On the second day, November 29, the Ming army began to attack the city.

At first, the Ming army attacked the city by attacking from all sides at the same time. They had four times as many soldiers in their hands as the Western Prisoners, and even if they attacked on all sides at the same time, it would be enough to have troops.

"Moreover, there are few people in the west and most of them are recruited people, if they ride on horses to fight field battles, they still have some combat strength, and the defense of the city will inevitably make mistakes in the busy because they are not skilled, and they are few people, and the simultaneous onslaught on all sides will definitely make the generals of the west capture command take care of one and the other." Song Sheng said.

Pier Mahama, who commanded the defense of the city at the head of the city, really fell into an embarrassment. As Zhu Hengshi expected, the Xilu not only had few people but were also not good at defending the city, although they had the advantage of the city, and also killed many of the 'Ming army' who were besieging the city, but after fighting for an hour, their physical strength gradually became exhausted, and the resistance to the 'Ming army' who fought in turn became more and more weak.

Seeing this, Pir Mahama could only send his reserves out to fight. But the number of reserves was not large, and they were tired and out of breath before noon.

Abuberk immediately went to Pil Mahama and said to him: "Great Khan, the battle cannot be fought like this! You can't exchange the siege army for the siege army with the city's defense equipment! The people they are now sent to attack the city are all recruited from the river or the steppe, not even the Mongols, and the Ming army does not value them very much, and they are not distressed by how much they die, anyway, they can be recruited from various tribes. But if our city defense equipment is out, there will be one less. ”

"So what do you say you should do?" Pier Mahama shouted with some emotion. He could see what Abberk could see, but he couldn't think of a solution.

"Concentrate all the defending equipment and successively strike the fiercest blow to the 'Ming army' attacking the city on all sides. Since they are people who have just been recruited by the Ming Kingdom, they will not be much loyal to the Ming Kingdom, but because the Ming Kingdom defeated their grandfather, they think that the Ming Kingdom is the most powerful country in the world, and the Ming Kingdom will definitely be able to take Samarkand City, and then they can plunder in the city, so they are willing to follow the Ming army to attack the city. ”

"Let's give them the most severe blow, so that they realize that they have a higher chance of dying in battle than if they can loot the city of Samarkand, and they will not be willing to attack the city as they are now. The real Ming army is not very numerous, and if we don't dare to force it too much, we can defend the city for a few more days. If it can be delayed until the coldest day, the Ming army will have to retreat, and the city will be defended. Aberberke gave his own advice.

"Okay, just do it!" Pier Mahama said. He was purely ill and rushed to the doctor.

Abuberke's suggestion worked. Although they all knew that someone would die in battle, when the casualty rate reached a certain standard, they were reluctant to attack the city with all their might, and each time they just rushed to the city with a full force, and attacked the gates or walls with their chariots, rather than climbing the siege. On this day they held the city.

But Shang Bing also came up with a way to deal with it: "Chuan Gu's order: First, distinguish the soldiers of the small Cypriot tribe from the soldiers of the large tribe, and order the soldiers of the big tribe to drive the soldiers of the small tribe to attack the city tomorrow." ”

"Second, all the cannons are concentrated on one side, and the soldiers are also concentrated to leave only the harassing soldiers under the other three walls."

"Fourth: Generous rewards. The first soldier to enter the city tomorrow will be rewarded with the same weight as his body. ”

"Third, shoot arrows into the city, and the arrows are tied to the letter of persuasion, telling the people in the city: if they continue to resist the city in the area, they will be slaughtered, and if they are willing to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty now, they will save their lives."

"Your Highness, if the people of the city are willing to surrender, do you really want to forgive them? Now several guards want to slaughter the western captives in the city to avenge their relatives! Song Sheng asked. He knew that there had been many incidents of discrimination and abuse of the Cypriots in the Xiwu because all of their relatives had died in the battle of Yiwu, and they had relied on Song Sheng's prestige to barely maintain order.

"Indeed, there are some people who want to stay, and the whereabouts of these people are known in advance through the spies in the city, and if they are willing to surrender, I will let them live; But ordinary people, even if I surrender, I will not leave them a way to live. Shang Bing said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, this is an act of treachery, and I am afraid it is inappropriate. It will also make the Cypriots under his rule suspicious. Song Sheng said. He did not comment on the matter from a military point of view only, but mentioned how the Cypriots would be ruled in the future.

"I will send all those who surrendered to the Central Plains. No matter how they are treated in the Central Plains, the Cypriots here will not know. Shang Bing said again.

"That's it, that's it, since that's the case, the minister is not opposed." Song Sheng finally agreed with Shang Bing's opinion.

That night, hundreds of arrows were fired into the city, and letters of surrender were distributed. Despite his best efforts, many of the letters of surrender were collected by the city.

Early the next morning, Shang Bing again ordered the siege of the city. The soldiers of the large Cypriot tribes drove the men of the small tribes forward, and if there were any slower ones, they beat them with clubs, followed by many people with spears in their hands. In such a situation, the people of the small tribe can only charge forward, if they are no longer willing.

The western captives at the head of the city immediately began to throw the city's defense equipment at the bottom of the city. But they had barely thrown two rounds when they heard a screech from ahead, and when they looked up, they saw that many cannonballs were flying across the apex of the parabola towards the city.

Before many people could dodge, the shells had already landed on the city. Because of the dense shells fired from all the cannons this time, they suffered many casualties at once.

Shang Bing then ordered the archers to approach the city and shoot arrows at the city to suppress the enemy army, and those who were lucky enough to avoid the shelling just now received another round of arrow rain.

Many of them immediately began to retreat, not daring to approach the city, but retreated; Fortunately, Pierma Ma immediately discovered this situation, ordered the overseer to slash down the retreating soldiers, and sent the reserve team to fight alongside them, so that they could fight the Ming army again.

But in this short period of time, the Ming army has set up several cloud ladders on the top of the city, and many people have climbed along the cloud ladders to a place very close to the city head. The Cypriots, the small tribes who were forced to attack the city, knew that if they retreated, they would die, but if they could take Samarkand, they would survive, so they also fought hard.

Seeing that the Ming army was about to attack the city, Pier Mahama had to send the reserves that had just retreated again. After a bloody battle, all the Ming troops who were about to ascend the city were killed.

It was soon noon. Shang Bing ordered all his soldiers to retreat back to eat, and when they had finished eating, they began to attack the city again.

But this time the besiegers changed: this time Shang Bing threw himself into the Eastern Barbarians, who had been recruited from around Igo. Because Shang Bing had been preaching to them along the way about the benefits of settling in the Qin domain after breaking through the city of Samarkand, coupled with a generous reward, these barbarians also burst out with great enthusiasm at this time and attacked the city fiercely; Artillery outside the city also began to roar, providing cover for them.

Most of the defenders at the head of the city were not strong in their will to fight because of the letter of persuasion last night, and their morale was not high, and the reserves left by Pier Mahama could only go to the head of the city again to support and fight against the Ming army again and again. As the situation became worse and worse, Pier Maha anxiously sent out all the guards to engage the besieging Ming army. At the same time, the number of Ming soldiers who could climb the ladder to attack the city was limited after all, and the personal guards under Pierma Hama did their best to engage the Ming army, coupled with the early darkness in winter, when the sun was about to set, they successfully prevented all the Ming troops who wanted to climb the city.

Shang Bing's face changed again and again as the situation in the city changed. At the beginning, with a smile on his face, he talked with Song Sheng about how to govern the city of Samarkand; But after several rounds of soldiers failed to capture the city, their faces became serious; In the end, it was not until it was dark that he could not take the city, and his face became completely unsightly.

"Pass Gu's order, light the torches, and the whole army will fight at night, and the city of Samarkand must be taken!" Shang Bing commanded loudly.

Zhu Hengshi and other generals also supported his decision. They finally consumed almost all the equipment of the soldiers defending the city, and if they stopped now, they would definitely collect the equipment for defending the city at night, and it would be a failure.

Soon, before it was dark, torches were lit, and those who had withdrawn from the city were driven aside, and a new group of soldiers began to climb the city, and the cycle continued.

Pier Mahama didn't know how many times he had dealt with the Ming army's siege of the city, he didn't have time to see the leaks, and he had completely lost the concept of time since it got dark.

He has been very nervous these days, and he didn't rest well at night, and he didn't sleep all night last night, and his head was groggy at this time, almost relying on Ben Leng to command the defense of the city, and after hearing where the shouts came, he sent reserves and personal guards to the rescue, and after beating the Ming army, he let them retreat and rest at any time ready to support other places. Due to the fierce fighting, the number of reserves is also getting smaller and smaller.

After a long time, the moon had risen to the highest point in the sky, and Shang Bing saw that the resistance of the Western Prisoners was getting weaker and weaker, and sent the soldiers of the Han people to attack the city. This time, the Xilu garrison was defeated after they attacked, and the city was surrendered to the Ming army.

Shang Bing was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered all the other departments to enter the city from here. As more and more Ming troops ascended to the top of the city, the Xilu, who had already been shaken by the persuasion of Xin'er, threw his weapons to the ground, raised his hands and shouted loudly in Khorezm or Mongolian: "I am willing to surrender." ”

With most of the Western captives surrendering on their knees, all the Ming soldiers knew about it: the city of Samarkand had been breached!