Jiujiang City in the Ming Dynasty was not a square square city like other cities, but similar to a triangular shape, built near the river, with a total of seven city gates.

The northernmost city gate close to the Yangtze River is called Wangjing Gate, which is only one mile away from the river bank and is connected to the wharf, which is an important city gate for river ships to enter and exit the Jiujiang River. And from west to south, there are six city gates: Ying'en Gate, Wenming Gate, Nanxun Gate, Yingchun Gate, Dongzuo Gate, and Yueshi Gate.

Because there are large lakes on the southwest side of Jiujiang and Bali Lake are separated, the Yueshi Gate, Yingchun Gate and Dongzuo Gate on the east side are the most important, and Pingsu is the main city gate to enter Jiujiang outside the city.

Li Yi Lutai led more than 10,000 troops and escorted nearly 10,000 prisoners to Yingchun Gate and camped five miles away from Jiujiang City.

At the same time, Yu Feng also took his headquarters and 20,000 Beijing battalions across the lake mouth and stationed outside Yueshimen, plus the Jin Xin fleet that had returned to the Yangtze River, the Ming army of about 50,000 people had surrounded Jiujiang on three sides.

After Jin Xin led the fleet to the middle of the Yangtze River outside Jiujiang City, he immediately launched a fierce artillery bombardment on Jiujiang City, mainly with five Galen warships. Jiujiang City was built on the riverside, and the entire city was within the coverage of the ship's cannons.

More than 300 artillery pieces opened fire in turn, and their prestige spread through the nine skies, and the rumbling sound of cannons could be heard dozens of miles away.

The cannonballs fell on the head of the city, only the bricks and stones flew wildly, the battlements were broken, and the cannonballs weighing 15 or 6 catties carried great kinetic energy to hit the city wall, and the city bricks that were enough to hit were broken, and the city wall was cracked.

Countless shells fell in the city, on buildings, and the houses collapsed, and the dust was confused. The whole city was in a panic.

More than 300 guns took turns firing, and shells fell into the city every moment.

After experiencing the ravages of Zuo Liangyu's army and the Qing army, there were only tens of thousands of people in Jiujiang City, and there were more than 20,000 thieves in the city. And now, whether it is the people or the thieves, there is a feeling that the end times are coming.

Listening to the huge sound of the "boom" and watching the tragic situation of the shells falling on the houses and the collapse of the houses and the flying of flesh and blood, everyone was panicked, for fear that the next moment a shell would fall on them.

For the thief army in Jiujiang City, although they have fought countless battles with the Ming army, they have also experienced the artillery of the Ming army, and even there are artillery in the city. However, what they had seen before was only small-caliber artillery such as the bowl mouth gun, the tiger squat cannon, and the Franc machine, and the red-coated cannon had never seen the power at all.

Because most of the red-coated cannons made by the Ming court were placed in the nine-sided cities in the north to deal with the most important enemy, Mantar. In recent years, the red-coated cannons were placed in Nanjing, Yangzhou and other important cities, but they were rarely used on the battlefield to kill thieves because they were too heavy.

The sound of the red-coated cannon firing is far more powerful than ordinary artillery, not to mention the simultaneous firing of hundreds of red-coated cannons, this kind of scene they have never heard of or seen, and it is simply no different from the end of the world.

Well, it can't be said that I haven't seen it, yesterday when the Ming army attacked the water village of Qingshan Town, the sound of artillery reached Jiujiang City, but Qingshan Town is more than 20 miles away from Jiujiang, and the sound has long been weakened when it reaches Jiujiang, and many soldiers and civilians still think it is a faint thunder.

Jiujiang Prefect Yamen, Jiujiang Guard General Wang Fuchen of the Great Western Army listened to the proclamation of his subordinates in the sound of cannons, and his face was extremely ugly.

Funan general Zhang Wenxiu led an army of 30,000 to try to attack the Ming army at Hukou, but the news of the annihilation of the entire army in Qingshan Town had already reached Jiujiang by a small number of defeated troops.

There are 30,000 troops, and the leader of the troops is still Zhang Wenxiu, the general of Funan who is famous for his bravery, and the whole army was wiped out in less than a day, which made Wang Fuchen unbelievable.

But now the great scene of the Ming army firing a hundred cannons made Wang Fuchen have to believe it. Under such fierce artillery fire from the Ming army, even Zhang Wenxiu could not stop it, after all, Zhang Wenxiu did not have a city like Jiujiang to defend.

Under the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army fleet in the lake, the army was defeated like a mountain, and when he fled, he was intercepted by the Ming army, and the whole army was annihilated under the front and rear attacks.

In this case, not to mention Zhang Wenxiu, even if he Wang Fuchen is helpless, and now it is the turn of Jiujiang City.

However, Jiujiang City is not Qingshan Town, the strong city wall is not comparable to the simple wall of Qingshan Town, there are still 20,000 troops under his command, that is, the Ming army can collapse the city wall with artillery, Wang Fuchen also swore to take his men to defend Jiujiang to the death, and fight to the death with the Ming army in the city!

In any case, it is necessary to wait until Emperor Zhang Xianzhong returns with his troops, so as to keep the city of Jiujiang for the Great Western Army. And when the emperor led the army back, it was time to completely annihilate the Ming army outside the city.

No matter how sharp the artillery of the Ming army is, it cannot make up for the fact that the strength is thin. Through the investigation of the sentinels, Wang Fuchen knew that the Ming army outside the city was only forty or fifty thousand people. At this point, the army wants to annihilate hundreds of thousands of troops in the west, and the appetite of the commander of the Ming army is really too great! Wang Fuchen couldn't help but sneer.

In the east of Jiujiang City, in the camp of the Ming army outside the Yingchun Gate, He Jiuyi, the general of the captured thief army, was trembling when he heard the deafening sound of cannons. It seems that there is a terrifying scene in front of me again in the water village of Qingshan Town, where the Ming army fires a hundred cannons!

Saying that the Ming army was weak would only flee from the wind, and that the Ming army would inevitably surrender due to the might of the Great Western Army, and that the Ming Emperor would be captured in Nanjing, but it was just around the corner, all of which were deceitful.

When encountering such a powerful Ming army, not to mention Zhang Wenxiu and himself, even the emperor Zhang Xianzhong could only flee from the wind!

At this moment, He Jiuyi had deep doubts that Daxi could replace Daming.

"Qi Guogong sent troops in a hurry, and he only led tens of thousands of troops here, and there were still 200,000 troops in Zhoushan Mountain who had not come. After all, Zhoushan is thousands of miles away from Jiangxi, and it is very troublesome to transfer troops. However, with the current tens of thousands of troops, it is enough to defeat your hundreds of thousands of western troops, what does General He think? ”

Liu Neng said with a smile on the side, his words full of intimidation.

"Yes, yes, yes." He Jiuyi's face was pale, and he was convinced of Liu Neng's words.

"As long as you do what I say, write to Wang Fuchen in Jiujiang City, as long as you can help the army take Jiujiang, I have already told the Duke of Qi, not only will I forgive you for your past mistakes, but also reuse it for you, and your future official position will be no smaller than in the thief army!" Liu Neng said coldly.

"Yes, yes, the sin will follow the instructions of the adults, and the sin will definitely be meritorious." He Jiuyi agreed repeatedly.

"Did you find the person who sent the letter? Be sure to be loyal to you and have no knowledge of the matter without doubt. Liu Neng asked.

"I've already thought about the manpower, it's one of my personal soldiers, named He Bao. I was the one who rescued him from the pile of the dead, and I was never the only one who listened. You will never be mistaken. He Jiuyi said respectfully.

"That's fine, you copy it again according to this letter, and order the personal soldier named He Bao to send it to Jiujiang City overnight, pay attention, don't reveal any news to He Bao, and let He Bao believe that the matter is true!" Liu Neng instructed again.

"Sin will obey!" He Jiuyi respectfully agreed.

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