The shouts of killing in the near distance, the sound of firearms and bowstrings, the noise was loud, and the countless shaking stars in the distance were a large number of people and horses! It was early in the morning, but everyone was awake!

The soldiers on the top of the solid walls of the fortress held muskets and bows and crossbows in their hands, and their eyes widened.

"Ahh Suddenly, there was a shout, and a samurai turned over with a knife in both hands, and suddenly there was a chaotic sound of "crackling...... and the guy was like a swing, blood beads were splashed on the torso, and arrows were inserted into his body, and the guy didn't snort, leaned forward, and fell to the ground.

After a while, two more warriors of the army appeared, and they immediately drew their bows, but it was too late, and the crossbow arrows flew first, and the two of them immediately fell off the wall like hedgehogs.

There were two cannons on the corner wall that had been filled with pieces of rubble and iron in the evening, but they didn't work for a while...... The timing of the use was just a large number of enemy soldiers rushing up to the last defense of the city walls! In other cases, it is not possible, the range of the scatterball is only a few dozen steps, and the opposite corner wall cannot reach this side; The artillery on this side of the wall could not bombard the wall because the gun had a small negative elevation angle.

But it was really difficult for the army to rush up too many people, and the firearms on the opposite corner wall kept shooting at the side and back of the people who climbed the ladder. It was not easy to climb the wall with such a rudimentary ladder under the fire on the belly and back, and it was not easy for a few people to come up. It is very rare that the army has not collapsed!

In the middle of the battlement, there are fewer soldiers and soldiers who can rush up, and occasionally an enemy soldier climbs up the battlement, but it is full of Xu troops, and the reinforcements in the city have come in!

"Wow!" The warriors of the army were very brave, and they waved their two-handed knives, and the soldiers in front of him were wearing armor, but they were holding a short single knife in their hands, and they were stabbed nearby. Unexpectedly, the warrior was very skilled in fighting, and after the two of them made a move, the warrior actually dodged the attack in the narrow space, and at the same time slashed the shoulder armor of Sergeant Xu with a knife. "Bell!" The violent sound of metal striking, the sound of the blade pulling on the metal "squeak" is sore.

In an instant, the samurai screamed, and another Sakura spear stabbed him in the flank.

The samurai's sacrificial rush gave a little space to the battlement, and immediately someone climbed up!

At this moment, a deafening loud sound of "boom boom" was heard in the hole in the wall, and the hole in the wall was also illuminated by the moment the artillery fired.

The Xu Jun Tubao is not good-looking, but the shape is very regular, and the whole is almost circular, but the six solid walls are triangular and protruding from two sides. On the opposite side of this wall is a six-flower triangle solid wall, facing the flank of the direction of the attack of the Yue army. Three guns fired at the Liuhua wall on the opposite side, the distance was close, and the deviation was laughing, and the beam of the shell was parallel to the direction of the wall on this side!

Suddenly, several whistling iron balls almost flew over the wall, bouncing brutely on the ground!

"Ah......" The soldier standing under a pair of ladders opened his mouth wide, and watched a whistling black shadow bounce off the ground with a "bang", almost grazing his face and flying over, and the ladder "clicked" and broke suddenly, as if flying! The soldier stood there like a log in fright, and did not come back to his senses for a long time. Many ladders were knocked off under the artillery fire, and the enemy soldiers attached to and under the wall shouted in confusion.

"Boom, boom, boom......" Artillery began to roar one after another.

There was nothing to be seen in the night sky, but the whistling iron balls were stretching out into the stacks of torches......

It is almost impossible to see the scene of the rout of the army, but in the flickering firelight, you can see the backs of the remnants of the defeated generals. The loud sound of artillery and the dense explosion of gunfire drowned out many of the miserable shouts, and many lives disappeared silently in the night.

Zhang Jiankui and others felt the danger of being approached by the enemy tonight, and made some changes to the night defense. The guards of the dark sentinel are changed more frequently to prevent the people on duty from falling asleep; Prepare fierce fire oil in the defenders; At the same time, after nightfall, illumination rockets are fired into the air irregularly at any time...... The arrow is tied with a ** cylinder, which can illuminate the ground in a short time when it explodes.

The casualties of the Xu army in one night were larger than many times before, mainly killed by bows and arrows, with fewer dead and many wounded. The few people who were shot directly to death were only unlucky to be shot in front of the door! As long as you don't hit the front door, even if the arrow cluster pierces the armor, it won't hurt deeply enough to cause death...... The bow and arrow of the samurai of the army are not small, especially the lethality at close range cannot be underestimated, and some plate armor has been shot through!

…… In the middle of the night the next day, the army attacked again at night, but this time the result made Ono not very satisfied, and he was repelled by fire before he could get close to the fortress.

One of the generals who participated in the night attack said: "Ono-kun, the last general thinks that in such a situation, the enemy's firearms are too fierce, and it is difficult to succeed in attacking the city only with wooden ladders; The place in the fort is small, it is difficult to play the length of the number of people, and it is impossible to gather troops in the fort to fight, and can only be killed by the enemy! The last general suggested that there was no need to climb the wall for a night attack, as long as you managed to get closer, and used bows and arrows to kill and damage the enemy nearby. ”

Ono Yoshiko also realized a problem, he suffered heavy casualties here, but his mentality has never been able to adjust: in fact, this inconspicuous fortress cannot be captured overnight......

A very spooky fort! It can only accommodate the size of a few hundred people; However, despite all possible means, it is still difficult to break through the forces with absolute superiority. This is out of Ono's knowledge for many years.

A few days later, Ono Yoshiko received news from the battle on the sea.

He now valued the Khitan Yang Gon very much, and immediately told Yang Gon the news: "The fleet of the Goryeo people is close to Tsushima Island, and in addition to the Goryeo navy, it is also full of grain, and it must have come to reinforce Iwami Fort." However, there were not many ships, and they were discovered and surrounded by their own army, and most of the grain and grass were captured. ”

Yang Gon pondered for a long time after hearing this, and said, "The Goryeo people must be talking about something with Xu Guo. What they thought about was to get the old land of the Balhae Kingdom and restore the territory of Goguryeo; The Goryeo Kingdom had been preparing and operating Pyonggyong (Pyongyang) for many years, constantly migrating people to the north, and attracting and encouraging people of all ethnic groups in the old land of the Balhae Kingdom to defect, and its ambition never gave up.

There are people of various ethnic groups in the old land of the Bohai Kingdom, but there are not many Khitans, and the sparse forces of the Great Liao in the Bohai Kingdom still make Goryeo very jealous; Therefore, the Goryeo people wanted to use the power of Xu Guo to deal with Daliao. This time he helped Xu Guo to ship by sea, most of which was to curry favor with Xu Guo and use this as a reason to negotiate conditions. ”

Ono listened carefully and nodded slightly.

Yang Gon added: "The Koreans only want the old land of the Bohai Kingdom, and they are not very interested in the land of their own country across the sea. On the one hand, they wanted to curry favor with Xu Guo and make a show; On the one hand, he was absolutely unwilling to send the strength of the whole country to cooperate with Xu Jun to advance eastward, otherwise where would he have the strength to compete with the Liao army in the Bohai State, and he would not be able to occupy such a vast land. ”

Ono listened to it, and the Khitan was not only a general, but at least he had a lot of insight into the overall situation. Although some of the ordinary subsections make Ono Yoshiko unaccustomed to it, the longer they get along, the more Ono Yoshiko looks at him.

Ono Yoshiko thought that the strength of the Xu army at sea was relatively weak, otherwise he would not have to ask the Goryeo naval army to help. The Koreans were reluctant to go all out, and for a long time, the Akamo Navy was able to block Iwami Fort's reinforcements by sea.

He re-examined the situation of the battle and believed that his previous strategy was wrong: first of all, he underestimated the enemy, and he suffered losses more than once here...... But the enemy army was only a few hundred men, and the thought was like a magic barrier in his mind.

Secondly, in terms of the mentality of underestimating the enemy, he felt that he had been under a wrong strategy, that is, he was obsessed with the urgency to break through the fortress at once.

Ono Yoshiko pondered for a long time and reformulated his battle strategy: "First besiege Iwami Fort for a long time, dig a ditch close to the fortress, and then attack with a small elite force at night, and use the night to shoot with bows and arrows to consume Xu Jun's soldiers and ammunition."

When its ammunition and food are exhausted, and its troops are exhausted, they will attack the city again! ”

There are some details in this strategy. Unlike the general square shape, even if you dig a trench, you can't protect the soldiers hiding inside from attack, because no matter how you dig the direction of the trench, as long as you get too close, the flanks and backs will always be exposed to enemy fire from a certain direction.

However, it is relatively safe for the gully to progress to the periphery of the protrusion...... It's better than being bombarded by artillery a mile away.

In addition, this strategy makes Ono Yoshiko no longer need to increase his troops, but he needs more elite samurai.

So he had no choice but to write to Heiankyo and ask the imperial court to send more samurai elite soldiers to reinforce him.

……

When Ono Yoshiko's soldiers arrived at the Heiankyo Imperial Court, the mood of the ministers can be imagined! Fifty times the troops, the siege has been more than a month, and the Xu army fortress has not yet been captured, and now it needs reinforcements?

The ministers accused Ono Yoshiko, and some people couldn't bear it anymore, so they went straight to ask Ono Yoshiko to be recalled to the court for questioning, and another good general was sent to Iwami Province!

Even Minister of Regent, Minori Fujiwara, who was forced to support Ono at the beginning, became dissatisfied at this time.

However, in the pavilion, a very silent middle-aged man said softly: "Minister Zuo will take a look at the secret report first, and the lower official thinks that sending anyone to Iwami Country will not be able to do better than Ono-kun." ”

When Fujiwara Minori heard this, his heart suddenly felt cold, and his body seemed to shiver.

In his heart, he would rather believe that this was the result of Ono Yoshiko's incompetence...... If it weren't for that, how unimaginable would Xu Jun's combat power be?

Fujiwara Minori couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "There are only hundreds of people in Xu Guo!" That small earthen village is not a big city that has been in business for many years, but a temporary earthen wall......"

The middle-aged man walked up slowly, bowed down with both hands and handed it to Fujiwara Minori. Fujiwara took a deep breath and reached out to take it.

He hadn't seen it yet, and he already had a sense of foreboding in his heart, because he still believed that the person around him wouldn't talk nonsense.

The whole inextricable overall situation, as if there is a feeling of loss of control in an instant! Everything is fragile in the face of brutal force......