The Ming army pushed oars and shield carts piled with sandbags, mounted large and small muskets and cannons, and rushed toward Yifeng Gate along the Yudao Street in the city with swords, guns and crossbows.
The Han army had already built a barricade here, and there were more than ten eagle cannons placed on the barricade.
There is even a matchlock gun set up on the left and right sides of Yifeng Gate.
The explosive shells fired by the mortars at the city head, the bombardment of the eagle cannon, the volleys of the fusiliers, and the grenades thrown by the individual ballistas suddenly turned the imperial road in front of Yifeng Gate into a Shura purgatory.
With a random cannon attack, those oar and shield vehicles were so bombarded that they no longer even had a shadow.
Ming soldiers fell to the bullets one after another.
Zhu Yuanzhang's Twelve Guards launched a suicide charge, trying to break down the Han army's barricades with the help of crowds, but they did not even get within thirty steps.
It was instantly torn apart by a waterfall of bullets.
In the end, no Ming army dared to attack the Han army anymore, and the most courageous soldiers and generals were all turned into corpses.
Even Liu Bowen himself no longer had the courage to count the remaining numbers of the Ming army.
The Han army began to advance along the imperial street.
They formed a linear infantry array and advanced hand in hand.
Behind them were two carriages towing muskets.
A large number of Han soldiers were surrounding the carriages, swinging their guns to keep watch on the enemy on both sides of the imperial street.
There were also a large number of Han soldiers walking through the lanes on both sides of the imperial street, searching and preventing any ambush that the Ming army might ambush.
In fact, they no longer need to be so careful.
Most of the remaining Ming soldiers in Yingtian City threw away their weapons, took off their armor and uniforms, and quietly fled to every corner of this huge city.
After the Han army entered the Ming army barracks, except for a few thousand Ming army soldiers who surrendered collectively with white flags, the rest had fled.
On the imperial road from Yifeng Gate to the palace, there were several waves of people holding white flags and carrying wine and meat to "welcome Master Wang."
There are Yingtianfu local government offices, Ming court government offices, and local powerful officials.
In the harem of the palace, Liu Bowen barged in with one bare foot and knelt down in front of Ma Niangniang with a thud.
Ma Niangniang also heard that Han troops were coming to attack the city early in the morning, but they did not have many troops, only about twenty warships.
He didn't take it to heart, he just said that the Han army took advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's main force to march westward, and took advantage of this to harass him.
The northernmost Yifeng Gate was far away from the southernmost palace.
The people in the palace were not impressed by the intensity of the battle, nor were they panicked.
I only know that the constant sound of gunfire is the fierce exchange of fire between the Ming army and the invading Han army at Yifeng Gate.
Only now Liu Bowen's behavior made Ma Niangniang panic.
"Uncle Chengyi, why are you doing this?"
Ma Niangniang asked in shock.
"Hey, it's too late.
I don't have time to elaborate.
Please ask the empress to quickly summon the royal family members in the harem to evacuate the palace with me," Liu Bowen said in a hurry.
"But the Han army broke through the city and entered.
Even so, there are still five thousand twelve guards in front of the inner palace.
This palace is tall and strong, which is also impressive."
"Your Majesty, don't say any more.
It's really too late.
The Han army has magical weapons and firearms in their hands.
Mortals can't stop the 40,000 people stationed at Yifengmen, Lion Rock, Xiutuan Mountain and Beicheng Camp.
It won't take an hour.
They will all be destroyed when they arrive.
Not to mention the five thousand inner palaces, even if I gather all the soldiers in the city, they will be killed."
Liu Bowen was already very worried and began to speak incoherently.
When Lady Ma saw that he was really anxious, she knew that the situation was serious and hurriedly ordered the eunuch to summon the royal family members to prepare for the transfer.
At this time, intensive gunfire could be heard outside the palace city.
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After a while, a guard in golden clothes with a bloodied face ran in and shouted with a mournful face: "Mother Qi, it's not bad, the Han army has invaded the palace.
All the palace gates have been blocked by the Han army."
Liu Bowen sat down on the ground and muttered to himself: "It's over, it's all over."
The cracks of musketry rang in their ears, and the two guards fell to the palace floor.
Several Han Guards carrying long and short flintlock guns appeared in the hall.
In the past few days, Zhu Yuanzhang's mood was extremely low.
He tentatively sent nearly a hundred warships to Guangji, but within an hour they all sank to the bottom of the river amidst the roar of cannons.
The Ming soldiers who fell into the water filled the river and were captured one by one by the Han army.
The consumption of military supplies and food is decreasing day by day.
In a short time, the remaining 2.67 million Ming troops will be out of food.
Zhu Yuanzhang reluctantly prepared to implement his backup plan.
The entire army went south to Dongting Lake and withdrew from eastern Hunan and western Jiangxi to their home base.
He ordered his soldiers to summon the generals and ministers.
I straightened my mood, suddenly changed my face, and became relaxed and relaxed.
After everyone kowtowed to Lishan and shouted long live, Zhu Yuanzhang said softly: "Be safe."
Then he was ready to tell everyone his withdrawal plan.
At this time, a pro-army soldier ran in in a panic, kowtowed and said: "One hundred thousand urgent military information, report to the emperor.
Yingtian Mansion Yingtian Mansion has been captured by the Han army."
These words were like a thunderbolt from the blue to everyone present, and even Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.
Lived.
Li Shanchang was the first to react.
He grabbed the sleeve of the soldier and asked, "Can the royal family members escape safely?"
"The details of how we all fell into the hands of thieves in the city are in the report.
Please have your Majesty take a look at it."
The soldier replied truthfully.
At this time, everyone present began to whisper, and Zhu Yuanzhang felt dizzy and almost fainted.
He suddenly tore this urgent newspaper into pieces without even looking at it, and shouted loudly: "This matter must be kept secret, and anyone who leaks it will be killed without mercy."
However, this matter cannot be kept secret.
The Tang newspaper was passed down through many stages, and all the ministers and generals present were also aware of the matter.
More importantly, the main force of the Han navy from Guangji and Jingzhou took the initiative to use bows and crossbows to send a message to the Ming army, informing them of the matter and persuading them to surrender.
Although the generals of the Ming army claimed that this was a trick of the Han army to disturb the morale of the army, the soldiers and generals confirmed the matter through various channels, and the morale of the Ming army suddenly rose.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he was now racing against fate, and he did not want to stay in Jianghan for one more day.
On the second day, nearly a thousand Ming army warships sailed up the river in a mighty manner, heading towards Dongting Lake.
As soon as the Ming army's warships entered Dongting Lake, the main force of the Han army's navy hidden in Hong Lake in Jingzhou came out and stationed troops at the mouth of Dongting Lake in Yueyang.
The main force of the fleet continued to pursue the Ming fleet.
Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet entered the Xiangjiang River smoothly, but when it approached Changsha City at the mouth of the Liushui River, it was discovered that the Han army had long built a pontoon bridge on the Xiangjiang River here, paved with floating soil and built fortifications.
There are several iron cables blocking the river in front of the bridge.
There are also many forts with strongholds on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
And they are obviously built over a long period of time, not temporary structures, and are extremely strong.
With the firepower of the Han army, it was impossible for the Ming army fleet to enter Liushui.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Chen Li had been planning everything step by step from beginning to end.
"What should I do now?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, Xu Da and others next to him with a livid face
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