Outside the sheep and horse wall, several siege ladder carts had arrived at the city gate. Compared to the siege ladders that could only accommodate one person at a time, these siege ladder carts had a much greater capacity to carry people.
Although their height was not comparable to that of the simple cloud ladder, and they could not directly help people climb over the wall, as soon as they reached the city wall, the Yan soldiers immediately lifted the cloud ladder from below to form a second set of steps, and one after another, the Yan soldiers on the vehicle began to climb upwards.
Compared to ordinary cities, the sheep and horse walls of the giant city of Nanze are longer and wider. They were very effective in dealing with enemy invasions, but with the fall of the sheep and horse walls, they have now become the stronghold of the Yan soldiers.
Thanks to the wide and long sheep and horse wall, the Yan soldiers could launch multiple landings by simply setting up ladders. Although the shooting from the inner city's troops was fierce, the Yan soldiers were not afraid of death and quickly occupied the sheep and horse wall on the east side of the gate.
What followed was their fierce firing. Although heavy firearms couldn't be brought up to the city wall, everyone had their own individual firearms, and at that moment, they opened fire on the outer barbican tower.
As for inside the city, as the chariots rushed in one after another, the cannons loaded inside were also carried out one after another by the Yan soldiers.
This scene sent chills down Jin Teng's spine as he stood on the outer barbican tower. Although he had ordered all his soldiers to fire at the enemy soldiers who had broken into the city, more and more Yan soldiers were now gathering on and off the tower.
That's fine, but he had never seen such fearless soldiers before.
Despite the fierce attack from their own side, they seemed oblivious. Even when their comrades were shot through by crossbow bolts or had gaping holes in their chests from cannon fire, the rest of them did not react at all and calmly continued to do what they were supposed to do.
They seemed to know nothing of death, as if they were born to be ruthless killing machines on the battlefield.
Even though they were seriously injured and their hands and feet were pierced by arrows, these people were still fearless, as if their bodies did not belong to them at all. It seemed that only when they were completely turned into corpses would they stop moving.
An ordinary army would have retreated at this point, but they ignored it and launched attack after attack, completely disregarding all other attacks.
"Buzz!"
Jin Teng stared wide-eyed, sweat pouring down his face, a buzzing sound echoing in his mind.
Such a terrifying army was something I had never seen before in my life. Even the barbarians, who were always brave and fearless, were nothing compared to it.
Only now did he belatedly feel a sense of lingering fear, realizing that withdrawing from Jinling earlier was an extremely wise decision.
When he retreated from Nanjing, he was still a little unhappy. He believed that although the Shenji Battalion was not yet fully formed, as long as they had firearms, they would definitely be able to fight against the rebels who had never heard of firearms before.
But now it seems that even without firearms, the rebels' fearless men alone could cripple the Shenji Battalion and possibly even lead to its annihilation.
Now, facing this rebel army head-on, Jin Teng, despite feeling a chill run down his spine, could only suppress his fear and choose to deal with their offensive without reservation!
"Quick! They're about to use cannons! We can't let them use cannons inside the city! Enemy soldiers on the city walls, hold your guns, aim the cannons at these people below!"
"Bomb me!" Jin Teng roared, his veins bulging.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Jin Teng grabbed an adjutant and shouted into his ear:
"Go to the inner fortress quickly! Have them bring the cannons from the inner fortress! Tell them the enemy's offensive is too fierce, and we don't have enough cannons here!"
In response to the rebels, the higher command set up multiple lines of defense, so the artillery was not concentrated in one place. However, as the battle progressed, the rebels' strong advance repeatedly rendered the defensive counter-offensive tactics ineffective.
Under this current offensive, Jin Teng dared not imagine how these enemy soldiers, born for war and utterly fearless of death, would advance into the city if this place fell.
In retrospect, abandoning the sheep and horse wall too early was undoubtedly a mistake!
The higher-ups underestimated the rebels' offensive and overestimated the difficulty of implementing the "luring the enemy into a trap" tactic, allowing the rebels to easily advance into Yangma City. This was no longer a simple "luring the enemy into a trap," but rather inviting a wolf into the house.
The so-called next tactic of counter-killing the rebels and then pursuing them now seems utterly absurd!
If we had focused our efforts on the first line of defense, Yangma Wall, from the beginning, we might have been able to halt their siege, even at the cost of heavy casualties, despite facing constant enemy fire.
Jin Teng was filled with regret. The entire tactic was planned with His Majesty's participation, but now it seemed that the direction was wrong from the very beginning. Just defending the city was already an extremely difficult task.
Now, Jin Teng has no choice but to bite the bullet and fight.
Upon receiving the order, the adjutant dared not delay and immediately went down from the city tower to the inner barbican.
Inside the corner tower, Xiao Hu, standing by the arrow slit, was drenched in sweat. He kept drawing arrows from the quiver on his back and shooting them at the Yan soldiers below the city.
By this point, he had emptied four quiver of arrows, but fortunately, the archers had plenty of arrows to prepare for the battle, since the higher-ups had initially anticipated that it might take several days or even half a month to finish.
Of course, this is on the premise that the enemy will retreat after suffering casualties. As long as they dare to organize their forces and launch offensives time and time again, they can be repelled time and time again. During this period, the enemy's forces will be rapidly depleted.
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