The copper pipes that the Ming army extended from the hanging building were actually hot oil cabinets.

The fierce oil cabinet showed its power, and four ladder trucks were lit in a blink of an eye. Under the ladder truck that caught fire, the hungry people pushing the cart lifted the bucket, picked up wet felt, carried sand, and tried to put out the fire. But at this time, the arrows on the top of the city hit the hungry people who tried to put out the fire, causing the hungry people to fall down one after another. The lime bottles also smashed down like rain, and smoke and dust filled the air. The hungry people had no way to extinguish the flames on the ladder truck.

Four ladder trucks ignited a raging fire. Before they could get close to the city wall, they were burned into a pile of charcoal halfway through.

The hungry people who pushed the cart were the first to be hit. Around the ladder truck that did not catch fire, the bodies of the refugees piled up into a hill. I don’t know how many people died, but finally two large ladder trucks leaned on the city wall. The elite veterans of the rebel army jumped onto the large ladder truck and rushed towards the city. At this moment, the Hang Tower played a huge role.

The front of the large ladder truck is protected, which can ensure that the soldiers who climb the city will not be attacked by arrows and rolling wood stones on the top of the city. However, the hanging tower extends out of the city wall, and each large ladder truck has a hanging tower on both sides. There are more than a dozen soldiers in each hanging tower. Bird guns, Folang machines, and crossbows are shot from both wings. The veteran soldiers of the rebel army who are climbing towards the city on the large ladder truck are shot and arrows and rolling down the stairs.

After blocking the veteran camp of the rebels who were trying to climb the ladder truck, the defenders at the top of the city poured turbulent oil on the large ladder truck, and then several rockets shot over, and the ladder truck caught fire.

Several brave veterans of the rebel army rushed over the stairs and climbed to the top of the city before the large ladder truck was about to be burned. Unfortunately, there were too few people climbing the city. Chen Yongfu immediately rushed up with his servants and attacked several veteran soldiers of the rebel army who climbed the city.

Then, the two ladder trucks had turned into burning bonfires, and the rebels could no longer climb up to the city from these two ladder trucks.

The other large ladder trucks were also ignited one after another, and one was smashed into pieces by artillery fire. In the end, a ladder truck that had already risen was on the top of the city, but only five rebels were up. The other veteran soldiers of the rebel army were killed halfway through the projectiles that were shot from the two wings.

After a full daytime fierce battle, the rebel army was severely damaged, and more than 5,000 refugees fell under Kaifeng City. However, Li Zicheng didn't feel sorry for how many cannon fodder died. What Li Zicheng really felt sorry for was that the more than 200 old battalions soldiers were damaged as the large ladder truck was destroyed, as well as the more than 100 old battalions soldiers were shot at the top of the city when the defenders on the top of the city shot. The loss of these more than 300 old battalions made Li Zicheng heartbroken.

The rebel army declared a failure in another attack, and it was about to get dark. Li Zicheng ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and return to the camp for dinner. He then made a decision after he finished the meal. Should he attack the city overnight or to attack again tomorrow morning.

After dinner, Li Zicheng ordered an attack overnight.

A bunch of bonfires were lit under Kaifeng City, and torches were inserted on the front of the city, which made the lights on the upper and lower cities shine brightly. The rebels attacked the city overnight, and the defenders fought at night. Attacking the city at night had a disadvantage for the defense, which was that the hit rate of long-range weapons decreased; of course, for the offensive side, it was difficult for the attacking side to suppress the opponent's cannon, archers and bird gunners to play a role. The two sides launched fierce offensive and defensive battles across the city walls. The defenders at the city were fighting very tenaciously, and the rolling wood and stones kept smashing the refugees into tears and howling.

Li Zicheng took advantage of the darkness of the sky and the opponent's long-range weapons to use, and once again pushed out the large ladder truck, and at the same time pushed up the siege vehicles converted from ships. The siege weapons such as the siege tower and the siege tower of the rebellion army also advanced. The elite old camp soldiers hid in the siege tower and the siege tower and shot arrows at the top of the city.

Because of the darkness, the artillery that originally threatened the most toward the tower and the well railing on the city was unable to exert its power. In order to defend the city, the defenders had to insert torches on the city. In this way, the defenders were in the open, and the rebels who shot cold arrows were in the dark. The rebels on the tower and the rebels on the well railing caused great losses to the defenders.

Chen Yongfu ordered to block the arrows shot from the opponent from a high place, and the defenders resisted tenaciously and continued to defeat the refugees who were climbing the city wall.

The elite veterans of the rebel army climbed up the city wall before the large ladder truck was burned down. This time, more than 200 veterans of the rebel army climbed up. Chen Yongfu immediately led 500 clans to the top of the city, and the two sides started a fierce hand-to-hand battle at the top of the city. In the end, the more than 200 veteran soldiers of the rebel army were either killed or driven down from the city wall by the Ming army.

The van protected the refugees to approach the city. The refugees hiding in the car waved the iron chisel and kept digging, prying open the bricks to reveal the rammed earth inside. The refugees dug holes one by one in the city wall, and then drilled into the hole to continue digging.

The defenders on the top of the city were unable to attack the refugees who had entered the dead corner. Listening to the sound of excavation under the city, the city walls shaking, the guards were anxious.

"Quickly, push the hanging building out!" Huang Shu shouted.

The Ming army pushed out the hanging building. The Ming army on the hanging building kept shooting arrows and guns at the refugees hiding in the cave, smashing the lime bottle in. The refugees who had just dug into the city were driven out again.

The night attack of the Break Army ended in failure. After a whole night of attack, the Break Army not only lost more than 3,000 refugees, but also lost more than 400 elite veteran soldiers.

"A day and night siege, nearly 800 elite veteran soldiers were damaged." Li Zicheng said heartbrokenly after hearing Liu Zongmin's report.

The old camp soldiers were the core of the rebel army. Every time Li Zicheng suffered a crushing defeat, the refugees who were trapped were killed and injured, and almost ran away. Li Zicheng had only a few hundred people left to escape, but as long as his old camp soldiers were not killed, they were separated, and with the old camp soldiers, they could soon strengthen the team.

Last time, Li Zicheng was beaten to only eighteen cavalry left to escape, and the old camp soldiers were also separated. However, after entering the Shangluo Mountains, the old camp soldiers returned one after another, and found the lost old camp soldiers. The rebel army took advantage of the opportunity of the Henan disaster to grow rapidly, and the scale expanded to a larger scale than before the defeat of Tongguan. The reason why Li Zicheng could recover quickly every time he lost was because the old camp soldiers actually did not lose much, and every time they were defeated, the old camp soldiers could run away.

Every time the lost old camp soldiers come back, not only will they come back themselves, but they can also bring back more people to Li Zicheng.

The old camp soldiers were scattered everywhere, avoiding the search of officers and soldiers, and annexing the surrounding horse thieves. After receiving the news from Li Zicheng, the old camp soldiers brought the newly incorporated horse thieves and refugees to join again. So several times Li Zicheng was beaten to escape with only a few dozen cavalry and a dozen cavalry left, and they were able to recover their vitality soon.

In one day, more than 700 veteran soldiers were lost, which was even greater for Li Zicheng than the refugees who lost 70,000 yuan.

The second day at the siege, Li Zicheng changed his tactics and no longer allowed elite old camp soldiers to climb the city walls or stand under the city to shoot arrows at the city. The old camp soldiers who lost yesterday were either killed by bird guns or tiger squatting cannons while climbing the cloud ladder, or beaten to death by Ming army groups after they got on the city.

"But only let the hungry people fight, even if they climb up the city, they will not be able to conquer Kaifeng." Liu Zongmin felt no confidence in the fighting power of the hungry people.

Li Zicheng said: "Let the hungry people go up first, and you can control an area on the top of the city so that the old camp soldiers can go up. When we climbed the ladder, most of our elite old camp soldiers were killed by the firearms of the official dogs halfway through. A few people climbed the city and were hacked and killed by them. We can't do this today. Isn't our army a large number? Rotary battle! Divide the hungry people into two groups and take turns to go up day and night! Uh, I don't believe that the official dogs can't be killed!"

On the Yellow River embankment in the north of Kaifeng City, Li Guodong stood on the tower and looked out at Kaifeng City.
Chapter completed!