Just when Xiuyuan was in full swing to deploy the offensive plan, the defenders of Nanyuan led by Yang Yuan were demoralized and had no intention of fighting.

"More than ten groups of messengers have been sent, and no matter how tightly defended they are, there will always be one or two arriving in Quanzhou, right?" Yang Yuan's deputy general and chief soldier Li Xinfang said sullenly.

"Don't you understand, my lord, we were abandoned by General Ma." The DPRK reception made Zheng Qiyuan hit the nail on the head and made public this fact that everyone did not want to believe, but had to believe.

"You talk nonsense!" President Qianjiang Biao got up angrily, pointed at Zheng Qiyuan and scolded loudly: "You are a small reception envoy, how dare you bewitch the people here and shake the hearts of the army?" Someone, drag this thief out and behead him! ”

"Stop!" Yang Yuan's tone was obviously higher, and he suppressed all the hustle and bustle in the hall in an instant, and the two guards who entered the door to arrest people also retreated with interest.

Yang Yuan's eyes were round with anger, and he bit his lips and said: "The big war is imminent, and you are still arguing here, aren't you just playing in the middle of the treacherous scheme?" Chen Yuzhong may have really happened over there, I'll send someone to take a look... Rest well tonight, there is still a fierce battle to fight tomorrow. ”

"Yes." As the generals withdrew from the military room, Yang Yuan's expression also changed, the angry eyes just now had become a little confused, and the corners of his mouth were also revealing a trace of despair at the moment, he knew better than anyone that it was futile to send messengers again, now all he could do was to stabilize the morale of the army, and he could suffer one day at a time, he believed that "one day", Ma Gui, who was in Seoul, would lead the army all the way south, kill the Japanese army, and rescue the three thousand iron horsemen here.

The soldiers defending the city were exhausted from the fierce battle of the previous day, and most of the soldiers were asleep except for a few teams patrolling the city, and some soldiers were whispering, and a sense of despair spread through the city.

On the other hand, the Japanese army, as in the evening, the Chinese military tent was still brightly lit, and Ashigaru patrolled around the camp under the leadership of the samurai, the only difference was that the surrounding castle towns were also scattered with some fires at this time.

When the Japanese army attacked, the people had already dispersed, so how could there be fire in the castle town? Some attentive soldiers reported the situation to the South Gate guard Li Funan, and Jin Funan looked in the direction pointed by the soldiers, and indeed saw some torches swaying and shuttling in the castle town, although it was not very conspicuous, but it also made people feel indescribably strange.

"General, it's not going to be a small move, is it?" The general next to Li Funan reminded.

"What small actions can there be," Jin Funan waved his hand to signal his relaxation, "At this time, it is most taboo to be suspicious and suspicious, and the grass and trees are all soldiers, and the Japanese are definitely worried that there are ambushes in the town under the city, so they sent people to inspect overnight, besides, in terms of the scale of the fire, there are no more than 100 people at most, and they can't make any reputation, so you just have to defend the city with peace of mind, and don't be affected by this." ”

Since the boss has spoken, it is inconvenient for the subordinate to say anything, and he still changes his post every hour and takes turns to rest in the city.

At four o'clock in the morning, it was time for the changing of the guard, the sky was still dark, and it was at least two hours before dawn.

"It's really difficult for you to be a big man and a civil official, but now you have to go into battle." Shen Hao bowed deeply and said respectfully.

Ren Xuan shook the armor on his body with great effort, obviously he was still a little uncomfortable, he said that he was just a powerless scholar in the end, daring to stand here and lead the army to resist the enemy, in terms of integrity alone, it was a thousand times stronger than Bai Shilin and others.

"General Shen has won the award," Ren Xuan twisted his neck, although there was a trace of fatigue between his eyebrows, he still said to Shen Hao humbly: "It is the responsibility of the husband to protect the family and defend the country, let alone two classes of courtiers like me?" Eat the king's lu, bear the king's worries, thanks to the king's weight, we have the opportunity to garrison this important southern town, now the Japanese invaded, even if he dies, he can't live up to the trust of the king and the people of the world! ”

"It's really worthy of being a student of Zheng Songjiang (that is, Zheng Che)," after listening to Ren Xuan's generous speech, Shen Hao was excited, clasped his hand and said: "Listening to your words, it is better to read for ten years, I Shen Hao is a rough person, I can't say these big truths, but please rest assured, as long as the general lives, he will definitely keep Nanyuan safe, uh..."

Hearing only the sound of "dang", Shen Hao fell down with a muffled grunt, blood trickled down the bullet hole, trickled out of the helmet, and after a few struggles, the North Korean general went to the western sky.

Before Ren Xuan could react, similar metal collision sounds continued to reach his ears, watching the soldiers fall one after another, Ren Xuan realized that it was a night attack by the Japanese army! He immediately ordered the soldiers to inform Yang Yuan, and he commanded the gunners to return fire with artillery.

At this time, it was pitch black under the city, but the city sergeant held torches high, trying to find the Japanese army and shoot again, which was in the hands of Xiuyuan, and the defenders holding torches naturally became live targets, "scrambling" to fall, and after a while, Ren Xuan's team was killed and wounded.

"Bastard, extinguish the torch!" At this moment, Yang Yuan climbed the city tower and reprimanded loudly: "Are you all impatient? Don't you see that now the enemy is dark and I am clear? ”

"General, extinguish the torches, what if the enemy takes the opportunity to enter the city?" Ren Hyun asked stubbornly.

"I think this is the same as yesterday afternoon, it's just to hit the morale of our army, the Japanese don't know the deployment of troops in the city, and they don't dare to take advantage of the night to attack the city easily, but for the sake of safety, I also ask Lord Ren to lead the soldiers to ambush behind the female wall, if there are really Japanese invaders in the city, they can also be killed by surprise." Yang Yuan said calmly.

The generals thought so, immediately extinguished the torches, and stationed heavy troops behind the female wall to prevent the Japanese from using the ladder to climb the city. What made Yang Yuan wonder was that the gunfire did not stop because of the extinguishing of the torches, but became more frequent and dense, it was simply a drizzle, suppressing the defenders behind the female wall, and a few brave soldiers wanted to poke their heads out to see what was going on, but before they could observe, they were shot into a numb face and fell in a pool of blood.

Seeing this scene, Yang Yuan laughed instead of being angry: "The Japanese robbers can't find anyone and start to rush to the doctor, everyone, keep the status quo, I want to see how many bullets these thieves can squander, and when it is dawn, it will be time for us to show our might." ”

In the military tent outside the city, the meeting had been dispersed, and Xiuyuan was carefully studying the map, when suddenly, an envoy ran into the tent and knelt on the ground to report: "Back to the lord, as you expected, the Ming army extinguished the fire torch and held on without fighting, and our iron artillery was light and the fire was suppressed." ”

"Very good," Xiuyuan slammed his fists on the table, and then picked up the military and pointed to a red area on the map, and resolutely ordered: "Inform Lord Yoshikawa, let him rush to the city of sheep and horses immediately, and be sure to fill in the place for me before dawn!" ”

As soon as he received Hidemoto's secret order, Yoshikawa Hiroya immediately led a 300-strong army, and under the cover of iron artillery, he continuously transported truckloads of hay from the castle town to the sheep and horse walls.

Where does all this hay come from in the depths of winter? Just look at the roofs of the houses in the castle town. Originally, most of the Korean people lived in rammed earth houses with thatched roofs, and in the middle of winter, there were a considerable amount of hay at home for heating, and the people fled, and the worthless things such as hay were left at home, and Namwon was an important town in Jeolla Province, and the castle town was huge in scale and there were many houses, so there was no need to worry about hay.

As soon as it was dark, Hidemoto ordered the Hiroke family to lead Ashigaru to the castle town to collect hay, and the little fires that the defenders of Nanyuan saw at that time were emitted by the torches in the hands of these ashigaru.

In just one hour, the inside of the sheep and horse wall (also known as the sheep and horse city) has been filled in by these three hundred ashigaru, and before dawn, nine thousand ashigaru with spears and roasted jade at their waists have climbed the straw pile through the steep slope one after another. They could not see it, but they could feel that not far ahead, there was the once impassable wall, which was now subjugated to their feet with a slight jump.

(Don't ask me why the defenders haven't found out yet, when the straw is level with the walls?) Historically, the defenders were discovered, but due to the suppression of fire, they were simply powerless, and in this chapter I arranged the story at night, which increased the difficulty, but the result was the same, the Ming army really couldn't stop it.

Here, I would like to thank those friends who have spoken in the book review section to support me and encourage me, and I would like to thank my friends who have voted for me and silently supported me as always, with your support I can ignore those bad words and enjoy the joy and satisfaction of writing.

In addition, spoiler alert, the Battle of Nanyuan will end tomorrow, and the long-lost Hideho will finally make an appearance, so stay tuned. ）