lost thousands of people at once, which made Li Zicheng very painful, but Li Zicheng was still a little hesitant about whether to continue the attack. Because he knew that Ningwuguan was a military city, and there was not much population, there would definitely not be too much oil and water in the city. And to capture it, it is estimated that there is no drama at all if thousands of people do not die. Therefore, the storming of Ningwu Pass is obviously a loss-making business. Therefore, Li Zicheng did not immediately attack, but gathered the generals to discuss countermeasures.

"Long live, this week's Yuji is really hateful, if I don't kill him, I can't get out of this breath." Liu Zongmin didn't want to let go of Zhou Yuji.

"This city is not easy to fight, and many people will die." Li Guo said.

"The dead will be beaten, and no matter how many people die, they will be beaten. And to fight down in the shortest possible time. Li Yan said suddenly.

"Brother Li Yan, tell me your reasoning." Lee became a self-enlightened man.

"Long live, since our army sent out its troops, those who have attacked have been defeated, and those who have been attacked have been broken. The banner refers to the fact that the armor is not bound by the soldiers and surrendered to the south. Why is this, isn't it because our army has won successive battles, and the puppet army that dares to confront our army will be wiped out by us? Therefore, those puppet Ming troops are afraid of our army like tigers, and hope that our army will surrender. Now Zhou Yuji relies on a small city and thousands of soldiers, so he dares to resist the king. If we can't exterminate him, we are afraid that the prestige of the enemy will increase, and I am afraid that in the future, there will be more guys who do not know the current affairs and dare to resist the king. Therefore, the minister felt that this city must be attacked, and it must be defeated quickly, so that the puppet Ming army can become more and more afraid of the heavenly soldiers. ”

Li Zicheng nodded when he heard this, and suddenly pulled out his sword and said, "What Brother Li Yan said makes sense, if you want to have a better life in the future, you have to suffer a little today." When we enter this city, we will cut off Zhou Yuji's head and set an example for those who dare to resist us!" ”

Since Li Zicheng made such a decision, the matter of continuing the offensive was arranged step by step. The first was the shelling, Li Zicheng captured two Hongyi cannons in Taiyuan, and at this time he dragged them up and opened heavy fire on Ningwu Pass.

With a roar, two cannonballs flew out of the muzzle at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then hit the city wall of Ningwu Pass heavily, making a dull impact sound, and the city bricks at the location where the cannonballs hit immediately turned into fragments, and the entire city wall also shook, raising a thin layer of white ash, and even on the city tower, there were tiles falling from above.

After the Hongyi cannon fired, some other small cannons also fired. Their power naturally cannot be compared with the Hongyi cannons, but they are better in number, crackling and crackling, they can also cause considerable damage to the people in the city, and can also cause great damage to defensive structures such as women's walls. When Taiyuan fell, the defenders didn't even have time to burn down the treasury, which allowed Li Zicheng to seize a lot of gunpowder. So now the cannon is open, so the shelling has been all day, although it has not been able to directly destroy the city wall of Ningwu Pass, but it has also caused great damage to the city wall and the city tower. In the section of the city wall where the army concentrated firepower, most of the female walls no longer existed, which made the side defending the city lose a very important support, and there were some collapses in some places on the city wall, although it has not yet reached the point where the entire city wall has fallen, but many places are not very easy to stand on, which also makes the firepower on the city relatively weak in some positions.

"Alright, almost." Li Zicheng looked at the situation on the city wall and said, "Let Hao Shaoqi fire on both sides, and let Liu Zongmin command the men and horses to go up!" ”

The cannons of the Shun army were turned to both sides, and the middle section was vacated for the Shun soldiers to enter the city. The soldiers of the Shun army rushed up with a long ladder and put the ladder on the ruined city wall, and then two people held the ladder on the left and the right, and the other people bit the steel knife in their mouths, holding a shield in one hand and grasping the ladder with the other, and climbed up.

Although the artillery fire of the Shun army was very fierce, Zhou Yuji had been personally commanding the city, and he saw that the Shun army began to adjust the cannons and prepare to fire on both sides, so he knew that the Shun army was preparing to enter the city. So he personally led a group of family members down the city wall, and ran from under the city wall to the middle section of the city where the Shun army might land in the city—so as to avoid the artillery fire of the Shun army. Ladders have already been erected there. Zhou Yuji led people to climb up the ladder, but did not directly climb the city wall, but only climbed half a step away from the city head and stopped first. Everyone turned their heads and looked at the towers over there. The tower is the highest and most visible position, from which you can clearly see the movement of soldiers on both sides of the wall. Because the female wall on the city wall is basically destroyed, it is early on the city wall, and it may be hit by the long-range fire of the Shun army, such as crossbow arrows, or things like Furlong's machine guns, of course, it is late to go up, and it really makes people climb the city wall, then it will not work again, so this tactic is very important for the grasp of the timing, at this time, the signal on the city tower is particularly important.

Zhou Yuji held a ladder in one hand and a spear in the other, looking at the city tower over there, and suddenly a blood-red flag stretched out from the city tower, and the flag shook wildly towards this side.

"Go up!" Zhou Yuji roared and rushed forward first. He rushed directly to a ladder on the city wall, and looked down to see several Shun soldiers climbing up the ladder, just within the attack range of the spear in his hand. Zhou Yuji shouted, the spear shook, and stabbed it down like lightning. The Shun army hurriedly wanted to use the shield in his hand to resist, but his movements were a little slower, and although Zhou Yuji's spear was touched by the shield and slightly deviated from the direction, it was still fiercely pierced on his left shoulder. The Shun soldier screamed, lost the shield in his hand and fell off the ladder, and took the Shun soldier who followed him down.

Zhou Yuji took advantage of the gap to look at both sides, and saw that the family members on both sides of him had also killed the Shun army who was climbing up. He smiled, and was about to shout loudly to boost morale, but suddenly saw someone under the city holding a crossbow arrow towards him, Zhou Yuji flashed back suddenly, and with a "whoosh", a crossbow arrow swept past his head. Although shooting from the bottom up will consume more power of the crossbow arrow, at such a distance, the crossbow arrow can still shoot through ordinary armor and most helmets - especially those armor and helmets that are shoddy by my Ming Ministry of Industry.

A group of Shun troops came up with crossbow arrows to cover, and the family members of Zhou Yuji in the city were also divided into two groups, some of them continued to fight the Shun army who were climbing upward, using spears and knives to beat the Shun army who were trying to climb up, while others opened their bows and shot at the city. It's just that there are many soldiers in Shun, whether they are climbing up or shooting under the city, there are many more people than Zhou Yuji. So soon, some of the Shun troops climbed to the top of the city. Fortunately, at this time, Zhou Yuji's follow-up men and horses also climbed up from behind, and after a bloody battle, they finally beat the Shun army again.

Zhou Yuji had just taken a breath when the cannon of the Shun army slammed again.

"Quick, get back to the back ladder!" Zhou Yuji shouted.

But the movement of the cannonballs came much faster than Zhou Yuji and his family. Before Zhou Yuji's words fell, several cannonballs smashed over, several of which smashed on the city wall, shattering several city bricks; A few others flew over their heads, not knowing where they ended up; But one shell still hit the crowd. This cannonball whistled past Zhou Yuji's side, and the wind it brought up almost lifted Zhou Yuji into a fight. Then a rain of blood poured directly on his head, preventing him from opening his eyes, and his ears were filled with a rumbling sound.

Zhou Yuji wiped the blood from his face with his hand, opened his eyes, and saw that next to him, lying his family Ding Zhoutong's upper body, and the lower half of his body no longer knew where it went. Zhou Tong was not dead for a while, his eyes were wide open, and he was screaming there while touching the ground with his bloody hands.

Zhou Yuji sighed, turned the tip of the gun, stabbed Zhou Tong's heart with a shot, and said, "Brother, it's easy to go." Zhou Tong nodded, closed his eyes and died.

At this time, another person grabbed Zhou Yuji and dragged him to the inside of the city wall, Zhou Yuji and the man hurriedly got up the ladder and hid their bodies behind the city wall, only to hear a crackling sound outside, and the city wall shook non-stop.

Zhou Yuji just took a breath, but heard someone shouting: "Dashuai, look over there." ”

Zhou Yuji hurriedly raised his head and looked over there, and a flag stretched out from the city tower between them, and waved it three times to the right, the flag retracted, stretched out again, and waved it three times to the right.

Zhou Yuji knew the meaning of this signal, which meant that on the city wall on the right, the intrusive army had boarded, and he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, follow me over there." ”

After all his efforts, Zhou Yuji finally led people to fight the Shun army again, and the corpses left by the Shun army were everywhere, but Zhou Yuji's army also paid a considerable price. Zhou Yuji himself was hit by five or six arrows, but fortunately, his armor was not bad, only one of these arrows pierced the armor, but it didn't hit the vital point. He was slashed several times during the fight, but fortunately all of them were blocked by his armor, but one bone was struck on his left hand, and the bones of his left hand were broken, and now his left hand is completely useless. And nearly half of his family members are dead, and the rest are all wounded. At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and the Shun army no longer attacked, but collected troops and returned to the camp. Zhou Yuji hurriedly organized personnel to repair the damaged city wall, but he also knew that if the intrusive army was still like this tomorrow, he was afraid that he and his army would not be able to hold out tomorrow.