Facts have proved that although the cave siege method is crude, it is really effective.
At the moment when the explosion started, a huge roar made the whole world fall into silence.
The next moment, the harsh sound of the charging horn tore through the silence.
A dazzling red flooded toward the gap in the Nanchang city wall.
Countless Ming troops quickly entered Nanchang City like tigers rushing into a flock of sheep.
The Ming army's heavy artillery began to extend its firing into the city, and shells from the heavy artillery kept falling in Nanchang City.
The wooden structures were smashed into complete ruins!
"Kill!"
"Drive out the Tartars and restore China!"
"..."
The flag belonging to the Ming Dynasty finally flew above the city of Nanchang.
More and more Ming troops poured into Nanchang City, and the soldiers of the Liberation Army carried bayonet-mounted muskets and launched a bayonet charge.
The sharp bayonets are dazzling!
However, the resistance of the Nanchang defenders is still very strong!
His tenacity made even Xia Yuankui feel a little unbelievable.
When did the Qing army become so resilient?
"What's going on with the Qing captives in Nanchang City?"
Xia Yuankui stood under a banner with his hands behind his hands, frowning and looking in the direction of Nanchang City.
Now the main force of the Ming army has entered the city in large numbers, but the Qing army is still stubbornly resisting.
On the streets, in buildings, at intersections, and in high-rise buildings, Qing soldiers desperately resisting could be seen everywhere.
With such a performance, it might be possible if the Nanchang defenders were Eight Banners soldiers!
However, the Nanchang defenders are really just a group of green soldiers!
This is so fucking hell!
The rumbling explosions continued, and the Ming army's offensive began to become more and more fierce.
Amidst the earth-shattering shouts of killing, Ming troops wearing red armor continued to pour into Nanchang City.
Facing the Ming army's offensive, the Qing army that defended the city stubbornly was like snow in spring, constantly melting into the invisible.
The Ming army charged with bayonets again and again, putting great pressure on the Qing army defending the city!
The Qing army defending the city was unable to cope and wanted to retreat to the city and engage in street fighting with the Ming army.
Then they relied on their familiarity with the streets and buildings to block the Ming army's attack.
The effect was indeed good at first. The originally ferocious offensive of the Ming army was contained to a certain extent.
The offensive has slowed down significantly!
But that was all, after the Ming army transported a large number of small-caliber mortars and tiger squatting artillery into the city, and carried boxes of grenades into the city.
The biggest reliance of the Qing army to defend the city lost its effect in an instant!
The shells fired by the squatting cannons knocked down walls one after another, causing bricks and stones to fly, and the Qing troops behind the walls screamed.
Cannonballs and masonry flew across the air, tearing open the bodies of Qing soldiers and splattering them with blood.
After being ignited, grenades were thrown into the building behind the wall.
Amidst the rumbling explosions, large clouds of gunpowder smoke and fire continued to rise in Nanchang City.
The Ming army used mortars and squatting cannons and grenades to clear the way, completely defeating the Qing army's intention of street fighting.
Groups of Liberation Army soldiers rushed forward and broke through the street-fighting defense lines built by the Qing army.
"Push! Pounce! Pounce!"
"Kill! Kill the prisoners! Kill the traitors!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious, and the Liberation Army will be victorious!"
"..."
Amidst the shouts of killing one after another, the Ming army's sudden advance was quite astonishing.
Gradually, Ming soldiers began to discover the truth behind the tenacity of the Nanchang defenders...
…
Xia Yuankui stood with his hands behind his hands and squinted his eyes.
As the Ming army's offensive in Nanchang City progressed more and more smoothly, the expression on his face gradually relaxed.
At this moment, a messenger came hurriedly from a distance.
The expression on the face of the messenger was one of panic and deep disbelief.
His forehead was covered with sweat, and his military uniform was stained with dust and blood.
Because he had just come off the battlefield in Nanchang City, and the dust and blood stains were the decorations left on his body by the battlefield.
"What's wrong?"
"Are reinforcements from the Qing army coming? Why are you so panicked?"
Xia Yuankui frowned subconsciously, and he was a little dissatisfied when he saw the ordering soldiers in such a panic.
He didn't think anything could happen in Nanchang City today that was beyond his control.
If that's the case, why panic?
The horrified expression on the messenger's face became more and more obvious, and he gasped and spoke.
"General, something bad has happened, General!"
"The current Nanchang City is... a dead city!"
"..."
When Xia Yuankui heard this, he frowned subconsciously, and then asked in reply.
"What's the meaning?"
"What happened to Nanchang?"
The messenger took a deep breath, suppressed his surging emotions, and then spoke.
"While our soldiers entering the city were fighting with the Qing army in the streets, they discovered that there were very few civilians in Nanchang City."
"Our officers and soldiers noticed something unusual. While clearing the defeated Qing troops in the city, they began to search the whole city..."
"Several mass graves were discovered!"
The messenger spoke very quickly and told a fact that Xia Yuankui had not expected, but was also reasonable.
After entering Nanchang City, the Ming army began to advance layer by layer.
At first, although they did not encounter any common people in the city along the way, the Ming soldiers did not feel strange.
After all, it's wartime now, and people are avoiding the war. It's normal not to see anyone!
However, as the Ming army continued to advance towards the core of Nanchang City, they still saw not a single commoner along the way.
This is so fucking abnormal!
No matter how well the people hide, no one can be seen.
The Ming army generals in charge of the frontline war began to consciously arrange for scouts in the army to check the situation.
As a result, they found many traces of military disasters in Nanchang City in details.
For example, there are faint traces of blood in the cracks of bricks on the ground, knife marks on the walls, and a faint rotten smell in the air.
Then, these scouts discovered several mass graves in the city!
It was already obvious that the defenders in Nanchang City had gone crazy and committed a horrific tragedy before the war.
After learning everything that happened in Nanchang City, Xia Yuankui was angry and also understood why the Nanchang defenders were so resilient!
They are so guilty!
The rules of the Ming Dynasty's city-slaughterers are basically spread all over the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that no one knows it and no one knows it.
It’s not like the Ming Dynasty has never done this before: killing all the soldiers who surrendered to massacre the city!
The defenders of Nanchang massacred the city of Nanchang. Even if they were killed, they would not dare to surrender to the Ming Dynasty!
Because everyone knows that based on the bad things they have done, even if they surrender, they will die.
Since they did not dare to surrender, all they could do was to persist in resistance and wait for the arrival of reinforcements to relieve the siege of Nanchang City.
This is the real reason why the Nanchang City defenders are so resilient!
Xia Yuankui took a deep breath, and then gave instructions in a sonorous tone.
"Send the order, no prisoners will be taken in this battle!"
"Kill all the defenders in Nanchang City!"
The murderous intent in his words was almost completely unconcealed.
The attitude is quite clear.
Just one word, kill!
Killing those who massacre the city is an iron law set by Zhu Hongyu himself, and Xia Yuankui does not dare to disobey it.
Furthermore, Xia Yuankui did not have the slightest fondness for those Qing troops who were so mad that they massacred the city.
There is nothing else to say to the troops who dare to massacre the city, just kill them!
Anything else is a waste of time!
There is no need to reason with beasts, the only reason they can understand is a sharp knife!