Chapter 66: Xiangyang and Nanjing VII

Zheng Chenggong didn't know that Duoduo was willing to do so.

However, this journey has been smooth and smooth, but it makes Zheng Chenggong feel a little wrong in his heart, and after discussing with the senior generals of the Zheng family, Zheng Hongkui and others also feel that something is wrong, but many times, the feeling of the upper level is not quite the same as that of the lower level.

For the lower-level soldiers of the Zheng family, in their feelings, it couldn't be more comfortable.

On the road from Zhenjiang to Nanjing, there was no resistance at all, except for some vulnerable miscellaneous soldiers. Or that's what it looks like when you come out of Xiamen. A series of victories has given them a little cocktail.

After all, the Qing army has many veterans to press the formation, and under the consecutive victories, arrogance is inevitable. But they can grasp the balance well, but Zheng Jun is a little different.

The army of Zheng Jun and the land division expanded quite a lot, so that most of the officers could not be called qualified officers, and there was a state of pulling out seedlings to help them grow. They themselves haven't fought much land battles, and their judgment of the mood is naturally a little wrong, and this kind of reckless situation makes Zheng Chenggong a little headache.

It's just that the current situation, the big war is imminent, and pouring cold water can only be done in private. Don't dare to affect the morale of the army.

In this way, they came smoothly, under the city of Nanjing.

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

Zheng Chenggong has not been to Nanjing, but his current identity is different from other times, his tone is full of a sense of conquest, and he said: "Come here, give me a war letter, and ask him to fight tomorrow." ”

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

Duoduo glanced at it and passed it to Azig.

Azig read the battle book, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Old ten, this matter will be handed over to me." I'm sure I'm going to beat Zheng all over the ground looking for teeth. ”

"No," said Dodder, "let him fight, and I'll see what they can do to the city of Nanjing." ”

Nanjing City is the foundation established by Zhu Yuanzhang, even after hundreds of years, it is also a first-class fortified city in the world, and the Qing soldiers are extremely elite, so there is naturally no suspense in defending this city.

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

Zheng Chenggong had a trace of hesitation in his heart, how could he not know that Nanjing City was difficult. But now, it's not waiting, it's not for.

"Knock knock." The first rays of sunlight in the morning fell from the east, and it seemed to be an invisible person, pulling all the figures into this slender and slender shape.

Now Zheng Chenggong stood on the high platform, and with a wave of his hand, someone behind him danced a red flag. Under the order of the banner, countless soldiers lined up in a neat line and slowly pressed forward.

It looks like a black patch, which makes people with intensive disorder feel frightened.

Zheng Chenggong put a lot of effort into these soldiers, just looking at the formation, he knew that they were elite foot soldiers, otherwise the formation would not be so uniform. And in the neat and uniform formation, there are some not-so-neat existences, which are none other than siege machines.

Most of the siege equipment was made in Zhenjiang, but it was just disassembled, put on a ship, transported, and reassembled here. Limited by the ability to assemble, these siege equipment are all a little smaller, such as Zhang Xuan's attack on Kaifeng's giant Lu bus is not available.

Everyone walked forward slowly, and the sound of their small steps, coupled with the sound of the heavy wooden wheels of the siege equipment, the sound of the river wind whistling, and even the sound of the Yangtze River flowing not far away, also attracted into the heart. It's like background music.

"Boom." I didn't expect that it was Nanjing City that fired first.

After all, the number of artillery in the city of Nanjing is not a minority. There are at least more than 100 guns, if you count the small cannons, it is even denser, there are countless at all, if the Nanjing Manufacturing Bureau is still there, this number is more, but the Nanjing Manufacturing Bureau is the last bomb, I don't know how many tools and materials are blown up, and the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau are either dead or fleeing. Without that, the manufacturing bureau would be nothing more than an empty shelf.

However, Zheng's artillery is also quite numerous, and all of them are sophisticated artillery produced by the Manufacturing Bureau.

Funny to say, it seems that the artillery of the Zheng army and the Qing army are the same source, but now they are fighting as both enemy and enemy.

After the artillery was fired on the city of Nanjing, the Zheng army also opened fire, and the cannons on both sides rumbled, as if it were a signal.

Zheng Jun's soldiers didn't know whether they couldn't bear the pressure, or they had been prepared for a long time, and they didn't know who shouted and said, "Kill." ”

The siege equipment, which was still slowly advancing, suddenly exerted its strength. Originally, the army that was still in formation split up in an instant, and it was centered on the various climbing equipment, and most of these siege equipment were ladders, shield carts, and so on.

It's just that in this way, we can also see the quality of these armies. Usually walking, it's okay. At this moment of crisis, there is some panic, and even many enemies are in a mess, and the soldiers cannot find the generals, and they will not be able to find the soldiers.

The chaos didn't last long, and it quickly subsided as if it hadn't happened.

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

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

Most of the artillery of the Zheng army hit the city wall, but the Nanjing city wall was covered with bricks, and every time the cannon went up, it could shatter some bricks and stones, and the entire city wall was shaken.

However, this kind of shaking is not big, because the city walls of Nanjing are extremely thick, dozens of meters thick, and it can even be said that where is the city wall, it is clearly a man-made earth mountain.

The power of the artillery is huge, but if you want to shake the city wall, you really need some fire.

Zheng Chenggong saw it clearly at the moment, and knew that even if all the shells hit the city wall, it would only cause a little trouble to the Nanjing city wall.

Maybe it's not that the artillery can't do it, but if you want to blast through the city wall, it will take too long.

However, Zheng Chenggong has other options. It's hidden in the offensive.

With a "bang", a cave car crashed into the foot of the city wall, and immediately several soldiers began to struggle with their weapons, their weapons were not knives and guns, but tools used to dig holes, they divided them by two, dug out a large piece of stone on the wall, and then continued to dig into the city wall.

This is Li Zicheng's plan to besiege Kaifeng.

The Kaifeng offensive and defensive battles during the Chongzhen period had too much impact on later generations. Now the siege methods of the Xia army are almost inherited from the strategy of the time, but Zheng Chenggong is copying the Xia army.

"Boom." With a bang, this explosion was so loud that people knew that it was not artillery as soon as they heard the timbre, and even Duoduo, who was standing on the city wall, felt a shake under his feet, and even Duoduo himself almost shook, not to mention the other soldiers.

"What's going on?" Duoduo was taken aback.

"Lord Wang, look here." One of the guards suddenly said loudly.

Duoduo followed the guard's gaze, but saw a place of yellow sand, and he went over to look at it, but saw that a hole had been dug at the foot of the wall, although it was not clear from his angle what was going on with the people below.

However, he knew that he had to take measures immediately, and he couldn't wait.

He immediately said, "Worship." ”

"The minions are here." Ao Bai turned over and dismounted, saluted and said.

Dodor said, "Alone, you should go out at once and drive away these people who are digging under the walls one by one. ”

"Yes." Ao Bai said.

In front of Duoduo, he never said that words were like gold.

After receiving the order, he immediately went down to prepare. Duoduo watched Ao Bai go out, but there was some emotion in his heart, in his opinion, now is not the time to fight back, at least the Zheng army is not tired. It's just that he didn't expect Zheng to play this hand. I can only send out Ao Bai and go to Haosheng to clean up.

As for whether Ao Bai could succeed, Duoduo didn't think about it at all.

The title of the first warrior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty may have a little moisture, but the martial arts on his body do not have a trace of moisture.