Chapter 887: Battle of offense and defense!

It was late at this time, and Temujin didn't care whether he could see it or not.
All the artillery in the circle around Taiyuan were pushed out. Numerous pottery pots with flames rose in the air and fell on the wall or in the city. Naturally, some of them fell outside the city wall. The Mongols who were preparing for the ladder and The caught Han was hit.
In and out of the city, there was a sound of wailing and cursing everywhere.
In Taiyuan City, except for the city walls, which are made of stone, the residential houses are mostly wooden structures. Under the frantic attack of Mongolian artillery, all the houses near the city wall were on fire.
People risked being hit by fire bombs and flying rocks outside the city, fighting the fire, looting supplies, and isolating the burning house from the unburned house, so as not to burn all the other houses.
But this is the case, the entire Taiyuan, from the outside, is also a sea of ​​flames.
Only the houses far from the city wall were spared.
The soldiers who defended the city were suppressed too much to raise their heads. The fire bomb hits them far and doesn't burn them much, but the flying stone and giant arrow hurt them a lot.
They did not dare to leave the observation gap too far, and must prevent the Mongols below from climbing up the city wall.
The flamboyant flying stone stopped quickly.
The soldiers guarding the city quickly came to the observation gap, guarding the archers outside the city, while observing the push of the ladder.
Once there is a ladder on the city wall, they must use a long pole to push the ladder away, so it is impossible for the Mongols to climb the ladder.
Of course, the archers below will aim at the people pushing away from the ladder to release arrows. These soldiers are also the easiest to be shot. Many ladders were pushed down, but many soldiers defending the city were shot to death.
An veteran with a gourd on his waist fell off the city wall with the support bar in his hand. He yelled anxiously and wanted to use his body to push the ladder, but it didn't work at all.
Seeing that several people climbed up the ladder and smashed it down with a rock, it had little effect. Some Mongols climbed higher and higher.
He suddenly took off the gourd and poured the wine in it down the ladder, and the wine flowed down the long ladder.
He took a piece of wood that was burning next to him, lit the ladder, and then continued to pour the wine. Soon, the entire ladder ignited, and the clothes of the soldiers who climbed the ladder ignited. They had to jump down to put out the fire.
Someone nearby immediately followed suit, so some people brought wine from the room, and some people brought wine jars from the hotel. Many ladders were ignited in this way, and the Mongols' siege of the city was severely blocked.
However, wine is limited after all. Golden soldiers have to rely more on stones and wood to attack enemy soldiers who climbed up the ladder, and use a long rod to push the ladder to it.
The light at night is not good. Not only did the Mongols find it difficult to attack the city, but the Jin soldiers also couldn't see the enemy clearly.
Tie Muzhen looked at the effect and realized that the defenders of Taiyuan were not a group of old, weak, sick and disabled.
When I was in a hurry, I found the soldiers who had been sent to the Central Plains to inquire about the news, and asked them whether they had actually found out the exact resolution.
He was very suspicious that these people were probably not responsible enough, or they had detected false news.
Tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and handicapped, how can they not be so tenacious and brave in defending the city. Their spirit of not afraid of death is not even weaker than their own elite soldiers who have experienced many battles.
At midnight, seeing that he still hadn't broken through a city defense, Temujin had to order a temporary withdrawal.
Several generals came to his camp to discuss countermeasures.
"We are more than a hundred thousand warriors, but we can't take a Taiyuan that is only guarded by tens of thousands of old and weak soldiers." Temujin looked angry, "Who can tell me why this is? Where is the problem? How to solve it?"
The first batch of Chi Lao who was in charge of the siege said with trepidation: "I have made a rough count. My 20,000 elite soldiers have been damaged by more than 30%. Khan, this is the biggest failure of my life. I ask to continue to fight tomorrow. , If you don’t take down Taiyuan, you will never retreat!"
Because Lemi had no soldiers, he could only stand beside Chi Lao Wen, with his hands down in silence.
"We have to change the way. Between the gates of Taiyuan City, a general is arranged to attack, whoever enters the city first, rewards the thousand acres of grassland." Temujin said.
For a time, the group will be excited, all gearing up. ,, ..
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