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Bombs were thrown from the wall into the barbican.
The bombing caused the Jin soldiers inside the fortified city to flee in agony.
Chapter 3155 Siege
The Ming soldiers seized the opportunity to rush into the barbican.
Open the city gates to welcome more friendly troops in.
Wanyan Zonghan felt a chill run down his spine.
He sent out several squads of infantry to block the streets.
They took their main force and fled.
They even sent people to burn down the granaries.
Fighting street battles inside the fortress.
We also need to deal with this kind of enemy.
It seems outrageous no matter how you look at it.
Wanyan Zonghan could find no hope of victory.
He planned to retreat to the open terrain surrounding Xinzhou City.
Then concentrate your forces to fight the Ming army.
The Jin infantrymen left behind to cover the retreat.
It didn't last long either.
They lined up and blocked the street.
Some people even climbed onto the roof to shoot arrows.
Only bows and arrows could inflict sporadic casualties on the Ming army.
A direct confrontation is simply not enough to withstand the combined impact of cold and hot weapons.
"Woooooo~~~"
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
However, it was Chen Ziyi who led the cavalry.
Enter through the city gate of Chitang Pass.
Upon learning that the Jin troops on the main road of the pass had been defeated,
He immediately led his cavalry out.
They attempted to leave behind more retreating enemy troops.
Thick smoke billowed from the city's granaries.
Because the Jin soldiers set the fire in a rather hasty manner
Thanks to the swift rescue efforts of the Ming soldiers...
At least half of the food supplies can be saved.
At the north gate of the fortress.
It blocked a large number of Jin Dynasty infantry.
There were Jurchen, Bohai, Khitan, Xi, Han...
They were all terrified.
Fear of the unknown outweighed courage.
At this moment, all they knew was to scramble for their lives.
Instead, they trapped themselves at the city gate.
Chen Ziyi could only lead his cavalry in repeated archery charges.
The Jin soldiers fleeing from one side of the city were so frightened that they scattered to both sides.
They fled along the base of the city wall, heads down.
The weapons have long since been thrown away somewhere.
The routed soldiers inside the city gate had nowhere to escape.
They could only push even more frantically to the front.
The more you squeeze, the tighter it gets.
There wasn't even room to turn around.
Large numbers of fleeing soldiers were pushed to their deaths.
Then he was trampled to death.
The routed soldiers were in a panic.
Chen Ziyi was also very anxious.
He wanted to chase them out.
Now the road is completely blocked by the fleeing soldiers.
"Lay down your weapons and kill only the Jurchens!"
"Lay down your weapons and kill only the Jurchens!"
Chen Ziyi called out twice,
His cavalrymen shouted in unison.
The defeated Jin soldiers inside the city walls were desperate to survive.
Those who were not Jurchen knelt down and surrendered.
Some even took the opportunity to kill Jurchen soldiers to gain merit.
Defeated soldiers inside the city gate.
It's difficult to surrender even if you want to.
While begging for mercy,
They involuntarily squeezed outwards.
After messing around for a long time,
The city gate tunnel is finally open.
Corpses were scattered all over the place.
Moreover, 99% of them died from being trampled.
Outside the north city wall of Chitang Pass,
The routed soldiers who had broken free were fleeing.
Groups of three or five stretched out for two miles.
Chen Ziyi led his cavalry in a fierce battle.
They shouted "Kill only the Jurchens" along the way.
In reality, they only kill the unlucky ones who get in their way.
More and more fleeing soldiers moved toward the mountain walls on both sides.
Give up the valley passage and kneel down to surrender.
Running for several miles,
The valley entrance is ahead.
The view outside the valley suddenly opened up.
Wanyan Zonghan had already fled with his cavalry.
They even brought a large number of spare warhorses.
Let the infantrymen who escaped the valley ride away.
Chen Ziyi continued running for another ten miles.
Ahead stood tens of thousands of Jin Dynasty infantry and cavalry in formation.
The Jin soldiers, already traumatized by the fighting,
At this moment, I am both shocked and scared, and exhausted.
Yet they can still form formations in the wild.
They even organized cavalry to launch a counter-charge against Chen Ziyi.
Chapter 3156 Retreat to the Valley
"Retreat to the valley!"
Chen Ziyi's several thousand cavalry...
They chased after the fleeing soldiers at breakneck speed.
We've now made our money back.
There's no need to trade lives with the Jin Dynasty's top elite troops.
Seeing the Ming cavalry retreat,
Wanyan Zonghan also breathed a sigh of relief.
He can't back down anymore.
This place must be blocked.
Because once the road is cleared...
The Ming army could then turn southeast.
Block the Jin army's retreat route at Shiling Pass.
Then, they attacked Shiling Pass from both the north and south.
.....
Several Jin Dynasty light cavalrymen,
They sped toward Shiling Pass, twelve miles away.
That area was guarded by Wanyan Loushi.
Because the terrain is easier to defend than to attack.
There were only a few thousand Jin soldiers here.
The Ming army that attacked Shiling Pass
Li Jinyi was the commander-in-chief.
Yao Pingzhong and Guo Yaoshi were appointed as deputy generals.
This area is also a valley terrain.
But at the mouth of the valley to the north,
A mountain range of earth and stone rises across the landscape.
Shiling Pass was built on the ridge.
Artillery can only fire at an upward angle.
Moreover, it is extremely difficult to hit the target.
The shelling lasted for two months.