The Ming army rushed out of the city gate, with shield soldiers protecting them in the front, spear soldiers in the middle responsible for output, and the Ming army behind trying every possible means to finish off the enemy.
Some used horse lances to smash, some used swords to chop and stab, and some Ming soldiers first covered the enemy's face with mud, and then finished off the enemy after they lost their vision.
In the wind and rain, there were constant shouts and cries of killing outside the city of Xuanfu.
While the two sides were fighting near the city gate, the attacking side made new progress.
The Jiannu climbed up the city wall using ladders!
At first, the Jiannu soldiers on the ladders were troubled by the splashing tung oil and kerosene.
Too slippery.
These wooden ladders were already slippery in the rain, and became even more slippery after being watered with tung oil and kerosene.
It should be extremely difficult to climb the city wall.
but.
The heavy rain helped.
If tung oil or kerosene is poured on dry wood, washing it with water for a short time will not change the slippery state.
The reality is that the wood was first wetted by rain and then doused with tung oil and kerosene.
The wood, having absorbed the water, cannot absorb the oils.
The tung oil and kerosene used by the enemy only temporarily affected the speed at which the Jiannu army climbed the city walls; the tung oil and kerosene were washed away by the rain.
The Jiannu soldiers rushed up the city wall using ladders.
The first Eight Banners soldier who rushed up the city wall was very excited. If he successfully captured Xuanfu Town, he would have a hereditary position.
From a low-level Eight Banners soldier, he transformed himself into an Eight Banners aristocrat.
Although he is not a high-ranking official, he is still an official after all.
Under the temptation of the hereditary commander, he rushed directly towards the nearest Ming army to buy time and space for his companions behind him.
Swish, swish, swish, four or five armor-piercing spears pierced his body at the same time.
These armor-piercing spears that could easily pierce cotton armor did not perform as powerful as imagined. They stabbed the Jiannu soldiers' bodies as if they were stabbing on iron plates.
The soldiers who were strong and had good aim used their armor-piercing spears to pierce the ribs and armpits of the Eight Banners soldiers. As they pulled the spears out, blood oozed out.
The other soldiers' armor-piercing spears either pierced the enemy's chest or shoulders.
Although it cannot be said that there was no damage at all, there was not much harm caused either.
Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, the Eight Banners soldier stretched out his arms and held these armor-piercing spears at the same time.
"Brothers, come on!" the Eight Banners soldiers raised their arms and shouted.
A Han Eight Banners soldier shouted to the defenders on the top of the city: "Surrender and you will not be killed, resist and you will be massacred!"
"Surrender and you won't be killed, resist and you will be massacred!"
Five or six Eight Banners soldiers climbed up the city wall using ladders and rushed towards the nearby Ming army with swords.
They did not seek to injure or kill the enemy, but only hoped to use their bodies to hold back the Ming army and provide cover for their companions who would later climb the city walls.
"Go to hell, you bastard!" A Ming soldier rushed forward with a large mace in both hands.
The distance between the two sides was not far, and the Ming army holding maces did not need to aim at all.
No sound of breaking air could be heard in the wind and rain, and the huge mace hit the helmet of the Eight Banners soldier directly.
With a clang sound!
The maces in the hands of the Ming army were shaken out of their hands.
The upper part of the helmet was directly dented, and the red and white substance flowed down through the gap of the helmet.
The rest of the Eight Banners soldiers who had climbed onto the city wall immediately stepped forward with their swords, hacking the Ming soldier to death.
A bloody battle broke out between the two sides on the city wall.
Although the Ming army was able to use armor-piercing spears and blunt weapons to kill and injure one Eight Banners soldier after another.
However, the ladders were occupied by the Eight Banners soldiers, and their killing speed was far slower than the speed at which the other side climbed the city.
As more and more Eight Banner soldiers climbed up, the defenders of this section of the city wall showed fear on their faces.
These garrisons consisted of four parts.
Some of them were soldiers from the Five Army Battalions brought by Yan Yingyuan, who participated in the defense of the capital. After the baptism of war, these people had stronger psychological qualities than ordinary soldiers.
He is also the backbone of the city defense this time.
The second part is the Xuanfu border army, which is the group led by Ding Yi.
The border troops were much stronger than the defending troops, but unfortunately they were too few in number and their armor and weapons were outdated, so they were sent by Yan Yingyuan to the city gate to defend against the enemy.
The third part was the garrison of Xuanfu Town and several other nearby cities.
Most of them were from the garrison troops, and a small number were from the battalion troops. These people were ill-equipped, and their physical and mental qualities were not very good. They could still fight when they had an advantage, but once they were at a disadvantage, they would involuntarily want to escape.
The last part is the people recruited temporarily.
These people were divided into two extremes. One part was as fearless as a newborn calf and fought to death; the other part became dazed at the sight of blood and forgot what they were doing.
Faced with these "monsters" covered in armor, the defenders began to waver.
Too hard to kill.
Without the advantage of being on high ground, they can make a one-for-one trade if they are lucky.
If they are unlucky, they may have to sacrifice the lives of two or even three of their companions to kill one enemy.
Seeing that more and more Eight Banners soldiers were rushing forward, the defenders began to retreat involuntarily.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
An inaudible sound of breaking air came from my ears.
As the sound of breaking air disappeared, three or four ropes entangled the ankles of the two Eight Banners soldiers.
It turned out that Yan Yingyuan had arrived.
"Use the crossbow!" he shouted, pulling the rope in his hand hard.
There is an iron block with a hook on the front of the crossbow, which will get entangled in anything it hits after being thrown.
Yan Yingyuan used a crossbow to entangle the ankle of an Eight Banners soldier.
"Pull!" Two people pulled the rope hard, and the entangled Eight Banners soldiers were pulled to the ground before they could react.
The body moved uncontrollably towards the Ming army.
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