"Chaoyangmen is on the verge of being lost, hurry up to help!"

Chaoyang Gate, after the Ming army gained a firm foothold, launched a fierce attack on this basis, the Qing army defending the city was only more than 1,000 people, and after being killed by the terrible explosion of thunder, they were all shocked and had no intention of continuing to fight.

Therefore, under the onslaught of the Ming army, the Qing army was gradually defeated and retreated, leaving only the garrison Eight Banners soldiers wearing three-layer heavy armor were still trapped in the city tower, they hid in the city tower, and shot arrows through the shooting port, the Ming army could not attack for a while, and there were many casualties.

Seeing that the soldiers around him were shot and killed by the Eight Banners soldiers one after another, Ma Xin raised his shield to block an arrow that was shooting at him, and shouted to the sword and shield hand beside him: "Cover me, kill with me!"

As the words fell, he put away his saber, picked up a thunderbolt from behind the wall, lit it and waited for a few seconds, and threw it towards the firing port of a city tower.

Seeing that it was indeed effective, Ma Xin picked up a thunderbolt again and prepared to throw it, and those Eight Banners soldiers also stared at him because of the explosion just now, and they turned their arrows one after another, and concentrated their shots on Ma Xin's side, and suddenly several arrows hit the surface of the shield guarding him.

Seeing this, the surrounding Ming soldiers also followed the learned shooting port or threw thunder into the city tower, and the trapped Qing army was quickly suppressed, Ma Xin took the opportunity to pull out his saber and took the lead in rushing into the city tower, and started a desperate hand-to-hand fight with the enemy inside.

After a fierce battle, the Qing army in the city tower was cleared, and the Ming army finally controlled the entire city head of Chaoyangmen, but Ma Xin was also wounded in the battle, he did not retreat, but led his subordinates down the stairs to the city wall, and fought with the Qing army under the city.

However, Mancheng in the east of the city was one of the main military forces of the Qing army in Jiangning City, and after the loss of the head of Chaoyangmen, the Qing army reacted quickly, and quickly transferred some troops from the nearby gates to rush to help, in a vain attempt to repel the main force of the Ming army before it entered the city.

The Qing army also boarded the Donghua Gate of the Imperial City, and shot at the Ming army on the head of the Donghua Gate, and the distance between the Donghua Gate and the Chaoyang Gate was continuous, so the Qing army was able to shoot from the walls of the Imperial City, and the Ming army was in a predicament for a while.

Fortunately, the Shenji battalion boarded the city wall in time, condescendingly shot at the Qing army under the city wall, provided a steady stream of fire assistance, and also exchanged fire with the Qing army on the Donghua Gate.

At the same time as the fierce battle at Chaoyangmen, Su Yan also quickly ordered people to spread the news of the breaking of Chaoyangmen to all gates, so as to motivate the Ming army of each gate, the morale of the Ming army was really boosted, and the offensive was more violent, and the defense line of each gate of the Qing army gradually became precarious.

On the side of Chaoyangmen, the governor of Jiangning, Ka Ka Mu, also personally led the Eight Banners to join the battle, stabilizing the line of defense that was shaking, Ka Ka Mu was wearing three layers of heavy armor, brave and good at fighting, and skilled in combat, as soon as he joined the battlefield, he cut down several people, which greatly stabilized the morale of the Qing soldiers.

However, the bravery of the Khaqams also attracted the attention of several rifles, and several light infantry on the city walls aimed at the Khaqam at almost the same time, and pointed the loaded flintlock pistols at the figure of the Khaqam, who was completely unaware of the impending danger.

In the next moment, the gunshots rang out, and the sixth sense in Kaqam's heart suddenly gave him a strong warning, and he instinctively ducked to the side, dodging several buckshot bullets flying from the city wall, but one of the projectiles still hit his arm, and Tikhamu immediately bled profusely, and his right hand was so painful that he could not hold the weapon.

He looked up at the top of the city wall, and saw that the Ming army was pointing a gun at him, and he couldn't help but get angry, and angrily scolded the Ming army for being a coward, and only dared to hide on it and put a cold gun, but he was afraid that the Ming army would shoot again, so he hurriedly retreated under the cover of Bao Yinu's shield.

Seeing that the Kaqam, who was the governor of Jiangning, were retreating, some of the green battalion soldiers in the crowd who were unwilling to fight again immediately shouted: "Kaqamu has run away, what are we fighting, flee quickly!"

As soon as these words came out, the green camp suddenly rioted, they saw that Kaqama was indeed retreating backwards, thinking that he really wanted to take the lead in escaping, and they didn't care to think about whether this was true, they all turned around and ran towards the city, no matter how Kaqamu and the Eight Banners stopped it, it was useless.

Seeing that the Qing army was in chaos, Ma Xin seized the opportunity in time and led the Chinese military camp to launch another onslaught, and the only remaining small number of green battalions and Eight Banners soldiers could withstand the onslaught of the Ming army, so they had no choice but to retreat to Donghua Gate.

The Ming army originally wanted to pursue, but the Qing army on the Donghua Gate shot in time, interrupting the pace of the Ming army's pursuit with a rain of arrows, Ma Xin looked at the swaying figure on the head of the city hatefully, and ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the army outside the city into the city.

The city gate was opened, and the Ming troops who did not go to the city to fight outside rushed into the city along the wide city gate with ladders, and many of them were soldiers carrying tiger squatting cannons mixed inside.

The Ming army was full of energy, and the ladder carried into the city was erected on the Donghua Gate, and the siege continued without any rest, and the soldiers who operated the tiger squat cannon also shelled the city gate.

As the gate of Donghua Gate was blown open, the Ming army rushed into the imperial city with a shout, and fought with the Qing army guarding here, the sound of killing on both sides shook the sky, the Qing army guarding the imperial city was quickly defeated, and the Ming army stormed the city.

At the same time, outside the Jinchuan Gate in the north of the city, the main Russian garrison finally broke through the Jinchuan Gate and Zhongfu Gate after a bloody battle, and the army drove straight in, and the Angbang Zhangjing who was guarding here was split in half by the garrison with an axe, and the rest of the Qing army fled in fear.

Immediately, the Ming army under the leadership of Zhang Tianlu stormed the Yifeng Gate, with the siege of the Zheng Navy Admiral Huang An to take the city gate, the Ming army from the north of the city into the city, the news soon spread to several other gates, the Qing army got the news and no longer had the will to fight, fled without a fight, only the Eight Banners were still stubbornly resisting, but they were soon annihilated, and the city gate also fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Zhou Boda, the governor of Jiangning, did not flee with the green battalion soldiers, and he personally guarded the Dinghuai Gate, after the Ming army broke the city, he stood in place and let the Ming army surround him and capture him.

Subsequently, the Ming army entered the city in a big way, because there was a death order issued by Su Yan before, requiring all departments to commit no offense against the people, so most of the soldiers were able to strictly abide by military discipline, only a few Lu Wangjun and Zheng's ** sons would ignore military discipline and break into residents' homes to rob property when passing through residential areas, but they were soon arrested by the soldiers who heard the news and waited for them to fall.

After the Ming army entered the city, they maintained order all the way, and rushed to the east of the city, and launched a siege of the city that was still entrenched, and Su Yan also left the Purple Mountain and came to his "loyal" Nanjing City.