Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 982
The boats were floating on the river, and several small boats approached the shore first. Nearly a hundred soldiers jumped down, dragged the boats ashore, and then carried the ladders, carefully touched the city.

In the western sky, flames flashed non-stop, one after another fireballs across the night sky, the sound of rumbling guns and shouts of killing came from a distance, it seemed that the fighting was fierce, but the whole section of the southern city wall was another scene, the whole section The city wall was pitch black and looked very peaceful.

From the Ming army's siege to the present, the southern city has never been attacked, and the defenders were able to keep up their spirits at first, but after more than a month, and the elite were transferred to the western city, the guards in the southern city were seriously slack.

The Ming army attacked at night and fired artillery during the day. The people in the south of the city couldn't sleep at first, but after a few days, they gradually got used to it.

The sound of rumbling cannons came one after another, and the few old and weak Western soldiers on the South City didn't even bother to raise their heads, and continued to doze off behind the battlements.

The South City is close to the Yangtze River. Because it is generally not subject to attack, it is not paid much attention to when it is built. The specifications are obviously not as good as the West City. The city wall is not tight and low, and it is a bit dilapidated.

Li Dingguo personally led more than a hundred elite soldiers, and after landing, they lurk in the darkness a hundred steps away from the southern city.

As the chief general, he shouldn't take risks, but this attack is extremely important to the Ming army. If the sneak attack fails and someone finds out, Li Dingguo may be able to use his prestige in the Western Army to persuade the defenders to surrender.

In order to prevent the iron armor from making noise, Li Dingguo and others only wore double-breasted infantry armor with a black coat on the outside, so that their figures merged with the night, and then slowly approached the city wall.

At this time, Li Dingguo waved his hand, and several soldiers quietly erected several long ladders. The barbs on the ladders were wrapped with cotton cloth to prevent them from making any noise when they were hung on the city wall.

Everyone came to the ladder lightly, Li Dingguo did his part and wanted to climb first, but his personal guards grabbed him, and then winked at a strong man next to him, who immediately held Miao Dao in his mouth In the mouth, holding the ladder with both hands, he climbed lightly to the top of the wall.

The guards holding Li Dingguo also held a saber in their mouths, followed the strong man a few steps away, and climbed up behind him. The ladder made a slight creaking sound under their pressure.

Li Dingguo waited below, watching his subordinates go up to the city one by one, he was a little worried at first, but as more and more people went up, he felt relieved.

The Five Loyalty Army is an elite army, and his personal soldiers are the elite of the elite, so it is no problem to count as ten of them. If there are more people going up, even a strong attack can open the city gate.

At this time Li Dingguo was looking up, when a soldier above suddenly leaked his upper body from the wall, and stretched out his hand to make a gesture.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo immediately climbed up, and when he climbed onto the city wall, he looked around from between the walls. The soldiers were leaning against the city wall and moving towards the tower.

He jumped onto the top of the wall, feeling that the soles of his feet were wet and slippery. When he fixed his eyes, there were two corpses lying beside his feet. Both of them had their throats cut and were bled to death.

There are still many such corpses on the entire city wall, which shows that the defense is indeed slack.

In front, several soldiers of the Ming army moved forward alternately, and soon reached the side of the tower.

Candles flickered inside the city gate building, figures swayed, and shouts and laughter came out from time to time.If Li Dingguo heard correctly, the soldiers should be gambling inside.

The military discipline of the Western Army is not bad, and Sun Kewang's rule of the army is still strict. Gambling and fighting are prohibited in the army. The real military discipline of the Western Army will not be so corrupt.

Sun Kewang transferred the main force of the western army to guard the western city, and the other three sides could only be handed over to the miscellaneous soldiers and the bandits who took refuge in him to guard.

The defenders of Nancheng were a group of green forest heroes. They were used to being loose and could not be restrained. Sun Kewang thought that Nancheng would not be attacked, so he ignored them.

At this time, more than a hundred Ming troops had already climbed the city wall. Li Dingguo waved his hand, and a general banner immediately led four or fifty people down the city corridor to the city, ready to open the city gate and welcome the army into the city.

Li Dingguo took out a torch, lit a torch, first waved it to the river, and then pointed it directly at the tower.

When the fleet outside the city saw the signal, Yu Youming immediately ordered, "The big ship landed from the pier, and the small boat rushed directly to the river beach. Quick! Quick! Quick!"

The big ship approached the wharf outside the southern city, boarded the ship, and the soldiers lined up to disembark immediately. The small boat rushed to the river, and the soldiers jumped out of the boat. Armed with weapons, they flocked to the gate of the city without orders. ???
At this time, under the city tower, the city gate creaked and was opened by the soldiers who went down, and the city tower was also set on fire.

The heroes inside were gambling around a Fang Zhuo, when a man suddenly raised his head, "Damn it, it's gone! Which group of birds are patrolling outside, and they don't know how to shout when they are on fire!"

The good men in the room didn't believe it when they heard the words, but when they turned their heads and saw that the building was already on fire, they all turned pale in shock, cursed and took the copper coins on the table, and then hurriedly opened the door and came out.

More than a dozen people rushed out of the door, and the soldiers of the Ming army ambushing on both sides immediately fired their bows and arrows. The heroes were caught off guard and before they could react, most of them were shot down.

"Kill!" Li Dingguo swung his saber, and the soldiers of the Ming army immediately rushed forward, and many of them were cut down before they could draw their sabers.

At this time, the sound of dense footsteps under the city sounded, and the brigade of the Ming army began to pour into the city gate. The soldiers of the Ming army who were secretly on the street entered the city directly along the street, and the sound of killing in Nancheng immediately shook the sky.

The fighting on the west city had become intense. Under the cover of firearms, the troops of Mingdeng City climbed up the city regardless of life and death. The Ming army climbed up the city wall from all directions.

Sun Kewang was originally in charge of the battle, but as the battle became urgent, he had already picked up his weapons and led the guards to fight in the city.The sound of the west city was overwhelming, and the cannons roared. He didn't notice the changes in the south city.

At this time, a group of 50 Ming troops occupied a section of the city wall. Sun Kewang was commanding the guards to push up and wanted to throw the Ming army off the city wall. Suddenly he heard a commotion behind the city, and the gunners below the city shouted in fear. "Not good! The Ming army has entered the city!"

Sun Kewang was stunned when he heard the words, how could it be possible?He only thought that someone was launching a rebellion through the people of the Ming army.

He turned around and wanted to find out the source of the rebellion, but he saw that the southern city was burning into the sky. At this moment, a western general stumbled over, separated the soldiers, came to him, and knelt down to report, "My lord! , It’s not good, the Ming army entered the city from the south gate.”

The visitor was a veteran, so it was impossible to talk nonsense. Sun Kewang was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split, and countless questions arose in his heart. How could the Ming army enter the city through the south gate? Did they grow wings?
Just when he was shocked, a general of the Ming army had already led a group of troops to attack from the south to the foot of the west city. With a wave of his big iron spear, more than a dozen soldiers who rushed up were swept away. He looked up at the top of the city. , happened to see Sun Kewang, and when Sun Kewang saw the person coming, he immediately screamed in shock, turned around and left.

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