But apparently Gao Yigong, who was sitting in front of the formation, couldn't help but clenched his fists again after seeing such a scene. The first round of testing was such a loss, and if it was still so useless the second time, it would definitely affect the morale of the army.
. And with such delay, there is no telling what actions the Ming army will take.
After a frown and displeasure, he immediately pulled out a dark-skinned general below and asked him to charge forward with his bodyguards, even if he had to set up a ladder to the city wall. And that general was also a man who did not hesitate to die.
Yes, he just accepted the order and left. He immediately put on two layers of armor on himself and his bodyguards, and rushed down.
As the attack of 10,000 people in front encountered fierce resistance, the offensive was blocked and the large siege equipment was blocked outside the moat. Therefore, without saying anything, the general ordered the soldiers to hold up their shields to temporarily block the arrows on the city head.
Yago ordered people to push all the corpses into the moat.
The moat was not deep to begin with, and it was dug temporarily. In addition, there were too many casualties just now, so the moat was filled up. The general lived up to his expectations, and solved the problem in a moment, and then killed several people.
A few soldiers who wanted to retreat led others and rushed forward.
After the two lines of defense were broken, the other people on the city wall, except Zhu Ling and Zhu Dadian, immediately became less optimistic. I thought that these lines of defense alone could severely punish the intruders, but I found out how much they had to do for me.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, it was immediately cracked. When Zhu Ling saw that his barbed wire fence was cracked like that, he could only shake his head helplessly.
Seeing the large siege vehicles approaching slowly, and the countless ladders still charging under the shouts of the intruders, Zhu Dadian still looked calm and calm. He had seen many sieges, and this time the number was small.
I already have the advantage, and I am accompanied by His Majesty and all the ministers behind me. If I still lose, I will really be ashamed to live in this world.
"It would be great if there were artillery." Zhu Ling, who had been looking at the camp of the invaders not far away and observing the battlefield situation, couldn't help but sigh. The huge Yanzhou Prefecture did not have an artillery, which was really a bit shabby. But then he thought about it.
When I thought about it, if artillery appeared in the feudal lord's fief for no reason, he would definitely be accused of treason.
For powerless princes like them, owning artillery is equivalent to stepping into the gate of hell, and it is truly an act of suicide.
Everyone around them heard His Majesty's words and looked at each other with helplessness. It was Huang Bo who stepped forward to comfort him: "Your Majesty, the court bought a lot of artillery and other things from foreigners before, but most of them were given away.
The border towns and the capital. And the Liaodong side even took away all the artillery. Due to the defeat in the battle, most of them fell into the hands of the enemy. If we want artillery, one will cast it ourselves, and the other will continue to buy."
"Of course I know what you are talking about. I regret that the camp of the invaders is so close to us. Once we have cannons, not to mention whether we can kill the opponent's general like a few years ago, at least we can kill the enemy's army.
The morale of the enemy will be broken down a bit. That will be of great help to our army."
Zhu Ling couldn't help but sigh sadly. People in this era still paid little attention to artillery. They all thought that artillery was just an auxiliary and ignored the powerful power of artillery. It was a pity, but he had already made up his mind to fight with all his strength after this battle.
Forged artillery.
"Your Majesty, I can retreat the enemy without artillery."
Zhu Dadian naturally wanted to show off. In the past, he had traveled long distances to suppress bandits, and the artillery was heavy and bulky, so it was of little use to him. Therefore, when he heard that His Majesty expected artillery so much, he was still a little dissatisfied. Without artillery, he still suppressed bandits.
Thieves and bandits were like this in the past, and they are like this today!
And Gao Yigong finally saw the advantages of his own camp, and couldn't help but feel happy, and the expression on his face became much calmer. He knew the Ming army well. If Chongzhen hadn't been guarding the city today, I'm afraid these soldiers would have been like this.
In the past, the Ming army generally surrendered or fled.
He was determined to increase his offensive. It would be great if he could capture the city today. Although this decision was not part of his plan, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly and could never remain static.
"Let Guo Sheng and Zhao Yingyuan attack. The attack must be launched in two hours." He called a messenger next to him and informed him softly. He continued to sit upright and look at the scene in front of him with satisfaction.
As the Chuang army continued to invest in large forces according to the progress of the offensive, the battle situation at the front unexpectedly reached the same point without any change...
In order to push the siege truck to the city gate as soon as possible, the general ordered the civilian soldiers who had withdrawn to come forward again and push the siege truck over together. Naturally, the vacated soldiers had huge shields to resist the rocket fire, but the civilian soldiers were naturally
Without any armor protection, almost most of them were shot dead before they got very far, and the siege vehicle came to a standstill again.
Because the archers at the top of the city were really hateful, Gao Yigong also tried his best to organize a group of up to a thousand archers to shoot arrows at the top of the city behind the charging soldiers. But when their arrows rained down towards the top of the city, that
An iron shield suddenly appeared on the top. The iron shield was so big that it directly covered a large area of the city. Although the line of sight was reduced, basically no one was injured.
When the generals of the Chuang Army saw this, most of them were furious. No one thought that the Ming Army now didn't look like the Ming Army. Strictly speaking, the current Ming Army was very different from the past. First, morale increased greatly, and secondly, various
New things that hinder the offensive, and then there are defensive things like this.
Gao Yigong, who had been dealing with the Ming army for so many years, suddenly couldn't see through the Ming army in front of him. It seemed that it was not the Ming army that had changed, but that their coach was different.
It's a pity that the Ming army in front of them is still so cowardly that they don't dare to send troops to fight against the city. Instead, they can only hide behind the iron plates and city walls and pretend to be like a coward. But after such a long time, there is no one
It is a bit ridiculous to successfully set up a ladder on the city wall after crossing the moat.
"Listen!" Gao Yigong stood up and shouted: "Who can let the army put up the ladder? After this battle, I will go to the king, make him a candidate, and give him gold and nobility! The glory and wealth of the generations will be with him.
Today, we are fighting here, who dares to fight!"
"The general is willing to go!" Immediately, one person stood up with his hands in hand.
"The general is also willing!"
As the saying goes, under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. If they are facing a powerful enemy, they may hesitate, but today they are facing the Ming army that has always been on the verge of collapse. Even though they are so tenacious today, they have fought hard.
The generals who have been fighting for many years still feel that as long as they scale the city wall, the Ming army will collapse at the first touch.
Seeing many generals in front of him who wanted to fight hard and make meritorious deeds, Gao Yigong directly selected the first one to stand up and ordered him to lead another three thousand soldiers to charge forward. He must put up the ladder.
After the general bowed and saluted, he immediately clenched his sword and quickly turned around and left.
Seeing this general leading the crowd and charging away with shields raised, Gao Yigong couldn't help but feel a little relieved and sat down again. Military orders have been issued to Guo Sheng and Zhao Yingyuan. If Yanzhou cannot be captured today, then the two of them will also
If you fail, you have to take a gamble.
The general's swift and violent offensive immediately attracted the attention of the Ming army at the top of Yanzhou City, because this army suddenly appeared and was very fast. Despite the rain of arrows at the top of the city, it hardly suffered any setbacks.
, and soon he rushed under the city wall carrying the ladder.
This change caught Zhu Dadian, the commander, off guard. He immediately ordered his people to prepare kerosene and gravel. He waited for the ladders to be set up and threw them all down when the enemy troops climbed onto the city.
"Your Majesty, the enemy has brought the ladder to the city. We should avoid its sharp edge and retreat." Seeing this situation, Huang Bodang, who did not give Zhu Dadian any face, immediately turned around and persuaded Zhu Ling to leave.
Liu Junxue and Zu Xiangyang also believed that they should leave this place temporarily to prevent the intruders from attacking the city and accidentally injuring His Majesty.
But Zhu Ling sternly refused: "How can there be any edge? They just brought the ladder over. You are so scared, so you should step back first."
After everyone heard His Majesty's fearless words, naturally no one dared to continue persuading them. They had to step aside and think about how they could protect His Majesty and leave safely in case an intruder invaded the city. Your Majesty may not leave in order to boost morale.
But they had to take His Majesty's safety seriously.
Is Zhu Ling afraid? There was some panic buried deep in his heart. In order to prevent the enemy from setting up ladders, they had made preparations in advance. On the one hand, they wanted to see the enemy's defeat, and on the other hand, they were afraid of intruders.
Arrow.
After the general brought all the ladders to the city, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Regardless of his happiness, he quickly ordered people to set up the ladders to the ditch on the city wall. After many people worked together to build them, and finally after a lot of effort, the ladders were successfully erected.
Once we reached the city wall, there was no inevitable obstruction.
Instead of standing there happily, the general immediately climbed up the ladder with his soldiers, raised his shield and moved slowly towards the top of the city wall. As long as he climbed up the city wall, no matter whether he survived in the end, the reward would be huge. Therefore, when the ladder was set up,
Finally, countless soldiers rushed to be the first to climb the tower.
They didn't notice that the ladder below suddenly sank an inch...