Jiayuguan is an important pass between the Ming Dynasty and the Jin State, and it is also an important place for the Ming Dynasty to resist foreign enemies, and the imperial court attaches great importance to it. Mao Wenlong paid more attention than Chongzhen after taking over, although because of the serious shortage of troops, only 5,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in this winter, but all the things that assisted in defending the city, Mao Wenlong did not have any stinginess.

As long as it can be sent, what can be helpful or used to defend the city, Mao Wenlong has more or less sent it over. At this moment, the shield used by the Dongjiang Army is an iron shield, and if it is raised, it can cover most of the body.

Because the Jin soldiers' arrows were shot from the back, the arrows fell directly from the air, and the shield of the Dongjiang Army naturally protected the top of the head, and the body was hidden under the shield. Every ten Dongjiang armies gathered together and joined together with iron shields to form a shield.

"Jingle ......"

The clanging of arrows against the shield sounded like a dense raindrop.

After the archers of the Jin soldiers attacked, they did not usher in the counterattack of the Dongjiang Army, and Huang Taiji was already sure at this time that the artillery of the Dongjiang Army was no longer useful. He immediately ordered the archer array to continue to advance, and continued to shoot arrows to cover.

In the rear of the archers' array, the 20,000 troops responsible for carrying ladders or siege gate stakes had already begun to rush forward. The rearmost army is the main force of the siege, with a full 70,000 troops steadily advancing.

The sky in Jiayuguan at this time was almost covered by arrow disease, and even the sunlight was blocked, under the suppression of such a powerful arrow disease, no matter how anxious Xu Fuzuo was, he did not dare to order a counterattack.

The officers and men of the Dongjiang Army could only hide under the shield, and they didn't even dare to risk their heads. On the periphery of the shield, they could all clearly see that a thick layer of arrows had been laid on the ground.

Xu Fu's face was blue, and the remaining two guards held shields for him to protect him, while he lay on his stomach at the battlement, monitoring the situation of the Jin soldiers.

The archers of the Jin soldiers had stopped a hundred meters away, and they were still shooting from their backs, but they were no longer as fierce as before, but they also gave the Dongjiang army on the city wall no chance to fight back.

In the rear of the archers' array, there were already those golden soldiers who carried simple siege equipment together, and after they crossed the archer position, they directly began to build preparations for the siege.

Jin Bing has never been good at attacking cities, and there is no city on the grassland for them to practice, and there is no need to practice such skills. Their strength is the combat power on horseback, Xu Fuzuo originally thought that even if Huang Taiji was outnumbered, he was expected to have no such siege equipment, but what he saw and heard in this club made Xu Fuzuo have an urge to commit suicide.

Jin Bing not only had siege equipment, but according to Xu Fuzuo's observation, there were still a lot of those siege equipment. Trebuchets, crashes that hit the gates, ladders, wooden shields draped in cowhide, and some siege equipment that even Xu Fuju didn't know what they were.

Seeing this, Xu Fuzhuo's heart suddenly became more desperate, however, he was also calmer in despair. He knew very well that he couldn't do anything wrong at this time, and once even he, the commander, was afraid, then the other officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army would inevitably be affected by him.

The artillery has run out of ammunition and has become a scrap metal, and if there is still ammunition, these siege equipment in front of you can be directly bombarded with artillery without waiting for them to get close. And at this moment, Xu Fuzuo could only watch those golden soldiers attack in an orderly manner, but he couldn't do anything to stop it.

Hundreds of ladders were carried by the Jin soldiers, and soon leaned against the city wall, and one of them happened to lean against the battlement that Xu Fuju hid. Xu Fuzuo directly stretched out his hand and wanted to open the ladder, but when he exerted his strength, he found that the ladder had not moved at all, and he realized when he looked down. It turned out that there were many golden soldiers guarding the bottom of the ladder, and these ladders were by no means easy to get rid of.

"Tell the order to go down and destroy these ladders as much as possible." Xu Fuzuo didn't look back, he directly told the two guards behind him.

After one of the guards signaled the other to protect Xu Fuji, he protected himself with a shield, and then waved the command flag to convey Xu Fusu's order against the rain of arrows whistling in the air.

The officers and men of the Dongjiang Army soon began to counterattack, and after finding that they could not easily push these ladders, like Xu Fuzuo, they immediately began to use their sabers to frantically cut down these ladders.

Fortunately, those arrows were still coming from the back, and the Dongjiang army could have made a shield above their heads, and then they could calmly cut down those ladders. Nearly 100 ladders were destroyed by the Dongjiang Army in an instant, but unfortunately there was a serious shortage of manpower, which limited the destructive power of the Dongjiang Army.

It's just that after cutting down more than a hundred ladders, other ladders that have not been damaged have been climbed up by golden soldiers one after another.

I don't know when, the rain of arrows above the heads of the Dongjiang army disappeared, and the archers of the golden soldiers under the city no longer shot arrows. They had put away their bows and arrows, flashed their scimitars, and rushed up the ladder with the rest of their besieging companions to attack the city.

In an instant, countless golden soldiers were conveniently gathered under the city wall, and they frantically scrambled to climb the ladder. Looking at the dense golden soldiers below, a trace of hideousness flashed on Xu Fuzuo's face, and he shouted loudly to the Lingqi soldiers behind him: "Pour fierce fire oil." ”

The flag soldiers did not dare to delay for a moment, and then waved the flag to give the order, and after receiving the order, the Dongjiang army immediately did so. A lot of fierce fire oil that had been prepared was poured down, and in a short time, almost all the golden soldiers under the city were drenched.

The Jin soldiers immediately smelled the smell of fierce fire oil, and when they sensed that it was not good, before they could react, they suddenly saw the torches on the city wall being thrown down continuously.

The tactics of fierce fire oil are already a killer means for the Dongjiang Army, so that the fierce fire oil that is casually spilled will not have the same effect as on the hot air balloon, but as long as it can block the golden soldiers, the Dongjiang Army has already achieved its goal.

Hundreds of lit torches turned the city wall into a sea of fire in an instant, but unfortunately, this sea of fire did not spread. It was only burned within two meters below the city walls, but even so, the purpose of the Dongjiang Army was achieved.

The rolling heat wave not only swallowed up the golden soldiers who had no time to escape, but also made those golden soldiers who were not touched by the fierce fire oil dare not easily approach the city wall for half a step. The fierce attack was suddenly blocked, and Huang Taiji was also startled in the rear, and when he saw clearly that the place where the fierce fire oil was burning was limited, and it did not cause too much damage to his subordinates, he was slightly relieved.