Shanxi, Taiyuan Province.

"Quick, fast!"

Under the city of Taiyuan, the generals of the Yuan army were constantly driving the captured Ming people to attack the city wall of Taiyuan with cloud ladders. Capturing the people and attacking the city has always been a common trick of the Yuan army, which can not only be used as cannon fodder, but also greatly damage the morale of the defenders in the city.

If the defenders in the city were indecisive and unwilling to slaughter the people, the Yuan army could even seize the opportunity to directly capture the city.

But the King of Jin in Taiyuan City was obviously not such a person. As soon as the people arrived at the city, the city was like a rain of arrows and stones, rolling logs and stones to greet each other, without the slightest scruples. This decisiveness made Tuohuochi couldn't help but tremble in his heart: this son of the Ming Emperor was so tenacious in his heart.

I thought it was just a milky child, as long as my army was pressing, Taiyuan would definitely be a drum. Unexpectedly, it was still a little difficult.

On the city, Zhu Liyun stood on the city gate tower lightly, coldly looking at the Ming people who were being forced by the Yuan army to attack the city, and there was not the slightest wave on his face. On the contrary, Shi Shi, the head of the Jin Dynasty beside him, was a little unbearable: "Your Highness, should you order to save some wooden arrows?" ”

"Now the siege of the city is only ordinary people, and it is okay to use less equipment to defend the city. His Royal Highness ordered that there was no need to be frugal, and the city was only defended for half a day today, and thousands of catties of oil and arrows had been used...... It is better to be merciful first, and leave these weapons for the Yuan army to attack the city later. ”

"Moreover, the use of weapons to mass-kill and injure the people is too ruthless, and I am afraid that I will be impeached by the imperial history......"

"Stupid." Changshi thought that he had offered advice, but was glared at by Zhu Li coldly. "To me, Taiyuan swords and soldiers, whether it is forced by the Yuan people or not, it is the enemy."

"Is there any reason to show mercy to the enemy?"

"My father once said that it was strictly forbidden for me to appear in the Ming Dynasty. You just have a long history, you don't know how to fight, and you still want to ignore the beak war? ”

"Don't get out of the way yet!"

Changshi's face turned pale, and he retreated, not daring to say more. Zhu Li scolded in a low voice "the kindness of a woman", turned his head and still looked at the battle situation in the city. Beside him, Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, who helped defend the city, was secretly shocked by the majesty of this vassal king, thought about it, and still said: "Your Highness, the Yuan army is coming too fast, and we have not had time to clear the wilderness and guide the people to take refuge." ”

"Now that Yuan is riding out in all directions, I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of people in my Ming Dynasty who have been caught. If we keep using the people to consume our army's defense equipment, the future battle situation will inevitably be dangerous. ”

"It's better to let Benhou lead the cavalry out of the city, save some of the people, and frustrate the morale of the Yuan army. In this way, the Yuan army should not dare to attack the city with the people......"

"No." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhu Li.

"Can't? Why? Wang Bi was stunned.

"It's just a risk." Zhu Li's tone remained unchanged. "Even if the Marquis of Dingyuan goes out of the city, he may not be able to win the battle. If the battle is defeated, it is possible that the Jiaoyuan army will follow into the city, which will only increase the risk. ”

"The Yuan people can drive the people, but the people are afraid of the Yuan people's swords and guns. As long as I am ruthless enough, the people will naturally be afraid. When the fear of us is greater than the fear of the Yuan army's sabers and guns, the people will naturally no longer listen to the orders of the Yuan army, and they will scatter and flee. ”

Sure enough, it seemed to be verifying Zhu Li's guess, because the arrows and stones in the city were too dense, and a group of people who were unwilling to send them to death to attack the city clashed with the Yuan army, and the Yuan army's formation was suddenly chaotic.

Immediately afterwards, many people began to riot, and the front line of the Yuan army was in chaos.

"Your Highness's clever calculation!" Wang Bi saw that the Yuan army under the city was in chaos, and his eyes lit up. "Your Highness, please send Benhou out of the city, the Yuan army is chaotic by the people, and if you go out of the city at this time, you will definitely be able to gain a lot!"

"No." Zhu Li still refused.

"Can't? Why this time? Wang Bi was stunned again.

"The Yuan army has more than 100,000 people, even if it can capture more than 1,000 people, what good will it do in the overall situation?" Zhu Li said. "Defending the city is the most important, this king, as long as you hold this city."

"But the people of the city ......"

"The people under the city are fate, and so are the people in the city." Zhu Li said.

He was like a statue carved out of rock, cold, but invulnerable.

The turbulent people were quickly slaughtered by the Yuan army, and the Yuan army began to march towards Taiyuan City again. This time it was the main army of the Mongols, and there was more than one side, and everyone in the city could see it, and several groups of Yuan soldiers divided into two teams galloped towards the east and west walls.

"The Yuan army wants to attack the city from all sides." Wang Bi said. "I only have more than 10,000 defenders in Taiyuan, and I can't take care of all the city walls...... The Yuan people wanted to test the weak points in the city and attack my Taiyuan City in one fell swoop. ”

The Yuan army was running out of cannon fodder and planned to attack, which made Wang Bi feel that the pressure on his shoulders suddenly increased by countless points.

After all, the number of people is at a disadvantage, and if the Yuan army attacks directly, it will be really difficult for them to resist.

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Li is still as immobile as a mountain. He looked up and felt the mountain breeze blowing in the distance.

"Wait for the day."

……

The fierce defense of the city lasted for two days and one night. The Yuan army attacked the city on all sides, and Zhu Li, the king of Jin, personally sat at the north gate of Taiyuan, where the war was most intense, and Dingyuan waited for Wang Bi to serve as a reserve army to parade around to support, repelling wave after wave of attacks by the Yuan army.

It was a battle of fortification without any fancy, and it was a matter of which of the two armies had the stronger morale, better weapons, more numbers, and more timely attack and support.

Fortunately, the Ming army in Taiyuan replaced the high-quality weapons and armor cast with a new generation of steel, and occupied the location of the city.

"Your Highness, why don't you lead a cavalry army to break out of the encirclement at night and go to Shuntian to move rescue troops."

"Fighting this kind of dumb battle will eventually be consumed. This city will not be defended! Why hasn't Xu Shuai's reinforcements arrived yet......"

Wang Bi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, the north was short of grain, and the reserves in the city were not abundant. If you only know how to be trapped, sooner or later there will be a day when the city will be broken. What's worse is that today, the Li Yuan army has built more than 30 return cannons, and set up an iron pot to cook corpses and refine oil. Obviously, tomorrow, this Taiyuan city will face the double blow of the Yuan army's return cannon and corpse oil fire bombs.

The ant annex siege is still unstoppable, not to mention that the Yuan army has begun to use equipment? The reinforcements did not arrive for two days, and he wondered if Taiyuan had become an isolated city. Now I can't wait to find reinforcements.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Li didn't seem to hear his words, just looked intently at a banner embroidered with the word "Ming" on the city tower.

Wang Bi was about to be angry, but he heard Zhu Li suddenly say, "The time has come." ”

"When?" Wang Bi was stunned.

Zhu Li glanced at Wang Bi lightly, and his eyes were still like ancient wells. Leaving the word "Tianshi", he went down to the city tower.

"The time of day? Your Highness, what time is it? Wang Bi hurriedly chased after him.

He didn't notice that the flags on the city that had been flying towards the south had somehow turned to the north.

The wind has changed!

(End of chapter)