A rain of arrows came.
Some of the Jing family soldiers who were not protected by the shield soldiers fell down in the process of advancing. For a time, all kinds of screams sounded outside the city tower. Every time a rain of arrows fell, a few Jing family soldiers would be accidentally shot and killed.
However, the Ming archers on the city walls had also sacrificed quite a lot.
The archers trained by Yang Jing were extremely accurate. They basically never missed a shot. Every arrow would hit a Ming army soldier.
This time, the Ming army was clearly prepared. Every time an archer fell, another archer would immediately take his place and continue the rain of arrows.
However, the Jing Family's soldiers were not afraid of the rain of arrows. The group of Jing Family's soldiers at the front held shields in their hands and protected their companions as they moved forward with all their might. They stepped on waves of shouts and drumbeats as they gritted their teeth and walked to the city gate tower of Nanling County.
The Jing Family Army who had dodged the rain of arrows all heaved a sigh of relief, but they did not relax at all.
After successfully reaching the city gate tower, they struck while the iron was hot and quickly built a towering ladder against the city gate tower.
Then, they climbed up the ladder one by one.
At this moment, the Ming army, who had been prepared, pushed the burning rolling stones down the ladder.
The flaming rolling stones were falling down the ladder. Those unfortunate Jing Family soldiers who were hit by the rolling stones fell down the ladder together with the rolling stones and smashed heavily on the ground.
Fortunately, the quality of the armor worn by the Jing Family Army was excellent. At the same time, it was fortunate that Yang Jing had put a lot of effort into the material of their helmets, which allowed them to keep their lives.
Although falling off the ladder was a small injury, it was not a big deal.
If a vanguard troop of the Jing Family Army fell, another troop of the Jing Family Army would quickly replace them.
Therefore, no matter how many rolling stones the Ming Army prepared, the number of Jing Family Army soldiers on the ladder did not decrease at all.
In just 15 minutes, under the protection of the vanguard shield soldiers, the Jing Family's army at the front quickly approached the top of the city tower.
When the Ming army guarding the city gate tower saw the Jing family's army appear, they could not care less and hurriedly raised their knives to stab the first Jing family's army to climb up.
The first soldier of the Jing Family who climbed up the ladder fell down. Soon, there would be a second Jing Family Army.
The Ming soldiers on the city gate tower brandished their sabers and killed with bloodshot eyes, but they still could not kill them all.
At this time, the archer Qian Hu of the Jing family army gave the order.
"Archers, get ready!"
"Shoot!"
With this order, the 1,000 archers below the city gate tower opened their longbows in unison and aimed at the heads of the Ming soldiers above the city gate tower. They pulled their bows and shot arrows with all their might.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A series of ear-piercing wind sounds rang out as the Ming soldiers on the city gate tower fell one after another. Some even directly jumped off the city wall.
After the Jing Family's army who were trying their best to climb up the ladder lost their obstacles, their morale suddenly soared.
They shouted as they climbed.
"Kill!"
Because of the close cooperation of the archers behind the Jing Family Army, the Ming soldiers holding sabers on the city gate tower died one after another, and the Ming soldiers who took their place did not dare to go forward to die.
Taking advantage of their hesitation, the Jing Family Army successfully used the ladder to climb up the city tower.
As they climbed up the ladder, they were completely unhindered, and their morale could not help but rise.
They brandished their sabers and charged at the frightened Ming army while roaring non-stop.
"Kill!"
The well-trained Jing Family's army was simply killing with bloodshot eyes on the city tower. They killed Ming soldiers with one saber move, and they were killing very happily.
"Ah!"
Fierce fighting sounds and miserable screams rose one after another, and the morale of the Jing Family Army rose.
At the same time, the Jing Army, which was pushing the city gate with huge wooden stakes, also made great progress.
The sturdy city gate finally loosened a little after they worked together for fifteen minutes.
Looking at the glimmer of light coming out from the city gate, the Jing Family Army seemed to have received a boost in morale.
"One, two, one, two…One..."
They hugged the wooden stake and shouted slogans as they pushed the door open. Finally, after pushing for about three minutes, they successfully pushed open the city gate.
Nanling County's city gate suddenly opened wide. The Ming soldiers guarding the city gate could not withstand the huge impact and fell one after another.
The Jing Family's army, on the other hand, brandished their sabers and rushed into the city while roaring.
"Charge!"
Wave after wave of the Jing Family's army poured into the gate. Many Ming soldiers who had fallen to the ground and couldn't escape in time were trampled and seriously injured by the Jing Family's army.
Some people even had their arms and legs broken.
After breaking through the city gate, the Ming army completely lost the will to continue resisting.
They were scattered by the torrent of the Jing Family Army like ants. Then, they became a motley crew that fled in all directions. They no longer had the heart to fight the Jing Family Army.
They watched as the Ming army threw away their helmets and armor, some dead, some injured, and some fleeing in all directions.
The Ming soldiers who were still resisting suddenly lost their momentum when they saw this scene. They put down their sabers and knelt on the ground to surrender.
Huo Qubing, who had been observing the battle from the top of the mountain, put down his gold-framed binoculars and sent a satisfied WeChat message.
The first step to taking down the Ningguo Manor was in the bag!
Nanling County City had been broken, and the battle situation had been settled.
Next, they would have to prepare for the decisive battle against the entire Ningguo Manor's 300,000 soldiers!
As expected of the peasant soldiers produced by the system, their strength had reached such a level after a little training.
Huo Qubing felt that the army he led was much stronger than the last time they attacked Hui Prefecture.
The quality of the system's Berserk Soldiers was high, but more importantly, Yang Jing's training methods were superb.
Under his systematic training, these Jing Family Army soldiers had increased their strength by quite a bit in just half a month.
A few of them were from the Ming army that had surrendered to Yang Jing.
Their performance in today's battle had made Huo Qubing look at them in a different light. Not only did these people not fear death, but their combat strength had also improved considerably, forming a sharp contrast with the Ming army.
This was all thanks to Yang Jing.
Huo Qubing faintly felt that if he reported this good news to the Grand Marshal, he would definitely be overjoyed.
After all, this Jing Family Army under him had grown to become more and more worry-free.
The speed of taking down Nanling County was much faster than he had imagined.
In just half an hour, it was time to clean up the battlefield.
The news of Nanling County falling quickly reached the ears of the Donglin Party led by Qian Qianyi in Xuancheng County.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the Ningguo Manor yamen was a little low.
They had wanted to attack Yang Jing as soon as Li Zicheng's reinforcements arrived, but they did not expect him to attack first!
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