The Later Jin army rushed to Luzhai and chopped with swords and axes.

The arrow towers and turrets on the city were fired, and the arrows and projectiles fell like rain. The Later Jin army paid the price of more than 100 casualties, and finally cleared the obstacles under the city, built simple trench bridges on the trench, rushed through the trench, and set up a ladder under the city.

The defenders at the city top were 1,500 people and 500 elite heavy cavalry equipped with three-eyed guns. In fact, these heavy cavalry of Li Guodong were also elite heavy armored infantry after dismounting. Each of them was wearing multiple armors, and under the iron helmet, they also wore iron mask protection, and their whole body was covered with swords and guns.

The 100 nine-headed bird gunners and forty-four gunners on the fortress on the city were also wearing thick armor and iron helmets, but they lacked arm guards and war skirts.

There were 100 light cavalry acting as archers standing on the ten arrow towers. The armor on their bodies was relatively weak, but they were shooting arrows from a high place. The arrows shot by the Jin army under the city were not very threatening to them. There were 200 light cavalry acting as archers under the arrow tower for rotation. According to Li Guodong's requirements, each archer shot ten arrows, and the next group was replaced. The three archers took turns to shoot archers, which could save physical strength and ensure continuous attack power.

Min Zhuang, who assisted in defending the city, also obtained armor, which was leather armor seized from the Korqin people. Although the protection ability is far less than that of the Jurchens' cotton armor and chain mail, it also has a certain protective effect. Especially when standing on the city wall, the power of the arrow shot from the city will be reduced, and leather armor can also provide certain protection.

The Jin soldiers used archers to cover the city-climbing soldiers and began to climb the city wall. The first batch of soldiers who climbed the city wall were the ones who were slightly injured in the previous attack battle. The injuries they were bandaged and could still fight, but the lead bullets remained in their bodies and would sooner or later die from the lead poison attack. So Sahalian simply used these Jurchen soldiers who had not lived for a few days as cannon fodder and sent them to the first batch of sieges.

Five hundred archers stood under the city, shot arrows at the top of the city, and covered the hand-to-hand combatants who were climbing the city wall.

On the city, tiger squat cannons, nine-headed bird muskets and archers on the archer tower kept shooting at these Jurchen archers. Because the Ming army on the city and the archer tower had the advantage of terrain and had female wall protection, the battle losses between the two sides were disproportionate. For every five or six archers in the Later Jin army fell, only two strong people fell on the top of the city, while the Ming army archers had no damage to the firearms.

The civilians who assisted the city to defend the city braved the arrows of the Jin soldiers and kept smashing the lime bottles and turbulent oil tanks, pouring down the smelly and hot gold juice, slapped the wolf teeth, yaksha mars and other weapons to guard the city from the top of the city, and then pulled the winch to retract them, killing and killing the Later Jin soldiers who were climbing the city in large numbers.

Some Minzhuang and several others carried a thick log, hit the ladder at the top of the city, and knocked it down. A string of Jin soldiers on the ladder fell down like dumplings.

Under the city, more Jurchen archers came in and increased their suppression on the city. Under the cover of the rain of arrows, the Min Zhuang on the city was suppressed and unable to show his head.

The archers under the city protected the melee soldiers to climb the city wall. Under the cover of dense rain of arrows, several ugly and huge heads finally emerged from outside the female wall and were about to climb to the top of the city. At this moment, each of the five hundred heavily armored cavalry held a three-eyed gun in his hand, aimed at the head that had just emerged, and poked the fuse through the fire door.

"Bang bang bang" the gun sounded, and the Jurchen soldiers who were about to climb up the city were beaten into a hornet's nest.

After three rounds of projectiles, the cavalry immediately handed the three-eyed gun to Min Zhuang behind him, and asked them to load ammunition, and they flew heavy weapons such as big axes, page hammers, maces, and maces to greet the Jurchen soldiers who were climbing up behind.

The Later Jin soldiers had just climbed up to the city and had not yet gained a foothold, but were hit by the heavy weapons of the Ming army, their brains were broken, and their internal organs were broken. More than 100 people who climbed up the city wall were all killed at the city top. Li Guodong's heavy cavalry only killed one person, seriously injured one person, and slightly injured two people.

Both sides were also used as infantry soldiers. It was not that Li Guodong's cavalry had more powerful infantry battles, but that they had the advantage of the city wall and had the help of Min Zhuang. Every Jurchen soldiers who climbed up the city had to face more than ten Min Zhuang and three or four heavily armored soldiers. Naturally, they would be defeated as soon as they climbed up the city.

The Later Jin archers who were responsible for the cover mission at the city were even more injured. The arrow tower, the nine-headed bird, and the tiger squat cannon took turns to shoot dense arrow projectiles under the city, and even the three-pound iron cannon joined the ranks of shooting at the city.

To fire a three-pound iron field gun at the city, you must lift the tail of the cannon and make the barrel facing down. In this way, the shotgun loaded in the cannon chamber will easily fall out of the gun port. So after the gunners loaded the cannon, they simply pulled off the sleeves of their clothes and stabbed the sleeves into the cannon chamber with a push rod so that the cannon will not fall out. Then lift the tail of the cannon and aim at the city to ignite the fire.

Although Li Guodong's shotgun is a spherical shape wrapped in cardboard, the shotgun can only be made smaller than the caliber of the gun because the shell is soft, which makes it easier to load. However, when shooting downwards, the loaded shotgun is easy to fall out.

Needless to mention the armor-breaking ability of the firearm. The iron-packed shields of the Later Jin army were broken by the Nine-Headed Birds and the Cannon, not to mention the armor on their bodies.

The archers standing on the tower shooting also played a huge role. The heavy arrows shot from a high place also have good armor-breaking ability. One or two heavy arrows shot on the armor under the dual action of strong bows and gravity, like being shot by a javelin. Although they cannot penetrate the armor, they can also be injured. What's more, most archers are elite veterans who have been following Li Guodong for five years, and many arrows directly hit the front of the Later Jin soldiers.

Li Guodong also shot archers with his own hands, and shot out the arrows without any slightest, killing twelve Later Jin archers.

As for the counterattack of the Later Jin Dynasty, he didn't have to worry at all. The arrow tower was high, and the heavy arrows shot from below had no strength and could not penetrate the armor on his body at all. When the light arrow shot up, the armor that hit him was like it was tickling, and they were all lightly bounced to the ground.

Sahalian knew that the attack was only a tactic for adding fuel to the fire, so he ordered the Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and the Later Jin army, who suffered a great loss, retreated.

"Master Beile, we will send white-armored soldiers to go around from both sides and detour behind Minggou to defeat the enemy." A Meleezhen suggested.

"I thought of this method before, but Minggou must have been on guard against the mountains on both sides. Our people are not familiar with the terrain, so they are afraid that Minggou will be plotted against." Saha Lian said.

"Master Bell, but we don't need this method anymore. We will be trapped in the valley!"

"Okay! It's not easy to attack anyway, so I'll let all the white-armored soldiers attack and go around the mountains and forests on both sides!"
Chapter completed!