Huang Qishou and Li Ying entered the city of Nanjing, except for capturing hundreds of slow-running captives, the journey was almost like shopping. However, with the strict orders of His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Minister, they still maintained a tight formation, alternately covering the advance, and beware of a sneak attack by Jianyu.

This caution saved the lives of many Dragon Guard soldiers.

When the two of them arrived near the yamen of the political envoy in Nanjing, there was immediately a row of guns on the wall. Fortunately, the Ming army attacked and defended in a moderate manner, and the bullets fell on the cotton armor of the first few soldiers, and the large group immediately stopped, forming a formation to surround the political envoys.

At this time, there were still four or five hundred Hong Chengchou's pro-soldiers and generals in the political envoy department, and they knew that their masters had not left yet, and they were all fighting for their lives. In addition, a few days ago, the political envoy Si Yamen raised the wall, and it was really difficult for the two battalions of Long Wei to rush in for a while.

Li Ying personally led people to rush, but was shot on the helmet by an arrow from the captive, and his lieutenant hurriedly pulled him back.

"Ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulties have come over, but I was tripped by this little ghost." Li Ying looked at the one-and-a-half-foot high wall, spat fiercely, and said to the herald beside him, "Go find Chen Xiongfei and ask for a few cannons, I still don't believe it!" ”

In fact, if you really want to attack, the hundreds of Qing troops in this political envoy will definitely not be opponents, but now that the outcome has been decided, Huang Qishou and Li Ying don't want to lose one more person here.

Because the city of Nanjing was so big, it was not until the end of the year that the five six-pounder cannons were finally dragged outside the Yamen of the political envoy. Li Ying didn't mean to be polite at all, and pointed to the towering wall and said to the artillery company leader of the team: "Help me bomb hard!" ”

"Yes!"

With the roar of artillery, five iron balls slammed into the south wall of the political envoy. Where can this kind of building in the city withstand the direct fire of the cannons, and suddenly there was a ghost crying wolf, and half of the south side of the political envoy collapsed, and even the buildings inside were crumbling under the artillery fire.

However, Hong Chengchou's personal soldiers still poured under the knocked down wall, ready to continue to resist stubbornly.

Huang Qishou frowned, and said to the people of the artillery camp: "Since you have come here, you might as well send a few more cannons." ”

"No problem." The general of the company immediately ordered two rounds of bombardment, and then the entire southern courtyard was in a mess, and the captives no longer dared to resist the artillery, and immediately left one hundred and ten corpses and retreated into the inner hall.

Without the interference of the wall, the infantry of the Dragon Guard Army immediately rushed into the courtyard and fired a volley at the Qing troops who were still resisting.

The battle of the Nanjing political envoy continued until near dawn, and Huang Qishou and Li Ying called in artillery support twice, and finally cleared most of the recalcitrant captives.

"My lord, this is the last place. It is estimated that there are more than a dozen thieves inside. An infantry company always pointed to a study-like building in the back hall and saluted Li Ying, "My subordinates are preparing to lead their troops to attack." ”

The latter glanced at the gun tube that poked out of the crack in the door, and deliberately said loudly: "No need, just surround and die." I'm going to blast these thieves alive and dead! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the door of the house was pushed open, and a man dressed in the official uniform of the Jianyu walked out, and said in a hoarse voice: "No need. The old man is to appease the military affairs of the governor of the south, and you will wait for ......"

Hong Chengchou was about to say a few words to find a scene, but he didn't know that a Dragon Guard soldier on his side stepped forward quickly, and quickly slapped the butt of a gun on his chin, "It's you old thief, you dare to be alive here!" ”

Hong Chengchou flew out with a mouthful of old blood accompanied by molars, and his eyes suddenly turned black, and he never had a chance to say the second half of the sentence again.

Li Ying and Huang Qishou, who had just arrived, glanced at each other, and couldn't help but say happily: "No wonder this broken place has fierce resistance, it was this old thief here." ”

"Brother Li has made a meritorious service, go and report to His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King!"

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Zhu Linmiao looked up and saw that the sky was slightly bright, and then looked at the majestic Nanjing Forbidden City in front of him, and he could already see the outline of the building that was still guarding.

Since Nanjing fell into the hands of Jianlu, the Forbidden City was changed into a full city - in order to prevent the Han people from rebelling, Jianguo specially set aside a separate piece in all the big cities and garrisoned it with eight banners, which is the full city.

At this time, most of the battles in Nanjing City had ended, and due to the importance of this old palace, Zhu Linmiao came to command it personally.

Seeing that the conditions for gathering were met, he turned his head and instructed Gan Xinda: "It is best to concentrate on the thieves near the noon gate to make them dare not show their heads." ”

"Yes!"

He signaled to Zhang Jiayu again, "Just follow what you just discussed, quickly break the door." Be careful not to let the captives flood into the city, otherwise it will cause chaos. ”

In fact, most of the regular troops in this "full city" have been taken away by Luck Dehun, and the rest are basically the clothes and families of the Eight Banners, but they are tens of thousands of people and have a lot of weapons, but they cannot be underestimated.

In addition, this is the Forbidden City, the old capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not suitable to be bombarded with artillery, so it is a little troublesome to capture it.

As the hunting battalion was in place, the Jianyu near the noon gate was suddenly overturned by the accurate Minnie catapult, and the rest were all shocked, and they only dared to huddle behind the city wall for a while.

Thirty Ming infantry pushed it to the noon gate and slammed it against the gate with the bridge ladder in front of the car.

Gan Xinda's side immediately ordered another round of fire to kill the Jian Yu who intended to attack the "rushing car".

After more than ten repeated hits, the door bar behind the noon gate finally could not hold up, and with a squeaky sound, the heavy door was pushed open a crack.

The brave people of Nanjing watched from afar, and when they saw the gate of the Forbidden City being smashed open, the nearly 1,000 people invariably shouted excitedly, "Good! ”

"The door is open, the door is open!"

"Look where are the Tartars running now?!"

Immediately, the infantry of the two battalions of the Dragon Guard, which had already been prepared, rushed in from the noon gate under the cover of the chasseurs.

The Jianjiao in the city were not regular troops, and they were hit by two volleys of Ming firearms, and then scattered and fled.

Zhu Linmiao was holding a telescope to watch the battle situation, when a signal soldier sent by Li Ying arrived, saluted and said loudly: "Report, Hong Chengchou has been captured!" ”

"Caught him in the city?" Zhu Linmiao smiled, "I originally planned to intercept this old thief near Dasheng Pass. ”

He glanced at the battle situation in the Forbidden City again, waved his hand to Shi Lin, and said, "Let's go, look at the enemy chieftain." ”

"Yes!"

Li Ying imprisoned a captured officer in the side hall of the political envoy and ordered three companies of infantry to guard it.

Zhu Linmiao walked into the hut where Hong Chengchou was held in the middle of the side hall at his signal.

Although Hong Chengchou didn't know the Ming Auxiliary Prince, when he saw that the person who came was extraordinary, and was respectfully surrounded by several third- and fourth-grade officers, he immediately guessed the identity of this young man.

He immediately took a deep breath and said loudly, "The old man is not wrong!

"The Ming Dynasty is already rotten, the party is constantly fighting, corruption is rampant, and the people are complaining.

"The old man is looking at the Ming Dynasty's national fortunes have ended, and he is worried about the people of the world, so he will help Mingjun! Persuade you to turn back as soon as possible, and don't go against the heavens and the earth......"