Seeing this, Yan Hu sneered, suddenly ran to the side of the flag soldier on the left, snatched the Ming military flag from his hand, and jumped onto the battlements of the city wall in a few steps. The soldiers' eyes were immediately attracted by his actions.

I saw Yan Hu standing on the battlements of the city wall, with his back to the Tatar army, facing his soldiers, waving the huge military flag vigorously, and shouting with all his might: "For the sake of Huaxia, kill ......."

The soldiers of the Ming army were moved by Yan Hu's bravery, they seemed to have suddenly forgotten the enemy's roar, forgetting that the enemy's roar was still echoing on the grassland, they raised their arms again, and roared hoarsely one by one: "Kill ......"

On this day, the 30,000 iron cavalry army was put into an attack, and the 30,000 army was divided into 30,000 people, taking turns to attack Yanmen Pass.

Yan Hu led more than 20,000 soldiers of the Ming army to resist to the death, and the fierce battle lasted until nightfall, when Wu Ke Tu came to lead the army to slowly retreat.

On this day, the Tatar army lost 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the Ming army lost 800 men!

After that, Yan Hu saw that the Tatar army was attacking in a tide, so he threw two infantry divisions of the Yingyang Army on the front wall and defensive facilities, and pressed all the artillery departments on the head of the city.

At the same time, Yan Hu also transferred 3,000 elite soldiers from the defenders of Yanmen Pass, and also placed them on the front, preparing to fight the Tatar army to the end.

On the auxiliary walls of the two wings, Yan Hu arranged some men and horses, divided the remaining infantry officers of the Yingyang Army into two teams, and deployed them on the two wings of the front city wall, and the remaining infantry officers and cavalry officers were placed in the city on standby.

On this day, the Tatar army unexpectedly did not attack, and it is estimated that it was already sleepy and tired.

Yan Hu led a team of guards to patrol the city, and since the morning, he saw many Tatar soldiers running to the side of Yanmen Pass to look left and right, and then gathered together to point at the tower on the left wing, and did not know what they were discussing.

In the morning, quite a few Tatar soldiers began to dig and bag outside the range of the Ming artillery, and then the bags were stacked nearby.

As soon as lunch was over, Yan Hu immediately realized that something was wrong. He noticed a sudden increase in the number of Tatar soldiers on the mountain. The mountains of dirt bags had been divided into dozens by more soldiers and scattered halfway up the mountain.

At this time, Sun Deqi, the guerrilla general of the left battalion, came over and also discovered the abnormality. He said strangely, "What do these Tartars want to do?" ”

"It's going to attack."

Yan Hu said talkatively.

Suddenly, a huge horn came out of the Tatar battalion. The long, deep voice suddenly tore through the quiet sky of Yanmen Pass.

Hundreds of horns were sounded in all corners of the Tatar battalion, countless battle flags shuttled back and forth in the battalion, and the soldiers came out of their tents one after another, nervously and orderly to gather under their respective battle flags.

The Ming soldiers on the city wall stood up one after another and looked into the Tatar camp.

Yan Hu, who was standing on the city wall, had already changed into a military uniform, black armor, and a black helmet. He looked at the Tatar army, which was already ready to move, and waved his hand behind him. The herald standing behind him gestured to the flag herald standing on the inner wall.

The fierce drum beat suddenly sounded in the sky above the Yanmen Gate. The trumpets of the great battle have sounded, the drums of war have been beaten, and the prelude to the decisive battle is about to begin.

The soldiers on the side of the city tower on the left wing of Yanmen Pass looked at the movement of the Tatar camp for a while, and looked at the main city wall of their homes for a while, looking a little nervous.

The attention of these Ming soldiers was all drawn to the front city wall, and no one noticed the crowd of people on the hill on the left.

At the same time, Yan Hu, who was presiding over the command, couldn't help but remember what he had discovered in the morning, and then looked up into the woods on the mountain on the left wing.

Yan Hu's eyes suddenly widened, and he let out an earth-shattering roar: "Raise your shield!" ”

Yan Hu saw a black cloud floating over the woods on the mountain on the left wing, and he seemed to be able to hear the terrible cry of the black cloud tearing through the air.

In his opinion, he had to use his own soldiers to consume the enemy anyway, and early death and late death were deaths, so it was better to try to have a good time first.

At noon, he had already sent 5,500 soldiers out of the camp quietly, rushed to the hill on the left flank of Yanmen Pass, and ambushed in the depression closest to the tower on the left flank. As an ambush soldier who suddenly flanked the Ming army.

Yan Hu's roar woke up many people, and the shield hand on the left flank involuntarily raised his shield, and then heard the sound of bows and arrows. They cried out in horror and immediately crouched down and erected their shields.

And the soldiers without a shield were like frightened rabbits, and in the blink of an eye they crawled and hid in the inner side of the city wall, each instinctively holding their heads in their hands and clinging to the root of the wall. The soldiers near the tower on the left wing were like frightened birds, and immediately dispersed, each looking for a place to escape. For a while, there was no one on the top of the city wall except for the soldiers hiding behind their shields.

A huge rain of black arrows roared, and the long arrows were nailed to the city tower with a piercing sound of wind and thunder, and on the city wall, there was a terrifying sound of "whoosh", "knock" and "crackling". Some arrows fell outside the city wall because of their lack of range, others flew out of the city wall because they were too long, and the long arrows that fell on the city wall exerted great power. Some of the shield soldiers were knocked down by the tremendous force of many long arrows shot together, and some of the long arrows bounced to the ground but still drilled into the soldiers' bodies with full strength, and the wooden roofs and wooden pillars of the towers, as well as the doors and windows, were full of long arrows inserted diagonally into them.

Due to the sudden attack of 5,500 Tatar archers, the Ming army bird gunners guarding the left flank had no time to deal with it, and were completely suppressed by the dense rain of arrows, and there was no chance to launch a counterattack.

At this time, Uketu came to stand in front of the army, very satisfied with the wonderful performance made by his subordinates. He shouted to the herald standing behind him: "Order the bow troops, keep shooting." ”

"Blow the trumpet, order the front army, approach the wall, throw dirt bags."

The sound of the trumpet of "Woo ......" came from the Tatar battalion and resounded throughout the battlefield.

The five hundred soldiers who had all been arranged behind the dirt bags were all strong men. They stood near a dozen piles of dirt bags, ready to strike.

When a commander heard the sound of the trumpet, he immediately shouted: "...... on the shoulder". The soldiers worked in pairs, one squatting on the ground, and the other grabbed a bag of dirt and put it on each other's shoulders.

"Rushing to the ......" With the order of the commander of the thousand, more than 200 soldiers carried dirt bags, roared wildly, and ran towards the city wall quickly. Above them, a denser rain of arrows whistled by.

On the main city wall, the soldiers all looked at the tower on the left wing, they heard the dense sound of horns on the hill, and saw the dense long arrows raging on the tower.

Yan Hu was calm, and then he was still engrossed in staring at the Hu army that was slowly coming out of the camp, not moved at all, at this time, the troops stationed on the left flank were completely sufficient, and they would definitely be able to withstand the attack of the Tatar ambush, but the casualties would be more.

Sun Deqi, the guerrilla general of the left battalion, took advantage of the interval between the arrow rain and stretched out his head to look outside the city wall. Sun Deqi was so frightened that he shrank his neck and didn't dare to move. However, he heard the shouts of hundreds of soldiers outside the walls, the sound of running, and the sound of heavy objects being thrown under the walls. He thought of the dirt bags. It seems that these Tatars really wanted to fill in the platform on the mountainside, so that they could set up a ladder to attack the left wing tower. It's just that now the arrows in the sky are flying like locusts, and they can't stick out their heads at all, let alone block them.

A dozen shield soldiers had long been unable to withstand the bombardment of so many long arrows, and they all took advantage of the gap between the two rounds of arrow rain to run to the edge of the city wall to hide. Several soldiers were wounded by the bouncing arrows and lay moaning in pain at the base of the wall. The entire city wall was topped with long arrows.

At the same time, Wu Ke Tu came to lead the main force of 40,000 troops in the Yanmen Pass under the line of line, the flag fluttering, the sea of people like a tide, quite spectacular.

The main direction of attack on the battlefield chosen by Uketu was the right side of Yanmen Pass. At this time, more than 5,000 Tatar archers were attacking the left wing tower, and the Ming army on the tower was too busy to help the troops on the left side of the main city wall to defend.

Yan Hu also saw the enemy's intentions standing on the city wall, he shouted loudly, and ordered the two commanders to go to support immediately.

Suddenly, the horn sounded, and the main army of 40,000 from Uketu began to unfold its formation. Crossbowmen and mounted archers began to move forward, and the assault infantry marched in groups of ten, carrying eight-foot ladders; Behind each ladder to the city, there is a commando team of twenty people. These squads of soldiers held knives in one hand and shields in the other, looking like they were at home.

At the same time, the war drums of the Ming army in the Yanmen Pass became more and more fierce one after another, and the city tower was full of soldiers in full armor, and under the loud orders of the commanders at all levels, the troops began to enter a state of imminent battle.

Below the city, the enemy forces were still advancing, gradually coming into the range of artillery.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The artillery of the Ming army on the head of the city began to roar first, and then the bird-gunners of the Eagle Yang Army began to shoot, which immediately contained the offensive of the Tatar army.

But immediately after, tens of thousands of Tatar archers and cavalry archers also began to fight back, and the overwhelming rain of arrows continued to fall, and the firepower of the Ming army began to gradually weaken.

At this time, the Tatar soldiers who were attacking the left flank of Yanmen Pass successfully threw more than 1,000 bags of earth under the base of the city wall under the cover of bows and arrows. A small platform that can accommodate a dozen ladders has been formed.

The horn sounded, and the front army that had just thrown the dirt bags immediately retreated to both sides, and a hundred soldiers who had erected ladders roared, carrying ten ladders and holding shields, and rushed to the city wall.