I want to be emperor

Chapter 350 Master Wang Enters Jinling

All of them were strong and strong, and all of them wore armor. Among them, they were armed with swords, shields or spears, and those who were used for close-range melee were elites who could tell at least they were wearing double armor.

Even if they haven't encountered enemies at present, their positions are very well organized.

Obviously, after a long period of training, the mutual cooperation between soldiers has almost formed an instinct.

This kind of elite is not even comparable to his personal soldiers.

He reckoned that only the white-armored soldiers of the Eastern Captives he encountered when he was resisting the Eastern Captives in Liaodong could be compared with them.

The white-armored soldiers of Dongyao can actually be regarded as Dongyao's version of personal soldiers. There are only 30 or [-] people in a cattle record of hundreds of people.

This ratio is actually similar to the ratio of dozens of personal soldiers among hundreds of sentinel battalions in the Ming army.

Because Dongyao is also poor, they need to use limited resources to concentrate on supporting a group of elite soldiers to serve as the backbone of the army's combat effectiveness.

Although the starting point is different and the name is different, it is actually similar to the Ming army's soldier family model.

So in terms of the military system, the Dongyao Army and the Ming Army are the same, basically you learn from me, and I learn from you...

Specific to the level of combat effectiveness, it is the influence of the higher level.

After all, although they were poor in the East, most of the money and food they collected to support the army were spent on real things, instead of going into the pockets of officials like the Ming army.

And the elite Chu army in front of him gave Song Dalin the feeling that he was comparable to the elite white armor soldiers captured in the east.

In fact, this was not an illusion, because the more than 100 soldiers of the Chu army who killed them first were the elite commandos of the No. 20 Fourth Infantry Regiment of the Sixth Division.

And the one who led the team to rush up was Captain Song Baishi who led the army to take down the No. [-] large fortress in the battle of Jiujiang City in the past, and was the first to lead the army to the top of the city. No, it is Major Song Baishi now.

After the Battle of Jiujiang, Song Baishi was promoted to major and transferred to the commander of the third battalion under the No.20 Fourth Infantry Regiment.

In this battle of Jinling City, in order to cooperate with the rebel army to quickly take Chaoyangmen, the No.12 Infantry Brigade, which was in charge of the main offensive task, naturally needed to send the most elite assault troops to launch the first wave of attack.

Because of its outstanding performance in the last Jiujiang Battle, Song Bai Division was appointed by the commander of the No.12 Infantry Brigade personally, and Song Bai Division continued to command the commando of the No.20 Fourth Infantry Regiment as the first batch of siege troops.

Major Song Baishi naturally accepted this kind of task with pleasure. This was not a strong attack, but just sneaked in and killed them in the first place after the uprising friendly army opened the city gate to control the city gate to avoid accidents.

Now this task has been more than half successful.

So now he is also in a good mood, smiling at Song Dalin, and his tone is more kind.

It's not because both of them are Song and Song, they belonged to one family 500 years ago, but because General Song Shen risked his life and money to open the city gate for the army, so he deserves his kindness.

Moreover, Song Shen generals are different from ordinary generals who surrendered. This kind of pre-war uprising and surrendered generals who have made great contributions will generally not be treated badly by the Great Chu Empire.

When the battle is over, General Song Shen will be assigned to the garrison with a high probability. I dare not say if there are too many, but a major battalion commander of the garrison should be stable.

If you pay, you will be rewarded. This is the consistent attitude of the Great Chu Empire towards the surrendered generals.

As for those who were forced to surrender in desperation, they were basically put under house arrest. If they performed well in the follow-up, they could get a false job. As for leading soldiers and real power, don't count on it for the rest of your life...

General Song Shen will be his colleague in the future.

Then the main force and the garrison are not in the same system, but they are all from the army.

From now on, I will be my own family, so my attitude will be better.

With the cooperation of General Song Dalin and hundreds of Ming troops, Master Song Bo led the assault team to control the city gate without much effort, ensuring initial security.

Immediately afterwards, there were more troops of the Chu army, that is, the troops of the No. 20 Fourth Infantry Regiment quickly approached and entered the city.

At this time, the movement of the Chu army was actually discovered by several other directions, especially some soldiers of the Ming army stationed on the city wall not far away.

There are tens of thousands of Chu troops preparing to enter the city outside the city. Even if only the No.12 brigade appears now, there are more than 4000 people.

It is impossible for so many people to march in the dark, but to march in a hurry with torches.

So many torches appeared outside the city, and they were rushing towards the city quickly. As long as the soldiers of the Ming army stationed on the top of the city were not blind, they could tell that something was wrong.

Ever since, all kinds of shouts, gongs and drums began to sound intensively, and a large number of soldiers of the Ming army who had been sleeping were awakened, and then they were in a mess.

But then, dense cannons and explosions began to be heard from the Nancheng area!

The artillery units of the Chu army launched a large-scale artillery attack on the area around the three major south city gates.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, most people still don't understand what happened.

But there is only one thing that can be confirmed: the Chu army has attacked the city!

In a short period of time, various rumors were flying in the city.

Some say that the Chu army has already entered the city, well, this is correct.

Others said that the high officials in the city wanted to lead everyone to break through and escape. This is actually correct, because there were indeed a few generals of the Ming army who saw the situation was not good, and immediately wanted to run away with their troops.

Others said that the Chu army had already attacked the city head-on and was attacking the three major south gates, namely Jubao Gate, Tongji Gate, and Zhengyang Gate.

This is still correct, because in order to cover the sixth division's surprise attack, when the Chu army dispatched on the side of the sixth division, the first division, the first guard division and the artillery units of the two artillery regiments deployed in the front, Fire had begun in the darkness of night.

When firing in the dark, the hit rate is naturally not that high. We can only rely on the shooting elements measured during the day to cover the predetermined area. As for how many Ming troops can be killed or wounded, we don’t expect it. The main reason is to divert the Ming troops. Attention, to divert their reinforcements, to provide indirect support for the Sixth Division entering from Chaoyangmen.

All kinds of news were flying all over the sky, and Fan Jingwen, the governor of Nanjing in the city, was also awakened by the sound of rumbling guns.

After he woke up, someone from outside rushed in.

"My lord, it's not good, the Chu thief has attacked the city!"

Fan Jingwen pressed his hand immediately: "Why panic, explain clearly, what is going on, where did the Chu thief attack the city?

Jinling City is so big, even if it is only the inner city wall, it is very long. The Chu army may attack the city from anywhere. If they do not know where the Chu thieves are attacking the city and blindly dispatch troops, it is very likely that the Chu thieves will be diverted from the mountain.

It's just that the person who came to report the letter didn't know where the Chu bandits had attacked the city, so they just said vaguely: "There are Chu bandits on the south side of the city and then they fired, and there were also guns from the Miyagi side, and there were also guns on the west side of the city." Cannonball."

There are Chu thieves attacking from three sides?

Fan Jingwen was the first to not believe it.

The Chu thieves outside the city only had [-] to [-] troops, and yesterday he saw that most of the Chu thieves were still in the Yuhuatai area. Even if they attacked the city, they would divide their priorities.

Immediately, Fan Jingwen said: "Where is the gunfire the most intensive?"

Immediately, his subordinates said: "Over there at the Treasure Judging Gate!"

Immediately, Fan Jingwen said: "Order all the ministries to stand ready and find out the situation."

The scene is chaotic now. Although the Jubaomen area, where the gunfire is the most dense, is most likely the main attack point of the Chu thieves, it is hard to say what the truth is.

When Fan Jingwen got up in a hurry, and then began to call the civil and military officials under his command to discuss the situation and prepare for the Chu thief's attack on the city.

Suddenly someone came to report that the Chu bandits had suddenly encountered the Miyagi area.

A large number of Chu thieves had already come in from Chaoyang Gate, and they were currently heading towards the city, especially around Zhengyang Gate.

The Chu thief has already entered the city?
When Fan Jingwen heard the news, he almost lost his footing.

"how can that be?"

"Even if the Chu thief's guns are sharp, it's impossible for him to enter the city in just a short time?"

However, Fan Jingwen knew that there were [-] troops stationed at Chaoyang Gate, and there were more than [-] troops stationed near Chaoyang Gate.

Even if these troops are incapable of fighting, it is impossible for them to be broken through by the Chu thief in such a short period of time.

With such a short amount of time, even if one's own side does not resist, the other side doesn't even have enough time to fill the moat!

Fan Jingwen did not expect that the Ming army at Chaoyang Gate not only did not resist, but opened the city gate on their own initiative, and lowered the suspension bridge over the moat, allowing the Chu army to enter the city directly.

But even though he didn't know the details, Fan Jingwen was not stupid, he had already vaguely guessed something.

At the same time, Zhang Guowei, the governor of Yingtian, also hurriedly led some of his directly subordinate pacesetters to reinforce the front line.

It's just that Zhang Guowei's reinforcements are not Chaoyangmen, but the front line of Jubaomen.

That place was originally the defense area that Zhang Guowei's new standard army was mainly in charge of. Now that Jubaomen was being bombarded on a large scale, Xie Xuelong subconsciously believed that the Chu thieves were going to storm Jubaomen, and immediately led troops to reinforce Jubaomen.

However, just halfway there, someone came to report that the Chu thieves had entered the city through Chaoyang Gate, and they were now heading towards Zhengyang Gate.

After Zhang Guowei listened, he thought for a while, and immediately shouted angrily: "Song Dalin!"

This bastard either ran away without a fight, or simply turned to a thief, or else, Chaoyangmen, which was garrisoned by Song Dalin's troops, would not have been conquered in such a short period of time no matter how unbearable it was.

Immediately, the subordinate general asked: "My lord, what should we do? Should we continue to go to Jubaomen?"

Zhang Guowei immediately said: "Although the Chu thieves' artillery is fierce at the Jubao Gate, there is no worry for the time being. Let's turn to Zhengyang Gate."

The Chu thieves had already entered the city from Chaoyang Gate and were heading towards Zhengyang Gate. If Zhengyang Gate was also captured, a large number of Chu thieves outside Zhengyang Gate would enter the city directly, and it would be even more troublesome.

When Zhang Guowei rushed to Zhengyangmen with more than 1000 new standard troops directly under him, the sky had already begun to turn slightly pale.

The darkest time before dawn has passed, and the sky has begun to turn white. Although the line of sight is not very good, it is already barely visible.

At the same time, at the Yuhuatai headquarters outside the city, Luo Zhixue was also wearing a thick coat and looking ahead.

At this time, what Luo Zhixue could see was still gray and black in the distance, but there were clusters of flames bursting out from the gray and black from time to time.

In the light of the fire, the sound of dense rumbling guns, as well as bursts of explosions and gunshots can still be heard.

The Chu army was fighting the Ming army inside and outside the city.

The success or failure of this battle will not only determine the ownership of Jinling City, a large city with important political and economic significance, but also determine the ownership of Jiangnan and even most of the world.

Luo Zhixue couldn't actually see even a single figure, but he still stood on the top of the mountain where the command headquarters was, looking ahead!

(End of this chapter)