Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 476
There was a sound of clanging gold, and Zheng Jun retreated like a tide after thousands of casualties. The two-meter-wide opening on the city wall did not allow Zheng Jun to enter the city.

With a width of two meters, a dozen swords and shields can easily block it. Although Zheng Jun's attack was extremely threatening, he once climbed the city and occupied a large section of the city wall, but he was still driven down by the Qing soldiers.

However, although the Ming army failed, the bombing of the city this time, the loud noise, and the hole left on the city wall really scared Li Chengdong and Tong Yangjia into cold sweat.

The Qing soldiers on the city were also terrified. Although the opening on the city wall was small, it already showed that Zhangzhou was no longer an indestructible city.From the fact that Zheng Jun almost broke through Wengcheng, it can be seen that the morale of the Qing army began to waver.

Li Chengdong, who was frightened, didn't dare to be careless anymore. He knew that the Ming army's firearms were powerful, and if it failed this time, it was impossible to guarantee that they would not bomb again, so he ordered the Qing soldiers to guard against each other and not be careless. Listen to it several times on the big tank.

The authentic strategy of bombing the city was presented by Li Guo. His inspiration came from the 15th year of Chongzhen when Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng. Chuangjun did not operate properly and did not fill the dug hole, so it was not successful.

This time, the Ming army improved the blasting method. After burying the explosives, they not only filled the soil, but also compacted it to ensure that the gas was sealed and the explosion was directional, but unexpectedly, it only exploded two meters.

After several days of siege, the Ming army had already killed thousands of soldiers, and they basically used all the tactics available to the Ming army, which made Wang Yan a little ashamed.

On the [-]th, after repeated setbacks, Wang Yan had no choice but to order a suspension of the siege, and called the generals and staff to discuss whether it was time to adjust the strategy.

Inside the city, Li Chengdong saw that the Ming army had stopped attacking the city, and he felt a little pleasure in his heart. He thought that Wang Yan had seen his power, so he ordered all the ministries to continue and stick to their posts, while he waited patiently for the arrival of Wang Yan's envoy.

In his view, Wang Yan's fierce attack on Zhangzhou was not enough, so naturally he should re-raise the terms with him.

Li Guo was the first to speak in the commander's tent of the Ming army, "The casualties in the storm were too great. My humble suggestion is to continue to dig tunnels to blow up the city. Although this time it only exploded two meters, it at least proves that the city can be blown up, and I suggest that you can blow up the city gate this time!" "No, not to mention that the Qing army must have dug a horizontal tunnel under the city and wait for the rabbit, but it is useless to say that the city gate was blown up," Zheng Chenggong stood up and said, "Yesterday our troops The soldiers smashed through the city gate with battering rams, but they couldn't hit it at all, and it was obvious that the Qing soldiers had sealed it with stone strips, and even if it exploded, there was still Wengcheng, and if they rushed in, they would be shot and killed by bows and arrows from all sides."

Liu Shun listened to everyone's discussion, "According to this, Li Chengdong has really become an iron king? Duke, let the last general attack again tomorrow. The fortifications on the northern city have been almost shaved by cannons, and the walls are also gone. Most of it was destroyed by the bombing, and now there is an opening of nearly seven or eight feet. Tomorrow, we will push a red cannon forward and aim at the opening. .”

All the generals nodded after hearing the words, and they had no other strategy to take action.

The tough battle is so hard to fight, the best way is to surround the city and wait until the food in the city is exhausted, but the tens of thousands of Ming troops can't keep working like this.Wang Yan listened carefully, seeing that most of the generals supported Liu Shun's suggestion and agreed to attack the gap again tomorrow, "Since everyone means this, then attack again tomorrow."

After Wang Yan finished speaking, he waved his hand to signal the crowd to disperse, and the generals came out in a single file, and then went back to their tents to prepare for the siege tomorrow.

In the city, Li Chengdong waited for the arrival of Wang Yan's emissary in the mansion, but from morning to dusk, his subordinates did not report, and he couldn't help but start to panic.

Don't look at the fact that the Qing army has been fighting well these days, but Zhangzhou is already a dead city after all, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken. It's not to defend Zhangzhou, but to show Wang Yan's strength so that he can renegotiate the price of surrender.

The Ming army failed to attack the city yesterday, and stopped attacking the city today. It must be adjusting the strategy. Li Chengdong thought that the Ming army should raise the conditions for surrender again, but there was no news at dusk, and he became a little anxious before he knew it. .

He immediately went to the city to check, looked at the Ming camp, and found that many Ming soldiers were preparing equipment. The towering buildings and carts were erected one after another. The soldiers climbed up and nailed each piece of leather on The front of the car can be used to guard against rockets.

After Li Chengdong looked around, his face became gloomy. Wang Yan was unwilling to give up, and obviously wanted to attack by force, which made his mind dignified.

He wondered if it was because he never replied to Wang Yan. After Wang Yan let Li Yuanyin go back to the city to show his friendship, he didn't agree to the conditions, and he didn't send anyone to make the conditions. In the past few days, he killed thousands of Ming soldiers. So Wang Yan took it for granted that he was going to be loyal to the Qing court.

Thinking of this, Li Chengdong quickly inspected the city defense, and then went back to discuss with Li Yuanyin who was locked up. Since Wang Yan didn't send someone, he took the initiative to send someone to talk.

Li Chengdong hurriedly finished his inspection tour of the North City, went around the other sides, then went to various camps, and finally went to visit the wounded. Everything was normal, but when he was about to leave for his residence, he was confronted by a group of soldiers and horses. But suddenly became confused.

Li Chengdong thought it was just the normal patrol of the soldiers in the city, but he didn't want that team of patrol soldiers, after the ceremony, when they passed by him, the chief general suddenly slashed at him with a knife. , Only then did he avoid being stabbed in the head.

More than a dozen guards around him reacted, and immediately drew their knives and fought in a scuffle, and the whole Zhangzhou was in an uproar.

In the Ming army camp outside the city, the soldiers of the Ming army who were busy checking their equipment rushed to the side of the wall and looked towards Zhangzhou city. They surrounded and watched, pointing and discussing.

Wang Yan heard the movement, raised the curtain and came out, quickly asked: "What's the matter? What's the noise?"

The guard in front of the tent saluted and said: "Report to the Duke, it seems that there is a fire in Zhangzhou City."

Wang Yan also quickly walked to the wall of the village, and sure enough, he saw that the flames in Zhangzhou City were soaring into the sky, reflecting half of the sky red, which was even more eye-catching than the sunset glow in the west.

The generals also rushed over, Zheng Chenggong first said: "Duke, this is?"

Wang Yan narrowed his eyes, "The fire is burning evilly. The fire shouldn't be so big. This pavilion suspects it is arson. It is probably a letter of persuasion sent into the city. It finally worked."

"Duke, whether it's arson or fire, chances are rare. If you take advantage of the fire, you have to attack. Even if you can't break the city, you still have to make it impossible for the Qing soldiers to put out the fire." Li Guo said excitedly.

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