Xiguan was lost, and the fort inevitably fell into the hands of the Qing army. Without the threat of the Xiguan Fort and the defenders of Xiguan to the flank of the Qing army, it took them some time to arrive at the Hongyi cannon, and on the first day of November in the fourth year of Yongli, they began to bombard the northwest corner of the city of Guangzhou.

Because the city of Guangzhou is a combination of the three cities of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the shape is not a normal square, it is an irregular polygon, especially in the north, because it wants to include Yuexiu Mountain, so it presents a mountain-like protrusion. But it is also the inclusion of Yuexiu Mountain, and the city defense in the north can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After taking Xiguan, the Qing army did not choose to attack the southwest corner of Linjiang, which was easily shelled by the Ming army's naval division, nor did it choose the west gate protected by the urn city, and the northwest corner became an inevitable choice. And for this shelling of the city wall, Shang Kexi prepared for more than half a year, not only transferred 27 artillery pieces from Nanjiang, but also ordered Ji Yisheng from Huazhi County, a former Qing Dynasty, to cast 46 guns, a total of 73 Hongyi cannons were lined up outside the city, and even prepared 400 shells for each Hongyi cannon, and prepared enough gunpowder, it can be said that it is not a deliberate plan!

As the shells bombarded the city wall one by one, Xiguan was lost, and the news that Fan Chengen led the remnants to retreat into the west city wall to assist in defense spread in the city.

The people in the city were panicking, and in the governor's palace, Li Jianjie and Zhang Yue were still asking to fight, even if it was just cavalry, they had to try their best to bring the still gratifying Hongyi artillery team to the end, otherwise the city wall of Guangzhou would not last long at all.

These two are both fierce generals under Li Chengdong, but Du Yonghe suddenly fell to the bottom from the arrogance of defeating the Qing army's attack more than half a year ago, and he was completely out of proportion. Even though the two of them cried blood and asked for the order, the rest of the generals also echoed it, but Du Yonghe never came up with an idea.

After a while, Li Jianjie was already a little angry, and his words were not as respectful as usual. Unexpectedly, after thinking about it, Du Yonghe still completely vetoed the request of Li Jianjie, Zhang Yue and others to go out of the city to attack the Qing army's Hongyi artillery position. As for the reason, it is very simple, stick to the city, there is still a city wall to rely on, go out of the city to meet the battle, the Qing army has a huge advantage over the defenders, and it will not be able to win at all.

"This coward!"

Li Jianjie was furious about Du Yonghe's excuse, but there was nothing he could do. In the city of Guangzhou, headed by Du Yonghe, even Li Yuanyin agrees, because the defenders really need a leadership core, otherwise there will be many politicians, and the city will not have to be defended.

Because of this, he was able to tolerate Du Yonghe and letting Chen Qice's reinforcements not go for it, and even when Chen Qice went down the river from the south of Guangzhou after the Qing army captured Sanshui, he did not invite that fleet to be stationed in the south of the city. But now it seems that Du Yonghe has lost his heart, and if he doesn't fight hard at night, is it possible that he wants to learn from He Tengjiao to wait for death, so that he can use a martyrdom to cover up his incompetence?

I couldn't understand Du Yonghe's brain circuits at all, but the military orders were like a mountain, and Li Jianjie couldn't command enough troops to pose a threat to the Qing army's Hongyi artillery position without a commander's order, so he had to give up for the time being.

Since the siege of the city by the Qing army, the curfew has been enforced, and it has only just begun, but there is no trace of local people on the street, and even those beggars have long since retreated into the depths of the alley. As far as the eye can see, there are nothing more than officials patrolling together, a lone husband, and generals and officials like him

Out of the Governor's Palace, Li Jianjie, under the escort of a group of personal soldiers, rode on a war horse and slowly approached the camp. Guangzhou is located in the south of the sky, the heat in midsummer is unbearable, even on the night of the winter moon in this winter, the wind blows on the body, for the righteous son who followed Li Chengdong from the wind, frost, snow and rain in the north, it is also soft like a silk quilt gently caressing the face and body, making people unable to lift the slightest spirit.

However, the artillery bombardment of the Qing army had already begun, and they were the first to arrive at Yangzhou City with Li Chengdong, and they were full of eyes on how Yangzhou City fell. The worries and fears in his chest were intertwined, like a mess, which made him so irritable that he couldn't help himself, and he couldn't even feel sleepy.

The horseshoe struck gently on the stone pavement, the rhythm was slow, but it was crisp and struck in the heart, echoing and shaking the thoughts. When Li Chengdong was martyred, the Son of Heaven canonized Li Yuanyin as Nanyang Bo, and at that time he probably intended to send him to lead the generals in Guangdong, but Li Yuanyin politely refused. As a result, Liu Yuansheng was no match for Du Yonghe, and Du Yonghe was not able to reunite the generals after he was appointed governor of Liangguang.

"Brother, you don't want us people to fight each other, but with Du Yonghe's kind of goods, can the foundation that our father-in-law led us to keep up?"

Li Jianjie frowned, thinking of this, the idea of leaving spontaneously arose, and was immediately blown away by Li Yuanyin's earnest entrustment. This went back and forth several times, but he had already returned to the camp, and simply ordered his corporal to sleep with his clothes and pillows, so as not to even have time to put on his pants when the situation suddenly occurred, and he ended up in an embarrassing state of holding troops with two hairy legs to meet the enemy.

The order was given like this, and so was Li Jianjie's own house, but he tossed and turned all night, but he still couldn't struggle out of the mess, and he barely fell asleep until about half an hour before dawn, but whenever there was some turmoil, he would sit up directly like a conditioned reflex.

He is a fierce general in the army, from dozens of horses, every battle must be killed into the enemy's army, the head is hung with the head of the horse, invincible. Today, in the final analysis, the Qing army took Xiguan and shelled the northwest corner of the city, although the sound of the earthquake was not heard at all in the east of the city, but it still touched the mind of Yangzhou a few years ago.

The cannonballs whistled out from the muzzle of the Hongyi cannon, and they bombarded the city wall, just like Lei Gong took this Guangzhou city as a war drum, beating again and again, even in the middle of the night.

Seventy-three Hongyi cannons, of various calibers, were fired at negligible intervals. The bricks, the women's wall, and even the rammed earth wrapped in them were shattered, splashed, and even a small area of collapse gradually extended as the shelling progressed. The movement was getting louder and louder, and the people in the northwest of the city were either shrunk on their beds wrapped in quilts and shivering, or they couldn't care about the curfew, and they wanted to stay away from this mortal place. However, the Qing army outside the city was excited, but it kept climbing, and even the turbidity exhaled became heavier and heavier.

Early the next morning, the first rays of sunlight spread across the earth, but it also tore open the curtain of night, completely exposing the Hengchen jade body of Guangzhou City to the black clouds that crushed the city, and the naked lewdness of the beasts.

"Tell the old prince and the little prince, after a night of shelling, the northwest corner of Guangzhou City has collapsed more than 30 zhang!"

"Good!"

Shang Kexi, who came overnight, clapped his hands and shouted loudly to his subordinates who had long been unable to hold back: "Enter the city and kill all these rebellious barbarians!" ”