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 Chanyi walked among the various armies, stopping from time to time to look at the rice in the bowls of the soldiers. 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.
Although this person was trying to flatter Zhu Zanyi, what he said made sense. After careful observation, they had determined a fact: Although the Annan garrison general named Ruan Xizhou was very calm in his command, his ability to adapt quickly was also very low.
Not bad, but there's a huge problem: he doesn't know how to use artillery.
The artillery barrels of this era did not have a long service life and were very difficult to move. Generally, they would stop for a while after firing a few shots, use various methods to cool down, and wait until the barrels were no longer hot before firing. Especially the Annamite artillery was more
If it is less, the quality will be worse and it needs to be cherished more.
But Ruan Xizhou seemed to have no such awareness, and kept ordering the artillery team to fire until the barrels turned red and almost burst. The artillery team sent people to report to him before letting the artillery team stop. As a result, in a short period of time, the artillery team could not fire at all.
There was no artillery support; at the same time, Ruan Xizhou was not well prepared for the Ming army's attack on the city. He only had rolling logs and rocks, but he didn't even have enough boiling water and boiling oil. The Ming army only attacked the city for the fourth time and hit the city head.
The reserve team will not be used.
"Although Ruan Xizhou did a good job in the battle of Annan, and he has some abilities, he has stayed in a small place like Annan for a long time and has no vision. Although he has 70,000 troops in his hands and at least 60,000 horses before attacking the city today, in fact
I don’t know what kind of battle the 60,000 to 70,000 men in my hands can fight, and I have no idea what a battle with 200,000 men will look like.” Tang Quan commented.
Everyone nodded. Except for Zhu Zanyi, all those present were experienced generals. Even Zhu Zanyi had experienced large armies in battle. Hearing what Tang Quan said, he immediately thought of this.
"In my opinion, if we are lucky, we can capture Nanding City this afternoon; even if we are not lucky, we will definitely be able to capture the city tomorrow." Tang Quan continued.
"Your Highness, in that case, why not send troops to block the east gate of Nanding City." A guard commander suddenly said: "Your Highness, the reason why we surrounded three towers was because we were afraid that the entire army would lose too much by storming the city and weaken the defense.
The Annan people in the city wanted to resist when the battle situation was unfavorable, so they escaped from the east gate: but now that it is easier than expected to break into Nanding City, it is better to surround Nanding City, block the defenders in the city, and annihilate them all.
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He suddenly lowered his voice and continued: "If the east gate is left alone, not only will the guards flee, but the wealthy households and ordinary people in the city will probably also flee with their property."
Although the man's words were unclear, everyone still understood what he meant. Zhu Zanyi smiled and said nothing. Someone had made such a suggestion to him in the morning, but he had his own considerations and would not agree.
. As for what his considerations are, it is not enough for outsiders to know.
He just said: "Don't mention it again at this time. The army is fighting in Annan. If one person can die, one person should die. Soldiers must not be sacrificed for other things."
This person didn't understand what Zhu Chanyi meant, but he didn't dare to say anything more.
After eating at noon, Zhu Zanyi let the soldiers rest for a while, and then ordered the attack on the city to begin at noon.
The siege in the afternoon was even more fierce in the morning. In the morning, the Ming army was still a little unsure about how the Annamites would defend themselves. Now that they had all been tested, there was nothing to worry about.
