Chapter 262 A heavy blow! (Thanks to book friend 0385, who likes mini for the reward!)

Although he is Ye Tie's boss, Liang Xuezhan knows very well that Ye Tie is Ye Mingsheng's number one confidant, so he is very low-key. For Ye Mingsheng's sake, he treats Ye Tie very friendly. He usually addresses Ye Tie as "Brother" and does not act like a boss to Ye Tie.

Facing Liang Xuezhang's order, Ye Tie nodded and said, "I'll do it right away!"

As the saying goes, "Don't hit a smiling person." Although Liang Xuezhan, an old subordinate of Chen Dechang who was parachuted in, was assigned tasks, monitored and sidelined by Ye Mingsheng, Liang Xuezhan's friendliness made the relationship between Ye Tie and him relatively harmonious. At least everyone could save face, and Ye Tie obeyed Liang Xuezhan's normal combat orders.

"Looking at the Khitan soldiers charging in front of him, a ferocious smile appeared on Yelu Yan's rough face. He seemed to have seen the three trenches in front of him being filled up, and his Khitan cavalry rushing into the Zhou army camp in front of him, killing at will...
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Just when Yelu Yan was immersed in beautiful fantasies and unable to extricate himself, without any warning, a fierce roar of firearms was heard from the Zhou army camp.

The loud noise instantly pulled Yelu Yan back to reality from his fantasy, and the scene that appeared before his eyes made Yelu Yan furious.

As the tiger squat cannon, three-barreled gun, bird gun and other firearms fired indiscriminately, countless Khitan soldiers who were carrying sacks of soil were all knocked to the ground. For a moment, the front of the trench was like hell on earth, with wailing everywhere. Hundreds of Khitan soldiers twisted their bodies in pain on the ground, their bright red blood mixed with the soil.

“Save me, save me…”

"Mountain God, take me away from here..."

"I'm dying!"

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Seeing the tragic scene in front of him, Yelu Yan was furious. As an experienced general, he had judged from the enemy's wave of firearms that the enemy had at least thirty tiger squat cannons and hundreds of muskets...

Yelu Yan, who realized this, looked extremely ugly. He knew that he had fallen into the other party's trap!

The general commanding the enemy camp had just seen that his attack was tentative, so he took advantage of the situation and only attacked with some firearms, waiting for him to attack in full force so that he could launch a full-force attack!

"Grand Prince, the infantry suffered heavy losses. Can we withdraw first and slow down the attack?" Seeing the setback, a general stood up and suggested to Yelu Yan:

Yelu Yan, who was already feeling annoyed, became even more furious when he heard this. He raised his hand and whipped the man hard with a horsewhip, causing him to scream and fall to the ground.

"Idiot! If we withdraw these sacrifices now, won't they all be in vain?"

"What do you think Ye Mingsheng, that bastard, wants to do by standing firm here? His reinforcements will arrive soon!"

"We don't have much time!"

"No retreat! Not even a single step! The Zhou army's firearms need time to reload, push forward, use your cavalry and archery to suppress the Zhou army!"

Under Yelu Yan's curses and roars, the Khitan soldiers who had just suffered a major blow rallied and rushed forward again. On the watchtower in the camp, Liang Xuezhang no longer had the ease in his expression as he watched the large number of Khitan soldiers who continued to attack the camp under the cover of the cavalry's roundhouse shooting...
Although there was no specific statistics on the previous wave of firearms attack, Liang Xuezhan judged, based on his years of marching experience, that the Khitan soldiers should have suffered around three to four hundred casualties.

This is not a small number for the Khitan army, which has a total of less than 5,000 people. Normally speaking, after suffering so many casualties, the Khitan army should at least slow down its offensive, even if it did not stop.

And now the attack of the Khitan army is like a wounded beast, it seems more crazy, no care for casualties, determined to fight to the death, and Liang Xuezhan, who was asked by Ye Mingsheng to hold on for two days, felt a shadow in his heart after discovering this...

Shaking his head slightly and putting aside unnecessary thoughts, Liang Xuezhan observed the offensive of the Khitan army on the watchtower. He issued orders quickly, commanding the soldiers to resist step by step, killing as many Khitan soldiers as possible and slowing down their speed of filling the trenches.

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Hearing the deafening noise outside, Ye Mingsheng, who was lying on the bed, slowly woke up from his sleep.

After talking with He Jingyun last night, Ye Mingsheng personally supervised the reinforcement work on the front line. It was not until the hour of Mao that he got some rest and slept for a while.

Ye Dong, who was guarding outside the tent, heard the noise inside the tent and knew that Ye Mingsheng had woken up. He immediately walked in and handed Ye Mingsheng a warm towel and a cup of hot tea.

After wiping his face and drinking some tea, Ye Mingsheng, who had just woken up, gradually came out of his sleep and asked:
"What time is it now?"

"Three quarters past four o'clock!" Ye Dong thought for a moment and replied:

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised to hear this. He thought he just took a short nap, but he didn’t expect that he slept for more than two hours. No wonder he felt quite refreshed after this sleep...

After a pause, Ye Mingsheng ordered: "Find Ye Tie for me!"

"Yes!"

A moment later, Ye Tie, who was summoned by Ye Mingsheng, appeared in front of Ye Mingsheng who was eating breakfast.

After taking a sip of warm millet porridge, Ye Mingsheng asked Ye Tie:
"How's the situation on the front line?"

"The Khitans are attacking fiercely and fearlessly. They have suffered nearly 700 casualties, but the two trenches in front of the camp have basically been filled by them. They should be able to fill the third trench before noon!" Ye Tie said in a somewhat depressed mood:

After hearing Ye Tie's report, Ye Mingsheng nodded and took a bite of pickled vegetables and put it into his mouth.

The Khitans were faster than he had imagined, but not too much faster and still within his acceptable range.

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng was still calm and not in a hurry at all, Ye Tie hesitated for a moment but couldn't help but said:
"Master, Liang Xuezhang is really good at defense. If it weren't for his command, the Khitans wouldn't have suffered so many casualties!"

"However, the Khitans are determined to be ruthless this time. We should have no problem defending the camp today, but tomorrow..."

(End of this chapter)