Although most of the people in this group had a high nose, the person next to him had the appearance of an Oriental. At this time, he was wearing a Turkic robe and riding on a horse, and when he heard the question of the person next to him, he immediately replied: "If you go back to your lordship, this is the Iron Gate Gate." ”

"It's already here." The man smiled, turned his head and commanded, "Hakan, Bil, you two will lead your troops from the left and right sides of the city to the south, and surround the whole city, and tonight, we will rest in the city." ”

"They're going to start the siege." Qin Shouye stood at the head of the city, looked at the soldiers of Samarkand who were assembling siege equipment below, and said.

"It's already afternoon, and there is only a little more than an hour before the evening at most, and he still has to spend some more time assembling these siege equipment, so that the Xilu is so confident that he can break the city in one fell swoop?" Wang Cheng, who was in charge of defending this city wall, said very suspiciously. They and those who remained in Igo adopted similar names.

"Since Timur's army arrived, the western captives have been progressing smoothly, and there are few people in the city of Tiemenguan, and his country is invincible in the west, so he probably despises us very much, thinking that he can take the city before dark." Qin Shouye said without emotion.

"Humph! If he had captured the city today, I would have killed myself, even if I could escape! Wang Cheng said very unhappily. After listening to Qin Shouye's words just now, his heart was full of grief and indignation, but now when he saw that Xilu was starting to attack the city now, it was clear that he was despising them, and he was angry: "Although there are few Ming soldiers in the city now, it is definitely not something that you can defeat in one siege!" ’

Wang Cheng, who was bent on arguing for breath, suddenly ignored nothing, and instructed the soldiers: "Prepare well and give Xilu a big gift!" ”

"Yes, Baihu!" Everyone agreed in unison.

In a short time, the siege equipment under the city was assembled, and as the order was slowly pushed forward, thousands of infantry followed behind to prepare for the siege, followed by five hundred archers.

Bermu stared closely at the soldiers who were besieging the city. Although he claimed that he would rest in the Iron Gate Gate City tonight, he was not too careless in sending troops to set up the formation. Although the Ming army in the city was too small in his opinion to pose much of a threat, the geographical location of Tiemen Pass was too advantageous for him to be careful.

Tiemen Pass is located in a canyon dozens of miles long, about two or three miles away from the north entrance, and the road is rugged and very difficult to walk. Both sides are also cliffs, the Iron Gate Pass City is close to the mountain wall on the west side, and the east side is the Peacock River, which is also near the source of the Peacock River. The east side of the Peacock River is also a mountain wall. The mountain walls on both sides are also very steep, making it difficult for even apes to climb, let alone humans.

Faced with such a dangerous terrain, Bermu could not help but be careless. In fact, if he hadn't known that there were only more than 1,000 people in the city and more than 10,000 himself, he would never have chosen to storm the Iron Gate City head-on.

And even if he chose to storm the Iron Gate Pass, the hope of breaking through the city was pinned on the low morale of the Ming army in the city. Even if the pass of the city is dangerous, in the face of such a disparity in strength, the soldiers in the city may despair and surrender to him.

As the besieging soldiers got closer and closer to the city, Bermu's heart became more and more nervous. He knew that there were no cannons in the city, and this distance was about the farthest range of the bows and crossbows in the hands of the enemy, and if the Ming army still had the desire to fight, they should start attacking.

But to his surprise, the Ming army at the head of the city did not start attacking. Because of the dim light in the canyon, he couldn't see what the Ming army was doing in the city, and he couldn't even see how many of them there were, so he suddenly wondered: 'What is the Ming army doing?' Why don't you attack yet? ’

"My lord, it must be that the Ming army is demoralized, and thinks that the city will definitely be lost, so they are unwilling to attack, so as not to anger the army and cause the city to be retaliated by the army after it is broken." The man with the face of an Oriental man beside him patted his ass.

But when Bermu heard this, he pouted. The person next to him was Cao Zizhuang, a Han man who secretly opened the city gate in Urumqi City and joined Timur, because he was familiar with the terrain of the Western Regions, so he was sent by Timur as a guide. Bermu looked down on him.

And what he said was unreasonable. "If the morale of the Ming army was so low that they didn't even dare to attack, they would have opened the city gate and surrendered a long time ago, how could they continue to hold on. In my opinion, the Ming army in the city had too few bows and arrows, and they didn't want to use them up at the beginning, so they didn't use them until our army got closer. Hakan said.

"I think that's the case. Order the archers and prepare to fire arrows at the head of the city to suppress the enemy army. Bermu commanded.

However, the soldiers besieging the city approached the city step by step, from 100 zhang, to 90 zhang, 80 zhang, 70 zhang,......, until they reached about 10 zhang, and the Ming army at the head of the city still did not start attacking. Not only that, but he couldn't even see a few Ming soldiers.

Could it be that they don't have any arrows at all? This doesn't make sense. Kule, who led the troops, was surprised and vigilant, but since he had already come here, he could not retreat, and shouted loudly in Khorezm: "Rush! The first soldier to attack the city can choose a trophy as heavy as his body. ”

The infantry immediately roared and rushed towards the city, and ladders were erected, and the soldiers climbed the ladders and climbed towards the city.

At this time, the Ming army finally made a move to knock down the erected ladder. Kule immediately ordered the archers to fire arrows to suppress the city, and suddenly there was a scream at the city, and there were many fewer ladders that were knocked down, and although several soldiers were killed, the ladders were immediately erected again, and many soldiers climbed on them again. The Ming army at the head of the city struggled to push the ladder to the top, but their number was too small, and gradually, the soldiers of the Western Captives attacked the city.

"Great! The Iron Gate Pass has been captured! Bermu, who was watching the battle from behind, couldn't help but shout happily.

"General Tianwei is unmatched!" Cao Zizhuang immediately agreed.

Although Bermu disliked him, he accepted sycophants this time. Bermu even took the initiative to say to him: "This time the Iron Gate Pass was captured, since the Ming army did not cause us many casualties, I will also open up to them." But soldiers can keep them alive, but officers can't. When the time comes, it will be up to you to identify these officers, who are very loyal to the Ming Kingdom, and those who are not so loyal can be used by our country. ”

"Thank you for your trust, the villain will definitely complete what the adult has explained!" Cao Zizhuang's eyes flashed with excitement, and he agreed loudly.

Bermu patted him on the shoulder again, and was about to say something more, when suddenly he heard a continuous explosion from the top of the city, and he felt bad, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that something was exploding one after another on the top of the city, and the soldiers who had already climbed the city were blown up on their backs.