Tong Dingguo is the son of the national hero Tong Hanbang, and has now grown into the deputy general of the first battalion (the rank of deputy general of the first battalion of the National Guard Army is uncertain, ranging from marquis to general)

Chen De was the son of Chen Yongfu, the former commander-in-chief of Henan Province, the man who shot Li Zicheng out of the eye.

Today's achievements are of course inseparable from his hard work. It is not easy to gain a foothold among the generals and generals of the various battalions of the National Guard Army!

Li Daniu is only twenty-one years old this year. Count, he is one of the original members of the East Palace Guards. He was just a soldier at that time.

After leaving the city, various armies set out for the Acropolis that they wanted to attack according to the military map.

During this night march, the soldiers all used the magic weapon given by Emperor Shenwu, which was the headlamp. There should not be too many headlamps. One general flag used five headlamps. As long as they could see the road, turn off the headlamps when approaching the city...

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In the dark night, the defenders in Chijin City fell asleep early. They would never have imagined that they had been surrounded by the Ming army.

The nomads do not like to build strong cities like the Han people, and they do not have the conditions to build strong cities. Not only the Seven Guards of Guanxi are all earth cities, but even the capital of the Yarkand Khanate is an earth and stone city.

This kind of city wall is not high, but very strong.

Looking at the not-so-high earthen wall in the darkness, Zhang Huangyan remembered the words of Emperor Shenwu:

"The Western Regions are mostly made of earthen walls, which are very thick and strong. They are useful against nomads, but are barely able to deal with artillery shells. The Ming army did not bring heavy artillery during this western expedition. They could use explosives to blow up city walls or gates...

They did not carry heavy artillery, so Zhang Huangyan decided to use gunpowder to blow up the city:

"Li Mu, lead two hundred people to dig holes under the city wall, use explosives to blow up the city wall, and prepare mortars. If discovered by the defenders on the city, they will immediately fire bombs on the top of the city."

"Here!"

Li Mu took the order and led two hundred people carrying military shovels, and quickly began to dig holes and fill them with explosives. Fortunately, the nomadic cities did not have moats, so it was not only troublesome.

The two hundred people moved very quickly. Until they had buried all the explosives, the defenders on the city did not notice it. They hurriedly sent a person back to report:

"General, the explosives have been planted."

After receiving the report from his subordinates, Zhang Huangyan smiled coldly:

"Such an army dares to compete with our Ming Dynasty. It's like having water in their heads and starting a fire."

"Here!"

The ignition order was given, and the two hundred-man team quickly lit the explosive fuse and immediately ran back quickly...

"Chichi..."

I saw countless tiny tongues of fire lighting up in the dark night, quickly moving downstream of Chijin City.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

Suddenly, a series of violent explosions sounded under the city wall, and the fire quickly illuminated the night sky above the city wall...

Following the violent explosion, the earth city collapsed instantly in the explosion, leaving a large gap of about thirty steps...

Just after the explosion, the Ming army commander Zhang Huangyan gave an order:

"Soldiers, kill..."

The Ming army outside the city had long been prepared to enter the city. Following Zhang Huangyan's order, 20,000 Ming troops crossed the horse wall and entered the acropolis.

"Kill..."

The defenders at the city gate were dozing off, and when the city wall collapsed, their lives were almost wiped out.

The Yarkand garrison in the city was still sleeping at this time, and when the soldiers entered the city, they encountered no resistance.

When the defenders of the Yerqiang Khanate woke up from their dreams and hurriedly ran out to resist, all 20,000 Ming troops had entered the city. As soon as many soldiers ran out, they were fired upon by the Ming troops with guns:

"Bang bang bang..."

The Lord of the Guard City was awakened by the huge explosion. He had no time to put on his clothes and hurriedly ran out of the room and shouted:

"Come on, come on, come on, has the earth dragon turned over..."

The huge explosion shook the entire Acropolis, and the Yarkand Khanate defender thought it was an earthquake...

A soldier covered in blood stumbled up to him:

"General, something bad happened. The city wall was blown down by the Ming army. They have already rushed into the city..."

The defender of the city was shocked when he heard this:

"How is it possible? The Ming army never attacked the city at night...

The soldier remembered that he almost cried and shouted hurriedly:

"General, the Ming army has really entered the city, think of a way quickly..."

Only then did the guard react and hurriedly shouted:

"Quickly, quickly pass on this general's order to gather the troops and eliminate the Ming army entering the city. There will be many rewards!"

"yes!"

There were 10,000 defenders in the acropolis. In addition to the soldiers who were defending the city who were killed by bombing or beating, there were thousands more soldiers in the city.

Hawani hurriedly organized five thousand soldiers, lit torches and headed towards the city gate. Not far away, he noticed a bright light ahead.

It was the Ming army led by Zhang Huangyan who came. They all wore miner's lamps on their heads, lighting up the dark night.

"What is that thing? Stop moving forward..."

The eyes of the soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate were blurred, and Hawani hurriedly sent an order to stop the army's advance.

After their eyes adjusted, they discovered that there was a group of people lined up on the opposite side.

The soldiers on the opposite side were wearing battle uniforms they had never seen before. They looked like cotton-padded clothes. They were not the traditional battle armor of the Ming army at all. They all wore something radiant on their heads and held a weapon they had never seen before.

The Yarkand Khanate had cold weapons. They had never seen muskets, let alone more advanced firearms such as rifles.
Chapter completed!