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However, the Jin general was attacked.
The nearby Khitan and Jurchen reserve forces
They were immediately drawn over to help out of the predicament.
Zhang Di's Han soldiers were quickly attacked from both sides.
They have already made a difference.
Taking advantage of the Jin Kingdom's reserve force leaving,
Another Ming army force stormed the city and established a foothold.
.....
Under normal circumstances, Wanyan Zongwang should be standing inside the city wall.
No Han soldiers could possibly get close to him.
But the city gate tower was there a few days ago.
It had already been destroyed by artillery fire.
Wanyan Zongwang had only about twenty personal guards by his side.
Faced with Zhang Di leading two or three hundred men in an attack,
They were even able to fight their way out.
These Jin soldiers were top-tier elite troops, which is one aspect.
On the other hand, it also shows that Zhang Di's troops were too weak.
Although they were all rebels who crawled out of piles of corpses back then.
However, armor has always been primarily made of leather.
Only a few leaders were allowed to wear iron armor.
Zhang Di had more soldiers under his command.
But it's below the horse trail.
They were assigned there as reserve players.
Jin soldiers attacked from both sides.
Zhang Di was attacked from both sides.
The two hundred or so soldiers around him
In the blink of an eye, nearly half of them were killed or injured.
However, there was a large Ming army nearby.
A steady stream of people came to the city.
Ming soldiers hiding behind the parapet.
They even took the opportunity to bring out many flying ladders.
They climbed simultaneously from multiple locations next to the landing point of friendly forces.
The southern city wall of Gaocheng
The section near the eastern side of the barbican,
It is an area that is about twenty meters long.
It was quickly and completely occupied by the Ming army.
Four Ming soldiers formed a long spear formation.
Repeatedly stab and poke to the east.
The Jin army reserve force here,
They all rushed to rescue Wanyan Zongwang.
The Jin soldiers guarding the parapet
They had to deal with the Ming army climbing the ladders.
They also had to face the Ming army's gun formation attacking from the flank.
In the face of neglecting one aspect for another,
Not only were the flanks continuously advanced,
Several more Ming soldiers successfully scaled the city walls from the front.
Even worse,
Their commander was killed by muskets!
More and more Jin soldiers turned and fled.
They rushed towards the place where Wanyan Zongwang was besieged.
Wanyan Zongwang was greatly alarmed.
He drew his treasured sword and fought personally.
They stubbornly cut through Zhang Di's soldiers horizontally, clinging to the parapet.
Then, they immediately slipped into the Jin soldiers further east.
He ran all the way to the eastern city wall before shouting:
"Block the enemy troops!"
Chapter 278 Where is the military doctor?
The Jin soldiers placed inside the city
They are currently fighting against Zhang Di's Han army within the city.
Zhang Di's city teams are even weaker.
More than two thousand soldiers were routed by several hundred Jin soldiers.
They all fled towards the northern part of the city.
After hundreds of melee infantrymen scaled the city walls
The Ming army's musketeers also began to scale the city walls.
They didn't wait for the commander's order.
Fire freely at the Jin soldiers reinforcing the city along the horse path.
Similarly, they prioritized targeting Jin officers of all ranks.
As Ming troops subsequently stormed the city...
They quickly occupied a section of the city wall that was forty or fifty meters long.
Zhang Di was also rescued.
More than ten wounds all over his body,
He's almost covered in blood.
He led over two hundred soldiers who had attacked Wanyan Zongwang.
At this point, only sixty or seventy people remained.
Moreover, everyone was injured, making the situation extremely dire.
The reason these Hebei Han soldiers did not flee was...
It was purely because they stirred up a hornet's nest.
They were completely surrounded and had nowhere to escape.
Zhang Di was helped over by his cousin Zhang Hao.
Just as he was about to say something,
The approaching Ming general had already spoken:
"Good man, rest against the wall for a moment,"
"The medic will be here after the battle!"
"Thank you."
Zhang Di gave a bitter smile.
Wanyan Zongwang was filled with shock and anger.
He was so angry that he lost his composure and roared at the top of his lungs:
"Block the horse path!"
The horse path is a slope inside the city wall.
The middle section is a staircase.
Both sides are smooth ramps.
The smooth ramps allowed horses to gallop up the city walls from inside the city.
It can also be used to push some equipment up.
Cavalry could use this thing to charge onto the city walls and fight.
The Ming army has only captured a few dozen meters of the city wall so far.
As long as the horse path is blocked to prevent the Ming army from entering the city,
The Jin soldiers defending the city still had a chance to drive the Ming army back.
The Jin soldiers had gone mad.
Bring all the troops from the city here.
The other sections of the city wall were completely ignored.
In any case, the Ming army had already been suppressed within their camp.
It's difficult to attack other areas besides the southern city wall.
The siege has turned into a positional war!
The fierce battle took place on that small section of the city wall to the south.
On both sides were rows of Jin soldiers.
In the middle are the Ming army in formation.
Although the Ming army had fewer troops,
However, the Jin army was unable to capitalize on its numerical advantage.
Many Jin soldiers could only stand in the back row and fire haphazardly.
The Ming army camp had 210 cannons.
They were all aimed at the two city walls on either side of the entrance.
Jin soldiers inside and outside the city,
If they dare to bypass the main attack and attack the siege positions below the city...
It would inevitably be subjected to a barrage of artillery fire from 100 meters away.
Upon realizing that a section of the city wall had fallen,
Wanyan Chamu, who was besieging the camp outside, also began to go mad.
He ordered a large number of infantry to attack the wagon formation while...
Four hundred Zha Meng'an were sent to infiltrate them.
This involves abandoning the Ironclad Cavalry and using them as infantry.