When the sky was bright, He Jin led 5,000 soldiers and horses to rush to the south gate of Ningxia Town, the city was calm, there was no imaginary chaos, and the city could not hear the sound of killing, as if nothing had happened.

However, He Jinhe and his generals saw the difference, on the city walls on both sides of the city tower, round things were hung on the city walls with long ropes, and they were floating around with the howling north wind, and those things were black and fluffy The outline of the facial features could be seen clearly, it was a human head!

He Jin immediately ordered the army not to approach the city gate, personally led dozens of horsemen to the city gate, ordered people to shout at the city head from afar, and after a while, a group of soldiers surrounded a person appeared above the city tower.

"Who is under the city? What is the intention? The man asked in a loud voice.

He Jin said loudly: "Qiu Yue, what kind of garlic to pretend, and don't open the city gate for Lao Tzu." ”

Qiu Yue laughed and said: "It turned out to be General He, you are not stationed in the West Cliff, and what are you doing when you lead your troops back to the city?" If I'm not mistaken, you just came back yesterday to ask for reinforcements, didn't you come back again in a big defeat? ”

The soldiers at the head of the city burst into laughter.

He Jin scolded angrily: "Qiu Yue, don't be proud, what happened to the prince? You traitor, I knew that you had two hearts, and I regretted that I shouldn't have reminded the prince to be careful with you. ”

Qiu Yue sneered: "Do you have two hearts? I can't agree with what General He said, my Qiu Yue is obviously only loyal to the emperor, and has never had two hearts, but you, General He, are half-hearted and willing to follow the rebel king to make trouble, so you should keep these words for your own use. ”

He Jin shouted: "You are overjoyed, I know very well how many people there are in the city, if you know the current affairs, you should immediately open the city to ask for guilt, maybe there is still a chance; Otherwise, my army of five thousand will break through the gates and trample over your corpse. ”

Qiu Yue looked up to the sky and laughed, waved his hand and said, "He Jin, don't be obsessed, don't you want to see the prince?" I'll let you see you. As he spoke, the soldiers beside him pushed Zhu Ningyao, who was tied up with flowers, Zhu Ningyao's hair and clothes were scattered, his expression was depressed, and his body was shaky in the wind at the head of the city.

He Jin dismounted and bowed down to the head of the city and said: "Lord Wang, the rescue is too late, and the prince is designed by a traitor, which can be suffered." ”

Zhu Ningxiao looked excited, trembling his lips to say something, Qiu Yue whispered in his ear: "Lord, don't forget our agreement, if you still have illusions, then I can only take your head to Beijing; The prince is a relative of the emperor, and he may have a chance to live in Beijing. ”

Zhu Ningxiao's expression suddenly darkened, and he lowered his head and shouted to the city: "He Jin, this king...... Ben Wang ...... I know that you are very loyal, but the matter has come to this, do not insist any longer, this king orders you to surrender to the court at once, and no further changes are allowed. ”

He Jin slowly got up from the ground, raised his head and said, "Lord Wang, how can there be a turning arrow when you open the bow?" The humble duty knows that you are forced to say this, you can rest assured, the humble duty will attack the whole army and rescue the prince, we still have a lot to do. ”

Zhu Ningxiao hurriedly said: "You are not allowed to do this, you are not saving me but harming me, if you dare to move, they will kill this king." Do you see the heads of men hanging on the walls? Zhou Ang, Sun Jingwen, and their heads are all hanging on you there, and this king will not allow you to mess around. ”

He Jin said with a sneer on his face: "Lord Wang, what you said is not right, since there is an incident, it is inevitable that there will be this day, the prince himself said that this is to carry his head to do things, why are you suddenly afraid of death now." Zhou Ang Sun Jingwen and they are also the place where they died, if the prince was also killed by them, wouldn't it be just because Jing Nan died where he could, and the history books of later generations would leave a heavy mark on the prince; The prince can rest assured, he is humble but has a breath of air, and he will definitely follow the guidance of the prince to lead the army to succeed and fulfill the prince's wishes. ”

Zhu Ningyan was stunned and said: "Do you disregard the life and death of this king and disobey the order of this king?" ”

He Jin said loudly: "What is the prince talking about, the humble position is precisely because he obeys the prince's orders." Lord Wang, take care of your life, you are going to lead the army to attack the city. ”

He Jin mounted his horse and galloped back, and a moment later, the golden drums in the camp sounded in unison, and five thousand rebel soldiers began to line up and prepare to attack.

Zhu Ningxiao didn't know what kind of expression his face was, he was both shocked and frightened, looked at Qiu Yue and said: "General Qiu, you have also seen it, it's not that this king is not cooperative, that guy...... That guy didn't care about the king's life or death. ”

Qiu Yue smiled and said: "I know, don't do the prince's business, do you understand now?" Your most trusted subordinate, Ho Jin, also wishes you were dead, what do you say you did? It's too late to regret it now. Come on, take the prince down to the city and hand it over to the Marquis of Song, you have to be well entertained, don't let the prince suffer half of the grievances. ”

Zhu Ningxiao looked discouraged, and slowly walked down the city under the guarding of the soldiers.

Qiu Yue turned his head and watched the rebels under the city set up a formation and were about to attack, his face was solemn, and he gave orders in a stack, and more than 600 soldiers at the head of the city and thousands of prisoners captured in the palace were quickly dispersed behind the battlements, bending their bows and arrows and waiting.

With the sound of the drums of the march, five thousand rebels swarmed in, they had not slept peacefully by the disturbances of Xinding last night, and after marching for four or five hours at night, they felt that outside the city of Ningxia, they had not had time to catch their breath and were about to launch an attack again, and they were physically and mentally exhausted; But under He Jin's strict order, they had no choice but to charge forward with all their strength and not treat this body as their own.

Even if the rebel soldiers were tired and more than three times the number of troops, this disparity in strength was still difficult to make up, only a small number of casualties were paid, and it took less than half an hour for the rebel soldiers to fill the moat outside the city with straw bales to make several smooth paths, and after a short rest, the rebels formed a square formation, carrying a ladder with a hook and rope under the cover of a large shield and approaching the city in a grand manner.

The defenders at the head of the city were helpless, so they could only shoot arrows one after another, but fortunately, the enemy formation was loosely protected, and each round of arrow rain could always bring some casualties, but the rebel formations all over the city seemed to have no tendency to decrease at all.

More than 300 ladders leaned against the city wall, and the rebel soldiers swarmed up like ants, and hundreds of soldiers could not stop the rebels' footsteps at all, and the rebels soon appeared at the head of the city. Qiu Yue yelled and scolded in a hurry, but he was really powerless, so he could only immediately organize people to clear the rebels who climbed at the head of the city. However, once hundreds of soldiers are forced into hand-to-hand combat, the already overstretched defenders are unable to stop the rebels who are coming up one after another, and they will fall into a vicious circle.

When he was anxious, he listened to the roar of the firecracker, and black smoke rose from the city walls on both sides, and Hou Dabiao led fifty firecracker guards to rush out of the city tower in two teams, and began the massacre along the city walls on both sides; Originally, these fifty brocade-clothed guards were ordered by Song Nan to assist in defending the city; But Qiu Yue didn't treat these fifty people as a dish at all, and only discussed with Hou Dabiao, asking him to take these fifty people to guard above the city gate, and when the rebels at the head of the city climbed up, Qiu Yue even forgot about the existence of these fifty people, but Hou Dabiao had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

The lethality of the hand-to-hand combat of the shotgun is simply terrifying, on the city wall several zhang wide, it is almost impossible to avoid the coverage of the fire gun lead bullet, although each team only has more than 20 firearms, but it is like a harvester starting from the city tower, cutting a bloody path like mowing grass for the rebels who climbed up on the city wall on both sides.

The guards used the method of chain shooting, a dozen people shot, and the other dozen people were shot, and the cycle was repeated, and the roar was endless, and everyone was invincible. The soldiers defending the city were helped by firepower, and their morale was greatly boosted, and dozens of soldiers followed the fire squad, and the rebels who were shot were thrown off the city walls.

The morale of the besieging rebels was originally high, and they all fought bravely to be the first, but when they saw the flesh thrown high like dumplings under the city, falling on the frozen ground below the city and falling into the flesh and blood, they were all terrified.

After a round trip, the head of the city has become a forbidden place, hundreds of rebels climbed to the head of the city, but they were half dead by the fire and thrown to the bottom of the city to become meat residue, coupled with the desperate defense of the soldiers at the head of the city, they actually resisted the attack of the rebels; Qiu Yue saw it really under the city, the casualties were too great, wouldn't it be to exhaust the soldiers and horses in his hands if he continued like this, so he ordered the troops to be collected under the construction of his generals and thought of another good strategy.

The battle lasted about an hour, less than half of the more than 1,500 defenders defending the city, and the rebels paid the price of 1,400 men; Under the bleak sun, the corpses under the city were layered on top of each other, and the blood flowed out from under the corpses before it was frozen into a thin purple ice; The corpse also quickly became hard, and the stiff corpse showed a surprisingly consistent expression due to the tightening of the skin, all with half a mouth and eyes, looking creepy.