Chapter 776: Soldiers besiege Jiujiang Mansion
Zhang Xianzhong took Xiangyang Mansion, and Sun Chuanting at this time also led the troops of the two towns, and went straight from Nanjing to Jiangxi, and went straight to Jiujiang City!
I have to say that Zuo Liangyu's strength is really not boastful, with a real 80,000 people, and it is claimed to be 200,000 to the outside world!
Of course, among these 80,000 people, only 30,000 are the main force, and among them, there are only 10,000 or 20,000 elite forces that can really fight a big war, even so, Zuo Liangyu's strength should not be underestimated.
Sun Chuanting led the troops of the two towns, and before he came to Jiujiang Mansion, Zuo Liangyu had already led the main army to take Nanchang Mansion lightly, although Nanchang Mansion is the provincial seat of Jiangxi, but all the elites in the entire Jiangxi Province are concentrated in Jiujiang Town, and the rest of the state capitals have no elite forces at all.
Even Nanchang Mansion only has 3,000 elite forces, and these 3,000 elites are still the garrisons of Zuo Liangyu's cronies in Nanchang Mansion, guarding the safety of Nanchang Mansion.
After mastering Nanchang Mansion, Zuo Liangyu's strength swelled more rapidly, after all, Jiangxi Province is also the land of fish and rice, almost never had turmoil, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the people's livelihood is rich, Zuo Liangyu took Nanchang in one fell swoop, and took all the money and food of the political envoy as his own, and even occupied the armory of the command of the embassy, and gave out nearly 20,000 of the weapons, and even tens of thousands of feather arrows, more than 2,000 strong bows, I really didn't expect that these things could not come in handy to resist the Qing Dynasty. But it was cheaper for Zuo Liangyu.
However, Sun Chuanting also knew that the military situation was urgent, and only two days after Zuo Liangyu occupied Nanchang Mansion, Sun Chuanting came to the city of Jiujiang Mansion, and the forty or fifty thousand troops surrounded Jiujiang City could not be drained!
Han Long, the general in the city, was above the city, looking at the majestic momentum of the Ming army, the sweat came down, it was only half a month later, Sun Chuanting rushed from Nanjing to Jiujiang Mansion, you must know that the distance between the two is six or seven hundred miles, it is definitely a rapid march all the way, so as to be able to reach Jiujiang so quickly!
Han Long's guess was right, from the dispatch of troops to the arrival of Jiujiang City, Sun Chuanting only took twelve days, marching more than fifty miles a day, and running all the way!
Gao Jie straddled the snowflake skull, and shouted angrily: "Listen to the soldiers in the city, now that the imperial army has arrived, once the attack is launched, the entire Jiujiang City will be reduced to ruins, and the destruction of Jiujiang City is irreversible, if you know each other, immediately open the city and surrender, the emperor is generous to others, and will definitely let you live, otherwise, the jade will be burned, and none of you will want to live!" ”
Gao Jie!
Han Long naturally recognized Gao Jie, a few days ago, Gao Jie and Hou Sui came to the camp in Jiujiang Town, and the two of them even met each other!
Gao Jie is a first-class warrior of the Ming Dynasty, and his reputation is outside, Han Long is just a small general, how can he compare with Gao Jie? Han Long's heart was pounding, the army was pressing, there were so many Ming troops outside the city, there were only 10,000 troops under his hands, and they were all rabble, and the elite were all taken to Nanchang Mansion by the chief soldier, how could he be able to defend Jiujiang City?
However, the chief soldier handed over Jiujiang City to his own hands, and if he didn't even dare to fight, he would just abandon the city and flee, and there would be no way to explain it to the chief soldier.
"Gao Jie, if you have the ability, you will send troops to attack the city, Lao Tzu has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, I don't believe that you can capture Jiujiang!"
Han Long didn't even know that his voice was already trembling, "Once our family's prince returns to help, it will be your death!" ”
"Haha! Master, did you hear it, this kid's voice was trembling, I was afraid that as soon as our artillery went off, he would pee his pants directly! ”
Behind, Zhong Yue stood beside Sun Chuanting and said with a smile.
Sun Chuanting naturally heard it, and said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, then attack the city, order the artillery to concentrate all my strength on attacking the northern city, fire with all my might, don't spare your hands, before dark, give me three thousand shells!" ”
Sun Chuanting gave an order, Nanjing Qianzhen and Nanjing Houzhen shot at the same time, more than 40 red-clothed artillery pieces were all pulled out, and began to launch a wild and indiscriminate bombardment towards Jiujiang City.
"Mom!"
Han Long screamed, frightened, so many artillery!
I was really shocked, forty or fifty artillery, you must know that the entire Jiujiang Town has more than 100,000 troops, but there are less than thirty artillery, and most of them are still generals, but look at the Ming army outside the city, all the red-clothed artillery, the power is amazing, look at the cannonballs, more than three times larger than the general artillery shells equipped in Jiujiang Town! smashed on the wall of Jiujiang City, it was a huge crater! This Jiujiang City has not encountered a war for many years, the city wall has not been repaired for decades, and many places have been loosened. Damn!
"Someone, give the order to shoot back, fight back!"
Han Long shouted sharply.
The soldiers of Jiujiang Town around him have begun to tremble one by one, they are too fierce, the opponent's artillery fire is too fierce, such a fierce artillery, I have never seen it at all, it is much more powerful than the car battalion of Sun Chuanting's Qin army back then!
The soldiers of Jiujiang Town barely calmed down one by one and began to launch a counterattack towards the city, but above the northern city, there were only four earthen cannons in total, even if they were condescending, they did not have the range of the red-clothed artillery, and they were useless! The affairs of Jiujiang Town are nested under the battlements, and they don't even dare to show their heads, for fear that they will be hit by a cannon, and then nothing will be delicious.
"Lord Han, Lord Han, take advantage of the fact that the Ming army has not yet come and besiege the city, hurry up and send someone to Nanchang Mansion for help, hurry up, if it's too late, once the army besieges the city, we just want to ask for help, but it won't work!"
A general shouted at Han Long.
"That's right! Help, help! Someone came, immediately sent a letter to Nanchang Mansion, urgently asked for help from the prince, and asked him to return to the army immediately and gallop to help Jiujiang! ”
Han Long roared madly.
Fuck, I knew that the Ming army was so fierce, and I wouldn't stay in Jiujiang if I killed myself, this is too dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will become cannon fodder!
Several cavalrymen rode fast horses, taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army had not yet been encircled, and rode towards Nanchang Mansion!
"My lord, how long are we going to fight? It's better to attack the city directly, I will personally lead the team, and we must take Jiujiang Mansion in the shortest possible time! ”
Gao Jie shouted.
(End of chapter)