Zhang Zhaohua ignored the presence of her father, scolded an ugly word, turned her head and ran towards the city gate, and she ran halfway up, only to find that the city gate attacked by the southern army was Changyi Gate, and reflexively went back to rush in the direction of the cannonball.

Gu Cheng was on the city tower, and from the black pressed Southern Army sergeants, he recognized their fierce opponent this time: "Qu Liangcai, Qu Xiucai - Qu Neng!"

Qu Neng's arrival made Gu Cheng feel shocked, because he was a rare fierce general, and he had made great achievements in the war that followed Lan Yu across the Dadu River to conquer the Xifan tribe. Later, he was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief to crusade against the rebel chieftain Yuelu Timur of Jianchang, and his martial arts were outstanding, which was not comparable to ordinary people.

Qu Neng got the position of governor with real scars and scars, and his two sons are also in the army, one is a commander, the other is a thousand households, the father and son are in the army together, and they are extremely brave, Gu Cheng doesn't know if Qu Neng's arrival is Li Jinglong's appointment, if so, he can't help but say that Li Jiujiang, a person who talks about soldiers on paper, finally uses the right person.

The three city gates that Qu Neng stormed were Xizhi Gate, Chongren Gate and Qihua Gate, and made a feint attack at Changyi Gate and Lizheng Gate, which really confused the defense of the Nine Gates, and each gate did not know the reality, and the defense was critical, and the troops available for maneuver in Gu Cheng's hands were really pitiful.

Fortunately, the most powerful firepower of Xizhimen was defended by the veteran Tang Yun, Tang Yun was really familiar with the situation of Xizhimen, he commanded the sergeants to hide under the grass dam, and quickly blocked the place where the southern army's artillery stones were destroyed with the city defense tool of the wooden girl's head.

The pressure on the Chongren Gate attacked by Qu Neng was quite heavy, and the southern army concentrated all the ladders and forcibly landed on the city under the cover of strong crossbows - the Yan army first returned fire with bows and crossbows, and finally had to retreat to the Yangma City and throw rolling stones and sassalwoods down.

"No," shouted one of the defenders, "use the wolf's tooth board!"

The wolf's tooth board was full of thorns, and was pushed down by several defenders together, and when it fell heavily, it smashed on the heads of seven or eight southern army sergeants who climbed the wall, splashing blood in all directions, Zhang Zhaohua got up, and pushed another wolf's tooth board down with seven or eight defenders, she put her head out of the city wall to see, the dust was flying, the artillery was roaring, and there were people who climbed up with the help of the overpass car, she saw more and more people on the wall, and knew that close hand-to-hand combat was going to be fought soon.

"General," a soldier said, "Qihuamen is in a hurry!"

Zhang Zhaohua and Han Dong treated the wound of a sergeant with a wounded eye, who was shot in the right eye with a crossbow and his face was covered with blood, and he was so painful that he almost fainted.

Zhang Zhaohua saw his eyes and knew that he couldn't keep them, gritted his teeth and held the arrow, and pulled out the arrow inserted into the eye socket with all his might, and at the same time pulled out an eyeball that was vaguely turned around, listening to the screams in his ears, Zhang Zhaohua only felt that his back was almost cold.

Yizheng Liu Guan took over the general, this old man is also old, and his reaction is a little slow, the last battle called the stray arrow shot through the ear, leaving a big hole in it, he himself didn't care, saying that he just didn't need to listen to the roaring cannonball.

On the side of Qihua Gate, they entered hand-to-hand combat earlier than the other three gates, and the defenders at the head of the city, in the face of the swarming southern army, felt their swords and axes to fight. The guard Chen Wen grabbed the rifle next to him and rushed out, facing the rushing enemy is a stab, the enemy was caught off guard, and he was pierced through the heart, and the commander on the side made Zhang Xin roar, stepped forward half a step, and the big knife in his hand rushed to the neck of the enemy in front of him like lightning, the sergeant of the Southern Army retreated in panic, but he didn't think that the knife light turned, and the blade slashed horizontally on the enemy's left chest. The sergeant screamed and fell to the ground.

Zhang Xin knew that the battle was fierce, and judging from the situation of both the enemy and us, his side was obviously invincible, he was hesitating whether to order someone to retreat, after all, the female wall was also a barrier, but he saw Princess Xu coming up with a team of female soldiers, carrying bricks and stones, as well as a farmer's shovel, aiming at an enemy who often climbed up the city and threw it down.

"Come on, what are you afraid of," Princess Xu cut off a pair of palms exposed on the city's head, and encouraged the woman behind her who was pale and convulsed because of fear, and said, "Look at it, you won't be afraid to kill the beginning!"

She handed the stone to the woman behind her, pushed her to hold it, and threw it at the nearest enemy soldier.

Zhang Xin's words of retreat could no longer be spoken, he turned around and changed the knife in his left hand, and slashed an enemy soldier who caught up, shouting: "Soldiers, kill—"

Because the princess was on the city tower, she was like the sun, and the soldiers and people who defended the city did not hesitate to die, but also threw away the threat of death and darkness, and shouted to protect the princess one by one, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and the soldiers of the southern army did not die.

Qu Neng couldn't attack Chongren Gate for a long time, did not break through in Xizhi Gate, and was attacked violently in Qihua Gate, especially Qihua Gate, the Yan army defending the city was about to attack the female wall with one enemy and three, but was counter-killed back, and even the drums of the attack were dumb unconsciously, Qu Neng fought until it was dark and did not enter, so he had to Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Zhang Zhaohua was covered in dust and blood, lit a fire in Chongrenmen, commanded people to cook a pot of beef, and hurried to Qihuamen after eating two bites, she felt an unprecedented crisis from today's battle, and in this crisis, she gave birth to an idea and urgently needed support.

"Early tomorrow morning," Gao Chi's snow-white face was dripping with black sweat: "Li Jiujiang is here, 100,000 people, 100,000 people will attack the city——"

He didn't dare to take off his heavy armor, afraid that Qu Neng would attack the city tonight, and the others were the same as him, Gao Sui's old injuries had not healed, although no new injuries had been added, but in the fighting, the old injuries were broken, and his eyes were red in pain.

Li Jinglong divided 500,000 horses into three routes, all the way to attack Tongzhou, all the way to build a camp in Zhengcunba, all the way to attack Beiping, Qu Neng's army and horses were about eight or nine thousand, which had already made the defense of Beiping feel very difficult, and the people present couldn't help but tremble at the thought of another 100,000 people attacking the city tomorrow.

"Come on, what are you afraid of," Gao Sui said: "Li Jiujiang, the son of the raiser, is as timid as a mouse, he only dares to attack the city while his father is not in Beiping, and when he comes, he will let him die here!"

Gu Cheng pondered: "You have to find a way to drag it out." ”

His thoughts coincided with Princess Xu, she actually had a bigger secret in her heart, and no one could tell her.

When King Yan left, he quietly penetrated with her, he went to Yongping, in fact, not only to understand the siege of Yongping, but also to turn around and rush to Daning, he took a fancy to the three guards of Ning Wangdi, and the brave and warlike Duoyan Sanwei, and vowed to take them for his own use.

Therefore, Yan Wang's return to the teacher was later than everyone expected, and much later. King Yan left the city on September 11, and now it is September 27, and Princess Xu thinks that it is likely that there is still a month to wait for King Yan's rescue.

In a month's time, the city has enough food and grass, and the ordnance can be barely supplied, because the Ordnance Bureau and the Craftsman Bureau are rushing to make weapons day and night, but the soldiers will decrease day by day, and the city gate will be more critical day by day, and the nine gates must be taken into account, which gate is broken, Beiping will fall.

Can you wait until King Yan comes back? Princess Xu looked around and saw that although everyone was disgraced, there was still confidence on their faces. It's just that if you can't wait for King Yan day by day, this confidence will disappear.

"Then we'll drag it out with them. Zhang Zhaohua said.

"For us, if we can delay for a while," her bright eyes shone even brighter in the firelight: "With the time that drags out, we can win a chance to breathe, strengthen the city, integrate the troops, and do a lot of things, while Li Jinglong's army will lose a good opportunity, will be demoralized, and will collapse in the cold." ”

The southern army was not cold-tolerant, and this time Li Jinglong went north, the soldiers were still wearing autumn clothes, but they didn't know that Beiping was already bitterly cold, this kind of weather was conducive to the Yan army and not conducive to the southern army, and the geographical advantage was that the city of Beiping was strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The soldiers are united in defending the city against the enemy, because this place in Beiping is everyone's hometown and base camp, and if it is lost, it will be difficult for everyone to live.

"The key is how to delay," Princess Xu asked, "What can you do?"

Zhang Zhaohua grinned rarely: "The way of the scoundrel." ”