Nanming Yiming

Chapter 187 Bloody Battle in Nanchang
Such a commotion outside the Desheng Gate soon alarmed the cavalry of the Qing army, but when they rushed to the city, the chariots by the moat had already been set ablaze, and the Ming army had long since disappeared.

The raging fire made these Qing troops have nowhere to hide.

"Bang, bang, bang"

With the sound of gunfire, dozens of Qing soldiers were directly shot and fell off their horses. At this moment, they had no choice but to retreat.

Jianwuhou Wang Deren, nicknamed "Wang Zamao", was known for his fearlessness in fighting. This time he led his troops to attack was really a stroke of genius. Not only did he kill thousands of Qing troops, but also destroyed all their chariots.

Although the Qing army can still rebuild the car, it will always take some time.

Wang Deren is also very clear that this kind of adventurous out of the city sneak attack can only be done occasionally, and cannot be used as a routine method.

After the Qing army stopped for a few days, they resumed the river filling work at night. Since the moat was gradually filled by them, they were already very close to the city wall at this time, and their casualties also rose linearly at this distance.

Based on the principle that the green battalion soldiers are worthless and can consume the ammunition of the Ming army when they die, Bo Luo sent heads for several days in a row, and finally filled a section of the moat outside the Desheng Gate.

Both sides are very clear that the most brutal battle to climb the city is about to begin.

The purpose of Qian Mo supporting Jin Shenghuan to stick to Nanchang was to hold back the main force of the Qing army.However, judging from the current attack situation of the Qing army, it is not easy to stick to Nanchang for a long time.

Although it shows that the army took advantage of He Luohui's retreat to Jiujiang and took the opportunity to transport 100 million shi of grain and a large amount of supplies to Nanchang, but it is not easy to persist for a year?
At present, Nanchang's grain is relatively sufficient. Due to the evacuation of a group of people in advance, the food in the city can still last for eight or nine months; but the consumption of ordnance is too high, especially gunpowder, musket shells, and artillery shells.

The situation of the Jiangxi Ming Army is slightly better. After all, they can still use craftsmen to make a batch in Nanchang City to supplement.The ration of Shenji camp firearms is all supplied by Tianmu Mountain, only those brought into Nanchang are used a little less now.

To a certain extent, the current Nanchang Defense War has evolved into a war of material attrition.

Qian Ning sighed: "It's a pity that the west city of Nanchang is still 100 steps away from the Ganjiang River. If we build the city wall directly by the river, we can use waterways to continuously supply Nanchang City!"

Wang Deren on the side said: "Originally the city wall of Nanchang was built on the riverside, but Chen Youliang used a giant ship to directly attack Nanchang City when the water level of the Ganjiang River was high, so Emperor Taizu in the early Ming Dynasty ordered Zhu Wenzheng to rebuild Nanchang Moved 100 steps east when the city wall was closed."

Qian Ning never expected that the fact that the Ming army now has the advantage of naval forces but cannot use waterways to deliver supplies to Nanchang was caused by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the distance of 100 steps prevented the enemy from using the giant naval ships to enter the city, it also gave the Qing cavalry the opportunity to cut off the supply of Nanchang waterways. It is really hard to say whether it was right or wrong.

The Qing army stormed Nanchang for more than 20 days, and the moat was filled with 2 casualties.The last time Wang Deren went out to attack Boluo, he reminded Boluo that the Ming army would not just sit and die, so he stepped up his patrol of Nanchang City.

Soon after, the sentinel came to report: "A large number of Ming army warships were found on the Ganjiang River. The Ming army may want to resupply the city by water."

This is definitely not good news. Tomorrow he will launch a battle against Nanchang. If the Ming army gets supplies tonight, the consequences will be disastrous.

So Bo Luo said to He Luohui: "You personally lead the cavalry with white flags to the west of the city, and you must prevent the Ming army from sending supplies into Nanchang City!"

Soon a large number of Qing cavalry appeared in the west of the city, trying to intercept the Ming army transporting supplies.

Unexpectedly, the Ming army did not disembark, and suddenly there was a "bang, bang, bang" sound of firecrackers on the city wall, and the unsuspecting Qing army was quickly shot down.

Originally, the Ming army in the west city only had some archers. These bows and arrows could not cause much damage to the heavily armored Eight Banners cavalry at all. He Luo would not have expected that the Ming army gunners from the north of the city would appear in the west of the city.

The effective armor-piercing distance of the Lumi blunderbuss of the Ming army was 90 steps, far exceeding the range of bows and arrows, so he hurriedly ordered the Qing army cavalry to run to the river to leave a sufficient safe distance.

The Qing army commander who ran to the river breathed a sigh of relief. They finally got rid of the fire of the Ming army on the city.

On the Ganjiang River, several warships of the Ming Army were moored on the river not far from Nanchang.The general of the Panyang Lake Navy shouted: "The Qing army has entered the range, open fire!"

For a while, the Frang machine artillery and bird guns on the warships of the Ming army attacked the Qing army, blowing up the Qing army completely.It was only then that He Luohui realized that he had just left the shooting range of the Ming army on the city, and entered the shooting range of the Ming army navy.

I obviously let them figure it out. The Ming army didn't want to send supplies to the city at all, but to trick me into giving them heads.

Reluctantly, he had to order the army to retreat, away from the warships of the Ming army.

But not long after, these Ming army warships released a few more small boats.He Luohui thought that the Ming army was going to send supplies to the city, so he hurriedly urged the cavalry to stop.

When the cavalry of the Qing army arrived, they found that the boat was empty, and the Ming army on the warship took the opportunity to fire guns at them.The Ming army tossed and tossed all night, and after coming and going, the Qing army was not surprised by this.

Unexpectedly, at dawn, a large number of Ming army cavalry suddenly left the city to defeat the few Qing army cavalry left behind, and then the Ming army took the opportunity to carry a lot of "supplies" into the city.

After learning that the Ming army had sent supplies to Nanchang, Boluo was furious. What if the Ming army sent a large number of firearms into the city, how much would they have to pay?
Wang Deren still didn't understand, so he asked: "Tomorrow's war is imminent, why do we have to consume ammunition and create the illusion that supplies have entered Nanchang? Is such a big battle just to wipe out the hundreds of Manchurian Eight Banners?"

Qian Ning said with a smile: "There are 6 Manchurian Eight Banners under the city. These hundreds of people really don't need to go to war. I want to make something out of nothing, so that Boluo feels that we have a steady supply of ammunition, so that they will have no scruples when attacking the city. .”

In the early morning of the next day, the Ming army on the city was stunned by the scene in front of them. Tens of thousands of Qing troops were neatly lined up under the city.The soldiers hurriedly rang the alarm bell on the city and shouted: "The enemy is attacking, the Qing army is about to attack the city!"

Qian Ning knew very well that only by beating the Qing army in pain today can Boluo be afraid of it.Naturally, there will be no reservations at this time. The Ming army has already moved all the artillery to Deshengmen.

All of a sudden, all the cannons in red and the 12-pound cannon roared towards the Qing army, and the shells fell on the ground one by one, setting off a huge wave of air, directly blowing the Qing army into the air, and there was a burst of mourning in an instant.

At this time, the Five Thousand Green Battalion and the Five Thousand Han Army Xiangbai Banner were pushing the car and the ladder, and quickly pushed down the city.The artillery fire of the Ming army was very intensive. Several chariots were directly hit by the shells, and the blown pieces of wood even flew into the chests of nearby soldiers, which increased the casualties of the Qing army a lot.

Bo Luo glanced at He Luohui next to him, and the resentful eyes clearly said: "Look at the good deeds you have done. If you hadn't let the Ming army get supplies yesterday, how would this be the case today?"

He Luohui also felt the gaze from Boluo, and said: "Although the artillery of the Ming army is sharp, as long as they rush to the city, they can't do anything to us!"

Although the heavy artillery of the Ming army is powerful, its range is still relatively long.After paying the price of hundreds of people, the Qing army rushed out of the range of the artillery.

At this moment, Qian Ning waved his hand, and the tiger squatting guns on the city opened fire again.Although the power of the tiger squatting cannon is not as great as that of the heavy cannon, it is flexible in movement and has a faster rate of fire, which seems to be more useful against the attacking Qing army.

These Qing soldiers are also miserable, Boluo clearly wants them to be cannon fodder!But the battle supervisor team behind blocked their retreat, and now they can only bite the bullet and rush down the city, maybe there is still a way out.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Soon they entered the range of the Lumi guns, and the 2000 Lumi guns were divided into three groups and fired in sequence.The blunderbuss bullets of the Ming army passed directly through the chariots and knocked them down.

Seeing that the chariot was useless at all, fortunately the remaining Qing army rushed down the city directly on the ladder.

And the archers of the Ming army, taking advantage of the gap between the musketeers' reloading, also hurriedly released arrows down the city and continued to attack the Qing army.

At this time, the Qing army had rushed within 50 steps of the city wall, and the Han army flags responsible for providing firepower output took up bows, arrows and bird guns to fight back against the city, and soon the Ming army also began to suffer casualties.

But soon the tiger crouching cannon turned its angle and fired at the Qing army below the city at an oblique angle.

The musketeers on the city also took this opportunity to shoot three consecutive shots at the Qing army below the city.The gunners of the Han Army Banner were not opponents of the Shenji Battalion, and were quickly shot and killed by the Ming Army in large numbers.

The Green Battalion soldiers had rushed under the city wall and began to attack the city with ladders.But at this time, four or five thousand Qing troops had been killed below the city, and the remaining Qing troops were not enough to suppress the Ming army above the city.

Bo Luo knew very well that these 1 people would never be able to break through Nanchang City. They were only used to consume the firearms of the Ming army, and now they must continue to increase troops;

Considering that He Luohui's inlaid white flag had suffered a lot of casualties in the past few days, Boluo sent 1 Zhenglan flags to attack the city.

At this time, the Qing army had already boarded the top of Nanchang City, and started a hand-to-hand battle with the Ming army.The Shenji Battalion on the city wall could no longer shoot down the city, only the 300 musketeers on the gate tower and several enemy towers were still shooting and killing the Qing army below the city.

Holding a big knife, Wang Deren directly chopped off the head of a Qing soldier, and shouted: "Brothers, these Tartars are here to die, beat them to me."

The two sides finally entered the most brutal stage of hand-to-hand combat. The climbing Qing army had just stabbed to death a Ming army, and was hacked by another Ming army before they stepped on the top of the city. At this time, the city walls of Nanchang had been soaked in blood, and It was also full of corpses of the Qing army.

Although the Green Battalion attacking the city was almost wiped out, soon those Manchu Banners in blue armor came to Nanchang city again.Qian Ning shouted: "Shenji Camp pay attention, only the eight banners are filled, don't worry about those Han army flags."

When the Lumi blunderbuss attacked the Zhenglan Banner under the city, the archers of the Qing army kept firing arrows towards the city, and the casualties of the Ming army continued to increase.At this time, the Manchurian soldiers from the Zhenglan Banner had already boarded the city of Nanchang. They were so powerful that they could often kill multiple Ming troops by one person; but fortunately, there were many Ming troops on the city, and they were constantly sending reinforcements to the city. .

Although the Manchurian Eight Banners were extremely fierce, they couldn't hold back the many Ming soldiers. As soon as an Eight Banners soldier stood firm, he saw four or five spears stabbing at him. Many Ming soldiers even jumped off the city wall with the Eight Banners soldiers.

Wang Deren was already covered in blood. At this moment, he seemed to have turned into a bloodthirsty beast. He kept waving the big knife, and the Qing soldiers fell to the ground where the blade passed.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The Shenji Battalion on the city gate tower and the enemy tower continued to kill the Qing troops trying to climb the city, but after all, their number was limited.More Ming troops armed with Lumi guns had retreated to the walls of the Wengcheng to avoid being killed by the Qing troops who ascended the city.

Seeing the increasing casualties of the Ming army, Huang Deren shouted: "Open the city gate and put the Qing army into the urn!"

The seven city gates in Nanchang have all built urn cities, and the gates of each urn city are equipped with heavy weight pendants, which can be used to block the city gates again when necessary, so the risk of opening the city gates is actually not great.

When the Qing army was struggling to climb the city, they found that the city gate was suddenly opened.

If there is a door to go, who will go over the wall?These Qing troops rushed into Wengcheng without saying a word.The already hungry and thirsty Shenji Camp naturally greeted them with Lumi guns, and the hundreds of Eight Banners who rushed in immediately became targets, and they were quickly confessed inside.

Even though they knew it was an urn, the heroic Eight Banners of Manchuria rushed in one after another.But this arc-shaped urn city is like a slaughterhouse, and it didn't stop until the corpses of the Qing army filled the urn city.

Boluo, who was watching the battle from the rear, looked livid, and the Ten Thousand Zhenglan Banner responsible for the siege suffered heavy losses.He wanted to increase his troops again, but the Ming army on the city had sufficient strength and ammunition, and they did not show any fatigue at all.

At this time, He Luohui walked up to Boluo in a panic, and said softly: "General Qi, the battle report from Nanjing has arrived. Haoge's attack on Suzhou was blocked, Nikan died in battle, and I lost 6 soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. The Eight Banners of Manchuria to which it belonged suffered more than half of the casualties, and now the Ming army has approached the city of Nanjing."

He Luohui's words were like a bolt from the blue. He never expected that Haoge, a prodigal son, would lose 10 of his 6 troops so quickly.

Bo Luo, who was still hesitating whether to continue to increase his troops, immediately ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

At this time, Nanchang City was already a sea of ​​corpses and blood. In this battle, the Qing army killed 1 people, including 7 Manchurian Zhenglan Banners; and the Ming army also killed nearly 8000 people.

But the Ming army who guarded the city did not feel the slightest joy. Qian Ning saw that Wang Deren in the distance had turned into a bloody man, sitting slumped on the city and panting heavily.

A sunset passed by, and the fiery red sunset added a bit of sadness to the corpses in the city. He had to sigh: "The setting sun is like blood, and victory is like defeat!"

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