Boom, boom, the walls of Ningyuan City continued to withstand the bombardment of the Houjin infantry over and over again.

Five cannons stood at the five key points of defense at the north gate of Ningyuan City, after several days of fierce offensive and defensive battles, the iron cast Franji cannon on the battlement mouth has been hot and red, in order to cool down the cannon barrel, Yuan Chonghuan has been pouring cold well water on the iron cannon barrel uninterruptedly.

When the well water and the iron cast steel pipe are in contact with each other, they will be directly vaporized and become wisps of white gas, which will be steamed.

At the same time, the Houjin cavalry in the periphery of the sky full of arrows, covering the sky and the sun, and the infantry to cooperate, siege ladders, siege logs, towering siege vehicles, from three directions at the same time, to the city defense of the Ming army almost to the ground of death.

In just seven days, the casualties in Ningyuan City had exceeded thirty percent, and this desperate atmosphere had already permeated the city.

Xiong Tingbi yesterday has moved the economic strategy office to the north of the city, close to the garrison gate, and at the same time, all the seven official offices have also been moved to the north of the city, while supervising the war, let all the soldiers and people in Ningyuan City know that the Ming Dynasty's economic strategy is still there, and the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty have not given up this only important town outside the Shanhai Pass.

At this moment, the sky was dark, and Houjin's attack subsided for a while, Xiong Tingbi summoned all the five products and officials to the office to discuss the matter.

"Houjin attacked the city this time, about seventy percent of the eight banner troops, the original Houjin cavalry near Songshan Fort, three days, has been all moved to my Ningyuan City! The fierceness of the offensive has the meaning of a decisive battle in it, "Yuan Chonghuan is gray at the moment, the original beautiful hair has become a fierce flying style under the smoke and fire, the official robe can no longer see the original color, only the white pheasant in the position of the complement on the chest can be seen, it is still chirping in the sky, the instrument is Xuanang, take a closer look, there are even traces of burning fireworks under the complement.

After listening to Yuan Chonghuan's words, everyone in the hall was silent.

Everyone here knows this. Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao and others have led the army to repel no less than 20 enemy attacks, the battle situation is extremely tragic, the transition between attack and defense is extremely fast, Rao is everyone has been on the battlefield for a long time, but also exhausted, liver and gall.

"Except for children under thirteen years old, old people over seventy years old, and the disabled, all the other men are counted, how many men are there in the city who can fight?" Xiong Tingbi was silent for a long time, and then spoke.

Sitting upright at this moment, this master is different from everyone who is scarred and has tattered clothes and armor, he still has a clean face and beard, and his purple robe is still spotless, and he is quite powerful.

In the entire Ningyuan City, anyone can cry in despair and live a good life, but the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty is not good, and even when talking to everyone, Xiong Tingbi's eyes will subconsciously be solemn, bright, and fearless.

"If you go back to your lordship, there are more than 47,300 people who can fight, including more than 8,700 Liaodong soldiers, young and strong people, more than 20,000 people, and the rest are old and weak" Yuan Chonghuan is responsible for the defense of the city and the allocation of various resources, the supervision of the inner city, and the temporary control of food and the inspection of the curfew.

"From tomorrow, the daily rations of all women and children in the city will be halved, all of which will be concentrated in the mouths of young and strong men, and all children and old men will also be halved, and they will be stored in the drum tower in the city, and all the water sources in the city will be centrally controlled, and all weapons, iron, and copper objects will be centrally managed, and capable craftsmen will be recruited in the city, and the materials and tools that can be used will be used to make arrow clusters" Xiong Tingbi slowly spoke, announcing his plan one by one, without hurry, without changing his face.

To tell the truth, it is not uncommon to do this in wartime, and even at the end of the road, there are many people who eat human flesh and divide rotten rats. But Yuan Chonghuan experienced this situation for the first time, and he was still a little worried when he heard it.

"My lord, if you cause a riot." Yuan Chonghuan frowned and asked.

"No mercy, kill them!" Xiong Tingbi directly opened his mouth to block Yuan Chonghuan's next words: "In addition, all the young, strong, old, weak, women and children in the city are all checked daily according to the Ding Book, and any suspicious spies are directly beheaded in public, without any interrogation!" ”

After that, Xiong Tingbi glanced at the long sword on the table.

At the critical moment, Ning Yuancheng needs to suppress it with iron-blooded means.

This is Wang Qi's ad-hoc advice to himself.

Call. Exhale heavily.

"Man Gui, Zhao rate teaching." Xiong Tingbi then named the names of several generals.

"The last general!"

"The two core defenses in the north and east of the city will be handed over to the two of you, the city is here, and if the city is lost," Xiong Tingbi looked at the two veteran generals: "You can't redeem a hundred deaths!" ”

"The last general is waiting, with the emperor's grace, just to die!"

In an uproar, the iron armor swayed, and Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao all bowed down.

As soon as the words fell, a loud bang came from the north of the city, followed by a continuous bombardment. The shaking was so violent that the wall of the tiled house outside the council office was cracked, and all the tiles and branches fell into the courtyard.

In order to supervise and direct the war, Xiong Tingbi moved the government office to the edge of the city, and any attacks and feng shui grass movements could be heard clearly.

At this time, everyone in the hall was shocked, Yuan Chonghuan was very familiar with the voice, as if he had thought of something, and his face turned pale.

"What's going on?" Xiong Tingbi suddenly got up and was about to walk out.

Seeing this, Yuan Chonghuan didn't care about the weakness of his legs and feet, and hurriedly got up and stopped in front of Xiong Tingbi: "My lord, there is danger outside, let's wait!" ”

As soon as Yuan Chonghuan's words fell, he heard a thunderclap that seemed to explode in his ears, and the aftermath of the shock made everyone in the hall fall to the ground.

Here, it is really too close to the root of the city wall

"My lord! Oh no, the Houjin army transferred two cannons from there, and directly fired a few cannons according to my city gate building, and the shield battalion that was strengthening the fortifications couldn't dodge, and was injured more than ten people, and two brothers were killed on the spot! ”

At this moment, the guards ran in with a panicked face.

In fact, there is no need for him to say, everyone in the hall has already reacted, what is the voice.

After gold no! The cannon from Phi Dao Mao Wenlong has appeared!

For a moment, Xiong Tingbi's face was extremely cold: "Yuan Chonghuan! ”

"The lower official is here!" Yuan Chonghuan seemed to know what Xiong Tingbi was going to say, and bowed to Xiong Tingbi.

"Within a month, slaughter Mao Wenlong for me!" Xiong Tingbi held the table with one hand and pointed to the long sword on the table with the other: "Just use this sword!" ”

"The elements will definitely live up to the expectations of adults!" Yuan Chonghuan stepped forward and picked up the long sword: "Mao Wenlong, I will kill it!" ”

"All the generals, go up to the castle!" Xiong Tingbi got up with the support of the guards, and waved his clothes: "Kill Jiannu and guard the homeland!" With this body, repay the kindness of the king! ”

At this moment, outside Ningyuan City, there is already a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, boundless scorched earth.

(End of chapter)