Although Ming Ho beat drums and killed people to boost morale, and personally ordered to attack this section of the city wall, attacking that section of the city wall, but just after noon, the ladder had been completely destroyed. Facing a wall about 12 meters high, you can count on a ladder to climb it? If it's okay in normal times, you want to climb up when someone shoots arrows and throws stones, and pushes a ladder with a push rod? Fools don't have that confidence.

So before the last ladder was destroyed, morale was gone. At this time, Ming Ho had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

As soon as they heard the sound of the gong, the officers and soldiers who had to grind under the city wall immediately turned around and fled, because they saw several officers beheaded, and the bed crossbow was dragged back, but the intact trebuchets were thrown on the battlefield. Seeing the officers and soldiers fleeing in disarray, the defenders of the city erupted in bursts of cheers, and it seemed that their morale had risen a lot.

After the retreat, the military inspection points were lost, and in the evening Ming Ho raised the account, and the preliminary estimate was that the loss of 5,000 people was lost. Li Buqi was so shocked that he almost jumped up - he lost 5,000 people in one morning, how dare he say it! He estimated that the loss in the morning would be about 3,000 men, but after thinking about it, it was normal for these officers to always spread the empty amount of food they ate on weekdays, and it was normal to report a little more.

When Myeongho heard that the damage was so great, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot. But first of all, he made it clear that there was no problem with the planning and command of the siege, that is, the two commanders of the Shenrui Army made the retreat without authorization and succeeded in failure, so Hao Zhen, who commanded the siege in the west, could only bear this responsibility.

After clarifying the responsibilities, Myeongho asked the generals to return to the camp to rectify their subordinates, repair the battle equipment and prepare for another battle, he had to think about the next step to break the city, and asked the Privy Council to replenish the troops. Then he asked, "What else do you have to report?" ”

None of the generals spoke. Li Buqi got up from his seat at this time: "Ming An, generals, I have three things. ”

Myeongho said, "Supervisor Lee, please speak." ”

Li Buqi said: "First of all, no matter how to attack the city next, wood is needed to build equipment, so the collection of wood cannot be stopped, but needs to be stepped up. ”

Myeongho said, "That's right, the matter will be handed over to Kochi Prefecture." ”

"Second, the crossbow is not effective in shooting at targets in the city, and a thousand Divine Arm Bows with Hope Mountain must be immediately retrieved from the Bianliang Arsenal. Because these god arm bows are expected to be mountainous, the accuracy of shooting will be greatly increased. ”

Myeongho said: "Okay, this matter will be written to the Privy Council at the same time. ”

Li Buqi said: "Besides, I see that when I retreated today, I threw a lot of intact stone cannons in place. If I were a thief, I would have feared that these cannons would be used in siege in the future. Therefore, if the thieves have a heart, they will definitely send people out of the city tonight to burn these stone cannons. So I suggest that a few commanders be sent tonight, with more strong bows and crossbows, to lie in ambush around the stone cannons, and wait for the thieves to come and leave them behind. Although this does not help the overall situation, it may dampen the morale of the thief. ”

Myeongho immediately said: "Prisoner Li is very worried. Mr. Wang, you arrange to do what you want. ”

Wang Xin hurriedly received the order. Out of the big tent, Li Buqi grabbed Wang Xin: "Manager Wang, today's siege of the city is hard, how about the ambush in the south of the city at night, even if the Zhenwu army is under one command?" ”

How could Wang Xin not agree to this, and he was busy saying yes.

——————————————————————

The cold moonlight of the night sprinkled on the battlefield, and the icy north wind blew, and the wind still carried a thick smell of blood and burnt that was disgusting. Cao Deng shrunk his whole body in a sheepskin cloak covered with black cloth and used his shield to block the cold wind, but he still didn't feel very warm, and the occasional death howl or two from the city made him feel chills in his heart.

The old man said that people who died tragically will become ghosts, but today thousands of people have died in the city, and I don't know if there will be ghosts. People always scare themselves, and the thought of ghosts makes Cao Deng's teeth chatter, and he can't help but lean against the tall pikemen beside him, and the pikemen also squeeze towards him.

As a squad leader, at this time, he remembered what Li Daguan often told the soldiers: "You must remember that on the battlefield, in addition to the swords, guns, bows and crossbows in your hands, only your comrades-in-arms can rely on them, and only unity can survive." You and your comrades-in-arms can protect each other back to back, and you can give each other courage......" I don't think anything about it in normal times, but only when I really go to the battlefield do I understand how correct Li Daguan's words are.

Just as he was distracted, he suddenly heard a slight sound in the team, stretched out his head to look, and gestured one after another from the front. This is the discovery of the enemy, and everyone can't help but feel refreshed when they use gestures to give orders, and their nervousness has decreased a lot.

One of the squads in front quietly stood up and bent down the city, their black cloaks and mud-smeared weapons making it difficult to spot even from close range. Cao Deng hurriedly stood up and followed with his own class, and a class behind him immediately followed.

Suddenly, there was a shouting sound from behind, followed by the sound of crossbow arrows firing "bangbang" and the screams of the arrows, and then someone exclaimed: "There is an ambush!" ”

At the same time as the weapons collided, the fire was ignited by rockets, exposing more than a dozen people who had tried to burn the stone cannons to the flames. Faced with an unknown number of enemies rushing out of the darkness, they wisely chose to run. But their return route has been sealed. Cao Deng and the others shouted and blocked in front of them in a unit.

Seeing that there was no way to retreat, the three big men raised their steel knives and rushed towards Cao Deng's class. Cao Deng, as the squad leader, immediately held a shield to block the front, and the squad deputy also raised his shield to stand side by side one meter away from him, and the spearmen/javelinmen behind stood in their respective positions according to the mandarin duck formation they usually trained.

A big man raised his knife and slashed at Cao Deng, and before the long knife could hit, the two spears behind Cao Deng stabbed at the big man like a poisonous dragon. Dahan hurriedly swung his knife to block, and at this time, according to the previous drill, Cao Deng should rush forward and slash with the battle axe in his hand. The conditional launch formed by repeated training allowed him to take a step forward and raise the tomahawk, but the moment he chopped it, he suddenly remembered that this time it was not a scarecrow in front of him, but a real man of flesh and blood.

In less than a second of his hesitation, the big man forced two spears to jump backwards, but a javelin flew out from behind the squad deputy and stabbed him directly in the chest. He was not wearing heavy armor for the sake of lightness, and the heavy javelin tore through the protection of the leather armor, tearing the muscles and breaking the ribs, slamming him to the ground.

Another big man took the opportunity to rush from the side, but two spears stabbed at him, and a javelin flew over his head with a sharp wind, forcing him to dodge. At this time, Cao Deng finally rushed up with his shield, took a knife from the big man, knocked the big man to a stumble according to the tactical movements of the training habits, and then waved the battle axe in his hand, slashed up from the oblique bottom, smashed directly on the man's waist, and smashed him to the ground, and then two spears stabbed past, Cao Deng unconsciously closed his eyes, and had to comfort himself with what Li Buqi said in the afternoon.

Yes, if you don't kill these thieves, if you open Beizhou City, the people of Beizhou will not be able to return to their hometowns, and the people who transport grain and grass don't know how much they will die of exhaustion, so for the sake of the people, these thieves should be killed.

That night, at least half of the people who came out of the city to burn the cannons did not return. After dawn, Li Buqi asked Wang Xin to arrange for someone to pull these stone cannons back, otherwise he would need to consume a lot of wood next time. Wang Xin now worships Li as a god, and immediately agrees to arrange manpower. Kung Fu Ming Ho, who said this, was raised, and after the order, Ming Ho announced: "The old man stayed awake all night last night, and finally thought of a way to attack the city!" ”