I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 68 The Battle of Jiangning ([-])

The Shangyuan Gate, which Wu Hao was in charge of attacking in Houzhen of Xuanyi, was the closest to Yifeng Gate. When he led [-] soldiers to Yifeng Gate, Chen Peng had already led his troops to attack the top of Yifeng Gate. The Eight Banners soldiers led by Kamu fought fiercely.

When Zheng Chenggong saw Wu Hao leading his troops, he inquired and learned that the Tatars had given up the defense of Shangyuan Gate and withdrew all their soldiers to the inner city.So Wu Hao led his troops to the city to support Chen Peng.

With a wave of his hand, Wu Hao led three thousand soldiers up the ladder to the top of the city.The soldiers under Chen Peng's command, who were in the midst of a fierce battle with the Tartars, saw reinforcements coming from behind, and their morale was greatly shaken.

On the other hand, the Eight Banners Tartars fought more with less, and blocked the attack of the Ming army. At this time, the Ming army came to reinforce them again, but their reinforcements disappeared for a long time, and their morale plummeted.

Between the ups and downs, the situation suddenly reversed. The two sides who were in a stalemate, but with the addition of three thousand new troops led by Wu Hao, the situation of the Tartars was immediately in jeopardy.

Some of the gunmen of the Ming army who had climbed to the top of the city stood condescendingly on the city wall, lit the matchlocks on the matchlock guns, and shot at the Tartars not far in front of them at close range.

Behind them, the soldiers of the Ming army on the ladder firmly grasped the ladder with one hand, and put five fingers on the back waist of the gunners with the other hand to prevent the recoil produced by the gunners when they fired bullets. Knocked out of the city wall and fell to the bottom of the city.

A sturdy Tartar Eight Banners soldier, who was fighting the Ming army to the death, was hit by a lead bullet fired from an arquebus flying from above his head. The Ming army who ascended the city later made way for them to climb to the top of the city and join in the battle with the Tartars. Under the ebb and flow, the Ming army gradually gained the advantage.

At this time, outside Zhengyang Gate, Zhu Cixuan led the army to attack Zhengyang Gate. One hundred grenade launchers and one thousand riflemen fired continuously at the city wall.

"Boom, boom, boom" the sound of explosions kept ringing on the city tower. Every Tartar had never seen this kind of weapon before, and they didn't know how to avoid it, so they died in a daze.

With the sharp improvement in perception, Zhu Cixuan could still clearly hear the yelling of the Tartars on the tower, "Woooooooooo!" amidst the explosion of grenades and the firing of rifles.

From the costumes they were wearing, Zhu Cixuan could tell that the enemy troops on the tower were all Tartars who were full of Eight Banners, and there was not a single Green Battalion of Tartars, and the number of Tartar soldiers on the tower was obviously more, three or four. Thousands of people couldn't help frowning slightly.

He wondered to himself, did the Tartars mobilize heavy troops to defend Zhengyang Gate today because of the influence of their successive breaches of seven city gates yesterday?Thinking of this, Zhu Cixuan couldn't help sneering in his heart, you think that if you send more troops to defend, you can hold it, you are too naive.

So, with a thought of Zhu Cixuan, who was riding on the horse, an M79-style 40mm grenade launcher appeared in his hand, loaded with a 40mm×46mmSR anti-personnel grenade. Zhu Cixuan adjusted the scale on the M79-style 40mm grenade launcher, and raised his hand to aim at the top of the tower. A general who kept yelling and commanded the Eight Banners Tartars to fight next to him pulled the trigger.

The whole "Tom" grenade launcher was shocked, and the 40mm caliber anti-personnel grenade flew out of the muzzle of the grenade launcher. The "Boom" grenade exploded beside the Tartar general. With the explosion of the grenade, the Tartar general It flew up in the air, and then fell heavily, causing the Tartars at the top of the city to be in chaos.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Cixuan was overjoyed, knowing that he had killed a big fish, otherwise, the Tartar soldiers would not have screamed and panicked.

Zhu Cixuan commanded a hundred grenade launchers to launch a volley at the top of the city, and the grenades exploded intensively on the top of the city.

Amidst the wailing and howling of the Tartars, Zhu Cixuan called out fifty grenade launchers, and aimed at the gate of Zhengyang Gate with explosive grenades to launch a volley.

There were continuous explosions on the city gate, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the solid Zhengyangmen gate was smashed to pieces.

Fifty grenade launchers reloaded the anti-personnel grenades and took a big stride towards the Zhengyang Gate, which was opened in the smoke. Five hundred riflemen followed closely behind. They ran and loaded bullets into the rifle magazines. .

When they rushed into the city gate, Zhang Liao led five thousand cavalry to charge in an instant. Zhu Cixuan then ordered Gao Shun to prepare for the attack. Amid the sound of rumbling horseshoes, the five thousand cavalry rushed into the city gate like lightning, flashed their bright sabers, and walked along the avenue toward the city. Charge, charge, charge again.

When encountering Tartars, without saying a word, they directly raised their bright sabers and slashed out. The light of the saber flashed, and one by one Tartars fell on the way of their charge.

After Gao Shun's [-] cavalry followed Zhang Liao's [-] cavalry into the city, they immediately rushed up the stairs to the tower, and wiped out the Tatar soldiers on the tower. There is no reason at all.

Twenty-five minutes later, all the Tartar soldiers at Zhengyangmen were killed by the Ming army led by Gao Shun.Zhu Cixuan, Mu Zhongliang and Chen Gong rode into Zhengyangmen under the escort of five thousand soldiers.

"Ding dong, trigger task two, conquer Jiangning's inner city gate, Zhengyangmen, within three days, and reward 1000 lottery draw for consumption of 1 gold coins, and 10000 lottery draw for consumption of 1 gold coins. May I ask if you want to draw a lottery?"

Zhu Cixuan temporarily ignored the system's prompt in his mind, but left 1000 troops to clean the battlefield, and 1000 troops to guard the Zhengyang Gate.

He, Gao Shun, Chen Gong, Mu Zhongliang and others led 8000 troops to Hongwumen in the imperial city.At this time, Zhang Liao was leading [-] cavalrymen to gallop on the streets of the inner city, chasing down the Tartars they encountered.

The Tartars of Yifengmen were finally killed by an army of [-] led by Chen Peng and Wu Hao from Xuanyi's back town. The gate of Yifengmen opened with a loud roar, and soldiers under Zheng Chenggong marched into Yifengmen.

Lang Tingzuo, governor of Liangjiang, stood on the tower of Hongwu Gate, his face pale as paper, and one bad news after another kept coming.

"Report...the Lord Governor Yifeng Gate fell, and Zheng Chenggong's army marched into the inner city."

"Your Excellency, Zhengyang Gate has fallen, and the false Ming Crown Prince Zhu Cixuan has occupied Zhengyang Gate. Now he is leading an army towards Hongwu Gate. Please make a decision, Your Excellency Governor."

"Report, Sanshan Gate has fallen."

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"My lord, Mr. Angbang Zhangjing Kakamu died in battle, and all the warriors of the Three Thousand and Eight Banners died in battle."

"Report, Master Youmeilezhangjingga Chuha who was guarding the Sanshan Gate was killed in battle, and the souls of two thousand warriors returned to the Longevity Heaven."

"Lord Marsai died in battle, and five thousand brave soldiers of the Eight Banners spilled blood on the battlefield."

Bad news came one after another, and in less than an hour, the elite of the [-] Banners in the city were wiped out.

Lang Tingzuo clasped his hands tightly and looked up to the sky with a long sigh. This time Zheng Chenggong raised [-] troops to attack. He originally wanted to use the strategy of slowing down the troops to delay Zheng Chenggong, wait for the reinforcements sent by the emperor, and then launch a counterattack against Zheng Chenggong to seal the victory. Now it seems that the reinforcements are waiting. Not anymore.

"Da da da" came the sound of horse hooves, and Lang Tingzuo opened his eyes, only to see groups of brightly armored Ming cavalry trotting forward in neat formations, and the dense and dull horse hooves knocked on the bluestone On the paved ground, it seemed to knock on Lang Tinzo's heart.

(End of this chapter)