The storm in early November swept across Qiongzhou, helping the Dragons and Sparrows to succeed and also giving the precarious Yacheng Dynasty a respite.

Ali's 20,000-boat division in The Hague landed at Yacheng in late October. Although the Song army had nearly 20 warships, but in the face of hundreds of ships in Ali The Hague, the strength was too disparity, not to mention that the Song army's original strength to defend the city was insufficient.

In addition, there is another reason why it is inconvenient to announce - Zhang Shijie, the commander of the Song army, is better at cavalry battles and shorter than water battles, and basically loses in water battles (naval battles). Xingchao was already afraid, and would rather let him defend the city than lead the naval army to battle again.

Moreover, in order to check and balance the civil and military, and to avoid repeating the mistake of the defeat of the mountain, the battle was led by the right prime minister and privy envoy Wen Tianxiang, with the deputy privy envoy and the same subordinate Zhang Shijie as the deputy commander, and the governor Zeng Yuanzi to coordinate logistics matters. In this way, Zhang Shijie's self-righteousness can be effectively restrained, so that he will no longer make the mistakes of the original battle of the mountain.

As a result, Ali's army in The Hague did not encounter any resistance from the sea and landed smoothly.

The first thing Ali did after landing in The Hague was to divide his troops into three routes and go straight to the three ports of Yacheng. As long as the three major ports were captured, the passage of the Song army to the sea in Yacheng was completely cut off, and there were only three roads left for the dynasty: either to defend to the death, or to surrender, or to flee into the reckless jungle.

Ali Hague doesn't mind which one the dynasty chooses, because no matter what the dynasty chooses, the outcome will not change.

In the capture of the three major ports, the Yuan soldiers encountered fierce resistance. Due to the limitation of the port topography, a large force could not be deployed, and the strength advantage of the Yuan army could not be reflected. Zhang Shijie was keenly aware of this, and deployed a unit of troops in each of the three ports in advance, and as soon as the Yuan army entered the port, it immediately attacked head-on.

The Yuan army, which was limited by the narrow terrain of the port, could not attack the Song army with superior forces, so it could only continue to refuel. The two armies of the Song and Yuan dynasties fought fiercely for nearly an hour, each with casualties. In the end, due to the steady stream of reinforcements from the Yuan army, the Song army did not continue to fight, and one died less than one, so they had to retreat to Yacheng.

On the same day, the Yuan army occupied the three major ports one after another, closing the door to flee to the sea.

In fact, Xing Chao has no intention of continuing to flee - they have fled to the ends of the earth, where else can they escape? There are still strong cities to hold onto, if you go to the sea, won't you let the wind and waves swallow you? It's just a fight to the death.

In the next three days, the Yuan army set up camp while building siege equipment, and at the same time sent a large number of sentinels to explore the terrain inside and outside the cliff city and the surrounding area.

When all preparations were almost complete, Ali Hague did not rush to attack the city, but sent an envoy to see the Empress Dowager Yang. After being refused, he asked to see Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Shijie instead, but they were still refused. The messenger then drew his bow and arrows and shot a letter of surrender into the city, but the reply was a cloud of ashes thrown back from the city.

On the third day of November, the Yuan army launched the first round of attacks on the south gate of Yacheng.

On the first day of the siege, the Yuan army marched to 10,000 households and dispatched 5,000 men and horses. The east and west gates were each 1,000 to contain them, and 3,000 troops were used to attack the south gate.

Zhang Shijie personally climbed the tower to command the war, and the guards and infantry troops were all waiting for Huang Tian to be the garrison of the south gate, and led thousands of Song troops to fight against the Yuan army.

Warmed Buhua is the first fierce general under Ali Hague, born in the army, from a pawn to ten thousand households, known for his combat bravery, the criss-crossing scars on his face are proof, and the scars on his body under the heavy iron Luo ring armor are even more.

Warm Buhua and Zhang Shijie are also old rivals, they fought in the battle of Jiaoshan at the beginning, and they have also made many moves all the way south, and both sides are no strangers to each other's combat styles.

As soon as Zhang Shijie saw that he was dewarming and did not spend time directing the siege, he immediately ordered Huang Tiancong: "Hang the hanging household immediately, all the gun players are ready, and the crossbowmen are on standby." ”

Hanging curtain is a kind of city garrison tool in ancient times, it is said that "all the things that are important in the mouth of the wall", "each wall is made of a wooden frame, two feet are inside, planted on the city, a rotating shaft is outside, close to the side of the two walls, the grid is used on it, you can build a felt blanket or use a bedding, all are wet with water, directly cover the mouth, and the arrow can not enter. Without these two, thieves and crossbows will be fired at the same time, and there will be no station in the city."

When Yacheng was still called Jiyang Military City, there was no such equipment. Because the main objects of the Song army at that time were pirates and Li Fang, the range of their bows and crossbows was limited, so there was nothing to be afraid of. After the Xing Dynasty occupied Yacheng, the opponent Meng Yuan, who was sweeping the world with bow horses, needed to take this thing first.

At this time, between the battlements of the gates of the cliff city, a large number of hanging curtains are configured, especially the south gate, the cover used is also mostly solid wood, anyway, Qiongzhou lacks everything, the most lacking is the trees.

Sure enough, as soon as the hanging household was put down, the first wave of siege teams rushed up.

There were 500 crossbowmen in the phalanx at the front, 300 spearmen and sword players on each wing, and a large number of men and men pushing moats, long ladders, and charging carts in the rear. The moat bridge is a double-layer rotating shaft, the length is just enough to cross the moat, there is a hook at the front end, and there are wheels at the lower part, which is convenient to implement. Once the moat bridge is pushed to the edge of the moat, the hook end is set up on the edge of the opposite moat, and the Yuan soldiers can continue to climb the city.

These few Japanese troops built siege equipment, and they were indeed not busy in vain, and as soon as the war began, it was fierce.

Although he is a Mongolian general, most of his subordinates are Han troops and new annexed troops, and there are not many Mongolian soldiers, and all of them are Han troops and new annexed troops who take the lead this time. Before the siege of the city, Ali Hague issued a notice: This is the last battle to destroy the Song Dynasty, and if you want to gain military merits, you must seize this few opportunities, kill the enemy, and fight bravely. And the city is full of prime ministers of the Song Kingdom, political participation, Ping Zhangshi, Shangshu, generals, etc., and even the Queen Mother of the Song Kingdom, who has a lot of heads. As long as they enter the city, anyone will have a chance to capture the great officials of the Song State and the Great Yuan Court, and they will not hesitate to reward them.

Let me know, the Han army and the new annex army besieging the city seem to have been beaten with chicken blood, and everyone is vying for the first, for fear that they will fall behind others if they are slow.

Five hundred crossbowmen rushed to eighty steps, the first three rows of more than 100 crossbowmen took the lead, hundreds of crossbow arrows were shot, the Song army defending the city soldiers were hurriedly turning the axis to fall off the board to block, the action was fast just put down the grid, the sound of snatching was endless, the grid continued to vibrate, and it was frightening to look at. More than a dozen slow-moving Song soldiers were pierced through the chest and abdomen by crossbow arrows, blood sprayed wildly, and they fell to the ground screaming. Under the powerful force of the crossbow arrows, the short leather armor of the Song soldiers was as fragile as a piece of paper.

Not to be outdone, the Song army took advantage of its condescending superiority and constantly threw arrows from behind the hanging households. At the beginning, due to the long distance, few people were not injured, but as the Yuan soldiers approached, the arrows at the head of the city rained down, and the casualties increased sharply.

As the banner of the Yuan army waved, the crossbowmen phalanx stopped, and the sword-branded soldiers on both wings penetrated into the formation, each holding up their cards to protect the crossbowmen. The crossbowmen continued to lean out from between the cards and shoot back, but due to the terrain, they were more likely to be hit by arrows and less wounded by the enemy.

The civilian servants in the rear were driven by the overseers and rushed to the moat in the rain of arrows. Constantly people fell to the ground with arrows, and they died for a while, rolling and wailing all over the ground, stained with blood, which made the people and miscellaneous servants who passed by behind look frightened.

"Rush! Hurry up! The faster you rush, the better you can survive. Whoever dares to look back, immediately rectify the Fa! The voice of the warlord was endless, whipping the servants like whips.

Although the Song army's arrow rain was dense, it couldn't stop the servants who rushed like a tide after all. With the creaking sound of the shaft and the clanging sound, the dust and smoke flew, and the trench bridges stretched out over the trench bank, and the iron hook at the front end was firmly grasped into the deep earth.

The Yuan army let out bursts of cheers, and sword players and spearmen rushed across the bridge, erected long ladders, and competed to enter the city.

The soldiers approached the city, in order to prevent accidental injury, except for a few strong archers, most of the Yuan army crossbowmen no longer shoot arrows intensively. The Song army also under Huang Tiancong's urgent order, rolled up the hanging household, the gun and the crossbowman stepped forward, and the crossbowman was behind, and the Dengcheng Yuan soldiers fought fiercely.

The bloody battle began.

The Yuan army attacked the city three times, but was desperately blocked by the Song army, and at the critical moment, Huang Tiancong personally rushed to kill with a long knife, so that his arm was injured and he still fought to the death. It is true that there are brave men under the heavy reward of the Yuan army, but the Song army is the last group of Great Song backbones for the rest of their lives, and they are not short of fighting spirit. This is their last place to live, and they have no choice but to fight to the death in the face of the thugs who have killed them.

In the agitated sound of war drums and killing, the sun gradually tilted westward, and the remnant sun was like blood.