As night fell again, the besieging Mongols retreated like a receding tide, and after a long day of fighting, they still failed to take any advantage from the city of Beijing.

Although the faces of the Ming soldiers in the city were full of exhaustion, there were also many people who showed happy smiles at this time. After a few days of offensive and defensive battles, they have gradually become accustomed to this kind of fighting, not to mention that since the first day, the Mongol attacks have become less aggressive, which makes them more confident in defending the city gates.

At this time, many people had already carried a load of food to the city, and in the respectful and grateful eyes of these people, the soldiers who defended the city felt that the food was particularly sweet. As soldiers from other provinces, especially those who are preparing for drills, they could never have imagined that there would be such a day when they would be relied on by the people of the capital.

However, their bodies still felt tired, and they guarded the city for days and days, and from time to time they had to fight with the Mongols who had come to the front, which had rapidly depleted their mental and physical strength, so after hastily eating some food, except for some of the night watchmen, the others either hid in the arrow tower, or went to the bottom, or even leaned on the edge of the city wall and fell asleep.

Under the blowing of the autumn wind, the entire city wall of Beijing's Nine Gates has fallen into silence, except for the sound of sound sleep one after another, only a few footsteps brought by a few generals when patrolling.

Beijing has been on such a night for five or six days, and it seems that tonight should be no different from before. But shocking changes often happen when you take everything for granted-

Although the day is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the thick clouds in the sky cover the full moon in the sky tightly, not to mention the moonlight, and even the little stars are not so conspicuous. Several pine torches were lit on the top of the city, which illuminated the area, but the city was completely covered by darkness, and when you looked down from the top of the city, it was completely dark.

Thousands of Mongolian people, under the cover of this darkness, carried all kinds of newly built siege and climbing equipment, and slowly and silently approached the side of Xizhimen. The closer they got to the city, the lighter their steps subconsciously became, and most of them even deliberately slowed down their breathing.

But even if they moved slowly, they still reached the base of the city wall after a meal, which was difficult to reach in the daytime. At this time, above their heads, there were Ming soldiers who were keeping vigil, but because of the distance, they never found this variable under the city.

Because during the day, the main attack of the Mongolian people is also the current Xizhi Gate. So at this time, the defenders here were already exhausted, and they didn't expect the other party to come to this hand. After confirming that the Ming army had not discovered themselves, the Mongols gestured in the dark, and after a long time, several ladders had been set up on the wall of the city wall. Thanks to everyone's efforts, only two ladders slammed into the wall tiles with a few muffled sounds.

Originally, although this sound seemed quite abrupt at night, it was not so easy to notice. But it was also because of the luck of the Ming Dynasty, but this strange sound was heard by an important person in the city - Liu Ju!

During the day, looking at the appearance of the Mengren when he launched an attack on the Xizhi Gate where he was, he always felt a little strange, as if the other party's purpose was more to consume his own energy. This made him feel a little uneasy and vigilant in his heart, and he always felt that there would be some conspiracy behind this.

So even at night, Liu Ju did not go down to the city to rest, but patrolled the city several times. But everything looked the same as before, it was still so calm, which made him feel that he was a little worried. So he decided to go down to the city to rest after this last round of patrols, after all, he might have to continue the battle tomorrow.

But at this moment, he heard the sound of something hitting the city wall outside, which made Liu Ju's heart move suddenly, and he hurriedly jumped forward while listening intently. At this time, the second clicking sound also came, which made him dare to conclude that the Mongolian people outside the city would make some moves, and immediately roared: "Wake up quickly, this is the Tartars are going to attack at night!" Torches, throw them down! ”

These few roars suddenly woke up the defenders who were still sleeping on the side. Frightened, many people turned over and jumped, but their faces were full of confusion, and most of them didn't even take the weapons at hand.

However, the two personal soldiers who followed Liu Ju reacted quickly enough, and after hearing this, they immediately picked up the two torches inserted in the wall and threw them off the city with all their might.

The torch churned in the air, then slammed to the ground before being extinguished entirely. But in the process, the darkness under the city still shines a little light. This light alone is enough, and the Mongolian team that is about to go up the ladder has been completely exposed to the eyes of Liu Ju and others.

Looking at the dense crowd of enemies under the city who were about to enter the city, Liu Ju only felt that his brain was buzzing, and the hairs of his whole body stood up. He subconsciously screamed like crazy: "Quick, prepare the bow and crossbow wood stone, the enemy is attacking the city!" ”

This cry was so loud and sharp that it spread in the area of Xizhimen in an instant, waking up all the soldiers completely. After that, they hurriedly and quickly moved into action, picked up all kinds of weapons to defend the city, and the black lights blinded the fire, and it was difficult to identify the enemy's position.

The Mongols under the city were also taken aback. I thought that it would be easy to get to the bottom of the city and set up a ladder, so the next climb to the city would be smooth as long as I was careful enough. Many people feel that a first achievement is within reach, and they are rejoicing, but they suddenly encounter a change, and their whereabouts are actually exposed, which makes them also lose their minds for a short time.

But soon, these Mongolian people also woke up, this is a great opportunity to go to the city, how can they give up. So in the midst of the shouts and roars of Qi Qi, each of them held a knife in one hand and an escalator in the other, and rushed towards the city in great strides.

As a result, a much more fierce battle of the city wall than during the day began-the Ming army on the city desperately beckoned the city defense weapons around them to the bottom of the darkness, and the Mongolian people under the city had no intention of dodging and retreating, and actually climbed up vigorously against the wood and stone arrows that kept flying on their heads.

At this time, the characteristics of the night that is more favorable to the besieging side are revealed. Because of the impact of the line of sight, it is difficult for the stones and trees smashed on the city to really aim at the target, and they can only rely on luck to hit the target. As for the arrows, at this time, they are even more indiscriminate, and often ten arrows may not be able to hit the Mongolian people below.

Soon, more than half of the Mongols had climbed, but only a few were screaming and being beaten down into the city. Although he couldn't see the specific situation clearly in the city, Liu Ju still found this from the sound, which made him even more nervous, and his heart kept turning thoughts: "How is this good?" But how is this good? ”

Such a blind fight without aimlessness could not stop the enemy's speed of landing on the city at all, once they really got on the city wall, with the strength of the defenders here, I am afraid it would be even more difficult to hold the city. Thinking of the consequences of all this, he was soaked in sweat, and he could only keep shouting in his mouth, but there was nothing he could do.

Suddenly, Liu Ju's gaze turned and fell on a few cauldrons on the side. Inside this pot are some gold juice and fire oil that have long been cooled. However, because of the end of the previous battle, the fire below had long been extinguished, and it was completely cold at this time, so the sergeants did not use this to deal with the enemy below. Otherwise, in the dark, this kind of area attack weapon is much more effective than any wood and stone arrow.

is the so-called anxious Zhisheng, but Liu Ju suddenly thought of a way at this time, and immediately ordered: "Quick, splash all the fire oil in this pot into the city, remember, you have to stick to the wall and splash it down!" ”

The soldiers were already out of order, and all they could do was mechanically throw rocks, shoot bows and arrows, and follow the orders of their generals. Now Liu Ju, the city gate guard, has given such an order, although it sounds a little unreasonable, they all do it mechanically.

Suddenly, many people grabbed a few cauldrons, some of which scooped up the fire oil and splashed it down, and some who directly lifted the full pot of fire oil and poured it down. In a matter of moments, they poured out all the dozens of pots of oil and gold juice that the city had prepared for tomorrow.

And in the face of this liquid range attack that fell from the sky, the Mengren was completely out of the spell. And they didn't intend to dodge in the first place, so they climbed towards the city in the face of the oncoming splash. Even many Mongolian people still despise it in their hearts, these southern barbarians are really panicked, and they actually want to use these to delay themselves, and they are not hot, and they can't hurt anyone at all.

But soon, their disdain and pride turned into panic and anguish. Because Liu Ju at the head of the city had then issued a new order: "Light the torch and throw it down." ”

Dozens ......of torches were quickly lit after this command, and then they were thrown down the city along with the arrows, wood and stones, almost against the city walls, as before.

The torches collided head-on with the Mongols who were coming upwards.

The bodies of those Mengmen were all splashed with oil, and they were quickly ignited by the flames on the torches, and then their whole bodies turned into a blazing torch.

In the midst of the screams, their bodies fell straight down between their teeth and claws, and in the meantime, they ran into their companions who were also going upward, and more people were ignited by the fire, and fell straight down the ladder screaming.

Not only the people on the ladder, but also the ladder, after being touched by the fire, quickly burst into flames, and then the wooden ladder also quickly burned and turned into huge torches.

When the fire was strong, the Ming army in the city was finally able to find the target accurately, so the wood and stone arrows rained down on the enemy, causing several times more damage than just now......