Chapter 27: The Siege Fails

There are quite a few fugitives among the people of the Oneness of God, and they naturally understand the truth of one pound, then declining, and three exhausting. The offensive of Zhang Mengjin's side in front has been repulsed, and if his side is repulsed again, it will be a great blow to the morale of their rabble.

At that time, if they still want to take the city, it will be very difficult. Therefore, the fugitives who supervised the battle in the Shenyi Yuan Department were armed with steel knives to slash and kill several escapees one after another, and began to organize their own elites to set up ladders to attack the city wall.

Zhang Zhaoen, who was the first to rush to the city, quickly grabbed a ladder and climbed directly to the city. Zhang Mengcheng beckoned people to follow, and he took a few archers and Xigui with an arquebus to cover under the city.

Zhang Mengcheng fired an arrow at one of the city's top guns, and the defender in cotton armor was immediately killed. The Ming army, who was constantly throwing stones on the side, was also frightened and hurriedly dodged. However, under the angry scolding of an officer, they returned to their posts and kept firing back at the enemy troops under the city walls. The ladder that Zhang Zhaoen climbed was also pushed away by the people in the city, and Zhang Zhaoen, who had just climbed half of it, fell down directly, but fortunately he didn't climb high and didn't suffer any injuries.

At this time, Zhang Mengcheng, who was in the rear, hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to stay away from the city wall. Because the officers and soldiers on the city wall poured oil on the city again, the fire ignited, forcing Zhang Zhaoen and others to retreat, and at the same time, they also burned the ladder that had been erected again. At the same time, the officers and soldiers defending the city also threw down some smoke balls, and the smoke emitted by the smoke balls was a little weird. Zhang Mengcheng was afraid that it was the legendary poison smoke ball, so he didn't dare to take people close to the city wall.

After avoiding the smoke, Zhang Mengcheng found that his siege tools had been destroyed, so he could only ask Zhang Zhaoen to lead people to find other ladders that had not been destroyed. After that, Zhang Mengcheng shot several arrows at the officers at the head of the city, and only one arrow hit the enemy officer, but did not penetrate the opponent's armor.

The soldiers in the city also spotted Zhang Mengcheng, and several gunners fired in Zhang Mengcheng's direction. Zhang Mengcheng noticed that something was wrong, and quickly hid under the rolling quilt brought by Wei Heyong. Although Zhang Mengcheng's movements were fast, he still felt that he had been shot. However, Zhang Mengcheng carefully examined his whole body from top to bottom, and did not find any injuries on his body, and he was relieved to feel strange at the same time.

Due to the long-term financial difficulties of the imperial court, many places in Yansui Town have not received salaries for several years, and the soldiers naturally do not have much training, and gunpowder and firearms are not carefully maintained. Even the Ming army, which spent a lot of money on the battlefield in Liaodong, always had various situations when they attacked Houjin's army with firearms.

Sometimes, even if the target is aimed at the opponent and the fire is successful, the lead shot is either because the gunpowder is too small to be lethal after being fired. Either there is too much charge, and the lead is directly turned into lead water. So most of the attacks just now were in a similar situation. Coupled with the armor worn by Zhang Mengcheng, he naturally did not hurt in the slightest.

"Xiucai, you see." Wei Heyong suddenly pointed in the direction of the Divine One Yuan Sect and shouted.

Zhang Mengcheng found Liu Jin under Shen Yiyuan in the distance, and he had already established a foothold in the city with more than a dozen elites.

"Damn, let them take the lead. Huzi, did you find a ladder? Zhang Mengcheng, who was extremely unwilling, looked for his nephew everywhere, hoping that he would appear immediately with a ladder so that they could quickly start attacking the city.

At this time, the heavy weapons of the Ming army, which had been silent for a long time, opened fire again. The volley of Fur and Bai Zi Gong once again caused a large number of casualties among the rogues under the city.

The rogues, who could not withstand the casualties, finally broke up and fled in all directions regardless of the situation. At the same time, there was also a sound of fried beans on the city, and Zhang Mengcheng's side was no longer lucky, and several elite soldiers were killed. Then the defenders in the Jingbian camp suddenly came out of a sudden gate and attacked the Liukou under the city who had lost order.

"I can't stand it, let's withdraw quickly, if you don't withdraw, everyone will be explained here." Wei Heyong hurriedly said to Zhang Mengcheng, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to carry their wounded people back.

Zhang Mengcheng looked at the officers and soldiers who were killed in the distance and felt very unwilling. The first time I participated in a real siege battle, it was such an embarrassing result.

But Wei Heyong didn't care about this, he saw that Zhang Mengcheng was still staring at the officials and soldiers in the distance in a daze, so he dragged Zhang Mengcheng back without saying a word.

"Uncle Fifteen, we're here."

didn't withdraw far, Zhang Mengcheng and the others found that Zhang Zhaoen suddenly appeared on horseback. He was accompanied by more than 30 cavalry led by Che Jibao, and horses of Zhang Mengcheng, Wei and Yong. It turned out that Zhang Zhaoen couldn't find a ladder around, so he ran directly to the camp in the hope of finding some tools.

But not long after returning to the camp, Zhang Zhaoen found that the rogue under the city wall had been defeated. So he immediately gave up looking, and rode directly on his horse and Che Jibao came with more than ten cavalrymen to respond, and Guan Zhiqing was also rushing over with the rest of the foot soldiers.

"It's good to come, there are not many officers and soldiers who rushed out of the tiger and the old car. Let's push them back. Old Wei, you take the injured brothers back to regroup first. Seeing Zhang Zhaoen, who came to answer, Zhang Mengcheng was overjoyed and immediately opened his mouth to organize a counterattack.

Wei Heyong was not verbose, he rushed to Guan Zhiqing's rear team with his subordinates, and gave up his horse to Xigui, who was about to follow Zhang Mengcheng.

Zhang Mengcheng rode the horse brought by his subordinates, put the bow and arrow back into the bow bag, drew his saber, and rushed quickly with the other cavalry to kill the officers and soldiers who had left the city.

The officers and soldiers who fought out of the city were busy chasing and killing the rogues everywhere, vying for the first rank on the ground. Unexpectedly, a group of rogue cavalry launched a counterattack so quickly, and they hurriedly regrouped to respond. However, Zhang Mengcheng and his party did not give these officers and soldiers a chance, they rushed directly into the formation, constantly wielding sabers to harvest people's lives. The officers and soldiers who went out of the city to pursue the Liukou failed to resist the enemy's counterattack, and soon lost their fighting spirit and retreated to the city.

Zhang Zhaoen and Che Jibao continued to lead people to chase and kill the official army, but Zhang Mengcheng picked up his bow and arrow again and rushed to the bottom of the city wall in the distance, because when Zhang Mengcheng was looking at the city, he found that Liu Jin and others were still fighting on the city. So Zhang Mengcheng immediately rushed over, dismounted and used his bow and arrow to support Liu Jin, who was still in the city. After seeing Zhang Mengcheng's behavior, Xigui also recharged his arquebus, preparing to shoot at the enemy troops on the city.

Because of his own retreat, Liu Jin, who had already established a foothold, could not quickly withdraw the city wall. Instead, he took a dozen of his subordinates and made waves on the city, igniting a lot of fuel oil and gunpowder on the city walls. The city suddenly burst into flames and smoke, and for a moment it fell into chaos.

In the thick smoke, Liu Jin only had a few subordinates left around him, and the officers and soldiers who were in chaos around him gradually gathered to hunt them down. After stabbing with the shield in his hand, Liu Jin stabbed the knife in his hand and killed an officer and soldier armed with a spear. However, he was unable to pull out his weapon for a while because of the force.

At this time, one of Liu Jin's subordinates on the right was hacked to death with a big knife by the surrounding officials and soldiers because of a moment of carelessness. Liu Jin, who had lost the protection of his flanks, found an officer and soldier rushing towards him with an axe. He decisively threw down his weapon and dodged backwards, but fell to the ground as he slipped on the bloody water.

Looking at the axe that was getting closer and closer to him, Liu Jin almost accepted his fate. But at this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly pierced the enemy's chest, killing the fierce officer and soldier in front of him.

Liu Jin, who was desperate, quickly got up and pulled out his waist knife, and continuously slashed several officers and soldiers who came up, forcing back the officers and soldiers who surrounded and killed his subordinates, and saved the last remaining subordinate beside him.

"Lao Liao, you go down first, I'll come right away." After Liu Jingang finished speaking, he continued to exert his power and slashed two officers and soldiers again. The other officers and soldiers did not dare to step forward for a while, so they could only call around for the pikemen to come and stab the bandit to death.

Hearing the leader's order, Lao Liao, who had a cut in his arm, quickly dropped his weapon. Holding the ladder leaning against the city wall, he endured the severe pain and slid down directly. After Liu Jin forced back the attacking officers and troops again, he quickly turned around and slid down the ladder like Lao Liao. A close officer wanted to chase and kill, but was shot in the shoulder by Zhang Mengcheng and had to choose to retreat.

Kiki used his arquebus to attack a gunner who was close to the wall, and although he missed, he managed to scare him back. After that, he saw Zhang Mengcheng rushing forward to help the two people coming down the city wall. Xigui, who found that he had come over, also rushed forward quickly, and before he had time to think about it, he pulled up the rogue who finally slid down. Like Zhang Mengcheng, the two of them rode together and quickly fled in the direction of the camp.

The officers and soldiers who reacted wanted to shoot four people on the city wall. It's just that the thick smoke seriously affects the vision, and all the arrows fired out failed to hit the fleeing enemy under the city, and the officers and soldiers can only watch the rogues return to the camp safely.