Before the long-distance artillery bombardment of the Liang army but not yet landed on the shore, the generals were not allowed to leave the Jinghai Gate to avoid the shelling, and in the early morning of the 16th, the Chongwen Hall convened the civil and military generals above the fifth rank for a court discussion, and there was also a dispute.

In the eyes of many people, Liang Jun issued a war letter, and yesterday he put on a posture to shell target ships on the river outside Jinghai Gate, revealing full contempt and provocation.

In the eyes of a bloody person, this is unbearable.

The thin young man couldn't wait to personally climb the Jinghai Gate to lead the Great Chu generals to meet the battle, how could he endure the Great Chu generals to hide aside during the shelling, which made Liang Jun look ashamed?

If during the artillery bombardment of the Liang army, the generals of the imperial guard army did not dare to guard the Jinghai Gate, what kind of face did Da Chu have, and how could it inspire the morale of the soldiers and civilians of the whole city to live and die together with Jinling City?

Of course, many people still think that the main feature of Liang Jun's newly built smoothbore gun is its long range, but yesterday, looking at the situation where the projectile pierced through the ship's wall, the power seemed to be weaker than that of the whirlwind cannon at close range.

After three or four months of military warfare, in addition to the internal support of the castle tower reinforced by wooden frames, wooden sheds were built with double-layer logs on both sides of the city wall, which everyone thought could effectively reduce the casualties of the defenders when they were bombarded; Even if they have to bear some casualties, it is the duty of the guards and generals to be treated well over the years.

At this time, it was also at the critical juncture of the survival of the Great Chu, and the blood and courage of the young emperor were still supported by many ministers in the Chongwen Palace, and even a few young Yushi and Hanlin kowtowed to grab the land, asking to board the Jinghai Gate and defend the city with the generals of the imperial guard.

Yang En, Gu Zhilong, and others resolutely opposed it, emphasizing that in normal combat, the enemy army attacked the city with whirlwind artillery, and the defenders should adopt more flexible and mobile tactics as much as possible to reduce their own casualties as much as possible.

Only when the enemy attacked the city with a whirlwind cannon and at the same time annexed the city and captured the city, did he have to risk the stone bombardment and hold on to the city walls.

If the Liang army only used the warships anchored on the river to carry out artillery bombardment today, and its generals did not land on the shore and did not directly attack the city wall, it is natural that the generals of Great Chu should first hide in a safer place to avoid directly facing the artillery bombardment of the Liang army, and they cannot let the generals who are loyal to Great Chu die under the shelling in vain.

At this time, Shen Yang was already old, sitting on the throne on the side of the imperial case, without saying a word, it seemed that the last bit of energy in his old body was about to be squeezed out.

"The generals will temporarily avoid both sides first, confirm that the power of the Liang army's artillery bombardment is not enough, and then it is not too late to go to the wall to defend the palace. As soon as Qingyang settled the controversy, Shen Yang, Yang En, Gu Zhilong, Du Chongtao, Zhou Bingwu, Zhang Ping, and almost all the civil and military officials above the fifth rank in the court escorted the young emperor to Jingjiangmen to supervise the battle.

When the civil and military officials surrounded the young emperor and came out, the huge Chongwen Hall became empty, Qingyang sat behind the imperial case, and she was stunned for a while, and she didn't know what she was looking forward to.

Lei Cheng staggered in and said: "Your Excellency has no intention of harming Your Majesty and killing the civil and military forces of the Great Chu and Manchu Dynasty, and please let the Queen Mother relax, today's Jingjiangmen will not be the target of the bombardment of the Daliang gunboats, and the monarch even strictly orders water."

The military should avoid the occurrence of ricochet. Of course, no matter how generous and benevolent the monarch is, but the world has been divided so far, and the Great Chu has been established for more than 30 years, too many people will not be willing to give up the existing authority and interests in their hands easily, and the first battle of Liang and Chu is inevitable - now I only hope that this artillery battle in Jinghaimen can make many ministers let go of the obsession in their hearts......"

"I hope it is as you say," Qingyang said abruptly, "Zheng Yu, Zheng Hui, Zheng Chang, Zhang Chao, Zhang Han, Zhang Jiao, father and son are all resolutely opposed to moving the capital, they are all waiting for Jinling to one day be unable to support it, and the Liang army will break through first, so that they can run to Han Qian happily and without any burden to sell at a good price, and they can continue to be rich and noble, a weak woman from the mourning family, and it is powerless to return to heaven - now Gu Zhilong's attitude has also changed, and he has also been bought by you, right?" ”

"This is not yet, but Gu Zhilong has his selfish thoughts and calculations, but it is true." Lei Cheng said.

"You can rest......" Qingyang waved his hand and motioned for Lei Cheng to retreat.

"By the way, the king finally filled in an old poem and dedicated it to the queen mother with the old slave......" Lei Cheng took out a folded silk book from the sleeve of his robe and presented it to the royal case before staggering away.

Qingyang hesitated for a while before opening the silk book, and his eyes swept from top to bottom:

"The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the eternal romantic characters. To the west of the base, humanity is, Zhou Lang Chibi of the Three Kingdoms. The rocks pierced the air, the waves crashed on the shore, and thousands of piles of snow were rolled up. The country is picturesque, and there are many heroes at one time. Thinking about Gongjin back then, Xiao Qiao got married for the first time, and he was heroic. Lupine scarf, talking and laughing, the canopy is gone. The old country fugue, affectionate should laugh at me, born early. Life is like a dream, and a statue is still ...... the river and the moon"

Qingyang sat there for a while, his slender fingers like jade, and he couldn't help but rub on the ten numbers of "Thinking about Gongjin back then, Xiao Qiao was married for the first time, and he was heroic......

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Fearing that the shells would be inaccurate, they would cross the city wall and hit the Jingjiang Gate three or four hundred steps away, and the gunboats lined up on the river outside the Jinghai Gate did not aim at the city tower on the city gate, but lowered their muzzles and shelled the urn city outside the Jinghai Gate and the city walls on both sides.

In order to ensure that the bomb point fell within the range of Jinghaimen, more than a dozen gunboats carried out test firing from near to far, and even anchored directly in the center of the river and anchored in a fixed position, so as to avoid deviations as much as possible.

The destructive power of the overall structure of the hull is not as good as that of a whirlwind cannon throwing hundreds of catties or even two or three hundred catties of stone bullets at close range, but in fact, after the 12-pound solid bullets are fired, the impact force accumulated is more than ten times that of 100 catties of stone bullets.

This was evident when bombarding the brick-covered city walls, which were completely hard impact.

Comparatively speaking, to prevent shelling, rammed earth walls are much more practical than brick-clad walls, which can more effectively attract the impact of shells and can support under shelling for a longer time.

First, there were sporadic test firings, and soon more than a dozen gunboats, nearly 100 front-loading smoothbore guns on one side fired a salvo, and seeing the bricks and stones flying in the distance, the dust and smoke were flying, and the ground under my feet was trembling.

Occasionally, too

One or two solid bullets crossed the city wall and landed in the open space in front of Jingjiang Gate, even if they did not hit the Jingjiang Gate Tower, but they were even more called the Great Chu civil and military officials who watched the battle above the Jingjiang Gate Tower, their faces were white, and their hands and feet were weak.

"The city of urns has collapsed!"

The bombardment did not last long, and the soldiers who were watching the sentry in the west tower of the imperial city rode their horses to the Jingjiang Gate and reported loudly.

"The urn city has collapsed?"

Everyone looked at Yang En in amazement, Jinling City was mainly built under the auspices of Yang En, and no one knew better than Yang En how strong the urn city was.

Yang En smiled sadly, what could he say?

In the later stage of the Jinling rebellion, the army besieged Jinling City, but in the end, the rebels could not support it in the tragic battle of attrition, and took the initiative to abandon the city and cross the river to escape.

At that time, the entire northern section of the Linjiang city defense system did not stand the test of war - after all, the Linjiang side could be used for soldiers and horses to deploy space was too limited - however, at that time, the two sides launched a bloody attack on the south, west and east of Jinling City around the inner and outer Guocheng that lasted for several months, and the city defense system of Jinling City was strong or weak, which was tested by actual combat.

At that time, the urn cities of Chongyi Gate and Xihua Gate were able to hold out for more than ten days before they were completely destroyed under the continuous bombardment of dozens of whirlwind cannons.

In this process, as long as the defenders' will to resist is strong enough and their organizational strength is strong enough, they can organize the soldiers and civilians in the city in time to repair the cracked and collapsed city walls with bricks and wooden fences, so that at the limit, a strong city can even hold on to a strong enemy for several years, until the food is completely cut off.

However, in the face of the artillery bombardment of the Liang army, the walls of the barrier were so fragile and collapsed so easily and quickly. At this time, even if the soldiers and civilians in the city were fearless of life and death, the speed of repairing the city wall was far less than the destruction, and it was easy for the enemy to open a large force of troops and horses in a short period of time and directly attack the gap in the city.

In the face of the Liang army's new weapons, the city walls were no longer a strong barrier that the defenders could rely on.

The urn city collapsed, and the shelling continued, but the main bomb drop points were concentrated on the city walls on both sides.

I don't know how long it has been, maybe it's been a long time, maybe it's a short time, the main thing is that everyone is frightened, worried that there will be cannonballs shooting at their standing place at any time, and they can't feel the passage of time for a while - due to the serious damage to the city walls on both sides, the overall structure of the Jinghai City Gate has been damaged, and it can no longer support the city tower that is more than four feet high above the city gate.

This time the collapse was even more huge, the smoke and dust rolled up, and even the gravel hit the Jingjiang Gate Tower, making the shield click loudly.

When the smoke and dust fell, I saw that the entire Jinghai Gate had completely turned into a pile of ruins, and the Liang gunboats in the distance had already assembled in formation at this time and slowly withdrew to the north shore.

The slender young man would not even be able to stand on top of the city tower if it weren't for Zhang Ping secretly reaching out behind him to support his back......