It’s dawn, and it’s undoubtedly another sunny day. Xinjiang is located inland, far away from the ocean, and is a typical temperate continental climate. It has a dry and low rainfall throughout the year, and the average monthly precipitation is only in millimeters. If you encounter rain or even heavy rain here, then congratulations, buy a lottery ticket quickly and you may be defeated.

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Amid the vigorous war drums, the Ming army launched another attack on the Yerkand defenders in the Devil Gorge. Today, Ordos General Mu Zixing was responsible for commanding the attack.

Although Xu Jin had sent Xie Erjian to lead 30 climbing masters to sneak upstream to explode mountains last night, in order to confuse the enemy, daily attacks are still necessary, not to mention that Xie Erjian's mountain bombing operation may not be successful. If the action fails, in the end, he must use his life to open up this Devil's Grand Canyon through a frontal attack.

"The Ming army is here to attack again and prepare for the battle." The Yarkand defenders in the Devil's Gorge heard the sound of war drums outside the canyon and immediately waited for battle.

Generals Bayi and Li Daren climbed up to the heights of the fortifications and soon saw a Ming army of about a thousand people appearing at the turn of the river, with swords and shields covering the front, behind them were engineers carrying sandbags, followed by musketeers and archers, as well as spearmen behind the palace when retreating.

"Hey, it doesn't seem to be the Shenji Camp." Li Daren exclaimed lightly, and a hint of disappointment appeared on his face.

Bayi frowned and said, "It seems that many people died and injured in Shenji Camp yesterday. Xu Jin was reluctant to send them to the court again, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, someone will come to die. At least one of the Ming army's thousand-person teams will be eaten today."

Li Daren smiled sinisterly and said, "A thousand-man team is not enough. We are calm and it is possible to kill the three or four thousand Ming troops."

Bayi was calm and did not get lost by greed. He shook his head and said, "It is unlikely, and our troops are only more than 5,000. If we can't help but let three or four thousand Ming troops come, it may be counterproductive. It would be good to be able to annihilate a team of thousands of people. The morale of the Ming army will inevitably be greatly affected."

Li Daren thought about it, so he complimented: "It's better for General Bayi to think carefully, it's better to chew too much."

While the two were talking, the first thousand-man team of the Ming army had advanced to the vicinity of the trench. Yesterday morning, the Xuanfu army had filled two trenches. In the afternoon, the Shenji Camp had filled out six more, and now there are only two left.

The Ming army under the command of the General Ordos was naturally far less powerful than the Shenji Camp. However, the outstanding performance of the Shenji Camp set an example and also set an excellent demonstration. Therefore, the performance of the Ming army Thousand-Person Team in front of him was also very concise. While using shields as walls, the engineers used dense firepower to throw sandbags to fill the pits.

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, or the logistics supply could not be raised, the arrow rain of the Yarkand defenders seemed to be sparse than yesterday, so the first Ming army thousand-man team completed the task more easily and retreated smoothly!

Mu Zixing, the general of Ordos, was secretly happy when he saw this. It seemed that the defenders had insufficient arrows. Hehe, this general was very lucky!

So Mu Zixing immediately sent the second echelon again. When the fourth thousand-man team rushed forward, all ten trenches were finally filled. After crossing all trenches, there was the second line of defense of the defenders in front of him.

Nearly thirty or forty meters of ground were filled with wooden stakes, rows of antlers and horse-repellents, and then piles of stones were piled up. The archers of Yarkand hid behind the cover and shot arrows.

Mu Zixing licked his lips, and his face couldn't hide his excitement. Wooden stakes and deer antlers could only be used to block cavalry, but they did not have much effect on infantry. Hehe, the opportunity to grab the first prize is here.

Just as Mu Zixing was about to order to remove the wooden stakes in one go and push down the deer antlers to resist the horse, a signal of the sound of gold and withdrawing the troops came from behind.

Hearing the drum, he advanced, and shouting the gold to withdraw his troops.

This is the iron rule in the army. As the saying goes, military orders are like mountains. Although Mu Zixing was a little unhappy, he could only order his troops to withdraw from the canyon in an orderly manner.

"What's wrong with the Ming army withdrew? It's not time for dinner yet!" Bai Yi and Li Daren were stunned. They were still waiting for the Ming army to fall into the trap!

"General, the Ming army has seen through our trap, right?" A general next to him interrupted.

Bayi couldn't help but frowned. Could it be that the "release" just now was too obvious and the Ming generals saw the clues?

Li Daren was not sure at this time and secretly regretted not hitting hard just now. Xu Jin was too cunning. Maybe he really saw a flaw and made a mistake! He made a mistake!!

Let’s talk about Ordos General Mu Zixing leading his troops out of the canyon and returned to the camp. When he saw Xu Jin, he said with a little emotion: “Why did the general order to withdraw his troops at this time? The last general is about to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.”

Xu Jin smiled and said, "General Mu, don't be anxious. The trench has been filled. Let your brothers rest and accumulate energy first. Attack in the afternoon, if you can defeat the enemy, yours will be yours."

Mu Zixing's old face was slightly embarrassed. He was indeed worried that Xu Jin would assign another team to attack in the afternoon. Then he worked hard for a long time and finally just gave him a wedding dress. Now when he heard Xu Jin say that he was still responsible for the main attack in the afternoon, he felt relieved and felt a little embarrassed.

Xu Jin waved his hand and ordered: "Mr. Mu has worked hard all morning, so go down and rest. The injured brothers should be taken care of properly. The dead will be buried with their lives. The pensions must be paid in full in a timely manner."

"Yes!" Mu Zixing bowed respectfully and retreated.

After Mu Zixing left, Qi Jingtong couldn't help but curl his lips and said unhappily: "Mu Zixing is actually worried that others will compete with him for merit. They only filled in two of the ten trenches, okay? Shenji Camp has filled in six."

Wang Liner hurriedly said, "Young Master Qi said a few words, the remaining bones are not easy to chew. Don't think that General Mu has taken advantage of."

Xu Jin nodded: "The real tough battle is still behind."

Qi Jingtong smiled and said, "That's right, the final close connection is the tough battle. If Mu Zixing can't bite this bone, don't blame me for snatching him."

At this time, Jing Dachu, the general of Xuanfu, coughed lightly!

"What's wrong with Lao Jing? Do you want to compete with me too?" Qi Jingtong raised his eyebrows and said.

Jing Dachu quickly waved his hand and smiled dryly: "I will not be able to steal the Shenji Camp if I don't rob you."

Qi Jingtong smiled proudly, with an expression that you know.

Jing Dachu turned to Xu Jin and clasped his fists and said, "Master, I think it's a bit inappropriate!"

"Oh, where can I find it?" Xu Jin's heart moved.

"The enemy's defense has become weaker today." Jing Dachu said: "As the vanguard officer, he has commanded attacks many times, so he is very familiar with the enemy's defense. Today he has become much weaker."

Wang Liner hurriedly said: "That's true, I feel this way too."

Xu Jin did not climb to the earth and stone front at the entrance of the valley to watch the battle today. Hearing this, he couldn't help but feel moved, frowned and said, "What does General Jing mean is the other party cheating?"

Jing Dachu shook his head and said, "The last general is not sure, but if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid of one. Be careful of sailing a ten thousand-year-old ship. You need to be careful when attacking in the afternoon."

Jing Dachu is cautious, good at defending but not attacking, and he still has some experience in defense. Now that the offense has only been going on for two days, he believes that the opponent's defensive strength should not be weakened so obviously.

Xu Jin nodded thoughtfully, obviously agreeing with Jing Dachu's point of view.

In the afternoon, the war drums sounded again. The Ordos Ming army, who had been resting for two hours, recovered completely. They entered the canyon with high energy and prepared to continue the attack.

"Ming Jun is here again, it seems that we have not seen through our plan." Li Daren said happily

General Bayi also happily patted the stones on the bunker: "That's good, Minggoats come and die quickly, I can't wait."

At this time, Mu Zixing, the general of Ordos who was in charge of command, did not rush to order an attack. He looked at the wooden stake formation in the distance with hesitation for a while, and naturally could not see anything wrong. He couldn't help but mutter: "The general told me to be careful, for fear that the enemy would be cheated, so I can't see it. It's just an ordinary wooden stake formation. It seems that it's buried quite deep, so it's not easy to pull it out."

As mentioned earlier, the Devil's Grand Canyon is not straight. The Yarkand defenders occupied the narrowest position and were also a blind spot for turning. The long-distance artillery fire was not reachable at all and could only hit the mountain. The "wooden stake formation" was still fifty or sixty meters away from the defenders' bunkers. The dense wooden stakes filled this section of the river. There was a section of the cliff next to the river beach that "stretched out" like the welcoming pine of Huangshan, and the bottom had long been eroded by the flood.

"Don't worry, let's test it first." Mu Zixing really couldn't see any clues, so he sent a team of thousands of people to cooperate similarly to the morning. However, this time the engineer did not carry sandbags, but carried three finger-thick hemp ropes.

The Thousand-People Team advanced to the wooden stake formation and quickly formed a shield formation to resist the oncoming arrows. The musketeers and archers shot against them to cover them, while the engineers used the cover to put the hemp rope on the wooden stake, and then shouted and clamored to lift the wooden stakes together like tug of war.

These wooden stakes were buried very deeply, and a triangular horizontal fork was added to the bottom. Three or two people couldn't pull them up at all. More than a dozen people had to pull them hard at the same time. So Mu Zixing thought he had picked up a bargain, but he was actually a big mistake.

In addition, it was closer to the defenders' bunker at this time, the arrows shot by the enemy increased greatly, and the damage caused to the Ming army was naturally greatly increased.

So when the Ming army of Ordos cleared one-third of the wooden stakes, the casualties were almost the same as in the morning. General Mu Zixing couldn't help but complain, wanting to ask Xu Jin to retreat and rest, but he was unwilling to give his general a favor, so he could only grit his teeth and end up with it.

"Ye Qianhu, it's your turn to come!" Mu Zixing waved his hand with red eyes.

This was the second time that Ye Qianhu had brought people with him. He was a little reluctant, but he could not disobey, so he had to lead people forward.
Chapter completed!