Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 581
Firearms developed rapidly in the Ming Dynasty, and various useful and useless weapons were invented. Many strange weapons were invented, and the thinking was very advanced. It was not uncommon to use gunpowder to blow up a city, but it was rare to operate it so accurately.

Not to mention that Li Yuanyin cut off Man Dahai's head, but the method of blowing up the city made Jin Shenghuan very interested.

If there is such a team that is good at destroying cities, then when they encounter a fortified city that cannot be conquered, if they open a hole, the army will not be invincible.

At that moment, he went to talk to Li Yuanyin in private, and found that he was indeed a talent, and he liked it even more.

It happened that Wanji caught up with the army, so Jin Shenghuan went to him personally and asked Li Yuanyin to be included under his command.

Jin Shenghuan won such a big victory, Wanji could not give him face, and he didn't know Li Yuanyin's origin, so he nodded and agreed, and he simply asked Li Yuanyin to take him to the headquarters, and then selected a thousand people from the miners to make up three thousand For the sum of money, he sold Jin Shenghuan a favor.

With the permission of the supervisor, Jin Shenghuan took Li Yuanyin under his command. Not only did he get a general, but as a superior, he also got half of the credit for beheading Man Dahai.

Jin Shenghuan was in a good mood, and immediately urged the army to cross out of Jiangxi and enter the boundary of Chizhou.

The cavalry of the Qing army who escaped earlier had already brought news of the defeat on the front line to the state capitals along the way.

The officials appointed by the Qing government were extremely shocked when they learned that the Ming army was chasing after the rout.

After Man Dahai's death, he became the backbone of the Jiangxi Qing army and became the real gold of Gushan. He fled to Chizhou without thinking about defending it, and even if he wanted to defend it, he couldn't defend it.

With [-] Ming troops chasing after him, he didn't dare to stay at all, and fled directly to Jiangning.

On the side of the Ming army, as long as they pick up the heads of Man Dahai and turn around the city, all the cities along the way will surrender. Within three days, the [-] Ming army will fall into Jiande, Dongliu, and Jiyang. Anqing faces each other across the river.

The Qing army invaded Chu and Jiangxi on the third route. The grain and grass materials on the North Road were provided by Henan and other places, and they were stationed in Xinye.

Xiao Qiyuan, the governor of the Qing Dynasty who was in charge of the logistics of the two armies, was in Anqing. He heard that Man Dahai had been killed, and he saw nearly 10 horses on the other side, with banners covering the sky, and they might cross the river at any time. He didn't care much, and didn't discuss with others , fled to Luzhou in a hurry, and planned to flee all the way back to Jiangning.

The Ming army stopped at Huangshiji for a few days, found ships and crossed the river in batches.The Qing soldiers in Anqing City didn't dare to build Jiangfang, but they couldn't build it if they wanted to. There were only 3000 troops in the city, and the platoons were only a few miles away. What kind of Jiangfang should they build.

On July [-]th, Jin Shengheng led hundreds of generals and [-] soldiers to the city of Anqing.

At the beginning, the left side rebelled eastward, known as a million, and it was here that Huang Degong stopped and defeated him.

As a member of the left side, Jin Shenghuan came to this city after three years, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

At that time, the left side was at a loss. He couldn't go forward to Nanjing, and he couldn't go back to Huguang. He was in a dilemma. Now that he has returned to Anqing, the old experience is still vivid, and there are also two choices in front of him.

Looking at Jinling in the east, or solving the siege of Wuchang in the west?
Although Wanji had already made a decision to march westward, encircle Doduo, and break the siege of Wuchang first, and he also agreed with this decision, but the temptation of the southern capital made him somewhat unwilling, which made Jin Shenghuan very disgusted with Anqing.

Sun Shoufa on the side didn't pay attention to Jin Shenghuan's emotions. He was looking at the city wall in the distance, looking sharply at the defenders on the city, and asked, "Duzhen, how do we fight?"

After hearing this, Jin Shenghuan said: "Change the rules, still shoot the letter to surrender first, but the time limit is changed to one day, once the time limit is over, the army will break through the city, leaving no one behind."

Sun Shoufa was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask any more questions. The Ming army also slaughtered the city. He pursed his lips, "Then let people spread out the formation, so that the defenders can see our military appearance and weigh it up for themselves. .”

Jin Shenghuan listened and nodded, but at this moment Wang Deren suddenly shouted, "Eh? These group of birds dare to open the city gate, aren't they afraid of death?"

Everyone heard the prestige and looked, and sure enough, they saw the city gate slowly open. Seeing this, Jin Shenghuan snorted coldly, and immediately waved his hand. Xu Qiren behind him immediately understood, and rushed out with his horse, followed by two thousand cavalry, wanting to see Look at how the three melons and two dates in the city are fighting against them outside the city.

The cavalry lined up, the city gate was wide open, and the suspension bridge was lowered, but only one cavalry rushed out. The man had no armor, no knife, and the braid on his head was cut off. He was wearing a Taoist uniform and a net scarf. come straight out.

This isn't a wave battle, it's obviously to surrender, Xu Qiren hurriedly asked the visitor to be brought in front of Jin Shenghuan, and the visitor said: "The sinner, Yang Kun, is here to dedicate the city, and invite Master Wan and Jin Duzhen to enter the city."

Under the city of Wuchang, artillery fire raged, and the battle lasted for more than half a month, and gradually reached the most intense time.

The bombardment for several days had begun to bear fruit at this time. After passing through the old city wall pointed by Fu Shangrui, under the bombardment of hundreds of shells every day, a big hole was finally cracked, and finally a gap of three feet wide was completely collapsed.

The Qing army swarmed in through this gap. Fortunately, the Ming army knew that the city wall would collapse sooner or later, Zhizhou You Youlun had already organized civilian husbands to build a low wall behind the old city wall.

But the low wall was not a city wall after all, and the Ming army would inevitably be unable to withstand the fierce attack of the Qing soldiers. The guard Chen Youlong hurriedly mobilized more troops, but because the dispatch of troops had to be notified to the Governor's Mansion first, it was obvious that the Qing troops broke into the city.

As soon as Chen Bu fought to the death, although he waited for reinforcements to drive the Qing soldiers out of the city, it also made Chen Youlong extremely dissatisfied with He Tengjiao.

At this time, if the governor wants to seize power, he has to stand on the city and watch. Where there is a need for support, he can provide immediate support. However, He Tengjiao dared not go to the city when he seized power. Report, back and forth, the day lily is cold.

The generals in the city hated He Tengjiao's behavior of not delegating power, concentrating power under one hand, and not taking responsibility.

The collapse of the city wall dealt a great blow to the morale of the city, coupled with the conflict between the generals defending the city and the supervisor, the morale of the army in the city was already unstable.

In the past few days, nearly hundreds of people in the city have escaped from the city and surrendered, and even a hundred households have turned to the enemy, which makes the people in the city even more panicked.

Zhizhou You Youlun couldn't do anything about it. In desperation, he could only make a big turtle out of wood, and ordered people to drag it along the street and shouted: "The one who surrenders the enemy is like this!"

Duoduo is still very satisfied with the current results of the battle. Judging from his experience, breaking the city is not far away.

(Thanks to Wang Dana for the reward)
(End of this chapter)