The battle for the city wall was extremely fierce from the beginning, and the Yuan army relied on the morale of the newcomer to launch a strong offensive at the beginning.

"Hmm, it's actually supported, this Ming army is really not to be underestimated." Under the city wall, Guan Tong sat on a horse, watching the Yuan army being forced off the city wall by the Ming army little by little, and his face was a little surprised. Originally, according to his estimates, taking advantage of the fact that their morale was at their peak just now, and there were only more than 10,000 people in the enemy city, they would definitely be able to directly collapse the morale of the Ming army in one go, and then capture the city and capture the three Ming court princes, and return to the battle of Prime Minister Zuo......

"Lord Guantong, where are we next?" The deputy general Naier did not ask Guan Tong Dao.

"Well, let's collect the troops." Guantong put up a pergola with his hands and watched the situation in the city. "If the three royal flags on the city tower move, maybe we still have a chance or two. But as it stands, we don't have a chance today. While it's still getting late, let the sons and daughters cut down wood and set up camp. ”

He glanced at the city again: "Tomorrow, build a 'return cannon' and attack the city again." ”

"Yes." Naier Buhua nodded, and let people blow the horns of the army. Lord Guantong is right, if the king's flag in the city moves, then maybe there is a possibility of crushing the morale of the Ming army in one fell swoop. But after fighting for so long, Wang Qi is still standing still, which shows that the morale of the Ming army is not so easy to shake.

In this case, we can only rely on tomorrow's "return cannon" to smash those few royal flags and shake them.

"Yuan Gou has retreated!" On the city wall, the cheers of the soldiers of the Ming army sounded.

Zhu Su put down the teacup and peeked at it, and sure enough, the Yuan army under the city had begun to retreat like a tide.

After all, the city wall of Changli County was still a little low, and the onslaught launched at the beginning really stunned Zhu Su and the others. But the morale of the Ming army, which did not collapse after all, finally recaptured the position on the city wall little by little by virtue of its geographical advantage. If Zhang He or other generals of the Ming army were here, they would know that if they did not attack the city, if they started the siege, the first contact would be like a storm, and it can only be said that the military formation experience of Zhu Su and his party was still insufficient, although they saw that Guan Tong did not set up a military formation to attack the city directly, but he did not expect that the first battle of the siege would be so dangerous.

According to his guess, he thought that the siege battle was like a daily encounter, and the first battle was just a tentative contact, and he would not use all his strength at the beginning. However, it was just such a conscious negligence, which almost allowed Yuan Jun to get his hands on it.

"Finally retreated." Zhu Fan was also relieved. "Grandma's, I didn't expect that drinking tea in front of the battle is not a human thing! The smell of blood is so strong, I have to pretend to be calm and pour tea into my mouth, my stomach is full of water, and I have to hold it and not go to the thatched house......"

Even though Zhu Fan did not know as much about the soldiers as the two brothers, he also knew that the Ming army at that time was only supported by one breath, and if it could not hold on, the city would be broken. At that time, his brothers were obviously the inner pillars in the hearts of the soldiers of the Ming army, if he rushed to the thatched house at that time, maybe there would be a soldier who saw it and thought that he couldn't stand the pressure and ran away, and the prince ran away, what morale could these soldiers have? If you can't keep it, a group of people will lose their armor on the spot.

Regarding Zhu Zhang's complaints, Zhu Su touched his bulging stomach and thought it was true. He didn't expect that drinking tea and pretending to be Boyi in front of the battle turned out to be a job that could support the dead.

"I'm afraid I'll have to do this errand for a few more days." Zhu Di was also a little frightened by today's battle situation. He has also seen that now the confidence of the Ming army is all tied to his three brothers. If the three brothers are not on the city wall, they are afraid that the Yuan army will attack the city in a moment. "Fifth brother, this is not a solution after all. If you have any plans, you should do it as soon as possible. ”

"After all, the Yuan army has 50,000 elite people, but the more than 10,000 people in our army are pieced together. If it continues like this, I am afraid that the night will be long and dreamy. ”

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger." Zhu Su smiled bitterly. "In the past few days, we have to endure the onslaught. Only when I dragged it to Guantong and felt that we could not be easily annihilated, did I have a way to turn defeat into victory. ”

"It doesn't matter, in the past, Brother Wenzheng could hold on for eighty-five days under such circumstances, I don't believe that the three of us brothers combined can't carry this mere 50,000 people."

Zhu Su said that the eldest brother of Wenzheng is Zhu Wenzheng, and Zhu Wenzheng resisted Chen Youliang's main force of 600,000 with tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops in the first battle of Hongdu, which was enough to resist for 85 days, and made great contributions to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Su took Zhu Wenzheng's past achievements as an example, Zhu Di and Zhu Fan were all in good spirits, and with the Zhuyu of his predecessor of the Zhu family in front, the Yuan army of 50,000 in front of him seemed to be indeed not worth mentioning.

On the second day, the Yuan army, which had already set up camp, launched several hideous-looking siege equipment, and Zhu Su frowned: "The Yuan army still has this ability?" Overnight, such a thing was created, I thought that these barbarians would only attack the city! ”

"That's the 'return cannon', which is the Yuan army's specialty. With this stone cannon, the Yuan army used to crisscross the Western Continent, and I don't know how many Taixi lands and the cities of the Great Song Dynasty were breached. After all, Zhu Di knew more about the history of the war, looking at the "trebuchets" outside the city, he said to Zhu Su science. Only then did Zhu Su know that in the past, the Yuan army crisscrossed Europe and Asia, and it did not just rely on cavalry and shooting, but also made "return artillery" for siege, which was also the specialty of the Yuan army.

"But the accuracy of the return shot is extremely poor, and under normal circumstances, there is no need to care." Zhu Di continued to popularize science.

Before the words fell, I heard a sudden "bang", and the whole city tower suddenly shook the mountain, and a boulder directly cut the city tower in half, and the collapsed beams and sawdust flew everywhere.

"Your Highness!" The Ming army on the city wall was shocked, and Chang Mao, Di Meng and other generals rushed to the half-collapsed city tower like crazy.

"To each his own!" But in the dust, the not tall body of Zhu Su of the Fifth Highness gradually emerged from the dust. I only heard His Highness shouting: "The battle is imminent, how can you leave your post without permission?" If you admit that you are invincible to these local chickens and dogs outside the city, you will have to flee by the battle! ”

"Our brothers are all the sons of the True Dragon Son of Heaven, and they have their own heaven and earth and the blessing of the heroic soul of the thousand-year-old ancestor of China, how can they be injured by a mere cannon stone?" As he spoke, he swept away the dust domineeringly, sat back on the chair in three or two steps, and calmly poured out a cup of tea from the table.

"......" was not covered by the ceiling and walls, and the Ming army saw the figure of the Zhu brothers at this time more realistically.

Seeing that His Royal Highness was still sitting calmly and drinking tea, the morale of the three armies suddenly boosted: "Oh! His Royal Highness King Wu! ”

"Your Highness is blessed by the heroic soul of the Chinese ancestors, and we will be victorious and undefeated!"

"Your Highness has armor on your chest! I'm going to let His Highness see the backbone of our waiting! ”

"Just a dog, who will scare you by erecting a few stone cannons? Come up! Let you see the means of the grandfathers! ”

"Old Five, you really have you." Zhu Fan sat on a chair. When the boulder flew in, he was directly frightened and rolled off the chair, and at this time he had just gotten up from the ground, but fortunately the dust was not seen just now. "My bluffing legs are weak. In this case, you can still say nothing. We've just walked through the Ghost Gate! ”

"How are you, fourth?"

"I'm almost ...... too," Zhu Di also had a disgraced face. Although I wanted to get up and say something just now, my head was empty for a while, and I didn't know how to boost my morale. It's still the fifth brother who is powerful, Mount Tai collapses in front and does not change color, and he still has the leisure to pour tea and drink himself......"

"Hey, fifth brother, what's wrong with you?" He was surprised to find that Zhu Lao Wu was actually a pig's liver color at this time.

"Phew...... Phew, in order to hide the weakness of my legs, I wanted to sit down and drink a bowl of tea to suppress my shock, but I didn't expect that the tea was full of crumbs...... Kill me! Zhu Su spat frantically on the ground. Grandma's, damn Yuan dog, smashed it so accurately...... If we stay here, they won't come back and just serve us, right? ”

Zhu Su wanted to slip away.

(End of chapter)