Just when the Taiping army marched to Hanoi, Nguyen Tien Gi, who escaped in front of Zeng Guohua, returned to Hanoi City, in order to cover up the truth of his defeat, he panicked to the people below that his 100,000 troops were handed over to Li Jingguo under the command, because he was worried about the safety of Hanoi City, so he came back first.

Then, he played a note to Aquino, saying that Li Jingguo personally led more than 200,000 troops to guard Lang Mountain, so Lang Son City must be foolproof, please rest assured that Aquino can rest assured.

In order to survive, he has to hide from his superiors and subordinates, especially at this critical juncture, he can only do this, of course, he also has his own little abacus, he thinks that Li Jingguo will not be able to hold Lang Son no matter what, but as long as he can hold Hanoi in the case of Lang Son defeat, then even if Aquino knows the truth of everything in the future, it will not be good to him.

Therefore, Nguyen Tien Nghi is also a gamble, betting that he can hold Hanoi.

In addition to the 100,000 troops that had been taken by Nguyen Tien Ngai to aid Lang Son and were collected by the Taiping army, there were still 300,000 troops left, and these were not pure Viet Bang people, he was the elite of Aquino I's conquest of Nanyang from all sides over the years.

And Aquino can put this elite division in Yuebang, that is, he values the importance of Yuebang in the Nanyang Kingdom, and he can also be said to be gambling, betting that these elites can help him defend this piece of Yuebang.

Therefore, the bet made by Aquino I in Viet Bang is indeed not small, and he also believes in Nguyen Tianyi, and he believes that Nguyen Tien Yi can help him defend Viet Bang.

It's just that it's hard to say whether this Ruan Tianyi will be able to fulfill Aquino's trust well and hold the last line of defense in Yuebang.

Let's not talk about anything else, as far as Ruan Tianyi's character is concerned, that is a problem.

If such a person can hold Hanoi. I'm afraid that God is blind, not to mention, he still has to face the attack of the Taiping army, which is several times more than the defenders.

And the power of the Taiping Army, Ruan Tianyi has already been taught, and he almost lost his life in the face of the Taiping Army. He's got a psychological shadow.

What's more, Lang Son's geographical location is not conducive to defense, it is almost impossible to defend, a lonely wall stands on the plain, and enemies from all sides can attack Hanoi City in any way.

In this sense, relying on the city of Hanoi to resist the Taiping army is probably not a benefit, but a disadvantage, and Hanoi is a burden on the defenders. And because of this, the defenders will definitely face very great pressure, both psychologically and physically.

In this way, under these multiple unfavorable factors, can Nguyen Tien Nghi hold Hanoi?

It's hard to say.

Of course, Nguyen Tien Gi, who was trapped in Hanoi, had also learned the news that the Taiping army was preparing to attack Hanoi at this time, and he also made careful arrangements. At least in his mind, he has made the city of Hanoi impregnable. If the Taiping army attacked the city, it would definitely pay a great price.

It's just that this is his own opinion.

And, even more absolutely, he had already prepared a last-ditch move, in his words. That was the killer weapon that he was able to stop the Taiping army from attacking Hanoi.

This tasteless man was ready to use the people of Hanoi to help him resist the Taiping army at the last moment, he thought to himself, hasn't the Taiping army always advertised itself as a benevolent and righteous army, then he will use the people to fight against the Taiping army, and see how the Taiping army can be his benevolent and righteous army. See how the Taiping army dared to attack his city of Hanoi.

Frankly speaking, this trick is absolutely powerful and ruthless enough.

is still the same sentence, Ruan Tianyi, this character is really not good.

And time passed quickly, just when Nguyen Tien Ngai was in full swing dreaming of dealing with the Taiping army, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Taiping army had already arrived under the city of Hanoi.

With the banner waving and the army being strong, even Ruan Tianyi himself had to admit that the Taiping Army was indeed a division of tigers and wolves, and it was definitely not comparable to these Nanyang troops under him.

And because of this, he is even more ready to drive the people to resist the Taiping army, he must also have such psychological preparation, according to the current situation, if you only want to rely on the 300,000 army in his hands to resist the attack of the Taiping army, I am afraid it will be difficult, and it will be difficult!

However, no matter what, in this first wave of battles, he still has to rely on these 300,000 defenders, after all, as long as there is a slight chance to hold Hanoi, Ruan Tianyi must do all his best, even if it is to fight these 300,000 people and fight the people of the whole city, he will not hesitate, he is ready to burn the jade with the Taiping army.

Don't forget, not only Aquino has invested a lot here, but Ruan Tianyi himself is even worse, his life is staked here.

Therefore, they can't afford to lose this battle.

However, there was good news on the side of the Nanyang Army, that is, the Taiping Army did not know that Nguyen Tien Nghi had returned to Hanoi, and they might look down on the defense of Hanoi because of this.

In fact, the Taiping army really ignored the factor of Nguyen Tien Gi, and they did not think that Nguyen Tien Nghi would return to Hanoi City, which may have been a mistake on the part of the Taiping army.

However, in the eyes of Huang Xu and others, just Ruan Tianyi's defeated subordinates may not be able to affect the overall situation, because the strength of the two sides is there, and this is not something that can be reversed by one person.

After the Taiping army arrived at the city of Hanoi, they set up camp, and that night they rested beautifully, and the next day, the refreshed Taiping army began to attack the city of Hanoi.

This time, the main attack was the 11th Army of the Taiping Army.

A powerful firearms corps.

This is probably what Ruan Tianyi did not expect, although he also learned in the intelligence that the Taiping Army had such a powerful firearms legion, but he had not seen the power of firearms, and he did not know what kind of power such a firearms legion would create, or in other words, he underestimated the impact of the Taiping Army's firearms legion on this battle.

And to underestimate the firearms corps, that is to pay a price.

The first round of the offensive was launched by the artillery group of the 11th Army Corps.

Cannon cannons with a loud roar erupted in bursts of flames, and under the shadow of the tongues of fire, cannonballs whizzed out across the sky, whistling like hail towards the city of Hanoi.

This extraordinary scene had already frightened the Nanyang defenders at the head of Hanoi, and before they could fully react, the shells had already burst out on their heads. and then directly bombed the Nanyang Army to pieces.

And those Nanyang people who are within the killing range of the cannonball have basically become cannon fodder, and they may not even understand how this cannonball can have such great power.

Maybe they are even thinking, since the Taiping army can come up with this kind of thing, what kind of city will they attack, and the bombardment will not be enough, and the opponent will be destroyed. Crash through the city wall, isn't that the end of the qiē?

Of course not, this shelling is not endless, firstly, this shell is expensive, and what is blasted out is money, and it is a lot of money, and second, the production of this shell is also very limited. How can you squander it like garbage, our Taiping Army is not a loser.

So, there are some things that can be done in moderation.

And just when the Nanyang defenders were stunned, the whistling of the Taiping army's artillery suddenly stopped, but, of course, this was not over, and before the heads of these Nanyang troops came to their senses, the Taiping army in charge of the second wave of attacks had already shouted and rushed over.

The first round of artillery assault by the Taiping army was completed. The second wave of attacks will be the time of the bombardiers, who will throw a large number of thunderbolts at the head of Hanoi. to maximize the damage to the enemy.

Under such a blow, the first of the Hanoi people to wake up was Nguyen Tien Gi, who shouted that the Nanyang Army, which had been bombarded, would go up to the city to defend and block the attack of the Taiping Army as much as possible.

Under Ruan Tianyi's urging, those Nanyang Army, who had been frightened, began to tremble and tremble forward, trying to follow what Ruan Tianyi said. Resist the attack of the Taiping army.

And Ruan Tianyi continued to shout loudly to order the archers of the Nanyang Army to prepare.

At this time, the most useful force in the Nanyang Army is the archers, so rows of archers move forward. They bent their bows and arrows, ready to fire their arrows at the Taiping army.

However, just as they put the arrows on their bows, the thunder in the hands of the Taiping bombardiers had fallen on their heads like a storm, and then exploded on their bodies or around them, and then most of the archers were blown to pieces, and those who were not bombed were also scared half to death.

And this round of attacks made the damage of the Nanyang Army even greater.

Carefully calculated, these two rounds of attacks by the Taiping Army have basically destroyed the most important defensive force of the Nanyang Army, especially the confidence of the Nanyang Army and destroyed their psychological defense.

This was just the beginning, and the defeat of the Nanyang Army seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

However, having said that, this was just the beginning, and the best was yet to come, and after the bombardiers had completed their mission, the firearms of the Firearms Regiment began to charge.

This is the third wave of attacks.

The muskets in the hands of the Taiping army have a much longer range than ordinary bows and arrows, so the bullets they shoot from the city can basically reach the city accurately.

And under this spectacular scene, how dare the Nanyang people resist, they have been completely frightened by the three axes of the Taiping Army Firearms Regiment, no matter how Ruan Tianyi ordered, no one dared to force their way out.

If this continues, the city of Hanoi may really be lost.

Looking at the soldiers under his command, and then at the Taiping army charging under the city tower, Ruan Tianyi was completely desperate, he didn't expect the defeat to come so quickly, so fast that even he was a little caught off guard, and what was even more merciful was that they were still defeated in such a very cohesive way.

The Nanyang Army did not have a chance to strike at all, and then it was defeated.

This is the gap, the gap between firearms and cold weapons.

And in the face of these, Ruan Tianyi, who was already completely disappointed, suddenly had a cold glint in his eyes, he gritted his teeth, and planned to use the last move, with his killer move, he decided to be a little ruthless to the Taiping army, saving them from being so arrogant.

Driving the people to resist the Taiping Army, this is Ruan Tianyi's hole card. (To be continued......)