The siege of the next day did not have any new ideas, and the bombs that kept falling on the head of Nanjing caused many casualties to the intruding troops under the city, so that the soldiers automatically retreated several times. Even if the intrusive army later carried the giant shield to the city wall and let the soldiers hide behind the giant shield to avoid the bomb attack, the explosion still made the soldiers under the protection of the giant shield dizzy.

And because the number of them who landed in the city was reduced, so that the soldiers and civilians of the defenders in each landing position could be fully prepared, so they would basically be picked down by the defenders as soon as they arrived at the city. After several desperate assaults, the Chuang army even began to resist orders and was reluctant to approach the walls again.

Li Zicheng let the soldiers restore their confidence and take Nanjing City as soon as possible, and finally sent a tiger squat cannon. The artillery on the turret posed little threat to the defenders on the city walls, and he could only hope for the curved tiger squat cannons.

However, he had chosen the wrong time, and if he had used it in the first attack, the panicked defenders might have broken up at once. But now that the defenders have been vigorous, and Ouyang Yun and others have personally operated the artillery, five of his twelve groups of tiger squat cannons have not reached the firing distance of eighty paces, and five gunners have been injured or killed. When the tiger cannon finally stopped firing, few of the flowering shells hit the city, but their casualties immediately increased.

Li Zicheng saw that the effect was not good, and he had to immediately withdraw his elite gunners. These gunners are his killer weapon, and if a burst of flowering shells rumbles through the enemy's array, the opponent will be scattered in no time. Although it is not very effective in front of Li Yan's troops, in the Jiangnan area, his opponent is not Li Yan.

After nightfall, Yuan Zongdi complained to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, you can't fight like this anymore." Today's casualties have reached more than 1,000, and the brothers below are complaining, if they fight like this tomorrow, I am afraid that there will be deserters. ”

The faces of Li Zicheng and the others immediately became ugly. All the way from Shaanxi to Xiangyang, almost forty or fifty thousand people fled, and the rest were basically their loyal followers. If there is really a situation of escaping again, then it is not impossible for these 100,000 troops to collapse even if they collapse once.

"Tomorrow you withdraw and rest." Li Zicheng commanded with a gloomy face: "Yufeng, Zong Min, tomorrow the two of you will lead the troops to attack the city." Don't just hit the south, try the east and the north as well. I thought that Nanjing would not be able to go down in the future, but I didn't expect that there were still capable people in this remnant Ming. ”

Tian Jianxiu said with some regret: "It's still that we're too anxious." If it was like in Beijing, first besiege but not attack, and recruit rebels, it should be simpler. ”

"How is that possible?!" Liu Zongmin retorted disdainfully: "Beijing has already been here once, and many people have fled from Beijing to Nanjing. I don't believe that they will surrender to us this time? Siege without siege can only make the people in the city more prepared. ”

Tian Jianxiu was also dissatisfied and said: "At the beginning, you were the most energetic in chasing stolen goods, but now we are notorious, and no one will come over if you want to surrender and recruit rebels." ”

"It's my business alone?! If you don't levy money and food, you let the soldiers drink the northwest wind?! Liu Zongmin shouted and scolded loudly: "Which of their officials and gentry is innocent?!" Even a Hanlin can copy 50,000 taels of silver from home, which one is clean?! It is already merciful to let them spend money to buy their lives, and it is only right to directly raid their families and exterminate their families! ”

Li Zicheng immediately stopped the quarrel between the two. He felt harsh when he listened to anyone's words, originally he was like selling a good thing to the people and cracking down on corrupt officials again. However, as soon as the Qing army entered the pass, they were caught off guard and had to start collecting taxes again. In the end, he was not pleasing to both the people and the gentry, and the Dashun Empire, which allowed him to occupy several northern provinces, was forced to wander to the south of the Yangtze River in just one year, which made him sigh and feel sad every time he thought about it.

"Go back and rest, and start the siege tomorrow." Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked Liu Zongmin and the others to leave.

Li Laiheng suddenly spoke at this time: "Your Majesty, my subordinates think that we should fight at night." ”

"Night battles?" Li Zicheng frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said, "The effect is not great." The head of the city was well guarded, and they set fire to all the long ladders we had left, and it was still difficult for the soldiers to get up to the city. ”

Li Laiheng did not give up, and then said: "You can let the tiger squat cannon touch and fire." Outside the city walls, our long ladder was burning, just in time to point our cannon fingers to the target. As long as the city is in turmoil, it will be easy to climb the city. ”

Liu Zongmin immediately supported: "What Xiao Lai Hum said is reasonable, you should give it a try." ”

"Do it at the end of the day!" Li Zicheng thought about it for a while and finally made up his mind.

The soldiers and people at the head of Nanjing were happily eating dinner. Qian Qianyi wrote a one-night table drop the night before, and when he looked at it the next day, he found that Li Zicheng didn't seem to be very powerful, and his family wealth seemed to be able to be saved. So as soon as he was happy, he contacted the gentry and relatives in the city, and gave a meal to the soldiers and civilians defending the city - white rice without soil and stones and old rice, and a large stew with meat.

After eating, it is time to report the results of today's battle to the superiors. However, today's reward is not as easy to take as yesterday, and yesterday I cut off forty or fifty heads, but today it is only six. Most of the casualties of the thieves were caused by bombs under the city, and although the soldiers had already squeezed out a lot of their numbers, the Shangguan still only recognized a quarter of their number.

However, the soldiers and the people were not very angry, and they were almost in little danger today, just throwing bombs at the enemy under the city. With such an easy opportunity to make money, they have nothing to be angry about.

When the time came, except for the soldiers on duty at night, everyone else avoided the burning ladder and slept on the ground on the city wall. Suddenly, explosions rang out inside and outside the city walls, and the soldiers were all awakened from their sleep.

When they woke up, they didn't know what was going on, but they saw the fire of the explosion shining on the top of the city, some screaming in terror, and some screaming for help. After that, these people began to run around, some wanted to get out of the city, some wanted to find a place to hide, and even the officers were just as panicked.

"Don't run around! Hide behind a sandbag and you'll be fine! Mu Jiuchou and the others comforted, trying to calm down the chaotic soldiers and civilians.

In fact, Li Zicheng's flowering bullets did not hit the city wall much, only two or three of them could explode on the city head, and the others fell inside and outside the city wall, and the damage to the defenders at the city head was extremely limited. But these soldiers and civilians couldn't see this, and only knew that they were running around with their heads covered.

Some soldiers obeyed the command and hid in place, but most of them still ran around like flies. Guo Chengdong led his soldiers around to appease the soldiers and the people. After two days of fighting, they had established some prestige, so after a period of pacification, most of the soldiers settled down.

But suddenly, a burst of feathered arrows fell from the sky, causing the soldiers and civilians who had not dodged well to chaos again. After a few rounds of arrow rain, I don't know who shouted, "The thieves are coming to the city!" The soldiers and civilians immediately blew up again, because they were not ready, and their minds that had just calmed down suddenly became chaotic again.

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