Shengjing, harem.

The sun is setting, Wang Pu is lying on the stone table in the pavilion and falling asleep, Zhen Youcai is fanning Wang Pu with a fan in his hand, Wang Pu is sleeping soundly, and suddenly was woken up by a rush of footsteps, and when he got up, he saw that Xiao Qi, Scarface and Beard were coming.

Scarface wiped his sweat and said loudly: "General, the carts are all set, two hundred!" Each car is equipped with several large barrels of fire, and this time it will definitely be able to blow up Jiannu on his back. ”

Wang Pu nodded and asked the bearded man, "Bearded, have all the horses in the city been caged?" ”

"It's all gone." The bearded man said, "Jiannu really raised a lot of good horses in the city, and everything was done according to your orders, general." ”

"Okay." Wang Pu said to Xiao Qi again, "Xiao Qi, how is Daddy Li's side?" ”

Xiao Qi frowned and said, "General, Daddy Li said that the condition of the Jiannu woman is very serious, and he doesn't dare to say that he will definitely be cured, but he will definitely do his best." ”

"I'm not just worried about those two Jiannu women, but also those two Jiannu princes." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "Before you break through at night, you have to make arrangements, you must be foolproof, and you must not let them run away." ”

"General, don't worry." Xiao Qi smiled cruelly, "When the villain breaks through, he will send two brothers to guard the two Jiannu women, and they will tie the Jiannu women to their backs, and they will never be able to escape!" As for the two Jiannu princes, hehe, the villain has already made people break their hamstrings, and now they have become completely wasted, even if they want to, they can't run. ”

"Okay." Wang Puzan said, "As long as these four Jiannu captives can be successfully escorted back to Beijing, it will be a great achievement." ”

Xiao Qi was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, General." ”

"And." Wang Pu said to Scarface again, "The sixteen Hongyi cannons on the head of Shengjing City can't be left to Jiannu, you immediately send someone to set fire under the cannons, and blow them all up before leaving." ”

"Yes." Scarface replied sharply, "The villain will arrange it." ”

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Turning back to talk about Huang Taiji, he finally arrived at the Qing army camp in the south of Shengjing City after nightfall.

Man Zhu Xili, Tulai and Ao Bai personally greeted them outside the gate and knelt on the ground to pick them up, and Huang Taiji was so tired that he didn't have the strength to speak, so he just waved his hand and motioned for the three of them to get up.

Due to the urgency of the military situation, Huang Taiji only rested for a short time, and then ordered people to summon Man Zhu Xili, Tulai, Ao Bai and others into the big tent, Man Zhu Xili and Turai soon came, only Ao Bai did not arrive, Huang Taiji asked: "What about Ao Bai?" ”

Turai replied: "Aobai has gone on patrol with his troops. ”

Huang Taiji asked again: "Is there any abnormal behavior of the Ming army in the city?" ”

"Nope." Man Zhu Xili responded, "The Ming army in the city is very quiet, and there is no abnormal behavior. ”

Huang Taiji looked at the sky outside the tent, which was completely dark, and ordered: "It's late at night, the Ming army may go out of the city at any time to break through, we must send people to light more fires outside the city, and send more cavalry to patrol, so as not to leave dead ends." ”

Man Zhu Xili said: "These minions have already been arranged. ”

As he was saying that, Ao Bai ran into the tent panting, knelt on the ground and said, "Slave Ao Bai knocks to see the emperor." ”

"Flat." Huang Taiji waved his hand and asked, "Aobai, is there any change in the Ming army?" ”

Ao Bai replied: "Back to the emperor, the slave has just received the news that the Ming army has left the city from the east gate." ”

"Oh?" Huang Taiji's fingers were twisting beads for a moment, and he paused, and asked, "Is the Ming army out of the city?" ”

"Yes." Ao Bai said, "There are about six or seven hundred Ming troops, and more than two hundred carts are escorted. ”

Huang Taiji asked, "Did the Ming army light torches?" ”

Ao Bai shook his head and said, "No." ”

Man Zhu Xili next to him said: "Your Majesty, if the Ming army is fighting with open fire and going out of the city with great fanfare, the slaves think that there must be fraud in it, and now the Ming army is not using torches, it seems that they really want to sneak away while it is dark." ”

Turai said: "Your Majesty, the servants will bring people to intercept them. ”

Huang Taiji pondered for a moment and then nodded: "Well, Turai, you take five hundred cavalry to intercept this Ming army, remember, in case the Ming army retreats into the city, don't chase and kill, the Hongyi cannon on the city tower is not vegetarian." ”

"Your Majesty? Is 500 cavalry a little less? Man Zhu Xili asked in confusion, "In order to completely annihilate this Ming army, the slave thought that at least two thousand cavalry should be sent." ”

"Nope." Huang Taiji shook his head and said, "If I am not mistaken, the Ming army is playing a trick of attacking the east and attacking the west, and this breakthrough at the east gate is just a feint, so the main force of our army must not act rashly." ”

Man Zhu Xili nodded and said, "So that's the case, the slave understands." ”

Huang Taiji said to Tulai again: "Go quickly." ”

"Wow."

Turai said yes and took the order.

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Scarface took 500 families and 200 carts out of the city from the east gate, and crossed the Hunhe River from the pontoon bridge (the Hunhe River is close to Shengjing City, the pontoon bridge is within the range of the Hongyi cannon, and the Qing army did not dare to approach) walked forward less than three miles, and the figure of Jiannu appeared in the south.

A sinister smile appeared on Scarface's face, and he ordered, "Brothers, light the firerope!" ”

The fire rope is made of hemp rope or tightly twisted cloth strips soaked in nitric acid or salt solution and dried, which can be burned for a long time.

[Burning rate of arquebus: about 100 mm per hour.] 】

Seeing that the brothers had already lit the arquebus, Scarface turned around and shouted, "Retreat, go back to the city!" ”

Scarface gave an order, and the five hundred families abandoned the cart and ran, retreating into the Shengjing City like a storm and clouds, and when Turai arrived with five hundred Mongolian cavalry, he saw hundreds of carts abandoned all over the ground, but the figure of the Ming army had long been gone.

"This group of Nanming barbarians are all rabbits, and they run fast." Seeing that he couldn't catch up, Tulai had no choice but to curse viciously in the direction of the Ming army's escape, and said to the five hundred Mongolian cavalry behind him, "Warriors of the Horqin steppe, I heard that you have arrived, and the timid Southern Ming barbarians have fled in despair, now take your booty back to the camp." ”

The Mongol cavalry cheered and swarmed up for the spoils.

At this time, the fire rope was burned, and hundreds of barrels of fire yao loaded on the cart exploded one after another, only to hear a loud rumbling sound, a gorgeous and colorful grand fireworks suddenly bloomed outside the east gate of Shengjing, and the churning flames went straight into the sky, and it could be clearly seen from dozens of miles apart, and thousands of sacks stacked outside the fire yao barrel were also blown away, and the broken iron nails and broken porcelain pieces placed in the sacks flew all over the sky.

The Mongol cavalry who were crowded around the cart and scrambling for the spoils of war were suddenly blown up on their backs, suffering heavy casualties, and more than 200 horsemen and horsemen who were close to the nearest were blown to pieces, more than 100 people were shocked to death by the huge sound and bleeding, and the remaining 100 horsemen were a little farther away, and were also injured by the flying iron nails and porcelain pieces, and Turai was even cut off half of his head by a piece of slap-sized broken iron, and died tragically on the spot.

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South of Shengjing City, the Qing army camp.

Huang Taiji is and full of Zhu Xili, Aobai, Ta Zhan, Ji Bilong and others and other news of Tulai, the dark sky outside the tent suddenly brightened, followed by an earth-shattering loud noise, and finally even the ground under his feet began to tremble slightly, Man Zhu Xili and others were suddenly shocked, Ao Bai instinctively pulled out his waist knife and dodged in front of Huang Taiji, and said sharply: "Come on, escort!" ”

"Panic what!" Huang Taiji pushed away Ao Bai and scolded, "The Hongyi cannon can't hit so far. ”

Ao Bai said: "But this sound is like a cannon?" ”

"There wasn't such a big movement in the artillery." Huang Taiji frowned and said, "Listening to this momentum, it's like the fire yao depot has exploded, go, immediately send someone to the east to see if there is something going on in Turai?" ”

"Wow."

Ao Bai took the order and left, and came back in less than a cup of tea.

Seeing Aobai's solemn expression, Huang Taiji's heart couldn't help but sink and asked, "What about Turai?" ”

Ao Bai said gloomily: "Your Majesty, Turai was blown up? ”

Huang Taiji frowned and was silent, but Man Zhu Xili and the others asked in shock: "Killed by the explosion?" ”

Ao Bai nodded, gritted his teeth and said: "The cunning Nanming barbarian filled the cart with fire, Turai just appeared, the Nanming barbarian abandoned the car and fled back to the city, and when Turai arrived with his troops, the fire on the cart just exploded, and more than 300 of the five hundred cavalry were killed on the spot, and the rest were all seriously injured, Turai ...... Also killed by the explosion. ”

"What? More than 300 riders were killed by the bombing? The rest are all seriously injured!? ”

When Man Zhu Xili heard this, his heart was about to bleed, the cavalry brought this time were all the elite of the Manggusi tribe.

"It's careless, it's careless." Huang Taiji muttered, "I didn't expect the Ming army to do anything on the cart, it's really careless." ”

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