According to Ji Qingwen's previous experience in dealing with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and Dai Shan, this burst of artillery and two bursts of muskets hit the past, even if the other party did not immediately collapse, it would be demoralized, how could it be possible to brave the fire of guns and artillery to attack him head-on?

Therefore, when Ji Qingwen saw that the thousands of elite soldiers of the Eight Banners on the opposite side were still attacking him after being hit by firearms, he immediately became extremely flustered, and hurriedly asked Chen Wenzhao beside him: "General Chen, the Manchurians are so fierce, why don't we retreat to the city first?" ”

Chen Wenzhao stared at the movement of the enemy army in front of him, and said, "My lord, this is the power of the Jurchens. Otherwise, how could the old Zhejiang soldiers be wiped out? If you turn around and retreat now, you are afraid that the Eight Banners will chase after you, and this Tongzhou city will also be lost! ”

Ji Qingwen gritted his teeth and sighed fiercely: "I knew today, why bother in the first place?" If I had known, I wouldn't have come to save Wu Sangui......"

Unexpectedly, before Ji Qingwen's words fell, he heard someone next to him say, "Are you regretting it?" Hahaha! The adult expresses his chest directly, and he is really not the kind of villain who sells his reputation. Since the adult has fulfilled Wu's name of loyalty and filial piety, Wu is willing to live and die with the adult! ”

Ji Qingwen was very familiar with this voice, and hurriedly turned his head to look, but saw that it was Wu Sangui who dismounted and walked to his side with a knife, and was talking to himself with a smile.

In the face of the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, they dare to come out of the strong and safe city to fight side by side with themselves - the so-called "seeing death as home" is nothing more than that, right?

At this moment, Ji Qingwen had a good impression of Wu Sangui, a powerful contender for "the number one traitor in the ages", and nodded with a smile: "Okay, with General Wu's help in the war, our army is like a tiger, and it may not necessarily lose to Huang Taiji!" ”

However, just one Wu Sangui, even if he has three heads and six arms, how many enemy soldiers can he kill?

Ji Qingwen's words are just to cheer himself up.

As he spoke, he heard a soldier shouting, "Be careful! Fire! ”

Ji Qingwen hurriedly covered his ears, and saw that the chariot beside him was shaken, and four flames erupted from the muzzles of the four cannons, and the countless iron beads and gravel that were fired were like a storm, sweeping towards the front of the Eight Banners Cavalry.

These Manchurian knights, including Huang Taiji, thought that Fang Cai's burst of artillery was fired from the Tongzhou city wall, and based on previous experience, the speed of filling the city artillery was definitely not so fast, and they could rush to the gate of Tongzhou City in the gap between the two artillery shots and meet the enemy in close combat.

However, what Huang Taiji didn't know was that the artillery that Ji Qingwen loaded on the chariot was all high-grade goods imported from Britain and the Netherlands, and the power and accuracy were not to mention him, and the loading time was shortened by one-third compared with other artillery.

Therefore, the burst of shelling from these four artillery pieces caught Huang Taiji's headquarters off guard.

Before they could react, they greeted a burst of muskets fired by the training soldiers of the regiment under Ji Qingwen.

These two attacks, due to the proximity of the distance and the fierceness, caused more than 100 casualties among the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners under Huang Taiji in the blink of an eye—even Huang Taiji himself was grazed by shrapnel, and blood oozed from his cheeks.

If it was an ordinary army, when it encountered such a thunderous attack, it would have already broken its morale and fled in all directions, but these elites of the Eight Banners under the command of Huang Taiji did not seem to have suffered any casualties, and their morale became more and more high, and they all drew their swords at their waists and rushed towards Ji Qingwen with a howl.

So far, Ji Qingwen has not lost a single soldier, but he really felt the huge pressure on his face, so he couldn't help but ask Chen Wenzhao beside him in a low voice: "General Chen, Manchurians, aren't you afraid of death?" ”

Chen Wenzhao was afraid that answering too loudly would affect the morale of the army, so he also replied in a low voice: "My lord, since the incident of Nurhachi's thirteen pairs of armor, the Manchurians have occupied almost the entire territory of Liaodong now, relying on this brave spirit that is not afraid of death!" Now that the enemy is outnumbered, it seems that there is only a desperate battle, hoping that the army in the city will come forward to help. ”

Wu Sangui, who was on the side, heard the conversation between the two people, and also echoed: "I didn't expect that the first decisive battle since entering the customs would be under this small Tongzhou City." Master Ji can rest assured, my father (Wu Xiang) has been discussing with my uncle (Zu Dashou), and he will definitely send troops to assist my lord in attacking the Manchurian Tartars. ”

Ji Qingwen was refreshed when he heard this, and hurriedly turned around to look inside Tongzhou City, but saw that the city was quiet and quiet, not like there was a sign of a large army.

When he was doubting, he listened to the beating of war drums and shouts above his head, and listened to the sound of firearms firing "bang", "pop", and "coax" one after another, and the elite of the Eight Banners who were about to rush to the front of him were swept down in a large area in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Wu Sangui said in a happy tone: "My lord, this must be Inspector Yuan's help!" If he is willing to help, our army may not lose! ”

Sure enough.

It turned out that Yuan Chonghuan saw Huang Taiji's whole army attacking the city, and realized that if Huang Taiji broke through the Tongzhou city defense from the north gate, he would have to face a situation of street fighting with the fierce Manchurian elite soldiers, which was unacceptable in any case.

Therefore, at such an urgent juncture, the narrow-minded Yuan Chonghuan can no longer stand idly by. So he immediately ordered the soldiers, who were ready for battle on the city walls, to shoot down with all kinds of shotguns, muskets, bows and arrows in their hands.

Although these weapons are not as elite as these flintlock pistols in Ji Qingwen's hand, they can't stand thousands of guns shooting fiercely at the city one by one, not to mention the damage caused by indiscriminate shooting of birds, even this momentum is quite capable of bluffing!

In the face of such an attack, no matter how fierce the Eight Banners cavalry was, they finally slowed down the speed of the impact under the instinct of survival, and waited for further orders from the Great Khan Emperor Taiji.

But the leader of the Huang Taiji has seen the world, although such an attack is fierce, but it can not frighten his courage, just about to order the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners under his command to continue to charge forward, but heard someone in the city shouting: "Great Khan, don't come unharmed?" ”

This voice was so familiar and sensational, that Huang Taiji, who had his hands and eyes in the sky, forgot to give an order, and involuntarily tightened the reins and looked in the direction from which the voice came......

The person who spoke was indeed Yuan Chonghuan, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the secretary of the military department of Jiliao Governor!

If Huang Taiji really fears and fears someone in his heart, then there is only Yuan Chonghuan alone - after all, this is the only person who can defeat him on the battlefield.

So Huang Taiji arched his hand to Yuan Chonghuan, who was standing on the not tall city wall of Tongzhou, and said: "Inspector Yuan, after the first battle in Jinzhou that year, I agreed to reschedule the battle again. Unexpectedly, after a few years, they met again under the small city of Tongzhou in Guannei. Alas! It's impermanent! ”

Yuan Chonghuan tightened his face and said, "What else do you mention him to do back then?" ”

Huang Taiji said: "I heard that Inspector Yuan was killed by the traitorous minister, and after the first battle of Jinzhou, the Ming court did not reward and punished, and actually took away the military power of the supervisor. With Inspector Yuan's talent, since the Ming court is unwilling to use you, why don't you serve Ben Khan? Ben Khan didn't dare to let the superintendent be a minister, and was willing to treat him with brotherly courtesy, I don't know what the superintendent wanted? ”

Yuan Chonghuan didn't think about it, and immediately retorted: "You don't want to talk nonsense!" Today's Holy Son of Heaven is smart and discerning, and the eunuch party has long been wiped out, and now is the time when the people are in the dynasty, just waiting for the court to recuperate, and the superintendent will personally lead the heavenly soldiers and generals, go deep into Liaodong, and plough the court to sweep the caves. If you have a little self-knowledge, hurry up and take the blame to avoid the pain of flesh and skin! ”

Huang Taiji smiled: "The Inspector is talking too much, right?" Deep into Liaodong? Hum! Now it is Ben Khan who has entered the pass, and the Jingshi is in front of him. As long as this city is broken and the group of arrogant soldiers under the Governor is eliminated, then the Ming Dynasty will have no barrier and can only open the city and surrender. ”

Yuan Chonghuan sneered: "Hmph! Don't be complacent. Although you entered the Central Plains for a while, you didn't know that maybe you had fallen into the Holy Lord's plan to lure the enemy deep into the Central Plains, and wanted to kill you on the fertile soil of the Central Plains! ”

"Hahaha!" Huang Taiji looked up to the sky and laughed, "What a plan to lure the enemy in!" That Inspector Yuan held the sword of Shang Fang and killed Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Dao, to relieve Ben Khan's worries, which can be regarded as part of this plan to lure the enemy into depth? ”