Soon, just as Zhu Ping'an was commanding the young and strong people to escort their fellow villagers down from the city wall, the Japanese pirates' arrows whizzed up to the city wall.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh”
Feathered arrows pierced the air, emitting the sound of death, and covered the city walls like a storm. Although the city was protected by battlements, many casualties were inevitable.
"The defensive equipment on the city has been used up. We must not miss this opportunity. We must not give the city any chance to breathe! We have hastily made eight siege ladders. Everyone, go up there. If there are no siege ladders, we will use human ladders! We must take down the small city of Jingnan! Anyone who dares to shrink back will die!"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro was unwilling to accept defeat, and he raised his Japanese sword and roared as he ordered the Japanese pirates to attack the city again. He believed that the previous wave of siege failed because too few Japanese pirates attacked the city wall, which resulted in the two-legged sheep on the wall using their numbers to drive down his ferocious Japanese pirates. So this time he learned from his lesson and not only hurriedly made eight more siege ladders, but also ordered the Japanese pirates to use human ladders to attack the city.
Under the roar of Heihachiro and the cover of the torrential rain of arrows, the Japanese pirates set up siege ladders, human ladders, threw up flying claws, ropes... ... They used all kinds of siege methods, and attacked the city in a dense swarm like locusts.
"The Japanese pirates are crazy!"
Seeing the Japanese pirates attacking the city like locusts, everyone on the city wall took a deep breath.
"Haha, the Japanese pirates think that we have used up all our city defense equipment, so let's give them a surprise!"
Zhu Ping'an curled the corners of his mouth, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and shouted loudly to everyone.
"Hahahaha, the county lord is right. Give him a surprise! Let them remember it forever!"
"Give him a damn surprise!"
Zhu Ping'an's teasing words greatly eased the tense atmosphere on the city wall. People laughed and rubbed their hands, ready to give the Japanese pirates a surprise.
“Smash!”
When the Japanese pirates were halfway up, Zhu Ping'an shouted and took the lead in throwing a stone down.
Then, heavy objects such as stones, water tanks, and millstones were smashed down, covering the sky and the sun, and golden juice poured down.
"Fuck, are there no defensive equipment on the city? Why are there more than last time?!"
"Heihachiro, fuck me!"
“Help!”
The Japanese pirates did not expect that there were so many defensive equipment on the city wall. They were as densely packed as locusts attacking the city. When they looked up, they were hit by the heavy objects that covered their heads and blocked out the sky. They screamed and cried for their parents, and there were many casualties.
"Hurry up and move all the things up there."
When the battle broke out on the city wall, the common people below the city continuously transported stones, door panels and other heavy objects to the city wall. The young and strong people on the city wall responded from above and carried the city defense equipment supplemented by the common people to the city wall and replenished the front line.
Therefore, huge rocks, logs and other heavy objects kept falling from the city, and the Japanese pirates attacking the city suffered heavy casualties as if they were being slaughtered.
"Baka!"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro saw this scene and gnashed his teeth in anger. He brandished his Japanese sword and chopped down a lagging Japanese pirate. He shouted fiercely and urged the battle, "Attack, attack!"
Under Heihachiro's bloody supervision, the Japanese pirates gritted their teeth and climbed up the city wall while holding on to heavy objects such as huge rocks, wooden boards, and gold juice.
The walls were well-stocked with siege equipment, and the pirates paid a much heavier price than the last wave of sieges, sacrificing more than 500 lives before they climbed up the walls. However, since the pirates had 23 siege ladders, plus human ladders and flying claws, the number of pirates who climbed the walls was twice as much as last time.
After the Japanese pirates attacked the city wall, the young and strong men on the city wall spontaneously formed a simple version of the Mandarin Duck Formation to surround and kill the Japanese pirates.
Although the Japanese pirates had more numbers, they still suffered heavy casualties in the face of the simplified version of the Mandarin Duck Formation.
Damn it!
When the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro noticed the cooperation of the young and strong men on the city wall, he could not help but frown and complain in his heart. This young magistrate of Jingnan was definitely not the kid who had not even grown all his hair as Lord Jiang and the others said, nor was he a nerd who had become stupid because of reading too much! On the contrary, not only was he not stupid, he was also very capable. Not only could he encourage the common people to defend the city, but he also trained a group of common people to understand battle formations in a short period of time!
but!
pity!
You are unlucky to have met me, Honda Heihachi! That is the end of your life! There is no chance for you to grow!
hehe!
It must be a good feeling to strangle a genius of the Ming Dynasty in his cradle with your own hands! The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro licked his lips, waved his Japanese sword under the city, and shouted ferociously to the Japanese pirates on the city: "Snake formation! Set up the snake formation!"
The Japanese pirates were good at using two battle formations, one was the snake formation and the other was the butterfly formation. However, the butterfly formation was not suitable for fighting on the city walls, so Heihachiro ordered the Japanese pirates on the city to set up the snake formation to counter the simplified mandarin duck formation on the city.
The Japanese pirates used these two battle formations to roam across the south of the Yangtze River, and defeated countless regular Ming troops, not to mention these peasants who had just learned the battle formations and were obviously unfamiliar with them. The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro had the confidence to do so.
"Snake formation! Set up the snake formation!" The Japanese pirates supervising the battle shouted and passed Heihachiro's order to the city wall.
After hearing this, the Japanese pirates on the city wall followed the orders of their leader Heihachiro and formed a small team of seven or eight pirates, like a long snake. The most elite and capable pirates were stationed at the front and back of the team, acting as the head and tail of the snake.
The Japanese pirates often used the snake formation in melee battles, attacking from the head and tail of the snake, making it difficult for the Ming army to take care of both the head and tail, and thus lose sight of one while gaining another. Once the Ming army showed a flaw at the head and tail, the Japanese pirates would bite the flaw like a poisonous snake and tear the Ming army apart.
The Japanese pirates on the city wall were very familiar with the snake formation and quickly formed into snake formations.
As soon as the snake formation appeared, the situation on the city wall changed immediately.
In fact, strictly speaking, the Mandarin Duck Formation is not afraid of the Snake Formation. On the contrary, the Mandarin Duck Formation is the nemesis of the Snake Formation. The Mandarin Duck Formation was originally developed by Qi Jiguang to target the Japanese pirates, and it defeated all the Japanese pirates' battle formations.
The two men in front of the Mandarin Duck Formation held long shields and rattan shields and advanced while covering the battle formation; the next two were wolf-whip bearers holding wolf-whip bearers, who used four or five-meter-long wolf-whip bearers to stab the Japanese pirates to cover the advancement of the shield bearers and the attack of the spear bearers behind them. Then there were four spear bearers holding long spears, two on each side, who took care of the shield bearers and wolf-whip bearers in front respectively; and then followed by two soldiers holding halberds and short blades on their waists to serve as guards and support. If the enemy attacked in a roundabout way, the short-blade bearers at the back would rush forward with short knives to chop and kill the enemy. The Mandarin Duck Formation covered each other from head to tail, and was not afraid of the attack from the head and tail of the snake formation of the Japanese pirates at all, but was afraid that the Japanese pirates would not come.
However, the young and strong civilians on the city wall had just encountered the Mandarin Duck Formation, and their personal fighting power was far inferior to that of the Japanese pirates. The young and strong civilians in the front row holding shields were not afraid of the attacks of the snake-head Japanese pirates, but the young and strong civilians in the back row holding long swords and serving as guards and support were no match for the snake-tail Japanese pirates who rushed over, and could not effectively take on the responsibility of protecting the back row.
After the Japanese pirates formed a snake formation, the young and strong people on the city wall began to be at a disadvantage, and the casualties increased.