Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 754
After Wang Yan issued the order, Sun Youguang and several Hongmaoyi were executed. Sun Youguang cried and cried, and Hongmaoyi also burst into tears of pain and howled continuously.

During the execution, the people in Neiguo City and many soldiers came to watch. They didn't want to see Sun Youguang, but to see the killing of Hong Maoyi.

The people in Nanjing have seen a lot of big scenes, beheading and killing people are often seen, but this is the first time they have seen the killing of a red-haired ghost. Many people want to see what is the difference between these red-haired ghosts.

After this punishment, the Ming army outside Nanjing became more murderous.

Now that the Hekou Fort was captured, Wang Yan got more than 40 red-clothed cannons and fifty or sixty cannons from the general.

However, Gan Hui's attack on the Guabu Mountain Fort did not go well. He thought he could take the fort in one day. As a result, Zheng Jun lost thousands of people and failed several times.

This forced Gan Hui to plead guilty to Wang Yan, but Wang Yan did not blame him, because he had already received the news that Duoduo moved to Kuah, next to Guab Mountain, and Guab Mountain was in Jiangbei, and Duoduo could support him at any time. Easy to attack.

Completely cutting off the connection between Nanjing and Jiangbei cannot be achieved for a while. Wang Yan's consciousness can no longer be taken off. Since he can't beat the Guabu Mountain Fort, then he can hit the Lime Mountain outside Nanjing North City and build Jiangmen, which can still play a certain role. Blocking effect.

The target was locked, and the ministries of the Ming army began to sweep many Qing army strongholds outside the inner city of Nanjing.

Zheng Chenggong attacked Shihui Mountain, Jin Shenghuan attacked Zijin Mountain, and Gao Yigong attacked Xiaolingwei. The battles were extremely fierce.

Among them, Jin Shenghuan's troops fought the hardest. Jiangxi soldiers were newly defeated, and their morale was not high. Zijin Mountain was also a key defense of the Qing army. With reinforcements, the Qing army was defeated and entered the city.

On August [-]th, the strongholds of the Qing army outside Nanjing were wiped out one by one, leaving only Nanjing, the hardest bone. The Ming army surrounded the inner city on three sides and prepared to attack.

So far, although the connection between Nanjing and Jiangbei has not been completely cut off, after the Hekou Fort was broken, the water surface that Guabu Mountain could control was very limited, and the Qing army did not dare to blatantly move troops across the river. .

Wang Yan led all the troops to pay homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, and also said in his consolation to Emperor Gao and Emperor Daxing: "In the south of the great river, only the city of Nanjing is still in the hands of the enemy. Er, the Taizu learned that it should be comforting."

Hong Chengchou, who is in Nanjing, naturally understands his own situation very well, knowing that it is already very critical.

The fall of the fort and the surrounding Zijin Mountain and other key places made him a little scared. The combat power of the Ming army was no longer what it used to be, even more elite than the more than [-] Ming army he brought to Songshan back then.

But in the face of the overwhelming trend, Wang Yan was determined to take Nanjing, but Hong Chengchou was not ready to admit defeat, and he still had the hope of turning defeat into victory in his heart.

Nanjing can be said to be the strongest and tallest city in the world. To a certain extent, it is even stronger than Beijing. He still has enough troops. Duoduo echoes him in the north of the Yangtze River, and the city has sufficient supplies. It is still him and Boluo who sit together , he has enough confidence to last for a while.

As a member of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, he knew that the Qing court could not do without Jiangnan. If Jiangnan was lost, the Qing court's finances would collapse, and Dorgon would definitely rescue them on a large scale.

Although he knew that the navy of the Ming army was powerful, Wang Yan couldn't defend the thousands of miles of the Yangtze River even if he wanted to. As long as reinforcements came, there was always a way to cross the river to support them.

On August [-]th, the battle of the Ming army to attack the inner city of Nanjing officially started.

The reason why this day was chosen is also for auspiciousness. Nowadays, most of the Mid-Autumn Festival is just about enjoying the moon and reunion, but at the end of Yuan Dynasty, it had another meaning.

Killing the Tartars on the [-]th day of the eighth month is for auspiciousness and superstition.

In the early morning, the nearly [-] Ming troops who participated in the battle outside Nanjing began to prepare to attack the city after breakfast.

Wang Yan led the army to attack the west city, Jin Shenghuan attacked the south city, and Zheng Chenggong attacked the east city. The navy patrolled the river and found that the Qing army in the north of the river was crossing the river.

At three o'clock in the morning, under the city of Nanjing, the Ming army's horse troops roared to and fro, inspecting the battlefield and passing on military orders. People in each camp shouted horses, and the sound of drums and horns continued. The city equipment was pushed out of the camp and placed two miles away from the city.

The Ming army is still in formation here, and the artillery positions on Zijin Mountain and Shihui Mountain have already begun to prepare for shelling.

The Ming army does not lack red-clothed cannons now. After occupying Zijin Mountain, hundreds of red-clothed cannons were transported to Zijin Mountain alone. In addition, Zheng Chenggong also released hundreds of red-clothed cannons to Shihui Mountain in the east. There are more than 70 noodles,
Zijin Mountain is in the southeast of Nanjing. Jin Shenghuan is in charge of attacking here, but the heavy artillery of the Jiangxi soldiers has long been lost, so the artillery team of Zijin Mountain is the artillery team of the Five Zhongjun Army.

The commander of the artillery team is Chen Yujie, the commander of the artillery team of Wuzhong, who is a master in using artillery.

At this time, the artillery soldiers on the fort were busy carrying ammunition and moving the artillery, but Chen Yujie and a group of artillery instructors around him were busier than them.

In the city of Nanjing, Hong Chengchou colluded with the Dutch, and Wang Yan's army had already cooperated with the Portuguese. Even Zheng Chenggong's subordinates also had two kinds of soldiers, Wufan soldiers and Baifan soldiers.

Many Portuguese or Jesuit missionaries served as artillery instructors, and of course more were Wang Yan's own officers.

They are busier than soldiers, constantly gesticulating and calculating with tools. Behind every Portuguese, there are basically a few officers of the Ming army, carefully observing how many times they make shots through the "gun ruler", "cannon gauge" and "telescope". Calculate distances to determine charge and gun elevation.

These things also involve arithmetic, as well as the geometry of Xiyi. Ordinary soldiers really don't understand and can't learn it. For this reason, Wang Yan specially found a few failed talents to fill the artillery team, which made the artillery team slow down. Slowly cultivated a group of talents.

At the foot of the mountain, more than half of Jin Shenghuan's army had already formed a formation. The front row consisted of [-] captives from the Green Battalion.

At this time, Jin Shenghuan was riding on the horse, and a cavalry suddenly galloped in front of him. Jin Shenghuan heard this, turned his head to look at Zijin Mountain, and then ordered the army to sound gold. back.

And almost at the same time, there was a loud noise on Zijin Mountain, a red cannon suddenly retreated, a black iron bullet flew over the cavalry's head, flashed in the air, and hit the city wall , Immediately the masonry cracked, and a hole was dug in the city.

After this cannonball, there was not much time to suck, and then nearly a hundred iron bullets came roaring, some hit the city wall, and a small flower composed of stones and dust exploded on the wall, and some smashed into the city wall. In the moat, a water column splashed.

In a short while, this section of the city wall was bombarded by hundreds of iron bullets, and each shot raised a mass of rock and soil. The entire section of the city wall was instantly shrouded in smoke and dust, and the Qing army on the city immediately screamed again and again.

The sound of the booming artillery spread into the city, and the people hid in their houses one after another and dared not come out.

In Nanjing Nanchengfu School, nearly a thousand nobles and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, as well as gentry who might be emotionally inclined to the Ming Dynasty, were imprisoned, and the Qing army continued to send people there every day.

As Qian Qianyi was the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, there is no doubt that my brother was arrested again.

At this time, he was crowded in a lobby with nearly a hundred people, sitting on the floor, closing his eyes and meditating, when suddenly the sound of rumbling guns came, causing him to open his eyes.

Beside him, a gentry leaned up, looked left and right, and whispered happily: "Brother Muzhai, Hengyang Fan has begun to attack the city!"

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