Outside the city, in front of the battle was Wang Yan's victory over the green battalion soldiers captured outside the pass, a total of more than 30,000 people, and he gave Zheng Chenggong and Jin Shenghuan 10,000 each, which was very fair.

These prisoners, according to the temporary battalion number, lined up in formation, had some trepidation on their faces.

At this time, someone suddenly discovered that Zhou and Xu, who had gone to the meeting, came back, and immediately looked at each other.

"General, what did King Hengyang say?"

Several captured generals immediately surrounded them, they knew that they would definitely be used as cannon fodder, but they were afraid that it would not be good to be cannon fodder.

Zhou and Xu rode over, and wherever they went, the eyes of the captives went.

The two came to the front of the battle, Zhou Fangrong glanced at Xu Kaicheng, the latter understood, and shouted loudly: "Your Highness has spoken, cut and kill one head, and if you don't correct it, cut and kill two heads, and reward according to the practice of the Ming army, Your Highness said that he has silver and titles, it depends on whether we can fight for it ourselves!" ”

Many prisoners heard the words clearly, and were slightly stunned, and then there was a boil.

Seeing this, Zhou Fangrong's heart was also moved, and he took over the conversation, "You quickly pass on His Highness's words, mobilize the morale to Lao Tzu, and prepare to fight." ”

When the officers heard this, they immediately turned around with their fists clenched, while some mounted their horses and ran ahead of the troops, shouting loudly as they ran.

These captives were very worried about their fate, but as Wang Yan's meaning was conveyed, the captives' hearts were calmed.

For a time, under the mobilization of the generals, the shouts among the captives rose higher and higher, and they became very turbulent.

To say that these captives are used as cannon fodder, the morale should not be high, but at this time, whether it is a soldier or a general, they are all enthusiastic and shouting loudly, just like drinking a lot of wine.

The two generals Zhou and Xu also felt a lot in their hearts, since the Qing Dynasty, they seem to have not been so morale-like for four years.

In the Chinese army, Liu Shun looked at the captives calling more than the five loyal soldiers, and wondered for a while, what is there to be happy about a group of cannon fodder, "Your Highness let this group of people take the lead, why are they still called?" ”

Wang Yan smiled slightly, "Although they are captured soldiers, they are also freed, and the Qing army in the city is worse than them, this comparison is naturally worth rejoicing." ”

Wang Yan paused, looked up at the sky, and suddenly waved his hand: "Let's start!" ”

Outside the western city, the shouts of the captives aroused the dissatisfaction of the five loyal soldiers, and the loyal and loyal soldiers also began to shout, as if they were swearing majesty.

Some people sang rival plays, the two sides shouted more happily, no one refused to give in, and tens of thousands of horses moved the four fields. And at this moment, the Chinese army drummed up, and when the two generals Zhou and Xu heard the order, they suddenly pulled out their swords, waved them forward, and roared angrily, "Attack!" ”

At the sound of an order, the soldiers swarmed to the Qinhuai River like a flood.

The Qinhuai River is wide, and although it is August, the water level drops, but the center of the river is at least one zhang deep.

Wang Yan thought about building a dam upstream to block the flow of water and digging a canal to bring the river water into the Yangtze River, but the project was so huge that he had to build a pontoon bridge to pass it, but this greatly increased the difficulty of attacking the city.

As soon as the captives approached the Qinhuai River, the artillery of the Qing army at the head of the city began to roar, and after being beaten passively for a long time, the artillery of the Qing army began to return fire, and a puff of white smoke rose from the head of the city.

In fact, in addition to the red-coated cannons on the forts, the Qing army also had nearly 100 red-coated cannons on the city wall, but the Nanjing city wall was too long, and these cannons were scattered, and when they arrived at each city gate, there were only seven or eight cannons, so in the face of the bombardment of the Ming army, these artillery did not dare to fire back, so as not to be killed by the fire, and the range of other artillery could not reach the Ming army's artillery array, so they could only keep firing dumb.

When the captives rushed to the river, they entered the range of other artillery in the city, and the large and small Francophone machines and the general artillery were fired in unison, and for a while, the city was filled with gunsmoke.

Hundreds of iron bullets roared from the city, and one of the captured sergeants was hit, and his whole body bowed up, and he quickly flew out upside down, knocking down three or four people in a row before stopping.

The cannonballs on the city, hitting the people, cracking their brains, hitting the ground, lifting up the turf and dirt, falling into the water, splashing the columns of water, and constantly hitting the soldiers with cannonballs, but they could not stop the footsteps of the captives.

The Hengyang Domain promised rewards and encouraged them, but it was mainly the supervising soldiers who held big swords in the back to supervise the battle, so that they did not dare to stop running.

Amid the roar of cannons and the shouts of killing, the captives rushed to the river, and some of their soldiers, in small boats, took logs, rowed for a distance, and then began to nail a sharpened log into the water, and more soldiers tied ropes to their bodies and waded directly on the logs. After waiting for some stakes to be driven into the water, more soldiers carried pre-determined planks, long planks into the water, and then fixed them with iron nails.

The Qinhuai River is very wide, the captives braved the artillery fire, and built three pontoon bridges at the same time, each of which was more than two zhang wide, and set up three layers, the first layer was a wooden plank, the second layer was an arm-thick wood, the third layer was paved with a layer of wooden planks, and the whole pontoon bridge was connected with a big iron nail and trapped with hemp rope, which was very solid.

At this time, the water column splashed on the surface of the river, and the boats that set up the pontoon bridge were hit from time to time, and suddenly scattered and disintegrated, and the river surface bloomed with red flowers, and the pontoon bridge was hit, and the nailed log was broken and flew up, and the heads of the captives were smashed and bled out.

From time to time, floating corpses can be seen on the surface of the river, dragging a crimson tail, which is washed downstream by the river.

Among them, the biggest threat to the pontoon bridge is a few red-coated cannons in the city, which can smash the pontoon bridge composed of dozens of logs into pieces, and the power is very fierce.

The artillery men in the city were looking for targets, and the Ming artillery array outside the city was also observing the artillery in the city.

"Where! Ten feet to the left of the city gate! An artillery instructor put down the clairvoyant mirror and shouted happily.

When several artillery soldiers heard this, they immediately moved the gun mount, adjusted the gun position, and then loaded the ammunition, nearly five red-coated cannons, aimed at one place, the cannon body retreated at the same time, and five iron bullets roared out at the same time.

The Qing gunners in the city, unaware, an officer was shouting and telling the soldiers to hurry up and load, suddenly a cannonball hit the nearby wall, and the entire wall was directly eliminated by the iron bullet, and the splashed rubble instantly broke the heads of several Qing soldiers who were loading, and fell to the ground wailing.

Before the officer could react, several iron bullets in a row came with concentrated fire, one of which hit the cannon body, and the thousand-pound red-clothed cannon was smashed and spun around, and the cannon body swept and hit the abdomen, instantly slapping him away, falling heavily to the ground, spitting blood and dying.

Under the city, nearly 70 red-coated artillery pieces of the Ming army carried out crazy suppression on the city, and several red-coated cannons of the Qing army were demolished by the Ming artillery, and other artillery of the Qing army could not reach the Ming army's artillery array, so they could only be cleared by the Ming army one by one.

The artillery of the Qing army in the city slowly thinned out, and the construction of the pontoon bridge by the captives was carried out smoothly.

Finally, after most of the hour, three pontoon bridges spanned the Qinhuai River.

"Kill!" At the moment when the pontoon bridge was opened, nearly 10,000 prisoners broke out into a burst of cheers, whistling and raising their swords and shields, and carrying ladders to kill under the city.

"Bows and arrows, firearms!" The officers in the city reminded their men loudly.

The Qing archers of the brigade rushed to the edge of the city and began to release arrows under the city, and the archers of the captured army, after crossing the pontoon bridge, also began to line up and shoot at the head of the city.

The arrows on the city were like rain, intertwined back and forth, and a Qing general was worried about the safety of Jin Li, so he stepped forward and said: "Solidify the mountain and go down to the city!" ”

Jin Li's face was cold, and he refused the kindness of his subordinates, Sun Youguang was chopped by Wang Yan, the city of Nanjing was broken, he still had a way to live, he had to be very energetic, "Ben Jiang is not going anywhere, Wang Rei's main force has not yet made a move, Ben Jiang is hiding under the city, isn't it a joke." ”

While speaking, in the middle of the Ming army, suddenly the war drums were loud, and I saw the elite of the Ming army in the distance, pushing out large equipment.

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