Wang Mian, who mainly attacked the south city gate, led 10,000 soldiers dressed like Australian aborigines, mixed with weeds in the upper and lower but gaps, striving not to be detected. Although it was night and there was no moonlight, the stars were brilliant and there was still some visibility.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses crawled on the cold ground at night, like a small turtle that left the nest and ran to the sea, moving slowly on the ground, seven or eight hundred steps away, the tea kung fu can be reached, but in order to conceal the whereabouts of the climb, it took nearly half an hour.

It was not until he was about to enter the illumination range of the city's headlights three hundred paces away, and it was foolproof that he could no longer hide, that the crown gave the order to charge. Suddenly, the figures all over the ground stood up, and rushed towards the city wall in spite of the shouts.

When the officers and soldiers appeared, the defenders did not wait for the officer's order to bend their bows and arrows to the siege soldiers and horses that entered the firing range, and there were still more than ten artillery guns on the city head and immediately opened fire. In the blink of an eye, the originally quiet Nancheng immediately became the main battlefield.

The distance of seven or eight hundred paces of sneaking at least allowed Wang Mian's soldiers and horses to suffer less than a dozen rounds of artillery bombardment, and the siege soldiers and horses who began to charge three hundred paces away rushed into the dead end of artillery fire in only twenty or thirty breaths; These big guys were erected at the head of the city, but the problem of the angle of their shots was difficult to solve, and when they entered the moat within seventy or eighty paces, they could not exert their power. Only had time to shoot three rounds of artillery fire, and they could only watch the siege soldiers gather on the other side of the moat.

At this time, the archer is much more useful than the cannon, no need to aim, just bend the bow and shoot at the dense figure, and if you miss Zhang San, there will always be Li Si's arrow.

A round of feather arrows poured like a torrential rain on the besieging soldiers and horses congested on the other side of the moat, the moat more than ten zhang wide is not light yì can be crossed, but before the attack, Wang Shouren and Wang Mian and others set a plan, in fact, it is very simple, order hundreds of soldiers with excellent water properties to carry ropes to swim over, and pull more than 100 ropes on both sides of the moat, so that no matter whether you can water or not, you can always pull these thick ropes to cross the moat.

The only problem was that in the process of swimming, they had to be baptized by a dense number of feathered arrows above, and even if they put a wooden shield on their heads to form a turtle shell-like roof, there was no guarantee that they would not be injured.

From time to time, shields shattered into sawdust under the fierce arrows above, and the hollow place was instantly shot by feathered arrows, shooting the soldiers waiting on the shore without cover into hedgehogs. The casualties were the most severe among the soldiers who were swimming, who had to break free from the cover of the wooden shields and struggle to hold on to the ropes and swim to the opposite shore; Once you reach the other side, go down to the city wall, and it is a dead end for the bow and arrow, but this road to safety is a road of death.

Countless soldiers were killed by bows and arrows in the process of swimming, the churning blood was clearly visible under the light of the torches and wind lamps above the city wall, and many corpses were floating next to the swimming soldiers.

Wang Mian was anxious, and roughly estimated that in a quarter of an hour, the soldiers around him had suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and 10,000 horses had already lost 10% of the troops.

But fortunately, the shape of shì slowly improved, and the more than 3,000 soldiers and horses who swam across the city had begun to lean the ladder against the head of the city, and the defenders on the city wall had to divide a part to deal with the officers and soldiers who climbed up, so that the density of bows and arrows that blocked the crossing of the moat was greatly reduced, and the soldiers and horses in the rear quickly exerted force, and there was a steady stream of reinforcements under the city wall.

Wan Rui originally wanted to order the troops and horses of the east and west city heads to be mobilized to the south city wall for reinforcements, but the shouts in the darkness in the east and west did not stop, although he knew that the other party was just a feint attack to contain it, but he knew that the feint attack would not become a real attack. So Wan Rui had to stay behind with 2,000 people to defend the east and west city walls, and the remaining nearly 5,000 people quickly ran from the city walls to reinforce the south city walls.

When the reinforcements arrived at the head of the southern city wall, more than 8,000 soldiers and horses who were already crowned were all crossing the moat and were struggling to attack the city, more than 9,000 defenders on the head of the city immediately launched a blockade, sandbags, stones, and simples fell like oil and rain, and the attacking soldiers and horses under the city suffered heavy losses, and the screams resounded in the night sky, and almost every instant, dozens of soldiers fell into a pool of blood. If it weren't for the fact that the city wall of Nanchang City stood at a right angle and slightly tilted outward in order to increase the difficulty of climbing, instead of other general cities that were narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, the casualties of the soldiers and horses below would be even more severe.

Even so, the city wall could not be attacked, the defenders at the head of the city were more than the soldiers and horses attacking under the city, and it was an absolute advantage of condescending, the soldiers and horses below were completely beaten, hundreds of ladders were put up, and before people could climb a few steps, they were overturned from above, followed by a round of big stones and rolling logs.

Wang Mian shrank in the dead corner and frowned to think of a good plan, and suddenly saw dozens of soldiers shouting and running back in the direction of the moat, Wang Mian shouted loudly: "Wu Wending, why are you going?" ”

The general named Wu Wending was a thousand households under Wang Mian, and when he heard this, he turned around and shouted: "Lord Wang, withdraw, if you stay any longer, you will die, this city cannot be attacked at all, and you will not bury the lives of your brothers." ”

Wang Mian said angrily: "You dare to escape? ”

Wu Wending said with a sad face: "My lord, I was afraid of death at that time, this is completely useless, and I can't attack it at all, so why wait to die here?" ”

Wang Mian pulled out the long sword at his waist and said: "Wu Wending, if you dare to escape from the battle, don't blame me for engaging in military law before the battle." ”

Wu Wending didn't answer, waved his hand and shouted: "Brothers, withdraw, this battle can't be fought, if you continue to fight, everyone will die here, all withdraw with me." ”

Wang Mian's eyes were cracked, and he roared angrily: "Wu Wending, you are looking for death." After saying that, he stepped forward and swung his sword to cut it, Wu Wending didn't expect Wang Mian to really do it, and after being stunned, he felt a cold neck, followed by a stream of hot blood spurting out of his neck, and his body fell to the sky.

The soldiers were stunned, Wu Wending was Wang Mian's favorite general, and he had a very good relationship with Wang Mian's brothers, but he didn't expect Wang Mian to really kill him in front of the battle, and he stayed in place for a while, forgetting to avoid the huge rocks and sassalwoods that fell from time to time overhead.

Wang Mian shouted: "Why are you standing still, and you are not clean and attacking the city?" See? Lord Wang Shouren has already led 10,000 soldiers and horses to follow, and the wood supplies at the head of the city are about to run out. ”

The soldiers came back to their senses and saw that the sound of killing in the rear shook the sky, and it was the commander Wang Shouren who led the last 10,000 soldiers and horses to rush over, and the artillery at the head of the city was useful, and there was also a roaring sound; And the stones and trees falling from the sky are also sparse, and it is obvious that the materials stored at the head of the city have been almost consumed. His gang used their heads and bodies to keep up with the consumption of materials in the city, which shows how great the sacrifice was.

Everyone understands that if you don't attack at this time, when will you wait? When Wang Shouren's soldiers and horses also arrived at the city, more than 300 new ladders were added, and more than 300 climbing points were added, which suddenly became even more chaotic.

A ladder on this side had just been overturned and fell, and the soldiers on it fell into a rolling gourd, and there was a ladder on the other side of the city, and the siege soldiers rushed up with a hoarse throat, but soon after they were overturned by a company with a ladder, and the soldiers on the top broke their tendons.

It was so stalemate for half an hour, and occasionally soldiers and horses broke through the city to attack, but they were immediately wiped out. Most of the time, the besiegers are climbing ladders, the defenders are lifting ladders, the soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense are tired and half dead, the top ones are tired, and the lower ones are smashed. So much so that later, many siege soldiers already had a little cleverness on the battlefield, they dragged the corpse to pad the bottom as a meat pad, when the ladder was overturned, fell on the corpse, although dizzy, but intact, it can be described as a quick and wise move.

The funny scene mentioned above appeared, a group of siege soldiers were forced to the dead corner of the city gate by the rain of arrows above, the city gate was the most tightly defended, and the soldiers equipped with firearms and strong arrows and crossbows were all on it, everyone understood that the first place to defend the city was the city gate, so that many generals did not consider attacking the city gate when attacking the city.

Before the siege of the city, Wang Shouren learned that the defenders had a large number of firearms, so he judged that these soldiers equipped with firearms must be arranged on the city gate tower, so he did not attack the city tower, anyway, even if he did not attack the city tower, these firearms soldiers did not dare not defend the city gate.

And the amazing scene was that one of the officers and soldiers who was forced to a corner inadvertently stretched out his hand and pushed the heavy city gate, and with this gentle push, the city gate actually slowly slid out a thumb-sized gap, and the soldier himself was startled, and hurriedly told the flag officer beside him about this discovery.

The flag officer was hit by an arrow in his thigh and was uncomfortable, and he slapped it and scolded: "Don't let your mother's turtle fart, do your mother's spring and autumn dream, this city gate must be three layers of iron bolts inside and three layers outside, and there are iron horses behind to block it, you are crazy." ”

The rest of the soldiers had a heart, sneaked to the door and stretched out their hands to push, and the city gate was slowly pushed in, and the city gate was dark, but there was no obstacle to the horse, and it was an unimpeded passage into the city.

Several soldiers looked at each other in amazement, and they didn't believe this fact in their hearts, it was like picking up a golden doll while walking, and pulling out the golden doll, and after a long time, the gate of Nanchang City was not closed at all.

Thinking about the fact that the king outside was busy attacking the city wall with soldiers and horses, and thousands of people died, but he didn't know that the Nanchang city gate was open at all, and he only needed to wave the army to break it.