Fang Yuan's plan to invite the king into the urn was implemented very smoothly, and the white phosphorus bombs were constantly thrown on the city wall, and the deflagration of the white phosphorus bombs, coupled with the raging poisonous smoke, immediately cut the five thousand Ming troops who were ready to enter the city into two parts.

The 3,000 Ming troops who remained outside the city were so frightened that they hurriedly retreated to a hundred zhang away under the attack of incendiary bombs and poisonous smoke, and did not dare to stay at the city gate again.

The 2,000 Ming troops who entered the city got into the pockets that the Xuanjia Army had arranged earlier, and were attacked by the Xuanjia Army from all directions, and were annihilated in less than three hours. Fifteen hundred were killed in battle, and five hundred surrendered.

Fang Yuan ordered the looting of these Ming army's guns and equipment, and then ordered two hundred Xuanjia sergeants to wear gas masks purchased from Taobao, escorted five hundred surrendered Ming troops, and rebuilt fortifications in the city gate and corridor in the city gate and Yongdao in order to deal with the next wave of the Ming army's offensive.

At night, the poisonous smoke finally gradually dispersed, and three fortifications had been built in the city gate and corridor, including horses, dirt bags, and bunkers. Although it is a little simpler, it can also snipe the Ming army attacking from the city gate.

In the early morning of the next day, the Ming army, which had finally regrouped and had finally regrouped, began a new day of offensive. The focus of contention between the two sides was focused on the battle for the city gate and the road.

Because the white phosphorus bombs had been exhausted in the previous day's offensive, the Xuanjia army on the city wall threw fire oil and giant trees to smash the Ming army that had entered the Yongdao. The Ming army had to carry the attack of fire oil, giant trees, and boulders, and also had to fight for fortifications with the Xuanjia army stationed in the Yongdao.

The Xuanjia army had the advantage of geographical advantage, and held on for three days and three nights, still holding the Yongdao position without the slightest retreat. But the fortifications were almost destroyed, and the tunnels were full of corpses of the Ming army, and the follow-up Ming troops could even step on the corpses of the Ming army, directly cross the fortifications, and condescendingly engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Xuanjia sergeants.

Without the advantage of fortifications, and even the Ming army attacked with corpses, and occupied a condescending favorable terrain, the situation at the city gate and the corridor was completely unfavorable to the defending Xuanjia army.

Liu Yiliang, who commanded the guards of the city gate, was also wounded several times, but the Xuanjia Army had strict military orders, and Fang Yuan did not give the order to retreat, so he did not dare to be this deserter, so he could only choose to continue to fight to the death and not retreat, and snipe the advance of the Ming army with his life.

Fang Yuan, who was commanding on the city wall, suddenly received the bad news brought by Jing Jie, "Boss, the resources for defending the city such as fire oil, wood and stone have all been exhausted, and the city wall can't be defended, retreat to the city and fight in the streets!" ”

"It's not raining yet? God won't help me! ”

Fang Yuan looked at the sky again, there was still no sign of rain, and muttered a complaint. If it rains heavily, he can repeat the old trick and use the method of defeating the Liangshan Liukou, and use the characteristics of calcium carbide and sodium metal to deflagrate when it encounters water to defeat the enemy.

But the heavens are not beautiful, it has not rained for a month or two in a row, Fang Yuan is also helpless, and asked, "Third brother, how many Xuanjia sergeants are there?!" ”

Jing Jie had just counted the number of sergeants yesterday, and hurriedly reported, "There are less than 30,000, of which 8,000 are lightly and seriously injured, and about 20,000 can continue to fight in the streets." ”

Fang Yuan sighed secretly, before the war, there were 50,000 soldiers in Jining City, but now the casualties are close to 30,000, and the tragedy of this war can be seen. The city gate was almost lost, and Fang Yuan could only order that the 5,000 Xuanjia army occupy the favorable terrain such as houses and houses in the city gate, and continue to engage in street battles with the Ming army entering the city.

Five thousand Xuanjia sergeants went to guard the other two gates to prevent them from being besieged by the Ming army on three sides. The 10,000 Xuanjia troops covered the lightly wounded sergeants and retreated to the government in the north of the city.

With the active retreat of the Xuanjia army, Niu Chenghu, who led the siege of the Ming army, finally occupied the Yongdao at the south gate of the city, rushed in, and occupied the city wall.

Niu Chenghu attacked the city, and on the one hand, he sent people to report to Sun Chuanting, and on the other hand, he led a thousand soldiers to attack the city, wanting to seize the first credit.

Before he could get out of a square, a thousand soldiers were ambushed by the numerically superior Xuanjia army, and in less than two quarters of an hour, five hundred were killed, and Niu Chenghu was so frightened that he retreated in a hurry, until he reached the city wall, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

With his soldiers and horses alone, he didn't dare to break into the inner city again, so he could only wait for Sun Chuanting's reinforcements.

Sun Chuanting saw that the Xuanjia army had abandoned the protection of the city wall, so he ordered the soldiers of each battalion to occupy the city gate in the south of the city, and set up the artillery on the city wall according to the gourd painting, facing the city condescendingly.

The Xuanjia army occupied the houses and houses in the city and fought street battles, if the Ming army bombarded, it was not only the Xuanjia soldiers who were killed, but also the people in the city.

The people of Jining City were also Sun Chuanting's people before, and Niu Chenghu didn't dare to order the cannon, so he went to find Sun Chuanting and asked Sun Chuanting for advice.

Sun Chuanting stood on the city wall, looking at a large number of houses and houses in the south of the city, and there were faint figures of the Xuanjia army flickering in the house, among which there were at least thousands of Xuanjia soldiers who were ready to fight in the streets.

He hesitated for half an hour, his eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and he said in a deep voice, "Chief Niu, open fire!" ”

"Boom, boom!"

With Sun Chuanting's order, the twenty cannons on the southern city wall were fired in unison, and lead bullets were poured into the houses in the south of the city like raindrops.

After three rounds of shelling, the entire southern part of the city has been razed to the ground, and there are ruins and broken walls everywhere, and flesh and blood are flying everywhere, and screams are repeated. Among them are not only the sergeants of the Xuanjia Army, but also the innocent people.

At least 2,000 people were killed and wounded by the 5,000 Xuanjia Army, and only 3,000 remained. Liu Yiliang saw that the Ming army's artillery fire was too fierce and the losses were too heavy to continue the street fighting, so he led the army to evacuate the south of the city and went to the north of the city to join Fang Yuan.

After Sun Chuanting's artillery razed the south of the city to the ground, he advanced into the city step by step.

He was worried that Fang Yuan would escape from the city gate, so he temporarily let go of the official government in the north of the city, and only sent Zheng Jiadong to lead 30,000 Ming troops to block the city gate in the north of the city and trap Fang Yuan in the city. Then the east and west gates of the city were occupied first, and the space for the defense of the Xuanjia army was gradually compressed.

With the beginning of the bloody washing of the south of the city, the Ming army no longer relied on hand-to-hand combat to conquer the streets, but opened the way with artillery, and blew up all the houses and houses along the way, so as to cut off the hope of the Xuanjia army in street fighting.

This method of advance was cruel and inefficient, and after two days of shelling, the eastern part of the city was just razed to the ground. After retreating to the city wall for three days and three nights, the east gate was finally broken by the internal and external attack, and the two thousand Xuanjia soldiers were all killed.

The Ming army captured the east city gate, continued to draw scoops according to the gourd, and took the water gate of the west city, and most of the 2,000 Xuanjia troops guarding the west city were also killed, and only 300 people chose to surrender.

In order to show his military might, to vent his anger at the siege of the city in the past two months, and to avenge the casualties of the 40,000 or 50,000 Ming troops, Sun Chuanting hanged all the 300 surrendered Xuanjia soldiers on the streets of the city to set an example.

It took the Ming army a full five days to finally conquer the eastern, western, and southern three urban districts, and the only one left was the northern urban district, and the Jining Mansion in the northern urban district was the last stronghold of Fang Yuan.

In the northern district, there are at least 15,000 remaining Xuanjia soldiers hiding in their houses and houses, ready to put up a final resistance.

Due to the continuous bombardment, the consumption of gunpowder by the Ming army was also very alarming, and it had already bottomed out. Sun Chuanting ordered the whole army to rest in the city for a day, and mobilized the last batch of gunpowder from the rear military camp to replenish it, and dealt Fang Yuan the final fatal blow!

Annihilation of the Xuanjia Army, the dawn of capturing Fang Yuan alive is just around the corner!

At this time, Fang Yuan was already exhausted, sitting alone in the lobby of the official mansion.

Today, the Ming army surprisingly did not continue to attack, but chose to rest, which is also a rare day of cleanliness. But Fang Yuan knew that this was just the tranquility before the last battle.

The next wave of the Ming army's offensive will inevitably be overwhelming and can no longer be stopped. Since the crossing, he has never been forced to the point of no retreat, Sun Chuanting is really an unprecedented fierce opponent!