After the rebels in the city were beaten back, the Ming army outside the city continued to build embankments.

Du Wenlin reminded Ye Mengxiong that it was impossible for the rebels to stop and sit still, and they should be prepared to defend against their counterattack again.

Ye Mengxiong thought so, and ordered Li Rusong and Ma Gui's besieging troops to be on guard day and night, and be careful of sneak attacks.

It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the yellow sand was flying all over the sky, shrouding Ningxia City in a lonely place.

Suddenly, the north gate was wide open, and countless cavalry rushed out.

The general in charge of the siege at the north gate was Miao Yitang, the deputy chief soldier of Ma Gui.

Hearing the news that the enemy was attacking at midnight, he immediately jumped up from his bed and gathered his team to prepare to resist the enemy.

The enemy attacked a few days ago, and he was not beaten to the point of losing his armor? So he didn't care about the enemy's sneak attack tonight.

Miao Yitang's subordinates were well-trained, and the speed at which the team assembled was very fast, and before the rebel vanguard approached the barracks, they had already left the camp and lined up in battle formation.

The dust was flying, thousands of horses were galloping, and countless cavalry rushed over with shouts.

Countless arrows of the Ming army were shot, like locusts flying in the air, and the charging cavalry continued to have people hit and fall off their horses, but they still went forward and followed, and rushed to the front of the battle in a blink of an eye.

The strongest formation against the cavalry, the "Shield Array", had already been laid out, and countless shields formed a solid barrier.

The cavalry that rushed to the front was blocked by the shield, behind which countless hooked scythes stretched out to hook the horse's legs.

Countless horses with broken legs fell in front of the town in an instant, and the wails and neighs of war horses were everywhere, making people shudder.

The war horses in front kept falling, and the soldiers who charged behind were constantly being shot by flying arrows and fell off their horses, which made the Ming soldiers more confident, and Miao Yitang touched his chin and laughed.

If nothing else, tonight's sneak attack by the rebels is another humiliating farce.

Suddenly, several black figures flew up in front of the rebels approaching the town, and they used the short knives in their hands to remove the stabbing weapons, and with their shields on their feet, they flew towards the formation like eagles and falcons, and fell into the formation in an instant.

After landing, they did not love to fight, but like a few puffs of black smoke, they quickly swam away with the formation, and the soldiers who blocked the attack were either blocked by a knife or crossed over their heads, and could not be intercepted at all.

They are specifically looking for the leading generals, whether they are thousands of households, hundreds of households or the general banner, as long as they are discovered, there is almost no possibility of escape, and they are all poisoned.

In a matter of moments, more than a dozen officers were killed.

Frightened, many officers fled the pursuit one after another, and for a time the Ming army was in chaos.

Miao Yitang, who was riding a horse in the formation to supervise the battle, had already seen that there were five black-clothed people who entered the battle, and one of them seemed to be a woman in shape.

They were invincible, like wolves into a flock, and everywhere they went, they ran away, lest they would become ghosts under the sword.

Miao Yitang was furious, swung his knife and slashed over the two fleeing officers, urging his war horse to meet him.

The guards behind him could only follow closely, and they all jumped forward and attacked the five men in black.

It's a pity that they were just mantis arms blocking the car, and they were instantly stabbed under the horse by the man in black who flew over.

A man in black rose up and rushed straight to Miao.

The two guards in front of him hurriedly stretched out their spears to intercept them, and the man in black grabbed the tip of a spear and held it hard, and took off into the air again, holding a knife in mid-air and coming straight to Miao Yitang.

Miao Yitang was able to mix with the deputy commander-in-chief, and he also rose step by step by virtue of his martial arts and combat bravery.

Seeing that the man in black struck down like a hungry eagle pounced on food, he hurriedly slashed the long knife in his hand at the man in black.

Miao Yitang learned from Shaolin and was proficient in the Shaolin faction's "Breaking the Ring Knife Method", and the trick used at this time was the "Sweeping Thousands of Armies" in the Breaking Ring Knife Method, which was indeed faint and fast.

I can't count how many strong enemies died tragically under this move, and tonight I used it again, dealing with another person who was hanging in the air and had no support, and I was confident that the opponent would definitely not be able to dodge this earth-shattering blow.

Unfortunately, he underestimated the ability of his opponent.

When the long knife was swung, the man in black twisted in mid-air and rose again, avoiding the blade.

Miao Yitang's secret path was not good, this knife was used with all his strength, and he never dreamed that someone could change direction in mid-air.

The knife was exhausted, and it was too late to return to the knife to protect himself, only to feel a cold neck, and then there was no feeling.

An angry head flew up from Miao Yitang's neck and was grabbed by the man in black in the air, spraying a mist of blood that filled the air.

The man in black landed on Miao Yitang's horse, raised his head and let out a sharp whistle, and raised Miao Yitang's head at the same time.

The battlefield was instantly quiet, everyone didn't seem to believe their eyes, the brave and good fighting Miao General was beheaded by the enemy like this, who still has the courage to continue fighting?

Suddenly, the battlefield seemed to be boiling, and the Ming army began to scatter and flee, nearly 20,000 people crowded each other, trampled on each other, shouting, and the sound of horses was endless.

The rebels took advantage of the chaos to launch a fierce attack, destroying the withering and decaying, and it did not take half an hour to achieve absolute victory.

Magui's North Gate defenders were completely annihilated.

More soldiers rushed out of the city, rushed forward, and completely smashed the embankment that the Ming army had worked so hard to build for many days.

Before dawn, they withdrew to the city.

It took less than two hours from the beginning of the dispatch of troops to the collection of troops and their return to the city.

When Ma Gui led his troops to the north gate, he saw only corpses everywhere, war horses scurrying everywhere, and damaged embankments.

The soldier carried Miao Yitang's head in front of Ma Gui, and he almost fell to the ground.

Shaking his body, tears rolling around his eyes.

Miao Yitang started from a hereditary hundred-hundred-household, and has been following him to fight in the north and south for so many years, and has made countless achievements, until he was promoted to the deputy chief soldier, but he didn't expect to suffer this disaster tonight.

Wipe away your tears and pull out your waist knife:

"Attack Ningxia City overnight and avenge the dead soldiers!"

The lieutenant general behind him stepped forward and said:

"Lord Commander, the siege of the city is not a trivial matter, do you want to report it to the Governor?"

Ma Gui had red eyes:

"Those who disobey military orders will be punished on the spot!"

As a result, tens of thousands of Ming troops launched an attack on the north gate overnight.

The defenders of the city took advantage of the momentum of victory and fiercely counterattacked the besieging Ming army.

Artillery fire flickered, arrows flew like locusts, and the besieging soldiers fell one by one, and the mud and sand were soaked in the blood of the soldiers.

As soon as it was dawn, someone reported the battle situation in Ningxia City to Dingbian City.

When Ye Mengxiong heard this, he hurriedly led people to the battlefield.

Three strokes on the day, Ye Mengxiong and his entourage rushed to the north gate of Ningxia City.

Ma Guili in front was still commanding the soldiers to desperately attack the city under the dazzling scorching sun.

Ye Mengxiong ordered someone to convey the order to stop the siege, and ordered Magui to come to see him immediately.

Ma Gui's face was full of dust, his beard was messy, and he hurried to Ye Mengxiong.

Ye Mengxiong stared at him coldly and was silent for a long time.

Ma Gui looked back at the corpses of the Ming army soldiers all over the battlefield, his eyes were red, but he didn't dare to speak.

"As a commander-in-chief officer commanding thousands of troops, he cannot ignore the reality of the enemy and us on the battlefield. Not only is it a precaution, but also blindly launched a war, resulting in the death of countless soldiers in vain, is it worthy of your name as a chief military officer? ”

Ma Gui knelt down with a puff and didn't defend himself.

He knew that no amount of reason could match the corpses of soldiers everywhere in the city.

Ye Mengxiong's face was grim, and he looked up at Ningxia City and was silent for a long time.

Mei Guozhen and other accompanying officials at all levels next to him also didn't know how to interject and were silent.

After a long time, Ye Mengxiong looked back at the adjutant behind him and said:

"Send half of the soldiers who built the embankment to defend the east gate. Other soldiers continue to build embankments today. ”

Turning his head, he said to Ma Gui, who was still kneeling:

"General Ma, you gather all your subordinates and guard the north gate. If something like this happens again tonight, know what the consequences will be! ”

Magui got up and went to collect the troops.

Ye Mengxiong turned to look at the head of Miao Yitang in the guard's hand, his eyes were a little moist, and he arranged for the entourage behind him:

"Send someone to send the body of General Miao back to his hometown for a grand burial, report the news of his death in the battle to the imperial court, and ask for some compensation for his family."

Then he turned around and led everyone back to Dingbian.

In the Provisional Governor's Palace, Ye Mengxiong convened a meeting of the generals of the front-line departments.

"The rebel raid was successful tonight, and the same method will continue to be used in the future. We have to come up with a countermeasure. Ye Mengxiong said to everyone.

"Don't build the embankment at all, concentrate 200,000 troops to attack in turns day and night, I don't believe that Ningxia City is made of iron?" Li Rusong roared.

"That's how I see it." Ma Gui said.

Ye Mengxiong looked at him coldly, and he quickly shut up. After all, I just lost the battle and have no confidence.

"The embankment must continue to be built, after all, it is the emperor's personal concern. The question now is, how to ensure safe construction? Mei Guozhen said.

The rebels' counterattack pattern last night made everyone feel uneasy, and no one was sure that they could prevent similar incidents from happening again.

For a moment, the hall fell into an awkward silence.

Ye Mengxiong looked at the generals who were at a loss, and sighed:

"Alas!"

Ma Gui said suddenly:

"Why didn't you see Lord Du attend the meeting?"

At Du Wenlin's level, he is not qualified to participate in such a high-level military meeting, and Ma Gui doesn't know whether he doesn't understand or deliberately pretends not to understand.

Don't look at his rough personality, but he is not a person with a small belly, he admires Du Wenlin's talent from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing that today's meeting had reached a dead end, he remembered Du Wenlin.

Maybe this wise young man will have his own unique ideas.

Ye Mengxiong ordered the soldiers at the door:

"Go and call Master Du to the meeting."

After a while, Du Wenlin walked into the hall.

Ye Mengxiong's face was slightly embarrassed, the hall was full of battle-hardened generals, but he had to invite a weak-crowned scholar to give advice.

The point is, he was not qualified to attend the meeting.

Ye Mengxiong repeated the question just now to Du Wenlin, and then said:

"What is Lord Du's best strategy to deal with the rebels' sneak attack like last night?"

Du Wenlin didn't expect that everyone was discussing this issue, and he also fell into deep thought for a while.

The crowd stared at him, waiting for him to speak.

For a moment, Du Wenlin hesitated:

"Last night, the rebels first concentrated the elite charge, and then broke into the ranks of our army with extremely high martial arts as the top soldiers to behead the commanding generals, causing the soldiers to be leaderless, and then took advantage of the chaos to launch a larger-scale charge to break our defense line in one fell swoop."

Everyone understood the enemy's tactics last night, and what was needed now was how to crack them, so no one interjected, and waited for the rest of the story.

Du Wenlin glanced at everyone, and continued:

"I just thought about it briefly and came up with some immature ideas."

Ye Mengxiong couldn't help but say:

"Just say what you think."

Du Wenlin nodded and continued:

"If you want to break this tactic of the enemy, you must use it in the other way. We'll also have to organize a team of martial arts champions to counter their decapitation. When the battle began, he stopped the enemy masters who tried to force their way into our ranks. ”

Everyone here knows the combat power of the enemy's masters last night, and how many people on their side can have the ability to fight them?

Ye Mengxiong opened his mouth and asked:

"What are the different opinions of everyone about Lord Du?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Lord Du, this official has one more question. Even if we can organize a team of martial arts warriors, but there are four gates in the city, and we don't know which one of the enemy will attack, how can we provide effective support at that time? Ye Mengxiong asked again.

"If you want to have a team of such strange soldiers in all four gates, you can't organize so many people for the time being. The only way is to station this group in the barracks closest to the front, no matter which direction there is an enemy sneak attack, the defenders of that gate must desperately resist the first wave of enemy onslaught, waiting for the arrival of the team. In order to deliver the message to the Surprise Squad as quickly as possible, mobile scouts need to be added at night. ”

Li Rusong took the lead and applauded:

"Okay, I, Li Rusong, first agree with Master Du's proposal!"

Everyone said that Du Wenlin's plan was feasible.

"Since everyone has no opinions, let's start implementing it according to Lord Du's plan. General Li and Ma, go back and continue to strengthen defense. It's hard to organize the surprise squad, Lord Du, the soldiers of the three armies, you can choose at will, and set up the squad as soon as possible. Ye Mengxiong arranged.

The generals and Du Wenlin all took the order and left.