Of course, this is only theoretical.

This is Zhang Bingzhen's strategy for Zhu Changshu, the king of Conglu.

But Zhang Bingzhen is a Wenchen in the end, and the most common mistake Wenchen makes is talking on paper, and the biggest shortcoming is conceit.

Zhang Bingzhen ignored one of the most basic truths, since he could think of the best siege direction, the officials in Nanjing could naturally guess it.

After all, the officials of Nanjing City are not stupid, and people are always more intelligent than usual in times of crisis, which is called giving full play to their potential.

Therefore, the most elite defender of Nanjing, Zhang Tongchang's infantry battalion, was at Gaoqiaomen.

The navy of the Zhijiang Shipyard and the Daming Shipbuilding Bureau also took small warships directly from the Lion Rock along the Qinhuai River to the upper gate, just waiting for the rebels to attack.

The rebels were the first to attack the Gaoqiao Gate, and one by one the rebels rushed towards the city gate, but before they could rush to the city gate, they were killed on the spot by Zhang Tongchang's infantry battalion with 6,000 flintlock pistols, and some of the rebels lost their ladders on the spot and hurriedly ran back.

Originally, the courage to attack the city was puffed up at the beginning because of the silver dollar in hand and the thought that he could rob the city for three days, but he was directly deflated in front of the guns and bullets of the guards.

The rebels in the rear, who had not yet begun to attack the city, saw that the besieging troops were desperate to run back, and thought that the officers and soldiers in the city had been killed, and they were also busy running along.

In the end, Mu Wenshou, who had been named the governor of Zuodu and the chief military officer of Yingtian by Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, couldn't stand it, and personally took his family to kill a few routs, forcing these rebels to settle down:

"What are you panicking about, how can there be immortals in war! If you don't take Nanjing City today, you will be executed by the imperial court tomorrow, pick up my weapons and charge, and those who retreat will be killed! ”

The officers and soldiers under the command of Mu Wenshou were also relatively regular, and as soon as he shouted like this, the 10,000 infantry under his command rushed over first, but they also gritted their teeth and carried the ladder to the city wall in the face of the guns and bullets of the guards.

However, it didn't take long for the ladder to be pushed down directly by the army defending the city.

And not long after, there were also rebels who began to attack the upper gate, these rebels were not completely ignorant of fighting, and a few brains came up with a more intelligent idea, and slammed the water gate of the upper gate with boats full of stones, and many rebels were used as slender men to give these impacts.

However, the guards guarding the water gate also had their own methods, one shot after another at the rebels who pulled the fiber, and these rebels did not dare to pull the fiber again, so they hurriedly lost the rope and ran back, and the boat full of stones was jammed on the Qinhuai River.

Anyway, the entire outer city of Nanjing is a killing sound, but the people of Nanjing City, who have been nervous for several days, have not seen a rebel come in, and they have been holding swords on the city gate and waiting for the rebels to climb up and fight, and the Dongchang Fan Service Gate gradually became a little bored.

Seeing that his army could not capture Nanjing City for several days, Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, was also a little anxious, so he had to ask Zhang Bingzhen and Guo Yong what to do.

And Zhang Bingzhen was also in a cold sweat, he didn't know what to do now, he thought that Nanjing City could be taken very well with its empty troops, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult to just take the outer city.

However, the two military attachés, Mu Wenshou and Sha Xing, knew that it was useless to rely on a few civilian officials and gentry now, so they simply attacked day and night.

In the end, there were few troops in Nanjing, and the infantry battalion of the Guards had to defend the imperial city, so they could not use up all the ammunition, so they could only withdraw into the inner city first, so Mu Wenshou and Sha Xing, two military attachés, led people into the outer city ten days later, and most of the outer city was where civilians and merchants lived, although most of the civilian merchants had moved into the inner city.

But these rebels, who had finally invaded the outer city, still began to raid the outer city in a large-scale way.

Luwang Zhu Changshu was naturally too lazy to care, he was finally relieved now, and he also rekindled his confidence, looking at the Zhengyangmen in front of him, and even couldn't help but threaten:

"When Gu captures Zhengyangmen and occupies the inner city and the imperial city, he will ascend the throne and become the emperor and be the wisest monarch of the Ming Dynasty!"

But at this moment, there were bursts of artillery sounds from the west of Nanjing City, and then the sound of killing resounded throughout the sky!

Zhu Youzhen came back with the Second Corps of the Guards and the Navy, and sixty large warships were lying across the Yangtze River, and the muzzles of their guns were constantly firing in the direction of Tongji Gate, and the First Corps of the Guards Army also killed directly from the two directions of Yifu Gate and Zhongfu Gate.

At the same time, the Second Corps of the Guards Yanziji Guanyin Gate and Foning Gate entered the outer city and went all the way around the root of the city wall to the south, and directly captured the Gaoqiao Gate.

And Zhu Youzhen, accompanied by the First Cavalry Battalion of the First Corps of the Guards, came to Zhu Changshu, who was surrounded by tens of thousands of rebels in the center: "Who is going to be the wisest monarch of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Zhu Changshu couldn't help but look back in shock, but saw that hundreds of steps away were full of officers and soldiers of the Guards, and there were also dragon flags all around, and even the brocade guards in flying fish suits seemed to be unable to count how many there were at once, and who was the one in the center who was not the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen?

"What's going on, you, he, Your Majesty, when did you come back?"

Zhu Changshu was scared and surprised at this time, the whole person trembled directly, and his words were not clear, and then his legs and feet were directly weak, and the whole person fell directly to the ground.

"Your Highness!"

Zhang Bingzhen hurriedly supported Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, and shouted.

At this time, the rest of the rebels also looked at Zhu Youzhen and the guards behind him.

"Into town!"

With a wave of General Zhu Youzhen's hand, the cavalry battalion of the First Corps of the Guards Army opened the way in front, but these rebels did not dare to obstruct it and consciously moved out of the way.

Zhu Youzhen really didn't know what to say at this time, he thought that this King of Lu, Zhu Changshu, would resist to the death once, and he also thought that Zhu Changshu would kneel down and kowtow directly to beg for mercy, but he didn't expect that this Zhu Changshu was just scared and weakly speechless.

However, what Zhu Youzhen is worried about now is not what Zhu Changshu is doing, but the situation in Nanjing City, and he doesn't know whether anything has changed in the entire court situation during the time when Nanjing City has been besieged.

At this time, Zhang Tongchang's Guards Infantry Battalion also discovered Zhu Youzhen's figure, and immediately couldn't help shouting: "It's Your Majesty who is back, Your Majesty is back!" ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

……

For a while, the entire city of Nanjing was full of chanting, and the same was true outside the city of Nanjing, but the rebels under the city gate looked more embarrassed, and from this moment on, they began to feel as if they were isolated by this world.

(End of chapter)