As if feeling this thought in everyone's hearts, Li Zicheng's voice sounded again, adding: "After all, our Dashun army is not a robber and a bandit, after blowing up the city gate, looting it, patting its ass and leaving, but to govern this Nanjing City for a long time, this Ying Tianfu, and even the entire Jiangnan." Under the circumstance of the greatest possible situation, and without sacrificing the lives of the soldiers, of course, the more complete the city of Nanjing, the better. ”

During the whole process, some generals listened to their hearts and ears, and when they heard the last sentence, they let go of their hanging hearts and breathed a long sigh of relief.

After all, for these soldiers, what the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, what Jinling flourishes, and what long-term governance, compared to the lives of the soldiers under them, are all bullshit, worthless, and have no weight at all.

Not to mention blowing a gap in the city wall, if you can, as long as you can avoid the casualties of a soldier, it is to raze all four city gates, and these generals and marshals can do it!

Just when everyone was stunned, when they recalled Li Zicheng's words, Li Zicheng gave an order again, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Pass on my order, notify the forward artillery positions, and prepare for the shelling!"

The generals were stunned, a little dumbfounded, and looked at Li Zicheng in a daze, no one moved, did the emperor have a fever and burned his head, isn't this order equivalent to a slap in the face?

Seeing that everyone did not react, he looked at himself in a daze, with a strange look, Li Zicheng immediately reacted, realized the flaws in his order, and in order to hide his embarrassment, he added: "cough~cough~ Don't get me wrong, what I said about preparing for artillery bombardment is not to bomb the city wall, but to bomb the open space on both sides in front of the north gate, first give the defenders in the city a dismount, and strive for soldiers who can surrender without a fight, so that they can surrender on their own initiative." ”

"Whew... I see......"

Everyone secretly exclaimed in their hearts, they already knew what Li Zicheng wanted to do?

Soon after, a cannon was adjusting the chamber, slightly lowering, adjusting the elevation angle of the chamber, under the wave of the small flag of the flag commander, the sound of "boom boom" was endless, and one after another the shells flew out, converging in two positions, all of which fell on both sides of the official road outside the north city gate, less than 20 meters away from the city wall.

Boom boom...

In a moment, all the cannons stopped, and each cannon fired only one shell.

From the beginning of the shelling, to the stop, the whole process is less than a cup of tea, although the time is short, but the effect is indeed extremely sensational, the rumbling cannon, almost scared the defenders to the ass of urine, the body is scared to shake like chaff, there are words in the mouth, I don't know what is muttering?

The sound of the cannon disappeared, the aftermath lingered, the smoke receded, the dust gradually fell, the sight outside the north gate became clearer and clearer, and the defenders who were clinging to their heads no longer lay on the ground, or no longer hid behind the wall, and began to poke their heads out in twos and threes to look down at the city.

It's okay not to look at this, but when I look at it, I was so scared that I suddenly felt dizzy, and I felt dizzy, and I felt like the world was spinning, and I was about to lose my feet.

I saw that twenty meters away from the city wall, on both sides of the official road, there were two deep pits, the radius was about five meters, the depth was at least six meters, and there was still hot air and sporadic firelight.

In particular, the strong and pungent smell of gunsmoke, rushing towards them, made the defenders feel a kind of retching and vomiting, and at the same time, it also reminded and stimulated them all the time, all this is true, and it is by no means a dream!

Of course, although the two deep pits are not completely round, the visual impact and shock brought are not small at all.

At this moment, the heads of almost all the defenders were buzzing, as if they were about to burst, and there were bursts of tinnitus, even so, their hearts were already in chaos, and they couldn't help but have a thought in their minds, if these shells fell on their heads, if they fell on the city wall, would there be a small life? Will the gates still be kept?

The answer is yes, don't even think about it!

"No, you can't stupidly defend here anymore, even if the Dashun army doesn't attack the city now, Nanjing City will fall sooner or later, Lao Tzu doesn't want to be blown up into a pie by cannonballs, and there will be no corpse."

"I'm rubbing ~ and pies? People just came with a wave of shells, and there are many left, if a brain pours down, bombards the city, and wants to become a pie? Don't even think about it, even a bone will be blown into powder. ”

"Niang Xipi, are our artillerymen eating dry rice? Why not fight back? ”

......

The Ming army on the city wall was restless again, and it became more and more intense, even those people who had no experience on the battlefield could no longer be calm at this moment, and they were frightened by this round of fierce shelling.

In Nanjing City, in the small courtyard near the Terracotta Division, in the house, Fengyangmin Zhang San, Yang Shengyuan, Sun San and others gathered together again, Yang Shengyuan lowered his voice and said excitedly: "You look good, do you hear it?" The sound of the cannon outside the city lasted for a short time, but it meant that the rebel army was about to attack the city, and tonight was the best time for us to act. ”

The student Sun San nodded heavily, and then lowered his voice, and echoed excitedly: "Mr. Yang is right, if the chaotic army is so beaten, the nerves of the defenders will definitely be tense, and troops will be drawn from the whole city, focusing on guarding the north gate and the west gate." At that time, that is, tonight, will be the time when the defense of the Terracotta Division is the most lax, and all attention will be on the chaotic army outside the city. ”

Everyone nodded in response to show their agreement, but someone couldn't help but ask: "Two gentlemen, I am a rough man below, I really don't understand, why should I choose the second watch time for action?" If it is to take advantage of the lax spirit of the soldiers and horses of the Division, and will be sleepy and in a comatose state, wouldn't it be better to have three watches? Almost all of them slept. ”

Yang Shengyuan and Sun San glanced at each other, and they both saw a message from each other's eyes, these people were really difficult to deal with, and Yang Shengyuan replied more representatively: "Presumably, the action was chosen at night, everyone understands the reason, and it is convenient to move and evacuate Nanjing City." ”

"As for the action that this brother said about robbing the Soldiers and Horses Prison, why was it set on the second watch, not the third watch? The reason is very simple, compared to saving people, the evacuation of Nanjing City is more dangerous and simple, and it is natural to take the safest time period as the moment for us to escape from Nanjing City. ”

"It's also said, relatively speaking, it is easier to rescue the prince, and the third watch evacuated Nanjing City, just taking advantage of the fact that those officers and soldiers guarding the city gate were in a state of weakness, blurred vision, and drowsiness, so that they could get out of the city."

After the questioner said this, no one was right, as the person who gathered the crowd, Fengyangmin Zhang San said in a concluding tone: "Okay, since that's the case, then let's act at the second watch tonight, rescue the prince, create Nanjing City, Bo a splendid future, rich life!" ”

Obviously, Zhang San's last few words are exactly what everyone wants, the reason why he is so risky, he does not hesitate to break into the soldiers and horses with his life, rob the prison, and rescue the prince, so that he is not a minister from the dragon and can have a bright future.

For a while, everyone was excited, their faces were ruddy, their eyes were shining, and they looked like they were gearing up, which was a vision for a better future.