In the darkness created by heavy rain, the Mongol cavalry attacked first.

"Ready"

Chen Sheng, a second lieutenant of the Ming army, shouted.

In front of him, through the darkness created by the heavy rain and clouds, he could see the dark and dreary torrent of cavalry surging in the water-reflecting wasteland, the trembling of thousands of galloping horses growing more and more clearly under his feet, and the cries of the rain becoming more and more clear.

The steel crossbow in his hand took steady aim.

Five steel crossbows on either side of him were also on the wall of the side van, and the five crossbowmen stared at the torrent of cavalry with the same simple sights as he did, and the distance of the latter was rapidly closer, and it was soon clear that the bows and arrows in the hands of the Mongol cavalrymen had been raised on the galloping horses......

"Steady!"

He shouted.

They don't have many crossbow arrows.

These crossbows were spared, in fact ordinary infantry would not have carried them at all if it were not for a chariot like a van, and even then a crossbow was only equipped with twenty arrows, which had to be used sparingly.

At the same time, the Mongol cavalry began to slow down and turn from a dozen feet away, and as they turned, they shot sharp arrows. Chen Sheng immediately lowered his head, the crossbowmen on both sides of him also lowered their heads, and in a blink of an eye, he felt that the helmets above his head were coming, but these helmets were strong enough to protect them, not to mention such arrows, even bullets could block them. And a sharp arrow roared above his head, falling among the soldiers who were waiting in the car city, from time to time there was a scream of someone being hit by an arrow, only the torso of the Ming army in the cuirass and half-body armor were exposed, and the dense stray arrows would also cause injuries. The wall beneath him was also constantly hit by sharp arrows, and even he could see the arrows hitting the wrought iron plate outside and bouncing off.

Such attacks are continuous.

The torrent of Mongol cavalry swept across the camp fifteen zhang away, and the cavalry turned as they turned and fired sharp arrows backwards.

But Chen Sheng was still waiting.

All the crossbowmen are waiting.

Then more Mongol cavalry quickly swept in front of them, and the distance was getting closer and closer, these enemies were also trying, fifteen zhang was difficult to really aim and shoot at the target, but they didn't know what means the Ming army would use to counterattack, so they were trying, and in the temptation, they kept closing the distance. They circled in circles, drawing a huge circle across the rainy wasteland, and gradually approached the shield cart's defense.

Getting closer.

Soon it entered less than ten zhang.

They're also getting slower and slower in order to be more accurate.

Chen Sheng's steel crossbow was steadily aimed at a Mongol cavalryman, who was also slowing down and then aiming at him......

"Put!"

He shouted.

At the same time he pulled the trigger.

The latter also released the bowstring in an instant.

Chen Sheng crouched down without the slightest hesitation, and then a sharp arrow swept over his head, crashing into the breastplate of a Marine in front of him, and bounced off the latter's terrified gaze. Chen Sheng smiled at him, pulled the steel crossbow with the winder as fast as he could, loaded the arrows, and then turned around and lowered his head to lie on the wall again, peeking out at the sound of sharp arrows hitting the wall, and a dead body being trampled by the horse's hooves suddenly entered his field of vision.

With a satisfied smile, he quickly found his next target, but at the same time, the cavalry on the opposite side suddenly rushed straight ahead.

He did not hesitate to pull the trigger.

Seeing his opponent fall, he immediately crouched down again......

"Spearman!"

He shouted as he reloaded his arrows.

The spearman who was waiting for him rushed up as fast as he could, curled up as best he could, and then finished loading, the shouts of the Mongol cavalry behind him were close at hand, and just as he raised his head, a flying tiger claw with a rope fell from the sky.

He stood up as fast as he could.

Just as a sharp arrow flew past his helmet, the crossbow arrow was fired, and the Mongol cavalry who was holding the rope and turning screamed and fell, but more cavalry came in a surge, and some of them even stood up on horseback with excellent riding skills, and rushed straight under the cover of bows and arrows behind, and rushed forward at the moment they rushed to the front of the wall and fell from the sky......

Then the cold light flashed in front of Chen Sheng's eyes, and the body of this pretending guy was split into two.

Blood and entrails poured down on the head.

Chen Sheng wiped his face, and looked at the horse swordsman without tears, and the latter was still holding a knife in both hands and posing there! However, the heavy rain quickly washed away the blood stains on his face, and Chen Sheng, who didn't care about this, got up as fast as he could, but at the same time, two Mongolian cavalrymen pounced in front of him, and the two faces climbing the wall looked at him strangely. Before he could react, the bayonets of the two marines beside him were stabbed into the necks of the two cavalrymen one by one, and as they drew their swords, the blood pumped out of his heart poured on his face again. Chen Sheng looked at the Mongolian cavalry that was already piled up outside, these cavalry had even dismounted, holding various weapons and rushing straight to the gap on both sides of the shield cart, but at the same time, spears pierced out from there, and the Mongolian cavalry in front was immediately pierced into a sieve.

At this time, the blood in his eyes washed away.

He immediately aimed at one of the Mongol cavalrymen who was rushing forward to reinforce behind him, who also saw him, and the small axe in his hand flew out.

Chen Sheng's crossbow arrows also flew out.

His crossbow bolt was the first to hit, for it was too close to pierce the latter's cloth armor, and then pierced into its heart, and the little axe fell immediately after, slashing at his shoulder, but because of the bad angle, it grazed directly against the carburized iron plate of his shoulder, which was still cut in his shoulder.

He screamed in pain.

But then he came to his senses and threw the steel crossbow in his hand to the Marine officer next to him.

The latter immediately gave him his saber.

At the same time, four Mongolian cavalrymen with dead bodies appeared in front of them, and Chen Sheng's saber slashed out at the opposite cavalry and also swung his sword to block it, but at this moment, a marine's bayonet stabbed out and pierced straight into the armor of this cavalryman. Another condescending Mongol cavalryman stabbed a spear in the marine's chest, but the latter's cuirass blocked the spearhead's penetration, and Chen Sheng did not hesitate to slash at the cavalryman's neck, who fell with blood spraying from his neck. But because the corpses were piled up too high outside, one of the cavalrymen rolled in, but before he could stand firm, the bayonets of both marines were driven into his chest at the same time.

At this time, the bloody battles of the four Checheng cities with the wall as the barrier all began, and both the Qing army and the Mongolian soldiers were attacking frantically.

But their bows and arrows failed.

This is very beneficial to the Ming army, the partial van wall can block the direct arrow, but can not block the long-distance projectile, and the vast majority of the Ming army is cuirass and half-body armor, the protective area is not as good as the whole body armor, if the opponent continues to throw at a long distance will eventually cause a large number of injuries.

Although the Ming army had steel crossbows to fight back, the lack of arrows made it difficult to win against them.

But now this problem has been avoided.

However, the Manchu and Mongolian coalition forces, which were suppressed by the Ming army in the firearms battle, did break out in the battle of cold weapons, and all the attacking enemy troops were crowded outside the car city, and they even stepped on the pile of dead corpses to climb over the protective wall of the side van to attack. And the gap between the side vans has become the bloodiest killing field, and the corpses of the attacking Manchu and Mongolian coalition troops have blocked these gaps, and as the number of dead bodies piled up outside, the pressure on the Ming army is also increasing......

Chen Sheng, who was in a bloody battle, suddenly heard a strange sound.

He looked ahead in amazement.

He suddenly noticed that the angle of the wall in front of him was wrong.

"Retreat, the parapet is collapsing!"

He screamed in horror.

Then he jumped as fast as he could, and the soldiers came to their senses, and in confusion they jumped backwards and jumped out of the van, and the Mongol cavalry behind them jumped off before they could react, and then at the moment when they jumped, the planks of the wall were broken and fell......

Crushed by dead bodies.

It was an iron-clad plank, not a strong wall, and the corpses of men and horses were piled up as high as the parapet, and the lateral force of a dozen people pressing down on it exceeded the support behind the plank and the capacity of the plank itself. The sudden collapse of the retaining made the six Mongol cavalrymen who had jumped first scream and were crushed underneath, but more Mongolian cavalry behind them stepped on the fallen retaining wall.

"Kill!"

Chen Sheng roared.

The spearmen and marines on either side of him also rushed forward, a dense barrage of spears and bayonets blocking the gap at once, and the two sides engaged in bloody close-quarters combat. Chen Sheng's knife slashed wildly, splashing blood red all over his body, and then constantly washed down by the rain, but his efficiency was obviously not as good as those Marines' bayonets. This triangular pyramid bayonet pierced the armor easily, even the length of the gun body added up to more than half a zhang, and it was also the most flexible to use with special assassination tactics, just as the spearmen in the back resisted the Mongols, these marines stabbed frantically with bayonets, and more reinforcements of marines arrived behind them.

However, casualties have also increased dramatically.

Chen Sheng, who cut off the arm of one of his opponents, was immediately stabbed in the leg with a spear.

He screamed and nearly fell.

However, the Mongol soldier was then crucified with a bayonet.

Chen Sheng pulled out the spear that was in the way, dragged the bloody injured leg, and continued to slash with blood-red eyes......

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Keep killing.

He ignored even a hammer that went straight to his chest, the owner of which had been nailed to his breastplate by a bayonet at the last moment. Although the edges and corners of the cuirass blocked the hammer's force to the fullest, the thing still dented the carburized wrought iron one and a half millimeters thick, and then transmitted the force of the blow to his abdomen.

Chen Sheng's eyes darkened, and he suddenly knelt down in the pile of corpses at his feet, and he struggled to stand up with the knife that had burst out one by one.

But at this moment, all of a sudden, cheers rang out.

He looked up blankly.

He closed his eyes with relief as he looked at the retreating enemy troops in front of him......