Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 756

Outside the city lined up in front of the formation were the Green Battalion soldiers captured by Wang Yanda Shengguan, a total of more than 3 people. He gave Zheng Chenggong and Jin Shenghuan [-] each, which is very fair.

These captive soldiers were arranged in a formation according to the temporary battalion number, with a little panic on their faces.

At this time, someone suddenly noticed that Zhou and Xu, who had gone to discuss the matter, came back, and they looked at each other with the same eyes.

"General, what does King Hengyang say?"

Several captive generals immediately surrounded them. They knew that they would definitely be used as cannon fodder, but they were afraid that being cannon fodder would not do any good.

Zhou and Xu rode over, and wherever they went, the captives would look at them.

When the two came to the front of the formation, Zhou Fangrong glanced at Xu Kaicheng, who understood, and shouted loudly: "Your Highness has spoken, cut off one head, don't make mistakes, cut off two heads, press It is the custom of the Ming army to confer rewards, His Highness said, he has plenty of silver and titles, and it depends on whether we can live up to our expectations!"

Many captive soldiers heard the words clearly, and were taken aback for a moment, then boiled for a while.

Seeing this, Zhou Fangrong's heart was also moved, and he took over the conversation, "Quickly pass on the words of His Highness, and mobilize the morale of Lao Tzu, and prepare to fight."

A group of officers heard the words and understood, and immediately turned around with their fists clasped. Some mounted their horses and ran in front of the army, shouting loudly while running.

These captive soldiers felt very fearful about their own fate, but as Wang Yan's meaning was conveyed, the captive soldiers felt at ease.

For a while, under the mobilization of the generals, the shouts of the captive army became louder and louder.

If these captives were to be used as cannon fodder, their morale should be low, but at this time, both the soldiers and the generals were full of enthusiasm, shouting loudly, just like drinking a lot of wine.

Generals Zhou and Xu also felt a lot in their hearts. Since they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, it seems that their morale has not been so high for four years.

In the middle army, Liu Shun saw that the captive army was shouting more happily than the five loyal army, and wondered for a while, what is there to be happy about a group of cannon fodder, "Your Highness let this group of people take the lead, why are you still calling?"

Wang Yan smiled slightly, "Although they were captives, they were also freed. The Qing army in the city was worse than them. This comparison is naturally worthy of joy."

Wang Yan paused, looked up at the sky, and suddenly waved: "Let's start!"

Outside the west city, the shouts of the captured soldiers aroused the dissatisfaction of the five loyal soldiers, and the loyal and loyal soldiers also began to shout, as if they were swearing majesty.

Someone sang a rivalry, and both sides shouted even more joyfully, neither of them would give in, tens of thousands of horses and horses moved the whole field.But at this moment, the Chinese army rose up. Generals Zhou and Xu drew out their sabers when they heard the order, swung them forward vigorously, and shouted angrily, "Attack!"

With an order, the soldiers flocked to the Qinhuai River like a flood.

The Qinhuai River is wide. Although it is August and the water level has dropped, the water in the center of the river is at least one foot deep.

Wang Yan thought about building a dam upstream to block the water flow, and digging canals to divert the river water into the Yangtze River, but the project was so huge that he had to build a pontoon bridge to cross it, but this greatly increased the difficulty of attacking the city.

As soon as the captured soldiers approached the Qinhuai River, the artillery of the Qing army began to roar at the top of the city. After being passively beaten for a long time, the artillery of the Qing army began to fight back, and white smoke rose from the top of the city.

In fact, apart from the red-clothed cannons on the forts, the Qing army also had nearly a hundred red-clothed cannons on the city walls, but the Nanjing city wall was too long, and these cannons were scattered. When they reached each city gate, there were only seven or eight cannons. Therefore, in the face of the Ming army's bombardment, these artillery did not dare to fire back, lest they be killed by concentrated fire, and the range of other artillery could not reach the Ming army's artillery array, so they could only keep silent.

When the prisoners rushed to the river, they entered the range of other artillery in the city. The large and small Frang machine, and the general's artillery all fired at once. For a while, the city was filled with gunpowder smoke.

Hundreds of iron bullets whizzed down from the city, a prisoner soldier was hit, his whole body bowed, and he flew backwards quickly, knocking down three or four people before stopping.

The shells on the city hit people, split their brains, hit the ground, raised turf and dirt, fell into the water, and splashed water columns. Soldiers were constantly hit by shells, but they could not stop the captured soldiers.

The Hengyang Fan promised rewards to motivate them, but it was mainly the supervising soldiers behind who were holding big swords and supervising the battle, which made them dare not stop running.

Amidst the rumbling of cannons and the shouts of killing all over the sky, the captured soldiers rushed to the river. Some of their soldiers took a small boat and brought a log. After paddling for a certain distance, they began to nail a sharpened log into the water. , and more soldiers were tied with ropes and waded directly with logs on their backs.After waiting for some wooden stakes to be nailed into the water, more soldiers carried the pre-set wooden boards. The long wooden boards were put into the water one by one, and then fixed with iron nails.

The Qinhuai River is very wide. The captives braved the artillery fire and built three pontoon bridges at the same time. Each bridge was more than two feet wide and had three floors. The third layer is covered with a layer of wooden boards, and the entire pontoon bridge is connected with large iron nails and trapped with hemp ropes, making it very strong.

At this time, jets of water splashed on the river surface, and the boats that built the pontoon bridge were hit from time to time, and immediately disintegrated. The captives were bloodied.

Floating corpses can be seen on the river from time to time, dragging a scarlet tail, washed downstream by the river.

Among them, the biggest threat to the pontoon bridge is the few red cannons on the city. With one shot, it can smash the pontoon bridge composed of dozens of logs to pieces, and the power is very fierce.

The artillerymen on the city were looking for the target, and the artillery array of the Ming army outside the city was also observing the artillery on the city.

"There! Ten feet to the left of the city gate!" An artillery instructor put down the binoculars and shouted happily.

Several artillery soldiers heard the words, and immediately under the command of the instructor, moved the gun carriage, adjusted the gun position, and then loaded the ammunition, approached five red cannons, aimed at one place, and the cannons retreated at the same time. The bullets roared out at the same time.

The gunners of the Qing army on the city didn't realize that an officer was yelling at the soldiers to hurry up and reload when suddenly a shell hit a nearby wall, and the entire wall was wiped away by the iron bullet, and the broken stones scattered everywhere In an instant, several Qing soldiers who were loading were beaten to the ground, and they fell to the ground and howled.

Before the officer could react, several iron bullets came in a row, and one of them just hit the cannon body. The heavy red cannon was smashed and turned, and the cannon body swept across, hitting the general's abdomen Slapped him flying in an instant, landed heavily on the ground, vomited blood and died.

Under the city, nearly seventy red-clothed cannons of the Ming army suppressed the city frantically. Several red-clothed cannons of the Qing army were named and dismantled by the Ming army artillery, and the other artillery pieces of the Qing army could not reach the Ming army artillery array. They could only be named and cleared one by one by the Ming army.

The artillery of the Qing army on the city gradually thinned out, and the prisoners built the pontoon bridge smoothly.

Finally, after more than half an hour, three pontoon bridges spanned the Qinhuai River.

"Kill!" At the moment when the pontoon bridge was pierced through, nearly ten thousand captive soldiers burst into cheers, screaming, raising swords and shields, and carrying ladders to kill down the city.

"Bows and arrows, firecrackers!" The officers on the city loudly reminded their soldiers.

The brigade of archers of the Qing army rushed to the edge of the city and began to shoot arrows down the city, while the archers of the captured army also began to form a line after passing the pontoon bridge, lobbing at the top of the city.

Arrows on the city were like rain, intertwined with each other. A Qing general was worried about Jin Li's safety, so he stepped forward and said, "Let's go down to the city from the mountain!"

Jin Li's face was stern, and he rejected the kindness of his subordinates. Sun Youguang was hacked by Wang Yan, Nanjing City was destroyed, and he still had a way to survive. Wouldn't it be a joke to make a move, and the general would have been hiding under the city."

While speaking, in the Ming army's formation, the battle drum suddenly rang out, and the elite Ming army in the distance pushed out large-scale equipment.

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