"The first row is ready, light the fire..."
Outside the city, there were faint shouts.
"Sir, there is movement outside the city." The sentry next to Toudun warned.
"I know. It's okay, they are just shouting to scare people." Toudun nodded and replied.
Immediately, Tuowudun shouted to the defenders on the city with a smile on his face: "Brothers, don't be afraid. The rebels' artillery can't hit them, so they can only set off firecrackers and make some noise for everyone." That’s it! The archers are all coming forward. If anyone dares to call for surrender, just shoot them."
"Yes..." The archers guarding the city responded one after another.
"Haha... everyone is here to watch the firecrackers!" The generals next to Toudun also laughed and greeted the defenders on the city wall road.
"Ha ha…"
The generals' words made the originally nervous defenders instantly relax a lot and burst into laughter.
…
"...buzz...buzz..."
Wisps of faint white smoke emerged.
The fuse and fuse disappeared quickly in a flash of white light. The artillerymen of the bandit suppression army next to the artillery saw the lit fuse and immediately ran to hide in the ditch nearby.
"Haha... Look, even the rebels knew that their artillery was useless, so they ran to the side and hid." A general on the city wall pointed at the artillerymen of the bandit-suppressing army and laughed.
"The rebels themselves know that their stuff is not good, so what are we afraid of..."
"No, brothers, don't be afraid..."
…
“…Bang…Bang…Bang…”
A burst of sparkling fire burst out from the wide cannon mouth, and loud sounds were heard. After the sound, a huge disc-like object was thrown out, flying rapidly towards the city head of Nanjing's inner city at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Something is being fired from the anti-thief's artillery. Be careful to dodge and take cover." The sentry on the city wall shouted again.
As the sentinel's voice fell behind, there were huge explosions that resounded across the sky.
"Boom...boom...boom boom..."
The flying explosive packets continued to explode at the head of the city. The air waves generated by the huge explosion directly lifted many people into the air and fell heavily to the ground. Some of the defenders were knocked unconscious by the flying "cannonballs" before they even had time to figure out what was going on.
Smoke was billowing from the top of the city, and the thick smoke was like a cloud falling from the sky to the ground, covering the entire city wall.
The explosion lasted for two quarters of an hour, which was not a long time for the bandit suppressing troops outside the city, but the defenders on top of the city felt that every second was going through hell on earth.
Amidst the prayers of thousands of people in the inner city, the explosion finally ended.
At this time, there was no one standing at the top of the city. Tuowudun, who was still laughing just now, now fell to the ground with bleeding from all his orifices and died, and it was difficult to show a trace of a mocking smile.
A strong explosion covered the entire city wall, and even the defenders hiding in the cave were affected by the explosion. Fortunately, the bandit suppressing army is currently using only black gunpowder. If yellow gunpowder or even explosives such as TNT were used in later generations, they may not be able to escape.
"Didi da...didi..."
The suona of the bandit-suppressing army's charge sounded.
Accompanied by thick smoke above the city, the bandit-suppressing army officially launched an attack.
"Kill..."
"rush…"
Under the roar of the sky, the vanguard siege troops of the bandit suppressing army surged towards the city head like a tide. The men and horses carrying the bamboo ladders and pushing the ladder carts did not dare to be lazy or delay in the slightest, and ran as fast as they could.
The army rushed all the way, but not a single bow or arrow was shot by the defenders, nor was a single brick or stone fell. It was so calm that it was unbelievable. It wasn't until the army climbed up to the top of the city that the defenders appeared on the top of the city.
…
"Kill...Kill all the Tatars and dogs..."
…
"Drive these rebels out of the city quickly..."
…
“Ding…ding…clang…clang…”
Iron weapons clashed, swords clashed. People on both sides kept falling down and bleeding.
This is the strongest resistance the bandit army has received since its siege. The battles were intertwined, and no bannermen had any intention of surrender. On top of the city, we could even see an old bannerman drawing his bow, a healthy woman raising a sword, and a child wearing armor.
The battle so far has been brutal. Looking at the bleeding corpses lying on the ground all over the city wall, some of the unsteady siege vanguards even had a faint intention of retreating.
"Attack up, the squad leader retreats, kill the squad leader; the company commander retreats, kill the company commander... The guilty ones retreat, the whole family will be killed. There are no thieves but me..."
Loud shouts came from outside the city, and the siege troops on top of the city who were still waiting for Ming Jin to withdraw his troops had no choice but to rush forward and kill them with their swords tightly in hand.
At this time, the Manchus had crops and money to harvest since they were born. They did not need to do other things and only needed to practice martial arts. They naturally had their own abilities, which were not something ordinary people could deal with.
However, the bandit-suppressing troops attacking the city were not vegetarians, and many of them were also bannermen (although they were forced to do so). In particular, after the sword techniques of the bandit suppressing army were improved by Hong Xiguan and other masters in the martial arts world, not only were the swords more powerful, but the fighting style of exchanging lives for lives made it difficult for the defenders to resist.
As the regular troops of the bandit suppression army climbed to the top of the wall, the defenders who were still vaguely standing on the wall could no longer hold on.
"These are not human beings. They are simply evil ghosts who don't know pain. If you chop them once, they can chop them back with a smile..."
Some of the defenders with lower willpower couldn't bear it anymore and ran back.
One, two...
Slowly, the defenders on the city began to be unable to hold down the line. Looking at the bandit-suppressing troops that kept pouring into the city, they slowly retreated.
"Kill..."
The bandit-suppressing troops occupying the top of the city kept driving the defeated troops into the city.
The city gate is right in front of you.
As long as the city gate is opened, the inner city can be determined.
"Quick, rush up. Don't let the rebels open the city gate..."
At this time, the reinforcements sent by Toudun to ask for help had just arrived. Looking at this messy situation, the general quickly stopped the rout and directed his men to stop the bandit-suppressing troops who had arrived at the city gate from opening the city gate.
"Kill..."
The reinforcements of the Qing army rushed forward with bows and swords in hand, shouting.
"Company commander..." Upon seeing this, a soldier from the bandit suppression army who was assigned to open the city gate shouted worriedly to the company commander who was going to block the reinforcements.
"Don't worry about us. Go and open the city gate for the army. This is an order." The company commander shouted back.
"Yes..." the soldier replied tragically with tears in his eyes.
"Brothers, hold on here for me and give the army time. See you at the Loyalty Temple..." the company commander shouted loudly.
"See you at the Zhongyi Temple..." the soldiers following him shouted.
"Dang...dang...dang..."
A wave of arrows came over, and although these bandit suppressing troops all wore shields, many people were still killed by arrows. The company commander was also shot in the thigh, but he still gritted his teeth and fought with the Qing troops coming over.
"Kill..."
https:
It takes a genius to remember the address of this website in one second:.. Mobile version reading URL: m.
