Lu Zhen suddenly woke up from his sleep, and when he looked up, he found that the day had just dawned, but there was already a slight commotion in the Mongolian camp a few miles away.

This night, he couldn't sleep for more than an hour, and he always woke up suddenly, for fear that the enemy would attack Guang Ling again while he was asleep. Fortunately, at least the night passed peacefully, but when I looked further away, I only saw a quiet, no reinforcements coming.

Could it be that the person who was sent by Liu Yi to ask for help also encountered an accident in the middle of the road? Otherwise, why hasn't it been almost a day, and no reinforcements have arrived? You must know that there are several states and counties near this Guangling, and there are soldiers and horses in them, and it only takes half a day for the garrison there to arrive, which is also one of the reasons why the garrison here only has five hundred.

But now, after a day of fighting, the reinforcements didn't even see a shadow, which couldn't help but make Lu Zhen mutter in his heart, and his heart became more and more serious. He opened his mouth to say something, but found that his throat was dry and painful, and he couldn't make a sound.

But yesterday he roared and shouted to command the army to defend the city, and then at night he sang the song "Sailor" over and over again in order to boost the morale of the army, which actually caused a lot of damage to his throat. Just as Lu Zhen was about to find some water to drink to moisten his throat, Lin Lie took a water bladder and handed it over: "My lord." ”

Lu Zhen was not polite, and took it and poured a sigh of relief, only then did he feel his throat feel more comfortable, and asked hoarsely: "The Tartars outside the city are about to attack me again, right?" ”

Lin Lie nodded, with a hint of uneasiness in his expression: "Yesterday, the villain saw that they also sent people to the north, and later dragged back some newly cut trees, I am afraid that they will be able to make simple siege equipment overnight." Therefore, today's scene must be very dangerous. ”

Although as a border city, the trees around Guangling have been cut down, but the fact that they have not encountered any decent attacks over the years makes people a little slack, so the forests farther away from the city are left unattended. Yesterday, the Mongolian people came suddenly, and the Ming army had no time to get rid of these hidden dangers, and now it brought a greater threat to the city.

Lu Jin's brows suddenly locked tightly: "Yesterday they just threw us with a rope and we were already overstretched. Once you use other equipment, I'm just afraid of ......" He shuddered.

Lin Lie was silent, obviously unable to think of any good way. In fact, although he has good personal martial arts, he is very unfamiliar with the command and use of soldiers, so even if he has made meritorious contributions in the army before, he can only be a captain who charges into battle, and it is not all caused by the darkness in the army.

At this time, Zhang Dai and Wang Bing had also come to Lu Jin, and their expressions were generally grim: "My lord, more than half of the bows and arrows in the city have been used, and the wood and stone are a little too much to support. After a pause, he said, "Did you order the demolition of the houses in the city to supplement them?" ”

Lu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then understood. When the weapons in the city are gradually depleted, the dwellings become natural and usable, which is inevitable in any era and in any city. After only a long groan, Lu Zhen nodded: "Start with the houses in the north of the city, remember to explain to the people first, as long as the Tartars are defeated, my government will definitely build new houses for them, and I think the people should also understand our difficulties." ”

"Yes!" The two generals agreed, and quickly called a hundred or so people who were waiting to defend the city to go straight to the city, but they turned into people from the demolition brigade.

So in the early morning of the second day of the battle, there were riots in Guangling City, and there were many roars. The houses where the people had lived for most of their lives were pulled down one by one. Although they were sad and wept to see their familiar home completely collapse in the roar and flying dust, no one complained. Because they know that this is a helpless move to save this city, once the city is broken, not only their own homes, but also the lives of their own families will be lost.

After the pillars and beams were sawed off, they were moved to the city one by one, and a small number of large stones (the dwellings of the ancients were not like later generations, which were mostly made of wood, less stone, and no cement, and the dwellings that could use stone were mostly considered large families) were also carried up to the city.

Seeing these things that the people relied on for survival being brought up, Lu Jin's face became more and more solemn. These are the people's trust in the army and in themselves, and I must not let down their trust, and I must defend this small city no matter what.

Gritting his teeth, looking at the Mongolian camp outside the city that had gradually gathered into a team and was about to attack the city again, Lu Zhen said loudly to the surrounding soldiers: "Everyone, today's battle will only be more bitter than yesterday. But I believe that with the bravery and fearlessness of my Ming soldiers, even the greatest danger can be overcome by us. Daming will win! Guangling will win! ”

"Da Ming will win! Guangling will win! ”

"Da Ming will win! Guangling will win! ”……

I don't know if it's because of last night's song, whether it's the sergeants at the head of the city or the people, they have more respect for Lu Jin. Therefore, when they heard his words, they all cried out in a loud voice, as if they were fighting to the death, and it seemed that even the fear of the pair of Tartars had been diluted considerably.

Seeing this, Lu Jin's heart settled down a little, and his face also showed a determined look, and he looked out of the city fixedly: "Let's give the Tartars outside the city a profound lesson again!" As he spoke, he opened his arms suddenly, as if he was greeting the other party and provoking the thousands of Mongolian troops.

Seeing him like this, the morale of the army was once again encouraged, and the noise of drums sounded from the city, and then spread outward, reaching the camp of the Mongols.

Although the Mongolian people couldn't hear what they were shouting because of the distance, they could still easily feel the atmosphere. Seeing that the Ming army was still in such a situation, and even more powerful than yesterday, the hearts of many Mongolian soldiers were shaken, could it be that this Guangling really couldn't be attacked?

Yutai was even more angry that his face was a little distorted, and he laughed cruelly, and then ordered: "Horn, prepare to attack!" ”

The whining horn sounded again, and after three long times, the Mongol cavalry pressed towards Guang Ling again.

This time, it was different from yesterday's siege. The Mongols no longer rushed around as they did yesterday, but slowly advanced in a neat queue, although the speed was much slower, but the pressure created was multiplied.

What is particularly frightening is the siege ladders carried by many people in front of the team. Although the ladder looked rather rudimentary, with neither the usual baffles of ladders nor nails wedged into the bricks above, it was far more threatening than yesterday's ropes.

The people at the head of the city may not have felt much when they saw this, but the defenders of the city who knew some military affairs gasped, stared at the front with some concern, and the bows and crossbows in their hands trembled slightly.

Lu Jin also understood this threat after being reminded by the people around him, and quickly turned his mind around: "But what can I do to destroy these ladders?" Attack with fire? Yes, just attack with fire! ”

After making up his mind, while the enemy had not yet attacked the city, Lu Jin hurriedly asked Zhang Dai beside him: "Why didn't we use boiling oil or oil to break the enemy when we defended the city yesterday?" ”

Zhang Dai smiled bitterly: "Guangling City is poor, and there is not much accumulated oil at all, but where to find it at this time?" ”

Lu Jin's heart tightened, this is indeed a big problem. The light ignited the arrow with fire and shot out didn't have much effect at all, and only with those oils could it play a certain role. After a pause, he called a sergeant: "You quickly go back to the city to find the two lords of the county government, and ask them to quickly collect lamp oil, even spirits and other combustible materials in the city, and let people transport them to the city as soon as possible." ”

"Yes." The soldier hurriedly agreed, and hurried down the city.

Because of the suddenness of the battle, coupled with the serious injury and coma of the original main general Liu Yi, Lu Jin's replacement could not take care of many details, and could only think of what to do, until the battle was about to begin, the city was still preparing various city defense equipment, which seemed both busy and a little ridiculous.

Of course, it is impossible for all this to affect the Mongolian army under the city. After coming to the outside of the city, hundreds of cavalry suddenly rushed out, and while sprinting, their hands were raised high, and one after another feathered arrows quickly shot at the head of the city.

Fortunately, after yesterday's observation, Lu Zhen also had a certain prediction of this, and promptly ordered someone to erect a shield again and block the city wall.

In the midst of a tuk-tuk, the enemy's tentative offensive was blocked.

But in this regard, Lu Zhen and everyone did not feel any relaxed, because everyone knew that this was just the beginning, and the real test was yet to come.

Sure enough, with a sharp sound of horns, the Mongolian people who were carrying ladders began to run wildly, and soon they were close to the city wall.

Although the Ming army at the head of the city also tried to shoot arrows to stop, but the scattered arrows could not stop the enemy's swift footsteps at all, and soon, they had leaned to the bottom of the city, and under the loud shouts, the ladders carried horizontally were quickly erected, and they leaned on the Guangling city wall full of arrows one by one in the thud.

Immediately, the Mongolian people in the rear also howled and rushed forward with a more ferocious attitude. And the cavalry just now were still shooting arrows at the head of the city one by one, delaying the counterattack of the Ming army and creating opportunities for their own people to climb the city.

Obviously, after suffering losses yesterday, the Mongols have become much more organized in attacking the city, and the pressure on the Ming army defending the city has naturally increased exponentially.

And what made Lu Zhen even more frightened was that in addition to this frontal attack, the Mongols once again repeated their old tricks, sending two partial armies to attack the east and west sides of the city, and the Ming army had to transfer the men and horses out again, so as to divide the strength to defend the northern city!