Mingshi

Chapter 592 fierce battle
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Admiral Yu who was beside him immediately followed Luo Xin and shouted: "Huang Taiji, let the horse come here!"

All the generals shouted in unison: "Huang Taiji, let the horse come here!"

"Let the horse come here!" All the Ming soldiers on the top of the city shouted in unison.

Huang Taiji's face was livid, but he clenched his teeth and did not make a sound.He just turned his eyes to the prairie coalition forces who had rushed into the range of the fire oil tank.The atmosphere on the top of the city gradually became chilly. The archers had already set their arrows on the bowstring, and the musketeers had already raised their muskets.The slinger was already squatting beside the log and stone, and the shieldman held his shield high.The rest of the soldiers also held their weapons tightly.

"boom……"

The remaining thirty or so catapults attacked, and countless boulders rose into the air and smashed towards the arrow tower outside the city.

Good luck!
Just this round of attack smashed down an archery tower, Luo Xin couldn't help cheering suddenly when he saw the archery tower collapsed, the Ming soldiers on the top of the wall were full of spirits, and there was no more fear in their hearts.

"Bang bang bang..."

Numerous ladders leaned against the city wall, and the prairie coalition army held the scimitars in their mouths, holding the ladders with both hands, and quickly climbed towards the top of the city.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Ten thousand prairie cavalry outside the city began to shoot arrows, suppressing the Ming soldiers above the city.The prairie shooters on the archery tower were also shooting at the soldiers of Ming Dynasty on the top of the city. From time to time there was a scream from above the top of the city, and a soldier died under the arrows.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Not to be outdone, the Ming archers fought back, and at the same time threw rolling logs and rocks one by one from the city wall.There were screams from above the ladder, and one by one grassland soldiers fell from the ladder.

"boom……"

The catapult attacked again, huge boulders flew across, the bowstrings inside and outside the city were dense and painful, and the arrows in the sky covered the sky and the sun, coming and going.Rolling logs and stones were constantly thrown down from the top of the city, soldiers of the prairie kept falling from the ladders, and at the same time soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on the top of the city fell under the arrows from time to time.

This was a high-intensity confrontation, a high-intensity offense and defense. Everyone on both sides of the offense and defense was tense, and the entire city was miserable.

Emperor Jiajing was sitting in the imperial study, with Xu Jie, Gao Gong and Lu Bing sitting under him.

From time to time, eunuchs sent in messages one by one, and the atmosphere in the imperial study was extremely solemn.One piece of news was circulated in the hands of the four people. When they saw that the fire oil tank was used up, the expressions on their faces became more solemn.The four of them looked out the window at the sky almost at the same time.

The sky was getting dark gradually, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, an eunuch walked in quickly through the door, Huang Jin took the bamboo tube from the eunuch, and walked quickly to Emperor Jiajing, put the bamboo tube on the In front of Emperor Jiajing.Emperor Jiajing took out the silk from the bamboo tube, and as soon as his eyes fell on the writing on the silk, his expression changed and he stood up abruptly.

The actions of Emperor Jiajing made Xu Jie, Gao Gong and Lu Bing's hearts thump violently, and they couldn't help standing up, looking at Emperor Jiajing urgently.Emperor Jiajing paled and handed the silk in his hand to Lu Bing. Lu Bing quickly read it and handed it to Xu Jie.And Gao Gong couldn't wait for Xu Jie to pass the silk to him, so he moved his head towards him, and then his face changed drastically.

"Has the Tartars attacked the city?"

Xu Jie's face was solemn, and when he looked up at the sky again, his face became even more solemn.Emperor Jiajing looked at the sky outside the window and said quietly:

"You said... Luo Xin can hold it?"

"can!"

Lu Bing was the first to answer, because he knew very well at this moment that even if Luo Xin couldn't keep it, he had to say it at this time.Otherwise, Emperor Jiajing's mind would be confused, and he would withdraw some of the soldiers from the three major battalions to protect him and escape to Nanjing. Even if the capital could be held, there would be no hope of holding it.

Xu Jie's lips moved, his heart was really terrified.He really wanted to tell Emperor Jiajing to lead his troops to escape to Nanjing, but when he thought about the consequences, he closed his mouth rationally.At this time, he had a kind of resentment towards Luo Xin in his heart.If it wasn't for Luo Xin to be brave and agree to move the capital to Nanjing earlier, where would there be any danger at this time?

Gao Gong also kept his mouth tightly shut. He was an old-fashioned person who didn't know Luo Xin well, so he couldn't answer Emperor Jiajing's question.Emperor Jiajing looked at Lu Bing and said:
"Why do you think Luo Xin can do it?"

"I believe in Luo Xin!" Lu Bing said firmly: "Because he has never been defeated. Even now, the casualties of the grassland coalition army are far greater than ours. From this aspect, Luo Xin is still undefeated!"

"However, the Tartars still attacked the city!"

"Wei Chen believes that Master Luo will be able to beat the Tartars down again."

Emperor Jiajing looked at Gao Gong: "Gao Qing, what do you think?"

Gao Gong shook his head honestly and said: "I don't know! I don't know Lord Luo well, but as Lord Lu said, Lord Luo has never been defeated so far. Your Majesty should trust Lord Luo."

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie again. At this time, Xu Jie had already made up his mind. Even if he wanted to break out and flee to Nanjing, it was not at this time.At this time, the soldiers of the three major battalions were all fighting fiercely on the top of the city, and they couldn't withdraw at all.If you insist on withdrawing, it will inevitably cause panic, and the capital will be destroyed in an instant.Therefore, even if they want to break out and escape, they have to wait until the grassland coalition forces retreat and night falls.Therefore, at this time, Emperor Jiajing must be given confidence, and Emperor Jiajing must not be disturbed.Dang even nodded as firmly as Lu Bing said:
"Yes, looking at Master Luo's defense in the past ten days, and the previous record, Lord Luo will definitely be able to defend."

Seeing that the three important ministers believed in Luo Xin, Emperor Jiajing felt at ease.He returned to sit down in front of the imperial book table, concentrating on it and not saying a word.Lu Bing said softly:
"Your Majesty, don't worry, there is only more than two quarters of an hour before dusk. I believe Lord Luo will be able to hold on."

Emperor Jiajing nodded, but he was unwilling to speak any more.But his complexion looked better.Four people sat in the imperial study room, no one spoke. Although the four people were trying to be calm, they couldn't hide the anxiety in their hearts.And the four of them raised their heads to look at the sky outside the window from time to time. The four of them had never looked forward to the dark like today.

"it's dark!"

Huang Jin's excited voice suddenly sounded in the quiet imperial study room, and the four suddenly looked up, seeing that the sky outside had already darkened.The four of them couldn't help but suddenly stood up. At this time, there was hurried footsteps outside the door, and an eunuch walked in quickly. Huang Jin went up to meet him, took the bamboo tube from the eunuch, and walked quickly towards Emperor Jiajing.Emperor Jiajing couldn't wait for Huang Jin to come, so he went forward and snatched the bamboo tube from Huang Jin's hand. At this time, Xu Jie, Lu Bing and Gao Gong also forgot the etiquette of emperors and ministers, and rushed to Emperor Jiajing. Beside him, he poked his head and looked.

Afterwards, the four of them all let out a long breath, and Emperor Jiajing suddenly walked towards the gate quickly and said:
"Go to Beicheng!"

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