Standing on the bow of the ship, the scenery on both sides of the bank quickly flashed to the rear......

Seeing that the river was calm and there was no enemy obstruction, Bai Lidu asked Zeng Guofan, who was standing next to him, the reason.

Through Zeng Guofan's answer, Bai Lidu learned that in the current historical time and space, since the Qing court defeated the British and French forces last year, it has freed up its elite forces and focused its attack on the Twist Army and the Taiping Army, which are in turmoil......

To this day, the Twist Army, which was originally active in the central and eastern regions, has basically been purged, and some of the remaining Twist Army have fled to the northwest region, and as for the Taiping Army, they have basically retreated in Jiangning Mansion and some towns around it, so there has been no decent resistance along the way.

Such a situation is obviously far from the real historical facts, and the reason for this, in Bai Lidu's view, should be that the Qing army has mastered the Zhuge Repeater Crossbow and the Divine Arm Bow, two powerful weapons to kill the enemy.

But no matter how powerful the bow and crossbow are, in terms of siege, it is still not as strong as the firepower of the cannon, and it is said that the Taiping army at that time was also equipped with a large number of foreign guns, and its combat power was not low at all, so it led Zeng Guofan and others to set up the Anqing Ordnance Institute, and found Xu Shou and others, referring to the two previously captured foreign artillery guns and supporting shells, dismantling, researching, and copying in large quantities.

Soon, when they arrived at a wharf called Dashengguan, the entire fleet stopped, and then, the troops were divided into three ways, led by Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang each led a team of men and horses and ten cannons, and went straight to the south gate and east gate of Jiangning Mansion, while Zeng Guofan stayed on the boat and continued to go down the river, Bai Lidu and the nine princesses naturally chose to stay on the boat.

After driving a short distance forward, several boats came on the opposite side, and then a person jumped from the opposite boat, which was Zeng Guofan's younger brother Zeng Guoquan.

Under the guidance of Zeng Guoquan, the entire fleet docked around a Jiangxinzhou, and the opposite bank was the mouth of the Qinhuai River, and the towering city walls could be faintly seen in the distance.

From Zeng Guoquan's mouth, it was learned that today's Tianjing City has also been surrounded by the vanguard of the Hunan army led by him, and he has also set up camp in Yuhuatai.

According to the previously discussed battle strategy, the siege will be carried out on three sides at the same time, with the sound of artillery as a signal, and when the soldiers and horses led by Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang are in position, they will fire cannons, and after the three cannons, it is the time when the general attack begins.

Looking at the familiar city wall of Tianjing City from afar, Bai Lidu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the last time he participated in the defense of Nanjing, it was to help the national army to resist the foreign invasion of the Japanese, this time, he came here again, but he turned into the side of the siege, and still helped the Qing Dynasty to attack the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom......

Between one defense and one attack, in fact, it is the same city, but the historical time difference is 75 years.

Soon, Zeng Guofan chose a landing site close to the river, and not far from the shore, there happened to be a city gate, but this gate had also been completely sealed by the guarding Taiping army.

The ships transporting troops were close to the shore, a large number of Hunan troops left the ships and landed, and ten foreign-exterminating guns were also placed side by side in a position close to the shore, and three gunners stood next to each gun, one of whom was mainly responsible for loading the shells, the other was responsible for filling the shells with propellant and dredging the barrels after each launch, and the third person was mainly responsible for pulling the firing pin of the artillery.

After waiting for a while, two cannon sounds came from the distance, which should be the signal that Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang were in place......

This was followed by the fierce firing of the ten guns in front of him, and the rumbling sound of shells and explosions was heard in the distance, and the general attack began......

For this siege, Bai Lidu didn't want to delay for too long, and after saying hello to Zeng Guofan, he planned to sneak into the city alone and go directly to the Heavenly King's Mansion to find Hong Xiuquan, the big boss......

As a result, the nine princesses beside him did not agree with Bai Lidu to leave him alone, saying that he had to go with him, in this case, Bai Lidu had no choice but to take the nine princesses with him, but in terms of action, he was also subject to many restrictions, and it became very difficult to sneak into the city alone.

However, even if he doesn't allow opportunistic shortcuts, it will not be difficult for Bai Lidu, and now his offensive methods are not only very diverse, but also have several powerful subordinates that can be summoned by him, so even if he forcibly attacks the city, it will not be a problem.

He walked to the side with the Nine Princesses, avoided the area covered by siege artillery, and went straight to the bottom of a city wall, where Bai Lidu summoned the Night Demon.

After the Night Demon Darkness was activated, Li Zilong and Nightshade were also summoned......

After the night demon and Li Zilong slaughtered the Taiping troops stationed on the city wall, Bai Lidu took the lead in climbing the city wall, and then lowered a rope, allowing the ninth princess to climb the city along the rope.

Subsequently, one master and four servants began to sweep all the way along the city wall, but all the Taiping troops encountered were also ......

After finding a downward staircase, the group killed the city wall again, and then officially entered the city.

"Twin phoenixes singing together!"

After activating the combined attack skills attached to the double phoenix jade pendant with the nine princesses, a huge colorful phoenix bird appeared on the top of the heads of the two, and as soon as the colorful phoenix bird appeared, it began to continue to hover and chirp in mid-air, and each time it chirped, it broke into the Taiping army within 50 meters around the two, and its speed dropped sharply, and the confused signs appeared above the heads of these Taiping troops, and they began to attack each other......

In this case, the resistance of the Taiping army encountered along the way is basically nothing.

According to the original cognition, the Tianwang Mansion where Hong Xiuquan is located is actually the seat of the National Government 75 years later, so Bai Lidu didn't bother much, relying on the general impression of the street direction before, and the guidance of the navigation map, he quickly found the location of the Tianwang Mansion.

However, although the location is correct, the scene in front of you is significantly different from the 75-year-old National Government Gatehouse and the surrounding streets.

What you see in front of you is an open square, and in the middle of the square, there is a circular white building like an altar, and on the south side of the altar, there is a yellow wall of light.

On the north side of the square, there is a very magnificent archway, and further in, there is a moat and five white marble bridges built across the river, and then there are several rows of houses and a majestic palace gate.

With a few of his entourage, Bai Lidu just approached the archway, and a large group of Taiping soldiers swarmed out from the five stone bridges, and then, the front row of Taiping soldiers knelt on one leg, holding their guns flat, while the Taiping army in the back row was straight up with guns, and after the two rows of gunfire, dozens of bullets were fired......

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