The Ming army's attack on the mountain can almost be described as overwhelming.

Su Yan, who was supervising the battle at the foot of the mountain, received good news from the front line from time to time, and the joy on his face became more and more intense, he looked at the camp with the banner of the Qing army fluttering on the top of the mountain, and thought that it was impossible for the defenders in the city to watch the Qing army in the Purple Mountain being annihilated, so he sent the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to wander outside several city gates near the Purple Mountain to monitor it.

Outside the camp, Ma Xin also looked at the banner of the Ming army that was gradually approaching the top of the mountain, his heart felt like he had been scratched by a cat's paws, and he felt itchy in his heart, he thought about it, turned around and came to Su Yan, hugged his fists and said:

"Overseer, please allow the last general to lead the army to attack the mountain!"

"I don't need you to attack the mountain." Su Yan didn't think about it, so he rejected Ma Xin's request, he saw that Ma Xin opened his mouth and wanted to say something, and said: "It is impossible for the Qing army in the city to watch our army besiege Purple Mountain, they are very likely to go out of the city to rescue, and at that time, there will be a place for you."

Seeing that Su Yan had already arranged for himself to go out, Ma Xin's face softened a lot, and he clenched his fists and said, "The last general will take the order."

While the two were talking, in the city of Nanjing, Aixin Jueluo Bolo, the general of the expedition to the south, listened to the rumbling cannons and shouts of killing in the direction of the Purple Mountain, and climbed up from the bed with his still sick body, and his fourth son, Aixin Jueluo Tarna, hurriedly stepped forward to help him and helped him out of the house.

As soon as Bolo appeared, the Manchu and Han officials, including the Jiangning governor Kaqam, the Meilezhangjing Kachuha, the staff generals Liang Huafeng, Zhang Guojun, the guerrilla Zuo Yunlong, and the Jiangning governor Zhou Boda, all rushed to meet the clan that dominated the military and political power of the five provinces.

The governor of Jiangning, Kakhamu, led a group of officials to salute Bolo, and then Kaqamu spoke: "General, the Ming people are besieging the Purple Mountain, and the last general has gathered the soldiers in the city, and he can go out of the city to reinforce General Pingnan at any time."

"Don't...... Ahem, cough, cough ......" Bolo waved his hand and said, "Since the Ming army dares to besiege the Purple Mountain, it will definitely do everything possible, presumably they are also waiting for our army to go out of the city to support, and throw themselves into the net."

Although Bolo is in the prime of life this year, he feels that his illness is extremely violent, his own body he knows very well, he can feel his vitality gradually dissipating, which makes him extremely cautious.

"Then we can't watch the Ming people besiege General Pingnan?" Kaqam asked unwillingly.

"Let's wait and see." After Bo Luo finished speaking, there was another violent cough, and the surrounding Manchu and Han officials saw this, all of them showed a worried look, the Ming army was in the city, but Bo Luo was seriously ill, if he fell ill at this critical moment, Jiangning City would fall into a state of chaos without a leader.

Bolo made a final decision, and Kaqamu could only promise to come down, and at this moment, they suddenly heard a more violent cannon sound outside the Purple Mountain, Bolo was slightly frightened, and hurriedly asked his son Tarna to help him to the Chaoyang Gate and look in the direction of the Purple Mountain.

A quarter of an hour later, the group finally came to the Chaoyang Gate Tower, but at this time the shelling just ended, from their direction, just saw that the Ming army had recovered the Ming Tomb, continue to attack the mountain, and the Qing army flag kept waving, apparently being defeated and fleeing in a hurry.

However, Bolo didn't care about the defeated Qing army, his eyes were on the Ming cavalry patrolling back and forth in the distance outside Chaoyang Gate, stared at them for a while, then raised his hand and pointed at those cavalry, facing Kaqamu and others:

"See, those Ming cavalry are watching us...... cough cough cough ...... As soon as our army leaves the city gate, the Ming army will hear the news and engage our army outside the city."

"So what?" Kaqamo was obviously a little disdainful, "My Eight Banners are invincible in the field, if the Ming people dare to fight with our army in the field, they must be treated as a mantis arm and a car, and they will kill themselves!"

After Kaqamu finished speaking, several people around him looked at him with strange eyes, he was still unaware, and just as he wanted to continue, Mele Zhangjing Kachuha coughed lightly, interrupted him, and said: "My lord, the soldiers and horses under the command of Su Yan, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, the puppet dynasty, fought from Fujian to the city of Jiangning, relying on their strong field combat ability, and the eight banners under the command of the late Pingnan general Jin Li and the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Li Shutai, were all defeated by that Su Yan in the field battle."

Hearing this, Kaqam's face changed, and he opened his mouth to think

I wanted to say something, but when the words came to my mouth, I swallowed it, held it for a long time, and said, "This Ming man is so fierce."

"Flutter ......"

In the crowd, I don't know who couldn't help but let out a chuckle, Kaqam's dark face glanced at the crowd, trying to find out who was laughing at him just now, but the man had already stopped laughing, showing a serious look, so that Kaqamun could not find anyone.

"Alright." Bolo coughed a few times and said, "Order all the armies to hold the city gates, and impose martial law in the city, send troops to closely inspect and prevent internal responses, and severely punish those who take advantage of the opportunity to rob and cause trouble."

After speaking, he paused and named Zhou Boda: "Governor Zhou, you have to appease the people in the city, restore commerce, so that the people can buy grain and firewood, and don't let the female merchants wait for the opportunity to raise the price of grain."

"The subordinate officer takes the order." Zhou Boda said.

……

Outside the city, the siege of Purple Mountain continued.

Under the fierce offensive of the Ming army, the Qing army can be said to have fought and retreated, many Qing army generals were killed, and the Qing army was forced to retreat to the mountainside after only a day and a half of fighting.

Seeing that the Qing army had retreated to the mountainside, and the Qing army in the city still did not move, Su Yan was inevitably a little disappointed, he originally wanted to use his own way to govern his body again, and surround the point to send reinforcements to consume the Qing army's troops, but now it seems that Nabolo is still quite cautious.

After thinking about it, Su Yan still suspended the attack on the mountain first, and the soldiers and horses involved in the attack were tired after a morning of offensive, so Su Yan asked them to suspend the attack, repair in place, and in the afternoon, the Shenji battalion served as the main attack, assisted by the Russian garrison and Indian warriors.

Seeing that the Ming army stopped the offensive, the retreating Qing army was finally able to take a breath, they hurriedly took the opportunity to cut down trees, intending to use the cut trees as snarle, leaving the hillside to block the Ming army's attack, and at the same time seize the time to trim, burn the fire for cooking, and replenish physical strength.

On the mountain, Tan Tai also took advantage of this time to send a messenger to the west to descend the mountain, enter the city from the Taiping Gate and ask Bolo for help.

Although the Ming army only attacked for half a day, it was this half a day that Tan Tai felt a lot of pressure, especially the many soldiers and horses deployed on the mountain were defeated by the Ming army, and the news sent was all bad news, which made Tan Tai can't help but recall the Jiangxi battlefield when Jin Li was anyway two years ago, when he kept receiving letters for help from the precarious couch when he besieged Nanchang, the feeling at that time seemed to be similar to now.

What's more, the intensity of the Ming army's firepower was so fierce that Tan Tai felt a trace of fear.