Under the city of Huanggang, fierce battles are raging.

The attack of the Yuezhou battalion was temporarily frustrated, but the offensive of the Ji'an battalion was impressive.

After the model ladder was transported up, it posed a great threat to the Qing army in the city, the daredevils stood at the top of the ladder, holding a shield to protect themselves, to prevent the arrows and lead shot by the Qing army, more than a dozen soldiers under the ladder struggled to move the crowbar together, and the ladder was raised section by section, this speed was faster than climbing the ladder, and the daredevils could concentrate on fighting, the wooden fork tactics of the Qing army also lost their effect, and they watched the ladder catch up on the city.

These two daredevils are carefully selected warriors, skilled in martial arts, courageous, the iron hook in the front section of the ladder has just been put on the wall bricks, they jumped into the battlement, brandished a single knife and slashed, killing several Qing soldiers in front of them and retreating again and again, the Qing army in the back row hurriedly organized a counterattack, but the daredevils of the Chu army also continued to climb the city.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! ”

The simple ladders were also used, and the soldiers of the Chu army were like ant colonies under black pressure, hanging on the city wall of more than ten zhang, and they were climbing upwards with all their might, and there were more and more Chu soldiers on the head of the city, and the Qing army that rushed up launched a fierce battle......

The Yuezhou battalion was in charge of the direction of the city gate, and after their attack was frustrated, they temporarily retreated, and the jack gate also slowly rose, and the Chu army fired a few cannons at it, hitting it with two loud bangs, but after shaking violently a few times, it finally retracted into the city tower.

On the city tower, Sun Bai'an showed a smug smile, although the cannon of the Chu army is powerful, it is not indestructible, unless it is the Shenwei general cannon of the Tianyou soldiers, it can break this more than 2,000 catties of jack gate with one shot.

He and the Chu army fought fiercely for most of the day, testing each other for a few rounds, and already had a rough judgment in his heart. Sun Bo'an admitted that the combat effectiveness of the Chu army was indeed very strong. If they are allowed to attack repeatedly, Huanggang will definitely not be able to hold it, but his goal is not high, as long as he can hold Huanggang for two days and wait for Xu Yong's reinforcements.

This shouldn't be difficult, not to mention the urn city behind, just this jack gate is enough for the Ming army to toss for two days...... As for the Ji'an battalion that attacked the city, Sun Bo'an was not worried, most of the old and weak soldiers he deployed on the city wall. The combat effectiveness is not strong, but there are enough reserves left behind the city wall, all of which are carefully selected elite main forces, and as long as a counterattack, more than 200 people of the Chu army can be driven off the city.

The defenders of Huangzhou had limited strength. The combat effectiveness is not strong, if the limited force is evenly deployed. A single breakthrough can cause the collapse of the entire line. Sun Bai'an has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he simply did the opposite, put on a flexible defensive formation, and used all the elite soldiers in a centralized manner, sending them wherever they were needed, and giving full play to their greatest effect.

The biggest weakness of the ant-attached siege. It is difficult to maintain the continuity of the attack, there is only a ladder connection between the city wall and the city wall, and the follow-up forces are easily cut off, and the Ming army only has this one attack point. It will not pose a mortal threat, even if a small number of Ming troops attack the city, it is not the opponent of the thousands of green battalion soldiers in the city.

Sun Bo'an constantly issued orders to mobilize reserves to launch a counter-charge against the death squad of the Ji'an battalion, which would be careless, and the plan to lure the enemy itself contained a certain risk, and if the Ming army gained a firm foothold on the city wall, it would be passive in the future.

As soon as the arrangement was set, Sun Bo'an turned around and looked downstairs in the city, but his face couldn't help but change.

In the direction directly opposite the south gate, the follow-up troops of the Ming army launched another attack, walking in front of more than 20 wooden donkey carts, followed by two half-cut boats.

Although the half-cut boat came strangely, it can be understood to some extent, the Ming army probably wanted to use the half-cut boat as a cover, trying to destroy the city wall, but Sun Bai'an was not worried about this, the city wall of Huanggang was high and thick, and the inner embryo of the city wall was over-cooked soil, almost as hard as masonry, and it was slowly dug with a half-cut boat, and the city wall could not be dug down even if it was tired.

The twenty or so wooden donkey carts were very strange, which made Sun Bai'an faintly have an ominous premonition.

In order to ensure the smooth entry and exit of the defenders, there was no antler barrier in front of the city gate, and this section of the moat has been filled.

The unknown represents danger, Sun Bo'an couldn't guess the intentions of the Chu army, and he was a little uneasy, he didn't even pay attention to the fierce battle on the city wall, but just kept staring at the twenty or so wooden donkey carts that were slowly approaching, wanting to see some clues.

"Drag those generals over and knock out Nangou's wooden donkey cart for me!"

With his order, the green battalion soldiers dragged out a few copper cannons from behind the city wall, and then worked hard to push a cannon up the battlement, these copper cannons just arrived, the Ming army's cannons aimed at this side and began to shoot, seven or eight cannonballs roared, knocking down a small section of the female wall, and killing several gunners.

"Damn, Nangou has clairvoyance!" Sun Bai'an was very surprised, why the Ming army reacted so quickly.

When the Qing army moved these copper cannons, they were carefully hidden behind the city wall, and the copper cannons only showed a cannon port behind the battlement, and the Ming army was hundreds of steps away, how did they find out.

Hit head-on by the artillery of the Ming army, the gunners of the Qing army were in a mess, and they did not dare to step forward to aim and open fire.

"Hurry up and open fire, if you can't hit the wooden donkey cart, you are not allowed to retreat, hit a wooden donkey cart, and you will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver!"

Twenty taels of silver were shared by a few gunners, which was enough to go to the kiln and live happily for a few days, and the gunners of the Qing army regained the courage to fight.

Their cannons were loaded with ammunition just now, and they could fire just by aiming, and several copper cannons spewed white smoke and fire at the same time, and with the rumbling sound of cannons, a row of shells flew towards the wooden donkey cart.

"Bang! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

A wooden donkey cart was destroyed, the wreckage of the body tilted to the side, and a wooden stake the thickness of a bowl, which was taller than a person, was thrown to the ground.

So that's it!

Sun Bai'an finally understood that the so-called standing wood supports thousands of catties, and the Ming army transported these wooden stakes to erect the jack gate!

What to do?

Sun Bo'an urged the Qing gunners to continue firing the artillery, while thinking hard about countermeasures, if it was like just now, it would definitely be too late to wait for the Ming army to rush to the city gate and then release the jack gate, but if the gate was released too early, the Ming army's artillery would be another threat.

"Bang! Boom! Boom! ”

The artillery of the Ming army was reloaded, and a second salvo was fired, and one shell hit the battlement just right. The wall bricks fell down in an uproar, smashing a copper cannon underneath, making a dull loud noise, the artillery sentry officer of the Qing army grinned in distress, the copper cannon was soft, and it must have been deformed by this wall brick, and the copper cannon must have been broken.

Exchanging copper cannons for wooden donkey carts was obviously a loss-making business, and he wanted to drag the remaining copper cannons back, but he didn't dare to disobey Sun Bo'an's orders. When he was struggling, he heard Sun Bai'an speak.

"Okay, don't fight anymore, take the general's cannon down."

Of course, Sun Bo'an knows better that the cost of the wooden donkey cart is too low. It is not much use to knock out a few, to deal with the stake tactics of the Ming army. I have to think of something else.

He already has a way.

It's actually quite simple to say it. He was ready to compare his judgment with the artillery of the Ming army, put down the jack gate at the right moment, and used these wooden donkey carts as a meat shield, so that the artillery of the Ming army would not dare to shell the jack gate.

If you release the gate too early, you will be shelled by the Ming army.

It was too late to release the gates. The jack gate will be erected by the wooden stake and will be ineffective.

But Sun Baian is confident that he can grasp the best time, and it is just right to release the gate sooner rather than later.

It's a lot of work. The wooden donkey carts of the Ming army were all alive, they could advance or retreat, and they could not be controlled, but the jack brakes were too heavy, and the speed was very slow whether they were put down or put away.

However, Sun Bo'an has always regarded himself as a good general, and the more difficult the challenge to complete, the more his fighting spirit was stimulated, and he was ready to put down the jack gate at the last minute, so that these wooden donkey carts had no time to retreat.

"Hmph, Wang Kefan is just a little clever, he wants to use a few wooden donkey carts to break my jack gate, okay, since you want to play, I'll play with you to the end, and see who can have the last laugh......" After Sun Bai'an made up his mind, he secretly rejoiced in his heart.

The Chu army has the advantage of strength and combat effectiveness, Sun Bai'an is most afraid of the Chu army's strong attack regardless of casualties, even if it pays a heavy price, it must solve the battle as much as possible, if more than 20,000 Chu troops swarmed up from the four city walls, the defenders in Huanggang City are indeed difficult to resist.

For a thousand jin gate, Wang Kefan sent more than 20 wooden donkey carts to launch an attack, which delayed at least half an hour, for Sun Bo'an, time is the most precious, so you come and go in the local entanglement, of course he can't ask for it.

Since the Qing army had given up the blockade, the wooden donkey carts were advancing faster, and Sun Bai'an kept an eye on them until the last wooden donkey cart pushed through the moat before he ordered the jack gate to be lowered.

This distance is close enough, the Qing army in the city can be blocked with bows and arrows, and the Ming army behind those wooden donkey carts can't run fast if they want to, just covering the jack gate, and the Ming army's cannons will definitely not dare to fire.

The jack gate was slowly put down, the timing was perfect, the front wooden donkey cart was still three zhang away, and it was definitely too late to send the heavy wooden stakes to the bottom of the jack gate.

Sure enough, although the Ming army pushing the cart tried their best, it was still a beat slower than the jack gate, and when the wooden donkey cart was pushed into place, the bottom of the jack gate was less than a foot from the ground......

At this time, a row of white smoke suddenly appeared from the artillery position of the Ming army, and the six-pounder, four-pounder and three-pounder guns of the Chu army opened fire at the same time, and more than a dozen shells shot straight at the jack gate!

Sun Bai'an's face changed, and then, a series of loud noises came from under the city tower, mixed with the sound of wood breaking, and at least half of the shells fired by the Ming army hit the jack gate.

He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to close the gate, but the speed at which the jack gate was closed was very slow, and it was estimated that it would be shelled by a round of artillery by the Ming army.

Sun Bai'an leaned down to the city tower to check, the jack gate had been deformed and out of shape, and the iron sheets in several places had been broken, revealing the cracked wooden planks inside, and it seemed that it could not be saved.

In front of the city gate, most of the wooden donkey carts were also destroyed by shells, and the corpses of the Chu soldiers fell to the ground, with broken limbs and blood all over the ground.

"Wang Kefan, this guy is so ruthless!" Sun Baian was shocked and angry, this was originally a competition of wisdom between the generals of the two armies, whoever can play chess is superior, the other side should be willing to bow down, but Wang Kefan opened fire on his own people, which is equivalent to violating the rules of the game.

"Wait!" Sun Bo'an suddenly found that there was not a single piece of armor on those corpses, and they were all wearing the uniforms of the Qing army's green battalion, it turned out that they were all prisoners of the green battalion soldiers. (To be continued......)