Chapter 563: Fight to the Death

The round sun hanging on the willow branches slowly rose to the middle of the sky, then sank to the west and finally sank into the earth.

When it was completely dark, the atmosphere in Ningcheng became solemn.

Generals such as Qin Shan and Guan Tong rode back and forth on horseback, asking soldiers to place chevaux de frise, sandbags and other items in the main streets and alleys.

He had already made the worst plan in his mind. If the Northern Di soldiers broke into the city, the royal army would have to fight a brutal street battle with the Northern Di.

Then, they each returned to the city walls they were guarding, waiting for the possible night attack by the Northern Di.

Time passed, and at three o'clock in the morning, suddenly the sound of the ringing bells rang out, which was very clear in the silent night.

Qin Shan looked at the endless darkness and shouted: "Prepare for battle!"

As soon as his order was issued, thousands of burning arrows shot out from the city and flew out of the city.

These were the Northern Di bows and arrows he collected in Ningcheng.

Since the only purpose of the arrows was to illuminate, accuracy was not required.

So, he arranged a thousand soldiers to shoot arrows outside the city.

"General Mo's method is still useful." Qin Shan sweated.

Chang Wei met them in Leting County and told them in detail how Mo Yu dealt with the Beidi night attack.

Although they did not want to fight a night battle with the Beidi, the Beidi obviously knew that night battles could reduce their firearms advantage.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Bang bang bang..."

Burning arrows fell from the sky, illuminating patches of areas.

The artillery and musketeers on the city wall immediately poured shells and bullets over.

The screams of Beidi soldiers continued to sound in the darkness.

But even so, the burning arrows still could not illuminate the entire battlefield.

Some Beidi soldiers hid in the darkness and approached the city wall.

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

After a while, a sound of arrows breaking through the air sounded.

This time it was not the arrows of the royal army, but the hidden arrows of the Beidi people.

Some of the royal army soldiers were immediately shot and injured.

Seeing this scene, Qin Shan gritted his teeth.

Yanguan was able to face the night attack of Beidi safely and calmly because Yanguan had high walls and Beidi could only attack one side.

But now Beidi surrounded the city on all sides, the situation was much worse than Yanguan, and the soldiers would sacrifice more.

He had to bear this.

However, although a small number of Beidi soldiers escaped and touched within a hundred meters of the city wall.

But these soldiers could only play a harassing role and could not pose a huge threat to the soldiers on the city wall.

And the burning arrows kept falling.

They dodged once, dodged twice, but it was difficult to do it three or four times.

When they were exposed, they were immediately shot into sieves by the musketeers.

The Beidi soldiers who came to the bottom of the city and tried to set up the ladder were also taken care of.

The rifled guns kept shooting at the bottom of the ladder, and the Beidi soldiers died at the foot of the wall before they climbed up.

Occasionally, three or five Beidi soldiers climbed up the city wall.

The bayonets of the royal soldiers stabbed them off the ladder.

As the battle became tense, in the Beidi camp, Mule Hongzhen looked at the top of Ningcheng with a sneer on his face.

As he expected, the night provided the best protection for the Beidi soldiers.

Although their attack still could not break through the city wall.

But after all, many soldiers were able to approach the city wall.

For him, this was enough.

At this moment, in front of him, twelve teams of soldiers were lined up, and each soldier had a huge gunpowder barrel in front of him.

As long as these gunpowder barrels could be sent to the bottom of the city wall, they could blow up the city wall.

"Warriors of Beidi, victory is in your hands. Go and destroy the wall of Yanguan." Mule Hongzhen pointed to Ningcheng.

"Yes, Khan." The twelve teams of Beidi soldiers shouted loudly.

Lifting the gunpowder barrels, they disappeared into the night.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Bang bang bang..."

The battle continued, and the shrapnel fired by the mortar exploded in the air, like thunder and lightning illuminating the earth from time to time.

A soldier was sharp-eyed and immediately spotted the Beidi soldiers carrying wooden barrels on the battlefield.

"General, something is happening!" The soldier pointed to the northeast.

Qin Shan looked over and saw only burning arrows on the ground and figures flashing by the fire.

"What's going on!" Qin Shan asked.

"A team of soldiers is carrying wooden barrels, which may contain gunpowder." The soldier said anxiously.

Qin Shan heard this and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

It was just that the battlefield was like the shadows of trees under the night light, mottled and vibrant.

Some places were bright, while others were very dim.

At this moment, the mortars on the east side of the city wall suddenly fired intensively, and shells lit up the night sky.

He looked again and indeed found a team of Beidi soldiers carrying wooden barrels.

Just as he was about to order the soldiers to shoot, another round of gunfire rang out, and it was obvious that other soldiers had started first.

Almost instantly, there was a loud "bang" and a huge flame rose on the battlefield.

There seemed to be broken limbs flying in the flames, and many Beidi soldiers were directly swept away by the shock wave of the explosion.

Qin Shan saw this and not only did he not show any joy, but was worried.

The worst thing happened. Beidi was ready to blow up the city wall.

"Light the fire trench under the city." Qin Shan ordered.

In order to create trouble for the Beidi people who were attacking the city.

Before the Beidi soldiers arrived, he ordered the soldiers to dig a circle of trenches around the city.

These trenches could continuously slow down the enemy's attack speed, and a layer of kerosene was poured in them.

As long as the kerosene was ignited, a wall of fire would be formed.

But he didn't want to use this fire wall until the critical moment.

Because once the kerosene burned out, the trench would only be a trench and could no longer provide help for night battles.

He was thinking, and suddenly there were two huge explosions in succession.

Qin Shan frowned even more deeply. It was obvious that Beidi had prepared more than one gunpowder barrel.

"Swoosh..." At this moment, a burning arrow flew towards the trench.

A little fire immediately ignited the kerosene, and the fire wall spread from the north gate to both sides, gradually surrounding the entire Ningcheng.

The soldiers of the palace immediately pointed their guns at the fire wall.

If the Beidi soldiers wanted to come to the city, they had to pass through the fire wall.

In this way, they would be exposed.

"Boom, boom."

Two more explosions.

But this time the explosion did not come from the north gate, but from the west gate.

In the firelight, he saw bricks and stones flying in the air.

Qin Shan's face changed immediately. This gunpowder barrel exploded under the city.

I'm afraid the city wall of the west gate was severely damaged.

"Anda!"

Sure enough, after the explosion, the roar of the Beidi soldiers rang out from the west gate.

"Guantong, you must hold on for me." Qin Shan said fiercely.

This is only the first day. If Ningcheng is lost like this, he, Qin Shan, can only commit suicide to apologize.

"Immediately dispatch 2,000 soldiers to support the west gate. No matter what the cost, the gap must be blocked." Qin Shan pointed out four lieutenants.

After answering yes, the lieutenants immediately led their troops away.

When they arrived at the west city, they found that the west city gate had collapsed a hundred meters south.

The Beidi soldiers kept crossing the city wall and pouring into Ningcheng.