Generally speaking, those who dare to ascend the city first are warriors among the village soldiers, or people who are keen on fame and fortune, but often such people die the fastest. Officers in the www.biquge.info army often say that the more afraid they are of death, the faster they will die, but in fact, from a certain point of view, it is flickering, fooling the recruits to advance. Of course, if all the soldiers in an army are not afraid of death, then the army will be very strong, and will defeat most enemies, and more soldiers will survive on the battlefield, so from another point of view, the more afraid of death, the faster the saying is true. However, in siege warfare, it is often the first case, and the more brave the soldier, the faster he dies......

The bravest group of villagers shouted, climbing along the ladder to the head of the city, but they screamed and were smashed down the ladder by the brick and lime bottles at the head of the city.

Being beaten and not being able to fight back was the most demoralizing, and Li Yanzhi asked Ren Siqi to send 1,500 musketeers in the Chongming army to suppress the Qing soldiers at the head of the city. Fifteen hundred musketeers lined up on the inside of the moat, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the head of the city, and the Qing soldiers who poked their heads out began to shoot, and dozens of Qing soldiers fell from the city screaming.

The Qing soldiers in the city soon discovered the musketeers of the Ming army, and hurriedly mobilized the archers to shoot, the guns and arrows on both sides came and went, and the rain of bullets and arrows flew up and down the city wall, and the soldiers on both sides screamed and were shot at every moment. Although the power of the Chongming army's musket is above the bow and arrow, the first is to shoot from the back, and the second is that the rate of fire of the musket is not as fast as the bow and arrow, and it is at a disadvantage in this attack.

Groups of village soldiers were driven to climb ladders to attack the city, but few of them were able to rush up the city wall, and most of the village soldiers were hit by bricks and stones and fell under the city after climbing halfway, and few could touch the battlements of the city wall.

"The first person to climb the city will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to the third level!" The reward was promulgated, and the morale of the villagers, who had been greatly reduced, was restored. Bands of village soldiers rushed forward and their successors rushed across the moat.

Of course, in the eyes of some more understanding villagers, no matter how much money there is, life is not important, so they subconsciously cowered. However, after more than a dozen heads were cut off by the officers and soldiers of the prison array, the other township soldiers knew that there was no possibility of retreating. Retreating is death, it is a deserter, you may die if you advance, but your family will be compensated, if you are lucky enough not to die to attack the city, then you will soar from now on!

So one group after another of the township soldiers shouted and rushed to the cloud ladder, going forward one after another, not afraid of death. Li Yanzhi took turns to attack the city, and only when all the villagers in the first battalion climbed the ladder and more than half of the dead and wounded were allowed to return to the camp to make corrections, and then replace the next battalion!

The battle was very fierce, and it took a whole day to fight for a whole day, and the villagers who attacked the city suffered heavy casualties, and more than 5,000 people were killed and wounded in one day's effort. Although the casualties of the Qing soldiers at the head of the city were much smaller, they were also exhausted, and the 10,000 Qing soldiers except for the 3,000 reserves set aside, the other Qing soldiers fought fiercely for a day, killing and wounding more than 800 people, most of whom died under the Ming musketeers and artillery.

At dusk, the gongs and drums sounded, and the villagers who had been attacking for a day retreated one after another, retreating across the moat. Before the Qing soldiers in the city could breathe a sigh of relief, the rumbling cannons rang out, and the red-coated cannons of the Ming army opened fire on the city wall again. The head of the city was again subjected to covering fire, and many Qing soldiers screamed that their bones were broken by the shells. Hong Chengchou, who commanded the head of the city, hurriedly ordered most of the Qing troops to withdraw from the city wall, leaving a small number of people in the city to warn.

As soon as the cannon sounded, the cannonballs gradually extended from the city wall to the city, and many buildings in the city were broken by the cannonballs, and the whole city of Nanjing was almost uneasy overnight. Listening to the continuous sound of artillery, Hong Chengchou's face turned pale, just a day of defense, he knew that the situation was very bad, just one day of the Qing soldiers lost seven or eight hundred people, if it was fought for a few more days, I am afraid that the Qing soldiers in the city will lose more than half, and then they will no longer be able to hold it! The Qing soldiers in various places should have received orders for reinforcements, right? Why haven't there been reinforcements yet?

At the same time, in a mansion near the Guanyin Gate, where the Chinese army of the Chongming Army is located, the hall is brightly lit, and Ren Siqi, the Duke of Yueguo, is gathering generals to discuss the military situation.

"Governor, half of the village soldiers in the city have already been turned, and every battalion has suffered heavy losses, and they can attack for two more days at most." Li Yanzhi said with a heavy face.

"How's the recruiting going?" Ren Siqi turned his head and asked Chen Zilong on the side. Chen Zilong was a famous man of the Fushe Society, and his prestige among the squires was outstanding, so Ren Siqi put him in charge of recruiting new soldiers, mainly to ask for help from the squires in Nanjing, so that they could send tenants to assist in the siege.

"I have sent people to visit the squires near Nanjing, and many of them have a neutral attitude towards our siege, do not support or oppose it, and are only willing to donate some money and food, and are unwilling to send people to assist in the siege." Chen Zilong said, he was very depressed, when Ren Siqi decided to attack Nanjing, Chen Zilong was the most excited of all, what he wanted was to fight Chongming, drive away the Manchurians, and restore the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he was very active about Ren Siqi's task of asking him to contact the Nanjing squire, but the display made him very discouraged, because many of his former friends avoided him, or although they saw him, they were ambiguous about his request to assist the Chongming army in attacking the city, and were not willing to support him at all.

"I'm afraid that we won't be able to defeat Nanjing, and we will affect them afterwards!" Ren Siqi snorted coldly, "I don't have time to deal with them now, let's make a note for them for the time being, and then settle accounts with them one by one after conquering Nanjing!" ”

"There are also quite a few squires who are willing to send people, and there are about 5,000 tenants they have sent, and there are many poor people who are also willing to join the army for food and salary, and there are many of them, according to statistics, there are no less than 8,000 people." Chen Zilong said happily that unlike the squires who were unwilling to send people to participate in the siege of the city, the poor people in Nanjing were very active, so that the number of newly recruited villagers reached more than 14,000.

"With this batch of recruits, we can attack for two more days!" Li Yan said happily.

"The casualties of attacking the city with only a ladder are too great, so you can think of other ways. In addition, the defenders in the city are now attracted to the east side, and the troops in other places are weak, so they can use the strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west to attack the city from other places. Ren Siqi said.

"Yes, my subordinates have ordered to call craftsmen to build Lu Gongche, I originally wanted to let people dig tunnels, but the water level in this place is very shallow, and digging tunnels must pass under the moat, it is easy to collapse, and I tried several times to fail." Li Yan said straight.

"Speed up the progress of the siege, the news from the east is that Ma Degong and the Qing army in Suzhou, a total of 20,000 people, surrounded Yan Yingyuan in Lishui, I am afraid that he will come to Nanjing soon. In addition, according to Liu Zhaoji's report, the main force of the Eight Banners led by Luck Dehun has returned from Wuchang, and I am afraid that it will reach Wuhu in a few days. ”