The Great Altar.

The sporadic sound of firing and shouting had converged. The flags of the new army rolling forward were like waves of surging waves. Fiercely slapped on the defense line of the Nanjing Jingying soldiers who were sticking to the three sides of the big altar.

The Nanjing soldiers who fired indiscriminately just now are now unable to shoot a single shot, and now they are all soldiers of the New Army who are fighting indiscriminately.

The reason why the Nanjing soldiers could not fire was because the fire guns of this era were not very capable of firing continuously. The Japanese bird guns used by the new army were relatively sophisticated, that is, they could withstand five consecutive shots. And the Nanjing soldiers' firecrackers are not so good, at most three shots are completed, and they have to wait for the firecrackers to cool down before they can be reloaded again.

The previous indiscriminate shooting caused the current non-shooting.

However, the murderous spirit and the slogans shouted loudly in the new army were each armed with a gun loaded with ammunition! How can these Nanjing soldiers, who have lost their main firepower, be able to resist?

And the fighting style of the new army's firecrackers was really unexpected, they did not fire a salvo, because the opponents were lying behind the half-collapsed earthen wall, and it was easy to hit if they didn't hit. So they simply attacked the soft arrows that were fired indiscriminately and directly launched a bayonet charge!

Charge hand-to-hand with a firearm loaded with ammunition and a bayonet!

There is certainly no more terrifying tactics in this era!

Who would dare to fight? How long are your knives and guns? Before you wait for others, they will collapse you...... Occasionally, there were a few blind soldiers, estimated to be Zhu Guobi's dead soldiers who were raised with a lot of money, holding a shield and carrying a single knife and rushing out from behind the earthen wall, and the results were all targeted without exception.

The rest of the weak soldiers were all frightened, and they only ate a few pennies of silver? Can you do this desperately? Besides, they can't fight it. Not to mention that there is ammunition in other people's firearms, even if you don't have them, you can't beat them...... The one stuck in the mouth of the gun is more than three feet long, I don't know if it's a knife or an iron spike (actually an armor-piercing cone) thing is terrifying to look at!

Moreover, the soldiers of the crown prince were all wearing heavy cloth iron armor, and ordinary swords could not cut at all, and arrows were difficult to penetrate. What's even more terrifying is that wearing such an old and heavy cloth armor and running so fast, how good is this physical strength? Do these of them, who served as soldiers for the crown prince, have enough food to eat every day? It's incredible......

Even when the Nanjing Jing battalion soldiers felt incredible, their defense line was also breached. In fact, there was no fierce battle, and it was not easy for Zhu Guobi's Beijing battalion soldiers to hold out until "they were defeated when they met the enemy" - that is, it was the first time they encountered the new army, I don't know how powerful they were, if they came again, they would ensure that they would flee from the wind!

"Attacked...... I didn't expect Zhu Guobi to be a little bold, but he didn't run away from the wind...... Zhang Wenjue's co-workers seem to be working in vain. ”

Zhu Cihong's own formation had already pressed to the front of less than 300 steps away from the Great Shrine at this time, so he could roughly see how Hao Shaoqi's headquarters under the cover of night could easily break through the defense of the Nanjing Jing Battalion.

In the battle of the Great Shrine, Wu Sanfu, who was in charge of the front-line command, used the strategy of encircling the three Que, and used Hao Shaoqi, Chen Yidao, Sun Fugui and other three firearms associations to besiege the three sides of the Great Altar, leaving the west alone and not fighting, but he ambushed Zhang Wenjue's firearms.

In addition, Wang Fu and Wang Guoyong each led a cavalry to serve as a reserve, and at the same time were responsible for guarding the battlefield.

"I won't work in vain," Wu Xiang, who was following Zhu Cihong, was worthy of being an experienced general, and said to Zhu Cihong with a smile, "Zhu Guobi must have abandoned the army and quietly ran away by himself...... If there is not a stick of incense, Zhang Wenjue's side will definitely be able to start. ”

"I see!" Zhu Cihong looked at his father-in-law: he is worthy of being a veteran of escaping and has rich experience!

Wu Xiang touched his beard, thought about it and said: "The big altar is the best to fight, and Xiaolingwei is not so easy to deal with!" ”

"Really?" Zhu Cihong asked, "Old Taishan is worried about Huang Degong going down the mountain, right?" ”

"That's right!" Wu Xiang said, "After all, Xiaolingwei is protected by the city wall...... Although we have 6 Hongyi cannons, the gunners are not very good, and we don't know when we will be able to blast through the city wall. If the 6,000 people of Linggu Temple take the opportunity to kill them, it will be a little troublesome. ”

When Wu Xiang said this, Zhang Shenyan and Han Zanzhou, two loyal ministers who were escorted by Chen Shifang's guards next to him, took a breath at the same time - it seems that there is still hope for the great cause of King Qin!

"Don't worry!" Zhu Cihong smiled, "Huang Degong has already taken refuge in the palace!" ”

What the? Huang Degong is a traitor!?

The hearts of the two loyal ministers suddenly twitched.

Today's battle of King Qin is counting on Huang Degong! If he is a traitor, then the Ming Dynasty will fall into the hands of the rebel!

Woohoo Woo ......

Suddenly, a dense burst of gunfire came from the northwest. Wu Sanfu laughed excitedly: "It's started, it should be Zhang Wenjue's association that is firing, Zhu Guobi's guy really left his men and fled first!" ”

......

"Big brother...... The big altar seems to have been breached! ”

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, had just arrived at Chaoyangmen Urn City in a soft sedan chair, and before he could go up to the city tower, a commander of the Xu family's side branch guarding the gate came up in a panic to report bad news.

"So, so fast?" Xu Hongji was startled, and the last bit of brilliance on the old man's face was also scared away, and the old man glared at the beads and said, "This, this is too fast, right?" ”

"Not really!" The commander stomped his feet, "I thought that Funing Hou was a general from Beijing, and he could always resist for a while, but I didn't expect it to be so unbearable......"

"How, how is this good?" Xu Hongji was also in a mess.

He set up 20,000 people on the altar! How much time has this been? 20,000 people were defeated? That's amazing, isn't it?

"Daddy, it's better to collect Xiaolingwei and the soldiers and horses on Zhongshan into the inner city of Nanjing......" Xu Yunjue suggested on the side, "Let's stick to the inner city!" ”

"No, no, the lonely city is not guarded!" Xu Yongji shook his head again and again, "Zhongshan and Xiaolingwei are the gateways and reliance of the inner city of Nanjing. If Zhongshan and Xiaolingwei are lost, the inner city of Nanjing will be a lonely city...... How long can it last? ”

"yes, it's still night...... It is not easy for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to retreat into Chaoyangmen! In case he was chased and killed by the prince's iron horse, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

One of Xu Hongji's aides shook a folding fan and reminded.

"How's that for good?" Xu Hongji had no idea, so he could only continue to ask for advice.

Although this staff member is a scholar, he also knows a little about military affairs, so he immediately said: "The student thinks that it is necessary to defend the Xiaoling Acropolis now...... The Acropolis of Xiaoling is not as good as the Great Altar, and it has a city wall to rely on. And the prince's soldiers are all tired soldiers from afar, and they must not be able to fight for a long time. Now I am fighting with a lot of energy, and I will definitely do it again and again.

If the prince's troops are blocked in Xiaolingwei, we can attack from Zhongshan and Chaoyangmen Wengcheng, and wipe out the prince's tired soldiers under the Xiaoling Acropolis in one fell swoop. ”

"Okay, that's it!" Xu Hongji said, "Send someone to Linggu Temple and make an appointment with Ma Shiying and Huang Degong...... Let them see that the city of Chaoyangmen urn is on fire, and they will go down the mountain and go straight to the Xiaoling Acropolis! ”

"Whoa!"

The commander of the Xu family responded, and immediately sent a nephew with two family members to ride a fast horse and go straight to Zhongshan Linggu Temple.

I went and I went, but I never went back!

After waiting for a long time and no one returned, the commander couldn't wait a little, and sent a nephew with two family members, but there was no return...... What's going on? Lost? No, can the natives of Nanjing get lost when they go back to Zhongshan? Or did you encounter an ambush sent by the prince?

At this moment, the roar of artillery like the earth shaking the mountains suddenly came from the direction of Xiaolingwei!

"This, this is the Hongyi cannon! It's the Hongyi cannon bombarding the Xiaoling Acropolis! ”

There are still people around Xu Hongji who know a little bit about firearms, and they immediately heard that something was wrong.

"There are Hongyi cannons in the prince's army?"

"How is this possible...... Where did he get it? ”

"Zheng Zhilong! It must have been dedicated to the crown prince by Zheng Zhilong! ”

"How's that for good? The Xiaoling Acropolis can't stop the Hongyi cannon......"

"No, we have to let Huang Degong attack! At the same time, we will also send troops from Chaoyangmen! ”