Li Jinglong surrounded Beiping, almost everyone thought that King Yan's rebellion was about to end, as long as Beiping was taken, Zhu Di, who had no old nest, would not have any capital to continue the rebellion, and his wife and children were all in Nanjing, so he would not be captured obediently when the time came?

So when Li Jinglong's praise decree was issued, Zhu Yunwen began to plan to continue to cut the domain.

Even the most powerful Yan King has been cut, is there anyone who dares to resist? In this way, he can complete the tasks that many emperors have not completed before, although there are a little more twists and turns, but in the end, he can still complete it, right?

"Your Majesty, as long as King Yan is destroyed, the only one who can threaten the emperor is King Ning of Daning, and his strongest guard is Duoyan Sanwei, which is the army that Emperor Taizu praised back then. This time the emperor invited him back to Beijing, but he refused, it seems that he has already rebelled, according to Weichen's opinion, Cao Guogong's team, after capturing Beiping, should first go to level Zhu Di's rebel team, and then go to capture King Ning back to Nanjing, so as to kill two birds with one stone, in this way, the plan to cut the feudal domain is successful! ”

Qi Tai said to Zhu Yunwen excitedly, because the plan to cut the feudal domain was planned by him and Huang Zicheng, and now it is about to be completed, how can he not be happy? As long as the plan to cut the feudal domain is completed, he will not be crowned a prince?

"Your Majesty, I don't think this matter can be rushed, and I will make plans when the news of Cao Guogong's capture of Beiping comes back." Ru Yu, as the secretary of the ministry, is very familiar with various officials like Zhang Chun, and knows that Li Jinglong is the same type as Zhao Kuo, even if he has an army of 500,000, whether he can attack Beiping or not has to be said separately.

"Lord Ru, with a dignified army of 500,000, can't you capture a lonely city in Beiping? Are you a straw bale? Qi Tai said very unscathed, even if he is not from the military, but he can imagine it with his toes, an army of 500,000. Besieging 10,000 remnants, as long as you are not a fool, you can succeed.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also feels that this matter cannot be rushed, and the matter of cutting the domain can be planned, but now it is impossible to give orders to the army at the front."

Zhang Chun also mentioned yì, obviously he knew more about Li Jinglong than Qi Tai.

"Master Fang, what do you think about this?"

Zhu Yunwen still likes to ask Fang Xiaoru. Because of Zhu Di's rebellion, Fang Xiaoru was very angry, so this old master helped Zhu Di speak in the past, and completely stood on Zhu Yunwen's side.

"Your Majesty, there must be something strange about this matter." Fang Xiaoru replied loudly. "Zhu Di originally had nearly 50,000 troops, knowing that the imperial court would send a large army, but he still had to take 40,000 people out to attack the land of the Liao king, so that the imperial army's army could easily besiege Beiping. And Zhu Di obviously had an objection a long time ago. You will never make such a low-level mistake. Therefore, Weichen thought that it was not the defenders of Beiping who should be worried, but the main force of Zhu Di who was wandering outside. ”

"Lord Fang, what you said is exaggerated, just Zhu Di's troops. What if it is to return to Beiping? With an army of 500,000, will it be frightened by an army of 40,000? ”

Qi Tai originally had opinions on the other party's filial piety, and now this is a good opportunity. And how could you miss it.

"Could it be that Lord Qi forgot about Changxinghou's defeat? The 130,000-strong army, just a contact, was defeated like a mountain, don't you still accept the lesson? Fang Xiaoru snorted coldly, and then stopped speaking.

"Changxinghou is Changxinghou, Cao Guogong is Cao Guogong, otherwise how can there be a feudal marquis and a feudal duke?"

"Report!"

At this time, there was immediately a military report from the front line.

Originally, Zhu Yunwen thought it was the news that Li Jinglong had captured Beiping, but after opening it, he found that Li Jinglong was still besieging Beiping and did not capture it, because Beiping is now snowing heavily, and if you want to attack the city, you have to wait until the heavy snow stops.

However, less than an hour after this military report came back, another military report came back, Li Jinglong said in the military newspaper that he had sent people to lead 50,000 horses to attack Dongzhimen, and it could be taken within four hours, and asked Zhu Yunwen to wait for the good news.

Seeing this military report, Zhu Yunwen's face finally looked a little better, and he also showed the military newspaper to everyone to watch.

"Haha, I'll just say that Cao Guogong lives up to expectations, 50,000 people attack a small Dongzhi Gate, and it can be taken in a moment, maybe the current Beiping has been taken by Cao Guogong." Zitai laughed out loud, laughing at his foresight.

However, the truth is always cruel, when Li Jinglong sent out that military report, the 50,000 army led by Qu Neng did begin to attack Dongzhimen, but it was not as smooth as imagined.

More than ten eight-bull crossbows were arranged on the top of Dongzhimen, and the previous two rounds of salvo fire, more than 20 crossbow arrows as thick as wrists, directly harvested dozens of names, and slammed them into the ground.

However, this qiē did not stop Qu Neng's progress, and the huge army trampled over the corpses of the dead soldiers and continued to move forward.

"One hundred steps! Eight Bull Crossbow Ready! Put! ”

Gao Ren gave another order, more than a dozen eight-bull crossbows were fired again, this time the distance was closer, and the power of the eight-bull crossbow was greater, and the soldiers who walked in front were directly fixed on the ground, and there were still screams, but they were immediately trampled to death by the soldiers who followed.

When many people saw this scene, they couldn't help but vomit, they were just a group of people, where had they seen such a tragic scene.

"Folks! This is a battle for the survival of Beiping! If we fail, the entire Beiping will fall into the hands of the enemy, and the foundation of King Yan for decades will be ruined! So we have to defend Dongzhi Gate! Even if it costs us our lives! Nor can the enemy step into Dongzhimen! ”

Gao Ren saw that the mobilized people couldn't stand this kind of scene, so he shouted loudly, and at the same time asked those people to do as much logistics as possible, so that they would not face death.

"Fifty steps! Crossbowmen! Put! ”

A moment later, Qu Neng's army was only fifty paces away from the city wall, and Gao Ren immediately ordered the crossbowmen to release their arrows, and at this distance, the bows and arrows were the most lethal.

I saw bows and arrows like locusts of doom, rushing towards Qu Neng's army.

"Shield! Block! ”

The general in Qu Neng's army roared, and the vanguard unfurled their shields, and then they heard the sound of countless arrows hitting their shields.

Even so, there were still a lot of arrows through the gaps between the shields, hatefully sticking into the shoulders and arms of those soldiers. Another burst of screams rang out.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The general shouted loudly, now that they were close to the city wall, their arrows could also be used, so after fending off the arrows of the defenders, the imperial army also shot out a wave of arrows.

However, it is easy to go from the top down, but it is difficult to go from the bottom up, and it is already snowing heavily, so many soldiers cannot grasp the strength at all, and many arrows have no strength before they reach the city wall. After a clang on the city wall, it fell to the ground.

"Archers! Put! ”

Gao Ren gave the order again, so the prepared archers attacked again, and the soldiers below fell again in a group.

As a result, before the imperial army reached the city walls, it had already lost several hundred men, while the defenders had only a few soldiers wounded.

"Archers prepare! Protect the ladder! Give me the infantry! ”

The general roared, for his army had reached the foot of the wall, and immediately let the soldiers begin to attack the city, and the ladder was a necessary engineering weapon.

I saw the soldiers up and down start shooting bows and arrows. Groups of infantry began to climb ladders with shields, and a group of soldiers with huge tree stumps were slamming into the gates of Dongzhimen.

"Fierce fire oil! Put it on me! ”

Gao Ren came to the city gate and ordered the troops to pour fierce fire oil below. The group of soldiers below only felt that their bodies were immediately greasy, and then they noticed that torches were falling into the sky, and then they began to scream, and the whole crowd turned into a sea of fire!

"Keep banging me!"

That general didn't care how many people died. He received Qu Neng's order that no matter how many people he lost, he would take Dongzhimen.

So another group of people took the place of the soldiers who were on fire. Picked up the thick wooden stake and continued to hit the Dongzhi Gate.

Inside the Dongzhi Gate, there are a lot of wooden stakes that are supported horizontally and vertically, and every time the outside hits, the inside will shake.

"Hold it off for me! Fortify me! ”

Gao Ren saw that the wooden stakes inside were about to fall apart, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to reinforce it, if the city gate was broken, I am afraid that this Dongzhi gate would not be able to be defended.

"Haha, hit me! Hit it hard! ”

The general was also about to go crazy, and although the city gate had turned into a sea of fire in front of him, his soldiers still pounced on it.

"Commander, there are not many arrows!"

At this moment, the deputy general of the city wall came to Gao Ren's side and said very anxiously.

"Go to the other doors! From now on, arrows will only shoot at the ladder, so be sure to hold out until supplies arrive! ”

Gao Ren's face changed, and he had to save at this time.

After that, Gao Ren looked at the general in the local camp, took a bow and arrow, and shot an arrow through the hazy snow curtain.

Poof!

The general fell to the ground in response, and Gao Ren's archery skills did not fall at all.

As soon as the general fell to the ground, the besieging army was a little chaotic, and when Qu Neng sent a general again, the supply of the city wall was already in place, and the arrows swooped down like locusts again, and the soldiers on the cloud ladder were like live targets, bearing the attack of the storm, and for four hours, not a single soldier could climb the city wall of Dongzhimen.

By this time, the sky had already darkened, but the sea of fire outside the city gate was still illuminating, showing the cruelty of the battle.

"General, there are more than a few hundred defenders at all, we have been deceived!"

In the barracks outside the city, Qu Neng's lieutenant said viciously, because as far as he could see, the defenders had fallen more than a hundred people, but there was no shortage at all, this was definitely not Cao Guogong's order that the defenders only had a few hundred people, so that they could quickly capture them.

"What about more than a few hundred people! I'm 50,000 horses! Can't you take a city gate? ”

Qu Neng was a little angry! It had been attacking for four hours, losing more than a thousand people, but not even an inch of the city wall had been captured.

"General, it's getting late, let's make plans tomorrow, if you attack at night, I'm afraid the losses will be even greater."

Qu Neng's face changed, and finally said, "Mingjin collects the troops, you follow me to the Cao Guogong military camp." (To be continued......)