The 10,000 troops of the Yuan army, under the mobilization of Tokhtar Timur, began to come towards Huanggang City in three directions: west, west, and southeast.

At the forefront were the teams carrying the ladders, carrying the ladders and shields in the other, guarding against the arrows of the rebels on the tower.

After that, a whole column of soldiers rushed towards the city tower under the command of officers at all levels.

Looking at the battle ahead, Timur, who was sitting in the middle of the army, was sitting on his command platform at this time, observing the battle situation and commanding the army.

Upstairs in Huanggang City.

Zhu Yuanzhang faced the Yuan army attacking the city this time, and there was no wave on his face.

It is clear to everyone that all great battles must be based on early temptations.

Through siege and battle, test the strength of the opponent's defense of the city.

To put it bluntly, it's like fighting a boss in an online game, first test out the boss's agility, strength, HP, and attack speed.

Then, like Tian Ji horse racing, according to the other party's situation, he will target his own deployment.

Or like playing a game, card min, card attack speed, card HP, or directly overwhelm the realm and consume HP.

At present, the Yuan army is attacking from three sides, the main gate in the south is guarded by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, Tanghe in the west, Xu Da in the east, and Chang Yuchun in the north.

The other three are currently the most trusted generals under Zhu Yuanzhang.

It can basically be regarded as the three people led by the army.

Of the 50,000 soldiers under his command, except for 10,000 in the south, only 5,000 soldiers and horses were deployed.

Another 25,000 soldiers were on standby in the city under the leadership of two brothers, Feng Sheng and Feng Guoyong.

Always ready to obey Zhu Yuanzhang's orders and support all directions.

On the south tower of the city, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the soldiers rushing below and the team transporting and building the ladder, and calmly deployed: "The archers are ready to shoot, the oil is ready, the oil is thrown towards the ladder, and the archers attack the Yuan army in the rear." ”

Deng Youde, who was beside him, received the order and quickly passed Zhu Yuanzhang's order to the ears of every officer on the city tower.

Seeing that the enemy soldiers were about to enter the range of bows and arrows, Deng Youde immediately looked at Zhu Yuanzhang beside him, but Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head to stop him from speaking, and said: "Don't worry, they are a temptation, don't waste arrows, wait for them to get closer." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was always paying attention to the enemy situation in front of him, did not until one-third of the 10,000 yuan army had rushed into the range of the archers, and immediately shouted: "Archers shoot!" ”

At the same time, Timur Timur, who was on the platform of the Yuan army's overseer, also immediately ordered: "Archer! ”

With the order of Tokhtar Timur, the general around him passed the word, and the herald immediately waved the order flag in his hand, and transmitted the military order of Tokhtar to the front line in different ways.

Then, under the orders of the generals of the front, columns of archers came out of the rear of the soldiers, entered the range of archers on the city, and fired at the city in a row of substitutions.

After the first row has finished shooting, turn around and switch to the second row of archers to shoot, replacing the arrows at the same time.

In an instant, an overwhelming array of arrows began to shoot at each other from the top and bottom of the city.

The arrows are intertwined in the air, dense like a rain of arrows, which makes people's hearts numb.

The sharp arrows cut through the sky, and the subtle sound of breaking the wind fused together, making it chilling to hear.

At the top of the city, the defenders hid behind the walls one by one in the face of the onslaught of arrows.

Some of the arrows went over the walls and into the city.

Some were nailed directly to the city walls.

Only a few can accurately land on the not-so-wide area of the castle tower.

The number of archers of the Yuan army was too large, and the volleys made the defenders of Huanggang City unable to straighten their waists, let alone fight back.

Taking advantage of the gap in the middle, the Yuan army under the city took advantage of the situation and began a fierce attack.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been secretly observing the movement of the siege forces under the city, immediately shouted to the soldiers around him: "Fire oil preparation!" ”

"Burn!"

The team that ran at the front to build the ladder had already come to the bottom of the city wall.

When the soldiers on the city tower heard Zhu Yuanzhang's order, they immediately began to pour fire oil below.

As the oil splashed on the soldiers' shields and ladders, rocket after rocket was fired.

In an instant, the flames burned along the spot where the oil was splashing.

The soldiers holding shields under the ladder instantly turned into fire men, and the fire oil flowed on their bodies, which also brought scorching flames by the way.

With the painful screams of these people, they lay on the ground and rolled back and forth.

The ladder also fell to the ground.

Even some of the ladders were burned with oil.

But they fell, but the other soldiers surrounded them.

Pick up the ladder again and start building.

On the castle tower, the soldiers watched the spiky ladders emerge and desperately pushed them to both sides.

The soldiers who had climbed to the middle of the ladder fell down with a cry of exclamation.

However, as the number of people on some of the ladders increased, the weight was so large that the soldiers on the towers could not push them down with the strength of their arms.

There are also ladders that are stuck in the lookout on the castle tower, and they will touch the walls on both sides when they move left and right.

And this highlights the advantage in terms of battlefield experience.

Experienced veterans take these details into account when building ladders.

Although it is also possible to push backwards, the effects of gravity and gravity, as well as the length of their arms, prevent them from being able to push the entire ladder backwards.

However, it was accompanied by Zhu Yuanzhang's order.

The pieces were hard and began to smash down at the besieging soldiers below the ladder.

Following the direction in which the stone fell, the soldiers below were smashed and fell down one by one.

There are also soldiers on the castle tower, with spears in their hands constantly stabbing the besieging soldiers below.

At the same time, one by one, the soldiers held their forks against the ladder and pushed it back, and the soldiers on the entire ladder rolled down with the collapse of the ladder.

Although the battle was fierce and there were many casualties, the city defense force of the entire Huanggang City still easily resisted the attack of these soldiers.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was extremely calm at this time, although he saw that the soldiers on the city tower successfully defended the enemy's wave after wave of attacks, he did not have the slightest joy in his heart.

As a general on the battlefield, he can clearly feel that the combat experience of the Yuan army soldiers who came to attack in batches is not very high.

The pressure on them is not very great.

Thinking that 80,000 of the 150,000 troops of the Yuan army were temporarily recruited strong laborers, Zhu Yuanzhang understood that the real main force of the Yuan army did not move at all.

Now this temporary advantage is nothing at all.

After all, these soldiers in their hands are all genuine workhorses, not so-called cannon fodder.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang thought, the soldiers in the army sent by Timur now are all troops who have just been recruited.

And not the elite Yuan army after the baptism of the battlefield.

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