Last night, Xu Wenjue didn't close his eyes all night, as the Duke of Wei, like the Duke of Wei in previous dynasties, he was stationed in Nanjing and in charge of the military governor's office - in fact, this errand is just the advantage of receiving the Lu, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, when will it come in handy?

But these years have been different. Sometimes it can also come in handy, such as that year, when the Liukou soldiers forced Zhongdu, he had to garrison Nanjing and patrol all over the city. He already knew very well that Liukou couldn't cross the river, but once he crossed the river, he ...... You won't be able to hold the city.

Like now, who is guarding the city? It is the remnants of the soldiers, eunuchs and a small number of people in Xiaolingwei and other places, everyone has no heart to defend the city, in fact, everyone thinks that Dongyu can't cross the river!

Although he knew that the Donglu on the other side of the river could not cross the river, but under the emperor's order and the heavy responsibility of guarding Nanjing, Xu Wenjue had to go to the city to inspect, how to say? At this time, do not seek reactive power, but seek no fault.

That's right, just like I usually received that portion. It's not much, but no matter how you say it, that's also identity, that's status. Most people don't have a place to get it if they want to get it.

When he went to the city, Xu Wenjue, who hadn't closed his eyes all night, kept yawning, and he stayed overnight on the Qinhuai River painting boat last night, which was also because he was dutiful. Otherwise, now that the army is in chaos, who doesn't stay in the inner city, then Qinhuai River is in the outer city after all, and he stays there for state affairs.

However, he is really more dutiful than the average person, and after getting up, he does not forget to go to the outer city to inspect it. You see, the average person really can't do it.

Most of the time, even he felt that he was really worthy of that share. If it were someone else, it would probably be that they wouldn't even look at the outer city.

"I'm worthy of that share."

Xu Wenjue, who was in the outer city, was busy thinking to himself in his heart.

Legend has it that after Zhu Yuanzhang built Yingtianfu City, he took the prince, King Yan and others to Zhongshan to observe the situation in the capital. King Yan found that the palace was too close to Zhongshan Mountain, and if the cannons were erected on the mountain, the palace would be easily hit, and there were some important commanding heights, such as Yuhuatai in the south and Shogunate Mountain in the north, which were left outside the city, which was very unfavorable to the city defense. So, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of Waiguo City in the twenty-third year of Hongwu.

This outer Guo city is mainly built by using the loess hills on the periphery of Yingtianfu City, and only a part of the city wall is built in some weakly defended areas and 18 city gates are opened, so it is commonly known as "Tuchengtou". Its circumference is said to be 180 li, but it is actually about 120 li, and the brick parts of each section add up to about 40 li. From then on, "the inner city of the thirteenth city and the outer eighteen outer cities of the outer city constituted a strong defense system of Nanjing.

Because it was Qin Huai who stayed last night, it was very close to Andemen after going ashore, and there were several city gates near Andemen, which was just convenient for inspection, so Xu Wenjue went north along Andemen.

Just as he was patrolling north to the elephant gate, and just said a few words to An Hongtao, the guard of the door, there was a soldier pointing to the distance and saying in horror.

"Tartars, Tartar soldiers......"

Tartar soldiers!

"How could the Tartars ......?"

The words stopped abruptly, staring at the wilderness outside the city, Xu Wenjue was stupid!

Who are the Tartar soldiers who are not the Tartars who are flying outside the city?

How did they cross the river!

Xu Wenjue and the others were surprised, not to mention, Abatai, who had just crossed the river in the night, was also stunned by the city wall that stretched for dozens of miles before the fright, and the outer Guo of Nanjing in front of them may not be as good as the inner city, but the city wall as high as four or five zhang still made them dumbfounded.

"Oh my God...... This city is too big! ”

"Even the walls of the capital division are not necessarily high!"

"Look, then, the mountain is actually encircled into the city......

For a while, there were different opinions, and some people even suspected Hou Fangyu.

"The surname is Hou, you coaxed everyone to cross the river to Nanjing City, what are your thoughts, can such a high city be able to fight in?"

Seeing that everyone seemed to be frightened by such a high city wall, Hou Fangyu said.

"120 miles outside the city of Nanjing, master, how many defenders are there in Nanjing? There are no more than 10,000 soldiers, no more than tens of thousands, how can such a long city be defended? ”

Glancing towards the towering city wall, Hou Fangyu said again.

"Besides, I have a red-coated cannon in the Qing Dynasty, wouldn't it be easy to break the city?"

Since the annexation of Kong Youde's artillery. Huang Taiji set up a new battalion in the Eight Banners Army "Heavy Army", with Tong Yangxing as the chief military officer, and Cao Zhenyan as an instructor to train artillery. "If you attack a city, you must use a cannon."

Even if there are many people who don't know the benefits of the red-coated cannon and suffer from being too bulky and difficult to hold, the red-coated cannon is a siege weapon for thousands of enemies. Therefore, when going south to the Central Plains, the army will always carry red-coated cannons, and this time Abatai carried dozens of red-coated cannons.

"What the Chaozong said is very true, come, set up the red-clothed cannon, and then send a letter to the city, let it answer within six hours, if you don't sacrifice the city, when the city is broken, the army will not seal the sword, and you must kill all the officials and people in the city!"

Abatai dropped a sentence viciously, and then deliberately emphasized.

"After the red-coated cannon is set up, let's fire a few cannons first, so that the Ming Dog defending the city can see how powerful!"

At the sound of an order, the heavy army led by Cao Eryu immediately became busy, although the "heavy army" suffered a lot of losses on the banks of the Yellow River, but fortunately there was no loss of artillery, because the red-coated cannons were bulky, and they were loaded on the cart when marching, and then moved from the cart and loaded on the gun cart. Although it takes time and effort, the power of the red-coat cannon is amazing, and it can be used to attack the city, and it can bombard the city wall in two or three days at most.

"Everyone listen, blast open the city wall of Nanjing, and then the master will be rewarded!"

Although he is less than twenty-two years old, but as the son of Cao Zhenyan, the chief instructor of the heavy army, Cao Eryu has learned a good artillery skill, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Han army to lose a large number of gunners on the bank of the Yellow River, and took the opportunity to swallow all the red-coated cannons, which naturally made Abatai look at it differently, even if he is a coat under the banner of Zhengbai, Cao Eryu also hopes to make a contribution in this southern expedition, his father is already the Han man under the Zhengbai banner of Prince Rui, as long as he sets up a meritorious camp again this time in the south, then the Cao family ......

Staring at the city wall of Nanjing, Cao Eryu's heart suddenly became a little excited.

He didn't know that in another world, Nanjing is the place where the Cao family enjoys the glory and wealth of the world, as Cao Xueqin's grandfather, he is in Nanjing as Jiangning weaving, in the following decades, several generations of the Cao family with this position of Jiangning weaving, enjoy the glory and wealth of the world......

At this time, in Cao Eryu's eyes, the city wall is his glory and wealth, and it is the root of inviting merit in front of his master, from his grandfather Cao Xiyuan surrendered to Emperor Taizu as the "commander of Shenyang Zhongwei" and became Emperor Taizu's coat, for the Cao family, the most important thing is to fight for the master, and then soar.

"Dad, just look at it, this time it's my son's turn to show his face!"

Staring at the city wall of Nanjing, Cao Eryu shouted loudly in Jurchen language, instructing the minions to use pulley ropes to hang the red-clothed cannon weighing thousands of catties.

When Cao Eryu shouted for the artillery team to prepare, Abatai had already rushed over on horseback, and when he saw that Lord Belle was coming, Cao Eryu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

"The minion has seen Lord Belle, Lord Belle is auspicious!"

"You kid, how many times have I told you, there are not so many rules on the shelving battle!"

Seeing Cao Eryu kneeling in the snow and kowtowing, Abatai immediately said with a smile.

"Lord Belle, etiquette cannot be abolished, no matter when, a slave is a slave, and there should be no less rules! If my Great Qing Kingdom didn't have these rules, it wouldn't be a Great Qing Kingdom! ”

Okay!

That's a good thing to hear!

The smile on Abatai's face became even stronger, and he looked at Cao Eryu with admiration.

"You kid, you're quite good at talking, a slave is a slave, but it's a pity that I, the master, am not your master! You're on a white flag! ”

"Master, look at what the master said, the slave ancestor is the slave in the grandfather's house, even if he comes to the white flag later, in the final analysis, he is not still the master's slave, and the master is not the master of the slave! If the master doesn't recognize the slave, the slave will have no place to find the master if he is wronged! ”

Hou Fangyu, who was following Abatai's side, looked at Cao Eryu in dismay, good guy! This kid is too good at sycophancy! Anyone likes to hear this!

In fact, he will pat himself on the back and please his master. It is the talent of the Cao family, and it is suitable to be a slave in his bones, just like many years ago, when he wrote a fold for Kangxi, Kangxi carefully wrote his Cao Eryu as "Cao Xi", so as soon as he received the excerpt, Cao Eryu played the fold to thank the master for giving him the name, and changed his name to "Cao Xi".

It is the duty of a slave to please the master, and only in this way can he be a good slave.

"You kid, no wonder your father can get the love of the fourteenth master (Dorgon), hey, even you kid I want to come over from the fourteenth master, I can't let your father and son separate, I came here to have something to say to you, Hou Fangyu,"

Looking at Hou Fangyu, Abatai commanded.

"You and Cao Eryu discussed, how to shoot the cannon in a while, this cannon must be just right! Also, in the future, you will be close and close, you will all be servants of the family, and you will all be your own family, you know? ”

That's why he told me that. It's because this slave does have some ability, and it is also good for the master for the capable slave to have more contact.

The minions have done a good job outside, and the face of the master is also bright, in the final analysis, he is also for the future of the minions.

In fact, whether it is his minions or Dorgon's minions, they are all minions of the Great Qing Kingdom in the final analysis.

"Master, don't worry, I know what to do in a while."

Hou Fangyu said with a smile. Of course, I know the reason why the master let himself come into contact with the young man in front of him, and the slave who has been in charge for so long always has some understanding of family affairs.

So he took the initiative to chat with the other party warmly.