Twenty trebuchets were fired at the same time, and the stones flew up to the city, some smashed on the walls, and some smashed onto the enemy towers, causing immediate chaos.

The officer of the Ming army at the head of the city shouted: "All lie down, lie down ......" just shouted twice, a stone whistled and smashed on the battlement, and the rubble flew everywhere, and the officer was hit in the face by a fist-sized gravel, and immediately smashed to pieces.

All the officers and soldiers lay behind the battlements, holding their heads and not moving, allowing countless stones to fly by.

Some people are still full of optimism, shrinking their bodies while amusing themselves: "This thing is more enjoyable than hail." ”

"Where, the anti-thief is looking at the fact that there are too few stones in our city, and the gift is coming......"

"Yes, don't be rude, and when they climb up in a while, we'll all give him back......"

Twenty trebuchets fought for half an hour, the battlements on the head of the city were smashed a lot, and the enemy tower was also hit by dozens of stones, and many holes were smashed, but the city wall did not show much destruction, because the city wall of Xi'an was too thick, and the large stones used outside were very hard, and the stones were glutinous rice juice mixed with paint and adhered together, and they could not be pried with iron drills. Moreover, the main body of the city wall is made of river mud rammed earth, in which lime is added, and it is extremely strong, not to mention stones, even with cannons, it is not easy to blast open.

Zhang Xianzhong saw that the trebuchet had no effect, so he ordered: "Okay, pull that thing back, let's pour it." ”

The meaning of irrigation is to rush into the city, like a flood flooding the city, which is a common term used by the peasant army.

Hearing this order, Sun Kewang waved the big flag in his hand, and the thousands of peasant troops behind him let out a cry that shook the field, carrying a ladder and a bow and arrow, rushing up like mercury.

Those archers rushed to the range and began to shoot arrows at the head of the city, and the officers and soldiers at the head of the city also got up one after another and released arrows from the front city, because the civilian troops rushing from below were too dense, so the officers and soldiers did not need to aim, even if they closed their eyes and shot down the city, they could shoot down many people. Some Ming troops were obedient and aimed at the archers under the city to release arrows, and many archers of the peasant army were shot under the city.

This was the first time that the peasant army charged, and their morale was strong, they ignored the rain of arrows on their heads, climbed down the ditch, and erected ladders on both sides of the ditch, so that people could climb up, and the arrows of the officers and soldiers were like dense rain, shooting hundreds of peasant soldiers to death in the ditch.

But thousands of people still crawled out of the ditch and rushed under the city walls. Set up the ladder and start climbing the city. These men held an iron shield in one hand, stood in front of them, held a ladder in the other, and climbed up with a large knife in their mouths. The arrows of the officers and soldiers could not damage the iron shield, so they lifted the stone and threw it downward. Some peasant troops had just climbed halfway before they were thrown down by stones. As long as it is not broken, stand up and continue to climb, and if it falls and can't move, others pick up the iron shield and attack without stopping.

Zhang Xianzhong's personal soldier supervision team stood more than ten zhang away from Haogou, and the big knife in his hand told everyone that they were only allowed to advance, and those who retreated were killed! The archers kept firing arrows at the city.

The casualties of the Ming army began to increase, they had to take care of the people who climbed the city below, but also guarded against the cold arrows flying from afar, many people fell to the head of the city with arrows, the medical team carried the dead and seriously wounded down the city, and the lightly wounded were bandaged on the spot and continued to fight.

After a while, the large stones on the head of the city were almost finished, and the small stones could no longer stop the peasant army, and Ma Shikui, the deputy chief soldier who supervised the battle, shouted: "Open the cannon, hit the anti-thieves behind......"

When the peasant army first began to attack the city, the official army did not open artillery, just wanted to let the peasant army concentrate, and then open artillery to shoot, the effect was greater, at this time the cannon at the head of the city began to roar, the city immediately fell with mud, blood and flesh splashed, the Ming army in Xi'an did not make flowering shells, with more powerful shotguns. The principle is that the projectile is hollow, stuffed with gunpowder and a lead, and when it is used, the shell is first lit up, and then the cannon is lit up, and the shotgun is a lot of lead and iron pellets, although the range is short, but the lethality is huge.

At this time, the officers and soldiers were firing shotguns, and the effective range was almost a mile away, and with the roar of the artillery, many peasant soldiers were beaten to pieces of flesh and blood, and corpses were piled up all over the field.

As for the peasant army under the city, the officers and soldiers began to throw down 10,000 enemies, this thing was thrown in the pile, and a fire exploded, at this time the weather was cold, the peasant army was thickly dressed, all cotton clothes, and it burned when it was on fire, and many people were on fire, and they were in chaos under the city.

In addition to the 10,000 enemies, the officers and soldiers also threw down the lime jars, the lime cans smashed on the city wall, the jars were shattered, and the lime inside was white and sprinkled under the city, and the eyes of many peasant soldiers were confused and could not see clearly, and even more their eyes had been burned out, and the city was screaming.

Seeing that the momentum was not good, Zhang Xianzhong ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, first withdraw the wounded, and send them to the camp to heal the wounded, and then several main generals and strategists urgently discussed countermeasures.

Xu Yixian said: "The officers and soldiers have been prepared for a long time, and all kinds of garrisons in the city are sufficient, so it is not easy to attack, so if you climb the city like this, the casualties are too great." Zhang Xianzhong was a little anxious: "How can you do it if you don't attack like this?" We don't have artillery, and we can't collapse the city walls. Tens of thousands of people are outside, and they can't do it. Xu Yixian said: "The 10,000 enemies and artillery of the official army are the most powerful, as long as you find a way to avoid these two, nothing else is terrible." ”

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Yan: "Li Gongzi, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Li Yan frowned early in the morning, and when he heard Zhang Xianzhong ask him, he said: "Ten thousand enemies can deal with the people under the city, and the artillery can hit the support team in the distance. ”

Li Dingguo shook his head: "The officers and soldiers are not blind, let's dig the city wall, they will also throw ten thousand enemies to burn." Not to mention the rocks and rolling woods. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said in a deep voice: "You can carry the door panel, and the brothers who go up will use the door panel on their heads, so they will not be afraid of stones and ten thousand enemies." He glanced at Sun Kewang: "Understood?" Hurry up and arrange it. ”

Sun Kewang beat the horse and left, and after a while, hundreds of door panels were brought up from behind, and at the same time, iron drills and iron hammers were brought, in order to speed up the attack, Sun Kewang brought a thousand coal digging troops. Before joining the People's Army, these people worked in coal mines, and everyone was very good at digging rocks and digging earth, and at this time they held a hammer in one hand and an iron hammer in their waists, and stood there with all their strength, waiting for the order.

Zhang Xianzhong said loudly: "Brothers, listen, who can chisel down a stone the size of a rice bowl, reward one tael of silver, chisel down a city brick, reward three coins of silver, go up." ”

Sun Kewang commanded them, divided into four teams, and stepped forward in turn, each team of two hundred and fifty people, two people with a door panel, after rushing up, the people in front of them dug the city, and the people behind held the door panels, blocking the stones and ten thousand enemies on it.

He gave an order, 250 people rushed up, the Ming army did not know who these people at first, because of the small number of people, the cannon did not fire, the crossbow arrow was useless, just wait to get close, with stones, but when these peasant troops arrived at the city, the officers and soldiers in the city found that the door plate was thick, and the stones were thrown down, and they could not be broken at all. No matter how many enemies are thrown, they can't burn people, and they can't help but start to panic.

The men under the door began to dig the city, clinking the iron hammers into the cracks in the stones.

No matter how strong the stone is, there is a jingling sound under the city wall, and in a short time, a lot of stones have been chiseled, and these people get the stones and retreat, and replace them with a new force to continue chiseling.

The officers and soldiers were in a hurry in the city, and all the weapons were useless. Someone had already gone to report to Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou came on horseback, went up the city wall along the road, looked down from the battlement, sneered slightly, and ordered: "Water the city wall, water more." ”

One of the officers asked, "Do you boil the water?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Just pour the cool water in the well." The officer was puzzled, but did not dare to ask any more questions, so he hurried to carry the water, and in a short time buckets of cold water were carried up to the city and poured down the city walls.

It was the middle of winter, and the weather was bitterly cold, so the water was poured down, and since the stones did not absorb water at all, most of them were poured under the roots of the city.

In this kind of weather, the dripping water becomes ice, and the water placed outside will freeze after a while, and the officials and soldiers keep pouring water on the city, and at first the water on the city wall freezes, although it is not thick, but it cannot stand the total watering, and the water flowing under the city base also begins to freeze.