Southern Ming Rebel Army

The drums had been beating for a long time, and even the Qing soldiers beating the drums had been replaced twice, but Suzhou City still stood firm. Dozens of ladders had already been leaning against the city walls, and the Green Camp soldiers who were climbing the city walls fell down one by one, some were broken by rolling logs, and some were hit in the head by piles of stones, lying on the ground with blood all over their heads. The surviving people were unable to move because of the pile of corpses above them, and could only shout helplessly below. The scene of the pile of corpses shocked Lin Shiqi, who had seen life and death before.

On the Liaodong battlefield, the Qing army seldom launched such large-scale sieges. Most of them attacked the city from within, or besieged the city and attacked the reinforcements, defeating the reinforcements and making the defenders of the besieged city despair and surrender.

Dense groups of Green Camp soldiers were climbing the ladders, and several siege towers were leaning against the city walls. The baffles of the siege towers were lowered and placed on the city walls. The elite armored Green Camp soldiers inside came out roaring, and there was a sound of fighting on the city walls.

Shang Shan, who was behind the formation, couldn't help but exclaimed in delight, "They've attacked!"

Bolo put down the telescope and said slowly, "Don't be happy too soon. Only when we capture the city wall and the army enters the city can we be considered victorious." Then he smiled and said to Shangshan, "Shangshan, get ready. I'll give you another chance." Then he said, "The final word will be decided. I will select another 2,000 elite soldiers from the Eight Banners to go up to the city with you. Tonight, I want to taste the daughter of Wu Yue in Suzhou City."

Shang Shan excitedly bowed and said, "I will obey your orders and will not disappoint you, Marshal."

The battering ram at the city gate continued to hit the gate, and with every hit, the huge city gate would tremble.

The battering ram was a round log as big as a bucket hung on a thick iron chain. The log was also covered with iron sheets and was used to hit the city gate.

Seeing that the city gate was in danger, Wang Defu urgently ordered his soldiers to bring stones to hold up the city gate. At the same time, logs and stones from the city wall smashed the battering ram with all their might, and the wooden boards on the battering ram were shaken.

"Pull hard, brothers!" Dozens of Green Camp soldiers suddenly leaned back and pulled the rope. The huge tree swung back, and then they let go of their hands together, and the battering ram swung and hit the city gate.

With a loud "bang", although the Suzhou city gate was strong, it was still shaken back violently by the impact, and the dust on the city wall fell down and landed on the defenders at the gate. The battering ram swung again, carrying a huge force to hit the city gate. The defenders at the city gate immediately rose and fell like waves under the violent impact.

"Here they come, the stone slabs are coming." The auxiliary soldiers in the rear had unearthed a large number of stone slabs from somewhere, and it seemed like four people were struggling to carry a stone slab.

"Put it vertically," Wang Defu shouted with sweat on his forehead.

As the stone slabs were piled up like a wall, the movement of the city gate became duller and duller. The power of the battering ram was absorbed by the stone slabs blocking the gate, and it seemed a little powerless.

The crisis at the city gate had just been resolved, but the situation on the top of the city wall was somewhat critical. Captain Xu Biao and a team of his personal soldiers had been fighting for several hours, and their throats were so dry that they were about to smoke. Xu Biao was originally from the Green Camp in Suzhou. After Meng Jun broke through Suzhou, Xu Biao surrendered to Meng Jun under siege.

At this time, at the nearby battlement, several Meng army soldiers were shot in the vitals by arrows from below the city and fell to the ground. The Qing army climbing the ladders began to jump onto the top of the city one after another.

The Green Camp Qing soldier who climbed the city wall jumped off the parapet and chopped down a civilian who was carrying arrows with his sword.

Xu Biao was furious. There were so many defenders here, yet they dared to be so arrogant in front of him and treat him as nothing.

"Kill him for me!" Xu Biao pointed at the Qing soldier and roared.

At once, dozens of guards around him rushed forward.

Upon seeing this, the Green Camp soldier's face turned green with fright. He just chopped a civilian, but it was like poking a hornet's nest. Just then, another Qing soldier climbed up in front of him. Before he could see the situation clearly, he was knocked down to the foot of the city by a stick of iron rod used by one of Xu Biao's personal guards.

Seeing a group of burly men rushing over, the Green Camp soldier was so scared that he turned around and jumped off the city wall. The corpses under the city wall served as a cushion for him. The Green Camp soldier only sprained his leg when he fell down and was not seriously injured.

"Waste, coward." The luck of the Green Camp soldier who managed to escape ended here. He looked at Bian Hu with a pale face, watching the tiger-head sword chop off his head. His head rolled on the ground with his eyes fixed, and the blood from his neck gushed out like a spring.

Bian Hu killed the man as easily as killing a chicken, then turned around and shouted, "On the battlefield, anyone who retreats will be killed. Don't blame me for not considering our friendship, I will show no mercy." After that, he started to climb the city wall with dozens of his personal guards.

After saying that, Bian Hu took the lead and quickly climbed the ladder, leaping onto the top of the city wall in two steps. He and Xu Biao looked at each other and shouted "Kill" one after another.

Bian Hu took the first step and swung his tiger-head sword horizontally. Xu Biao blocked it with his sword. The powerful blow knocked Xu Biao against the wall. The sword of the guard at Xu Biao's side slashed at Bian Hu, leaving only a spark.

Bian Hu slashed the guard's neck with his sword, but the thin collar armor could not block the damage at all. Caught off guard, the guard fell to the ground, holding his neck.

Xu Biao was furious. The personal guard had followed him for many years, and this time he died just like that. "Take a blunt object and smash him to death," Xu Biao roared after he had recovered.

Several guards carrying blunt weapons rushed forward and besieged Bian Hu. Bian Hu had just jumped onto the city wall, and his guards behind him had just appeared. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Biao and several others rushed up. Two guards held Bian Hu with spears in their hands. Bian Hu swung his sword downward, and the two spears broke. Xu Biao took the opportunity to kick him in the abdomen, but Bian Hu just staggered and did not fall to the ground. Instead, he swung down towards Xu Biao's chest. Xu Biao was unable to dodge, and the sword broke the armor on his chest, and blood immediately seeped out.

Xu Biao gritted his teeth and slashed at the weakly defended leg with a knife. Bian Hu groaned and fell to the ground. While he was lying on the ground, several guards holding blunt weapons beat his head frantically. Bian Hu was lying on the city wall with blood all over his face, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.

"Sir, go and bandage him quickly. We'll hold on here," Xu Biao's personal guard beside him said hurriedly.

Xu Biao shook his head and looked up to indicate that Bian Hu's personal guards had also climbed up the city wall. Without saying anything more, the fighting began again.

"Kill, kill the Tartars!" Qian Biao was covered in blood, as if he had been fished out of water. More than half of the 500 heavily armored soldiers beside him had been killed, but he still ran around like a firefighter four times. Teams of auxiliary soldiers climbed up the city walls from the bottom of the city, and were constantly consumed on the city walls like consumables. Only a few lucky injured ones were carried down the city walls by their teammates.

Lin Shiqi was at the city gate tower, and he would send out the reserve troops wherever the situation was critical. The battle had lasted for five and a half hours, and the original rotation system had been rendered useless by the Qing army's crazy attack.

Seeing that the situation on the city wall was becoming increasingly urgent, Lin Shiqi urgently ordered the heavy armored troops to go up to the city wall. However, the number of musketeers was too small and they were still gathered on the city wall, following Lin Shiqi.

When the siege had reached this point and the Green Camp soldiers were close to collapse, more than 2,500 Blue Banner soldiers led by Shang Shan had arrived at the city.

Ma Degong had several arrows stuck in his body, which swayed as he ran. Ma Degong quickly came to Shangshan and said, "I am here to see you, Lord Beizi."

"Well, General Ma has put in a lot of effort in this battle, and the Marshal has seen it all," Shang Shan patted Ma Degong's shoulder affirmatively.