The battle at the old Qin Palace has continued until the second day, and the intensity of the resistance of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia far exceeded Wanjun's expectations.

At noon, Tan Ma galloped from Changle Gate. Nikan divided the troops and horses into two parts. The 20,000 troops at the rear blocked Li Wenlong, while the 30,000 troops and horses were already galloping towards Xi'an.

Wan Jun said, "It's too late!"

At this time, we should retreat to Xi'an. Where should we retreat? If 30,000 Manchu soldiers come to pursue us, these 7,000 soldiers may be in trouble.

One second later, the danger will increase. Wan Jun said, "Where is Cui Ziyi? Ask him to come see me quickly."

Suddenly there was a loud "boom" and the earth seemed to tremble.

Wan Jun was startled, "What's going on?"

Soon soldiers came to report that the outer wall on the west side of the old Qin Palace had been blown down.

Wan Jun hurriedly led his troops over and saw that the Xiao wall on the west and north side had collapsed, and the earth and rocks were piled up to form a slope.

Cui Ziyi was leading his men to fight on the city wall when Wanjun shouted, "Success or failure depends on this, brothers, follow me!"

A large group of Chinese troops rushed up the city wall from the slope and fought with a handful of Eight Banners soldiers.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia had few troops, and most of their troops were attracted to Luxing Gate in the south. There were only a few patrols here, and they were completely unable to resist.

Seeing that the city wall had been taken down, Cui Ziyi hurriedly said to Wan Jun, "Don't worry about the city gate and rush north. The nearest inner city Guangzhi Gate is definitely empty of defenses now."

Upon hearing this, Wanjun immediately led his troops to rush down the city wall and head north along the dry river surrounding the city. Along the way, various government offices, houses and residences were complete, but they were all empty.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty used the Palace of the Prince of Qin to dominate the city and prohibited Han people from entering. The houses in various places had been allocated to the garrisoned Eight Banners troops. Due to the short time, the families of the Eight Banners had not yet arrived.

Wanjun led his troops over and arrived at Guangzhi Gate without any hindrance. As Cui Ziyi said, the guards were very empty, with only a dozen soldiers on the top of the city.

Seeing a large group of soldiers and horses suddenly rushing to Guangzhi Gate, the Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall quickly fired arrows, but a few sparse arrows could not stop the grenadiers at all.

With a "boom", a big hole was blown open in the city gate of Guangzhimen, and a large group of Chinese troops rushed straight into the inner city.

Wan Jun breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he entered the inner city, the whole city would be destroyed.

Hauge was originally stationed at the Sheji Hall at Duanli Gate in the southern city, personally commanding the Eight Banners soldiers to defend the Luxing Gate. After nearly two days of defense, the Chinese army was unable to advance at all. Most of Nikan's troops were about to return. Victory was in sight. Hauge had already

I started to feel secretly happy.

Just waiting for the Nikan army to return to the city, they will attack from inside and outside. The Xi'an city wall is a prison for the Chinese army, and there is no escape.

Unexpectedly, the world trembled and there was a loud "boom".

Although Hauge didn't know what happened, his heart trembled. This loud noise was definitely not a good thing for the defenders of the city.

Sure enough, patrols soon came to report that a large section of the western wall had been blown down.

"Send someone quickly to block the gap!"

However, Hauge quickly came to his senses and called the ordering soldiers. Soldiers were needed to defend the gap, but how many soldiers could the Luxing Gate mobilize?

Hauge had been in battle for a long time, and he quickly made up his mind, "There is no need to defend the outer city. Go quickly and order everyone to retreat to the inner city. Return immediately without any mistakes."

Seeing the messenger kneeling on the ground singing "Cha", Hauge hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the messenger and said, "Go quickly!"

However, there were four gates in the inner city. How could the Eight Banners soldiers with less than a thousand defend them? Hauge knew something was wrong, so he called his son Gu

Luo Luohun, the king of Taihe County, said, "You each take two hundred soldiers and go to Tirenmen and Zunyimen as soon as possible."

The west gate Tiren Gate and the east gate Zunyi Gate are both in the south of the inner city, and are very close to the south gate Duanli Gate, so their troops can support each other.

Only Guangzhi Gate is on the north side of the city wall. It is the farthest and is the place where Hauge is most worried. "Give me three hundred soldiers, and I will personally guard Guangzhi Gate."

Wan Jun led people into Guangzhi Gate, and inside the city wall was a bamboo forest. It was near the end of the year, and the bamboo leaves were dark green with black and gray.

The paths between the bamboo groves are winding and decorated with various flowers, plants and fake rocks. Although the weather has become cold, the scenery is still wonderful. This is the back garden of the old Qin Palace. It was only two or three years after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and the flowers and plants are still the same as before.

A large group of Chinese soldiers stepped out of the bamboo forest, and their eyes suddenly opened up. They saw a courtyard paved with bluestones and a palace gate with red walls.

Entering the palace gate, there are white marble carved railings and painted buildings, and the corridors are connected to a palace.

Turning around the palace, Wanjun bumped into Hauge who was leading people.

Seeing a large group of Tatars coming in a hurry, the Chinese soldiers shouted loudly and then formed a formation on the white marble corridor and fired.

A burst of green smoke burst out, a hail of bullets swept past, and the Tatars wearing exquisite cotton armor fell to pieces.

Haug roared angrily, drew his knife and took the lead in charging forward.

Wan Jun waved his hand, and two more battalions of soldiers lined up on the stone steps and fired at the Qing soldiers together.

However, two rounds of volleys were fired, and all three hundred Qing soldiers were killed. Blood flowed on the white stone surface. There were still a few who were still alive, crying and screaming on the ground.

Haug fell to the ground and almost fainted. The two fatal bullets were blocked by the guards. The bullets penetrated the body of the guards and entered Haug's belly.

Wan Jun came over and looked at the Qing general who fell to the ground. Under the gilded blue armor, blood from the wound on his abdomen and fragments of internal organs were flowing all over the floor.

At this moment, under the gilded alms bowl hat, Hauge came to his senses again and managed to open his eyes in severe pain. He saw a Chinese general looking at him.

Hauge wanted to replace him before he died, but his whole body was in pain and he had no strength at all.

A large group of Chinese troops nearby had already set off to clear the inner city in the south. A battalion of soldiers was finishing up the remaining Qing soldiers.

Wan Jun saw that the Qing general actually opened his eyes, knelt down and took off his begging hat, and looked at his money rat tail with great interest.

Some soldiers noticed it and went to Wanjun's side to be on guard.

Wan Jun saw that the Qing general's mouth began to ooze blood, and knew that this man was about to die. He said to the soldiers beside him, "Pick him up and behead him, and hang his head on the city gate!"

The inner city was attacked from both inside and outside. The Eight Banners soldiers in each sect were few in number and were quickly occupied by the Chinese army. Cui Ziyi purged the entire Old Qin Palace. The Eight Banners soldiers were tied into a string with ropes and escorted to the school field in front of Chengyun Hall.

Wanjun led people to the palace, and soldiers came to report that 30,000 soldiers from the Nikan tribe had approached the city of Xi'an.

It was too late to withdraw, but the defense could not be defended. The city of Xi'an was too big. The Chinese army only captured the east gate and the south gate, while the west gate and the north gate were still in the hands of the Qing troops.

Wan Jun said, "Go quickly and pass the order, abandon the city gate, and withdraw all troops and horses to the Prince of Qin's Mansion."

Cui Ziyi said, "We have seven thousand soldiers trapped in the city of Xi'an. Foreign aid cannot save us. The head of state cannot be trapped in death. Why don't I lead a large force to lure the enemy here and select strong soldiers to send the head of state to leave through the south gate."

Wan Jun said, "How can there be any reason for the commander to run away first when two armies are fighting?"

Seeing the tragic look on Cui Ziyi’s face

, Wan Jun said with a smile, "Our current situation is not called a dead end, but our center is blooming. As long as we hold on to these two city walls, the Qing troops will be defeated no matter which one of Chen Xinmin, Li Wenlong, and Yang Zhan arrives.

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Cui Ziyi said, "The elite of the Eight Banners of the Hu people were defeated after holding on for only two days. Chen Xinmin is still in Tongguan, Yang Zhan is unknown, and Li Wenlong only has 30,000 troops, so he cannot defeat the Hu people at all."

Wan Jun said, "The Hu troops guarding the Prince of Qin's Mansion are too few. We have seven regiments that are enough to defend one Prince of Qin's Mansion. The battle in Xi'an affects the entire Guanzhong and even the entire northwest war. Believe me, as long as we defend for three to five days, the Hu troops will be defeated."

People must retreat."

While they were talking, there was a noise outside Chengyun Hall. Soldiers came to report that barbarians were causing chaos in the school grounds.

Cui Ziyi cursed, "These Tatars are still tied to the ground and are not honest."

The two went to the front school field and saw a group of barbarians shouting. Wan Jun walked up to the front and asked, "What's going on?"

The soldier said, "It's probably because of the heads."

Wanjun saw a soldier carrying a human head. It was the Qing general who had been beheaded just now. The Hu people were shouting in Manchu at the head. One of the Hu people was crying particularly sadly.

Wanjun couldn't understand the nonsense, he only heard the cries of chirping, and said irritably, "We don't know how many more days we have to defend. It will be a waste of food to feed these barbarians, and they will all be dragged to the south gate. If the Qing troops attack the city in a while,

Just kill them all and push them off the city."

One of the Eight Banners understood Wan Jun's words and shouted in Chinese, "Your Majesty, spare your life. That head is that of Prince Heshuosu Hauge of the Qing Dynasty. Your Majesty took his head to ask for credit from the Eight Banners prisoners. It is a great achievement!"

Seeing that Wan Jun stopped and listened to his words, the Eight Banners pointed at the Hu man who was crying the saddest and said, "That is Gutai, the son of Prince Heshuosu. Please tell me about it!"

Wan Jun looked at the Hu man, who looked a bit like the man who had been beheaded. The Eight Banner man had his hands tied, turned sideways and hit his head on the tunnel, saying, "Please have mercy, Your Majesty, I am a Han Chinese, I can speak Chinese, I have given up the dark side and turned to the bright side."

, please forgive me, your Majesty!”

Wan Jun clapped his hands and said with a smile, "No matter who you are, whether you are a prince or Dorgon, it's all the same to me. Anyone who dares to invade China will die!"

After saying that, Wan Jun pointed at the Eight Banners soldiers begging for mercy and said, "The traitor and lackey will be punished by an additional level. I will go to the city and kill him first!"

In the Prince of Qin's Mansion, all the troops occupying the east and south gates of Xi'an were withdrawn. Three regiments of the seven regiments were prepared, two regiments defended Luxing Gate, and two regiments defended the gap in the west wall.

After everything was arranged, the last group of detective horses rushed back to the Prince of Qin's Mansion, bringing back the news that the Nikan tribe had entered Changle Gate.

It was almost evening, and the setting sun was slanting on the city wall of the Qin Palace. Ten thousand troops stood on the top of the Luxing Gate and saw Qing soldiers entering like a tide from the East Street, with flags of various colors swarming towards the Qin Palace.

The Qing soldiers marched along the outer wall and soon surrounded the entire Qin Palace. The soldiers and horses gathered at the gap between Luxing Gate and the west wall.

Wanjun ordered people to hang the heads of Hauge and his son on the city wall, which soon caused a burst of crying from the Qing army.

A Tatar rider in blue armor stepped forward and directed the Qing archers to fire arrows at the top of the city. The Chinese army's muskets had a range advantage, and they were condescending on the top of the city.

There was a burst of musketry, killing dozens of Qing archers, and the blue-armored Tatars were also shot to death.
Chapter completed!