Timur drew a knife in his hand and forced the surrounding soldiers to take up weapons to defend the city wall.
When Han Cunhou saw this, he was extremely panicked. If Timur hadn't been watching him, he would have surrendered.
Because Han Cunhou saw Zhang Zhiyuan and Ma Bao from a pile of rammed earth and rubble.
Half of Zhang Zhiyuan's body was pressed into the soil, with only a defeated and bloodless face showing. He was obviously dead.
The other Ma Bao had blood all over his head and face, and he was already breathing more out than in. He was a loud man who was about to die.
At this moment, the Red Turban Army outside the city sounded bursts of war drums.
Boom, boom, boom!
Boom!
Following the command of the drums, all the Red Scarf troops were in a posture ready to attack.
However, when the dust on Dingyuan City Wall was cleared, Zhu Yuanzhang did not immediately order an attack.
"These dog Tatars react really quickly and have already guarded the gap!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a frown.
Although there was a huge gap in the Dingyuan city wall on the far side, a group of defenders had already blocked half of it with bricks and wood.
"Brother, just wait a little longer. Anyway, the east side of the city is about to explode. Let Xu Da lead his army to attack from the east city first." Zhu Han said with a smile.
He had already seen the troops on the city wall beginning to gather towards the west wall. It was obvious that the Dingyuan garrison planned to concentrate its forces to guard the west wall.
In this way, the offensive pressure on the east wall of the rebel army will be much less.
"okay!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and immediately sent a fast horse to give orders to Zhou Dexing and Xu Da, asking them to take the lead in attacking.
The rebel troops outside the city stood still, so Timur in Dingyuan City finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he commanded well and responded promptly, allowing the surrounding soldiers to carry wood and bricks to block the gap.
"Come here, pass my military order to demolish all the houses here, and move the beams, wood, bricks and stones to block the gaps!" Timur commanded the soldiers to start demolishing the surrounding houses.
Facing the ferocious Yuan officers and soldiers, the common people whose houses were demolished could only cry helplessly. They did not dare to raise any objections, because those who had objections had already been killed by a knife.
After a lot of work, Timur commanded the soldiers to finally build a one-foot-high low wall on the gap in the city wall. The soldiers on the city wall still threw wood and bricks down from above to continue filling the gap.
Timur personally led 3,000 elite soldiers, waiting in formation at the gap, preparing to fight the Red Turban Army.
Just when Timur was almost ready and was about to breathe a little sigh of relief.
suddenly.
There was another dull loud noise.
This time the loud noise was a bit far away and seemed to come from Dongcheng.
"It's over!"
Timur climbed up the city wall and took a look at the east side of Dingyuan City, and his heart suddenly went cold.
I saw another huge cloud of dust rising in the east of Dingyuan City.
Obviously, the east wall of Dingyuan City has also been attacked.
"Quick, come with me!"
Timur roared loudly and led his three thousand elites to rush towards the east of the city.
Just when we were halfway there, there were waves of killing sounds coming from the east wall.
The attack direction of the red scarf thieves is obviously on the east side of the city wall.
"quick!"
Timur patted his mount and galloped forward.
They hadn't gone far when they saw a group of Yuan officers and soldiers fleeing towards us, abandoning their helmets and armor.
These broken soldiers ran and screamed in terror.
"Failed!"
"The red scarf thief is here!"
"Run for your life!"
Seeing this defeated army, Timur almost turned his back in anger.
At this time, after two loud noises, the defenders in the city were extremely panicked. If this panic was allowed to spread, they would really be defeated.
"Escape from battle, kill me!"
Timur gave an order, and a group of soldiers brandished weapons and charged forward, regardless of whether they were friendly or not, and they immediately started killing them indiscriminately.
The defeated soldiers who were killed cried for their fathers and mothers and tried to escape through the streets and alleys on both sides.
Woohoo!
Suddenly, a loud horn sound came from the front, and a huge red flag was waved over the top of Dingyuan City.
"Quick, follow me to take back the city wall!"
Timur was shocked when he saw this. He knew that the thieves had captured the city wall, and he did not dare to delay for a moment. If he did not seize the city wall quickly, the red scarf thieves would continue to pour into Dingyuan City.
Timur led his troops and horses to rush forward, and suddenly there was a rumble of horse hooves head on.
The soldiers of the Yuan army panicked and stopped in fear.
rumble!
I saw the east gate of Dingyuan City opened wide, and hundreds of cavalry rushed into the city from the gate.
The leader of the Red Scarf Army general, wearing cold light armor and holding a spear, rushed towards Timur and the others.
"Grandpa is Xu Da, and the Tatars must accept their fate!"
I saw this red scarf thief general shouting loudly and leading his cavalry to charge over.
When Timur saw this, he wanted to turn his horse's head and return to his own formation to seek cover.
However, the panicked soldiers blocked the road and prevented Timur from moving even a bit.
"Quick, rush me!"
Timur was so angry that he became violent and whipped the surrounding soldiers with a whip, causing them to turn back and attack.
Kill!
Under pressure, these soldiers roared and lined up to fight.
However, before they could complete their formation, hundreds of cavalry led by Xu Da had already charged over.
In an instant, the Yuan army in the front row screamed, various bones were smashed, and the sound of weapons falling was heard.
"Kill the Tartars!"
"Whoever surrenders will avoid death!"
Xu Da led the cavalry to repeatedly charge and kill, while shouting slogans to disrupt the enemy's morale.
Sure enough, facing the fierce tiger-like Red Turban cavalry, most of the Yuan soldiers immediately lost their will to fight.
They either fled to both sides, or threw down their weapons and surrendered in front of the formation.
When Timur saw this, his heart suddenly turned gray.
The attack of these Red Scarf Army was sudden. Except for these 3,000 mobile troops, the rest of the defenders were scattered in various places, unable to concentrate on counterattack.
Now that this group of soldiers was defeated, he was no longer able to defend Dingyuan City.
"drive!"
Timur rode his horse and trampled the soldiers blocking the road in front of him, and rushed towards the west wall of Dingyuan.
There are still many soldiers of Han Cunhou there who can protect him when he breaks out of the city.
Although if Dingyuan City is lost, he will probably be dismissed from office and prosecuted, but he can still survive.
but.
When Timur was halfway through, he suddenly saw a huge red flag erected on the west side of the city wall.
The sun and moon symbols on the red flag made Timur's heart stop beating.
"It's over, it's really over!"
Timur turned pale and stopped.
"Whoever surrenders will avoid death!"
"Kill the Tartars!"
As the shouts gradually approached, Timur knew that Han Cunhou on the west wall had probably surrendered, otherwise it would be impossible for him to change the flag at the top of the city without even shouting to kill.