A dozen people came to the end, and by the light of the torches, they saw a staircase not far away going up diagonally, just as they had just come down. Duan Zhichun whispered to the Tianzhu army beside him: "Above is the back garden of the palace." Go up and see if there are any problems. Remember, don't wander around, just look around the exit to see if there's anyone around. The officer nodded, and immediately led his men up the stairs. When I came to the end of the stairs, I found that there was also an iron plate covered with the top of my head, and I tried to push it, and the iron plate opened.

The Tianzhu officer carefully opened the iron plate, revealing half of his head, and looked around. I saw that the back garden of the palace was dark, only the shadows of the trees and rockeries, not half a figure, only a few lights flickering in the distance. Officer Tianzhu gently put down the iron plate, came back, and said to Duan Zhichun: "No one, let's go back." Duan Zhichun asked, "Do you see clearly?" Officer Tianzhu said angrily: "Of course I can see it clearly!" There wasn't a single ghost in the back garden! Then he ignored Duan Zhichun and returned the same way. The Tianzhu soldiers followed. Duan Zhichun also followed.

Everyone returned and walked much faster than just now, and they came out of the exit of Tianlong Temple with only a stick of incense.

Akar asked urgently; "How's it going?"

The Tianzhu officer said: "The secret passage is unblocked, and the other end is indeed the back garden of the palace, and there is no one." ”

Akar was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Enter the tunnel immediately!" All the officers agreed in unison, and led their soldiers into the secret passage. Duan Zhichun said to Akar: "General, I'll go back and report to the generalissimo." Akar is concerned about the secret passage, and now that there is no problem with the secret passage, where does he care about Duan Zhichun, he immediately nodded absentmindedly, and led several officers into the secret passage.

The secret passage was approaching narrow, and at first only two or three thousand people could enter, and in the secret passage a long snake was strung together and slowly moved forward. After three incense sticks, the officer who took the lead pushed away the iron plate and drilled out of the secret passage, and then his soldiers all drilled out and scattered near the exit to be on guard. I saw that the back garden was indeed quiet, and there was no figure in half.

Akar, who was in the secret passage, heard the report from the front and learned that the situation was very good, and the enemy was unaware, and he was very happy, and immediately ordered the army to speed up. However, it was difficult for the army to move through the secret passages that were only large enough for one person to pass, and it was difficult to move quickly.

More and more Tianzhu soldiers came out of the exit, a hundred, two hundred, five hundred, a thousand, two thousand, and Akar also came out.

Seeing the silent palace in front of him and the figures in the distance looking forward to the brightly lit city walls, Akar only felt extremely excited, and muttered to himself, "This time you are dead!" ”

At this moment, the fire flickered in the direction of the front hall, and at the same time, the sound of hurried footsteps came from far and near. Akar and the others were all shocked, and an officer said a little at a loss: "What, how can there be anyone?" Akar whispered, "Don't panic, maybe it's not coming at us!" Then he ordered: "Be ready for battle, and no one shall act without my orders!" All the officers agreed and gave orders. More than 2,000 Tianzhu elites who had already come out of the secret passage immediately hid on the spot. At this time, the stars and moon were dark, the night was gloomy, and more than 2,000 people stopped talking and hid in the back garden, as if they had disappeared without a trace in an instant.

At this moment, I heard the sound of searching from the front hall, and I heard the Ming army passing news orders to each other, and it seemed that there were quite a few people.

Just when Akar was guessing in his heart, he saw a flash of fire not far ahead, and it turned out to be a group of hundreds of Ming troops entering the back garden. They all carried torches, searched in all directions, and did not let go of the rocks under the trees. Akar couldn't understand Chinese, but he felt that they were coming for him. Akar was puzzled, not understanding how the Ming army had discovered their whereabouts. Akar's guess was right, these Ming troops were indeed coming for them. How did the Ming Army perceive them?

Do you remember when Xingfang once ordered his subordinates to bury a vat? Not long ago, the Ming soldiers in charge of listening heard footsteps coming from underground. At first, they thought they had misheard and didn't care, but soon they heard the sound of footsteps underground, which became very loud and endless, as if there were a large number of soldiers and horses moving underground. The listener realized that the situation was not right and hurried to report it to the division. The party rushed to the scene and listened attentively to determine that there were indeed enemy troops moving underground, and even if it was judged from the characteristics of the sounds heard in different vats that the enemy troops underground were going to the palace nine times out of ten, it was impossible to judge where the specific location was.

The party did not dare to delay, and immediately transferred 5,000 men and horses from the north and south gates to search for the palace as the center. At this time, there were about two or three thousand soldiers and horses who entered the palace to search.

Akar saw that the Ming army was constantly harvesting towards the place where they were hiding, and it was no longer possible to hide. Immediately raised a scimitar and shouted, "Attack!" "In the darkness, this 'attack' came very suddenly, and the Ming soldiers who were close couldn't help but be startled, and before they could react, they were shot to the ground by the oncoming arrows.

The Ming army discovered the enemy hiding in the darkness and immediately attacked while sending out red signal rockets.

The Ming army in front of Akar was limited, and led more than 2,000 elite monsters to rush up and attack frantically. In the face of this sudden onslaught, the Ming soldiers were fearless and fought back desperately. All of a sudden, the scene was full of flesh and blood, screams and roars. Soon, the Ming army couldn't resist, there were too many enemies, they couldn't kill, the Ming soldiers killed one, two, three, but couldn't kill five, eight, ten, one by one!

At this moment, the Ming army, which was searching other parts of the palace, came one after another, and when they saw the scene in front of them, they immediately rushed forward to join the battle with a roar. The originally lonely back garden of the palace has now turned into a fierce and bloody killing field. With more and more Ming troops coming, the Tianzhu army gradually could no longer maintain the offensive state, when the number of the Ming army in the back garden exceeded 1,000 people, the Tianzhu army could only maintain a state of confrontation with the Ming army, and the attack was no longer necessary. At this time, the Ming army was still coming, and the Tianzhu army was constantly coming out of the secret passage to join the battlefield, but the speed of the Tianzhu army coming out of the secret passage was obviously not comparable to the speed of the Ming army. Under the advantages of the other, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Tianzhu army.

At the same time, the main army of Tianzhu, who was waiting for news outside the north and south city gates, heard the sound of fierce fighting in the city from a distance, and knew that their elite had entered the city. Overjoyed, he immediately waved his army and attacked! The timing of the Tianzhu people is very good, generally speaking, the sudden appearance of the surprise attack force in the city will inevitably cause the opponent's panic, at this time the army will attack from the outside, and the army will collapse in an instant!

At this time, the Ming soldiers guarding the city walls on both sides were already shocked when they heard the sound of killing in the city, and then saw the main army of Tianzhu surging from outside the city, and couldn't help but feel a little flustered. However, after all, the Ming army was different, and after a short period of panic, it calmed down, and prepared for battle in the shouts of the generals!

The Tianzhu army rushed to the city wall with a cloud ladder, and a dense rain of arrows flew down on the city wall. Countless Tianzhu soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and the surging waves stirred up countless ripples.

Countless ladders set up the city, and the Tianzhu soldiers rushed towards the city along the wall. The Ming soldiers struggled to push the rolling stone sassalwood down the city, and in an instant, the rolling stone sassavels tilted down like a mountain torrent, making a loud rumbling sound, smashing the flesh and blood of the Tianzhu people, and constantly falling down from mid-air; At the same time, buckets of hot 'golden juice' were poured down the city, and the Tianzhu soldiers screamed and rolled around. The golden juice is actually the thing after the dung water is boiled, as soon as it gets on the skin of the person, the skin immediately opens the flesh and the flesh blooms, and it is very difficult to cure, you can pack up the necessary treasures for home travel to kill people and set fires; there are barrels of fire oil, and the head of the fire is poured on the head of the Tianzhu people, and then the rocket flies down, and countless fires are ignited under the city wall, and they burn up in an instant, and the Tianzhu soldiers are burned all over the ground, and the air is filled with the smell of burnt skin and flesh.

Kshatriya saw that the enemy's resistance was not weaker than before, and his soldiers suffered heavy casualties before they could climb the wall, and they could not help but be angry and admired. He can be regarded as a veteran of the battlefield, but he has never seen such an unchaotic army that is clearly attacked internally, but can still defend the city wall! Although Kshatriya didn't want to admit it, he still couldn't help but think: The Ming Army is really amazing, much stronger than our Tianzhu Army!

Kshatriya sent an order promising that whoever could break through the city defenses first, he would go to His Majesty to protect that person as the lord of Dali City. This order was conveyed, and the Tianzhu soldiers attacked more fiercely as if they had been beaten one by one! With the rain of arrows and stones on his head, he attacked like crazy, wave after wave, and he scrambled to be the first to reach his goal!

A moment later, the Tianzhu army attacked the head of a city, but before a few soldiers could jump off the battlements, they were provoked by a dozen spears and thrown out of the wall. There were more and more Tianzhu soldiers attacking the city, and the city gradually fell into a bloody battle. At the same time, there were more and more ladders on the head of the city, and the Tianzhu soldiers flocked up, and the city car rushed into the city gate hole and hit the city gate one by one, and the huge noise was clearly heard even in this noisy battlefield, and the huge city gate was crumbling under the impact of the city car!

The Ming army is extremely brave, constantly slashing and killing the enemy soldiers who rushed up, they roared like tigers in the flying blood, everyone killed two or three or even more enemies, everyone was covered in blood, like a bloody person! However, there are too many enemies, and every time one is killed, more enemies will come up, and it is simply impossible to kill, and the wave of enemy troops gradually drowned the soldiers of the Ming Army! The city is in danger!

At this moment, the city gate suddenly opened, and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and I saw Xingfang personally leading hundreds of personal soldiers to rush out of the city! The Tianzhu soldiers who were rushing into the city gate were caught off guard, and they were killed and scattered in all directions. Xingfang immediately led hundreds of soldiers to the left to fold, like a sharp blade inserted into the Tianzhu army that was besieging the city on the left, like a hot knife cutting cream in one fell swoop to tear the enemy army apart, the war cavalry in the thousands of troops and horses indomitable, iron hooves trampled, swords and guns slashed, flesh and blood flying, screaming!

The Tianzhu army on the left was stirred up by hundreds of horsemen such as Xingfang, and there was chaos when they landed, and the momentum of the attack was instantly discharged. The Ming soldiers at the head of the city took the opportunity to fight back fiercely, only to see that the wave of attacks of the Tianzhu people was gradually suppressed, and finally completely collapsed. Xingfang and the others then turned to attack the Tianzhu army under the city wall on the right. At this time, Kshatriya had already reacted, and hurriedly dispatched cavalry to intercept it, and tens of thousands of Tianzhu war cavalry monsters screamed and stabbed from one side, and the momentum was violent.

However, they didn't pay attention to those Tianzhu warriors at all, and crashed headlong into the Tianzhu army that was attacking the city on the right side. The Tianzhu army on the right side also panicked, the city did not dare to attack, and the city head was so panicked that they wanted to escape, and the offensive momentum of the Tianzhu army could no longer be maintained. The Ming soldiers at the head of the city took the opportunity to fight back wildly, like a tiger into the flock, killing the flesh and blood of the Tianzhu people, and many panicked Tianzhu soldiers jumped directly from the city wall, and the result was a blur of flesh and blood. The Tianzhu War Cavalry tried to intercept the Ming War Cavalry that was rushing and killing in their own army, but they were blocked by the dense array of their own army, and they couldn't do it at all, so they could only watch. However, Si Xingfang and other hundreds of horsemen had no scruples to kill their hooves, and hundreds of war horses were like entering a no-man's land, setting off waves of blood. The Tianzhu army was attacked from both sides inside and outside the city, and the offensive collapsed, and the army collapsed.

Xingfang and others took advantage of the chaos to rush out of the enemy bush and rushed into the city.

Kshatriya looked at the scene in front of him, and he was so annoyed and horrified that he didn't know how to react for a long time.

Kshatriyas ordered the army to reorganize the attack. The army regrouped and attacked again, but the momentum of the attack at this time was far from comparable to that of the previous one. They often attack, and as soon as they are strongly blocked, they retreat. This was repeated many times, although there were not many casualties, but even the city wall could not be reached.

When Kshatriya saw this, he felt very angry in his heart. He couldn't help but raise his head and look over the city wall in front of him, hoping that the surprise attack force and the northern attack force could make progress. I heard shouts and fierce fighting in the distance between the city and the north, and I couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

There was no improvement in the siege here. The sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the left, and Kshatriya followed the sound and saw a scout galloping towards him, and he couldn't help but be shocked. The scout galloped to Kshatriya's face, reined in his horse suddenly, and said urgently: "Generalissimo, the surprise attack force has been frustrated, and the soldiers and horses have retreated!" Frustrated, Kshatriya frowned, and asked, "What about the situation in the north?" The scout said: "The army in the north has never been able to make a breakthrough, and it is still under attack!" ”

Kshatriya looked up to the north, only to hear that the sound of the fighting, which was still very grand, was gradually weakening, and it was expected that the attacking troops from the north would not be able to break through the city. Thinking that tonight's perfectly planned internal and external attack still failed to break through the city, I couldn't help but feel depressed and angry, and at the same time, a trace of panic rose in my heart. I only felt that the combat strength of the Ming Army was too amazing, and this kind of opponent made him feel a sense of depression that he couldn't resist.

Retracted his thoughts, looked at the battlefield in front of him, and saw that the army was already unable to work. I couldn't help but be annoyed in my heart, and shouted: "Summons the order to retreat!" A short trumpet sounded, and the Tianzhu army stopped the attack and returned to the camp. Immediately, the Tianzhu army in the north of the city also collected its troops and returned to the camp. A thrilling battle came to an end, and although the Tianzhu army was ultimately fruitless, the Ming side won a very thrilling victory.

Looking back now, if Xingfang had been a little careless at the beginning and did not order people to bury large vasks to listen to the underground near the four city walls, then even if the Yanyun army was brave and unmatched, it would probably be difficult to resist the sudden internal attack, and the Tianzhu people would have attacked the city inside and outside. And in tonight's battle, if the Ming army is a little weaker, or if the performance of the guards such as Si Xingfang makes a slight mistake, it will inevitably be broken through the city defense by the boundless Tianzhu army. In this battle, although the Ming army seems to have won a fluke, it is also a manifestation of their overall strength.

Seeing the enemy retreating, the Xingfang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered some soldiers and horses to clean up the battlefield immediately, while the other part of the soldiers and horses continued to be on guard.

The Tianzhu army retreated into the barracks, and everyone looked dejected. In the big tent, Kshatriya glared at Akar, who was leading the surprise attack, and asked angrily, "Why did you fail?" 10,000 elites, still having a surprise advantage, how can they be defeated? ”

Akar said depressedly, "We have done our best! All the soldiers fought desperately, but the enemy was even more courageous, like a tiger and a wolf, I have never seen such an enemy! We couldn't beat them and were forced to retreat! At this point, Akar's face showed a look of fear and anger, and he continued: "Then they threw burning firewood and grass into the secret passage, and the smoke filled the entire secret passage at once, and everyone panicked and rushed to flee for their lives, as a result, many people were trampled to death by their own people, and many people were choked to death by the smoke!" Those Han people are so vicious! Everyone frowned, their faces furious.

Kshatriya frowned, he felt that it seemed to be far more difficult to break through Dali City than he had previously thought. Although the Ming army is not many in number, its combat power is very strong, and after attacking for so many days, it not only failed to capture, but suffered a lot of losses! The thought of giving up could not help but arise in Kshatriya's heart.

Raising his head, he glanced at everyone, and said, "After attacking for so many days, no progress has been made, but the losses are not small!" I wondered, are we going to keep fighting? ”

Duan Zhichun was taken aback, and said urgently: "No, Generalissimo!" If you retreat at this time, you will fall short! Some Tianzhu generals also felt that it was a pity to give up at this time.

Duan Zhichun said: "The situation is still very favorable for us now! The main force of the enemy army was pinned down by the Bagans, and the enemy troops in Dali City were just surviving! Although the losses of the Tianzhu army are not small, but the losses of the Ming army are even greater, I believe that as long as the attack continues, the city will be broken in five days or three days! Kshatriya felt that Duan Zhichun made a lot of sense, and couldn't help but nod. Raising his head, he glanced at the generals and said, "The army will rest all night and continue the attack tomorrow!" The generals agreed in unison. Seeing this scene, Duan Zhichun couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and then scolded in his heart: "I thought how powerful Tianzhu people were, but that's it, I suffered a small loss, and I was discouraged when I encountered a little setback!" At this point, I couldn't help but worry, worried about whether this kind of Tianzhu people could compete with Yan Yunjun.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and then I saw a dusty scout hurrying in, and reported with a happy face: "Generalissimo, good news, good news! ”

When everyone saw this, they were all shocked, and Kshatriya asked urgently, "What good news?" ”

The scout said excitedly: "In the night a day ago, the Bagan army took advantage of the night to attack and hit the Ming army hard, and now a comprehensive counterattack has been launched, and the main force of the Ming Dynasty is in the midst of a rout!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed, and the haze of the frustration of the attack for several days was swept away in an instant, and their confidence was restored in an instant. I saw the tall general Mathur roaring: "The people of Bagan can defeat the main force of the Ming Dynasty, if we can't even take this point of the Ming army in front of us, we really have no face to see people!" Everyone nodded in agreement, all excited.

Duan Zhichun clasped his fists at Kshatriya and said: "Generalissimo, the news of the defeat of the main force of the Ming Dynasty must have also spread to Dali City at this moment. Although the Ming army was brave, it must have panicked when it heard the news. Tomorrow, the Tianzhu army will do its best to storm and break the city in one fell swoop! ”

Kshatriya nodded approvingly, and said to the generals: "Now all go down and rest, and tomorrow morning, the army will attack the city with all its might!" Be sure to break through Dali City in one fell swoop! The generals agreed with a bang, and their morale was like a rainbow, and then Yuguan withdrew from the big tent.

Kshatriya frowned slightly, a faint worry in his heart. However, what he is worried about at this time is not the Ming army, since the main force of the Ming Dynasty has been defeated, then the defeat of the Ming Dynasty must be, what else is there to worry about. He was now worried about the Bagan people, and he was worried that the Bagan people would completely defeat the main force of the Ming Dynasty and attack Longwei Pass before he captured Dali City. If that happens, it may not be clear who will own Dali City in the end! Kshatriya has fought viciously with the Ming army for so long and suffered such a big loss, he is definitely unwilling to let the rich city of Dali City fall into the hands of others!

At the same time, Xingfang also received a report from the south from the scouts that the main army of General Shi Liancheng had been defeated and was retreating. Xingfang was shocked, but also felt incredulous, he didn't believe that General Shi Liancheng would be suddenly defeated, and at the same time wondered why the general didn't send a herald to inform him of the situation.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.