The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 503
Huang Qishou and Li Ying entered Nanjing City, except for capturing hundreds of slow-running captive soldiers, the journey was almost like shopping.However, under the strict order of His Royal Highness the Assistant King, they still maintained a tight formation, alternately covering and moving forward, and beware of sneak attacks by Jianlu.

This caution saved the lives of many Dragon Guard soldiers.

When the troops of the two men arrived near the gate of the chief envoy of Nanjing, a platoon of guns was immediately set up on the wall.Fortunately, the Ming army had a certain degree of offensive and defensive skills. The bullets fell on the cotton armor of the first few soldiers, and the brigade immediately stopped and formed an formation to surround the chief envoy.

At this time, there are still four or five hundred Hong Chengchou's personal soldiers and generals in the chief envoy. They know that their master has not left yet, and they all fight with their lives.Coupled with the fact that the Chief Minister Si Yamen raised the fence a few days ago, it was really difficult for the Dragon Guards of these two battalions to rush in for a while.

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

"Ninety-nine and eighty-one disasters are here, but I tripped over this kid." Li Ying looked at the wall that was one and a half meters high, spat hard, and said to the officer next to him, "Go to Chen Xiongfei and ask for some cannons." , I still don't believe it!"

In fact, if they really wanted to attack by force, the hundreds of Qing troops in the chief envoy would definitely not be their opponents, but now that the outcome was decided, Huang Qishou and Li Ying didn't want to lose one more person here.

Due to the size of Nanjing City, it was not until Yinshi that the five six-pound guns were finally dragged outside the chief envoy's yamen.Li Ying didn't mean to be polite at all, pointing to the towering wall and said to the artillery company leader, "Help me hard!"

"Yes!"

With the roar of the artillery, five iron balls slammed on the south wall of the chief envoy.How could such a building in the city stand up to the direct fire of the cannons? Suddenly, ghosts and wolves howled, and half of the south side of the chief minister collapsed, and even the buildings inside were crumbling under the artillery fire.

However, Hong Chengchou's personal soldiers still rushed to the wall that was knocked down, ready to continue to resist.

Huang Qishou frowned, and said to the people in the artillery battalion: "Since we're here, why not fire a few more shots?"

"No problem." The commander of the company immediately ordered two rounds of bombardment, and now the whole south courtyard was in a mess. The captive soldiers didn't dare to fight the cannons, and immediately dropped a hundred corpses and retreated to the inner hall.

Without the interference of the fence, the infantry of the Dragon Guards rushed into the courtyard immediately, raised their guns and fired a salvo at the still resisting Qing army.

The battle of the Nanjing Chief Envoy lasted until dawn. Huang Qishou and Li Ying called for artillery support twice, and finally cleared most of the recalcitrant captive soldiers.

"My lord, this is the last place. It is estimated that there are more than ten bandit soldiers inside." An infantryman repeatedly pointed to a study-like building in the back hall and saluted Li Ying, "This subordinate is preparing to lead his troops. storm."

The latter glanced at the gun barrel protruding from the gap in the door, and said loudly deliberately: "No need, just surround yourself with death. I will use the cannon to blast these reckless thieves to death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the house was pushed open, and a man in Jianlu's official uniform came out, and said hoarsely: "No need. This old man is recruiting the Southern Governor's military affairs, wait..."

Hong Chengchou was about to say a few words to find the scene, but he didn't prevent a soldier of the Dragon Guards from his side to step forward quickly, and quickly swiped the butt of his gun on his chin, "It's you, an old country thief, who dares to show off like this!" Come alive!"

A mouthful of old blood flew out along with the molars, and Hong Chengchou's vision went dark, and he had no chance to say the second half of the sentence.

Li Ying and Huang Qishou, who just arrived, looked at each other, and couldn't help saying happily: "No wonder there is fierce resistance in this place, it turns out that this old thief is here."

"Brother Li has done a great job, go and report to His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince!"

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Zhu Linmi raised her head to see that the sky was getting brighter, and then looked at the majestic Forbidden City in Nanjing. She could already see the outline of Jianlu who was still guarding.

Since Nanjing fell into the hands of Jianlu, the Forbidden City has been changed to Mancheng. In order to prevent the Han people from rebelling, Jianlu specially set aside a separate area among all the big cities and stationed Eight Banners soldiers in it. This is Mancheng.

At this time, most of the battles in Nanjing City had ended. Due to the importance of the old palace, Zhu Linmi came here to take command in person.

Seeing that the conditions for gathering had been met, he turned his head and told Gan Xinda, "It's best to concentrate on attacking the captives near the Meridian Gate so that they don't dare to show their faces."

"Yes!"

He signaled to Zhang Jiayu again, "As we discussed just now, break through the door quickly. Be careful not to let the Jian captives flood into the city, otherwise it will cause chaos."

In fact, most of the regular troops in the "full city" have been taken away by Luke Dehun, and the rest are basically the coats and family members of the Eight Banners soldiers. However, they number in the tens of thousands and have a lot of weapons, but they should not be underestimated.

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

As the Jaeger Battalion was in place, the Jianlu near the Meridian Gate was immediately overturned by the precise Minie ejection.

Then a flying bridge temporarily moved from outside the city was used as a rushing cart. Thirty Ming army infantry pushed it and rushed towards the Meridian Gate, slamming into the gate with the bridge ladder erected in front of the cart.

Gan Xinda immediately ordered another round of firecrackers to kill Jianlu who was intending to attack the "rushing chariot".

After hitting it repeatedly more than ten times, the door bar behind the Meridian Gate finally couldn't hold it anymore. With the muffled creaking sound, the heavy door was pushed open a crack.

The courageous Nanjing people watched from a distance, seeing the gate of the Forbidden City being knocked open, nearly a thousand people shouted excitedly, "Good!"

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

"Where is the Tartar running now?!"

Immediately, under the cover of the hunters, the infantry of the two battalions of the Dragon Guards who had already prepared rushed in from the Meridian Gate.

The Jianlu in the city was not a regular army after all, they were fired in two rows by the Ming army's guns, and they fled in all directions with a bang.

Zhu Linmi was holding up the binoculars to watch the battle, when a signal soldier sent by Li Ying rushed over, saluted and shouted: "Report, Hong Chengchou has been captured!"

"Caught him in the city?" Zhu Linmei smiled, "I planned to stop this old thief near Dasheng Pass."

He glanced at the overwhelming battle situation in the Forbidden City again, waved to Shi Lin and said, "Go, go and see the enemy chief."

"Yes!"

Li Ying locked up a group of captured Jianlu officers in the side hall of the chief envoy, and ordered the infantry of the three companies to guard them.

Under his signal, Zhu Linmei walked into the hut where Hong Chengchou was imprisoned in the middle of the side hall.

Although Hong Chengchou didn't know the assistant king of Ming Dynasty, but seeing the person who came with extraordinary bearing, and being surrounded by several third and fourth rank officers respectfully, he immediately guessed the identity of this young man.

He immediately took a deep breath and said loudly: "The old man is not wrong!
"Da Ming is already rotten, party disputes are constant, corruption is rampant, and the people are full of complaints.

"This old man sees that the fate of the Ming Dynasty is over, and he cares about the common people in the world, so he turned to help Mingjun! I advise you to turn around as soon as possible, and don't go against the heavens and the earth..."

(End of this chapter)