Li Ji asked the soldiers to cut down two big trees that were hugging each other, and after dawn, he first used rifle fire to suppress the defenders behind the city wall, and then repeated the old trick, wanting the soldiers to carry the two big trees, enter the city gate hole, and use the big trees to forcibly break open the city gate.

But hundreds of soldiers carrying two big trees, the momentum is extremely huge, how can they deceive the sight of the defenders?

Zhang Dingyan, who was guarding the southern city, got the Liukou carrying the giant tree over, and immediately understood that the Liukou was going to break open the city gate! Once the city gate is smashed open, the geographical advantage of the defenders will be lost.

The rogues outside the city are not only far outnumbered by the defenders, but also the firearms are extremely sharp, if the city gate is knocked open, the two sides enter a white-edged battle, and the city will not be far away!

Zhang Dingyan ignored the sharp firearms of the rogue, and went to the city to fight with the soldiers, and the guards were afraid that Zhang Dingyan would be injured, so they found a few shields to protect him.

Under the inspiration of Zhang Dingyan, the defenders did not care about the danger, and kept throwing rolling wood and stones to the city, trying to prevent the Liukou from approaching the city gate hole, the city gate hole is the blind spot of the defenders, once the Liukou entered the city gate hole, as long as the city gate was not opened, there was no way to attack.

In addition to the rolling wood and stones, the defenders even took out the boiling oil, and the hot oil that burned hot poured down from the city, staining the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, even the belt meat, making a "snort" sound, and the skin and flesh were almost scalded!

The wounded soldiers were screaming and rolling on the ground, the scalding of the hot oil could not stop the pain for a while, but it was even more dangerous to roll under the city, and the defending army's rolling logs and stones, arrows, and a new round of hot oil......

Li Ji personally supervised the battle, the Mandate of Heaven Army was injured, and someone immediately made up for it, and two giant trees, with the pace of more than 100 soldiers, slowly advanced towards the city gate hole.

The Heavenly Mandate Army, a hundred paces away, saw that their companions were injured, their eyes almost erupted with fire, and the only thing they could help their companions was to shoot the soldiers who showed up on the city's head, and cover their companions to enter the city gate as soon as possible.

The Ming army on the head of the city, like Zhang Dingyan, did not dare to retreat at all, their casualties were more than those of the Mandate of Heaven, but they still relied on the cover of the daughter wall, desperately threw the sharp weapon in their hands to the city, under the threat of rifles, they did not even dare to show their heads, just blindly threw down the broken wood and gravel in their hands, and then hid under the city wall to take down a piece of wood and stone......

On and off the city, there were screams one after another, and after the seriously wounded soldiers left the battlefield, they screamed endlessly.

The two sides are competing for consumption, and Li Ji and Zhang Dingyan are competing for patience, the Mandate of Heaven Army is fighting for honor, and the Ming Army is related to their own life and death.

Under the city, two civilians who were transporting wood and stone showed a trace of anxiety on their faces, however, both sides were invested in the main force, and the strength of the two of them was really difficult to change the course of the battle.

The battle has been going on for a pillar of incense, and the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army carrying the big tree are approaching the city gate hole little by little, Zhang Dingyan is in a hurry, pushes away the shields around him, waves his hands and shouts: "Quick, hot oil, scald and burn these deadly rogues to death......

However, before the Ming army shot the rocket, the front end of the big tree had already entered the city gate hole, and the soldiers put down the big tree and got into the city gate hole, and then held the front end and slowly dragged it forward......

Li Ji breathed a sigh of relief, and paid the price of more than 100 casualties, and the big tree finally entered the city gate hole, as long as he broke through the city gate......

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Dingyan hurriedly ran down the city, personally led dozens of soldiers, and came to the city gate, the boulders at the city gate were still there, but could these boulders stop the rogues outside the city?

The soldiers of the Ming army added their weight and strength to the boulder, and used their bodies to resist the boulder, and the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven outside the city gate shouted neat slogans, and kept hitting the city gate with two big trees.

The Ming army occupied the favorable terrain in the city, and the city gate was blocked by boulders, and there were many stones of different sizes in addition to the boulders, and the city gate was basically blocked, and it was very secure for the time being.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven didn't have much thought, they hugged the big tree in their arms, and some people shouted slogans, and at the same time, they used their strength to hit the city wall with the big tree.

If you want to break the city, there is only one way to break through the city gates!

The noise turned to the city gate hole, the city head went up and down, but quieted down, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army had stopped shooting, and the defenders on the head of the city, because they were afraid of the rifles of the Mandate of Heaven Army, would not show their heads easily, only a few observers, from time to time poked their heads out of the battlements, the Mandate of Heaven Army did not attack the city from the city wall, and they were too lazy to take care of it, and they even saved the report.

"Crunch, crunch......"

The huge tree roots slammed against the city gates, mixed with the neat slogans of the soldiers, and almost broke the walls on both sides of the city gates, and with each impact, the city gates would loosen a little inward, but after the roots left, the city gates would be restored.

Inside and outside the city gate, the soldiers are all mechanical movements, as long as they have strength, the soldiers on both sides are spitting fire in their eyes, and their faces are flushed, but the city gate is still swaying in the half-way range, obviously shaky, but it can't be opened.

The Mandate of Heaven is the besieging side, occupying the initiative, and can choose when to attack and when to rest, but the various advantages of the defending side cannot be erased in a short period of time.

Li Ji knew that whenever he attacked, morale was very important, and then he was exhausted, but the Ming army defended tightly, and even sealed the city gate with stones, he had nothing to do, and when he heard the slogans of the soldiers getting smaller and smaller, he knew in his heart that the soldiers in the city gate cave were probably at the end of the crossbow, and it was a very physically exhausting thing to hit the city gate with a big tree.

He also ordered two hundred soldiers to enter the cave of the city gate under the cover of his companions, and replaced the original soldiers by them, but the soldiers who were replaced could not come back, so they rested in the cave of the city gate, and waited until the later soldiers were exhausted, and then they went up again.

If you want to break through the city gate blocked by stones, it is indeed difficult, Li Ji hopes that the soldiers will play the spirit of "foolish man moves mountains", he let the soldiers take turns to hit, one team of soldiers is tired, you can change to another team of soldiers, but the big tree that hit the city gate can not rest, continue, the city gate will always be damaged.

There is no city in the world that cannot be attacked, and there is no city gate that cannot be opened!

As long as time permits, the soldiers make unremitting efforts, the wooden city gate will never be an iron wall, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven are tired, and the Ming army in the city will also be tired, and there will be a moment of lax defense.

Li Ji was anxious in his heart, he just hoped that this moment would come sooner, he sent soldiers to inquire about the other city gates, and the soldiers came back, and the result was the same, outside every city gate, the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army were violently impacted, but it was still early to destroy the city gates!

The south gate was the first to hit the city gate, comparatively speaking, the effect was the most obvious, there were countless concaves on the city gate, and the door shafts on both sides had long been skewed and deformed, and could crack at any time.

Li Ji listened to the neat slogans of the soldiers, and secretly cheered for them in his heart, in order to speed up, he asked his own soldiers to go and give an order: as long as you break open the city gate, each person will be rewarded with two taels of silver!

It's just two taels, and even a mother-in-law can't buy it, but for these soldiers, it's a big reward, which is four months' salary for soldiers, and in good years, it's enough to buy four stone of grain.

Hearing such information, the soldiers who slammed on the city gate were overjoyed, and one by one, like hungry wolves with red eyes, howling and screaming, taking out all the strength of their childhood milk, and fighting for the reward.

I don't know how long it took, but I heard a "click", the door shaft broke, and the city gate shook violently.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven cheered, and the two big trees, which were very smooth by the palms of their hands, were thrown aside, the city gate was broken, and the two taels of silver were gone!

Two taels of silver is not enough to buy a young mother-in-law, but the soldiers who have decided to marry can use these two taels of silver to marry the mother-in-law home in style.

However, they were soon disappointed, the shaft of the gate was broken, the gate was crooked, and it was supposed that the gate should be opened, but they forgot that the gate was blocked by a huge stone.

The city gate is separated from the door axis, but it is almost fixed by the large and small stones behind it, and most of it is crooked, and it is still stuck in the door frame, and it is no longer the city gate itself that blocks the city gate, but the stone blocks behind the city gate, blocking the entire city gate, and people outside still cannot enter the city.

Li Ji heard the cheers of the soldiers, and his heart was relieved, and he hurriedly sent his own soldiers to investigate, and the soldiers shouted at the city gate cave a hundred steps away, and finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

Li Ji's heart suddenly became half cold, if he tested it with a thermometer, it was likely to be hot and cold......

The city gate cave was extremely quiet, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army were stunned one by one at the gray boulder in front of them, such a long time, so much strength, is it all in vain?

Then the soldier who was particularly eager to get the reward said: "Don't be discouraged, lift up the sharp log, and continue to hit, I don't believe it, can these stones stop us?" ”

Li Ji knew that the soldiers had just dropped the cone wood for the siege, and their morale had been drained, and if they wanted to attack again, it would be half the effort, so they had to order the Ming army to withdraw the army.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven in the city gate cave left the cone wood and left the city gate cave dejectedly with their heads bowed under the help of their companions.

Li Ji gave the soldiers at the other city gates an order to temporarily stop the attack, and just returned to the camp, before he could lift the rolling curtains, a herald ran over, "General, the governor has arrived!" ”

"The Grand Duke? Where is the Grand Governor? Li Ji's heart was mixed, the Metropolitan Governor had come to Yongning County, and his dream of monopolizing the whole merit had been shattered, but since the Metropolitan Governor had come, it would not be far away to take Yongning City.

"General, please look," said the herald, pointing to the east from afar, "that's the Governor's banner!" ”

Li Ji looked to the east, and sure enough, he saw a group of cavalry from a distance, and the commander's flag fluttered in the wind, flickering and flickering, although it was not very clear, but he knew that it was the governor of the capital, and it would never be wrong.