As soon as they came to the city, they rushed to the place where the western captives were most numerous, and when they saw them, they slashed them in front of them. These dozens of people have sufficient strength, high martial arts, and are even more good at cooperating, slashing and killing hundreds of Western captives at once, killing hundreds of people who climbed to the top of the city and retreating one after another, and dozens of people at the back even fell down.

After destroying the hundreds of people with the others, they immediately ran to another place. After a while, these dozens of people played the role of thousands of ordinary soldiers and stabilized the situation in the city.

"Fenghua! What are you doing here! What about Your Highness, where is Your Highness? Why don't you protect Your Highness? Song Hu shouted in surprise. It turned out that these people were all the guards of Zhu Shangbing, the king of Qin.

"Your Highness saw that the city was about to be unable to hold it, so he sent us to support!" One of the leaders of the guards called Fenghua came to Song Hu's side at this time to fight alongside him.

"But what about the safety of His Highness?"

"At present, the greatest danger to the safety of His Highness is the Western Captives who are besieging the city. If Xilu is allowed to break through the city, how will His Highness have a way to live? They sent us to help. Not only us, but all the guards of His Royal Highness, as well as the guards of Song Xiang and Marquis Wu, were also sent out to support the various cities. ”

After saying this, Fenghua stopped talking and struggled to fight with Xiyu. Song Hu also concentrated on fighting.

With such a new force rushing to support, although there were only a few dozen people, after the soldiers at the head of the city learned that they were His Highness's guards, they burst out with extremely high morale, and the strength that had been exhausted gave birth to some more, and for a time they actually beat down all the western captives who rushed to the city.

Seeing that the Xilu was defeated, the Ming army at the head of the city suddenly let out a burst of cheers, but some people relaxed and fell to the ground as soon as their feet weakened. Even Song Hu accidentally knocked on the barrel of another person's gun, and blood flowed immediately.

"Commander Song, hurry up and let me bandage it." Lin Chen suddenly appeared beside him, took out a bottle of soju and poured it on his head, and took out a roll of white cloth to wrap around his head.

"Why are you at the head of the city now? Didn't you let you treat the wounded soldiers in the back? Song Hu asked.

"Where will the wounded soldiers be sent to the back for treatment now?" Lin Chen replied while wrapping up: "All the guards have been recruited to fight in the city, and only a few of us military doctors are left, in order to treat the wounded soldiers, we can only come to the city." ”

"When all these things in our hands are used up, we will also take swords and guns to shoot the Xilu."

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"What's going on? The Ming Kingdom has clearly not changed people, and they don't have too many people to change, how can they suddenly drive our soldiers off the city as if they were beaten with chicken blood? Timur shouted.

He was smiling and talking to the generals and foreign envoys, and at the same time accepting their compliments, because the city was going very well. "Great Khan, you can actually think of the method of piling up and burning bricks to attack the city, and you have been holding back until this moment, and you have been caught off guard by the Ming army defending the city, and it is worthy of being the invincible Khan in the west."

"Hehe, it's not very unusual. There have been such examples in history. I originally planned to use this method when I was attacking the cities in the Ming Kingdom, but I didn't expect the Ming army in Hami City to be so tenacious, and the Ming army that came to the rescue came so quickly, so it could only be used here. With this time, the Ming army will definitely be on guard in the future, and it will not be so useful. Timur laughed.

While he was laughing, suddenly the soldiers at the head of the city were beaten back, and Timur became angry.

"Great Khan, it was the Prince of Ming in the city who sent his personal guards to the various cities to support, so this situation occurred." One of the generals hurried into the tent and replied.

"I see." Timur suddenly realized, and then his face became calm again: "This is about the last resort of the Ming Kingdom, order the soldiers, do not stop the siege, and the artillery should not stop." Just a few guards can't change the overall situation. ”

"Yes, Great Khan."

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"Whew! Call! Song Hu gasped for breath while fighting hard with Xiyu. He slashed the person in front of him with a knife, and let the spear stabbed by another person, walked over closely, pulled out a dagger with his left hand and stabbed him in the stomach, leaned back to dodge the other knife, and slashed the man's arm with his backhand, cutting off half of his neck while screaming.

But there were too many people in the city, the shouts of killing, screams and the sound of slashing and stabbing sounded together, even the most deaf and clear-sighted people could not see the six roads and listen to the eight directions, Song Hu killed three people in an instant, but he was still slashed in the back by the next person who saw the opportunity, and he staggered and fell to the ground.

The man who cut him down saw that he was wearing chain mail, and knew that he was a high official, and was about to step forward and cut off his head with a scimitar. But Bong-hwa immediately rushed over, and with a spear he deflected his knife, and stabbed him to death with another swing.

Feng Hua then killed two more people who were going to rush over to pick up the bargain, and when the other three people who were 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? ”

"Where is the time to heal now!" Song Hu said as he raised his knife again and continued to kill the enemy.

Now is indeed the time to heal the wounds. As far as the eye can see, at this time, the city head is already full of Western captives rushing up, and the battle line has become blurred, and countless Western captives want to kill the Guangming Army and seize the city with a hideous look.

"Now it's almost close to the night, as long as you hold on until the evening, you can only retreat, everyone hold on for a while!" Song Hu shouted loudly as he rushed to kill, even if few people heard his shout.

But obviously, the current situation is no longer something that Song Hu can do with a few shouts. The Ming army defending the city had no way to retreat, even if their arms were heavy as if they were filled with lead, their legs were numb and did not look like their own, and the food stuffed into their stomachs during the hasty rest at noon had long been consumed, but they were still fighting with the attacking Xiyu in one place, preventing them from seizing the city. However, there were too many Western captives rushing to the city, and they were gradually drowning the Ming army that was still resisting.

Although Song Hu was still fighting hard, looking at the more and more western captives and fewer and fewer soldiers in the city, he couldn't help but feel a sense of despair in his heart: 'Is it inevitable that the city will be breached if it persists to this day?' Suddenly he had the intention of killing himself. He would not allow himself to be taken prisoner.

Song Hu couldn't help but look down at the knife in his hand, and trembled a little to raise it. At the same time, he whispered: "Your Highness, the minister failed to hold the head of the city, so he will be loyal to His Highness; Your Majesty, the ministers will serve the Ming Dynasty again in their next life! ”

"My lord, what are you doing!" Cheng Xian, the guard who had been following Song Hu, turned his head and saw him raise the knife in his hand to reach his neck, and subconsciously hugged him, while grabbing his right hand holding the knife.

Song Hu struggled a few times and couldn't break free, and said a little weakly: "Cheng Xian, don't stop me anymore." The city is bound to be broken, and I will not be a captive of the Western captives. ”

As expected, Cheng Xian, who was usually obedient to him, did not obey his order at this time, grabbed his arm and said that he would not let go, and shouted: "My lord, no!" Although the situation is already very critical at this time, after all, the West Captives have not yet been attacked, and there is still a chance to hold on. Moreover, there are carrier pigeons sent to Yiwu City every day in the past few days, and the reinforcements led by Wei Guogong can rush to the city today, as long as the city is still in our hands before the reinforcements arrive at the city, it will be defended, and the adults must not find a short-sighted. ”

Song Hu took a deep breath and said, "There is still at least an hour before the late hour, and now the situation in the city, there are not many soldiers left, and all the equipment to defend the city has been used up, how can you still hold on for an hour?" Rather than die at the hands of the Silu after the city was breached, I might as well kill myself. ”

Cheng Xian still didn't let go, grabbed his arm, and was about to speak: "But ,..." But before he finished speaking, he heard Song Hu burst out: "Let go!" Cheng Xian was so frightened that he shook his whole body and subconsciously let go of his hand. Song Hu broke free from his shackles and was about to kill himself with a knife.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt that someone had hit him in 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.

"As a member of my Song family, how can I commit suicide in front of the two armies? Even if you are sure of defeat, you must fight the enemy until you die of exhaustion. He said.

"Moreover, although the situation is very critical, the turning point has arrived. Look to the east. ”

Hearing this, Song Hu subconsciously looked to the east. He raised his right hand to block the sun's rays, and noticed that billowing smoke and dust had risen in the east, like a sandstorm in the desert, coming towards the city of Iwu.

"This is, reinforcements?" Song Hu asked in surprise.

Song Sheng ignored him anymore and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, the reinforcements are about to arrive under the city, and the billowing smoke and dust in the east is the situation when the reinforcements are hurrying over. As long as you hold on for half an hour, Igo City will be defended. The civil servants in the guard house who followed him also shouted.

Immediately, there was a sound of a woman shouting, and Song Hu looked back and saw Tang Yuewan, the princess of Qin, standing in front of the horse road with dozens of healthy women, shouting loudly with her cheeks puffed out. After shouting these words on both sides, he began to loudly boost the morale of the soldiers.

Hearing the shouting, seeing the billowing smoke and dust in the east, and seeing the princess Niangniang personally going to the city to boost morale, he suddenly had another strength, and shouted loudly to fight with the Xiyu. Song Sheng also personally led the last reinforcements to rush to kill. At this moment, the city was very chaotic, and he didn't care about the rules at all, brandishing the Spring and Autumn Broadsword and slashing indiscriminately, cutting off countless heads, and didn't care that his head was almost cut off several times. Although the western captives couldn't understand Chinese, they could also see the smoke and dust in the east, and they immediately understood that the reinforcements of the Ming army were about to arrive, and they were so impressed that they were suppressed for a while.

Timur, who was supervising the battle under the city, naturally noticed the smoke and dust, and he could even see the Sun and Moon Banner of the Ming army moving rapidly with the help of clairvoyance. Immediately launched a ruthless attack, so that the soldiers hurried to attack the city.

But the Ming army defending the city had hope in their hearts, and the momentum of the battle was suddenly different from just now, although they could no longer drive them off the city, but they stubbornly held the horse road leading to the city. Although the soldiers who rushed to the head of the city had already occupied the arrow tower and occupied most of the city, they were unable to seize the horse road and rush into the city.

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"Quick, let more soldiers rush to the city, we must seize the horse road, kill into the inner city, and capture Zhu Shangbing alive!" Timur put down the clairvoyance in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Great Khan, retire." Yesbu stepped forward and said, "Great Khan, the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom have arrived less than twenty miles away from Hami City, and at their current speed, they will be able to reach the vicinity of the east gate of Hami Outer City in one hour at most, and the battle situation will be very critical at that time." ”

"Although the Ming army galloped all the way, the men and horses were tired, but all the units of our army also took turns to attack the city, not only the losses were not small, but the strength of the soldiers was not fully recovered, and they may not be able to take advantage in the face of the Ming army."

"And the Ming army's reinforcements are neat, there are infantry and cavalry, and more than 100 cannons are dragged, and the equipment used in various offensive and defensive battles is also very complete; On the other hand, our army, these days siege arrows consume a lot, cannonballs and gunpowder are also consumed a lot, many ballistas are broken and are being repaired, and the artillery is too frequent to use cold water to cool down, so they can only wait for natural cooling, many of them are not used, if the Ming reinforcements open artillery, our army does not have many cannons to fight back. ”

"Thirdly, now our army is divided into two parts by the walls of Hami City, one part is in the outer city of Hami, including about 300,000 soldiers who are besieging the city, and the other part is only 100,000 soldiers outside Hami City, and all the available equipment is in the outer city, and there is nothing outside the city. The Ming reinforcements that arrived were more than 300,000, including nearly 100,000 cavalry, and if they quickly raided the soldiers stationed outside the city, they were likely to break our army in one fell swoop. In this way, our army not only lost 100,000 horses and horses, but also lost the numerical advantage completely, but also will be blocked in the outer city of Hami, and when the Ming army is attacked inside and outside, our army will be defeated. ”

"So Great Khan, retire!"

Timur clasped clasped clairvoyance with both hands, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the city of Yiwu in front of him, as if he was hoping that the Ming army defending the city would suddenly collapse or be completely wiped out. But after a long while, nothing like this happened, and he could only sigh and say, "Retreat!" ”

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At the head of the city, Song Sheng, Song Hu, father and son were still leading the soldiers to fight hard, defending the horse road, and suddenly the soldiers in front of them retreated, and in a blink of an eye, they had all retreated from the city. Song Hu was stunned, threw down his knife and gun and shouted happily: "Xiyu has withdrawn!" ”

"Retire! The West Capture has retreated! All the soldiers also reacted, threw down their swords and guns, raised their hands and shouted loudly.

Immediately, the same shouts came from the other three walls, and the city of Igo was defended!