Zheng Zhilong didn't know that in the three or two days that he led his troops under the city of Tongzhou, there had been a lot of changes within the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Monan, who had been repeatedly beaten by Huang Taiji, actually thought carefully.

He also didn't know that Azig's soldiers and horses were still stranded around the Liao River, although some of them had already crossed the Liao River during the flood period.

The only thing Zheng Zhilong can firmly control is the current battle situation, and he needs to conquer Tongzhou City in the shortest possible time.

Even if the Tongzhou City in front of him is an absolute hard bone.

Those forts are really a toothache.

But Tongzhou City is also flawless, compared to the south, east and west of Tongzhou, the north of the city is the least defended place in Tongzhou, because there is a canal through that place.

Therefore, there are two small fortresses on the other three sides of Tongzhou City, but in the north of the city, there is only one lonely.

It's not that this fortress is useless and of poor quality, on the contrary, this fortress is still the largest one in the Tongzhou fortress group. But Tongzhou City is not a square city.

In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368), because of the rise of the canal, the Ming general Sun Xingzu supervised the soldiers to ram the city wall, built the city bricks outside, and the battlement wall was three zhang and five feet high, and the city was surrounded by nine miles and thirteen steps.

Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Yanjing, and the north and south Cao Yun received four million stones, and Tongzhou was the tail of the north and south Cao Yun, and the main development of the city was brought up by the expansion of the warehouse. Because of the important position of Tongzhou on the canal, the scale of Tongzhou warehouse continues to expand, and the status of the city is gradually improving, and several large warehouses have been built in the west of the city in just twenty or thirty years.

In the Orthodox years, the Warat army attacked and harassed the capital. The governor's grain storage eunuch guarded the west and south two warehouses and built a new city. The new city is connected to the old city in the east and is surrounded by seven miles. There are only two gates, and the height of the city wall is only half that of the old city.

In this way, it was not until the Zhengde period that the city wall of the new city was added to the level of the old city.

Therefore, this Tongzhou city is equal to two boxes of one large and one small put together, the south of the city is nearly five miles wide (the old and new cities are combined), and the east of the city (the old city wall) is two miles wide and one hundred and fifty steps. The north of the city and the west of the city (the city wall of the new city) is a 'step', built along the canal, the west of the new city is about two miles long, but the north of the city is two miles and fifty steps of the old city, and the new city is two miles and one hundred and eighty steps. In the middle, there is a hundred-step long city wall (the west wall of the old city) connecting it, which is the west wall of the old city.

The fortress in the north of the city was built at the intersection of the old city of the new city, and the four triangular forts (Fang Tian painted halberd shape) stretched outward, each with a cannon diagonally facing the north wall of the old and new cities. Coupled with the canal outside the city, although this one bastion has the smallest number, it is not muddy.

Zheng Zhilong chose the north of the city as a breakthrough, just because this place was more convenient than the other three directions.

Filling the canal from outside the range of the artillery's scattered shells means that it has to withstand the flanking attacks on both sides of Tongzhou City and the fortress, that is, Zheng Zhilong has a lot of prisoners under him, and if he all calls Zheng Jun to go, the loss will be really big.

Zheng Zhilong set the location of the old and new cities close to the corners of the city walls, but not more than the corners of the city, so as to isolate the threat from the two fortresses on the east and west sides of the city to the greatest extent.

The first thing is to mobilize the artillery and transport the cannons from the south and east of the city to the north of the city, that is, in the previous time, Zheng Jun had already done things properly, and the porcelain on both sides of the canal had long been filled, and now the cannons were sent across the river without delaying time at all.

Haoge is not a fool, so he naturally knows what Zheng Jun's intentions are in such an action.

The Qing army also focused on adding heavy troops in the north of the city, and then called the first-class public Tulai to take charge in person.

So, the battle was particularly fierce from the start.

Zheng Jun first organized prisoners of war to fill the river, and the soldiers and horses in the third line of defense of the Qing army at the head of the city and south of the canal, as well as the fortress, crackled and the guns were all swarming.

Even if the Zheng army organized firepower to suppress the Qing troops at the head of Tongzhou City, and at the same time the trenches were dug to the edge of the canal, and the mortars were organized to bombard the opposite bank incessantly, a large number of prisoners who were driven to fill the river still died.

Guns and guns can kill people very well, and the speed is far less than bows and arrows and wielding knives and guns. But none of the captives dared to make trouble, Zheng Jun's black and oppressive soldiers and horses were surrounded on both sides, and hundreds of cannons were placed behind them, it was a simple matter of time to suppress the city.

It's better to fill in the river honestly.

One trip is one point, and if you have saved enough ten points, you can get out of the labor camp. And if you don't save enough ten, then you can also cut off the sins on your body, right?

The most basic thing in the labor camp is the five-year period.

It is very simple for the firepower on the head of Tongzhou City to be suppressed, and the crackling shells hit it, not to mention the enemy towers and dish towers, and even the battlements and women's walls were flattened by the shells. The entire city wall is long to be left with only a slick wall. No matter how many soldiers he had in his hands, Turai did not dare to send them to the city. Then there was the third layer of defense of the Qing army.

Zheng Zhilong still relied on the pepper bomb, and this move was difficult to prevent.

No matter how spicy the peppers are in the pot, they still choke people's noses after encountering high temperatures, but now these are all spicy peppers that Zheng Zhilong specially found. In the moment when the powder burst into flames, can the sudden burst of high temperature bring their power into full play?

If it weren't for the chili bomb, it would not be so easy for Zheng Jun to take down the Qing army's defense line.

"Ahem, cough, cough......" Turai Qi's chest hurt, but he couldn't help it. I watched Zheng Jun take down the trench with the shells of the fortress.

Although it is impossible to deny the threat of the fortress, there are a total of four cannons on the fortress, and there are only two cannons on both sides, even if it can cause large casualties, how big can it be?

He should feel fortunate that when the Tartars built Tongzhou, they only set up this fortress in the north of the city, and also built it on the communication line between the old and new cities. So that although the artillery on the fortress can take care of the old and new cities, the location of the fortress is special, and this cannon cannot be parallel to the north wall of the old and new cities of Tongzhou. In this way, the protection of the cannon against the city wall can be invisibly weakened by half.

If Dolgon knew now that the little silver he had left for him had now become a fatal loophole for the Tongzhou guards, he would definitely regret his death.

The muzzle of the cannon could not be parallel to the city wall, and there was no way to shoot it out with one shot, and a flesh alley would be drawn against the face of the city wall, and such an artillery bombardment would still be within the tolerance of Zheng Jun.

This is similar to the witch doctor Kavan in the later generations of Island Soldiers, after using the first skill to add blood to the minions, even if he is against the two sniper towers, he can continue to press the opponent's headquarters and attack.

The principle is the same, Zheng Jun can withstand the damage caused by two cannons.

Therefore, a large number of soldiers poured to the opposite bank, while building a position at the corner of the city to prevent the Qing army from the east and west from killing, and then digging a trench and leading it to the corner of the city wall, which was for blasting, and then approaching the position of the fortress along the trench. This is to contain the bastion.

It was so busy until the night that enough medicinal powder was stuffed into the tunnels at the corner of the city wall.

Of course, Hauge knew that things were not good, and let Zheng Zhilong act like this, God knows what kind of moth he could make. forced the defenders to go up to the city and throw grenades, fireballs and other objects.

It's risking your life. Of course, he was reluctant to use the Eight Banners, even the Han Army Flag, and there were only Green Flag soldiers in that tank. Although the silver reward was very high, none of the ten went up alive.

A cannon, a mortar, all staring at it.

But no matter what, the effect is still there, otherwise Zheng Jun would not have been consumed until dark, so he succeeded.

Many people in the city only watched the excitement outside, but seeing that Zheng Jun did not enter the city, although I don't know how many people were worried, there were still people who could sleep. For example, Luo Jinxiu, Sun Zhiqi, and Fang Dayou.

They either fled back to Yanjing from the Central Plains or from Qilu, and now they are all following Haoge as counselors.

In the first half of the night, Luo Jinxiu saw that Zheng Jun had never been able to enter the city, and he could always hear the roaring cannons, but he could no longer hear the shouts of killing, so he felt that this night was safe.

Zheng thieves only hit cannons, but they can't break through Tongzhou City.

Over there, I plugged my ears with cotton balls, and I fell asleep, and I slept soundly because the noise in my ears was smaller.

But in the second half of the night, Luo Jinxiu was suddenly awakened by violent shaking. When he opened his eyes, he found that he had rolled underneath, the windows were still squeezing, and dust was falling from the roof from time to time. ”

He was about to get up and run out of the house, but his legs were weak.

Finally, the legs were not weak, and when the people opened the house, they saw that the torches were already shining outside the court, and a person's head was scurrying, and under the light of the torches, the faces full of panic were like ghosts.

Then he saw Sun Zhiqi, his face full of fear and panic, and appeared in his sight.

It turned out that it was not the earth dragon that turned over, but the Zheng thief blew up the city wall in the north of the city, and after the thunderous cannon, the Zheng thief now began to attack the city again.

"Zheng thief blew up the city wall?" Does that mean that this Tongzhou City is going to be finished? Luo Jinxiu was a little dazed.

"I'm afraid the thieves have already entered the city. This city, this city...... Eighteen or nineteen can't hold it! Sun Zhiqi's voice became sharp under fear, and he was even more terrified.

As soon as Tongzhou is finished, Prince Su will be able to escape his life, and people are afraid that it will be over. What about him, the Han official who served Haoge? Even if I can get away with it tonight, I won't be able to get better in the future.

"Go quickly......" Luo Jinxiu wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. That's it, come on, serve the lord and I'll get dressed. To be in court. ”

"Luo Zhongcheng?" Sun Zhiqi was anxious. Luo Jinxiu: What is this for? What kind of court clothes are you wearing at this time?

Of course, Luo Jinxiu had to wear court clothes, because he was already preparing to die. "Sun Zhongcheng, you should also change into court clothes. It's nothing more than a death, serving the court, why be afraid? ”

He was helpless at this time, and all he could do was wait for death.

Sighing again, Luo Jinxiu said bitterly: "As an important minister of the Qing Dynasty, I must have the proper system, Mount Tai collapsed in front of me and did not move." You are so anxious, you really lose your true character as a scholar. ”

Without waiting for Sun Zhiqi to reply, Luo Jinxiu said to the long entourage next to him: "Don't hurry up and prepare!" ”

What to prepare? Prepare something to the death.

Wipe the neck, they won't do it. Luo Jinxiu is a reader. But drinking poison is too painful, and it is extremely difficult to find the poison that seals the throat with blood in these years. Therefore, the white silk is the cleanest.

called Sun Zhiqi next to him to hear it and wanted to stop several times, he didn't want to die. However, his mouth moved, and he didn't say anything.

The entourage knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Why is this the master, there are still many elites in the city now, but there is really an accident, Prince Su lost Tongzhou City, then there are always some elites to protect the master to get out, master, you are not the governor of Tongzhou, there is no responsibility to defend the land, why not keep a useful body?" ”

The last thing I want Luo Jinxiu to die is the current entourage.

Luo Jinxiu wants to live, he is still Luo Zhongcheng's personal entourage, and he is also a character in the Luo family. But if Luo Jinxiu dies, will he die with him, or can he drag Luo Jinxiu's body out? Zheng Jun did not put Luo Jinxiu's head on the road not to cut off.

And he, a slave who can't keep his master, even if he returns to Yanjing alive, it is also a death!

And he didn't want to die.