Houjin's raid really startled Zhu Cijiong, but fortunately, the generals of the various legions were not general, and their reactions were very timely, so Huang Taiji did not get any benefits.

Although the Qin army and the Dongjiang army that were besieging the city were attacked by a wave of artillery in the city and lost thousands of musketeers, the follow-up musketeers rushed up and pushed the well to the front twenty or thirty steps away, and the artillery in the city could not hit them for the time being, and the musketeers soon entered the firing position, and with the support of the barrage, the infantry besieging the city quickly rushed to the city wall, set up a ladder, and climbed frantically to the city wall.

At this time, the Ming army and the Houjin army in Shengjing City were adjusting the position of the artillery, but the Ming army only needed to pry up the artillery carriage nailed to the ground, and several people worked together to push forward two hundred steps, and then nailed the artillery carriage to the ground.

While they were busy, the Ming artillery opened fire again, but this time it was only a tentative attack, and it did not cause any damage, only smashing some houses in the city.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong stood up again, and he asked anxiously: "How is it, how is it, how far is it?" ”

Sun Yuanhua put down the binoculars and said affirmatively: "It's too much, and then pull back twice." ”

Zhu Cijiong immediately shouted: "Quick, pass the order, the 618 howitzer in the front row will be turned back twice, and another round of solid bullets will be fired." ”

Soon, the adjusted artillery opened fire again, and a volley of solid shells fell into the city.

Zhu Cijiong asked anxiously: "How is it, how is it, is it okay?" ”

At this moment, the artillery in the city also fired, and the sound of "boom boom boom" cannon was obviously scattered a lot, and the shells flew everywhere, and if you were lucky, you could even hit the well, killing and injuring a few musketeers, and most of the others smashed into the open ground.

Sun Yuanhua immediately spoke: "This is the position, there should be a few shells just hit, quickly change to the shells." ”

Zhu Cijiong said without hesitation: "Quick, pass the order, the 618 howitzer in the front row will be replaced with flower shells, and ten rounds will be fired first." ”

Soon, the howitzers in the front row fired again, and after a round of flowering bombs, thick smoke rose in many places in the city, and Zhu Cijiong couldn't help clapping his hands and said: "Good job, Chu Yang, hit, hit, their powder kegs have exploded, hahahaha." ”

Sun Yuanhua said modestly: "This is all under the emperor's command, but the lethality of the flowering shell is not great, it is best to shoot ten more rounds of scattered bullets, smash them to the ground, and see if they dare to stay there and fire the cannon." ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, it makes sense, pass on the decree, the Type 618 howitzer in the front row will shoot ten rounds of scattered shells after firing the flowering shells." ”

After solving the enemy's artillery, Zhu Cijiong had time to watch the battle situation on both sides, Lu Xiangsheng's side was fine, the enemy's cavalry had already fallen by half, and it was only a matter of time before he won; Cao Wenzhao's side is not good, the musketeers have almost all been cut down, and there are not many pikemen left, only the cavalry is still struggling to support there, the Guanning army has a total of only 40,000 cavalry, and the tragedy of the battle can be imagined!

Zhu Cijiong put down the binoculars and gave an order without hesitation: "Pass the decree and order Qin Liangyu to lead the 30,000 cavalry of the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard to support the Guanning Army on the right." ”

Hearing the sound of the Jinyi guard's heralds, the 30,000 cavalry guarding in front of the lookout galloped to the right, under the banner of the Sun and Moon Dragon, a female general was extremely brave, and directly led the army into the enemy formation. Seeing that reinforcements were coming, the Guanning army was greatly boosted, and under the leadership of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, they fought back frantically and gradually recovered their decline.

Zhu Cijiong saw that the right side had been stabilized, and raised the telescope to look at the city wall, at this time the Ming army had rushed up the city wall under the cover of the musketeers, and the enemy army launched a crazy fight, from time to time on the city wall there were figures falling, there were Ming soldiers, there were also Houjin soldiers and Mongolian soldiers, the scene was extremely chaotic, and it was impossible to see the victory or defeat for a while.

Zhu Cijiong tiredly put down the binoculars and ordered in a slightly hoarse voice: "Decree, the front row of Type 618 howitzers will be transferred to the left and right corners of the city wall to prevent the enemy from reinforcing from the left and right." ”

Qin Mingyue, who was next to him, couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw him like this, and hurriedly opened the food box beside her, scooped out a bowl of rock sugar lotus seed bird's nest porridge, handed it to Zhu Cijiong, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, let's drink some porridge and rest first, it's time for dinner." ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he looked up at the sky, and sure enough, the sun had set, and he had been fighting for a day unconsciously, but fortunately, at noon, while the artillery was attacking the city, he let all the soldiers eat a dry food in a hurry, otherwise they were afraid that their hands and feet would be weak from hunger.

Zhu Cijiong looked at the battle situation around him, endured the feeling of hunger, and lied: "I'm not hungry yet, or you can give me a drink, just pour me a glass of water." ”

Qin Mingyue couldn't, so she had to hand the bowl to Zheng Chenggong on the side, and hurriedly poured water for Zhu Cijiong.

Zheng Chenggong was actually hungry for a long time, after watching the big war for a day, the addiction was enough, his legs were about to stand numb, and his stomach was almost hungry, he took the rock sugar lotus seed bird's nest porridge handed over by Qin Mingyue, and drank it after a few sips, and after drinking it, he remembered that it was given by the emperor, and he hurriedly said: "Thank you, thank you, Sister Mingyue." ”

Schvera, who was not far away, couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he saw this, he was also hungry, this great battle was too enjoyable to watch, although he stood there and didn't move, but his whole body was always in a state of blood boiling, the consumption was more powerful than riding a horse, can you not be hungry. But he secretly observed both sides, and found that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were standing there respectfully, and no one showed the slightest expression of wanting to eat, so he had to hold his stomach and continue to watch the battle.

After about half an hour, the sky was dark, and finally a bloodied general ran to the lookout, knelt on one knee, and said breathlessly: "Your Majesty, the Jiannu cavalry on the left has been defeated. ”

Zhu Cijiong looked carefully at the bloody man in front of him, and then recognized that it was Xu Hongye, the chief soldier under Lu Xiangsheng, he hurriedly stepped forward to hold his arm and said, "General Xu, please get up quickly, what are the casualties of our army's officers and soldiers?" ”

Xu Hongye stood up with emotion and said in a trembling voice: "Back to the emperor, the casualties of our army are not very large, only a few thousand people were killed, and less than half of them were injured. ”

Dizzy, it's not a big deal! Zhu Cijiong asked again: "What about the enemy army?" ”

Xu Hongye thought for a moment, and then replied: "The specific number of people will only be known after cleaning the battlefield, but less than forty percent of them have escaped." ”

Less than forty percent, that is, less than 40,000 people, that is to say, the enemy's casualties are at least sixty or seventy thousand, compared to the Ming army's casualties are indeed not large.

Zhu Cijiong nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well, very good, pass on my will, the salary of the Tianxiong Army will be doubled this month, the pension of the fallen soldiers will be doubled, and the meritorious soldiers will be rewarded after they are reported." ”

Xu Hongye excitedly knelt down on one knee again and saluted: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

Zhu Cijiong reproached: "I said don't salute, hurry up and eat, go and tell Jiandou, eat first, and then clean up the battlefield after eating." ”

Xu Hongye kowtowed again, and then went excitedly.

After another half an hour, the heavens and the earth were dark, and another bloody man ran up to the lookout, knelt on one knee, and said breathlessly: "Your Majesty, the Jiannu cavalry on the right has been repulsed. ”

Zhu Cijiong praised it loudly, and then stepped forward to protect his arm and looked carefully, this face and body were covered in blood, and he really couldn't recognize it! He had to say embarrassedly: "This, this general hurry up, hard work, hard work, what are the casualties of our army?" ”

The bloody man did not get up, but knelt there and said bitterly: "Back to the emperor, my Guanning army musketeers and pikemen have all fallen, and the casualties are temporarily uncountable, it is estimated that at least more than half of them have been killed, and the cavalry has also killed more than 20,000 people, and the rest are all wounded, even the old generals of Zhao Shujiao have all been killed!" ”

After speaking, two lines of bloody tears flowed from the corners of the bloody man's eyes, and he knelt there straight, trembling all over.

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he was directly stunned, this casualty was too heavy, he actually killed more than 50,000 people and sacrificed a general soldier!

At this time, Sun Chengzong walked up gently with a wet towel, and while wiping the bloody man's face, he comforted: "Change Jiao, don't be too sad, we can be considered a good destination for the general to be able to wrap the body in horse leather." How many soldiers of my Daming Dynasty died in battle, and they can't even find their bones, like the main general of my Daming West Road Army in the Battle of Salhu, Du Song, deputy generals Wang Xuan, Zhao Menglin, and more than 30,000 soldiers, none of them survived, where are they buried, and where are their souls! ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and secretly wiped away his tears.

Change Jiao, Cao Change Jiao, Zhu Cijiong came back to his senses and saw that he was really a heroic young general, who was not the new chief soldier Cao Bianjiao.

To be able to beat the first fierce general of the Ming Dynasty into this appearance, it should be the main force of Houjin, Zhu Cijiong asked tentatively: "Is it Huang Taiji?" ”

Cao Bianjiao said hatefully: "Exactly, Huang Taiji, Dolgon, Tang Gu, Abatai, Dege, Jierharang, Haoge, and Aobai are all here, they are really shameless, and they surrounded me while fighting, and four or five people besieged me, so that I couldn't save General Zhao." ”

Zhu Cijiong fainted when he heard the wrong words, oh my God, it's these people, it's okay for you to be besieged by four or five, what a fierce general! Seeing that Cao Bianjiao was still haunted by Zhao Shujiao's death, he hurriedly diverted the topic and said, "Uncle Cao Wenzhao General Cao is okay?" ”

When Cao Bianjiao heard this, his expression was really much better, and he arched his hand and said: "Thank you for the emperor's concern, my uncle is fine, but he was stabbed in his leg, and there are small injuries in other places, so it is not much of the way." ”

Well, there were many injuries, and a hole was stabbed in the leg, and it was okay to be injured like this, so it can be seen that other people's injuries must not be light. He continued: "What about you? Where is the injury, show me. ”

Cao Bianjiao was embarrassed at this time, and he held back for a long time before he said: "This, this, the emperor, Weichen is not injured." ”

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be suspicious and said, "Really, get up and let me see." ”

Cao Bianjiao hurriedly stood up and said in fear: "How dare Weichen deceive the emperor, Weichen is really not injured." ”

Zhu Cijiong pretended to check it, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Well, you are worthy of being the first fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, you have not been injured at all when you are besieged by four or five enemy generals, not bad, not bad, you are hungry, hurry up and eat, tell Cao Wenzhao, just say what I said, eat first, and talk about other things after eating." ”

Cao Bianjiao was sent away so inexplicably, but Zhu Cijiong just didn't want to see him too sad, the reward was still indispensable to them, and when Cao Bianjiao got off the lookout and hit the horse away, Zhu Cijiong immediately said: "Decree, the Guanning Army will be promoted to a first-class army, this month's salary will be tripled, the pension of all fallen soldiers will be tripled, and the deputy general Zhao Shujiao will be posthumously awarded the crown prince and prince." ”

After Cao Huachun arranged for someone to pass on the decree, Zhu Cijiong looked at the sky and considered whether it was to collect the troops, it was dark and cloudy this day, if it weren't for the moonlight, he wouldn't be able to see the figure clearly, what else would he fight?

He was about to open his mouth to ask Sun Chengzong, when another bloody man ran up, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, the city wall south of Shengjing has been captured!" ”

Wow! Zhu Cijiong couldn't believe his ears a little, he couldn't see the winner just now, why did he suddenly beat it down? He excitedly rushed to the bloody man to take a look, this person he knew well, it was Zu Dabi Zu Er, he grabbed Zu Dabi's arm and said: "General Zu, no courtesy, hard work, how did you take down the city wall, and what are the casualties?" “

Zu Dabi stood up, touched his head, and said stupidly: "I don't know what's going on, I ran away with the enemy, and I don't know much about this casualty, I patronized and killed the enemy, and I didn't pay attention to these." “

I don't know anything, so what are you running here for, is it just to report good news? Zhu Cijiong asked angrily, "What about Sun Chuanting, why did he send you over?" “

Zu Dabi didn't pay attention to Zhu Cijiong's tone at all, he continued to say stupidly: "General Sun is discussing the matter of city defense with General Mao, he said that I speak pleasantly, and the emperor will definitely like it, so let me come over to report the good news, by the way, General Sun also asked me to ask the emperor if I want to continue the attack." “

What are you attacking when it's dark, this Sun Chuanting must have already been considered over today, and there is nothing important, so he sent such a living treasure to report the good news, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help waving his hand and said: "Don't fight, I'll talk about it tomorrow, you go back to eat first." “

As soon as Zu Dabi heard about the meal, he was so happy that he even knew that he had thanked the emperor, so he went happily.

Zhu Cijiong was already tired and hungry, he knew that the officials around him were also a little unbearable, and now that there was good news everywhere, there was nothing to worry about, he hurriedly asked everyone to go back to the camp to eat and rest, and it was not too late to talk about anything tomorrow.

Early the next morning, as soon as Zhu Cijiong got up with sleepy eyes, Sun Chengzong ran over with a red face and reported the good news: "Your Majesty, all the defenders in Shengjing City have run away!" “

He was in a daze at this moment, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but subconsciously ask, "Really?" “

Sun Chengzong replied excitedly: "It's true, most of the Mongolian soldiers in Shengjing City are all beaten away, how can they still have the heart to defend the city, they all fled at night!" “