With Zhu Zanyi's determination to attack the city, the remaining 120,000 or so combatants, excluding the wounded, logistics troops, military doctors, and other personnel, were all mobilized, and all the artillery was placed in front of the battle, ready to launch a siege battle against Nanding City.

At the beginning of the morning, Zhu Zanyi personally appeared in front of the battle, stood within the range of the cannon attack at the head of the city, and announced the discipline of the war: all soldiers marched according to the sound of drums, and they were not allowed to retreat with the sound of gongs, and those who violated the order were beheaded; Anyone who cowers and does not actively fight will also be beheaded; ……

Of course, in addition to the severe punishment, there are also great rewards. "Whoever ascends the city first, regardless of Han, Yi, or Annam, shall be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver, and if he dies in battle, his family shall be rewarded; After the army entered Nanding City, the soldiers were allowed to plunder for three days! Lonely will never break his word! Zhu Zanyi shouted loudly. Every time he shouted, dozens of strong men who spoke loudly repeated, and the sound reached the head of Nanding City.

After reading out the rewards and punishments, Zhu Zanyi asked the drummer to beat the big drum, made a "dong dong" sound, and began to attack the city.

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"Stop! Ruan Cheng, you immediately lead the headquarters to support the Nancheng Jiazi battlement, Zhen Ying, you immediately lead the headquarters to support the Xinzi battlement, Ma Qing, you ...... immediately" Ruan Xizhou, who was guarding the city, kept commanding.

After a long time, he sent out most of the troops in his hands, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the seat and picked up the teapot and drank it, and drank half a pot of tea before he put down the teacup, looked at the Ming army that was besieging the city, and muttered: "Is the Ming army crazy?" Such a siege? ”

From the very beginning, this siege battle entered a white-hot phase. Although the Ming army still did not camp in the east of the city, and did not attack the east of the city this time, the attacks on the other two sides were very fierce. No, it was precisely because the troops were not divided to the east of the city that the Ming army was very sufficient, both in artillery fire and troops, and was able to storm the city on both the south and west sides.

The Ming army first used small cannons to use scattered shells to shoot close to the city wall, and after the cannons at the head of the city couldn't help but fire, the artillery of the Ming army left behind roared, focusing on the cannons at the head of the city, although they lost a few smaller cannons, but also destroyed several cannons at the head of the city, so that the artillery team at the head of the city did not dare to fire at will.

At this time, the besieging infantry had already carried the ladder to the bottom of the city, put the ladder towards the city, and immediately began to climb; The archers fired arrows at the head of the city to suppress the Annamites at the head of the city.

The Annamites at the head of the city immediately returned the color. Like most of the soldiers defending the city in this era, the soldiers of Nanding City immediately began to throw rolling logs and stones under the city, pouring boiling oil and boiling water, and at the same time using cannons to fire scattered bullets to confront the Ming army. The besieging side always incurs greater losses, and the first besieging soldiers immediately suffered heavy losses and numerous casualties.

Zhu Zanyi ordered the gong to collect the troops, and the Ming soldiers who failed to attack the city immediately retreated with their things. The Annam at the head of the city breathed a sigh of relief.

But they soon noticed that this breath was relieved. After the first group of besiegers retreated, the second group of besiegers immediately rushed up and continued the siege. They also had to continue to defend hard.

After three rounds of siege, the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city gradually ran out, and even there was a shortage of boiling water and oil, and the barrels of the cannons were too hot to be fired. The garrison at the head of the city had to stop using cannons, and the rolling wood and boiling water and oil were greatly reduced.

The Ming army under the city soon discovered the situation. In fact, during the siege of the city in the two days, the Ming army built several guard towers more than ten meters high in the camp, almost level with the city head, and the general Ma Jun arranged for people to stare at the cannons at the head of the city with clairvoyance on the guard tower and the soldiers who defended the city with equipment, and immediately informed the commander of the army after finding that the cannon barrel was red and all kinds of equipment were greatly reduced, and Ma Jun, Huang Yuan, Tang Quan and others were able to quickly know.

They divided the cannons in their hands into two groups, and took turns using various shells to bombard the city head and suppress the fire of the city head; The musketeers, who were very precious to both Yun Xi and Zhu Zanyi, also approached the city wall and fired projectiles at the city head and gate. However, the city gate had been completely blocked by Ruan Xizhou's order, and it was impossible for them to enter through the city gate.

The Annamites at the head of the city suffered heavy losses for a while, and many people were afraid to retreat from the city, so they retreated; Fortunately, Ruan Xizhou immediately discovered this situation and ordered the sword and axe men to cut down the retreating soldiers, so that they could fight the Ming army again.

But in this short quarter of an hour, the Ming army had already set up several ladders on the top of the city, and many soldiers climbed along the ladders to a place very close to the city; The Annan people, who were fighting hard, wanted to knock down the ladder, but it was difficult to knock it down at this time, and they could only use the bows and crossbows in their hands to shoot the Ming army who were climbing the ladder and had no way to dodge.

Many of the Ming soldiers were shot, but many more struggled to climb the ladder and climbed to the top of the city with the support of bows and muskets from below.

The first to climb the head of the city was the wolf soldier sent from Guangxi, although he was immediately killed, but with Zhu Zanyi and his guards shouting: "Reward this person with two hundred taels of silver", many soldiers were stimulated to climb harder, and more people climbed up to the top of the city.

Nguyen Xi Zhou had to use the reserves in his hands. He sent the reserved Ruan Cheng and others to the head of the city to fight with the Ming army, and finally drove the Ming army from the city.

At this time, it was already noon, the Ming army had launched five rounds of siege of the city, and temporarily stopped the attack, and set up a cauldron not far from the city, and put the game and the fish and shrimp fished up by the sailor into the pot and steamed it on high heat, and the grain was also open to supply, and you can eat as much as you want.

Seeing that the Ming army began to rest, Ruan Xizhou also ordered the defenders at the head of the city to rest and let the army eat. Countless soldiers, who had been tired all morning, immediately fell to the ground and refused to get up, and it took a long time for them to get up and go to eat.

Zhu Zanyi walked among the various armies, stopping from time to time to look at the rice in the soldiers' bowls, and went around in a big circle before returning to his tent and eating with the generals of the various armies.

Although he failed to capture Nanding City this morning, he was still very happy, and said to the generals with a smile: "If Ruan Xizhou is only these two times, he still dares to compare to Geng Bingwen?" If his words are transmitted back to the capital, I am afraid that he will laugh off the big guy's big teeth. ”

"Geng Bingwen held on to Changxing City for ten years to protect the city, but he was about to lose the city after we attacked the city for half a day, and he was about to be unable to support it, he really thought too much of himself."

"The people of a small country have no knowledge, and after defending the city a few times, they will blow into the sky, and they will naturally not be able to meet our big soldiers." Someone patted the sycophants.