In the absence of follow-up situation, the Tartars at the head of Xizhimen had to retreat to a corner of the city wall. They turned around and retreated back to the siege ladder or a simple flight ladder to escape their lives. Those who reacted slowly were quickly besieged by the Ming army, either falling from the head of the city, or being dismantled from eight pieces.

Half an hour passed, and the city was occupied by the Ming army again.

Three or four miles outside the city gate, the troops returning to the capital of the Ming Dynasty were attacking the rear wings of the Tartars.

Five thousand cavalrymen of the border army rushed forward, while tens of thousands of infantry soldiers of Tumu Fort and Juyong Pass were strong backing. The Ming army was in a uniform battle formation, with enough gunners, musketeers and crossbowmen. The two sides launched a fierce attack. The Ming army, whose troops were obviously at a disadvantage, had the upper hand in momentum.

There was no chance for a person to be a hero in this battle. Even though Wang Ling's archery and horse skillfully remained honestly in the cavalry formation. Five thousand cavalry were divided into two routes, among which Wang Ling's archery was the arrows on the west side, and the blockers were invincible.

Because the Ming cavalry were all light cavalry and their cavalry and shooting skills were not as good as those of the Tatar soldiers, even if they could establish a certain advantage through artillery suppression, they could not transform their advantage into victory.

"Wu Lala!"

The cavalry behind the Tatar Hall were completely lost, but its first wave of reinforcements had already rushed from the direction of Fengtai to the south and joined the battle circle.

There were many Tartar cavalry. After the vanguard came into contact with the Ming army, the Tartar generals who led the troops discovered that the Ming army's artillery was powerful and immediately changed their formation. Some of them continued to entangle with the Ming army. The subsequent cavalry bypassed Yuyuantan and prepared to attack from the flanks of the Ming army.

The Ming army was attacked on both sides, and it was difficult for artillery to turn around in a short period of time, and it was impossible to effectively suppress the enemy on the flanks.

The Tartars were famous all over the world for their superb cavalry. In this frontal battle, even in the situation of a failure in the beginning, they gradually stabilized their decline through their extremely high individual quality, launched a fierce attack with the Ming army, and relied on cavalry and shooting and flexible and changeable tactics to curb the Ming army's offensive.

Under no circumstances, the Ming cavalry temporarily retreated to the infantry phalanx within a hundred steps and relied on cannons, muskets and crossbows to defend the defense line.

On the top of the city, the Ming soldiers, besides cleaning the battlefield and killing the Tartars who were fighting stubbornly, all they left was to turn their eyes outside the city and observe the spectacular scene of tens of thousands of soldiers fighting each other.

On the fourth floor of the city tower, Zhu Houzhao was very excited and shouted, as if he wanted to say hello to the reinforcements outside the city, but no one was paying attention to the city gate tower at this time, and Zhu Houzhao was completely entertaining himself.

"It's Mr. Shen, look, that's my Ming Dragon Banner. Hurry up... Send troops out of the city and cooperate with Mr. Shen's troops inside and outside. We will definitely win this battle!"

Zhu Houzhao was very excited. He simply climbed through the wooden ladder to the crumbling attic that was bombarded by shelling on the top of the city tower. He danced and fell down accidentally.

Although the bottom is not as high as the city wall, when it falls from four or five floors, there are still thick brick and stone walls below, and they will fall half broken even if they don’t die.

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang quickly went up and pulled Zhu Houzhaoqiang down. Xie Qian said, "Prince must not be too hasty. You might as well call the generals in for detailed discussion!"

Xie Qiandao agreed with the prince's proposal to send troops to cooperate with the outside world... There was no way, the reinforcements outside were led by his grandson-in-law Shen Xi. Even though he knew that sending troops was not the best choice, he would still choose to do so. Moreover, he felt that sending troops to attack the Tatars' rear wing at this time would result twice as much with half the effort, and it would be possible to reverse the current unfavorable situation of the capital's defense in one fell swoop.

Li Dongyang stopped drinking: "No!"

Zhu Houzhao had no intention of refuting, and his eyes fell on the battle outside the city, and asked casually: "Sir Li, what's wrong with it? Isn't this the best opportunity to send troops? Taking advantage of the new defeat of the Tartars' siege, we can go out in full swing, cooperate with reinforcements to destroy the Tartar infantry and their siege equipment in one fell swoop, and achieve a great victory. The opportunity is fleeting, and the will of our palace is immediately passed..."

"No!"

Li Dongyang was determined and his voice was unquestionable majesty. "The battle at the city gate just ended, and everything in the city was still unstable. At the same time, the main force of Di Yi was not injured. If he rashly opened the city gate and sent troops, if there was any improper problem, the city gate would be lost. Even if it was closed in time, he might not be able to return to the city. Di Yi launched another attack on the city, and the capital would be in danger at that time!"

Zhu Houzhao was furious and pointed at Li Dongyang and said, "What a danger? I think you, Grand Secretary Li, is a coward! Before fighting with the Tartars, he said that he was cautious and cautious, and he was careful. What happened? The Tartars still killed the city and finally almost broke through Xizhimen. Now I am passing the orders of this palace and send troops immediately!"

Several Beijing generals who came up to the city tower to listen to the orders did not know who they should listen to. Someone was about to act according to Zhu Houzhao's words, and Li Dongyang stared at his eyes and shouted angrily: "I see who dares!"

In a word, Li Dongyang put himself on the opposite side of the prince.

Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he could not even speak. At this moment, the Tatars had reversed the decline and the two sides were killed in the dark.

At this time, the disadvantages of the number of cavalry in the Ming army and the gap in combat capabilities began to emerge. The Tartars counterattacked in an orderly manner, forcing the Ming army's cavalry and infantry formations to gradually retreat. As a result, reinforcements gradually moved away from the Xizhimen wall.

Zhu Houzhao was anxious: "If this continues, it will be difficult to wait for reinforcements and will be destroyed in a blink of an eye! The Tartars had more than 100,000 soldiers outside the city, and Mr. Shen only had 30,000 soldiers at most!"

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao had figured out that Shen Xi did not lead a 50,000 army to fight, but he still overestimated the number of troops under Shen Xi.

Seeing that the generals were in a dilemma, Li Dongyang said sternly: "Without Your Majesty's imperial edict and the Ministry of War's order, no one will be allowed to send troops privately, otherwise they will be punished for the crime of communicating with the enemy and the whole family will be executed!"

Zhu Houzhao raised his sword angrily, looked around, and asked, "Who would like to go out of the city to fight with me?"

Although the generals present are very cowardly on weekdays, they dare not be vague at this critical moment of life and death. Although some people are waiting and watching, most of them know that this is the last opportunity for the Ming army to turn the situation around and are ready to respond to the prince's call to go to war. At this moment, the sound of a trumpet sounds came from outside the city again.

The Tatar follow-up cavalry rushed to the battlefield, not only from the south and west of Xizhimen, but also from the north and east to the north and east to try to encircle and eliminate the Ming reinforcements outside the city.

"The Tartars counterattack!"

The Ming army soldiers who were greatly encouraged on the top of the city suddenly became nervous.

The danger of the city gate being lost was lifted due to the arrival of reinforcements. At this time, the reinforcements were surrounded by the Tartars. The officers and soldiers were all willing to go out of the city to rescue them, but they had to worry about the fact that there was no order to convey the orders on the top of the mountain.

Zhu Houzhao roared in a hoarse voice: "What are you waiting for? Send troops!"

Li Dongyang continued to emphasize: "No troops shall be sent!"

One was the prince and the other was the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. The two formed a serious confrontation in the city tower, and the generals had always followed the order and did not dare to react before the Ministry of War's further instructions.

"Sir Li, you don't agree with sending troops. I will go there in person. Mr. Xie, I will leave it to you... The soldiers, who are willing to send troops with me, follow me to the city wall to rectify the troops!"
Chapter completed!