Originally, the soldiers and civilians in the city were already deeply frightened and tired in the face of the fierce offensive of the Qing army and the threat of death from artillery, but under the encouragement of Tang Wenyao, their morale was greatly boosted again.

In the face of the surging Qing soldiers, the defenders still stubbornly held on under the personal leadership of Tang Wenyao, and took out the ghostly Buddha Lang machine and iron cannon in the city, lit the fuse and fired the cannon, and bombarded the Qing army's position.

Limited to the gap in the caliber and quality of the artillery, the effect was unsatisfactory, and it did not kill and injure too many Qing soldiers, but it was better than nothing, and somewhat suppressed a little bit of the artillery fire and offensive posture of the Qing soldiers, so that they would not be completely passively beaten, and the ulcers and hostile bombardment were the best sores for the military and civilian people of Luling in the case that there were really no ulcers.

Taking advantage of the weakening of the Qing army's attack, Tang Wenyao ordered all the empty coffins in the city to be moved to the gap at the head of the city to repair the city wall.

For the cracks in the city, the soldiers and civilians defending the city first wrapped them in iron leaves, then protected them with iron blocks, and then they filled the empty coffins with solid soil to fill the damaged places.

In order to prevent the enemy from attacking with fire, Tang Wenyao also specially instructed the guards to cover the city wall with cotton wool at the end.

Under Tang Wenyao's full supervision, it took less than an hour for the soldiers and civilians defending the city to miraculously erect the collapsed city wall again.

At the same time as the bombardment, the Tatar chieftain He Luohui sent dozens of death squads to quietly touch the root of the city wall, and the soldiers and civilians defending the city were hiding behind the female wall of the city at this time to avoid the cannon while seizing the time to rest.

Tang Wenyao, as the coach, did not dare to relax in the slightest, and when he was patrolling and supervising in the aisle, he suddenly heard the "clanging" sound when an iron tool hit the masonry, and he immediately became alert.

The probe looked down into the city, and sure enough, there was a situation!

More than a dozen Manmeng Eight Banner soldiers who were equipped with ladder knives, short axes, iron hooks and other short soldiers and wore two layers of heavy armor were sticking iron nails into the gaps in the city wall, slowly climbing up, it was obvious that they wanted to use the cover of artillery to make a surprise attack on the Ming army in the city!

With Tang Wenyao's exclamation, the Ming soldiers guarding the city at this time also discovered these uninvited guests one after another, and they panicked and shot at these Eight Banners soldiers with shotguns or bows and arrows.

Because these Eight Banners daredevils were wearing heavy armor and fine iron helmets, their whole bodies were very tightly protected, so that the guards' muskets, bows and arrows did not have any effect after shooting at them, and the guards in the city were a little nervous for a while.

"Stab your face with a spear!"

Tang Wenyao, who was very experienced in the battle formation, quickly found the weakness of these ironclad soldiers, so under his command, the corporals clenched their spears and prepared to attack one by one, waiting for the dozen or so daredevils of the Qing soldiers to climb to the top of the city step by step.

The guards aimed at them in the face and stabbed them in the face.

In order to facilitate the arrival of the city, the daredevils of the Qing soldiers were equipped with all kinds of short soldiers, and they were in mid-air, and they could not fight back with bows and arrows, so they suffered a lot, and after barely freeing one hand to block a few times, they were stabbed in the face by spears, making an amazing howl, and they were poked down one after another. The rest of the Qing soldiers also hurriedly retreated when they saw the failure of the sneak attack.

After a day of bloody fighting, the Ming army in the city also suffered heavy casualties, except for the seriously injured transported down to the city, taken care of by the doctors in the city, the lightly injured still had to stay in the city tower.

The night breeze is bleak, and the torches are blazing.

After breakfast the next day, the Qing soldiers drove to the city one after another under the command of generals at all levels, and dragged the artillery of the whole army to the north city by cattle and horses, ready to concentrate firepower to shell the north city again, the Nanchang wall is made of stones, but the Luling city is made of bricks and stones, and the first pound of Hongyi cannons can not bombard the stones, but the destructive power of the masonry is still very strong.

At the head of Luling City, Tang Wenyao was discussing the battle situation with several civil and military officials in the corner tower. A map of the defense of Luling City was spread on the square table, and the situation of the enemy and the enemy was clearly marked with a red pen and a black pen.

These civil and military officials were all grim-faced and silent. A middle-aged general drew a circle with his fingers on the map, clenched it into a fist, made a thrashing motion, and said loudly: "Tang Shuaizi's main force and main attack direction are at the north gate, in order to reduce the burden on the north gate, I might as well open the rest of the doors and kill him by surprise for a while, what does Tang Shuai think?" ”

Several other generals nodded one after another: "What Wang Shenrong said is good. ”

Tang Wenyao thought for a while, but he dragged: "Our army has few soldiers, and they are all foot soldiers, once we lose our rash attack, it is difficult to retreat, this is not a safe policy." ”

The general surnamed Wang snuggled his mouth and lowered his head gloomily.

Another guerrilla general said: "Tang Shuai, our city walls are all cut of bricks and stones, and they are not very strong. ”

Tang Wenyao nodded: "This point has also been taken into account in this town, so just in case, this town has ordered the people in the city to immediately prepare a large number of stones, preferably long stones, and wait for the city wall to collapse again, it can also be an emergency." ”

Wang Shouwen, the prefect of Ji'an, who was also in the military on the side, couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "In order to store rolling wood and stones, the lower officials have ordered the demolition of many private houses and official offices, and then bricks and stones, and long stones, it is inevitable to demolish more house foundations, in that case, the people of the city banner are afraid that they will have to sleep on the streets, Tang Zongrong has any other way?" ”

"Ci is not in charge of the army, there is a famous precept in ancient times! How can you be a woman's kindness at this time? The Tartars are about to attack the city, so follow Tang to the city and prepare to kill the enemy! ”

Tang Wenyao did not hesitate to reject Wang Shouwen's suggestion, and walked out of the corner tower with his generals with a black face, commanding the defense of the city.

Only the prefect Wang Shouwen was left, and the civil officials such as Zhao Anping and Wu Feng of Luling County stood in place with embarrassed faces.

"This Tang Wenyao is relying on the favor of the saint, and he is too domineering, and he doesn't take Lord Fuzun in his eyes at all!" Zhao Anping, the magistrate of the county, said with a look of injustice.

Wang Shouwen looked at Tang Wenyao's departing back, brushed his sleeves and smiled: "He is the boss, let it be his, there is grain stored in the city, cattle, mules, bows and crossbows, tendons, stones, etc. have been driven a lot, without the help of the imperial court, the mansion will see how long he can stay!" ”

At this moment, I heard the sound of rumbling and shaking the sky, the corner tower trembled, and the sand and mud on the top fell down. The faces of the people in the locker were tight, and at the same time they rushed out of the corner tower, looking out, only to see the north of the city fire, the smoke of gunpowder, accompanied by a heart-rending shout, the entire Luling City seemed to be trembling slightly.

The north of the city has now reached a critical moment, dozens of Hongyi cannons are divided into three shifts, and repeated bombardment has been carried out there, the city wall of the north gate has been bombarded several times before, and it has been repaired in time by the soldiers and civilians who defend the city, after all, the time is too short, it has not been completely solidified, and it is far from solid.