After the two agreed, they immediately sent 2,000 men to attack the city. Now that the Qing army is well defended, it is impossible to capture the city at once. The main purpose of this time is to test the strength of the city's defense. The army here had just begun to attack the city, and the roar of cannons sounded on the surface of the Yangtze River. Even if people are near Zhenjiang City, they can also see the water column in the Yangtze River that has been stirred up by cannonballs.

Looking at those high water columns, Shi Shanhua suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and said: "I didn't expect that there are so many cannons in the Ming Army's water division, it seems that our water division is more auspicious." Ay! At that time, it would have been better if we hadn't been in a hurry to intercept the Ming army's naval division, but now our defensive strength is weaker. ”

Jin Weifan on the side said: "The general doesn't have to blame himself, if the sailor doesn't fight, we won't know that the Ming army sailor has so many cannons." If the Ming army under the city, at the critical juncture of the siege of the city, let the artillery of the Ming army sailor bombard the city, we want to defend the city, but it will be difficult. ”

Shi Shanhua also said: "Indeed, in this way, the loss of the water master is still worth it. I just hope that Liu Zhiyuan can make the sailor lose less. Then looking at the Ming siege army that was gradually approaching the city wall of Zhenjiang, he suddenly shouted at the defenders in the city: "As long as you hold Zhenjiang, all the silver brought by the Ming army outside the city is yours." When the time comes, I will go to the court and give you a reward. ”

Although no one believed Shi Shanhua's words, but now that he has been forced to go to the city wall, he has to work hard. Otherwise, the Ming army under the city rushed up and killed themselves. These people had no choice but to follow the defenders, shouting loudly to cheer themselves up. And Shi Shanhua even shouted: "The city is in the people, and the city is dead." ”

Some of the Eight Banners soldiers immediately shouted: "The city is in the people, and the city is dead." Minzhuang, who was forced to have no way out, also shouted. Then looking at the gold juice that had been boiled, and the thunder stones and rolling wood piled up on the city, these people were a lot more relieved. After all, it is not so easy to forcibly attack the city.

With Shi Shanhua and other Eight Banner generals personally defending the city wall, the siege of the Restoration Army was very difficult. Ma Bao and Yang Ming met two armies and took turns to attack Zhenjiang City. But Shi Shanhua in the city had no choice but to force the people in the city to go to the city to defend, and the Fuming army failed to break through Zhenjiang even if it attacked for two days.

And the sailors on the Yangtze River were also dragged by the Qing court's river sailors, and they couldn't support Zhenjiang for a while. Seeing that the time was getting longer and longer, Ma Bao and Yang Mingyu were anxious. And get the information, Changzhou. The Qing army in Suzhou has received the news that Zhenjiang has been attacked, and now the 5,000 Qing army led by Liang Huafeng, the chief soldier of the Suzhou Naval Division, rushed to the rescue.

After Ma Bao and Yang Mingyu learned about this situation, they didn't dare to delay any longer. In the evening of the same day, the army was directly organized to storm the city at night. In the face of the night attack of the Restoration Army, the Qing army in the city did not dare to be careless. Shi Shanhua still implemented a high-pressure policy, forcing the people to go to the city to defend. But after two days of siege, the people of the city have suffered heavy casualties.

Now that the city is being attacked at night, the defenders of the city cannot see the situation below the city at all. Minzhuang, who waited for the Fuming army to react when he approached the city wall, suffered more casualties for a while. In the face of such a large casualty, Shi Shanhua and others did not feel sorry at all. Seeing the gradually scarce people in the city, Shi Shanhua asked Mao Yilin and Jin Weifan to dare to requisition a group of people in the city to go to the city.

But now there are not many people in the city who can be recruited. Most of the people who are still safe and sound now are people who are connected. Most of them were local gentry, the population of large local households. Ordinary people did not dare to resist the recruitment of Qing soldiers at all, but these squires or related households were not so easy to fool.

Besides, now all the Qing soldiers in the city have gone to the city wall, just the soldiers brought by Jin Weifan and Mao Yilin. Basically, all of them are improvised patchwork by the people and officials in the city. Therefore, when the big families in the city saw this situation, they immediately had their own little Jiujiu in their hearts.

No one wants their own family to go to the city to die. So Mao Yilin and Jin Weifan came to recruit and recruit the strong, and they all began to fight sloppily. Let Mao Yilin talk dry, these people just don't hand it over. And the people and officials brought by Mao Yilin did not dare to come forward and forcibly arrest people. After all, after the defense of the city is over, no matter what the outcome of the defense of the city is, they still have to rely on these squires to live.

So Mao Yilin and Jin Weifan worked hard all night, and only more than 100 people were recruited. The two had no choice but to return to the city wall with a hundred people. Shi Shanhua, who was busy directing the defense on the city wall, saw the two of them coming back, and immediately said with joy: "How many people have you recruited?" Now the Ming army is attacking too fiercely. The people in our city are not strong enough, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners have already joined the defense of the city. ”

Before Shi Shanhua finished speaking, his face changed, because he had already seen that Jin Weifan and Mao Yilin were only following more than a hundred people. Shi Shanhua said sharply to Jin Weifan: "What's the matter? Why are you so human? ”

Jin Weifan said: "General, there is no way, there are no ordinary people in the city who can be recruited now." There are also sturdy families, basically those local gentry and big families. Seeing that our situation is critical now, they are not willing to let the strong men of their families come out to defend the city. ”

Shi Shanhua said: "If you don't want to be transferred, you look at the current city wall, can we defend the city without the people?" As he spoke, the sound of siege also appeared at the south and north gates of the city, and for a time there was also a burst of fire. After Shi Shanhua looked at the two places, he said to Jin Weifan: "Look at it, there is no people strong now, how can we defend the city?" ”

Jin Weifan also followed and looked at the city wall, and now there are not many people on the city wall. With the siege of the Restoration Army, coupled with the favorable sight conditions at night. There have been many Ming troops attacking the city wall, but under the stubborn resistance of the Qing army, they cannot open the situation on the city wall.

But as the casualties of Minzhuang became larger and larger, the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, who were only supervising the battle in the back, also had to step forward to fight with the Fuming Army. Seeing that the city was full of battle scenes, Jin Weifan also knew that no people would go to the city to consume the Ming army. Zhenjiang City, I'm afraid it will really be impossible to hold it tonight.

Jin Weifan's eyes showed a fierce light, and he immediately said to Shi Shanhua: "General, give me another hundred soldiers, I will go to the city to recruit people." If all of them are soldiers of the Eight Banners, if anyone dares to disobey this time, I will directly slaughter their family. Shi Shanhua said: "It's too late, you can't go now." You take people to the south gate to defend, and it is estimated that the Ming army's offensive is also very fierce. ”

Mao Yilin said: "General Shi, then we don't care about the north gate?" Shi Shanhua said: "Don't worry about the north gate, it is close to the Yangtze River, and the army can't launch an offensive there at all." No matter how many troops the Ming army has, it is useless to go to the north gate. What's more, there are still some soldiers of the sailors there, they can't fight on the water now, but they can still defend the city gates. ”

Then Shi Shanhua said to Mao Yilin again: "Prefect Mao, I don't care about any official reputation now." Immediately take two hundred soldiers and go to the city and forcibly bring the people to the city. If you can't, you will just kill those who make trouble. Mao Yilin also knew that the situation was urgent, and immediately said: "Okay, I'll go now, and I will definitely let the people come to the city." ”

As soon as Mao Yilin was about to leave, he heard Shi Shanhua say: "Prefect Mao, if Zhenjiang City is broken, you will take people to set fire to the city, and you must not let the Ming army get Zhenjiang." Mao Yilin was suddenly shocked, and said in a cold sweat: "General, isn't it too much to burn the city, after all, there are still more than 100,000 people in the city." ”

Shi Shanhua gritted his teeth and said: "If you just sacrifice Zhenjiang City, you can keep half of the Qing Dynasty, even if you give up Zhenjiang City, what's the matter?" But if the Ming army gets Zhenjiang, the threat to Nanjing will be too great. This time the Ming army was different from the pirates, they attacked the city very resolutely, and they did not give us the slightest gap. When the pirates came to Zhenjiang, they mostly surrendered. But this time, the Ming army didn't mention the matter of surrendering at all, and directly sent a large army to attack the city. ”

Mao Yilin said: "The general is right, it seems that the Ming army this time is to absorb the mistakes of the pirates." I don't want to waste time on this. But this time, the Ming army came from the west, so there will be any accidents in Nanjing. Shi Shanhua said: "It shouldn't be, Nanjing is a strong city in the world, and it is not so easy to be attacked." Besides, there are already more than 20,000 Ming troops here, where did this group of Ming troops come from so many troops, and they can still divide their troops to attack Nanjing? ”

Mao Yilin thought for a while and said, "Yes, then I'll rest assured, General Shi, I'll go to the city to recruit people." So saying, he took two hundred Qing troops to the city. Shi Shanhua was at the head of the city, looking at the Ming army that was constantly attacking the city wall, and couldn't help but say, "Lord Governor, what's wrong with you?" The Ming army came from the west, and it was impossible for Nanjing not to know, could it be that something had really changed in Nanjing? ”

But then the continuous screams and shouts in the city quickly interrupted Shi Shanhua's thoughts. Shi Shanhua had no choice but to focus on the defense of the city again, and he didn't have time to think about Nanjing.

In order to capture Zhenjiang as soon as possible, Ma Bao and Yang Mingyu decided to fight to the death tonight, so they issued a death order. After receiving the military order, the ministries were no longer retained. Although these armies were all reorganized by the Qing army, after a long period of restoring the Ming army's march, these soldiers forgot to think.

There is also the brainwashing ideological teaching of the deputy positions in various armies along the way. Now these soldiers have also shown the momentum of the Restoration Army. And in tonight's attack, the generals of all the departments are charging ahead. So the soldiers stopped flinching, and soon some soldiers attacked the city wall.

Then Yang Mingyu took the army and went to the south gate to attack the city, and the north gate was led by Ma Bao's general Chen Erxi to attack the army. For a time, in the entire Zhenjiang City, there were three city gates being attacked. In the face of such a fierce attack, the defenders of the city were also extremely nervous.

After Yang Mingyu came to the south gate with the army, he sent his subordinate Dongfang Xing to the east gate with 2,000 people, leaving no retreat for the Qing soldiers. After two days of siege, Yang Mingyu and others also saw it. Now based on the performance of Zhenjiang Qingbing, there is no intention of withdrawing from Zhenjiang. And this time, Yang Mingyu no longer kept the army, not even the reserves, it was completely a desperate way of playing.

Suddenly, a shocking charge shouted from the south gate, and the soldiers of the Restoration Army who were charging suddenly found it. Their main general, Yang Mingyu, actually appeared in the charging team. After the announcement of this situation, the generals at all levels, as well as the soldiers below, also desperately attacked the city wall. By the time Jin Weifan came to the south gate with five hundred men, Yang Mingyu had already rushed to the city wall with his army.

This is still limited by the scarcity of siege machinery of the Restoration Army, otherwise, in the current situation of the Restoration Army, I am afraid that the Restoration Army besieging the city has already taken the entire South Gate. In the face of the completely lifeless Restoration Army, Jin Weifan didn't care about anything else, and directly led the army to fight directly with the Restoration Army besieging the city.

But with 500 people here, they can't stop the offensive of the Restoration Army. Gradually, the Restoration Army occupied more and more favorable formations, and more and more Restoration Army attacked the city wall. Jin Weifan's army, which had been blocked at the south gate for half an hour, began to retreat all towards the city.