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Xia Wanchun rushed to the palace.

Consult with Zhu Yujiao, Huang Daozhou and a courtier to deal with the civil unrest in the city.

Since that night, Xia Wanchun has controlled the situation in Beicheng.

The forbidden army can be dispatched to maintain law and order, and compress and control the chaotic people in the west of the imperial city, the north gate, the lotus, and the Taiping Bridge.

Due to the danger of the siege of Jinchuan Gate, the people also had palpitations, and the chaos at this time was gradually decreasing.

But there are still 40,000 or 50,000 people.

Maybe these people are too big with too many interests, and without these silvers, I'm afraid that life will be difficult, so I can't go all the time.

"It's hard work!" Zhu Yujiao, the supervisor of the country, said in a harmonious voice, "The palace is going to Jiangyin, and the people and soldiers in the city are in turmoil, if there is no peace to arrive in time, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable...... Taiping Hou has made great contributions to the dynasty, and after this battle, the court will definitely reward meritorious deeds. ”

Xia Wanchun was slightly stunned, but quickly bowed down and said: "Thank you for your praise, Your Highness the Prison State, the minister is just doing his duty, and he doesn't dare to ask for rewards!" ”

Huang Daozhou smiled and said: "Taiping Hou does not have to be too humble, meritorious service must be rewarded, and future generations will follow suit!" But for now, let's think about how to deal with the civil unrest...... I wonder what the plan is for peace? ”

Xia Wanchun said: "Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Prison State, what is the general...... How so? ”

Zhu Yu said: "The king of Huiji County is busy besieging and annihilating the Karchuhun department, and it will take three or five days to come to the capital...... The cause of the civil unrest was too great, and the king of Huiji County had no way to deal with it for a while. ”

Xia Wanchun glanced at Huang Daozhou and asked, "Dare to ask Shoufu, doesn't the household department have the slightest balance?" ”

Huang Daozhou replied: "The deficit of the people's savings is in the money bank, and there is still a balance of about two million taels in the household...... However, the silver could not be moved, and at this time the war was urgent, and if there was no silver in the treasury, the army's morale would be chaotic. ”

Xia Wanchun nodded and said, "What Shoufu said is extremely true. Besides, relying on these two million taels is also a drop in the bucket...... So, I went to meet the people and found a way to get them to go home first...... As for the deficit of silver, I have no good way but to wait for the general to return to Beijing and listen to his meaning. ”

Huang Daozhou nodded slightly: "Taiping Hou is the leader of the Ming Society, and the Ming Society now has more than 50,000 people, and its influence in the community cannot be underestimated...... It should be able to persuade the people to disperse. ”

Zhu Yujiao also nodded and said, "Then do it according to the meaning of Taipinghou...... It's hard work. ”

"Minister, don't dare to say anything."

……。

The Qing army's offensive became more violent, especially at the Jinchuan Gate, which Nikan personally supervised.

But Nikan miscalculated.

When the fire, smoke and crisp gunshots rang out.

There were constantly siege soldiers who fell a hundred paces away from the city wall.

Nikan was astonished.

Arquebuses, he knew, there were quite a few of them in his army. But he didn't know why the defenders suddenly had so many muskets, and the range and accuracy of these muskets were beyond his comprehension.

Nikan had been leading his troops all along, and he did not know that the Qing court had formed a new army of muskets, let alone a new type of flintlock musket.

The ignorant are fearless.

In such an unfavorable situation, Nikan also wanted to defeat the enemy with bravery.

On the one hand, he ordered the rear army to replenish the attacking troops, and on the other hand, he ordered "those who take a step back will be beheaded".

When the thousands of Qing troops besieging the city were forced to "commit suicide" and paid more than 30% of the losses, they arrived at the city gate and began to erect ladders to climb the wall, and organized bows and crossbows and muskets to shoot upward.

Countless iron eggs, no, the cognition of the Qing soldiers is, stones.

They were even wondering why the rocks in the city today were so small that they could kill people.

As a result, they became the first people to die for the dead of the defenders.

In particular, the iron lump thrown from the castle tower several feet high, because the fuse was too short, when it exploded in mid-air, the explosion was dozens of rapid pieces of cast iron.

This kind of broken iron driven by the initial velocity of the explosion is definitely not something that the leather armor on the Qing soldiers can stop.

When the sound of the explosion and the smoke and dust gradually subsided, except for the corpses and corpses under the city, less than half of the Qing soldiers who were far away escaped from death, and they did not even dare to go forward to rescue their wounded comrades, and retreated.

Nikan witnessed all this, reasoning, as the commander-in-chief, he should be vigilant.

In his heart, war is a game for the brave, and nothing can be won by bravery.

His understanding is very unique, that is, to temporarily stop the attack, and order to go to the surrounding houses to remove all kinds of covers, such as door analysis, door panels, and even pots on the stove of the houses.

As long as it's a coverer.

An hour later, Nikan again organized a 5,000-man assault on the Jinchuan Gate.

And this strong attack made Nikan almost a prisoner of Lihaiwei.

The previous attack cost the Qing army thousands of casualties.

At this time, the army outside the Nikan Jinchuan Gate was less than 10,000 people.

In other words, Nikan organized this strong attack, and it was already the end of the crossbow.

If the losses are serious this time, the Qing army outside the Jinchuan Gate will no longer face a strategic attack, but a strategic defense, and they will have to guard against the Ming army in the city taking the initiative to attack the city.

It's a pity that Nikan at this time obviously didn't think about these at all, his mind was full of martial arts and glory, and he didn't understand at all that the absolutely asymmetrical weapons and equipment of the two sides on the battlefield could not be balanced with bravery.

Blind bravery is just to send to death!

These 5,000 people are no longer only the Qingming Army, it has been mixed with "real money and silver", Nikan's 3,000 Red Flag Eight Banner Army guards (Nikan is the owner of the Red Flag Small Banner), and he was mixed with 2,000 people.

In other words, Nikan has no regard for this battle, and he is determined to win.

Nikan used one of the few red-clothed (Manchurian Jiyi) cannons, which were huge cannons weighing more than 3,800 catties, which had just been transported from Jiangpu, a total of eight cannons.

Nikan also raised an entire army of arquebuses, totaling nearly three thousand guns, to provide aid to the besieging army to suppress the fire of the defenders on the city walls.

I have to say that Nikan's preparation is still sufficient, at least not really reckless to the point of banging his head against the wall.

At the beginning of the siege, the Qing army's heavy artillery was the first to strike.

The huge solid bullet, weighing nearly 100 catties, burst out with the expanding gas of black powder burning, even if it is smashed from the air without counting the rate of fire, the power is amazing, but its disadvantage is that the accuracy is really not high, within the effective range, the hit point of the shell will be any point within a radius of one mile.

But this was already extremely oppressive to the defenders.

Even if the cannonball hit the city wall, the huge vibration produced could make the legs of the defenders on the city wall tremble.

Coupled with the roar of the cannons, the tremor of the city wall, and the sand and gravel that covered their heads, this kind of psychological pressure made many Jingwei soldiers subconsciously retreat.