After pushing far, the sound of the artillery on the city wall became louder and denser, because at this time it was close to the firing range of small cannons such as tiger guns. Even bows and arrows and firebolts can hit the chariot! From time to time, the sound of crackling and bulleting sounded on the wooden stakes of the car, which made everyone behind the car tremble! Every time they are hit, everyone will subconsciously tighten their bodies.

And at this time, the Houjin army also began to counterattack towards the city! Many archers took advantage of the gap between shooting at the head of the city and flashed their carts to shoot arrows at the head of the city! The soldiers of the Later Jin Army are all good at archery, and they all use hard bows, and the arrows of bows and arrows are also heavy arrows! This kind of heavy arrow has a straight trajectory and high accuracy after being fired. It's very lethal! Moreover, those arrows have been soaked in horse manure and horse urine, and once shot, it is easy to cause inflammation of the wound.

The counterattack of the Houjin army immediately bore fruit. Many Ming soldiers were shot in the face or in the chest by heavy arrows! Some were planted back in the city, and some were planted from the city walls! In short, the rhythm of the defense on the city walls was disrupted at once. The density of firing on the walls of the city suddenly dropped. Take advantage of this opportunity. Niu Mantun and they pushed the cart with all their might, and finally leaned under the city wall.

Niu Mantun held a shield in his left hand to protect the top of his head, and shouted desperately: "Turn the car over!" Turn the car over! ”

Dozens of people worked together to finally overturn the cart from the side and lean against the city wall. As soon as the cart was turned over, the row of heavy logs was like half a hut, covering them from firearms and bows and arrows. Everyone desperately drilled under the stakes. However, the space inside is very narrow, and there are still seven or eight Aha who can't get in outside, and they are in a hurry to scream! Just after a few shouts, a few rows of firearms and bows and arrows were fired, and all of them fell down screaming!

Niu Mantun didn't care about them, he squatted under the log and shouted, "Dig the wall! Chisel the wall! ”

Without his orders, the people leaning against the wall, whether it was Aha or the people of the Han military banner, all took out their hammers and chisels and began to chisel the city. While they were digging the city, the other chariots also approached the city wall and began to dig the city, and the sound of clanging sounded loudly!

At first, Niu Mantun thought that they would soon be able to chisel the city wall, but in fact they underestimated the hardness of the bricks and the adhesion of glutinous rice pulp! The hard walls were clad in bricks in front of them, like an impregnable wall! Let them try their best, but not much.

At this time, because Niu Mantun could not rely on the city wall, he had more time to observe the surroundings. Just when he thought he could keep chiseling, the cannons on the corner towers on both sides of the city wall began to fire!

This is fatal to those below the city walls! Because this is fire from the side, there is no way to dodge! And most of the people under the city wall are busy digging the wall, and they are busy shooting at the people on the city wall. So the artillery on the corner towers on both sides posed a great threat to them! Every time an artillery fire is fired, several people are beaten to pieces by shells! This makes the people who dig the city even more anxious!

The ants who besieged the city did not go well. Their hooks and ladders were erected and knocked down. Occasionally, one or two climbers were quickly killed by the siege, and their bodies were thrown under the city. Only the archers who fought against the city had a slight upper hand.

In a short period of time, the cyan city wall was stained with a large area of dark red plasma! The fighting and screaming never stopped! The sound of artillery was like the roar of death. Took away batch after batch of lives!

Niu Mantun hid under the stump and shield, and it felt like 10,000 years had passed! Especially when he saw the bricks that only dropped a few pieces of debris, he felt that he would definitely die in this attack!

At this moment, the retreating gong sounded on the side of the Houjin army's position! Niu Mantun was like an amnesty, put the shield on his back, grabbed the dazed little Xiucai, and ran desperately to the back.

At this moment, Niu Mantun has already used all the strength of his body! His lungs hurt like fire! The strength in the body is also the loss accumulated because of dragging Xiao Xiucai! Just when he hesitated whether to let go of his hand and throw away Xiao Xiucai, Xiao Xiucai finally reacted and ran with him. This made Niu Mantun feel a lot more relaxed.

The time of retreat is undoubtedly the favorite time of the enemy army. They can shoot muskets and arrows at their opponents at will! But unfortunately, the Houjin army retreated so quickly that the people in the city didn't seem to react! By the time they reacted, most of the Houjin army had already withdrawn to safety. The guns and artillery they are firing are already meaningless.

Niu Mantun, who ran to safety, was gasping for breath with his hands on his knees, as if he couldn't breathe enough! After a while, he straightened up and grabbed Xiao Xiucai, who was panting and his face was flushed, and said loudly: "Next time, if the movement is so slow, Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will leave you behind!" ”

Xiao Xiucai didn't know if he understood, but he kept nodding. Niu Mantun was only then looking for a few other people in the crowd. Fortunately, Zhang Liang and the three of them appeared in the team one by one.

When they had a little respite, an officer of the Houjin Army came and drove them back to the camp. The soldiers who had just come down from the battlefield were generally mentally unstable. The only way to do this is to keep them in the barracks and calm them down completely.

When they returned to the camp, they were exhausted and fell asleep. Only some elite veterans know how to get themselves some food and drink, fill their stomachs and rest slowly.

In the afternoon, Niu Mantun was asleep, so he walked out of the tent to inquire about the news. The soldiers in the camp told him that after they had withdrawn, the Great Khan had launched two more attacks. But it didn't work out. However, it was reported below that the bricks on the city wall were smashed a lot. Maybe it will be dug up tomorrow.

However, Niu Mantun felt that all this had nothing to do with him. He'd already risked his life once, so he's pretty relaxed. But when it was night, an order came that frustrated him. Tomorrow their oxen will dig the city again.

After receiving the news, there was silence in the tent. Song Yonglian cursed in a low voice and said: "These Jurchens don't treat us Han people as human beings, let's ......"

Zhang Liang raised his hand to stop Song Yonglian's complaints, and said, "Silence! Don't forget that we are now the people of the Han Army Banner! ”

In fact, Niu Mantun also had this idea in his heart. During the day's battle yesterday, the Jurchens did not go out at all, except for a small number of archers. It is the people who are watching the Han military flag who are climbing the city and digging the city. The dead and wounded are all the people of the Han Army Banner! But just like Zhang Liang said, he is already a member of the Han Army Banner, what else to say?

The next morning, Niu Mantun and they again entered the starting position. He looked from afar and found that Ningyuan City was in a mess not far away. Broken ladders, smashed shield carts, bloodstained stones, mixed with dead bodies that can't be recovered, it's a mess! You can also see crows feasting on corpses! But Niu Mantun has adapted to all this. He silently picked up the hammer and chisel into his waist and hid behind the cart.

Today, Niu Mantun's luck is still very good, and the cannonballs did not patronize his cart. Let him come to the city smoothly. It was only when they turned the cart over that they realized that their luck was not just good, but very good. Because just where their cart stopped, more than a dozen bricks of the city wall had been smashed open, revealing the rammed earth inside. There are also traces of excavation on the rammed earth.

The excited Niu Mantun felt that there was a possibility of victory today. But when they started to do it, they found that things were not as simple as they thought. When Ningyuan City was built, it was slowly built in peacetime. Not only is the brick sturdy, but even the rammed earth inside is hammered very tightly.

In addition, it is now a cold winter wax moon, and the cold temperature will freeze the rammed earth like ice! The chisel can only draw a shallow small ditch on it, and it can't chisel much rammed earth at all! However, there are a lot of bricks to pry down.

This time, Niu Mantun also joined the ranks of digging the city. He trampled the shield under his feet, held the chisel in his left hand, and smashed it with his right hand with a hammer, making a "dangdang" sound. The rammed earth fell in a clump, leaving distorted marks on the surface of the soil layer.