Boom ~ Boom ~ Boom ~

With the sound of 10,000 horses tapping and tapping, the warships crushed the ground, constantly approaching the city of Nanjing, leaving deep ruts behind, but also making a rumbling dull sound, and the dust was flying, and the Dashun army continued to advance to the city of Nanjing from the north and west.

The scorching sun, no matter how bad the conditions were, the Dashun army always maintained a strict formation, advancing in an orderly manner, crisscrossing and crisscrossing with clear queues, and none of the soldiers made a superfluous sound, all moving forward in a dull manner.

Finally, hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops stopped, keeping a certain distance from the city of Nanjing, and the oppressive momentum did not diminish because of the halt of the advance, but rose to new heights.

In front of the chariot, on it was a red-coated cannon, the muzzle of which pointed at the city of Nanjing, followed by infantry and cavalry.

The city defense camp of Nanjing City was panicked, their hearts were panicked, their faces had already collapsed, and the military quality shown by the Dashun army made them feel cold and fearful from the inside out. Especially the hundreds of red-clothed cannons, lined up, with boxes of neatly stacked shells next to them, facing them, which made them even more afraid, and the tail vertebrae were cool!

"TNND legs, who can tell Lao Tzu? Which is this anti-thief, the equipment is better than ours, all the firearms and equipment, just the Hongyi cannon outside the West Gate, there are more than the entire Nanjing City, and the ammunition is even more abundant to the point of outrageous, how can this battle be fought? ”

"MD, this is pushing me into the fire pit, using my body to block the guns of the Dashun army, this battle can't be fought at all, and there is no need to fight, as long as people use artillery to bombard constantly, don't say that it is a city gate, it is a mountain, and it can be bombed to the ground!"

"Forget about these, we can't control the strength of the enemy, but what about our firearms? Rub~ These weapons are used by birds? Are these rolling stones still useful? Will the gates and walls withstand a barrage of bombardment? ”

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The defenders of the west gate and the north gate of Nanjing City exploded, and they made a fuss, and they had the intention of picking a child, if it weren't for the top boss next to them, I am afraid that most of them would have fled.

The scene of the Dashun army is too terrifying, aside from the army, just the rows of red-clothed cannons and tiger squat cannons are extremely deterrent and infiltrating to see, making the Ming army's hands and feet cold, and there is no sense of resistance.

At this moment, that is, those people who have been recruited are still stupid, not realizing that the crisis is just around the corner, once the war breaks out, there will be no hope of survival, I am afraid that before they can make any action, they will be bombarded into slag by the chaotic army.

If those people knew the power of the artillery and how far the range was, they would not be as calm as they are now, and they still asked for some reason: "Master Bing, what's wrong?" The Dashun army just set up some chariots, and they didn't even have a single siege equipment, so why should we be afraid of them? ”

The soldier who was asked seemed to be scolding his mother, but he still held back, glanced at the man pitifully, and said in a low mood: "You will be scared soon, once the war starts, I hope you can still laugh......"

Outside the North City Gate, about three or four miles away from the city of Nanjing, far beyond the range of the Ming army's artillery, the Dashun army was stationed here, more than 100 cannons were located in the forefront, and the soldiers followed closely.

Li Zicheng stood on a commanding height, Li Jin, Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and others were beside him, either holding binoculars to observe the deployment of the Ming army, or looking around, boring to pass the time.

As the sun gradually rose, the sun was blazing, and the temperature was rising, the hot-tempered Liu Fangliang finally couldn't hold back his patience, and asked anxiously and puzzledly: "Your Majesty, how long do we have to wait?" When can I act? ”

Li Zicheng was still holding the binoculars, but instead of observing the north gate of Nanjing City, he glanced at the front of the position and replied calmly: "Marshal Liu, didn't I say it?" Tonight, at the second watch, we can act. ”

However, after receiving such an answer, Liu Fangliang did not stop, but became more and more anxious, full of doubts in his heart, and asked puzzledly: "But, Your Majesty, the last general really doesn't understand, why do you have to wait until night to attack the city?" ”

As he spoke, Liu Fangliang's voice became higher and higher, pointing at the cannons in the front line.

"With our current strength and firepower, we don't need soldiers to attack the city with flesh and blood, we only need to aim all the red-clothed cannons at one point, no matter what three seven twenty-one, as long as we come so suddenly, we can blast a gap in the city wall in an instant, and the city of Nanjing will be broken."

"Moreover, our red-coated cannon is not only more powerful, but also far better than the Ming army, after blowing up a gap, it can completely cover the army to rush into Nanjing City, and in less than half an hour, the north gate can be completely controlled, and take the entire Nanjing City, at most it is a matter of one morning, why wait until the evening?"

Obviously, Liu Fangliang's indignant words expressed the common voice of everyone, and most people were very puzzled in their hearts, this time to go south and attack Nanjing City, it can be said that it was a bloody investment, and two hundred red-coated cannons were transferred at once, and there were countless other firearms!

What's wrong with the emperor? Why did you suddenly hesitate to delay the siege until night?

As Liu Fangliang said, don't say that all the red-coated cannons are aimed at one point to bombard, just mobilize thirty or forty red-coated cannons, concentrate a little, and in the blink of an eye, you can blow up a huge gap in the city wall of Nanjing.

All kinds of questions flashed in their minds, and everyone's hearts became more and more puzzled, and the eyes that looked at Li Zicheng became more and more eager and expectant, and the emperor was able to solve the doubts that entangled them.

Of course, doubts are doubts, but it does not mean that everyone thinks that Li Zicheng is blindly commanding, but they feel that the emperor must have some kind of intention, and they especially want to know this attempt, and the curiosity in their hearts is like a cat's paw scratching, itchy.

Not long after Liu Fangliang's words fell, in the expectant eyes of everyone, Li Zicheng finally reacted, put down the telescope, glanced at everyone, and then slowly spoke: "I know, not only Liu Fangliang, I'm afraid many of you have the same confusion." ”

Speaking of this, Li Zicheng's tone paused, and the topic changed even more, and his unhurried voice echoed in everyone's ears.

"The reason why I didn't use thunder means and let the red-coated cannon directly blow up the city of Nanjing was that I wanted to surrender without a fight, and I wanted the Ming army to surrender on its own initiative. If it doesn't work, under Li Laiheng's response, if you forcibly attack the city, you can also easily take it. In a word, I just want to ensure the integrity of the city of Nanjing as much as possible. ”

At this moment, with Li Zicheng's narration, some people have already reacted and have some kind of speculation, and other people who have not yet understood Li Zicheng's intentions also nodded approvingly, agreeing with Li Zicheng's ideas and practices.

Yes, Nanjing City is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Jinling has been a prosperous place since ancient times, a place for talented and beautiful people to enjoy, if it is destroyed by the red-clothed cannon, even if it is blown up a gap, it will be a pity!