The Ming army braved the snow to attack the city. The red and blood-white snow painted the earth, making it a miserable and blurry place.
The two sons of the governor Qu Neng led 2,000 soldiers to attack Zhangye Gate. Most of the building materials in the city were about to be used up. There was also insufficient material to raise the walls. Stones and logs were beaten to report, and arrows were scattered here and there. It was no longer possible to hit the city walls.
The Ming army carried out an effective attack on the gate. The battered city gate finally burst into pieces under the countless repeated impacts of the soldiers holding the ramming wood. The morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted and cheers were heard everywhere.
Qu Neng was overjoyed, and immediately joined the battle group with a sword in his hand, and threw all 300 generals around him into the battle. At the same time, he ordered people to immediately notify Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, who was commanding the battle remotely at Zhengcunba, and asked General Li to increase his troops immediately.
The Yan army also knew that once the city was defeated, there would be no mercy. They swarmed under the city gate and fought hand to hand with the Ming army. For a time, there were countless dead bodies on the ground. Soldiers from both sides stepped on the bloody corpses, waving their swords and raising their guns desperately.
, not daring to stop for a moment, not to mention any tricks, kill! Kill! Kill! They use their lives to expand or block the time to break the city.
Bright red blood covered the earth.
The sudden snow covered it up in an instant.
For a moment, the vast white was once again dyed with bright red...
Li Jinglong was overjoyed when he heard that Zhangye Gate had been destroyed.
The weather is getting colder and colder. That little brat Zhu Gaoxu led the rangers to continuously attack the Ming army's supply lines, leaving the army short of clothes and food. Now the army doesn't even have winter clothes to keep out the cold. At night, the soldiers can only hug themselves.
Let's keep warm together. Now many of the 500,000 troops have suffered from frostbite. The morale and even combat effectiveness of the army have been greatly reduced. If the city of Beiping is not captured, Li Jinglong really doesn't know how to let these 500,000 people spend the winter safely under the city.
Although the enemies in Peiping City are brave, they are obviously more feared than the natural enemy of severe winter. Li Jinglong really didn't expect that Qu Neng could actually break through the city gate with such a small number of troops due to the large and abnormal attrition of soldiers.
It can be seen that there are fewer and fewer defenders in the city and they are no longer able to protect the entire city.
Li Jinglong was overjoyed and mounted his horse, and immediately ordered to summon seven guards and horses to accompany him for reinforcements. As soon as the general issued the order, Li Jinglong suddenly thought: "No, I'm in Zhengcunba, still twenty miles away from Zhangye Gate. What if I'm waiting for you?"
When we arrived, Qu Neng had already entered the city, and this was his first success in breaking the city..."
Li Jinglong's eyes moved, and he immediately ordered his soldiers: "Quickly inform Governor Qu that he has a small army and is not allowed to go deep. He can only guard outside the city gate and not go any further. He will wait until all the troops from the country arrive before attacking the city."
Go, this is the military order of our country, you must not disobey it, go quickly!"
The messenger gave the general's order and hurriedly drove his horses to report the letter. Li Jinglong hurriedly gathered his troops and horses. It took him more than half an hour to drive all the soldiers out of their tents. They were all wearing autumn clothes.
He stood shivering in the heavy snow, his hands and feet were stiff from the cold due to too little movement, and he couldn't even hold the gun steady, so he had to hold it under his ribs.
At this time, Li Jinglong no longer cared about the military appearance, and just ordered them all to run forward to reinforce Zhangyemen. The large group of people rushed towards Zhangyemen with a roar.
After Qu Neng got Li Jinglong's general order, he was so angry that he almost ran into the gate of Zhangye. However, the military order was like a mountain, and Li Jinglong's soldiers were holding golden arrows and looking at them eagerly. He had to gather his troops and shrink his troops under the city gate, and fight with them.
The Yan army fought hard here. The most amazing thing was that the city gate had been smashed into pieces. Even if the Yan army recaptured the city gate, they would not be able to close it like they did when they recaptured Li's main gate last time.
Hearing that Zhangyemen had been lost, Concubine Xu and the Crown Prince Gao Chi were panicked and hurried to Zhangyemen. There were less than a hundred people with complete clothes and armor around the Concubine and the Crown Prince, and there were also some civilians with various colors and fine clothes following them in confusion. The number of troops in the city
It has been almost consumed. Now the main force defending the city has become the common people of Peiping, old, weak, women and children. It is no wonder that Qu Neng was able to break the city with thousands of soldiers. If the Ming army was not frozen and hungry, its combat power was greatly reduced. This
The city of Beiping, riddled with holes, could no longer be defended.
"The Zhangye Gate has been broken. Can Peiping finally be unable to defend itself? I finally didn't wait for my husband to come back for help."
Concubine Xu's armor was also covered in blood, and the original color of the bright armor could no longer be seen. She held a knife and ran while looking at the old and weak soldiers on the left and right. Her nose felt sore and her eyes were wet with tears.
It was wet. It was originally covered in heavy snow, but now it looked even more hazy.
"Ouch!"
The crown prince Zhu Gaochi screamed and slid out. The two people who were supporting him were thrown out by the big fat man. It turned out that there was a pool of water on the ground, which had frozen into ice, and snow fell on the ice.
, Zhu Gaochi stepped on it, unable to stand firmly, and slipped out. He fell more than two feet and was knocked dizzy.
"Chi'er!"
Concubine Xu called back, and Zhu Gaochi got up dizzy and shouted: "Mother, don't worry about me, it's important to take back Zhangye Gate!"
Princess Xu gritted her teeth, waved her hands and ran forward with her men and horses. Zhu Gaochi asked the two soldiers to pull him up and looked around. He didn't know where his sword had been thrown, and there was a lot of snow on the ground.
, but it was not easy to find. Zhu Gaochi patted his big hands, which were as red as a carrot due to the cold, and shouted: "No more looking, go to the city gate!"
"Wait!"
Just after running two steps, Zhu Gaochi suddenly stopped, slowly turned his head, and stared directly at the place where he had just slipped, with a strange light gradually filling his eyes.
At this time, a group of monks in gray clothes came flying from a distance with sticks in hand. The leader was Dao Yan. This Dao Yan made plans in Peiping, commanded from the center, and boosted morale. Peiping has been able to persist until now. This man standing in the
The monks behind Princess Xu and Crown Prince Gao Chi played a huge role. He was commanding the defense on another city wall. When he heard that Zhangye Gate had been lost, he was shocked and immediately led a group of monk soldiers who had been trained by himself.
"Your Majesty!"
"Master Daoyan!"
Zhu Gaochi shouted urgently: "My mother has led people to Zhangyemen, master, hurry up and come to the rescue!"
"I understand!"
Dao Yan raised his eyebrows, and his triangular eyes were full of murderous intent. He no longer had the kindness to look like a monk: "Your Majesty, please quickly evacuate into the inner city. Once the outer city is unprotected, we have no choice but to hold on to the inner city."
"No, the inner city cannot be defended for a long time. Master must work with my mother to drive the Ming army out of Zhangyemen. Chi has a plan that can solve the danger!"
Dao Yan glanced at him in surprise. This was not the time to ask questions, but he knew that Zhu Gaochi had a calm temperament. If he was not sure, he would never make such a lie. He had great trust in the prince, so he just said with a heavy heart.
Said: "Okay, I will risk my life to drive the Ming army out of Zhangyemen. The prince will just follow the plan!"
After saying that, his big sleeves were flying, and a gust of wind swept away him.
Concubine Xu led the dead soldiers to kill Zhangye gate. This "female student" turned into a tigress at this moment. She wielded two swords and charged forward. Her momentum was unstoppable. She was struggling to support herself under the city gate.
The morale of the Yan army was greatly boosted, and despite desperate resistance, the Ming army's defense line was pushed back several feet. Qu Neng just ordered his two sons to launch a counterattack. Dao Yan also arrived with a group of monk soldiers. This monk usually did not use weapons.
, at this time he also picked up a long knife and charged into the enemy group like a wolf and a tiger.
Led by a woman and a monk, this half-military and half-civilian defenders actually drove Qu Neng's two brave and skilled sons out of the city gate.
"Back off! Back off!"
Zhu Gaochi, who had rushed to the city wall, ordered his men to shout, "Daoyan below the city, Concubine Xu and others had just heard the police and took shelter under the city gate, when something unknown poured down on the city like heavy rain. The Ming army was probably golden juice and dung soup." , hurriedly retreated to observe its movement, but it turned out to be boiling water. The water splashed on the body, and the burning pain was unbearable. Once it fell to the ground, the heat boiled. There was heavy snow in the sky, and the ground was filled with water vapor. For a moment, it was like a heavy fog, and it actually covered the city. The door cannot be seen from inside or outside.
Immediately afterwards, bundles of firewood were thrown down from the city, and hot water was poured on them again. At the same time, Zhu Gaochi ordered his men to stop saving arrows. The limited arrows of the defenders at the top of the city all used this time to shoot down quickly, injuring many civilians. military.
Zhu Gaochi used hot water originally to deter the enemy. He was also worried that hot water should not freeze, but there was no way to have both. He was quite uneasy, but he didn't know that hot water is more likely to freeze than cold water. Zhu Gaochi got it right this time. The stacks of firewood were getting higher and higher, and hot water was poured on layer by layer. When the arrows on the top of the city stopped and there was no way to defeat the enemy troops below the city, an ice wall had already stood in front of Zhangye Gate, holding the city gate tightly. The ground is blocked.
It turns out that when Zhu Gaochi was a child, he heard his father talk about things on the grassland. He once mentioned that in order to resist the cold wind, some grassland tribes used straw bales and water to freeze into a wall. In winter, the tribesmen would hide in the leeward part of the wall until spring warmed and the flowers bloomed. , the tribe migrated, and the ice wall automatically collapsed. This method of rapid city building had never been thought of, but he had never thought of using it on Beiping City. Just now he slipped and saw the thin layer of ice under his feet, and suddenly thought of this. I didn't expect it to work.
Concubine Xu couldn't help being surprised and happy when she saw that her son had come up with such a clever plan. She went up to the city wall and asked her son a few words. When she learned what had happened, Concubine Xu truly praised her son and immediately sent an order to all the nine cities. They all followed this plan, and for a while the defenders of the Nine Cities poured water on the city, turning the city of Peiping into a hard, smooth, and crystal clear Crystal Palace.
Li Jinglong came with his troops and ran for more than 20 miles in a row. The blood of these soldiers ran away. They were full of energy and "morale was high", but it was useless for them to come. In the heavy snow and confusion, the soldiers of the Southern Army Seeing such a miracle, I felt that the Yan army seemed to have help from heaven and was completely invincible, and I couldn't help but feel depressed.
What's worse is that the fifteenth army led by King Zhu Di of Yan has already crossed the Gushan Beihe River. At this time, he is about to meet the peripheral troops stationed outside Zhengcunba to defend Li Jinglong's middle army: the governor Chen Huibu.
When Li Jinglong attacked the city, the cavalry was the least useful, so he placed the cavalry at the outermost periphery, which was under Chen Hui's command. Li Jinglong's 500,000-strong army mostly came from the south, so there were many infantry, specialized There was only one cavalry unit, about 20,000 people, left to "herd sheep" in the wilderness.
Today is the first snow this winter, and it is a blizzard. Many Confederate soldiers have seen snow for the first time in their lives. They are watching the "Western View" with their hands in their sleeves trembling because the heavy snow has obscured their sight, so until Yan Jun When they rushed to the front, they realized that Yan's army was like ants, covering the mountains and plains...
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