In the Mongol camp outside Zunhua, a brief but fierce dispute was raging between the "Great Scrotum" and the other leaders.

"Big... The big Tabu bag can't be attacked anymore! One of the chieftains, named Ulaanbat, said, "I know that your youngest son, Sukhbaru, the eagle of the steppe, died valiantly in this expedition, and you very much want to kill all the Han people and avenge him." But as you can see, the defenders of Zunhua do not have no artillery as you said before, but there are dozens of them! We've already killed hundreds of warriors, and if we attack the city again, it will only cause even more casualties! ”

Ulaanbat's remarks, and the other leaders echoed them, telling them how heavy their tribes had suffered losses and how they could not explain to their subordinates when they returned.

His heart was on fire, and he said in annoyance: "Do you think that I am only going to attack the city for the sake of my youngest son? How many times have I told you, as long as we can break through Zunhua and kill the person in the portrait, we will have endless silver and food! What is the point of dying a few people! ”

Another leader named Garu frowned and said, "Who would have too much silver?" But the Han people have always been cunning, and they have deceived us more than once! In case we make great efforts to break through Zunhua and kill that person, but the Han people who contacted us say that it doesn't matter, and don't give us money and food, then won't we be busy in vain? ”

"It's easy, too!" Zhele sneered, "Won't we catch it alive?" When the money and food are not in hand, we will keep him locked up! And I forgive them for not daring to deceive us this time, because I have already told them that if they do not fulfill their promise, we will immediately unite with the Jurchens and attack Shanhaiguan together! ”

"Big... Big taboo, you're not telling the truth, are you? Ulaanbat was shocked and said, "That Nurhachi is a vicious wolf!" Over the years, how many of our tribesmen have been killed, and how many of our women, cattle and sheep have been robbed! Why join forces with them?! ”

"The Han people have a saying, called 'Those who know the times are Junjie'!" Zhe Le's face was gloomy and said, "Can't you see that the Ming Dynasty has gone, and the Jurchens will enter the Central Plains sooner or later!" The glory days of our Mongols are over, and now we must stand by the strong to preserve our pastures and children! ”

Galu said disapprerovingly: "You think it's a little simple, right? The Jurchens have tens of thousands of troops, and no one can stop us, even if we want to unite with others, they may not be willing to pay attention to us! ”

"So we must take Zunhua now!" Zhele sneered, "Although the Jurchens are powerful, they have not yet reached the point where they can calm the world by themselves. Now laying Zunhua just shows our strength. At this time, if we negotiate with the Jurchens, our weight will increase a lot! ”

Seeing that the leaders had a light in their eyes and nodded frequently, they were proud in their hearts and decided to strike while the iron was hot, and sketch them a tempting prospect. So he continued: "Once the negotiations are successful, we can provoke the Jurchens to intervene Han and Khalkha!" Think about it, the eyes of the Jurchens are fixed on the Central Plains, will they be able to look at the grassland? When the time comes, the steppes of Jihan and Khalkha will not all be ours! ”

"It's still big... The big taboo has a high vision and a wide range of knowledge! Ulaanbat was the first to say, "I listen to the big tabun!" ”

The tribes of Ulan Bat were the most numerous in the Duoyan tribe, and with his support, the other leaders also expressed their stance and agreed to continue the onslaught on Zunhua City.

Only Galu said stubbornly: "Da Tabu Bag, we all understand what you said. But you also saw in the siege battle just now, the artillery of the Han people is too powerful! I don't want our warriors to make such a senseless sacrifice! ”

Zhile knew that Galu's prestige in the Duoyan tribe was second only to himself, and if he was not convinced, it would be difficult for him to work together to capture Zunhua. So he said angrily: "Don't worry! Just now, we were a little underestimated, and we only attacked from the south, and the formation was too dense, so that the Han artillery had an opportunity. If we attack from all directions, how many soldiers can there be in the Ming army's city, they can't defend against it at all! In this way, if we attack again, if we still can't capture Zunhua, we will withdraw our troops immediately, what do you think? ”

In fact, Galu didn't want to take Zunhua in his heart, and looted it in the city. Seeing that the contempt was so determined, he finally said ruthlessly: "Okay! Just listen to the big taboo, attack again! ”

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen and Qi Meifeng were standing on the gatehouse of the southern city, looking at the Mongol camp from a distance.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen came up with an idea, opened a hole in the city wall, and used the Franc cannon to bombard outward from the entrance of the hole, which caught the Mongols by surprise, causing the enemy's army to be distracted and retreat back to the camp.

From Qi Meifeng downwards, all the soldiers and people cheered for it, and recorded the great merit of retreating from the enemy to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled. In fact, he just said that the battle was fought by others.

At this time, he and Qi Meifeng stood shoulder to shoulder, looking forward, and asked, "Meifeng, the Mongols have suffered a big loss this time, they should know the difficulty and retreat, right?" ”

Qi Meifeng muttered, "I hope so!" In the battle just now, although the Mongols suffered many casualties, more than 20 soldiers defending the city were also killed, and 20 or 30 people were seriously injured and could not continue the battle, and the common people died even more. If the Mongols come again, they will definitely try to spread out as much as possible and attack from all directions, then it will be troublesome! ”

Before her words fell, Zhu Youzhen had already seen the Mongols rushing out of the camp again, and sure enough, as Qi Meifeng said, they first dispersed to the east, west, south, and north directions, and then launched a general attack, and they all rushed to the city wall!

He had to smile bitterly and said, "Meifeng, you guessed so accurately!" ”

This time the Mongol attack clearly left no room for anything, and was more fierce than the previous two. They did not charge purely on foot as before, but most of them rushed directly on their horses, and only turned over and dismounted until the moat and approached the city walls.

As a result, the speed of the charge was much faster, and the Franc cannon at the head of the city fired only once, and most of the Mongols had already broken into the shooting corner.

Although the defenders dug a number of holes in the city wall and bombarded the enemy with Franc cannons, the Mongols also learned to do so, and instead of charging at the holes, they tried to stick to the edge of the wall.

Although the Franc cannon can be rotated at a certain angle, it cannot extend out of the city wall, so there is still a large shooting blind spot. Although it can hit the Mongols behind, there is no way to rush to the edge of the city. Therefore, although there were some casualties inflicted on the enemy, the enemy successfully set up the ladder and began to climb upward.

Since the Mongols were killing from four directions and there was no obvious direction of the main attack, Qi Meifeng also had to distribute the troops evenly, and each city wall was guarded by a hundred Qi family soldiers. The wall is about two or three miles long, how can a hundred people take care of it? The gap caused by the lack of troops can only be filled by the original Ming army defending the city, and even the common people, and there is no way to do it.

The Mongols did not dare to form a phalanx under the city to shoot arrows at the head of the city, as they did last time, for fear of becoming the target of the Franc cannon. But they numbered about a thousand men in each direction, and the defenders were really fighting no more than a hundred.

Not long after, on the southern city wall where Zhu Youzhen and Qi Meifeng were, the Mongols had already erected more than a dozen ladders, and one by one they risked death to climb upwards. Often, as soon as the defenders smashed the people on the ladder with beams and stones, the Mongols behind made up for it, stepping on the corpses of their companions and continuing to rush up. As soon as the defenders emerged from the battlements, they would also be attacked by cold arrows from all directions, and from time to time someone would be hit by the arrows and scream and plant the city.

A small group of Mongols had approached the city, and the warriors at the head were so brave that they climbed the ladder with only one hand and freed up the shield in the other, and blocked all the arrows that were fired at them.

Look at the approaching city, where one of the soldiers above stabbed him with a spear, trying to stab him down. But the Mongol only turned to the side slightly, dodged the fatal shot, and then grabbed the barrel of the gun with his big rough hand and snatched it down fiercely. The soldiers defending the city were caught off guard, and most of their bodies leaned out of the city walls, and they were taken by this, and even fell down with guns, bleeding and dying on the spot.

The Mongol was overjoyed to see that there was a big gap in his defense, and was about to climb the city in one go, when suddenly his eyes darkened, and he saw two beautiful maidens carrying a large iron pot appear in front of him.

Before he could react, the two girls turned the pot over with their arms, and splashed all the boiling water in the pot on him. One of the blondes cursed, "Gotohell, thedevil!" ”

The Mongol was scalded beyond recognition, screamed in a heart-rending manner, rolled over and fell, and smashed his companions behind him as well.

Zhu Youzhen saw that Bao Yulian and the alien girl were also on the battlefield, and shouted anxiously: "Hurry up and go back to me!" ”

Before the words fell, a sharp arrow with a fierce wind sound, straight towards Bao Yulian!

Zhu Youzhen was just about to exclaim, Qi Meifeng had already shot like lightning, and slashed the sharp arrow with a sword!

"It's dangerous!" Only then did Zhu Youzhen react, and rushed over to hold Bao Yulian in his arms. Due to the excessive force, the two of them suddenly stood unsteadily, and both fell to the head of the city, rolling in a ball, looking extremely embarrassed.

At this moment, Bao Yulian's eyes flashed with tears, staring at Zhu Youzhen, who was lying on top of him, grinning in pain, and suddenly thought in his heart: If you die here with him, you will have no regrets in this life!

But Qi Meifeng pulled the two up and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you guys go to the city to hide!" The Mongols have taken the city! ”

Zhu Youzhen looked back, and sure enough, he saw that more than 20 Mongolian soldiers had climbed up to the top of the city from the cloud ladder and were fighting desperately with the Qi family's army!

The Duoyan commander under the city also saw it clearly, and was overjoyed: "Warriors, rush up for me!" ”

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of people shouting and neighing horses behind him, and the Mongols were in chaos!

He was furious: "Who is making trouble? ”

Before the words fell, more than 100 iron horsemen suddenly broke through the encirclement, unstoppable, and went straight to the banner of the scorn!

The first general was dressed in heavy armor, and the big knife danced like a fly on the horse, shouting: "Bold thieves, don't be rampant, Datong's deputy chief soldier Man Gui is here!" ”