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"Say, don't say anything, doesn't it mean that the Mawei Army will not pose a threat to Jinling City without a fierce attack for more than ten days? Solid, where does it come from?! In one day, it was only one day, and all the outer cities fell, with more than 3,000 dead and wounded. "Ah Xixu is losing his temper in the Liangjiang Governor's Office at the moment, and it can even be said that he is angry.

During the day, he had already lost face in Lion Rock, and the battle in the afternoon disappointed him even more, and it was more likely that he was afraid. They didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the Mawei Army could be so strong, one day, one day to capture the tall and sturdy Jinling City Outer City, he had never seen such a brazed army in his life for decades, even if it was the elite of the Eight Banners back then, he couldn't compare, when he came to this conclusion, he was even frightened himself, if he said this, wouldn't the Qing Dynasty be finished, there was no hope at all?!

None of the Qing generals in the hall squeaked at all, and the civil officials were even more restless. Ah Xixu knew that it was useless to count on civilian officials, and in the end he still had to rely on these military officials, so he calmed down a little and said again: "Okay, get up!" I also saw the rebellious army today, their muskets are indeed extremely powerful, with long range and great power, and they have caused great damage to our soldiers. I wonder if there is any way you can fight against it, or stop this musket from continuing to inflict damage on the defenders of the city? ”

Vice General Tang immediately stood up and said, "My lord, the firearms of the Mawei Army are very sharp, but they have not prepared siege equipment. The reason why he didn't hold Waiguo City during the day. The main thing is that they used a lot of gunpowder. The city gates simply could not withstand such an explosion. Therefore, in the next city defense, guarding against the Mawei army near the city gate is the top priority, as long as they can't blow up the city gate, it will be difficult to enter the inner city. ”

General Hong also echoed: "My subordinates agree with what Lord Tang said, the gate of our inner city is far taller and stronger than that of Outer Guocheng, so as long as the city gate is guarded, it will be difficult for the Mawei army to enter the city." ”

"Oh. Do you have any ideas? Axixu's eyes lit up and asked.

"This" Deputy General Tang and General Hong Shen turned their heads and looked at each other for a while, and then Hong Shen continued: "Back to my lord's words, the Mawei Army muskets are sharp, completely suppressing the muskets and bows and arrows at the head of our city, plus their numbers are too scattered and the artillery is not easy to hit, so the subordinates built yì, concentrated all kinds of artillery in the city and aimed at a small area directly opposite the city gate, all loaded with scattered bullets, as long as the Mawei Army came up, it was specially bombarded against this small group of enemy troops. You can definitely get great results! ”

"And!" Vice General Tang added: "The subordinates built yì and erected wooden fences outside the gates of the inner city in various places. Delay the enemy's movements, and at the same time demolish some of the houses near the city gates, and obtain a large number of masonry, stone and wood for the purpose of defending the city. ”

Although it is feasible to build this, Ah Xixu is a little hesitant, this is a strict zhòng disturbing the people. But at this moment, he couldn't care so much. "Okay, as you say, tear it down for me along the near city, as long as you repel the enemy army, you can say anything."

The city is carrying out a big move, and the big night begins to demolish the houses, stirring up the chickens and dogs in the inner city, and the already tense atmosphere has been stirred up by the Qing army and has become more chaotic, and some of the ruffians and hooligans have begun to smash the shops and loot the goods, but at this time, the Qing army can't divide too many troops to supervise, and even some of the Qing army secretly do this by themselves.

But in any case, after most of the night, there were plenty of bricks, stones, and wood on the city. At the cost of demolishing houses within a 20-metre length of the four walls, totaling more than 1,000 houses. Geng Jingzhong had already gotten the news in the city, but he didn't take immediate action. The Qing army also rushed to make a lot of wooden fences overnight, and opened the city gate to place them outside.

On the tower of the city gate, the originally scattered artillery also gathered, and all the guns were turned around to aim at this small area at the city gate, in order to hit the Mawei Army demolition team and prevent the demolition team from approaching and blowing up the city gate.

The plans of A Xixu and these officers of the Qing army were destined to miscalculate, Geng Jingzhong had no intention of letting A Xixu rest and prepare for a night, night attack, and the Mawei Army was also very good at it. Geng Jingzhong and the others had already made a plan, after the outer Guocheng was taken, the Qing army in the inner city must be vigilant, and it would definitely increase the difficulty of using the means again during the day, so if you want to repeat the old tricks, you can only do it at night.

Under normal circumstances, the most suitable time to do it is, of course, at three or four o'clock in the morning, when people sleep the deadest, and even the Qing army on duty at night is the most tired at this time. And this time can also be regarded as the darkness before dawn, which is the most suitable for the Mawei Army Marines to blast at night, and as long as the Jiangcheng Gate is blasted, the Mawei Army can drive straight in, and the tall and majestic city wall will not be able to stop the pace of the Mawei Army!

Darkness is the best cover, and the most heavily defended gates of Jinling City are the Zhongfu Gate and Jinchuan Gate in the north, and a large number of torches are lit near these towers, and the Mawei Army will be immediately discovered once it approaches. However, the southernmost Jubaomen and other defenses of Jinling City are a lot lax, although there are torches on the city tower, but the number is not so much, and it is leaning on the Qinhuai River, and it is easy to approach in the dark.

The soldiers were in a squad of ten, carrying explosives bags and a black veil on the outside, which perfectly blended into the night in this dark cloud-covered night. The three squads quickly approached the inner city of Jinling City from different directions, this is the Tongji Gate in the south, the soldiers groped their way forward and soon entered the front of the city gate, the three squads were divided into three directions, left and right in the middle to prevent accidents, fortunately, these three squads successfully gathered at the city gate. Thirty explosives packs were then sent to the cave in the city gate, where they were placed.

"Boom!" Tongji Gate was subjected to such a violent explosion that this ancient city gate was reduced to smithereens. There are also large pieces of masonry falling from the cave in the city gate. Thanks to the fact that the gate was made of large stones, and the explosive pack was not as high as in later generations, the hole in the gate was very damaged.

"Up!"

"The gates of the city are broken, brothers, the accomplishment is at hand! Rush me! An officer of the Mawei Army yelled, and then rushed forward first.

"Kill!" The other Mawei soldiers also rushed up, quickly approaching the city gate and then pouring into the city like a tide.

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom"

Almost immediately after, the city gate not far away was also blown open by the Mawei Army, and the various units of the Mawei Army, like a flood lacking embankment, soon began to pour into the city in an all-round way. (To be continued......)