Borrow the day to change the day

When the Tartars on the ladders in the middle climbed halfway up the ladders, the gravity was transmitted to the wooden rafts on the top of the city through the ladders, and the wooden rafts creaked, and some wooden rafts were even crumbling under the pressure.

The leader of the defending village soldiers on the top of the city saw that bows, arrows and muskets could not do it alone, so he hurriedly shouted: "Smash, hit the ladder."

The able-bodied men who had long been ready to go on the side picked up the rolling logs and stones on the city wall, and smashed them down the city wall with all their strength.

A boulder thrown by Luo Xiao crossed the wooden raft and fell down, just hitting the head of a tartar who was standing in front of the ladder waiting to climb the ladder.

The equipment of the Mongolian Tartars was simple, few of them wore steel helmets and iron armor, and they wore felt hats on their heads. When they were hit by a stone, they immediately became shorter by a section, and they went down to the eighteenth floor without even uttering a scream. Hell went. [

But not every Tatar who was hit had such a good life. Many of them were hit on the shoulders or feet, and they screamed in pain, which overwhelmed the screams of the Tatars in some areas. The sound actually weakened their morale.

Luo Xiao saw that everyone was thrown under the city wall a few feet away. The Tartars hit them, but they missed the Tartars at the base of the city. Ladder! "

He was yelling, without stopping his hands and feet, he picked up a log and threw it upwards vigorously, just after throwing it over the raft, he smashed it down in a parabola.Smash the Tartars who climbed on the upper part of the ladder like a rolling gourd, and roll down, rolling down with the Tartars behind on the ladder.Although the ladder was not broken, it was empty.

The other town soldiers either heard Luo Xiao's shout, or realized it on their own, and they all changed throwing to throwing, and smashed at the ladder.

The crisis of being almost attacked by the Tartars just now was temporarily resolved, but the subsequent Tartars began to climb the stairs again, and the attacks continued.

Occasionally, a village soldier was shot by the Tartars' sharp archers and fell under the city wall.Immediately, he was rescued by the civilian husband who was waiting behind him, and the substitute rural soldiers then took up the defensive position.

The ladders leaned on the city wall at an angle of about 45 degrees. The rolling wood and rocks were thrown, and when they fell on the ladders, most of the force would be dissipated. Therefore, not many ladders were smashed.

The Tartars who ascended the city were constantly smashed down or shot down by muskets, but some Tartars continued to climb up.

The soldiers throwing logs and stones at the top of the city gradually lost their strength, some were immediately replaced to rest, and some were still persisting.

Daishan didn't panic when he saw that none of the city walls had been breached. Anyway, he didn't die as a Dajin warrior.

The leaders of the various Mongolian ministries were also prepared for certain casualties, and they were still calm at this time, but the ease of talking and laughing before was gone, and they all paid attention to the development of the battle situation.

As time passed unconsciously, there were more and more rolling logs and rocks below the city, while those above the city decreased a lot.

Zuo Yingxuan stood tall, so he could see many places, so he immediately discovered this situation.Hurry up and let the yamen servants pass the order, and let the people in the city send rolling logs and stones to the city wall.

In the end, the wooden platoons on several walls failed to withstand the long-term weight of the ladders, and collapsed, exposing the town soldiers defending on the top of the city.

Seeing this situation, the Tartar archers below the city gathered at these sections of the city wall and shot arrows at these places to suppress the defense of the villagers above.

When the leader of the village soldiers saw it, he quickly asked the archers and musketeers to cover him, while other soldiers went or smashed the ladder.

The arrows at the bottom flew up "swish", and from time to time some soldiers were shot and carried down.

After finally getting rid of the ladder, the waiting soldiers hurriedly replaced the wooden raft, but Jianlu's ladder also came close immediately.In addition, the rafts that were repaired during the war were in a hurry, and they could not be tied with peace of mind, and the rafts could no longer be fixed as before.

Therefore, these wooden rafts became the focus of the struggle between the Tartars and the town soldiers.The Tartars on the ladder used their long weapons to support these wooden platoons, and their own weight often made the soldiers on the top of the city tired of coping. [

As time went by, the situation of the defense of the city head became more and more severe.

On the other hand, the casualties slowly exceeded the expectations of the Mongolian leaders.Some leaders wanted to call for gold to withdraw their troops, but Daishan stopped them. He seduced these shaken leaders: "Look, there are many wooden rafts that have been knocked down. Now the Ming army in Changli City is just dying. If you persist, you will be able to attack.”

These leaders looked at the battle situation on the city wall, and felt that what Daishan said was reasonable, so they endured it a little longer, looking forward to attacking the city in the next moment.

All the cannons on the top of the city are actually only six.Four of them were just earthen cannons, made by Changli City themselves, and they all started roaring together.

The biggest disadvantage of these artillery is its short range, but if it is used to defend the city wall now, this disadvantage is actually not obvious.

These cannons are now firing graupel. Some graupel is composed of several liters of lead-iron pellets, while others are composed of small gravel. There is no way, and the materials are insufficient, so they can only be made with existing materials.No matter what the material is, it has shown great lethality.

Although the firing speed of these artillery is very slow, because they are concentrated together, the effect is considerable.After a few shellings, a large number of Tartar corpses fell on the fan-shaped ground in front of the city wall, and those who were still alive shouted heartbreakingly for father and mother and Changshengtian.

The power of these sleet cannot be resisted by flesh and blood, even holding a shield is useless.The tartars looked at the large area of ​​dead and wounded below the muzzle, and their hearts were broken. They avoided this section of the city wall and attacked elsewhere.

Shi Guozhu saw that the city wall in front of him was safe, so he ordered the civilian men to help the gunners or carry the cannons, change the city wall and then bombard.

A few cannons without wheels need to be carried.After the cannon was fired, the barrel was very hot, and as a result of being lifted directly around the rope, a cannon fell.

It turned out that the gun barrel was hot and thin, and then because the cannon itself was very heavy, it broke within a few steps.

The civilian husband couldn't find any other wrapped things for a while, so he took off the clothes he was wearing, wrapped it around the gun barrel, and then wrapped the rope around it to lift it.

After being lifted to a city wall, the cannon was repositioned, loaded, fired, and so on.

Although the artillery killed and injured many Tartars, there were too many Tartars to kill.Soon the artillery could not be fired again because of too many firings, and the gun bore needed to be cooled and cleaned.

This time the siege took longer than ever before, and the rolling logs and stones in Changli City were almost running out.When the situation was reported to Zuo Yingxuan, he immediately ordered the buildings in the city to be demolished. The bricks, wood, etc. were taken out for a little treatment, and then transported to the top of the city.

The sound of shouting and killing resounded in the southeast and northwest of Changli City. From time to time, some government servants reported the situation to Zuo Yingxuan, and more and more wooden rafts were destroyed on the city wall.Zuo Yingxuan was secretly anxious. Looking at the sky, the time for attacking the city was not short. Why did the Tartars attack this time regardless of the casualties, and did not retreat for such a long time.

The leaders of the Mongolian tribes outside the city waited for a while, but they still didn't wait for a tribe to attack the top of the city. In addition, the artillery at the top of Chengchangli city was changed to cannon, and every sound of the cannon shook their hearts.

They couldn't hold back anymore, the leader of the Aohan tribe first said to Daishan: "Baile, you see that the ladder used by our son to attack the city is almost broken, and it will be used up if we continue to fight, should we call for money first? "

The leaders of Naiman, Bahrain, Zarut and other tribes all agreed with the proposal of the Aohan tribe. The siege battle cannot be fought without ladders. This is based on basic common sense.

Daishan didn't answer their words, but just pointed to the top of Changli city with his horsewhip and showed them: "Look, over there, over there, and over there, the defensive strength of the Ming army on the top of the city has obviously weakened, and they will soon be unable to hold on." Stop it. As long as you persist for a while, you will be able to attack. As for the ladders, I have prepared some for you, and I can borrow them for you."

The leaders of the various Mongolian tribes spoke to each other, and some leaders even began to regret the property in Changli City.

Daishan ignored them, and ordered his personal guards to lead the Mongolian leader to hand over the ladder.He just wanted them to continue to attack the city, to see when Changli City's energy consumption would last! [