The fiercest battle was fought at the gates, and the defenders on the walls of the Ironclad Fort also engaged in crossbow fire with the invading enemy.

After a few rounds, the defenders on the city wall did not dare to come out again, Duan Ruyu knew that the enemy was coming quickly, and it was not possible to enter the city with siege equipment, so he ordered that except for a small number of soldiers left behind to reconnoiter at the city head, the rest of the people all paid attention to the city gate.

At this time, the reinforcement troops led by Duan Ruqi finally arrived, and then set up a defensive camp in three layers outside the city gate cave.

Shieldmen, crossbowmen, and axemen are all eyeing the invading enemy.

At this moment, it is natural that the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.

It's a pity that Su You, as the commander, still took it for granted, he originally thought that he would be able to take the north gate of the Iron Armor Fort with the vanguard army before, but he still didn't calculate that this city gate was so small.

At the gate of the city, only five horses could be ridden together, and after piling up the corpses of hundreds of soldiers on both sides at this moment, the soldiers and horses of the coalition army could no longer rush into the city at speed, and Duan Ruqi had already become a frightened bird after returning to the Iron Armor Fort, how could he not think of the worst plan that he couldn't defend?

On both sides of the city gate, many stones weighing dozens of catties have already been prepared, and if there are hundreds of soldiers at the same time, these stones can block the door without a cup of tea.

Since he had the worst plan, Duan Ruqi was not in a hurry when he was guarding the city gate at this time, and what he hoped now was that the coalition army would rush more people to kill him, rather than worrying that there would be too many people rushing in.

The gates of the Iron Armor Fort were like giant meat grinders, and in less than a moment, thousands of corpses had fallen on both sides.

It was the first time for Su You to watch the soldiers rush to kill at such a close distance, and after watching the soldiers go and not return, he couldn't help but retreat in his heart, and he was worried that Duan Ruqi would send someone to go around behind him from the other city gates, even after calling Princess Biyun of the Showa Kingdom of the Empire.

Looking at the two of them who were also anxious, Su You immediately asked loudly, "It seems that Duan Ruqi has long been prepared to defend to the death, so it's not a matter of consuming it, what do you think you should do?" ”

Jian Guozhao also felt very sad about the failure of stealing the city this time, after all, those soldiers who rushed to the front line were all his clansmen, but when Su You proposed this plan, he didn't object to it at all, right?

If you want to get something in return, you have to give first.

Princess Biyun replied without hesitation, "What does the envoy think?" ”

Su You immediately said categorically, "I mean, it's not realistic to attack from this gate, it's better for us to evacuate first and try another day." ”

Jian Guozhao breathed a sigh of relief, he was really worried that Su You would lose face and refuse to admit that his plan was wrong, in that case, it would be his own soldiers who would be lost.

Princess Biyun immediately nodded, "Then let's take a step back first." ”

The three of them discussed it, and then passed down the order, and for a moment there was a loud bang, and the coalition forces slowly withdrew from the range of the bows and arrows of the defenders on the city wall, and retreated to the small hillside that was lowered to the southeast.

As the saying goes, "Don't chase the poor", and "It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, not to become famous and learn from the overlord", Su You and Duan Ruqi obviously believe in the latter concept.

Even so, Duan Ruqi had the intention to fall into the retreat of the coalition army, but the corpses at the city gate were still piled up too much, and the coalition army was blocked by the corpses just now and could not advance an inch, and at this time, the soldiers guarding the city could not rush out from this gate and then take the opportunity to kill the enemy.

After walking up to the city, the brothers Duan Ruqi and Duan Ruyu watched the coalition forces two or three miles away methodically set fire and set up camp, and their mood was really like turning over to a five-flavor bottle.

In today's battle to defend the city, although there were casualties on each other, and the invading coalition forces were finally repulsed, there is no guarantee that they will not come again tomorrow.

The soldiers in the ironclad castle are only 20,000 people, even if they kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800, it is not enough to exchange with the opponent's 50,000 people. The most hateful thing is that with the shadow of Funing City being besieged and killed by the same number of people, Duan Ruqi really couldn't see where the way out of the Iron Armor Fort was for a while.

Is it just going to be consumed with them? How long will their food last? How many days will their catapult be built?

Duan Ruqi didn't continue to think about it, looked at the soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield, and immediately ordered the captain of the city gate, "The city gate doesn't need to be repaired, just block it with stones!" ”

The captain of the city gate squad was immediately stunned, he never expected Duan Ruqi to do such a desperate job, but he just took the order and left.

After instructing the captain of the city gate, the Duan Ruqi brothers went down to the city, and the two of them patrolled around the other three city gates, and each time they said to the little leader guarding the gate, "No matter what, don't open the city gate easily, if there is any movement outside the city gate, you must report it in time!" ”

The little leaders guarding the gate carried out the order as a matter of course, but Duan Ruyu knew the meaning of his brother's order, but he also knew that the coalition army would still send troops out to block the door no matter what.

The only question is, will they surround all four doors this time, or will they close all four gates?

With this idea, of course, the two brothers thought more about how to drive away the dogs in front of them, anyway, they had to defend the castle to the death, they loved to block it or not

Obviously, the purpose of the coalition forces is to block the door, and they are still trying to prevent their own army from going out to harass them, so as to buy more time to make siege equipment - catapults!

As soon as he thought of the catapult, Duan Ruqi was not good, the reason why his rebellion this time was anticlimactic, wasn't it because of the catapult?

In front of the Burmese Pass, the long-term attack was due to catapults; In Funing City, the reason why Pu Bu quietly left him, and the reason why he fled in a hurry, was because he was afraid that the mud ball hit by the catapult would bury Funing City

Thinking of this, Duan Ruqi resolutely ordered his brother, "Later, you will take 2,000 soldiers to escort 3,000 people out of the city from the south gate, and ask them to cut down wood to build catapults, and at the same time collect the stones used in catapults." ”

Duan Ruyu nodded, in fact, this ironclad fort is somewhat similar to Lincang Chen, and it is difficult for the soldiers who come out of the south gate of the ironclad fort to go around the east gate and the west gate; In the same way, if the coalition forces outside the north gate want to cross the ironclad fortress and block the south gate, they will have to detour for at least two or three days.

That is, the south gate of the Ironclad is now secure.

This kind of security is not absolute, because the south gate of the Iron Armor Fort is a hundred miles to the south, and it is the territory of Pubu.

The fact that Pubu's soldiers took a detour yesterday instead of going home directly through the Iron Armor Fort already showed their attitude towards the Duan clan at this time; After a few days, there is no guarantee that they will not return to the station, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not take the opportunity to come from the south to blackmail the Duan clan.

Of course, if the Duan clan and Pu Bu fought an offensive and defensive battle in the Iron Armor Fort, the Duan Clan would not be afraid of them, after all, the highest and most majestic city gate of the Iron Armor Castle was the South Gate. - If the coalition forces were attacking from the south gate, Duan Ruqi could obviously use Su You's method of guarding the Burmese Ning Pass to stop them.

Unfortunately, the direction of the coalition forces was to the north, and the mountains to the north were not very high, and they could easily reach the east and west gates

The next information that Duan Ruqi received was obviously similar to what he expected, when the first day after the coalition army arrived at the north gate of the ironclad fort, Su You sent three teams of five thousand people to surround the north gate and the east and west gates of the ironclad fort, and there was also a patrol team of five thousand people.

With the experience of blocking the road at several gates of Funing City last time, the coalition team's blocking team quickly set up camp at the three gates of the Iron Armor Fort, and laid down tripping ropes, antlers, thistles and other necessary tools on the main road.

In addition to arranging 20,000 people to monitor the three gates of the Iron Fort, the remaining personnel of the coalition army were obviously just as Duan Ruqi thought,—— they were urgently preparing siege equipment,—— but these equipment did not include catapults.

A day passed quickly, and Duan Ruqi received the good news from Duan Ruyu,—— he had built three hundred catapults, and there were plenty of stones!

After receiving this good news, Duan Ruqi's face showed a smile obviously, and after praising his brother a few words through the mouth of the messenger, he gave another order, "The catapult is not afraid of much, continue to make it!" ”

When night fell the next day, Duan Ruqi thought that the coalition forces would launch an attack, but he waited until dawn on the third day, and did not wait for the news of their siege

And so it lasted from the third day to the fourth, and from the fourth day to the fifth

Seven days went by.

Duan Ruqi's expectation of the coalition operation is like a little girl in her first love dating her lover, she is worried that her lover will not come, and she is worried that her lover will mess up

Duan Ruqi's biological clock was obviously chaotic, he often couldn't sleep at night, and his body bones were obviously emaciated.

But why didn't the coalition show up? Did they quietly retreat?

Duan Ruqi stood at the head of the city, looking at the soldiers frolicking in the coalition barracks hundreds of feet away outside the city, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Like Duan Rujun, who was in an irritable mood, Princess Showa and Princess Biyun were also very anxious, they went in and out of Su You's tent no less than ten times a day, and almost all the thresholds were flattened, and the purpose was just for one sentence,—— "When will we officially attack the city?" ”

Su You just replied with a smile every time, "Don't worry, wait a little longer, you will soon see a gorgeous siege battle!" ”

Princess Biyun heard a lot, but she could only look at each other, and it was not because Su You's family was still in Dali City at this time, they must have thought that he was here to pit himself.

The problem is that the coalition forces have no food left now, and if they don't attack the city, everyone will have to gnaw yellow mud in a few days!

Regarding Su You's grinding and chirping, when Princess Biyun of the Showa Kingdom was about to reach the edge of the attack, she listened to the urgent report of the soldiers arriving from the north, "The king has now arrived in Funing City, and I am afraid that he will arrive at this ironclad fort early tomorrow morning." ”

When Su You heard the news, he was immediately shocked, "Tomorrow!" Tomorrow when the sun rises, we will attack the city! ”