All the generals in the handsome tent bowed down in unison, and the fish scale armor on their bodies trembled slightly.

At dawn on the second day, in the city of Beiping. Zhang Yu, the general of the Yan army, heard that the soldiers stationed at the head of the city said that the southern army had assembled in the wilderness outside the Zhangye Gate, and hurried towards the head of the city.

Governor Qu Neng immediately gave a sharp order, and the horn of the herald sounded in the sky. The army was already holding torches in their hands, and the soldiers standing on the side of the cannon heard the horn and hurriedly lit the fire.

The artillery in the ranks of the southern army spewed flames from the artillery that was far away at the head of Beiping City, and an earth-shattering loud bang shattered the silence in the wilderness outside Beiping City in early winter. Countless southern soldiers were stationed in thousands of households, and hundreds of households slashed their swords and struggled to lift the ladder that had been prepared, holding war knives, sacrificing their lives and forgetting their lives to surging towards the city wall.

At about the same time, the Yan army on the city wall around Zhangyemen also lit a small number of artillery. Cannonballs burst through the air and smashed on the city's head, trembling slightly in the sound of a landslide cracking the ground. From time to time, under the shattering of masonry, there were Yan soldiers who smashed flesh and blood from cannonballs, or scratched their faces with blood from the brick and stone fragments.

The cannonballs flying down from the head of the city flew down diagonally, fell into the dense group of soldiers of the Southern Army, jumped on the ground, rolled out of a bloody road, and the soldiers were constantly bombarded with broken hands and feet, and the corpses were lying on the ground. ”“

Zhang Yu, who was standing at the head of the city, stretched out his right hand to wipe away the blood and filth from the artillery fire on his face, and saw the dense southern soldiers under the city rushing to attack desperately, and gradually entered the range of bows and arrows, and immediately ordered the arrows to be released.

In the open space in Beiping City, the archers who had already lined up struggled to draw their strong bows under the command of the horn. When the crisp sound of bangzi came into his ears, the two fingers of the archers on the string suddenly loosened.

The generals and soldiers of the Yan army at the head of the city suddenly felt that a dark shadow in the sky was fleeting, followed by a buzzing sound of arrows breaking through the air. Countless arrows flew diagonally through the air, tearing through the cold north wind and falling far away from the city.

Qu Neng's corporal was a veteran of strict training, and when he heard the passionate sound of the horn behind him, he hurriedly raised the shield in his right hand.

The overwhelming array of arrows cut through the air in a huge arc and rained down like a storm. Dense rains of arrows flew in the air like locusts, occasionally passing through the gaps in the shields, or hitting the soldiers of the Southern Army when they were about to land, and countless people fell to the ground in the splash of blood, shooting the arrows that flew one after another like hedgehogs.

The Yan archers, who were densely packed in the city, released the first round of arrows and ran forward under the order, rushing up the city wall along the ramp. A Yan army archer heard a terrible scream in his ears, and when he looked up, he saw that the city's head was bombarded by artillery fire and blood was splashed, and the tragic situation of planting the city, he threw away the longbow in his hand in fear, turned around and fled.

Seeing this, Chino, who had stopped behind the archers, was furious, drew his waist sword and waved his hand fiercely at the deserter, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck, only to feel all his strength disappear in the blood gushing out of the neck wound, and fell to the ground softly. The arrows like flying locusts flew in the air, causing blood to splash the blood of the archers of the Yan Army in the rear team, and the casualties were heavy.

It turned out that the archers of the Southern Army outside the city also began to counterattack under the command of Qu Neng.

The city wall, the city wall, the southern soldiers outside the city narrowly escaped the artillery fire in the desperate charge, and finally came to the city wall, but they were greeted by arrows, rolling wood, and stones falling like raindrops.

Dozens of ladders finally sat diagonally on the city wall, countless southern soldiers held a shield in one hand, bit a steel knife in their mouths, and relied on their right hands to assist, their faces showed a fierce look, and the difficult ants attached themselves to the ladders, moving step by step, and launched the most tragic impact towards the city.

Under Zhang Yu's order, the archers of the Yan army at the head of the city leaned out half of their bodies at the battlements of the city wall and shot indiscriminately with bows and arrows in their hands. Now the foot of the city wall is densely packed with Southern soldiers, and they don't even need to deliberately aim to hit.

Governor Qu Neng, who was sitting on the back of a war horse, saw his soldiers begin to kick the city, and waved his hand to give military orders. In the army, 2,000 soldiers holding strong crossbows with "Divine Arm Bow" knelt on one knee, and tried their best to aim at the Yan soldiers who leaned out of the city with the simple tools of crossbow arrows like "Wangshan", and pulled the machine.

Under the huge shock of the crossbow arm, the crossbow arrows flew away. If the Yan soldiers who threw the rolling wood and stones between the battlements were unfortunately shot, they all screamed and blood splashed, piercing the torso and arms.

The "Divine Arm Bow" is a sharp weapon made in the Song Dynasty to restrain the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, and the power is amazing, the range far exceeds the foot bow used by the foot archers, and there is a "Wangshan" aim, which is a sharp weapon for accurate killing and injury of the enemy.

Zhang Yu, who was stationed at the head of the city in Beiping, patrolled the city with a three-foot long sword, and there was a unique roar of crossbow arrows in his ears.

Under the impetus of the fierce roar of its corporals, the siege chariot covered with several layers of cowhide finally came and slowly arrived outside the city gate of Zhangye Gate. The overwhelming arrows could not penetrate the thick cowhide, and the rolling wood and stones fell heavily, which shook the ears of the soldiers who were hiding under the rushing car.

At the head of the city, a tall Yan army hundred households shouted loudly, and more than a dozen Yan soldiers struggled to lift the clay pots that had been prepared one by one and were full of fire oil.

The clay pot fell from the top of the city and smashed on the rushing car, and the fire oil splashed down the cracks, dripping with the head of the rushing corporal.

Dozens of torches were thrown from the city, igniting a huge rushing cart. Several fire-covered firemen uttered terrible cries from their mouths, staggered out of the rushing car, and in the blink of an eye, they threw arrows at the head of the city and threw them to the ground.

They all commanded Ping'an to ride their horses and stand under the military flag, looking at the soldiers who kept falling on the ladder, and were unmoved. Behind him, tens of thousands of cavalry of the Southern Army saw the fierce battle under the city, and quietly waited for an air of death, and occasionally the horses neighed gently, which made it even more solemn.

When the two armies above and below the city were in full swing, tens of thousands of cavalry galloped under the guidance of the "Yan" and "Ning" military flags in the wilderness a few miles away. With the roar of rumbling horses' hooves, smoke and dust rose from the sky under the trampling of the army.

Zhu Di, who was riding a horse, turned his head and said to Zhu Quan, who was riding a "dark cloud covering snow" on his side: "Old Seventeen, if Ping An leads the army to attack, then Brother Wei will lead the army to lure the enemy and let him chase after him." You lead 5,000 men and horses to storm the siege army, and you must not fight hard. ”

Zhu Quan nodded and sighed: "Li Jinglong has not divided his troops to attack the city today, but I am afraid that peace may not come as we wish." He knew in his heart that although Li Jinglong, the commander of the Southern Army, was not afraid, but at present, in the Ming Dynasty, most of the people who could be the governor and command such a position were generals who could conquer and fight in battle, and they should not be underestimated. Ping'an can also be regarded as an old acquaintance of him and Zhu Di, who is a confidant under the command of Lan Yu, the former Duke of Liangguo, who is accustomed to battle, but I am afraid that he may not be easily deceived.

In the distance under the city of Zhangye Gate in Beiping, Ping'an, who was wearing a helmet and armor, had been returned by the scouts under his command, saying that it was Zhu Di, Zhu Quan led the army to come, and calmly instigated the war horse to turn around slowly. The 50,000 cavalry of the Southern Army slowly turned around under the guidance of the horn banner and faced the direction from which the Yan army came.

At present, within a radius of 100 miles outside Beiping City, there are scouts of the southern army. Qu Neng, the governor of the southern army who was stationed on the slope of the horse and watched the army attacking the city, could smell the scouts report that the Yan army cavalry was approaching, and then saw the distant commander Ping'an to lead the military horse to turn around, frowned slightly, turned to the commander Sheng Yong on one side, and said in a deep voice: "You and hurry up to catch up with Sheng Yong, just let him hold the flank of the official, and not chase the Yan rebel cavalry, if you don't follow the military order, the official will not be spared." He is the main general of the siege army at present, such a military order only needs the Chinese army Sima to pass the order, but the terrain here is flat and open, suitable for cavalry raid and impact, so he is very worried that if he is safe and young and vigorous can not bear the temptation of Zhu Di, he will ride his horse to pursue the enemy army away, if the Yan army is divided into thousands of cavalry to attack, it will inevitably cause a great impact on the siege infantry army, if the enemy army in the city suddenly goes out of the city to attack and kill, the consequences are unimaginable.

Sheng Yong naturally knew what was at stake, so he hurriedly bowed down to receive the order, led his own soldiers to spur their horses away, and chased the cavalry safely.

Zhu Di and Zhu Quan rode forward and led the cavalry to slowly approach the outside of Zhangye. In addition to the earth-shattering roar of artillery and the sound of fighting, I could see faint figures falling from time to time at the head of the city in the distance, and I don't know whether the southern soldiers who were besieging the city fell from the rolling wood and stones, or the defenders died under the strong bows and crossbows.

Ping'an stood still, looking at the Yan cavalry slowly approaching outside Lixu, a pair of copper bell-like eyes flashed with cold light, and his face was full of murderous aura. Behind him, 50,000 cavalry soldiers of the Southern Army restrained their horses and were already in battle.

Under the banner waving, a military order was heard, and the cavalry of the Yan Army who slowly rode their horses gradually solidified like a torrent full of vitality.

The distance of Richt was only a moment away for a galloping horse, so this distance was the limit of what the two cavalry could do without incident. If it is Zhu Di and Zhu Quan dare to lead the army to advance again, it will be a situation where the two armies are hedging and fighting to the death, and there is no room for turnaround. Although Zhu Di and Zhu Quan joined forces, the Yanshan escort cavalry and Zhu Quan's 15,000 cavalry from Daning were only more than 30,000 people, and in the face of the 50,000 cavalry of the Southern Army, which was slightly superior in strength, even if it was a crushing victory and lost the only mobile force outside the city, it was bound to make the situation more passive. Therefore, Zhu Di did not dare, nor did he want to lead the army to peace.

Ping An stood on the back of the horse, trying his best to restrain the neighing mount, suppressing the battle spirit in his heart. In the past, he followed the Liangguo Gong Lanyu to conquer the Quartet, so that he had already learned a truth from Lanyu, for the general, he should not move like a mountain, and attack like thunder. Patience for a while is just to more accurately grasp the best fighter for a thunderous strike.

The north wind became more and more violent, carrying a deep chill, and attacked the two cavalry that were far away between heaven and earth.

Zhu Di did not dare to act rashly and led the army to rush to kill, just because he knew that the tens of thousands of cavalry under his command were the sharpest swords in the Yan army, and if the damage was not light under the bloody battle, he would inevitably be more passive in the situation where the enemy army was three times his own, and even collapsed, and it was difficult to escape defeat.

Ping An was also reluctant to rashly lead the army to attack Zhu Di, Zhu Quan's army, because of the great advantage of his own forces, he only had to strictly guard the flank of the friendly army, and did not give Zhu Di, who was good at commanding cavalry, the slightest opportunity, which was not a victory.

Under the confrontation between the two armies, a huge oppressive force seemed to come quietly and invisibly. Zhu Quan, who was sitting on horseback with "dark clouds covering snow", only felt that the air seemed to be gradually solidifying under such a huge pressure, and the sound of the north wind whistling in his ears seemed to be completely unheard. Even when he followed Lan Yu to defend Gyeongju in the past, faced the tens of thousands of troops of Nahachu, pursued and killed the Northern Yuan Emperor Togus Timur on the sea side, and fought to the death with the army of the Northern Yuan Prime Minister Harazhang, he never had such a heavy sense of depression in his heart, just because he knew that the mortal enemies he faced today were no longer brutal and unkind alien troops, and they also used the same written language as himself. In the two armies, thousands of soldiers don't even know what they are fighting with their strangers for? Just because the other party is a chaotic minister and thief as the generals say? Or is it the minions of traitorous courtiers in the mouth of His Royal Highness King Yan? At this moment, he suddenly understood why his masters Qin Zhuofeng, Fang Jinsong, Feng Tieling and others were unwilling to be in the disaster of this uncle-nephew dispute, just because they had experienced too much of their current situation in the troubled times in the past, and sacrificed their lives to kill the enemy in front of them, just to survive, not for Chen Youliang or Zhu Yuanzhang. In troubled times, the king is defeated, and the winner is never the people of Li who are ruined.

At dusk, the chill was even stronger, and Zhu Di saw that Ping An led the army to wait for him, Rao was always resourceful, but he was helpless, so he had to lead the army to retreat.

Qu Neng was not arrogant enough to think that only one day of bloody battle could break through the Yan army's heavy defense, and the city defense of Beiping, which was strong, saw that Zhu Di led the army to escape, and it was getting late, so he immediately issued an order, led the army to retreat slowly, and returned to the southern army camp not far from Zhengjiaba Village under the guidance of the cavalry under the command of Ping'an.

The two sergeants above and below the city were relieved to see the figure of the enemy gradually shrouded in the night. Although I don't know whether I will live or die tomorrow, no matter what, I still survived, and I was far luckier than those robes who were lying in wait at the head of the city and under the city, and I don't know how many people there were, and I don't know whose name was.

Outside the Beiping city wall, in the cavalry camp of the Yan army, Zhu Neng's armor was full of filth formed by blood stains and dust, and the corners of Jing Jun's cheeks and forehead were clearly visible several stone chips splashed by the bombardment of the cannon stones, and he was reporting to Zhu Di and Zhu Quan about the casualties of the Yan army in the bloody battle between the city wall and the southern army in the area of Zhangye Gate during the day. The cavalry is conducive to field raids and killing, and the infantry is conducive to defending the city with a strong city, so although the night in early winter is very cold, Zhu Di does not dare to lead the army into the city. It must be known that under such a situation where the enemy army has a great advantage in strength, it is easy to enter the city and difficult to get out of the city, if the imperial army is trapped in all directions, this is a dead situation of sitting under siege and waiting to be killed, and there is no chance of victory.