The gunboat Zhenyuan sailed to the river north of Nanjing, and the huge hull was displayed in front of Nanjing.The Qing army at the head of the city, squatting behind the battlements, looked timidly at the three rows of artillery sticking out of the side of the ship.On the deck of the Zhenjiang, Guo Zhong pressed and stood, directing the soldiers to load the guns busily, and after the soldiers finished loading, they pushed the guns into the gun emplacement, and then fixed them with iron chains.War was one of the best ways to train soldiers, and Zhao Ming went from Chongming to Nanjing, carrying a large number of boats, fishermen, porters, and wharf coolies along the way.Now that Zhao Ming has money, food, and ordnance in hand, Zhao Ming ordered Guo Zhong to select some men and organize them into the water camp to form a naval army of 3,000 people.At this time, the water camp warships were lined up on the river, and the scene was spectacular, but ninety percent of the ships in the water camp were not equipped with artillery, only the Zhenyuan and a few Dafu ships had cannons on them.The deck of the Zhenyuan was full of people, and many other non-commissioned officers on the ship were organized to watch the gunners on the Zhenyuan operate.In order for them to understand how to operate the cannon, in front of the non-commissioned officers who watched, an officer explained in detail the steps of operating the cannon and the precautions.The officer was a hundred households, named Xu Rong, an accomplice recruited by Guo Zhong, who had worked under Sun Yuanhua and was very familiar with artillery operations.Holding a booklet in his hand, he inspected the pouch and the iron bullet, and while instructing the gunner to load, he said to the crowd: "Different guns should be fired with different cartridges. ”Saying this, he pointed to the Hongyi cannon that was being loaded and said: "Like this kind of 2,700-pound Hongyi cannon, it is the No. 2 medicine bag, if you use the No. 3, the power will be too small to kill and injure the enemy, and if you use the No. 1 medicine bag, you may explode the chamber and injure yourself." ”As he spoke, he showed the medicine packets to the soldiers, who were not the soldiers of the Zhenyuan, but the newly recruited men of the Water Battalion.In order to make the water battalion form combat effectiveness, Zhao Ming asked Guo Zhong to organize new soldiers to study on the ship, and let them practice on the gunboat so that they could master the skills as soon as possible.The artillery firing technology of the Ming Dynasty was already quite advanced, and the gunpowder was actually installed more than ten years ago.At first, Zhao Minggang was also surprised when he saw a bag of medicine wrapped in cotton cloth with a number written on it, he thought that the Ming Dynasty was very backward, and he didn't want many things to be very advanced, and they were the best things under the conditions at that time, so he lost a chance to make suggestions.Xu Rong introduced the medicine bag, and then followed the actions of the gunner on the Zhenyuan, introducing how to pierce the medicine bag, insert the lead, and aim and shoot.At this time, the gunner was ready, and Xu Rong reminded the new pawn: "It's time to fire!"
”"Boom, boom!"
A deafening cannon sound suddenly erupted from the gunboat's side, and in the midst of lightning and thunder, thick white smoke covered the gunboat's sideboard, and the gun mounts of each gun retreated one after another, and the soldiers on the deck only felt that the ships were trembling, and their hearts were extremely shocked.At this time, dozens of iron bullets rushed out of the cannon port, stuck to the surface of the river, and smashed into the city wall, and the head of Nanjing City immediately became dusty, and countless gravel rose into the air, and then fell like raindrops, splashing dense white water on the river surface.The Hongyi artillery of the Qing army at the head of the city began to return fire, splashing columns of water on the river, but none of them hit the Ming ships.The effective range of the artillery on the Ming gunboats was far greater than that of the Hongyi cannons of the Qing army, coupled with the movement of the ships, the target was smaller than the city, and the Qing artillery could not hit the Ming ships at all.Since the Ming army came to the city, the Ming infantry army was stationed outside the city of Nanjing, except for defeating a Qing army reinforcements from Ningguofu, they did not attack the city of Nanjing.The fiercest battle between the Ming army and the Qing army was the artillery battle between the Qing army in the northern city of Nanjing and the Ming army's water camp on the river.The ships of the Ming army lined up and bombarded the city of Nanjing, giving people the feeling that the Ming army was fighting with the Qing army, and also drew the attention of the Qing army to the river.When the Ming army approached Nanjing, the head of the Qing army who was killed built the city of Jingguan, killed Tian Xiong alive, and shelled the city of Nanjing, which greatly shocked the land south of the Yangtze River.Although the vast majority of the gentry and people in Jiangnan were in a wait-and-see situation, and did not dare to rashly support the Ming army, for fear that the Ming army would be defeated and themselves would be implicated when the time came, there were still some men who were not confused by Hong Chengchou Xiaoen Xiaohui, and they did not forget the killing of the Qing army in Jiangnan, and resolutely chose to defect to the Ming army.At this time, under the city of Nanjing, the gathered Ming army and the people who rushed to defect had reached more than 30,000 people, and Zhao Ming and Li Chengdong took the opportunity to recruit soldiers and expand their power.While the power of the Ming army grew, the strength of the Qing army in Nanjing also grew.When the Ming army approached the city, Hong Chengchou ordered the Qing troops from all over the country to rush to Nanjing for reinforcements, and now in addition to a Qing army from Ningguo Mansion in the south was defeated by Li Chengdong and fled back to Ningguo in a hurry, the 6,000 Qing troops in Anqing and Wuhu upstream have entered the city of Nanjing.In addition, 10,000 Qing soldiers who came from Xuzhou and Huai'an also arrived in Jiangbei, but they did not have ferries, and there were Ming ships on the river, so they could not cross the Yangtze River to reinforce Nanjing for the time being.On the 22nd day of the first lunar month, the Ming army had been stationed under the city of Nanjing for more than half a month, and as the Qing reinforcements arrived one after another, the situation became more and more unfavorable for the Ming army.In the early morning of this day, Hong Chengchou led many Qing generals to the city to check the enemy situation in person as usual, and as reinforcements entered Nanjing one after another, the Qing army was also emboldened."
Lord Zhongtang, the enemy soldiers under the city obviously don't have the strength to capture Nanjing, but why don't you fight, and why don't you retreat?"
The Qing general Gao Jinku did not understand the behavior of the Ming army.It's not just him, in fact, Hong Chengchou doesn't understand why the Ming army hasn't left yet.In the current situation, the Ming army could not capture Nanjing, and once another elite Qing army arrived, the Ming army would face the situation of being attacked from inside and outside, and it would be defeated.Hong Chengchou pondered for a while, shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!"
No matter what the enemy wants, you just need to hold on to the city!
”Many Qing generals heard the words and nodded, but at this moment, in the camp of the Ming army, a horn suddenly sounded."
Zhongtang, Haikou can't hold his breath, and he is finally going to attack the city!"
Gao Jinku couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this.The attention of all the Qing troops on the city wall was attracted to the outside of the city, and the guards picked up the soldiers who were crowded by the wall, and Hong Chengchou, surrounded by the generals, walked to the wall and looked outside the city.With the sound of horns, on the wilderness in the east of the city, the Ming soldiers slowly opened their camps and lined up outside the city, posing for an offensive posture.Hong Chengchou frowned slightly, "Could it be that Haikou felt that the long-term garrison of the city would be defeated, so he decided to take the risk of attacking the city?"
”At this time, in the array of the Ming army, under the banner of a big sword, Li Chengdong and Zhao Ming rode side by side.Li Chengdong glanced at Zhao Ming with a solemn expression, still not at ease, "General Zhao, your few coffins can really blow up the city wall." ”This is a successful case, Zhao Ming was full of confidence, patted his chest and promised: "Li Dashuai put his heart in his stomach, I will definitely lift the city wall." ”(Thanks for the reward of Killing Awakening, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, monthly pass, ask for a booklist.) ）()