As soon as they arrived at the top of the city, they rushed towards the area where the Xilu were most numerous, and when they saw the Xilu, they cut them down in front of them. These dozens of people had sufficient strength, high martial arts skills, and were very good at cooperating. They killed hundreds of Xilu at once.
They captured the hundreds of people who had climbed onto the city wall and pushed them back one after another. The last few dozen people even fell down.
After killing all these hundreds of people with other soldiers, they immediately rushed to another place. After a while, these dozens of people played the role of thousands of ordinary soldiers, stabilizing the situation at the top of the city.
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"Feng Hua! Why are you here! Where is Your Highness? Why don't you protect His Highness?" Song Hu shouted in surprise. It turned out that these people were the guards of King Zhu Shangbing of Qin.
"Your Highness saw that the city could no longer be defended, so he sent us to support him!" At this time, one of the guard leaders named Feng Hua came to Song Hu's side and fought alongside him.
"But what about His Highness's safety?"
"The most dangerous thing to your Highness right now is the Xilu who are attacking the city. If the Xilu are allowed to attack the city, how can Your Highness survive? So we are sent to support. Not only us, but also all the guards of His Highness, and Prime Minister Song
, Lord Wu’s guards have also been sent out to support each city."
After saying this, Feng Hua stopped talking and started fighting with Xi Lu. Song Hu also concentrated on fighting.
With such a new force coming to support, although there were only a few dozen people, the soldiers at the top of the city burst into extremely high morale after learning that they were His Highness's bodyguards, and some of the energy that had been exhausted was restored.
Time actually knocked down all the Xilu who rushed to the top of the city.
Seeing Xilu being beaten down, the Ming army at the top of the city suddenly let out a burst of cheers. However, some people relaxed and their feet softened and fell to the ground. Even Song Hu accidentally knocked another person's head.
Blood immediately flowed from the gun barrel.
"Commander Song, let me bandage it quickly." Lin Chen suddenly appeared beside him, took out a bottle of shochu and poured a little on his head, and took out a roll of white cloth to wrap around his head.
"Why are you at the top of the city now? Aren't you asked to treat the wounded soldiers at the back?" Song Hu asked.
"Where can the wounded soldiers be sent to the back for treatment now?" Lin Chen answered while wrapping the package: "All the soldiers have been recruited to fight on the city, and only a few of us military doctors are left. In order to treat the wounded soldiers, we only have
I can go to town now."
"When all these things in our hands are used up, we will also use swords and guns to fight against the Xilu."
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"What's going on? The Ming Dynasty has clearly never replaced people, and they don't have many people to replace. How come they can suddenly drive our soldiers off the city as if they were given blood?" Timur shouted loudly.
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Because the progress at the top of the city was going very smoothly, he was talking to the generals and foreign envoys with a smile, and at the same time accepting their compliments. "Khan, you can actually think of a way to pile bricks to attack the city, and you have been holding back until now.
The Ming army who was defending the city was caught off guard. He is worthy of being the invincible Khan in the West."
"Haha, this is not very unusual. There have been such examples in history. I originally planned to use this method when I was planning to attack the cities in the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect that the Ming army in Hami City would be so tenacious and rescued them.
The Ming army came so quickly, so it can only be used here. After this time, the Ming army will definitely be on guard in the future, and it won't be so easy to use." Timur said with a smile.
While they were talking and laughing, suddenly the soldiers at the top of the city were repulsed, and Timur became angry.
"Great Khan, it was the Prince of the Ming Kingdom in the city who sent out all his personal guards to support each city, that's why this situation happened." A general hurried into the camp and replied.
"So that's it." Timur suddenly realized, and then his face became calm again: "This is probably the last resort of the Ming Dynasty. Order the soldiers not to stop attacking the city, and not to stop the artillery. Just a few guards can't change the overall situation.
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"Yes, Khan."
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"Hoo! Hoo!" Song Hu was breathing heavily while fighting with Xilu. He killed the person in front of him with a knife, then let the other person stab him with a spear, walked over and pulled out the dagger with his left hand and stabbed him.
On his stomach, he leaned back to avoid another knife. He slashed the man's arm with his backhand and cut off half of his neck while he was screaming.
But there were too many people on the top of the city. The cries of killing, screams and the sounds of hacking and stabbing were all heard together. Even the most discerning people could not see in all directions and hear in all directions. Song Hu killed three people in an instant.
, but the next person saw the opportunity and slashed him in the back. He staggered and fell to the ground.
The man who chopped him down saw that he was wearing chainmail and knew he was a high official. He waved his machete and was about to step forward and chop off his head. But Fenghua rushed over immediately and deflected his knife with a spear.
, stabbed him to death with another swing.
Fenghua then killed two more people who were trying to get a bargain. When the other three people fighting with him came over, he bent down to help Song Hu up and asked, "Are you okay? Do you want to go to the back for treatment?"
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"Where is the time to treat injuries now!" Song Hu said as he picked up the knife again and continued to kill the enemy.
There is really no time to treat the wounds. Looking around, the city is already full of Xilu rushing towards them. The battle line has become blurred. Countless Xilu have ferocious expressions and want to kill the Guangming Army and seize the city.
"It's almost Banwan now. As long as Xilu persists until night, he will have no choice but to retreat. Everyone, hold on a little longer!" Song Hu shouted loudly while charging to kill, even though few people heard his shout.
But obviously, the current situation is no longer something that Song Hu can do just by shouting a few times. The Ming army defending the city has no way to retreat, even though its arms are as heavy as lead, and its legs are so numb that it doesn't look like they are
My own, the rice I stuffed into my stomach during my hasty break at noon has long been used up, but I still fought with the attacking Xilu and refused to let them seize the city. But there were too many Xilu who rushed to the city.
, has gradually overwhelmed the Ming army that is still resisting.
Although Song Hu still fought hard, looking at the increasing number of Xilu and the fewer and fewer soldiers on the city, he couldn't help but feel a sense of despair in his heart: "Is it possible that if we persist to this day, the city will still be destroyed?"
Break it?' He immediately wanted to commit suicide. He would never allow himself to be captured.
Song Hu couldn't help but look down at the knife in his hand, and was about to raise it with a slight trembling. At the same time, he whispered: "Your Highness, I failed to defend the city, so I will be loyal to Your Highness; Your Majesty, I will serve the Ming Dynasty again in my life."
Efficacy!”
"Sir, what are you doing!" Cheng Xian, the guard who had been following Song Hu, turned around and saw him raising the knife in his hand to hit his neck. He subconsciously hugged him and held on tightly at the same time.
His right hand holds the knife.
Song Hu struggled hard for several times but failed to break free, and said feebly: "Sir Cheng, there is no need to stop me. The city is bound to be destroyed, and I will never be a prisoner of the Xilu."
As expected, Cheng Xian, who usually obeyed him, did not obey his order at this time. He grabbed his arm and refused to let go, shouting: "Sir, no! Although the situation at this time
It is already very critical, but after all, Xilu has not yet broken through, and there is still a chance to hold on. Moreover, carrier pigeons have been sent to Yiwu City every day in the past few days. Today, the reinforcements led by Wei Guogong will arrive at the city. As long as the reinforcements arrive,
As long as the city is still in our hands, we will hold it in front of the city. You must not seek short-sightedness."
Song Hu took a deep breath and said: "There is still at least an hour before the end of the night. The current situation in the city is that there are not many soldiers left, and all the equipment to defend the city has been used up. How can we still hold on for an hour? Rather than the city being breached,
If I die in the hands of Xilu later, I might as well commit suicide."
Cheng Xian still didn't let go, grabbing his arm tightly and trying to speak again: "But,..." But before he could finish speaking, Song Hu shouted loudly: "Let go!" Cheng Xian was frightened all over.
Shaking, he subconsciously let go of his hand. Song Hu broke free from his restraint and was about to kill himself with a knife.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt someone hit his hand, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground involuntarily. Song Hu looked back, but was surprised to find his father Song Sheng standing behind him.
"As a member of the Song family, how can I commit suicide in front of the two armies? Even if defeat is certain, we must fight hard with the enemy until we die of exhaustion," he said.
"Besides, although the situation is very critical, the turning point has arrived. Look to the east."
Hearing these words, Song Hu subconsciously looked to the east. He raised his right hand to block the sun's rays, and found that billowing smoke and dust rose in the east, like a sandstorm in the desert hitting Yiwu City.
"Is this reinforcements?" Song Hu asked in surprise.
However, Song Sheng ignored him and shouted loudly: "Sirs, reinforcements are about to arrive at the city. The billowing smoke and dust from the east means that reinforcements are arriving quickly. As long as we hold on for half an hour, Yiwu City will be defended."
"The civilian officials in the guardhouse who followed him also shouted loudly.
Then there was another sound of women shouting. Song Hu looked back and saw Princess Qin Tang Yuewan standing in front of the horse track with dozens of strong women, puffing out her cheeks and shouting loudly. After shouting these words on both sides, they
He began to loudly boost the morale of the soldiers.
When he heard the shouting, saw the billowing smoke and dust to the east, and saw the princess personally going to the city to boost morale, he suddenly felt strong again and shouted loudly to fight with the Xilu. Song Sheng also personally led the team that finally came together.
These reinforcements rushed to kill. At this moment, the city was in chaos. He didn't care about the rules at all. He wielded the Spring and Autumn Sword and hacked indiscriminately, cutting off countless heads. He didn't care at all that his own head was almost cut off several times.
Although the Xilu people could not understand Chinese, they could still see the smoke and dust to the east, and immediately understood that the Ming army's reinforcements were coming soon. They lost their momentum and were suppressed again for a while.
Timur, who was supervising the battle under the city, naturally noticed the smoke and dust. He even used his clairvoyance to see the fast-moving sun and moon flags of the Ming army. He immediately launched a fierce attack and asked the soldiers to attack the city quickly.
But the Ming army guarding the city had hope in their hearts, and the fighting momentum was suddenly different from before. Although they could no longer drive them off the city, they firmly guarded the horse road leading to the city. Although the Xilu soldiers who rushed to the city had already occupied
The arrow tower occupied most of the city, but they were unable to seize the horse path and rush into the city.
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"Quickly, let more soldiers rush to the top of the city. We must seize the horse road, rush into the inner city, and capture Zhu Shangbing alive!" Timur put down the clairvoyance in his hand and shouted loudly.
"Great Khan, withdraw your troops." Jesib stepped forward and said, "Great Khan, the reinforcements from the Ming Kingdom have arrived less than twenty miles away from Hami City. At their current speed, they will be able to defeat them in at most one hour.
Rush to the east gate of the outer city of Hami, and the battle situation will be very critical by then."
"Although the Ming army came galloping all the way and was exhausted of men and horses, our army's various departments also took turns to attack the city. Not only did they suffer a lot of losses, but the soldiers' strength was not fully restored, so they may not be able to gain an advantage against the Ming army."
"Moreover, the reinforcements of the Ming army are in good order, with infantry and cavalry, and more than a hundred cannons. The equipment used in various offensive and defensive warfare is also very complete. On the other hand, our army consumes a lot of siege arrows these days.
, shells and gunpowder are also consumed a lot, many crossbows are worn out and are being repaired, and the cannons are not used to cool down with cold water because they are used too frequently. They can only wait for natural cooling. Many of them will not be used. If reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty fire
, our army simply doesn’t have many artillery pieces to fight back.”
"Third, our army is now divided into two parts with the wall of Hami City as the boundary. One part is outside Hami City. There are about 300,000 soldiers including the soldiers who are attacking the city. The other part is only ten soldiers outside Hami City.
Thousands of people, and all the available equipment is inside the outer city, and there is nothing outside the city. The Ming Dynasty's reinforcements are more than 300,000, including nearly 100,000 cavalry. If the soldiers stationed outside the city are quickly attacked, it is very likely that
Defeat our army in one fell swoop. In this way, our army will not only lose 100,000 men and completely lose its numerical advantage, but will also be blocked in the outer city of Hami. When the time comes, the Ming army will attack from both inside and outside, and our army will be defeated."
"So Great Khan, withdraw your troops!"
Timur clenched his clairvoyance eyes with both hands and stared at Yiwu City in front of him. He seemed to be hoping that the Ming army defending the city would suddenly collapse or be completely wiped out. But after a while, such a thing did not happen, so he could only
He sighed and said: "Retreat!"
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On the top of the city, Song Sheng, Song Hu and his son were still leading the soldiers to fight hard and defend the horse road. Suddenly, the Xilu soldiers in front of them retreated, and in the blink of an eye, they had all retreated from the top of the city. Song Hu was stunned, and dropped his sword and gun.
He shouted happily: "The Xilu troops have retreated!"
"The troops are retreating! The Xilu troops are retreating!" All the soldiers reacted, dropped their swords and guns, raised their hands and shouted loudly.
Immediately, identical shouts came from the other three city walls, Yiwu City was defended!