Throughout the night, the walls of Jinling were subjected to sporadic shelling. Especially at the North Gate, the brass cannons on the warships are accurate and ruthless. The people on the city wall did not dare to show their heads at all, and they all shrank into bunkers on the road. With every shell, people shudder. Thousands of people shivered behind the walls, but fortunately there were still thick walls built by the kings, otherwise they would have been torn to pieces by the cannonballs flying from the ships.

At the same time, the eastern, southern, and western walls were constantly subjected to sporadic shelling. The shells smashed bricks and flew wildly, and the soldiers of the Nanjing Forbidden Army on the city wall all hid in their bunkers, squatting on the ground with their heads in their arms and guns.

"Lord Bing, the artillery of the Liao army is particularly fierce tonight. Especially at the North City Gate, the cannonballs on the Liao warships were so big that the brothers couldn't even stand on the city walls, and now they only dared to hide in the horse road. ”

"North City Gate, fuck let our brothers get down. Let Wen Tiren's people stand on it, let's not be that cannon fodder. Ma Shiying said viciously.

He and Wen Tiren fought fiercely for more than a month, and the two of them in Jinling City were half a family. The arrival of Li Xiao made the two red-eyed guys form a very unreliable temporary alliance. The east city belongs to Wen Tiren, and the west city belongs to Ma Shiying. As for the south city and the north city, the two sides are half a family. In the past two days, the meaning of the Chu River and Han Realm has been guarded!

"No! I went and told the brothers that they were so crushed by the shells that they couldn't lift their heads. ”

Almost at the same time, Wen Tiren also received a debriefing.

"Uncle, the city of Nanjing is now being shelled on all sides. In particular, the north gate was bombarded the hardest, and the thick shells on the warships were also large. The brothers now dare to hide in the road, look at the ......! ”

"Let our people all take down, we are not cannon fodder. Ma Shiying's people are willing to bear it, so let their people stand it. Wen Tiren didn't think about it, so he ordered a retreat.

Although an alliance was formed temporarily, a month of fierce fighting had already made the two sides feel like a sea. They guard against their opponents more than against Li Xiao. After all, if it falls into the hands of Li Xiao, it is possible to live a life. But if it falls into the hands of the other party, this life can be explained.

A strange scene appeared, the North City Gate, where the artillery fire was the most intense. The defenders at the head of the city were so desperate to retreat that soon only a few lookout posts remained on the walls. The rest of the people all retreated to the bottom of the city walls, which were so empty that not even a cat could be seen.

Li Xiu held the binoculars and looked for them three times, but he couldn't see anyone. Looking at his watch, there was still more than an hour before the attack was launched.

"Have the sappers go up and get the explosives under that house." Li Xiu pointed to a house about five or six hundred meters away from the city wall in the distance.

The house had apparently been bombed by shells, and the walls were blackened with shrapnel and smoke.

"No!"

Nancheng's Ao Ye didn't think so in his heart, according to the prior agreement. His attack was half an hour ahead of Beicheng, and there was only half an hour left to look at his watch.

"The sharp knife company launched an attack, and the mortar was on top of Lao Tzu. Knock out all the firepower points on the city! "Ao Ye didn't think about a feint attack in his heart, he attacked in advance just to rely on the remaining two regiments of the first division to enter Jinling City.

Ao Ye understands that there can be no big battle after Jinling. The armies that Nanming can fight are basically here. The honor of being the first to conquer Jinling City must be worn on your head. Yuan Xiucai, that kid, why should he fight with himself.

Nie Dahu's regiment was transferred, although he only had two regiments and three regiments in his hands. But Ao Ye has the confidence, and with his existing strength, he can chisel through the Jinling city wall and enter Jinling City.

Ao Ye had the confidence to take advantage of the cover of the dark night and the gunners carried the mortars and ran forward. About a kilometer from the city wall, the gunners quickly set up their mortars.

The sharp knife squad of the Sharp Knife Company squeaked with an explosive bag in it, and the cat ran forward with his waist down. Their target was the city gate, and each of them had twenty pounds of explosives in his arms. Eight people add up to 160 catties of explosives, and even if the Nanjing City Gate is strong, it will definitely not be able to withstand the explosion of 160 catties of explosives.

Muzzle flames continued to flash on the city walls, and there were eight people in the sharp knife squad. There were still a hundred meters from the city wall, and they all fell to the ground.

"Mortar!" The commander of the assault company was so anxious that he yelled loudly.

Mortars were calculating the firing of the Yuan, and the gunners of the 1st Division were notoriously accurate. Just took his thumb and gestured, and immediately calculated the shooting yuan. Took out a mortar shell, unscrewed the letter and put it directly into the barrel.

The first hit was hit, and the two soldiers of the Nanjing Forbidden Army howled miserably and were torn off the city wall by the air waves.

"Second echelon, up!" As soon as the commander of the assault company saw that the enemy was suppressed, he immediately ordered the second echelon to rush forward.

A squad of soldiers then ran forward, picked up the explosives bags dropped by their comrades on the way, and ran to the city gate with their lives.

"Hit those fires on the walls!" In the distance, Ao Ye personally stood behind the copper cannon. Directly command the bronze cannon to greet the city wall!

The brass cannon shells with a whistling sound smashed directly on the battlements. The explosion exploded violently, blowing up the battlements and the soldiers hiding behind at the same time. There was a terrible howl on the city wall, and many soldiers threw their guns in their hands and ran under the city wall.

But as soon as they ran to the steps of the road, they were pierced by bullets fired from below. The fierce faces of the Warlords looked up, and they dared to shoot anyone who dared to go down. Anyway, this is the order of the Pavilion Boss, so they don't care which soldier escapes.

"Go back, or you'll be killed." The officers of the Warlords roared.

Just as the Overseer marched back to the city, the mortars on the city walls rang out. Just now, their observers had condescendingly discovered the location of the Liao army's artillery bombardment. After intense calculations, their mortars also rang out, just to take out the mortar positions of the Liao army.

The gunners of the Liao army were fed out of shells, and the mortars landed quite accurately. But the gunners of the Southern Ming Army did not have that ability, and the shells fell twenty or thirty meters away from the mortar position. The scorching blast was so hot that you couldn't breathe!

"Transfer!" It was clear that this was a test shell, and after the calculations were adjusted, the second shell would soon fall down.

The gunners did not use the officer's orders, but carried the barrels and gun racks and ran to the reserve position. Not far away, in the second position, enemy mortar positions have already been observed. The calculators quickly calculated, and the reserve artillery group, which had been unable to fire, quickly adjusted the angle of fire.

The confident artillery did not use test fire at all, and directly came five rapid fires.

The mortar positions of the Southern Ming army on the city wall were covered by artillery fire at once, and countless shrapnel lurked in the steaming gunsmoke. The artillery of the Southern Ming Army was torn to pieces by artillery fire at once. Until they were all wiped out, many of the artillery pieces had not even had time to fire a second shell.

"Whew!" Seeing that the ammunition at the head of the city was beaten to death, Ao Ye smiled. This is the combat effectiveness of the 1st Division, and the front-line artillery and the reserve artillery are perfectly coordinated.

As long as the opponent's artillery fire dares to counterattack, they will be destroyed by the reserve artillery at the first time.

The knife squad rushed to the city gate, but before they could put down the explosive bag, more than a dozen grenades were dropped from the city. The knife squad was surrounded by the smoke of the explosion in an instant, and the soldiers were covered with shrapnel. Blood was spraying from every bullet hole, and the soldiers lay on the ground convulsing constantly. The sound of screaming could be heard clearly from two hundred meters away.

"!" The commander of the assault battalion, the black bull, let out a bull roar in anger.

"Fuck the artillerymen, keep your shells for the cubs!" The black bull pointed at the artillery position and scolded with his feet jumping to his feet.

The artillery of the 1st Division never failed to live up to the trust of the infantry brothers, and the grenades had just been thrown here. The city was beaten into a sea of fire, and two platoons of the Nanjing Forbidden Army were covered with angry gunsmoke, and no one was seen crawling out.

"The enemy's artillery was killed, and the bronze cannon was pushed up and directly bombarded the city gate. With incendiary bombs! Burn down his mother's city gate! Ao Canghai gritted his teeth at the Jinling City Wall.

Jinling began to be repaired during the Hongwu period, and the Ming Dynasty has been repairing for more than 200 years, and the Nanjing city wall has not stopped being renovated. Although the silver for the renovation has been embezzled countless times, the city wall has to be repaired, after all, the face project still has to be done, otherwise there is no way to pay the difference.

The thickness of the city wall is no problem to run elephants or dinosaurs.

Mortar shells landed on the sturdy city bricks, and they could only smash into a pit the size of a basin. Prior to this, Ao Canghai used a brass cannon to bombard the Jinling city wall like a pockmarked face, but there was no sign of collapse.

The heavy copper cannon was pushed out by the waste, and the Nanjing forbidden army at the head of the city kept putting guns. The entire Jinling City was shrouded in the sound of gunfire, and many Jinling people could see the fire of the South City Gate when they stood in the courtyard.

"Elder Ge, no. The southern city gate is going to be unbearable, the artillery fire of the Liao soldiers is too powerful, and our soldiers have suffered heavy casualties. ”

"Humph! Push those ordinary people out and let them fight with the Liao army. Our brothers, we must keep it for street fighting. Li Xiao, I know that if you want to make a good condition for surrendering, you have to beat him up.

From Liaodong to the capital, Li Xiao was most afraid of casualties. At this point, he really loves soldiers like a son. We are going to make him lose a lot in the street fighting.

Force him to make peace with us! ”

"Uncle, is this possible?" Wen Tao was a little hesitant about this matter, what Wen Tao was thinking about now was how to rush out of this encirclement. Put down his weapon, then his future will be in the hands of the enemy, Wen Tao is always a little worried. Compared with the kindness of the enemy, he trusts the guy in his hand more.

Moreover! Now Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, and most of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong still respect the Yongli Emperor. As long as you get out of the encirclement of the Liao soldiers, you may be able to turn the tables when you go out to organize the troops.

"Kid, your idea doesn't work. Although the Jinling city wall can block the Liao soldiers, it can also block our escape route. If we just run away, maybe we can succeed. But boy, we'll have to run away with our soldiers. Without soldiers, your uncle's title is nothing.

Only when you have soldiers in your hands can you have the final say everywhere. Li Xiao said that power comes out of the barrel of a gun, child, this is the most reasonable saying. We are now turtles in an urn, and there is no way to escape. Only by making peace with Li Xiao can he bring the troops out of Jinling City with dignity. ”

"No! It's still my uncle's foresight, and my nephew is going to withdraw the soldiers. Let those ordinary people go up, and the Liao soldiers will kill them if they want to. Anyway, if the people don't die, no one cares. "What Wen Tao is thinking about now is that it doesn't matter if anyone dies, as long as it's not his own soldier who dies.

"The people are the stupidest people in the world, and if you just flicker a few words, you can drive them away like sheep. If there is a thorn in it, pick it out and kill it. Remember, the trick of killing chickens and monkeys will always be useful for the people. ”

"Good! As long as someone makes trouble, we will slaughter it, which can be regarded as an example of killing chickens and monkeys. ”

"And! Since someone is sent to death, it must be rendered vigorously. They died so heroically, did they call on the people to donate money or something? Anyway, let's just say that they are at the forefront of resisting tyranny and need all kinds of supplies. Let the people donate anything, and our grandfathers can be regarded as the last money in this Jinling City.

This went out to other provinces, and the military salaries and grains were eaten by horses, and money was needed to recruit troops and buy horses. The money in the treasury was taken by Ma Shiying's bastard, and now we are short of money. "Wen Tiren has already come up with such a good idea, even if Li Xiao enters the city, he has to leave him an empty Jinling.

"Uncle! This trick is clever, and my nephew is going to call for donations. ”

"Remember! In any case, let the brothers go up for two days. The Liao army is not afraid to enter the city, let's fight with them in the streets. The soldiers were mixed with the common people, and Li Xiao was afraid of hurting the people, so he definitely did not dare to order the artillery to be fired. This is our father's chance! ”

"No!" After listening to Wen Tiren's words, Wen Tao turned around and left. Ginger is still old and spicy, this trick is really clever.

"Fathers and fellow villagers of Jinling, the Liao soldiers are about to enter the city. We can't let the Liao soldiers enter the city, this brother ran out of Yangzhou, and the big guy listened to what they did. Brother Zhang, come up and talk about it. Wen Tao put an honest-looking, crop-like guy on the high platform.

"My name is Zhang Laoshi, and I am a person from Yangzhou Gaoyou. On May 20th, the city of Yangzhou was broken, and despite the heavy rain, we still wanted to prepare incense to welcome the Liao army into the city. Always think of being more submissive, and the Liao soldiers will be better to our people.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! As he spoke, Zhang Laoshi began to wipe his tears.

"Brother Zhang, don't cry and tell what you see." Wen Tao said in a sad tone.

"I didn't expect the Liao soldiers to tie up when they saw people, and the men, whether they were old people or children, were all pulled outside the city and chopped up. The woman singled out the young and beautiful, and threw the rest into the canal and drowned.

A rope was tied to a string of people, and the two ends of the rope fell and threw it into the canal. Sometimes the rope breaks, and rows of corpses float on the water, and the scene is as scary as it gets.

May 21 ......! ”