Mu Qiyuan originally planned to let the cavalry enter the city first, using the speed of the cavalry to rush through a hole, then open the city gate to cover the army entering the city, and now the collapsed city wall is only the size of a door, and there is a half-foot-high sill underneath. , The horse was difficult to move forward, so the infantry had to enter the city first.
The violent bombardment of artillery just now killed many defenders at the top of the city. The defenders who did not die were either frightened or stunned by the artillery. They didn't find the Ming army until the Ming army approached the collapsed city wall.
According to the guard of the southern city gate, it was the five hundred soldiers of the Third Army of Danjung Wangpo. There were no more than a hundred casualties. The remaining four hundred people, although they could not hear the sound, quickly picked up the swords and guns in their hands. They are worthy of the Tibetan and Pakistani army. The elite.
While guarding the collapse of the city wall, they waited for the opportunity to send someone to report Dan Jiong Wangpo.
Although the Ming army had the advantage of flintlocks, the Tibetan soldiers hid behind the city wall after several losses. The flintlock bullets did not turn around, and they couldn't shoot Tibetan soldiers at all.
To shoot the Tibetan soldiers, the Ming army had to lean in from the collapsed city wall, but in this way, the Tibetan soldiers would slash the Ming army before the flintlock was aimed at.
The two sides compared speed and judgment, and they completely broke through the fear of death.
The Ming army failed to break through the Tibetan defense in several raids, and the two sides started a tug-of-war at the collapsed city wall.
Mu Qiyuan also rushed to the forefront of the battlefield. Seeing that the Ming army was unable to enter the city, he frowned, and finally came up with a way: "With grenades, don't fight against the Tibetan soldiers."
"Yes, Army Seat."
The soldiers temporarily surrounded the gap. They took off the grenades from their waists, pulled out the lead wires, and threw them into the city through the hole.
The Tibetan soldiers also wanted to cut off the Ming army's arm with a scimitar, but the Ming army's arm suddenly stretched in. Before their scimitar fell, they had retracted, and they could only stare.
"Boom."
"Boom."
"Boom."
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A large number of grenades were thrown in against the city wall, exploding just where the Tibetan soldiers were standing.
There was another bloody storm.
When the grenade exploded, the sound was far less terrifying than the flower bullet, but there were so many grenades that exploded beside the Tibetan soldiers, and the damage to the Tibetan soldiers was much greater.
The Tibetan soldiers were once again shocked by the firearms of the Ming army.
At the moment when the Tibetan soldiers were stunned, some bold Ming troops rushed in directly through the gap, and the flintlock bullets mercilessly fired at the Tibetan soldiers inside the gap.
The Ming army entered the city to make the Tibetan soldiers sober. They used scimitars and spears, and rushed towards the Ming army entering the city. The Ming army entering the city had no time to reload the ammunition, so they had to use flintlock to resist for a while.
The Ming army entering the city blocked the attack of the Tibetan soldiers with their bodies, and subsequent gunmen came in through the gap. Although they did not enter the city, their flintlock guns had already penetrated into the city and pointed at the Tibetan soldiers who had come.
The Tibetan soldiers were struck by a continuous blow and grenades. They were initially frightened. Now they encountered a large number of flintlocks from the Ming army. They finally began to retreat and gave up the gap in the city wall to the Ming army.
While entering the city through the gap, the Ming army fired from the gap.
The Tibetan soldiers also counterattacked the Ming army entering the city, but the range of the flintlock gun was insurmountable. The remaining two hundred Tibetan soldiers soon fell near the gap.
The soldiers entering the city through the gap quickly established a line of defense while opening the south gate to respond to the army's entry into the city.
After entering the city, Mu Qiyuan left a regiment to guard the city gate. The infantry units were united by regiments, and they met each other, searching for Tibetan soldiers in the city, while cavalry marched along the city wall to meet the Ming army from other city gates entering the city.
Dan Jong Wangbo was shocked when he heard the message that the Ming army entered the city from the southern city gate. The scimitar in his hand fell on the ground without knowing it. The scimitar pierced the instep of a guard next to him, and the guard sent out He woke up with a low cry.
"It's only an hour before the Ming army has entered the city. What do you do for food? It's really useless."
The city still has to be defended. Now that the Ming army has surrounded Xigaze, it is impossible for Dan Jiong Wangpo to abandon the city and escape.
"The Fourth Army quickly went to reinforce the Nancheng Gate. No matter what happens, the Ming Army must be kept out of the city. Otherwise, come see you."
"Follow the order of Zangpa Khan."
Danjong Wangbo’s Fourth Army, not far from the southern city gate, encountered a thousand-member regiment of the Ming Army. They relied on their superiority in numbers and did not use bows and arrows. They wielded a machete and rushed towards the Ming Army. .
The Ming army did not panic either. They had already set up a flintlock array with a width of three hundred people. There were three rows in the array, and there were more than two hundred gunners in the back.
"boom."
"boom."
"boom."
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When the Tibetan soldiers entered the range of 100 paces, the first row of gunmen fired first, with 300 bullets. The number of fallen Tibetan soldiers exceeded 100. When the shooting speed of the infantry was much slower, the hit rate of the flintlock was greatly improved.
The Tibetan soldiers were stunned for a while, and in the blink of an eye, their companions fell over a hundred, and apart from hearing the sound, they didn't even see how their companions suffered casualties.
The elite of Zangpa Khan is invincible, they only have a short hesitation, and then rushed to the Ming army.
The flintlocks of the gunmen in the second row blared, and about a hundred Tibetan soldiers fell. Many of the wounded soldiers were not completely dead, and they rolled and shouted on the ground.
The Tibetan soldiers had no time to stop, and they continued to attack the Ming army's position.
Three waves of shooting have caused more than a thousand casualties of Tibetan soldiers.
They stopped again, but Zangpa Khan gave them the order to die, they must drive the Ming army out of the city, otherwise, when they saw Zangpa Khan, they were also dead. Instead of being executed by Zangpa Khan, they should die on the battlefield. .
The Tibetan soldiers attacked again, and their mouths seemed to be singing. The Ming army could not understand the lyrics, and only heard a few simple syllables: "Hum, Mami Mami Boom!"
The gunmen of the Ming Army were all regular soldiers who had undergone rigorous training. Moreover, they were not Buddhists and did not understand Buddhist language. They would only use flintlock guns to entertain their enemies.
The defenders of the South City Gate heard the sound of the dense flintlocks ahead, and knew that there were a lot of Tibetan soldiers. If it weren't for a friendly army to withstand these Tibetan soldiers, they would definitely face great pressure.
The defending army divided out six hundred soldiers and joined them in the gunners of the Ming army. The rest of the soldiers still held on to the gate.
I didn't know that after several waves of shooting, until all the Tibetan soldiers in front fell, they also failed to break through the 100-step death line.
The 200-odd Ming troops who had been serving as substitutes, holding sabers in their hands, rushed forward to reap the wounded soldiers of the Tibetan army until they all died.
Danjong Wangbo has been waiting for the message from the South City Gate. The message from the South City Gate has not yet returned, but the message from the East City Gate has arrived first.
"Zangpa Khan, it's not good, the East City Gate was broken by the Ming army."
"What are you talking about?" Dan Jiong Wangbo jumped up from his seat and locked the collar of the messenger: "Do you dare to fake the military order and disturb the military's morale, I will kill you."
"Zangpa Khan," the soldier was crying, "How many heads does the villain have? How dare to pass the military order? The Dongcheng gate was indeed broken by the Ming army, and all the five hundred defenders were killed. If it can't be stopped..."
"Stop talking," Dan Jiong Wangpo loosened the collar of the messenger, and pushed the messenger backwards. There was only the first army as a personal guard beside him. "The first army, adjust two thousand soldiers. Go and reinforce the East City Gate. Remember, this is the last reserve army. If there are any more reinforcements, I will no longer have this."
"Yes, Zangpa Khan, we will definitely drive the Ming army out of the city."
Dan Jiong Wangbo folded his hands together and prayed to himself, trying to suppress the stormy waves in his heart.
He has three elite troops in the city with a total of 9,000 soldiers. Now the Third Army is scattered across the gates, and the Fourth Army went to the Nancheng Gate. Even the First Army, as a guard, has mobilized 2,000 men. To help defend the East City Gate, he now only has a thousand guards left in his hands.
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. It was only an hour's time before the Nancheng Gate and the Dongcheng Gate were in a hurry. What is the sacred army of the Ming army? Are they sent by the Buddha to punish themselves? Haven't I been building Kagyupa monasteries all the time? Is the Gelugpa school the disciple of the Buddha's inheritance
"Zangpa Khan, I am going to arm the serfs in the city. If necessary, I can ask them to help defend the city." A general next to Dan Jiong knew that Zangpa Khan had no reserve forces.
"Go, hurry." Danjiong Wangpo had already planned to arm the serfs. He planned to hand out knives and guns to the serfs at a critical moment. He didn't expect this critical moment to come so quickly.
Seeing the general away from the back, Dan Jiong Wangpo could only smile bitterly. His three most elite armies could not resist the Ming army for an hour by relying on the city walls. What use are these untrained serfs? Dead horse right to be a living horse doctor!
Danjiong Wangpo could no longer see the fighting power of the serfs. As soon as the general left, a group of Ming troops searched for it. Danjiong Wangpo’s guards were shocked. They used their bodies as cover to protect Dan. Jiongwangbo protection is at the core.
The Ming army did not know the identity of Dan Jiong Wangbo. The gunmen shot at the Tibetan soldiers scattered on the periphery, and ignored the crowd in the center for the time being. In a short while, Dan Jiong Wangbo's guards understood Ming Jing's intentions, and those guards standing on the periphery unconsciously moved closer to the crowd.
The Tibetan soldiers crowded together and accidentally pushed to Danjiong Wangpo, but they all looked at the Ming army in front, and no one noticed that Danjiong Wangpo fell down until he made a call.
The guards raised Dan Jiong Wangbo and pleaded with him.
Dan Jiong Wangbo was surrounded by his guards. He was not tall, and he couldn't see what was happening outside and why there were loud and dense noises.
When the guards in front gradually became thinner, Dan Jiong Wangbo saw the Ming army soldiers holding flintlocks from among the people. At this time, there were no more than 500 guards beside him.
"Quickly, return to the main hall." Dan Jiong Wangbo hoped that the thick earth walls and iron gates of the main hall could temporarily block the Ming army. As long as his elite troops came over, he could counterattack.
The guards surrounded Dan Jiong Wangbo and retreated to the back hall.
When the Ming army saw that the Tibetan soldiers were about to flee, they quickly surrounded the Tibetan soldiers. A soldier saw that there were many Tibetan soldiers holding an officer, probably a big man, and he quickly aimed at this big man.
"boom."
The flintlock bullet penetrated Dan Jiong Wangbo's thigh.