Chapter 364 I’m back again
Less than five miles away from the inner and outer streets of Chaoyangmen is the Donghua Gate of the Imperial City. When King Fu entered Nanjing, Chaoyang Gate was his first choice.
Yang He has not yet arrived at Chaoyang Gate, and Yang Qi's army is still marching at Wang Zhengyang Gate. The original Nanjing garrison guarding Chaoyang Gate is. After Yang He entered the city, he sent an additional general to assist in guarding this more important city gate.
Facing the sudden appearance of 40,000 to 50,000 Liang clan soldiers outside the city, the general in charge of defending the city broke into a cold sweat. Where did they come from so many opponents?
"Hurry and report to the Superintendent..."
Chen Cao stepped in front of the city and was quite touched. Then he called Pu Xiang who came over: "Brother Pu..."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. Please don't call me that again in the future."
Pu Xiang is very discerning. In terms of the current situation, it is unrealistic to call him brother-in-law with Chen Cao. Moreover, he is not a capable general like Xu Da, nor is he as lucky as Tang He.
Chen Cao smiled sarcastically, then nodded: "It makes sense, what does the Marquis of Jinshan think?"
Pu Xiang raised his head and looked at Chaoyang Gate, and then said: "Qilin Gate is taller than Chaoyang Gate, but the highest point in the inner city is still Zhengyang Gate. Mu Qilin doesn't know what to do anymore. Maybe he has been captured, or maybe he is still dormant. Waiting for the opportunity, I thought it would be better to speed up the attack. If Yang He comes with urgent reinforcements, the situation will not be optimistic."
"Old Tang, have all the armies entered the city?"
"Except for Man Gui's subordinates, everyone is behind me."
"Bring in our field artillery and shoot at the Chaoyang Gate."
Four P-1 105 field guns were pulled to the front of the formation, facing the thick red lacquer gate of Chaoyang Gate.
Dong dong dong dong...
Accompanied by the sound of four cannons, the cannonballs fired straight towards the city gate.
Violent explosions resounded around Chaoyang Gate, and the people standing on the tower suddenly felt that the tower under their feet was shaking, as if it was about to collapse.
When the gunpowder smoke cleared, Chen Cao could see clearly with his naked eyes that the Chaoyangmen city gate had been bombed to pieces. There were only a few remaining door panels hanging on it, and the soldiers behind the door were also dead and wounded.
"Your Majesty has an order to bombard Chaoyang Gate..."
The Longwu Army Artillery Regiment's ten 105 field guns and thirty Shenwu guns were set up in front of the city gate, ready to go.
"Your Majesty, can we actually charge?"
Chen Cao touched his nose and then shook his head: "Why are you panicking? They have already entered Nanjing City. It's Yang He's 500,000 people who set up a formation and fired with field artillery. Hehe..."
Tang Kainian thought the same thing. Today's Longwu Army's equipment is not simple, second only to Dingwu Army.
'Dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...'
'Dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...'
'Dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...'
Violent gunfire sounded continuously, and the explosion was accompanied by ashes. Only the first round of shelling completely submerged the entire Chaoyang Gate.
After three rounds of shelling, the entire Chaoyangmen gatehouse had disappeared, leaving only corpses scattered on the ground and piles of broken bricks and tiles.
Chen Cao let out a long breath, then waved his hand: "Entering the city..."
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"Your Majesty, the upper bridge cannot be defended. Our contact with Yang Qi has been cut off. I think it is best to retreat to the treasure gathering gate as soon as possible."
Zhu Yujian nodded dullly. From the previous defense to the retreat behind, and then to the attack with more than 10,000 people on his side, he did not even have a chance to touch the pier of the bridge above.
The opponent's firepower was too fierce, and they took the shortest time to build a trench position in front of the bridge above. This damn position made all their arrows and throwing weapons useless.
Li Yan looked at the Shangfang Bridge in the distance and sighed inwardly. His opponent had been fighting for less than 2,000 people, but he had blocked his 50,000-strong army from moving.
"Hey, Your Majesty has ordered the whole army to rush to Jubaomen."
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Yang He looked at the map silently, listening to the reports of his soldiers, and then looked up at He Huchen: "You go to support Chaoyangmen. When Yang Qi comes back, I will come to support you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the messenger came again: "Master Superintendent, something bad happened, Liang Ni attacked Chaoyang Gate."
Yang He stumbled and almost fell: "You bastard, where is Yang Qi? Where is the Crown Prince of Tang Dynasty?"
"Reporting to the Superintendent, Marshal Yang failed to defend Qilin Gate and was forced to retreat to Zhengyang Gate. According to the scout report, Marshal Yang ordered Prince Tang to lead his troops to defend Shangfang Bridge. The war is urgent at the moment, and the subordinates are unable to investigate the specific situation."
Yang He only thought that the previous cannon fire was from Yang Qi's side, but the reality was that Liang Ni's army was attacking Chaoyang Gate. If he hadn't been in good health, he would have lost three ounces of blood at this moment.
"Let He Huchen take back Chaoyang Gate quickly."
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Chen Cao rode his horse and slowly stepped into the inner city from Chaoyang Gate. At this moment, he was filled with ecstasy. If his identity had not prevented him from being dissolute, he would have stood on the tower of Chaoyang Gate and shouted loudly:
'I, Hu Hansan, am back...'
"Your Majesty, reinforcements from the Qin Army are coming..."
Chen Cao recovered his thoughts and then smiled and said: "So what if we are here? Aren't our Liang Fan soldiers good at street fighting? After passing the order, the Longwu Army dispersed into the inner city in platoon units, focusing on streets, one street and one square. Continue the occupation until all the Qin troops entering the city are driven out."
"yes..."
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At this moment, the road up the mountain three miles below Yuhuatai was already littered with corpses and mud.
Under the attack of the opponent's artillery, the soldiers fighting in the tunnel have started hand-to-hand combat with the rushing opponents. Obviously, the bayonet is much easier to use than weapons such as the Yanling Changdao.
Moreover, the Qin troops who rushed up did not know much about trench warfare. They often rushed down in a swarm and were blocked by two or three cold soldiers holding rifles and bayonets.
Or maybe a cold soldier pulled the grenade hanging on his waist before dying, causing a lot of casualties, and neither side got any advantage.
Wang Ziyong was also very unlucky. He was hit by a shell and the left side of his body was almost completely blown away. As he lay dying, he shouted for revenge and handed over the military power he took over from Wang Jiayin to his confidant Gao Yingxiang. hands.
However, it was this move that made Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong, both confidants, extremely dissatisfied.
Luo Rucai was a veteran and started the rebellion earlier than Gao Yingxiang. He was one of the first people to follow Wang Er in the rebellion. But now, Wang Ziyong actually handed over military power to Gao Yingxiang, who was not as good as him.
"I won't fight this battle. He, Gao Yingxiang, is the commander-in-chief now. Let him fight."
Zhang Xianzhong was next to Luo Rucai, and he also had a vicious look on his face: "What my brother said is that in terms of qualifications, Gao Chuang is not qualified to be a commander. I wonder if Marshal Wang was coerced before he died?"
Although Luo Rucai is stupid, he is not a big fool. Would a person care about being threatened before he dies? No wonder some people call Zhang Xianzhong "Zhang Erlao" in private.
"Director Yang's order is to besiege Yuhuatai. Previously, it was our men who took the lead. Now... whoever is blind will go there again..."
Zhang Xianzhong's eyelids twitched and he stopped answering. He chuckled and said, "We're not going either, so just let Gao Chuang go."
"How many more people are there?"
Song Che looked serious.
Li Xiukuan had just returned from the tunnel battlefield on the hillside: "After counting, there are still less than 5,000 people. Basically all our brothers are injured. The military seats and artillery fire have been completed."
Song Che turned his head and looked at the high-pitched artillery array not far from him, and shook his head: "Destroy the artillery and destroy the telescope. We cannot leave it to the enemy."
"Military seat, I will cover your retreat."
Song Che took a Kangxing rifle from the guard and pulled the bolt: "Our Liangfan new army only has soldiers who died in battle, and we are determined not to retreat and escape. Commander Li, get ready..."
"Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong retreated?"
Gao Yingxiang frowned, and then looked at his subordinates who had rushed forward again: "No matter, let's remember these gangs of killers first. Now the Liang army is at the end of its war effort. After they take the treasure mountain, we can deal with these two donkeys." Japanese stuff.”
The shouts of killing were loud, and Song Che stood at the top of the last tunnel defense line and shouted sternly: "Brothers, I will live and die with you today. The Ming Dynasty will be victorious..."
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious..."
The opponent was actually shouting that the Ming Dynasty would be victorious. The Qin army who raised their heads and charged like this was a little confused, but now that they had a chance to win, they didn't care about this.
"Kill..."
The Qin army that climbed up the mountain and the Liang army that stood in the tunnel started a fierce battle with cold weapons and firearms. However, the Liang army that had held on for three days and two nights was now out of ammunition and food. After all the ammunition inside was exhausted, they all drew out their bayonets and fought with the Qin army who rushed up.
There were more and more corpses in the trench, and the coagulated blood dyed the mountain soil at the feet dark brown. As the number of dead increased, blood actually accumulated in the trench.
The greasy blood caused both sides of the battle to slip.
Song Che stabbed three people to death one after another, and he was already a little tired. He was too tired...
Looking into the distance, Song Che seemed to see his wife and children in Shanghai, as well as his sister...
"Military seat...Military seat..."
Li Xiukuan, who was following him, had sharp eyes and blood boiling, but his shouts seemed extremely weak.
Just when the fatal long knife was about to enter Song Che's waist and abdomen, he didn't know whether he was deliberately careless or reacted urgently. Song Che pulled out the pistol at his waist and shot the man who wanted to put him at risk with one shot. The soldiers of the Qin army were beaten to death at their feet.
"call..."
Li Xiukuan let out a sigh of relief. Song Che's safety was much more valuable than his life.
"Reinforcements are coming..."
Song Che was distracted before and looked at the foot of the spacious Jubao Mountain under the Yuhua Terrace. A torrent of people rushed towards Jubao Mountain. Although he couldn't see clearly who was coming with the flag, Song Che saw the person at the foot of the mountain. The Qin army, like ants, was fleeing in another direction.
"Hahaha..."
Song Che laughed loudly: "Soldiers, hold on, reinforcements are coming..."
"Reinforcements are coming..."
