Poof!
The deputy general at the top of the city led his men to rush to the horse path down the city wall, and took the lead with the knife in his hand to slash at the soldiers guarding the horse path.
The soldiers guarding the horse road did not expect that the deputy general in the city would attack them. There was a moment of chaos, some dropped their weapons and fled, and some raised their guarding weapons to fight back.
The deputy general who defended the city took the lead in escaping down the city. When the soldiers on the city wall saw this, they had no intention of continuing to defend the city, and they all crowded towards the horse road.
There were only a few soldiers guarding the horse path. Facing the defenders on the city wall headed by the deputy general, they were overwhelmed in an instant, and four or five corpses were discarded on the horse path.
"Damn it!" Zhangjiabao guard noticed the situation on the other side of the horse road and gritted his teeth angrily.
He finally managed to get the defenders on the city wall to give up the idea of escape, but his lieutenant took the lead in escaping down the city wall, causing the situation of the city defenders to fall apart.
More and more city defenders fled towards the horse road.
"All the servants will follow me to the horse path to stop them." The guard general of Zhangjiakou Fort mentioned knocking away the people in front of him and rushing towards the horse path.
With the help of the soldiers and servants, he quickly squeezed to the horse path.
However, before he could take action against the deserters on the horse road, a cannon fired from outside the city hit his head directly and split into pieces like a watermelon that fell to the ground.
The red and white stuff splattered all over the floor, and many of the surrounding soldiers and servants were covered in it.
"The general is dead, the general is dead."
Some soldiers noticed that the guard was killed by a cannon and shouted loudly.
As soon as the guard general died, the last bit of morale of the defenders on the city was gone. The defenders on the city wall swarmed toward the horse road. Even under constant bombardment from artillery outside the city, they still refused to give up and wanted to escape from the city wall.
The guard's servants were quite loyal. Although the guard's broken head could not be picked up, the rest of his body was still snatched off the city wall by the guards' servants.
As for defending the city, these soldiers and servants have never thought about it.
The deputy general who escaped from the horse road to the city first was about to flee back to his mansion and wanted to pack his bags and prepare to escape from Zhangjiakou Fort, but he suddenly stopped when he heard someone on the city wall shouting that the guard general was dead.
"Did someone call the general dead again just now?" the deputy general asked worriedly to the servant next to him.
The servant hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "It seems that someone said that the general is dead."
"The general is dead, the general is dead, run away! The rebels are coming to the city."
Just as the servant finished speaking, someone on the city wall shouted that the guard was dead.
"That's right, the general is dead." The deputy general heard clearly this time and was sure that he heard correctly.
The servant on the side said: "Let's escape first. Regardless of whether the general is dead or not, Yi Xiao thinks that Zhangjiakou Fort can't be defended. It's better to escape from Zhangjiakou Fort as soon as possible."
"No, if the general dies, it will be a good opportunity for you and me." The deputy general said, "Let's go, take the people who are willing to follow us, open the city gate, and we surrender."
Several servants looked at each other.
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you open the city gate quickly!" The deputy general frowned as he looked at his servant.
Seeing that it was not a joke, several servants hurried to the city gate.
With the combined efforts of several people, the city gate was slowly opened.
The deputy general said to the servants beside him: "Everyone, throw away your armor and follow me out of the city."
As he spoke, he took off his mail armor first, threw his sword on the ground, and walked out of the city gate with two legs.
Seeing this, several servants had no choice but to follow him and follow him out of the city gate, discarding their armor.
In addition to them, there were also some defenders who escaped from the city. Seeing that the lieutenants had surrendered, they simply left the city and surrendered.
"Order the artillery team to stop the bombardment and send a team of cavalry over to see what's going on?" Wang Yuncheng, the division commander of the Third War Division, noticed the situation at the city gate ahead through a monocular telescope.
The order was given, the sound of artillery stopped, and a group of cavalry approached the Zhangjiakou Fort defenders outside the city gate.
The cavalry approached the city defenders in front of the city gate and raised their muskets to aim at these people.
"Heroes of the Tiger Flag, I am the deputy general who is guarding the city. The main general who is guarding the city is dead. I have led the city's defenders to surrender. I respectfully invite the heroes to enter the city." The deputy general said nervously.
He knew the blunderbuss in the hands of the cavalry, and was afraid that these people would hit him with the blunderbuss.
"Wait here." The captain of the cavalry said, turning his horse's head and returning to the army outside the city.
He quickly came to Wang Yuncheng on horseback.
"Reporting to the commander, the deputy general of Zhangjiakou Fort has surrendered." the cavalry captain said.
Wang Yuncheng nodded and said to him: "Go back and keep an eye on them."
"Yes." The cavalry captain agreed and rode back.
Wang Yuncheng said to his messenger: "Order the first battle barracks to enter the city and eliminate the remaining forces in the city."
Not long after, thousands of soldiers and horses carrying the tiger-shaped flag and the banner of the First Battle Barracks of the Third Battle Division marched into Zhangjiakou Fort.
After almost a stick of incense, a fast horse came out of the city.
"Reporting to Shizheng, the unrest in the city has subsided. Please enter the city." Kuaiqi came to the news that the First Battle Barracks had suppressed the unrest in the city.
Wang Yuncheng put away the monocular telescope in his hand and said: "The escort team will follow me into the city, and the other battalions will be stationed on the spot."
After saying that, he rode on horseback and led a group of guards towards the Zhangjiakou Fort ahead.
Come to the city gate.
The lieutenant general who surrendered from Zhangjiakou Fort was still detained at the gate of the city.
Wang Zi pointed at the deputy general and said, "Take him with you and let's go into the city together."
It snowed a few days ago in Zhangjiakou Fort, and there is still a lot of snow on the top of the city that has not melted.
Standing on the top of the city, the cold wind was biting. Many soldiers guarding the city huddled behind the crenellations, and a few people huddled together to keep warm.
"Hurry up the beacon, the Tatars are coming."
On the turret at one corner of the city wall, some soldiers discovered a large number of cavalry outside the city.
"The Tartars are attacking the city, the Tartars are attacking the city."
There were soldiers on the top of the city running down the city, shouting loudly, hoping that everyone in the city would hear the news.
At this time, the soldiers on the top of the city did not bother to take shelter from the wind behind the crenellations and began to light the beacon fire.
The weather was dry and cold, and because it had just snowed, the hay and wood used to light the fire were relatively moist. The smoke column quickly rose, and even the strong wind in the air could not disperse it for a while.
News of the Tatar attack quickly spread throughout Zhangjiakou Fort.
The city guard came to the city wall with his soldiers and servants.
"Where are the Tartars?" The general who had just arrived on the city wall asked a soldier guarding the city.
The soldier pointed to the outside of the city.
The guard looked in the direction of the finger.
Wherever he could see, he saw a large number of cavalry heading towards Zhangjiakou, but the distance was too far and it was difficult to estimate the number of invading cavalry at the moment.
"Damn it, don't let me live a good year." The guard said harshly.
Today is the New Year, and the Tatars attacked the city at this time, which made him very unhappy.
