Unexpectedly, the Mongolian Tartars directly used a stone thrower to throw oil cans while their own people were charging, and the Ming soldiers hurriedly dodged. But compared to before www.biquge.info this time, many people were engulfed by the raging fire behind and on their sides before they could run into the hiding place.

The smell of burnt flesh permeated the trenches and walls, and the burning men struggled for a few moments before falling to the ground, leaving charred black remains. The Ming soldiers' positions have been in chaos, the cat's ear hole, the beacon tower constantly came to scream, although these soldiers are killed in the blood and fire, but suddenly encountered the Mongolian Tartars such a murderous means, the heart is inevitably shocked, especially the knife and gun fighting, it is rare to see the tragic situation of people on fire, so it is reasonable for some people to scream.

Xu Chen frowned and looked down, the situation in the trench was not much better than on the city wall, although there were many cat ear holes dug in the trench that could be dug nearby for the soldiers to dodge, it was much more convenient than the soldiers on the city wall had to run to the beacon tower and the enemy tower, at this time, whoever hid quickly meant that he could save his life. But correspondingly, the trenches were closer to the Mongol Tartar trebuchets, so more oil tanks were thrown into them, and it is reasonable that the Ming army in the trenches suffered more casualties than on the city walls.

However, the real unlucky is not the Ming army on the trench and the city wall, but the Mongolian army that is trying to climb the hillside, the strength of the stone thrower is different, close and far, and the oil tank smashed on the soft soil without breaking, directly tumbling down the hillside, exploding among the Mongolian soldiers, although such oil cans should be called accidents, and the number is not much, but compared to the Ming army has trenches and city walls to rely on, the Mongolian soldiers are completely exposed to the flames. Soon these canisters of fire oil burned one after another in the surging black tide, and the surrounding Mongolian soldiers could not dodge, their bodies were covered with flames, and they could only run and jump, and even rushed directly into the crowd in a panic, and the flames on their bodies were not extinguished, but ignited the armor of the people around them.

"Kick them down the hill! Kick it off! The Mongol commanders and centurions who led the charge looked at the team behind them that was already in chaos, and immediately became anxious. Seeing that at such a great price, he was about to rush to the edge of the trench, and such an incident occurred in the flat ground!

In particular, this canister of fire oil is burning regardless of whether it is enemy or friend, and anyone who is contaminated will be turned into ashes, just like the red lotus karmic fire from hell, so for this canister of fire oil falling from the sky, the charging Mongols also love and hate.

With this fire oil can, the crossbowmen and firecrackers of the Ming army did not dare to be presumptuous, but they also had to take a great risk on their side.

Seeing that something was wrong, a centurion turned around and kicked a soldier who was on fire down the hill with a flying kick. And the rest of the soldiers also came to their senses at this time, either pushing with their blades or kicking with their feet, constantly pushing down or kicking down the robes that were flying around like headless flies. There is a pile of rocks under the hillside, and even if you don't have a fire on your body, you probably won't be able to survive if you roll over like this, but by this time, no one has any mercy.

After all, on this steep hillside, any hesitation could cost you your life.

"Rush!" The soldiers on fire were almost solved, the centurions hurriedly waved their blades again, up the hillside, trebuchets threw fire oil cans, these cunning southern barbarians will inevitably hide everywhere, this is the best and last opportunity, and it is also the precious opportunity that those soldiers who were on fire just now exchanged their lives for!

"Put!" The sound of orders came from behind the lookouts of the enemy towers and beacons on the Great Wall, and the crossbowmen and musketeers did their best to aim at the Mongol soldiers who were getting closer. The arrows whistled out, and the iron bullets were scattered like splashing water, and the Mongol soldiers continued to fall, but more and more people rushed up behind them, and it was obvious that the Mongols had planned to break through the trench defense line in one go, and even directly took the opportunity to rush to the Great Wall and completely take the Gubei Pass.

The soldiers in the trench had also rushed out of their hiding place at this time, and the nearest Mongolian soldier had even touched the edge of the trench, which frightened the Ming army's crossbowmen and firecrackers to hurriedly cast their weapons and knocked the Mongolian soldiers who were running fast to the ground.

Rushing to the edge of the trench, the Mongols realized that the trench was not just a simple trench, but that the entire trench was actually raised above the ground, and there was a steep slope between the trench and the hillside outside. Basically, it has been counted as a straight up and down cliff, this cliff is not high, in fact, it is about three feet, but if you want to enter the trench, you need to climb over the three-foot cliff, which means that the attacker must cross the cliff under the double attack of the spears of the trench sergeant and the arrows on the city wall, which is basically impossible, unless there is no one in the trench at all.

At that time, in order to enter and exit the trench, the cliffs on both sides of the trench were actually changed to gentle slopes, which allowed the soldiers in the trench to rush out, but this gentle slope was very narrow, and it was difficult to enter as long as more than ten people with firecrackers and crossbowmen guarded the slope.

The reason why the soldiers of the Ming army did not have many casualties under the stone bullets of the trebuchet when they retreated just now was because they could quickly climb the cliff and then roll directly into the trench, after all, the trenches and the city walls were their own people, and the soldiers of the Ming army had long been familiar with the road. Even so, there are still many slow runners who have been hit by stone bullets.

It was still so difficult for the Ming army to enter the trenches, let alone the Mongol soldiers.

At that time, after occupying Gubeikou, in order to dig this trench, the 800 exhausted soldiers basically did not rest, and they were busy all night in shifts before such a demon-like existence existed.

"Shoot!" The head of the leader roared loudly, and hundreds of spears poked out like poisonous snakes, stabbing downward diagonally, directly piercing the several Mongolian soldiers who rushed to the front. Crossbowmen and firecrackers also took advantage of this opportunity to wind or reload, aiming at the Mongol soldiers who rushed up behind.

Although the trenches of the Ming army were very perverted, coupled with the cooperation of crossbowmen and firecrackers, the Mongol army was victorious after all, and the Mongol soldiers who knew the importance of this Gubeikou were desperately moving forward. So before the spearmen in the front row could draw their blades in the enemy's chests, the Mongol soldiers behind them had already begun to climb over the cliff with their hands and feet.

"Sword and shield hand!" The Ming army shouted again, and the sword and shield men on standby in the back row of the trench rushed forward, although the knives in their hands were not long, and the shields were only for the spearmen to resist the arrows of the Mongols, but at this time no one was still on the field except them. What's more, the cliff should have been counted as the boundary of the trench, and climbing down from the cliff is the trench, so the knife in the hand of the sword and shield hand is enough to chop the Mongol soldiers who are difficult to climb up.

In particular, these battle-hardened veterans, after experiencing the inhumane baptism of fire oil cans just now, were even more angry, and the knives in their hands greeted the Mongols directly. Ten fingers are connected to the heart, one of the fingers is the most painful, a quick knife cut off, many Mongolian soldiers who climbed up the cliff with their hands were directly cut off their fingers, and they didn't even need to be pushed by the Ming army, they screamed and rolled down, fell into the spears of the Ming army, and became a wisp of soul.

The Mongols obviously didn't expect this trench to be so difficult to deal with, and there were soldiers rushing up from behind, and the soldiers in front had no way to quickly pass through this cliff, but they were pushed forward by the people behind, and they could only rush forward hard, and soon became the battle exploits of the spearmen and sword and shield men of the Ming army who had already killed the sense of rhythm.

"Suppress the Mongol Tartar crossbowmen!" Standing on the enemy tower, Xu Chen ordered in an orderly manner, although there was still a bloody battle outside the trench below, everyone could see that now the Ming army had an absolute advantage with a trench, and it was impossible for the Mongols to kill it without paying the price of flesh and blood.

The crossbowmen of the Ming army walking on the city wall did not hesitate to aim their crossbows at the Mongolian crossbowmen who also rushed up with the brigade. The god arm crossbow that has dominated the battlefield for a hundred years, and the bow and crossbow in the face of the Mongols are still not inferior, but unfortunately the number is less, and it is difficult to stop the advance of the Mongolian crossbowmen, which makes Xu Chen pat the battlements with some annoyance, if he has a flying thunder cannon or artillery, or even a three-bow bed crossbow!

The Mongol Tartar crossbowmen came up regardless of the risk, naturally in order to cooperate with the army in front to seize the trenches. The Mongols also found that it was impossible to forcibly climb over this cliff unless the corpses were piled up as high as the cliff, and the slope was steep, and the corpses basically rolled down directly, and it was difficult to stay under the cliff, so the Mongols simply aimed at the gentle slopes on both sides, as long as they could kill the Ming soldiers who were guarding the passage at the gentle slope, they could still enter this devilish trench.

And the purpose of the crossbowmen coming up was to shoot the Ming soldiers who were holding the gentle slope. As long as the Ming soldiers at both ends of the gentle slope could be killed, the Mongols could still rush into the trenches.

Arrows continued to break through the wind, and although the sword and shield men tried their best to block them, there were still Ming sergeants who were shot and arrows fell. There were more and more corpses of the Ming army on the gentle slopes, and the Mongolian Tartar crossbowmen and charging troops outside were getting closer and closer.

"Brothers, rush forward!" The mongol centurion's hideous face could already be seen clearly, and the Mongol soldiers were constantly roaring towards the gentle slope, but the Ming crossbowmen and musketeers in the trenches and on the city walls did not give them this opportunity.

"Poof!" With a muffled sound, one of the Mongol soldiers who rushed to the front fell with an arrow. Wang Yizhou exhaled softly, and before he could step back and wind up, another Mongolian chief had already rushed up the gentle slope in one step, and the knife in his hand came straight towards Wang Yizhou's neck.

"Bang!" Wang Yizhou subconsciously used the Divine Arm Crossbow in his hand, and the Divine Arm Crossbow broke in response, and the blade was also stuck, and there was no way to continue to move forward. Wang Yizhou exhaled lightly, pulled out the short blade on his waist with one hand, and stabbed directly into the chest of the Mongolian Shichang. Obviously, the Mongolian chief didn't expect that he would miss a blow, and he was stabbed by Wang Yizhou by surprise.

A Ming soldier who rushed up immediately behind kicked this chief away: "Brothers, don't fight, retreat and guard the corner!" ”

The arrows of the Mongols kept jumping into the trench, and the Mongolian soldiers outside saw that the Ming army took the initiative to retreat, and even didn't care that their own arrows were still whistling and flying above their heads and around them, and rushed directly into the trench, even if they were injured at this time, they had to rush into the trench.

The Ming army killed the red eye, why didn't the Mongols kill the red eye?

"The brigade commander has an order, prepare to retreat." A herald flew into the trench and found a few of them, and said in a hurry.

"Why?" The leaders were holding knives and guns in their hands, and their voices were a little hoarse, but their eyes were wide open, and they obviously did not want to obey orders. However, the herald didn't explain too much, just pointed to the enemy building where Xu Chen was, and ran directly to the next position, the meaning was naturally obvious, this was the brigade commander's order, and you couldn't help but carry it out.

Although the leaders were a little depressed, they still gave orders to the ten generals under their command.

More and more Mongol soldiers were beating the two gentle slopes like a tidal wave, and some even began to try to attack from the cliffs again. Because the soldiers of the Ming army were mainly concentrated on both sides of the gentle slope, there was not enough manpower on the cliff for a while, if it were not for the quick reaction of the Ming crossbowmen and firecrackers on the city wall, and help in time, it is estimated that the few Mongolian Tartars who took risks would have succeeded.

"Our troops are not enough, once the Mongolian Tartars get the trick right, constantly suppress and attack the gentle slopes on both sides, and finally disperse the troops to cross the cliff to attack, when the time comes, we will suffer from the enemy, and it is easy for the Mongolian Tartars to make dumplings under the city wall." Wang Yizhou said in a deep voice while looking at the wave of the Mongol army, and several of the ten generals and the heads of the ten generals who were still a little angry around him nodded, and their eyes at Wang Yizhou also changed.

In the end, it is the general's tiger that the brigade commander admires, not just because of his identity, this insight will definitely be able to soar in the future.

"Prepare to retreat!" A big man with a big knife in his hand directly cut off the waist of the two Mongolian soldiers, and rushed to the gentle slope with a roar, the sword danced so much that even the scattered arrows could not rush into the sword light, it was Xu Chen's personal guard captain.

And immediately behind him, more than a dozen Ming soldiers rushed over from the city wall in a conical formation, and the front row of the road were all Xu Chen's personal guards, all of whom were armed with firearms, and forcibly killed any Mongolian soldiers who wanted to get close on the spot. The shield-bearers, who followed closely behind, were responsible for shielding the arrows, and carved a path behind the gentle slope that led directly to the walls.

"Everything is left to the Mongolian Tartars!" Wang Yizhou's face showed a hideous look, the Ming army had killed at least fifty or sixty people in this trench, and nothing could make the Mongol Tartars who occupied the trench comfortable. The ten generals who heard the order lit the fire thistle in their arms one after another, threw them into the Mongolian crowd nearby, and blew back the Mongolian army that was about to rush up the gentle slope.

Taking advantage of the Mongols' retreat, the Ming soldiers quickly passed through the passage on the side of the gentle slope and ran towards a gap in the city wall, where the sandbags that had been used as a fortress were removed, and a passage was opened for people to pass through. On both sides of the passage, the Ming army's crossbowmen and firecrackers were already in battle.

Realizing that the Ming army wanted to retreat, the Mongols did not rush to catch up, but rushed into the trenches one after another, apparently they also knew that the Ming army must have hidden holes in the trenches, which could help them block the arrows and iron bullets fired from the city walls. And along the trench it was also easier to pursue the retreating Ming soldiers.

In fact, there were less than 300 people in the trenches, and after several bloody battles, more than 100 people rushed up the city wall along the road. And as the defenses on the gentle slopes and cliffs were lifted, the Mongol soldiers poured in like a flood of broken banks, but they soon realized that it was not good.

"Ignition!" Xu Chen, who had been watching the battlefield not far away on the city wall, gave an order.

One by one, the fuses were ignited directly, burning rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, leading all the way to the trenches under the city walls, and into the cat's ear holes where the Ming army had been hiding. The Mongols, who wanted to hide in the midst of the arrows and iron bullets that had been smashed down from the walls, watched in shock as a lead near the cat's ear hole was fading in the firelight.

"Boom!" The undulating explosions kicked up countless clouds of dust and flames, and the hundreds of Mongol soldiers who entered the trench were shrouded in smoke and dust almost instantly, and disappeared without a trace.

Wang Yizhou, who was retreating after breaking off, heard the explosion behind him, turned around quickly, looked at the fiery trench, a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth, and immediately rushed to the fortress in three steps and two steps. The Ming soldiers, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly raised sandbags to block the gap in the fortress, and the crossbowmen and firecrackers desperately cast them to stop the Mongol soldiers who wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to rush up.