Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 766 Nanjing Attack and Defense Twelve
The thousand green battalion soldiers at Shuimen also noticed the situation on the opposite side, and the city suddenly became restless.

What is Ming Jun doing?Why are you still hitting the water gate?

This one with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, can you be more professional? It’s enough to attack Sanshanmen. Why do you want to beat us? Brothers are not prepared.

Holding the handle of the knife, Liu Wuyuan looked anxiously at the Ming army in the distance. He had already seen the Ming army boarding the ship and hundreds of rafts, which made him feel heavy

"Quickly, go and report to Jingu Mountain, explaining that the army is going to attack the water gate!" Liu Wuyuan hurriedly grabbed a soldier and ordered loudly.

The water gate is in Xicheng, and it is also Jin Li's defense area. He is the commander-in-chief of Xicheng.

The soldier took the order and hurriedly turned around and ran towards the Sanshan Gate.

Liu Wuyuan watched the soldier run away, then turned his eyes back and looked at the nearly thousand soldiers on the city.

Although he has no confidence, he must grit his teeth and stick to this water gate.

He used to be a subordinate of Zu Dashou, and contributed a lot to the Manchu Qing Dynasty after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, he was defeated in the chaotic battle in Jiangxi Lekede. He was captured by the Ming army and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty together with Gao Jinku and others. After Ma'anshan, he rebelled down the mountain with Gao Jinku and others, and once again took refuge in Boluo.

He was too embarrassed to mention it so repeatedly, even if he surrendered, he would probably be dead, and he still had to be a bit shameless, so it would be unreasonable to repeat it again.

He must defend this water gate to the core. Liu Wuyuan hurriedly gathered several generals in one place, and shouted at everyone: "The Ming army is about to attack the water gate. You all cheer up this general. I have already sent someone to Jin Gushan to ask for help. Soldiers, the Ming army came by boat, and there is no siege equipment, let's defend it, and reinforcements will arrive soon."

He first drew a cake for everyone, then stopped for a while, glanced at everyone with sharp eyes, suddenly pulled out a section of his waist knife, made a "chuo" sound, and said angrily: "If any of you dare to run away or turn to the enemy, I will kill him first. Do you know?"

The generals were shocked by his words, they were silent for a while, they all lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Seeing this, Liu Wuyuan yelled angrily, "The general asked if you understand? Are you all deaf?"

An older general reacted, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "The humble official is willing to obey the general's command and will never back down."

Everyone came to their senses and saluted together, "We are willing to obey the general's order and fight against the Ming army!"

With a sound of "噗", Liu Wuyuan suddenly put the knife back into its sheath, squinting his eyes and looking at everyone, this is the effect he wanted.

"Okay! Each of you defends a section of the city wall, go prepare!"

Before the Ming army rushed under the water gate, Liu Wuyuan quickly rearranged the city defenses. He arranged 400 people on both sides of the water gate, prepared more bows, arrows, and blunderbusses, and he led 200 people to guard the water gate himself.

Nearly a thousand soldiers of the Green Battalion rushed forward immediately, the archers had already been wound up, and the battle was imminent.

"General, the Ming army is approaching!" A soldier pointed to the river directly through the city and shouted in a low voice.

Needless to say, everyone became tense and stared intently at the river outside the city, as the Ming army ships gradually approached the city wall.

Dozens of ships and hundreds of rafts of the Ming army have already reached more than 200 troops.

Among these ships, the first one had its sheds dismantled, and a wooden frame was installed on it, and a log was suspended by an iron chain, covered with iron sheets, and used to hit the gate grating.

? "This is the battering ram for attacking the water gate!"

Seeing this, the Qing soldiers on the city exclaimed.

Seeing that the Ming army fleet was getting closer, Liu Wuyuan became nervous, and said anxiously: "Listen to my order, bow, arrow, and blunderbuss are ready!"

The water gate is not a key defensive area, so it is not equipped with heavy defense equipment, but the Ming army attacking the water gate cannot use large siege equipment.

On the Ming fleet, the commander of the Tiger Wing Battalion, Yang Yanchang raised his sword and yelled, "Raise the shield and let go of the blunderbuss!"

The sword and shield soldiers on the ship immediately raised their shields to form a shield wall, and the bird gunners behind raised their guns and hit them.

"Bang bang bang~" There was a sound of gunshots, and the soldiers of the Qing army at the top of the city fell down immediately. Several of them fell into the water, splashing water, blood gushed out, dyed the river red, and their bodies floated up.

Liu Wuyuan was slightly taken aback, he was on top of the city, condescending, why did the Ming army fire first.

Liu Wuyuan immediately issued an order: "Shoot!"

The gunners in the city lit the matchlocks, and the archers put on their bows and arrows, and shot them quickly, but the arrows and bird guns did not cause any damage, and most of them fell into the water.

Liu Wuyuan immediately realized that their bird blunderbusses were no good at this time, and the Ming army had replaced them with new blunderbusses, which had a longer range than the Qing army's old blunderbusses.

The Qing army missed this move, and became passive. When they were reloading, the Ming army had already raised their guns and suppressed the city.

The Qing army was small, but the Ming army fleet had 3000 men, and the firecrackers were fired at once, so that the Qing army did not dare to show their faces.

It was the battering ram in front that was approaching the water gate. Seeing this, Liu Wuyuan hurriedly ordered more than 100 gunners and followed him down the city.

There is no city gate at the water gate, only two iron fences to block the entry and exit of ships.

The Qing soldiers went down to the water gate, spread wooden boards on the river surface, and the soldiers immediately lined up in three rows and fired guns into the water gate hole.

The Qing army took turns to shoot, and the lead bullets kept shooting at the battering ram. Most of them hit the two iron fences, sparks splashed, and some of them shot into the water, but some still hit the battering ram and the Ming army next to it. .

The soldiers poured into the water from the boat, and blood sprayed out, instantly dyeing the river in the doorway red.

"Shield! Gunfire!" Yang Yanchang shouted again.

The soldiers at the bow immediately picked up their shields, but the ships behind were unable to shoot at the Qing army outside the door because of the battering ram blocking the door opening.

This is the ships of the Ming army. They entered the city one after another. Some of them squeezed outside the water gate and shot at the Qing army above the city. The other part, about 2000 people went to the land on both sides of the water gate, erected simple siege ladders, and shouted loudly. Days of climbing the walls on either side of the water gate.

Inside the Shuimen Cave, there was a loud bang, and the battering ram hit the iron fence heavily, bending several iron bars as thick as arms.

Dozens of ropes were tied to the battering ram, and 20 people stood on each side. They pulled the ropes and suspended the battering ram in the air. With a bang, the battering ram hit the iron fence heavily.

Although the Qing soldiers in the city kept firing guns inward, the two iron gates became a natural barrier for the Ming army, and most of the lead bullets were blocked by the iron fences.

Seeing this, Liu Wuyuan frowned, raised his head and looked up the city, and immediately turned his head and said to a commander-in-chief: "Su Weidong, you go to the city, and I will send another 100 people down. You stay on the city and let Soldiers set off rockets, fire pots, and burn ships!"

"Obey!" Hearing the words, the general manager clasped his fists and turned to go to the city.

Inside the water gate, the soldiers who hit the fence had the fence as a barrier, and the soldiers raised their shields to protect them, but after all, the distance was short and the power of the firecrackers increased greatly, so the soldiers still fell into the river reluctantly.

In a short while, the doorway was full of floating corpses, and Yang Yanchang, who was commanding the attack on a boat behind, was furious, and ordered: "The firecrackers continue to suppress the top of the city, and then go for 40 people to hit the door."

A warship of the Ming army immediately rowed forward and collided with the ramming ship. The soldiers jumped up one after another, pushing the dead soldiers into the water, braving the rain of Qing soldiers' bullets, and then pulled the rope, and hit again.

The first fence has been completely deformed and is about to fall off.

Seeing this, Liu Wuyuan became anxious, why didn't the city send people down.

While he was in a hurry, a group of 200 Qing soldiers ran down to the city, led by the soldiers he had sent to ask for help.

The soldier didn't need him to ask, so he said, "General, Jingu Mountain is also in a tight spot. He said that the 3000 people attacking the water gate was a feint, and only allocated 300 low-ranking men, so that the general must guard the water gate."

While talking, there was a "boom" inside the water gate, and the first fence was knocked open by the Ming army.

Seeing this change in expression, Liu Wuyuan held back the soldier and said urgently: "Go to Nancheng quickly and report to Governor Hong, it means that the army may attack east and west, and now the water gate is in danger, please send 2000 troops to support."

The Qing soldier didn't dare to be negligent, he hurriedly found a war horse, turned on his back, whipped his whip, and galloped south.

But before he could speed up his horse, a Qing soldier ran towards him, heading in the direction of the water gate.

Seeing this, he didn't think about it carefully, and he was overjoyed, and shouted from a long distance: "Which team are you from? What are you doing?"

"I was ordered to reinforce Minato!" Ma Jinbao, who was riding on a horse, opened his mouth.

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