"You all listen carefully. According to the past situation, you should have been beheaded, but the King of Han was benevolent and righteous, so he spared your lives."
The drums were still thumping. At this moment, a man appeared at the head of the vanguard battalion and was giving a pre-war mobilization training.
"Since you all came out of the labor reform camp, you should know the rules. Anyone who retreats without hearing the call to withdraw troops from Ming Jin will have his whole family executed. Do you understand?"
"Understood…"
"Similarly, where there is punishment, there will be reward. As long as Nanjing City is captured, all members can choose whether to join the bandit suppression army or leave, and gain the right to select three people from the reform camp."
"At the same time, the first person to attack the city can get three more places and three hundred taels of silver reward, the second person can only get two more rights, and the third person can get one more. However, the person who kills the most enemies can There will be two more places and two hundred taels of silver reward.
"Of course, if one of you accidentally dies in battle, you will be considered loyal. For those who are loyal to our army, their parents, wives, and children will naturally be innocent, and they will no longer need to stay in the reform camp."
"Did everyone hear the above clearly..."
"yes…"
"Listen clearly..."
The Eight Banners soldiers in the vanguard camp all shouted loudly. The reward this time was far beyond their expectation. Usually they could only choose one person, but now they could choose three people.
If he was lucky enough not to die during this siege, he might be able to reunite with his family.
Although these Eight Banners soldiers take the lead every time, after seeing the various siege methods of the bandit suppressing army, They felt that the siege was not as tragic as they imagined, but the defenders were more tragic.
The Nanjing City Wall is indeed towering and difficult to attack. If it were an ordinary ant attack on the city, it would be hard to know how many people would die before they could climb to the top of the city. However, the bandit-suppressing army never follows the routine when attacking a city. This time is probably no exception.
So, what method will the bandit-suppressing army use to attack the city this time? In fact, they are also looking forward to it. After all, the stronger the bandit suppression army is, the safer they will be.
………
"Look, what is that?"
On top of Nanjing City, a Qing army guarding the city shouted in surprise.
"What?" Some people who were busy and didn't pay attention to what was going on outside asked quickly after hearing the call.
"Quick... look, outside... there are many big Kongming lanterns outside. They fly so high." The defenders who observed the movement quickly stretched out their fingers and pointed outside the city and shouted.
Hearing this, everyone on the top of the city put down what they were doing and ran to the female wall to watch.
Sure enough, outside the city, dozens of oversized Kongming lanterns were slowly flying over the heads of the bandit-suppressing troops in formation, flying towards here.
"What are the rebels doing? Are they still hoping to set off sky lanterns and make wishes to defeat us?" someone speculated with a smile.
"Haha...you are joking! If only the rebels were so stupid. There is something fishy about this, so everyone should be careful." A man in animal official uniform said sternly.
"Master He is right, it is definitely not easy to rebel against a thief. We should not take it lightly." Another person warned.
"Sir, look quickly. There seems to be someone standing up there!" the guard with a good look reminded him.
Wait for everyone to calm down and take a look.
Sure enough, there were indeed people standing on top of this large Kongming Lantern.
"What are the rebels doing?"
This sudden situation made the Manchu officials and defenders who had never encountered such a thing confused and couldn't understand it at all.
These "Kongming Lanterns" are slowly coming, getting closer and closer. And it seems to be a little higher.
At a glance, half of the sky is covered by this "Kongming Lantern". The dense appearance made the defenders of Nanjing City feel scared just looking at them.
"Kongming Lantern? What do the rebels want to do?"
The defenders of Nanjing City are all thinking about this issue.
Although many people call them Kongming Lanterns, Zhang Rui prefers to call them hot air balloons.
Originally Zhang Rui had not thought about using a hot air balloon, but when he heard the staff gave the height of the Nanjing city wall, Zhang Rui had a headache.
The city wall of Nanjing is too high, and it seems difficult to build earth mounds and siege towers. Of course, use the unique skills of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: dig tunnels and blow up city walls. It seems possible, but considering that it will be troublesome to build the city wall in the future.
"It would be great if there was an air force. We could drop bombs on them directly." Zhang Rui said casually, which suddenly reminded him of hot air balloons.
We can’t make airplanes for the time being, but we should be able to make hot air balloons! You are taller and I am taller than you. Then he also condescended to the outside to give you a taste of the power of technology.
Speaking of making these hot air balloons, Zhang Rui has to thank a leatherworker in Anhui. Generally, cloth is not heat-resistant and will catch fire if you are not careful. It is too dangerous for those who take off.
Leather Company pointed out that he has a kind of water-resistant and high-temperature resistant glue. After the cloth is dipped in this glue, it can withstand high-temperature burning. At the same time, the breathability of the cloth will be much worse, so it is perfect for making hot air balloon fabrics.
"High?...Flying high again?..."
"No, everyone is ready, the rebels are preparing to attack the city..."
While the hot air balloon was still slowly floating over, the siege vehicles of the bandit suppression army also began to cover the progress of the people carrying mud bags to fill the moat.
"Gunner, what are the gunners doing! Fire quickly..."
"Bang...bang...bang..."
The three artillery pieces on this wall started firing.
The artillery at this time was all solid bullets, so there was no danger to anyone as long as they were not directly hit. The presence of the siege engines made the men carrying mud to fill the moat more at ease.
"Boom..."
A deafening sound came.
It turned out that a red cannon on the top of the city exploded when it fired its second shot. The explosive air shot out, injuring those around him.
"Haha... It seems that the special forces sneaked in and the sulfuric acid in those cannons worked." Zhang Rui looked at the movement on the top of Nanjing City with a telescope and laughed.
The red cannon is indeed a bronze cannon. But as long as it is not a pure copper cannon, it will have impurities, and the largest number of these impurities should be iron. As long as some strong acid goes in to corrode it, the possibility of them exploding will be greatly increased.
The hot air balloon has slowly floated over the city of Nanjing. Although the defenders at the city's head were extremely nervous, there was nothing they could do.
Because it is really out of reach, even if a powerful arrow is shot, it can only barely hit the bottom of the basket of the "Kongming Lantern". This does no harm to the people on the "Kongming Lantern" at all.
"Wait... Gao?... If it was just to observe the war, why did you fly here?"
A guard official seemed to have thought of something.
"No...everyone, please stay away..."
As the guard's voice fell, the "Kongming Lanterns" in the sky seemed to fall one by one...
