At the top of the Changli City, it was very difficult to defend the city without wooden platoons. The Tatar archers were really powerful, and they concentrated their fire on the city, making the country soldiers at the top of the city unable to raise their heads to fight back.
When the Tatars under the city were tired of shooting a group, they would retreat and another group would shoot again. They could shoot continuously. The arrows seemed to be free of charge and covered a large area of the city.
Many of the soldiers at the head of the city in these areas saw the heads of the Tatars on the ladders. Fortunately, they were all shot down with muskets.
Today's musketeers don't even have to stand up to take aim. They estimate the direction in which the bow and arrow will shoot, and just stick out the musket and shoot. There will definitely be screams from the city.
The leaders of the rural soldiers in these places felt that they could no longer support it, so they sent people to the county magistrate's office to ask for instructions on how to use the final weapon. However, Zuo Yingxuan still disagreed after observation and consideration, and asked them to use gold juice.[
Human and animal excrement and urine had long been boiled in large pots on the inside of the city wall. After hearing the government officials coming to deliver the order, a group of four peasants carried the pot and rushed to several parts of the city wall where there were no wooden rafts.
Although it was very smelly, none of these peasants covered their noses and mouths. After arriving at the destination, the peasant soldiers took it over. In addition, the peasant soldiers held up earthen shields to help the peasant soldiers carrying the gold juice block the arrows.
In order to make room for them, those rural soldiers who were defending against counterattack would inevitably have to move out of space, so that the force of the counterattack would be weakened.
The counterattack at the top of the city was not strong in the first place, and if it was so weak, the Tatars below would soon attack the top of the ladder.
As the Tatars climbed up, they thought that the Ming army at the top of the city could no longer hold it anymore, and imagined in their hearts whether they would be the first to climb to the top of the city.
Several village soldiers worked together to push the still-roiling pot of golden juice down the ladder.
The Tatar who climbed up just raised his head to see what was going on at the top of the city and then climbed over, when a strange stench hit his face.
The golden juice splashed onto the face of the Tatar who had just emerged, and before he could appreciate the screams of the fallen Tatar, the soldiers retreated and handed the empty pot in their hands to the waiting peasants.
After a while, he took another pot of golden juice and repeated the action just now.
Zuo Yingxuan originally looked at the Tatar ladders under Changli City. More and more of them were broken and could no longer be used. He slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He thought that when these ladders were all worn out, no matter how many Tatars there were, they would only be able to survive.
I can withdraw.
But Zuo Yingxuan soon became disappointed. He saw many more ladders being transported from the Tatar camp at Guanhou Temple in the distance, and then distributed to the Tatars who were attacking Changli from all sides.
It seemed that the Tatars were going to capture Changli City today even if they suffered heavy casualties. The Tatars were so determined that Zuo Yingxuan felt very heavy.
Suddenly, the sound of artillery sounded again. When the rural soldiers on the city wall, including Zuo Yingxuan, heard it, their spirits were lifted.
But Zuo Yingxuan's mood did not improve long after the government officials came to report that several wooden rafts on the city wall had been destroyed by Tatars.
Zuo Yingxuan looked at the city walls without wooden rafts. After watching the battle scene for a while, he ordered a government official to call Shi Guozhu.
He told Shi Guozhu the general situation and then gave his suggestions.
Although the artillery fired pellets and hit the Tatars at close range, they still couldn't hit the Tatars under the city wall.
Under the sections of city wall that are not protected by wooden platoons, the place where the Tatar archers are standing is just within the coverage of the graupel. Therefore, Zuo Yingxuan suggested that the artillery should be defended separately. The slower the firing, the slower it would be, but it can effectively suppress it.
Archer.
Shi Guozhu felt that what Zuo Yingxuan said made sense, so he was about to go down to give instructions. As soon as he reached the stairs, he was stopped by Zuo Yingxuan again.[
Zuo Yingxuan was worried about the situation at the west gate of Changli because he couldn't see the situation there from the east gate, so he felt relieved after Shi Guozhu went over and stared at him.
Shi Guozhu didn't waste any words, he clasped his fists in agreement and hurried away.
When the cannon fire at the top of Changli City rang out again, the bodies of the leaders of the Mongolian tribes outside the city trembled, thinking about how many men would never return to the grassland.
At this time, they were already regretting it greatly. You said that you had already robbed so much property and were still not satisfied. You insisted on believing in Huang Taiji's good intentions. You were greedy and came here to fight Changli.
If it were so easy to fight, the Kingdom of Jin would have defeated Changli. Now there are too many sons and daughters dead, and it will be hard to explain when we go back.
Although time is passing, the siege battle continues. More and more wooden platoons on the city wall are destroyed, and there are only six artillery pieces, which cannot suppress a few places.
Fortunately, although the city of Changli is small, it has a lot of people, so there is no need to worry about the raw materials for the golden juice. Many local residents in Changli went home and took their own iron pots to cook the golden juice.
The shouts of killing outside the city continued for a long time, inevitably affecting the people in the city.
Those people who were busy with tasks did not have time to think about whether the city would be breached, but those who had nothing to do for the time being were different. They had plenty of time to worry about whether the place on the city wall could not be defended or the Tatars seemed to be attacking.
Things that came in.
People are like this, it's nothing when they don't think about it. When they think about it, they become more and more afraid. The more they are afraid, the more they think about it. A panic slowly begins to spread in the city.
At this time, the immortal "Han Xiangzi" appeared. He strolled leisurely through the streets, followed by a boy holding a flower basket.
While Wanjie was pretending to be Han Xiangzi, he told the people the prophecy that the immortal told him in his dream: the Tatars will be defeated, Changli will happen, and the imperial reinforcements will arrive soon.
Wherever he passed, the restless people suddenly became quiet. This is the power of faith.
When the siege battle was going on, Daishan outside the city was secretly a little frightened. He did not expect that the Ming army in Changli City was so tenacious and did not collapse in such a high-intensity siege battle, but still fought back tenaciously.
He also witnessed the battle of the Mongolian servant army. In such a siege battle, if the Dajin warriors were replaced, the results would probably be similar, but the casualties were not something he could bear.
Dai Shan raised his head to look at the sky, and then carefully looked at the fighting on the city wall. He estimated in his mind that if he persisted for a while, the defenders at the top of Changli City would be unable to hold on.
He then looked at the Mongolian tribal leaders who were anxiously watching the battle, thinking that after Changli City was captured, he might not be able to snatch the property from the city with them, and would only have the honor of winning the city. Otherwise,
These Mongolians are still fighting against themselves.
After the Tatars withstood the damage from the gold juice for an initial period of time, they brought in some shields. The Tatars in the area under the city wall that were damaged by the gold juice had a shield to block the direct damage from the gold juice.
Although some gold juice would still be splashed on their bodies, the thick clothes they wore in winter effectively weakened the damage caused by the gold juice. Of course, the stench of the gold juice had been ignored by them.
Although the shield blocked the gold juice, it could not block the attack of the rolling wood and stone, and the Tartar's damage was still increasing.
Without the protection of wooden rafts, although rolling rocks could still be smashed down, the number of rural soldiers hit by arrows inevitably began to increase.
The four walls of Changli City have been attacked, and the original reserves of rolling logs and stones have been exhausted, and the ones now used are all improvised.[
The order from Changli County Magistrate Zuo Yingxuan was handed over to a prominent leader in the city. Soon, jars of earthen jars were sent to several city walls that were in danger.
The leader of the rural soldiers immediately asked the soldiers to take the earthen jar and smash it against the ladder. There was a "clang" sound, the earthen jar broke, and the liquid inside poured out.
Before the Tatars around the ladder could figure out what was going on, the torches were thrown down, igniting the various mixed oils that had been sprinkled just now.
These oils are collected from house to house in Changli City for later use. The amount is not large. Now that the war is at a critical moment, it can only be used.
The leaders of the Mongolian tribes looked at the ladders being burned one after another, and the men around them were all on fire, crying and wailing. They couldn't bear it anymore, and said to Daishan: "Baylor, the ladders have been burned."
Burn, if you don’t give the order to withdraw the troops, we will withdraw the troops ourselves.”
Daishan's eyes were a little cold, and he looked at them and said: "Don't think that our army in Daikin is just for show. If anyone dares to withdraw without receiving military orders, don't blame Ben Beile for being rude!"
After finishing speaking, his tone turned friendly again: "Look, aren't there still some ladders that can be used? The cupping pots on the top of the city are not enough to burn all the ladders. What does this mean? There is not much kerosene in Changli City, so we can use a quick plan."
If we do, we will be able to conquer Changli City immediately. If we persist, we will win!"
These Mongolian leaders looked at the Jianlu army outside the siege army and at the city head where the fierce battle was taking place. They were afraid of the Jianlu military might, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and continue to fight to the death with Changli City.