The posture of the soldiers with the red flag was obviously to follow Niu Mantun and others to do the second group of attacks. Regardless of whether Niu Mantun won or lost, they had already consumed the spirit and equipment of the defenders of the city by that time. It was just right for them to rush up again.

And they are also the overseers of the Han Army Banner of Niu Mantun! If there are those who fear the enemy and avoid the battle, they will be corrected on the spot by this pair of Jurchen soldiers!

By this time, the artillery had already shelled more than a dozen rounds, and the second drum was heard. Niu Mantun and the others immediately set off and walked into the back of the cart. Then a large number of Aha pushed the ladder and followed with the hook ladder. A large number of archers and ornithmen mingled in their midst, forming a dense line.

A moment later, a third drum sounded, and the crowd began to swell forward. But this time, there was no need for Niu Mantun to push the cart, and seven or eight Aha were shouting the number to push the cart forward.

The team advanced some distance and began to slowly spread out and widen the distance, in order to reduce the hit rate of the city's guns.

The artillery at the head of the city was soon fired, and everyone once again habitually tightened their bodies, and the same was true of Niu Mantun. However, during this time, everyone can only endure the torment of being bombarded by artillery, because no one knows whether they will become the target of artillery. As long as the cart is hit by artillery, half of the people behind the cart may not escape death!

Under Niu Mantun's command, this team still slightly suppressed their speed, slightly behind the other cars. After all, the artillery in the city only bombarded those fast-pushing carts, and they might not be able to look at the backward carts.

But not long after walking, a shield cart not far to the right of Niumantun was hit by artillery. The cannonball with a large bowl mouth smashed on the right side of the car, and the car immediately overturned on its side! And the wooden spikes flew sideways at the location where they were hit, and several people fell to the ground screaming, their faces covered with blood! The rest of the people saw that the cart was twisted and did not look like it, and hurriedly fled to the carts on both sides.

Niu Mantun wiped the sweat from his forehead, muttered a few words of Bodhisattva's blessing and shrank behind the crowd. To put it bluntly, Niu Mantun is using the people in front of him to cover himself. Because the position of Niu Mantun in the cart is the highest, this is his privilege.

Niu Mantun they pushed the cart forward, as if under artillery

It's been like a year! When they finally escaped the shelling and approached the city, all the people behind the cart breathed a sigh of relief. But they were quick to get their spirits up again. Because the tougher test of fighting is just around the corner.

By this time, the birdmen and archers behind the second row of carts had already stepped out from behind the carts. Because they were about to come within range of the city's fire. They had to cover the approach of the city walls to the people behind the front rows.

So as soon as they came out, they each held their weapons and trotted forward. They had not yet run a few paces before the drums beat from the top of the city! Bows and arrows mixed with lead bullets shot down from the city! Not to be outdone, the Houjin soldiers under the city fought back at the city!

For a moment, bows and arrows and buckshot staggered in the air, and people on both sides kept falling to the ground. But overall, the Houjin army had the upper hand. Although the Ming army at the head of the city had the intention of killing the enemy, the equipment was not sophisticated, and the training was insufficient on weekdays, so it was suppressed for a while!

Niu Mantun took advantage of the sparse rain of arrows to stretch out his head and take a look, only to see that there was a moat filled with sandbags in front of him. He immediately retracted and shouted, "There's a moat ahead!" Hard! Hard! ”

When the Ahabs heard the command, they pushed the cart even harder. Niu Mantun shouted hard because he was afraid that the sandbags would be soft and trap the heavy shield cart there. As a result, the sky did not follow people's wishes, and the car jumped on the ground a few times, and the wheel on the left side was stuck in the middle of the sandbag, and it couldn't be pushed out!

Niu Mantun and they helped push two but didn't push, so they knew that there was no chance to push it out again. Niu Mantun immediately used his shield to drive away the Ahabs and shouted: "Go to the back and push the ladder, if the ladder can't be pushed up, it will cut you all!" ”

The Ahabs were forced to run out of the cart and rush to the nearby ladder. As soon as two people ran out, the third person was shot in the neck by an arrow all the time, and the arrow came in from the left side and came out from the right side! The Aha fell to the ground with his hands on his neck, kicked his leg a few times and died.

The people behind were suddenly frightened and didn't dare to run out of the car again. Niu Mantun slammed their backs with the blade of his knife, forcing them to run out and continue to push the ladder.

The heavy ladder crossed the moat with the efforts of all

and leaned towards the wall. Beneath the walls in front, there were still many dead bodies that had not had time to be recovered. A corpse's legs were run over by a ladder wheel, making a terrifying sound of bones shattering, but no one cared about that kind of thing at this point.

As soon as the ladder crossed the moat, one of the Han army flag officers commanding the ladder shouted: "Quickly erect the ladder!" Pull the rope! Pull the rope! ”

Niu Mantun stared at the movement of the ladder and estimated the density of arrow rain and lead bullets at the head of the city. Just when the ladder was pulled up by the rope for the most part, Niu Mantun shouted: "Rush out!" ”

After saying that, he covered his upper body with a shield and rushed out. They were followed by Zhang Liang and Song Yonglian. When the others saw the three of them running out, they followed closely. A group of people rushed to the side of the ladder, at this time the ladder happened to be at the head of the city, and the iron hook at the top of the ladder hooked the city wall, making a tooth-squeaking "squeak"!

But Niu Mantun and they were overjoyed! Because it means that the ladder can be used! Niu Mantun immediately grabbed the rope that fixed the ladder and pulled it down, so that the ladder was tightly hooked to the city wall.

Zhang Liang and Song Yonglian also pulled the other two ropes. One of the advantages of their position is that a few people will not get too much damage from hiding under a wide ladder. When the other Han soldiers saw the ladder on the wall, they immediately roared and climbed up the ladder quickly.

The ladder is not like a hook, its pedals are very wide, and people can stand very steadily. So it's very easy to get up. At this time, ten ladders and more than 20 hooks have all been set up on the city wall, and a large number of Han army flag soldiers are climbing up the ladder!

The target of the attack on the head of the city has shifted from the archers to the soldiers who climb the city. Niu Mantun watched a log thrown down from the city on a cloud ladder not far away! The log rolled down the ladder and smashed the four soldiers on top of the ladder before falling off the side of the ladder.

The four soldiers fell to the ground screaming, and I am afraid that if they do not die, they will be seriously injured! The log was still smashed into the crowd below the ladder, and a large number of people were knocked down!

Niu Mantun retracted his gaze and concentrated on listening to the movement of the city. There's no room for distraction at this time, and if you're not careful, you might die here!