It was said that it was an early attack on the city, but in fact, in the middle of the night, the Yuan army began to move.

On the second watch, the Puding tribesmen, who were carrying sandbags and large stones, took advantage of the cover of night to go out of the camp and climb the Pingding Mountain in an attempt to fill the dry trench.

The torches on the fort wall lit up in the sky, and the patrolling native soldiers soon noticed the unusual movement outside the fort and immediately shouted a warning.

Mu Ying lived in the city gate tower with clothes, and immediately came out to check when she heard the sound, and said in a deep voice: "This is to fill the trench." What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and illuminate! ”

"Quick!" Huobu Mukui, who served as his deputy, hurriedly shouted loudly in Rollo: "Drop the torch!" ”

When the soldiers woke up from a dream, they hurriedly threw their torches into the ditch, and ignited the firewood and grass that had been piled up in advance, and soon a raging fire broke out in the trench, illuminating the entire mountaintop as bright as day.

The fire not only prevented the enemy from sneaking over the trench, but also illuminated the outside of the fort.

Those Puding tribesmen who secretly approached the edge of the ditch by night all showed their figures.

"Shoot!" Mu Ying gave a loud order, and the native soldiers began to use javelins to strike at the enemy under the fort.

The reason why bows and arrows are not used is because the Rollo people are also an agrarian people, and there are not many people who can shoot arrows. Even the most elite Tho Mu soldiers don't know how to shoot a bow. That's why Aaron proudly emphasizes that he is an old hunter, because he is a rare archer among the Rollo people.

Mu Ying asked them to throw javelins. First of all, this weapon is the easiest to obtain, and if you sharpen it with a stick, you will find a javelin. In addition, it is also the fastest to learn, and with a little practice, you can kill.

And it's bigger and heavier, and when projected condescendingly, it's much more powerful than a bow and arrow!

In the whining sound of the wind, the native soldiers at the head of the city threw two or three hundred javelins at the same time, and instantly shot dozens of enemy soldiers on the side of the trench.

In the midst of the dense screams, some enemy soldiers were hit by four or five javelins at the same time, and they were directly nailed to death on the spot. What was even more unfortunate was that he was only shot once, but he couldn't pull it out, so he could only fall to the ground with a javelin on his stomach or leg and wail.

"Well done, that's how it is projected!" Mu Ying said loudly to the local soldiers: "Don't shoot far away, wait for the order, focus on shooting at the edge of the trench, let them not dare to approach, even if it is successful!" ”

When the local soldiers heard this, they were deeply encouraged, and one by one they held their javelins, staring at the edge of the trench with wide eyes, waiting for those Ming army squads to give orders.

This is a method that Mu Ying came up with in order to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the native soldiers, and he will follow the 1,000 Ming troops who came with the Shuidong and Shuixi armies, scattered all over the fortress wall with small banners as a unit, serving as the backbone of the city defense, and also carrying out nanny-level teaching on the spot.

Mu Ying can have this patience. If it had been replaced by Blue Jade, all these wastes would have been kicked out of the castle and let them fight hand-to-hand.

~~

Under the command of the backbone of the Ming army, the defenders of the city continued to throw javelins under the fort, shooting and killing one stubble after another of enemy soldiers, and the edge of the trench was soon densely packed with dead bodies that had been shot.

It was not until the Yuan army sent wooden shields and asked one of the tribesmen of the Puding tribe to hold a shield to cover in front, and the rest followed behind to avoid javelins, and slowly advanced towards the trench, that their casualties fell.

But the pace of filling in the trenches has also slowed considerably, and by daybreak the fastest section has not yet been filled by a third of the way.

And at this time, Mu Ying was already ready to crack it.

He had already ordered people to put all the vegetable oil, lard, tea oil and other fats in the whole fort into tanks for later use, and as soon as he saw the Yuan army using a large wooden shield as a trench, he immediately ordered someone to take the oil tanks.

Each tank is half-full, and the mouth of the tank is plugged with oil-soaked rags. The Ming soldiers worked in pairs, one lit the rags at the mouth of the can with torches, and the other threw the burning oil can with both hands.

The Ming army's throwing skills are miraculous, and almost every oil tank can fall firmly behind those wooden shields.

The native soldiers of the Puding Department were so frightened that they dodged one after another, and with a click, the oil tank fell to the ground and shattered, and the oil splashed all over the ground, and then it was ignited by rags, and the flames flew up a foot high.

The soldier screamed and threw down his shield, took off his burning clothes, and burst out of the flames, and was in disarray......

"What are you doing, javelin shooting!" The soldiers of the Ming army stretched out their bows and arrows, and at the same time urgently urged the local soldiers of the defending army to watch the excitement.

The natives woke up from a dream and hurried to throw their javelins and shoot the enemy who had lost cover.

~~

Looking at the defeated native soldiers of the Puding Tribe, their faces were burned with blisters, and even the whole skin was charred and cracked, revealing the bright red flesh inside, the leaders of the two Pu'an Luo Mountains were all stunned.

It's not that they haven't attacked the city, but compared to this, it's almost like a family. Where have you ever seen such a tragic scene?

"Is Shuidong and Shuixi so ruthless?" Dangxiong gasped: "Before this touched the castle wall, the Puding Department folded hundreds first, right?" ”

"I'm afraid it's more than that," Mu Noya said with a dry throat, "Are we really going to wade into this troubled water?" ”

"I can't help it, I can't leave if I want to." When Xiong looked back at the bottom of the mountain, he saw that the Yuan army wearing blue-black military uniforms, black tassels, and armor had formed a tight defense line, and even set up horses and deer firewood.

This was obviously not to defend the Ming army, but to prevent them from becoming deserters.

Sure enough, after a while, the Yuan army rode over and gave an order: "The marshal has an order, and the two departments of Pu'an Luo Mountain will also go up to fill the trench immediately!" There are those who flee from the battle, cower and do not former, and they are killed without forgiveness! ”

"Hurry up!" After the junior colonel of the Yuan army gave the order, he supervised the battle on the spot and urged the two to hurry into the army. "The trench must be filled in before dark, otherwise all the leaders will be engaged in the military law!"

The two were taken aback, these Mongols have never treated them as human beings, and said that military law is definitely not just bluffing. I had to quickly order my own people to join the team of filling the trenches.

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Under the pressure of the Yuan army's warlords, the native soldiers who filled the trench rushed to the edge of the trench one after another.

Although the defenders had tried their best to block the attack, the opponent used crowd tactics, and they really couldn't break it.

The damage they inflicted is already great, but there will still be countless native soldiers, who will go forward and drop sandbags and stones one after another. The trench was filled in little by little......

By the time it got dark, the soldiers had filled in the east and west passages, and the north and south passages were also close to being filled......

And the price is also very heavy.

The top and bottom of the trench were full of dead corpses of native soldiers. Even the passages themselves were filled with a large number of corpses. Countless hands, feet, and heads can be clearly seen emerging from sandbags and stones, which looks very terrifying. But on the battlefield of life and death, no one cares at all.

When the troops were collected at night, Dangxiong, Muno and Niu Qi reported their losses to the biting pillar, and the casualties added up to more than 3,000 people.

Biting the pillar was not moved at all, in his eyes, these lowly Luo Luo people were not human at all, he only said lightly: "The dead are all old, weak, sick and disabled, so it is time to reduce the burden on your clan." There is no need to treat the serious injury, just give it a good time. The rest of the people hurried to rest and officially attacked the city tomorrow. ”

Then he instructed his generals to guard the passage at night and not let the Ming army in the city destroy it at night.

(End of chapter)