When the soldiers hiding in the watchtower heard Mr. Huang's words, they all nodded in agreement.
Although the gunfire just now was scary and hit the watchtower where they were hiding, it failed to hurt them. The strong support of the watchtower blocked the bombardment of the rebels.
This also gave them more confidence in the watchtower.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The deafening sound of cannons will be heard every moment among the sounds of other cannons, and because the sound of the cannons is so loud, it is different from other cannon sounds and is easy to distinguish.
The watchtower was shelled again and was shaken.
The people hiding inside felt their hearts in their throats at first, but then when they saw that the watchtower was safe, they all put aside their worries. Some of the bolder people even started to gossip.
"Boss, when are we going to hide? The bandits keep firing, and we're going to keep hiding like this?" A soldier in the watchtower asked Commander Huang.
Although it is safe to hide in the watchtower, with so many people hiding inside, it is not easy to move, which makes people feel uncomfortable. It is not as comfortable as walking around on the city wall.
Mr. Huang scolded: "You are so damn tired of living! Can't you hear the sound of cannons outside? If you go out at this time, you will be like those who died on the city wall. You won't even be able to leave a whole body."
Boom!
Suddenly, there was a crashing sound that was different from the sound of cannons, and it seemed that there were also cries.
"You're fucking dying. If you didn't hide well, why are you running out at this time?" Mr. Huang recognized the shouts from the city wall and immediately realized that someone had run out from where he was hiding.
"Could it be that the watchtower or bunk where we were hiding collapsed?" a soldier said cautiously.
Mr. Huang scolded angrily: "Fart, the watchtower we are hiding in has also been hit by several shots. When did it collapse, we all just hide. Don't go out and seek death for me."
As he spoke, he pushed aside the people blocking him and moved outside the watchtower, wanting to see what was going on on the city wall.
However, just when he was about to poke his head out of the watchtower, there was a loud noise in his ears, and then his vision went black and he lost consciousness.
The watchtower where he was hiding was blown down by a cannon.
Several bricks hit him on the head. Most of his head was flattened and he died on the spot.
In addition to him, there were several others who were crushed to death on the spot like him. Although most of the remaining people were buried underneath, they were still alive. However, many people had their bones broken and their tendons broken by the smash, making a sound. Wails.
On the city wall, more than one watchtower and den was collapsed by the shelling. Almost half of the watchtowers and dens were destroyed by these rounds of shelling.
Many defenders on the city had to escape from their hiding places.
Because the watchtowers and nest houses could no longer provide them with shelter, if they insisted on hiding inside, they would end up being buried beneath piles of bricks and broken logs.
The sound of artillery did not stop after destroying some watchtowers and dens. Countless cannonballs continued to fly towards the city wall, mixed with the cannons of heavy artillery, destroying those watchtowers and dens that were not destroyed.
Every time a cannon falls, it almost always brings up countless blood and pieces of flesh.
The corpses on those walls were once again tortured, and new corpses continued to fall.
The city wall had already become a mess. The defenders on the top of the city were all thinking about how to escape. Many of the defenders even fled down the city from the horse path.
Outside the city, Liu Heng held up a monocular and kept observing the situation on the city wall.
"Come on, order the first combat division and the personal division to attack the city." Liu Heng ordered the messenger who was standing by.
The messenger rode on horseback to deliver the order.
The sound of artillery soon stopped, and countless soldiers looked at the ladders and pushing the siege vehicles and rushed towards the urn city.
Wengcheng has two gates, one is Xuandong Gate and the other is Changchun Gate.
The defenders on the city wall had not yet recovered from the bombardment. The ladder had been set up on the city wall, and countless soldiers holding swords and shields climbed up the ladder.
The army did not encounter much resistance and successfully captured Wengcheng.
Next, when attacking the North City Gate, the Tiger-Character Banner soldiers who attacked the city were finally attacked by the defenders at the North City Gate behind the Wengcheng.
Arrows shot down from the top of the city, instantly killing dozens of soldiers.
"Swordsmen and shieldmen, all of you are here to support me." Zhang Sancha, who rushed into the Wengcheng with the army, roared loudly with red eyes and ordered the swordsmen and shieldmen to resist the bows and arrows shot from the city.
Countless sword and shield bearers raised their shields and stood together in groups, staring at the rain of arrows on the top of the city.
Under the protection of the sword and shield bearers, soldiers carrying ladders on their shoulders rushed to the north city gate and erected them on the city wall.
The soldiers climbed up the ladder and wanted to rush to the city wall.
The defenders on the city wall did not sit still and waited for death. They used long wooden forks to push the ladder set up on the city wall, connecting the soldiers with the tiger flag on the ladder, and pushed them to the ground together.
In addition, the defenders used a lot of three-eyed muskets to hit the Tiger Flag soldiers who wanted to climb the city wall.
As for the gold juice that was to be used in the defense of the city, all of it was destroyed before it could be put to use after the city walls were bombarded countless times.
kill!
The first one to climb up the city wall along the ladder raised his sword and slashed at the officers and soldiers in front of him. At the same time, he protected the ladder behind him, otherwise the officers and soldiers on the wall would have a chance to destroy the ladder.
The officers and soldiers who were holding wooden forks and were about to push the ladder had no time to dodge and subconsciously raised the wooden forks in their hands to resist.
Click!
The sword and shield hand cut off the wooden fork with one stroke, and a deep gash was cut on the chests of the officers and soldiers behind.
Blood instantly soaked through the outer clothes of the officers and soldiers.
After the sword and shield hand slashed with one blow, he flicked his wrist, raised the blade, and directly cut the opponent's neck. Then he kicked the person over and went to find the next opponent.
As sword and shield bearers ascended to the top of the city one by one, more and more tiger-character flag soldiers ascended the city wall from the ladders, while the number of defenders on the city wall became less and less dominant.
The defenders on the city wall began to retreat steadily, and in the end they simply chose to drop their weapons and surrender or flee for their lives from the horse road to the bottom of the city.
"Haha, okay, our soldiers have captured the North City Gate."
Zhang Hong, who was unable to participate in the siege, saw through the monocular that the soldiers with the Tiger Flag captured the city wall, and excitedly slapped his thigh.
"Our soldiers of the Tiger-Character Banner can even capture important towns like Datong City. There are probably few cities in the entire Ming Dynasty that our Tiger-Character Banner cannot capture." Zhao Yutu also looked excited.
Datong City was the first important town captured by Tiger Character Banner in the true sense. There were few cities in the entire Ming Dynasty that were as strong as Datong City.
"Yes, such an important town was so easily defeated by us." Liu Heng sighed with emotion.
If there were more defenders in Datong City, it would never be as easy for him to capture the city as it is now.
Twenty years later, with no reinforcements or food, Jiang Yu relied on Datong City to survive the attack of slaves and thieves for nine months, and killed countless slaves, which proved how difficult Datong City was to attack.
