The battle outside the south gate had subsided, and after storming for most of the night, the resistance of the Song people did not weaken at all, but became stronger and stronger. At first, he was able to attack the head of the city a few times, but in the back, the dense arrows and stones made the moat insurmountable, and when Dong Wenzhong, the general of Xuanwei, marched thousands of households in Dengzhou, knelt straight in front of his brother, everyone understood that the war was over.

"Get up, give the order, Mingjin withdraws the troops, and the whole army returns to the camp, and sends more men to guard it, and don't slack off." In the big tent of the Chinese army, Dong Wenbing, who has always been very strict in governing the family and rarely laughs, looked at the messy strips of cloth on his younger brother's body, as well as the blood stains that could be seen everywhere on the armor, knowing that they had indeed tried their best, he couldn't help but relax his expression, and the words in his mouth became softer.

The soldiers picked up Dong Wenzhong together, seeing that his expression was still good, and knowing that there was no major problem, Dong Wenbing no longer cared about him. There were many people in the tent feeling a little depressed, he walked out, there was a crowd outside the camp, and the various armies that had gone out to attack the city were returning one after another, and although the soldiers were a little disgraced, they were still in order.

Looking at the red light in the distance, he was really a little puzzled, didn't he let the defenders return to the city under such an offensive? There has been no news from Dashuai's side, and he can't help but be a little worried, although there are nearly 100,000 troops here, but once it collapses, it will be difficult to clean up the situation.

The night was thick, and it was as dark as a ghost before dawn, and the fate of the two thousand cavalry had already told him, and the defenders had already taken precautions, and in this case, they were likely to fall into the trap of their opponents. After leading troops for so many years, Dong Wenbing, who has always been decisive in killing, hesitated for the first time, perhaps because he was not the commander, or maybe he didn't believe that with that little strength in the city, how much damage would be done to Boyan's army.

Even if it is really defeated, there will always be one or two messengers coming, and there is no news until now, is it truncated by the Song people? Dong Wenbing looked in the direction of the west of the city, where the explosion that had been sounding for most of the night had stopped, and his mind drifted wildly, inexplicably giving birth to a sense of annoyance.

"Yanming, is there no news from the west side of the city?" There was a sound of horses' hooves, and the voices of General Zhaoyi and tens of thousands of households of the Mongolian Han army on the left came from behind, Dong Wenbing turned around, and looked at him and asked directly when he couldn't wait to get off the horse, showing how worried he was in his heart.

"Don't guess, the handsome man is extraordinarily wise, and his subordinates are many generals, so he will be fine." Dong Wenbing waited for him to approach, shook his head and comforted.

"I came at the order, and I didn't know exactly what was going on. Busy with the cavalry over there, they will come after dawn, what is the matter with you in this big camp? Have you just stormed the city? ”

Ah Tinghan didn't believe Dong Wenbing's words, he came from the north gate, originally in terms of distance, the north gate to the west gate was closer, but because the middle was blocked by Shishou Mountain, he had to go around a larger circle. The commander gave him instructions very late, although he only told them to guard them strictly, but this unusual word made him smell something sensitively, so he came here himself.

Seeing him ask, Dong Wenbing did not hide it from him, and recounted his siege of the city that night, including the fact that most of the two cavalry thousand troops sent were injured. Ah Tinghan listened silently, did not speak for a long time, digesting this information in his mind, three hours have passed since the Song people began to attack, what will happen for such a long time?

"Yanming, have you ever sent someone to the west of the city to investigate?" After thinking for a moment, Asahan asked.

"Yes, there were two groups before and after, a total of four people, and none of them came back. Now that there are only 1,000 cavalry available, the Song people must be prepared, and it is useless to send people over. Dong Wenbing pointed in the direction of the west of the city and said, two thousand people have been beaten back, what is the use of sending another thousand people, he has a feeling that the Song people seem to be able to see all their actions, how is this possible, Dong Wenbing was taken aback by his own thoughts.

"I'll tell you the truth, I have a gut feeling that something must have happened to Dashuai. Yanming, if you believe me, you must gather troops to fight now, otherwise it may be too late. "Covering the battlefield information is the best means for the Mongolian cavalry to break the enemy, and Ashuhan's intuition is not unreasonable, if the west of the city is unharmed, it is impossible to go without news for so long.

"Asahan, I also feel that something is wrong in my heart, otherwise I would not have ordered the siege of the city. But now in the dark night, with these foot soldiers in the camp, I am afraid that I will fall into the trap of the Song people, and the dawn is imminent, whether it will be successful or not, it will not be at this moment. ”

Dong Wenbing's tone was a little helpless, Attari had been walking for a long time, and he didn't know if they had found Yan Che'er. Besides, if something really happens to Dashuai's side, these tens of thousands of people in their hands are their last strength, and they can't afford to lose any more.

After listening to his words, Azihan didn't say anything more, although he was a Mongol, but when it came to his friendship with the Great Khan, the Han man in front of him was probably even deeper. At present, among the besieging armies, except for the part commanded by Chengxi Boyan himself, the rest of the armies of the various gates were handed over to him for control, and Asahan looked up at the change of color on the horizon, hoping that the dawn would come a moment earlier.

The crisp sound of "Ding Bang" appeared again, and the copper bell hanging on the barbed wire was shaken and swayed, Liu Yu and Li Tingzhi, the ambassador of the two Huai systems standing on the side, exchanged a look, and each smiled, this is already the fourth case, I don't know which unlucky ghost fell into the barbed wire again.

Remembering the first group of Mongolian cavalry that were covered in blood, even the men led the horses to pull the barbed wire fence and rushed forward a long way, and the huge momentum dragged up several horn irons buried deep in the ground, causing the foot soldiers to have to rearrange them, but fortunately, things were relatively simple, and it didn't take much effort.

"Oh, Ziqing, such a clever trick has opened Ben Shuai's eyes, but how did this kind of iron wire come about?" Although the two sides had talked over the walkie-talkie, when they met, Li Tingzhi was still surprised by the youth of the person in front of him, such a big war operation was actually led by him, and he couldn't help but feel that he was old?

"I hope the marshal will forgive me, this product comes from outside, and a certain person also bought it from Guangquan, how they made it, a certain is really not clear. It's just that since it's made of iron, the cost is also expensive, and if it weren't for such a critical moment, a certain would not be able to use it. ”

Liu Yu doesn't plan to popularize the knowledge of steelmaking in later generations, in fact, he himself can't say clearly, whether he pulls it out or presses it out, and says vaguely, whether he believes it or not, it is up to him. Li Tingzhi nodded, obviously he was just talking casually, and he didn't mean to get to the bottom of it.

Along with Li Tingzhi came Jin Ming and Liu Shiyong's department, under the attack from three sides, especially after the fall of the big man, Boyan's department has completely collapsed. Jin Ming's subordinates worked all night, and their bodies were already out of reach, so the task of pursuing them was handed over to the Huai soldiers under Li Tingzhi's command.

Of course, this kind of good thing of beating the water dogs is still very popular with the soldiers, Li Tingzhi handed it over to his close confidant Xu Wende's department, plus the naval army led by Su Liu Yi on the river, and drove the rout soldiers from these two directions to flee upstream.

There are too many enemy troops, and the number of people inside and outside the city can't eat it together, and now this result is already good, when Li Tingzhi brought people all the way from the riverside, the ground was almost full of enemy corpses, and the Tartar camp was full of corpses, even if he didn't do anything now, this was a victory that could be boasted of.

According to Liu Yu's introduction, the barrier called "barbed wire" stretched to the area of Niutou Mountain, completely cutting off the connection between the west of the city and other places. Li Tingzhi really took a breath of cold air when he first heard him say, he knew how far it was from here, I was afraid that it would be more than ten miles long? No wonder this young man said that it was expensive, it was iron, and in some places in the Great Song Dynasty it could be used to make coins.

Not only is it long, but it is also very wide, back and forth a full four, and it is covered with spikes, whether it is a man or a horse trapped in it, it will not want to get out, and the more you struggle, the tighter it will be entangled, it is really a sharp weapon to block the enemy. Li Tingzhi sighed, as the sky gradually brightened, the scene in front of it was more intuitively presented, densely covered with the ground, no wonder it was called a "net".

Behind the barbed wire, a large group of Song soldiers sat on the ground eating the dry food they had brought with them, and Liu Yu stopped them from wanting to go directly to the river to fetch water to drink, and had the kind of mineral water in plastic bottles brought from the city. While the war was still going on, he had ordered the city's volunteers to help find the dead horses in the west of the city, so that they could make a hot broth for everyone.

"Ziqing, there are still 100,000 enemy troops over there, and there are a lot of cavalry, what are your plans?" Li Tingzhi took a bottle of water handed by Liu Yu, the lid had been opened, and he took a sip, but it was normal, but the bottle was actually transparent, and he didn't know what it was.

"Relying on this thing, kill and injure a large number of enemies, until they collapse, it is impossible to annihilate them completely, but if they want to retreat with all their tails like this, they are really unwilling, and I hope that the commander will help." Liu Yu didn't talk nonsense, and directly said what he thought in his heart.

Li Tingzhi nodded, this young man is obviously not familiar with the laws of officialdom, and he mentioned it so bluntly in the face of his senior, who is much higher, without any cover-up and temptation to exchange interests, he likes this kind of person, and he originally led the army to help but did his best, but he didn't expect that a big victory was already expected.

He beckoned several of his commanders over, pointed at Liu Yu and said to them: "In today's battle, he is your commander, and any orders are equivalent to those issued by this commander." This is only said once, when the war broke out, who disobeyed the order and directly engaged in military law, and there was no need to ask the commander again, did you hear clearly? ”

Several people looked at each other and said yes, Liu Yu didn't dare to slack off, and each returned the salute, saying that the history books are still reliable, and Li Tingzhi is indeed a person who cares about the overall situation. The battle line was too long, and with these people in the city, it was not enough to defend it all, Li Tingzhi brought more than 30,000 Huai soldiers, and solved his problem at once.

"Yu Taishou, there is a lot of smoke and dust outside the south gate, I am afraid that the Tartar will make a big move, it is too far away, I can't see the truth clearly, and I hope that Taishou will pay attention to it and finish speaking." Turning on the walkie-talkie, Li Shiyi's voice came out, Liu Yu raised his eyes to look at the sky that had just been brightened, and glanced at Li Tingzhi helplessly, I am afraid that this hot meal will not be eaten.