The offensive and defensive battles on the Qinhuai River were fought heroically and bloody. Although there was no hand-to-hand combat, the two sides suffered considerable casualties just by shooting the crazy long-range weapons.

The morale of the defenders was also high under the supervision of the Shige tribe and the scholars who helped the people and washed away the shame.

The reason why this battle ended like this is because of the original hard quality and combat strength of the Nanjing defenders was really low.

Nanjing is not Zhu Shuren's direct territory. Zhu Shuren has been traveling for five and a half years, but he has not been able to reach out to the defense and military construction of Nanzhili. Although the guardian navy controlled by the Chen family is elite, it also belongs to Nanzhili, it is the navy and plays a greater role in other directions.

At least 80% of the garrison troops in Nanjing are still in the old system. The Ming army built under the old arms support system has not received the support of the new muskets, new armor and other equipment from the new army in Huguang. The old army with few war formations will indeed perform poorly at the beginning.

This is also impossible, because Zhu Shuren traveled to a real and complex world, not a systematic world with the "loyalty of the protagonist's subordinates". Zhu Shuren's strategy is to make the most of the inheritance stability bonus brought by Ming's orthodoxy, and not to directly launch the imperial system and start a new development.

In this case, Zhu Shuren certainly cannot use the rough power-grabbing dictatorship that the protagonists of the system that locks loyalty can use. Even if he knows that the success of dictatorship can build the army and farm faster.

Even though his father-in-law became emperor, even if Shi Kefa had a good relationship with him, he was only temporarily promoted from the governor of one province to the governor of three provinces, and did not fully grasp everything in the Southern Ming court in one step. "There is no matter how big or small the political affairs are, all depends on the teacher."

Only when the Nanjing court experienced the crisis again, and was rescued by Zhu Shuren from the cliff, the comparison made the literati and internal fighting cabinet ministers all shocked and scared, and the weak and shaky people were also eliminated. It was found that without Zhu Shuren, they could not play with them. They could only choose between "either being killed or absolutely listening to Zhu Shuren", and then completely handed over the dictatorship to him.

At that point, Zhu Shu people could also reform and upgrade the armed forces in Nanzhili, and enjoy a relatively high treatment just like the Ming army in Huguang.

In fact, in the original history, the authorization standards of generals in the late Ming Dynasty gradually increased as the situation gradually deteriorated. What was Zheng Chenggong before Nanjing was lost? What was Li Dingguo? Can you absolutely have the final say? It is impossible.

During the Hongguang Dynasty, even if Li Dingguo wanted to Zhao'an, he would not have a chance. Nanming would not be able to give him a title. Hongguang died and changed Yongli. The situation completely collapsed, so he let go of the standard.

The imperial armed forces in Nanzhili would not be willing to hand over all the military power to Zhu Shuren without suffering a little.

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Of course, the land forces around Nanjing are not completely unstoppable. For example, Zhu Shuren used Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong's border troops to withdraw from sea to Liaodong and Jimen Ming troops.

…. In addition to Gao Jie's army, which had suffered a lot of losses, there were also the former Shanxi general Li Fuming, as well as some of Bai Guangen and Tang Tong's soldiers (Bai Guangen and Tang Tong themselves surrendered to the enemy in the north, and some of their troops were recovered from Wu Sangui by Zhu Shuren)

At least they were the original nine-sided border troops, and their combat effectiveness was still good, but their number accounted for less than 20% of the Nanjing city guards.

At the beginning of the siege, Li Fuming's troops did not deploy defenses on the wall section of the Qing army's main attack, which caused the Ming army's defense to be a little frigid. Afternoon, Shi Kefa finally completed all the dispatch, transferred Li Fuming's main force over, and also allowed Li Fuming to serve as the commander of this defense zone. The situation quickly improved.

As the bloody battle continued until the afternoon, more than 40 cannons concentrated by the Qing army repeatedly blasted against a section of the city wall. Although the wall had not collapsed, the large stones and blue bricks on the outer layer had already completely collapsed, and the female walls in this section were completely destroyed. The top of the wall was bare and there was no cover at all. The soldiers blocking the mouth could only defend against iron armor and giant shields, and there was no place to hide.

Because the rammed earth inside the wall is easy to buffer and absorb energy, it is impossible to completely collapse. Even if it has been hit hard by thousands of shells, it will only smash the taller parts on it to peel off and collapse a little. But no matter how Duoduo bombs, these wall sections can basically retain at least half of the height.

Don't be surprised by the sturdyness of the Nanjing city wall. After all, a considerable part of the Nanjing Ming city wall was still there until later in the 21st century. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army also bombarded with modern artillery, but they did not completely collapse (but the Japanese used large numbers mainly to bombard ancient buildings with Type 92 infantry guns, which was very short in diameter and could only be destroyed by blasting force. If you use heavy siege artillery on the European battlefield during World War II, it would probably be possible)

The wall on the Qinhuai River that Duoduo attacked was too high and thick, with a height of about six meters, which is 20 meters. The width of the top of the wall is three to four meters, and the width of the bottom is eight to ten meter wide. If it is bombarded in an indiscriminate manner, it is impossible to level the earth dam more than twenty meters thick directly. At most, it is to cut it a little shorter, and then it is expected that the collapsed soil will form a slope so that people can rush up.

Seeing that the bombardment progress was slower than expected, Duoduo further used all the trench bridge vehicles and city-digging wooden donkeys at all costs. There were a total of hundreds of city-digging wooden donkeys, and thousands of soldiers were nestled inside and poaching the loose and collapsed soil.

The Ming army's Folang machine also outputs crazy at these siege equipment. Every moment, the siege equipment is blown up and destroyed. The soldiers inside are wailing and wailing, as shrill as a ghost.

In order to disperse the firepower of the Ming army, Duoduo originally did not plan to get on the ladder truck and the ladder ants in front of the broken wall, but now he doesn't care. Because time is in a hurry, he has only built less than ten large ladder trucks, and the rest are simple ladders.

Now I don't care about it anymore, and I'm all over it, hoping to entangle the faces of a few Ming army's horses. The defenders on the horn tower made it impossible for the soldiers on the fort to fire with all their strength.

Looking at the thousands of veterans of the Han army flags and hundreds of elite dead soldiers with double armor in the Manchu Eight Banners, they were constantly dying under the city, Duoduo's heart was also bleeding, but he knew that this was a time to bet on his life and could not be stingy.

....The killing continued until the end of the day. The shortest part of the wall that was bombarded by the Qing army was smashed to a height of two or three meters, but the remaining residues were still more than three meters high, equivalent to ten meters.

However, Duoduo dared not expect more, because when the Nanjing city wall was three meters high, it was about five meters (fifteen meters). He did not dare to expect that solid iron ball shells could peel off such a thick part even lower.

Fortunately, the bloody battle lasted until this time, the remains of the city-digging wooden donkey cart, the wreckage of flying ladders, and the piles of soil and the bodies of soldiers had already piled up a pile of corpses that were about two or three feet tall at the peak.

Considering that a person's body is about seven or eight inches thick, about twenty centimeters, one zhang can stack fifteen people, and three zhang is about forty.

If you have a little knowledge of elementary school mathematics, use the ladder volume formula to bring in a little, you will know that such a pile of corpses that can be level with the broken walls will require at least two thousand dead people to pile up, and then it will be compacted by soil and other damaging cracks. And such piles of corpses are more than one place under the city wall!

Duoduo inadvertently fought the Nanjing siege in a similar shape as Hong Xiuquan's siege in Nanjing more than a hundred years later in history. The Taiping Army of Hong Xiuquan's later generations was weak at the beginning. When encountering a life-and-death battle that required one to bet on one's life, regardless of losses, it would often become a "corpse-siege attack". The ants broke through the wall and later, the bodies piled up as high as the residues of the city wall. They could rush onto the wall directly by stepping on the comrades' bodies.

In today's battle, when the situation was so advanced that it could climb the hill by stepping on the corpse, the Manchu white flag under Duoduo's direct line had already been completely reorganized and all the Jialas died at the city. Even Jialas Zhangjing himself was killed in battle. These warriors were all wearing double armor to fight Mengchong.

There is also a Jiala in Zhengbai Banner who was crippled, and at least half of the soldiers were killed in battle or seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness.

As for the Han army flag, the Mongolian army flag and the new affiliated army, it was even worse. Each side was at least a full-armored casualties with the entire army being wiped out.

However, the effect of stepping on corpses to attack the city is also very significant. Although the Qing army still has to bear the disadvantage of attacking with low attacks with high attacks, at least they can fight with the Ming army directly.

The Ming army in Nanjing was not as good as the new muskets in Huguang, nor did they have excellent shotguns, so they only relied on the side fire of the Folang aircraft to bombard the crowds.

Each gun of the Folang machine can harvest at least five or six lives, and at most seven or eight or even dozens. However, the fire density is always a big problem. In addition, the shooting angle limit of the horse-faced horn tower in the city wall, only four or five Folang machines can just reach the point where the Qing army slays the corpse and rushes the city.

Li Fuming led the Shanxi border troops who had retreated from the north to fight against the Qing army in the gap.

Anyone who participated in the blocking of the mouth had spoken, and he paid thirty taels of silver before going to the wall to settle the house, regardless of whether he was dead or alive, and there would be pensions after the casualties.

The troops of the Shanxi generals had never seen such good treatment in Liaodong, so they naturally shared the same hatred for the enemy and were ready to die. The heavy armor of the Qing army's suicide squad was too strong, so the Ming army changed its spear and used heavy long soldiers such as four-edged copper slats to beat and smash it violently (that is, the holding part is round and wooden, but the parts that hit people at both ends were four-edged metal, which can be understood as a square cross-sectional gold hoop)

.... Whenever the Qing army's two iron armored soldiers were hit, they would vomit blood continuously. When they hit the helmet, they would be full of brains. However, using this heavy weapon is clumsy and consumes a lot of physical strength. The Ming soldiers who fought hard often fell to the ground in such matches.

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The war was at the level of fighting with corpses. The scholars, who were originally ordered by Shi Kefa to come to the wall to prove their innocence, and the traitors, relatives, friends and old friends, were also very brave.

Many Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi's disciples were old friends. Originally, the Qing army came up to the wall and dared to transport ammunition for the soldiers and throw wooden and stones down. At this moment, it was already a stage of hand-to-hand combat with flesh and blood. Some scholars were suddenly scared and shuddered. Some of them were immediately killed by the soldiers sent by Shi Kefa to supervise the battle on the spot, and they were not allowed to take a step back.

Seeing that these scholars and scholars were forced to beat them together, the morale of ordinary soldiers was still rising, and they felt that all living beings were equal and worth working hard.

The hand-to-hand combat continued for half an hour. When we saw that before the end of the Shenchu ​​period, some small changes occurred near the temporary commander's tent behind - of course, it was an incident that was beneficial to the Ming army.

At noon, Chen Tingyang, in response to Shi Kefa's request, brought all the old relatives and friends who secretly fell from the city to surrender to the enemy officials last night, but he only asked the male to go to the wall to help fight and prove his innocence and cleanse the shame. He did not require the female copy of those people. It was just that some of the more important ones were temporarily taken into custody and were considered hostages, that's all.

But seeing the fierce fighting ahead, some female censors suddenly found Chen Tingyang and expressed their willingness to do something for defending the city.

Chen Tingyang was a little surprised at first glance because he knew all of these people, including Liu Rushi, because she was said to have talked with Qian Qianyi about redeem two years ago, and this time she was also controlled by someone who "has suspected of being an old friend with a traitor."

However, because of the butterfly effect of Zhu Shuren attacking Gong Dingzi, Ruan Dacheng and others, Liu Rushi did not get together with Qian Qianyi in this life. The so-called discussion on redeeming life was fruitless. Another year later, Liu Rushi saved enough money to redeem himself. This time, he was in chaos, and just in case, he controlled them all and did not treat them harshly.

However, seeing that the soldiers all over the city, including some scholars who were implicated and humiliated, all came to the wall to share the same hatred for the enemy. Liu Rushi was also a little chivalrous, so he wanted to do something and asked for it on his own initiative:

"Gei Chen, although we have already drawn a clear line with Qian Qianyi, this time we are deeply humiliated by being friends with this thief. Even if the court does not punish us, we want to do something within our ability.

In ancient times, when Han Shizhong fought against Jin Wushu, he used Liang Hongyu to beat drums to fight against Jin. Today, we sisters also asked to go up to the city tower to get some drums and music to help the war, and ask the elders for approval."

Chen Tingyang was still quite pragmatic and touched his beard: "The bloody battle is in full swing. The drums and music in the army are not a joke. If it is messy, it will be unsightly. If you want to beat the drums, you can only follow the drummers and find a few more drums. You can't evenly give you the snare drums you are using. Also, can you beat the drums? Maybe it's uniform? Let's go to the side and let the military music officer check it before you can put it on the wall."

War is not a joke, so how can you just do it by your temperament? Liang Hongyu has martial arts skills, but these women don’t have it.

...After a check, it turns out that many of the sisters brought by Liu Rushi were not in good physical strength and were not tidy, so they were selflessly beaten by Chen Tingyang. Only those who could ensure durability could be allowed to go into battle.

After a while, Liu Rushi and Gu Mei took the drumsticks, changed their clothes, went up to the city tower, and began to beat the drums and shout. The other Qinhuai women who were wiped out were originally friends with Wang Duo, Qian Qianyi and others, and felt that they were ashamed, and they all settled in short-term and capable clothes to help transport the wounded.

The soldiers under Li Fuming were fighting bloody battles. After a while, someone noticed that even women were starting to go upstairs. There were also famous Qinhuai elites beating drums, and ordinary champions helped lift the wounded, and their morale became increasingly high.

Those scholars who were originally forced to go to the wall also showed the courage to fight for their lives. How could they be embarrassed in front of women?

The Ming army fought back to death, killing the Qing army who were trampling on the city. The gap was originally smashed to a low of only about three meters. As the new corpses were stacked up, they gradually grew four meters tall, and the corpses that were ten feet thick piled up in the gap.

"What's going on? These dog barbarians have such courage? Even women are beating drums on the wall. Is this the king of Jin Wushu not going to succeed!"

Duoduo watched repeatedly at the city, and the Ming army was so powerful that it was furious that he ordered the idle artillery to bombard the city tower. In addition, he continued to bombard the crowds of people in the gap regardless of the enemy! Even if the Qing soldiers and Ming soldiers were killed together, he would be willing to do so!

As the Qing army's firepower was transferred, the city tower was indeed hit and collapsed in several places. Liu Rushi, Gu Mei and others were also injured, trapped by the collapse, and gradually carried down or escaped. The women who were seeking life on the Qinhuai River also suffered dozens of casualties.

However, this kind of attack did not affect the morale of the Ming army at all. At this point, the land was no different from north to south, people were no different from old or young, civil and military, or even men and women. Everyone had the responsibility to defend their territory and kill the enemy.

The Qing army fought with all their lives up to the top, but it was like the surging Yellow River hitting the mainstay, the waves shattered and the clouds scattered.

Shen, You, Xu... Time passes by one hour and one hour, and one thousand lives are thrown into the bottomless pit, but the Ming army always has a steady stream of reserves to replenish the gap. Because of the cross firepower and condescending advantages, the Ming army can at least three times the casualty exchange ratio, and is not afraid of exchanging life with Duoduo at all.

The bloody battle lasted until late at night, until Duoduo's eyes were bloody and his neurasthenia. It was estimated that more than 10,000 troops under his command had been killed directly, and he was completely numb.

Around the beginning of the hour of Hai, there was a scout in the rear of the Qing army that brought even more bad news.

"Your Majesty, you can't fight anymore! The reinforcements of the Southern Barbarians are really coming. Our scouts have already discovered the vanguard warships of the Ming reinforcements passing through the river at Dasheng Pass, at the border between Yingtian Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture!

The Great Victory Pass is less than a hundred miles away. At the latest tomorrow morning, Zhu Shuren’s reinforcements will definitely arrive! If our army really loses tens of thousands of lives into the Nanjing city wall and destroys morale, Zhu Shuren will be completely gone!”

Dasheng Pass is near Ma'anshan, Anhui, later generations. It is a place where Nanjing Metro S2 can directly access (even in the middle section of Metro S2, not the southernmost section), and only 70 or 80 miles away, so the danger Duoduo faces is of course imminent.

If he fought bloodyly all night without resting, he would be blocked by Zhu Shuren tomorrow morning, and the entire army would not collapse immediately!

Duoduo almost bit his teeth into pieces, and in the end he could only bet until midnight. Seeing that the hour of Hai was almost over, he had to give up his strong attack, gather the troops to adjust the deployment, and at least transport all the red cannons first to avoid being attacked and captured tomorrow.

The Ming army at the city wall of Nanjing also rotated several groups. After all, Li Fuming's troops were not iron-clad, and it was impossible to fight from noon to midnight, so they had long lost their energy.

Fortunately, everyone's morale has been completely inspired. Seeing that friendly troops work so hard, scholars and women are working hard. Even if the troops replaced later are not good at martial arts, they are all passionate and full of energy, like crazy tigers. They can completely make up for the gap in technology and tactics.

The two sides fought to the death until midnight, and saw that the Qing army finally stopped and began to relax and retreat, a roar of thunder echoed on the city walls by the Qinhuai River.

"What's so scary about the Tartars? They also have two arms and one head! They still die if they chopped their heads!"

"The Ming Dynasty will win! The world will survive!"

"The army of the king-supporting kings of the country is here! All the dogs and Tartars will die!"

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ps: The war drama is not easy to dismantle. Today, I will not dismantle the five or six thousand words together. The first update was updated. Yesterday, the second update was actually more than 5,000 words. I just explained a little nonsense and didn't dismantle it.

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He breathed fresh air in his mouth, and his chest trembled.

Confused and puzzled, all kinds of emotions surged into my heart.
To be continued...