Just when Li Yanzhi commanded the troops of Dongcheng Township to attack, Ren Siqi quietly got on the warship and made a detour to the west city of Nanjing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hundreds of flat-bottomed river boats carrying more than 10,000 soldiers of the Chongming Army entered the Qinhuai River and landed in front of the Dinghuai Gate. The Qing army had long been without a naval division, and the only hundred or so warships were also wiped out under the blows of Mao Eighteen, and it was impossible to prevent the Ming army from entering the Qinhuai River.

The Qinhuai River is the moat on both sides of the southwest of Nanjing, and more than 10,000 Chongming soldiers went ashore, and in front of them was the Nanjing City Wall.

Because the eastern city was under the strong attack of the Ming army, most of the green battalion soldiers were sent over for reinforcements, and there were only more than 1,000 Qing soldiers guarding the western city, and the Qing army on the Huaimen was only three or four hundred.

When they saw that the Ming army of the brigade suddenly came ashore from the Qinhuai River, the green battalion soldiers in the city hurriedly went to send a letter to Hong Chengchou and threw bricks and stones under the city. But this group of Ming troops was obviously a feint, because they didn't carry a ladder, what is the use of many people without ladders? Can they fly over the walls of the city several feet high?

Wrong! It seems that the Ming army is digging the city wall! The head of the city, who was responsible for defending the city, always looked down at the battlements, and saw hundreds of Ming soldiers holding shields in their hands, guarding other Ming troops digging the city.

It's really stupid, the city wall of Nanjing is so thick, and it will take until the year of the monkey to dig down the city wall by excavation? At that time, reinforcements from all over the country had already arrived, and as long as the Pingnan general Le Ke Dehun led the army back, the Ming army outside the city would naturally be defeated.

Thinking that he had figured out everything, he sent someone to report to Hong Chengchou, reporting that the enemy was a feint, and the situation in Dongcheng was already very critical, so don't block Hong Jingluo and his old man's house.

But you can't just watch the Ming army dig the city, so he asked his subordinates to throw bricks and stones under the city.

"Papapa" crisp gunshots rang out one after another, and several outcropping green battalion soldiers fell to the ground without saying a word, and a big hole appeared in their heads.

The muskets of the Ming army are so sharp! The general was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to throw a brick and stone for a different place, and easily did not give the Ming army under the city a chance to aim.

I don't know how long the time passed, and suddenly one of his subordinates shouted in surprise that the Ming army had retreated, and the general hurriedly raised his head and looked at the battlement, and saw that the Ming army retreated in a panic, and one by one panicked on the warships parked in the Qinhuai River.

"Sure enough, it was a feint, but fortunately, Lao Tzu's brain turned quickly and told Hong Jingluo that he was an old man, otherwise if he knew that I lied about the military situation, I am afraid that he would not be able to eat and walk around." The total boasted triumphantly.

"Put the total wise!" A group of subordinates hurriedly surrounded and offered their own sycophants, so the general manager was even more fluttering.

However, before he could be complacent for too long, he felt that the city wall under his feet shook violently, and then with a loud noise like thunder, he was shocked to find that the solid city wall under his feet suddenly cracked countless holes, as if an earth dragon turned over and arched the city wall, and his own and his subordinates' bodies also flew up with the strength of the earth dragon.

Ren Siqi had a dream last night, in the dream a book friend who claimed to be called a light fog said that he could bury a gunpowder coffin to blow up the city wall, after waking up from the dream, Ren Siqi forgot the appearance of the light fog, but the strategy of blowing up the city wall did not forget.

So early in the morning, he led his army to the Qinhuai River, and decided to blow up the city wall from here and attack Nanjing, because the main force of the Qing army was pinned down in Dongcheng, which was the weakest place.

A coffin full of gunpowder weighed thousands of catties, and such a coffin prepared twelve mouths, dug up the city wall, and buried it under the city wall. After a series of explosions, the dust cleared, and a gap ten zhang wide appeared in the wall of Nanjing, through which you could see the wide streets of the city's buildings.

"Kill!" With the finger of Ren Siqi's long sword, more than 10,000 Chongming soldiers shouted and slaughtered into the city, without any interference at all, and the hundreds of green battalion soldiers on the city wall had already been killed and injured in the explosion.

Ren Siqi ordered two battalions of troops to attack along the city walls and occupy various city gates. Another two battalions of troops were sent to capture the warehouses, and he himself personally led the rest of the army into the city and killed directly in the imperial city.

The Chongming army broke through the city wall and entered the city, which immediately caused the inner city to be shocked, and many people climbed on the courtyard wall, trembling and watching the Chongming army enter the city.

Unlike the ordinary people who lived in the outer city, those who were able to avoid being driven away by the Qing army and stayed in the inner city were the gentry, celebrities, wealthy merchants, and Ming officials who surrendered to the Manchus, as well as their families.

For most people, the quality of life under the rule of the Manchus was certainly far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty, and their wealth had shrunk significantly. For many officials and gentry, they were the rulers in the Ming Dynasty, and they could laugh arrogantly and guide the country, but after changing the masters, they found that the privileges of the past were gone, and now they had to nod their heads in the face of an ordinary green battalion soldier.

Therefore, many people supported the entry of the Ming army into the city, but they were also worried that the Ming army would not be able to establish itself in Nanjing at all, and when the Manchu army returned, it would cause even greater killing. For many officials who surrendered, they were worried about whether the Ming army would liquidate them.

Under the gaze of countless complicated eyes in the courtyard of the house on the side of the street, Ren Siqi led the army towards the imperial city, which has been converted into a full city, where the Manchu army and their families live, and there is also the traitor Hong Chengchou.

On the city wall, when he learned that Xicheng had fallen, Hong Chengchou immediately knew that something was wrong, and Nanjing couldn't stand it. He immediately made a decision and immediately ordered the commander of the Eight Banners to escort him to retreat and retreat towards Mancheng.

There are still five or six thousand green battalion soldiers near Dongcheng, and many people are at a loss when they see Hong Chengchou fleeing, but the difference is that they are unwilling to resist anymore, many people throw down their weapons and flee, and many people drop their weapons and surrender on their knees.

The Eight Banners retreated, and the two battalions of the Chongming Army infantry that had been defeated and retreated were relieved and began to cleanse the enemy troops on the city wall, occupy the city tower, and open the city gate.

As the Taiping Gate was opened, more and more Ming soldiers poured into the city.

The city of Nanjing is finally broken!

ps: I originally wanted to write a little more abusive, and the siege was more difficult. Since the faint fog book friends can blow up the city, the author's army will be as good as a stream. It is estimated that many readers are tired of watching wars.