Wang Shouren, who was guarding the eastern city, and Zhang Yi, who was guarding the northern city, looked confused when they saw that the Tatars who had already attacked the urn city suddenly retreated like a tide in a terrible roar. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After seeing that the Tatars were indeed retreating and not planning to make a comeback, all the Ming soldiers collapsed to the ground, and the broken knives in their hands that had been slashed to the point of curling blades did not want to be held in their hands at all, and they were all thrown out like plague gods.

Many people wept with joy, but more people were loudly screaming to comfort the brothers who died in battle, telling those who died in the battle that the Heroic Spirit Capital had once again let them defend it.

Wang Shouren stood on the city wall and watched the retreating adults, and suddenly he shouted loudly: "All three thousand battalions are on horseback, follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!" ”

The soldier who cut people until he was soft saw the Tatars who were still pressed outside, and suddenly felt a little cowardly in his heart: "General, I'm afraid there is fraud." Although the enemy army outside the city has retreated, its power is still huge, and I am afraid that our people will not be able to come back! ”

Wang Shouren didn't have time to explain, he personally stepped on a horse, pulled the reins and the horse stood up, let out a long roar, Wang Shouren shouted at the same time: "If you have the courage, follow me!" ”

Seeing their own generals charging forward, the soldiers of the 3,000 battalions no longer hesitated, and they all mounted their horses and pursued the Tatar brigade with a small force of 3,000 men.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao, who fought fiercely in Xicheng, also gave the order to pursue. Outside the city gates, which were surrounded by corpses, countless Tatars huddled together and fought to escort the unconscious little prince towards the retreat away from the city walls.

Zhu Houzhao didn't ask about this or that, stood on the city wall and looked at the chaotic formation of the Tatars, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "What are you still doing in a daze, pull out the general's cannon for me, and beat me hard at them!" ”

As the sharpest weapon of the Ming army to defend the city, the general cannon did not play much role in this siege battle. In fact, the power of the general's cannon is not small, but the firing speed is too slow, and the range is too long, and it does not have time to cause great damage to the Tatar cavalry who are moving like the wind, and it has already made people rush under the city wall.

Then the general's cannon was embarrassed, and the people under the city walls couldn't see it, let alone hit it.

But in pursuit, the Tatars were slow to retreat, and under the greeting of the hundred and ten tiger squatting cannons and thunderbolts, the formation became more scattered. Such a stress-free blow made the morale of all the Ming troops who were holding their breath suddenly soar, and they all became marksmen, leaving the lives of countless Tatar dogs who retreated from the Empress Cang.

When the Tatars had retreated a mile away, twenty of the general's cannon colleagues roared and fired cannonballs the size of human heads, made of pig iron. There were eight taels of gunpowder in it, and the rest were all kinds of iron nails and steel balls. Such a shell exploded in the Tatar crowd, and immediately sent more than a dozen people flying into the air.

Since there were no horses, Zhu Houzhao's men only chased Li Xu and turned back, but the general cannon at the head of the city kept roaring until the Tatars withdrew two miles away.

The Tatars lost no less than 5,000 men in a short distance of one mile, and countless Tatars wailed on the ground.

The Ming army on the city tower rushed down the city tower excitedly and vigorously harvested the heads. At the beginning of defending the city, Zhu Houzhao said the reward after the victory in this battle as the emperor. Among them, there was an agreement for the first ten taels of silver.

Now the countless dead Tartars under the city are all white flowers.

So whether it is dead or undead, they have been cut off by the Ming army who was so excited that their eyes were red, and it is impossible to leave a prisoner, and no one will go with the money.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and looked at the excited sergeant, and did not feel that the scene in front of him was too cruel. He believed that when the Tatar invasion was in full swing, there would be more cruel things happening in places where the Naxi Second Tower could not be seen, and it was even ten times more tragic than what was in front of him.

A tooth for a tooth, blood for blood, there is nothing wrong with it. To be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself.

In the face of the invaders, and they dare to kill our people, we should destroy their people; If they dare to grab our land, we should annex their country. The struggle between the great powers is nothing more than that.

Without waiting for the brutal killing under the city to end, Zhu Houzhao went down the city wall.

He was no longer needed here, the enemy chieftain was brought down with a single shot, and it was believed that the Tatars could only retreat in a hurry for a short time, and as for the retreat there, it was necessary to see if the little prince's life was hard enough.

If he dies, the whole grassland will be in chaos again, after all, there is no shortage of brainless careerists in this land overgrown with wild grass. I am afraid that the people who want to replace them will not be able to count them on one hand.

Zhu Houzhao returned to Miyagi along the street, the street seemed very depressed after many days of war, but it was still clean, and there was no scene after the chaos.

Outside the Fengtian Palace, hundreds of officials congratulate!

After receiving the news of the defeat of the Tatar army, the officials in the capital gathered outside the Fengtian Temple as soon as possible. The Emperor himself led the army and won a great victory, defeating the imposing Tatar wolf cavalry, which is worth celebrating in any case.

It is even necessary to send a congratulatory note to the heavens as a sign of heaven's favor.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao doesn't play these fictitious things. He knew very well that this was a complete fluke, if it weren't for the unlucky little prince who happened to be hit by a cannonball, or that cannonball was hit by half an hour at night, the entire city of Beijing would have fallen into a situation where the city was ruined and people were killed.

"Congratulations to the emperor on his victory, and raise the prestige of my Ming army!" Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair in battle armor and accepted the congratulations of the hundred officials.

But there was no joy on his face, and then there was a silence for half a minute, and Zhu Houzhao looked at the ministers in the palace with solemn eyes.

He suddenly said, "Is it worth being happy?" ”

The ministers looked at each other, the capital was guarded, and Daming once again survived, isn't it worth being happy?

"I just want to know how Guan Gaochenghou's Juyong Pass was breached, and how my entire Ming Dynasty was completely ravaged by the Tatars in just a few months!" Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice.

Immediately, a minister came out and said: "Juyong's guards will not be effective, and the ministers will immediately detain him for questioning!" ”

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "I don't blame him!" It's you who blame me!

The Ministry of War, let me ask you, why are the hundreds of tiger squat cannons and the general's cannons all eaten in the capital by the first emperor?

The War Bureau, the Ordnance Superintendent, I also have something to ask you, why is it that our ancestors have invented gunpowder for hundreds of years, and our guns are still not good, and the cannons are still not strong?

Firearms are the mainstream of future wars in this world, if my Juyong Pass soldiers have enough flintlock guns, or even a tiger squat cannon per person, I believe that even if there are only 10,000 defenders in Juyong Pass, it will be enough for 100,000 steppe Tartars not to dare to get close to Chengguan again! ”

Only Zhu Houzhao's voice echoed in the main hall, and all the officials became quails. In particular, the officials of the Ministry of War, the Bureau of Military Warfare, and the Ordnance Supervision turned pale.

After a long time, a weak voice appeared in the main hall: "No money!" ”