Under the fierce attack of the Qing army's artillery one cannon after another, even the reinforced concrete city wall could not stand it like this, not to mention that the wall of Luling was repaired not long ago, and it was simply a product of glutinous rice bonding.

After the continuous shelling, black smoke billowed over the north gate, the rubble cracked, the battlements were flattened by more than a foot, and the masonry of the outer skin of the city wall also fell in a slump, and even collapsed more than a foot in some places.

The guards hidden behind this section of the city wall were either hit by cannonballs or cracked rubble, and one by one they wailed and screamed, and their flesh and blood were blurred.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the Qing army's strong bows and crossbows in formation fired in unison, and the dense rockets poured violently towards the city in a scream!

"Whew! Shout! Shout! Whew......"

In just a few moments, countless rockets were nailed to the walls, horse roads, gun carriages, wooden defensive equipment, etc., and the fire spread, quickly setting fire to the city gate tower.

"Extinguish the fire! Quickly extinguish the fire—" The military academies of the Ming army in the city shouted, and commanded the guards to take out buckets, take water from the large tanks filled with water in advance around them, and pour them on the burning place.

Tang Wenyao was wearing two layers of iron armor, braving the rain of arrows, walked to the battlement, raised his knife and shouted: "Brothers, don't be a bad seed, stand up, and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ……”

The drums under the city became rapid, and the soldiers of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, who had been standing silently in the rear army, suddenly burst out with a shout like a mountain shaking: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ——”

Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, as if the sky was falling apart, and it attracted the attention of everyone in the city and the city.

"The real Tartar is going into battle." On the city wall, the commander Tang Wenyao loudly reminded the soldiers and civilians defending the city.

"We can't cowardice! Let those real Tartars know how powerful my Ming man is! ”

Tang Wenyao's voice was steady and calm, and the soldiers around him passed his words in unison without commanding: "The chief soldier has an order, and the people below are real tartars!" Brothers, let the Tartars know how powerful my Ming boy is! The word spread one after another, and soon spread throughout the city.

The guards and people at the head of the city were in high spirits when they heard this, and they were all excited to steam, and they suddenly lost the slightest fear of the pigtailed soldiers who were said to eat raw meat and drink raw blood, and they all thought: "Even the fierce battles are all Han Eight Banners, Green Camp Two Tartars, today I want to see how powerful this real Tartar is!" ”

At this moment, "Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Dozens of puffs of black smoke rose from the city, and the artillery of the Ming army spewed out anger following the cries of the soldiers and civilians. The cannonballs fell into the siege team of the Qing soldiers, and immediately knocked down several large areas!

The morale of the defenders in the city was greatly boosted, but the generals of the Eight Banners under the city were full of anger and screamed angrily.

The Manchu chief He Luo will raise his long sword: "Attack the head of the city and kill all the Nanban-"

Thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manmeng received the order, carrying all kinds of siege equipment, and rushed towards the collapse of the north wall with a roar.

This time, He Luohui took advantage of the large number of artillery to help, and even changed his posture of preserving his strength, and dispatched thousands of Eight Banners to attack the city, obviously taking out the old book, which shows the determination to break the city!

Tang Wenyao saw it clearly, clutched the hilt of the knife, and when they rushed closer, he shouted: "Release the arrow-"

The guards and crossbowmen hiding behind the battlements, and the musketeers stood up together, and the sound of bowstrings and gunfire was dense like a torrential rain, and they roared and poured down towards the Eight Banners soldiers under the city.

The thousands of Eight Banner soldiers besieging the city were luxuriously equipped, all had iron armor, and were well-trained, and they had been in battle for a long time, they carried weapons in one hand, and held short shields in the other, and they could pull or block the crossbow arrows or lead they shot, or dodge or dodge, although the armor hindered, the action was still flexible and changeable, and the casualties were far less than those cannon fodder of the green battalion with poor equipment and low combat effectiveness.

In the face of the attack on the city, the Manmeng Eight Banners bow and crossbow phalanx under the city immediately returned to color, there were many Qing soldiers, the Eight Banners soldiers had good archery skills, and the arrow array was even more intensive, many Ming army crossbowmen, musketeers could only send out one or two waves of attacks, and they were nailed to death by the Qing army's strong archers of the Eight Banners (similar to snipers in the modern army) who were good at shooting at the head of the city.

Soon, the offensive of the Ming army at the head of the city was suppressed to the death, and wave after wave of arrow rain under the city could not see the non-stop trend at all, and the defenders who pressed could hardly raise their heads, and the roaring arrow rain in the sky had completely enveloped the northern city.

Under the cover of the Hongyi cannon and the bow and crossbow phalanx, soon, thousands of siege teams of the Qing army crossed the moat, successively pulled out the antlers, rejected horses, and thistles, and rushed to the base of the city wall.

Then, with the help of various siege equipment, he climbed like ants to the gap in the city wall.

Tang Wenyao ordered the guards to use rolling logs to beat stones, tiles and stones to call the Eight Banners who were besieging the city, and at the same time, taking advantage of the weakening of the enemy's artillery fire, he ordered the people who were standing by to pile up the large stones prepared in advance to the gap.

The Qing army did not allow them to do this, the drums under the city were more urgent, and the dense arrows were dense and dense like locusts pouring down towards these collapsed places, and several large gaps became the focus of the Qing army's crossbowmen.

The young and strong people in the city used wooden rafters and hemp ropes to carry soil and stones, and under the dense rain of arrows, they faced huge casualties, and used all their strength to carry large stones to the collapse one after another.

The young men had no armor, only some simple wooden shields as cover, and they had to spare most of their energy to eagerly pile up ashlars and compete for time with the Eight Banners siege team that climbed the city wall.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners climbed towards the collapse with their swords and fearless death, and under the rolling wood and stones at the head of the city, they were constantly smashed and flew down, and fell under the city, and those who died died, and those who did not die struggled to stand up, showing a fierce and bloodthirsty look, and continued to climb.

The attack was frustrated, and He Luo, who was sitting in the middle camp to supervise the formation, was very angry, staring fiercely at the north city gate where the battle was raging, holding the hilt of the knife, and shouting angrily: "Kill!" Kill! Kill Lao Tzu! Storm the city and wash the whole city with blood! ”

Under his strict supervision, the soldiers of the Eight Banners braved the arrows and stones, and rushed up one by one, and gradually climbed close to the battlements or gaps in the city wall with a ruthless strength that was not afraid of death.

At this time, the situation at the head of the city changed again, in addition to the rolling wood and stones still kept falling down, and many elite defenders in armor suddenly appeared at each battlement or gap, they were in groups of three, two pikemen, one shield soldier, the division of labor was clear, and the cooperation was tacit.

The shield soldiers were guarding against the crossbow arrows from the city, and the pikemen were dealing with the Eight Banners soldiers who were about to climb up.

They aimed at the faces of those Eight Banner soldiers, and the neck and other vital points were stabbed, killing the screams of those Eight Banner soldiers, and the blood splashed and fell down uncontrollably.