There was no reinforced concrete in the Ming Dynasty, and the buildings were all civil structures, after the fire...... No, the fire was very ferocious after arson.

The location of the ambush is carefully selected, mainly following two principles, first, it is relatively close to the north city gate, and it is only two turns from the main road to arrive, and the Qing army chased here is a matter of breath, and it is too late to react and hesitate. Second, the terrain here is very narrow, and there is no escape in the event of a firefight.

Another advantage of civil structure construction is that it is very simple to pick up a house, as long as you use a set of ropes on the pillars and beams, and a dozen adults work together, it is very easy to knock down the house.

On the periphery of the encirclement, the Ming military first knocked down a piece of house, made a fireproof isolation belt several zhang wide, and removed the pillars, beams, scaffolding, doors and windows, and thatch...... When the fire burned large enough, the damp wood and furniture became the favorite of the Ming army, and they were thrown into the blazing fire, and immediately puffed up thick black smoke, as if they were the biological weapons of the Ming Dynasty.

"Upwind! Watch the upwind! The smoke is too big! Wu Decao coughed and shouted at the same time, directing arson on the front line.

As the prefect of Tingzhou, he can't build a city, but he is a good hand at demolition, demolition and destruction, and he has been busy since last night, leading his local soldiers to drive the people out of their homes, and then tearing down the houses and helping the Gongyi camp set up an ambush circle.

When the fire broke out, hundreds of Tingzhou soldiers and three classes of officials went into battle together, plus more than 1,000 temporarily recruited young people, and kept transporting all kinds of wood and sundries outside the encirclement, burning more and more vigorously.

Outside the encirclement, Ti Zhaorong led more than 1,000 cavalry to serve as a guard to prevent the Qing army from breaking through the fire array. After receiving an order for the emergency rescue of Tingzhou, his cavalry took advantage of its high-speed maneuver. He hurried overnight and arrived at the city of Tingzhou in the early hours of the morning to participate in the battle.

"When! While! ”

On the bell and drum tower in the distance, there was an alarm bell, and Ti Zhaorong raised the telescope in his hand, looked at the bell and drum tower for a moment, and then ordered loudly.

"To the south, the Tartars are going to break through from the south!"

He ran south with three hundred cavalry, and Wu Decao, hearing his shouts, also ran south with more than a hundred men.

"Quick. Quick, add wood, and use that whole bunch of furniture......"

In the south, there were already young soldiers lighting fires, and a lot of wood was prepared, and everyone worked together. The fire immediately became larger, and Ti Zhaorong's cavalry also lined up. Always ready to meet the Qing soldiers who break through.

Billowing smoke. The blazing firelight, a neighing of horses, and the cavalry of the Qing army faintly appeared in the fire array, but in the blink of an eye, they were forced back by the scorching fire......

Emperor Longwu's golden helmet and golden armor, majestic, climbed the bell and drum tower. found that Wang Kefan was holding something, seemed to be looking into the distance, and ordered from time to time in his mouth, and several pro-soldiers rang the bell and waved the flag. Commanded the entire battle.

"Congratulations Bixia, Durde has been trapped and has suffered heavy casualties." Wang Kefan handed the telescope to Emperor Longwu, Emperor Longwu took it and tried it, and the Qing army in the distance immediately became clear, and even the panicked expression on his face could be seen.

"Good stuff!" Emperor Longwu fiddled with the telescope twice, and then raised it in front of his eyes to look at the battlefield.

Near the north gate of Tingzhou, the 200 Qing troops left behind tried to support Duerde, but were blocked by the Gongyi battalion.

Compared with the cavalry of the Eight Banners, the cavalry of the Gongyi battalion was obviously weaker, but with the cooperation of the infantry pike, it also fought well, and several charges of the Qing cavalry were repulsed, trying to bypass the spear array, but the cavalry of the Gongyi battalion was entangled and could not get out.

In the fire array, there were only more than 500 people left in the Qing army, they had just demolished two houses, carrying beams and pillars to break a small open space, but more than 100 people had already died in the fire, and several attempts to rush out were blocked back by more fierce fire.

All the Qing troops had dismounted, lying on the ground to avoid the smoke and heat, their vision obscured by the flames and smoke, unable to find the direction to break through, desperately waiting for death.

"It's a pity that these are good horses." Wang Kefan said lightly, the most terrible thing in the fire is not the high temperature, but the smoke produced in the flames, those Qing soldiers were lying on the ground, and they could hold on for a while, but their war horses were no longer good, most of them were smoked to the ground, and some horses struggled to escape, and even rushed into the sea of fire, and were soon burned to death.

Although this battle is not over yet, the victory or defeat is decided!

When Zhou Guodong and Lu Renqing arrived with the infantry, the suspense of this battle was gone. The 200 Qing troops at the city gate were all wiped out, and finally contributed more than 100 war horses, armor and weapons to the Gongyi battalion.

Four thousand Ming troops surrounded Emperor Longwu, waiting for the fire in the encirclement to finally extinguish, Wu Decao took the young man to water and pave the soil, and opened a road in the embers of the flames.

Durde is not dead, about more than 100 Eight Banners soldiers can barely get up, they raised the tiger tooth knife to resist, but was ruthlessly trampled over by the horse's hooves, the Ming army's horse swords and horse swords continued to swing, the brave and invincible Eight Banners soldiers fell in a pool of blood, back and forth a few rushes to kill, the Qing army was killed cleanly, leaving Durde alone.

Duerde was seriously injured in several places, and wanted to commit suicide but was rescued by the Ming army, and was taken to Emperor Longwu with five flowers.

"Poof!"

Durde was hit hard in the knee socket and fell to his knees involuntarily, but he struggled to lean back, glared at Emperor Longwu with a fierce face, and cursed.

"Zhu Yujian! You use intrigue and trickery, you are not a good man! ”

The more he scolded, the more the smile on Emperor Longwu's face grew, and several soldiers from the Gongyi battalion stepped forward to stop Duerde, but Emperor Longwu stopped them.

"Let him scold, he's going to die soon, what's the matter with scolding twice, I listen to it very happily ......"

Joy filled the heart of Emperor Longwu, looking at Duerde over and over again, on the way from Nanping to Tingzhou to flee, he heard Duerde's name several times, and every time he was shocked, he didn't expect that today he could make the enemy general bow his head, and he knelt at his feet alive.

The taste of victory, it turned out to be so wonderful!

"Baya Lama Zhangjing, the official is very big, right?" He asked Guo Weijing.

The establishment of the Eight Banners is a bit complicated, and there are a lot of various Zhangjing, which can't be beaten anyway, and Emperor Longwu was a little confused before.

"It's very big, there are only eight in the entire Manchu Dynasty, no worse than the total army!" The two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties were different and there was no comparison, but Guo Weijing took great pains to say that it was the same as the truth.

"Please Bixia immediately behead the enemy general to boast about the world!" Wang Kefan suggested that Emperor Longwu lured the enemy with his body today, which was very rare for an emperor who had never fought a war, this was an honor he deserved, and it could also improve his personal prestige.

"Please Bixia immediately kill the enemy general and boast of the world!" Guo Weijing and others also agreed, Emperor Longwu fled from Fuzhou, and the people of the world were panicked, and a good publicity of this victory would boost the morale of the Ming army from all walks of life and improve the prestige of the imperial court.

"Good! Today, I will take the prisoner and comfort the spirit of the Emperor in the sky! "Emperor Longwu himself understands that this show is very important. He fled all the way from Fuzhou in embarrassment, suddenly turned the tide and won a big victory, and personally beheaded the enemy generals, which could deter the feudal officials in various places, which was of great significance to the stability of the political situation in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

With a "poof", Emperor Longwu pulled out the Wuzi treasure knife, and after a slight gesture, he saw a flash of snowy knife light, and the sharp steel knife slashed into Durd's neck, although he did not cut off Durd's head, but it also immediately killed him.

Durd's body fell with the knife, and the surrounding Ming soldiers raised their knives and guns and shouted together.

"Bixia is mighty!"

"Bixia is mighty!"

The tsunami-like shouts of the mountains made Emperor Longwu drunk, and he recalled the immortal exploits of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu back then, and a sense of pride rose in his heart.

"Can I be Liu Xiu? It seems to be a little bit worse......" A thought flashed in Emperor Longwu's heart, among the emperors of all dynasties, when it comes to the emperor of Zhongxing, of course, Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty must be the first. However, Liu Xiu is a real general, Emperor Longwu still has this bit of self-knowledge, in terms of the ability to lead troops to fight, he is not a little worse than Liu Xiu, and he can't catch up.

"If there are loyal ministers and good generals to assist, it may not be impossible to prosper the Ming Dynasty......" His eyes swept over everyone and fell on Wang Kefan, his eyes full of appreciation......

After another day of rest in Tingzhou Mansion, the next morning, Emperor Longwu left Tingzhou under the protection of the Gongyi Battalion.

After Wang Kefan left Ti Zhaorong to break down, while investigating the movements of the Qing army, while searching for the lost ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Emperor Longwu is now about to become the commander of the light pole, and he has to help him set up the basic team as soon as possible to restore the normal operation of the imperial court.

When camping that night, Wang Kefan found Emperor Longwu.

"Minister Wang Kefan, please say hello to Bixia!" He knelt down and bowed, and was immediately helped up by Emperor Longwu, looked left and right, and asked with great concern: "Why hasn't Bixia rested yet, is there anything missing in this tent?" ”

"Hey, there's nothing missing." Emperor Longwu waved his hand and said, "I'm writing a letter to Pingguo Gong, you can help me refer to it." ”

Ping Guogong is Zheng Zhilong.

Under the protection of the Gongyi battalion, Emperor Longwu was about to enter Jiangxi, but he threw a mess in Fujian, and how to deal with it was a difficult problem.

Wang Kefan picked up the letter and read it carefully, Emperor Longwu's attitude in the letter was very sincere, analyzed the benefits and disadvantages of Zheng Zhilong, and persuaded him not to surrender to the Manchus.

"Yuntai, I heard that you have good literary knowledge, is this letter properly written?"

"This letter is very well written, but it was given to Ping Guogong but Mingzhu secretly voted, according to Weichen, it should be given to Zheng Chenggong." (To be continued......)