Feng Jian's office was occasionally patronized by rebel artillery fire on the tower of the city gate, and Huang Jinjiang and other personal guards were highly concentrated, and the rebels' shells were not long-sighted, and they really wanted to endanger the safety of the commander, and their personal guards were unforgivable.

But there is no such thing as absolute safety on the battlefield, and who knows where the rebels' shells will fall? Feng Jian himself didn't care very much, because the chances of the rebel shells hitting his position were very small.

Feng Jian carefully observed the changes in the arrangement of the rebels on the opposite side, he found that there was a new movement in the rebel barracks, a group of rebel soldiers formed an array, and quickly attacked towards Cheng'en Gate again, the rebels were about 3,000 people, and in the forefront of the rebels were dozens of chariots, including eight rocket cars, twelve cars, and eight general cars, it seems that the goal of this wave of rebels was to target the city gate.

Feng Jian put down the binoculars and saw Huang Jinjiang and other guards surrounded by him with nervous faces, so he smiled and said to Huang Jinjiang: "Don't be so nervous, the rebels' artillery fire is not so accurate." ”

Huang Jinjiang said: "The artillery fire has no eyes, and the subordinates don't dare to be careless!" ”

Seeing that Huang Jinjiang and the other guards still did not relax, Feng Jian shook his head with a smile, and turned to Huang Jinjiang and said: "Kong Youde is really willing to let go of his old capital, see no, there are five or six thousand people crowded under the wall of Cheng'en Gate, and behind them they sent a second wave of three thousand foot soldiers to storm the city gate, this Kong Youde uses the tactics of a sea of people, and the purpose is naturally to let our soldiers defending the city take care of themselves." ”

Huang Jinjiang looked at it from afar for a while, and wondered Feng Jian: "I see that dozens of chariots have appeared in the rebel array, haven't you accepted the lesson of yesterday, and still want me to be bombarded by Western artillery at the head of the city?" ”

Feng Jian shook his head and said, "There is always a limit to the firing of artillery in our city, and there must be a pause. Kong Youde sent chariots to seize the opportunity of the intermittent artillery fire at the head of the city, and his purpose was to attack the city gate through the firearms carried by the chariots. What a good calculation! ”

Huang Jinjiang said confidently: "Giving the rebels a chance to break through the gate of the city is also a matter of death." Not to mention that Brother Fan Li had already led people to ambush in the city of urns, just saying that the gunpowder bag of the soldiers at the head of the city was enough for the rebels to drink a pot. ”

Feng Jian said with a whole face: "There is no room for carelessness on the battlefield, you send someone to remind Zhao Shougang, so that he should not underestimate the chariots in the second batch of rebels, among which the general's chariot is carrying a Franc cannon, as long as it is close to the city gate, it will pose a huge threat to the city gate." Tell Zhao Shougang that as soon as the rebel chariot approaches the location of the urn city, he will throw gunpowder packs at it. The explosion of the powder pack must have frightened the horses pulling the chariot again. Hmph, I'm going to let Kong Youde's wishful thinking fall through again. ”

Zhao Shougang frowned from time to time as he watched the rebels under the city, and the rebel sword and shield soldiers raised their shields to protect the bird soldiers and archers who were shooting at the city head behind them.

The rebel soldiers set several ladders directly across the moat, covered them with wooden planks, and forced Minzhuang to throw the earth and stone bags from the shield cart into the moat.

The rebel pikemen hid behind the shield cart and kept threatening the people who pushed the cart, desperately throwing the earth and stone bags into the moat through the ladder.

At this time, the long-range arms of the two sides exchanged fire more intensely, and the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion at the head of the city focused on attacking the people who filled the moat. Some fell on the edge of the moat, wailing and screaming.

The Earthquake Mountain Camp Bird Guns on the enemy platform at the head of the city were fired almost continuously, and because the Earthquake Mountain Camp Bird Guns were all improved, the ammunition used was all Mini bullets. Compared with the firearms of the rebels, the Earthquake Mountain Camp Bird Gun is even more powerful.

The Earthquake Mountain Camp not only sent sawdust flying from the shield carts along the moat, but also injured many of the rebel soldiers hiding behind them. Moreover, the power of the ammunition was even able to directly penetrate the rattan cards of the rebel sword and shield soldiers, and many of the shooters who hid behind the sword and shield soldiers were killed and wounded.

Mao Chenglu squatted behind several shield carts. There was also a group of guards guarding him, watching the bird's gun on the opponent's enemy platform sound continuously. Moreover, the power of the guns and bullets was extremely great, and the soldiers of their own side were suppressed so badly that the casualties of the people in the landfill moat gradually increased, and they began to worry in their hearts, and they could not delay in filling the moat for more, and they must speed up the landfill.

Mao Chenglu instructed the guards around him: "Order the soldiers hiding behind the shield cart to participate in throwing the earth and stone bags together, speed up the landfilling, and send a signal to the artillery battalion, so that the artillery battalion can shell the opponent's city wall, focusing on the opponent's two enemy platforms." ”

The guards agreed and turned to leave, and Mao Chenglu hid behind the shield car to continue to observe the battle between the two sides, and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of both sides and the enemy.

At the head of the city, the opponent's bird-gun soldiers are hiding on the enemy platform, and they can fire a salvo from three directions, and after a round of fire, another group of soldiers quickly takes over and continues to fire a salvo from three directions.

On the other hand, in addition to the first salvo, the bird-guns under his command performed well, the bird-guns in the back were scattered and slow, with a long interval in between, and the archers began to shoot slowly after a few rounds of shooting.

Mao Chenglu now longs for his Western artillery to be able to quickly exert its power, and suppress the opponent for a period of time, so that he can fill the moat, as long as his soldiers lean against the city wall, the opponent's bird gun will be useless.

Zhao Shougang looked at the people who filled the moat dozens of steps away from the city, densely packed with nearly 3,000 people, although there were many casualties, but they were still busy throwing earth and stone bags to the moat through the ladder, and even the rebel soldiers hiding behind the shield car also joined the ranks of throwing earth and stone bags, the number of rebels was too many, so the moat would soon be filled and leveled.

At this moment, the artillery fire of the rebels two miles away was again powerful, and the six-pound iron bullet roared and smashed into the battlements, and the huge impact force hit the battlements into pieces, and a Zhenshan battalion soldier hiding behind the battlements was caught off guard, and was directly hit into rotten persimmons by the flying stones, and the corpses fell silently at the base of the city wall, and several soldiers were injured by the flying stones.

The rebel Western artillery was fired from time to time, which had some impact on the bird soldiers of the earthquake camp, and at this time, due to the addition of a large number of rebel soldiers, the speed of filling the moat with earth and rock bags was significantly accelerated.

If it is not interfered with by firearms at the head of the city, the filling of a section of the moat with a width of eight feet and eight feet at the same time by thousands of people should be completed in a relatively short time, and even if it is attacked by the birds and soldiers at the head of the city now, the moat will be slowly filled and leveled by the rebel soldiers and the people.

Seeing that the moat was filled, a big stone in Mao Chenglu's heart fell to the ground, as long as he was close to the city wall, the firearms at the head of the city could not be effective, and the defense of the city depended on the real swords and guns of both sides. than the number of soldiers, to see who can consume whom? Mao Chenglu secretly calculated in his heart, and showed a dark smile on his face.

"Shield car cover, all soldiers and soldiers are ready to cross the moat!" Mao Chenglu ordered loudly.

The rebels filled in a total of six passages on both sides of the Cheng'en Gate, which were now paved with wooden planks, and a moment later the rebel ranks sounded the drums of the attack, and on the six passages on both sides of the Cheng'en Gate, the rebel shield carts crossed the moat one after another, each of which was followed by a group of rebel soldiers.

The rebels' archers and birdmen moved to the shield carts parked on the other side of the moat and continued to shoot at the city.

The soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion at the head of the city hid behind the battlements and shot at the rebels under the city, and the rebels on the moat passage were like targets, constantly screaming and turning over and falling into the moat, but after all, they could not prevent the rebels from crossing the moat and leaning under the city wall.

The shield carts were parked very close to the city wall, and the people were forced to remove the guards on both sides of the shield carts and build roofs under the city walls, and the rebel siege soldiers temporarily gathered under the roofs, which could reduce the damage of throwing objects at the head of the city.

Ladders began to be built towards the walls, and groups of rebel soldiers shouted and climbed along the ladders to the top of the city.

The second wave of rebel soldiers protected the chariot and was also rapidly approaching the Cheng'en Gate.

Zhao Shougang stood at the head of the city and saw the situation under the city clearly, Huang Jinjiang just conveyed the commander's order that the gunpowder pack can only come in handy at a critical time, and now it is up to the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion to fight face-to-face with the rebels.

Every soldier in the Zhenshan battalion is a carefully selected elite, and the advantage of fighting with the rebels must be obvious, the key is that there are a large number of rebels, and now there are less than a thousand soldiers defending on this city wall, Zhao Shougang is worried that there will be a leak in the position of the city head, so that the rebels can seize the opportunity.

Zhao Shougang looked at the temporary roofs below, unconsciously imitated Feng Jian, and the corners of his mouth twitched and ordered: "Throw a fire oil bottle at the roof under the city, and burn the dog to death." ”

The commander is right, anyone who wants to be unfavorable to Pingdu City is an enemy! You live and die on the battlefield, and now is not the time for mercy. It's useless to think too much about it now, let's take it one step at a time!

In an instant, the city wall rained down porcelain bottles one after another, smashed on the wooden planks of the ceiling, and immediately fell apart, and the fire oil contained in it instantly sprinkled around.

Immediately after that, the city threw down piles of lit firewood and grass, and smashed them into the roofs sprinkled with fire oil, which soon ignited the fire of the roof, and a lot of firewood and grass fell to the ground around the roof, which was also sprinkled with fire oil, and suddenly the roofs were surrounded by raging fire.

At first, the rebels hid in the middle of the roofs, thinking that the fire would not spread to them, but the firewood and oil bottles were constantly thrown from the city, and the fire finally overwhelmed the roofs.

Zhao Shougang looked at the rebels who kept coming out of the roof with an expressionless face, these people were more or less burned by the fire, and some of them were directly lying on the ground and screaming, and the rebels under the city were chaotic for a while.

Those people were forced to build ladders, and they were almost not attacked by fire, and they were even more frightened when they saw the rebel soldiers fleeing in a hurry inside the roof.

At this time, there were already more than a dozen ladders on the city wall on both sides of the Cheng'en Gate, and those shouting rebels were almost about to climb the top of the city.

One of the soldiers took the risk of aiming the ram at the top of the ladder, and then the two of them worked together to push the ladder to the side, directly overturning the ladder from the side, and the rebels on the ladder naturally fell to the ground and died.

Some soldiers kept throwing ash bottles from the countryside at the head of the city, and the ash bottles smashed into the dense crowd under the city, and suddenly lime powder splashed everywhere, and many rebels and people were fascinated by lime, and couldn't help but cover their eyes and howl loudly. (To be continued......)