Chapter 829: Battle

Such a strong offensive posed a great threat to Gao Qiang. Although it was the defending party, the attacking party was too strong, even if it had a certain geographical advantage, it would have disappeared under this situation. It was completely in a situation of being beaten.

While covering the Ming Dynasty, it was advancing towards the city in an orderly manner. Although there were casualties, the casualties were largely from the enemy's artillery. However, hundreds of people appeared in the army of more than 100,000. As for Gao Qiang, there were quite a few casualties. And now they were suppressed tightly. Originally, archers could still hide behind the bushels, occasionally poking their heads out to counterattack with bows and arrows. Although they might not be able to shoot through those wooden shields, they could occasionally cause some casualties to the Ming Dynasty. However, after the Ming Dynasty's tower car appeared, this only advantage disappeared immediately. If they poked their heads out, they would be attacked by Ming soldiers immediately, and a tower car was enough to monitor a section of the city wall.

If it weren't for the vigorous sound of cannons and the explosions, the arrows still flying all over the sky, this would have been a big labor in front of me.

But this is the battle time in front of you.

The Ming soldiers advanced much smoother than they thought. The originally wide moat was quickly filled in half. Because the river channel became narrower, the river water gradually became a little turbulent, but this flow rate was still acceptable, so they continued to fill sandbags into the river.

On the other hand, facing the Ming soldiers who were getting closer and closer under the city wall, they became more and more anxious. They were suppressed by the Ming soldiers and had no way to poke their heads out. Once they could poke their heads out, they would be shot and killed by Ming soldiers immediately.

The strong generals were also anxious at this time. Once the Ming soldiers occupied the city wall, the city would be over to a large extent. So they immediately shouted: "Prepare the shield and learn from them!"

The strong soldiers immediately began to act as the general said, holding their shields toward the city wall, but some of their shields were wooden piers, and some of them were leather shields, and obviously, they muttered about the power of the heavy crossbow arrows.

Because these heavy crossbows must use their own power to fall and shoot the enemy to a large extent, and bowstrings and other things only play a role of a projectile, they must ensure that they have enough power to penetrate the enemy's armor when they fall. Therefore, this arrow is not only an arrow made of pure steel, but also almost all the first half is made of steel, so it is full of force when it falls, and these forces are enough to penetrate the leather shields completely and then completely eliminate them.

The thorn soldiers who were advancing were screaming endlessly. They were really muttering about the power of the bows and arrows of these Ming soldiers, but if the city wall was not up, there would be no chance in the city.

Thinking of this, the soldiers continued to rush towards the city wall, and one shield could not work, so there were only two shields, two shields and three shields. So not long after, a defense line was formed on the city wall. Although the heavy crossbow arrows of the Ming Dynasty had strong penetration power, they were also limited. Therefore, in this case, the strong soldiers quickly occupied the city wall again and then arrived next to the city wall. However, the bows and arrows had no effect on the shields below, so they threw stones downwards.

The battle seemed to have changed.

At this time, the drums of the Ming Dynasty suddenly sounded, and then the originally vigorous battle of siege suddenly began to retreat, and it was a very orderly retreat. It seemed that in not long, there was a person in front of the city, as if nothing had happened. Even the fragments of the wooden shield on the ground were taken away, as if nothing had happened. Of course, most of the canals that had been filled proved what had just happened.

Gao Qiangren suddenly wondered what happened to the Ming Dynasty people. After working hard to rush up to the city wall, he did not do anything and the enemy retreated again. Did the Ming Dynasty people really feel that this city cannot be captured and so they didn't plan to attack?

Many questions suddenly appeared in the hearts of these generals and high-strong soldiers. Looking at the retreating Ming soldiers, many high-strong soldiers even cheered. They repelled the Ming army. In fact, it was not them who repelled, but the Ming soldiers retreated.

There are two main reasons for the retreat of the Ming soldiers. First, it was already noon. The soldiers who had been busy all morning should have dinner. Only after eating can they have the strength to fight. Moreover, the city cannot be attacked for a while. It is better to have a meal before continuing. Second, let's make a living. Because it is siege, when the city is occupied by high-strength soldiers, the artillery troops behind threw rats and were afraid of hurting friendly troops by chance, so they did not fire on the city wall. In this way, the high-strength soldiers could counterattack. The purpose of the Ming soldiers' retreat was to give up their positions to the Ming artillery troops so that they could freely play to the city wall, so that they could attack the enemy very well.

The strong soldiers on the city wall didn't know that some generals were also pondering, but at this time, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from the air.

The powerful soldiers who were still holding shields were scared. They were so familiar with this sound, it was the sound of the Ming Dynasty shells falling.

"boom……!"

The huge explosion sounded on the city wall in an instant, and the soldiers who were not prepared at all were at all casualties. Moreover, in order to deal with the Ming soldiers' siege, the soldiers who finally carried shields had already filled the city wall. Now they were not at all prepared. Moreover, even if the three-layer shield could prevent heavy crossbow arrows, they could not prevent the explosion of the shells. Therefore, in just a moment, the city wall was swallowed by fire, and countless tile-sect soldiers screamed and fell off the city.

Those who were not dead did not dare to be stunned. They now knew that the reason why the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty retreated was to free up their positions for their artillery, and they and others became foolishly targets of other people's artillery attacks.

However, it is not the time to blame anyone. At this time, the soldiers of the Wassad fled to the city one after another. This is a place where they have no way to stay.

The Ming Dynasty artillery stopped after only a few rounds of fire. Anyway, there should be no one on the city wall when it hits. High-strong people will not stay on the city wall like pigs and wait for the shells without moving, so they will not have any effect when shooting. At least they can not only effectively kill and damage the enemy.

A temporary calm appeared on the battlefield, and neither side launched an attack. For the Ming soldiers, the main purpose of the current Ming Dynasty was to eat, waiting for orders when they were full. However, although the strong soldiers were already hungry, they had no time to eat now. Even if they had eaten, they would bite a few bites of steamed buns casually. During this war, let alone steamed buns, it would be good to have something to eat.

After about an hour of operation, the Ming Dynasty's war drums began to remember again, and then the Ming Dynasty lined up again in an orderly manner in front of the camp. The powerful soldiers couldn't help but gasp. There were more people in the afternoon than in the morning.

The Ming Dynasty artillery, who had been quiet for a short time, thought about it again. For them, the main purpose was to focus on the city wall, because too many artillery were concentrated on the city wall, and the wall in front had some cracks. After all, the power of each explosion is not low.

Like in the morning, the Ming soldiers first advanced, and after reaching a certain distance, they raised their shields and walked forward. To be honest, for the soldiers guarding the city, such Ming soldiers were the most difficult to deal with. There was no way to deal with them. They could only rely on artillery to cause certain damage to others, just like tickling them. The only damage was to throw stones down when they were approaching.

However, they have to wait for others to get closer, so now they can only watch the Ming soldiers walking forward again and be helpless. Moreover, because the Ming soldiers are still a certain distance from the city, the artillery roars again, and the city walls are immediately messed up by the fire again, and many casualties and injuries were caused.

The Ming soldiers quickly advanced to the edge of the city wall, so the artillery fire was concentrated behind the scenes. However, it seemed that they knew the tactics of the Ming soldiers, so the high-strength soldiers rushed up again and began to use the stones on the city walls to start counterattacks. However, the Ming artillery fired, which caused many of the stones accumulated on the city walls to be blown up somewhere, and the remaining ones were only a few.

Soon, the stone caused casualties to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, especially the soldiers in front. After all, the people who fell stones at such a high place did not have much strength to withstand it.

However, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not fools. They could not withstand it, so they just used other places to resist. So the monk who was already full of sandbags piled up two walls below, and then placed the shield as a roof. With a support point, the impact of the stone can be reduced. Moreover, like a strong soldier, if one shield doesn't work, two will be there, and if two doesn't work, three will be there. Anyway, there are many behind it, and they can be sent continuously.
Chapter completed!