With a dull sound, the eastern section of the city wall jumped down like a frightened rabbit, and was darkened by a big hand. Huge dust soared into the sky. The wall was shaken to pieces and slowly slid into the city. A gap that was twenty feet wide appeared on the city wall, and the defenders on the city were all swallowed up by the torrent of soil.

"The city is broken..." A heart-wrenching cry broke the brief calm after the explosion and instantly spread throughout the city.

"Lord, Nancheng has been broken!" A general rushed into the lobby of Gaocheng County Government and knelt on one knee to report.

"I understand, how is the battle?" Dong Wenzhi brushed away the dust that fell on the book, nodded and asked calmly.

"The young master has commanded the soldiers to launch a counterattack, blocking the gap with a knife and chariot, and asked the lord to lead the people to break through from the north gate!" The family general replied.

"There is no end to the nest under the collapse of the nest. The world is so great that I am in my place!" Dong Wenzhi smiled calmly and threw the book in his hand on the ground, grabbed the sword and said with a solemn expression, "Dong Yong, summon all the yamen runners who can fight, and the servants will fight the enemy together with me. We must make the Southern Dynasty pay the price for every step further. The streets are covered with enemy corpses, and blood fills all the ditches in the city!"

"I understand, so I will pass the order." Dong Yong stood up and bowed with his fists. He knew that in the city's offensive and defensive battle, either the defensive side drove away the attacking side with the advantage; or the attacking side broke through the city and entered the city. Once the attacking into the city, the next attacking and defensive side would likely have a fierce street battle.

"Well, I'll sit in the yanei, please wait!" Dong Wen nodded and waved to him.

"Yes, my subordinates will obey the orders and will repay their kindness for many years of good deeds!" Dong Yong bowed again, turned around and strode out of the yamen, and assigned tasks to the family soldiers and village warriors gathered outside the yamen, preparing to fight the bloody battle with the Song army entering the city.

"Lord, now there is room for mediation. I would like to go to see Lord Song on behalf of Lord Zhu!" Seeing everyone in the hall dispersing, the old scholar standing behind Dong Wenzhi bowed and asked.

"Mr. Linghe, when you and I went north, we expected today's situation. If you want to live a secret life, why should we wait for this time? The emperor of the Southern Dynasty had long been able to destroy Gaocheng to establish his authority and shock the hearts of Hebei families. Moreover, when the Dong family followed Genghis Khan to destroy the Jin Dynasty and his father and brother defeated the Song Dynasty, there was no way back. When we could only repay the lives of our Dong family and the lives of the people in the city, we would like to repay the court's kindness!" Dong Wenzhi smiled bitterly, "It's because of your talent, you will definitely be used by the Southern Dynasty and show your ambitions!"

"My lord has praised me. I was originally a Confucian scholar who failed the exams in the Southern Dynasty. The head of the Meng family did not abandon him and was able to survive in troubled times. The sage said: A scholar died for his confidant. Even though I am not talented, I know the truth. I am alone, without any worries, and will not vote for the second master again, so that the lord can advance and retreat in the public!" Mr. Ling He smiled.

"Haha, since that's the case, let's fight against the Southern Dynasty together!" Dong Wenzhi did not persuade him again and politely said.

"Lord, the county government is not good at defense, so it's better to go back to the mansion!" At this time, Dong Wenzhi's personal guard leader, Dong Yu, also the clan's nephew, advised him.

"I am an official of the Yuan Dynasty. I will die in the government office, not in the house!" Dong Wen said directly under his feet.

"Lord..." Dong Yu wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted.

"You are all loyal and brave men. The battlefield is the destination, not to be buried with the old!" Dong Wen waved his hand and said.

"Lord, please obey your order!" Dong Yu called the soldiers guarding the county government and knelt down the steps and bowed three times, "Lord, take care of me, you're here!"

"Yes!" Dong Wenzhi nodded with great relief and bowed to him and said.

"Lord, how about we go to the second hall to play the first game?" Seeing everyone leaving, Mr. Ling He looked at the empty lobby and said.

"Okay!" Dong Wenzhi smiled and ordered the remaining servants who were trembling, "I don't care about gold and jade, but I only like to read the books of sages. You will move all the books in the book pavilion to the central hall, pour tinder oil on it, and then go!"

"Lord... Although we are humble, we are not those who are afraid of life and death. We are willing to share life and death with the Lord!" The housekeeper realized that he was going to burn himself to sacrifice his country and politely politely.

"You all have parents in the hall, and your children still need to be raised, and they are ordinary people. The emperor of the Southern Dynasty still has benevolence and righteousness in his heart. He is not a person who kills people indiscriminately. He can keep a safe place to keep a door closed. There is a box of silver ingots in the inner hall. Let's separate them from everyone and return home!" Dong Wen sighed softly, ignored them, and reached out to invite Mr. Ling He to move to the second hall.

At the greeting of the housekeeper, the servants moved all the books in the pavilion to the second hall, piled them up inside and outside the hall, and poured them with tinder oil. Then they shared the gold and silver with everyone and left...

When the city was broken, Dong Shibiao, as the commander of Gaocheng, dispatched troops to the city to defend the enemy. Although he was a military general, he was shocked by the sharpness of the artillery in the Southern Dynasty. Every time the battle ended, there were more than one ten soldiers on the city, and nearly 10,000 were injured in just a few hours. Most of them were injured by artillery fire, which caused Ding Zhuang, who transported materials, to refuse to go to the city. It was not until dozens of people were killed on the spot before they forced them to move.

What made Dong Shibiao even more worried was that the weapons of defending the city were very quickly lost. When preparing for the war, not only did they use up their wealth to purchase supplies and build weapons, but they lacked copper and iron in the end. Only less than half of the soldiers recruited had swords and guns. It was not easy to create bows and crossbows. Only after collecting them in every way could they get two or three hundred arches. Later, they had the Zhending Mansion’s inventory of weapons, so they could barely get a thousand, but the arrows were less than 50,000.

Therefore, we can only prepare more crude benzene items such as rolling wood and stones, and continuously strengthen the city defense to increase defense. However, the city defense that has been worked hard for more than a few rounds of artillery bombardment by the Song army was completely damaged. Later, we had to dismantle the door panels of the people, and the bricks and stones of the temples were filled with the shortcomings, and the lives of soldiers were filled with the lives of soldiers.

The battle was so fierce after only half a day of fighting, which greatly damaged Dong Shibiao's confidence. He thought that with the sufficient troops in the city and the complete city defense, he could hold on for at least more than a month, and even if he was not good, he could hold on for more than ten days. When Zhending, Baozhou reinforcements. At that time, Gaocheng defended the lonely city alone with his own strength would inevitably shake the government and the people, and he could be re-appointed, and he was granted the title of the Marquis of Wanhu and revitalized his family.

But with a loud bang, the huge gap on the city wall brought Dong Shibiao back to reality, and forced him to admit his father's old Taoist, who believed that the city defense was difficult to defend, so he wanted him to prepare for street fighting and use the familiar terrain and dense houses to deal with the enemy. But he did not want to give up the city defense and lose the protection of the city wall, so he ordered a team of brave men to take the lead in fighting before the smoke had dissipated.

This team of soldiers is a selected soldier. Among them are children of the clan, loyal soldiers among the family, and brave men recruited a lot of money. They are all wearing heavy armor, holding bows and crossbows and sharp blades, which are used in times of crisis. With a command, more than a hundred cavalry first jumped on the road formed by the falling city wall, and rushed out of the city to counterattack the Song army who wanted to seize the breakthrough.

Then there were infantrymen who were pushing heavy knives with the help of the husband. The weapon was to place dozens of sharp blades on a cart to block the gate of the city gate. If the enemy broke through, the soldiers would not be able to enter. Moreover, the weapon could also be used on the front battlefield. The soldiers could push the crowd and kill several people in an instant. They had to rely on this to establish a defense line to resist the impact of the Song army and gain time for the subsequent repair of the city wall.

At the end was the rushing Ding Zhuang. They carried large woods, carried earth bags, and carried firewood in the shortest time to block the gap and rebuilt the city wall to block the Song army outside. They also knew that the four city gates had long been sealed and cut off the access to the city. Only by building the city wall again can they save their lives. Therefore, they all rushed to the forefront when life and death were at stake.

The hundreds of soldiers who fought out of the city knew that no matter how successful or lost they were, they had no way to go, so they all wanted to die with the enemy. When the city wall was overturned, the commandos of the Song army rushed forward quickly to capture the breakthrough. They collided with each other under the city, and the manpower was ultimately lost to the horsepower. They were instantly dispersed by the cavalry and retreated.

However, the distance between the moat and the city wall was too short and there was no depth. The cavalry that rushed out first quickly fell into the siege of the Song army. Although they fought to the death, the cavalry that had lost their speed and impact were just a treasure, and they were quickly wiped out under the stabbing of the Song army. Their death also forced the Song army's assault to fail and failed to seize the breakthrough in time.

The subsequent infantry took advantage of this moment of slowing down the knife cart and discharged the vehicle array outside the gap to form a line of defense. At this time, the two sides were entangled in the gap. The Song army's artillery stopped the shelling for accidental injury. The musket could not penetrate the heavy baffle of the knife cart, and the sharp blade in front of the vehicle made it impossible to get close, and even more unable to cross, causing the Song army's assault to fail again.

Seeing that the city was about to break through, it was blocked outside, and the breakthrough was shrinking under the construction of the husband's soldiers. The Song army was also red in their eyes, and rushed forward with a locust arrow, suppressing the archers behind the chariot with muskets, and threw the grenade into the chariot formation as soon as they approached. When they rushed to the chariot, they climbed over the chariot formation regardless of the sharp blade. Some soldiers even pounced on the blade, allowing the chariot to step on their body and jumped over the chariot into the dam's obstruction formation.

Both sides spared their lives, so the battle was very fierce, and they all used their best to kill the opponent. As soon as the defenders waited for the enemy to approach, they continued to fight back with their heavy armor on their bodies, and used their strengths to fight with the enemy in close combat. However, the Song army often did not retreat and fought with bayonets. Even if they were injured, they would pull grenades and die together with them.

The Song army, who was fighting for life and death, changed its laziness at this time, and took advantage of the opportunity that the defenders were attracted to the breakthrough and the city defense was seriously damaged, and launched another strong attack under the cover of artillery fire. In addition to the undamaged rushing vehicles that were constantly approaching, the assault troops also set up dozens of ladders to grab the top of the city.
Chapter completed!