Mu Qiyuan originally planned to let the cavalry enter the city first, using the speed of the cavalry, first break through a hole, and then open the city gate to cover the army into the city, but now the collapsed city wall is only the size of a gate, and there is a half-zhang high Tikan below, and it is difficult for the war horse to enter, so the infantry has to enter the city first.

The fierce bombardment of the artillery just now killed many defenders at the head of the city, and the defenders who did not die were either frightened or shocked by the artillery, and it was not until the Ming army approached the collapsed city wall that they found the Ming army.

According to the southern gate, there were 500 soldiers of the Third Army of Tanzhen Wangpo, and the casualties were no more than 100, and the remaining 400 people, although they could not hear the sound with their ears, still quickly picked up the swords and guns in their hands, worthy of the elite of the Tibetan and Pakistan army.

While guarding the collapse of the city wall, they waited for an opportunity to send someone to report back to Tanchen Wangbo.

Although the Ming army had the advantage of flintlock pistols, after the Tibetan soldiers suffered several losses, they all hid behind the city wall, and the bullets of the flintlock pistol would not bend, and they could not shoot the Tibetan soldiers at all.

To shoot the Tibetans, the Ming had to lean through the collapsed walls, but in doing so, the Tibetans would slash at the Ming before the flintlock muskets could be aimed.

The two sides compared speed and judgment, and they completely broke through the fear of death.

The Ming army failed to break through the Tibetan defenses in several surprise attacks, and the two sides engaged in a tug-of-war at the collapsed city wall.

Mu Qiyuan also rushed to the front line of the battlefield, and seeing that the Ming army could not enter the city, he frowned, and finally came up with a way: "Use grenades, don't fight hard with the Tibetan soldiers." ”

"Yes, Throne."

The soldiers temporarily surrounded the gap, and they all took grenades from their waists, drew fuses, and threw them into the city through the hole.

The Tibetan soldiers also wanted to cut off the arms of the Ming army with their scimitars, but the arms of the Ming soldiers suddenly reached in, and before their scimitars fell, they had already retracted, and they could only stare dryly.

"Bang."

"Bang."

"Bang."

……

A large number of grenades were thrown against the city wall and exploded right where the Tibetan soldiers were standing.

Another bloody storm.

The sound of the grenade exploding is far less terrifying than that of the flowering bullet, but the number of grenades is large, and it explodes next to the Tibetan soldiers, and the damage to the Tibetan soldiers is much greater.

Once again, the Tibetan soldiers were stunned by the firearms of the Ming army.

At the moment when the Tibetan soldiers were stunned, some bold Ming soldiers rushed directly into the gap, and the bullets of the flintlock pistol ruthlessly shot at the Tibetan soldiers inside the gap.

The Ming army entered the city, so that the Tibetan soldiers sobered up, they have used scimitar spears, to the Ming army into the city rushed over, the Ming army into the city did not have time to load ammunition, had to use flintlock pistols to resist for a while.

The Ming army that entered the city blocked the attack of the Tibetan soldiers with their bodies, and the follow-up gunners probed in from the gap, although they did not enter the city, but the flintlock pistol had already reached into the city, pointing at the Tibetan soldiers who rushed over.

The Tibetan soldiers were hit by the continuous blows of flowering shells and grenades, and they were already frightened, but now they encountered a large number of flintlock muskets of the Ming army, and they finally began to retreat, giving up the gap in the city wall to the Ming army.

The Ming army entered the city through the gap and shot from the gap.

The Tibetan soldiers also counterattacked the Ming army that entered the city, but the range of the flintlock guns was a distance that they could not cross, and the remaining 200 Tibetan soldiers soon fell near the gap.

The soldiers who entered the city through the gap quickly established a defensive line while opening the southern gate to receive the army into the city.

After entering the city, Mu Qiyuan left a regiment to guard the city gate, and the infantry responded to each other in the regiment, searching for hidden soldiers in the city, and the cavalry marched along the city wall to meet the Ming troops at other city gates.

When Dan Zhen Wangbo heard the news that the Ming army entered the city from the south gate, he was stunned for a while, and he didn't know that the scimitar in his hand fell to the ground, and the scimitar pierced the instep of one of the guards beside him, and the guards let out a low cry, and he came to his senses.

"It's only been an hour, and the Ming army has entered the city, what are you doing to eat? What a rubbish. ”

Scolding and scolding, the city still has to be defended, and now that the Ming army has surrounded Shigatse, it is impossible for Danzhen Wangbo to abandon the city and escape.

"The Fourth Army quickly went to reinforce the South City Gate, no matter what happens, be sure to block the Ming army outside the city, otherwise, come and see you."

"Obey the orders of Zangba Khan."

The Fourth Army of Dan Zhen Wangpo, not far from the southern city gate, encountered a thousand-strong regiment of the Ming army, relying on the superiority in numbers, and did not use bows and arrows, brandished scimitars, and pounced on the Ming army.

The Ming army was not alarmed, they had already set up a 300-man wide flintlock pistol array, there were three rows of guns, and there were more than 200 gunners behind them.

"Bang."

"Bang."

"Bang."

……

When the Tibetan soldiers entered the firing range of 100 paces, the first row of gunners fired first, 300 bullets, and the number of Tibetan soldiers who fell down was more than 100, and when the infantry fired at a much slower rate, the hit rate of the flintlock pistol was greatly improved.

The Tibetan soldiers were stunned for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, their companions fell more than a hundred, and they didn't see how their companions were killed or injured except for the sounds.

The elite of Zangba Khan was invincible, and they only hesitated for a short time before rushing towards the Ming army.

The flintlock muskets of the gunners in the second row rang out, and another hundred or so Tibetan soldiers fell, and many of the wounded were rolling and shouting on the ground before they died.

The Tibetan soldiers did not have time to stop, and they continued to attack the positions of the Ming army.

In three waves of shooting, the Tibetan soldiers suffered more than 1,000 casualties.

They stopped again, but Zangba Khan gave them a death order, they must drive the Ming army out of the city, otherwise, when they return to Zangba Khan, they will also die, and it is better to die on the battlefield than to be executed by Zangba Khan.

The Tibetan soldiers attacked again, their mouths seemed to be singing, the Ming army could not understand the lyrics, and only heard a few simple syllables: "Huh, Ma Mi Mi Bang!" ”

The Ming gunners were regular soldiers with rigorous training, and besides, they were not Buddhists and did not understand Buddhist language, so they would only entertain their enemies with flintlock muskets.

The defenders of the southern city gate, hearing the sound of dense flintlock pistols in front, knew that there were a lot of Tibetan soldiers, and if it weren't for any friendly army to withstand these Tibetan soldiers for them, they would definitely face a lot of pressure.

The defenders divided 600 soldiers and joined the gunmen of the Ming army, and the rest of the soldiers still held on to the city gates.

I don't know that after several waves of shooting, until all the Tibetan soldiers in front of them fell, they also failed to break through the death line of 100 steps.

The more than 200 Ming soldiers who had been serving as substitutes, at this time with sabers in hand, rushed forward to harvest the wounded soldiers of the Tibetan army until they were all dead.

Tanzhen Wangpo has been waiting for the message from the South City Gate, and the message from the South City Gate has not yet been returned, but the message from the East City Gate has arrived first.

"Zangba Khan, it's not good, the East City Gate has been broken by the Ming army."

"What did you say?" Dan Zhen Wangbo jumped up from his seat and locked the herald's collar: "If you dare to fake the military order and disturb the morale of the army, I will kill you." ”

"Zangba Khan," the herald cried, his face sad, "how many heads does the villain have?" How dare you fake military orders? The East City Gate was indeed breached by the Ming army, and all the five hundred defenders were killed, and the Ming Army was constantly entering the city through the East City Gate, if it couldn't be stopped......"

"Don't say any more," Dan Zhen Wangpo loosened the herald's collar and pushed the herald backwards, only the First Army as a personal guard was left by his side, "First Army, transfer two thousand soldiers to reinforce the East City Gate, remember, this is the last reserve army, if I want any more reinforcements, I don't have any more." ”

"Yes, Zangba Khan, we will definitely expel the Ming army from the city."

Dan Zhen Wangbo clasped his hands together and prayed to himself, trying to suppress the turbulent waves in his heart.

His three elite troops in the city, a full 9,000 soldiers, now the third army is scattered in various city gates, the fourth army has gone to the south city gate, and even the first army, as a personal guard, has also sent 2,000 people to assist in the defense of the east city gate, and now there are only 1,000 personal guards left in his hands.

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became, it had only been more than an hour, and the South City Gate and the East City Gate had been in a hurry, where is this Ming Army? Could it be that they were sent by the Buddha to punish themselves? Haven't you been building Kagyu monasteries? Could it be that the Gelug sect is the disciple of the Buddha's lineage?

"Zangba Khan, I'm going to arm the serfs in the city, and if necessary, let them help defend the city." One of the generals beside Dan Zhen Wangbu knew that Zangba Khan had no reserves.

"Go ahead, be quick." Dan Zhen Wangbo had long planned to arm the serfs, and he was ready to issue swords and guns to the serfs at a critical moment, but he didn't expect this critical moment to come so quickly.

Looking at the general's distant back, Dan Zhen Wangbo could only smile bitterly, his three most elite armies could not withstand the Ming army for an hour by relying on the city wall, what was the use of these untrained serfs? Dead horses should be a live horse doctor!

As soon as the general left, a group of Ming troops searched for him, and his guards were shocked, and they used their bodies as cover to protect him at the core.

The Ming army did not know the identity of Dan Zhen Wangbo, and the gunmen fired at the Tibetan soldiers scattered on the periphery, ignoring the crowd in the center for the time being. After a while, the guards of Dan Zhen Wangbo understood Mingjing's intentions, and all the guards who stood on the periphery unconsciously moved closer to the crowd.

The Tibetan soldiers crowded each other and accidentally pushed to Dan Zhen Wangpo, but they all looked at the Ming army in front of them, and no one noticed that Tan Zhen Wangbo fell until he shouted.

The guards helped Dan Zhen Wangbo and pleaded guilty to him.

Dan Zhen Wangbo was surrounded by the guards in the center, and he was not very tall, and he couldn't see what was going on outside, why there was a loud and dense noise.

When the guards in front of him gradually became thinner, Dan Zhen Wangbo saw the Ming soldiers holding flintlock pistols through the cracks, and at this time, there were less than 500 guards around him.

"Quick, return to the main hall." Tan Zhen Wangbo hoped that the thick earthen walls and iron gates of the main hall could temporarily block the Ming army, and as long as a few of his elite troops came, he could counterattack.

The guards surrounded Dan Zhen Wangbo and retreated to the apse.

As soon as the Ming army saw that the Tibetan soldiers were about to flee, they quickly surrounded the Tibetan soldiers, and a soldier saw that many Tibetan soldiers were hugging an officer, who was estimated to be a big man, and he quickly aimed at this big man.

"Bang."

The bullet from the flintlock pistol burrowed into Tanju Wangbo's thigh.