The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 615 The Desperados
From the Chaoyang Gate on the east side of Nanjing to the foot of Zijin Mountain for ten miles, there are three steps, one post and five steps and one post, full of heavily armed imperial soldiers.

However, the section of four or five hundred steps that Dong Xueyi was in charge of guarding seemed to be loose, and several officers were all poking around, looking unconcerned.

Not long after, the sound of gongs and drums from Yujia clearing the way could be heard on the west side.Dong Xueyi looked around carefully several times, but he still found no trace of ambushes. He was filled with admiration for these "people recruited by Huang Shilang".

All of a sudden, two horsemen came galloping from the north, and they were still far away. The riders on the horses shouted loudly: "Urgent police! There are assassins who will harm the Holy One!" soldier.

Dong Xueyi's pupils shrank suddenly, he raised his whip and whipped his horse without hesitation, and shouted to several confidant officers beside him: "Catch the man who deceives the crowd!" Then he rushed towards the people with all his might.

Seeing the people dressed in imperial battalion coming, the two soldiers of the Dragon Guards felt relieved. They were about to explain the details, but they were surrounded by the Ming army who rushed up, and they surrendered their weapons in twos and twos.

"What are you doing?"

"The emperor visits the mausoleum, how can you let me wait for gossip?! Take it down for me!"

The soldier of the Dragon Guard who reported the message felt something was wrong, and wanted to break free from the rope on his shoulders, but there were more than ten people on the other side, how could they get away?

They also saw the emperor's guard of honor from a distance, and hurriedly shouted: "There are thorns..."

Just as soon as the words came out, the two of them were hit on the head with the back of a knife by Dong Xueyi's confidants one after another, and they fainted immediately.

At this time, the imperial chariot had reached Dong Xueyi's defense area. The captain of the imperial camp at the front saw someone tearing up the roadside, and heard some faint shouts.

Aruna led her men to ambush on the south side of the official road. She could only see that there seemed to be something wrong, and also saw that the imperial chariot was going slower and slower. She felt a little flustered. Could it be that something has been revealed?
The matter is of great importance, and if she makes a slight mistake, all her clan members will be implicated, she dare not bet.When the people sent by the emperor's guard of honor to investigate the situation were still thirty or forty steps away from Dong Xueyi, she finally gritted her teeth and shouted, "Do it!"

Immediately, three No. [-] Franco cannons were dragged out from the roadside bushes—these were the largest weapons they could bring to Yingtianfu.

The gunner had already prepared a large number of quantum guns, and the roar instantly tore through the tranquility near Zijin Mountain.

The imperial guards guarding Zhu Linyuan had no idea that someone would attack Sheng Jia with cannons right at the foot of the world, and there was chaos immediately.Some officers shouted to form an array to defend against the enemy, some ordered to block the imperial chariot in the middle, and some wanted to escort them back to the city of Nanjing.

The Forbidden Army of the Taizheng Dynasty was organized and trained with the former Jiang Zhengxi and Huang Mingjun's strong troops. Although Zhu Linmi replaced them with excellent armor and weapons, and practiced more, the fighting will of these people has never been qualitatively improved. .

The first battalion in the front row was forming a formation in a hurry, and a few shells penetrated into the crowd with great precision.

In fact, the shells of the No. [-] Frang cannon were less than seven taels heavy, and they could only penetrate three people at most under close-range shooting, and the casualties caused by the three guns were extremely weak.But even so, after a few screams came out, the speed of formation suddenly slowed down, and some people even started to move to the back of the team.

There was a little confusion in the team here, and Aruna took the lead, leading nearly 400 people to go straight to Zhu Linyuan's imperial chariot with swords.These people are all the meticulous works of Jianlu who worked hard to infiltrate the Ming Dynasty. They are well-trained and extremely loyal to the Qing court. Each of them is a precious treasure of the Qing Dynasty.Recently, they have all been concentrated near Nanjing, just for today's blow.

Especially the more than 40 "dead men" beside Aruna were almost all trained by Ku Zhe over the past ten years, which cost him a lot of effort. At this time, he even rushed to the front .

In this kind of sudden attack and hand-to-hand combat, light bows and arrows are far more suitable than firecrackers.Hundreds of desperadoes spread out into a formation of sharp arrows, shooting arrows while running, at an extremely fast speed, and shot Zhu Linyuan's guards into a mess before they rushed to the front.

Although the Daming Imperial Battalion already had a set of cotton armor, not many people were actually shot and killed, but the thousands of forbidden troops around Zhu Linyuan's imperial chariot were not prepared enough, with artillery bombarding them constantly, and the unidentified enemy troops in front of them were extremely fierce , They have not been able to organize an effective counterattack for a long time.

It wasn't until Aruna took the lead to draw out the saber that the Ming army in the front line managed to join together the large shields to form a line of defense, and the back line also fired a few guns sporadically.

And these Jian captives seemed to be brave and fearless, rushing into the Ming army without any reduction in speed, and they didn't specifically kill people, they all went towards the imperial chariot with a clear goal.

On one side are the particularly skilled Jianlu "agents", and on the other side are the mediocre old-style Ming army. Therefore, although the difference in numbers is more than double, Aruna almost tore through the defense line of the imperial camp with little effort.

The other Jianlu soldiers separated the Ming army on both sides, and she led more than 40 dead soldiers to rush straight to Zhu Linyuan's car.Seeing that the situation was not good, Pang Tianshou and Bai Daqi hurriedly called the inner court guards to block the enemy, and asked the Empress Dowager Zeng and the emperor to move to another light carriage. Can't run fast-then ordered the coachman to flee towards Nanjing City desperately.

At the same time, on the south side of Nanjing City, hundreds of people unfurled the banner of Duoduo and pushed the "cannon" to press down on the city. Then, accompanied by the sound of rumbling cannons, these people began to shout, "Major General, the [-] troops cross the river to attack!" city!"

"Quickly open the city and accept the surrender, or nothing will be left behind!"

"Jiangnan has been pacified by the army, why don't you surrender?!"

In fact, among these people, there were only more than 40 real Jian prisoners, and the rest were bandits and bandits recruited by Ku Zhe at a high price, and they didn't know that they were going to "attack Nanjing" until then.But under the pressure of Jianlu's shining saber behind them, they could only continue to shout loudly.

As for those "cannons", they are actually made of thin iron sheets, filled with gunpowder and ignited, although the sound is loud, they can't shoot the shells.

The guard at the top of the city only saw the gunpowder smoke filling the city and heard that the Qing army shouted to kill Zhentian, so he didn't dare to neglect immediately, and hurriedly sent people to ask for help from the more than a thousand Polu camps stationed in the city, that is the real combat effectiveness.

On the east side of Nanjing City, people from the imperial camp seeking help rushed to the bottom of the city, but seeing that the city gate was closed, they rushed to the top of the city and shouted loudly: "Quickly open the city! The holy driver is under attack!"

The guard at Chaoyang Gate was the confidant of Peng Ligang, the commander of the five cities, but when he heard the words, his subordinate officer said: "I just received the military order, the whole city of Nanjing is under martial law, you must not open the gate easily." At the same place, he only said that he would report to the imperial court...

Here Pang Tianshou protected the Empress Dowager Zeng and changed the carriage, just after running for half a mile, he saw Dong Xueyi and more than ten people following him.He excitedly waved his hands and shouted: "General Dong, hurry up and escort him!"

(End of this chapter)