Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 761

In Nanjing City, under the Tongji Gate, several Qing generals surrounded a large vat that was mostly buried in the soil.

At this time, a trace of water was slightly shaking on the edge of the tank, spreading rhythmically to the center, and Qing, who was watching, turned serious.Tong Tulai looked at it for a while, raised his head, stretched out his hand to call for a subordinate, and ordered: "Go to the Governor's Mansion quickly and tell Governor Hong to invite him to come to Tongji Gate."

The Eight Banners soldier saluted immediately after hearing this, then turned around and climbed on a horse, whipped and galloped towards Mancheng.

Not long after, there was a sound of horseshoes. Hong Chengchou, who was wearing a black horseshoe sleeve official robe with nine pythons and five claws, cranes embroidered on his chest, big court beads, a bowl hat on his head, and red coral, was majestic under the protection of a group of guards. Get off, hit the horse and come to the door.

Tong Tulai rushed up to greet him, and several Eight Banners soldiers hurriedly helped Hong Chengchou pull the reins, helped him off the horse, and led him to the big vat.

Hong Chengchou looked at the edge of the big vat, the water rippled slightly, and Tong Tulai said, "As expected by the governor, Wang Ni really dug a tunnel. The officials saw that he was addicted to digging holes. He dug tunnels in Zhangzhou. , Still digging now, do you really think we will not take precautions? This time, he must suffer a lot!"

Hong Chengchou listened to him, but put his head on the side of the tank, a faint "dongdong" sound came rhythmically.

This movement is usually undetectable at all, and can only be intercepted by special means.

"Listen, you guys, to see where you dug. In addition, immediately send an order to the prefect of Jiangning to confiscate the people in the city, and immediately dig against them, so that Wang Ni can't dig under the city." Hong Chengchou straightened up, gave an order, and then He smiled slightly at Tong Tulai and said: "As long as there are no internal problems in a strong city like Nanjing, we will not make mistakes when defending the city, and it will not be a problem if we stick to it for a year. Wang Ni is also forced to do nothing now, and the loss on the ground is too great. , he only had a hundred thousand people, all of them died under the city, even if he captured Nanjing, he would not be able to deal with Prince Yu in Jiangbei, so he wanted to use the underground method, but how could this governor let him do what he wanted."

Hearing what he said, Tong Tulai nodded, feeling a little more confidence in his heart. As long as there are no foolish tricks in the defense process and no internal incidents in the defense of the fortified cities of the past, there is absolutely no problem in sticking to it for a month.

"What the governor said!" Tong Tulai said with a smile, "I think Wang Ni is a little out of skills now, let's wait for more than a month, and the turning point will come."

Hong Chengchou nodded, waved his hands and turned around to walk under the city gate, "To be conservative, the governor will send you another 3000 troops for safety. Well, Tong Gushan will also go to prepare. Today the governor will stay in Tongji I'm going to work here, and I'll see you defeat Wang Ni's plan to attack the city with my own eyes!"

"You guys, take the governor to rest!" Tong Tulai saluted and accepted the order, then waved his hand, beckoning his subordinates to lead Hong Chengchou to rest in a shed behind the city wall.

Not long after, an official in black robes led a group of green battalion soldiers, escorting the group of civilians with hoes, shovels, and baskets, and pointed to a street, and ordered loudly: "Start digging out from here. "

Under the supervision of the Qing soldiers, the folks removed the bluestone slabs on the street and began to dig down.

A few miles outside the city, four long poles supported a piece of white cloth to form a simple shed. Wang Yan and a group of generals were in the shed, listening to Li Yuanyin's report.

"Your Highness, the tunnel has been dug under the moat at present, and it is expected to be dug under the city early tomorrow morning." Li Yuanyin reported with fists clasped.

Wang Yan was holding a binoculars to observe the Tongji Gate. Behind him, Chen Bangyan asked: "General Li, what should we do if the tunnel is discovered by Hong Bandits?"

This is also what Wang Yan was worried about. He put down the binoculars, turned around, and Li Yuanyin smiled slightly, cupped his fists and said, "Master Chen, don't worry, this point has long been expected by the humble staff."

After speaking, he turned around and walked to a large table in the pergola, which was full of blueprints. He took out one, spread it on the table, brushed off the dust, and said to everyone: "Your Highness, Mr. Chen, fellow-robes, please take a look. .”

Wang Yan and the others immediately surrounded him, and he pointed to the blueprint confidently and said, "Most of the general's subordinates are Fuzhou miners, who are good at digging mines. This tunnel is much simpler than mines. This time, the final Four tunnels will be dug at the same time."

He paused as he spoke, and tapped the picture three times, "One, two, three, these three are on the top to prevent the Hong thief from discovering it."

Wang Yan nodded, looked at the drawing, but couldn't find where the fourth item was, so he couldn't help asking: "Where is the fourth item?"

Li Yuanyin smiled and pointed to the bottom of the middle one, where there is still a black line, which is not easy to detect unless you look carefully, "Your Highness, here!"

Wang Yan's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "You put the fourth one under the middle one!"

"Your Highness clearly checked, that's exactly the case!" Li Yuanyin clasped his fists and said.

Wang Yan nodded and put his hands behind his back, "I have discussed two ways with everyone. If this tunnel is not discovered by the Hong thief, then we will blow up the city and rush in. If he finds out, the thief will We must deploy heavy troops at Tongji Gate, then our purpose is to attract the attention of the Qing soldiers to Tongji Gate, and then surprise the water gate, so you must dig this tunnel well."

Wang Yan was talking, when a person suddenly came outside the shed, it was indeed Li Yuanyin's general Luo Chengyao.

He walked quickly into the shed, first saluted Wang Yan, then turned to Li Yuanyin and said, "Commander, the tunnel was discovered by the Qing soldiers. When the brothers heard the movement, they were facing the inside and digging out."

After hearing this, Wang Yan glanced at the people on the left and right, and as expected, Bandit Hong was really prepared.

Hearing the words, Li Yuanyin straightened his face, turned around and saluted Wang Yan, "Your Highness, I will not be able to accompany you in the end."

Wang Yan waved his hand, "Uncle Yuan, let's go. Since Hong Bandit has discovered it, then he must make Hong Bandit feel pressured and threatened, and attract more Qing soldiers to Tongji Gate."

Li Yuanyin clasped his fists in a salute, then pressed his saber and turned around with Luo Chengyao to go out.

Seeing this, Wang Yan waved his hand and said, "Let's go back to the camp too, and send someone to invite Jin Shenghuan and Zheng Chenggong to come over. Tomorrow is the decisive battle."

At this time, in the underground, the Ming and Qing armies were digging against each other. A group of Ming soldiers squeezed into the narrow tunnel, holding their sabers tightly in their hands, with a nervous look on their faces.

In front of them, with the faint light of the fire, they could see that several shovels were placed on the ground, and the soldiers had stopped digging, but the soil was shaking slightly and rolling down from time to time.

This is the Qing army on the opposite side. After calculating the position correctly, they dug towards them, and the two sides will soon be connected.

Suddenly, at this moment, a shovel pierced through the soil layer between the two tunnels. When the Ming army saw the shovel, their faces turned cold, and their hands clenched their sabers tighter.

"It's done! It's done!" A voice came from the opposite side, and with the sound, the shovel was pulled back, and the entire soil layer collapsed, revealing several Qing soldiers holding weapons and standing on the opposite side.

"Kill~" Without any nonsense, the hundred households of the Ming army roared, kicked the shovel in the passage away, and smashed it at the Qing soldiers on the opposite side, then raised their swords forward, and started fighting with the Qing soldiers in the narrow tunnel .

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