Chapter 45 Difficulty defending the city
To be honest, the Jin army attacking Da'ankou looked down on the Ming army defending the city. When they attacked Li Laoer's castle, they dispatched surrendered Ming army soldiers and Han people Baoyi Aha as cannon fodder. When they attacked Da'ankou, they were too lazy to use cannon fodder, so they just came up with armored flags and attacked.
Under the cover of the archers of the other seven flags, the heavy armored soldiers of the Gebush Xianchao camp, who was responsible for climbing the city of Zhenglan Banner, approached the city. Ladders were erected high and they tightly grasped the city wall. The so-called Gebush Xianchao camp is equivalent to the Ming army's vanguard camp. Although it is not as good as the Bayala camp, its strength is still above the Ali Haha camp.
The heavily armored infantry of Gebush Xianchao's camp carried tiger-toothed swords, short-handed axes and other short weapons on their backs. They held shields, long-handed axes, tiger spears, picking knives, horse forks, and maces. The siege infantry wore double or even triple cotton armor on their upper body and iron helmets, but removed the two slings on their lower body to facilitate movement of their legs.
The seven-flag archers under the city who were covering the siege had shot tens of thousands of arrows in a blink of an eye. The city was densely packed with rows of arrows, which looked like a layer of reed floss grew on the top of the city. On average, each eight-flag archer shot more than a dozen arrows, and the frequency of pulling the bow began to slow down.
The Ming army took advantage of the situation to counterattack, and the arrows shot down like rain. Many heavy armored soldiers of Gebushxianchao's camp were already covered with arrows, but they still howled and rushed towards the ladder. A few unfortunate heavy armored soldiers were also caught in arrows in front of them, screamed and fell backwards.
Among the locust-like arrows, there were some projectiles shot out by three-eyed guns and bird guns. White smoke came out from time to time from the shooting hole under the female wall of the city wall, and the huge roar was deafening. The heavily armored infantry caught in the bombardment immediately sprayed blood mist and fell down with a scream.
But more than 300 elite flag soldiers from Bayala camp followed closely behind Gebushxianchaoha camp. Each of these Bayala soldiers was an archer. After Bayala soldiers came up to shoot archers, the losses of the Ming army on the city wall suddenly increased.
The archery skills of the Bayala soldiers were very accurate. Not to mention the Ming army that showed their heads to shoot arrows, they were shot into the face or throat by the Bayala soldiers as soon as they showed their heads. Even the Ming army that hid behind the female wall. The Ming army that fired guns from the inside and out of the shooting hole were also quite casualties. The arrows shot by the Bayala soldiers were like poisonous snakes and directly drilled into the shooting hole. The Ming army gunman who had just fired the gun had not had time to retract and was shot by an arrow.
The threat caused by three hundred Bayala soldiers to shoot archers is even more than the threat of thousands of ordinary archers in the Eight Banners!
The firepower of the Ming army's counterattack was suppressed. In a blink of an eye, Gebushxianchao's heavy armored soldiers were almost climbing to the top of the city!
"Dog Tartars! Go and die!" A civilian next to He Xing suddenly roared, picked up a large stone from the ground on the top of the city, raised it high, and smashed it hard under the city.
"Swoosh" a feather arrow roared like lightning. The man immediately screamed, and the feather arrow drilled into his eyes, and the arrow drilled out from the back of his head with blood.
The counterattacking civilian fell down, but a dull collision sound was heard on the ladder under the city. The lightning rod helmet of the heavy armored soldier of the Gebushxianchao camp who was about to climb up the city was smashed. The Jin soldier did not even scream, and his thick body fell down from the ladder and almost knocked away the Jin soldier who was climbing the city behind him.
He Xing recognized the civilian who was shot to death by the Bayala soldiers just now, and was also a young man from his village. The two of them played together since childhood and were like brothers. Seeing their brother die with their own eyes, He Xing was furious and turned around and picked up a stenched iron pot from the bonfire. He walked to the chassis without hesitation, poured a full pot of golden juice onto the ladder under the city.
"Swoosh" several feathered arrows flew up to the top of the city. He Xing had also practiced some martial arts and was very fast. Seeing the arrow coming towards him, he quickly retracted his head. The arrow hit the iron pot and made a tingling metallic impact.
The golden juice was poured down from the city, and the smell was so stinking. The Jin soldier who was about to climb up the city was covered with a scent. The hot golden juice touched his face and immediately the flesh was blooming. The flesh on his face was scalded and fell down one by one. The thick cotton armor on his body was also scalded, revealing the iron armor. The Jin soldier screamed and fell from the ladder. The stench spread out from the city. The Jin soldier who was following the Jin soldier was also injured by the golden juice. Although he had not hurt his face, the armor was scalded. The hot golden juice was stained on his hands, and the scalded flesh fell down, revealing the thick white bones.
The temperature of the gold juice is extremely high and has great toxicity, so the scalds are basically beyond cure.
"Haha! I killed two Tartars! Relieve your anger! Relieve your anger!" He Xing put down the iron pot and murmured to himself.
"Take a lime bottle!" someone shouted at the top of the city.
At this time, the villagers who helped defend the city remembered that the lime bottles on the top of the city were not decorations.
He Xing picked up a lime bottle, scooped a scoop of hot water from the rolled-out iron pot, then sealed the mouth of the bottle with a cork, and threw it hard behind the large shield arrays under the city.
Hundreds of civilians picked up lime bottles, poured them into the water, and threw them to the back of the Jin army's shield formation. The feather arrows under the city flew up to the top of the city like rain, and many civilians fell down. But He Xing heard another sound of a clay pot bursting, and behind the large shield, a row of Bayala soldiers and Gebush Xianchao soldiers screamed. The attacked Bayala archers dropped their bows and arrows and ran back screaming.
The lime bottle soil bomb is not very lethal, but it is splashed onto the face by quicklime, which can make people lose their combat effectiveness for a while. If the later processing is not done well, the eyes may be blind.
The head of a Jin soldier was exposed from under the female wall. The Jurchen man's face was full of beard, his bull-eyed eyes flashed with fierce eyes, and his mouth wide open and shouted bird songs that the Han people could not understand, revealing a yellow teeth. The Jurchen soldier pulled out a tiger-toothed knife from his back and chopped off two civilians who had no time to run away with one knife.
Two Ming soldiers wearing mandarin duck war jackets faced him with long spears. The spear stabbed the Jurchen soldiers, but could not penetrate the armor. The Jurchen soldiers waved their swords and cut off the gun. He grabbed a broken gun with the gun head with the gun head with his left hand, threw it at a Ming army, shot through the throat of the Ming army, and then raised his sword and cut over another Ming army.
He Xing watched the Jurchen soldier wave his tiger-toothed sword and slash him on the head. He picked up a three-eyed gun from the body of a Ming army and tried hard to block the Jin soldiers' sword. The two weapons collided. He Xing, who had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, felt his arm numb. But he did not sit and wait for death, but swung the three-eyed gun and hit the Jurchen helmet with a heavy blow. Only a metal collision sounded, the Jin soldier screamed and fell to the top of the city.
The Jurchens behind were still climbing towards the city, and more than a dozen Jin soldiers were about to climb to the city.
At this moment, He Xing shouted anxiously: "Tube oil tank!"
Chapter completed!