0904 The ant attacked the city
The team of soldiers from Zhenghongqi were obviously showing an attitude that they would follow Niu Mantun and others to conduct the second batch of attacks. Regardless of Niu Mantun and his team's victory or defeat, they had already consumed the energy and equipment of the defenders on the city. They rushed forward again to the right time.
Moreover, they are also the supervising team of the Han army flag of Niumantun! If there are those who fear the enemy and avoid war, they will be punished on the spot by this pair of Jurchen soldiers!
At this time, the artillery had bombarded more than a dozen rounds, and the second drum sound was heard. Niu Mantun and his team immediately set off and walked behind the car. Then a large number of Aha pushed the cloud ladder and followed up with the hook ladder. A large number of archers and bird gunners mixed among them and laid out dense lines.
After a moment, the third drum sounded, and the crowd of people began to surge forward. However, this time, Niu Mantun and his friends would not need to push the cart. Seven or eight Ahas were shouting horns to push the cart forward.
The team advanced for a while and began to slowly spread out and widen the distance, in order to reduce the hit rate of the cannons on the city.
The cannons on the top of the city quickly started, and everyone habitually tightened their bodies again, and the same was true for Niumantun. However, during this period, everyone could only endure the torture of being bombarded by artillery, because no one knew whether they would become the target of artillery. As long as the car was hit by the cannon, half of the people behind the car would probably be unable to escape death!
Under Niumantun's command, this team of people still lowered their speed slightly, slightly behind other cars. After all, the cannons in the city were only bombarding those cars that were pushing fast, and they may not be able to take a look at the behind cars.
But not long after walking, a shield cart not far from the right side of Niumantun was hit by artillery. The cannonballs with a bowl mouth hit the right side of the cart, and the cart immediately overturned! And the wooden thorns flew across the ground when they were hit, and several people screamed and fell to the ground, their faces and bodies were covered in blood! Seeing that the cart was twisted, the rest hurriedly fled to the cart on both sides.
Niu Mantun wiped sweat from his forehead, muttered a few words of blessing from the Bodhisattva and hurried behind the crowd. To put it bluntly, Niu Mantun used the people in front to protect himself. Because Niu Mantun has the highest status in the car, which is his privilege.
Niu Mantun and his team pushed the car forward, as if they were hard under the cannon.
It lasted for a year! When they finally avoided the shelling and approached the city, everyone behind the car breathed a sigh of relief. However, they quickly lifted up their spirits because the more severe battle test was behind.
At this time, the bird gunners and archers behind the second row of cars had already walked out of the back of the car because they were about to enter the fire range of the city. They had to cover the people behind the front row of cars to get close to the city wall.
So as soon as they came out, they each held their weapons and trotted forward. After a few steps, the sound of drums came from the city! Bows and arrows mixed with lead bullets shot down from the city! The Later Jin soldiers under the city were not willing to be outdone and fought back at the city!
For a time, bows and arrows and lead bullets intersected in the air, and people on both sides kept falling to the ground. But overall, the Later Jin army had the upper hand. Although the Ming army on the top of the city had the intention of killing the enemy, the equipment was not good and lacked training on weekdays, they were suppressed for a while!
Niu Mantun took advantage of the sparse rain of arrows and stretched out to take a look, and saw a moat filled with sandbags in front. He immediately retracted his body and shouted loudly: "The moat is ahead! Use force! Use force!"
When Aha and the others heard the order, they pushed the car even harder. Niu Mantun shouted that he was afraid that the sandbag would be soft and he would trap the heavy shield there. As a result, he called the sky and the car jumped on the ground a few times, and the wheel on the left was stuck in the middle of the sandbag and could not be pushed out no matter how hard it was!
Niu Mantun and his team helped push it for two times but didn't push it, so they knew there was no chance to push it out again. Niu Mantun immediately used his shield to drive away the Ahas and the others and shouted: "Go to push the ladder behind. If the ladder cannot be pushed up, they will cut you all!"
Aha and the others were forced to run out of the car and rushed to the ladder next to them. As soon as they ran out, the third person was shot into the neck by an arrow. The arrow shot from the left and came out from the right! The Aha and his neck were covered with hands and fell to the ground, kicked his legs hard for a few times and died.
The people behind were stunned and did not dare to run out of the car again. Niu Mantun used his blade to slash their backs and forced them to run out and continue pushing the ladder.
The heavy ladder crosses the moat with everyone's efforts
, leaned towards the city wall. There were many dead bodies under the city wall in front that could not be taken back. The legs of a dead body were rolled over by the wooden wheel of the cloud ladder, making a terrifying sound of bone shattering, but no one cared about this at this time.
As soon as the cloud ladder crossed the moat, a Han army flag officer who was commanding the cloud ladder shouted: "Roll up the cloud ladder! Pull the rope! Pull the rope!"
While staring at the movements of the cloud ladder, Niu Mantun estimated the density of arrows and lead bullets on the city. Just as the cloud ladder was pulled up by a rope, Niu Mantun shouted sternly: "Roar out!"
After saying that, he used his shield to protect his upper body and rushed out. Zhang Liang and Song Yonglian were followed closely when the others saw the three of them running out. A group of people rushed to the side of the ladder. At this time, the ladder was just on the top of the city. The iron hook at the top of the ladder hooked the city wall, making a sour "squeak"!
But Niu Mantun and the others were overjoyed! Because this means that the ladder is ready to be used! Niu Mantun immediately grabbed the rope that fixed the ladder and pulled it down, allowing the ladder to hook tightly on the city wall.
Zhang Liang and Song Yonglian also pulled the other two ropes. Their position had an advantage, that was, a few people would not suffer much damage when hiding under the wide ladder. When other soldiers of the Han army flag saw the ladder resting on the wall, they immediately shouted and climbed up the ladder quickly.
The cloud ladder is not like a hook body. It has a very wide pedal and can stand very steadily. So it is very easy to get up. At this time, the ten cloud ladders and more than twenty hook bodies were all placed on the city wall, and a large number of Han army flag soldiers were climbing up the ladder!
The target of the attack on the city was turned from the archers to the soldiers climbing the city. Niu Mantun looked at a cloud ladder not far away and was thrown down from the city. The log rolled down the ladder, smashing the four soldiers on the ladder to fly before falling off the side of the ladder.
The four soldiers screamed and landed on the ground. I'm afraid they would be seriously injured if they didn't die! The log still hit the crowd under the ladder, and another large number of people fell!
Niu Mantun withdrew his gaze and focused on listening to the movements on the city wall. He was not distracted at this time. If he was not careful, he might die here!
Chapter completed!