Fang Guozhen and Su Sheng failed to capture Taizhou in one fell swoop, and their results naturally did not affect the situation in Henan, thousands of miles away, and Tokhtar was finally ready to launch an attack on Xuzhou in mid-August.

On the first day of the attack, Tokhtar mercilessly sent out all kinds of siege equipment, such as trebuchets, bed crossbows, ladders, bronze artillery, etc., which were far from comparable to when Gongbuban attacked Runing.

Although the defenders of Xuzhou did not have much experience in battle, they were all united in their hearts, and those who remained were those who swore to resist the Yuan soldiers.

Wen Xuan and Mu Chong were not good at commanding battles at the head of the city, so they handed over the frontal defense to Han Lingyue and Commander Sesame Li, and the two of them took the only cavalry in the city from time to time to launch several waves of raids.

Yuan Bing didn't expect the Red Turban Army in the city to be so tenacious, not to mention that they were not deterred, they even dared to launch a counterattack.

According to common sense, when attacking a city, it is generally only surrounded on three sides, leaving only one side unsurrounded, because in such a protracted battle, the soldiers defending the city can have a sense of retreat, so as to reduce the morale of the defenders.

But he didn't attack according to common sense, he wanted to wipe out the Red Turban Army in Xuzhou City, and no one was left!

The first round of attack by the Yuan soldiers lasted for three hours, and the area around the north gate of Xuzhou became billowing with smoke and dust in half a day, and the city was full of corpses and blood, and most of the city walls had been painted red with blood.

Due to the advantage of defending the city, the casualties of the Red Turban Army were not too many, only more than 1,000 people were killed in battle, and the Yuan soldiers paid thousands of lives on this wall!

Immediately after Tokhtar ordered the troops to be collected, a meeting of military divisions was held, and all the officers of more than 1,000 households in the battalion were called to the front to reprimand them, telling them that if they were so humiliated again, they would be beheaded one by one for public display.

These generals are full of grievances, but none of them dare to stand up and refute it, and they have to take off to personally supervise the battle, which of them dares not to attack with all their strength?

But the prime minister doesn't want to think about it, this is a siege war! Even if there are tens of thousands of livestock in the city, then this wall is not so easy to cross.

Ru Zhongbai saw the grievances of these generals, and leaned over to Toto's side and lowered his voice: "Prime Minister, such a blind attack is not a way, even if you capture Xuzhou at that time, I am afraid that the casualties will be extremely heavy, it is better to send someone in to persuade this group of thieves to surrender, even if they can't agree, it can disturb their military morale." ”

Tokhtar nodded in agreement, and instructed Ruzhong Bai to send someone to take advantage of the truce to surrender the defenders.

Ru Zhongbai didn't dare to be careless, so he sent a classmate friend who was able to speak well to take on the important task, and wrote a letter of persuasion to him on behalf of Toto, telling him to complete the important task.

The envoy who persuaded him to surrender gladly accepted the order, took two guards and rode to the city of Xuzhou, but before he could open his mouth to shout, the defenders at the head of the city fired arrows and shot the envoy and two guards on the spot.

After the news was transmitted back to the Yuan soldiers' camp, he was furious, but Ru Zhongbai persuaded him that maybe this group of red turban thieves was too low and did not understand the etiquette of the battle between the two armies, and he could try to change the envoy again.

Although he was dissatisfied, he finally agreed to his opinion, and Ru Zhongbai chose a young general to serve as an envoy.

This time, the messenger of persuasion had gained experience, and began to shout out from the range of the defenders, so that the people at the head of the city called their leader to speak.

Han Lingyue, Wen Xuan, Mu Chong, and Sesame Li were all in the city, how could they not know the intention of these persuasion envoys, and the first time they shot and killed the persuasion envoy was Mu Chong's own hand.

Seeing that the Yuan soldiers did not give up, they actually sent someone again, Mu Chong sneered, and immediately rushed out of the city to capture and kill him.

Wen Xuan stopped him: "Brother Mu, the two armies will not fight each other, don't hurt his life again." ”

Mu Chongjian raised his eyebrows: "Why are you keeping this thief?" Could it be that we will bow our heads and beg? ”

Wen Xuan smiled bitterly: "This is the rule, that's it, if you want to relieve your anger, then go and get his ears, and leave him a dog to go back to report the news." ”

Mu Chong nodded with satisfaction, picked up the treasure spear and rode out of the city.

When the envoy who persuaded him to surrender saw that someone had opened the city gate and came out, he thought that he was greeting him, and was about to bow his hand, but he saw Mu Chong splitting his spear and stabbing him, and in only two rounds, he picked off the two guards around the envoy and fell off his horse, which attracted the red turban army who were watching from the city to applaud.

The envoy was furious and rebuked: "The two armies are fighting, and they will not be killed!" How are you so unruly! ”

The handsome Mu Chong scolded at this time: "Fuck your mother's rules!" ”

After saying that, the head of the gun turned, and it crossed the barrel of the gun and slashed towards the messenger, how could the messenger have the power to parry, and he was slapped off the horse by Mu Chong, and the gorgeous clothes he was wearing were immediately stained with blood and dirt on the ground, and the whole person was embarrassed.

Mu Chong sneered and then jumped off the war horse, took out a dagger from his arms, walked over and grabbed his hair and picked up his head, and took out one of his ears in a flash of cold light.

The messenger who came to persuade him to surrender immediately let out a pig-killing howl, and curled up on the ground and shivered in pain.

Mu Chong squatted down and rubbed the blood of the dagger on his gorgeous clothes, and said in a cold voice: "Don't think I don't know what you are doing, the Yuan soldiers have always had the rules of slaughtering the city, and my father died in your hands like this, and you want us to open the city gate for you to slaughter?" Dream on! Even if Master Mu dies, he will never bow to you thieves! Your life is good, I only need you one ear today, go back and tell you what bullshit Prime Minister is, the hatred between us is not shared, there is no need to play these stupid tricks to the house, take your ears and roll for me! ”

Mu Chong said that he picked up his gun and got on his horse, turned over and returned to the city, but the messenger did not dare to stay for a long time, so he got up and fled back in a panic.

Although Mu Chong's actions were impulsive, they were cheered by the defenders in the city, and the morale of the Red Turban Army was greatly boosted, and the Yuan soldiers were also very angry when they saw that the envoy who persuaded them to surrender was treated like this.

Ru Zhongbai retreated in shame and didn't dare to take another look, and Totok gave an order on the spot: "Capture Xuzhou at all costs!" After the city is broken, no matter men, women and children, no one will be left! ”

Surrender was preceded by persuasion, and those who did not surrender would be slaughtered, and those who surrendered had the same chance of being slaughtered, a practice that had been reserved by the Mongol army since the time of Genghis Khan, in order to make all their enemies fall into deep fear.

A group of Mongolian and Semu generals shouted in unison on the spot, made military orders one after another, and then got up and went back to reorganize the men and horses, preparing to launch a second round of attack.