Seeing the battering ram was already hitting the gate, and many archers on the city tower had been shot down, Xiao Changyi signaled again, and immediately many soldiers covered by the archers carried cloud ladders and placed them against the city walls.
They intended to use the long cloud ladders to reach the tower.
Meng Zhuqing and Meng Lanqing, without hesitation, dismounted and quickly ascended a cloud ladder each, using their swords to knock down the rain of arrows shot at them while still climbing upwards.
Her own husband had climbed the cloud ladder, and Gong Juese, who had always been warned by her husband not to speak, immediately dismounted and quickly climbed the cloud ladder. Her superb swordsmanship easily deflected the arrows flying at her.
As a result, Gong Juese reached the tower even before Meng Zhuqing and Meng Lanqing.
