On the third day, Chen Ce had a high fever because of his rounds all night, and the generals were worried about it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info What's even worse for Fushun City is that the Tartars actually attacked the four gates at the same time today, and for a while, the pressure on the four cities increased sharply, and the Ming army was facing the dilemma of insufficient troops at a single point.

At noon, Chen Ce's condition gradually stabilized, but he was still unable to command the battle. The command of the city was temporarily taken over by He Shixian.

After one night, the cement that sealed the South Gate Cave had initially solidified. After a day of hard fighting yesterday, coupled with the complete closure of the south gate, the danger of the south gate being breached has been greatly reduced. But as He Shixian said, this is a transfer of danger, and it does not completely solve the trouble.

Shen Jia knew the consequences of this, and after he returned to the south gate, he immediately proposed to You Shigong to replace some of the soldiers with militia, and turn the extra soldiers into mobile forces to support the other three gates.

You Shigong agreed with a smile, he originally wanted to see this kid's jokes, but he didn't expect Shen Jia to realize so quickly that this kid is a thief and a thief.

The moat at the south gate has completely dried up, and according to reports from within the city, the moat of the other three gates has also bottomed out. The drying up of the moat meant that a full-scale attack of the Tartars was on the horizon.

The city was completely under wartime control. As soon as it gets dark, a curfew begins, and ordinary people are barely visible on the streets, except for the militia patrolling. The Molotov cocktail and grenade workshop worked around the clock. Fortunately, Shen Jia arranged the shift mechanism in advance, otherwise the craftsmen would be extremely tired, and in case of failure, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The saltpeter was already about to bottom, and Shen Jia had a headache because of it. Fortunately, when Xiao Ji inspected the South Gate yesterday, he learned that the earthen "grenade" requires a large amount of saltpeter. And the combat power of the "grenade" is so huge, Xiao Ji, who was originally a dime a dime, was tempted. With a stroke of his pen, he handed over the tens of thousands of catties of pure saltpeter that had been confiscated before to Shen Jia. Of course, it must be exchanged for silver, Xiao Ji asked Shen Jia to write an IOU, and then happily asked Shen Jia to pull saltpeter.

Although Shen Jia and Xiao Ji had carefully combed through the city before, as the siege gradually unfolded, the lurking craftsmen began to move. Yesterday at the south gate, a sneaky minario was spotted by the patrolling militia when he was pretending to carry supplies.

Therefore, today Shen Jia told the two bodyguards that if he found something similar again, he would throw the two bodyguards down the city. Wei Liangyu smiled, but Gan Liang looked disdainful, as if he felt that Shen Jia's small body, let alone throwing him, was probably a little difficult to throw a larger stone.

However, the things that were explained still had to be done, and Wei Liangyu and Gan Liang scattered the secret agents they had summoned into various parts of the city today and began to pay attention to the news. As soon as conclusive evidence is found, they are immediately detained.

After arranging these, Shen Jia returned to the city wall. Glancing at the tartars outside the city, Shen Jia felt very weird.

"Uncle You, what tricks do you say this tartar is playing? They said they were besieging the city, but they were watching from afar, weren't they tired? ”

"Maybe it's your kid who blocked the south gate, so the Tartar is so helpless today, I'll look at it here, you take some people to the other three gates to take a look, maybe you can help."

After leaving the city, Shen Jia took the recruits and slaughtered towards the east gate.

As soon as I arrived at the East Gate, I heard He Shixian's loud voice.

"Stinky boy, why don't you feel at ease defending at the south gate, why did you come to me? If you leave the position privately, the heavier ones should be beheaded, and you kid don't touch the knife edge. ”

"Ah, Uncle He, you misunderstood, this Tartar is very strange today, they are watching from a distance at the south gate, and they don't come to attack. As you know, the boy did something wrong and blocked the door, and I thought it would be very difficult for the Tartars to attack the south gate, so I walked around to see if I could help in a few other places. ”

He Shixian laughed and said, "Stinky boy, come up, Tartar is very weird today, I don't know what medicine is sold in the gourd." ”

After going to the city, Shen Jia looked outside the east gate and found that the Tartars on this side were attacking, but the determination to attack was not strong.

He Shixian pondered intently, and after a long time, he said to himself: "The Tartars are not small, maybe Fushun is just a bait, they may be waiting for better prey." ”

After a short period of probing, the Tartars lost dozens of cannon fodder, and they began to change their course. A large number of civilians and ordinary people were driven into positions and began to fill the moat on a large scale. The city's crossbowmen kept firing downward, but they couldn't withstand the large number of people carrying the sand. In the end, the Ming army simply saved crossbow arrows and left the Tartars to do it.

"Uncle He, why don't we rush out and kill a wave?"

"Stinky boy, did you forget that time in Shenyang? If it weren't for Mr. Chen's serious illness and the lack of leaders in the city, I would have wanted to fight a long time ago, and today is different from the past. I received reports from the West Gate and the North Gate, and they both said that the Tartar attack was very loose today, and the pressure was not great, and I was thinking that this might be a trick of the Tartars to lure the enemy! We'll wait and see, and if we have a chance in the afternoon, we might be able to go out of town and try it out. ”

"Okay, Uncle He, then we'll wait and see."

An hour later, the Tartars drove the people to fill in the road about ten meters wide, and just as He Shixian ordered the soldiers to go up to the city to prepare to meet the enemy, the Tartars retreated.

"Fuck, Tartar, is this playing with me? What does this gang of cowards mean from being busy in the morning to now? ”

Shen Jia didn't understand either, so he said casually: "Why don't we ask the north gate and the west gate?" ”

Half an hour later, news came from the North Gate and the West Gate that the Tartars had driven a large number of people and were filling the moat on their side. He Shixian and Shen Jia were a little dumbfounded, and they really didn't understand what the intentions of these Tartars were.

"Damn, a few of you go back and tell General Qi and Zhang Shi to tell them to guard well, don't act rashly first, maybe the Tartars deliberately lure us too."

After speaking, He Shixian sat on the stone steps, took off his helmet, took a deep breath, and sat there contemplating.

Shen Jia didn't bother He Shixian, he felt that if Chen Ce, the old fox, hadn't been sick, he might have seen through this little trick of Tartar a long time ago. He Shixian is a general, and strategy is not his forte, and he is not familiar with the combat methods of the Ming army and the Tartars, so he can't judge according to his habits.

Thinking of this, Shen Jia sighed slightly and continued to observe outside the city.

After about two hours, the Tartar seemed to have changed again. The Tartar vanguard, composed of a large number of Mongols, drove some of the people to push the carts and began to attack the east gate.

The old trick of the Tartars was already prepared by the Ming army, and after they waited for the besieging crowd to approach, the Ming army threw incendiary bombs and sticky asphalt with the help of the forts on both sides. Soon, the vicinity of the city gate was enveloped in raging fires and black pungent smoke.

The Ming army covering their nostrils with wet towels couldn't stand the smell, let alone the people and Tartar cavalry under the city. Soon, there was chaos in front of the city gates, and the people took the opportunity to flee backwards while avoiding the flames flying underground. At first, the Tartar cavalry in charge of the supervision was able to use the pressure of their weapons, but gradually they themselves could not stand the smell, so the Mongol cavalry ran first, and then a large number of people flocked to flee.

He Shixian was very satisfied with this, he thought that Shen Jia's homemade "incendiary bomb" this time was a great help, and he specially praised Shen Jia twice, and at the same time slapped him on the shoulder. For He Shixian's "thanks", Shen Jia had long been used to it, so he had to slap his face and force a happy face.

Soon, He Shixian received another report from the North Gate and the West Gate that the Tartars had attacked them almost simultaneously. He Shixian was stunned, he yelled: "Damn, lift your spirits to Lao Tzu, Tartar is going to attack the three gates at the same time, we don't have enough troops, if the three gates are attacked together, it is easy to have problems." Now they are all cheering up Lao Tzu. ”

Soon, tension permeated the eastern gates, and at the same time, the Tartars organized a new offensive.

The Tartars learned this time, and they let the two shield carts follow far behind. He Shixian glanced at it and immediately understood that the Tartars planned to use the shield cart to cover the Ming army's bow and arrow bullets, in order to suppress the attack of the fortress.

"Stinky boy, the Tartar shield car is not easy to deal with, it can't be shot through, and it's not easy to burn, how do you deal with it at the South Gate?"

"Uncle He, I believe that it can't be shot through, but if you want to say that it can't burn, it's obviously that you haven't found good fuel. As far as I know, the shield carriage is still made of wood, covered with a layer of cowhide, and then wrapped with a layer of iron sheet. Iron sheets are not easy to burn, but cowhide and wood can be burned with incendiary bombs. The shield cart is too far away and the Tartar shooter is not very powerful, and we can use the catapult to throw incendiary grenades to suppress it. If the shield cart gets too close, we can just throw Molotov cocktails with our bare hands without worrying too much. ”

"Okay, you kid has a lot of ideas, you've come to the right place today. The shield car will be handed over to you in a while, you can help me look at it, have you told Zhang Shi and General Qi about these ideas? ”

"How can the little nephew hide it privately, I sent someone to tell them early in the morning, I guess the Tartar won't be able to get any benefit today."

Half an hour later, the Tartars unhurriedly regrouped and drove a large number of men to hit the door with siege trucks. Unlike last time, this time the Tartars drew a large amount of Mongolian cannon fodder to fight in the city, and at the same time used shield vehicles to cover and suppress the fort. There are a lot of displaced Mongolians this year, which provides a lot of cannon fodder for the Tartars. This kind of cannon fodder that can charge with a knife and bury it in the ground is too much and too cheap.

The rush of the Tartars made the Ming army a little scrambling to deal with it. Many people are even a little scared after going into battle. However, when the recruits received the enemy, the battle showed a one-sided situation, and even Wu Zhiwen, the most cowardly in the recruit camp, fought smoothly today, and a group of hot-blooded young people completely broke out. They screamed or roared as they swung their swords at the tartars who had climbed the walls. Against an army of untrained Mongol exiles, the recruits descended like gods to cut vegetables and melons to wipe out all the Tartars who climbed the city walls.

The screams on the city wall from time to time made the Mongolian cannon fodder who climbed on the ladder tremble. Everyone eats for the sake of mixed food, but if you lose your life for mixed food, it is too uneconomical. Soon, the clever cannon fodder began to flee backwards through the hole, and there were fewer and fewer cannon fodder climbing on the ladder. By the end, more and more heads were erected on the battlements, and they were the heads of their companions who had been picked up by the Ming army on their spears.

The cannon fodder was completely devastated, and they had only one thought in their hearts, which was to leave this dangerous place immediately. They didn't even care about the arrows that came from behind.

At about four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the offensive of the Tartars was completely stopped. Until night, the Tartars never launched any decent attacks.

Everyone was happy about this, if it weren't for the siege, He Shixian would have planned to celebrate, but fortunately he was stopped by Xiao Ji. In addition, everyone received the good news that Chen Ce's high fever had receded, and everyone laughed and said that Old Master Chen had passed this hurdle and would have a good fortune.

Qi Jin and Zhang Shi sent people to express their gratitude to Shen Jia, and they believed that Shen Jia had contributed to the smooth operation today.

After a short meeting with everyone, Shen Jia returned to the south gate, and he always felt a little uneasy in his heart along the way, he thought about it, but he didn't find anything abnormal.

Shen Jia's hesitation and uneasiness were seen by You Shigong, he briefly introduced the quietness of the South Gate today, and then told Shen Jia to rest early.