Outside the city of Jiangning Mansion

A gust of wind howled and shivered with gusts of cold. Ripples rippled on the surface of the wide moat.

Xu is dull in the water, and a few fish on the surface of the river are emerging from the water, opening their mouths wide and biting the air.

"Bang Bang..."

Suddenly, there was a short, rapid sound of gold ringing over the broad city walls. The fish, which were still breathing leisurely, were frightened by the sudden sound and quickly dived into the water.

"There's beacon smoke ahead, pay attention..."

“… Discover the anti-thief... If there is an enemy attack, close the city gates..."

At this moment, all kinds of cries on the city wall kept coming.

……

Twenty-one years of Qianlong

Winter

With the continuous victories of the bandit army, the interweaving of the war between the Manchu Qing and the bandit army has become more and more difficult to see.

The bandit army is currently strong, but it is still weak compared to the behemoth of the Manchu court. The Manchu court was huge, but it continued to lose in war, and it was inevitable that people would worry about whether it would be overthrown by the bandit army.

Now the war in Jiangning Mansion is even more eye-catching. Once the bandit army occupies Jiangning Mansion, it will indicate that the Han people will have the possibility of rising again.

Can the bandit army become the second of the Red Turban Army and create a new Han dynasty. The forces of all sides began to stir and make their own bets.

In winter, the temperature has already turned cold. If it weren't for the need to ensure the transportation and supply of logistical materials, the bandit army would have arrived at the city of Nanjing.

The city of Nanjing is the longest and most magnificent city wall in the world today. The city wall is more than five zhang high, the bottom is five zhang wide, the upper width is four zhang, the inner city wall is more than 70 miles long, and the outer Guo is more than 180 miles long. It was personally supervised by Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty and lasted 21 years. Therefore, the Nanjing City Wall is also known as the Ming City Wall.

The waters of the Yangtze River in Jiangning Prefecture (Nanjing) were originally defended by the Jiangning Eight Banners Naval Division during the Yongzheng period. In the sixteenth year of Qianlong, after Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River for the first time to inspect the army, he was extremely dissatisfied with the performance of the Jiangning Eight Banners Naval Division Battalion, so all the troops were eliminated and handed over to the jurisdiction of the deputy general of the Zhenjiang Naval Division Battalion.

Half a month ago, Wu Hetuo, the general of Jiangning garrison, was ordered by the imperial court to dispatch the battalion of the Qing army's Zhenjiang Water Division stationed in the waters of Jiangning Mansion to attack the anti-thief water division within its jurisdiction.

The Zhenjiang Naval Division Battalion was the last naval division of the Qing army in the Yangtze River. Wuhetuo repeatedly demanded that the Zhenjiang Naval Division and Battalion must ensure its strength, focus on disruption, and not underestimate the enemy and not be greedy for merit.

However, the anti-thief is cunning.

For several days, the thieves were defeated every day, and their strength did not seem to be much stronger than that of the local fishermen. The Zhenjiang Navy Division can achieve some results every time he pursues, and if he doesn't pursue, he can only watch the thieves flee leisurely.

Finally, more than ten ships of the Zhenjiang Navy Division couldn't bear it anymore and chased it deeply. Under the lure of the tactics of the bandit army, the Zhenjiang Water Division gradually dispatched the whole division to rescue. When the Zhenjiang sailors realized that something was wrong, only a dozen of the hundreds of large and small warships escaped, and the turtles retracted back to Zhenjiang and never came out again.

At the same time, Jiangxi Province had already allowed the entire territory of the Loyal Army led by Zhang Zhishan to occupy the entire territory, and Fujian was breached by the Tiger Army led by Li Guozhong. The two armies joined forces to defeat Hangzhou.

The green battalion soldiers in Hangzhou have not yet reacted, and the sky and earth have changed color.

Since the Taiwan Naval Division was forced to land by the former Fujian Sanjiangkou Naval Division led by Lin Yiyou, Taiwan was captured by a regiment mobilized by Li Guozhong and 8,000 green battalions.

The people of Taiwan are happy to hear that the king of the Han family is coming, and they rush to tell each other first, which is very festive.

………

"Company commander, is that the one in front of you the city of Nanjing? My goodness, what a tall wall! The county walls in my hometown are nothing compared to it. One of the vanguard cavalrymen of the bandit army looked at the tall Nanjing city wall and asked.

"Can't be wrong, ordinary small cities don't have such high walls." Yang Qiuchi, the commander of the cavalry company on horseback, looked at it and replied.

"That's not it, I heard Li Junzheng say that this Nanjing City was called anything in the Ming Dynasty, which is similar to the meaning of the current capital. There is a palace inside, and the city wall where the emperor lives can be low? Another cavalryman said.

"Good boy, there is a palace, no wonder." The cavalryman said with a sigh.

"It is estimated that such a high wall is not easy to fight, and I don't know how many brothers will have to die to take this city." Another cavalryman said.

"No matter how many people die, they will have to be beaten."

"Yes..."

"Don't worry, after following King Han for so long, who have we been afraid of? I heard that this time the King of Han prepared a secret weapon. When the time comes, it will be enough for those Manchu Tartars. Yang Qiuchi comforted.

King Han is just the name of Zhang Rui by the people below. When Zhang Rui never ascended the altar to worship the sky, he didn't know who came out first. It was rumored that Zhang Rui didn't bother to correct it, so he acquiesced to this name.

"Everyone, pay attention, there is the city of Nanjing in front. Wake me up. As the distance approached, Yang Qiuchi said vigilantly.

"Yes..."

…

On the head of the city of Jiangning Mansion

"My lord, what are the thieves in front of you doing? Do they dare to attack the city even a few of them? Do you really think of yourself as a heavenly soldier? Crazy, isn't it! Looking at the cavalry of the bandit army that was getting closer and closer, Lu Dahu, the commander of the green camp on the city wall, asked the garrison Chen Yiqi in confusion.

"It's a little hard to see through, no matter how you look at these dozen or so cavalrymen, you won't be crazy to this point." Chen Yiqi also couldn't understand it, and then pondered and said:

"I guess they have something to say, persuasion or something."

"Just a dozen people? This gall is too fat! Lu Dahu looked down through the female wall and said.

"My lord, do you want your subordinates to go out and fight with them, so as to extinguish their arrogance."

"Don't worry..."Chen Yiqi stretched out his hand to stop.

At this moment, an order came from above: no one should act rashly, lest they fall prey to the tricks of the thieves.

"They're coming. Look, what are they doing? Lu Dahu exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Yi was surprised when he heard the sound, and walked quickly to the female wall to take a look. I saw that the gang of bandits had dismounted and brought out a large bundle of rockets and placed them on the city wall, and each rocket seemed to have a bag of something tied in front of it.

Most of the Qing soldiers defending the city at the head of the city had already shown nervous expressions at this time. Rockets, most of them have seen and understand what it looks like. This distance is still shot upwards from below, and it is strange what damage it can do to the Qing army defending the city.

However, the words of people are terrifying, and the three of them become tigers. I have been listening to those green battalion soldiers who have come back from the rout talk about how powerful the firearms of the anti-thieves are, like the artifacts of heavenly soldiers, and the defenders defending the city are inevitably a little afraid in their hearts.

"Be careful to hide, the thieves have set fire...", I don't know who shouted from the head of the city.

At this moment, I saw that someone in the bandit army who had set up the rocket took out a fire fold and lit it at the lead.