"Let them in?" Zhu Gui's eyes lit up.

If he had followed his original plan, it would have been a success to defeat the Mongols, and he did not want to risk it at all.

But at this moment, seeing that Xu Yingxu said so, the adventurous soul in his heart also began to burn.

The Mongols attacked Datong several times a year, just to plunder.

If he only repelled them this time, it would not highlight his merits at all.

So if he wants to get the right to form a personal guard, he has to make some achievements.

"Well, this battle is all under the command of General Xu, including the army of this king's mansion."

Zhu Gui said.

"Brother, and me."

At this time, a head suddenly popped up next to Zhu Gui, and it turned out to be Xu Miaoqing in military uniform.

"Why are you here?"

Zhu Gui and Xu Yingxu asked in unison.

"Why are you so fierce? Didn't I hear that the Mongols were coming, so I wanted to help you. ”

If it was only for Zhu Gui, she would naturally not have this attitude, but in the face of her brother, she was still a little worried.

If this news reached her parents, she could foresee that the old couple would probably come all the way from Nanjing to arrest her.

"Someone, bring the princess back to the palace of the king." Zhu Gui called his own soldiers.

The pro-soldier walked over, but was a little embarrassed and stunned.

"Don't mess around, hurry back, this is a battlefield, not a place for women to come." Xu Yingxu said.

"What's wrong with the woman? I'm going to prove today that women are no worse than you men. ”

Xu Miaoqing was ignited by his brother's words, and took out a pistol from his waist.

Xu Yingxu wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zhu Gui.

"Okay, General Xu, just let her stay here, I will protect her."

Saying that, Zhu Gui handed over a pistol to Xu Miaoqing again and advised, "Don't leave my side for a while." ”

Xu Miaoqing wanted to refuse, but after looking at her brother's increasingly gloomy face, she had no choice but to nod.

At this moment, the Mongolian soldiers under the city had already opened their mouths to ask for the third time, and there were already doubts and impatience in their tones.

Just as he was about to go back to report the matter to the chief, the gates of the city suddenly opened.

The man was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately turned back with his scimitar and shouted, "The gates of the city are opened, and the hunt begins." ”

For the Mongols, raiding the Han Chinese was as normal as hunting.

Large crowds of Mongols swarmed towards the city gates.

For them, this Datong Mansion is a mountain of gold, and if they go in late, they can only eat some leftovers behind other people's butts.

So none of these people want to be left behind.

It's just that just a third of the way these Mongols have passed, dozens of falling rocks were suddenly thrown from above the city gate.

Then a few popping sounds rang out.

The dozen or so cavalry who were crowded at the city gate were suddenly torn to pieces by a terrifying force, blurring the faces of the people around them.

"It's a cannon, there's an ambush."

During the brief reign of the Yuan Dynasty, they also acquired the craftsmanship of firearms inherited from the Song Dynasty, and even knocked on the doors of European castles.

It's just that they believe in the power of cavalry too much, and they abandon the tech tree.

So much so that when it was bombarded by artillery now, I finally remembered the compromise and horror of firearms.

The cavalry at the city gate scattered in all directions, which gave the Ming troops who were ambushed on both sides of the city gate a chance to re-close the city gate.

While the Mongols outside the city were still looking at the towering walls of Datong Mansion in a daze, the city was already in a scuffle.

Zhu Gui led his soldiers to stand on the city wall and snipe at the Mongols.

It's just that the light at night is limited, and the effect is not very good.

Therefore, the main force of this battle became the garrison of the guard led by Xu Yingxu.

Although the garrison of Datong Mansion lacked training and was not very well equipped, they were border troops after all.

With ten times the advantage of the enemy, he still bravely strangled with the enemy.

The battle was fought until sunrise in the east, and the surrounding people also walked out of their homes.

But when they saw the Mongols, many of them were so frightened that they hid back in their homes.

During the day, it did not have much effect on the garrison of the guard and the battles of the Mongols.

But the impression of the soldiers of the royal palace armed with flintlock pistols is very large.

They were no longer satisfied with standing on the walls and shooting, because it was easy to accidentally injure friendly troops when shooting from a distance.

So they stormed down the walls and joined the melee.

Zhu Gui, who watched this scene, was also enthusiastic.

If Xu Miaoqing hadn't been by his side, he would have wanted to rush down.

Xu Miaoqing was very happy to 'play'.

Zhu Gui noticed that her shooting level was very high, and she was no less than him.

During this time, there were already quite a few Mongols who died under her guns, and they were all one-shot ills.

She was still muttering, "Eighteen, nineteen, hey, one more, twenty, fool, what do you think I'm doing?" ”

Xu Miaoqing changed the magazine and noticed that Zhu Gui was staring at her.

"You're pretty powerful under this king." Zhu Gui said sincerely.

"Hmph, you just know." The corners of Xu Miaoqing's mouth raised.

With the cooperation of the soldiers of the Imperial Palace, the battle in the city soon ended.

Not a single one of the more than 300 Mongol cavalry survived.

Hearing that there was no movement inside the city, the Mongols outside the city also knew about the plan, and they began to shout and curse outside the city.

Hitting them back were cannons and bullets.

These Mongols did not have siege equipment at all, and they were not superior in numbers, so after cursing all morning, they still burned several nearby villages to vent their anger, and then left.

This battle can be said to be a complete victory, and the garrison led by Xu Yingxu suffered less than 100 casualties.

However, what made Zhu Gui a little helpless was that three of the soldiers died, and it seemed that something happened when he participated in the melee later.

Fortunately, the flintlock pistol in their hands was recovered, otherwise Zhu Gui would have had a headache.

All that's left is to clean up the battlefield.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Gui and Xu Yingxu had a dispute over the loot.

It turned out that both of them had taken a fancy to the more than 200 war horses left behind by the Mongol cavalry.

The Mongol cavalry could dominate the steppes, and even once established a super-empire across Europe and Asia, relying on their cavalry.

And the war horses they raise are naturally not ordinary horses.

Xu Yingxu wanted to form a cavalry team, so that the garrison of the guard could not only defend, but even go deep into the grassland to counterattack.

And Zhu Gui also wanted to build an all-cavalry musket team.

In this way, the kite flying tactics can be implemented.

The two discussed this for a whole day, and finally came to a compromise that satisfied both parties.

That is, the palace of the king will get fifty war horses, but at the same time, it will also provide one-third of the forage cost of the war horses of the garrison of the guard (only more than 150 war horses this time).

By the time the two of them divided the spoils of war, this good news had spread throughout the entire Datong Mansion, and the whole city was boiling.