Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 191 Battle Jiang Ning
"I'm not deaf, so I can hear the gunfire outside!" Lang Tingzuo said angrily.

The soldier who ran the errands hurriedly shirked his responsibility and said: "My lord, it's not that the villain was slack and didn't report the military situation to the lord quickly. It is really that the Ming army moved too fast. When Li Qian, who guarded the city gate, saw the Ming army warship, he called Xiao People came to tell the adults, and the alarm bells sounded in the city, and the smoke was lit, but the Ming army attacked as soon as they arrived, and the villain did not dare to delay, and has already arrived at the government office as quickly as possible."

Lang Tingzuo was also secretly shocked: "The Ming army came so fast, their warships have already arrived at the city of Nanjing, they captured Guazhou yesterday, and today they have arrived in Jiangning, it seems that there is no rest at all, isn't the Ming prince Zhu Cixuan who is leading the army afraid? Are the sailors tired and the soldiers too tired to fight?"

He is also anxious now, and the bad news comes too fast.He almost just learned that the Ming army had landed in Zhoushan, Ningbo, and captured the Ningbo Mansion. A few days later, he heard that Hangzhou had been breached, and that all the bannermen in the city of Hangzhou were beheaded by Zhu Cixuan. He also heard that the Ming army was outside Hangzhou. The big explosion killed [-] green battalion soldiers, making the Qing soldiers in Zhejiang province terrified and most of them surrendered.

Originally, Lang Tingzuo was stepping up preparations for the battle, but he did not expect that his letter to the imperial court for help had not yet been sent out. Zhu Cixuan, the crown prince of the Southern Ming Dynasty, had already entered the mouth of the Yangtze River with his fleet, smashed Jiangyin on the first day, broke through Guazhou on the second day, and bombarded Jiangning City on the third day up.The efficiency of this march was something that Lang Tingzuo and the Qing army had never seen, let alone imagined.

Not to mention that, like when Zheng Chenggong faced off in Nanjing, the Zheng army's siege was not tight, and reinforcements from all over the city gradually entered the city, making the Nanjing city gradually sufficient in strength, and finally able to launch a decisive battle against Zheng's army.Not to mention the reinforcements now, even the defensive deployment in the city was not done well, and he only temporarily dispatched soldiers to strengthen the defense of the city, and even the civilians were not mobilized in place.

This is actually the normal situation in ancient wars. It takes a long time for both sides to prepare for the battle. How can there be someone like Bai Mingxiu, who marches like flying and attacks cities like tigers. There is almost no rest, let alone the need for supplies. What, all kinds of materials are available.

Thanks to Bai Mingxiu's system warehouse, the Daming Restoration Army, whose technical level is not very high, can fight with such high efficiency.

Lang Tingzuo has been busy these two days suppressing the people in the city, preventing the Jiangning people from cooperating with Zhu Cixuan to attack the city.If it weren't for the fact that Jiangning's garrison of the Eight Banners has not completed the army, Lang Tingzuo estimated that Jiangning General Kakamu would once again propose to massacre the people in the city to prevent spies.

Lang Tingzuo hurriedly put on his clothes and left the mansion. At this time, he happened to see some blood-stained and flustered Qing soldiers retreating into the city from outside the inner city.

"Stop, why are you so embarrassed and leave your post without authorization?"

Someone recognized Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Jiangnan, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Governor, please forgive me. The Guanyin Gate where we were stationed was bombarded by a huge Ming army ship. Although we resisted desperately, but the Ming army has the advantage of firearms, we are not opponents, so we can only take shelter in the city."

After hearing this, Lang Tingzuo's eyes were tearing apart, he pointed his halberd and cursed, "What? You actually lost the Guanyin Gate?"

The Guanyin Gate is located in the north of Yanziji, and it is the key point of defense of the outer city wall. If the Guanyin Gate is broken, the Ming army will occupy the outer city and pose a great threat to the inner city.

At this time Jiangning General Kakamu also arrived, and he had heard the words of the deserters clearly. He saw the old tartar sneer, and said to the left and right: "Go and show these deserters to me. It is because the Ming army is too strong that you dare to evade your post without authorization, and it is simply a disaster for our army, and it is not enough to correct the army's morale without beheading!"

Several Eight Banners soldiers in cotton armor rushed forward aggressively, and took up their knives and guns to kill the defenders.These defenders did not expect to escape the Ming soldiers, and then ushered in the hacking and killing of their own people. Several people were cut down immediately, and some people resisted hard, but they lost to these Eight Banners soldiers in the end, and were killed cleanly in the end .

Lang Tingzuo didn't stop him, because even he would have made the same decision.

"Master Dutong, how do you think our army is going to deal with it now?" Lang Tingzuo, as the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, is still a short Kakamu. Although Lang Tingzuo was the hero in the previous Nanjing battle, Kakamu was mainly used as a fighting force. , did not play much role in command.But after all, Kakamu commanded the Eight Banners, while Lang Tingzuo led the Green Camp.

Kakamu was reckless, he took a breath, and raised his voice: "The Ming army is powerful, but it is the cannons on the ship. Now they have entered the city together, without the cover of the red cannons, they must not be the opponents of my Manchurian warriors, Mr. Lang!" You can send [-] soldiers and horses out of the city to fight with my Eight Banners soldiers, as long as you defeat the Ming army and take back the Outer Kingdom, Jiangning City will be as stable as Mount Tai again."

Lang Tingzuo rolled his eyes in his heart when he heard his words, but on the surface it was flattering, but he still suggested vaguely: "The hypocritical Zhu Cixuan has a deep hatred for Manchuria, and wherever he goes, he will slaughter Manchurians. Will the general think about it again... ?”

Kakamu was furious, and shouted: "This son of Zhu Cixuan has harmed tens of thousands of strong men in Manchuria. His crime is heinous. Today, Kakamu personally beheaded him to comfort my Jurchen comrades."

Lang Tingzuo also wanted to persuade Kakamu to be more cautious and take Kakamu to the east gate to observe the situation before making an attack plan.

The two rushed to the east gate with their entourage, saw that the east gate was ahead, and when they could see Wai Guo soon, suddenly there were loud noises like thunder on the ground, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the people in front of them A large section of the city wall collapsed, and the huge earthquake caused by the collapse caused the emaciated Lang Tingzuo to fall to the ground.

"What the hell does this happen?"

"The city has collapsed!"

"It's the magic cannon of the Ming army!"

The Qing soldiers of the green battalion who had been terrified by this powerful shelling felt fear until a long time later whenever they thought of the days when they were dominated by the "magic cannon".It is widely rumored that the crown prince is the reincarnation of the Heavenly Emperor Star, with the help of all kinds of gods, and countless magic weapons in his hands. One of the magic weapons is the "Invincible Cannon", which is invincible and powerful, and no city wall can hold it.

The Qing soldiers who had seen the city walls collapsed in the outer country had just run into the city, and saw that the city walls of the inner city were also collapsed.

Lang Tingzuo and Kakamu stared dumbfounded at the city wall, which had no defensive value, and could not utter a word.

Not long after, violent explosions and vibrations came again, and another section of the city wall next to it was also blown down.A well-built Nanjing city wall is like a fresh green leaf, being gnawed open bite by bite by a greedy caterpillar.

(End of this chapter)