Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 239 Bombard Jiangling!

How should I put it, the general of the Ming army is also Zhu Wei's soldier, and Zhu Wei is his wife.

His wife lost face, so Hao Guangming was naturally angry.

However, his words were not angry words, but practical considerations.

After a pause, Hao Guangming continued: "Before we tried not to affect Li Zicheng's fate, the main reason was to better receive soldiers from the Shun army in the future.

However, if you go to Nanzhili this time, if you can successfully control and reorganize the four towns in Jiangbei, and even get rid of Zuo Liangyu, will you still worry about not having soldiers?

As for dealing with the Qing army, two towns of guards and two towns of frontier guards led by you should be enough.

In addition, according to the opinions of some history buffs here, Jingxiang or Hubei can be regarded as Li Zicheng's second base, with a good base of people.

If in history he had not abandoned Jingxiang and fled, but defended and fought here, even if he could not defeat the Qing army, he would never be defeated as quickly as in history.

Therefore, frightening Li Zicheng, extinguishing his idea of ​​going to the south of the Yangtze River, and letting him stay in Jingxiang to restrain the Qing army from the West Road that pursued him will also be helpful for us to fight against the Qing Dynasty. "

Aimee Zhu naturally held a sigh of relief in her chest, but as a monarch, she needed to take the overall situation into consideration, so she didn't make a decision on the spot just because of a moment of anger.

After listening to Hao Guangming's analysis, she finally made up her mind and said immediately, "Then shall we fight Jiangling?"

"beat!"

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Shunjun Military Village.

Thousands of Shun troops stationed here are leaving camp one after another to return to Jiangling City.

Meng Changgeng had already returned to guard the city first.

Ren Guangrong stayed behind.

Seeing that the last soldiers and horses also withdrew from the army camp, Yishao cavalry rushed over.

"Report! The Ming army has 2 to [-] soldiers and horses landing at the pier, and more than [-] soldiers and horses are coming to Jiangling City!"

Ren Guangrong laughed and said, "Hahaha, the Ming army is indeed coming to attack Jiangling City. It seems that the general's strategy has worked!"

The soldiers around were a little nervous when they saw that the Ming army was coming to attack Jiangling, but seeing Ren Guangrong laughing happily, they immediately felt at ease.

Therefore, many people also felt that it would be no problem to block tens of thousands of Ming troops by relying on Jiangling Fortified City.

Ren Guangrong laughed and asked again: "Can you see what kind of flag the Ming army who came first was playing?"

The sentinel hesitated for a moment, and said: "The humble officer didn't see any general flags, only two strange big flags."

"What banner?"

Shaoqi said: "One of the poles has the inscription 'Daming Frontier Defense Army Second Town', and the other big flag has the inscription 'Daming Frontier Defense Army Third Town'."

"The second town and the third town of the Ming Dynasty Frontier Defense Army?" Ren Guangrong was confused when he heard this, "What the hell is this?"

The sentinel trembled, not daring to say much.

"Then there are more than 2 people coming in front, you read it right?" Ren Guangrong asked again after recovering.

"No, there are indeed only more than 2 people."

Ren Guangrong sneered, "How dare more than 2 people come to attack my Jiangling City? How ridiculous.

Let's go, let's go back to the city too - when we fight later, we must make these Ming soldiers cry for their fathers and mothers in the city! "

Ren Guangrong thought that the Ming army would arrive at Jiangling City soon. After all, soldiers are expensive and fast, and Jiangling City is only seven or eight miles away from the river.

Unexpectedly, after he returned to Jiangling City for more than an hour and inspected the city defenses, the Ming army arrived belatedly and set up troops two miles away from the moat.

Looking at it from the gate tower of the south city, Ren Guangrong also knew why the Ming army came so late.

Cannons were pushed out and placed on the east, west, and middle slopes two miles away from Jiangling City.

Because of the distance, Ren Guangrong couldn't tell exactly how many cannons there were, but he saw that there were a lot of people in the cannon positions, and there might be ten or twenty in one position.

After looking at it for a while, Ren Guangrong smiled to the left and right: "The Ming army has a lot of artillery, but so what? I don't believe it, they can break through Jiangling's fortified city with only artillery."

A courteous general responded immediately with wit and humor: "The general is wise, and the Ming army will surely return in defeat after attacking the city!"

Ren Guangrong asked strangely after hearing this: "What is this 'kill the fish and return'? Does it mean that they will fall into the moat and become fish and shrimp?"

The flattering general didn't expect that Ren Guangrong didn't understand his words, so he was embarrassed for a moment, so he racked his brains to explain: "It means that they will inevitably throw away their armor and flee."

Ren Guangrong laughed out loud, "Hahaha, I love hearing that."

Before Ren Guangrong finished laughing, he heard the sound of a cannon, and an iron bullet hit the city wall in an arc.

Immediately, several bricks and stones were shattered, and the gravel was splashed. A pawn next to him was hit on the forehead, and his skull was shattered to death on the spot.

Two other pawns were also injured, screaming in pain.

Seeing this, Ren Guangrong couldn't laugh anymore

Looking at the three artillery positions of the Ming army, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't stick to the city wall, keep a few observation posts, and let me hide the rest!"

Just as Ren Guangrong finished speaking, a series of cannons rang out from the Ming army's position.

boom boom boom

Amidst the deafening sound, hundreds of iron bullets bombarded the southern city wall of Jiangling!

Immediately, the newly built Jiangling city was shattered.

Among them, several iron bullets hit the gate tower, and several holes were punched in the two-story gate tower.

Ren Guangrong stood on the second floor, feeling a little lost for a while.

Just now, an iron bullet brushed his shoulder and almost lost his head!
The two personal soldiers threw him down belatedly, only to bring him back to his senses.

At this time, one of the soldiers persuaded: "General, the Ming army's artillery is fierce, and the city wall is really dangerous. You should go down first."

For the personal soldiers, protecting the general is their first responsibility, so there is nothing wrong with persuading them.

But for Ren Guangrong, things are different.

He threw away the two soldiers at once, stood up and cursed: "You motherfucker! I am the chief general of Jingzhou, how could he be so scared that he fell down the city wall after being bombarded by the Ming army?!"

After speaking, Ren Guangrong continued to look outside the city.

I saw a group of Ming troops carrying the flying bridge out of battle and rushing towards Jiangling City.

The tactics of the Ming army are very simple, that is, to bombard the city with cannons, suppress the Shun army, and create opportunities for the Ming army's infantry to cross the moat.

However, what puzzled Ren Guangrong was that although the Ming army who acted as the vanguard lifted many long flying bridges, the rear did not lift out the siege ladder.

'Could it be that these Ming soldiers who are rushing to be the vanguard are going to make two more trips?Or was it the Ming army general who made a mistake in dispatching? '

Before Ren Guangrong could figure it out, the second round of cannon fire started again, and the difference between before and after was only thirty or forty breaths.

This surprised Ren Guangrong again—he didn't expect the Ming army's cannons to be so fast!

According to this dispatch speed, and the number of hundreds of cannons of the Ming army, the three positions were dispatched in turn. Wouldn't it be impossible for them to show their heads on the city wall?
However, the facts are more serious and cruel than Ren Guangrong thought.

In this round, more than a dozen iron bullets hit the gate tower, directly causing the newly built gate tower to crumble.

More than a dozen of the soldiers around him were killed or injured to protect him.

A soldier captain cried and said, "General, I beg you, hurry up and get down!"

Ren Guangrong ignored the captain, but looked at the city walls on the east and west sides of the city gate.

Looking around, it seems that there are soldiers crying because of casualties.

Some soldiers even wanted to go down the city wall in fear, and directly fought with the supervising team.

Although the fleeing soldiers were only a small part and were quickly beheaded by the supervising team on the spot, it made Ren Guangrong understand that under the shelling of the Ming army, there was really no way to stay on the city wall.

"Damn it! I don't believe that when your soldiers step into the city, you dare to fire the cannon!" After spitting, Ren Guangrong said loudly: "I will pass on my general order, and only one team will be left in each department." People are watching on the city wall, and the others go down first! We will come up again when the Ming army kicks off the city!"

"Order!"

Several personal soldiers received the order, and immediately ran happily to the east and west walls, shouting orders.

The remaining soldiers persuaded again: "General, hurry up, or the third round of shelling by the Ming army will come."

Ren Guangrong is not afraid of death.

At this time, the military order had been issued, and he had a step to go down, so he hurried down the city wall with his own soldiers.

Before he could go down the stairs, he heard the thunderous bombardment again, which made his feet slip and he almost didn't fall down the stairs.

　Make up for yesterday's second update.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)