The Mongol army was discussing escape, and the Song army was discussing the attack. In Li Yun's division, everyone was very satisfied with the Mongols' reaction during the day, but they were also a little puzzled. Battalion commander Liang Shengfa asked Chief of Staff Lu Wendao: "Chief of Staff, why are the Mongols so stupid in their response. ”

The chief of staff's face was solemn, and he replied: "When our army rushes to the head of the city and the Mongols suddenly come out of hiding, do you still think their response is stupid?" ”

When it came to hand-to-hand combat, the expressions of the commanders at all levels of the Song Army were equally solemn. No matter how fast the rifleman reloads, it takes ten seconds. In ten seconds, the pikeman can stab two or three times. It was really a hard work of knife to gun, and the gap between the Mongol army and the Song army was greatly narrowed.

Seeing the change in everyone's faces, Li Yun smiled and said, "What's the matter, are you afraid?" ”

"Nope!" Liang Shengfa instinctively made a denial. But after saying that, he felt a little uneasy, and after thinking for a moment, he replied, "There is no fear! ”

After receiving such an answer, Li Yun nodded and continued: "By tomorrow, I can try to attack the city. Who wants to take the lead? ”

"Our battalion was originally a spear battalion, but it was changed to a musket battalion after changing equipment. Competing thorns, we are confident. Battalion Commander Zhu Hongwu replied decisively.

Li Yun looked at this soldier from Huaidong, he was originally a landlord in Huaidong, and he joined the army after his family was killed by the Mongols. The Song army had rich experience in field warfare, but there were few opportunities to attack the city. So Zhu Hongwu came out to grab this errand of hand-to-hand combat in the city, and the other battalion commanders did not compete with him. In the end, Li Yun could only order Zhu Hongwu's battalion to carry out the battle of ascending the city.

After the military meeting, Li Yun sighed in his heart. When he met Zhu Hongwu back then, because this young man said, 'Even if I can't fight the Mongols, at least I have to give the Song army good food this year', so he admired Zhu Hongwu very much. He did cultivate after joining the army. However, Zhu Hongwu was able to become the battalion commander for more than three years, and his own outstanding performance was the main reason. On weekdays, Zhu Hongwu's performance is good, but at such a critical moment, when others are still hesitant, Zhu Hongwu always stands up. In addition, he can win every time, and of course his merit is higher than others.

That night, the construction site was in full swing to make a long ladder. Early the next morning, as soon as it was dark, the Song army began to transport these engineering equipment to the moat. The reason why it was not transported earlier was not that anyone was lazy, but that the Mongol army could mobilize their forces to appear at the head of the city when they saw the movements of the Song army. The bullets and shells of the Song army will not turn around, the Mongol army will not appear, and they will have no targets to hit.

Although Li Yun also thought that if the other troops could attack first, they would be able to attract the strength of the Mongol army and make it easier for Li Yun to attack, but he himself rejected this idea. Every battle he fought was a tough one, and after the battle, Li Yun found that the troops were growing rapidly. I haven't experienced a fierce battle, but I don't know the details of the battle.

When I was in the military academy before, I read that 'soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent'. After many battles, Li Yun realized that there were no two identical battles in the world. And none of the battles will go the way they were pre-designed. There are always surprises of one kind or another. After worrying about these accidents many times, Li Yun understood a logic that Taiwei Zhao had said, 'Evaluating things is someone else's business, doing things is your own business, don't make a mistake about the relationship'.

When it comes to this battle, Li Yun's idea is very simple. If all the Mongol armies were pressed to his side, Li Yun would be able to get the credit for the number of beheadings. There are no foolish people in the General Staff Staff, and when you see the number of beheadings, you know who is the biggest hero in this battle.

Li Yun was not the only one in the Song army who had this idea, so as soon as the day dawned, the Gorten Wanhu in the Shuaifu got the news that the Song army in the east, west, and south of the city had launched an attack. At this time, Wan Hu felt very embarrassed, and he knew that he could not distribute the troops evenly. From seeing the actions of the Song army in Tutai yesterday, we can judge that the strength of the Song army on each side is about 10,000 people. Originally, the number of troops of the Inner Mongolian army in the city was only 20,000, and the number of the water army was 5,000. Sending 5,000 men on each side of the wall is a disadvantaged defense. If you really want to inflict heavy casualties on the Song army on the city wall, you have to gather superior forces on a certain side and take turns to defeat the Song army's siege.

Which side of the city wall should be on, Wan Hu can't make up his mind in his heart. At this moment, another junior colonel ran in to report, "Wanhu, the Song army in the west of the city has crossed the moat. Sighing, Gorten knew that he had no choice but to counterattack the Song army, which was the fastest attacker.

Zhu Hongwu has always been in the forefront of the troops. A few years ago, his hometown in Gaoyou was ravaged by the Mongols, and the thieves of the Zhu family who lured the wolf into the house saw that the situation was not right, and actually ran to the Mongol camp. Zhu Hongwu, who was boiling with a vengeful heart, lost the opportunity to take revenge in person.

Farming is hard work, and Zhu Hongwu didn't like it in the first place. This time there was even more reason, so he resolutely joined the army. He wanted to fight in his heart, so he was used to rushing ahead. Maybe it's luck, no matter how the arrows shoot down the comrades around you, no matter how the enemy howls and rushes up. After Zhu Hongwu eliminated the enemy, he was unscathed. And he also found that as long as he was in front of the array, the soldiers also had more will to fight, and it was easier for him to win the battle. So getting used to it became natural, and Zhu Hongwu calmly appeared in a very dangerous position.

The improvised pontoon bridge over the moat was erected, and as soon as the vanguard passed a platoon, Zhu Hongwu arrived at the moat and commanded the long ladder to cross the river. After the commander mentioned that there was enough for one company, Zhu Hongwu handed over the follow-up command to the battalion staff officer and crossed the river with the troops.

At this time, the riflemen on the earthen platform beat the city to the ground, and Zhu Hongwu asked everyone to prepare. When the flag was issued on the earthen platform, he put the second consecutive shotgun behind his back and prepared to follow the first company's commando team to the city.

At this time, someone grabbed Zhu Hongwu from behind, and turned his head to see that it was a battalion staff officer. The staff officer was well aware of the battalion commander's style of shouting 'kill' at the head of the formation, and then taking the lead in rushing at the enemy. He grabbed Zhu Hongwu and said loudly: "If you go up, you have to go up two companies and then go up!" ”

Where was Zhu Hongwu willing to agree, he bargained and said, "Is it a success?" ”

"No way!" The battalion staff officer grabbed Zhu Hongwu's arm. Siege warfare is too dangerous, there is too much uncertainty. If the battalion commander goes up and dies in battle, what a blow to morale.

The Song army was not demoralized because the battalion commander was dragged by the chief of staff, everyone knew the battalion commander's bravery, and they also knew that the battalion commander would never leave them. So morning and evening are not a problem at all. The company commander prefers to let the battalion commander go to the city at night, although the battalion commander never robs everyone of the credit, but following the battalion commander to the city, also known as the first to go to the city. Everyone's skin isn't so thick-skinned.

As if training, the troops quickly climbed the long ladder to the already low wall of Ezhou City. Then the city was full of killings, and the gunfire was loud.

Seeing that a company had already reached the head of the city, Zhu Hongwu took advantage of the lack of attention from the battalion staff officer, quickly broke free from his pull, clashed with the team, and began to ascend the city with everyone.

Before crossing the city wall, Zhu Hongwu felt that his heart was on fire. Climbing over the city wall and standing on the ground to watch, Camp Commander Zhu actually felt a little excited. Before the war, it was well discussed that there was not enough space in the city to play with a four-meter-long spear, and a rifle more than a meter long with a bayonet could be used as a short spear.

In practice, the bayonet behaved better than expected. The Mongol army went to the city with a simple knife and a short knife. These weapons look scary when they are slashed, but there are so many people in the city, where is there room for them to use them. Song Jun operated a rifle with bayonets, and the formation was a small gun formation. The Song army behind the gun array could also poke out the barrel of the gun and shoot at the Mongol army. It took only ten minutes for the Song army to enter the city, and they controlled a long section of the city wall.

Seeing such a situation, Zhu Hongwu was even more enthusiastic. He took off the shotgun he was carrying and rushed to the front row, firing at close range at the Mongol soldiers who tried to resist. This double-barreled gun can fire two shots at a time, and the loading is a paper shell bullet, which is more efficient in killing. The Mongol army was already completely unable to resist, and at this time it turned around and ran. Although Zhu Hongwu did not deliberately want to steal the credit, his hard work made the commanders and fighters trust him more. The crowd shouted and began to hunt down the Mongol soldiers at the head of the city.

Li Yun saw that Zhu Hongwu's battalion had easily ascended the city, and soon received that they had already controlled the passage to the lower city. He couldn't help but sigh. In fact, in terms of intelligence, Zhu Hongwu may not be the absolute first among the eight battalions. But the problem is that he is willing to fight and is willing to take responsibility. The other battalion commanders just thought too much and asked too much. Instead, the opportunity was lost.

The division commander of the Song army had spare time to consider the characteristics of the personnel within the army, which meant that the Mongol army could only consider whether its own life would be guaranteed. Zhu Hongwu's battalion did not simply stay in the city, and the follow-up troops soon moved on to the city. Zhu Hongwu led his troops to rectify a little in the open space in the city, and then rushed forward along the main road to kill. It happened to meet the main force of the Mongol army that came to reinforce it.

The streets were much wider than the city's, but they weren't as wide as pikemen could easily wield. And the pikemen assembled in the streets were live targets for the riflemen. Knocked down like a rice cut in the face of a whistling bullet. Zhu Hongwu did not hesitate to launch a melee battle against the Mongol army.

Gorten Wanhu is not good at street fighting. To be more precise, he himself had no experience in street fighting. So left and right, his order only made the Mongol army lose contact and run everywhere.

More than half an hour passed, and Wanhu received the latest news, and the Song army in the west of the city also broke through the city wall and entered the city.