The surrendered soldiers were driven toward the Ji'an city wall. They were very conscious and knew that the value of their existence was to attack the city as cannon fodder, but they also knew that as long as they could survive, he would no longer be cannon fodder, but would become a member of the Taiping Army. This was affirmed by both the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it was also the only opportunity and benefit of these surrendered soldiers to work hard for this. At the beginning, almost all of these people had been driven into cannon fodder by the Qing army to attack the city, and it was very familiar to do this today.

More than 4,000 surrendered soldiers rushed to the Ji'an city wall in a swarm. Some carried the ladders they had just built, some pushed simple shields to build, some held the big shields on their heads, and some kept shooting at the top of the city with the bows and arrows they had just taken from the Taiping Army to cover their own way to climb the city and hit the city gate.

Although the Taiping Army surrounded Ji'an, the main attack was only one side of the south city. Fortunately, when the Qing army attacked Ji'an, it drove the people to fill the moat outside the city, so these surrendered soldiers could directly approach the city wall. Otherwise, there would be a moat across it, and most of them would die tragically by the moat.

Zhou Shixiang allowed the surrendered army to attack the city, and ordered the artillery troops to stop firing artillery to suppress the Qing army in the city. The main force of the siege was ordered to stand by on the spot and wait for the surrendered army to move when they arrived at the city. Hundreds of Mongolian cavalry were hanging behind the surrendered army. As a member of Weishe, once they found that the surrendered army had turned around or were delayed, they would go forward and slash. The surrendered army had no choice but to spread their legs and run forward, hoping not to be hit by artillery fire and bows on the top of the city.

On the top of the city, Yang Wenyuan, the general of Ji'an, who was lying behind the battlements, found that the Taiping Army had actually driven the surrendered troops to attack the city. He clenched his fists in resentment, as if a ball of anger would erupt at any time. The Qing army's gunners were waiting and had not received the order to fire the artillery. There were more than 20 artillery guns in Ji'an City, and the gunners in charge of fire were all the elite commanders of Liu Guangbi's command. The guerrillas led by the commander had injured Wang Deren with one shot in the defense of Ganzhou, causing the Ming army to stop the offensive, giving them a chance to breathe, and finally waited for the Manzhou soldiers coming from the north.

Yang Wenyuan was angry that the Taiping Army drove the Qing army to attack the city, but was not ruthless at all. The reason why he did not order artillery was because the surrendered troops had not yet entered the artillery range. Finally, the surrendered troops entered the artillery range. Yang Wenyuan slapped his hands heavily on the battlements and ordered the artillery. The gunner who heard the order immediately took the burning torch that had been prepared long ago and burned it to the fire letter that was exposed to the medicine chamber.

"boom!"

More than a dozen artillery erupted with anger, and shells roared out of the cannon chamber and flew towards the surrendered soldiers rushing from the distance. The sharp cannon sound was very harsh. The cannons fell to the ground, and screamed with each other. Many surrendered soldiers were hit directly by the cannons, and their bodies were blown into countless pieces, with hands and feet flying all over the sky, which was so horrifying. The surrendered soldiers who were not killed on the spot just wanted to die early, and rolled on the ground in pain, screaming shrillly. Where the cannon bombs were bombed, the cloud ladders and shield carts were everywhere, and the bodies of people were everywhere, with blood everywhere.

The sudden fire made the surrendered soldiers stagnate. Seeing the tragic situation ahead, many surrendered soldiers were so scared that their legs were trembling. However, the Taiping cavalry in the rear rushed forward without hesitation. The Mongols on the horse swung their swords to cut down dozens of heads in the Chinese language, which made the stunned surrendered soldiers no longer dare to hesitate and continued to rush forward in fear. Even though the artillery fire on the city was terrible, the consequences of not rushing were even more terrible. In the gap where the cannons on the city were busy changing the clothes and loading the ammunition, the surrendered soldiers rushed forward into the area. The cannons on the city fired again, and there was another scream.

After discovering the location of Qing army artillery on the city, the Taiping Army's artillery quickly adjusted the artillery position under the guidance of the white staff officers. With one round of artillery bombardment, the Qing army's artillery was blown up three times, scaring the Qing army's artillery as if they were ghosts.

The war drums that urged the attack were thunderous, and the Mongolian soldiers supervising the formation did not care about the lives of the surrendered soldiers. As long as there was a slight stagnation in front of them, they rushed up like wolves. Under the oppression of the Taiping cavalry, the surrendered soldiers had to continue to rush towards the city. On the top of the city, the Qing army's artillery and bows were fired. After hundreds of casualties, the surrendered soldiers approached the city wall and ladders one by one. Some of the Qing soldiers who were picked out to be armoured held big swords and hurriedly climbed up the city.

The Qing army on the city shot and killed those former companions wildly. One by one, the surrendered soldiers fell from the ladder, and soon there were corpses under the city. The surrendered soldiers either cried and shouted, or gritted their teeth and kept silent. The ones below climbed up desperately, while the ones above tried desperately to stop them.

On the top of the city, the Taiping Army's cannons and the Qing army's cannons flew back and forth, and the shouts of killing made the people hiding at home in the city frightened.

After half an hour of fierce battle, the Taiping Army Central Army camp raised the red flag. Suddenly, thousands of red armored Taiping Army rushed towards Ji'an City. At the front of the team were 300 soldiers with red star marks embroidered on their shoulders. They were holding the new type of musket that had just been issued, which was called the flintlock rifle in the army.

After discovering that the Taiping Army began to attack the city, Qing Admiral Liu Guangbi hurriedly pulled the personal soldiers of the governor to rush up to the city. At the same time, he carried more than a dozen boxes of silver to the city, and ordered that no matter whether the military or civilians, he could get a handful of silver from the box. People died for money, birds died for food, and money could make ghosts push the mill. Looking at the dazzling silver ingots, the Qing soldiers guarding the city were full of morale and could not be increased.
Chapter completed!