The Hunan army has been digging for several months, under the Tianjing City, far away, digging tunnels, with all kinds of cover on them, so that the Taiping army will not see, but, below, it is digging day and night,

The city of Nanjing is high and deep, the defense is solid, although the Qing army used various methods to attack, used a large number of foreign artillery bombardment, still did not break the city, the Taiping soldiers fought to the death, not only quickly repaired the city wall every time, but also established many fortresses inside, suppressed the Hunan army to the death, continuous siege of the city, so that the Hunan army suffered heavy losses, helplessly, only the tunnel attack,

Zeng Guoquan personally appeared in the deep tunnel, and by the light of the candle, the soldiers who were digging stopped when they saw that it was Zeng Guoquan, "Nine Marshals." ”

"Well, keep digging, may I ask the brothers, when will we be able to dig through."

"It's coming, maybe today and tomorrow." The person in charge estimated that he was a member of the former Taiping Army, and later defected.

"Okay, Ben Shuai will dig it now."

"Ahh

"When you don't dig through, Ben Shuai won't leave."

Zeng Guoquan personally supervised the battle, and also made the soldiers of the troops take turns to fight, and finally dug through on the same day, the so-called digging through, not digging through, but refers to digging to a certain extent, under the city wall,

The Hunan army engineers insisted on working day and night, and in the night of the same day, it was expanded to tens of meters, and a large number of explosives were planted.

Zeng Guoquan came here again, checked the situation in person, and then came out, looked at the dark opposite Nanjing City, and sneered: "Hahahaha, today, this city is finally in the hands of Ben Shuai." ”

A military meeting was held immediately, Zeng Guoquan announced his plan, and suddenly, all the generals of the Hunan army were excited, they were trapped outside the city for a long time, and as a result, they were not lightly trapped, if the enemy's reinforcements suddenly killed, not only the siege of the city, all wasted, that is, they would face great danger, so everyone was desperate to conquer Nanjing in advance,

"Great, we've finally waited for this day."

"yes, we're finally going to win."

The generals of the Hunan army who were in emotion had already begun to discuss how to fight, how to fight in the streets, how to distribute property, etc., and the rumors of various royal palaces hiding gold in Nanjing City stimulated everyone to the point that the blood of the beast was boiling.

"Ben Shuai announced, if the city of Nanjing is broken, then all my Hunan army brothers will have two days off, no, three days, no, five days, in these days, you can do whatever you want, hahahaha, the city we worked hard to fight with blood and sweat is naturally ours, and all the brothers who died in battle will each get an extremely generous pension, so no one should be afraid, hit hard." Zeng Guoquan Road,

"Okay." The generals of the Hunan army howled wolf,

At dawn, all the Hunan officers and soldiers were ready, artillery, foreign guns, sabers, iron spears, columns and columns, charging anytime and anywhere, the Taiping army in the city was vigilantly observing while also being prepared, and at the same time reported to the superiors that they knew,

"Hmph, dog Qing Demon, you want to beat us again, don't you want to die?" At the head of the city, a junior officer of the Taiping Army snorted triumphantly,

Unexpectedly, before he could speak, he heard a series of loud noises from the heavens and the earth cracking, and the earth made a terrible whistling sound, and then, under their feet, suddenly a huge force attacked, and he was catapulted high into the sky.

"Ahh Instinctively, he screamed,

The city wall of Tianjing City was bombarded by the Hunan army ambushed by the tunnel operation, and the city wall of more than 20 meters collapsed.

The spectacular scene made the huge smoke and dust float, and the collapse of the entire city wall was terrifying, and hundreds of Taiping soldiers who were patrolling on the city wall and preparing to fight were blown away.

"Kill." Zeng Guoquan shouted excitedly, and immediately raised his saber and charged towards the collapse of the city wall.

All the Hunan officers and soldiers were also in the sound of violent explosions, like divine help, their spirits were greatly lifted, and the mountains attacked towards the collapse site like a tsunami.

The swarming Hunan army rushed into the city, and the Taiping officers and soldiers who were dizzy by the bombing were killed and wounded in large numbers.

However, the soldiers of the Taiping army are not easy to mess with, they know what it means for the brutal Hunan army to rush in, so every soldier fought bravely,

"Kill, defend Tianjing, defend the Heavenly King."

"Kill all the birds and beasts of the Hunan army."

"Don't give an inch."

"Die for the kingdom of heaven and die as you deserve."

The heroic soldiers of the Taiping Army, in order to defend the Tianjing City, defend their home country, and defend their heavenly king, shed their last drop of blood,

Because of the long-term lack of food, the physical strength of the Taiping soldiers was greatly weakened, and at the same time, in terms of quantity, it was far from enough, so the ending of the scene of the desperate struggle was the barbaric massacre of the Taiping by the Hunan army.

Unlike anywhere else, none of the Taiping troops fighting in Tianjing City surrendered, and even in the end, when the city was broken, many people were captured, but because they were too seriously injured or unconscious.

This is a tragic battle of defense,

The siege of the city was broken, Li Xiucheng, as the de facto commander of the garrison, had to defend and intercept, and he also went into battle in person, but he already understood that this was an irretrievable defeat, so he ran to the Golden Dragon Hall rationally and looked for the Heavenly King.

However, he was very wise, knowing that if the news was told to Hong Xiuquan in person, the danger he might face, for a derelict battlefield commander, the punishment was often fatal, so he sent someone to report, but he went to Hong Tianguifu and Hong Renji, "The city is broken." ”

The two of them were also taken aback, this was expected, and once it came, it seemed extraordinarily sudden.

"Let's go, get out of the city and look for the others." Li Xiucheng suggested,

This is of course the only way,

Hong Renji took the initiative to see Hong Xiuquan,

The historical Tianjing was destroyed in July 1864, when Hong Xiuquan had already died of illness in June.

Hong Xiuquan listened, did not have any surprise, and nodded: "You go out first." ”

"Heavenly King."

"Get out."

After Hong Renji went out, he knew that something was wrong, he was uneasy, hesitated for a while, and suddenly saw a palace concubine hurriedly come out: "God, God, come quickly." ”

In the dormitory, Hong Xiuquan had fallen in a pool of blood, his neck was full of blood, his mouth was still bubbling heavily, his eyes were wide, it seemed that he had lost consciousness, but before he died, he was extremely painful,

"Heavenly King." Hong Renji pounced on him and cried bitterly,

"Ganwang, the Heavenly King has a will, I want you to quickly protect the young Heavenly King and escape." The palace concubine said anxiously,

"Well, well, but."

"Ganwang, let's do the things here, you go quickly, the king has an explanation." The palace concubine said resolutely,

"Okay."

Hong Renji came out immediately, found Hong Tianguifu, Hong Quanfu, etc., as well as a large number of princes left behind in the city, all of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled, although panicked, but also high-spirited, at this time, Li Xiucheng also arrived on behalf of some soldiers, everyone worked together, and rushed towards the southeast city gate,

Looking back, the Heavenly King's Palace was already on fire,

The kings who were in tears, under the protection of Li Xiucheng, charged with a large group of cavalry, rushed through the defending Hunan army, and then swarmed out.

The troops of the Hunan army, desperately chasing, especially the cavalry units waiting outside the city, quickly rushed over to chase, and the cavalry of the Taiping army also returned to resist, and the two armies launched a fierce tear killing.

Li Xiucheng and others protected the kings and quickly went away,

However, in the chaos, the battle continued, and several young cadres were intercepted and killed by the Qing army, and these princes could also resist desperately until the last moment.