The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 485 Bombarding Nanjing
"You and Zhang Huangyan captured Hangzhou?!" Zhu Linmi said in surprise, "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Return to Your Highness," Deng Shan said with a grin. "At the beginning, the bandit army in Hangzhou defended and resisted stubbornly. Zhang Qian transported cannons to bombard Hangzhou day and night outside the city. The bandits came out of the city to attack at night three days ago in order to prevent the city from being bombed. He then followed his plan, pretended to be defeated, and asked his subordinates to lead their troops to ambush nearby.

"The captives thought that our army was defeated, so they sent people to drag the cannons into the city. When the cannons reached the gate, the subordinates led the troops out immediately. The gate of Hangzhou was blocked by heavy artillery, and it was difficult to close it. The subordinates attacked the city in one fell swoop. .

"Zhang Qian ran for about ten miles there, and suddenly turned back and attacked fiercely, killing the captives and defeating them. We captured Hangzhou that night!"

What a Zhang Huangyan!Zhu Linmei clapped her hands and said, "You only led [-] Zhejiang troops and [-] broken captive battalions to conquer the important town of Hangzhou, but you have made a great contribution!"

At the beginning, he only thought that it would be rare for Zhang Huangyan's troops to hold back the Qing army near Qiantang, but he did not expect to achieve such a record!With Hangzhou, Zhejiang is basically completely recovered.

He remembered that this should be the first time that the old Ming army won victory without relying on its own strength.This is definitely a good start!
He recalled the second half of Deng Shan's words, "You said Zhang Huangyan went to Suzhou again?!"

"Returning to Your Highness, Zhang Qian received a letter from Chen Zilong, a well-known scholar from Su Song, saying that Wu Shengzhao, the former general of Su Song, took advantage of the captives to transfer Su Song's troops away, and contacted the old department in the prison. .

"Zhang Qian discussed this matter with his subordinates, and felt that this matter could be done. After Su Song's soldiers and horses were able to stay, they could be in Suzhou, which is close to the west."

It seems that it is the same as Wu Shengzhao's situation in history anyway, and the matter has long been exposed.Zhu Lin thought in her heart, but now because Zhang Mingzhen and others did not lead troops to respond to Su Song, the Ming army did not suffer any losses.

If Wu Shengzhao can use his influence to stir up trouble with Su Song, it will definitely be beneficial and harmless.Susong was an important town in the eastern part of Nanzhili. After Susong was captured, Suzhou was besieged, and most of the Nanzhi coast was recovered.

Now just wait for Nanjing to be captured, and there will be no place to build a cone in the south of the Yangtze River!
It's just that Zhang Huangyan was so courageous that he dared to go directly to Suzhou when he was asked to do things cheaply in the Qiantang area.Zhu Linmei hurriedly said to Shi Lin: "Let Yu Xin transfer some weapons and armor to Zhang Huangyan's department. We don't need much food and rice here, so give him [-] shi. In addition, I must tell Zhang Huangyan not to attack Suzhou in a hurry. Capturing thieves in a besieged city is a great achievement."

"Yes!"

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Another two days later.

The news that the Ming Dynasty recaptured the Xiaoling Mausoleum spread rapidly across the country.As Zhu Linming had expected, the morale of the entire Ming Dynasty rose immediately.

In the past few days, people and scholars around Nanjing have spontaneously rushed to the vicinity of Xiaoling, and there are as many as 7 to [-] people gathered here in the blink of an eye!

Although they cannot enter the cemetery, let alone worship the Xiaoling Mausoleum, it does not prevent everyone from kowtowing solemnly in front of the mausoleum to express their excitement.Since the end of the 17th year of Chongzhen, everyone has not been this happy for a long time.

There are even barbers who offer free services for everyone. They only need to buy some wigs, and they can weave ugly rattail braids into buns. If they add a hat, there will be no trace of it at all.

At the same time, many nearby merchants also took out their privately stocked Hanfu and sold it at cost price. As long as the money is not so tight, they will usually buy a set and wear it.

All of a sudden, Nanjing was bustling with people in new clothes and hats. Whether they knew each other or not, they laughed and exchanged greetings when they met. It was as lively as the Lantern Festival.

"Hey, I heard that Master Wang is going to hold a burial ceremony for the fallen soldiers at the south side of the Xiaoling Mausoleum."

"The assistant king's army wiped out [-] captives in Jurong, I should pay my respects..."

"The soldiers fought the enemy bravely, how can we not send them a ride?"

"Where? I'll go too..."

The hearts of the people are like a mirror. The former Ming army's military discipline was corrupt and looted everywhere. No one would look at them.And now these heroes who expelled Kuangguo, everyone respects them from the bottom of their hearts.

To the south of Xiaoling Mausoleum, [-] soldiers of the Ming army stood neatly on both sides of the road, armed with guns.

In the middle of the road are the remains of more than 2000 soldiers who died in Jurong.Each of them is covered with a Ming military flag with the sun and the moon on a blue background, reminding people all the time that those lying here are the souls of the Ming army!
These military flags and mourning clothes were urgently prepared by Ying Tianxiang two days ago.

With the sound of mourning and joy, a young man walked slowly at the front with a sword, followed by four soldiers who lifted a thin coffin and put it into the tomb that had already been dug on the large flat ground on the south side of Xiaoling Mausoleum.

The onlookers knelt down spontaneously to those heroes and silently bowed down.

Some people also whispered, "I didn't expect that just an ordinary soldier could be buried near the imperial tomb. What an honor it is?!"

"It is said that this was specially ordered by His Royal Highness the Counselor King. It is a great honor!"

"Under the Zijin Mountain, the tiger is dominating the dragon's plate. This kind of feng shui will definitely affect the children and grandchildren..."

"Don't you know that the person who walked in the front just now is His Royal Highness the Coordinator King? I heard someone calling him before."

"His Royal Highness Co-Prince actually personally buried the soldiers?!"

"With a commander like this, if I were under his command, I would definitely not be afraid of life and death! No wonder he can beat the crap out of Tartar..."

This process was carried out three times, and more than 2000 dead soldiers were all placed under their tombstones.Of course, it is just a unified ceremony at the moment, and if the family members of some of them insist on understanding the remains, they will still be sent back to their hometown.However, no one would reject the dragon-like feng shui outside the Xiaoling Mausoleum in the Ming Dynasty.

When the last coffin fell to the ground, all the soldiers of the Ming army turned to the tombstone to salute solemnly. At the same time, there was a thunderous cannon roar from the direction of Nanjing City—one, two, three...

Someone counted carefully, and there were a total of seven, seven, and forty-nine sounds.

Afterwards, Zhu Linmi turned to the crowd and said loudly: "Excellent! I am a hero of the Ming Dynasty, and I will live forever with the world!
"The sound of the cannon just now is not only a farewell to the heroes, but also the beginning of my victory over Nanjing!"

I don't know who was the first to shout, "Recover Nanjing!"

The voices from all around immediately rang out, "Restore my Nandu!"

"Kill all the Tartars!"

As if to respond to them, dense artillery roars immediately came from a distance.However, unlike the rhythmic "salute" just now, it was completely violent bombardment with the highest intensity.

Outside the city of Nanjing, the Ming army's positions stretched as far as the eye can see, and the spirit of killing soared into the sky.

More than 40 cannons were concentrated outside the Zhonghua Gate on the south side, bombarding Nanjing City indiscriminately.

However, even with the most powerful [-]-pound shells, when they hit the city wall heavily, they could only break down some debris, and many shells jumped directly into the air under the influence of the inclined walls.

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