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Chapter 187 The Fourth Battle of Changli

To the east of Changli City, facing Guanhou Temple in the direction of the Jianlu camp, the county magistrate Zuo Yingxuan and the guard Shi Guozhu were on the archery tower watching the Jianlu come out of the camp in the distance.Please remember the URL of this site:.

The alarm bell has already sounded, and it is the turn of the township soldiers stationed on the city wall to stand ready.

Under the command of the leader, the peasants in the city gathered towards the east of the city, mainly to provide logistics for the east.Because the news from the tower was that Jianlu only attacked the east of the city this time.

When Jianlu was still a stone's throw away from the city wall of Changli, he stopped and formed a team.

The first two rows were all Jianlu wearing heavy armor and holding large shields, and the next two rows were all archers wearing light leather armor.After that, there are 36 piles of Jianlu, centered on the ladder, and there are also giant trees, which are used to hit the city gate, ready to go. [

No one spoke, and no one walked around casually. They just looked up and stared at the city wall of Changli, waiting for the order to start attacking the city.As the saying goes, if orders and prohibitions are made, it is a strong army. Jianlu is worthy of being an elite, and he threatens Changli with an aura.

However, the township soldiers who had gone through the first Changli offensive and defensive battle were not overwhelmed by Jianlu's momentum. Although they were not very calm, they were not panicked.

Jierhalang stood at the front of the team on horseback, with Oboi at his side, and when the city fell, he would reward the Khan.

Jierhalang's eyesight is very good, and he can see at a glance that Changli City is different from yesterday.I saw rows of wooden rafts slanting upwards and horizontals on the city wall stacks, connected end to end without leaving any gaps.

He is a battle-hardened man, and he can see the usefulness of these rafts at a glance.These wooden rafts are so simple that they are placed on the battlements, which greatly reduces the pressure of the siege bows and arrows on the top of the city, and only needs to concentrate on shooting arrows from the battlements.Moreover, to ascend the city with a ladder, one must drive these wooden rafts to climb into the city wall, which is another opportunity to kill or injure the guards on the city.

Jierhalang's head hurt a little from seeing it, who in this small county town of Changli came up with such a simple trick, but broke the bow and arrow suppression of his trump card, the big gold god shooter.

Aobai also noticed it, but he wasn't worried.No matter how good the city defense is, it is only the defense of the township soldiers.

Seeing that Jierhalang didn't give the order to attack, he said, "Master Baylor, the master is still waiting for the servant to go back and report."

Jierhalangnai transferred the brave men with long weapons to the edge of the ladder, as the first batch of people climbing the ladder.Then he ordered the beating of drums to attack the city.

Zuo Yingxuan and Shi Guozhu saw that the four rows in front of Jianlu started to move forward, and the speed increased. As they got closer to the city wall, the shields in their hands became tighter. There were probably two archers behind the four shields.

The county magistrate Zuo Yingxuan took a look at the defense of Shi Guozhu. The military command was entrusted to him, and he gave orders.

Shi Guozhu saw through Jianlu's intention to suppress them with archers first, so he ordered all the town soldiers at the top of the city to squat down and wait for orders.

The Jianlu who attacked the city stopped a few feet away from the city wall and began to shoot arrows upwards.Fortunately, there are some wooden rafts blocking, only a few arrows can be shot in from the crenel.

The soldiers squatting on the city wall heard the shouts of killing outside and the sound of the wooden raft being hit by the arrows. They couldn't see the situation outside and began to get nervous. They all looked in the direction of the arrow tower to see when to counterattack. order down.

However, Shi Guozhu didn't move, still staring at Jianlu who was carrying the ladder outside the city, and didn't care about the shield soldiers and archers below.Because he knew that it was impossible for Jianlu to attack the city with arrows.

Soon, Jierhalang let the ladder begin to attack the city.He also had to give an order, the archer's arm strength is limited, not to mention aiming upwards and shooting upwards, it is even more exhausting, if you shoot for a long time, you will not be able to shoot arrows, so you can't provide cover for the siege troops.

The Jianlu who carried the ladder and the giant wood came towards the city, howling.

The villagers heard the noise outside the city getting louder and knew that the Jian captives were attacking again, and they couldn't help feeling anxious.Fortunately, at this time, the yamen servants began to run along the city wall, shouting orders: "Jianlu will attack the city immediately, remember to only take care of the ladder, and kill Jianlu who climbed the ladder."

The leaders of the village soldiers stood up, avoided the crenels, and observed the enemy's situation through the gaps in the wooden rafts. They needed to convey the attack order to their subordinates. [

The sound of "crack, clap, clap" sounded, and the ladder leaned against the city wall, and the ladder that was higher than the city wall hit the wooden raft, forcing the slanted wooden raft to stand upright.Several wooden rafts that were not fastened firmly tilted back on the spot, allowing Xiang Bingfa, who was squatting behind, to stand up and fight back.

Four or five Jianlu held on to the ladder, followed by Jianlu with a long weapon in one hand and the ladder in the other, and began to climb the ladder quickly.

When Shi Guozhu saw it, he immediately said to the yamen servants waiting for orders: "Find some long sticks to prop up those reverse-slanted wooden rafts." After speaking, he looked nervously at the battlefield again.

Zuo Yingxuan took a look and found that today's battle might not use rolling logs and stones, and most of them were long-range weapons. Therefore, he also ordered the yamen servant: "Let the civilians soak more arrows and send them to the city wall."

The yamen servants took orders one by one, and now they only exist in the role of messengers, so that the transmission of military orders is convenient, and everyone knows that the messengers are here when they look at the clothes of the yamen servants.

On the top of the city, there are five or six crenels facing a ladder, or arrows or guns, calling for the Jianlu on the ladder.

Jianlu often fell in the shot before climbing halfway, but the Jianlu behind him still rushed upwards without fear of death.If you are lucky, you stretch out your long weapon, chop or lift the raft a few times, and then fall.

This time the musket was very efficient, firing one shot after another.It turned out that a musketeer was paired with four or five loaders. After firing a shot, he sent it back. Someone picked it up and handed back a loaded musket at the same time.

During the battle, the position where the musketeers were located was filled with the smoke from the guns, making it difficult for the musketeers to see clearly what was going on under the city.But you don't need to see clearly, the ladder is the only place to pass through, just aim at the position of the ladder and shoot.

The Jianlu who was carrying the huge log rushed to the city gate, and then some strong men held shields to protect them, and with concerted efforts, they began to hit the city gate.

They were all secretly delighted, the Ming army on the city wall might have been scared stupid, and they forgot to attack until now.It's useless to scare the fool when he breaks open the city gate.

Shi Guozhu on the watchtower had already noticed it, so he didn't panic, and said to a yamen servant: "Pour oil and burn it to death."

The Jianlu at the city gate was very strange, why the gate of this small county was so strong, it didn't budge even after bumping into it a few times.

They didn't understand for a while, but the bags of dirt had filled up the east gate, blocking the opening of the gate.Changli is incapable of going out to fight back, it's better to block it.However, the west gate was left unblocked, but if the main force of Jianlu attacked the west gate, the soil bags beside the gate could quickly fill the gate hole.

All kinds of flammable oil collected from the city were poured down from the crenels of the city wall, and some rural soldiers each threw two torches down.

Jianlu was smelling the fragrance, but before he woke up, the torch went down.The flames suddenly rose into the sky and burned the city gate.All of a sudden, he hurriedly dropped the giant log and slapped the burning spot on his body.

The giant log was thrown on the ground, and no one cared about it. The prisoners at the city gate were burned and rolled all over the ground, crying and howling. The people who burned to death were really miserable, and it should be regarded as the evil reward for all their bad deeds. .

The Jianlu who were not burned avoided far away, and would rather go to the ladder and be shot by arrows than be burned to death.Moreover, they couldn't lift the giant wood anymore, because there was a sea of ​​fire near the city gate.

Luo Xiao changed another arrow and shot it at his soft-handed companion, and shot an arrow down from a crenel.He himself has strong arms, so what he holds is the same as Shi Guozhu, a strong bow.He aimed at the prisoners on the ladder, and shot their hands holding the ladder.

As Luo Xiao shot, he cursed secretly in his heart, the blood-stained pig's hand, let you show, show one, shoot one.

Jianlu's archers realized after a period of time that this was different from the previous siege, and they were not the focus of the Ming army's greetings at the top of the city.So, he broke away from the protection of the shield, ran close to the city wall, and started shooting arrows at the crenel.

As the distance gets closer, the accuracy rate increases, and from time to time, arrows are shot from the crenel to the top of the city. [

Luo Xiao specially shot Jianlu who was holding the ladder so that the ladder could not be stable, so that other Jianren could not climb the ladder.A Jianlu archer noticed this situation, and specifically stared at the crenel where Luo Xiao was. After estimating the time, he shot an arrow.

As soon as Luo Xiao put an arrow on the bow, flashed to the crenel, and was about to shoot the arrow, he was successfully attacked by the Jian prisoner, and the arrow shot to his chest.

He felt a huge pain in his chest, and he took a few steps back and fell down.

When the companions at the side saw him, they quickly helped him down, and the civilian husband behind him took over.

The order from the archery tower has been handed down, and some archers and musketeers will be sent out to fight Jianlu archers.Thin skin, poor defense, easy to attack, and can also reduce the threat of rural soldiers on the city wall.As a result, Jianlu's archers also suffered casualties.

Obai looked very aggrieved from the rear, the Ming army's defense, to the Jin army with only ladders, was like a dog biting a turtle, attacking everywhere.

As soon as he took the reins, he began to rush forward, preparing to attack the city by himself.

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