"Boom, boom, boom......"

After another row of dense rows of guns, dozens of Jiannu who could climb up the gap also fell in a pool of blood, and a few Jiannu who were lucky not to be shot were stunned, turned around and fled, but before they could run down the gap, a rain of arrows shot down from the city wall, and they were shot into hedgehogs in an instant.

At this point, after two hours of fierce fighting, the three thousand taels of elite soldiers of the Yellow Banner led by Bai Yintu and Ao Bai have been wiped out.

"Jiannu is dead!"

"Datong is defending!"

"Win, we win!"

"Hahaha, Datong saved ......"

The Datong border army on the city wall cheered for a moment, they jumped, laughed, shouted, cried, shouted, and got completely carried away, and then, the musketeers behind the low wall also cheered, the legendary invincible Jiannu was finally defeated by them, from today on, they are the real strong soldiers in this world!

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Outside the city of Datong, on a hill in the distance.

Hearing the dense gunfire in the city and the sudden halt of the tidal wave of shouts, Azig couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?" Why is there no sound? ”

Shuotuo, the owner of the Red Flag Banner, also frowned and said: "Yes, even if Bai Yintu and Ao Bai have already succeeded, there will still be a fierce battle between the Ming army and the Ming army after entering the city, why is there no sound?" ”

Because of the distance, Dolgon and the others, who were standing on the hill watching the battle, did not know what was happening at the gap, they only saw the three thousand elites of the two yellow flags rushing through the gap like a swarm, and then quickly dispersed, as for the massacre that took place behind, they were blocked by the collapsed ruins and ruins, and they did not see it at all.

Because the Ming musketeers in the city waited for Jiannu to cross the top of the gentle slope before firing, when the fire was fired, Jiannu was still rushing down, therefore, almost all of Jiannu's corpses were on one side of the city, and there were only a small number of corpses on the outside side of the city, which were killed by the Datong border army on the city wall with rolling logs, stones and bows and arrows.

Others were puzzled, but Dolgon and Fan Wencheng had already realized that something was wrong, and Fan Wencheng said with a solemn expression: "Master, the situation seems to be a little wrong, Bai Yintu and Ao Bai are likely not successful, and there are three thousand elite soldiers of the two yellow flags, I am afraid that it is also more auspicious, and the slave suggests that the attack of the two white flags be suspended." ”

"Hmm." Dolgon nodded and said to Azig behind him, "Brother Twelve, the follow-up attack is canceled. ”

Originally, Dolgon planned to let Azig carry the elite soldiers of the two white flags to follow the two yellow flags into the city to pick up the bargain, but the current situation is too weird, and Dolgon does not dare to risk the elite of the two white flags.

As soon as Dolgon finished speaking, the Datong city wall in the distance resounded with a sea of cheers, and the Ming officers and soldiers who were originally hiding behind the battlements stood up one after another, frantically waving the weapons in their hands, shouting frantically, and the violent sound soared into the sky, and Dolgon and them were clearly heard from miles away.

Soon, there were also many Ming officials and soldiers on the gap that was blown up, they were also brandishing weapons, and were cheering, shouting, shouting and shouting hoarsely outside the city...... This will, no matter how stupid people are, they will know that the three thousand elite soldiers of the two yellow flags are all wiped out, and there are also Bai Yintu and Ao Bai who are afraid that they will be more auspicious and less auspicious, such a result can be said to be completely beyond the expectations of all the Jiannu nobles, they never thought that the final result would be like this.

"Damn! The two wastes of Bai Yintu and Ao Bai are so useless, the first warrior of bullshit! The irascible Azig was furious and stepped forward to Dolgon and said, "Old Fourteen, give me 5,000 men, and I must kill all these Nanming barbarians in the city." ”

Dolgon ignored Azig and asked Fan Wencheng, "Mr. Wencheng, why is this happening?" ”

Fan Wencheng was also puzzled, the tunnel of Jiannu was secretly dug at night, Wang Pu could not know the news in advance, since he did not know the news in advance, of course, he would not ambush the heavy troops in advance at the gap, if there was no heavy army of the Ming army to block, with the three thousand elites of Baiyintu and Aobai, it can be said that it is easy to enter the city.

But it turned out that this was not the case, what went wrong?

Dolgon and Fan Wencheng didn't expect that Wang Pu had already detected Jiannu's attempt in advance, and roughly detected the location of Jiannu's tunnel, and made corresponding arrangements.

Dolgon frowned and said, "Could it be that the suspicious tactics outside the West Gate have aroused Wang Pu's suspicions?" ”

Before blowing up the city wall, according to Fan Wencheng's siege strategy, Dolgon had mobilized more than 10,000 soldiers with the blue banner and the red flag, more than 50,000 Mongolian cavalry and more than 20,000 Han army and eight banners to the west gate, and set up a posture of attacking from the west gate, but now it seems that Wang Pu was not fooled at all.

"Hey, looks like that's how it should be." Fan Wencheng sighed in annoyance, shook his head and said, "The minion originally wanted to lure the Ming Army, but he didn't expect it to be self-defeating. ”

Fan Wencheng couldn't think of any other possibility, so he could only take the responsibility on himself.

"But the king doesn't understand." Dolgon frowned and said, "What kind of trick did Wang Pu use to destroy the three thousand elites of the two Yellow Banners in less than two hours, and they were all wiped out!" Of the three thousand elites, none of them escaped alive, when did our Qing Dynasty fight such a defeat? ”

Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said, "It should be the firearms battalion of the Ming army." ”

"Firearms battalion?" Dolgon said disapprerovingly, "When did the Ming army's firearms battalion become so powerful?" ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Master, you have forgotten that in the battle of Wang Puqi's attack on Liaodong in August last year, he had successively defeated the three thousand iron guards of Prince Darhan Baturu, as well as the two hundred guards of the first emperor, according to the memories of the surviving warriors, Wang Pu's firearms battalion was not the same as other Ming army firearms battalions, completely different. ”

Dorgon frowned, "What difference could it be?" ”

"Regent, it's completely different!" Ta Zhan, who had participated in the battle of Liaodong, came out of the crowd, knelt on the ground and said loudly, "Wang Pu's firearms battalion is completely different from other Ming army firearms battalions, other Ming army firearms battalions are all shooting indiscriminately, but Wang Pu's firearms battalion is all platoon guns, and they are lined one after another, continuously. ”

"Oh?" Dorgon asked in a deep voice, "Tell me more about it." ”

To be honest, before today, Dolgon was very unimpressed with Wang Pu's surprise attack on Liaodong, thinking that Wang Pu just took advantage of the loopholes of the Eight Banners Army, otherwise, with his more than 1,000 horsemen, it was not enough to even stuff the teeth of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, but today's battle gave Dolgon a new understanding of Wang Pu.

The tragic fierce battle in Liaodong floated in front of Ta Zhan's eyes again, and he said in a low tone: "At that time, the slaves and Kupilon with two thousand Mongolian cavalry had already ambushed the Ming army on the way through, and the Ming army was about to enter the ambush circle, but I don't know why they didn't leave. ”

Azig asked anxiously, "What happened later?" ”

Ta Zhan said: "Later, seeing that the sky was about to dawn, the minions and Kupilon decided to take the initiative to attack, and Kupilon took a thousand cavalry to attack from the front, and the minions and Tulun each led five hundred cavalry from the two flanks to outflank, originally wanted to put Wang Pu's Ming army to a pot, but the result was a complete defeat. ”

Yue Tuo said: "How did you lose?" ”

Ta Zhan said: "Curb Pilon led a thousand cavalry to charge from the front, and before he rushed to the front of the Ming army, he had already suffered more than 400 casualties, and Curb Pilon was also killed, and the remaining 500 people scattered in a hurry, and the minions and Tulun didn't know how Curb Pilon was defeated at first, and they didn't know what was going on until they rushed to the front of the Ming army. ”

Dolgon said in a deep voice, "What's going on? ”

Ta Zhan said: "Wang Pu's firearms battalion is about divided into five or six platoons, they are one row after another, and they take turns to shoot, there are about 100 people in each platoon, and more than 100 firearms are fired at the same time, the firepower is too dense, and more than half of the minions' 500 cavalry have been killed and wounded before they can rush in front of them, and the remaining Mongolian cavalry no longer refuses to listen to the command of the minions, and turns around and flees without authorization." ”

Azig was speechless: "Two thousand cavalry is all over like this? ”

Ta Zhan said: "There weren't many people who died, and then Wang Pu's firearms battalion suddenly withdrew, and the minions took people to save the injured soldiers, but Wang Pu's firearms battalion is indeed very different, and it was replaced by other Ming army firearms battalions, and it has long been served by the minions." ”

Dolgon's gaze turned to Azig and asked, "Brother Twelve, you also suffered a big loss from Wang Pu's firearms camp half a month ago, didn't Domina's three Niu Lu, and the five Niu Lu left behind after the break, also be buried in the hands of Wang Pu's firearms camp, was it the same at that time?" ”

"I don't know." Azig scratched his head and said, "At that time, there was a shortage of soldiers, who could take care of this?" ”

Dolgon asked Fan Wencheng, "What does Mr. Wencheng think?" ”

Fan Wencheng said: "The slave thinks that since Wang Pu's firearms battalion can defeat two thousand Mongolian cavalry with seven or eight hundred people, it is not surprising that the elite of the three thousand taels of yellow flags of Baiyintu and Aobai will be wiped out. ”

Dolgon frowned and said, "It seems that even if the city wall is blown up, if Wang Pu's firearms battalion can't be eliminated first, Datong City will still not be able to be defeated." ”

Azig suddenly said: "Wang Pu's firearms battalion is powerful, and our firearms in the Qing Dynasty are not bad, didn't Tong Yang's surname say that the Hongyi cannon he built is more powerful than the Hongyi cannon of the Ming Dynasty?" Then why don't you use the Hongyi cannon bombardment he made, can Wang Pu's firearms battalion not be afraid of flowering shells? ”

"Hiss......" Fan Wencheng's expression moved, and he said to Dolgon, "What King Wuying said is not unreasonable, the Hongyi cannon is indeed a sharp weapon to counter Wang Pu's firearms battalion. ”

Dolgon turned around and asked Tong Yang's surname: "Tong Yang's surname, can the Hongyi cannon hit the Ming army's firearms battalion behind the gap in the city wall?" ”

"I can't." Tong Yang shook his head and said, "Unless the broken wall at the gap is cleared first, otherwise, the Hongyi cannon will not be able to hit the Ming army firearms battalion hidden behind." ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Then first remove the broken walls at the gap." ”

Dolgon Huo Ran turned around and shouted, "Shi Tingzhu, Li Yongfang." ”

Shi Tingzhu and Li Yongfang hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and responded: "The slave is here." ”

Dolgon said: "Each lead two thousand Han troops, cover the gap with a shield and clear the broken walls. ”

"Wow!"

Shi Tingzhu and Li Yongfang answered and took the order.

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Datong, where the gap is.

"Jiannu is here!"

"Jiannu is killing again!"

The sentry on the watchtower was the first to notice the approach of Jiannu, and shouted a warning, and the border troops on the city wall on both sides of the gap also shouted, and then under the reprimand of Qianzong and the general, they began to carry rolling wood and stones, clean up the arrows, and the city soon became a mess again, but the chaos was not as desperate as when Jiannu first came up.

The dozen or so musketeers who had just cheered on the ruins of the wall at the gap also retreated, re-lined up behind the low wall, and quietly waited for Jiannu to come and die.

However, this time, Jiannu's figure did not appear on the broken wall at the gap for a long time, and only heard the sound of killing at the head of the city and outside the city, but Jiannu did not appear.

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On the arrow tower on the left side of the gap, Wang Pu and Zhen Youcai were standing behind the arrow hole and watching the situation on the battlefield.

Because the arrow tower is protruding outside the city wall, through the arrow hole on the side of the arrow tower, Wang Pu and they can just take in every move of Jiannu.

Seeing a large group of Jiannu slowly moving forward under the cover of the shield, Zhen Youcai shook his head and said, "The slaves want to use the shield to open the way?" Although this thing can block the shooting of the musket, it can't stop the bombardment of the dragon king cannon, general, do you use the flag to inform the monks that they are ready to use the dragon king cannon to kill the slaves? ”

"Hmm." Wang Pu nodded, turned back to Lu Liu, and said, "Lu Liu, immediately notify the monks with a banner and let them prepare to throw the Dragon King Cannon." ”

"Yes."

Lu Liu said yes and ran to play the flag.

However, soon, Wang Pu and Zhen Youcai found that things were not so simple, the group of Jiannu did not continue to advance after approaching the broken wall outside the gap, but quickly divided into three parts, one of the Jiannu carried a shield in front to resist the attack of the Ming army's rolling logs, stones and bows and arrows, and some used bows and arrows to suppress the defenders on the head of the city in the rear, and the other part began to nervously move away the broken wall at the gap in the middle.

"Huh." Zhen Youcai was shocked and said, "General, it seems that this group of Jiannu is not here to attack. ”

"Hmm."

Wang Pu nodded, he also found something suspicious.

Zhen Youcai said again: "Jiannu seems to be carrying the ruins outside the gap, what are they going to do?" ”

Wang Pu thought for a while and said, "No matter what Jiannu wants to do, they can't let them complete it smoothly, Lu Liu." ”

Lu Liu, who had just finished playing the flag, rushed to Wang Pu in a hurry and replied loudly: "Here." ”

Wang Pu said: "Immediately raise the flag, let the monk bring five hundred brothers to the city wall, each brother bring more dragon cannons, and use the dragon king cannons to blow up these Jiannu under the city." ”

"Yes."

Lu Liu took the order again.

Flag language is an ancient way of communication before the formation, in ancient China there was a flag, the commander's flag to the flag, the three armies will gather in the scene from no disobedience, Wang Pu's flag language refers more to the flag language commonly used in modern times, and the ancient flag is very different, the information transmitted is far richer and more detailed than the ancient flag.

The flag on the arrow tower played in less than a moment, Monk Zhang took five hundred musketeers to climb the city wall on both sides of the gap, each musketeer carried ten dragon cannons, Monk Zhang gave an order, five hundred musketeers ignited the fuse of the dragon king cannon with a fire twist, and then threw it out of the city.

The gap in the city wall that was blown up by Jiannu was about ten zhang wide, and the broken bricks and mud that collapsed were scattered on both sides of the city wall in a fan shape, and the farthest point was about ten steps away from the outer edge of the city wall, which was completely within the throwing range of the dragon king cannon, and with the condescending advantage of the city wall, the musketeers with strong arm strength could even throw the dragon king cannon forty or fifty steps away!

"Boom......"

The black smoke of iron lumps rained down from the city and rolled to the ground, and the Jiannu were struggling to carry their shields, or were busy clearing the ruins, or were busy suppressing the defenders on the city with bows and arrows, and they simply ignored the iron lumps falling from the sky.

Although many Jiannu were directly hit by these iron lumps, they were only slightly injured and would not die.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The terrible disaster suddenly came under the unprepared situation of the Jiannu, those iron bumps emitting black smoke suddenly exploded, and a full five hundred dragon king cannons exploded almost at the same time, and the huge sound almost collapsed a large part of the city walls on both sides of the gap again, and two unlucky border soldiers were surprised to gain a foothold and planted a gap directly from the broken wall.

The most unfortunate thing was the Jiannu who was crowded outside the gap to clean up the broken walls, and the five hundred dragon king cannons exploded almost at the same time, which was no joke.

The five hundred shield soldiers closest to the gap bore the brunt, and the huge wave of air directly lifted them into the air, and then they were torn into large and small pieces in the air, countless severed limbs and remnants flew all over the sky, and the head of a Jiannu was directly blown up to the city.

A timid man had just walked up to the city with a rolling log, and the head of the Jiannu fell in front of him with a pop, and it bounced twice on the ground and rolled over with a bone, and its open mouth actually bit the toes of his toes with a pop, and the man suddenly screamed and his eyes went black and fainted, and the rolling log on his shoulder fell down, and smashed the footboard of an unlucky officer, and the officer suddenly howled like a pig...... ■■■

Outside the city of Datong, on a hill.

Dolgon and the others were also startled by the huge explosion, and when they looked at it urgently, they saw that the eight banners of the Han Army outside the gap had been blown up to the flesh and blood, and several pieces of blown up shields actually flew in the air for a long distance before they fell with a bang, and everyone could imagine how powerful the explosion was!

It was not an easy task to lift the heavy shield into the air.

"What's going on?" Azig shouted, "It looks like a flowering shell from the Hongyi cannon!" ”

The situation outside the gap looked like a flowering bomb exploded from a distance, but the question was whether there were Hongyi cannons in Datong City? Even if there is, it can't hit the gap outside the city, can the Ming army still put the Hongyi cannon up and fight down? If it is erected in the gap and separated by the broken wall, it will also not be able to hit the Eight Banners of the Han Army outside the gap.

"Tong Yang's surname." Dolgon glared back at Tong Yang and asked, "Could it be your artillery battalion?" ”

"Impossible." Tong Yang's surname hurriedly shook his head and said, "Although the minion's Hongyi cannon is powerful, the five cannons are not so powerful at all, and the flowering bomb is not good, this must not be the Hongyi cannon." ”

Dolgon frowned and whispered, "What could that be?" ”

"Regent, the slave knows." Dolgon's voice fell, and Banktu, who had inherited the title of Prince of Heshuo Zhuoliktu, stepped forward and said, "This is the Dragon King Cannon of Wang Pu's Firearms Battalion, although the power of the explosion of a Dragon King Cannon cannot be compared with the flowering shells of the Hongyi Cannon, but the power of five hundred or thousands of Dragon King Cannons to explode at the same time is great, and in the Sanbula River Khan Court, the minions have suffered a big loss from Wang Pu's Firearms Battalion!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Banktu's voice fell, and the billowing smoke and dust rose again outside the gap, and in the rolling smoke and dust, the tragic scene of the Eight Banners of the Han Army being blown up and crying for his father and mother was faintly visible, and without waiting for Dolgon's order, Zhang Tingzhu and Li Yongfang withdrew to a hundred steps away with the Eight Banners of the Han Army, but there were less than 3,000 people left in the 4,000 Han Army, and many of them were seriously injured.

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(To be continued)