Chapter 411: Attacked From Both Inside and Outside, Surrounded!

The fourth prince of Ming Dynasty!

Hai Tong was fully conscious in an instant and shouted: "Enemy attack! Archers! Archers! Get ready!"

"Come on, come down to the city! Go down to the city, block the city gate, block the city gate!"

…

As Hai Tong shouted, the chaos caused by the explosion began to calm down.

At this time, Zhu Di had already rushed within two hundred steps.

Zhu Di took the lead, holding fire blunderbuss in both hands, and ran at the front.

The open city gate is just ahead, just ahead...

Look along the city gate.

Inside the urn city, there are already many people.

The Yuan army garrison must have sent troops to block the city gate.

Must be fast!

"Hurry up!"

Sun Yuanchu's face turned pale as he ran. Seeing that he was thrown away by Zhu Di, he tried his best to increase his speed and at the same time, he desperately shouted to the brothers in the first battalion behind him.

If the prince has three advantages and two disadvantages.

He, Sun Yuanchu, was too embarrassed to face his brothers.

Boom boom…

The dull sound of artillery suddenly sounded.

They are the artillery of the Beiyuan Army at the head of the city, and the Army's First Artillery Battalion in the distance.

Both sides fired cannons almost simultaneously.

Yang Dongxu stood beside the artillery camp, pursed his lips tightly, and bit his lip with his teeth. Blood began to ooze, but he did not notice it.

His eyes were fixed on the tall and vague figure rushing towards the city gate in the firelight.

Many tents outside the city have been set alight.

Thick smoke, fire...

The war has not yet reached its most intense intensity.

The atmosphere seemed to foreshadow the course of this battle in advance.

Bang bang bang!

The dense projectiles whizzed towards the city in the blink of an eye.

The female wall above the city gate collapsed instantly.

Rubbles splashed at the top and bottom of the city.

Yang Dongxu looked at a projectile and landed directly in front of Zhu Di. He bit his lip fiercely and his face turned pale instantly.

Turning around suddenly: "What's the gun? What's the gun? It fell outside the city!"

"Cannon No. 15!" came a cry with a cry.

Yang Dongxu rushed over...

The shelling continued.

Zhu Di led the soldiers of the first battalion and continued to rush forward on the artillery point.

Just a hundred steps away.

For a moment, it seemed very long.

It makes people anxious.

At the top of the city, Hai Tong pushed away several soldiers who had turned into corpses to protect him. He shook his head, his ears were ringing, and he stood up unsteadily.

The first time I saw Zhu Di with a golden epaulette on his shoulder.

"The Fourth Prince of Ming Dynasty!"

He yelled with all his strength, "Archer, shoot! Shoot!"

A captain of thousands listened to the roaring sound in the darkness in the distance, and desperately pulled the sea boy: "Captain of thousands! Let's go! Let's go quickly! The Ming army is shelling!"

"Get away! Quick! Save the Fourth Prince of Sheming, save the Fourth Prince of Sheming!"

Bang bang bang...

Another round of three-stage artillery fire came.

The captain threw the sea boy under him.

at the same time.

Zhu Di rushed into the city gate with the sound of flying rubble and rattan military caps hitting him.

Bang bang bang...

The Beiyuan Army rushed out of the city gate and met the first battalion's intensive volleys of gunfire.

It fell down instantly.

The survivors turned around in fear and wanted to escape.

The Yuan army behind them, under the urging of their generals, pushed forward desperately.

After Zhu Di shot, he inserted his blunderbuss sword and shouted: "Kill!"

"kill!"

Behind him, the soldiers of the first battalion led by Sun Yuanchu shouted.

The two torrents collided instantly in the narrow city gate.

The scimitars used by the Yuan army were at a disadvantage when faced with longer fire blunderbuss with blunderbuss inserted into them.

The Yuan army slashed with their swords.

Before they could even touch the soldiers of the first battalion led by Zhu Di, a forest white blunderbuss sword struck out, poking holes in the bodies of the Yuan soldiers.

"prick!"

"prick!"

…

Sun Yuanchu shouted, the soldiers around him fell, and the soldiers behind him came up.

The soldiers at the back nervously loaded their ammunition quickly, then held up the blunderbuss with both hands, over the heads of their own soldiers, and fired towards the front.

The entire battalion of soldiers gradually poured into the city gate cave.

City head.

Kaidong pushed away Qianhu, who had been hit in the head by gravel and died in the battle. He struggled to get up and heard the distant roar coming again.

After glancing at the collapsed city tower, he evacuated the section of the city wall where the artillery battalion focused its attack.

After it is safe, visually inspect the entire battle situation.

The city was in chaos.

Just a few moments.

The Fourth Prince of Bu Guangming led a group of new troops to break into the city gate. Even the top of the city was breached. There were several boarding points at the top of the city. The warriors from the first town of the Army led their soldiers and fought fiercely to expand the boarding points.

Hai Tong summoned a commander of a thousand men and kept giving orders to adjust the troops according to the situation at the top of the city.

The chaos in the city gradually subsided.

Tan Yuan, Zhang Wu, Xu Huizu and others led the attack on the climbing point at the top of the city, and the pressure suddenly increased.

Haitong looked towards the west of the city.

He also hid an ambush of a thousand elite scouts in the west of the city.

Unexpected, cautious move.

Now it is going to play a big role!

Ta-ta-ta...

The sound of hurried footsteps came, and a captain rushed over with a pale face, saying in panic: "General, the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty is charging very hard. The soldiers cannot withstand it and are retreating inside the city gate!"

After hearing this, Hai Tong laughed.

Then he ordered: "Let the soldiers attract the fourth prince of Ming Dynasty to Wengcheng!"

He wants to catch a turtle in an urn!

Haitong's eyes fell on the bottom of the city wall, twenty or thirty steps away. He was not afraid of death. He stood up to the rain of arrows and fired at the city wall to provide support for the Army's first town infantry to climb the city.

"Go to the west of the city and tell the captain of the scout team to charge the enemy troops under the city!"

...

Three miles away, beside the artillery camp.

Yang Dongxu observed the top of the city and turned his head to suggest: "Uncle Wen, the master has already rushed into the city. Now the most important thing is for Uncle Tan and his men to quickly build merit on the top of the city and drive away the Yuan soldiers. I suggest that the artillery camp approach 500 steps from the city and fire wherever there are more Yuan soldiers!"

The two artillery camp commanders headed by Wen Qi laughed instantly.

After all, they are the prince's students.

"Okay!"

Wen Qi immediately accepted Yang Dongxu's suggestion.

Then he turned around and ordered: "Stop this round of artillery, push the artillery cart, rush forward, rush to 500 steps from the city, and put the guns on the swords!"

As he spoke, he had already taken the lead in pushing a cannon and rushed forward with the cooperation of several soldiers.

Boom...

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Yang Dongxu had just helped a few brothers in the artillery battalion to push a cannon cart when he heard the rumbling of horse hooves from the west and looked up suddenly.

His face changed suddenly.

As far as the eye could see.

More than a thousand cavalrymen suddenly rushed out from the corner of the west city.

They rushed all the way to the soldiers who were attacking the city.

"Quick! Quick! Notify Uncle Zhou!"

Rumble...

When Yang Dongxu's urgent screams sounded, a roar came from the back.

Haha...

With a hearty laugh, Zhou Lang led the cavalry flag and passed by, shouting: "Don't worry, Dongxu boy!"

The voice was still behind.

Zhou Lang had already ridden his horse diagonally to the west and rushed towards the Yuan army scout team.

...

The brothers of the First Infantry Regiment of the Army near the west of the city.

Seeing more than a thousand cavalrymen rushing over.

They did not panic and flee.

Under the leadership of officers at all levels, they completely ignored the attack of the Yuan army on the top of the city and turned to the Yuan army scout team.

"Fire!"

Bang bang bang!

After a round of volleys.

More than a hundred soldiers put on their guns and swords, and with a bang, they smashed the butts of their guns on the ground and stepped on the butts of their guns with one foot.

Holding the guns with both hands tilted.

The guns and swords tilted forward.

Slightly bent over to lower the center of gravity.

Every soldier, facing the charging Yuan cavalry, was fearless.

Bang!

The warhorses crashed into the small "forest of guns" formed by more than a hundred guns and swords.

The Yuan scout team, after paying seventy or eighty people, submerged this small square.

Bang bang bang...

But another square was already waiting for the Yuan scout team.

Moreover, this square was larger.

Three teams were assembled!

This was the first team, which bought time for the brothers to assemble at the cost of the lives of all the brothers!

In the dense barrage.

More than a hundred people from the charging Yuan scout team fell in an instant.

The Yuan army scouts watched, the firelight reflected, the larger scale of the white guns and swords "forest of spears", frightened, subconsciously reined in their horses to bypass the second square.

"Kill!"

"Revenge for the brothers!"

...

Without waiting for the Yuan army scouts to find the next target, Zhou Lang finally led the cavalry to arrive.

The cavalry commanded by Zhou Lang included the First Town Cavalry Battalion and the First Mixed Brigade Cavalry Battalion.

The total force was 1,600 people.

The Yuan army scouts had already lost two or three hundred people!

Twice the enemy's strength!

When Zhou Lang met a Yuan army scout, he slashed with a knife.

Just now, he witnessed it with his own eyes.

A team of brothers disappeared in the trampling of the Yuan army scouts' horses in order to buy time for his brothers.

The prince said.

In war, if you want to avenge your brothers, you can only do it while the war is going on.

Once the other side surrenders.

If you kill again.

That is not revenge for the brothers who died in battle.

It is an insult to the heroic spirits of the brothers who died in battle!

It is an insult to the military spirit of the First Army Town!

Therefore, if you want to take revenge, you can only do it on the battlefield.

Kill!

This team of Yuan army scouts must not be left alive before the end of the war!

Only in this way can we comfort the heroic spirits of the brothers who died in battle!

All the brothers of the cavalry have the same mood and purpose as Zhou Lang.

This is also one of the reasons why the First Army Town is fearless on the battlefield.

First of all, the comrades in the army are deeply affectionate.

Secondly, everyone has a belief that only by killing the enemy in the war can we truly comfort the heroic spirits of the brothers who died in battle.

Only then will we not insult the military spirit of the First Army Town!

…

Hai Tong stood on the top of the city and watched the scout team quickly melt in the encirclement and suppression of the First Army Town Cavalry Mark.

Clenched his fists tightly.

Closed his eyes in pain and disappointment.

It’s not that the scout team is not brave enough or not elite enough.

It’s that the bloody courage of the First Army Town is too scary!

When a team of 100 people, facing the charge of thousands of cavalrymen and the volley of gunfire, could still bravely fight and form an infantry-cavalry formation.

He watched himself being drowned by the iron hooves of more than a thousand cavalrymen.

He didn't even scream in pain.

He knew that he had failed!

How did the fourth prince of Ming Dynasty train his soldiers?

How could he train a group of flesh and blood into a body of iron?

Boom boom boom...

The sound of artillery fire woke Hai Tong up.

He suddenly opened his eyes...

Five hundred steps away.

One by one, cannons were aimed at the top of the city and fired.

Can cannons be used like this? !

Crazy! A bunch of crazy people!

...

"Captain of ten thousand men! Captain of ten thousand men! The outer city can't be defended, the outer city can't be defended!"

Hai Tong was awakened by the cry of a captain of a thousand men.

Turning around, he saw that his own soldiers on the city wall were in chaos due to the artillery bombardment. The soldiers of the First Army Regiment took the opportunity to expand the access point, and more soldiers of the First Army Regiment rushed to the top of the city wall.

Yes... I can't hold it anymore!

"Quick! Send an order to the west gate and north gate to reinforce the inner city of the south city! At the same time, tell them to completely abandon the outer city and retreat to the inner city!"

"Captain Ten Thousand, what should we do with our soldiers?" The Captain asked loudly with a cry: "Captain Ten Thousand, this is all the capital you need to stand on!"

Hai Tong glared sharply.

Yes, the soldiers at the top of Nancheng City are the foundation for his foothold.

Except for the five thousand in the inner city.

He had 20,000 soldiers and 15,000 men concentrated in the outer city.

But once he worries about his own capital and orders a retreat, the Army's No. 1 Town will rush into the inner city with broken troops!

For Bei Yuan!

Now we can only abandon these fifteen thousand soldiers.

Let them hold back Army No. 1 Town!

Thinking of this, Haitong gritted his teeth tightly, blood oozed from the corners of his lips, and then stared: "Go and give the order!"

After the commander left.

Haitong continued to avoid the bombardment from the city, while trying to stabilize the morale of the soldiers and issuing orders one after another.

Groups of Beiyuan troops, in panic, were driven by generals at all levels towards the boarding points established by the Army's First Town at the top of the city.

He wanted to adjust the deployment of troops in the inner city and buy time.

At the same time, since these fifteen thousand people want to give up.

Then make the most of it.

Even if ten soldiers are exchanged for one of the army's first soldiers, it is still valuable.

The prince will come back tomorrow.

When the time comes, the fourth Ming prince's army's first town to seize the outer city will be Du Bao Rou!

Turtle in the urn!

I can’t leave even if I want to!

…

When Zhu Di led the first battalion of soldiers from Wengcheng to the top of the outer city.

It's getting light.

The Yuan army has completed the deployment of troops in the inner city.

Haitong also returned to the inner city under the escort of personal soldiers.

Boom!

Violent noises were heard.

Zhu Di turned his head and looked at the sound...

Then, at the junction of the inner and outer city, sections of passages were blown up by the Yuan army.

Zhu Di's face gradually turned solemn.

But the outer city in the southern section of the city had not yet been cleared, and he had no time to think about anything else.

At this moment, there was no way to send troops to seize the passage.

…

With the sound of collapse.

The Yuan army resisting in the outer city gradually lost its will to resist.

Half an hour later, the battle in the outer city ended.

Tan Yuan and others who went to the west gate and east gate returned.

Their faces were all ugly.

"My lord, all the passages connecting the inner city have collapsed." The collapse was not serious. According to the design, a gap about one person high and several meters wide collapsed.

But the soldiers jumped down and climbed to the other side.

What awaits the soldiers is the sword forest and sword rain of the Yuan army!

An already narrow passage.

A collapsed gap appears, doubling the difficulty of the attack!

…

After Zhu Di pondered silently for a moment, he analyzed: "The Yuan army defending the city seems to be preparing to wait for Naha to return with reinforcements and attack us from both inside and outside..."

If so.

They become sandwich cookies!

Exit the outer city now?

With so many casualties, we finally managed to capture the outer city, so we couldn't give up no matter what.

Although the passage was blown down.

But after all, it would be easy to capture the outer city and then attack the inner city.

"Now we have two ways. First, capture the inner city before Naha rushes back. Second, if we cannot capture it, we must hold on to the outer city until the main force arrives."

As he spoke, Zhu Di looked at Xu Huizu, "Did the staff count the statistics? What are the casualties?"

Xu Huizu's pained expression flashed away.

Snapped!

Then he stood up and said: "One thousand were killed in battle! Three hundred were seriously injured!"

When Zhu Di heard this, he clenched his fists instantly.

Nails dug deep into flesh.

The casualties in this battle were too great!

In the previous wars, including Zhang Bei's, the total losses were not so huge!

Tan Yuan saw that Zhu Di was feeling uncomfortable, and he felt uncomfortable too, but he still comforted him: "Your Majesty, our brothers can even fight this kind of battle. From now on, there will be no battle that our Army's First Town cannot fight!"

Zhu Di smiled bitterly.

He quickly recovered and asked again: "Where are the prisoners? How many prisoners are there?"

"Of the more than 7,000 people, about 6,000 of the Yuan army died in the battle, and some of them fled to the inner city."

Zhu Di nodded.

After thinking for a while, he ordered: "Send soldiers immediately to the yurts under the city to collect all available supplies, especially water and food."

Their food was gone.

Last night was the last meal.

As for hitting the inner city.

In any case, the soldiers have to rest for half a day.

Running thousands of miles, they attacked the city all night last night.

The soldiers were already very tired.

Such a big loss.

It also has a lot to do with the fatigue of the soldiers.

If they don't recover, they will attack the inner city. The remaining 10,000 people will probably suffer even more losses!

Moreover, the inner city may not be captured.

Instead of doing this, it is better to let the soldiers recharge their batteries.

"Move our artillery cart to the top of the city, immediately aim at the Yuan army's artillery in the inner city, and find a way to knock out the Yuan army's artillery!"

The distance between the inner and outer cities is too close.

The artillery in the inner city of the Yuan army posed a great threat to them.

Especially if you are attacked from both inside and outside.

Therefore, it must be done before the Yuan army generals react.

Destroy as many Yuan army artillery pieces as possible.

"In addition, drive the Yuan army prisoners out of the city and release them on the spot. Send envoys to the Yuan army wounded soldiers inside the city and let the Yuan army garrison generals receive treatment! Send back those who are about to die!"

Tan Yuan and others frowned.

They understood the purpose of sending the wounded soldiers back to the city.

First, show the benevolence and righteousness of their first army town to the Yuan army.

Benevolence and righteousness are useless.

If the Yuan army is weak and destined to lose.

The benevolence and righteousness shown now can prompt the Yuan army to quickly give up resistance when it loses.

Secondly, the wounded soldiers will be sent back, and the miserable scene will inevitably affect morale.

Especially those who are dying.

"Brother-in-law, will the more than 7,000 captives driven out of the city go to Nahachu? If so, they will take up arms and become our enemies!"

Zhu Di looked at Xu Huizu, and then looked around at everyone, and couldn't help laughing, "It is possible, but when they go back, they will spread the bravery of our first army town to Nahachu's army, and the enemy will inevitably be affected. And our act of capturing them and letting them go can also show our benevolence to the entire Northern Yuan army..."

...

"The most important thing is that we are now unable to guard 7,000 captives."

He only has more than 10,000 troops in total.

Keep 7,000 captives around?

Too dangerous!

"I don't mind killing prisoners, but now, killing prisoners in front of the entire inner city Northern Yuan garrison will only arouse the anger and fear of the Northern Yuan army, and they will inevitably attack and defend fiercely..."

The current purpose of the war is to capture Helin as quickly as possible.

End the war.

Then rush to Buyuer Lake.

The difficulty of the war must not be artificially created.

As for killing young and strong people in the grassland, so that the grassland will be unable to recover in a short period of time?

It doesn't make much sense.

As long as this war can be won.

He sent people to the grassland to issue a recruitment order, and a large number of young and strong people in the grassland could be withdrawn.

There is a best strategy.

Why use the worst strategy?

After Zhu Di explained.

Everyone understood.

Tan Yuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I will arrange it immediately!"

After everyone left.

Minfeng came to Zhu Di, "Master, let me take a look at your injuries."

Zhu Di nodded, took off his military uniform, and exposed his arms.

While asking Minfeng to check the location of the bullet hit by the musket, he asked: "Have the soldiers been treated?"

"Captain Zhou is treating the soldiers..."

Minfeng looked at Zhu Di's wound carefully.

His brows were knitted.

Master had five wounds.

Two arrow wounds.

Three musket wounds.

Arrow wounds and two musket penetration wounds were easy to treat.

Minfeng quickly treated Zhu Di's four wounds.

When checking the last wound, the musket wound on the left arm, he was careful and touched it with his hands, his face gradually became solemn, "Master, this bullet is stuck in the bone, and surgery is required."

Zhu Di turned around and patted the young man's head with a smile, "Right here, you do it for the master!"

"Master, you have to drink Ma Fu San..."

Zhu Di shook his head, "No, this little pain, the master can bear it!"

After drinking Ma Fu San, he will lose consciousness for at least half an hour.

The current situation does not allow this.

Nahachu, who knows when he will arrive.

"Master..."

"Minfeng, I'll help you!" Minfeng was still trying to persuade him, but suddenly a voice came from behind him. Yang Dongxu walked over quickly, looked at Zhu Di's injuries, pursed his lips tightly, and said, "Our current situation is very dangerous. Master can't use Mafusan. I'll help you."

As he spoke, he took out a towel, rolled it up, and handed it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di smiled and bit the towel.

The two young men who had just married cooperated with each other and began to cut Zhu Di's wounds and take out the bullets.

...

When it was over.

In the distance, rolling dust waves swept in with the rumbling sound of horse hooves.

Nahachu is out!

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