The battle for the city wall was extremely fierce from the beginning. The Yuan army relied on their new morale and launched a powerful offensive from the beginning.
"Well, it actually held up. This Ming army should not be underestimated." Under the city wall, Guantong sat on his horse and looked a little surprised as he watched the Yuan army being forced off the city wall by the Ming army bit by bit. According to his estimate, since they had just arrived and their morale was high, and there were only a mere ten thousand people in the enemy city, they would be able to crush the morale of the Ming army in one go, and then capture the city and capture the three Ming Ting princes alive. , return to the formation of Prime Minister Zuo...
"Lord Guantong, what's next for us?" Deputy General Nai'er Buhua asked Guantong.
"Well, withdraw your troops." Guantong set up a pergola and watched the situation on the city. "If the three royal flags on the city tower move, maybe we have one or two chances. But looking at it now, we won't have a chance today. Let the boys cut down the wood and set up camp while it's still dark."
He glanced at the city again: "Tomorrow, we will build the 'Return Cannon' and attack the city again."
"Yes." Nai'er nodded and asked someone to blow the horns to retreat. Lord Guantong was right. If the royal flag on the city moved, it might be possible to defeat the morale of the Ming army in one fell swoop. But after fighting for so long, Wang Qi still stood firm, indicating that the morale of the Ming army was not so easily shaken.
In this case, we can only rely on tomorrow's "return artillery" to hit those royal flags and shake them.
"Yuan Gou has retreated!" The cheers of the Ming army soldiers rang out from the city wall.
Zhu Su put down his tea cup and took a peek. Sure enough, the Yuan army under the city had begun to retreat like a tide.
After all, the city wall of Changli County was a little lower, and the fierce attack launched from the beginning really stunned Zhu Su and others. However, the Ming army, whose morale did not collapse after all, finally relied on its geographical advantage to regain the positions on the city wall bit by bit. If Zhang He or other Ming army generals were here, they would know that in any siege battle, it would be enough if they did not attack. But if an siege begins, the first contact will be like a violent storm. It can only be said that it is still Zhu Su and his party. The military formation experience was still insufficient. Although he saw that Guantong did not set up a military formation to attack the city directly, he did not expect that the first battle of the siege would be so dangerous.
According to his guess, he thought that the siege battle was just like the usual encounters. The first battle was just a tentative contact, and he would not use all his strength from the beginning. However, just such an oversight in consciousness almost allowed the Yuan army to take over.
"Finally retreated." Zhu Ping also breathed a sigh of relief. "Grandma, I didn't expect that drinking tea before the battle is not something people do! The smell of blood is so strong, and I have to pretend to be calm and pour the tea into my mouth. My stomach is full of water, and I have to hold it back. The hut…”
Even though Zhu Xi was not as knowledgeable as his two brothers, he still knew that the situation at that time was that the Ming army could only hold on with one breath. If it could not hold on, the city would definitely be destroyed. At that time, my brothers were obviously the inner pillars of the Ming army's soldiers. If he had rushed to the latrine at that time, one of the soldiers might have seen him and thought he could not withstand the pressure and ran away. The prince had also run away from them. What kind of morale can these soldiers have? If there was no guarantee, a group of people would immediately throw down their armor on the spot.
Regarding Zhu Xi's complaint, Zhu Su felt his bulging belly and was convinced. He also didn't expect that pretending to be Boyi while drinking tea in front of the battle could be a job that could kill someone.
"I'm afraid I have to do this job for a few more days." Zhu Di was also a little frightened by today's battle situation. He has also seen that the Ming army's confidence now rests entirely on his three brothers. If the three brothers are no longer on the city wall, I am afraid that the Yuan army will attack the city in a moment. "Fifth brother, this is not an option after all. If you really have any strategy, you'd better use it as soon as possible."
"After all, the Yuan army has 50,000 elite troops, but the more than 10,000 people in our army are patchwork. If this continues, I'm afraid there will be long nights and many dreams."
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs." Zhu Su said with a bitter smile. "We have to hold on to the strong attack in the past few days. Only when Guantong feels that we can't be easily annihilated can I find a way to turn defeat into victory."
"It doesn't matter. In the past, Brother Wenzheng was able to hold on for eighty-five days under such circumstances. I don't believe that the three of us brothers combined can't handle this mere 50,000 people."
The eldest brother Wenzheng mentioned by Zhu Su was Zhu Wenzheng. In the First Battle of Hongdu, Zhu Wenzheng used tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops to resist Chen Youliang's main force of 600,000. They resisted for 85 days and made great contributions to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Su used Zhu Wenzheng's past achievements as an example. Zhu Di and Zhu Xi were both in high spirits. With the jewels of his senior Zhu family in front of them, the mere 50,000 yuan army in front of them seemed to have indeed become insignificant. .
On the second day, the Yuan army, which had already set up camp, rolled out several ferocious-looking siege equipment. Zhu Su frowned: "How can the Yuan army still have this ability? Overnight, they actually built a With things like this, I thought these barbarians would only attack the city with ants!"
"That's the 'Huihui Cannon', which is the specialty of the Yuan Army. With this stone cannon, the Yuan Army used to travel across the Western Continent, and they conquered countless places in the West and the Song Dynasty." After all, it was the war history that Zhu Di understood. More, looking at the "trebuchets" outside the city, he told Zhu Su about science. Only then did Zhu Su know that in the past, the Yuan army traveled across Europe and Asia, and they did not just rely on cavalry and shooting. Making "return artillery" for attacking cities was also the Yuan army's specialty.
"However, the accuracy of the shot was very poor. Under normal circumstances, there is no need to worry about it." Zhu Di continued to explain.
Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden "bang" sound, and the entire city tower suddenly shook. A huge stone directly cut off half of the city tower, and collapsed beams and wood chips flew everywhere.
"Your Highness!" The Ming army on the city wall was shocked. Chang Mao, Di Meng and other generals rushed towards the half-collapsed tower like crazy.
"Everyone has his own position!" But in the dust, the not-so-tall body of His Highness the Fifth Prince Zhu Su gradually emerged from the dust. I heard His Highness shouting: "The battle is about to begin, how can you leave your post without permission? If you admit that you are defeated by these chickens and dogs outside the city, you can just run away before the battle is over!"
"We brothers are all the sons of the True Dragon Emperor. We have our own heaven and earth and the blessings of the heroic souls of China's thousand-year ancestors. How could we be injured by mere cannon stones?" He said, waving away the dust in a domineering manner, and sat back on the chair in three or two steps. You Zi calmly poured a cup of tea from the table.
"..." Without the cover of the ceiling and walls, the Ming army could see the figures of the Zhu brothers more clearly.
Seeing that His Highness was still sitting calmly drinking tea, the morale of the three armies was immediately boosted: "Oh! His Highness King Wu!"
"Your Highness is protected by the heroic souls of the Chinese ancestors. We will be victorious and undefeated!"
"Your Highness has armor on his chest! We also want to show His Highness our backbone!"
"It's just Yuan Gou, who are you trying to scare by setting up a few stone cannons? Come up here! Let you see what grandpas can do!"
"Lao Wu, I really belong to you." Zhu Ping sat on the chair. When the boulder flew towards him just now, he was so frightened that he rolled off his chair. At this time, he just got up from the ground. Fortunately, no one saw him because of the dust. "My legs are weak from being fooled. You can still talk nonsense in this situation. We have just walked through the gate of hell!"
"How are you doing, Fourth?"
"I'm about the same..." Zhu Di also looked disgraced. "Although I wanted to get up and say something just now, my head was empty for a while and I didn't know how to boost morale. The fifth brother is still amazing. Mount Tai collapsed without changing his color. He still had the leisure to pour tea and drink it..."
"Hey, fifth brother, what's wrong with you?" He was surprised to find that Zhu Laowu's face looked the color of pig liver at this time.
"Bah...bah, bah, in order to cover up the weakness in my legs, I thought about sitting down and drinking a bowl of tea to calm down the shock, but I didn't expect that the tea was full of dirt...it killed me!" Zhu Su spat on the ground crazily. "Damn it, Damn Yuan Gou, you can hit it so accurately... If we stay here, they won't hit us with another shot, right?"
Zhu Su wanted to run away.
(End of chapter)
