At night, the craftsmen felt the darkness and assembled the three stone throwers in the dark. The other craftsmen made some giant shields, and they were all soaked in the stone river.

Li Yan's side was still very well guarded, so Wu Sangui and the others had no plans to attack at night. Moreover, the cavalry sent by Wu Sangui did not return, but went to the county town in the east to escort the Liao people, so Wu Sangui and others had no intention of sending troops again. As for the Qing army, they will not come, they will not do such a dangerous thing.

Before dawn, Li Yan's side suddenly launched, and the soldiers carried the giant shield forward, directly reaching a distance of about a hundred steps outside the city wall. And the three stone throwers and fifty tiger squat cannons, under the cover of the shield hand, are also quickly following up.

With so many troops and the movement of the trebuchet, it is impossible not to make a sound. The sentinels at the head of the city noticed the anomaly and immediately issued an alarm. The big drums at the head of the city sounded, and the troops holding the sentry all rose up one after another, looking nervously out of the city. Finding that Li Yan's troops had advanced to the vicinity of the moat, he hurriedly prepared his bow and arrows. The artillerymen immediately adjusted the angle of the cannon and lowered the muzzle of the cannon so that it could be closer.

When they were making preparations here, Li Yan's subordinates were already ready. The Tiger Cannons began to fire flowering shells at the corners of the city and the northern wall, some of the shells they fired landed on the city wall, some fell outside the city wall, and the gunners made as many adjustments as possible to let more shells fall on the city wall.

Fortunately, there were enough tiger squat cannons, and the flowering shells that fell on the corner of the city and the north wall were enough to form a twenty-step death zone. The defenders on the northwest corner of the wall, as well as on the adjacent north side of the wall, were blown to pieces. Even if they lie on the ground, they will be shocked and unconscious. The defenders in the distance could only watch the violent explosion from afar, but they did not dare to lean over. They wanted to wait for the explosion to be over before they went over, but this time they waited until Li Yan's troops climbed the city wall.

Due to the lack of accuracy of the Tiger Squat Cannon, even if the wall of Shanhaiguan was as wide as two battles, it was impossible to guarantee that enough shells would fall on it, so they could only fire flowering shells at the north wall that was in a straight line with them. And the Shanhaiguan wall on the west side, which was at right angles to them, was handed over to the catapult to deal with.

The first canister of fire oil was ignited, and then easily ejected, and instead of falling on the city, it was smashed into the walls, and a ribbon of fire appeared on the walls. The soldiers then pulled down the poles of the other two catapults and continued to shoot canisters of fire oil at the walls.

The artillery on the walls was slow to react, but the archers were quick. When Sukh Saha saw Li Yan's soldiers light the fire pot, he knew that something was wrong. So he immediately asked the soldiers to release arrows, and at the same time asked the people on the city wall to prepare rockets, intending to fight poison with poison and ignite Li Yan's fire pot and bomb first.

The feather arrow slammed into the giant shield in front of it, and there was no response. And the stone thrower and the tiger squat cannon were also covered by shield players, so the feathered arrows that fell from the city wall only caused them a few casualties. The casualties were carried directly under the giant shield for temporary resettlement, and their work was taken over by someone else.

Falling was followed by a flaming rocket, and the arrows were wrapped in oil-soaked cloth. However, the giant shield has been soaked in water overnight, and it is wet, and it is not afraid of rockets. And the shield-bearer's shield is covered with cowhide, and he is not afraid of fire. Even if the rocket fell on the ground, there was also a special person to cover the flame with soil until it was completely extinguished.

The defenders on the western wall were not so prepared. The fire pots at the back were adjusted so that most of them landed on the top of the city, drawing the surrounding defenders into flames. The burning men fled in terror, screaming, rolling on the ground, but few of them escaped death. The scorching gases they breathed in quickly incapacitated them and left them engulfed in flames.

The sea of fire was still slowly spreading southward, and Li Yan's stone thrower was slowly adjusting its direction, pulling the throwing rod lower and lower, and the fire pot thrown out was getting farther and farther.

Sukh Saha knew he couldn't hold it when the second fire pot fell on the city. He didn't want to be burned to death, so he took his guards and beckoned them to go down to the city immediately. The Manchurian master was gone, and the soldiers of the Han army naturally would not wait for death, so they also ran away.

Although the soldiers of Wu Sangui and others did not dare to go down to the city, they also rushed to the south to escape. It was so painful to be burned to death, and I felt that I couldn't stand the pain anymore when I listened to the terrible screams.

At this time, the artillery at the head of the city was finally adjusted, and the charge was also reduced, and the projectiles began to be fired at the city. It's a pity that all the bullets fired are solid, and if you're lucky, you can hit a giant shield or a person, but most of them fall into the clearing. Because the gunners were so nervous, only their twenty or thirty paces were left on the city wall without being attacked. They knew that this would be the location of Li Yan's attack.

At this time, they had to think about their future, the wall on the north side was constantly exploding, and it was impossible for reinforcements from the city to come. And on their south side, there will be no reinforcements from the scorching fire to reinforce them. In addition to artillery, bows and arrows, and spears, they didn't have anything else to prevent them from climbing the city, so how could they stop Li Yan's troops from climbing the city?

At this time, Li Yan's troops had already begun to move, they rushed out of the main formation with long ladders, supported the longest ones with bamboo poles, and then dragged them down slowly with ropes, and set them on the moat five zhang wide. Their long ladders were firmly connected, so that although the soldiers trembled when they stepped on them, there was no danger of breaking.

The troops carried the ladder to the city wall, and soon erected the ladder. Some soldiers clinged to the city wall, pulling the rope tied to the top of the ladder to prevent the defenders from knocking it down. The soldiers who climbed the city bit their long knives and quickly climbed up.

Wei Cheng, who was the first to enter the city, did not hesitate without any hesitation, first swept suddenly with a long knife, and then quickly climbed the city wall. He tensed his muscles and prepared for injury. Although he wore another piece of armor on top of the chain mail, it was not necessarily able to block the spear's stabbing blow.

But until he fell to the ground, he was not attacked. He held his long knife in both hands and watched warily at the enemy troops who had retreated to the inner side of the wall.

"No more fighting, surrender." The enemy soldiers did not hold any weapons, and slowly knelt down. Sixty or seventy people knelt down to him alone and begged.

He was a little stunned, but he still held the long knife on guard and didn't say anything.

After a while, the second person finally came up, and he was a little surprised to see this scene. So he immediately stood with Wei Cheng and looked vigilantly at these kneeling enemy soldiers.

As time went by, the number of long ladders erected increased to five, and there were more and more soldiers on the city, so Wei Cheng relaxed.

"Let these captives carry sandbags and set up bunkers on the south side. Did the firecracker come up? Let the Musketeers and Shieldmen go first! Wei Cheng gave instructions to the people who came up.

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