On the moat, there were ladders on the moat. Jianlu held heavy armor and held a large shield and rushed up the ladder.

These Jianlu who attacked first were selected by Manguertae in advance and were all good at skill. If they were asked to hold their shields and wear heavy armor to walk across the ladder, there would be no problem.

But at this time, the bows and arrows on the top of the city and the lead balls were tilted down like money. The sound of the "puff" on the shield was almost continuous, and even the almost shield was broken if it didn't stand it for a while. Jianlu, who was hiding behind the shield, was also immediately affected. In the moat, Jianlu fell from time to time, and there was no shadow after bubbling in the water. Only the traces of red blood marks indicate that there were dead people here.

There are also those Jianlu archers who are close to us who are also taken care of by the firepower at the city. While the arrows are raining, they are mixed with bird guns and lead balls are flying around.

Whether it is the attack on the ladder of the city Jianlu or the Jianlu archers, people are shot almost every second. Many Jianlu have more or less arrows inserted into them almost soon. Fortunately, the shot is not the vital point, or the armor helmet is thick enough, so the arrow is hung on the body; but unfortunately, if you happen to hit the heavy armor on your body without protection, or you are hit by a bird gun lead, it means blood is splashing everywhere and falling to the ground.

Jianlu had strict military discipline, and even so, no one retreated. Those who should cross the moat continued to cross the moat, and those who should shoot archery did not retreat due to severe casualties.

Correspondingly, the Ming army on the top of the city was also covered by arrow rain. Except for those servants and a few soldiers, most of the Ming soldiers were just wearing cotton armor and had weak protection against arrow branches. Every time the arrow rain fell, screams sounded on the top of the city.

The other soldiers heard the screams of their companions or saw the pain of their companions rolling on the ground by arrows, and they couldn't help but be affected and shrank a little timidly. When the supervisory team behind saw this, they urged them sternly. Compared to Jianlu, the city was much more lively.

In this way, the Ming army was protected by the city walls, the military discipline of the Jianlu was strict, and the fighting will was tenacious. For a moment, the two sides fought to the point of equal battle.

The battle lasted for a while, and suddenly, a strange sound came from the Ming army with bird guns on the top of the city. A soldier screamed and rolled to the ground with his head covered. His bird gun had already exploded and was thrown to one side.

When the Ming soldiers who also used bird guns were seen, they were immediately frightened, afraid that the bird guns in their hands would explode. Even if there was a urging by the supervisory team, the speed would inevitably slow down.

At least half of the Ming soldiers were hit by a bird gun. After the speed slowed down, the pressure on Jianlu was obviously lower.

The civil and military officials on the inner city wall saw the attack and defense battle with real swords and guns in front of them. Seeing the blood sprayed and the broken limbs and wreckage, many people were already weak. At this time, they saw that the aura seemed to be weak on the top of the city, and many people were immediately panicked.

They all witnessed the cruelty of Jianlu outside the city just now. They did not treat people as human beings at all. If they rushed into the city, would the whole family still have a way out? I am afraid that it would be useless to surrender, and barbarians are barbarians!

On the arrow tower in the inner city, Zhou Yanru trembled and couldn't help but feel regretful. What kind of assistant minister he came to the capital to be? How good is it to be in Jiangnan! What if Jianlu attacked in and he hadn't lived enough yet?

Hu Guang next to him was different from them. When he saw such a tragic scene, for some reason, he was not afraid at all. Instead, he felt his blood boiling, which made him somewhat strange.

Although he also saw problems on the city wall, he was not worried at all. If Jianlu attacked the city wall in such a wave, Man Gui would be too bad. This capital would have fallen into it for a long time.

Although Hu Guang thought so, his brows were also frowning. It was not because of concern, but because he saw many problems in the city defense.

First, the quality of the cannon bird guns is problematic, especially the bird guns. As he saw, several bird guns have exploded now. The reason for the explosion is that the quality is not up to standard, and the soldiers are panicked and filled in too much gunpowder, which exceeds the ability of the gun barrel.

Second, the soldiers on the city were not disciplined and lacked training. There were many problems in the battle. It would be fine if they were in a hurry. Many soldiers even had panic and seriously affected their comrades. If it weren't for the city walls protecting them and fighting in the field, they would have been defeated long ago.

Third, the city’s protective measures are not done properly. Logically speaking, the sheep and horse walls need to be built inside the moat outside the city. On the outside of the moat, a horse-rejecting rifle should be arranged, a trapped horse pit should be dug, and antlers and thorns should be placed to slow the enemy’s attack on the city wall.

The reason why this was not done well was not blamed by Man Gui. It was mainly because Hu Guang ordered the withdrawal of the Wang Army outside the city for only about two days, and the capital was too large to know which direction the Jianlu would attack the city, so he had no time to arrange it for a while.

Another reason is that the court has no money and the capital does not have much inventory of protective equipment at all. All the equipment that was rushed to work at the first time were on the city wall.

Seeing this situation, Hu Guang couldn't help but think about it. He understood that if he just defended like this, it would be a little difficult. He wanted Jianlu to touch his head under the capital city wall, but he never thought about letting Jianlu attack him.

He recalled all his knowledge and experiences in his mind, thinking about what could be done to help the current situation and improve the defense of the defenders.

On the arrow tower on the outer city wall, as Hu Guang expected, Man Gui was not panicked at all. After seeing the battle situation, he found that the moat was filled with many Jianlu, so he ordered the defenders at the city to ignore the Jianlu who wanted to cross the ladder and take care of Jianlu archers with all their firepower.

The city's reserve team was also ordered to drive up to replace the musketeers whose gun barrels had heated, and the number of people was much higher than the beginning.

As a result, the Ming army's firepower was strengthened and concentrated, and immediately made up for the lack of military discipline and training, and began to suppress the Jianlu archers outside the city with their quantity advantage.

However, the Jianli who crossed the river was less pressure, and soon many Jianli arrived at the inside of the moat. According to the prior arrangement, they immediately gathered shield-holding defense to cover the accomplices coming from behind. Some of them began to pull out the ladders on the moat, as if they were ready to attack the city.
Chapter completed!