Chapter 66 Xiangyang and Nanjing Seven

Zheng Chenggong didn't know Duduo's inner wish.

However, this journey has gone smoothly, but Zheng Chenggong felt that something was wrong. After discussing with the senior generals of the Zheng family, Zheng Hongkui and others also felt that something was wrong, but many times, the upper-level people felt that something was wrong with them.

The feeling below is quite different.

For the lower-class soldiers of the Zheng family, in their opinion, the beating couldn't be easier.

Along the way from Zhenjiang to Nanjing, except for some vulnerable soldiers, there was no resistance at all. In other words, it was like this when they came out of Xiamen. A series of victories made them a little bit cocky.

After all, the Qing army has many veteran generals holding the battle, and arrogance is inevitable after a winning streak. But they can grasp the sense of proportion, but the Zheng army is a little different.

Zheng Jun's army division expanded so much that most of the officers could not be called qualified officers, and they seemed to be trying to encourage others. They themselves had not fought many land battles, so they naturally made some mistakes in judging the situation. This kind of frivolous behavior

The situation gave Zheng Chenggong a headache.

But in the current situation, with a war imminent, pouring cold water on the situation can only be done in private. We dare not affect the morale of the military.

In this way, they arrived at the gate of Nanjing.

The magnificent city of Nanjing is right in front of this army.

It's not that Zheng Chenggong has never been to Nanjing, but his identity now is different from other times. His tone was full of conquest, and he said: "Come here, give me a letter of challenge and ask him to fight tomorrow."

This letter of war was passed from Zheng Chenggong's hands to Hong Chengchou, who then forwarded it to Duduo.

Duduo took a look and passed it to Azig.

Azig read the letter of challenge, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Old Shi, leave this matter to me. I will definitely beat the Zheng family to pieces."

"No," Duduo said, "Let him fight. I want to see what they can do to Nanjing City."

The city of Nanjing was the foundation established by Zhu Yuanzhang. Even hundreds of years later, it was still one of the most fortified cities in the world. The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were extremely elite, so there was no doubt that they could defend the city.

Duduo's refusal without hesitation reached Zheng Chenggong's ears.

There was a trace of hesitation in Zheng Chenggong's heart. How could he not know that Nanjing City was difficult to deal with. But now, he couldn't wait or do anything.

"Dong dong dong." The first ray of sunshine in the morning fell from the east, seeming to be an invisible person, pulling all the figures into this slender and slender figure.

Now Zheng Chenggong stood on the high platform, waved his hand, and someone waved a red flag behind him. Under the command of the flag, countless soldiers lined up in neat ranks and slowly pressed forward.

It looks so dark that it scares people with intensive care disorder.

Zheng Chenggong put a lot of effort into these soldiers. Just by looking at the formation, you can tell that they are elite infantry, otherwise the formation would not be so neat and uniform. But in the neat and uniform formation, there are some things that are not so neat. These are

Existence is nothing but siege engines.

Most of the siege equipment was manufactured in Zhenjiang, but they were disassembled, placed on ships, transported, and then reassembled here. Due to limited assembly capabilities, these siege equipment were partial.

Smaller ones, such as Zhang Xuan's giant Lu Gongzhu in his attack on Kaifeng, don't have it.

Everyone walked forward slowly, the sound of their footsteps, coupled with the sound of the heavy wooden wheels of the siege equipment turning, the sound of the river wind whistling, and even the sound of the Yangtze River flowing not far away,

It is also introduced into the heart, just like background music.

There was a sound of "Boom." Unexpectedly, it was the city of Nanjing that fired first.

After all, there are not a few artillery pieces in the city of Nanjing. There are at least more than a hundred. If you include the small cannons, they are even more densely packed and countless. If the Nanjing Manufacturing Bureau is still there, the number will be even greater. It is just made in Nanjing.

The last explosion of the bureau destroyed an unknown number of tools and materials, and the craftsmen of the manufacturing bureau either died or escaped. Without these, the manufacturing bureau would be nothing more than an empty frame.

However, the Zheng family also has a large number of artillery pieces, and they are all high-quality artillery pieces produced by the manufacturing bureau.

It's funny to say that it seems that the artillery of the Zheng Army and the Qing Army came from the same source, but now they are fighting as the enemy and ourselves.

After the artillery fire was fired on Nanjing City, Zheng Jun also fired artillery fire. The sound of cannon fire from both sides was like a signal.

Zheng Jun's soldiers didn't know whether they couldn't bear the pressure or were prepared for it. I don't know who shouted: "Kill."

The siege equipment that had been advancing slowly at first suddenly started to exert force. The army that was still in formation split in an instant, centering on the various equipment used to climb the city, and worked hard to advance. Most of these siege equipment were ladders.

, shield car, etc.

But in this way, we can also see the quality of these armies. They usually walk well. At this critical moment, some of them panicked, and many enemies were even in a mess. The soldiers could not find their generals.

Can't find Taoist soldiers.

These chaos did not last long and subsided quickly, as if they had never happened.

However, at this time, the Qing army's artillery fire began to affect the Zheng army's offensive. Although only a few soldiers were hit, after all, the formation was several miles wide, and even the Qing army's artillery was large in number, and it could not completely suppress the Zheng army's offensive.

Not to mention, Zheng Jun's artillery was also firing.

Most of Zheng Jun's artillery hit the city wall, but Nanjing's city wall was covered with bricks. Every time a gun went up, it could break some bricks and shake the entire city wall.

However, this kind of vibration is not big, probably because the Nanjing city walls are extremely thick, dozens of meters thick. It can even be said that this is not a city wall, but an artificial earth mountain.

The power of the artillery is indeed huge, but if it wants to shake the city wall, it really needs some firepower.

Zheng Chenggong could see clearly at this moment and knew that even if all the cannonballs hit the city wall, it would only cause a little trouble to the Nanjing city wall. Even during the renovation, it would not take much effort to repair the wall.

Just compact the land and that's it.

Maybe it's not that artillery is incompetent, but that it takes too long to blast through the city wall.

However, Zheng Chenggong has other options. They are hidden in the offensive.

With a "boom" sound, a cave cart hit the foot of the city wall. Immediately, several soldiers started fighting with weapons. Their weapons were not swords and guns, but tools for digging holes. They struck three times, five divided two, and finally

A large piece of stone was dug out from the wall, and then the digging continued into the city wall.

This was Li Zicheng's plan to besiege Kaifeng.

The Kaifeng offensive and defensive battle during the Chongzhen period had a great impact on later generations. The current siege methods of the Xia army are almost inherited from the strategies at that time, but Zheng Chenggong copied the tactics of the Xia army.

"Boom." The explosion was so loud that when people heard the sound, they knew it was not an artillery piece. Even Duduo, who was standing on the city wall, felt a sway under his feet. Even Duduo himself almost fell down, let alone

Talk about other soldiers.

"What's going on?" Duduo was shocked.

"Your Majesty, look here." A guard suddenly said loudly.

Duduo followed the guard's gaze and saw a spot of rolling yellow sand. He walked over and took a look and saw that a hole had been dug at the foot of the city wall. Although he couldn't see the people below clearly from his angle.

What exactly is going on.

However, he knew that measures had to be taken immediately and could not wait any longer.

He immediately said: "Obai."

"My servant is here," said Obai, dismounting from his horse and saluting.

Duduo said: "Gu Ming, you go out immediately and drive away these people digging under the city wall one by one."

"Yes." Oboi said.

In front of Duduo, he always cherished words like gold.

After Obai received the order, he immediately went down to prepare. Duduo watched Obei go out, but he felt a little emotional in his heart. In his opinion, now is not the time to fight back. At least Zheng's army is not tired yet. But he didn't expect it.

Zheng will still play this trick. He can only send Obai to clean up the situation.

As for whether Obai could succeed, Duduo never thought about it.
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