"It's a pity that I couldn't take Hong Chengchou's life just now!" Zhu Ci hesitated and said with great pity.

"Pass the order, the army is ready to attack the city!" Now that all the armies are gathered under the city of Jinan, it is time to attack the city of Jinan.

Under Zhu Cijiao's order, all the artillery battalions of the army were concentrated in front of the formation nearly two kilometers away from Jinan City.

The combined power of 250 new-style 90-millimeter cannons and 600 old-style Shenwu field cannons is only stronger than the 4,000 red-coated cannons of that year, which can be called a salvo of 10,000 cannons.

"Boom Boom"

The city wall of Jinan City was instantly shrouded in a sea of fire, and the momentum was shocking, and countless Qing soldiers guarding the city wall were blown to pieces, and the entire Jinan City and a radius of ten miles were shaking.

Bricks, broken wood, stumps, severed arms and corpses of Qing soldiers were constantly torn down the city walls in the explosion, and the scene terrified the Qing soldiers.

"Run," the few surviving Qing soldiers on the city wall fled in terror.

After a Qing soldier fled from the city wall, he looked at the direction of the city wall trembling in a sea of fire, his heart also trembled, his whole face was pale, his body trembled, and he was extremely frightened.

The artillery of the Ming army was so powerful that just now he watched a robe not far away being blown into minced meat, and even he himself was almost killed.

In fact, Jinan City as the largest city in Shandong, is not without artillery guards, before the Ming army shelled, there are hundreds of cannons on the city wall of Jinan, and even a few red-coated cannons.

It's a pity that these cannons are too backward for the Ming army, and most of them have a range of only a few hundred meters, even if they are a few red-coated cannons, the range is only about 1,500 meters, which is not enough to fight back against the Ming army's artillery bombardment, and even these cannons didn't have time to fire a single shot, and they were all destroyed in the extremely dense artillery bombardment of the Ming army.

Zhu Cicheng concentrated all the artillery of each army together and bombarded it, not to mention the power of the Qing army in Jinan City, which was shocked and frightened, and even hundreds of thousands of Ming army soldiers were shocked one by one.

"Fortunately, Lao Tzu's choice is correct, otherwise he will definitely not be able to escape!" Shang Kexi wiped the cold sweat on his head with a pale face, and secretly congratulated himself that he had made a wise choice, otherwise Kong Youde in Jining would be his fate.

Shang Kexi is even more determined to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, if nothing else, just look at the current fierce artillery fire, the Ming Dynasty will be unstoppable, and the people will undoubtedly be defeated!

Not only Shang Kexi, but also the 80,000 soldiers of the former Han Banner Army who followed Shang Kexi to surrender to the Ming Dynasty were also happy.

The heavy shelling continued, and there were no living people on the walls of Jinan for a long time.

Countless bricks and stones were blown down, just a stick of incense shelling, the city wall of Jinan laughed down more than half a meter high, and there were cracks in many places, according to this estimate, it will not take an hour for the city wall of Jinan, the largest city in Shandong, to collapse.

In the city of Jinan.

Hong Chengchou sat down on the chair with a pale face.

"Jinan City, it seems that it is difficult to defend!" Hong Chengchou's face was very ugly.

Although Jinan City was guarded by 150,000 troops and a city, Hong Chengchou was not confident that he would be able to hold out for long, especially after the city wall was collapsed by the Ming army, he was even less confident in the face of the attack of hundreds of thousands of Ming troops.

Half an hour later.

"Newspaper"

"My lord, the Ming army's artillery fire is fierce, and the city wall is full of cracks, and it is about to collapse!" A Qing soldier came in to report.

"Probe!" Hong Chengchou said with a dark face.

"Wow!" The Qing soldiers quickly retreated.

"Hey" Hong Chengchou sighed weakly, his mouth full of bitterness.

"Am I making the wrong choice?" Hong Chengchou muttered, and his heart was already beginning to doubt his own beliefs.

In fact, Hong Chengchou is not afraid of death, he cares most about his reputation, the reason why he took refuge in the Manchurians and did things for the Manchurians wholeheartedly, in addition to not wanting his talents to be buried, is to believe that the Manchurians can finally get the world, and he Hong Chengchou can also become the founding hero of the country and go down in history.

Now, the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty has come to this point, the army is strong, and the momentum is like a bamboo, and the city of Jinan is crumbling and drunk in just half an hour, which shatters the belief in his heart, and he has to doubt whether the Manchurians can finally win the world.

Listening to the sound of explosions coming from the direction of the city wall, every explosion could make Hong Chengchou's heart tremble.

He didn't know how long the walls would last.

Half an hour later.

With a rumbling sound that was louder than an explosion, Hong Chengchou's heart suddenly paused for two breaths.

"Newspaper"

"My lord, the city wall, the city wall has collapsed!" Sure enough, the city wall was bombarded by the Ming army.

Hong Chengchou's face was pale, he gritted his teeth, his fists were clenched, and there were green tendons on the back of his hands.

Unwillingly, why did the Ming army become so powerful in just a few years, if he also had such a powerful Ming army under his command back then, how could he lose the battle of Songshan in Liaodong, how could he be captured by the Manchus, and he would not finally surrender to the Manchus.

"Nope! I'm not reconciled! Hong Chengchou shouted.

At this point, he has become a traitor in the eyes of the Han people, do you want him to admit that his vision is wrong, and the Manchurians can't get the world?

"I don't believe it, I don't believe that the Ming army is really so powerful!" Hong Chengchou said hatefully, his eyes full of madness.

"Pass the order, gather the army, and hold Jinan City!" Hong Chengchou almost roared out angrily, he didn't believe that the Ming army was really so strong, he insisted that his belief was correct, this world was full of people, and his Hong Chengchou was not wrong in his vision.

"Attack!"

"Kill"

As soon as the city wall of Jinan collapsed, Zhu Ci hesitated and ordered an attack.

More than 300,000 Ming troops were divided into more than a dozen batches to attack Jinan City, and out of certain considerations, Zhu Ci asked Shang Kexi and the 80,000 troops to do the first batch of attacks.

Shang Kexi didn't think that Zhu Ci was going to use him and the surrendered army as cannon fodder, but only thought that this was an opportunity to make a name for himself.

"Kill!" Shang Kexi took the lead and led his first army of soldiers and 60,000 soldiers of the surrendered army to climb over the collapsed city wall and enter the city of Jinan.

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