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Bai Jiantu led two thousand deserters and finally passed through the obstacles on the road. He came to the Cangbo Gate on the southeast side of the outer wall and saw that the city gate was closed. There were thousands of young and strong men on the city, led by dozens of Qin soldiers, waiting on the city tower.
As Baiyintu rushed closer, two shots were fired from the city wall, all of which were shotgun shells. The horrific barrage killed dozens of Qing soldiers in an instant. Their horses fell to the ground, causing a cloud of dust and screams.
Not far behind, five hundred Qin soldiers came chasing after them. Bai Yintu was terrified and turned around to flee north without thinking. But wherever they passed by houses, they were greeted by waves of bricks and stones, which made the fleeing Qing soldiers look very embarrassed and people were knocked off their horses from time to time.
The entire outer area was filled with groups of civilians who relied on houses, mountains, and rivers to block the enemy. Even before the Qing army arrived, there were already bursts of gongs and shouts of killing.
If the Qing army dared to stop and attack, it would not be difficult to break through the places where the civilians were stationed. However, as dogs that had lost their homes, they had lost their courage. When they heard the gong sound, they were afraid of being entangled and were so scared that they took the initiative to bypass them.
The 500 Qin soldiers behind were like a cat playing with a mouse, charging from behind from time to time. Bai Yintu became irritated and turned back to kill the 500 Qin soldiers, but the Qin soldiers turned around and ran, leading Bai Yintu towards the direction of the capital.
Seeing that they were going in the wrong direction, Bai Yintu dared not chase anymore. He turned around, and the 500 Qin soldiers behind him chased after him again and kept chasing him.
There were sounds of gongs and drums and shouts of killing everywhere. The Qing army was in a panic and rushed through a woods, only to find that the road suddenly became narrow. Many horses were squeezed into the rice fields and trapped, immediately becoming drowned dogs. The Qin army chasing behind rushed up and shot and killed, killing hundreds of Tartars in one fell swoop.
Baiyintu finally escaped to the Xianhe Gate in the north and found that although there were no artillery here, there were more than 20,000 soldiers and civilians defending the city. Baiyintu was just ordering a thousand men to dismount and attack the city gate tower when thousands of Qin troops came from the north. There was a loud shout.
Baiyintu led several hundred cavalrymen to meet the attack. The five hundred Qin soldiers who had been chasing them rushed from behind and attacked Baiyintu from both sides. Baiyintu led several hundred people to charge back and forth under the Xianhe Gate to protect the troops attacking the city.
Stones rained down from the city walls, and pots of scalding oil were poured down. The Qing soldiers who had dismounted from their horses to attack the city screamed in agony. Lord Sang was also burned, and his entire thigh was red and swollen.
The battle continued on and off the city walls. After nearly half an incense stick of time, the Qing army was unable to take the city, and smoke and dust were billowing from the Chaoyang Gate. Shi Qing brought a thousand cavalrymen to reinforce.
Baiyintu was truly desperate. He abandoned the thousands of troops attacking the city and fled with a few hundred men.
When the Tatars who were in charge of the siege saw Baiyintu running away, they immediately fled and tried to seize horses and escape. Soldiers and civilians on and off the city rushed forward. Stones, bricks, sabers and hoes fell one after another;
The excitement of beating the drowning dog made the people cheer and chase desperately. Even the ten-year-old boys dared to rush up and shoot with slingshots. The accuracy they had practiced from shooting birds was all hit on the Tartars who were running away with their heads in their hands.
The palace was burned by Baiyintu, and the fire was still raging. Shi Qing wanted to tear Baiyintu's bones, and led a thousand cavalrymen to chase him relentlessly. Baiyintu didn't even have the courage to turn back and fight. He was chased all the way, and no matter which city gate he jumped to, there were civilians guarding it, so he couldn't rush out at all. If he was a little slow, Shi Qing would catch up and kill him fiercely;
Moreover, more and more Qin troops surrounded them, and the people in the outer area also attacked in groups, setting up roadblocks everywhere. Baiyintu was dizzy and could not tell the difference between east and west. He was forced into rice fields many times. Every time he was trapped, he lost hundreds of troops. Those who were able to escape were all covered in mud and water, with their limbs weak and in a miserable state.
After turning around, he fled back to Cangbo Gate and saw someone attacking Cangbo Gate from afar. It must be Nikan. Baiyintu was overjoyed. But before he could rush over, cannon fire was heard from the city, followed by stones and bricks raining down. Nikan was also blasted and fled to this side.
Looking closely at the brothers in distress on the opposite side, my God, Nikan was even worse off than him, his face was covered in blood, red and swollen, some parts were even ulcerated, he was almost unrecognizable. There were less than a hundred people left around him, many of them had even lost their weapons, and when they saw Baiyintu, some of them were so excited that they burst into tears. I don't know how many bricks and attacks he had suffered to make these usually brutal Tartars cry like this.
The problem is that Baiyintu is not a savior. It is useless to cry to Baiyintu, because Lord Gushan Ezhen himself has been hit hard and has a bruise on his head.
Before the two groups could express their feelings after their farewell, Shi Qing arrived again. "Lord Ezhen, let's fight the Qin army!" someone shouted, and Baiyintu answered him with a firm attitude.
Run! Run! At the end of the run, Baiyintu found that there were more and more people around him, but unfortunately, it was his own people who were getting fewer and fewer, not the pursuers.
Throughout the entire outer circle, wherever he ran, there would be the sound of gongs and drums. In this way, the people notified the troops in other places that wherever the gongs and drums sounded, the Qin army would surround there, just like they were surrounding a thief.
Baiyintu's horse was too tired to run anymore. The fire in the palace sent up thick smoke, making the surrounding scenery a little blurry. At this time, he saw the lush green mountains in front of him. Baiyintu couldn't help but feel secretly happy, thinking that he had run out of the outer city.
He stopped and took a breath and asked Hong Chengchou: "Hong... .... Hong Daxueshi, where is this, where are we... ... where are we?"
Hong Chengchou replied: "Look north from Yuhua Terrace and you will see Jubao Gate."
Hong Chengchou's voice was so calm that Bai Yintu was frightened: "What? Yuhuatai, to the north is Jubao Gate? Isn't this still in the outer city? Hong Daxueshi..."
"Lord Baiyintu, surrender. Don't waste your energy. It will only make you a laughing stock."
"No, we will definitely get out, we will definitely..." Baiyintu was yelling hysterically when, poof! A finger-sized stone hit him hard on the forehead, and blood immediately spurted out of his forehead.
"I hit it! I hit it!"
On the Yuhua Terrace, a boy about eleven or twelve years old was holding a slingshot and shouting excitedly. Baiyintu was furious, but before he could react, gongs and drums sounded again on the Yuhua Terrace, and large pieces of rocks came crashing down.
Oh my god, I just don't understand, why are there so many stones in Nanjing? They are smashed everywhere... Well, even if you call it the Stone City, it's not good to smash the flowers and plants like this, what if they hit children
Baiyintu felt like crying but had no tears. Not only was his horse too tired to run, but he was also so tired that his limbs were limp. His former glory was no longer there.
There were only a hundred or so people left around him, all of them were panting with their tongues hanging out like dead dogs. The rocks and bricks were thrown at them, and they all cried for their parents. The worst was the one who had lost his armor, who was hit on the head and bled and died under his horse.
"The Tartars can't escape. Kill them!"
“Kill!”
The people on the mountain, and even the monks from Baoen Temple and Xitian Temple on the mountain, all rushed down together. This time, Baiyintu, Hong Chengchou, and Nikan were all unable to escape. They were captured and beaten by the people who surrounded them. If Shi Qing had not arrived to stop them, these people would have been beaten to death on the spot by the angry people.
In the city, Liu Meng did not bother to clear out the fleeing Green Camp soldiers. He took more than 10,000 troops and organized tens of thousands of civilians to rush to the east side of the imperial palace to put out the fire.
However, after the fire spread, the wind fanned the fire and the fire fanned the wind. The imperial palace was tall and huge, and after it all burned, the raging flames reached dozens of feet high. The heat waves could be felt from a distance, and it was impossible to get close. There was no way to put out this fire.
Liu Meng was at a loss as he looked at the raging fire with desperation. He had no choice but to order people to guard the palace to prevent the fire from spreading out. Fortunately, the palace was surrounded by tall walls and a wide moat, forming a fire barrier, and the fire did not spread out.
The Qin army did not attack Nanjing directly at the beginning, but wanted to wait until the periphery was cleared before encircling Nanjing. They did not want the city of Nanjing to be destroyed in the war, including the Nanjing Imperial Palace.
However, now the imperial palace is completely destroyed. Where will the Prince of Qin live after arriving in Nanjing
The imperial palace was destroyed, and his great achievement in capturing Nanjing was basically offset. Even if others didn't say anything, Liu Meng himself was embarrassed to take the credit.
Thinking of this, Liu Meng became furious and immediately threw the captured Baiyintu into the oil pan and fried him.
.(To be continued..)
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