"Prime Minister, what should we do?" Han Lin'er was almost crying. He now realized what it meant to dig up the Yellow River embankment.

"Your Majesty, don't panic. The Tatars have not yet dug up the Yellow River embankment. The water level is not enough now. We will have to wait until summer at least two or three months later!" Liu Futong consoled him.

"Great, doesn't that mean we have enough time? As long as reinforcements from all walks of life arrive, Kaifeng will be saved!" Han Lin'er seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, in order to repel the Tartars, I would like to ask Your Majesty to personally supervise the battle and boost morale!"

Later, Liu Futong persuaded Han Lin'er to go to the city wall to personally encourage the Red Scarf Army to fight, because Liu Futong planned to lead the generals out of the city to counterattack!

"Prime Minister, don't worry. From today on, I will kill the enemy together with the soldiers!" Han Lin'er did not flinch at the critical moment and directly agreed to Liu Futong's proposal.

"Your Majesty is wise, I will fight to the death to protect and drive away the Tartars!" Liu Futong said with some emotion. Although his eldest nephew, the emperor, is young, he is very courageous. As long as he trains him more, he may not be as good as Zhu Han.

Poor ability!

There was plenty of food and grass in Kaifeng City, enough to feed the entire army for at least half a year. Now Liu Futong was anxious to repel the Yuan army, so he simply began to reward the entire army lavishly to boost the morale of the soldiers. Everyone ate with open stomachs. Anyway, if they were to fight

If the Yuan army does not retreat, these grains and grass will be fed to fish and turtles.

The red scarf army, with high morale, immediately changed its defense to counterattack, and frequently used the cover of night to launch surprise attacks on the Yuan army outside the city!

During the day, the Red Scarf Army's offensive continued unabated. Under the leadership of Liu Futong and others, the Red Scarf Army attacked from the east and west sides at the same time. With less than 60,000 troops, they counterattacked the Yuan Army's 200,000 troops!

Boom boom!

Boom boom boom!

Bursts of artillery sounds rang out inside and outside Kaifeng City, and the Yuan Army and the Red Scarf Army were locked in a fight again.

Liu Futong personally led the elite Red Scarf Army out of the city to form a fierce attack on the Yuan army on the east side of Kaifeng City, trying to defeat the Yuan army's camp and open a gap in the encirclement, so as to give the surrounding reinforcements the confidence to advance!

The Yuan army's camp was also very tight, and the defenses would be changed every two hours.

Therefore, the resistance of the Yuan army was not small.

Liu Futong led the army and charged continuously on the Yuan army's front on the east side of Kaifeng City, trying to drill through the Yuan army's camp and open a gap!

The soldiers of the Red Scarf Army kept launching offensives, but they were unable to defeat the Yuan army!

The Yuan army's defense line was as unbreakable as an iron barrel, and there was no way to break through it!

Another charge failed, and the Red Turban Army suffered heavy casualties. Although they killed more Yuan Army soldiers, they still failed to break through the Yuan Army's security circle.

"Prime Minister, let all the soldiers evacuate! We can't fight this battle!"

General Dong Da looked sad!

retreat?

Of course you can’t retreat!

"Retreat? Where to retreat? Kaifeng City is behind you. If you retreat, you will die! If you don't repel the Tatars, you will die sooner or later!" Liu Futong was angry and immediately ordered the war drums to be beaten and started a new round of attack.

This time, Liu Futong, wearing armor and holding a long knife, charged forward with the soldiers!

The leader of the Lu Yuan Army was none other than Wang Baobao. The fierce counterattack by the Red Scarf Army was almost too much for Wang Baobao. Now that he saw the Red Scarf Army that had just failed in the attack come back like crazy, Wang Baobao was shocked!

The soldiers of the Yuan army under Wang Baobao also had palpitations. This was the first time they had encountered such a desperate tactics.

"Bang the drum!"

"Send the order and kill anyone who takes half a step back!"

Wang Baobao also felt ferocious in his heart. Braving the arrows fired from the front, he personally came to the pro-army formation to supervise the battle.

Woohoo!

As three horns sounded, the Red Scarf Army on the opposite side launched a new round of charge!

"Come forward and chop off the heads of these beasts!"

When Liu Futong saw this, he shouted loudly!

"yes!"

Then, dozens of Red Scarf Army generals were seen pulling out the long knives from their waists, then jumping up, holding long knives and killing the Tartars in front.

"kill!"

Liu Futong also raised his sword and faced him!

"kill!"

"Come on, fight to the death with the Tatars!"

The two sides immediately fell into a melee in the wilderness outside the city gate!

This is a fierce battle, both sides are desperately trying to win!

During the melee, soldiers from both sides trampled on each other and died one after another!

For a time, the bloody atmosphere overflowed!

Liu Futong led his soldiers on the city wall, waving their swords and shouting to kill the Tartars in front!

The same goes for the Tartars on the opposite side. They also rushed forward while waving their weapons and launched a countercharge towards Liu Futong and others!

"Go! Go! Go!"

"Come on!"

For a moment, the sound of fighting was loud, the shouts of killing were deafening, and a thick smell of blood filled the air!

The fighting sounds between the two sides became more and more intense, and blood splashed into the air, dripping on the ground beneath their feet, forming a small stream!

This chaotic fighting, under the command of Liu Futong, lasted until late at night before it stopped!

This melee also came at a great price. Liu Futong's soldiers lost at least 2,000 people!

However, the Red Scarf Army did not kill the Yuan Army!

In the next few days, the Yuan Army and the Red Turban Army continued to fight fiercely, with both sides losing troops and generals!

After these few days of fighting, Liu Futong was seriously injured. However, this battle made Liu Futong completely understand one thing!

It is indeed difficult for this army under my command to repel the opponent!

If we go head-to-head, the 50,000 men and horses in our hands will not be able to compete with the 200,000 Yuan army, let alone repel the Yuan army!

Therefore, on the battlefield, the only way is to continue surprise attacks!

The constant harassment of the Yuan army made the Yuan army tired, and the constant attrition of troops caused the Yuan army to fall into panic!

The effect of this soon became apparent. The casualties of the Red Turban Army were getting lower and lower, while the casualties of the Yuan Army's soldiers were getting larger and larger. Gradually, the Red Turban Army actually gained the upper hand.

And such a situation not only did not scare away Wang Baobao, Chahan and others, but instead gave them a stronger fighting spirit!

Wang Baobao, Chahan, Li Siqi and others discussed and decided not to give the Red Scarf Army a chance to make a surprise attack, but to take the initiative to launch a fierce attack on Kaifeng City.

The Yuan army began to concentrate artillery and intensively attack the city wall on the east side of Kaifeng. This was the best direction to break out. Attacking from here would not give the Red Turban Army a chance to escape.

Boom boom boom!

Boom boom!

Bursts of artillery roared, causing pieces of rammed earth to fall from the Kaifeng city wall.

The Yuan army's concentrated artillery tactics were immediate and achieved great results.

The Kaifeng city wall suddenly became in danger!

At this time, Liu Futong had to rest in bed because of nearly a month of hard fighting and multiple arrow injuries on his body.

"Report!"

"The east city is in danger! The Tatars are attacking the city wall!"

"Brothers fought hard and finally drove the Tatars back!"

Groups of messengers brought the tense battle situation in Dongcheng to the Emperor Han Lin'er of the Song Dynasty and others.

Now that Liu Futong was unable to go into battle and the battle situation in Dongcheng was in crisis, Han Lin'er suddenly felt that he needed to stand up.

"Someone, put me in armor!"

"I am going to Dongcheng to personally supervise the battle and inspire the soldiers!"

Han Lin'er's words made Liu Futong, Guan Duo and others on the side extremely moved.

They all knew that the Yuan Army had already seen through the Red Turban Army's plan and wanted to attack and block the Red Turban Army in Kaifeng City!

The situation is so critical that it is indeed necessary for Han Lin'er, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, to step forward!

"Dong Da, you go and protect His Majesty without making any mistakes!" Liu Futong said to his beloved general.

"As you command, Prime Minister!"

Under the protection of the fierce general Dong Da and others, Han Lin'er led the crowd to the east city of Kaifeng, holding high the emperor's banner.

The surrounding Red Scarf Army soldiers, who had just been in panic because the Yuan army attacked the city wall, now saw Emperor Han Lin'er of the Song Dynasty personally coming to the battle to comfort the soldiers, they immediately cheered, and their morale instantly rose again!

"Long live your Majesty! Long live! Long live!..."

After Han Lin'er and others arrived at Dongcheng, the soldiers on the top of the city shouted long live, and their morale instantly rose!
To be continued...