Chapter 945: The soldiers came to cover up the water and the earth
So the three families gathered their courage and continued to fight at night.
Moreover, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the darkness of night could make the Ming army's "Diushu Mu" at the top of the city inferior, and obviously more soldiers could climb up the city and fight with the defenders.
"Hurry up, increase your efforts, and conquer the city in one go!" Dangxiong and the others immediately became energetic, and they only thought about the huge reward.
However, they simply thought too much.
Because they didn't know that there were a total of 25,000 defenders in the fort. However, the space at the top of the city was limited, so most of the defenders were acting as reserve troops, waiting below the city.
Therefore, Mu Ying has sufficient reserves in hand, and will send troops to support wherever there is a shortage.
He was on the city gate tower, watching all directions and listening in all directions. The night did not affect his accurate grasp of the battle situation. He could always check for leaks and fill in the gaps in time, and always had a firm grasp of every city wall.
Moreover, most of his attention was focused on the northern fort wall, because that was the main attack direction of the regular Yuan army.
The generals of the Yuan army who commanded the siege still had some skills. They had to cheer up and take advantage of the situation.
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The person who directed the attack on the north wall was none other than Yaizhu himself. He did not come up and attack like a swarm of swarms like the other three walls.
Instead, he ordered his subordinates to erect a wooden wall beside the trench to block the javelins thrown from the fort. Under the cover of the wooden wall, the craftsmen accompanying the army quickly dug holes, drove piles, and built an arrow tower.
The purpose of the Yuan army was very simple, which was to occupy the commanding heights, so that they could offset the advantages of the Ming army, and in turn shoot down the Ming army from a high position.
As long as the few Ming troops are suppressed, no matter how many troops there are in the east and west, they will be nothing more than chickens and dogs in the eyes of the Yuan army.
Although she couldn't see clearly what the Yuan army was doing behind the wooden wall, Mu Ying could still spot Xiao Jiujiu, the general opposite.
Mu Ying's response is also very simple, that is, build an archery tower on the top of the city. If you want to be taller than me, I will be taller than you. My archery tower is built on the top of the city, and yours is built on the bottom of the city. I will definitely be able to
Higher than what you built!
The advantage of being condescending cannot be given away to others.
The Yuan Army's archery tower was very simple and very ingenious. First, use Luoyang shovel to dig four deep holes, and then insert four good bamboos into them, and the pillars of the archery tower were ready.
There are pulleys on the tops of the four moso bamboos. The Yuan army archers sat in the prefabricated hanging baskets and were hoisted up by other soldiers with ropes.
The gondola itself is also protected on three sides, which can withstand enemy bows, arrows and javelins. It even has a rattan roof to prevent enemy projectiles.
A perfect simple archery tower was built in this way. It also eliminates the need for craftsmen to install it at high altitudes and for shooters to climb up the archery tower, the two most vulnerable steps to attack, which greatly improves the safety of personnel.
Seeing that the Yuan army had so cleverly avoided the most dangerous stage, even the archers and arrow towers were in place in one step, and the installation was completed, even Mu Ying had to admit that this was really a brand new version that he had never seen before.
This is normal. The Mongols have brought disaster to almost all of Eurasia. No one can compare with them in terms of experience and knowledge. This is a trick they learned from Central Asia.
The Yuan army archers stood on the three-foot-high archery tower and began shooting at the two-foot-high city head. All the Ming troops on the fort wall were exposed to their attack range, and they suddenly became passive.
Biting Zhu was not in a hurry and ordered his people to continue building. A total of ten archery towers were built along the trench. Each archery tower had four to five archers. Forty or fifty archers shot down from a high position and shot together, suppressing the Ming army behind the arrow stacks.
Can't show my head.
Only then did he order the siege to begin.
But at this time, the Ming army's high platform was also repaired.
The high platform of the Ming Army was designed by His Royal Highness the King of Chu. Lao Liu drew lessons from the container piles of later generations and ordered people to pre-make large wooden boxes of decreasing size.
When installing, put the largest one first, then stack the wooden boxes one by one, and put the smallest one on top. In this way, a high platform that can be climbed directly is built.
Although the technology of Lao Liu is different from Yuan Jun's, the design concept is the same. They are all prefabricated components and assembled on site to increase the installation speed.
Moreover, the boxes are all empty to facilitate transportation. The box board on one side can also be loaded and unloaded, so that sandbags and wooden stakes can be filled at any time to ensure that the high platform will not be blown over by strong winds or collapsed by its own weight.
After the Ming army shooters climbed up, they could also remove the top cover of the crate and use the protection of the crate board to fight against the enemy.
It's a coincidence that the two sides are almost the same height...
This time, they only focus on shooting each other in the air, and no longer care about anything else.
For Yaizhu, this achieved his goal, and he ordered his soldiers to attack the city.
And he had other tricks - he made a simple trebuchet out of moso bamboo and wooden stakes. To put it simply, he used the wooden stakes as the fulcrum and the moso bamboo as the lever.
Install a rope on one end of the moso bamboo, and use the rope to tie the net-like ammunition bag. The ammunition bag can be filled with gravel or lighted kerosene bombs. Finally, several heavier soldiers will use
Press down the other end with all your strength to throw out the ammunition.
The craftsmanship and materials used are very simple, they are made and used right now, and the throwing force is also very impressive, and the damage caused by the hit is really not small. But this method is too wasteful of bamboo, no matter how thick the bamboo is, it can't withstand it, and it will be split in just a few poles.
If the strip is damaged, you have to replace it with another one.
Of course, there is no accuracy at all. Just like Third Brother's missile, the impact point of each hit is unpredictable. You can only hit wherever it hits.
However, if you hit more, you will still gain something. One of the ten shots will always land on the top of the city, causing gravel to fly and making it impossible for people to hide. It can also cause damage to the defenders.
Moreover, the Yuan army also threw kerosene bombs into the city in an attempt to cause a fire.
Fortunately, before the war started, the King of Chu had already torn down the roofs of the houses near the city wall in order to remove the beams. According to Mu Ying's instructions, some of the straw and straw piled up in front of and behind the houses were piled in the center of the fort.
The other parts that were no longer needed were thrown into the ditch.
The fire that was lit in the trench that night was made of these things.
Zhu Zhen also ordered people to fill every household's water tank with water, and then organized a fire-fighting team and prepared fire-fighting tools to save wherever the fire broke out. Finally, the Yuan army did not succeed.
The fighting between the two sides became more and more fierce, and until dark, the Yuan army had no intention of withdrawing its troops, so the Ming army had no choice but to accompany it to the end.
Mu Ying knew that the generals of the Yuan army on the opposite side wanted to engage in fatigue tactics. Yesterday and this morning, three groups of barbarian soldiers were fighting. The regular troops of the Yuan army were not dispatched. They must be recharging their energy.
Last night, the Yuan army kept making noise outside the fort, firstly to prevent the Ming army from attacking the city, and secondly to keep the Ming army highly nervous and drain their energy.
If the defenders have been highly nervous since yesterday, they will be exhausted and slow to react tonight, and they will have an opportunity.
However, Mu Ying had already arranged a squad, and each unit took turns to go to the city, using wheel battles to deal with fatigue tactics, so that the defenders at the top of the city were always in good condition.
The Yuan army general's wishful thinking failed again.
