Beiping. Late November of the first year of Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty.

On this day, dark clouds rolled over the city and the north wind howled, which was the prelude to the coming heavy snow.

With the support of the nine camps in Zhengcunba, and the establishment of a fortress and archery platform in front of the nine gates of Peiping, Li Jinglong finally launched a general attack on Peiping when he felt that everything was safe.

Half a million Confederate troops were divided into three shifts and took turns attacking the nine gates of Peking. Hundreds of thousands of people climbed up and down the towers of Peking using ladders. Looking from a distance, they looked like ants. The shouts of killing shook the heaven and the earth, which was very scary.

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Li Jinglong outside the city was actually leading a battle for the first time. He stood in the distance and watched the battle with the generals. Seeing that his troops were so powerful and overwhelming, he was very proud. He turned to the generals and said: "Everyone is here."

It is said that King Yan is good at fighting and is the new generation of war gods after the older generation. I don’t believe this evil. With me, Li Jinglong, how can it be his turn to dominate?”

"Yes," General Chen Hui also praised: "The most unique thing is the design of our formation. We set up nine camps in Zhengcunba, and at the same time set up nine fortresses outside Beiping City, which implies the nine-gong chain.

The ninety-nine are united, and with Cao Guogong’s leadership and command, this battle will be won!"

Wei Chiwen, the commander-in-chief, also joked: "Gong Cao Guo is very lucky this year. Not only did he marry the most beautiful Princess Yilun at the beginning of the year, but he also made this unparalleled feat at the end of the year. This time when he returned, he was not allowed to be crowned the crown prince.

Fu?!"

"Prince and Young Master? I think it is not too much to call him the Crown Prince and Tutor! If we, Duke Cao, had not been brave enough to take on the responsibility and carry forward the heavy load, how could those pretentious civil servants in the imperial court have had such a good time?"

"Yes, it is so unfortunate that there are rebellious officials and traitors like Zhu Di in the imperial court, but how lucky it is to have such a majestic and heroic figure as Cao Guogong, leading us to defeat the traitors!"

...For a while, the sound of flattery could be heard endlessly, and Li Jinglong felt very proud after hearing it.

Commander Qu Neng, who was standing by the side, could no longer watch: "I'll take people to the front to have a look. It's so far away from the battlefield and it's impossible to command." After saying that, he saluted Li Jinglong and took his son Qu Liang forward.

The line is gone.

Standing on the city wall, Zhu Gaochi looked at the mountains and seas of soldiers outside the city, swarming towards the city head like a tide. He felt a fear that he was about to be submerged in the sea. He wanted to leave the city head screaming and hide in his study.

, close the door, plug your ears, and completely isolate yourself from everything in front of you.

But he knew he couldn't do this. He had the final say in Beiping City now, and he was the supreme commander.

Zhu Gaochi stood on the top of the city dragging his crippled leg. Seeing him bumping around, no one found it funny. Because of his presence, everyone had a backbone, forgot their fear, and fought desperately.

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This defensive battle was extremely difficult for the Yan army in Peiping. Normally, those on the first floor could be condescending, but the opponent built an arrow tower that was about the same height as their own. They could also shoot at themselves and support the soldiers who used ladders to climb the stairs.

Group after group of people rolled down the tower, and group after group of people on the tower fell. The mortality rate on both sides was extremely high. They just endured bit by bit to see who couldn't survive in the end.

At this time, General Tan Yuan came over and said to Zhu Gaochi: "If we continue to fight like this, we may not be able to hold on. The opponent's arrow tower is too powerful. The number of our dead will not be much less than that of the opponent. If this continues, the opponent will have 500,000 people.

We cannot consume them, so we must find some way to change the current situation, and we cannot let it develop."

"Do you have any good ideas?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

"Just now we have tried using rockets to shoot at the opponent's arrow towers, but the effect was not great. The opponent has been prepared for a long time. Not only is it equipped with powerful crossbows and shields, it is even equipped with fire extinguishing tools. But if these arrow towers are not

Once it is destroyed, if we continue to attack it, the consequences will be disastrous."

Zhu Gaochi raised his eyes and saw that most of the soldiers who fell on his tower died from arrows shot from the arrow tower.

It's really not possible to go on like this! But what should we do? The Arrow Tower is outside the city, do we still have to go out?

Zhu Gaochi was extremely anxious. At this moment, he suddenly remembered what he had said before leaving - the right time and the right place.

"The combination of oddity and rightness? If you continue to play according to the current normal playing method, it will be positive, but the results can be imagined, so you must find surprises and use strange moves to win. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer manpower, can we do this again?

If the fight continues, why not take a risk..."

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi immediately gave Tan Yuan an order: "Immediately organize nine thousand death squads, carrying firearms, kerosene and axes. After preparations are completed, they rush out from the door at the same time, catching the opponent off guard, and at the same time, destroy the opponent's

Arrow Tower."

"Would it be too dangerous to do this?"

"Of course there will be danger in doing this, but if you don't do this, you won't survive tomorrow morning." Zhu Gaochi said resolutely.

When the nine troops of the Yan army came out, all the southern troops were shocked. No one thought that when the other side was besieged again, they would dare to rush out of the city. They were unprepared for a while and ran away.

, when these nine teams rushed to kill the Confederate army, they chopped with axes and burned all the arrow towers.

With the collapse of the nine arrow towers, the pressure on the Yan army defending the city was greatly relieved.

At this time, Li Jinglong, who was guarding the main camp of the southern army, was shocked when he saw the arrow tower collapse. When he saw that the Yan army had the strength to charge out, he was even more frightened and panicked, and immediately ordered the central army camp to retreat.

Ten miles.

At the same time, Qu Neng, who led 5,000 troops from his headquarters to supervise the battle, also saw the collapse of the arrow tower and the Yan army rushing out of the city. Seeing that the southern army was beginning to collapse and flee in all directions, he hurriedly rode forward with horses and spears to stop it.

Under the decisive command of Qu Neng and Qu Liangcai, the Southern Army regained its footing and restarted the counterattack without causing a major rout.

With Qu Neng personally supervising the battle under the city, the Confederate army restored order and began to attack the city frantically.

Seeing that the Yan army's nine soldiers and horses entering the city had achieved their goal, they burned down the opponent's arrow tower. Seeing that Qu Neng and his son were invincible, they did not dare to fight and quickly retreated to the city.

"How brave, just those few soldiers dared to rush out of the city. If we hadn't arrived in time, it would have definitely caused a huge rout." Qu Liangcai felt extremely lucky that he came at the right time.

"Why do you think the other party took the risk and rushed out of the city?" Qu Neng asked with a frown.

"They should be afraid of our arrow tower. Unfortunately, we didn't think of it beforehand. The other party was brave enough and it was just a surprise."

Qu Neng shook his head: "This is just a superficial phenomenon, but the underlying reason is that the opponent can no longer defend it. He can take care of this gate but not that gate. The nine city gates were originally built for the convenience of travel. Now this city gate

It has become a burden to them. I conclude that at least one or two of the city gates are weakly guarded. You can follow me around and take a look. Once we find a weak point, we will not use others and just use our own troops to attack."

Sure enough, after Qu Neng and Qu Liangcai walked around the city wall twice, they finally found a city gate with the weakest defense.

Zhangye Gate is one of the nine city gates in Peiping. The guard of this city is led by Qiao Ao. Unexpectedly, not long after the battle started, Qiao was shot in the left eye by a stray arrow. The injury was extremely serious, and he suddenly felt a little incompetent in command.

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The guards of the nine city gates each had their own duties. When the battle was at its fiercest, they had no time to share their duties. As a result, Zhangye Gate suffered serious losses. Not only did many Yan soldiers die, but the city gates were also seriously damaged.

It was not that the Confederate soldiers who attacked this gate were afraid of rushing in and being ambushed, this gate had already been breached.

With many years of combat experience, Quan Mang could tell at a glance that this gate was the weakest among the nine city gates. Seeing that the opportunity could not be missed at this moment, the time would never come again, and without asking for reinforcements, he commanded his five thousand troops to attack it fiercely.

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Qu Liangcai took the lead with a spear in hand. While commanding his troops to use hammers and hammers to slam into the city gate, Qu Liangcai also used spears and bows to attack the enemy from the broken parts of the city gate from time to time.

Under his attack, Zhangyemen gradually became unable to defend itself.

Seeing that Zhangye's gate was about to be broken, Qu Neng and Qu Liangcai were overjoyed and shouted to their subordinates: "The Sichuan troops will win!"

Qu Neng's soldiers were all from Sichuan. They were elite soldiers trained by Qu Neng when he was the commander of the Sichuan capital. They were extremely loyal, brave and good at fighting. When they heard the commander's slogan, they knew it was a critical moment and shouted in unison: "

The Sichuan soldiers will win! The Sichuan soldiers will win..."

The slogans resounded in the sky, and the five thousand soldiers and horses suddenly became energetic and fought harder. When they saw that the city gate in front was about to be breached, the order for the Chinese army to fight and the Ming army to withdraw came from behind...

Qu Ren thought he had heard the wrong order, so he quickly looked back. Sure enough, the Chinese Army issued a flag to withdraw troops immediately. At the same time, except for his own troops, the other surrounding Confederate troops followed the order and immediately withdrew from the battle.

Qu Neng originally wanted to ignore the order and continue to attack Zhangye Gate, but because the Southern troops attacking the city gate from other directions had retreated, leaving only his own 5,000 troops to attack this gate, the Yan army immediately mobilized half of the troops to increase the number of troops.

Yan's army suddenly grew from a few thousand to tens of thousands.

Qu Liangcai was so angry that he cursed loudly. Qu Neng saw that he had missed the best opportunity to fight, so he could only withdraw his troops and horses according to the general's order.

In this way, Zhangyemen escaped a disaster, and the city of Beiping escaped a disaster.

Li Jinglong, who was originally watching the battle from the rear, saw that Qu Neng was about to capture Zhangyemen, and thought to himself: "I am far away from the front line now. The frontline commander is Qu Neng and not himself. Therefore, once Zhangyemen is captured, Peiping will definitely be captured. So if Peiping is captured,

The credit for the victory must be entirely attributed to Qu Neng... This is completely unacceptable! If he can capture Zhangye Gate, I can do it tomorrow as well, so the credit will naturally be mine!"

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong ignored everyone's doubtful looks and insisted on issuing the order to withdraw his troops immediately.

"The soldiers have worked hard in today's battle. We will withdraw for the time being. After a night's rest, I will personally command the siege tomorrow!" Li Jinlong explained to everyone the reason for withdrawing the troops, and at the same time smiled, because he had already seen the victory, then
Chapter completed!