Southern Ming Rebel Army

The Qing troops at the siege tower had just been dealt with, and the siege ladders at other locations were also fraught with danger. Before Lin Shiqi could even catch his breath, he ran to the next battlement like a firefighter. At this time, Shang Shan's Zhenglan Banner had just arrived at the city wall.

Seeing the siege tower destroyed, Shang Shan cursed and pointed to the ladder to "climb the city".

These elite soldiers of the Eight Banners were all wearing armor, which was no match for Bai Yongfu's troops. The arrows were too far away and could not break the armor of the Eight Banners soldiers unless they hit the vital points. Now that they had reached the base of the city wall, the power of the bows and arrows had increased.

Several Eight Banners soldiers raised their shields above their heads and then began to climb up the wall quickly. The subsequent Banners soldiers followed behind these first Banners soldiers. The Banners soldiers under the city were like a blue wave, layered one after another, and the momentum was quite huge.

"Pour the gold juice, bring it up quickly, pour it on and scald these bastards to death. Ugh, ugh, it's so fucking stinky." A middle-level officer saw the Qing army with different armor and became extremely alert. Seeing that the gold juice was already rolling under the wall, he directed the three soldiers beside him to pour a pot of hot oil onto the ladder. As soon as it was poured, white smoke filled the air. The killing power was also amazing. The flag soldier who climbed the city first happened to look up at the top of the city wall when pouring the gold juice. A large amount of boiling gold juice was poured on his head, scalding his face and causing big blisters. He fell off the city wall with a scream. The splashing juice would immediately cause blisters on the Qing soldiers who were scalded by it. The stench around also made the flag soldiers here cover their mouths and noses, and the momentum of the siege was immediately slowed down.

This golden juice is equivalent to ancient biological weapons. If you are injured, you will at least lose a layer of skin if you don't die. The subsequent infection and fever will definitely be a nightmare for the injured given the medical level at that time.

Shang Shan, who was not far away, was so angry that his nose was almost crooked. Seeing that the officer dared to stick his head out to look, he immediately drew out his arrow and aimed at the man. In an instant, the powerful arrow came straight to the officer's forehead. Maybe it was luck, as a person suddenly came up to the officer's side, and the arrow pierced his collarbone at an angle.

"Damn it, second brother, second brother Li..." Yu Youtian felt sad. Even the reincarnation of Hua Tuo couldn't save him from this injury. "Second brother, what's your wish?" Yu Youtian asked anxiously. Unfortunately, the wound on second brother Li was too fatal. He only heard a "ho...ho" sound, and then he could only watch the young face disappear in front of him. If it weren't for second brother Li, he would be lying now. The angry Yu Youtian yelled, "Smash, smash these beasts to death for me!"

At this time, a reinforcement force in the city was about to reach the city wall. They were heavy armored soldiers led by Qian Biao. After receiving Lin Shiqi's emergency call, Meng Jun ordered Qian Biao to lead 500 heavy armored soldiers to assist the north city, and the musketeers followed closely behind.

The Qing army used its elite troops in the first siege, which was somewhat beyond Lin Shiqi's expectations. There appeared to be Eight Banners soldiers on four or five ladders climbing up the city wall. After suffering more than a hundred casualties, the Eight Banners soldiers finally climbed up the city wall using the ladders.

The flag soldiers who did not climb up the ladders hid behind the shield carts and fired at the defenders on the top of the city walls, suppressing the top of the city walls and providing cover for the Qing troops who were climbing the city walls.

The Ningwu Town under Lin Shiqi was guarding the north city. Although they were veterans who had experienced several battles, they were still insufficient when facing the skilled Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall. These Banners soldiers who climbed the city wall first were ruthless and dared to kill and fight. They saw that the defenders on the city wall were actually somewhat loose.

Shangshan, who was standing below the city, clapped his hands excitedly, feeling very happy. He kept saying "yes" excitedly. Seeing an endless stream of Eight Banners soldiers climbing up the wall, he urgently ordered the Eight Banners soldiers to increase their siege efforts, hoping to capture Suzhou today.

At the critical moment, the heavily armored soldiers led by Qian Biao rushed up. Five hundred heavily armored soldiers divided into several climbing points to climb the city. Qian Biao led a team of armored soldiers and rushed towards the nearest Qing soldier ladder. There were five Qing soldiers standing back to back. Although the number of besieged defenders was large, they were still suppressed. There were signs that the gap was gradually widening. Seeing this, Qian Biao drew his sword and brandished it, while shouting urgently, "Kill them for me!"

Qian Biao rushed forward and swung his sword at the neck of a Qing soldier. The Eight Banners soldier was also brave. Instead of retreating, he blocked the incoming machete and chopped back. Qian Biao was startled and narrowly avoided the attack.

The Eight Banners officer was none other than Niulu Ezhen Shukusheng. He forced Qian Biao back with a single blow of his sword, sneered, and continued to swing his sword forward, unafraid of the large number of people on Qian Biao's side, as if he wanted to kill Qian Biao.

"Damn it, let's fight shoulder to shoulder. There's no need to talk about the code of conduct when facing the Tartars." As soon as Qian Biao fought with this Eight Banners man, he knew that his skills were not as good as his. However, this was on the city wall, we had more people, and only a fool would fight you in a one-on-one fight.

Shukusheng's face changed. The Ming army opposite were all wearing heavy armor. Seeing several of them rushing towards him, his face became solemn. He was fully alert and blocked the weapons that were coming towards him one by one.

But in a short time, Shukusheng was out of breath. Three of the four bannermen around him died and one was injured. However, three more people climbed up, but the foothold was getting smaller and smaller. The three who climbed up were soon besieged and killed. Shukusheng looked at the Qing soldiers at other climbing points and saw that their conditions were the same as his. Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more dangerous, Shukusheng shouted "Retreat" and then helped the injured Eight Banners soldier, turned around quickly, climbed over the wall, put one hand on the ladder and slid down. However, the injured one was not so lucky. He lost his grip with one hand and fell straight from the top of the wall. He was motionless on the spot, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.

The Eight Banners soldiers who attacked the city returned empty-handed. Shang Shan sighed and had to slowly retreat from the pontoon bridge under the protection of his personal guards. The defenders on the city shouted excitedly when they saw that the Qing army was repelled once again.

Seeing that the Qing army was about to retreat, Lin Shiqi hurriedly called on the archers to shoot, and the cannons that could be fired continued to fire. Even the two hundred newly built musketeers were sent to the top of the wall to shoot at the Eight Banners soldiers. For a moment, cannons, muskets, bows and arrows, and catapults rained down on the retreating Qing army.

The Qing army retreated from the city wall in a panic. From time to time, Eight Banners soldiers were hit by muskets and fell into the trenches screaming. The Qing army's retreat was in chaos.

After a while, the sounds of fighting on the battlefield gradually calmed down. Only the wounded but not dead soldiers were groaning helplessly on the battlefield, or in the trenches, or on the plains. Only helpless death was waiting for them.

After Shang Shan retreated to the battlefield in a panic, he knelt down in front of Bolo, his face turning pale and blue, and said in a muffled voice, "I have made a mistake, please punish me, Marshal."

Bolo stared at Shangshan for a while, then said, "It's okay, it's just the first battle. Suzhou is a big city, how can it be taken down in one battle? If so, then Meng Jun is too useless."

After saying that, Boro looked at the messy battlefield, then whipped his horse whip and said, "Besiege the city!"