Shengjing, harem.

As the setting sun sets, Wang Pu is lying on the stone table in the pavilion and sleeping soundly. Zhen Youcai is holding a round fan in his hand and is fanning Wang Pu. Wang Pu is sleeping soundly, but suddenly he is awakened by a burst of rapid footsteps. When he gets up, he sees it is Xiao Qi, a scarred face and a big bearded man.

Scarface wiped his sweat and replied loudly: "General, the carts are all set up, a total of 200! Each car has several large barrels of fire. This time, Jiannu will definitely be able to blow up the horse and turn it over by himself."

Wang Pu nodded and asked the bearded man, "Big Bearded Man, are all the horses in the city cage?"

"The cages are all collected." said the bearded man, "Jiannu has really raised many good horses in the city, and everything is done as you told by the general."

"Okay." Wang Pu said to Xiaoqi again, "Xiaoqi, how is it happening to Dad Li?"

Xiaoqi frowned and said, "General, Dad Li said that the Jiannu woman's condition was very serious, and he didn't dare to say that she would definitely be cured, but he would definitely do his best."

"I'm worried about not only the two Jiannu women, but also the two Jiannu princes." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "Before breaking through at night, you must make sure to be foolproof and never let them run away."

"General, don't worry." Xiaoqi said with a grim smile. "When breaking through, the villain will send two brothers to guard the two Jiannu women. They will tie the Jiannu women to their backs and will never run away! As for the two Jiannu princes, hehe, the villain has already made people pick their tendons off. Now they have completely become useless people, and they can't run away even if they want to."

"Okay." Wang Pu praised, "As long as these four Jiannu prisoners can be successfully taken back to the capital, it will be a great achievement."

Xiao Qi was very happy and said, "Thank you, General."

"And." Wang Pu said to Scarface again, "The sixteen red cannons on the top of Shengjing City cannot be left to Jiannu. You can send someone to set fire under the cannons and blow them up before leaving."

"Yes." Scarface responded sternly, "The villain is going to make arrangements."

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Let’s talk about Huang Taiji again, and finally arrived at the Qing army camp in the south of Shengjing after nightfall.

Man Zhu Xili, Tu Lai and Obai personally knelt on the ground to pick him up when they came out of the gate. Huang Taiji was so tired that he had no strength to speak, so he waved his hand to signal the three of them to get up.

Due to the urgent military situation, Huang Taiji only rested for a short time and ordered people to summon Man Zhu Xili, Tu Lai, Obai and others into the big tent. Man Zhu Xili and Tu Lai came soon, but before Obai arrived, Huang Taiji asked, "Where is Obai?"

Tulai replied: "Obai led his troops to patrol."

Huang Taiji asked again: "Did the Ming army in the city have any abnormal actions?"

"No." Man Zhu Xili replied, "The Ming army in the city is very quiet and has no abnormal behavior."

Huang Taiji looked at the completely dark sky outside the tent and ordered: "It's late at night, and the Ming army may break out of the city at any time. We must send people to light more fires outside the city and send more cavalry patrols, so we cannot leave blind spots."

Man Zhu Xili said: "These slaves have been arranged."

Just as he was talking, Oboi ran into the tent panting and knelt down and replied, "Slave Oboi kowtows to the Emperor."

"Flat." Huang Taiji waved his hand and asked, "Aobai, is there any abnormal movement in the Ming army?"

Oboi replied: "Report to the emperor, I just got the news that the Ming army has left the city from the east gate."

"Oh?" Huang Taiji paused while twisting the bead's fingers and asked, "Has the Ming army left the city?"

"Yes." Obai said, "about six or seven hundred Ming troops escorted more than two hundred large chariots."

Huang Taiji asked: "Does the Ming army have any torches?"

Oboi shook his head and said, "No."

Man Zhu Xili next to him said, "Emperor, if the Ming army was fighting openly and leaving the city with great fanfare, the servants thought there must be a fraud. Now the Ming army has not fired a torch, and it seems that they really want to sneak away while it is dark."

Tulai said: "Your Majesty, the slave will take people to stop them."

Huang Taiji nodded after pondering for a moment and said, "Well, I hope you will take five hundred cavalry to intercept this Ming army. Remember, if the Ming army retreats to the city, don't chase them. The red cannons on the city tower are not vegetarians."

"Emperor? Are there a fewer five hundred cavalry?" Man Zhu Xili asked in confusion, "In order to wipe out this Ming army, I think at least two thousand cavalry should be sent."

"No." Huang Taiji shook his head and said, "If I was not wrong, the Ming army was playing the trick of fighting the east and west. This time the breakout between the east gate was just a feint, so our main force must not act rashly."

Man Zhu Xili nodded and said, "So that's how it is, I understand."

Huang Taiji said to Tu Lai again: "Go quickly."

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Tu Lai agreed and took the order.

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Scarface led 500 knights to escort out of the city from the east gate, and then crossed the Hun River from the floating bridge (Hun River is close to Shengjing City, and the floating bridge is within the range of the Red Barbarian cannons, and the Qing army dared not approach it). After walking less than three miles, Jiannu appeared in the south. In the flames, Jiannu rushed over all over the mountains and fields, blocking the Ming army's way.

A grim smile appeared on Scar's face and ordered: "Brothers, ignite the fuse!"

The servants polished the fire folds and ignited the short fuse connected to the fire bucket. The fuse was soaked in a hemp rope or a tight cloth strip in a nitric acid or salt solution and dried. It can be burned for a long time. Although the fuse on the fire bucket was only a little long, it could burn half a stick of incense.

[Fuse burning speed: about 100 mm per hour.]

Seeing that the brothers had already lit the fuse, Scarface turned around and shouted: "Retreat, go back to the city!"

With a command from Scarface, five hundred clans abandoned the cart and ran away, retreating back to Shengjing City like wind and storming the broken clouds. When Tu Lai arrived with five hundred Mongolian cavalry, hundreds of large carts were abandoned all over the ground, but the figure of the Ming army had long disappeared.

"These group of Nanming barbarians are all rabbits, and they run fast." Seeing that they could not catch up, Tu Lai had to curse fiercely in the direction of the Ming army's escape, and said to the five hundred Mongolian cavalry behind him, "Warriors from the Korqin Grassland, I heard that the timid Nanming barbarians have escaped after you arrived. Now take your spoils back to the camp."

The Mongolian cavalry cheered and rushed up to compete for the spoils.

At this moment, the fuse was burned, and hundreds of barrels of fires loaded on the truck exploded one after another. A loud rumbling sound suddenly appeared outside the door of Shengjingdong. The churning flames soared into the sky. It could be clearly seen from dozens of miles away. Thousands of sacks piled outside the fire bucket were also blown away. The broken iron nails placed in the sacks flew everywhere.

The Mongolian cavalry crowded around the chariot for trophy were immediately blown up, with heavy casualties. More than 200 cavalry closest to the nearest were blown into pieces, and more than 100 were blown to pieces by the huge sound waves, and seven thieves were bleed to death. The remaining more than 100 cavalry were slightly away and were injured by iron nails and porcelain pieces flying all over the sky. Tu Lai was even cut off half of his head by a piece of broken iron the size of a palm, and died tragically on the spot.

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In the south of Shengjing City, the Qing army camp.

Huang Taiji and Man Zhu Xili, Oboi, Tazhan, Ebilong and others were surprised by Tu Lai's news. The dark sky outside the tent suddenly lit up, followed by a shocking loud noise. Finally, even the ground under his feet began to tremble slightly. Man Zhu Xili and others were shocked. Oboi instinctively pulled out his waist knife and flashed to block Huang Taiji, and said sternly: "Come here, protect us!"

"What a panic!" Huang Taiji pushed Oboi away and scolded, "The red cannon cannot hit this far."

Obai said, "But this sound is like a cannon?"

"There is not such a big deal in the shooting." Huang Taiji frowned, "I heard that the sound was like the fire yaoku exploded. Go and send someone to the east to see if something happened in Tulai?"

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Obai took the order and left, and he came back in less than a cup of tea.

Seeing Obai's solemn expression, Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel heart sank and asked, "Where is Tu Lai?"

Obai said sadly: "Master, Tu Lai was killed by bombing?"

Huang Taiji frowned and said nothing, but Man Zhu Xili and others asked in surprise: "Has they been bombed to death?"

Oboi nodded and gritted his teeth and said, "The cunning Nanming barbarians filled the cart with fire. As soon as Tu Lai and the others appeared, the Nanming barbarians abandoned the cart and fled back to the city. When Tu Lai led his troops to arrive, the fire on the cart happened to explode. More than 300 cavalrymen were killed on the spot, and all the remaining bodies were seriously injured. Tu Lai... was also killed."

"What? More than 300 cavalry were killed by the bomb? All the rest were seriously injured!?"

When Man Zhu Xili heard this, his heart was almost bleeding. The cavalry he brought this time were all elites from the Mangus tribe.
Chapter completed!