Chapter 568: Survival

"Mortar!"

On the walls of Ning City, commanders ran back and forth, issuing various orders.

Since joining the army, they had never experienced such a perilous battle.

The city was dilapidated, and the enemy's strength was nearly six or seven times their own.

Moreover, they were the Northern Di, whom the Song People feared.

However, although the soldiers were tense, they remained orderly and did not appear panicked at all.

Having come this far, they had experienced many battles.

Now, no matter what situation they faced, they could remain calm; at worst, they would just die in battle.

"Fire!"

The Northern Di soldiers carrying Scaling Ladders drew closer and closer.

When they entered the four-hundred-meter range, the commanders issued orders one after another.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The sound of mortars rang out, and one cannonball after another exploded above the heads of the Northern Di soldiers.

The Lime Bombs burst, the white dust scorching the eyes of the Northern Di soldiers, immediately plunging the Northern Di soldiers in that area into chaos.

The Shrapnel Shells directly caused nearly half of the Northern Di soldiers within a ten-meter radius to fall.

It was just that there were simply too many Northern Di soldiers charging over.

The explosions appeared sparse among the charging Northern Di soldiers and could not stop their advance.

And when they charged into the two-hundred-meter range, the Rifled Musket soldiers on the city walls pulled the Triggers.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Dense gunfire rang out.

The Northern Di soldiers in the front fell to the ground one after another as if their feet had been tripped.

Some never made a sound again, while others wailed on the ground.

The subsequent Northern Di soldiers did not stop; they stepped over the bodies of their companions, picked up the Scaling Ladders, and continued to charge forward.

At this moment, the Khan was watching them from his camp.

They wanted to prove their bravery before the Khan.

However, another round of shooting greeted them, and the Northern Di soldiers fell in large numbers once again.

Through such repeated tug-of-war, the number of charging Northern Di soldiers grew fewer and fewer.

"Khan, our attacks at Yanguan were thwarted time and time again just like this." Ke'erqin stood at the side of Mule Hongzhen.

At this time, they were all wearing the uniforms of ordinary soldiers.

Mixed among the soldiers, they were no different from the other Northern Di soldiers.

They did this to observe the battlefield at close range while preventing themselves from being discovered by the enemy and suffering artillery fire.

Mule Hongzhen frowned deeply; when he read the battle reports sent by Gurtu, he was only surprised.

But seeing it with his own eyes, he immediately felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet to his forehead.

Two hundred meters away, the Northern Di soldiers would be attacked by these firearms.

By the time they crossed the two hundred meters and reached the foot of the city, almost no soldiers remained.

Seeing that the first charge was about to fail, Mule Hongzhen said: "Let the soldiers use the bodies of other soldiers as human shields to advance."

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"This..." Gurtu was somewhat hesitant.

Not only the Song People, but the Northern Di also respected the corpses of their own soldiers.

He was afraid this would cause resentment among the other soldiers.

But seeing Mule Hongzhen's serious expression, he immediately passed the order down.

The Northern Di soldiers who were charging received the order and immediately cooperated with each other, lifting the corpses on the ground to hold them in front to protect the soldiers behind.

But this had no effect at all; the Yanzhou soldiers on the city walls were in a commanding position, and the Bullets still struck them.

Mule Hongzhen immediately canceled this order; it was just a simple attempt.

This method had failed, and he had to think of other effective ways.

"Stop the attack, launch a night raid tonight." After hesitating for only a moment, Mule Hongzhen made up his mind.

He knew that Gurtu's night raid had failed.

But that was Yanguan, not Ning City.

Yanguan had Mo Yu sitting in command, but Ning City did not.

Yanguan had so many Bells, but Ning City might not necessarily have that many.

Furthermore, although Gurtu's night raids often ended in failure, it was clear that the casualties from night raids were fewer than those during the day.

Therefore, his night raid might not necessarily fail.

"Prepare the Gunpowder Barrels to blow up the city wall," Mule Hongzhen said again.

Gurtu had naturally thought of this method to deal with Yanguan as well.

But the Artillery on Yanguan's city walls could only leave white marks, and Gunpowder Barrels had no effect on it at all.

Likewise, the city wall of Ning City was not like that.

If he didn't want to take Ning City as quickly as possible, he would even have kept shelling a certain area of the wall to smash it down.

But this was obviously not as fast as using Gunpowder Barrels.

After speaking, he turned and returned to the camp.

On the ramparts of Ning City.

Qin Shan and the commanders had been keeping their nerves taut, prepared to fight for the whole day.

Seeing the Northern Di soldiers suddenly retreat one after another, he was not happy; instead, his heart sank.

"Why did they stop fighting?" a general asked with a puzzled look.

"I fear they intend to fight at night," Qin Shan said.

Back at Yanguan, the Northern Di had just suffered a setback, and they subsequently chose to fight at night.

I fear the Northern Di army that came from Jincheng this time did not believe in the power of their Rifled Musket at first.

Now that they have witnessed it, they will naturally adopt the same course of action.

And for him, this would be a huge challenge.

"Have the Armor and Weapon been distributed to Yan Wang and the others?" Qin Shan asked.

"They have," the general replied.

Qin Shan nodded; this time he could only mobilize every force he could to resist the Northern Di army and create opportunities for subsequent battles.

He must make every effort to hold Ning City.

Otherwise, if Ning City falls, none of Yan Wang and the others will survive.