On the city, Zhao Ming did not break his promise. He suggested that Yan Yingyuan kill Mingzhi together with the pseudo-magistrate Fang Heng and four bannermen.

Yan Yingyuan accepted Zhao Ming's suggestion happily, and nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Killing Fang Heng would anger Liu Liangzuo, and he would definitely attack with anger. This is a taboo in military strategists.

At the same time, killing Fang Heng can also strengthen the determination of the gentry and people in the city to resist the Qing Dynasty.

Manchuria has a limited population and has to rule the vast area. It is not realistic to send troops to garrison each place. They can only send some troops to station in the main big cities.

In this case, if they want to control the place, they must maintain a strong deterrent force so that cities without soldiers dare not resist.

It is difficult to do this. The Qing army's method was to massacre, killing everyone so scared that they did not dare to resist.

When the Qing army went south, it issued a clear order, sending out a letter to the world that those who fought against the Qing army would slaughter all over the city. They went south and always insisted on this military order. Some cities did not resist and were slaughtered by the Qing army, which coveted their wealth.

Jiangnan was rich, and every city was rich in wealth. The Eight Banners soldiers were salivating about it. Jiangyin had already disobeyed the orders of the Qing army. Now he killed the magistrate who accepted the Qing court and executed four bannermen. In order to maintain his deterrence, the Qing army would inevitably massacre the city.

Yan Yingyuan agreed to this move, which was also for the complete unification of ideas in the city, and he went with Zhao Mingying.

Zhao Ming asked the soldiers from Taiping Camp to behead him. Wang Deshun and other several thorns were given special care and was named by Zhao Ming.

Wang Deshun and others had no choice but to make a living, but they didn't want to fight with the Qing army. They scolded Zhao Ming's ancestors for eight generations in their hearts. This donkey was so bad that they took them on the road to no return.

The few people did not dare to go against Zhao Ming's intentions, and reluctantly cut off the heads of Fang Heng and four flag directors, and were forced to board the broken ship of the rebel army.

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Outside the city, Liu Liangzuo was angry. With his order, deafening sounds of cannons broke out on the Qing army's artillery formation, and thick white smoke rose from the muzzle, covering the long line.

The artillery mounts of the Qing army's artillery retreated backwards amid the sound of cannons, and more than ten kilograms of iron bombs rushed out of the gun mouth and smashed towards the city wall. The dust was flying in Jiangyin City, bricks and stones were sunk and broken, and countless gravels fell down, revealing the rammed earth inside the wall.

On the city wall, the soldiers of the Taiping Camp exclaimed in surprise, frightened by the scene in front of them, and squatted behind the walls, not daring to show their heads.

Zhao Ming stood up straight. He felt the city wall under his feet tremble and his heart was beating wildly, "This is the Red Cannon, it's so fierce!"

After one round of fire on the Qing army artillery formation, the gunners next to each cannon immediately cleared the chamber with a brush wrapped in a wet cotton cloth. The sound of water vapor evaporated from the chamber came from the chamber. Then the loading hand filled in a pack of new launching medicine, pushed in the iron bullet, compacted the iron bullet with a stick, and finally pierced the medicine bag with an awl, inserted it into the lead, adjusted the gun position, and ignited it directly.

A loud bang of "Boom!", the second round of volleys arrived. In the smoke of gunpowder, orange-red cannon flames flashed, and shells roared towards the city.

At the top of Jiangyin city, the sound of wall tiles collapsed, screams and screams came one after another.

Zhao Ming, who stood with his knife, couldn't help but tremble. When this cannon hit his body, even the bravest person would be smashed into meat paste.

The Qing army quickly fired three rounds of artillery, and the body of the Red Cannon was so hot that it needed to cool down before it could continue firing.

The main formation of the Qing army, under the "Liu"-shaped big star, Liu Liangzuo, who rode a miscellaneous horse, saw that the shelling had stopped, waved his hand and said, "Attack!"

In the wilderness outside the west gate of Jiangyin, the Qing army's drums were beating, and the Qing general Zhang Tianlu pulled out his sword, "Brothers, rush for me, the city will be broken and the sword will not be sealed."

At the end of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty's finances went bankrupt, the army owed wages, and the generals made money to raise their own soldiers. However, the generals did not have any means to make money. The most direct way was to rob like bandits.

In the early years of Hongguang, four towns in Jiangbei were initially established. Gao Jie sought Yangzhou and Liu Liangzuo plundered the Huai River, which was no different from the bandits.

Now that they surrendered to the Qing army, they were more comfortable in doing such things and would not have any psychological burden.

With a command, the three thousand Qing troops were divided into two echelons. The first team was more than 2,000 people, carrying swords, shields, long spears, forty or fifty trench bridges and city stairs, and were responsible for grabbing the city. The second team was soldiers holding muskets and bows and arrows. They were responsible for suppressing the city and covering the first team up the city.

Liu Liangzuo is known as one hundred thousand men, but his true elites are only ten thousand. He dispatched 3,000 elite soldiers and was sure to win Jiangyin.

The eyes of Sanqian Qingjun were flashing with fierce and greedy eyes, and rushed over the smoke of gunpowder over the cannon formation and rushed over.

On the top of the city, Yan Yingyuan drew his sword in his hand and bluffed his anger, "Soldiers all return to their original positions, those who lose their money will be killed, and those who retreat will be killed."

After saying that, he halfway through the wall, and looked at the rushing Qing army with a cold look, with a sneer on his face.

If he comes to attack the city, he will definitely use the Red Barbarian cannon to smash at least one place to destroy the morale of the defenders, and then attack on both sides with a feint on both sides and a main attack on both sides.

However, Liu Liangzuo looked down on Jiangyin City too much. In addition, he was angry. The cannon only smashed three rounds and started attacking. He did not arrange for people to restrain the other three walls, but attacked directly from the Ximen.

Yan Yingyuan sneered, "Then let your head be beaten to death!"

On the top of the city, the soldiers of the Taiping Camp saw the Qing army rushing towards Jiangyin West City like a flood. They couldn't help but feel a little panicked. They held the weapons tightly, their lips dry, and their bodies stiffened.

The people of Jiangnan are not good at fighting, but the current situation has forced them to this position.

Originally, Yan Yingyuan thought there were still a few days to train the village heroes, but he did not expect the situation to change suddenly. He could only let Taipingying, which was originally responsible for putting out fires in the four cities, participate in defending the city.

When Zhao Ming saw the surrounding walls, the township and his subordinates were nervous, and he was a little puzzled whether these people could really block the attack of the Qing army.

At this moment, a string sounded at the top of the city wall, and an arrow shot out "whoosh". In the Qing army, a commander Qian Zong fell down in response.

"Swoosh" another arrow shot down the head of the city wall, this time a man was always shot through his throat with an arrow.

The defenders on the city were stunned, and then cheered in an instant. Zhao Ming turned his head and looked at him. Zheng Sen, wearing cloth armor, bent his bow and arrows, and he completed it in one go. Whenever the arrow was shot down, a Qing army fell to the ground and shot the leader, so handsome that he had no friends.

"Big Wood Scissor!" Zhao Ming shouted with a chance, cheering up his arms and praising his friendship.

The nervous guards on the city finally relaxed a little, had some confidence, and shouted together.

Yan Yingyuan pointed at the sword and shouted angrily: "Let it go!"

The few defenders and musketeers in the city immediately fired arrows, shooting guns, and arrows shot on the Qing army's shield, making a "dodo" sound, hitting the Qing army's body, and the Qing soldiers kept falling to the ground~~~~~~
Chapter completed!