In the city, Zhao Ming did not break his promise, he suggested that Yan Yingyuan kill Ming Zhi together with Fang Heng, the pseudo-governor of the county, and the four bannermen.Yan Yingyuan accepted Zhao Ming's suggestion gladly, and nodded in agreement without any hesitation.Killing Fang Heng can provoke Liu Liangzuo, and he will inevitably attack with anger, which is a taboo for soldiers.At the same time, killing Fang Heng can also strengthen the determination of the gentry in the city to resist the Qing Dynasty.Manchuria had a limited population, and it was not realistic to rule over a large area, and it was not realistic to send troops to each place, so they could only send some soldiers and horses to garrison the major cities.In this case, if they want to control the place, they must maintain a strong deterrent so that even the city that is not full of troops will not dare to resist.It was very difficult to do this, and the Qing army's method was to slaughter, killing everyone to be afraid and not dare to give birth to a heart of resistance.When the Qing army went south, they issued a clear order, spread the word to the world, resisted the Qing army, and slaughtered all over the city, and they went all the way south, and always adhered to this military order, and even some cities, without any resistance, were also slaughtered by the Qing army who coveted their property.Jiangnan is rich, every city is rich, the Eight Banners are salivating for this, Jiangyin has disobeyed the orders of the Qing army, and now they have killed the Qing court's Zhixian and executed four bannermen, the Qing army in order to maintain deterrence, must slaughter the city.Yan Yingyuan agreed to this move, but also for the complete unification of thoughts in the city, and he wanted to go with Zhao Ming on this point.Zhao Ming asked the soldiers of the Taiping Battalion to behead him, and Wang Deshun and several other stabs received special care and were named by Zhao Ming.Wang Deshun and the others had no choice, they just wanted to eat together, they didn't want to fight with the Qing army, and scolded Zhao Ming's ancestors for eight generations in their hearts.A few people didn't dare to disobey Zhao Ming's intentions, and reluctantly cut off the heads of Fang Heng and the four bannermen with a single sword, and were forced to get on the broken ship of the righteous army.…… Outside the city, Liu Liangzuo was enraged, and as soon as he gave an order, a deafening cannon sound broke out on the artillery array of the Qing army, and thick white smoke rose from the muzzle of the cannon, covering the long front.The artillery mounts of the various guns of the Qing army retreated in the sound of cannons, and more than ten catties of iron bullets rushed out of the muzzles and smashed into the city wall, the dust on the Jiangyin city was flying, the masonry was dented and broken, and countless gravels fell down, revealing the rammed earth in the wall.On the city wall, the soldiers of Xiang Yong and the Taiping Camp exclaimed in surprise, frightened by the scene in front of them, and squatted behind the wall battlements, not daring to show their heads.Zhao Ming stood up straight, he felt the city wall under his feet being smashed and trembled, and his heart couldn't help jumping wildly, "This is the Hongyi cannon, it's weird!"
”On the artillery array of the Qing army, after a round of shooting, the gunners next to each artillery immediately used a brush wrapped in a damp cotton cloth to clear the chamber, and the slightest sound of water vapor evaporation came from the gun chamber, and then the loader filled a new package of propellant, pushed in the iron bullet, compacted the iron bullet with a stick, and finally pierced the medicine bag with an awl, inserted the lead, adjusted the gun position, and directly ignited."
Boom!"
There was a loud bang, and the second salvo came, and in the smoke of gunpowder, orange cannon flames flickered, and shells whistled and smashed towards the city.At the head of Jiangyin City, the sound of wall bricks collapsing was constantly heard, and screams and exclamations came and went.Zhao Ming, who was standing by the knife, couldn't help but shudder, this cannon smashed on his body, no matter how brave he was, he would be smashed into pulp.The Qing army quickly finished firing three rounds of artillery, and the body of the Hongyi cannon was already hot and needed to be cooled before it could continue firing.The main formation of the Qing army, under the banner of the word "Liu", Liu Liangzuo, who was riding a miscellaneous horse, saw that the shelling had just stopped, so he waved his hand, "Attack!"
”In the wilderness outside the west gate of Jiangyin, the big drum of the Qing army beat up, and the Qing general Zhang Tianlu pulled out the knife, "Brothers, rush to Lao Tzu, the city is broken and the knife is not sealed." ”In the last years of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was financially bankrupt, the army was in arrears, and the generals made money to raise their own soldiers, and the generals did not have any means to make money, and the most direct way was to rob like the rogue.In the early years of Hongguang, the four towns of Jiangbei were initially established, Gao Jie Suo Yangzhou, Liu Liangzuo plundered Huaishang, and the same Liukou was no different.Now that they have surrendered to the Qing army, they will be more comfortable doing this kind of thing, and they will not have any psychological burden.At the sound of an order, the 3,000 Qing troops were divided into two echelons, the first team of more than 2,000 people, armed with swords, shields, spears, and carrying forty or fifty trenches and ladders to the city, rushed to the front, responsible for robbing the city, and the second team was armed with muskets and bows and arrows, they were responsible for suppressing the city head and covering the first team to climb the city.Liu Liangzuo is known as 100,000 horses, but the real elite is only 10,000 people, and he dispatched 3,000 elite soldiers, and he is already nine out of ten against Jiangyin.With a fierce and greedy look flashing in their eyes, the three thousand Qing soldiers rushed through the smoke of gunpowder above the artillery array and rushed over.At the head of the city, Yan Yingyuan drew his sword in his hand, and bluffed angrily, "The soldiers return to their original positions, those who lose the battlements are killed, and those who retreat are killed." ”After speaking, he half turned his body, probed into the battlements, and stared at the swarming Qing army with a cold gaze, with a sneer on his face.If he came to attack the city, he would first bombard it with Hongyi cannons, smash at least one place, destroy the morale of the defenders, and then make a feint attack on both sides and attack the main attack on the other.However, Liu Liangzuo despised Jiangyin City too much, and he was enraged, so the cannon only smashed three rounds, and began to attack, and did not arrange manpower to contain the other three city walls, but directly attacked from the west gate.Yan Yingyuan sneered, "Then let you hit your heads and bleed!"
”At the head of the city, the soldiers of the Xiangyong and Taiping Battalion saw that the Qing army was like a flood, swarming to the west city of Jiangyin, and it was inevitable that they were a little panicked in their hearts, and they clenched their weapons one by one, their lips were dry, and their bodies were stiff.The people of Jiangnan are not good at fighting, but the situation has forced them to this position.Originally, Yan Yingyuan thought that there were still a few days to train Xiangyong, but he didn't want the situation to change abruptly, so he could only let the Taiping Battalion, which was originally responsible for fighting fires in the four cities, also participate in the defense of the city.Zhao Ming saw that on the surrounding wall battlements, Xiang Yong and his subordinate soldiers were all nervous, and he was a little skeptical that these people could really block the attack of the Qing army.At this moment, a string sounded at the head of the city, and an arrow "swished" out, and in the ranks of the Qing army, a commander of the thousand generals, fell in response."
Whoosh" was another arrow down the city, this time an arrow through the throat.The defenders in the city were stunned for a moment, and then there was a burst of cheers in an instant, Zhao Ming turned his head to look, only to see Zheng Sen, who was wearing a cloth face armor, bending his bow and arrows, in one go, every arrow was shot, a Qing army fell to the ground, and he shot the leader, so handsome that he had no friends."
Big Wood Shooter!"
Zhao Ming lost no time in raising his arms and shouting, touting friendship.The nervous defenders in the city finally relaxed a little, gained some confidence, and chanted together.Yan Yingyuan pointed at his sword and shouted loudly: "Release!"
”The few defender archers in the city, as well as the fire gunners, suddenly released arrows and shot guns together, and the arrows were shot on the shield of the Qing army, making a "dodo" sound, and the Qing soldiers and soldiers kept falling to the ground~~~~~~ (thank you for your support, please recommend) ()