The soldier sent out by Li Huaixin quickly arrived near the general cannons.
When he saw the five destroyed general cannons, he understood why he couldn't hear the sound of his own cannons.
At the same time, he also saw the gunman operating the gun lying on his back behind the parapet, with a gun barrel pressed against his body, and blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth. He was motionless and seemed to be dead.
The soldier did not take a closer look, but returned to the back of the city gate tower.
As soon as he came back, he said to Li Huaixin: "Sir, several of our general cannons have been destroyed, and the commander who commanded these cannons is also dead."
"What a damn bad luck." Li Huaixin cursed, and then added, "Hide them all and wait until the cannons of the Tiger Flag stop firing. If you come out again, I don't believe that their cannons can keep firing."
Without the cannon, standing on the top of the city is a target, and you can only wait for the people with the tiger flag to stop firing.
"Sir, the cannons of the Tiger Flag are bombarding the city wall right now. Why not take this opportunity to leave the city wall first." The soldier suggested.
Li Huaixin was a little moved, but when he thought that if he got off the city wall, the others on the city wall would not be able to defend the city with peace of mind, so he shook his head and said: "Forget it, I will stay on the city wall with the tiger-character flag." When troops are sent to attack the city, I can also fight bravely to kill the enemy."
Seeing that Li Huaixin refused to leave the city wall, the soldiers on the side stopped trying to persuade him.
At this moment, everyone heard a loud roar.
Immediately afterwards, everyone on the city wall felt a shaking under their feet, and Li Huaixin fell to the ground.
"The city is broken, the city is broken, the city is broken!" Someone shouted loudly on the top of the city.
Soon, more and more people shouted that the city was destroyed.
Many soldiers began to run towards the city wall. They were crowded and shoulder to shoulder. Many of them were simply pushed off the top of the city and fell directly into the city.
Fortunately, the city wall is not too high. Even if you fall, you will not die. At most, your arms and legs will be broken.
"Sir, I'm afraid the city wall is broken. My subordinates will escort you away." A soldier beside Li Huaixin said eagerly.
Li Huaixin said with a pale face: "No, we can't leave. Go and stop them all quickly. We must guard the gap in the city wall and prevent the people with the Tiger Flag from entering Xinping Fort through the gap."
As he spoke, he pointed at the soldiers who were squeezing under the city wall.
The soldier on the side said: "Sir, we can't hold it anymore. With so many cannons on the Tiger Flag, we can easily break through the city. Even if we can barely block the gap, the city wall will soon be blasted from other places."
"Yes, sir, Xinping Fort cannot be defended anymore. It is better to escape from Xinping Fort during the chaos and my subordinates will escort you to Datong Fucheng." Another soldier said.
Li Huaixin leaned against a wall of the city gate tower and said with a bitter look on his face: "Is there really nothing we can do? Is it true that Xinping Fort can only be left to the traitors outside the city?"
"Sir, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. The imperial army has more than one million people. Even if the Tiger Character Banner captures Xinping Fort, it won't take long for the imperial court to come back with more troops." The soldiers on the side persuaded.
Li Huaixin hesitated for a moment, and finally turned into a long sigh and said: "I am incompetent, I'm sorry to the court, and I'm sorry to the Holy Emperor."
"Let's go, sir, my subordinates will protect you from the city wall first." The soldiers on the side helped Li Huaixin up.
Li Huaixin stood up.
The soldiers guarding him were all strong men, and they quickly sent Li Huaixin off the city wall and back to the city.
At this time, there was chaos near the city gate, and many soldiers who escaped from the city wall began to loot the shops in the city.
Li Huaixin had decided to abandon the city and flee, turning a blind eye to the behavior of these rebels.
With personal soldiers protecting him, he returned to the General's Mansion smoothly.
All his family property is in the General's Mansion. If he doesn't take away all his money, he knows that in the end he will only benefit the people of the Tiger Flag, and without Le Qian, he will have no money to manage Shangguan, and there will be no way to reduce the cost of abandoning the city. The charge of escaping.
Outside Xinpingbao City.
After the city wall was destroyed by artillery fire, Wang Yuncheng said to Hu Guangyi: "Slow down the artillery fire, leave half of the artillery to bombard the officers and soldiers on the top of the city, and temporarily stop the rest."
"Yes, my subordinates will give the order to stop firing half of the cannons." Hu Guangyi responded.
Wang Yuncheng left the artillery team and returned directly to Chen Xunping.
Chen Xunping smiled and said to Wang Yuncheng: "You came back just in time. You will be in charge of the central army in a while, and I will lead a team of thousands of troops to attack Xinping Fort through the gap in the city wall."
"No." Wang Yuncheng objected immediately and said, "You are the commander of the army. You cannot leave. The thousand-man team has its own captain, and you do not need to lead the battalion yourself."
Zhao Yutu, who was beside the two men, also advised: "Chen Yingzheng, you are the commander-in-chief of the army. You must not leave the army easily. Otherwise, if something happens, the army will easily turn from victory to defeat."
Seeing that both of them were urging him to stay, Chen Xunping sighed helplessly and said, "Forget it, since you don't want me to personally lead the troops to attack the city, then I will stay."
"That's right." Zhao Yutu said with a smile, "Our Tiger Banner is no longer the 1,800 people we used to have. Every battle requires the general to personally kill the enemy. Now we have more than 20,000 soldiers alone, plus The troops are heavily equipped with more than 30,000 troops, and the commander is rarely needed to go into battle in person."
Chen Xunping nodded with a wry smile and said, "There is no need to persuade Mr. Zhao. I understand. We should seize Xinping Fort as soon as possible to complete the task of becoming the master."
"Yes, the matter of capturing Xinping Fort is important." Zhao Yutu nodded.
Chen Xunping then said to his messenger: "Give me the order to order the 1,000-man team of the First Soldier Battalion to enter the city from the gap and clear out the officers and soldiers near the city gate and the city head."
"Yes." The messenger agreed, turned around and ran to deliver the order.
Chen Xunping said to another messenger: "Order the 2,000-man team of the First Soldier Battalion to be the second batch of troops entering the city. After entering the city, they will assist the 1,000-man team in cleaning up the official troops."
"Yes." The messenger agreed and ran to deliver the order.
Soon, two thousand-man troops approached the gap in the wall of Xinpingbao.
The artillery team of the Tiger Character Banner was still firing, but the artillery team avoided the two thousand-man teams and bombarded other positions at the head of Xinpingbao.
The gap that was destroyed by the cannon was very large, much larger than the city gate of Xinpingbao. Two teams of 1,000 men quickly entered Xinpingbao from the gap, and gradually there were shouts of killing.
Hu Guangyi of the artillery team was worried that the artillery pieces would fall into the city and accidentally injure his own people, so he ordered to stop the artillery bombardment of Xinping Fort.
There are no more officers and soldiers on the top of Xinpingbao. The soldiers who originally guarded the city fled and hid, and some soldiers took advantage of the chaos to plunder the shops in the city.
In short, the city was in chaos.
"The city gate is open." Wang Yuncheng, holding a monocular, said.
The city gate of Xinpingbao was opened, and a group of cavalry filed out of the city gate and fled away around the city wall.
