The soldiers of the Qing army desperately stirred the roller cart and wanted to take back the jack gate back to the city tower, and the Chu army artillery tried their best to change ammunition to completely destroy the jack gate.

This is a competition of speed, and everyone is watching it up and down.

"Hurry, hurry!" Sun Bai'an kept urging the soldiers to close the gate, and still held a trace of luck in his heart, once the jack gate was destroyed, the bottom of the city tower was declared lost, and the Ming army could calmly attack the urn city inside, and keep this broken jack gate, the Ming army did not dare to enter the city gate hole lightly, otherwise the gate fell, it was a situation of closing the door and beating the dog.

Perhaps, the artillery of the Chu army will be too nervous, and the speed of reloading ammunition will be slowed down, perhaps, the artillery of the Chu army will not be able to withstand the pressure and send the shells flying at a critical moment......

As long as the jack gate has not been destroyed, Sun Baian will not give up.

Under his instigation, the Qing army on the city tower exerted all their strength to stir the roller car faster and faster, and the heavy jack gate gradually rose, and the top had already submerged into the city tower.

However, the Ming army, which had been prepared for a long time, was one step faster.

There was a loud bang from the artillery position, a three-pounder cannon shell whistled and flew, accurately hit the jack gate, the huge kinetic energy contained in the shell shook the jack gate back and forth, the roller car on the city tower shook violently, the Qing soldiers who were caught off guard were bounced off several times, the roller car immediately began to reverse, and the jack gate also suddenly sank downward.

"Steady!" Sun Bai'an flew up and rushed up, pressed the reversed roller car with his body, and then shouted hoarsely, leading the Qing army to pull the roller back again, and the jack gate staggered up again.

"Bang! Bang bang! ”

There were a few loud bangs, and the cannonballs of the Chu army hit the jack gate one after another, and the Qing soldiers could no longer control the car, and the body quickly reversed, and the handlebar rocker knocked Sun Baian to the head. The jack brake descended rapidly.

Seeing that Sun Bo'an fell wolf, the soldiers hurriedly went up to help, but Sun Bo'an blocked his hand and got up by himself, the soldier was slightly stunned, only to know that the horse's fart slapped on the horse's feet, turned around and hurriedly ran to the wheel.

"Jam the wheel, don't move again!" Sun Bai'an suddenly ordered that no matter how hard he tried now, it would be impossible to take back the jack gate in time. Only by resisting this round of shelling first, and fixing the jack gate in mid-air, can at least keep the height that has been raised.

However, this is just talking about manpower, and Sun Baian himself knows it very well. I'm afraid this jack gate won't be able to hold up.

Sure enough, when the Ming army's four-pounder and six-pounder guns were reloaded. The jack gate was dealt a fatal blow. The powerful cannonball directly broke the bottom of the jack gate, and the small half of the gate fell to the ground with a bang, raising a cloud of dust.

Under the head of the city, the Chu army roared with joy!

At the head of the city, the Qing army is as white as the earth!

Niu Yan and Xu Bin hurriedly rushed into the city tower, both of them with a little panicked expressions. After the destruction of this jack gate, it was a severe blow to the morale of the Qing army.

Niu Yan didn't understand military affairs, so he was helpless, and shouted one after another: "What should I do? What can I do? ”

Xu Bin was calm. said: "Now there is only one way, while the Nanban has not rushed up, send the dead soldiers to snatch back the city gate and build a fortress to resist the enemy!" ”

The city gate hole is relatively narrow, and the road is blocked by knife carts and sandbags on the rear side, which can build a second line of defense and avoid the artillery of the Ming army.

Sun Baian shook his head: "It's not proper, the jack gate has been destroyed, and it's useless to build barricades, Nanban pushes the cannon up, and the city gate will definitely not be able to defend it." ”

"Oh, what General Sun said is ......" Xu Bin reacted at this time, the artillery of the Ming army is alive, and it can be adjusted at any time, and it can be destroyed by turning to the position facing the city gate.

Sun Bai'an thought for a moment and said: "Now there is only the only way to bother Niufutai, let the young men transport the bluestone sandbags, and block the gate of the urn city as much as possible!" ”

It is generally not advisable to block the city gate, but the artillery of the Ming army is too powerful, and now it is the only way, otherwise after the city tower is lost, the Ming army will break the city gate of the urn city again, and Huanggang will not be able to defend it.

"Okay, okay, I'll go!"

Niu Yan turned around and ran out, panicked and anxious, but Sun Bai'an suddenly stopped him.

"Niufutai, don't panic! Don't mess with the morale of the army! ”

"Oh, understood!" Niu Yan was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily, took a deep breath, and then walked out, his expression was much calmer.

Sun Bai'an's face suddenly sank: "General Xu, why did you come to the city tower?" ”

Xu Bin was in charge of directing the counterattack on the city wall, and no matter what happened to the city tower, he should not leave his post without permission.

However, Xu Bin had his own reasons: "The southern barbarian suddenly ran away, so I came to the city tower to take a look." ”

Well? Sun Bo'an was stunned for a moment, came to the battlement and leaned out to check, Xu Bin said that it was really good, none of the Ming troops on the city were gone, and the Ming army under the city was also retreating, pushing the model ladder and other siege equipment back to the other side of the moat.

"The southern barbarians are too cunning, after winning for a while, they suddenly withdrew their troops and didn't even catch their tails......" Xu Bin also held his breath, and the Ming army rushed to kill after attacking the city, and beat the Qing army in the city, but then did not continue to expand the breakthrough, but wreaked havoc on the city's defense facilities, and saw the Qing army's reserves coming up, they retreated without a fight, and ran away along the ladder.

"Wang Kefan, he didn't do his best!" Sun Bai'an's expression was heavy, and the Ming army left with a blow on the city wall, obviously to cover the attack on the city gate, and destroyed the city gate and the jack gate smoothly. What worries him is that the feints of the Chu army are so powerful, and when the main attack is launched, it will definitely be sharper.

Looking up at the city, the attack of the Chu army did not completely stop, and while the fierce battle was raging at the city gate and city wall, they sent prisoner cannon fodder to fill the moat on the other side. The shape of Huanggang is now very severe, the outer gate is lost, the moat is almost useless, and the city wall and urn city around the south gate are within the attack range of the Ming army.

Recalling the battle situation of this day, Sun Boan had to admit that he lost a move under Wang Kefan's hands. The Ming army came from afar, and the siege equipment was insufficient, so there was no condition to launch a general attack, but in order to seize time, they first cleared the periphery of the city fortifications, and the Qing army has been passively coping with it, and failed to effectively block the Ming army.

But Sun Bo'an is not discouraged, it is not time to admit defeat yet!

The outer city gate was destroyed, and the urn city could still be held, the moat was all filled, but the city wall was still in the hands of the Qing army, and it was the battle behind that really decided the victory.

Hang on!

The messenger who went to Wuchang Mansion to ask for help had been gone for a day, and the time was calculated, and the reinforcements of the Qing army would arrive in the early hours of tomorrow morning and tomorrow morning. (To be continued......)