The officers and soldiers came from the south, and the largest number of people gathered outside the main gate of Li, the south gate of Beiping. The artillery outside the city roared and the smoke of gunpowder billowed out, but the prince was still in charge of Lizheng Gate in person!

Zhu Gaoxu, Yao Guangxiao and others also stood next to Shizi, and everyone in the city tower couldn't help coughing "cough, cough, cough ......" from time to time. The smoke of gunpowder and the burning of fierce fire oil was very choking.

The smell of burning oil was like the mixed stench of gasoline and asphalt, and Zhu Gaoxu felt as if he was in a 30-year-old broken car.

Although the people on the tower of the city were condescending, their vision was affected by the thick smoke, and they could not see the outside scene clearly. From time to time, soldiers walked into the city tower and knelt on one knee to report the situation, and when the cannon fire was dense, even the sound of speech could often not be heard clearly, and the surrounding atmosphere was noisy and tense.

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: Although the offensive and defensive momentum of Beiping City is greater than the previous battle of Yongping City, the reason is the same. The danger comes from the constant attrition of the defenders, which leads to a thin force; The real solution is reinforcements!

Now that this battle has not been fought for long, Zhu Gaoxu is not too worried for the time being.

At this moment, suddenly a blood-stained military general rushed into the Lizheng Gate Tower! Everyone looked sideways, and the prince was also attracted to attention.

The general didn't wait for an inquiry, and immediately spoke: "Oh no! His Royal Highness, the Changyi Gate has been breached! ”

"What?!" Shizi's fat body suddenly became unusually agile, and he bounced up from the chair in an instant. Everyone in the city tower was immediately in an uproar, their faces changed, and even Zhu Gaoxu, who had just been distracted, was stunned.

There was a humane next to him: "It's not been ten days, how can Beiping Jiancheng be breached?" ”

Yao Guangxiao couldn't sit still: "The situation is dangerous!" There are many officers and soldiers, and once they pour into the city, Beiping will not be able to defend it! Shizi, immediately send reinforcements, desperate, must recapture Changyi Gate! ”

Seeing that Shizi was unable to move, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't sit still, he and everyone in Peking are now grasshoppers on the same rope! He immediately clenched his fists and said, "Eldest brother, the men and horses I brought back are just in the west, and there is no arrangement to go to the city." Please give the order of the eldest brother, and allow me to lead the army to reinforcements immediately!" ”

"Good! Second brother, go! The prince also put aside his personal grievances for a while, and said in an extremely sincere tone, "Once the second brother goes, there is still a turnaround!" ”

"I'll do my best." After Zhu Gaoxu finished clasping his fists, he hurriedly ran out of the city tower.

The prince is still talking to the generals in the back, and is arranging more people and horses near Changyi Gate to reinforce.

"Bang dang...... "Zhu Gaoxu ran down the city, and the heavy armor on his body collided with him because ......of the vigorous exercise. As soon as the city gate is broken, the pace of the battle will suddenly increase, and every second will be deadly!

Zhu Gaoxu rushed down the city tower, turned over and jumped on his horse, and ran to the west of the city at the fastest speed. Fortunately, the prince had ordered martial law in the whole city before the war, and several streets in the city were blocked, and no civilians were allowed to enter, just to keep the avenues clear at the critical moment, so that troops could be quickly dispatched!

After riding a horse and running for a while, Zhu Gaoxu finally saw the foot riders lined up on the side of the street. Before he could reach the place, he shouted on his horse: "Wang Bin, take your cavalry with me to Changyi Gate!" Weida, lead the infantry to run forward, and immediately mobilize to Changyi Gate! ”

"Order!"

Although Zhu Gaoxu has tried his best to reinforce as quickly as possible, it takes time to transfer troops after all! After a delay, I don't know how many officers and soldiers have entered the city for such a period of time! The number of officers and soldiers outside the city was as high as 500,000.

It's not scientific! It shouldn't be so easy, right?

Zhu Gaoxu led the cavalry to the Changyi Gate first, and then heard the sound of killing in front of the sky, and when he got a little closer, he saw that the gate of Changyi Gate was wide open, and the soldiers and horses at the gate were surging and slaughtering. There were nearby defender reinforcements who arrived first without waiting for the order of the Chinese army.

The city gate was filled with gunsmoke, arrows were flying wildly, the fire of "bang bang ......" rang non-stop, the city gate was crowded with people and horses, Zhu Gaoxu's cavalry could not go up for the time being, he saw a defender general shouting there, so he slapped his horse forward.

Zhu Gaoxu stopped the general, and asked with an angry face: "How can the official army break the door?" ”

The military general recognized the king of Gaoyang County, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "The last general has just arrived for a while, and it is said that because of the scarcity of officers and troops outside the Changyi Gate, the defenders of the Changyi Gate will not be arranged much. The guards took it lightly and were climbed up the ladder by the officers and soldiers!

This group of officers and troops was very fierce, and while our army was unprepared, they quickly climbed the main wall from the moon city with a ladder; The defenders on the city wall were defeated, and the officers and soldiers rushed down the ramp on that side, cut down the defenders from inside the city gate, and opened the city gate! ”

Zhu Gaoxu listened to the general process, among which the defenders had resisted several times, but none of them were blocked, didn't the offensive of this official army be like a bamboo?

At this moment, I suddenly saw a mess at the gate of the city, and a large number of Yan soldiers fled to the streets on both sides, screaming and shouting loudly, it was like throwing away their armor! The infantry of the Yan army behind quickly advanced forward under the shouting of the generals.

Zhu Gaoxu and the others led the cavalry to follow, and saw that the officers and troops were standing at the gate of the city, but they were only defending and did not rush into the city. There is also a wide sloping passage near the city gate, which leads to the city wall, where the opening is also guarded by officials and soldiers, presumably mainly to prevent the defenders from coming down from the top of the city wall.

The officers and soldiers were in front, the cavalry was behind, and the men and horses were cleaned. Zhu Gaoxu couldn't believe that with the level of organization of the ancient army, the rebellious army that had just entered the city gate could quickly deploy a formation?

"Tell Cao Guogong to transfer troops over, quickly!" After the officers and soldiers marched, a general on horseback shouted loudly, and even Zhu Gaoxu could hear the voice.

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: No wonder the officers and soldiers did not take advantage of the situation to rush into the city, the defenders of Changyi Gate were thin, and there were not many officers and soldiers entering the city; But this officer and general is very smart, first guard the city gate, and when the reinforcements arrive, they can immediately kill in!

Zhu Gaoxu pointed at the general and asked, "Who is the enemy general?" ”

Someone replied, "Governor Qu Neng!" ”

At this moment, the battle in front suddenly became fierce, and a large number of Yan troops rushed to the city gate. "Bang bang...... The fire guns in front of the officers and soldiers rang out one after another, and the cavalry behind them rode and shot on their horses, and the place at the gate of the city was not big, and the people and horses were crowded, and they suddenly screamed miserably.

Zhu Gaoxu paid close attention to the observation, and saw that the infantry in front of Qu Neng was unusually arranged, and the pikemen were spaced with fire guns and crossbows, and a large number of melee infantry were fighting with the Yan army in front, and there were firearms and crossbows fired nearby, and bows and arrows were thrown behind......

At this time, the chaotic killing of people and horses shook the sky, but Qu Neng's people and horses had rules, and the firepower was combined from far and near, and it was quite deep! In such a narrow place, under the chaotic and tense battle, it is quite difficult to maintain this effect!

Zhu Gaoxu understood the situation, and he didn't dare to personally lead the troops to rush for a while...... Last time, Wang Bin's heavy armor was pierced by the fire gun at close range, which left a deep impression on him! Rushing into the Qu Neng array in front of him, the danger was too great.

"Hurry up and carry the cannon!" Zhu Gaoxu immediately made a decision and shouted.

At this time, the generals who had rushed blindly several times suddenly came back to their senses, and they all shouted to raise artillery to bombard!

or the city was suddenly broken, and many of the guards were panicked, anxious to recapture the city gates, so they only cared about rushing with their brains, and here they were hard to purge the army formation; But it took a great deal of time, and apart from the rising casualties on both sides, it did not play any decisive role.

Fortunately, there is no such thing as a perfect military formation.

Qu Neng was blocked at the gate of the city, there was no maneuver at all, and the men and horses were so dense, and the cannon would not collapse with a bombardment?

At this moment, the men and horses on the passage of the city wall were empty, and began to rush towards the city gate in groups, and the cavalry in the city gate also took the lead in turning around and retreating outside the city...... Just as Zhu Gaoxu heard Qu Neng's shout, Zhu Gaoxu's shout just now seemed to have also been heard by Qu Neng.

The Yan army finally gained the upper hand and continued to advance towards the city gate.

"Stop chasing, block the city gate first!" Zhu Gaoxu shouted again, "All the soldiers, go to the city wall immediately!" ”

Qu Nengbu left behind a piece of corpses and wounded soldiers, and successively passed through the urn city and ran out of the city. "Ga ......" The heavy city gate resounded with a loud sound, and finally slowly closed.

The last ray of sunlight outside disappeared from the crack in the door, and Zhu Gaoxu's hanging heart finally landed temporarily.

"Ahh "Ah......h

Zhu Gaoxu exhaled a long breath, flipped off his horse, and walked towards the passage of the city wall. As soon as his feet hit the ground, his feet were sticky and very uncomfortable, and he looked down to see that blood was flowing on the brick floor, and walking on them was like stepping on thin mud.

He walked up the ramp up the rampart, and when he looked out, a group of men and horses had retreated to the other side of the moat. A horse riding general in front of him was also looking up, his face facing this side, probably Qu Neng. Zhu Gaoxu also looked at the man.

The two of them were above and below the city wall, looking at each other from a distance across the moat, looking at each other without saying a word. At this time, it is useless to scold, the sound of cannons from far and near is very loud, the sound of wind, guns, strings, and shouts "bu......zzing" in the ears, even if you shout through your throat, it is useless!

Zhu Gaoxu stood on the city wall, and could only communicate vaguely with Qu Neng through guessing.

I don't know what Qu Neng is thinking at this time, is he expressing his admiration for Zhu Gaoxu? I was in a hurry to think of using a cannon ...... Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: His own impatience is not the key, the key is that the reinforcements of the officers and troops are not timely, and no one has come until now.

Otherwise, once tens of thousands of men and horses rush into the city of Beiping, the defenders of Beiping will be able to fight with them in the streets?

Zhu Gaoxu is only afraid! At the same time, he was also secretly surprised, he had never seen Qu Neng, but with Qu Neng's son Qu Liangcai, there was a "Sanda Competition" in Zhuozhou Inn, Qu Liangcai was Zhu Gaoxu's defeated general! I didn't expect that the father of the good material Qu Neng was so powerful, a little man could break through the city gate of Beiping, and he could also organize a defense and occupy the city gate for so long!

Outside the Changyi Gate, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the piece of foot riding around Qu Neng, and there might be more than a thousand people.