Under General Wang's scolding, the soldiers defending the city mustered up their courage and fearfully shot arrows, threw stones and rolling logs, poured boiling water on the city, and the crossbows defending the city also whistled and shot at the city.
However, they had not been to the battlefield for a long time and were now terrified. Their hands and feet were shaking, and their archery was almost like that of a blind man, with no accuracy.
The city defense crossbow, in particular, was powerful and had a long range. However, precisely because of its great power and long range, it also tended to deviate drastically, flying extremely high over the heads of the Japanese pirates and into the moat.
However, even so, the soldiers defending the city achieved some results as soon as the battle started.
The feather arrows were so small that they might miss the target, but the stones and logs thrown at the city were much larger. They hit the city with a bang and rolled out due to inertia, killing many unlucky Japanese pirates.
Seeing the success of stones and rolling logs, the officers and soldiers on the city couldn't help but get excited. It seemed that the Japanese pirates were not that great. They were made of flesh and blood. They would die if hit by stones and rolling logs, and would scream in pain if splashed with boiling water.
Since we can't shoot accurately with arrows, we can throw stones and logs. They are so big that we can achieve success by throwing them at the city with our eyes closed.
As a result, the officers and soldiers on the city wall came to their senses, and they played to their strengths and avoided their weaknesses, and rushed to throw stones and rolling logs down the city.
For a moment, rocks and logs fell like rain, and so many rocks and logs hit quite a few Japanese pirates.
"Haha, the Japanese pirates are nothing special..."
The officers and soldiers on the city became excited for a moment, and the fear of the Japanese pirates in their hearts began to slowly dissipate.
At this moment, there were loud "bang!" and then the Japanese pirates were seen putting up ladders on the city wall amidst the rolling rocks and logs.
Although these ladders were simple products hastily made by the Japanese pirates in one night, they obviously put a lot of thought into them by installing iron claws and barbs on the top of the ladders.
After the ladder was placed on the city wall, the Japanese pirates below the city pulled the ladder back. The iron claws on the ladder firmly hooked onto the battlements of the city wall, leaving no chance for the defenders on the city to overturn the ladder.
Then, the Japanese pirates began to climb up the ladder like ants.
The officers and soldiers on the city began to focus on the ladders. They held stones and rolling logs and smashed them down. The stones knocked the Japanese pirates off the ladders, smashing them to pieces. The rolling logs rolled down the ladders, smashing a large number of them.
One brave soldier even wanted to overturn the pirates' ladder, so that the pirates on it would be buried with the ladder. However, the ladder had iron claws grabbing the city wall and could not be pushed forward at all. They had no choice but to draw their swords and cut the junction between the ladder and the iron claws, thinking that they should first destroy the iron claws of the ladder hooked on the city wall and then push the ladder down.
However, the Japanese pirates' feather arrows and muskets soon taught them a lesson.
As the Japanese pirates' ladders were placed on the city walls, their longbowmen and musketeers were mobilized to protect the ladders, with special attention paid to the officers and soldiers who were leaning down to throw stones and roll logs.
The soldiers on the city wall could not shoot accurately, but the Japanese pirates were good at it. Although they did not hit the target with every arrow, they at least hit six or seven out of ten targets.
The officers and soldiers on the city wall who rushed to throw stones and logs down were hit by arrows or muskets, resulting in heavy casualties.
The brave soldier who chopped the ladder with his iron claws suffered the most. He was targeted by the Japanese pirates' archers and died after being shot by several arrows.
He was almost shot into a hedgehog by the Japanese pirates.
For a moment, the officers and soldiers on the city were dominated by the fear of the Japanese pirates, and no officer or soldier dared to stick his head out to throw stones and rolling logs down.
"A bunch of rubbish! We are in a commanding position and protected by the city walls, yet we are suppressed by the Japanese pirates' bows and arrows. This really makes me angry. Archers and crossbowmen, listen to me, concentrate on shooting at the Japanese pirates' archers. There are not many Japanese pirates' archers, so why not just shoot them to death!"
When General Wang saw that the officers and soldiers on the city were suppressed by hundreds of Japanese pirate archers, he couldn't help but curse.
Under General Wang's angry curses, the archers on the city wall fearfully leaned forward and shot arrows at the Japanese pirate archers below the city.
Although their accuracy was not very good, they were in a commanding position and had the protection of the city walls, so they were able to shoot at the Japanese archers without being at a disadvantage.
There were casualties among the officer archers on the city wall and the Japanese pirate archers below the city, and the battle was roughly a fifty-fifty one.
In a short period of time, dozens of people from both sides fell.
"Where are the city defense crossbows and the general cannons? Aim at the Japanese pirate archers and knock them down first!"
General Wang cursed loudly in dissatisfaction and gave orders again, mobilizing the city defense crossbows and general cannons to deal with the Japanese pirate archers.
The city defense crossbow is okay, it's not accurate, only one out of ten hits the target. But the general cannon should not be underestimated, although it's also not accurate, it's powerful, and even a slight deviation can affect the surrounding Japanese pirates.
As the city defense crossbows and the general's cannons joined in the fire, the Japanese pirate archers soon could not hold on any longer and fled in all directions.
The pressure on the defenders in the city was suddenly reduced.
"Hahaha, fight me! You are too young! I come from a family of military commanders who have been passed down for five generations!"
When General Wang saw the Japanese archers fleeing in all directions, he couldn't help but burst into laughter and shouted, "The Japanese archers are crippled. Throw rocks and logs down to the city and smash these bastards to death."
At the same time, the Japanese pirates under the city took advantage of the fact that the people on the city wall were focusing on their archers and ignoring their gaps, and they climbed up the city wall using ladders.
"Don't let the Japanese pirates come up. Use spears to poke, knives to chop, and pour boiling water on them. Don't let them come up!"
General Wang roared.
The soldiers defending the city, with trembling hands, hurriedly used their swords and spears to attack the Japanese pirates who showed up. Due to their large numbers and high position, and the fact that the Japanese pirate archers under the city were dispersed, the soldiers defending the city completely controlled the situation.
"ah!"
Screams were heard one after another, and the Japanese pirates who showed up fell off the city wall screaming, and also knocked down several Japanese pirates who were climbing the ladders.
For a while, the soldiers defending the city had the upper hand, rocks and logs rolled down, and the Japanese pirates screamed in pain; every time a Japanese pirate climbed up the ladder, the soldiers defending the city would stab him down with weapons.
"Haha, I've smashed several pirates to death! Let's see who dares to call me a wimp again!"
"The Japanese pirates are not that powerful. Did you see that? Just now, there was a Japanese pirate fighting with me. I slashed him with my sword and knocked him off the ladder. He fell to the bottom of the city, and his flesh and blood were a pool of blood. He was deader than dead."
"No wonder the Zhejiang Army won a great victory yesterday. These Japanese pirates are so weak and skinny, not powerful at all."
"I saw several Japanese pirates trying to escape. They were so cowardly that they were beheaded by the Japanese pirates who were supervising the army behind them."
The soldiers defending the city fought more and more smoothly, and at least hundreds of Japanese pirates died at their hands. They couldn't help but feel proud.
"They ran away! Look, the Japanese pirates under the city started to run back. Hahahaha, we won. We drove away the Japanese pirates who were attacking the city."
"Long live! Long live! The Japanese pirates have escaped! We won!"
A burst of cheers rang out.
In an instant, the city wall became a sea of cheers, in sharp contrast, the Japanese pirates below the city fled in a panic...