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Chapter 135 The Battle of Nanjing

The 61st year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty and the second year of Yonghe's reign in the Ming Dynasty.

The sixth day of March.

The Ming army arrived in Nanjing.

Numerous officials and bosses in Nanjing City all boarded the tower.

Just a cursory glance, not to mention the fake thieves wearing Qing army uniforms and only wearing a red scarf on their arms as identification. There are nearly [-] real thieves wearing red armor.

There are so many false and true thieves, this is the rhythm of martyrdom for the country!

Li Fu, the chief envoy of Anhui, looked worried and said, "Sir Long, can the city of Nanjing really be defended?"

Among all the people present, he was the only one who was completely unreasonable.

After all, he is the chief envoy of Anhui, not the chief envoy of Jiangnan. He just lives in Nanjing.

It is quite inconvenient for Li Fu to live in Nanjing on weekdays, not only in terms of work, but also in terms of greed. There are not many ways to be greedy.

However, now that the puppet Ming Dynasty is attacking Nanjing, he has to accompany several other local officials to wait for death.

The truth is that good things don’t take their turn, and bad things bear the brunt.

Longkodo was calm and composed: "Master Li, please relax, I know what's going on."

After that, he looked around again and said: "All the adults, please come back! The sword has no eyes on this battlefield. If unfortunately a few adults are injured, it will be bad."

These words played into the hands of all the officials present. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. This city wall is also a wall. They have been struggling in the officialdom for so many years and finally reached their current high position. They cannot do it casually. Just die.

Fighting and working hard is what the lowly general Qiu Ba should do.

Suzhou Weaver Li Xu nodded repeatedly: "What Mr. Long said is reasonable. In that case, I will not cause trouble to Mr. Long here!"

After hearing this, the other officials came to their senses and spoke one after another.

"Then leave everything to Mr. Long."

"With Master Long as the pillar of the country, the hypocritical traitor dares to come and die. It's really ridiculous!"

"I would like to congratulate Master Long on his victory..."

"..."

The sound of flattery faded away.

After all these people went down, Longkodo's originally smiling face showed a hint of disdain.

If it were the capital city at that time, it would be a governor... The governor still has to give some face, but he doesn't have to give too much face.

Unlike now, even the little chief ministers have to be comforted by his kind words.

It's a pity that Amma is right. His energy-raising skills are still not enough. If he could have calmed down a little, he wouldn't be in this situation now.

Speaking of which, I don't know how the fourth brother is doing now. This is Longkodo's only hope for turning around in the future.

"Boom boom~"

Accompanied by the rumbling artillery fire of the Ming army, the Ming army attacked Nanjing, and the Qing army's defense of Nanjing finally officially broke out.

Like the previous siege battles fought by the Ming Army, this time the artillery battalion still struck first, followed closely by the infantry.

In order to reduce unnecessary battle losses to the frontline siege troops as much as possible, Zhu Yijiong ordered the artillery battalion to prioritize the intensive shelling of the Qing artillery at the top of the city. Don't be stingy with the artillery shells. You must destroy all the Qing artillery at the top of the city.

However, the Qing army at the top of the city was not a soft persimmon to be manipulated, and they quickly fired back.

As an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing City has a large inventory of red cannons, but it is not small either. What Longkodo took away before was only a small part.

Although the number of red cannons at the top of Nanjing City is still not as good as that of the Ming Army, there are still twelve of them, as well as many light city-defending artillery pieces.

The artillerymen from both sides just went back and forth, firing at each other from a long distance, and loud rumbling noises continued to be heard from the sky above Nanjing City.

But soon, less than half an hour later, the Qing army at the top of the city suddenly realized that the Puppet Ming Dynasty on the opposite side was firing, and they were also firing, using red cannons.

However, the artillery battle has been going on so far, and the Ming army outside the city has suffered almost no damage. On the contrary, the losses on our own side of the city have been heavy. There were even two red cannons that had their barrels collapsed on the spot, and many artillerymen were killed along with them. It affects the fish in the pond.

"What's going on?" Not only the Qing troops at the top of the city were frightened and confused, but Longkodo, who was supervising the battle on the city tower, was also full of surprise.

Standing in the city tower, he could see it clearly better than anyone else. The cannonballs fired by the fake artillery battalion were all more powerful than Long Ke. In the past, when he accompanied Kangxi to conquer Ge Erdan, he saw red. The Yi Cannon is much larger.

How did these hypocritical rebels do it?
Is it possible that Pseudo-Ming really used witchcraft?

For a moment, even Longkodo, who always believed in the false truth and the absence of demonic methods, felt a little shaken.

The unknown firearm that explodes in front (Longkodo has already determined that the Ming army's grenade hammer is some kind of firearm) makes sense, but the current artillery makes no sense at all!
Moreover, one's own artillery could not hit the counterfeit rebels on the opposite side. Apart from magic, Longkodo could not think of any other explanation.

However, the fact is that this has nothing to do with magic at all.

The Ming army's artillery was so powerful that it all depended on the sugar-rich Ivan. There was an essential difference in the quality of gunpowder between the two armies.

The reason why the Qing army's artillery could not hit the Ming army was very simple, that is, the quality and experience of the Qing army's artillery was too poor.

The artillerymen of the Qing army had at most received basic artillery training and knew how to fire artillery.

But it is not clear how to hit people, or even the range of the red cannon, which is not commonly used, and how to calculate it.

The Qing artillerymen at the top of the city simply pointed their artillery at the Ming army's position, then loaded and fired. If they could still hit, it would be a ghost.

While Longkodo was in shock, the artillery battle between the two armies continued.

"Boom boom~"

The rumble of artillery fire continued, and as time went by, the Qing army's artillery fire on the city became less and less.

This is not to say that the Qing army's red cannons are doomed. In fact, heavy artillery such as red cannons, which are often measured in tons, are difficult to be easily destroyed by solid bullets.

But the red cannon is not afraid of bombardment due to its large tonnage, which does not mean that the Qing artillerymen who serve it are fine!

Under the continuous and intensive bombardment of the Ming army, which had many cannons, powerful gunpowder, and free shells, the Qing artillery at the top of the city had already suffered heavy casualties.

Even if the quality of these artillerymen is not good, and they don't even know how to calculate the range, at least these people can shoot artillery!

This is something that other ordinary Eight Banners soldiers cannot do at all. Even Longkodo has only seen it, but he also has no idea how to play it.

After another half an hour, the Qing artillery at the top of the Nanjing city was basically cleared.

"Command, attack the city!"

Zhu Yijiong gave the order.

At the Ming army camp, more than [-] troops immediately moved into action.

"Da Ming Wansheng!"

"Da Ming Wansheng!"

"Da Ming Wansheng!"

Flags were waved and thousands of people shouted.

Not to mention the forcibly recruited soldiers who were young and strong, even the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners could not help but tremble in their calves.

Different from the previous battle in Hangzhou, this Nanjing siege battle used the First Army as the main force to attack Xianhe, Qilin, Cangbo and Gaoqiao in the west of the city.

The remaining troops carried out siege on the north and south of the city and the fourteenth gate of the Yangtze River.

This is to directly use the troops with the strongest combat effectiveness and the highest morale of the Ming army to launch the most direct attack.

"Ming wins! Long live Jian Guo!"

Following Yang Gong's order, [-] soldiers of the First Army in red armor launched a charge towards Nanjing City without hesitation.

"Kill! Kill him!"

"Ming wins! Long live Jian Guo!"

"Knock down the city of Nanjing and dedicate it to the prison state!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)