Soon after the beacon fire on the security fort was lit, two beacon fires were also lit up in the south of it, passing all the way to the border city of Datong, and then the fire was lit there.

In this way, the Mongols outside the fort and the defenders inside the fort were well aware of the current situation, especially those Mongols knew that there was not much time left for them to break through the fort and could not delay any longer.

So, after the initial setbacks and retreat, and after a little recuperation, they launched another offensive against Fort Bao, their strategy was very different from before. In the previous attack, they only took turns to attack for their own casualties, and most of the centaurs still stayed behind. But now, knowing that time was running out and that a quick battle was necessary, he could no longer hold back, and as the horn sounded, the hundreds of cavalry dispersed, and then killed the whole line and rushed towards the fortress wall.

In this way, the weakness of the insufficient strength of the defenders was completely exposed. Although the Mongols pressed in so that the rain of arrows fired by the defenders could hit more enemies, they could not stop their advance footwork at all, and only had time to shoot two arrows, and the people were already leaning under the wall, dozens of ropes were thrown high, and the Mongols climbed up along the ropes from all directions.

At the same time, the Mongols, who had not had time to climb the city, continued to shoot arrows at the fort wall, directly suppressing the defenses of the defenders on the fort, so that they could not spare their hands to cut the rope again with the same trick. At this time, one of the disadvantages of lighting a beacon fire became apparent - under the light of the fire, the defenders of the fort were completely exposed to the enemy's sight.

In fact, generally speaking, as long as the night siege is not a surprise attack, it will only be unfavorable to the attacking side, and the defenders can fully exert their combat effectiveness by virtue of their geographical advantages, and it is somewhat difficult for the besieging side to hurt the enemy, after all, the city is dark and dark, and it is impossible to find the target at all. But now, the blazing beacon fire above has become a huge torch, completely exposing the entire security fort wall, and the defenders above have nothing to hide.

As a result, the Mongols outside could aim and shoot sharp arrows upward, and the defenders could only barely parry, or put up shields to protect themselves, which looked particularly embarrassing. Under this delay, the enemies who climbed straight up the rope were very fast, and in the blink of an eye they were more than halfway up, and in the blink of an eye they were able to climb the fortress wall.

"Throw wood and stone, beat these Tartars down for me!" Finding that the situation was critical, Ma Qianyuan shouted urgently: "What about the archers? Shoot me back! ”

Under his command, the sergeants also quickly responded accordingly, some of them braved the continuous arrows to lift the big stones on the side, and then smashed them downward, and some archers did not care about their own safety, leaned out, and also released arrows downward, hoping to stop the enemy's upward momentum.

With this wave of counterattack response, the Mongolian people who were constantly coming up really screamed again, or were hit by arrows, or were hit by stones and fell down. But even so, this did not slow down the movement of the Mongolian people to the city, even if some people kept screaming and falling, in the sound of the horns, there were still more Mongolian people howling and climbing up the rope.

It is said that the Mongols are ferocious and brutal, and it was only then that the defenders in the fort really understood the terrifying power hidden in these four words. This is still in the case that the enemy does not have siege equipment such as ladders, if there is the help of equipment, I am afraid that this small security fort will not be able to support an offensive at all.

What's even worse for the defenders is that in order to delay the attack of the enemy in the city, they also braved the arrows fired by the other side. As a result, several archers who had reached out of the wall were shot by stray arrows and fell down the city. and those who carried stones down, and many of them were injured. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen casualties had been lost, making the fort's defenses more and more stretched.

This is the predicament of the Ming army now, in the face of several times the enemy, they either choose to hold firmly, but in this way, the enemy will inevitably calmly climb up to the city. Either they will take the initiative to attack the enemy army in the city, but this will make them pay a terrible price. No matter which path you choose, it seems to be doomed.

But in this offensive and defensive battle where either you die or I die, the Ming army has no possibility of retreating timidly, and the more they face such a desperate situation, the more they have to grit their teeth and fight to the end. Isn't it just death? At least pull on some tartar pads!

With this in mind, all the Ming troops went out, and in order to prevent the enemy from approaching the city, they completely ignored the enemy's arrows outside the fort, and just threw the weapons in their hands that could kill the enemy downward, and beat the enemies who were about to enter the city one by one to fall to the city.

And the Mongolian people were also completely red-eyed in this situation, roaring, and climbing up at a faster speed. Although the arrows outside the fort were gradually thinning out as more people threw themselves into the climbing procession, the killing and wounding of the Ming troops on the wall was non-stop.

In fact, it was less than half an hour, but a long time had passed for both the offensive and defensive sides, and the casualties on both sides had risen sharply, especially on the besieging side, at this time there were nearly 100 Mongolians who fell under the security fort - you must know that this time Bohur also brought more than 300 horsemen to chase and kill, which nearly 30 adult horses broke under this small security fort.

But now, he can't afford to give up anymore. At such a big price, if he couldn't capture such a small forward fortress of the Ming army, and he couldn't catch the people he wanted to capture, he would not be able to escape death even if he went back. In that case, let's just fight to the end!

So, even though people kept screaming and falling from the wall, Bohur continued to urge the remaining soldiers and horses to attack forward, vowing to take down the earthen fort.

As for the defenders, the situation was even worse. As the battle deepened, the casualties also rose rapidly, and at this time, there were only twenty-three people left who could still fight, and even Ma Qianyuan, the general, had personally lifted the stone and smashed it down. Both sides have thrown in all the men they can put in, just waiting for the final result.

After more than half an hour of fighting, the results of this battle have slowly appeared. After all, it was the besieging side with more troops that had the upper hand. As the number of troops at the head of the city continued to be reduced, it was no longer possible for them to defend the entire section of the city wall as before, and finally let a few Mongols climb the top of the city.

And with these enemy troops entering the city, the situation on the fort was even more precarious, especially the shaking of the defenders' morale, which was even more devastating. As soon as they got on the wall, those red-eyed Mongols roared and drew their swords to kill the defenders, which immediately made the Ming army have to turn back to defend, thus relaxing the delay of the enemy below, and the defense line was on the verge of collapse.

Ma Qianyuan naturally knew this, although he was already desperate in his heart, he did not give up, and immediately shouted: "Kill the Tartar!" Then he pounced on him, slashed with his sword, and slashed into the neck of an enemy in front of him, and then raised his leg sharply and kicked him out of the city.

Immediately, on the side of his body, he quickly dodged the attack of the second enemy, and stabbed forward with the long knife, sending the knife into the opponent's lower abdomen, and then twisting it hard, and the man suddenly screamed and fell.

Seeing that his own commander was powerful and killed two enemies in a row, the spirit of the Ming army, which was already a little desperate, was lifted again, and in the midst of the shouts, he also followed him to wave his weapon and stab at the enemy who was constantly rising from below, and really killed several enemies.

It's just that this long section of the fort wall is not something that they can defend by more than 20 people after all, and after only a while, there are dozens of Mongolians who take advantage of the situation to enter the city, in fact, at this moment, the security fort has been completely lost.

Ma Qianyuan, who understood this, turned pale, although he didn't want to admit it, but the facts were already in front of him. In that case, you can only fight hard. He immediately swung his knife again and shouted: "Wei Daming, kill the Tartar!" "Take the lead and slaughter the Mongols who are gathering.

The rest of the Ming soldiers were also encouraged after being stunned for a moment, shouting the same slogan, holding their weapons high and following their own commanders, rushing towards the enemy.

Ma Qianyuan's movements were very fast, only in a blink of an eye, he killed an enemy again, when the opponent raised the knife to slash, he had already seen the gap, first a short body dodged the slash from the oblique slash, and then the long knife in his hand stabbed out diagonally, just penetrating the opponent's chest, and then pulled down with both hands, and in a scream of the enemy, it was disemboweled.

After killing an enemy in one shot, he didn't slow down, taking advantage of the situation to swoop forward again and slash at the other enemy with all his might. The man may have been frightened by his murderous aura, or he was shocked by the tragic death of his companion, and when he saw Ma Qianyuan killed, he was so frightened that he hid straight behind, but he didn't dare to fight head-on.

"It turns out that you Tartars are nothing more than this, eat grandpa's knife!" Ma Qianyuan had already been able to kill, laughed when he saw this, and rushed forward with a knife again. At this time, there were only dozens of enemies left in front of him in his eyes, and there was only one thought left in his heart, to kill all these enemies.

But just as he was rushing forward majestically and murderously, the Ming army following behind him let out a frightened shout: "Be careful, my lord! ”

"Hoo ——!" Outside the fortress wall on his side, a bend suddenly slashed at him, and the target was his waist and ribs.

Ma Qianyuan, who heard the warning, suddenly paused, and then suddenly twisted his body, and actually avoided the sneak attack that might cut him in two, and at the same time, the knife in his hand also stabbed out diagonally, and actually stabbed through the fortress wall on the side, and stabbed the knife into the chest of the sneak attacker, and suddenly there was a scream outside, and then a figure fell softly from the city.

But before everyone could cheer for this, a whining sound had quickly flown in, and before Ma Qianyuan could react next, an arrow had already arrived, and it directly hit Ma Qianyuan's chest!