For Wei Yunzhen, now the Yanmen Pass is in danger, if the Yanmen Pass is not guaranteed, and the Mongolian cavalry enters Shanxi to wreak havoc, he will be to blame for his death.

Not to mention that his political ideals and ambitions could not be realized, and even his life and family inheritance were not guaranteed, in this case, he easily made a decision in the top position.

Even if he loses Yanmen Pass in the end, if he dies in battle, it will be a way out for his descendants, a martyrdom for his ideals, and live up to Hai Rui's inscription.

Unlike others, he had no way back, not from the beginning.

He has offended many forces in the DPRK and China, and if he fails to fulfill his duties, he will have no way out.

It is better to die in battle than to die in party struggle and your own cowardice.

The Mongols attacked extremely fiercely, and they obtained the weapons of the Ming army in Datong Town, and they instantly improved their siege ability to a big step.

Countless arrows were shot at the city, although the battle-hardened Mongol soldiers were far inferior to their ancestors, but the Ming army was even less comparable to their ancestors, and their combat effectiveness was crushed in all directions.

Thanks to the majestic Yanmen Pass, because of this wall, it was possible for the Ming army to kill the Mongols without fighting them in close combat.

Therefore, the Ming army has always persevered, repelling the attacks of the Mongol army six times in a row, and the Mongol army has also stopped attacking the city many times because the weather is cold and cannot fight for a long time, which repeatedly gives the Ming army a chance to breathe.

The Ming army's artillery bombing made the Mongols see the possibility of a successful attack, so they carried the Ming army's standard ladder, shot the Ming army with the Ming army's bow and crossbow, and also attacked the Ming army with the Ming army's artillery, bed crossbows, trebuchets and other weapons.

It has to be said that at this time, the firepower of the Mongols was not inferior to the Ming army that had the advantage of the city wall, and they probably captured the surrendered Ming army to manipulate artillery and other siege equipment.

The area that had become a gap in the defensive line due to the bombing was also able to be defended thanks to the desperate counterattack led by the Yanmen Pass guards, expelling the Mongols from the city wall, and the battle entered the stalemate phase again.

The Mongols saw that the strong attack could not be done, and once again exerted their strength in firepower, and carried out a large-scale blow to the Ming army, and there were constantly Ming soldiers who were hit by artillery or affected by the air current, and died tragically in front of Wei Yunzhen, Wei Yunzhen looked at the Ming army with heavy casualties, frowned, but still did not take a step back.

It was probably Wei Yunzhen's courage to persist and not retreat that brought courage to the Ming army, and the Ming army did not let the Mongols succeed in the end, shrinking on the city wall, using long-range weapons to make up for the gap with the Mongols in hand-to-hand combat skills, and did not let the Mongols eat any good fruits.

The Ming army was condescending, and the range of weapons exceeded that of the Mongols, and the melee siege Mongols did not even dare to get too close to the city walls, lest they be affected by the artillery fire of the Ming army and died tragically on the spot.

The flesh and blood of the Ming army were everywhere in the city wall, Wei Yunzhen's nose was filled with the smell of blood and stench, and under the city, the blood and flesh of the Mongols were also filled with every inch of the frozen hard land.

The remaining temperature didn't even last long, and in an instant, the steaming flesh was frozen into a clot of blood.

The cruelty of war, the bitter cold of the weather, that's it.

The Mongol trebuchet was ready again, and the Mongol commander gave an order, and the trebuchet made a creaking sound, and the huge stones rose into the sky with an indomitable stance, rushed to the wall of Yanmen Pass, and smashed on the solid city wall, making a crisp cracking sound.

At the same time, huge crossbow arrows roared in, threatening the Ming army defending the city at all times.

In such a dangerous situation, Wei Yunzhen stood still, the place where he was standing was a relatively safe place, and even so, his situation was still very bad.

The flying stones had already smashed on the shields of the soldiers guarding him, and just now, a crossbow arrow grazed the corner of a soldier's shield and shot at the gate tower behind him, causing everyone to panic and break out in a cold sweat.

"Futai, it's too dangerous here, Futai is the safety of the whole city, please go to a safe place, stones and crossbow arrows don't have long eyes, if Futai loses, the end will be hard to blame!" Futai! Please leave! ”

The Yanmen guard tried his best to persuade Wei Yunzhen to leave the city tower, Wei Yunzhen thought about it again and again, and with a tense face, he felt that if he continued to stay here, the soldiers on the city tower would not be able to let go of his hand to fight with all his strength to protect himself, so he was silent for a while and decided to leave.

"Alright! Benfu is under the city, if you need anything, come to Benfu immediately, Benfu will quickly support you! Remember, firearms attacks cannot be stopped, but each shot must not be fired more than three times in a row, remember! No reproducible bore! ”

The guards of the Yanmen Gate clasped their hands into fists.

"No!"

Wei Yunzhen nodded, turned around and was about to leave.

"Futai beware!!"

At this moment, with a loud shout, a huge force pushed Wei Yunzhen to the ground, hitting the ground hard, and he felt that his whole body was about to fall apart, he looked up angrily, and his expression suddenly froze.

A thick crossbow arrow strung the four people together and nailed them to the wall of the city gate tower, the outermost one was the Yanmen guard, his eyes were staring at the place where Wei Yunzhen fell to the ground, and he was already out of breath.

Wei Yunzhen never knew why this guard, who had no relationship with him, sacrificed his life to save himself, he had been a guard here for five years, longer than he had been the governor of Shanxi.

In four years, I have only met him five times, and I remember his surname Zhang, but I have forgotten what his name is, because this person always calls himself "I Lao Zhang" when he is happy, and he is a hearty man.

The death of the Yanmen guards brought a huge blow to the morale of the soldiers on the city wall, but they did not collapse, because immediately after, Wei Yunzhen got up from the ground, ran to the war drum in person, picked up the drum stick in the hand of the drummer who had been killed by the arrow, and rumbled the war drum.

The guard is dead, but the governor is still there!

The governor personally beat the drums and cheered, so that the morale of the Ming army did not decrease but increased, and the city wall was filled with a sense of mourning.

At this moment, a violent explosion suddenly occurred on the position of the Mongols outside the city, and seven or eight large fireballs rose into the sky in a row, stretching for more than ten meters, and the Mongols' position was in mourning.

The Mongol artillery was also blown up!

This sword of Damocles did not spare either side of the war, and it fell on the heads of both sides with unmistakable accuracy, and no one escaped.

The Mongol formation was in chaos, and there was a miserable howl outside the city, just at that time, Wei Yunzhen seized the opportunity and ordered the Ming army in the city to organize and take the initiative to attack the Mongols.

The Ming army took the initiative to attack with the spirit of mourning, and on the seventh day of the beginning of this sudden war, in the unfavorable situation of defeat, the first counterattack began, and it was successful, driving the Mongols out of the land for seven or eight miles in one go.

The battle ended with the Ming army taking the initiative to attack and winning, the Ming army beheaded seventy-eight Mongols, and the corpses discarded by the Mongols outside the city were about seven or eight hundred, nearly half of which trampled on each other and died during the chaos.

The Ming army itself lost seven or eight hundred people, plus the wounded, this number will only be greater, and the biggest loss is none other than the martyred Yanmen Pass guard.

A single sortie victory could not reverse the overwhelming unfavorable situation of the entire battle, and that night, the Mongols returned to the city of Yanmen Pass and set up camp, assuming a posture of attacking Yanmen Pass for a long time.

The war is back in a state of stalemate.