The Qing army arrived at the periphery of Nanchang one after another on the second day of September, just as Jiang Yueguang expected.

Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren looked at the Qing army outside the city, which was covered with the sky and sun, and their faces turned green. They had fought with the Qing army before and knew the combat effectiveness of these barbarians. Now the main force on the opposite side was Mongols, with about 30,000 to 40,000 people in Zhengbai Banner and Inlaid White Banner. The Qing army built a banner of 7,500 people, but Dorgon's brothers were the banner owners of the two white Banners, so the power of the two white Banners far exceeded that of the other banners, but these tens of thousands of people also allowed the elites of the two white Banners to be released. It seems that Dorgon is ready to die.

What Jin Shenghuan and others didn't know was that Jiangxi had a heavy blow to the Qing Dynasty anyway. Jiangxi's geographical location was very important, just in the middle of Southern China, bordering several major provinces in Southern China. Now the Qing Dynasty is using troops in Huguang and Zhejiang. The loss of Jiangxi has made these two aspects very passive, so Dorgon has to recover Jiangxi no matter what.

In fact, Jin Shenghuan's current situation is much stronger than in history. In history, Jin Shenghuan led his troops to attack Ganzhou, but the Qing Dynasty seized the retreat. Jin Shenghuan had no choice but to return to rescue Nanchang, but Nanchang had defended for half a year. However, in history, Jin Shenghuan still had 100,000 veterans trained by war, but now only 60,000 veterans were harmed by Zhang Jiayu, and Wang Deren lost 20,000 in Jiujiang. Now there are only 40,000 veterans in Nanchang City, plus the 50,000 newly recruited recruits in the past few months, a total of 110,000, against the 160,000 Manchu and Mongolian army outside the city.

Jin Shenghuan brought more than 20 generals to the Deshengmen Tower in the North City. Seeing the dense Qing army camp outside the city, Jin Shenghuan said: "The Qing army has come from afar and is unstable. It is when he goes out to intercept the city. The general and I have achieved their first contribution!"

Seeing that Jin Shenghuan was about to leave the city and fought desperately, Jiang Yueguang rushed forward to stop him, "Your Highness, the Qing army is powerful, we should rely on the Nanchang City to defend and wait for assistance!"

"Standing on the support? Can anyone come to save us?"

"Your Majesty has issued an imperial edict and ordered Zhang Jiayu to reinforce us. I have sent someone to send a letter to Zhang Jiayu in Ganzhou, so that he can quickly lead the army to rescue. Your Highness will rest assured!"

Jin Shenghuan smiled bitterly. It would be better to count on himself than to count on that bastard emperor, not to mention that Zhang Jiayu only has more than 10,000 people, and even if he can fight, he will not be the opponent of more than 100,000 Qing troops on the other side.

"Don't say much, Lord Supervisor. Now the Qing army has just arrived, and most of our city are recruits. We need a victory to boost morale! Brother Wang, are you willing to attack the enemy camp with me?"

Wang Deren cursed Jin Shenghuanla in his heart to die, but there was no way. All his 20,000 people were wiped out. Now Jin Shenghuan is powerful and can't be disobedient.

"Haha, my brother is in great interest, I will accompany me to the fire and water!" Wang Deren had no choice but to grit his teeth and say harsh words.

Jin Shenghuan nodded, "Very good, come here, prepare for five thousand cavalry, I'm going to go out and charge the battle!"

Jin Shenghuan originally had 50,000 cavalry, but they were all left in Ganzhou. The Zhang family's jade men could let go, but the horse refused to agree. Jin Shenghuan had no choice but to do it from many ways, and finally organized these 5,000 cavalry.

The Qing army had just arrived in Nanchang at this time, and before they could set up camp, they saw the north gate of Nanchang open. Teams of cavalry walked out of the city gate and lined up outside the city.

Duoduo rode on the horse and looked at it, laughing and said, "Oh, it seems that the barbarian Jin Shenghuan is going to fight with us with a cavalry. Hu Xi, you bring two thousand people with you and let these barbarians see how our Eight Banners fight together!"

Hu Xi is He Luohui's younger brother. He just turned 20 this year and was eager to make achievements. When he heard Duoduo say this, he immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Master, for this grace to the servant!"

He Luo was afraid that his younger brother would be aggressive in his youth, so he said to Duoduo: "Master, can you let the slave lead the troops to serve as a defender for Hu Xi?"

Duoduo shook his head and said, "He Luo will do it, we will all grow old. How can the eagle soar in the sky without experiencing the wind and rain? This time I will see Hu Xi's!"

Hu Xi was overjoyed when he heard Duoduo say this and took the guard down to prepare.

No matter what He Luo said, he was worried about his younger brother and ordered his own 100 Bayala personal soldiers to protect Hu Xi.

Hu Xi led the two thousand elite soldiers of the Zhengbai Banner, who had been fighting with Duoduo for many years, laughed at the five thousand Ming army, and said that there was no problem at all.

Jin Shenghuan set up a team outside the city and saw about two thousand cavalrymen coming out from the opposite side, it seemed that they were preparing to resist him.

Jin Shenghuan saw the cavalry on the opposite side joking and laughing, and there was no tension at all when he was in the battle, and cursed: "These Qing Tartars are so fuckingly annoying. They look down on us, so they know that grandpa's cavalry is not vegetarian either!"

The Ming army had already prepared a team, and under the leadership of Jin Shenghuan, began to jog in small steps, movable the muscles and bones of the horse, and prepared to rush forward in a while.

On the other hand, these Zhengbai Banner cavalry were worthy of being a Far East combat nation. They looked at it and laughed, but when the horses were jogging, they slowly formed a battle group dominated by Bayala soldiers. When the two horses were about to approach, they picked up heavy weapons such as maces.

Many people in later generations said that the Qing army was a nomadic army, but this is not true. The Qing army and the Mongolian nomadic army were completely different. In fact, later generations wrote historical books, and naturally regarded all the cats and dogs other than the Han people as Mongolian light cavalry of the Genghis Khan period. In fact, a lot of light cavalry, cavalry, etc., are just auxiliary. The main force that determines the victory or defeat of the battle is the impact cavalry, namely the heavy cavalry. The only main force that relies on cavalry as the main force is limited, the Xiongnu, Mongolia, Xianbei, Turkic, Rouran, Tubo, Jurchen, etc., basically rely on heavy cavalry to determine the victory or defeat of the battle. It is ridiculous to raise the riding and archery that is just a harassment to the height of deciding the victory or defeat.

As for the fighting style of the Qing Dynasty, that is, the Qing army, the cavalry was even less dominant. Everyone can notice that the mountainous terrain in Liaodong is not conducive to the performance of cavalry, whether it is melee cavalry or long-range cavalry. In fact, the soldiers in the mountainous areas are basically known for infantry, and the Qing army is no exception. They are also dominated by heavy infantry. Of course, the Qing Dynasty is in the rising period now, and the heavy cavalry that crossed the pass outside the pass has not yet died, so it is still very strong to face the Ming army now.

As soon as Jin Shenghuan's cavalry came into contact with the heavy cavalry of the Qing Dynasty, they immediately cut butter with a hot knife. The formation was cut in half by the Bayala soldiers who were at the forefront. There was no suspense in the battle next time. Jin Shenghuan's cavalry were all selected veterans and had strong combat power, but they were much worse than the Qing cavalry who had been fighting outside the pass for many years. Jin Shenghuan could not hold on without ten minutes.

Seeing that his side's combat power was really not good, Wang Deren came to Jin Shenghuan and shouted: "Brother, I really can't beat him, please withdraw!"

Jin Shenghuan glanced at the less than 3,000 people around him, and half of them were wiped out in less than a quarter of an hour. Jin Shenghuan sighed and said, "Retreat!" After that, he fled back to the city under the protection of the guards.

Fortunately, the Qing army only attacked the Ming army this time and had no intention of seizing the city. When Jin Shenghuan ran away, he stopped chasing him. He laughed and killed the injured Ming army on the ground and rode back to the camp one by one.

When Duoduo saw the Ming army failing, he didn't say anything, so he ordered the Qing army to set up camp, and then sent Tan Tai to lead the army to sweep the four townships, collect food and grass, and build siege tools, and prepare for tomorrow's siege.

The Qing Dynasty went south this time to prepare for their own people, and the army consisted of 30,000 Manchus, 50,000 Han army and Eight Banners, and 80,000 Mongols. As for those unreliable new affiliated troops of the Southern Ming Dynasty, they did not bring any of them, so the cannon fodder that attacked the city this time became the Mongols and the Eight Banners of the Han army.

The next morning, Duoduo led 10,000 elite Manchu soldiers, 10,000 Mongolian Eight Banners, and 10,000 Han army and Eight Banners to attack Deshengmen, Tan Tai led 30,000 Mongolians to attack Yonghemen, and the navy had Ma Guozhu leading 30,000 Han army and Eight Banners to attack Zhangjiangmen, and the battle to defend the city in Nanchang officially began.

When Jin Shenghuan saw the enemy's siege begin, the first wave was the enemy's rockets. Fortunately, Wang Deren burned all the fire here in the North City, and the Qing army's rockets had no use at all. The second wave was the Mongolian and Han Eight Banners carrying the ladder. These guys were the first batch of cannon fodder.

Nanchang City had never experienced a large siege battle in the late Ming Dynasty, so both the city walls and the city gates were intact, but the tincture oil and tools were lacking to defend the city. The latter part was easy to deal with. This large area of ​​Beicheng was full of ruins after burning, such as stones and wood. In the past few days, Jiang Yueguang organized the strong men in the city to transport all the stones and woods to the top of the city.

When the siege soldiers came to the city, the siege officially began. The siege, wolf tooth siege, broken dragon stone and other things on the city wall were thrown down one after another. The siege is a large wooden stake covered with iron pointed heads; the siege is like a large fly siege, but the fly siege also has pointed heads; the siege is a stone mill with a center perforated hole, square and round, connected with iron chains, thrown down to kill the enemy. In addition to these, there are also disposable city guarding tools, such as thunder, swarms, fire crows and other gunpowder tools. In addition to these, there are hot oil boiled from the big pot. After boiling, it falls down along the preset passage on the city wall, and the aroma of fried meat skin can float up every time.

The Qing army's combat effectiveness was indeed much stronger than the previous new affiliated army. Deshengmen was attacked on the top of the city several times, but Jin Shenghuan and his guards rushed to the death before they rushed down. The siege battle was dark, and the Qing army was exhausted. Seeing that it was dark, it began to retreat.

Seeing that the Qing army retreated, Jiang Yueguang began to organize the strong men to transport the city guard supplies to the city wall to treat the wounded. After this day of fighting, Jin Shenghuan was injured by the enemy in many places on his body. Seeing that Jiang Yueguang also came to the city, he quickly stood up and saluted.

When Jiang Yueguang saw Jin Shenghuan's injuries, he stopped Jin Shenghuan and said, "Thank you for your hard work, your lord! I finally got through today!"

Jin Shenghuan nodded and said, "This is the first day. Most of the tools to defend the city were damaged. If I hadn't led the team to the death, the city would have been occupied."

Jiang Yueguang also knew the danger and quickly asked, "Prince, what do you need me to do?"
Chapter completed!