Huangluling Pass was besieged for several days, and the Mongolian cavalry launched wave after wave of attacks. If the Guan army led by Qiao Yifeng had not resisted bravely, this pass would have probably fallen long ago.

However, war has always been "strength to defeat the weak", and relying solely on the bravery of the soldiers is still far from enough. Once the Guan army continues to consume but is not effectively supplemented, then it is actually a matter of time before it falls.

Perhaps it was precisely because of the realization of this that although the Mongolian cavalry suffered a lot, their offensives were always fierce, and even used horse blood to directly solve the problem of water shortage.

However, the success of entering the city was also caused by heavy casualties in Mongolia, which was undoubtedly a test for the coach.

Chataiji had already wanted to retreat, but he looked at this precarious pass and thought about the strategic significance of winning the pass, he chose to grit his teeth and continue attacking.

The corpses under the city were piled up like mountains, and even the air had a smell of rotten meat. However, more than a dozen ladders were hung on the city wall again, and a group of people carried the siege hammers and prepared to hit the city gate again.

This city gate has long been nothing but its appearance, with obvious cracked stripes on it, like a vase with cracks.

"Stop them!"

The guard at the city headed to see the enemy who had been resting and carrying the siege hammer. He knew that the city gate, which had been decades for a long time, could not withstand such a collision, and immediately mobilized people to guard it strictly on the city head.

In order to stop these siege teams, the Ming army kept smashing stones and bending bows and shooting arrows. As for the burning oil, it had already been consumed in the previous battles.

Although they had already asked for help from Fenzhou, Fenzhou had neither military support nor material support, which made them now extremely ammunition.

"Cover them!"

Chataiji also saw that the city gate was a breakthrough, so this time the ladder was only Qiao Ying, but he had already concentrated his troops in this city gate and issued an order.

Although he has suffered repeated setbacks these days, it is impossible for him to let his subordinates die in vain. He is also thinking about good strategies to attack the city. The city gate will be broken today.

puff!

The face of a Mongolian cavalry was covered in blood by the thrown stone. Even after following the stone fell to the side of the road, the whole person was speechless.

puff!

A Mongolian cavalry's throat was penetrated by a sharp arrow, and his head was also leaning back. He lost his life while maintaining the hammer-raising posture.

However, the vacant position of the two of them was soon filled by two other Mongolian cavalrymen, and they continued to carry the siege hammer towards the city gate, but no one escaped at the fortress.

When they were more than ten meters away from the city gate, they shouted slogans together, and then ran a run in an orderly manner, and seemed to be fighting to the city gate with high fighting spirit.

"Shoot, shoot quickly!" Seeing this, the guard on the city also nervously and hastily said.

Cough! Cough!

A group of Mongolian cavalry came to the city gate. They bent their bows and arrows to shoot at the top of the city, and sharp arrows shot aimlessly.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The soldiers on the top of the city bent their bows and arrows to stop the siege soldiers, but they had just leaned out and were immediately shot by the arrows below, and some people even fell down.

This seemingly unusual confrontation suddenly pushed the war to the highest point, and the intensity suddenly exceeded the past, and the Mongolian cavalry also showed their crazy fangs.

Bang!

The siege hammer hit the city gate hard. Although the latch of the city gate was complete, the cracks around the latch were even worse, especially the entire door was obviously tilted forward.

Nothing can be done overnight, but the city gate has been tilted backwards, which proves that the city gate is no longer unbreakable, but a piece of window paper that can be pierced at any time.

"Don't let..."

The guards on the city wall heard the sound of the door hitting the door differently than before. Even though they realized the seriousness of the problem, they also raised their hands to smash the siege soldiers below, but the sound stopped abruptly.

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A cloud of darkness spread from the east and soon occupied most of the sky.

puff!

The stone raised by the guard at the top of the city did not fall down, three arrows had been inserted into his chest, and blood immediately overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and he fell back with the stone.

"What...what should I do?"

The soldiers watched the leader being shot and then the dense rain of arrows shot from the city, and felt deeply that they were powerless to turn the sky back at this moment. This Huangluling Pass was probably going to fall today.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Under the cover of the Mongolian cavalry's arrows, the siege hammers below hit the city gate frantically, and the inclination of the city gate became larger and larger, and even the latch appeared cracks.

Boom!

With another violent impact, the city gate, which had been storm for decades, fell down, rolling up dust in the city cave, and opened up the passage outside and inside the city.

"kill!"

The moment the city gate fell, Chataiji seemed to see a mountain of gold and silver, but he pulled out the scimitar from his waist and shouted loudly.

The siege soldiers who were responsible for hitting the door just now pulled out the scimitars at their waists, and a greedy light flashed through their eyes and rushed into the gate.

Although today is a gloomy sky, the other end of the city gate looks so bright, with what they have dreamed of these days.

After clearing the obstacles in the city gate, a road that could control the passage of a horse appeared, and Chataiji led his personal guards to kill him in as soon as possible.

The war has come to this day, and it seems that it is close to the end, but this pass is full of corpses and blood flows into a river.

The sky is gray, and there are already a certain number in the dark.

When the city gate of Huangluling Pass was broken, the situation in Shizhou City was also extremely critical.

On the fifth day of being surrounded, the White Lotus Sect's inner circle made Shizhou City even more chaotic, but reinforcements were not coming to reinforce, which made the entire Shizhou City panic.

"kill!"

The sea of ​​soldiers was like tides and the blades were like fire. The Mongolian cavalry also attacked the city gates in the west of the city, but rushed into the city of Shizhou. The sound of killing was shocking for a moment.

After losing the head coach, the commander of Shizhou Guard who was assassinated by the combo, Han Xing seemed alone, and a catastrophe suddenly came to the precarious Shizhou City.

The sky seemed gloomy and the whole world was dyed gray.

A large Mongolian army was stationed by the Beichuan River. A series of white tents looked very eye-catching, with cavalry coming and going, and a Mongolian cavalry heading outside Dawu Town to provoke.

Unlike the two battlefields in the south, this place seems particularly quiet.

Even though the two sides were only one mile apart, even if the Mongolian cavalry kept provoking the Ming army stationed in Dawu Town, the Ming army had never chosen to fight and even hung up a battle-free sign.

It has to be said that the Mongolian cavalry has too much advantage in field battles.

Even if the most famous Shijia Army and Majia Army on the Nine Borders join forces, they dare not rashly fight against Altan's main force. Especially outside this town, the slope terrain that is most favorable to the Mongolian cavalry.

Although this action was atrocity, neither Ma Fang nor Shi Huashan were allowed to go out to fight against the generals who kept asking for battle.

In the dome tent in the center, a group of high-level officials are surrounding the sand table and expressing their opinions in combination with military situations.

The war has come to this point. Although they are facing a certain degree of food and grass crisis and are facing pressure from the main force of the Ming army to move south, things are undoubtedly becoming more and more beneficial to them.

They resisted reinforcements in the north, and tens of thousands of troops besieged Shizhou City, which was troubled by internal and external troubles. In the south, they could open up the pass to Shanxi at any time, allowing them to firmly grasp the dominance of this war.

Not to mention that the troops in Shizhou City could not resist their siege, the Fenzhou Guard behind Huangluling Pass also had no combat power, and it would be a matter of time before Chataiji took Huangluling Pass.

As for the biggest plan of the Ming army, I hope they are trapped in the dilemma of food and grass, this is just the opinion of some scholars. Not to mention that many of their cavalry carried some dry food with them, this killing horse could survive a long time, so

They can't really starve to death.

The most important thing is that once Shizhou City is captured, they will get a lot of food and grass, so food and grass are not a problem from beginning to end.

"Khan, in the current situation, we can attack and defend!" A Mongolian tribe leader looked at the sand table and said optimistically.

"Haha... Once we take down Huangluling Pass, we can continue to go south to loot, and even target Dayuan City!" Another Mongolian tribe leader pointed to the red flag of Huangluling and said excitedly.

An old tribal leader shook his head gently, and said with a serious stern look: "We should not be too ambitious. This time we will win Shizhou City is worth this trip!"

"I want me to tell you! Since the situation has been opened, how can a small Shizhou City be satisfied? I think it would be better to occupy the entire Shanxi in one fell swoop!" A fat Mongolian tribe leader disagreed, and then turned his head to look at Zhao Quan and said: "

Mr. Military Advisor, you Han people have something to say about Shanxi!”

When the Mongolian senior officials heard the chaotic words, they couldn't help but complain that this man was clearly making things difficult for the military advisor.

Zhao Quan smiled slightly, looked at the fat man and responded: "What you said: Those who win Shanxi will win the world?"

"Yes, yes, that's exactly this sentence!" The Mongolian tribe leader nodded heavily as if he had drunk wine.

Some people are also curious about the source of this statement, and Zhao Quan also took the opportunity to show off his knowledge.

Combined with the terrain of the sand table, he explained to everyone the geographical advantages of Shanxi that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Once Shanxi is occupied, it will not only be able to easily establish a country in the mountains, but also use this as a basis to invade the Central Plains.

This is indeed the case. It is different from Shu. Shanxi is often the place where the dragon is rising.

Zhao Quan moved slightly in his heart and advised Altan: "Khan, if we occupy Taiyuan, Shanxi and other places this time, we can follow Shi Jingtang. We collect taxes from the Han people here, which can help the Jin Dynasty's finances.

Danger!”

Shi Jingtang was born in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. He started his career in Taiyuan and then became the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Zhao Quan deliberately quoted Shi Jingtang's example. Although he wanted to enclose land and collect taxes here, he also deliberately promoted Altan to fight against the Ming Dynasty with Shanxi as the starting point.

The eyes of the Mongolian leaders lit up slightly, but they all looked at Altan with hope.

Altan knew that Zhao Quan wanted him to invade the Central Plains, but he responded lightly: "This time it is about plundering! Once Huangluling Pass is captured, we will continue to go south, otherwise after robbing Shizhou, we will

Return to the grassland!”

Although he now has an absolute advantage, he does not take the Ming Dynasty's army seriously, but his main intention this time is to loot.

Once Shanxi is really to invade, the Ming Dynasty will definitely fight a positional battle with him, but this is a war that he cannot afford.

That's why his goal was to loot Shanxi's abundant supplies, rather than invading Shanxi, nor to compete for the world with the Ming Dynasty.
To be continued...