The soldiers who were climbing on the shelves continued to shoot arrows outside the courtyard, preventing the men and horses behind General Jiagu from rushing in smoothly.

An hour later, the courtyard had been bloodied, and the corpses were piled up outside the courtyard walls and on the street in front of the door.

General Jiagu was very angry, but the Zongzheng Mansion in front of him was like an iron wall, firmly blocking in front of him.

At this time, Wan Yan A Shilan sent Dun Shizhan to help in the battle, Dun Shizhan had just led the army to defeat Dali Temple, and the morale was booming, he and General Jiagu took turns to attack, and sent infantry to rush into it from the gap in Zongzheng Mansion.

Liu Jun felt more and more struggling, he didn't know how many times he repelled the attack, because his soldiers only had more than 2,000 people, and the Dajing army had hundreds of thousands, they could be replaced and replenished at any time, and the physical strength of the soldiers was almost overdrawn to the limit.

Zongzheng Mansion was originally a prison here, and the cell behind them was called Biwatai, and it looked like a small building from the outside.

Yue'er saw that the situation was critical, and she was also very anxious, if the courtyard could not be defended, they could only retreat into the small building of Biwatai to fight for themselves, this is the last move, if you go to this step, then the defeat is certain, because the Dajing army does not have to attack in, as long as you set fire to these small buildings, you can burn them to death!

At this moment, a war drum sounded over Miyagi, and then there was a whirring sound in the air.

Everyone looked up, only to see a piece of boulder roaring down, smashed into the Dajing army array, and those troops besieging Zongzheng Mansion began to scatter and flee.

The stones on the city were also inaccurate, and several pieces smashed on the courtyard wall of Zongzheng Mansion, breaking the already broken wall.

However, the attack of the Dajing army was hindered, the people behind them could not rush in, the people who came in had no backup, and the sharp spirit was somewhat blocked, Liu Jun took the opportunity to command the soldiers to launch a counterattack.

It was Murong Xu who commanded the stone throwing in the city, he had been guarding the east gate, and he heard that the Imperial City Division and Dali Temple had been captured, and all the soldiers inside had been killed, he was very sad, Wan Yan A Shilan, this guy, obviously said that he would send envoys to see the emperor tomorrow morning to discuss peace talks, but now he sent people to attack these three places, which is really too deceitful!

Originally, Murong Xu had long wanted to help Zongzheng Mansion in the war, but Liang Jianyu wanted to ask Concubine Shu, he was worried that once Miyagi made a move, Wan Yan A Shilan would tear off his face and affect tomorrow's peace talks, because of such a delay, so the fortress of Zongzheng Mansion was almost lost, but fortunately, Concubine Shu and Xia Zixi had the same opinion, thinking that they would retreat step by step, and the peace talks could not become a complete surrender, and they still had to fight back at the critical moment.

General Jiagu was so angry that he wanted to continue the attack, but Wan Yan A Shilan's order suddenly came, asking him and Dun Shizhan to immediately lead the troops to the south gate, they felt that victory was in sight, and the lord of Dalang should stop at this moment, it really shouldn't be, but the military order was like a mountain, so they had to gather the team and turn around and go to the south gate.

In this battle, which lasted for about three hours, General Jiagu and Dunshizhan lost more than 2,000 horses and horses, and also used heavy cavalry, but they still couldn't take the small fortress of Zongzheng Mansion.

On Yue'er's side, Liu Jun counted the number of people, they also paid a heavy price, with as many as a thousand casualties, and now there are only half of the soldiers left in the mansion, and most of the remaining people are still injured, if Wan Yan A Shilan attacks again, it will be difficult for them to hold.

Hu San came out of nowhere, he was covered in blood, his face was terrifyingly white, and he was followed by two equally embarrassed Simon brothers.

"Yue, Yueye!"

Yue'er also made a move just now, if it weren't for Liu Jun sending a team of forbidden troops to desperately protect her, she would have been injured a long time ago, and in a chaotic battle like this, almost no one could be unscathed.

"Hu San, are you still alive?"

Hu San looked at the two brothers behind him and grinned.

"Hehe, the fortune teller said that my Lao Hu is the deputy prime minister, and he can live to at least eighty, and he won't die so soon!"

He smiled, and the atmosphere around him was slightly softened.

Yue'er looked at the air, her eyes a little confused.

"Hu San, don't you still have the last fireworks, shoot it!"

"Oh, good, good—"

Hu San reached out to touch his waist, and suddenly froze there.

"What's wrong?"

"The fight just now was too intense, and I don't know where that thing fell!"

Yue'er smiled bitterly.

"Since you lost it, forget it."

Liu Jun gasped and immediately ordered everyone to dig a deep ditch behind the courtyard wall, and if the heavy cavalry of the Dajing army came again, there must be a trench to block them.

At this time, Yue'er saw from a distance that Dajingguo was mobilizing troops and generals through the dilapidated courtyard wall, and they seemed to be mobilizing people and horses out of the city.

In the distance, there seemed to be a noise, this sound was definitely not from Miyagi, but outside the southern city, as if someone was fighting!

Liu Jun also heard that voice, and he became excited.

"Yes, are our reinforcements from Jiangnan arriving, Wan Yan and Ah Shilan have to fight with the reinforcements outside to stop attacking us?"

Yue'er nodded, she was a little regretful, if Hu San's last fireworks bomb was still there, then she could send a signal outside the city.

"It's possible, General Liu, you continue to dig trenches, we must hold here, reinforcements may arrive soon!"

"Yes, Lord Commander!"

Lu Xuan asked Yue'er: "My lord, what else should we do besides digging a trench?" ”

Yue'er's eyes flickered with cold light, her previous idea was to set a trap in the palace city to lure Wan Yan A Shilan to attack, but now it seems impossible, because the palace city is a whole and cannot open a gap, but she is a good place here, it can be made into a trap to constantly lure Wan Yan A Shilan to attack, but the key is to get the support of the city.

Thinking of this, Yue'er pulled Lu Xuan aside.

"Master Lu, is there any gunpowder here in Zongzheng Mansion?"

Lu Xuan nodded solemnly.

"Yes, there are more than a dozen boxes, originally Lord Lin said that they were used at the last moment."

Yue'er was overjoyed, when the inner city exploded, she thought that all the gunpowder in the city was used up, but she didn't expect that there were more than a dozen boxes, and she immediately called Hu San.

"Hu San, there are more than a dozen boxes of gunpowder here in Zongzheng Mansion, can you make them into fireworks?"

Hu San's eyes lit up.

"Yes, fireworks are easy to make, but bamboo sticks, paper rolls, leads, charcoal, copper shavings, mud and the like, I wonder if there are any here?"

Lu Xuan nodded.

"Yes, these are common things, but copper shavings and the like, you have to take a knife, take a copper kettle or something to scrape yourself."

"Okay, then I'll do it now!"

Hu San limped away, and Yue'er suddenly had a question in her heart.

"Lord Lu, why do we have so much gunpowder in the capital?"

Lu Xuan snorted, he was an old minister, and he still knew the origin of these things very well.

"This is something left over from the time of the first emperor."

"Do you mean Emperor Taishang's brother, Emperor Xuanlong?"

"Yes, it is Emperor Xuanlong, the first emperor is determined to recover the country, revitalize the prestige of the country, once snared the world's capable people to give him advice, at that time there was a commander in the military department called Ma Sheng, he invented several firearms, the power is huge, which requires a large amount of gunpowder, so the first emperor ordered him to supervise, Ma Sheng built a warehouse, but unfortunately those firearms have not come in handy, the first emperor died."

Speaking of this, Lu Xuan sighed.

Yue'er asked in surprise: "You mean that the first emperor went to the imperial expedition with a firearm?" ”

Lu Xuan nodded.

"Yes, I heard that Ma Sheng once patted his chest and promised the emperor that as long as he used the firearms he invented, even if the enemy's cavalry was ten times stronger than ours, he would be taught to come and go!"

"Then has the emperor ever seen Ma Sheng's drill?"

"Of course, I have seen it, it is said that the power is very amazing, and later the emperor drove the expedition himself, and it is this that he relied on."

Yue'er is a little strange now, among the people Sikong Man and Taiwei Gao told him, the name Ma Sheng has never been mentioned, it stands to reason that he instigated the first emperor to drive the expedition in person, and Xuan Ling should treat him for a major crime after he ascended the throne, why haven't you heard it mentioned?

"What happened to that Master Ma?"

Lu Xuan sighed.

"It is said that the master Ma is really fateful, on the second day when the emperor decided to drive the expedition in person, his carriage overturned on the way home and died unexpectedly."

P.S. At work, there are too many things, because people from other places can't come, I hope the book friends are all well, come on Wuhan!