Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 750 Attacking the Fort
It was Hong Chengchou's expectation that the Wai Guo of Nanjing would be breached by the Ming army. After all, there were not more than 180 people in the Wai Guo City, which was more than [-] miles away, and the city walls were not enough to stand, let alone defend.

However, Hong Chengchou did not expect that Waiguo would be breached by the Ming army so quickly, and it was easily captured by the Ming army because of the rebellion in the green battalion guarding Jiangdongmen.

This surprised him, but it also showed his judgment that internal hidden dangers would become one of the main threats to his defense.

Standing outside the prison, Hong Chengchou felt chills on his back. Most of the current green battalion officers had gone through in his mind, and many unreliable ones had been taken down by him, but now it seems that even though he has cleaned them up, There must be people in the green camp who colluded secretly, or were instigated by the Heaven and Earth Society.

He couldn't help but turned his head and glanced back at the dark passage in the prison, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. Although Wu Bangfu died, there were still undercurrents surging in the city of Nanjing!Maybe he really can't sleep!
"My lord, if the Jiangdong Bridge and Jiangdong Gate are lost, there is no need to send people to guard the other gates of the Outer Kingdom, but the Xiaoling Guard, Zijin Mountain, and Shihui Mountain must be guarded." After a while, Hong Chengchou let out a sigh. Shen Sheng said.

Boluo also knew that when the situation became serious, the purpose of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty building the outer gate was to enclose all the hidden dangers that would pose a threat to the defense of the inner city. Cannons can be set up to bombard Nanjing, so although the outer gates are lost, these places must be defended.

"My lord will make arrangements immediately!" Bo Luo nodded and left directly after speaking. Hong Chengchou hurried back to the Yamen with many officials.

The garrison of Jiangdongmen launched a rebellion, which surprised Wang Yan, because he had already ordered the Heaven and Earth Society to forbear in the city and wait for the critical moment to cause trouble. It is necessary to advance the incident and expose the power.

After the infighting of the Qing army at Jiangdongmen, the Ming army, which was about to attack, took advantage of the situation and easily captured Jiangdong Bridge and Jiangdongmen.

Of the more than 2000 Qing troops guarding this place, more than 1000 participated in the incident, and the rest were either killed or captured.

Immediately Wang Yan boarded the Jiangdong Gate, feeling a sense of feeling in his heart, although he only entered the Outer Kingdom, he was a big step closer to recovering Nanjing.

At this time, he was standing on the city tower with a group of generals, and Lu Shikui stepped forward to report that the generals had arrived under the city gate anyway, and Wang Yan immediately asked the guards to bring them up.

Several people climbed up the city wall from the stone steps, and when they saw Wang Yan's back, they immediately cupped their fists and bowed their heads in salute, "See Your Highness!"

Wang Yan turned around, glanced at them, and saw that several people were still bowing their heads, not speaking, and then asked, "You first report your family name, so that this feudal clan can know, what do you call them?"

After Wang Yan finished speaking, one of them raised his head, glanced at Wang Yan, immediately lowered his head, and saluted nervously: "Xu Kaicheng, a lowly post, was originally a thousand households under the Marquis of Jingnan. After the Marquis of Jingnan died in battle, The lowly position was coerced by Tian Xiong to surrender, and now I have voted for Your Highness without any second thoughts. I only hope to serve in the front of the army to atone for the sins of the past."

Wang Yan nodded, said "OK", and continued to listen to the introductions of the remaining people, all of whom were deployed by Huang Degong back then, but all of them were from hundreds of households.

In the four towns in Jiangbei, Huang Degong was the only one who resisted the Qing army and was defeated and killed himself. It is precisely because of this that, except for Tian Xiong and Ma Degong who secretly communicated with the Qing army, people like Huang Degong and Weng Zhiqi, because they once After fierce resistance to the Qing soldiers, they have not been reused.

They have been in the Qing court for four years, but there has been almost no change in their official positions. It can be seen that they are really mediocre, but it also shows that they did not participate in many battles against the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Yan listened for a while, and finally looked at Xu Kaicheng, and asked: "The army of this feudal clan is approaching the city. If you can come to vote anyway, it shows that the loyalty and righteousness in your heart are still alive, and this feudal clan feels very relieved. This feudal clan has its own reward for conquering Nanjing. Now this feudal clan wants to know, why did you choose to start an uprising at this time?"

Then Xu Kaicheng hurriedly saluted and replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, I had no choice but to wait for a hasty incident. Because the brothers of the Tiandihui who have been in contact with the humble staff were locked up and imprisoned by the stick yesterday. The humble staff was afraid that things would be leaked. Arrested, so forced to riot!"

Wang Yan frowned when he heard this. In this way, Hong Bandit had been prepared for a long time, and he wanted to rely on the restoration forces in the city to help break the city, which might not be easy to achieve.

Wang Yan was contemplating, but Wang Shixiu, who was holding a binoculars to look into the distance, suddenly put down the binoculars, turned around and said, "Your Highness, Zhongwu Town and the navy are about to attack!"

After hearing this, Wang Yan glanced at the generals, then waved his hands and said, "You guys step back first!"

What Liu Shun wanted to attack was the Hekou Fort, which was located on the west side of the Qinhuai River estuary. It was guarded by 3000 men led by Qing general Sun Youguang, and there were [-] Qing navy sailors to support it at any time.

It is not easy to capture the fort. Although the fort is no more than two battles high, it is not a strong fortress, but the sandbar is surrounded by water, which restricts the use of various equipment by the Ming army. They can only rush with ladders, while the Qing army on the river The navy unintentionally increased the difficulty for the Ming army to capture the sandbar.

At this time, Liu Shun and Man Dazhuang were standing by the river, with 5000 men behind them, armed with swords and guns, and the Ming army's warships lined up on the river.

"Mandudu, the navy blocked the clearing boat for me. 5000 people from my side swarmed across the river. No matter what the tactics were, as long as they killed the fort, my five thousand sons would definitely kill three thousand green battalion soldiers, but the key is still not Let the navy of the Qing army bombard us!" Liu Shun held his saber, showing a bit of commander-in-chief demeanor.

Man Dazhuang took a look, singled out the clearing ship, he was like beating up his grandson, the key was the Qing army fort.

"Liu Duzhen, it's no problem to block the Qing ship, but my brothers in the navy will definitely face the pincer attack of the Qing army's navy and fort artillery, and the loss must be great. I'm ready to sink the ship, but Zhongwu Town Brother, you must fight fiercely. It is best to kill the fort within half an hour, so that the fort cannot bombard the navy. Moreover, this battle must be a one-shot deal. There are not many navy ships. Put the warship under the fort again and again!" Man Dazhuang said while pressing his sword.

A navy ship, counting the artillery equipment equipped, is at least several thousand taels, or even more than ten thousand taels, which is more expensive than cavalry.

Liu Shun smiled, "Don't worry, this sandbar is surrounded by water. The brothers who sent it up have no way out except to capture the fort. They will definitely be defeated in a single battle."

After listening to Liu Shun's words, Man Dazhuang hugged him, then turned and left, and boarded a big ship not long after.

Seeing this, Liu Shun stared at the Shazhou Fort in the distance for a while, and suddenly waved his knife and shouted: "Ready to attack!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" drums sounded along the river, and the five thousand soldiers of Zhongwu Town, carrying ladders, rushed towards the river like a tide, ready to board the boat.

At this time, in the navy of the Ming army, battle flags were also raised on the full and strong ships, and the sailors began to draw anchor, and the fleet rushed down by the current.

In August, the southeast wind was blowing, the sailors were sailing against the wind, the sails were not hoisted, the fleet was lined up, the gun covers were lifted, and the side cannons were exposed.

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