In the first half of the night, outside Nanjing, guns and cannons were endless, and it was very lively.

The rebels sneaked into Zhongshan. The Ming army on the mountain was prepared for a long time. After a fierce battle, the rebels withdrew back to the city.

When Zhu Yihai and Yan Yingyuan saw the troops returning to the city, they immediately returned to the palace to discuss secretly.

On the Ming army, each unit was preparing to attack the city overnight.

In fact, there is no need to make any preparations. The siege for several months has been completed.

In the next few days, the offensive and defensive sides were in peace. The rebels in the city still urged the people out of the city every day, while outside the east city, the Ming army occupying the mountaintops kept bombarding the Nanjing city walls.

Three days later, on the third day of October, the giant cannon transported from Zhenjiang arrived at the city of Nanjing, and the Ming army began its first strong attack.

This giant cannon was not the one transported to Beijing. When it came to transportation costs, the giant cannon used in the Northern Expedition was left in Beijing.

At present, the newly cast giant cannon from the Jiangnan Cannon General Administration is said to be the second casting, and its performance is more advantageous than the first cannon.

In the early morning, in the Ming army camp, soldiers from various units were still having breakfast, and the cannons on the hill began to roar.

Huge siege cannons were also erected outside the city, bombarding the Nanjing city walls.

Although the walls of Nanjing are tall and strong, they are still not enough to see in front of the giant siege cannons.

Whenever the cannon hit, the entire city wall trembled, and the bricks and stones fell down, making the soldiers on the city scared.

At this time, Yan Yingyuan was in command under the Taiping Gate. The city gate tower was cut off by several shells during the several days of artillery bombardment.

At this time, the giant cannon shook, and the wood, bricks, stones, and tiles fell down, causing shock to the defenders to scatter.

With a loud bang, a section of the city wall next to Taiping Menweng City suddenly rose up and the city collapsed.

At this time, a faint sound of drums came from outside the city, and the shouts of countless people rang out, and the sound went straight to the sky.

Yan Yingyuan immediately roared, "The bandit army is about to attack the city, and each army is demarcating the ground and defending it, and those who lose the ground will be killed!"

Outside the city, from Loujiangmen on the Yangtze River in the north to Zhengyangmen on the Qinhuai River in the south, outside the city wall that lasts more than ten miles long, the Ming army is full of attacking troops.

Zhao Ming mobilized 100,000 troops in one breath and attacked seven city gates in the east and southeast.

Nanjing is large and has many defense areas. Only by attacking multiple places can we disperse the forces of the defenders and find breakthroughs.

At this time, Zhao Ming pulled out his battle knife and shouted loudly, "Today, the attack on the city is not divided into primary and secondary. Each unit is the main attacker. Those who enter Nanjing first will be given a land turn over overseas and will be named king!"

Zhao Ming offered an unprecedented reward.

If it were more than ten years ago, everyone might not have caught a cold when they were crowned kings overseas.

However, now there are examples from the Han Dynasty, coupled with the influence of Shanghai's foreign trade, which gradually changed people's cognition.

If you could establish a vassal overseas and become the leader of a country, it would be much better than being a general in the Ming Dynasty.

After all, if the general is not hereditary, the vassal kings can pass the throne to their descendants, and the entire country is up to one's own decision. Isn't it beautiful?

"Roar!" The generals couldn't help but roar.

Zhao Ming said loudly: "Attack!"

In the wilderness, various units of the Ming army beat drums. Outside Taiping Gate, Li Chengdong led thousands of infantry troops, carrying flying bridges and long ladders, and pushing shield chariots, and then began to charge.

Now, Li Chengdong's adopted son, who is not as good as his, has become an ordinary general, but Zhao Ming's words just now have rekindled hope.

The Ming soldiers rushed to the moat with cannons and sporadic muskets on the front of the city.

The shield carts were immediately connected together, and the musketeers hid behind the shield cart and fired against the city. The mortar cannon was also pushed to the city and fired cannons to bombard the city walls.

At this time, the collapsed place was still shrouded in thick dust, but Li Chengdong led the infantry and boarded the flying bridge. The soldiers crossed the river through the flying bridge and crashed into the thick smoke at the collapsed place.

On both sides of the city, muskets were immediately fired and grenades were dropped. The Ming army suffered heavy casualties and injuries in the explosion.

"Kill!" Li Chengdong roared loudly.

The Ming soldiers did not avoid guns and bullets and climbed along the slopes. The soldiers threw grenades to both sides and overturned the rebels hiding behind the sandbags.

At this time, the Ming army climbed up along the collapsed place, chaotic rocks and mounds of soil, groped all the way and finally climbed up the top of the hill. However, the rebel soldiers who had already blocked the gap immediately stabbed the spear, stabbed the front soldiers to death, and rolled their bodies down the hillside.

The Ming soldiers behind immediately stabbed the rebel soldiers and stabbed them. The two sides fought wildly at the collapsed place, exchanging deaths.

At other city gates, the battle was also fierce. The Ming soldiers raised up the city ladder, and the ants climbed. The stones and wood on the city were falling like hail. The city ladder was overturned. The soldiers screamed and fell, and the battle was extremely fierce.

Nanjing City is too long and needs to defend everywhere. However, there are not many elite troops in the city. For a time, dangers are everywhere, and Ming troops have successively climbed up the city walls on each section.

Zhu Yihai, Zhu Yue and Zhu Yue are royal families, so they can only wear armor and go up to supervise the battle.

"Kill! Dare to go down these thieves!" Zhu Yihai roared loudly.

"The Supreme Emperor, Taiping Sect is in a hurry!" A royal family rushed over to report.

Zhu Yihai's expression changed drastically, but he didn't expect that the Duoming Army's offensive was so fierce.

At this time, at the collapse of Taiping Gate, Li Chengdong sacrificed his life and directed his subordinates to fight for his dream of becoming a king.

Yan Yingyuan also commanded his troops to fight to the death. The two sides exchanged deaths at the collapsed place, and the bodies kept piled up. Finally, since they were level with the city, Ming soldiers kept rolling down the slope.

However, Li Chengdong spent all his money to invest his troops. The rebels in the city persisted for nearly an hour, but finally couldn't support them. They were driven down the slope by the Ming army and fled to the city.

Seeing this, Li Chengdong was overjoyed and roared loudly, "Brothers, let me kill you!"

The big Ming army climbed over the slope and rushed into the city, but found that the rebels built mounds of earth on the streets in the city, blocking the Ming army's way.

At this time, a shout from the north, a team of rebels rushed along the base of the wall, and a group of rebels rushed out along the street, and the two sides immediately launched a desperate battle.

Outside Shence Gate, Dawang Mountain, the only remaining stronghold for the rebels outside the city.

At this time, he was surrounded by Ming army and attacked. Li Laiheng, the mountaintop, saw that the Ming army was about to break through the city defense. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Soldiers, follow me to kill!"

After speaking, he urged his horse to rush down the hillside. Thousands of elite soldiers behind him scattered the Ming army surrounding the mountain like tigers, and rushed to the rear of the Ming army attacking the city, rushing left and right in the Ming army formation, as if entering a no one.

In the distance, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi and others, under the Ming army's big banner, saw Li Laiheng so brave, and praised him without any surprise, "Laiheng is really the number one general in my order!"

The siege battle on the third day of the lunar calendar was extremely fierce. The Ming army once broke into the city, but in the end, it failed because the Nanjing Wengcheng system was strong in defense and failed to open the city gate.

That night, many generals gathered in Zhao Ming's tent and were indignant.

"If Li Laiheng hadn't rushed down the mountain today, Shence Sect would have been captured."

"I have led my army into the city. If you hadn't restrained the rebels and asked Zhu Yihai to lead the troops to reinforce, I would have broken Nanjing today!" Li Chengdong was very indignant.

"Old Li, what do you mean? If it weren't for the huge cannon bombarding the Taiping Gate, your troops would rush into Nanjing?" Jin Shenghuan said angrily immediately.

There was a noise in the tent. Zhao Ming coughed and said in a deep voice: "A big city like Nanjing can be fought like this today, which has scared the rebels. Maybe the army's morale is shaken and someone is going to surrender again."

As he was speaking, Wang Shuang stepped into the commander's tent and reported to Zhao Ming: "Your Highness, letters in the city!"

Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, Yue Qijie had sent letters frequently recently.
Chapter completed!