The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 644 Critical

Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner took over Jirigra's attack. This time, these two banners have seen that the soldiers on the top of the city are tired, and they think this is a good time for them to make contributions.

So the one with the white flag was in charge of Ji Ya, and the one with the white flag was in charge of Meng Gen. The two men discussed it and felt that this time the battle should be done in one go, directly breaking the will of the guards on the top of the city.

So the two immediately ordered their cavalry to drive away the captives they had obtained and attack the city desperately.

Now the two of them are not like when Jirigra attacked the city, they are divided into waves of attacks, and now they order all the captives to swarm up.

Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner fought desperately to attack the city, and the defenders on the top of the city couldn't stand it anymore.

The defenders managed to hold the city wall with great difficulty. Seeing the enemy retreat, they wanted to take a break at first, but now they changed again, which made the defenders feel even more tired.

The boredom that this person has produced psychologically has very obvious manifestations physically.

And the captives below are now starting to attack the city, and these people on the top of the city, seeing tens of thousands of people attacking together, also feel unprecedented despair.

But the captive soldiers below saw hope instead. As long as they break through the Longcheng Pass, they can save their lives and get rewards.

So these people are desperate this time, they don't care about the various rolling logs and stones flying from above, they are desperately climbing to the top of the city.

As long as one person falls from the ladder, the people behind will immediately make up for it, without giving the defenders on the tower any respite.

And the Eight Banners cavalry not far behind the city tower used their superb cavalry skills to provide non-stop support behind.

This caused even greater losses to the defenders on the top of the city. These people had to brave the rain of arrows and throw logs and thunderstones down the city.The captive soldiers who climbed up the stairs spent a bloody battle, but it didn't take long for them to be unable to hold on from the head.

Ruan Zhengyu had many such situations, and hurriedly ordered his own soldiers to go to reinforce them. Although these soldiers were very brave, they were not many in number, and they were just a drop in the bucket when they reached the top of the city.

Seeing the urgency of the situation, Li Guangqing hurried to Ruan Zhengyu's side.

"Your Majesty, the matter is urgent. Your Majesty immediately ordered all the men in the city to go to the city immediately, and ordered the strong women to gather under the tower and wait for reinforcements at any time."

Ruan Zhengyu shuddered when he heard this, if he really told Li Guangqing like this, then after this war, there might not be many people left at Longcheng Pass.

Seeing Ruan Zhengyu's hesitation, Li Guangqing stomped his feet angrily, what time has it come, and the benevolence of these women.

"My lord, think about the millions of people behind Longcheng Pass, think about the ancestors of the Ruan family."

After hearing this, Ruan Zhengyu immediately gave up his hesitation. He also knew that it was time to cut off his tail to survive. To sacrifice the people of Longcheng Pass and protect the safety of millions of people, this business is capable.

So Ruan Zhengyu didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered his own soldiers to separate out a part, call all the men in the city, and drive them to the tower.

While Ruan Zhengyu and the others were discussing here, a change occurred on the top of the city.

Now there are fewer and fewer soldiers on the top of the city, and they are gradually unable to resist the attacks of those captive soldiers.

Seeing the crisis, Ruan Zhengyu immediately pulled out the sword beside him, and said to the ministers of civil and military affairs behind him: "Once the Dragon City Pass is broken, we will die without a place to die. Since this is the case, it is better to fight to the death, and maybe we can fight back!" enemy."

After Ruan Zhengyu finished speaking, he rushed forward with his sword in hand, and the civil and military officials behind him all looked at each other in blank dismay.

All the generals blushed a little, so they drew their swords and followed Ruan Zhengyu up.

But these civil servants didn't take it seriously. What's the use of them going up without the power to restrain the chicken?Isn't it a chance for the Central Plains to set up an army to attack?
So these civil servants, not only did not follow their king to charge, but let their guards escort them back into the city tower.

Prime Minister Li Guangqing stomped his feet angrily when he saw the appearance of these literati, but at this critical moment, he really had nothing to do with them, so he could only go forward and persuade him: "You are all the pillars of the country. Send your own soldiers to reinforce them."

After hearing Li Guangqing's words, these civil servants also blushed, and finally nodded silently one by one. Li Guangqing saw that they agreed and immediately ordered the soldiers of these people to follow him to the top of the city.

Ruan Zhengyu led his men to fight desperately. In this battle, only the corpses were strewn across the city tower. In the end, the rolling logs and thunder stones were not enough. The soldiers defending the city directly used the corpses of their comrades as rolling logs and threw them down to attack The captured soldiers in the city.

But even so, Ruan Zhengyu and the others couldn't hold on any longer. The three thousand old and weak soldiers at Longcheng Pass had all been lost, and the thousands of strong men they had recruited had also been lost. Ding Hao's thousands of soldiers and horses had also been lost In the battle just now, there were many casualties, and in the end even Ruan Zhengyu's civil and military ministers' personal soldiers were very few left.

Meng Gen saw that the resistance on the city was getting weaker and weaker, and he immediately smiled. He knew that the city would be broken at this time.

So Meng Gen didn't care about his age, and personally led [-] cavalrymen under his command to rush under the city wall to reinforce those captive soldiers.

With the participation of people like Meng Gen, captive soldiers gradually appeared on the tower, and they even occupied a small base.

Ruan Zhengyu is now in despair, he knows that the city will be broken at this moment.

What Ruan Zhengyu is thinking about now is whether to live and die with the city, or to stay useful and retreat to Shenglong Mansion to fight the enemy.

At this critical moment, suddenly a group of people rushed up the tower with various weapons.

When Ruan Zhengyu took a closer look, tears welled up in his eyes. It turned out that these people were either eleven or twelve-year-old children, or five or sixty-year-old gray-haired old men. What they held in their hands were either sickles or hoes.

These people came to the top of the city and immediately joined the battle group. Although these people were weak in combat power, they attacked the enemy one by one as if they were crazy.

Thanks to the addition of this man, the attack of the captive soldiers was quickly repelled again.

Meng Gen watched from the bottom of the city and stomped his feet. He thought that the city was about to be breached this time, but he didn't expect that the other party would come up with another group of people.

Seeing this situation, Ji Ya also shook his head. He didn't expect these southern barbarians to be so tenacious.

Besides, on the city tower, although it was said that the captive soldiers were repelled again, once Ruan Zhengyu counted the number of people, all of them were immediately burned.

It turns out that there are only 6000 to 60 people who can stand and fight on the towers, and most of these people are teenagers and elderly people in their [-]s and [-]s. It's the end.

Li Guangqing was also frowning all the time, he didn't expect that the Central Plains people would dare to let the captured soldiers attack the city.

They didn't know that the Tatars had already had their own set of methods for the management of these slaves in the long-term practice process.

The promotion of these people almost all depends on military merit. If the credit is large enough, they can even join the Tatar ethnic group without being a slave, and the Tatars value warriors. There is no discrimination, but because they were promoted because of their military exploits, they are regarded as warriors.

The Manchu Eight Banners were almost all differentiated from the Tatars, so they perfectly inherited this set of regulations.

Because of this set of regulations, the slave soldiers under his command also saw hope.

Compared with when they were in Annan Kingdom, military achievements were deprived by those officers of noble origin, the system of the Eight Banners of Manchuria made them feel more at ease.

Because of this, these captive soldiers moved forward bravely one by one, one is because they can be promoted and become masters by virtue of military industry.

The second reason is that their family members are still in Annan. If Annan is not defeated, their family members will probably be implicated when the war subsides.

What's more, now that Longcheng Pass is about to be breached, these captive soldiers also saw hope, so they worked even harder.

Although Li Guangqing didn't know why these captured soldiers were desperately attacking, he could see the current situation very clearly.

"Your Majesty, we should drive those strong women below the city to the top of the city."

Ruan Zhengyu nodded silently after listening, and then asked his own soldiers to handle the matter.

Not long after, a group of women were driven up to the top of the city, all of them were trembling with all kinds of weapons in their hands.

When they got to the top of the city and saw corpses all over the ground, many women immediately threw up at the base of the wall.

When Ruan Zhengyu saw this, he knew it was impossible to fight this battle. Now that these women can't even stand firm, you still expect them to defend the city and kill the enemy?
Li Guangqing also saw the seriousness of the situation, he pulled Ruan Zhengyu, and the two went to a local place.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the Longcheng Pass is in danger. Please, Your Majesty, with all the civil and military officials, retreat to the Shenglong Mansion immediately to concentrate our forces, and then we will fight against the bandits in the Northern Dynasty."

Ruan Zhengyu has long wanted to do this in his heart, but he still has to be more reserved now.

"I'm the king of Annan, how can I escape the battle, the prime minister should not say this again."

Seeing Ruan Zhengyu's troubled face, Li Guangqing knew what was going on in his heart, so he quickly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, this is not running away from the battle, but just exchanging space for time, so that in the future, we can repel the bandits and restore our country." .”

Ruan Zhengyu thought about it for a while and didn't refuse again, because he knew that the next wave of attack would come soon, and if he didn't leave now, he might not be able to leave even if he wanted to.

"Since that's the case, then I will listen to your arrangements and temporarily retreat to Shenglong Mansion before fighting the enemy decisively."

(End of this chapter)