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The warships of the Mawei Army, which were originally anchored in Dazhai on the east and west sides of the navy, began to drive to the river after the sun rose and put down the marines and 10,000 soldiers who had landed one by one, and then continued to wander on the river, giving fire support to the soldiers ashore at any time. The guns on the south side of the battleship had already been opened, and the more than 2,000 cannons of nearly 100 warships were all aimed at the long and wide south bank area of Jinling City, and some of the guns even extended to the nearby city wall.

But at this time, the greatest pressure on Jinling City was still the generation of Jinchuanmen, because the largest number of horsetail soldiers gathered here, and it was personally commanded by Geng Jingzhong. The Waijinchuan Gate has been taken down, and the method used is very simple, thousands of soldiers in the distance are suppressed, and the other is quickly approached by fifteen marines carrying explosive packs on their backs, and the power of ten explosives bags exploding together easily tore the city gate.

There was a bang in the city gate, and the entire city gate tower shook violently, but the quality of the city wall of Jinling City was really first-class, but the city gate and the surrounding areas were damaged a little bit, and the others were fine. The city gate has been broken, the soldiers have entered in a big way, and the Qing army, whose morale has been drained by more than 1,000 people defending the city, is the opponent of the Mawei Warrior Gate, and after being killed more than 300 people, the rest all surrendered.

However, the biggest problem facing Geng Jingzhong now was that if his troops wanted to attack Jinling City from here, they would have to remove the huge obstacle of the Lion Rock Fort. If the Mawei Army did not have enough artillery to suppress the Qing artillery in the direction of Lion Rock, the attacking troops would definitely have to pay huge casualties. But fortunately, the Mawei Army did not lack artillery at all. Although there were only twenty guns of the general who went ashore. But Geng Jingzhong is confident. His twenty cannons are definitely more powerful than the fifty old cannons on Lion Rock.

Many of the artillery pieces on Lion Rock are still left over from the previous dynasty. Many of them are more than 50 years old, and these cannons were used once when the Qing army attacked Jinling, and the Qing court took Jinling, and this thing has never been used again.

"Go back first!" Geng Jingzhong said expressionlessly, and then the group quietly retreated. The sound of artillery in the direction of Lion Rock gradually stopped. Geng Jingzhong didn't know. When he observed Lion Rock, there were also many people gathered on top of Lion Rock. These people are all characters who stomped their feet in Jinling City, and the whole city trembled. At the head was of course the Governor of Liangjiang, A Xixu, behind him were Deputy General Tang, General Hong, General Xiang, and a few guerrillas, and on the other side were civil officials, salt envoys, and Jiangning prefects.

It can be said that half of the real power figures in the entire Jinling City have all gathered here.

"Will Geng Yi attack now?"

"When will Geng Yi attack?"

"Geng's main direction of attack. Where will it be? ”

This is the main question that haunts the minds of the various elites. They're not here to see rebellion, just for safety. Right now. The safest place in the entire Jinling City is not the inner city, nor the Liangjiang Governor's Office, let alone the city wall, as long as there are enough soldiers around and enough powerful weapons. This Lion Rock just happened to be in line with this condition, so these dignitaries all came without being summoned by Ashixu. Of course, the officials who have been assigned the task are still busy.

Geng Jingzhong and his party soon returned to the side of Waijinchuan Gate again, and at this time, the twenty general cannons were also newly assembled, and they could push the gun cart forward at any time.

"Okay, the artillery team came just in time, your task is to destroy the Qing artillery on the opposite side of the Lion Rock, you also heard just now, there are at least fifty artillery pieces on the Lion Rock, but they are all very old-fashioned old guns, the power is not strong, and the range is not as far as ours, although they are erected on the mountain." Geng Jingzhong said to more than 400 artillery soldiers.

"All the departments are scattered, now is the time to test your marksmanship, the gate of Jinling City is like this, our army is more than 10,000, and every gate must be attacked, so that the Qing army in the city feels that our soldiers and horses are endless, far from those defenders in the city can contend with. The most important thing is that absolute lethality must be guaranteed, and as long as the Qing army dares to show its head on the city, everyone must kill it. The explosives package is ready, and it is not a big problem to take down these gates! "Geng Jingzhong is confident in his army.

In fact, since the large-scale use of gunpowder, the city gate is no longer difficult to overcome, the cannon is a huge threat, and this explosive bag is an unparalleled threat to the city gate. In the past, the siege army needed to use siege trucks to crash open the city gate, but now there is no need to be so troublesome, as long as a dozen or so explosives bags can completely blow up the city gate. If the walls were not built well, they might have been blown down along with the gate towers.

Wang Zhenbang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "Haha, this is simple. Rest assured, all the gates of Waiguo City don't need to wait until noon, they should all be taken!"

Hearing the words of Geng Jingzhong and Wang Zhenbang, the other military officers were also very excited. The army besieged Jinling City and attacked from all sides, and the Qing army in the city was already nervous, and it would definitely be exhausted at that time. In fact, think about it, this outer Guocheng is too long, the length of the real city wall is more than forty miles, this is not counting the inner city, the Qing army has a total of seven or eight thousand people, how can it be guarded, all the personnel are scattered, not to mention, they will never ignore the inner city and only guard the outer city.

"Everyone has heard it, before noon, take down the gate of Waiguo City!"

The other officers all said in unison: "Guaranteed to complete the mission!" ”

Geng Jingzhong interjected on the side: "We are fighting outside, we must pay more attention to discipline, and do not ruin the image of our Mawei Army." I won't emphasize this, you must strictly enforce it. Otherwise, the punishment will be severe! ”

All the officers immediately said there was no problem. Subsequently, Geng Jingzhong immediately began the task of assigning various troops. The 11,000 men and horses were divided into five divisions, and the first division of soldiers was led by Ning Wu, who was responsible for Chaoyangmen, Zhengyangmen, and Taipingmen in the east of the city. The soldiers of the second part are in charge of the Tongji Gate, Jubao Gate, and Sanshan Gate in the south of the city. The third warrior is responsible for the Dinghuai Gate, Shicheng Gate, and Qingliang Gate in the west of the city. The rest are all soldiers of Wang Zhenbang's Yuanzi formation, and they are in charge of Tiefengmen, Zhongfu Gate, Jinchuan Gate, and Shence Gate in the north of the city. In addition, a guard battalion of 600 soldiers was left behind, that is, Geng Jingzhong. then mobile combat. Where the situation arises. Just go to where to reinforce.

"Do you get it?" Geng Jingzhong said slowly.

"Understood!" The officers replied aloud.

"Okay, let's go and get ready!" Geng Jingzhong waved his hand and said.

The officers dispersed and went to the battlefield separately. This is the first time that the Mawei Navy has participated in the siege, and everyone feels very excited. Although in ancient Chinese history, especially during the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the naval armies of Eastern Wu would also go ashore to fight and attack cities, but they did not have the scale they have now. One way or another. This is indeed the first time for the Mawei Navy!

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

Soon, the order was conveyed to the troops, and the troops quickly arrived at their assigned positions. The sound of gunfire continued to ring out. The soldiers of the Mawei Army, close to the city gate, at a distance of about one hundred and twenty or thirty meters, kept firing. The Qing army at the head of the city, if you are not careful, will be hit by a sudden Minnie bullet.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

There were several gates with all kinds of miscellaneous cannons, and the defenders at the head of the city did not dare to slack off. Hurriedly fired back.

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

At the same time, they kept firing old-fashioned arquebuses outside. It doesn't matter if you can hit the enemy or not. In addition, the most are the archers of the Qing army, in fact, many of them are not pure archers, but there are many strategic materials in the city, many of which were originally intended to be transported to Jingzhou, and now they are directly used. All the officers of the defending army at the head of the city demanded that their soldiers constantly shoot and bend their bows. On the one hand, it is to prevent the enemy from approaching, and on the other hand, it is purely to embolden yourself.

The people in Jinling City had not slept well all night, and the city gates were closed, so they all hid at home, and they were even more panicked when they heard the dense gunfire coming from all directions. Most of these gunshots were the guns of the Mawei Army, and the cannons were issued by the Qing army itself, and there were very few cannons from the Mawei Army. However, these miscellaneous cannons pose little threat to the Mawei Army, and Geng Jingzhong is willing to die, and he can transport all the small-caliber guns on the battleship. However, it is enough to have a rifle here!

However, for ordinary people, no matter which side of the gunfire is, they can't tell whether it is the enemy or the defender's own gunfire. When they heard such heavy gunfire, they had only one judgment, and that was that there were many enemies outside the city. The same is true of the Qinhuai River next to Jinling City. At this time, the Qinhuai River was already under the control of the Mawei Army, and the entire Qinhuai River had already been blocked, and many of the flower boats were temporarily requisitioned by the Mawei Army to transport soldiers to the city gate in the south.

"There are enemies in Chaoyangmen!"

"There are enemies in Zhengyangmen!"

"There are enemies in Taipingmen!"

"There are enemies in the Treasure Gate!"

……

"Zhongfumen is in danger, ask for reinforcements!"

"Jinchuan Gate is in danger, ask for reinforcements!"

Countless pieces of information have been gathered here for Axixu. Ah Xixu's head was suddenly as big as a fight, and his face was gray. In order to show their bravery, the defenders of the various gates used words such as 3,000 and 5,000 to measure the number of enemies in the information they sent. There were even gates that reported that there were tens of thousands of enemies in front of them. The total number of enemies reported by more than a dozen city gates is more than eighty or ninety thousand! Although Ah Xixu knew that there was a lot of water in it, he couldn't help but be terrified. God, even if there is 90% water in it, it is a terrible thing!

But he guessed correctly, it is indeed ninety percent water, and the Mawei Army has a total of 11,000 siege troops, but this number will also make him frightened, he originally thought that he could hold it for ten days and half a month, it seems to be dangerous!

It's over! This time it's really over! When Jinling City encountered such a large-scale attack, it was truly completely finished! Ah Xixu suddenly felt dizzy. He passed out on the spot

After all the men are distributed. Geng Jingzhong's side. There were only a few hundred men left in his escort battalion, but Waijinchuan was leaning against the river, and his fleet was across the river, so he was not worried about any accidents at all. The Qing army's soldiers and horses in Jiangnan were almost completely wiped out, and it was absolutely impossible for Jinling City to mobilize reinforcements in a short period of time. Even if the Poyang Lake Naval Division of the Qing Army drove over again, it would not be a big problem for the Mawei Battleship to clean up the Jiangning Naval Division, and then to clean up the Poyang Lake Naval Division.

Although A Xixu had already sent out Jiang's letter asking for help yesterday evening, the Mawei Army only intercepted a few letters. But Geng Jingzhong did not think that his troops had intercepted all the Qing army's letters asking for help. According to estimates, even if Yue Le or Kangxi, the little emperor of the Qing court who was further away, received a message asking for help, it would take at least a whole day to mobilize troops to prepare for reinforcements, and on the way, it might take at least ten days to travel thousands of miles. In other words, in the best case, it would take more than twelve days for the Qing army's reinforcements to reach Jinling.

For more than ten days, the Mawei Army, with its superior troops, advanced weapons, and full morale, could not take down the Jinling City garrisoned by the old and weak remnants. Then he doesn't have to think about dominating the world. In fact, Geng Jingzhong estimated it himself. It will only take three days at most to take Jinling City, maybe two days will do, and today's task is to take the outer Guo City, eliminate the Qing army as much as possible, and then take the inner city tomorrow. However, the walls of the inner city are so tall and solid that one day may not be enough.

On the Lion Rock side, A Xixu and many Jinling officials were still watching the battle with a clairvoyant mirror in fear. The clairvoyant mirror is a luxury for ordinary people, but for these officials, it is a standard configuration for each person. It's very simple, everyone is a person with a head and a face, but others have you but don't, so it will be more face-saving! But no one thought about this at the moment, and they were all engrossed in watching the battle situation around the pavilion on the top of this Lion Rock Mountain, especially the battle situation on the Jinchuan Gate side, after all, this side is the closest to the Lion Rock.

"My lord, look, the rebellious artillery team!"

"One, two, three、、、、、、 nineteen, twenty, twenty guns in total, are coming towards us."

"Stop, it's three hundred feet away from us!"

"What are you still doing in a daze, ready to fire the cannon and destroy this Geng rebel artillery team for me!"

"Fire!"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

The Qing army was too impatient, at this distance, where could these cannons of theirs hit, one after another shells fell on the distance of more than 100 meters in front of the Mawei Army artillery array, and continued to beat several times and did not reach 50 meters in front of the Mawei Army artillery car. If you want to say why there are no red-coated cannons here, just because the red-coated cannons are already very nervous for the Qing court, they are all used on the front line, none of the cannons defending the city of Jinling City are more than 12-pound cannons, and there are more than a dozen of them scattered at various city gates, and there are also three on this Lion Rock, but the others are all antiques.

"Hahaha, this is their cannon, what a waste material!" All the gunners on the side of the artillery team laughed happily, this time the task seems to be very simple, their cannons can have a good hit rate at the current range, and they can completely press the battery of Lion Rock to hit, this is completely a target, it's too simple!

Not to mention the Jinchuan Gate, on the Qinhuai River on the west side of Jinling City, the Mawei Army took a large number of small warships captured from the Qing Army's naval division Dazhai and began to sail to the Qinhuai River, and also temporarily seized some painting boats from the Qinhuai River, carrying many soldiers into the Qinhuai River one after another.

Who doesn't know the name of Qinhuai River in the whole world? And the Mawei Navy soldiers have been asked to learn culture over the years, and some of them have introduced these contents, men, they all like these lace contents, everyone understands. However, when they drove the boat into the Qinhuai River, the soldiers realized that they were wrong.

The Qinhuai River is not the Qinhuai River surrounded by the beautiful women of the warblers and swallows in his imagination. The really prosperous and lively Qinhuai River is in Jinling City, around the Confucius Temple. The main green buildings in Jinling City are concentrated there. The gorgeous painting boats and the light lightboats are all gently floating in the Qinhuai River here. The couplets written by Zhu Yuanzhang are also in the Qinhuai River around the Confucius Temple.

As for the Qinhuai River outside the city, it is a pure moat, the river is surging, turbid and majestic, where is there any charming and gentle style? There weren't any painting boats in sight, and there weren't any lightboats in sight. There is no lively scene on both sides of the strait, only sparse buildings. Moreover, the boat only went up along the Qinhuai River for about five miles, and it was less than five miles to the part of the city wall close to Jinling City. The ships had to disembark at this place, and if they continued upward, they would surely be bombarded by the cannons erected on the top of the city. Although the warriors came to the city gate, the target on this ship is too big, as long as they are hit, it will be a dead boat!

The soldiers all felt that it was a pity that they had come to Jinling City now, but they could not immediately go to the Qinhuai River to play, which was equivalent to going to Beijing in later generations, but not going to the Great Wall. However, the warriors continued to sail upstream in their boats, heading upstream of the Qinhuai River. Looking around, they found that on both sides of the Qinhuai River, there were only scattered buildings, all of which were hidden by green trees and red flowers, and they couldn't see it really. (To be continued......)

PS: Today's chapter is 5,000 words