Flourishing of the Ming Dynasty Novel - Chapter 89

Chapter 89 Chengtou Death Battle
Under the cover of the rain of arrows, the Meng people quickly pounced on the city. More than a hundred people had already climbed up the stairs towards the city wall. This time, their speed was much faster than climbing the city with ropes yesterday. In just a short while, they had already climbed more than ten feet.

However, the defensive situation on the city was even worse than yesterday. The east and west cities were divided into nearly two hundred people. Although some of them were civilians, they still greatly weakened the defensive power of the city. And this was not the most troublesome thing. What made Lu Zhen feel even more helpless was the performance of the citizens who had spontaneously gone up to the city to guard against the Meng people.

They had never come into direct contact with these ferocious Meng people. Seeing a large number of Meng people rushing over with ferocious expressions and howling, many people were so frightened that their hands and feet stiffened. They were all stunned on the spot, completely at a loss for what to do.

Although the soldiers on one side kept reminding them, their movements were still extremely slow. They naturally couldn’t do something as difficult as shooting arrows, but even if they threw stones down, it wouldn’t be an easy task for these people.

Although they had the strength, they did not have a strategy to smash them. They only threw these defensive weapons downwards in confusion, not even carefully distinguishing the enemy’s position. As a result, a large amount of wood and stones were smashed down, but not even Meng Ren’s body was touched. On the contrary, some civilians were killed by the Meng Clan because they only cared about smashing things down and completely ignored the arrows coming from the front.

As a result, the crowd became even more panicked, and some people even started to cry and run to the side. Luckily, Lu Zhen had heard the suggestion to set up a team to supervise the battle. When they saw that someone had escaped, they killed them on the spot without saying a word, which stopped the morale of the army that might collapse.

It was not because Lu Zhen was heartless, it was because there was not the slightest bit of mercy on the battlefield, otherwise, more people would die as a result. Since these people took the initiative to go to the city, they could only be treated the same as the soldiers and punished the same as if they had made a mistake.

Lu Zhen shouted loudly and taught, “Everyone, calm down. Don’t randomly smash it. You must watch carefully before smashing it down. Shield hand, quickly step forward to block it” His already hoarse throat looked even uglier in this chaotic situation. His originally handsome face had long since distorted.

Fortunately, Lu Zhen’s prestige still hadn’t diminished. It was even because of last night’s battle that his status in the hearts of the soldiers and civilians had increased. In addition, after coming into contact with them a few times, the civilians finally had some appearance. That was why they were temporarily beaten back with arrows and stones when the enemy was about to climb up the city wall.

However, the damage to the city wall was not small, especially to the civilians. In just one attack and defense, more than a hundred people had died here. In comparison, the casualties of the soldiers were much smaller, with less than ten dead and less than twenty injured.

Because the ladder in the upper city did not have a nail in front of it, it was pushed down several times by the defending army. This was the only way to keep the city wall safe, and it also cost the Meng people a lot of money. However, they had enough troops, and the follow-up troops were still pouring towards the north city, as if they were going to use this small amount of troops to completely break down a city wall.

Looking at the wave after wave of Mongol people rushing over, Lu Zhen really hoped that there would be a few cannons at this time. As long as they had cannons and machine guns, they would be able to plow them clean with such a dense charge formation.

Unfortunately, at this time, there was no such big killing weapon as a machine gun. Even guns and cannons were only available to the garrison of Datong City. Guangling, a small county, did not have such a heavy weapon to defend the city at all.

Although he couldn’t bring out these two items, Lu Zhen still had his own ideas. “Where’s the kerosene? Why hasn’t the kerosene and other things in the city been delivered yet?”

While protecting his safety, Lin Lie turned around and looked at the city. He saw a group of people rushing towards him. Among them, there were a few large urns and vats. “My lord, here comes the thing!”

Hearing this, Lu Zhen’s spirits jumped, “Quick, let them start a fire and boil the kerosene and other oils for me!”

To the people, blocking and throwing down enemies outside the city was obviously a difficult task. But it’s much easier to start a fire or something. In just a short moment, there were already several fires on the city wall, and then the urns were carried up.

These containers indeed contained the oil and other things that Lu Zhen wanted. Some of them were lamp oil or vegetable oil for cooking from the homes of the people. Some of them were found from the warehouses. It was unknown when they had stored the kerosene.

At this time, regardless of whether these things were useful or not, many people began to pour all kinds of oils into a few large vats and put them on the fire to cook. A moment later, green smoke rose up from the city wall, and it even carried a hint of fragrance.

Yu Tai’s expression changed when the Meng people at the gate saw this scene. He immediately ordered loudly, “Intensify the siege! The Han people are going to use oil, they must attack the city before they boil oil and water!”

Meng Ren roared once again, climbing up the stairs in a more ferocious manner than before. In the blink of an eye, someone had already stepped onto the bricks and stones on the city wall.

Although the first Meng person to rush to the city wall was quickly assassinated by the Ming army and fell down again. However, the impact was very great. He inspired his companions behind him, and everyone let out even louder shouts as they charged towards the city wall like beasts pouncing on their prey.

Soon, more than a dozen vicious-looking Mongolian warriors came up from the city wall. They waved their scimitars in their hands, wanting to kill the surrounding Ming army to make room for the troops behind them. Those people who were slow or shocked fell to the ground. A miserable scream echoed out, accompanied by the roar of the enemy, causing even more people to feel fear.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen’s heart tightened. There was a similar situation yesterday, but Liu Yi led people to fight to the death to defend the fashion. What about today? Under his leadership, could these people still beat the enemy back?

“Even if the chances are slim, we still have to fight!” Lu Zhen gritted his teeth and cheered himself up in his heart. Immediately after, he pulled out his steel saber and shouted, “Guang Ling officers and men, listen, behind us are the people who have raised us for many years. They are our relatives and elders.” Once Dazi captures the city wall, not only will we die, those thousands of innocent civilians will also become the targets of their slaughter and ravages! Since we have eaten the salary of the Imperial Court and the food planted by the people, we should naturally use this body to protect their safety. Kill! ”

“Kill!” There were only a hundred soldiers left (another hundred had been transferred to the East and West Cities) who were inspired by Lu Zhen and shouted, “Great Ming will win! Broad Spirit will win!”

Along with this shout, they charged forward without fear, using all their strength, brandishing their swords and spears, and pouncing towards the increasing number of Meng people.

The two groups of people once again started a fierce battle at the city wall. The knives and spears slashed at each other’s bodies, but none of the Ming army retreated. Even Lu Zhen, under Lin Lie’s protection, attacked the ferocious Meng people.

At this time, there was no longer any status. All of them were warriors, protecting the people behind them, protecting this Guangling County, and also protecting this land of the Great Ming Dynasty! Everyone only had one thought left, chopping down all of the Dazi that had invaded the city wall!

Encouraged by the soldiers fighting to the death, the civilians who had been frightened to the point that their limbs were weak finally mustered up their courage again. Some of them quickly moved, picked up anything they could use to attack, cried and rushed towards Meng Ren, greeting him with their heads and faces covered.

Who said that the people must be a mob, and that they must only be able to slaughter with their hands tied? When they had enough courage, when there was a group of people in front of them constantly encouraging them to fight, even the most useless cowards could burst forth with great fighting strength.

Under the joint assault of the army and the people, the Meng people who had just arrived at the city wall were actually stopped, and many of them even screamed miserably as they were knocked off the city wall. This time, the defenders had once again gained the upper hand in confronting the Mongol people head-on.

Seeing this, Yu Taibo was furious. He could clearly see that there were less than half of the Ming army in the city, and most of them were just ordinary citizens of the Great Ming Empire. Can even these clans face off against the most elite warriors of their clan?

“Blow the trumpet and let them attack!” Yu Tai was already on the verge of exploding with rage and embarrassment. He could no longer think of anything else. He only had one thought: seize this city wall!

Seeing this, He Wukui couldn’t help but open his mouth, but in the end, he didn’t say anything. At this point in time, he didn’t dare to get into trouble. At the same time, he was also secretly frightened. How could these Ming army and civilians have such great perseverance? He had never seen such a look before.

This kind of strong fighting spirit that was completely aroused was naturally not something a person like He Wukui could understand. Integrity, courage, responsibility … The eruption of all sorts of things caused the army and the people to be united in their hearts, allowing them to do things that no one had ever done before!

Lu Zhen felt his bloodline spurt out as he waved his saber in his hand. He didn’t even feel the slightest bit tired. He just wanted to kill the enemy, then kill the enemy! He didn’t even know how many enemies he had hacked …

At this moment, a burst of cheers came from behind, “The oil is rolling!”

Lu Zhen still remembered his identity. He was not an ordinary warrior, but the commander of everyone in the city! Everyone could forget about fighting their enemies, but he couldn’t. Because he still had to command the battle!

Therefore, after hearing this cheer, he immediately retreated and shouted, “Everyone, retreat half a zhang!”