In late autumn, artillery fire still rumbles in Nanjing.

The shells fell on the walls of Nanjing City one after another. Each shell landed, a burst of smoke and dust would stir up. The earth kept trembling slightly. Even if you stood about twenty feet from the city wall, you could still feel it.

When the shells gradually stopped, the siege soldiers of the Daxi Army rushed up.

Judging from the connection of time, although this incisor and cannon coordination is relatively basic, it is considered to be in place.

Li Dingguo's integration of the Zuo Family Army seemed to be relatively successful. At this stage, the original Zuo Family Army was the main force in the siege.

These surrendered soldiers waved their weapons and rushed up, with various ladders and siege cars coming.

The Ming army guarding Nanjing naturally could not remain indifferent to this.

Above the city wall, many musketeers opened fire.

"Bang bang bang!"

The quality of the Daming musket is worrying, but as the prince, Zhu Cilang certainly has the ability to allow each of his three thousand princely soldiers to obtain a good enough musket.

Under the condescending shooting of Daming musket soldiers, soldiers from the Western Army continued to fall to the ground.

But the fire of the musketeers did not last long, because there was a lack of sufficient ammunition supply in Nanjing, which made everyone very nervous.

So next, it's time for the archers to show their power.

The Ming army's archers also shot condescendingly, which could also cause considerable casualties.

Li Dingguo seemed not to care about this, and the rumbling sound of drums kept coming from the flagship on the river, urging everyone to move forward.

The battle was very fierce.

Li Dingguo was calm and composed, standing on the bow of the flagship, staring at the city of Nanjing in the distance.

Since the two sides have entered a stage of close contact, the sound of artillery has naturally stopped long ago.

Suddenly, a series of dense explosions came, attracting Li Dingguo's attention.

Zuo Fei, who was standing next to Li Dingguo, hurriedly said: "Your Highness, it was this hand that threw lightning, which caused us huge losses before!"

Li Dingguo nodded. Although the distance was quite far, Li Dingguo could still see an explosion of flames flashing on the city wall.

When the grenade exploded, the offensive of the Western Army was immediately severely defeated.

The ladder was blown up, the siege cars were blown up, and the soldiers crowded under the city wall became the targets of their lives.

Li Dingguo said lightly: "Okay, withdraw your troops."

The sharp sound of gold began to sound.

Many soldiers of the Western Army retreated like a tide.

Seeing this, Zuo Fei suddenly showed a puzzled expression in his eyes.

In Zuo Fei's view, Li Dingguo's behavior is obviously difficult to understand.

Isn’t this obviously asking the soldiers to die?

In Nanjing, news of the withdrawal of the Western Army has also been passed back to the palace.

The important officials in Nanjing who learned the news were immediately excited.

"It seems that Li Dingguo is just like that."

"The so-called successor of Zhang Xianzhong is actually just a bandit like Zhang Xianzhong. What kind of climate can it become?"

"With His Highness the Crown Prince in charge, how could Li Dingguo be his Highness's opponent?"

Looking at the group of important officials in front of him, Zhu Cilang pinched his chin and fell into thinking.

wrong.

Li Dingguo, a man who had defeated the Qing army many times in history, was a real famous general.

How could such a famous general choose to give up so easily in the first attack after acquiring Zuo Liangyu's army?

unless……

"This is Li Dingguo testing us." Zhu Cixuan suddenly spoke.

When the others present heard this, they were immediately confused.

Zhang Shenyan couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, what can he test?"

In Zhang Shenyan's opinion, Zuo Liangyu's army has been fighting Nanjing for so many days. Since Li Dingguo has incorporated Zuo Liangyu's army, he must have learned all the information about the previous battle from there. Where is there any need to test it?

Zhu Cilang straightened up and said seriously: "Because Li Dingguo and Zuo Liangyu were enemies not long ago, he would not fully trust Zuo Liangyu's former subordinates. So his attack today is more about verifying whether Zuo Liangyu's subordinates had the previous battle situation of attacking Nanjing."

Gao Dejie listened on the side, and suddenly realized it and said, "Li Dingguo wants to know the power of our grenades!"

Zhu Cilang smiled and nodded: "That should be the case."

Knowing yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle. Using the surrendered troops of the Zuo Family Army to die, on the one hand, you can test the combat effectiveness of the surrendered troops of the Zuo Family Army and whether they are loyal to the West. On the other hand, you can also test the combat effectiveness of the guard forces in Nanjing City. It is really a killing two birds with one stone.

Gao Dejie's idea had been completely opened, and he said excitedly: "So Li Dingguo just attacked tentatively, confirming that the Zuo family army could use and that the grenades were indeed very powerful, he retreated because he also wanted to preserve his strength."

Zhang Shenyan listened on the side, and his eyes widened at this moment, and couldn't help but say, "What will Congress Li Ding do next?"

Zhu Cilang was about to speak, but suddenly stopped and carefully sounded outside.

A series of dull sounds came from afar, and even at the central palace in Nanjing, you can still feel the power of these sounds.

Zhu Ciyang let out a sigh of relief and said, "This is what Li Dingguo did. Next, what Nanjing City should be welcomed will not be the enemy, but only artillery fire!"

The sound of cannons rumbled.

On the flagship on the river, Li Dingguo said calmly: "Tell the artillerymen, bombard me continuously until the artillery can't bear it and then rest."

Thanks to occupying two important towns, Wuchang and Jiujiang, Li Dingguo seized a large number of shells from it, which allowed him to continue this high-intensity shelling for a long time.

Zuo Fei heard clearly beside him and couldn't help but say, "Does Your Highness want to use cannons to destroy this city?"

Li Dingguo nodded slowly and said, "Yes, this is the only solution that can break the city."

Winter is coming, and for Li Dingguo, his time is also limited.

Suddenly, a drum sound came.

Li Dingguo showed a surprised expression on his face and turned to look to the west.

At the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, a fleet is slowly sailing.

"This, this is..." Li Dingguo's tone became panicked for the first time.

Half an hour later, a man wearing a crown stood in front of Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo knelt on one knee: "My son, I have met my father."

The person who came was nothing but the current King of the West - Zhang Xianzhong!

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes swept over Li Dingguo, looked around the many generals behind Li Dingguo, and finally returned to Li Dingguo and sighed slowly.
Chapter completed!