Powder bombs!

Two hundred knights each had a gunpowder bullet in their hands, more than two catties of black powder were packed in a crockpot, and a one-meter-long rope was tied to the recess in the middle.

So many gunpowder shells were distributed in the dense columns of intruders, more than half of which exploded before they hit the ground, and many fell to the ground and the crockpots burst, and the gunpowder flowed, proving that this firearm was not yet mature. However, the explosive gunpowder shells also caused huge damage to the intruders.

The main reason is that the lineup gathered by the breaking army is too dense, and in order to quickly defeat the Ming army, more than 1,000 people gathered together, which provides a place for the killing and wounding of gunpowder shells. In the serial explosions, accompanied by one after another screams, the entire position was filled with gunsmoke.

Without waiting for the smoke to dissipate, Yu Feng rushed straight into the array with two hundred knights, and the originally dense infantry array had been torn apart with the explosion, where could he still block the impact of the cavalry?

"Kill it!" Chen Yue gave an order, and the soldiers of the Xishan Army rushed out with Chongzhen, Kunxing and others.

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Zhengyangmen City Tower, watching a thousand elites fall apart in an instant, Liu Zongmin was dumbfounded.

"This bastard has such a sharp weapon in his hand, why didn't you say it earlier?"

The serial explosions were still echoing in Liu Zongmin's mind, and he grabbed the placket of Hao Shaoqi's chest and asked hysterically.

"General Quan, this kind of firearm is only equipped in Chen Yue's personal guard battalion, and my subordinates don't have it! Where could I have imagined. Hao Shaoqi smiled bitterly. In the Xishan Army, all kinds of firearms have always been controlled by the Baggage Division, and they will only be issued to the army when the battle is imminent.

"Give me chase! I want to kill Chen Yue personally and avenge my brothers! Liu Zongmin threw Hao Shaoqi aside, and went down the city tower, he wanted to personally lead the troops to chase and kill!

"General Quan, you are the commander of the army, you can't be like this!" Hao Shaoqi shouted anxiously from behind, but Liu Zongmin left without looking back.

"Alas!" Hao Shaoqi stomped his feet heavily, pondered for a while, took a few guards down the city wall, and rode his war horse to run out of the city.

......

Now that the inner and outer cities are broken, the whole of Beijing is full of shouts and killings, and Chen Yue doesn't know which gate to go out of, so he can only command the soldiers to go west to Xuanwu Gate. His father, Chen Jianghe, was in Xuanwumen to assist in the defense, and Chen Yue couldn't abandon his father and run away alone no matter what.

The roar of artillery and the earth-shattering shouts of killing had already frightened the people of the city, everyone closed their doors, no one dared to show their heads at all, and the whole street was empty, only the hooves of war horses and the footsteps of soldiers.

Looking at the empty streets, Chen Yue relieved himself, at least indicating that the Xuanwu Gate in front had not yet been breached.

In the Xuanwu Gate Tower, a corpse dressed in eunuch clothes was lying in a pool of blood, it was Zhang Yin, the eunuch of the Xuanwu Gate Prison Army.

On the city wall, the Jinyi guard commanded the Tongzhi Chen Jianghe to wear a helmet and armor, holding a strong bow and firing it out next to the battlement, "chirp", and the feather arrow pierced the throat of a breaking army.

Liu Yangzhen, the head of the military department, panted, picked up a stone, pushed it down from the battlement, and then sat down with his back against the city wall, panting violently.

On the east side of the city tower, a low wall built by bricks and stones hastily cut off the city wall, cutting off the east of the Xuanwu Gate, dozens of Ming soldiers guarded the wall, the news of the loss of Zhengyang Gate has come, Chen Jianghe ordered the construction of this low wall, in order to resist the attack from the east.

When another offensive by the invading army outside the city was thwarted, at the head of Xuanwu Gate, all the Ming soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and invariably looked at Chen Jianghe, waiting for the next order of the main general.

Since he killed Zhang Yin, the eunuch of the prison army who was about to surrender, Chen Jianghe was the supreme commander of Xuanwumen. It was he who led more than 100 Jiading and Jinyiwei to fight bravely to thwart several attacks by the intruding army, and also made the hundreds of Ming troops in the city who did not flee a little calm.

Feeling the gaze of his subordinates, Chen Jianghe could only smile bitterly in his heart, what good ideas could he have when the situation was like this. Now, although the attack of the intruding army has been defeated with the city wall, how long can Xuanwumen resist when the other city gates are lost?

The fall of Beijing has been irreversible, and at this moment, Chen Jianghe is no longer thinking about the emperor and the court, but about his son Chen Yue. Where are you, my son?

As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Chen Jianghe naturally knew that Chen Yue led the troops to King Qin's entry into Beijing yesterday to guard the Yongding Gate, but due to the limitations of his duties and the fact that the nine gates of the inner city were closed, he could not find Chen Yue.

Now that the outer city has fallen, where is the son? Did you escape with the troops, or did you ...... Chen Jianghe no longer dared to imagine that whether Chen Yue was killed in battle or surrendered to Li Chuang, it was not what he hoped for.

"Your family, my lord, is looking for you!" A subordinate interrupted Chen Jianghe's musings. Chen Jianghe turned his head to look and saw Chen Yan hurriedly climbing up the city tower.

"Stone, you're here, Ah Yue!" Seeing Chen Yan, Chen Jianghe was overjoyed, and asked with a trembling voice.

"Master, young master, he is now leading troops in Zhengyangmen, let me come to find the master and you will meet, the young master said, this Beijing city can no longer be defended." Chen Yan was very happy to finally see Chen Jianghe, and hurriedly relayed Chen Yue's words.

Hearing the news of his son's safety, Chen Jianghe's heart finally fell. However, hasn't Zhengyangmen been lost? Just now, there was a group of intruders who tried to capture Xuanwumen from the city wall, but they were bombarded back with artillery!

Chen Yan was also shocked by the news of the loss of Zhengyangmen, because when he set off to find Chen Jianghe, Zhengyangmen was fine, and there were thousands of troops guarding it, how could it fall so quickly?

Not good! Chen Jianghe's face changed greatly, the defense of Zhengyangmen was far more powerful than Xuanwumen, but it was easily lost, it can be seen that there is an inner ghost, maybe just like Xuanwumen, the eunuchs and civil officials who defend the city surrendered together, that son? Chen Jianghe can't imagine it anymore!

Zhengyangmen is lost, and the whereabouts of his son Chen Yue are unknown, so what's the point of guarding Xuanwumen again? At this moment, Chen Jianghe no longer thought about the emperor and the court, but only wanted to find his son's whereabouts with himself.

"Let's go, go to Zhengyangmen!" Chen Jianghe gritted his teeth and ordered. In the direction of Zhengyangmen, the sound of fighting is still faintly coming, indicating that there are still Ming troops resisting, maybe it is his son Chen Yue with his army, and then fight with the thieves. Even if you die, you have to die with your son!

"Commander Chen, what should you do if you leave this Xuanwu Sect?" Liu Yangzhen, the head of the military department, pulled Chen Jianghe's shirt and pleaded.

"Zhengyang Gate is lost, and soon the other city gates will not be able to be saved, Lord Liu, you can go with me." Chen Jianghe sighed.

"Nope! Let's go, all go and surrender to the thieves, I, Liu Yangzhensheng, am the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and death is the loyal soul of the Ming Dynasty, I want to live and die with Xuanwumen! Liu Yangzhen loosened Chen Jianghe's shirt, opened his eyes, and shouted at the Ming soldiers at the head of the city: "All my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will stay here with me, for Your Majesty, for the Ming Dynasty, and fight to the death with the thieves!" ”

However, as Chen Jianghe took his family down to the city, the other Ming soldiers glanced at each other, avoided Liu Yangzhen's gaze, and also followed him to the city. In the blink of an eye, at the head of Xuanwumen, there was only the lonely Liu Yangzhen and his five or six family members.

A blood-red battle flag was still planted at the head of the city, but the flag embroidered with "Da Ming" was weakly drooping down.