When the Tatars on the middle ladders climbed halfway up the ladders, gravity was transmitted through the ladders to the wooden rafts on the top of the city. The wooden rafts "squeaked" under the pressure, and some rafts were even tottering under the pressure.
Seeing that bows, arrows and muskets alone were not enough, the leader of the village soldiers defending the city hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice: "Smash it, hit it at the ladder."
The strong men who had been waiting on the side for a long time picked up the rolling logs and stones on the city wall and threw them down on the city wall with all their strength.
A stone thrown by Luo Xiao crossed the wooden raft and hit it on the head of a Tatar who was standing in front of the ladder waiting to climb the ladder.
The equipment of the Mongolian Tatars was rudimentary. Few of them wore steel helmets and iron armor, and all they wore on their heads were felt hats. When they were hit by a stone, they were instantly reduced by a section, and they descended to the eighteenth floor without even uttering a scream.
Hell has gone.[
But not every Tatar who was hit had such a good life. Many of them were hit in parts such as shoulders or feet. They screamed in pain, which overshadowed the Tatars' cries of killing in some areas.
The noise, in effect, weakened their morale.
Luo Xiao saw that everyone was thrown under the city wall a few feet away. The Tatars were hit, but not the Tatars under the city walls. He quickly shouted: It's not the previous method of throwing, it's throwing, everyone.
Ladder!"
He was shouting, and without stopping, he picked up a rolling log and threw it upwards with all his strength. It just passed the wooden raft and then fell down in a parabola. The Tatar who climbed to the upper part of the ladder was hit like a rolling ground.
The gourd rolled down, rolling down together with the Tartars behind the ladder. Although the ladder was not broken, there was no one left.
The other soldiers either heard Luo Xiao's shouts, or realized it on their own, and changed their throwing to throwing, and smashed towards the ladder.
The crisis when the Tatars almost attacked the city was temporarily relieved, but then the Tatars began to climb the ladder again, and the attacks continued.
Occasionally, a country soldier was shot by a Tatar archer under the city and fell under the city wall. He was immediately rescued by civilians waiting behind him, and the substitute country soldier then took up the defensive position.
The ladder is almost tilted at a forty-five angle on the city wall. The rolling wood and rocks are thrown. When they fall on the ladder, most of the force will be released diagonally downwards. Therefore, not many ladders were damaged.
The Tatars who climbed onto the city were constantly being knocked down or shot down with muskets, but some of the Tatars kept climbing up.
The rural soldiers who were throwing logs and rocks at the top of the city gradually lost their strength. Some were immediately replaced to rest, while some were still holding on.
Dai Shan saw that none of the city walls had been breached, so he didn't panic. Anyway, he was not a golden warrior.
The leaders of the various Mongolian tribes were also mentally prepared for certain casualties, and they were still calm at this time, but they were no longer able to chat and laugh with ease before, and they were all paying attention to the development of the war situation.
As time passed unconsciously, there were more and more rolling logs and stones under the city, while those on the top of the city decreased a lot.
Zuo Yingxuan stood high and could see more places, so he immediately discovered this situation. He quickly asked the government officials to pass the order and asked the city men to send rolling logs and stones to the city wall.
In several places, the wooden rafts on the city wall eventually failed to withstand the heavy pressure of the ladder for a long time and collapsed, exposing the rural soldiers defending the city.
When the Tatar archers below the city saw this situation, they concentrated on these sections of the city wall and shot arrows at these places to suppress the defense of the country soldiers above.
When the leader of the local soldiers saw it, he quickly asked the archers and musketeers to cover him, while other local soldiers went to smash the ladders.
The arrows at the bottom flew upwards with a "whoosh", and from time to time, rural soldiers were shot and carried down.
After finally getting rid of the ladder, the waiting soldiers quickly mended the wooden rafts, but Jianlu's ladder also came over immediately. In addition, the wooden rafts that were put up during the war were in a hurry, so they could not safely tie up the wooden rafts.
It can no longer be fixed as before.
Therefore, these wooden rafts have become the focus of the struggle between the Tatars and the rural soldiers. The Tatars on the ladders use their long weapons to push these wooden rafts hard, and their own weight often makes the rural soldiers on the city difficult to cope with.[
As time went by, the situation of the city's defense became increasingly severe.
On the other hand, the casualties gradually exceeded the expectations of the Mongolian leaders. Some leaders wanted to withdraw their troops, but were stopped by Daishan. He tempted these wavered leaders: "Look, there are many wooden rafts."
It has been defeated, and now the Ming army in Changli City is just struggling to its death. If they persist, they will be able to attack it."
These leaders looked at the fighting situation on the city wall and felt that what Daishan said was reasonable, so they endured it a little longer and looked forward to attacking the city in the next moment.
There were actually only six cannons on the city head. Four of them were just earth cannons, cast by Changli City itself, and they all started roaring together.
The biggest disadvantage of these artillery is the short range, but if it is used to defend city walls, this disadvantage is actually not obvious.
These artillery now fire all graupel. Some graupel is composed of several liters of lead and iron pellets, but some is composed of small gravel. There is no way, the supplies are insufficient, so we can only use existing materials. No matter what the material is,
All showed huge damage.
Although the firing speed of these artillery is very slow, because they are concentrated together, the effect is considerable. After several shellings, a large number of Tatar corpses were thrown on the fan-shaped ground in front of the city wall. Those who had not yet died screamed heartbreakingly.
Call mom and call Changshengtian.
The power of these particles cannot be resisted by flesh and blood, even holding a shield is useless. The Tatars looked at the large areas of death and injury under the muzzle of the guns, and their hearts were broken. They avoided this section of the city wall and attacked elsewhere.
Shi Guozhu saw that the city wall in front of him was safe, so he ordered the civilians to help the gunners or carry the cannons, change the city wall, and fire again.
Several artillery pieces without wheels needed to be carried. After the artillery was fired, the barrel was very hot, so if I just wrapped a rope around it and lifted it, one of the cannons would fall.
It turned out that the barrel of the gun was thinned by a thin rope, and because the gun itself was so heavy, it broke after just a few steps.
The civilian husband couldn't find anything else to wrap for a while, so he took off his clothes, wrapped them around the barrel of the gun, then wrapped a rope around it and carried it away.
After carrying it to a city wall, reposition the cannon, load it, and launch it, and so on.
Although the artillery killed many Tatars, there were too many Tatars to kill. Soon the artillery was unable to fire again because it had been fired too many times. It needed to be cooled and the barrel cleaned.
This siege lasted longer than any previous one, and the rolling logs and stones in Changli City were running out. The situation was reported to Zuo Yingxuan, and he immediately ordered the buildings, bricks, wood, etc. in the city to be demolished and processed.
, and transported it to the city head.
The cry of killing resounded in the southeast, northwest and northwest of Changli City. From time to time, government officials would report the situation to Zuo Yingxuan. More and more wooden rafts were damaged on the city wall. Zuo Yingxuan was secretly anxious. Look at the sky and see the attackers.
Time is running out. How come the Tatar attack this time lasted for so long regardless of casualties and did not retreat?
The leaders of the Mongolian tribes outside the city waited for a while, but still no tribesmen attacked the city. In addition, the artillery at the top of Chengchangli City was changed to grenades, and every sound of cannons shocked their hearts.
They could no longer hold back, and the leader of the Aohan tribe first said to Daishan: "Baylor, you see that the ladder our son used to attack the city is almost damaged, and it will be useless if we continue to fight. Should we withdraw the troops first?"
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Naiman, Balin, Zalut and other tribal leaders all agreed with the Aohan tribe's proposal. It is common sense that siege warfare cannot be fought without ladders.
Daishan did not answer their words, but pointed at the top of Changli City with his riding crop and showed them: "Look, over there, over there, and over there, the Ming army's defensive strength on the city top has obviously weakened, and they can't hold on anymore."
Stay there. As long as you hold on for a while, you can break in. As for the ladders, I have prepared some for you and you can borrow them."
The leaders of the various Mongolian tribes talked to each other, and some leaders even began to regret that they were jealous of the property in Changli City.
Daishan ignored them and ordered his personal guards to lead the Mongolian leaders to hand over the ladder. He just wanted them to continue to attack the city to see how long the energy of Changli City would be exhausted![