Hearing these screams, the musketeers blocking the city gate laughed, loaded their muskets, and rushed in.
Xu Jingchang immediately shouted: "Slow down!" But his shout was too late. Six soldiers had already walked in through the slightly opened hole between the two city gates. There was originally another person who was going to follow them in, but it was audible.
After hearing Xu Jingchang's words, he hesitated and stopped.
At the same time as these six people walked in, there was a "swish" sound in the city gate. They were all shot by arrows before they could dodge. Because the Annan people expected that many Ming troops would rush in, they had shot more than 100 arrows in total just now.
One hundred arrows, each of these six people were hit by more than a dozen arrows. One of them fell at the city gate. An arrow hit his lungs and many places on his body. He shouted "Mother"
", while crying loudly "Wow wow".
The man who stopped just now immediately ran over and shouted "Degui!", dragged him out desperately, and shouted: "Doctor!"
"Stop shouting. There is no doctor for the people who landed this time. All the doctors are on the ship." Xu Jingchang said: "And his lung was punctured. Even if there are doctors, he can't be saved."
"But," the man said with a cry, "Liu Degui is only seventeen years old this year. He just met the requirements to join the army last year, but now he is about to die on the battlefield."
Xu Jingchang turned his head and squatted down to look at the soldier who was lying on the ground and groaning. Although his face was oily at this time, if you look closely, you can still see that he is not old and his face is still very young.
He straightened up again and looked at the soldier who was sobbing quietly in front of him, patted his shoulder and said: "Sanzhou, this is your first time on the battlefield. In the future, you must remember that this is the normal situation on the battlefield. Don't do it if you see your friends die in battle.
Cry, just remember to avenge your friend later. I allow you to kill all the Annan soldiers in the city gate."
"I must avenge Degui and kill the person who shot him!" Li Sanzhou wiped his tears and said through gritted teeth.
While the two of them were talking, there was constant movement at the city gate. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to rush in, but they would not let the Annan people close the city gate or rush out. Whenever there was a noise at the city gate, they would rush in.
After throwing a few grenades, the Annan people learned the lesson after being bombed several times. They stayed in the doorway, ready to shoot the Ming army who came in through the door. However, the Ming army did not rush in, and both sides surrounded the city gate.
It's a strange balance.
Seeing this, Xu Jingchang shouted loudly: "Quick, follow me to the nearby woods to cut down some trees! We can't transport the siege equipment, so we'll make it ourselves!" He asked a fellow commander of the Yulin left guard to take command on his behalf, and he
Leading dozens of soldiers, they rushed to the woods nearby.
In fact, according to common sense, Xu Jingchang himself only commanded Qianshi and served as Qianhu, and his official position was above that of commanding Tongzhi. At this time, Sang Jing was busy commanding other Qianhu, and he should have commanded Tongzhi to command the soldiers in the city gate. But just now
Xu Jingchang was always in charge, and no one felt inappropriate.
Just when Xu Jingchang led his Qianhu to besiege the city gate, the Ming army in other places was not idle either. Sang Jing gathered four Qianhu of the Yulin left guard and arranged them in the east, middle and west directions of the North City.
For three sections, they kept firing projectiles at the city head. Because the muskets could not be ejected, the range when shooting at the city wall was not as good as that of bows and arrows. However, because of its strong penetrating power, the projectiles hitting the city head continued to splash fly stones.
From time to time, Annan soldiers guarding the city head were shot by flying rocks. Even if their vital parts were not injured, they were even more careful not to get too close to the city head.
The Ming army who was climbing the ladder also unhooked the grenades from their waists and threw them towards the city. The grenades they threw were not mainly for killing, but for various auxiliary functions. The grenades who were once capturing Majapahit
The smoke bombs that had been effective during the wizard's time were continuously thrown onto the city top, and other types of grenades also exploded on the city top from time to time.
The Annan soldiers kept shooting arrows at the city walls and ladders, and the people manipulating the cannons also kept using the cannons, firing shotguns at the fastest speed under the city walls. Although the Ming army had muskets to help them, they were still inferior to the cannons. Every time there was an arrow
When rain or stones rained down on the ground, the Ming army was knocked to the ground in pieces.
But at this time, the Ming army also became fierce and determined to capture Duobang City. They still screamed and rushed to the bottom of Duobang City, using their hands and feet to climb up.
Soon, soldiers climbed up the ladder to the top of the city. Although the first soldier who climbed to the top of the city was immediately hacked to death by the Annan people with a knife, more and more people climbed up, and some musketeers also climbed up.
They came up, fired the projectiles, and used the muskets as iron rods, waving them and fighting with the Annan people. Some musketeers also lit their grenades before dying after being chopped several times, and died together with the Annan soldiers.
!These made Annan soldiers more and more confused.
As more and more Ming troops boarded the city, gaps appeared everywhere. A Qianhu suddenly jumped onto the city, cut off the spear of an Annan soldier and stabbed him down, then turned around and chopped him down again.
Another person who rushed forward, two Annan men with spears, actually retreated continuously under the momentum of his slashing with swords.
Gradually, more and more Ming soldiers came up behind him. Qianhu became more courageous. He rushed a few steps and forced the defeated Annan soldiers back. He untied the national flag from his back, reached out and pulled out the Annan flag and pulled it out.
It was inserted into the flag hole. The morale of the Ming troops above and below the city was greatly boosted at the same time. They howled fiercely and rushed here risking their lives. However, the courage of the Annan soldiers became increasingly low, and some even dropped their weapons and turned around to run away.
When Zhen Weitong saw this, sweat immediately broke out on his forehead. Compared with defending the city, his more important duty was to protect these cannons from being taken away by the Ming army. He immediately ordered to throw down a cannon and continue firing shotguns.
The remaining cannons were carried by the artillerymen to the artillery carts, and they had to go down the horse ramp down to the city.
The Ming army, which had already boarded the city, saw that the artillery team was about to run, and immediately howled and tried to rush over, but was blocked by the Annan soldiers who were still resisting. Normally, they would have surrendered long ago, but just now Zhang Fu and other generals shouted "Loot".
They heard words such as "Three days" and "Kill them all". Some of them also knew some Chinese, and they were all locals of Duobang City. In order to protect their own property, they had to block the Ming army. Because they
The obstruction actually allowed Zhen Weitong to withdraw from the top of the city with the cannon.
But as the artillery escaped, the firepower to suppress the Ming army below the city decreased, and more and more Ming troops boarded the city. No matter how determined they were in fighting, they could not stop them. Sang Jing, who was commanding at the top of the city, couldn't help but have a look on his face.
Showed a smile.
But suddenly countless Annan soldiers rushed up from the corridor. They howled and rushed towards the Ming army. It turned out that although Zhen Weitong was more concerned about the artillery team, he did not forget the defense of the North City and sent people to inform Ruan Renlie that the top of the North City could no longer be defended.
.
Ruan Renlie was originally commanding his soldiers to fight against the Ming'an coalition led by Chang Jizong. Chang Jizong was not disappointed after the failure of his plan, and immediately began to command the soldiers to attack. Chang Jizong used archers to continuously fire at the end,
The musketeers were divided into three sections and fired flatly. The other soldiers collected all the items that could block the bows and arrows, and used these items to move forward. Ruan Renlie was unable to stop him and had to call in another soldier to assist.
Defense.
He was a little surprised when he heard the message sent by Zhen Weitong: the Ming army in the north rushed forward with full morale after seeing the fire gradually extinguished, and was about to capture the head of Beicheng.
Ruan Renlie gritted his teeth and loudly ordered the messengers to move all the troops who were maintaining order in the city to the head of the North City. At the same time, he ordered the remaining troops who were not allowed to leave the camp before to go out to fight. He originally did not trust these troops and suspected that there were lurking among them.
There are many people who secretly communicate with the Ming army, but they don't care about so many at this time. If the top of Beicheng is captured, Duobang City will definitely be lost.
The troops he had previously allowed to operate in the city were relatively trustworthy, relatively loyal to the Hu family and his son, and had relatively high morale when facing the Ming army, so they howled and rushed over as soon as they arrived at the head of the North City.
When the remaining Annan people saw the arrival of reinforcements, their morale was greatly boosted. However, the morale of the Ming army dropped somewhat. In addition, their strength had declined after a short period of fighting, and they were suddenly pushed back.
Chen Yuan, who was appointed by Ruan Renlie to command them, stood behind the battle line, looking at the battlefield in front of him, and making some commands from time to time. He looked at the two sides that had become evenly matched at this time, and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of Dayu insist.
Stop! There are only so many Ming troops on the opposite side. As long as they are driven off the city, the Ming army will not be able to capture Duobang City. The Ming army will definitely massacre for three days after capturing Duobang City. In order for your gold, silver, and silk to be able to
Keep it alive so that your wife, children, and children can all survive, and you must fight bravely!"
Following his words, the morale of Annan's soldiers increased again, and they fought harder.
Zhang Fu had already reached the top of the city at this time. Seeing such a scene, he had no good solution and could only secretly be anxious. If he could have used grenades to clear the area when he first rushed up, then both sides would be strangled together, even the use of bows and arrows.
They were no longer old, and the musket was used as a hand-to-hand weapon by quite a few people, and the barrel of the gun was deformed. Zhang Fu picked up a gun and was about to rush forward, but was stopped by the guards and Sang Jing.
But suddenly Zhang Fu saw that some of the Annan soldiers behind him turned around and exited the battlefield, running down the corridor. The supervising team holding a ghost-headed sword beside Chen Yuan also stopped them.
Zhang Fu's eyes widened and he said, "Is this, some soldiers entered the city from another place?"
"Sir, it's probably Xu Jingchang's troops who have invaded the city! Just now I saw them storming the city gate, and they should have entered by now," Sang Jing said.
"No matter who breaks into the city, this is a good opportunity!"
