: Blow you to death

"What, Wu Sangui wants to be with me!" Yi Tusheng asked Kong Shen who came to report in surprise. Kong Shen spread his hands and said, "This kid is crazy. He will fight later, and then be with me again later, so he may not be able to resist it. General Tian asked me to report that we have also suffered a lot of losses. Should we withdraw first and rectify it first, and then send troops to fight another day!"

"It's not impossible. After today's battle, Wu Sangui will definitely lose all his strength. Next attack will inevitably be unstoppable and save a lot of casualties. What I am worried about at this moment is Mao Wenlong. If he is determined to go against me, it will be really not easy!" Yi Tusheng said.

Kong Shen didn't say anything because he didn't pay attention. Yi Tusheng pondered for a moment and said, "It's better to let Tian Ji retreat. Zu Dashou and others continued to siege the city, draw two hundred cannons from each of the four gates, pull them onto the main road, and ambush them around. As long as Mao Wenlong enters the range, he will do it first and give him a warning. If he surrenders, I will let him hit Wu Sangui. If he is obsessed, I will completely destroy him, let the people of the world see the consequences of offending me, Yi Tusheng, and also give the court a warning. They thought that Yi Tusheng was a soft persimmon, and they could pinch it as much as they want, and make small moves behind their backs. Look, this is the outcome."

After learning about Yi Tusheng's strategic intention, Tian Ji pondered for a moment and immediately shouted at the top of the city: "Wu Sangui, He Jian, listen to you, the prince has decided to give you two a chance to correct your mistakes. Now I will start to withdraw my troops, but the soldiers and horses in the besieged city will not retreat. The Regent will give you a day and a night. Tomorrow morning, you two must go to the camp to apologize, otherwise you will know the consequences. I will not be so polite next time I come."

Wu Sangui bowed and suddenly remembered something: "General Tian, ​​ask you, how good is my father?" Tian Ji laughed and said, "Okay, it's very good. The Regent takes great care of him, gives him food, drink, and gives him women. He is so happy now that he can't even drive him away."

Wu Sangui was shocked and hurriedly said, "I would like to ask General Tian to take care of his father. Wu is very grateful." Tian Ji snorted coldly, without any ties, and ordered Mingjin. The army retreated two miles, but still besieged Beijing City, and some artillery and rifle soldiers were on high alert.

Half an hour later, all the eight hundred cannons drawn from four gates came to the main road, and were commanded by Tian Ji. Tian Ji was ashamed and came to Yi Tu Sheng and said, "Prince, the general is entrusted and failed to capture Beijing. Please punish him." Yi Tu Sheng faced the generals and said, "The responsibility lies with me in this defeat, and it has nothing to do with the generals. It is because I miscalculated the strength of the enemy. General Tian and General Owl were able to decisively turn the artillery and turn the situation around. Not only did they have any mistakes, but they made contributions. I decided to reward them with two thousand taels of silver each. What are your objections?"

The generals said in unison: "The prince's rewards and punishments are clear. We admire him very much, and there is no objection." Yi Tusheng pointed to the road ahead and said: "Mao Wenlong's army is coming. I ask for eight hundred Shenwu cannons to ambush in three directions, look at my command of the flag, and fire together. Leave the rest to General Tian to command."

Tian Ji was decisive in his work and never dragged on the water. He immediately allocated eight hundred cannons in three directions, leaving only a gap in the north, allowing Mao Wenlong to fall into the trap. After these things were arranged, an hour had passed, and the sun had risen to the sky and was close to noon.

The earth suddenly shook, and the sound of horse hooves like drifting from afar. Yi Tusheng smiled and pointed at the front with a horse whip and said, "Mao Wenlong's men are here, send me an order to attack me." Kong Shen smacked his lips: "Tsk tsk, this is not good. They have just arrived and have not publicly opposed the prince. They just fired like this, I am afraid they will not accept it." Yi Tusheng said, "If he reasoned with me, I am the Regent, I can do his crime of leaving the defense without hesitation. If he beg me for mercy, I will say: Treat him as Gao Yingxiang's defeated general. If he beat him wrong, what can he do to me!"

"Good idea!" Kong Shen smiled bitterly and raised his arm. The commander standing on the treetop immediately raised the flag in his hand and issued orders to the artillery group. The flag was raised and fell. In an instant, the deafening sound of cannons erupted, and flowers exploded five miles away, just like millions of volcanoes erupting at the same time, and black mushroom clouds rushed to the sky. The situation was so terrifying that it was probably something that ancient wars had never seen.

Yi Tusheng calculated silently in his heart that it would take about five minutes to fire the cannon and shouted: "Stop, stop." The messenger sent the order again, and the artillery fire from three directions were extinguished together. The black smoke gradually spread like a huge fishing net, covering all dozens of miles. The shouts, screams, and horse hooves were chaotic. Yi Tusheng's men and horses formed a solid formation and looked into the distance. Each soldier showed a cruel smile on his face. Seeing the enemy, being tortured by his own artillery fire, it would be strange if he didn't smile.

"Kong Shen obeys the order!" Yi Tusheng looked ahead and said lightly. The smoke became thinner and thinner, and you could already see a scene outside. Kong Shen: "I will obey the order." Yi Tusheng said: "Take the rifle soldiers in the past, say hello to Mao Wenlong, and ask him which part of him is from?"

Kong Shen smiled and said, "What if Mao Wenlong is killed by the bomb?" Yi Tusheng said, "Then you announce my will and let them all dismount and surrender!" Kong Shen said, "What if they cannot surrender?" Yi Tusheng said, "Then come back quickly. I will order the artillery group to continue firing artillery and blow them up." Kong Shen sighed, "I hope they will wake up in time. After all, they will have tens of thousands of lives. Although I am a horse thief, I have not yet been cruel enough to destroy tens of thousands of lives in one hour!"

Yi Tusheng sneered: "A general succeeds and thousands of bones are undone. What's so strange about this? Your thinking can only be a horse thief, but not a general." Kong Shen shook his head, whistled, and took a thousand rifle soldiers from his headquarters to go straight ahead to kill. The black fog was cut by the fast-reacting cavalry, forming a black tunnel.

"Hey, listen to the people in front of you. I am Kong Shen, the general under the command of Yi Tusheng, the Regent of the Ming Dynasty. The Regent asked me to ask you, which part of you are from, and let your leader come out to answer. I will give you half a stick of incense. If no one stands up, the artillery fire will continue. Do you understand?" Kong Shen did not dare to get too close and shouted from a distance.

"We... I am Mao Wenlong, I am also the marshal of the Ming Dynasty. Don't fire the cannons, don't fire the cannons!" Before he finished speaking, there was a response in front of him, and he actually claimed to be Mao Wenlong.

"Mao Wenlong? I haven't heard of it. Where are you? Why did you run to the capital? Who did you follow the order? If you can't explain it clearly, it's just a rebellion, and artillery fire will still come." Kong Shen said again.
Chapter completed!