Zu Dashou shouted loudly, cursed in his mouth, and then pulled the pole back fiercely.
The chisel hooks on the support poles were very sharp and surprisingly tough. Coupled with Zu Dashou's constant pulling, after a few times, the links of the ladder made a clicking sound.
"You two bastards, come here and help me~~" Zu Dashou turned to call two soldiers not far from him.
Two soldiers ran over, grabbed the pole one after the other, and pulled it back together with Zu Dashou.
With a "click~~" sound, the links of the ladder were pulled by the chisel hooks of the support poles and were twisted and deformed. In addition, there were more than ten Jurchen soldiers standing on the ladder. The weight of the ladder made the twisted links overwhelmed.
Then there was a "click" and the link broke.
If one link is broken, the ladder can still be used, but it is much less stable than before. Zu Dashou cursed, pulled back the support rod, and broke another link of the ladder.
"Crash..." Two links broke, and the ladder finally couldn't bear the weight of the Jurchen soldiers on it and collapsed. The ladder was thus destroyed.
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The Jurchen soldiers were not stupid either. Seeing Zu Dashou's bravery, they also stepped up their defense against the ladder.
More ladders came from behind. This time, the number of people on each ladder was 20% less than before. In addition, there were several Jurchen soldiers holding machetes and staring at the Ming army's poles.
As long as a support pole came over, these Jurchen soldiers would cut it off immediately so that the Ming army could not destroy the ladder.
Zu Dashou snorted coldly and calmly ordered arrows to be fired from left to right. The sound of arrows shot through the air continuously, and the Jurchen soldiers in front of the city wall also fell one after another.
Huang Taiji stood behind on horseback. Seeing that it was difficult to attack Zu Dashou's side, he quickly ordered a retreat and attacked to the east instead.
The garrison on the east side is General Mangui, who is actually more powerful than Zu Dashou.
Seeing that the Jurchen soldiers were attacking him, Mangui did not hesitate and immediately ordered the soldiers around him to set up Hongyi artillery and bombard them.
It has to be said that the power of this Hongyi cannon is great. Among other things, it is a good hand at destroying the Jurchen army's ladder.
Huang Taiji, who was commanding from the rear, saw this scene and gritted his teeth with hatred, but he had no choice but to do anything. However, Huang Taiji also understood what his father was thinking. If they could not capture this small Ningyuan City, then their Aixinjueluo family would not be able to capture it.
I have lost eight lifetimes.
Huang Taiji gritted his teeth, raised the saber in his hand, and shouted: "Charge me, charge me, destroy the Ming army and capture Ningyuan! Capture Ningyuan, and all the women inside will be yours."
Huang Taiji's order was very provocative. The Jurchens were not good at anything other than fighting. Once they heard that they could get women from the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchen army in front seemed to have been given a shot of blood, and they charged forward without fear of death.
Rush again.
Behind the main city gate, the Ming army continued to reinforce the city gate. Yuan Chonghuan and Ma Xiaoquan had discussed earlier and concluded that they would attack the main gate. Today they faced the enemy. As expected, the enemy pushed siege vehicles and kept hitting the city gate.
Because when the Jurchen army rushed to the main gate earlier, it had been divided into three groups by the mountain-shaped city wall, and on the three walls, the Ma family and his son were constantly killing and harassing the Jurchen army. Therefore, even if they reached the Jurchen army under the main city gate,
The army, both in terms of combat effectiveness and morale, is much weaker than it was at the beginning.
On the gable-shaped city wall, except for Ma Ruiqing's wall which is still intact, the other two walls have been half destroyed.
But it doesn't matter. The mountain-shaped city wall that extends out is originally built solidly. Even if half of it is destroyed, the Ming army can continue to fight on the other half.
At the rear of the Jurchen army, Nurhachi frowned. He squinted at the battle situation ahead, and listened to people coming back to report on the battle situation, and finally gave the order to attack the southwest.
Theoretically speaking, Nurhachi's strategy is correct. From the current point of view, the southwest side of Ningyuan City is the most seriously damaged. If we concentrate our forces from the southwest, it is very likely to create a gap in Ningyuan City.
But...Nurhachi ignored one issue, that is, the two Ming army defenders Ximian and Yinxian were not vegetarians.
Zhu Fu was the defender in the west, Zu Dashou was in the south, and Nurhaci chose a good place to attack the southwest.
Although when Nurhaci gave the order, Huang Taiji raised some questions after receiving the order, but the war was now tense and it was impossible to go back to discuss with his father Khan. Forget it, his father asked to attack the southwest, so let's fight.
On the city wall, Yuan Chonghuan could see the movement pattern of the Jurchen Army from a distance. He immediately ordered the two southwest guards to step up their defense. At the same time, he ordered people to aim the muzzle of the Hongyi cannon at the southwest front.
"Come on, you bunch of stupid Jurchens..." Yuan Chonghuan licked his lips and murmured.
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After Ma Yuan and Ma Xiaoquan settled Huayue and Beiming Shuangxue, who had fainted, to a safe place, they hurried towards the city wall.
The rumble of Hongyi cannons kept ringing from the city wall. Ma Yuan and Ma Xiaoquan looked at each other and said, "Little Fourth, I'm going to defend my city wall. You should keep an eye on yourself. Don't take risks for me anymore."
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Ma Xiaoquan just nodded, Ma Yuan replied, and left quickly.
After watching his second brother leave, Ma Xiaoquan did not hesitate, climbed up the city wall and came to Yuan Chonghuan's side.
Yuan Chonghuan was really shocked when he saw Ma Xiaoquan covered in blood. However, after asking him to make sure he was okay, Yuan Chonghuan said: "Nurhachi is attacking the southwest. What do you think of Brother Ma?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "The southwest side was indeed seriously damaged, and Nurhaci's fighting style was not wrong."
"Well, I think so too. I have to say that Nurhaci is indeed capable of taking down my Ming Dynasty Fortress one after another, but... Nurhachi ignored my Hongyi cannon, hum~~"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said: "Brother Yuan, I will also go to guard the front..."
Yuan Chonghuan originally wanted to stop Ma Xiaoquan, but seeing his persistence, Yuan Chonghuan sighed, took off his sword and handed it to Ma Xiaoquan, saying: "This sword has been with me for ten years. Brother Ma, I will give it to you to kill the enemy.
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Ma Xiaoquan took the sword, said thank you, turned around and ran away.
Yuan Chonghuan looked at Ma Xiaoquan's disappearing back, and then looked at the three fathers and sons of the Ma family who fought bloody battles on the mountain-shaped city wall, and couldn't help but praise: "It would be great if our Ming Dynasty had more loyal families like this...
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Ma Xiaoquan ran to the southwest and happened to encounter two Jurchen soldiers climbing up the ladder...