The front army retreated, and the second rebel army waiting behind carried the ladder to the city, and immediately prepared to enter the city.

Hearing a trumpet, the rebels who had been waiting for a long time quickly pressed forward.

Although the rain of arrows in the city did not have much damage to the rebels, it also slowed down their attack.

A quarter of an hour later, thousands of rebels arrived at the city, and in a short time, they set up ladders to climb the city and reinforced them.

During the erection of the ladder in the city, shields and planks could not be supported, and hundreds of soldiers were shot under the city.

Before they could climb the ladder to climb the city, the sound of gold rose again, and the ladder troops withdrew.

A moment later, another ladder unit came to the city, and after paying hundreds of lives, the ladder was erected and reinforced.

Three hours later, in the evening, a total of five or six hundred ladders were built outside the four gates, one end buried on the bank of the moat, and the other end was placed on the head of the city, and the siege equipment was arranged.

That night, the city was lit up and down, and the four gates launched the first round of siege battles at the same time.

Thousands of rebels with weapons in one hand and shields in the other, climbed the ladder against the rain of arrows, and tried their best to climb the city.

But as soon as he climbed more than a zhang high, logs and rocks swarmed down from the city.

Although the soldiers of the rebel army who were about to enter the city were prepared, they were also caught off guard and fell to the ground from the ladder one after another.

In the darkness, the soldiers, who could not dodge, were stoned to death under the city on the spot.

Logs and rocks fell one after another, and those who were injured but not dead kept wailing, and the rest of the soldiers dared to go up again, and quickly retreated to the moat.

Under the city wall, in the darkness, a sudden burst of rockets fell, clearly showing the rebels hiding under the city.

When the defenders of the city saw that they no longer climbed the ladder, they immediately stopped attacking the logs and rocks, and only fired and suppressed them with rockets, preventing them from climbing the ladder.

After a while, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the rebels left hundreds of casualties and retreated to the camp.

As soon as the front army retreated, the horn of attack sounded again, and the next rebel army again raised its shield and attacked the city.

Two quarters of an hour later, the rebels who arrived at the city blocked the feathered arrows set down from the city, and raised their shields to climb the ladder.

Less than two feet high, the city was once again logged and rocked, and the soldiers were on the ladder, unable to dodge or block, and fell to the ground one after another in the screams.

In the dark, it is not known how many people were injured and how many died.

Unable to ascend the city, the rebel army also hesitated and hid on the bank of the moat.

After a short time, Mingjin withdrew his troops, leaving hundreds of companions, and the rebels retreated to the camp.

Seeing that the siege at night suffered heavy casualties, but there was no half of the results, and not even a single enemy soldier could be killed, Yao Chang and Luo Cong ordered to stop the attack and wait for the dawn to fight again.

Bonfires are piled up inside and outside the city, reflecting the red sky.

The Shandong Righteous Army and the Jinan Defenders each had their own embankments, lest the other side sneak attack.

But one attack and one defense, it is obvious that the Jinan defenders who are in a weak position have to work hard, and they dare not rest late at night.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was light, the rebels buried the pot and cooked rice.

When you have eaten your fill, the eastern sky is shining.

A quarter of an hour later, three armies were dispatched at the same time outside the four gates of the east, west, south, and north to attack the city together.

The Lord of the Metropolitan Ruler has already issued an order, and Jinan City must be taken within three days!

There was no room for refutation among the commanders of the various armies, and they either attacked the city and went south to Jinan, or left the Shandong Righteous Army.

The horn of attack sounded, and three armies of nearly 10,000 people, holding shields, rushed down the city like a tide.

After a short time, the vanguard troops arrived at the city, and they only heard the shouts of killing behind them, and their blood surged for a while, and their morale was extremely strong.

Tens of thousands of brothers behind him gave them infinite courage.

The soldiers who came to the city first, with shields on their shoulders and weapons in their hands, quickly climbed up the ladder and quickly climbed up the city, followed by the soldiers behind them.

The defenders of the city first shot with bows and crossbows to block the rebels from attacking the city, and seeing that the bows and crossbows were not used, the opponent quickly approached from the ladder, and they immediately changed logs and stones, and threw them down the city.

The defenders threw down logs and rocks, and many of the rebel soldiers on the ladder were instantly hit and fell, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

The sound of the rebels was shocking, the morale was high, and the ladder was empty, and the soldiers next to him immediately climbed the ladder, and the soldiers behind them followed closely.

Seeing that the rebels did not retreat, the defenders carried logs and stones again and threw them at the ladder under the city.

Since the ladder was in too much, the ladder rebels went forward one after another.

Seeing that the suppression effect of bows and crossbows was not great, the defenders of the city joined the army of logs and rocks one after another, condescendingly throwing logs and stones.

Soldiers who climbed the ladder were smashed to the ground from the ladder one after another, and many soldiers under the city were also killed and injured under the rocks and logs.

Although there were casualties, tens of thousands of troops pressed down on the city, and the soldiers in front had no chance to turn back or retreat, they couldn't take half a step back, and they couldn't turn back, so they could only be coerced, pushed forward, until they reached the bottom of the ladder.

When you get to the bottom of the ladder, there is only one way to go, climb up, climb up to the city, and end the war!

However, many people could not wait for the war to end, so they fell on the way to the city.

The rebels were seriously injured by logs and rocks under the city.

But at the same time, most of the defenders of the city gave up their bows and crossbows, and when they saw this, the rebels who were more than ten feet away from the moat below the city lowered their shields, raised their bows and crossbows, and shot at the city.

The defending soldiers in the city, who were lifting wood and holding stones with all their might, were pierced by the sharp arrows that came suddenly, and in an instant, a hundred and ten people were injured by the arrows, and at the same time, the logs and stones in their arms fell to the ground, either injuring themselves or others.

Several rounds of sharp arrows were fired into the city, and they were trying their best to block the rebels who were climbing the ladder, and the defenders who were caught off guard suffered hundreds of casualties, and the defenders had to divide some of them and continue to suppress them with long-range bows and arrows.

At the moment of chaos in the city, the soldiers on the ladder no longer felt the danger and pressure on the city, and they sped up quickly and climbed with all their might, all wanting to be the first to climb Jinan City and seize the first heavy feat.

In the very short time that they were suppressed by the bows and arrows of the rebels under the city, dozens of volunteer soldiers rushed to the head of the city with both hands and feet, jumped into the enemy group, and rushed left and right to kill!

As soon as the rebels under the city saw someone ascending the city, their confidence increased greatly, and they rushed towards the cloud ladder, all wanting to use the cloud ladder to climb Jinan City and win some meritorious service.

However, when the first group of rebel soldiers climbed to the top of the city to fight to the death with the defenders, the rebels under the city were desperate, and even threw away the shield in their hands and rushed to the city with all their might, and something fell on the city that they would never forget.

I saw barrels of tung oil pouring down from the city, some hot, some at room temperature.

The hot tung oil splashed down, and the soldiers under the city immediately cried and shouted for their mothers, threw away their shields, threw away their weapons, and turned around and fled in pain, heartbreaking in pain!

Although there was not much boiling oil in the city, as barrels of tung oil were dumped under the city, torches were lit up in the city.

When the torch landed, the tung oil on the ground instantly burned, and the red flames exceeded three feet, instantly igniting the crowded clothes of the rebels.

In the light of the fire and black smoke, the soldiers of the burning rebels cried and cried, no longer caring about the siege, throwing down their weapons and shields, and turning around to flee to the other side of the moat.

There are too many rebels besieging the city, and the rear army is still squeezing forward, how can the soldiers on fire under the city take half a step back.

The city burned, and the city still poured oil on the fire, barrels of tung oil fell down, and the flames spread rapidly.

In addition, the rebel soldiers were huddled together, and when the soldiers on fire were nervous and scared, they wanted to seek help from others, so they leaned towards others, and the fire on their bodies that could not be extinguished quickly ignited the people around them who were not on fire.

The fire under the city spread rapidly.

When something unusual was discovered in the military formation two miles away from the rear of the rebel army, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and a quarter of an hour had passed.

The rebels hurriedly withdrew to the sound of gold, and there were still people in the fire under the city, who were still wailing, but no one could save their lives, and they could only guarantee their lives.

The rebels retreated from under the city.

The bravest soldiers of the rebel army, who were the first to attack the city, were besieged to death by the defenders who were ten times and a hundred times their size, and were thrown from the city into the burning fire below the city by the defenders.

The fire beneath the city continued to burn for several hours, and the smoke was still billowing out.

The four gates of the east, west, north and south lost more than 10,000 troops in the first battle, and five or six hundred ladders to the city were almost destroyed by fire.

After this siege defeat, the morale of the rebels who retreated to the camp was extremely low, and at the same time, thousands of people were seriously injured and wailed in the camp, further undermining the morale of the rebels.

After pacifying the officers and soldiers in the army, Yao Chang and Luo Cong met in the camp, their faces as black as the bottom of a pot.

Why did this battle come to this?

They are obviously prepared, why would they suffer a fiasco?

The two couldn't figure it out, almost all other cities in Shandong were attacked at once, why was this Jinan city so difficult to fight, and more than 10,000 righteous soldiers were lost in a battle?

They had also imagined that Jinan City would be difficult to fight, but they never expected it to be so difficult to fight, and the difficulty of fighting made them lose the confidence to continue to attack the city.

But then they understood that Jinan City may have been preparing to deal with the Shandong Rebels since Yidu Mansion was occupied by the rebels last year, otherwise where would they get so many logs, rocks and tung oil.

The defenders of Jinan should have been well prepared, hoarded supplies, and held the city.

If so, even if there are twice as many rebel troops, they will not be able to capture the city of Jinan.

Besides, now that almost all the siege equipment has been burned under the city, how can it be possible to climb the city wall two or three zhang high with only manpower, and how can it be possible to capture Jinan City?

Do you want to return with shame and no success?

Yao Chang and Luo Cong were in a dilemma.

Enter, with the current situation, the ladder is completely destroyed, it is impossible to attack the city at all, and it is impossible to break through the city gate, because the Jinan defenders have completely sealed the city gate with a mound of earth from the city, even if they want to come out by themselves, it is not so easy, this approach is the same as when the Xuanwei army resisted hundreds of thousands of Li Yue in Liangshan City, sealing the city gate from the inside, according to the city, if the people outside want to enter the city, there is no other way except to climb the city, so it is impossible to attack the city.

Retreat, go back with failure, unwilling, very unwilling!