Chapter 187: Nanjing Secret Road III

"I didn't expect that the entrance to the secret passage is here." Qin Meng said secretly in his heart.

He didn't go out, but peeked out through a vent. When he first entered Nanjing, Zhang Xuan lived in the palace, and Qin Meng also came and went for a long time. Qin Meng may not be familiar with other places, but here he is very familiar.

Guy is here near the Taihe Palace, and it is also near the place of the upper court.

On weekdays, people come and go here, and it seems to be prosperous, but because there are officials from outside here, these people naturally dare not act easily in the palace. Only then did the secret of this secret passage be preserved, and it was not far from the palace that Emperor Jianwen burned when he fled.

Perhaps, of course, Emperor Jianwen burned the palace in order to divert the target.

Time has passed, and it is useless to think about these old things. Qin Meng did not leave people here, but led people back the way they came.

Begin to measure the passage. How much you can pass through, and how long it will take to get through the secret passage. Calculate how many people to deploy. And select elite soldiers from the army and prepare for action.

At this time, the attack on Nanjing was also launched.

Even with this secret passage, the onslaught that should have been carried out and the attack should be continued, mainly to distract the attention of the Qing army. However, the matter of the secret passage must be kept strictly secret, and not a single word can be leaked. So none of the people below know.

For those below, this is where the opportunity for meritorious service lies.

The great victory in the Battle of Anqing had an impact not only on all parties, but also on the army itself.

After the defeat of the Qing army, it lost a lot of manpower, and its morale was sluggish for a while. In terms of strategy, he also tended to be conservative, not that Duoduo changed his personality all of a sudden, but that Duoduo knew that the current situation of the Qing army could not support his ideas.

No matter how much he put into it, he could only endure it.

But Xia Jun is different.

The Xia army suffered heavy losses in the battle that day. If you don't look at anything else, you can see it just by looking at the list of generals killed that day.

Zhang Xuan's generals suffered heavy losses, and the losses of lower-level officers in various ministries were not small. But victory can cancel everything. Zhang Xuan always believed that the Qing army was a great enemy. His attitude is very clear to many people below. Such a big victory over the Qing army also made the morale of the Xia army feel like chicken blood.

Moreover, Zhang Xuan rewarded him generously, almost emptying the treasury. Up and down, all the generals who participated in this battle were rewarded. It was almost the limit of squeezing the finances of the Xia Dynasty, and Zhang Zhen did not just write to Zhang Xuan once.

And Zhang Qian's words have just begun to say, if it continues like this, next year will not pass. Later, he simply said: The autumn tax can't fill this hole. Now it has been said again, next month Wu

Chang Baiguan's money can't be sent down.

But it was suppressed by Zhang Xuan. even hinted that Zhang Zhen could give a white note to Baiguan.

After all, it's a matter of priority. Give a white stripe to the civil and military officials in the back, and you can't give a white stripe to the army. And at this time, you can only advance, not retreat. It is to smash the pot and sell iron, and advance the tax to the next year, and this battle must also be fought.

Zhang Xuan originally looked down on some of the actions of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Now that the situation is pressing, after Zhang Xuan defeated Longwu, many of the taxes that were exempted may have to be levied again.

It seems to be a reincarnation.

However, the soldiers below did not understand any of this.

They just saw that there were some lucky people around them, and after the first battle, they got more than 100 silver, and even some of them had already soared and stepped on the yellow sky, and they were promoted a few levels in a row, obviously they were soldiers together, and they were already generals.

Of course, almost everyone only saw the winners, not so many people who died on the battlefield.

Therefore, many soldiers were full of dedication and high morale, and they did not think that the Qing army had anything powerful. As soon as the military order was given, the soldiers below rushed up with a roar, and the attack was very fierce. Even Zhang Xuan has already hinted to many generals below and asked them to stop fighting.

It's just that not many generals can do such an order. Fortunately, the siege is also a step, and now it is only in the tentative stage, mostly artillery bombardment, and the soldiers below clear the siege obstacles, such as sheep and horse walls, moats and so on. The battalion built siege equipment, recuperated and prepared to attack the city.

"Boom, boom, boom-----" I don't know how many artillery pieces are firing at each other for a while, Zhang Xuan sat on the glazed pagoda, but saw that above the treasure gate, countless fires burst out, and one by one iron bullets were hit down and smashed into the Xia army.

The Xia army's military formation was very scattered, and within a square of a zhang, there were probably a few people. It's just that there are more siege equipment, such as shield carts, cave carts, and artillery carts, and so on. Prepare to fill in the moat.

It seems that the Qing army did not know how to defend the city, or that they had limited manpower, and had no idea of fighting the Xia army under the city at all. Therefore, the real confrontation between the two sides is behind.

And the Xia army's artillery was also quite numerous, and the shells smashed up and down the treasure gate.

It's just the city wall built by Zhu Yuanzhang, but no one dares to cut corners. In the face of Japanese artillery in later generations, it can still support it for a while, let alone the artillery of this era. When the cannon hits, many times it just leaves a blank mark.

The whole city seemed to be made of iron.

At this moment, the large-scale offensive of the Xia army has not yet begun. More in artillery battles.

Li Chengdong is at the head of Jubaomen City at the moment.

Li Chengdong was surrounded by dozens of soldiers

, looking at the south of the city.

But he saw that most of the buildings outside the city had been razed to the ground, and even the ruins could not be seen in Changganli, which he saw that day. Many soldiers of the Xia army were under the threat of artillery fire to clear the siege space, and in the Xia army camp in the distance, I don't know how many people were building siege equipment.

Li Chengdong finally looked at the glazed pagoda, only to feel extremely dazzling. Some regret not blowing up this pagoda.

Many people in the Qing army worshiped Buddhism, and whether Shunzhi was a monk or not, this is a historical mystery, and some are unclear. However, there is no doubt that Buddhist monks frequently enter and leave the inner courtyard of the palace, and from top to bottom, many high-ranking officials and nobles of the Qing court believe in Buddhism. Even after many Ming Dynasty relics escaped into the empty gate, they were not pursued.

Even if he slaughtered the city, sometimes he didn't kill the monk and let the monk collect the body.

And this glazed pagoda is a grand scene of Buddhism. Shi Tingzhu also had the idea of destroying it, but it was arranged to the back, but Zhang Xuan and the others came too quickly, and before he could react, the glazed pagoda fell into the hands of Xia Jun.

It's hard to destroy it at the moment.

He looked at the Hongyi cannon beside him, pointed to the pagoda and said, "Can you hit it?" ”

"This ----" the gunner pondered for a while, and said: "Lord, it's a little far away, and it is estimated that you can hit the Great Bao'en Temple if you let go of the fight, but I don't know where it will hit." ”

Li Chengdong said: "Okay, just aim at Dabao'en Temple and call me." ”

"Yes." The gunner agreed, and immediately began to adjust the angle of the gun.

The technical exchanges in the war were very frequent, and both sides were interested in chasing, Zhang Xuan's side made such improvements in the use of artillery, and the other side immediately learned it. For example, setting up artillery tables, unifying artillery types, etc., the Qing army learned from the captives of the Xia army.

Changes were made as well. Not to mention that the Qing army captured a lot of gunners. Therefore, in terms of artillery shooting technology, theoretically the Xia army does not have an advantage, but artillery shooting technology also requires experience, so in practice, there is still a gap between the two sides.

But if it's a few top players, the gap is not too big. And that's the case today.

The master selected by Li Chengdong from the army is a cannon aimed at the Dabao'en Temple from afar.

Da Bao En Temple is a sprawling complex and not just a pagoda. Even if this turret is just concerned, the perimeter of the foundation is already above 100 meters, and the area of Dabao'en Temple is several times that of this pagoda, so it is not too difficult to hit such a large area.

This gunner adjusts the elevation angle of the gun to the maximum and fills the gunpowder to the maximum. It doesn't matter what the accuracy is, "Boom." With a bang, the cannonball crossed the distance of seven or eight miles, and smashed into the Great Bao'en Tower from afar, with a terrible wind.