Chapter 190: Nanjing Secret Passage VI

It didn't work that day, not that Zheng Chenggong didn't want to use it, but that he didn't have time.

If it is used, this cannon is now a trophy of the Qing army.

In total, the Xia army was put into this siege battle, and there were at least two or three thousand artillery pieces, but the number of artillery pieces was just that, and there were also problems with the arrangement of this artillery, and the Xia army could be the focus of the attack. Gather countless artillery pieces in one place. But the Qing army is different, Nanjing City is such a big wall, even if it can't cover everything, but it must be taken care of in all aspects, plus the artillery is cumbersome, and it is difficult to transfer.

Therefore, on the whole, in terms of artillery utilization, the Qing army was far inferior to the Xia army.

It was okay to have some restrictions before, but Zhang Xuan completely rolled out the fight, which suddenly made Li Chengdong feel a little stretched.

Countless shells smashed over, some of which smashed on the women's wall, crumbling into bricks and stones, and blurring the flesh and blood of the people around them. Of course, the problem of artillery accuracy, the number of cannons that can really accurately hit the female wall, or the number of artillery at the head of the city, is not too much.

More of it is to bombard the city wall, smashing the layer of bricks outside the city wall little by little, revealing the rammed earth inside.

The rammed earth of Nanjing City has been precipitated over the years and has long been as solid as a rock.

But it's not always a rock, and under the bombardment of iron bullets, there are naturally large pieces falling off. The soldiers above all felt that the earthquake was everywhere.

Therefore, the artillery on the head of the city to the soldiers below, naturally there is also a lot of damage, many siege equipment, before it reaches the city wall, it is shattered by the Hongyi cannon, and the closer to the city wall, the more this broken siege equipment.

However, if you calculate carefully, the power of the artillery at the head of the city has not been fully exerted.

At least, it did not completely block the siege of the Xia army, otherwise how did Wang Chengye lead his troops to climb first, and then retreat with his whole body.

And this summer, the army is attacking on a large scale, Li Chengdong only feels that the left and right are supported, the troops at hand are not enough at all, and the artillery is not enough.

For a while, Li Chengdong felt a little out of breath.

All of these are what Xu Du said, and he didn't need to use any tricks to capture the city of Nanjing.

Li Chengdong secretly said in his heart: "No, you can't go according to the rhythm of the opposite side." A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Pass the order and let the horse team assemble." ”

The strength of the Xia army's current siege of the city also made Li Chengdong smell a glimmer of opportunity.

This opportunity is nothing else than an opportunity for a counteroffensive. The main forces of the Xia army were thrown into the siege, and

The siege formation was also very scattered, and Li Chengdong was sure enough to come out of the formation and attack Zhang Xuan's own formation, or the artillery position of the Xia army.

He didn't want to kill Zhang Xuan for a while. Just want to force Zhang Xuan back, or destroy some artillery, so that the current situation of the Qing army can be alleviated.

Generally speaking, when attacking the city, the first wave of siege is the fiercest, as long as you carry it and let the Xia army give up the idea of quick victory, it will probably be a long siege period later. As for the longer-term plan, Li Chengdong didn't think about it.

Because it's useless to think about it.

The initiative in this matter is not in his hands, but in the hands of Jiangbei Duoduo.

However, Li Chengdong will not fight back immediately, he has to wait for the Xia army to attack a little more fiercely, scatter a little, and cannot immediately return to the army to rescue, so that the certainty is greater, and most of the soldiers under Li Chengdong have gone to the city. The five thousand elite cavalry he desperately kept. It was the only mobile force in his hands.

It is impossible for him not to be cautious, and like Zhang Xuan, he does not scatter eagles when he sees rabbits.

It's just that now, Zhang Xuan has already cast an eagle.

At this moment, Qin Meng was walking in the deep tunnel.

In the tunnel, there are only a few torches, most of them are in the dark, this is also to reduce the consumption of oxygen, although the air circulation in this secret passage is good, but Qin Meng also doesn't know if this ventilation ability can make more than two thousand people breathe.

A few people haunted it and didn't feel anything, but there was a feeling of suffocation when there were many people.

Qin Meng walked at the front and came to the exit. Take a deep breath, hang the rope from the ceiling, and climb up little by little. The last few people together lifted a large stone of dozens of catties and appeared in the corner of the first measuring hall.

Qin Meng didn't know how to open the secret passage outside, anyway, he relied on the large number of people to open the stone stiffly.

Then let the soldiers below kill them one by one.

There are not many people in this side hall, Qin Meng discussed with a few officers who rushed out, leaving a few soldiers here to command the soldiers below, and Qin Meng led people to control the vital points of the imperial city.

Qin Meng did what he said, and rushed out with less than a hundred people.

"Who?" Someone immediately spotted Qin Meng and the others, but Qin Meng raised his handcuff and said, "Boom." With a bang, the servant was beaten to death, his face covered in blood, and he fell to the ground, motionless, apparently dead.

When the matter came to this point, Qin Meng didn't hide it anymore, and said loudly: "The court is back, don't move if you want to die, you will be killed without permission." ”

To tell the truth, this secret passage exit is in the palace, which is very beneficial to the Xia army.

Because the imperial palace is no more than the others, he has a complete city defense structure, although the imperial city is more than that

The defense of the city wall of Nanjing cannot be calculated. But it is not impossible to control the imperial city for a period of time, and secondly, there are few people in the palace.

First of all, the Nanjing Imperial Palace is in disrepair, and a large number of palaces are declining, which is well known, although Luo Yulong has repaired it vigorously, but the repair is only a part. When Luo Yulong was there, there were quite a few eunuchs and palace maids in this palace.

But after the Qing army became the master, Duoduo occupied the palace, and the number even increased, mostly for the beauties who were robbed.

After Duoduo left, most of the beauties were still serving maids or something, and they were all sent to Beijing, and Shi Tingzhu and others did not dare to live in the palace, so in the inner courtyard of the palace, there were not many people, and even most of them were eunuchs and palace maids, and there were not many people who really had combat effectiveness.

Qin Meng's two thousand men went on a rampage, almost encountered any problems, and smoothly controlled the imperial city in his hands. It was so smooth that Qin Meng almost couldn't believe it.

Regardless of whether he dared to believe it or not, Qin Meng had to follow the steps, and he sent a signal in the imperial city to inform Xu Du outside the city.

Xu Du is just outside the Chaoyang Gate.

To tell the truth, the battle outside the Chaoyang Gate is not fierce, and it can even be said that there is no match, because although this Chaoyang Gate is one of the East Gates of Nanjing, but outside the Purple Mountain, entering the Chaoyang Gate is the Imperial Palace. In addition, this large area is made of lake reclamation, and the terrain is low and wet.

Ordinary people don't go here.

This Chaoyang Gate can not be opened on weekdays, it does not affect the life of the people of Nanjing, I am afraid that if the emperor travels, this Chaoyang Gate is more convenient, but the emperor travels, has his own charter, how can there be a reason not to go to the main gate? Therefore, this Chaoyang Gate is the kind of city gate that has not been done, as if it lacks something, but after having it, I feel that it is useless.

Xu Du didn't have the heart to attack the city, and the Qing generals who defended here, as long as they kept the city and didn't lose it, the others didn't care.

But he didn't know that Xu Du had been waiting for this time for quite a long time, just waiting for this signal, and when he saw the signal rising to the sky, he knew that Qin Meng had succeeded, and Xu Du immediately ordered to send a second group of soldiers into the tunnel to support Qin Meng, and it was under Qin Meng's unified command.

The reason why he didn't send people to follow him was because he was worried about the traffic capacity in the tunnel, so he asked the soldiers below to send a batch every once in a while.

In addition, he also ordered drums to be beaten everywhere, so that the Jinhua army was the vanguard and began to attack.

As for whether it can be captured, it doesn't matter, what matters is that the Chaoyang City Gate can't be allowed to have the ability to attack the palace and relieve Qin Meng of a little pressure. In this way, the intensity of the battle on Chaoyangmen's side rose several points at once.

Although Chaoyangmen is inseparable from each other, it does not mean that Qin Meng's behavior is not known by the Qing army. Almost when Qin Meng seized the palace, the news had already reached Li Chengdong's ears.