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Obviously, the main attack direction of Jianlu to steal the city is here, and the siege intensity is the most fierce.

Far away from the city, there were Ming army reserves under the city, and they were rushing towards this side. However, there is still a little distance before they come. If the Jianlu are allowed to gain a foothold at the top of the city, and a steady stream of Jianlu are on the top of the city, the consequences will be unpredictable.

At this time, there were only about thirty Ming troops surrounding Jianlu and trying to drive Jianlu out of the city, slightly more than Jianlu. However, the combat effectiveness of both sides is not the same.

Not to mention that these Ming army guards at the top of the city are just ordinary soldiers in the Beijing camp. They are mostly untrained and can guard the city head. In this face-to-face fight, even the most elite Ming army servants are not deliberately selected. rival of Jianlu.

If the morale of the Ming army had not been so high, the mere sight of Jianlu rushing to the top of the city would have frightened them into giving up their resistance and fleeing in all directions.

On the top of this city, on one side are the Ming soldiers who want to drive the Jianlu off the city, and on the other side are the Jianlu who want to take advantage of the Ming army's reinforcements to gain a foothold and cover more of their accomplices who rush to the top of the city. In just a short while, the ground was covered with dead and wounded. Of course, the most casualties were the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Daoxuan saw that fewer and fewer of his comrades were being killed by Jianlu, and the support effect of bows and arrows was getting weaker and weaker. Suddenly, he suddenly remembered something. When he turned around, he found that the Ming soldiers at the location of the tiger squatting cannon at the top of the city were being killed. Jianlu's flying ax hit him and he had already died in battle.

He immediately rushed over without saying a word, searched out the fire breaks from the bodies of the dead soldiers, picked up the squatting tiger cannon and rushed over, shouting at the same time: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, the cannon is about to fire." !”

At this time, there were not many Ming soldiers left fighting. Jianlu let go of his hands and started killing heavily. When he was about to expand the front line, he suddenly saw a Ming soldier shouting and rushing over. Huo Zhezi grabbed a door. When the tiger squatted and fired, everyone was frightened.

Their armor and shields were good enough to defend against ordinary swords, guns, bows and arrows, but when faced with this kind of artillery, these veterans of Jianlu knew that they couldn't stop it at close range.

"Quickly, entangle these bright dogs so that they don't dare to fire." A Jianlu leader shouted and commanded in Manchu.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were fighting with Jianlu tried to break away from the battle several times, but they were always entangled by Jianlu and could not give way at all.

At this time, two more Ming soldiers rushed over holding the Tiger Crouching Cannon. When they arrived at Huang Daoxuan's side, they hesitated for a moment when they saw the situation in front of them.

The short Ming soldier who was joking with Huang Daoxuan was already injured. If Jianlu hadn't been scrupulous about killing him, he would have died in the battle at this time.

He saw that behind the Jianlu in front of him, there was a steady stream of Jianlu coming up, and then when he saw his comrades on the wall in the distance, it would be a while before they came to support him, he couldn't help but get jealous and shouted loudly: "Leave us alone." If we let Jianlu come up again, the city will be destroyed!"

"Run away!" Huang Daoxuan shouted anxiously with eyes splitting with anger.

When Jianlu heard this, he pressed forward and deliberately held back his hand, so as not to kill the dozen or so Ming soldiers in front of him. Jianlu, who was on the inside, began to use his hands to attack the Ming soldiers outside with the squatting tiger cannon with weapons such as throwing axes.

The short soldier saw this and knew that he would not be spared. He suddenly shouted: "Fire, I died in the Zhonglie Hall!"

Shouting these words, he dropped his spear at the same time, jumped up, and threw himself at the Jurchen Tatar in front of him.

When the other dozen Ming soldiers saw it, blood rushed to their foreheads, and they all shouted: "See you in the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs! Fire!"

Then, without hesitation, they all lost or threw down their weapons, and jumped towards the Jurchen Tatars in front of them, wanting to die with them.

Their heroic actions made the Jianlu who stormed the city slightly stunned. In their impression, these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not escape when they attacked, which was considered an extraordinary performance. What happened today? Not only did they perform extraordinarily well, but they also risked their lives and even used a strategy of perish together. Are these the same Ming soldiers in my memory, or are they still the soldiers of the Beijing camp who cannot stand a fight?

Seeing this scene, Huang Daoxuan shouted loudly: "Kill the prisoners for revenge!"

In this heart-wrenching cry, the gun in his hand was bent a little closer to the fuse, and the muzzle of the squatting tiger in his arms was flat. Hearing a "boom", a hail of bullets rained down on the fighting crowd in front of him. At the same time, he himself was knocked backwards, and the Tiger Crouching Cannon was released.

Several other Ming soldiers who rushed over with tiger crouching cannons, like Huang Daoxuan, roared and fired.

"Boom, boom, boom" sounds continued. After the smoke, in this section of the city, no matter whether they were soldiers of the Ming Dynasty or siege soldiers, whether they were wearing iron armor or protecting them with shields, no one was spared. On the top of the city, there was no one left standing.

The reinforcements finally arrived. They had no time to help Huang Daoxuan and his colleagues who were knocked over by the tiger squatting cannon. Instead, they passed them and stabbed the Jianlu who started to show up again with their spears.

Outside the city, countless captives appeared at some point, shooting arrows at both ends of this section of the city wall, trying to stop the reinforcing Ming army and trying harder to attack the city again.

However, Jianlu soon became disappointed. The Ming troops on the top of the city used shields and other defensive tools to continuously reinforce this section of the city wall.

What surprised Jianlu even more was that after hearing someone at the top of the city shouting "explosive bombs" loudly, for some reason, "boom boom boom" was heard in the blind spot under the city wall, where artillery bombardment could not reach. ground sound.

A bright light flashed, thick smoke came out, and then all the prisoners under this section of the city wall were heard crying for their fathers and mothers. The power of the explosive bombs is not fatal, but as long as they are within the explosion range, basically no one will be injured.

As soon as five or six explosive shells were thrown, the pressure on the defenders on the city was immediately reduced, and basically no Jianlu appeared again. Taking advantage of this time, the rain of rolling wood, rocks, arrows, and wolf fangs began to unfold in an orderly manner.

The shouts of killing and the roar of artillery on this section of the city wall resounded through the top of the capital city, waking up Hu Guang who had fallen asleep. The battle was so fierce under the night, and he was a little worried, so he climbed to the top of the Bell and Drum Tower of the Forbidden City to watch from a distance.

He looked at the place where the battle was fierce and couldn't help but feel secretly surprised. Huang Taiji seemed to be preparing to withdraw due to the influence of the Battle of Changli, but unexpectedly he was actually still plotting against the capital.

Looking at the direction Huang Taiji chose to attack the city, it was actually in the opposite direction to the main camp at Deshengmen. It was really cunning.

"Your Majesty, from the sound, the war situation seems to be stabilized." Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch guard accompanying him, breathed a sigh of relief and reported to Hu Guang.

Hu Guang nodded and sighed slightly: "Jianlu should not be underestimated!"

At the same time, he also felt a little regretful in his heart. If Gao Yingyuan was in the Jianlu camp, he might be able to learn about Jianlu's movements in advance.

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