On the top of the city, the Song troops guarding the city did not expect that the smoke was poisonous. They were also coughing from the smoke, bent over, and their faces were painful and ferocious.
"Keep shooting arrows!"
The guard standing on the west city tower is named "Yiqing", and he is Xiao Shixian's deputy general.
Yi Qing has always respected Xiao Shixian the most. Due to Xiao Shixian's death, he has been in a very low mood for the past two days.
He was ordered to guard Xicheng tonight. He thought Kong Xian was worried that he would be too sad and found something to do for him, but he didn't expect that the Mongolian army would really attack him.
Seeing the Mongolian soldiers under the city being swallowed up by the fire, Yi Qing felt his heart soar, and the pleasure made his whole body tremble.
Yi Qing also knew the poisonous gas in the smoke. He stood tallest, but he also felt dizzy.
But his eyes were still crazy, and he kept giving orders to continue firing arrows.
What could be more satisfying than being able to burn these Mongols alive?
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
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On the night of July 30th, Tuolin belt raided Yunding. It was only the second day of August. In fact, the Song army had not recovered yet and was trapped in such a war again.
But the war is so continuous that it makes people breathless.
People will get tired of eating the same dish for several days in a row, let alone one after another?
Soldiers from both the Mongolian and Song dynasties have gone through more than ten years of fighting. Which one does not feel the pain?
But they can only continue to run in the flames of war and poisonous smoke.
A Yunding City guard named "Pifon" shot a fire arrow and tried to hold his breath, but the poisonous smoke still entered his mouth and nose.
Unlike Yi Qing, Pifeng did not feel happy when he saw the miserable situation of the Mongolian army, even though this small battle was obviously going to be won.
He could tell that most of the Mongolian troops who came this time were Han Chinese, and there was also a local accent in the screams.
Pifeng felt very uncomfortable after smelling the poisonous gas.
He suddenly felt...what's the point? This battle keeps fighting, keeps fighting? If you can't even breathe, what's the point of living?
He touched the quiver behind him again, but his hands kept shaking.
I couldn't hold it in any longer and wanted to breathe.
I can't hold it in any longer...
After taking a breath, Pi Feng choked and his whole face turned red, feeling that he was going to die.
"dying……"
The next moment, someone shouted: "Everyone, withdraw from the city!"
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"no!"
On the city tower, Yi Qing shouted: "Fire arrows for me! Ahem...burn all these Mongols to death! Burn to death!"
"Withdraw the city! The artillery carriage is coming, kill the Mongolian army with artillery."
Yi Qing looked back and saw Li Xia coming with Wu Xinjun in the darkness.
Yi Qing was grateful to Li Xia, grateful to him for killing Yao Shi'an to avenge Xiao Shixian, and grateful to him for guarding Yunding City.
But being grateful doesn't mean that he is willing to listen to a magistrate's orders.
"Li Zhixian! What a great opportunity! Ahem... Look, we can burn these Mongolian troops alive!"
Li Xia didn't answer any more, he just held a token high and shouted: "Everyone, withdraw from the city!"
As soon as Li Xia shouted, the soldiers of Wu Xin behind him shouted: "Brothers, get out quickly to avoid the poisonous smoke..."
"No! Li Zhixian! You want to interfere with my command on the battlefield?!"
Under this situation, no one listened to Yi Qing's orders anymore. The defenders on the top of the city ran down the stone steps one after another, bending over and gasping for air.
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"Cough... cough cough..."
"Quick! There is water here! Everyone dip their cloths in water and cover their mouths and noses..."
Pifon rushed to the nearest bucket.
Covering his mouth and nose with a wet cloth, he took a few breaths and finally felt his breathing became smoother.
"Brothers who have recovered their breath, go get water and save people!"
"Give way and let Wu Xin's army fire the cannon. If you pass the fireball cannon, you can kill the Mongolian army!"
"quick……"
Order after order was given in an orderly manner, and the situation finally began to improve.
Pifon felt that he was no longer feeling so uncomfortable, and suddenly heard someone shouting: "Quickly, carry them to the small east gate. Killing the captives is important, and the lives of the brothers are also important..."
He was also arranged by Wu Xinjun to fetch water and help more colleagues who were fainted by poisonous smoke.
Inexplicably, because of these words, Pifeng's heart trembled slightly and his pace couldn't help but speed up.
He and another soldier carried a wounded soldier and came back, only to see that the situation had stabilized. There were more and more people on the west wall, but they seemed to be in good order.
After a long time, cheers rang out.
"We won again! We won again!"
The Mongolian army under the city has been repulsed...
Pifon could also imagine that the Mongolian army's casualties must be considerable this time.
But for some reason, he was not as happy as when he won the battle before. When he heard the shouts of victory, he was not even touched by the words "the lives of brothers are also important" just now.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt a little distracted...
Suddenly, Pifon was pushed.
"Get out of the way quickly, the general is about to pass."
Pifeng quickly retreated into the crowd. He turned around and saw Yi Qing striding towards Li Xia.
At this time, the surrounding generals were already reorganizing their ranks and ordering everyone to return to their respective groups.
But Pifeng couldn't help but follow Yi Qing and walked in the direction of Li Xia.
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"Li Zhi County."
"General Yi, the situation was urgent just now. Don't blame me. I interfered with your command and apologized to you."
"Who does Li Zhixian think I am? I'm here to apologize to you... Well, I, Yi Qing, are definitely not someone who treats soldiers harshly. That's why I am eager to kill the enemy. I am too impatient."
"I understand that the soldiers have been fighting for several years, more than ten years. They are already in poverty. In the past few days, they have fought continuously and smelled the poisonous smoke. Everyone has emotions..."
Pifon stood there blankly, listening to these conversations coming from afar, and suddenly felt as if something was blocking his heart.
After a while, Li Xia and Yi Qing walked towards this side and stopped for a moment when passing by him.
"What are you doing here?!" Yi Qing saw Pifeng's stupidity and couldn't help shouting: "Why don't you return to the team?!"
But Li Xia stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Villain... villain..."
"Isn't it difficult?" Li Xia saw his appearance and already understood his mood, "My military career has been difficult and difficult. I can't remember why I fought. It must be very painful day after day."
Just hearing this sentence, Pifon couldn't help crying.
"The villain misses his mother... The villain is dying from the poisonous smoke... He can't even be happy after killing so many Mongolian soldiers... But the villain didn't defect with Yao Chengshou, didn't... I don't know why. This is it… I can’t be happy…”
Li Xia said nothing and only listened to his crying.
"Those people are from the same country as Xiao Ren... They have our accent... They scream so miserable... Why do they smoke us with poison... I'm a coward... I'm a coward..."
Finally, Li Xia raised his hand and patted Pifeng on the shoulder.
"It's okay, you are good. No one likes to live a rough life, this is normal."
"The villain is a coward..."
"No, you're good." Li Xia repeated it again and said, "I've had enough. Really, it's not you who are bad. Sometimes I feel that I can't stand it anymore. But this battle is not for us to say no. You can stop fighting if you fight. Even if we surrender, we will still be driven by the Mongols to continue fighting. Have you seen those Mongolian soldiers who were burned to death? How many of them are Han people like you and me?"
"Well, the villain can't be happy... I won, but I can't be happy..."
"It's not for happiness, it's so that one day we don't have to fight like this anymore." Li Xia said: "Only when we keep winning can we decide whether to fight or not. Now we have no choice, so let's face it head-on. One day, we will
Back to peace and prosperity."
"The peaceful and prosperous age..." Pi Feng mumbled and looked at Li Xia blankly.
He was busy tonight, so Li Xia didn't have time to say more, so he said, "Let's go back to the team first. We will have a celebration party tomorrow night."
"Eh...yes!" Pifeng responded stupidly, turned around and ran away.
Someone kicked him and said with a smile: "Idiot, isn't it good that you won the battle?"
"That is to say, we won again."
"..."
Speaking of which, it can be said that the Song Army has never lost the battle at Yunding City.
But every year they win, and the situation gets worse every year, the morale of the Yunding City defenders has become increasingly sluggish. This cannot be reversed by a few witticisms...
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Li Xia turned to look at the night, and suddenly saw fire rising from the south.
"What's wrong?"
"Li Zhixian! What's wrong! The granary in Nancheng was burned down by the Mongolian army."
"Tell the soldiers not to panic and put out the fire as soon as possible. By the way, the celebration banquet will be as usual tomorrow night..."
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Mongolian army camp.
When it was daylight, Niulin sat in the big tent and listened to the battle situation last night.
The situation to the west was terrible. The Song army actually ambushed the soldiers, and the Mongolian army burned, poisoned, and threw them to death... nearly half of them were lost.
However, the poisonous smoke still caused chaos among the Yuncheng defenders, and a hundred elite Mongolian troops were able to break through the south gate and set fire to the Song army's granary.
Twenty-one of the hundred people climbed to the cliff and fell to death. After setting fire, they were intercepted by the Song army, but eighteen people still returned along the original route.
Overall, Nulin is satisfied.
You must know that he is attacking Yunding City, which even Hulagu's 40,000 troops could not defeat. Now that the city has little food, as long as the siege lasts for another half month, why worry about Yunding City being defeated?
For now, at least Yunding City cannot be Pu Zezhi's support.
"Shi Mojian, you lead three thousand people to continue to besiege Yunding. Remember, send out your elite cavalry to block the main roads and prevent the Song people from going down the mountain to search for food."
"yes."
Niulin patted his armor and said: "The rest of you, follow me westward to Chengdu. Pu Zezhi has enough arrows in this old goat. When it's time to slaughter it..."