Zhou Bin believes that in the siege battle in the morning, although it is difficult for the Xining army to contact the Mongolian wooden ladder, but it will be damaged by the stone impact to some extent, plus normal wear and tear, several wooden ladders must be difficult to use normally, the Mongols transported stones to the city, should be to raise the ground, and then stand on the stones to attack the city.

If they wanted to attack the city, whether from the wooden ladder or the stones, the result was about the same, there were no large siege weapons, and the lower battlements in the city for lookout were the ones they had to step through, and the Xining army was guarding these battlements to the death, and engaged in fierce battles with the Mongols in the narrow battlements.

With his shield on his hand, he reached the top of the city, but he could not get close to the battlement, where the arrows were most concentrated, and the purpose of the Mongols was to prevent the Xining army from probing outside the city.

But the defenders at the head of the city were basically helpless, and if they wanted to throw some stones and the like, they could only throw them blindly, which not only hurt people very inefficiently, but also helped the Mongols to transport stones, and if they used bows and arrows, they had to poke their heads out of the battlements, and the Mongols would shoot at the target.

Zhou Bin had to silently calculate, the wall of the triangle city is one zhang high, if the Mongols want to climb up from the stones, they must at least six or seven feet high, although there are stones everywhere outside the city, but the Mongols obviously do not have sufficient preparation, no convenient tools, if you want to build a stone wall outside the city, it will take at least one or two hours.

During this time, it was difficult for the Xining army to fight the Mongols, let alone stop the Mongols' movements, but the brothers could rest more, recharge their energy first, and then fight to the death with the Mongols besieging the city.

About the end of the hour, the herald arrived: "My lord, the Mongols have erected three stepped stone walls outside the city, and they should soon attack. ”

"Well, you go to the north gate first and see what's going on over there." Zhou Bin is not particularly worried, the three offensive stepped stone walls are all improvised, they should not be too wide, at most they are equivalent to three wooden ladders, but after the stone wall is damaged, it should be easier to repair, it seems that the Mongols are iron-hearted, and if they don't capture the triangle city, I'm afraid they won't give up.

He has the heart to resist, but he doesn't know when Lord Qianhu will be able to send reinforcements, so there is no point in fighting with the Mongols like this.

The Mongols did not give Zhou Bin a chance to choose, and the sound of fighting had already come from the city, and the siege in the afternoon officially began.

"My lord, it's not good, the Mongols attacked from the stone wall and the ladder at the same time, we only have three small flags, and we are short of manpower!"

Zhou Bin was taken aback, it turned out that the Mongols built a stone wall in order to increase the point of attack and put more pressure on the city, if the defense was not properly defended, the defense line at the head of the city would soon be broken through by them, once the Mongols were on the city, the battle would be even more difficult, he had already seen it in the city.

With the current mentality of the Mongols, it is likely that they want to take the triangle city in one go.

The defenders of Dongcheng who participated in the battle, there were only three small flags, and there were still three small flag reserves, Zhou Bin's subordinates had a total of twenty small flags, of which six small flags were fighting in the north and east city in the morning, and they were resting in the afternoon, and they were not in the city at all, and there were two small flags in his hands, and the remaining twelve small flags were evenly distributed on both sides of the city wall, even if there were no reserves, there were only six small flags.

Zhou Bin frowned and thought for a moment, then ordered: "Put the reserves on top, and temporarily place a small flag at each attack point!" "He has already let go, and the first attack of the Mongols must be the most tragic battle.

He could no longer stay under the city, under the escort of his own soldiers, came to the east of the city, sure enough, as he expected, the battle was more tragic than in the morning, this blink of an eye, the soldiers guarding the left and right sides of the battlement, began to appear casualties, and even two soldiers had withdrawn from the battle directly because of their injuries, and another soldier had already lay on the ground and convulsed, seeing that it was not good.

"Damn, the Mongols are going crazy?"

The casualties continued, and the Zhou soldiers saw from the battlements that it seemed that the upper limbs of the Mongols were much thicker than those of the Xining soldiers.

The soldiers of Xining could only rely on the advantage of numbers to fight for consumption.

Zhou Bing wanted to see the casualties of the Mongols, so he walked to a battlement that was not attacked by the Mongols.

"My lord, the Mongols will throw throwing knives, in addition, it is entirely possible for the Mongols under the city to release arrows, my lord, please do not approach the battlement, if there is any command, let the subordinates go down!" The soldiers tightly grabbed Zhou Bin's sleeve.

Zhou Bin nodded, he was not afraid of death, if the Mongols broke through the triangle city now, he would only have one way to martyrdom, but at the critical juncture when the two sides could not hold each other, once the main general was injured, the morale of the army would inevitably be weakened, and these bloody soldiers on the head of the city, as well as the people in the city, I am afraid that none of them could escape the clutches of the Mongols.

Thinking of this, he nodded slowly and said, "You go and see, how are the casualties of the Mongols, I don't believe it, their bodies are all beaten with iron." ”

The soldiers found a battlement that was not attacked by the Mongols, looked around, seemed to be in disbelief, rubbed their eyes, confirmed, and after a while, they ran to Zhou Bin and said excitedly: "My lord, the Mongols...... There were two Mongols sitting on the ground, one of whom was missing his left arm, and both of them were probably injured! ”

Zhou Bin was overjoyed, the lack of a left arm, that is, the loss of combat ability, must have been killed or injured on the battlefield, if it was originally missing the left arm, how could he come to the battlefield, this is not the Huangshan Scenic Area, there is nothing fun.

As long as the Mongols have casualties, the battle between the two sides is a competition of attrition, a competition of the will to fight, which side can not hold out first, or in other words, which side cannot bear the huge casualties first.

For the Xining army, this was already the best result, as long as it could continue to consume the Mongol soldiers.

The Xining army is on the defensive side, there is no choice at all, if you give up resistance, all the soldiers are likely to become the ghosts of the Mongols, if you fight hard, there is a chance of survival, at least not the whole army will not be wiped out, after the battle, many soldiers will also get material rewards.

The soldiers should understand these truths, and there is no need to mobilize at all.

The only way to reduce losses is to abandon the triangle city and retreat with the whole army.

But when the Thousand Households asked them to guard the Triangle City, did they just guard those low walls? If you run away when you see the Mongols, you won't even be able to guard this wall.

The 500th household has the responsibility of defending the territory, and the sense of honor forces them to fight to the death with the Mongols, if they flee directly from the wind, what is the difference between it and the previous army? Even if the soldiers were willing, he Zhou Bin couldn't do it.

The Mongols, on the other hand, were the main attackers, holding the initiative in the battle, and if they could not bear the casualties, they would automatically retreat.

In fact, the two sides did not have the hatred of killing their fathers and taking their wives, the Mongols were actually a gang of thieves, and the goal was nothing more than the materials in the city, and the Xining army was the guardian of these materials, and the morality of the war was obviously on the side of the Xining army.

Although morality is not worth much on the battlefield, it can stimulate the fighting spirit of soldiers, even a naturally timid person will show some blood when others rob you of your belongings and insult your wife to your face, and the Mongols, as thieves and the active party of war, will take the initiative to withdraw if they find that these goals are more difficult to achieve, or that it will be very difficult and unbearable to pay to achieve such goals.

In this respect, the sooner the Mongols came to their senses, the sooner the battle could end.

After stabilizing his emotions, Zhou Bin had already made up his mind, even if there was no message from the Lord of Qianhu for the time being, the Triangle City would be defended, with his understanding of Li Zicheng, since he had worked hard to restore the Triangle City, he would definitely not give up so easily, and made a wedding dress for the Mongols.

Zhou Bin immediately asked his soldiers to go to each battlement to pass the order: the adults are personally supervising the battle, and the performance of the brothers is in the eyes of the adults, and after the battle, the adults will reward the brothers according to their performance on the battlefield.

Because of the battlements across the city wall, there were not many soldiers who actually participated in the battle, but the battle was still extremely fierce, and the Xining army guarding the battlements, although they were two to one, or even three to one, and occupied the advantage of position, the casualties were still very heavy.

Zhou Bin couldn't figure out how many soldiers were carried down from the city because of their injuries, and how many soldiers were left at the head of the city because they were directly out of breath, and no one cared for them, maybe the shouting and killing at the battlements of the city wall was their best funeral music, although they went, but their companions took their swords and guns, the battle continued, and the triangle city was still in the hands of the Xining army.

He was worried about the loss of the northern city, so he personally went to the northern city to inspect it, but fortunately the Mongols did not capture the city, although the brothers suffered the same heavy casualties, but the battle was still in a stalemate.

The general flag officer who defended the northern city, the soldiers who defended the various battlements were divided into three groups, and every time about a pillar of incense, no matter what the casualties of the soldiers were, they had to withdraw and rest, and change a group of soldiers to go up.

Zhou Bin immediately asked his soldiers to pass the order, and asked the chief flag officer of Dongcheng to also adopt this wheel warfare method to reduce the casualties of the soldiers.

At the turn of Shen You, the sun seemed to be unable to look directly at the tragedy in this world, and had slowly sunk to the west, obscured by the distant mountains, and only a small half of his face was still selflessly swaying its brilliance to the world.

As if he had broken his feet, the sun sank suddenly, completely hidden behind the distant mountains, and only sprinkled ten thousand rays of light on the top of the mountain, blood-red and blood-red......

From the beginning of the siege battle, Bayar almost never moved his position, and the guards constantly reported to him the various conditions on the battlefield, in fact, he was only five hundred steps away from the battlefield, and he could completely catch everything that happened on the battlefield directly, and the chatter of the soldiers was completely superfluous.

When the Ming army can't hold on, that's the result he needs most.

Bayard doesn't ask about the process, he just wants the result.

However, the result he was most expecting did not come for a long time, and there was not even any sign of the rout of the Ming army, as the sunset gradually faded, and the day was almost over, Bayar couldn't help but shiver on his horse: Is today's siege coming to an end?

The guards knew that Bayar was in a bad mood, so they whispered: "Master centurion, the sun has set, do you want to withdraw your troops?" ”

Bayar was unwilling, his plan to spend the night in the city was obviously unrealizable, according to his temperament, he had to attack the city overnight, and after the city was broken, he would slaughter all the unlucky Ming troops in the city, as for the property and women in the city, it was naturally his spoils.

However, the Mongol warriors were born with a weakness, that is, the majority of night blind people, once they left the care of the immortal heaven, they could not see anything, even if they lit the torch, if they couldn't see the place clearly, the speed of the knife would slow down, and in front of these Ming troops, it was estimated that they would not be able to take advantage.

Bayar no longer had the confidence and pride he had at the beginning of the battle, he raised his arm with difficulty and raised it slightly, "Order, withdraw the troops!" ”