And, more importantly, the Ming army's strategy in Guangxi went quite smoothly.
The place suits the situation!
Wherever the army passes, it is determined by the message.
Probably, this is what people want!
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Geng Jingzhong's strategy in Jiangnan was going very smoothly. It was not until he led his troops to Jinhua that he encountered some obstacles.
The Jinhua defenders refused to surrender to Geng Jingzhong and killed the envoys who entered the city to persuade him to surrender.
The envoy's head was used to express the attitude of Jinhua City. They would defend the city and resist stubbornly.
"Damn Qing Tatar, how dare you kill my king's envoy?!"
"When Jinhua City is destroyed, I will definitely demand the lives of the dog Tatars in the city!"
Geng Jingzhong looked at the envoy's head that was sent back, his expression gloomy and scary.
During this period of time, the smooth progress of the Northern Expedition and the support of the local people made him full of pride.
He feels that he is invincible, that he has destiny within him, and that when his domineering aura is revealed, the enemy should bow down and bow to him.
Now that I am suddenly deflated under Jinhua City, my mentality will naturally be unbalanced!
"Siege the city!"
Geng Jingzhong gave the order and his troops launched an attack on Jinhua City.
The Jingnan Army spread out their formation outside Jinhua City, and it was so dark that it was impossible to see beyond.
Boom! Boom!
Boom, boom, boom!
The dull sound of war drums resounded across the battlefield, and countless soldiers, like swarming ants, rushed towards Jinhua City.
Boom! Boom!
The few artillery pieces in the Jingnan Army began to fire.
As the smoke filled the air, cannonballs were fired back and forth towards Jinhua City.
The cannonball hit the wall, and the bricks and stones flew!
Or it flies around in the crowd, bumps into people, and turns into a life harvester.
Turning every living life into a broken body with broken limbs.
Blood spilled!
However, it is very obvious that the intensity of the Jingnan Army's shelling is not enough to suppress the firepower of Jinhua City.
Cannonballs kept hitting the city wall, but the Qing defenders still stood firm.
Facing the Jingnan Army that was attacking Jinhua City like a wave, the Jinhua defenders fired arrows one after another.
Collapse! Collapse!
Bang bang bang!
The bow strings continued to explode, and countless arrows were shot towards the city like migratory locusts.
Phew! Phew!
From time to time, arrows were shot into people's bodies, and screams continued one after another.
The Jingnan Army's offensive suddenly slowed down!
Although they are relatively elite, they are not an iron army after all.
Facing the dense rain of arrows, it is not possible to collapse immediately, but slowing down the offensive is inevitable.
"Command the archers to fight back!"
Geng Jingzhong saw this scene and immediately ordered.
The archers in the Jingnan Army received the order and began to fight back, throwing arrows towards the top of Jinhua City to cover their own troops' attack.
The archers in the Jingnan Army were quite elite, and the waves of arrows rained down densely and accurately.
One after another, Qing troops at the top of the city were hit by arrows and fell down screaming.
My head was bruised and bleeding, and my brain was in bloom!
When the Jingnan army, under the cover of archers, filled the moat, they fought to the bottom of Jinhua City.
Suddenly, the rolling logs and stones from the top of Jinhua City fell like rain.
The smash hit the soldiers of the Jingnan Army who gathered under the city, with bloody heads and heavy casualties.
Wails and screams resounded throughout Jinhua City!
The Jingnan Army's offensive was frustrated and they had no choice but to retreat.
In the next few days, the Jingnan Army's offensive continued, and countless soldiers attacked the city.
But the offensive did not go smoothly. There were corpses in different forms of death lying under the city wall, and the smell of blood was overwhelming.
The armor coverage rate of the Jingnan Army is not low, at least it is much higher than that of the Green Camp Soldiers.
However, no matter how strong the armor is, it can at most block an arrow or something, but it will definitely not be able to block rolling logs and rocks.
As time dragged on, Geng Jingzhong became increasingly impatient!
He kept waving the riding crop in his hand, looking at the Jinhua City not far away that still stood between heaven and earth, feeling quite gloomy.
He stormed into the south of the Yangtze River aggressively, winning every battle along the way, but now he was stymied by Jinhua.
This feeling of contrast was really unacceptable to him.
Geng Jingzhong stood in front of the horse formation. The cotton armor on his body was thick and majestic. The high lightning rod on his head made him even taller and more powerful.
A pair of eyes stared at Jinhua City, he snorted coldly, and gave an order.
"Command the entire army to attack Jinhua!"
"Until Jinhua is destroyed, we will never withdraw our troops!"
"..."
The Jingnan Army once again launched an attack on Jinhua City, and a black mass of Jingnan Army soldiers almost covered the entire outside of Jinhua City.
The ant siege has begun again!
The ladder, the shield cart, and the well were pushed towards Jinhua.
The shouting of killing shook the sky!
Du Hai was a veteran of the Jingnan Army and a native of Dengzhou, Shandong Province. He had been working in the army since Geng Zhongming rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
After so many years, although he has not achieved much credit, he has great qualifications and has survived long enough.
Shengsheng rose from an ordinary soldier in the army to the position of an official with thousands of households.
He has hundreds of soldiers under his command!
He is considered a middle-level backbone in the Jingnan Army!
In the Battle of Jinhua, the troops of the Jingnan Army took turns attacking as the vanguard.
Today is his turn!
Du Hai looked at Jinhua City in the distance and the double-layer armor on his body, but after all, he did not dare to run to the front line.
Just dispatch and command from the center of the Chinese army!
The siege began, and the soldiers continued to bravely climb the city, and then died miserably under arrows and rolling logs and stones.
Bodies were piled up under the city, and the blood mixed with the soil, turning into a veritable blood mud.
The sun on the horizon gradually tilted, and the bloody sunset spread across the earth.
I can’t tell whether the bright red color on the earth is the sunset or blood!
Suddenly, the expression on Du Hai's face, who was directing the siege, froze.
His ears moved, and he seemed to hear something else.
Suddenly he turned his head and looked to the north.
Under the red sunset, a large cloud of smoke appeared on the ground.
Du Hai, who had experienced many battles, immediately judged that it was the smoke and dust caused by the running of a large number of cavalry.
Judging from the size of the smoke, there must be at least several thousand riders!
Immediately afterwards, a large flag with clear characters flying high suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.
Just for a moment, Du Hai felt as if his heart was being grasped by a big hand.
It's going to be bad!
He has fought for so many years, won and lost, and has rich experience.
I even have a sixth sense!
Looking at the current situation on the battlefield, his first reaction was to make things worse.
Now the main force of the Jingnan Army is attacking Jinhua, and a large number of troops are thrown on the battlefield.
Although Geng Jingzhong has a reserve force in his hands, it does not have many troops.
More importantly, after a day of hard fighting, all units of the Jingnan Army that attacked Jinhua suffered heavy casualties, suffered severe physical exhaustion, and were quite tired.
In other words, the Jingnan Army is in very bad shape now!
At this time, if reinforcements from the Qing court arrive, the consequences are unimaginable!
Geng Jingzhong also saw the Qing reinforcements suddenly entering the battlefield, and the expression on his face suddenly changed.