As Zhu Chanyi made up his mind to attack the city, the remaining more than 120,000 combatants, excluding the wounded, logistics troops, military doctors and other personnel, were all mobilized. All the cannons were placed in front of the formation, preparing to launch an siege against Nanding City.
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At the beginning of the Chen hour, Zhu Chanyi appeared in front of the battle in person, standing within the attack range of the cannons at the top of the city, and announced the discipline of the battle: all soldiers marched in accordance with the sound of drums, and were not allowed to retreat without the sound of gongs. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be killed; anyone who cowered forward would be killed.
Those who are not active in fighting will also be executed;...
Of course, in addition to severe punishment, there are also generous rewards. "For all generals in the army, regardless of Han, Yi, or Annan, the first person to climb the city will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver. If someone dies in battle, the silver will be rewarded to his family. After the army enters Nanding City,
, allow the soldiers to plunder for three days! I will never break my promise!" Zhu Zhanyi shouted loudly. Every time he shouted, dozens of strong men who spoke loudly repeated it, and the sound reached the top of Nanding City.
After reading out the rewards and punishments, Zhu Zanyi asked the drummer to beat the big drum, make a "dong dong dong" sound, and start to attack the city.
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"Quickly block it! Ruan Cheng, you immediately lead your troops to support the Jiazi fortress in Nancheng. Zhen Ying, you immediately lead your troops to support the Xinzihao fortress. Ma Qing, you immediately..." Ruan Xizhou, who was guarding the city head, kept stopping.
commanded.
After a long while, he dispatched most of the troops in his hands, and finally he breathed a sigh of relief. He sat down on his seat, picked up the teapot and started drinking. After drinking half the pot of tea, he put down the teacup and looked at the people who were attacking the city.
The Ming army muttered: "Are the Ming soldiers crazy? Attacking the city like this?"
From the very beginning, this siege battle entered a fierce stage. Although the Ming army still did not camp on the east side of the city and did not attack the east side of the city this time, the attacks on the other two sides were very fierce. No, it was precisely because the troops were not divided into
To the east of the city, the Ming army had sufficient artillery fire and troops, and was able to violently attack the city from the south and west.
The Ming army first used small cannons to fire shotguns close to the city wall. After the cannons at the top of the city couldn't help but fire, the Ming army's cannons left behind roared, specializing in hitting the cannons at the top of the city. Although they lost a few small cannons,
Some of the cannons also destroyed several cannons at the top of the city, making the artillery team at the top of the city no longer dare to fire at will.
At this time, the siege infantrymen had also carried the ladders to the bottom of the city, put the ladders up to the top of the city, and immediately began to climb; the archers fired arrows at the top of the city to suppress the Annan people at the top of the city.
The Annan people at the top of the city immediately retaliated. Like most of the soldiers defending the city in this era, the soldiers in Nanding City immediately began to throw rolling stones and rocks at the city, poured boiling oil and boiling water, and at the same time used cannons to fire shotguns and fight with each other.
When the Ming army confronts the city, the siege party will always incur greater losses. The first batch of soldiers to attack the city immediately suffered heavy losses and suffered numerous casualties.
Zhu Zenyi ordered the gongs to be sounded and the troops withdrawn. The Ming army soldiers who failed to attack the city immediately retreated with their things. The Annan people at the city heaved a sigh of relief.
But they soon realized that they had relaxed too early. After the first group of attacking soldiers retreated, the second group of attacking soldiers immediately rushed forward and continued to attack the city. They also had to continue to defend vigorously.
After three rounds of siege, the rolling logs and stones at the top of the city were gradually running out. There was even a shortage of boiling water and boiling oil. The barrels of the cannons were too hot and could no longer be fired. The defenders at the top of the city could not help but
The use of cannons, rolling wood, stone rolling, boiling water and boiling oil have also been greatly reduced.
The Ming army under the city soon discovered this situation. In fact, during the two days of siege, the Ming army built several sentry towers more than ten meters high in the camp, almost level with the city head. General Ma Jun arranged for manpower to be placed on the sentry tower.
They used clairvoyance to stare at the cannons at the top of the city and the soldiers who were using the equipment. After discovering that the barrels of the cannons were red and the various equipment were greatly reduced, they immediately informed the generals in charge. Ma Jun, Huang Guan, Tang Quan and others were able to quickly find out.
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They divided the cannons in their hands into two batches, and took turns to use various artillery shells to bombard the city head, suppressing the firepower on the city head; the musketeers, who were very precious to Yunxi, Zhu Zhen and Zhu Zanyi, also approached the city wall and fired towards the city head and
Projectiles were fired at the city gate. However, the city gate had been completely blocked by Ruan Xizhou's order, and it was impossible for them to enter through the city gate.
The Annan people at the head of the city suffered heavy losses for a while. Many people wanted to retreat and did not dare to approach the city head and retreated. Fortunately, Ruan Xizhou discovered this situation immediately and ordered his swordsmen and axemen to kill the retreating soldiers before allowing them to resume their attack.
Fight hard with the Ming army.
But within this short quarter of an hour, the Ming army had already set up several ladders on the top of the city, and many soldiers climbed up the ladders to a place very close to the top of the city; the Annan people, who were fighting hard again, thought
They wanted to push the ladder down, but it was difficult to push it down at this time. They could only use the crossbows in their hands to shoot the Ming army who was climbing the ladder and had no way to avoid it.
Many Ming soldiers were shot and killed, but more Ming soldiers struggled to climb up the ladders and climbed to the top of the city with the support of bows, arrows and muskets from below.
The first one to climb up the city was the wolf soldier sent from Guangxi. Although he was killed immediately, many soldiers followed Zhu Chanyi and his guards shouting: "Reward this man two hundred taels of silver."
They were stimulated to climb harder, and more people climbed to the top of the city.
Ruan Xizhou had to use the reserve team at hand. He sent the reserved troops of Ruan Cheng and others to the top of the city to fight with the Ming army, and finally drove the Ming army off the city.
It was already noon, and the Ming army had launched five rounds of siege on the city. They temporarily stopped the attack and set up a large pot not far from the city head to collect all the game they had brought and the fish and shrimp picked up by the navy.
Put it into the pot and cook it over high heat, and the food supply will be opened. You can eat as much as you want.
Seeing that the Ming army began to rest, Ruan Xizhou also ordered the guards at the top of the city to rest and let the army eat. Countless soldiers who had been tired all morning immediately fell to the ground when they heard the horn sound and refused to get up. It took a long time before they stood up.
go to eat.
Zhu Zanyi walked among the various armies, stopping from time to time to look at the rice in the soldiers' bowls. After walking in a long circle, he returned to his tent and ate with the generals of the armies.
Although he failed to capture Nanding City this morning, he was still very happy and said to the generals with a smile: "How dare Ruan Xizhou compare to Geng Bingwen in just these two moments? If his words were spread back to the capital, everyone would probably laugh.
Guy’s big teeth.”
"Geng Bingwen held Changxing City for ten years to protect the city. We have only been attacking the city for half a day and he is already almost unable to hold on. He really thinks too highly of himself."
"People from small countries are ignorant. They defended the city for a few times and then blew it up to the sky. Naturally, they will not be able to do it when they meet our giant soldiers." Someone said flatteringly.