After returning from the school, Zhang Yingmeng only felt physically and mentally exhausted, so much so that when the steward came to the Fuzhou prefect, he asked the steward to send him away and accepted Zhang Libin's invitation.

The next day, that is, on the fifth day of the first month of December, the siege of Fuzhou began.

Because Su Ci only had eight 12-pounder infantry guns and a small number of tiger squat guns on the road, the main force of the siege was still on Su Yan's side, and under his order, nearly 100 doors outside the Ningyue Gate opened fire together, and a large number of shells flew towards the city gate of Ningyue Gate - the city wall of Fuzhou City was made of solid stones, and the shelling of the city wall had little effect, so Su Yan turned to directly shelling the city gate, intending to launch a strong attack directly after the city gate was knocked down.

Nearly 100 artillery pieces fired at once, so that the earth began to tremble, and the Qing soldiers at the head of Ningyuemen couldn't help but be afraid, and they hid behind the battlements one after another, shivering.

Ningyue Gate is a typical urn city, the outermost city gate was quickly shattered by cannonballs, and then, Su Yan ordered the rattan battalion as the vanguard, carrying a battering ram to attack, 240 hand mortar artillery also mixed in, and after entering the urn city, they fired grenades at the Qing soldiers on the urn city, and the role of the hand mortar artillery was brought into full play.

At the same time, the Chinese military battalion and the mighty battalion carried a large number of bamboo ladders and long treads that were temporarily built yesterday to attack from the front, and they would use the long pedals to erect on the moat, and then the soldiers would transport the bamboo ladders, and the bamboo ladders would be erected on the city walls, and the most primitive ants would be attached to the siege of the city.

"Kill!"

In the burst of shouts and killing, more than 4,000 Ming soldiers and soldiers rushed towards the city wall to kill, when they rushed into the range of the defenders' guns, the Qing soldiers immediately launched an artillery bombardment on the battlefield everywhere, with the sound of the lead being ignited, dozens of various types of artillery erected on the city wall let out a deafening roar, and the shells fired fell into the crowd with terrifying power, and immediately smashed dozens of Ming soldiers into pulp.

But the surrounding soldiers were not distracted by this, they didn't even look at the puddle of flesh and mud, they stepped over the corpse of the dead robe, and continued to rush forward, and soon, the Qing army's birds, bows and arrows on the city wall also began to shoot, for a time the battlefield was empty of arrows, projectiles flew sideways, from time to time there were Ming soldiers who were shot and fell to the ground, but the momentum of their charge did not stop.

Looking at the indomitable formation of the Ming army, Zhang Yingmeng, who was supervising the battle on the city wall, was already sweating profusely, if it was the green battalion soldiers under him, in the face of such fierce firepower, the corpses that had already been thrown on the ground had already been withdrawn by now, how could he still rush so fiercely?

While the Ming infantry attacked, the artillery behind them was not idle, and after adjusting the angle, they launched a counterattack against the Qing artillery that fired wantonly on the city wall, and the artillery fire under Su Yan directly suppressed the Qing artillery, and several artillery pieces were destroyed immediately, and the surrounding Qing soldiers were also injured by flying fragments.

In the face of such fierce artillery fire from the enemy, not to mention the Qing soldiers on the city wall, the strong men who came up with them to assist in defending the city were directly frightened stupid, and after they reacted, they didn't want to turn around and flee here, and before they ran a few steps, they were killed by Zhang Yingmeng's own soldiers with knives, and they shocked those who were shaken by the hearts of the army with bloody heads.

At this time, although Zhang Yingmeng's eyes were still staring at the Ming army attacking the city outside the city wall, he was still thinking about a private letter sent by Zhang Libin, the prefect of Fuzhou, last night. …

In the letter, Zhang Libin persuaded Zhang Yingmeng to surrender the city with affection and reason, and he also pointed out several reasons why he could not hold the city, hoping that Zhang Yingmeng could consider the soldiers under his command and those strong men who were forcibly recruited, and not let them lose their lives in vain in the siege battle.

Zhang Yingmeng didn't want to surrender, but his family in the north made him unable to make up his mind to surrender, and the more he thought about it, the more irritated he became.

What he didn't know was that Zhang Libin decided to act on his own after not getting a response from him for a long time, and after the battle began, he volunteered to go to the Widow's Gate to supervise the battle.

After the Ming army launched an attack outside the city, Zhang Libin instructed the deputy general to open the gate of the bereavement, and sent a soldier to ask the Qing army outside the city to surrender, although Lai Xun and Su Ci were afraid of fraud, but still sent a thousand people to enter the city first to take over the bereavement gate, and after ensuring that it was correct, the two ordered the army to enter the city with confidence.

After entering the city, they met Zhang Libin, the prefect of Fuzhou, Zhang Libin explained the reason for the surrender to the two, and asked the two to treat the surrendered soldiers well, Su Ci naturally agreed, leaving a thousand people to take care of the surrendered soldiers, then he and Lai Xun each led 2,000, and divided the troops to the Fuzhou Mansion and the Buzheng Embassy in the north of the city to kill.

It wasn't until the Ming army killed the Fuzhou Mansion along the North Gate Street that the Qing army in the city finally reacted, but their first reaction was not to go to stop them, but to scatter the birds and beasts, take off their uniforms, throw away their weapons, and hide in the neighborhoods that extend in all directions.

With Zhang Libin personally leading the way, the Ming army quickly captured the Fuzhou Mansion, and continued to move south along the street, attacking the governor's ministry.

When Zhang Yingmeng learned the news that several major yamen in the city were lost, he had withdrawn from the city to the Antai bridge, and the Ming army did not know what kind of firearms they used after entering the urn city, and they were able to kill and injure the Qing soldiers who were condescendingly standing on the urn city to shoot, and after being caught off guard by a round of bombing, the Qing soldiers on the urn city were directly dumb fire, and watched the Ming army break through the inner city gate with a battering ram and kill into the city.

Not only that, the Ming army that used the bamboo ladder to climb from the front was also very fierce, they bit the knife in their mouths, climbed up the city along the bamboo ladder, and fought with the Qing soldiers on the city head, just like chopping melons and vegetables, the Qing soldiers on the city wall were immediately killed and scattered, they just turned their heads to run, and they were stunned

Dear, this chapter is not finished, and there is the next page Oh ^0^ I found that those strong men who were recruited ran faster than them, and they disappeared directly.

After running to the bottom of the city wall, the strong men directly threw the shields or weapons in their hands and ran in the direction of their homes, not only did they have nothing, but they also prostituted one or two lines of silver from the Qing court.

Hey! Flattered!

In less than an hour, the Ming army used their fierce combat strength to attack the city directly from the front.

At the head of Antai Bridge, Zhang Yingmeng watched the disastrous scene of the Ming army breaking the city, and after learning the news that the city was bloomed by the center, he no longer hesitated and took the lead in surrendering to the Ming army.

With Zhang Yingmeng's lead in surrendering, the Qing soldiers in the city followed one after another, and the Ming army took advantage of the situation to take over the entire Fuzhou city, search for people who took advantage of the chaos, appease the people, and announce the recovery of the city.

Dear, this chapter is over, happy reading! ^0^