Chapter 268: The city of Nanjing is broken, and the city is attacked
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Who first caused him to suffer such a catastrophe? It was Zhu Di, who claimed to be his father Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite son. Not long after Zhu Yuanzhang died, Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign and ousted his nephew Zhu Yunwen from the throne. However, although he He ascended the throne in Nanjing, but he felt uncomfortable staying there. Coupled with other reasons, Zhu Di started to move the capital.
Just move the capital. Zhu Di really thought that he not only cloned the architectural design pattern of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, but also dismantled it. It stands to reason that there are mountains everywhere around Beijing, so it is the most convenient way to build the huge stones needed for the imperial palace. Even though they were using local materials, but for unknown reasons, Zhu Di actually dismantled the huge stones used to build the Ming Palace in Nanjing and transported them to Beijing with a lot of effort.
After all this trouble, the Ming Forbidden City appeared in a mess. Although Nanjing was still the capital in the later Ming Dynasty, it was no longer what it used to be. The royal family was not here, and the palace was left unattended. There was a big fire around the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The three main palaces, the inner garden, etc. were successively destroyed. Only some large palaces, such as the Qianqing Palace, the Kunning Palace, the three rear palaces, the Wenhua Palace, and the Wuying Palace were not destroyed.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army's iron cavalry swept southward like a gale. After occupying Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, they built an Eight Banners garrison in front of the Meridian Gate. They set up the General and Dutong offices in the Ming Palace. These soldiers are here You can do whatever you like, this is their camp anyway, and "outsiders" can't ask about it, and they don't dare to ask about it.
When the Taiping Rebellion broke out in the late Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Army fought fiercely with the Qing army stationed in the Ming Forbidden City. The former imperial palace became a battlefield. The third catastrophe suffered by the Ming Forbidden City began.
After the Taiping Army occupied Nanjing, in order to build the Tianwang Mansion and the palaces of other kings, they went to the Ming Forbidden City to collect local materials. After the Forbidden City experienced these three catastrophes, only ruins were left.
After a hasty dinner, Zhu Yongxing was escorted by a few soldiers. He walked around the Liangjiang Yamen. This place was also called "Xu Garden" in the Ming Dynasty. It is a classical garden with Jiangnan characteristics. It was originally built by Zhu Yuanzhang for the Han Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty turned this place into the Yamen of the Governor-General of Liangjiang. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Army established its capital in Nanjing and built the Tianwang Mansion on the basis of the Yamen of the Governor-General of Liangjiang. Later, after the Hunan Army captured Tianjing, it was set on fire.
The high hall is a large house with water dripping through the eaves. Although it has not been expanded at this time, it is different from ordinary buildings. It was once the palace of the Han Dynasty and a prominent official office, so it naturally pays attention to majesty and solemnity. It makes people feel awe-inspiring and fearful.
It was clear in his eyes that although Zhu Yongxing knew that war was unavoidable, he saw that this ancient capital of six dynasties and a thousand-year-old city was going to suffer such a disaster, and he was filled with sighs in his heart.
When someone reported that the generals had arrived, Zhu Yongxing gathered his thoughts and rushed to the lobby to sit down and discuss matters.
After landing in Nanjing in one day, although the whole city was still unconquered, the victory was determined and all the generals looked happy. Zhu Yongxing would not have such thoughts.
"If we attack Manchu City tomorrow, if we attack according to normal methods, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties." Zhu Yongxing was the first to speak, and said in a low voice: "There is no other way. The Manchu people know that they have no way out, so they will inevitably go into battle, men, women, old and young, and fight with all their might to fight against the city.
We will live or die together. Although our army has many soldiers and generals and strong combat power, its crazy and stubborn resistance will inevitably cause many casualties."
"Your Highness is kind-hearted. If we don't take it by force, a long-term siege will be a solution." The Syrian stallion Weixing saw Zhu Yongxing's strange mood when he looked down at the city, so he figured it out in his heart. Although he didn't know the truth, he was following Zhu Yongxing's words.
The meaning of the words.
"Long-term siege? I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Pingbei Hou Xia Guoxiang objected cautiously, "The army cannot sweep across Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but it has to be trapped in this tiny place. What should the public opinion do? If this thorn in the flesh is left, Nanjing will not be considered recovered.
The impact is different.”
"In my opinion, we can besiege on all sides." Ma Zide said: "The Qing army has few soldiers. If we focus on one thing and lose another, we can expect to break the city."
Zhu Yongxing smiled. He didn't know which one he agreed with. He pondered for a while and then said: "I just said that we don't need to attack it with normal methods, but we don't want to tolerate the existence of this city within a city for a long time. What the Qing army relies on is just strong walls and thick walls."
, must be fully defended. In this way, we can take advantage of the plan and consume the Qing army's effective strength on the city wall. This is what Gu thinks..."
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The beautiful colors brought by the rising sun quickly dyed the ancient city of the Six Dynasties, then turned from red to white, and slowly rose in the sky. It was neither as hot as in the hot summer, nor as dim as the storm, giving off a bright and
Lovely light.
Jiangning Admiral Ang Bangzhangjing Kekui rubbed his sore eyes, braced himself, stood on the city wall and looked out. With the hustle and bustle outside in the middle of the night, he knew that the Ming army was preparing to attack the city, but he didn't know what the Ming army was going to do.
Action. In the city, he has mobilized all the bannermen, old, weak, women and children, to form teams, either to fight on the city wall or to transport supplies. Those who can't do anything will not be idle, letting them cheer and cheer.
Although the city was not broken, Ke Kui felt desolate in his heart, knowing that the end was not far away. Basically, there was no need to count on reinforcements from the north of the Yangtze River. He had seen the mighty warships on the river and the masts like a forest; as for the south of the Yangtze River,
The hope of being able to withdraw the entire division and retake Nanjing is extremely slim.
At night, the Ming army also tried to persuade them to surrender, and in the name of the pseudo-clan, they guaranteed that those who surrendered would not be killed. Ke Kui didn't believe it, so he publicized to the bannermen in the city that the Ming army was trying to defraud the inner city and would never keep their word.
In fact, he was worried about himself as an important member of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he doubted the credibility of the Ming army to let him go.
Artillery has been set up outside the city and is aimed directly at the city. Judging from the density, the main attack direction of the Ming army should be at the two gates in the northwest, as well as the Zhengyang Gate and Chaoyang Gate in the southeast. The symmetrical attacks on both sides made the Qing army focus on one and miss the other.
This can be considered a quite satisfactory arrangement.
Ke Kui had completed his observation and made corresponding adjustments. He deployed the main force in these two directions and asked the reserve team to carry bags of earth and bricks to prepare to fill the gap. The city's barrier is this thick wall. Once it is blocked,
The number of people in the city would not be able to withstand the superior Ming army. Of course, Ke Kui would not have thought that what Zhu Yongxing was most worried about was actually the struggle for houses and palaces in the city, and the most worried about damaging the cultural relics and buildings that had survived in the long history.
The Ming army outside the city was even busier. The artillery was adjusted and the infantry lined up. A chilling atmosphere rushed towards them, and a big battle was about to begin.
At about nine o'clock in the morning, the Ming army's artillery began to fire in sequence, then paused for a while, readjusted, and then launched a powerful volley. The two gates in the northwest were the main attack, and the Zhengyang Gate and Chaoyang Gate in the southeast were for containment.
Sexual aggression.
The low sound of artillery continued to sound, and slowly gathered. It formed a huge roar that suppressed all sounds, and the earth was also shaking. Firelights flickered, accompanied by thick white smoke, and huge black artillery shells hit the target with unstoppable power.
The target kept hitting the city wall. Bricks and stones flew from the top of the city, and those who couldn't run were smashed into pulp. Those who managed to escape with their lives could no longer stand on the top of the city.
There are also firecrackers and artillery all over the city, but their range and power cannot be compared with the Ming army. There are hundreds of long guns and cannons unloaded from the warships on the river. They are even more destructive at a distance of 700 to 800 meters.
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Seeing that it was difficult to defend the bombarded city, Ke Kui ordered his flag soldiers to wait in formation under the city wall. He would only wait for the enemy infantry to board the city before rushing forward to counterattack.
The artillery bombardment of the Ming army began to slow down, taking turns to cool down and fire, and still maintained the continuity of the bombardment. For an hour, the bombardment continued in this area. There was no sign of stopping, which caused a continuous psychological state among the Qing soldiers in the city.
Due to the pressure, the city battlements were flattened and all the artillery on the city were destroyed. When there was no threat, the Ming army launched small land artillery closer to the city wall.
The heavy artillery slowly stopped, and the small land artillery continued to bombard. Although the power was small, it was still destructive.
The rumbling sound of cannons alarmed the residents in the city. They looked for high places, looked towards Mancheng, talked to each other, and talked excitedly about when Mancheng could be breached.
After resting for nearly an hour, the heavy artillery began to fire again. The heavy shells hit the city wall, and the bricks and stones were broken piece by piece. Small gaps gradually formed, and then became larger and larger, and were connected.
Ke Kui was anxious, but he could only watch. The bombardment had not stopped at this time, and it was impossible to repair the blockade in the city anyway.
Torment, fear, anxiety...all kinds of emotions enveloped the bannermen in the city, and the premonition of impending disaster became increasingly strong.
The sound of artillery finally stopped, the shouts of killing were earth-shattering, and the Ming army launched the first round of attacks on the city wall.
"Go up to the city, go up to the city." Ke Kui shouted in a hissing voice, commanding the flag soldiers to ascend the city to defend.
When Ke Kui led his flag soldiers to catch up with the city wall covered with rubble and broken bricks, he saw that the infantry array of the Ming army outside the city was still far away. These Ming troops did not run quickly, but slowly moved forward in a rigorous formation.
"Come on, come on, let you know how powerful the Eight Banners are." Ke Kui waved his sword and ordered the flag soldiers to bring up all the muskets, guns and mountain-splitting cannons under the city. The reserve team also lined up under the city wall, preparing to attack.
The Ming army in the city attacked head-on.
In the field of view of the telescope, more and more soldiers were cleared at the top of the city, arranging and setting up weapons. Qian Bangchen raised the corners of his mouth, with a disdainful sneer, and gave the order to bombard.
Pass, pass, pass... With a muffled sound, clouds of smoke rose from the Ming army's position, and cannonballs with sparks flying towards the city wall.
This was a powerful salvo, with hundreds of Tianwei cannons firing densely packed shells. They landed, rolled, and exploded; landed, bounced, and exploded...
Outside the city wall, on the city wall, and inside the city wall, groups of fires flashed, explosions sounded, smoke rose, shrapnel flew, and this section of the city wall was immediately enveloped in smoke.
The Eight Banners in the city who had gathered near the city wall were suddenly blown into pieces, causing heavy casualties. Ke Kui was thrown off the city wall by the blast of air. Fortunately, it hit the people below and only injured his leg.
Burning air waves hit his face, screams and wails were endless. In the smoke, Ke Kui felt like he was in hell. His body hurt and his heart hurt even more. This was the enemy's trick. He woke up, but what was the use? The explosion slowly stopped.
When he came down, Ke Kui's ears were buzzing, but he heard the sound of golden drums and horns. The Ming army was finally going to attack the city?
"Go to the city, go to the city!" Ke Kui's voice was hoarse and his legs were in severe pain, but he still endured the pain and jumped up on one leg, roaring loudly.
Although the banner soldiers suffered heavy casualties, they bravely rushed to the top of the city. This was exactly the mentality and momentum of a crazy counterattack in the face of death. Many of the banner women also grabbed weapons and climbed to the city, preparing to fight to the death with the Ming army.
.The flag soldiers in other areas saw that the Ming army was about to attack from now on, so they all mobilized their manpower to come to support.
The Ming army's infantry queue advanced some distance and was less than a hundred meters away from the city wall. Ke Kui had difficulty moving. Someone was treating him, but he did not immediately board the city wall.
"Fire!" Qian Bangchen looked through the binoculars, estimated the time and the number of Qing soldiers gathered, and issued the order again.
The sound of artillery roared, direct-fire artillery bombarded the city wall, and Tianwei's cannon blast killed the enemy. After one round, this section of the city wall was already covered with the corpses of bannermen.
Ke Kui was vomiting blood. He didn't know how to arrange it. Giving up the city wall would mean that the whole city would be destroyed. This was an option he could not choose.
The heavy artillery began to fire continuously, and the gap in the city wall became wider and wider. It was already around two o'clock in the afternoon, and Ke Kui could only gather his bannermen to prepare to seal the gap that could be breached at any time.
After half an hour of artillery bombardment, more than ten meters of the city wall had been smashed open and collapsed, enough for the soldiers to climb onto the city on foot.
Then, the infantry queue of the Ming army who had retreated suddenly let out a shout. They rushed forward quickly and soon approached the city wall.
Through the blasted gap, the bannermen shouted: "The enemy, the enemy is coming to attack the city!"
Ke Kui's whole body cramped, and he felt a layer of sweat break out on his forehead and vest for a moment. He shouted in a hoarse voice: "Line forward to stop them! Bag rocks with earth and seal the gap."
Within a distance of fifty steps, the Ming infantry stopped advancing and fired fiercely at the gap with flintlock rifles. Many Qing soldiers in the gap or the banner men blocking the gap were hit and fell to the ground.
"Fire arrows, fire blunderbuss..." Ke Kui commanded loudly. He wanted to shoot at the Ming army and overwhelm the Ming army, so as to quickly block the gap.
Then, Ke Kui heard the familiar muffled sound again, more violent than the previous two times, and the intensive bombing suddenly came. The Ming army not only used the Tianwei Cannon, but also used the Sky Boom Cannon at a closer distance.
Fires exploded one after another, and the explosions were indistinguishable. There was scorching smoke and flying shrapnel everywhere. Gunpowder packets weighing several kilograms exploded, and even if you were lying on the ground, your internal organs would be damaged. Every crater appeared.
, within a few meters of the surrounding area, there were stumps of limbs and arms, and corpses lying everywhere.
After the explosion, the remaining parts of the city wall were shrouded in chaos inside and outside, and it was impossible to tell which was the dust and which was the smoke of the explosion. The surviving enemies were shaken to pieces, making it difficult to breathe, and the air seemed
They were all burned out and squeezed away. They tried hard to open their mouths, but with every gasp they breathed in the choking gunpowder smoke. The hot smoke burned in the throats and between the lungs.
It's hot and burning, as if it's about to explode again in the chest.
The shaking earth calmed down, and the smoke gradually dissipated amidst the cries and screams. People could see corpses everywhere around the explosion site, some curled up in the broken bricks and soil, and some poking out from the mud bricks.
Half of his body was dead. The ground was a mess, some were dark, some were burnt yellow, and the plowed soil was mixed with broken weapon parts and broken military uniforms.
In the violent explosion, large and small rocks were actually ejected from the soil under the squeeze of the earthquake, flying high and smashing people's heads and bleeding.
The explosions stopped and the smoke gradually dissipated. This area was already as miserable as hell. There were dense craters, wisps of smoke, stumps, corpses, bloodstains, broken weapons, blood-stained pieces of cloth, and
It's bloody and I don't know what human organ it is.
The injured were wailing and screaming, while those who survived seemed sluggish and slow. Some bannermen lost their hearing in the loud noise; some had their internal organs injured by the shock, their limbs were weak, and they could not even pick up weapons;
The bannermen were not injured, but they could no longer get up and were shaken to death on the ground.
Ke Kui had disappeared and turned into countless fragments scattered on the battlefield. The bannermen defending in other areas were dumbfounded, horrified beyond measure, and despairing in their hearts.
The Ming army had not yet entered the city and was unscathed, but it had already killed and wounded thousands of bannermen. The strategy of using feint attacks and the bannermen's psychology of defending the city wall to consume the enemy's strength in attacking and defending the city wall was successful.
In the southeast, the bannermen also suffered heavy casualties. The tactics used by the Ming army were the same as those in the northwest. Bombing the city, feigning attacks, luring the enemy, intensive bombing...
There was a flash of light, and the Ming infantry climbed up the ladder and appeared in the gap, their helmets bright. Then, gunshots rang out, and more and more Ming troops crossed the city wall and entered the city.
The bannermen mobilized their troops and launched the final attack towards the gap under the leadership of Deputy Commander Mingxiang. Both men and women took up their weapons and charged wildly with howls. However, under the heavy fire of Ming army's muskets and artillery fire,
It finally ended with dead bodies everywhere.
Ming Xiang died in battle, and the two most daring generals in the city were gone. The banner soldiers were demoralized. A group of banner soldiers opened the Chaoyang Gate and fled out of the city, but were quickly wiped out by the Ming army and did not escape from the outer city at all.
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The Ming army once again launched an offensive to persuade the bannermen to surrender, and could accept the surrender of the bannermen and temporarily slow down the offensive. People in desperate situations are the most susceptible to temptation. When the bannermen saw the sudden appearance of life, their energy to resist desperately was immediately reduced. And a Qing Dynasty
Prince Ting stood up at this time and urged surrender in order to survive.
This noble Manchu prince was Dong E, Prince of Xin County, who was known for being as timid as a mouse. He sat in Nanjing, but it was of no use. When the Yangtze River Navy crossed the border, he was so scared that he closed the city and could not leave; when the Ming army invaded the border,
, he hid all over the city and never met him.
When the city was under siege, Dong E once raised the possibility of surrender. However, Ke Kui and Ming Xiang flatly refused, telling him that the Ming army would not let him go, as an important member of the Qing court, and he should live or die with the city!