Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 194 Nanjing ([-])

In order to defend the city, Ma Guozhu stood ready.Cannon firecrackers, rolling wood and rocks, boiling water and golden juice, and plug gate knife carts are all ready. In addition, there are a large number of bows, crossbow bolts, and city guards.In order to defend against bandits, Ma Guozhu opened the granary, and hundreds of thousands of shi of grain were supplied.Before the war, each soldier was rewarded with two taels of silver, and each murderer was rewarded with one tael of silver.So, just wait for the bandits to attack.

Although Ma Guozhu also knew that blindly defending the city would fail in the end, and he had to go out of the city to attack from time to time.It's just that Jiangning City is too big and the city wall is too long. This is an advantage and a disadvantage.The advantage is that the city wall is high and easy to defend, but the disadvantage is that there are loopholes everywhere after there are few people. The 5 people are placed at the top of the city, and they are not even enough to stand.

And for Qiu Tianxing, it was quite tricky.The city wall is tall and strong, surrounded by a moat, and it will consume countless lives just to fill up a section of the moat.Although he wanted to dig a tunnel and blow up the city wall by blasting, this moat blocked the way to the tunnel.

Therefore, the main force can only be used to attack Jubaomen to attract the Tartar troops, and then send partial divisions to other city gates to find opportunities for combat.

The army of the security regiment headquarters set up camp at the Jiangning city on the first day, and built siege equipment on the second day. On the third day, Qiu Tianxing left nearly half of his troops to continue repairing the camp and building equipment, and then led the rest of the troops to the front of Jubaomen.

The Qinhuai River originates from Baohua Mountain in Jurong and Donglu Mountain in Lishui. After they meet at Fangshan Mountain, they flow into Jiangning and divide into two tributaries.Another branch flows into Jiangning City from Dongshuiguan, flows out of Jiangning City from Xishuiguan, and flows through the Confucius Temple in the south of the city. It is about ten miles long and is called Shili Qinhuai.

So the Jiangning moat is a branch of the Qinhuai River, a stream of flowing water.When he first came to Yuhuatai to set up camp, Qiu Tianxing sent someone to cut off the moat upstream.Today, the moat in front of Jubaomen has run out of water, leaving only a deep ravine.The next thing to do is to fill up this gap, which is also a cruel process.

After the order to fill the river was issued, the members of the reserve team worked together in a division of labor. Some dug soil and filled the river, while others filled the river with their bags.Arrows rained down from the top of the city, artillery fired in unison, corpses lay piled up in front of the moat, and blood flowed everywhere.

When the moat in front of Jubao Gate was filled, the members of the two columns of the alternate reserve battalion exhaled heavily.In order to fill out the ten-foot-wide road, they paid more than 2000 casualties.The rookies who survived by chance at this moment were all relieved.The cruelty of war tells them that battle is a contest of life and death, the outcome is not important, the most important thing is to survive.Just when the river was being filled, more than a dozen newcomers who were afraid to move forward were executed by military law.

The first main attack was the Seventh Battalion. Under the order of the battalion commander Ni Zhan, Wu Ahu, the captain of the first column, would be the vanguard of the attack.

Looking up at the strong city ahead, Wu A'hu's heart was agitated.

"This is the capital of the former Ming Emperor? I never thought that I, Old Wu, would be able to lead troops to attack this famous city today?"

Wu Ahu once fought under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and later the Tartars entered the customs, and he followed the Shangguan to surrender to the Tartars.In the third year of Huaxing, Shangguan was killed in battle with the security regiment, and he himself was captured by the security regiment.Counting from then, it has been four years since I joined the security team.In the past four years, I have experienced the glory of the security regiment, as well as the defeat of the security regiment. I have gone through the ups and downs of the Battle of Yingshan and the Battle of Anlu, and entered Dabie Mountain and then walked out of Dabie Mountain.After leaving the mountain now, the situation of the security regiment is so good that they attacked Jiangning city in less than two months, which Wu Ahu never dreamed of.

"Even if you die under this city, you will have no regrets in this life!" Wu Ahu thought in his heart.

But then he laughed at himself and said: "I still want to go to the city to have a look, how can I die in the city so easily?"

Straightening his face to make himself look more serious, he turned his head to look at the advance team of a brigade he was leading, and looked over their faces one by one.Some of their faces are young and immature, some are full of vicissitudes, some are old men they know well, and some are newcomers who have just been promoted.They are still alive now, but they may leave this world soon.The only thing Wu Ahu can do is to remember them as much as possible, and keep the image of their last moment in this world.

"Comrades! The Tartars are raging, China is full of mutton, and the Han people in the world have been suffering for several years. They hope that Master Wang can recover the world. However, the remnant will not work, let alone Li Chuang's thieves, and we can only rely on our security team!"

"In the second year of Huaxing, the head of the group vowed to establish the security group. It has been nearly six years. The security group has had its ups and downs, lost and won, and finally has today's foundation. We hit the city of Jiangning!"

"Because we implement the policy of liquidating traitors, many people slander us as regiment bandits. But as long as we take Jiangning City, we will be a regiment army, a resounding regiment army! Everyone in the world will look at it! The one who conquered the famous city The honor belongs to us!"

"Fight! Let's go down to Jiangning City!"

Finally Wu Ahu yelled again.

"Fight! Let's go down to Jiangning City!"

"Fight! Let's go down to Jiangning City!"

The members of the advance team roared loudly.Encouraged by Wu Ahu's words and eye contact, the group members became excited.

Behind, Qiu Tianxing, who was standing in the formation, nodded, and said to Ni Zhan beside him.

"The advance officer of your Seventh Battalion is not bad. He can catch up with the preacher in shouting slogans. The morale of the troops is very good!"

Hearing Qiu Tianxing's words, Ni Zhan quickly replied.

"He is Wu Ahu from the Seventh Battalion. He is now the captain of the first column. He used to be a soldier of the Ming Dynasty. He was timid in battle and fled quickly. Later, he joined our security team. Under the leadership of the team leader and inspired by the righteousness of the security team, Wu Ahu He became a heroic warrior, and he fought bravely first in every battle. Later, in the Dabie Mountain Military Academy, he studied hard, lost his violent temper, and gained a lot of knowledge."

Listening to Ni Zhan's narration, Qiu Tianxing nodded.Although he had read Wu Ahu's file, what he heard was not Wu Ahu's information, but Ni Zhan's attitude towards Wu Ahu.

"Perhaps after this battle, it's time for Wu Ahu to make a move." Qiu Tianxing thought to himself.

At this time, a loud noise broke Qiu Tianxing's thinking. It turned out that the Tartars on the top of the city fired.

(End of this chapter)