Seven Days to Save the Great Ming? I'd Rather Hang Myself

Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated, becoming Emperor Chongzhen of the Great Ming, Zhu Youjian.

Bad news: Today is the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen's seventeenth year, and Li Z...

Chapter 242 Tang Tong's Intelligence

Duoduo was extremely angry!

The small Huailaiwei had no moat and not many defenders, so it was impossible to attack.

If Huang Degong escaped, his merit would be secondary, and his brother Dorgon would be in danger.

"Where's the artillery battalion? Bomb it for me! Bomb Huailaiwei into the sky!"

The artillery battalion of the Eight Banners Han Army had already been in position. They arranged the artillery in a row and fired at the city walls of Huailai Wei.

boom!

boom....

Dozens of light and heavy artillery instantly covered the entire Huailai Guard, and the deafening sound of artillery and the sound of shells breaking through the air were endless.

I don’t know how much time passed.

The earth stopped shaking, and everyone's ears felt inexplicably swollen.

"Attack the city!" Duoduo gave an order and the Eight Banners soldiers rushed up again.

This time, the charging Eight Banners soldiers did not encounter any counterattack.

There were no firearms, no bows and arrows, not even any shouting.

Just as they rushed up the ladders and were about to reach the top of the city wall, the Ming army guarding the city stood up at the same time.

Some held shields, some held spears, and others raised stones and smashed them down hard.

The offensive and defensive battle begins again!

Wave after wave of Eight Banners soldiers rushed forward, and wave after wave of Eight Banners soldiers retreated.

Duoduo's eyes were already red with anxiety, but the Ming troops on the city wall were like a dog-skin plaster that could not be removed or driven away.

Cling to them tightly and don't let them take a single step forward!

"Fuck, you are a bunch of losers! Go, put on a few more layers of armor! We must take down Huailaiwei even if it means exchanging two lives for one! I will personally take care of your families as for those who die in the battle!" Seeing that the Eight Banners soldiers failed to take the city after repeated sieges, the anxious Duoduo shouted to the soldiers around him.

These personal soldiers are the elite among the elite. They not only have high combat power but also higher loyalty.

Duoduo would not use these people unless it was absolutely necessary.

Hundreds of personal soldiers quickly put on their armor and came to the bottom of the ladder, then climbed up.

"Kill!" Hundreds of Ming soldiers on the city wall shouted in unison, waving their weapons and fighting with the Eight Banners soldiers who climbed the city wall.

I don’t know how much time passed.

A hint of white appeared on the horizon, and then the sun rose from the east.

When the red sun turned white, Xu Wenpu, who was already soaked in sweat and blood, fell down on the city wall.

He looked at the dozens of Ming soldiers remaining around him and smiled happily.

The rolling logs and stones had long been used up, the small mortars and grenades had also been used up, and there was very little gunpowder left.

The most fatal thing was that the weapons they had changed several times had become curled.

They were happy that more than five hours had passed from the time Huang Degong set out to the time the sun rose.

The mission has been exceeded.

"kill!"

Listening to the shouts and screams coming from under the city wall, Xu Wenpu stood up staggeringly.

The weakness caused by dehydration and exhaustion almost made him fall.

Xu Wenpu supported himself with the other end of his spear and said, "It's great to kill so many Jiannu today!"

"Yeah, it's so...cool!"

"What a pleasure!" the others responded weakly.

"Brothers... Brothers, we... have done our best to serve the court and His Majesty in this life."

"Come on, these cannons are the powerful weapons of our Ming Dynasty. We cannot leave them to the Jiannu."

"I'll count down... to three, and whoever is alive must light the cannon."

Swish!

An Eight Banners soldier leaped onto the city wall.

The Ming soldiers on the city wall endured all kinds of pain and discomfort, stood up, and rushed forward with weapons.

Amid the flashing of swords and sabers, several heavily armored Eight Banners soldiers climbed up the city wall.

"Three!" Xu Wenpu waved his spear and used all his strength to knock an Eight Banners soldier off the city.

Being too weak, he fell to the ground helplessly.

"Two!" Xu Wenpu shouted while crawling on the ground.

As they watched, more and more Eight Banners soldiers rushed up the city wall and stabbed the weak garrison soldiers with swords and spears.

The flesh rolled and the blood gushed out.

The Ming army, which was already small in number, fell one after another.

but.

Next to each cannon on the city wall there was a Ming soldier either lying or sitting.

They lay dying beside the guns, matches in their hands.

"One!" Xu Wenpu shouted loudly with his last bit of strength.

While shouting, he aimed the fuse in his hand at the fuse of the cannon.

Sigh...

boom!

More than a dozen cannons that were overfilled with gunpowder exploded at the same time, and the broken barrels and the bullets inside flew everywhere.

With the huge explosion, the entire city wall shook.

Thick smoke and blood mist rose at the same time, and screams were heard after a long time.

“Help…Help…”

"My eyes...I can't see."

"Hurry...save me."

The elite Eight Banners troops who rushed up the city wall were instantly wiped out.

Dodo's heart was bleeding as he watched the battle!

The corner of his mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he immediately gave the order: "Huailai Wei has been captured, open the city immediately, all cavalry pass through the city, and chase the Ming army with all their strength!"

"Anyone who lags behind will be killed immediately!"

(Ming Ji Bei Lue: Bandits attacked the capital, but the capital was not well guarded, people were demoralized and plague was rampant. There were some who were resolute and determined to die to show their determination. Qianzong Xu Wenpu, the city fell, died in battle. The elite of the Fifth Army Camp, Yang Erge, hanged himself when the city fell.)

......

At this time, Huang Degong was already eighty miles away, less than an hour away from Juyongguan.

He looked back in the direction of Huailai Wei from time to time, begging silently in his heart.

Since there was no baggage, the army marched very quickly.

Finally, before noon, Huang Degong rode his war horse into Juyong Pass.

The walls of the Juyongguan Great Wall were full of soldiers. They first cheered for Huang Degong, and then covered their faces with their clothes and hats, lay on the ground and fell asleep.

Marching more than a hundred miles in eight hours, this is a record for them!

Tang Tong looked at Huang Degong in disbelief: "Marquis Jingnan... is really fast! He marched over a hundred miles in eight hours, not as slow as Qiu Luan back then."

Huang Degong smiled tiredly and said, "I'm ashamed that I threw all the baggage away. If we don't hurry up, I'm afraid it will be unacceptable."

Tang Tong smiled and handed Huang Degong a small jar of liquor.

In those turbulent times, it was quite difficult to find a jar of liquor like this.

Huang Degong knew that it was not easy, so he clasped his hands and said, "Thank you very much."

He opened the wine jar and took a sip before looking at Tang Tong: "Brother Tang, has Dorgon arrived?"

Tang Tong's expression suddenly became serious: "We're here! We arrived an hour earlier than Brother Huang. We arrived at Juyong Pass at the end of the Si hour (11:00 a.m.) today and have already set up camp."