Chapter 972 Fierce Battle at the Head of the City

The defenders of the city were shocked by the high morale of the Ming army, one was an official, the other was a thief, they were born as rogues, and when facing the elite officers and soldiers, there was a natural fear in their hearts.

In addition, a few days ago, the Ming army easily defeated more than 20,000 Western troops with a few thousand people, which brought them a great shock, but the two armies fought, either you die or I die, if you can't kill the enemy, the enemy will kill you, and it's useless to be afraid.

"Defense!"

Looking at the Ming army that swept over like a tide and was about to storm the city wall, the generals of the Western Army in the city pulled out their swords, shouted loudly, and the green muscles that roared straight up.

The old artillery in the city, bows and arrows, heard the order, in a tense atmosphere, looking for a target, although they are irregular, not elite, but since they rebelled, they have to bite the official army master, so that the people on top can hear their voices.

In the face of your life-and-death war, the soldiers in the city, the bows and arrows were wound, the cannonballs were loaded, the artillery carts behind the city walls were also loaded with stone bullets, and the city sergeants' command flags were guided, aiming at the direction of the Ming army's heavy equipment, waiting for the earth-shattering blow.

The shouts of the Ming army were getting closer and closer to the city wall, and the soldiers behind pushed the towering equipment slowly, the cloud ladder and the trench bridge ran in the middle, and the soldiers in the front were carrying wooden planks and pushing shield carts forward.

"Gunstone!"

The officer in the charge loudly reminded his subordinates, and a shadow suddenly appeared in the sky, and countless black dots suddenly rose from behind the Luzhou city wall, which quickly became larger, drawing an arc in the air, and smashing down with a roar.

In an instant, hundreds of artillery stones landed at the same time, splashing patches of dirt, and the soldiers who couldn't dodge were immediately crushed by the artillery stones.

With a loud bang, a ladder was smashed and snapped, and in another place, the cannon stone pierced a hole car, and the soldiers inside were immediately stoned to death.

The artillery was thrown out, smashed on the ground, and slid dozens of steps, leaving deep grooves in the ground, which was very terrifying, but this could not stop the Ming army's attack.

At this time, the first sword and shield soldiers had rushed to the city, and the defenders rained down with arrows, and the Ming soldiers held their shields to move the horse rejection piles in front of the moats, and paved flying bridges on the trenches for the follow-up troops to pass.

In general, if the defending side has enough time to prepare, it will dig trenches and place obstacles such as horses and antlers within the range covered by the city's firepower to block the enemy's approach to the city wall, so that the long-range weapons on the city can give the enemy great damage.

The city wall of Luzhou is more than ten miles, which is originally a large project, and it is not easy to arrange it in this way, but only the west city is suitable for the Ming army to attack the city, so it reduces three-quarters of the project for Sun Kewang, so that he can build a set of defense system composed of moats, antlers, horses and moats.

The sound of breaking the sky exploded, the rain of arrows shot from the city, the Ming army in front of them hid behind the shield car, only heard a "dodo" sound, dozens of arrows were nailed on the shield car, and the tail of the arrow shaft kept shaking to show that the strength was not light.

The soldiers holding rattan cards braved the rain of arrows to move the horses and antlers that blocked the front, and some simply pushed the shield cart to directly break down the obstacles and push a road.

The soldiers are under the arrows, clearing the obstacles, but the forward soldiers are using light small round shields, not the big shields used in the array, the place of defense is naturally limited, and the head and chest can not be protected, and the lower body can not be protected, another soldier, one hand raises the shield, and the other hand and the comrades work together to hold away the rejection of the horse, and suddenly the arrow of "sigh" is inserted into his thigh, so that he immediately knelt down, and the rejection of the horse fell to the ground, but immediately the soldiers took over, and the Ming army quickly cleared out several passages to the city without fear.

Horses and antlers were thrown into the trench by the Ming army, or moved aside, and flying bridges were laid on the trench, and the Ming soldiers rushed to the moat in a large net composed of a rain of arrows.

The topography of Luzhou is high in the west and the bottom in the east, the moat is not easy to divert water, and Luzhou is only a capital city, Sun Kewang did not have time to widen and deepen, so the moat is not wide, only less than three zhang, the Ming army approached the moat, and began to lay the flying bridge on the river, and the soldiers carrying the ladder quickly approached the city wall.

"Get out of the way!" The Ming army's attack on Luzhou was very similar to the attack on Fotu Pass, a group of thousands of troops under the personal command of Ma Jinzhong immediately connected the shield cart under the city, planted wooden planks, and formed a wooden wall, and a large number of Ming army gunners came to the wall and began to line up to shoot.

After this to the wooden wall, the artillery group of the Ming army behind was also placed under the city, and began to manipulate the artillery carts, throwing artillery stones into the city, one by one the artillery stones flew over the city, smashed into the city, the streets and houses collapsed one after another, and a team in the city ran to the soldiers, suffered from the artillery attack, and was immediately smashed into a hurry.

Under the city, the Ming soldiers have hung up the ladder to climb the city, the soldiers bite the waist knife, hold the shield in one hand, and climb up the ladder with one hand, the hand army above just lifted a piece of sasswood, and wanted to smash it down, the lakers behind the wooden wall under the city raised a white smoke, and the sound of "bang bang bang" sounded, and the soldiers and people fell down with the sassaga together.

After thousands of Ming troops finished shooting, they immediately retreated, and the ones behind continued to shoot, and the dense rain of bullets shot at the city without interruption, but all the Western troops who dared to show their heads were splashed with blood, and their bodies flew out upside down.

An archer of the Western Army, who did not believe in evil, saw several of his comrades who had missed their heads, and they were beaten to the wall, and one of them was still staring and fell in front of him, and he was resentful, and he gritted his teeth and straightened up, bent his bow and wanted to shoot, but his body was beaten like chaff, and he trembled and fell down from the city.

For a while, the Western army did not dare to show its head, and the Ming army immediately climbed the city wall along the ladder, and at this time the large equipment of the Ming army had retreated to the vicinity of the wooden wall, which was mainly similar to the well and had four wheels, which was higher than the city wall.

As the Ming army boarded the city wall, the Ming army that lined up in a line to shoot immediately became a free shoot, and most of the gunners boarded the well and shot at the head of the city condescendingly, and the old artillery on the head of the city also focused on a kind of equipment, and from time to time they broke one, so that the soldiers below scattered in a hurry.

"Up!" At the city gate, a ladder leaned against the city wall, and the soldiers first lifted it high above the city's head, because it had a huge iron hook at the top, and after it was higher than the city wall, and then pulled down, the iron hook hooked the city head, so that the defenders could not knock it down.

As soon as the ladder was fixed, the soldiers climbed up quickly, and on the city wall of the entire Luzhou West City, the Ming soldiers were all over like ants, and countless soldiers were sticking to the city wall and attacking upwards.

Under the city wall, for the defenders on the city, it is a dead end of the attack, which cannot be suppressed, and if you want to stop the Ming army from attacking the city, the defenders have to show their heads and smash the rolling wood thunder stone, and stand up and shoot arrows, but the Ming army's firearms are too powerful, and the western army is completely suppressed, and the Ming army will take advantage of the situation to climb the city. ???" Quick, go and report to the king, the miscellaneous soldiers can't stand it, please send elite soldiers to support the king quickly. ”

As soon as the Ming army approached the city wall, many places were broken through, Bai Wenxuan put down a Ming soldier who jumped from the city, grabbed a herald and roared, and as soon as his words fell, another Ming soldier jumped on the city and hacked the herald to death from behind.