ask, you know that you can't run away, so you just lie down and wait for death." One of the hundred households had a sneer on his face, "Or maybe the carriage is stuck in a pothole and wants to push it out!" ”

Although I stood high and saw far away, the distance from the city to the hillside was a little far, and I couldn't see it very clearly, and I only knew what a group of people were digging in the clearing.

It didn't take long for the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp who had stayed to embark on the road of escape again.

In the past less than a year, the forts and camps around Yulinwei that formed horns with each other with the main city were abandoned one after another, and then they were worried that the Tatars would use these abandoned fortresses and camps for siege purposes, so they demolished themselves, so that there is not even a place to hide around Yulinwei.

"Wait for death!"

A group of border soldiers on the upper floor of the west of the city made a decision to this group of Beijing soldiers.

The soldiers of the border army felt that no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of this group of Beijing soldiers was compared with their border army, there was still a gap between them, and the border army in the field could not compete with the Tatars head-on, let alone these delicate soldiers of the Beijing camp. You must know that there are more than 1,000 Tatar cavalry, and if they encounter in the field, even if the border army sends two to three times as many troops, it may not be able to win.

For now, we can only wait for the Tatars to withdraw, and then go out of the city to collect the bodies of this group.

"Do not open the gates, and if a Tatar approaches, greet him with a crossbow arrow!"

The herald conveyed the instructions of his superiors to every soldier in the city, but in fact, there was no need to explain, these border soldiers were already very experienced in dealing with the Tatars, and knew that as long as they were guarding the city, the Tatars would not usually come to find trouble on their own without carrying siege equipment.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves whistled not far from the outside of the city, and the head of the city was only separated from the city wall and the moat, but the situation was completely different, the city tower was basically restless, and the outside was waiting for death.

"Run!"

The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp on the other side of the hill were basically unorganized and undisciplined at this time, and there were guys who were greedy for life and afraid of death, who did not obey the order given by Shen Xi to go up the mountain at all, and fled in all directions.

Horses or not, they hid in the woods, and their idea was good: "Go up the hill and lead the Tatars away, and we may be able to save our lives by hiding in the woods." ”

A few days ago, the veteran oils who were arrogant and domineering in front of Shen Xi and complained and said strange things all day long, were so scared that their father couldn't remember who it was.

Shen Xi looked at this group of wrecks jumping around, and hated to act as a law enforcer in person, and correct these guys who lost the face of the Ming soldiers on the spot, but he was overwhelmed at this time, if he couldn't go up the mountain, he himself would be a Tatar corpse.

As soon as they rushed up the hill, the vanguard of the Tatar cavalry behind them was already less than eight hundred paces away, a distance that the charging cavalry could catch up with in the blink of an eye.

"Why didn't it explode?"

Shen Xi was stunned, after all, it was not a real mine, if the gunpowder used as a fuse was blown by the wind halfway, the cannonball would not want to detonate.

Seven hundred steps, six hundred steps......

As the Tatars got closer, Shen Xi's heart was almost in his throat, and after directing the digging of the pit and the planting of the shells, he could no longer care about getting into the carriage, and ran on two legs like most soldiers. In his previous life, he was not so tired of running long distances, not to mention that in this life he was just a weak and undisciplined scholar.

"Boom-"

Just when Shen Xi felt whimpering and lamenting for his short life, the cannonball was finally detonated.

A few Tatar cavalrymen who just rushed to the front of the pit were blown up on the spot.

At the same time, there were several Tatar cavalry in the vicinity, whose faces were covered with pieces of broken iron, and who fell from their horses with a miserable howl, covering their faces and screaming in pain.

A cloud of sand and dust was raised from the center of the explosion, and the scattered sand and gravel hit the surrounding dead trees and weeds, and the thick smoke of gunpowder was very loud.

The Tatars thought they had been ambushed, and the Tatar cavalry that followed immediately lowered their horses.

Just when Shen Xi ran fast and had no strength, and said that the sky will kill me, Yu Niang rode over and stretched out her hand and shouted: "Come up!" ”

Shen Xi didn't know where the strength came from his body, grabbed Yu Niang's hand, didn't even step on the horse's pedal, and went directly to the horse's back under Yu Niang's pull, hugging Yu Niang's waist, and then his heart was a little calmer.

The soldiers, who were running more slowly, saw that the Tatars were already behind the buttocks, and at this time they could no longer bother to go up the hill, so they scattered and hid in the surrounding woods.

In this extremely embarrassing situation, Shen Xi went to the top of the hillside.

Shen Xi glanced around, there were broken walls behind this hillside and on the left and right, and it was very difficult to climb up, only on the side facing the city there was such a gentle slope that could be used up and down.

The Tatar cavalry, having carefully examined the scene of the explosion, resumed the offensive, but in order to guard against mischief from behind, they rushed into the woods on horseback to offer flags to the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp who were hiding in the trees or bushes.

Looking at the different heads of their companions who had fled for their lives just now, the other officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp on the hillside were in shock, but they could not relax yet, because the artillery that was used as a life-saving weapon had not been unloaded at this time.

"Oops!"

The artillery was too heavy, and when it was unloaded, it injured a few guys who were doing things in a hurry, and two guns rolled on their sides on the ground. Song Shu's face turned blue when he saw this, and he asked Shen Xi for instructions: "My lord, what should I do now?" The horses are tired, and the officers and soldiers are so tired that they have long run out of strength to catch up with them all the way...... No......"

"I've come all the way over the mountains and mountains, I have to do it if I can't do it now, I see that my eyebrows are about to burn, even if I use my body pad, I have to push the cannon up!"

Song Shu thought to himself, the feeling is not that you go up and use your body pad.

But Song Shu also knew at this time that it was not the time to be vindictive, and the most important thing was to save his life.

At last two Franc cannons were successfully delivered to the top of the hill, and the Tatar cavalry was only four or five hundred paces away from the top of the hill, and the cavalry, which had been reorganized and returned to the front line, had already rushed up to the top of the hillside.

"Hold on!"

After all, Shen Xi had no experience in commanding operations, and his battle with the Franc machine man in Quanzhou was basically a mistake. Of course, the plan was really good, but the implementation was so smooth mainly because the Franc machine thought about the looting too simply, which led to Shen Xi's way.

And what Shen Xi is facing now is the Tatar cavalry who are brave and good at fighting, and now the two sides are really doing real guns, and it is impossible to be opportunistic.

Zhang Lao Wu was still directing the loading of the cannon, and asked at this time: "My lord, how do you top it?" ”

The officers and soldiers beside him only had spears in their hands at this time, and they had very few bows and arrows and shields.

At that time, it was to travel lightly, but now even the basic defense is gone.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Fortunately, there were still a few crossbowmen, but when the bows and arrows were taken out, Shen Xi found that someone had even lost the arrow basket, and they had to borrow arrows from each other.

Shen Xi was speechless for a while, this is the Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty, this is the military force that the Ming Dynasty relies on to protect the family and defend the country, it is simply a group of rabble, just find a group of disaster victims to be soldiers, and it is not necessarily worse than these old soldiers.

"Whoosh-"

A few arrows are shot down, not to mention shooting people, and even very few are successfully shot.

The more than 100 cavalry led by the Tatars were already less than a hundred paces from the top of the slope, and as long as they rushed up the mountain, these more than 100 cavalry alone could wipe out this rabble on the mountain.

"Fire!"

Shen Xi didn't care about the range and angle of fire at this time, he even personally stepped forward to adjust the direction of the artillery, he was personally in charge of one door, Zhang Lao Wu was in charge of the other, commanded the gunners, and directly pointed the barrel of the cannon at the Tatar cavalry who rushed up.

At such a close distance, don't think about finding a crowded place, if you can hit one by one, and rush up one less, the victory or defeat may be reversed.

"Boom!"

Zhang Laowu released the first cannon in a hurry, startling Song Shu, who was nervously watching next to him, after all, he had never seen what it was like for the Franc machine gun to be fired before.

As this cannon was issued, the two or three Tatar cavalry who rushed to the front were directly "collapsed" from their horses by a cannon, and those Tatars who thought that rushing up were chopping melons and vegetables, watched their companions explode in an instant like a cracked ceramic basin, and the remnants of the broken arms and blood splattered everywhere.

"Boom!"

Immediately, the second artillery commanded by Shen Xi was also fired.

Shen Xi's cannon happened to be the most densely populated area of the Tatar cavalry, and the horses that the Tatars rushed in front of were suddenly torn apart, and some of the soldiers on it were blown away, and some were beaten by scattered bullets.

"Second shot, ready!"

The two cannons, although they did not play a decisive role in determining the outcome of the battle, but they deterred the Tatars, and the armor on their bodies, including the guards in front of the horses, could withstand the attack of arrows, and even crossbows could not penetrate it, but it was the armor that they were proud of, but it did not work in the face of the artillery at all.

"Put!"

Shen Xi was able to remain calm at this time, and as the command flag in his hand fell, this time two cannons were fired at the same time, and more than a dozen Tatar cavalry fell.

The cavalry charged, and the most important thing was a blow, after two rounds of four cannons were fired, the Tatar cavalry in front was either blown into a rotten watermelon, or was beaten to a bloody blur by the scattered pieces of iron.

The dead horses and the corpses of the fallen Tatars, lying on the ground, blocked the path up the mountain, and it was impossible for the cavalry behind to rush up the mountain.

Even if the Tatars drank blood, and were not afraid of such bloody scenes, the horses were frightened by a few loud noises, and a little panicked everywhere.

But the Tatars did not retreat, in front of them were some fallen horses and companions, followed by more than a thousand cavalry in pursuit, and if they withdrew, they would not necessarily break up the ranks, and at the same time, due to the dense number of people, the enemy's artillery would be more lethal, and the consequences would be more serious, so they could only rush forward desperately.

At this time, those soldiers of the Beijing battalion, as well as the gunners trained by Zhang Laowu before, had set up the rest of the cannons one after another.

"The third cannon is ready, put!"

"The fourth cannon is ready, put!"

Shen Xi commanded the rhythm of firing the cannon very fast, and in order to save his life, the hands and feet of the people who loaded the cannon at this time were also extremely nimble.

The gunner didn't care about being afraid, the skills of loading and firing guns that he had learned before were now coming in handy, which was equivalent to an actual combat assessment, and if the test results were not passed, there would be no more orders for them to practice in the future.

Victory or defeat is here.

With each round of cannons, one or two new cannons were added, and by the end of the day, all nine Franc cannons had been set up.

This time, Shen Xi sent more than a dozen carriage shells to the frontier, and the cannonballs of the imperial court do not need to be stingy, and it doesn't matter whether they are blown up or not.

The little life is almost gone, why do you want to blow up?

The Tatar cavalry finally rushed to the top of the hillside, but by this time Song Shu and his group of soldiers knew that it was time to fight for survival.

There was no way out, and by keeping the artillery, he could save his life, and he could keep the hope of going home to see his wife and children, and the ruffians of the Beijing camp all picked up their spears and waist knives, rushed to a few dozen paces in front of the artillery, and fought fiercely with the Tatar cavalry.

In fact, there were not many Tatars rushing up the mountain, and the surviving horses were frightened by the roar of artillery fire and the fierce fire on the top of the mountain, and many knights who carried them directly on horseback rushed down the mountain range next to them, and were crushed to pieces.

The rest of the Tatars also changed from cavalry to infantry, charging from the bottom to the top with sabers, but they were easily harvested by the spears in the hands of the condescending Ming officials. (To be continued.) )