After fierce attacks, people continued to invade Zhenjiang City.
The living space of the Qing troops in the city was being compressed bit by bit.
In fact, logically speaking, a siege should be fought with three enemies and one person missing!
Use such psychological tactics to give the Qing troops in the city the illusion that they can escape.
Use this to reduce the Qing army’s will to resist!
However, the siege tactics adopted by the Ming army this time were to besiege the city on all sides.
The Ming army acted very tough and gave the Qing army in Zhenjiang City only two choices: surrender or die!
There is no other choice!
Because Zhu Hongyu wanted to declare to the entire Jiangnan and the entire world with the battle of Zhenjiang.
Daming is back!
Boom! Boom!
The shelling continued.
Heavy artillery shells landed on the city wall of Zhenjiang one after another. In just the blink of an eye, the city wall of Zhenjiang was covered with cracks from the shells.
The masonry debris fell like a rustling sound!
Explosive bombs fell in the city, and explosions continued one after another.
The explosive ammunition used by the Ming army was almost entirely filled with new gunpowder, and its explosive power was astonishing, far exceeding that of black powder.
Every explosion of a shell was a big surprise to the Qing troops in the city!
Tuhai and his troops huddled in a corner of the city, still trying to resist.
These Eight Banners soldiers who were in desperate situation fought very bravely. Under the command of Tu Hai, they fought fiercely with the Ming army without stopping.
Facing the bayonet charge of the Ming army, the Eight Banners of the Qing army also mustered up the courage to launch a counterattack.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, countless lead bullets flew across the battlefield, killing the Eight Banners soldiers at the front.
However, the fighting will of the Eight Banners soldiers was unexpectedly tenacious. Facing the sharp bayonets and the dark muzzles of their guns, they charged forward one after another.
But it’s normal. Even when facing the British and French forces in the late Qing Dynasty, although my Eight Banners disciples of the Qing Dynasty were poor in combat effectiveness, they were not bad in blood.
He also fought several battles with high casualty rates.
The most typical example is the Battle of Baliqiao commanded by Seng Gelinqin. The Qing army that participated in that battle was almost completely wiped out, and most of them died in the charge.
The record is embarrassing, but their fighting will is still good!
The Eight Banners of the Qing Army at that time could be so bloody, let alone the Eight Banners of the Qing Army now?
The fighting on the front lines of both sides soon fell into a melee!
Seeing the tense battle situation ahead, Zhu Hongyu personally climbed onto a high platform to beat drums and cheer for the attacking soldiers.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The dull sound of war drums resounded throughout the battlefield.
The morale of the Ming army became even higher when they saw Jian Guo beating drums in person.
Because the resistance of the Qing army was too tenacious and the heavy armored infantry was difficult to deal with.
In order to break the formation, the Ming army dragged a large number of small-caliber artillery, grenades, and rockets into the city.
Rumbling explosions sounded one after another!
Balls of fire and smoke exploded in the Qing army's formation, clearing out patches of vacuum.
It opened an attack channel for the Ming army!
The Qing troops in the city were constantly strangled, and those Mongolians who were not very willing to fight began to choose to surrender to the Ming Dynasty in large numbers.
Although the remaining Eight Banners of Manchuria are stubbornly resisting, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just their death struggle.
Tuhai's letter asking for help was sent to Jiangbei, and the Qing army in Jiangbei received an order to cross the river for reinforcements.
However, what greeted them was the cannonballs fired from the Ming Navy warships!
Under the blockade of the Ming Navy, it was not difficult for the Qing army to send messages.
After all, it is impossible for the navy of the Ming Army to really block the entire Yangtze River waterway. There will always be fish that slip through the net.
It is not difficult for a team of three or five people to row a small boat across the river!
However, it was absolutely impossible for the Qing army to cross the river in large numbers to reinforce Tuhai's troops.
It is true that some fish will slip through the Ming army's blockade, but at most three or five small fish and shrimps will slip through. Can you try it if the scale reaches hundreds?
The reinforcements of the Qing army were blocked in the north of the Yangtze River by the Ming army navy, and they were unable to cross the river at all!
As for the Jiangnan Qing army in the upper and lower reaches of Zhenjiang, now that the victory of this decisive battle has been decided, the Qing army in the Southern Expedition is about to be wiped out, and Jiangnan will return to the Ming Dynasty, no one dares to jump out and stroke the Ming Dynasty's tiger beard.
Most people very wisely chose to wait and see, sit back and watch the war end, and Tu Hai and others were surrounded and annihilated in Zhenjiang City.
What's more, he took the initiative to send a letter of allegiance to Zhu Hongyu, expressing his attitude of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.
In this process, Qian Qianyi showed his due role.
Taking advantage of his reputation among scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, he linked up with the Ming Dynasty and frequently visited the mansions of the big families in the south of the Yangtze River, making preparations for the Ming Dynasty to spread the word and determine the whole of the south of the Yangtze River.
This is also the reason why Zhu Hongyu accepted Qian Qianyi.
He did look down on Qian Qianyi's softness, but he had to admit that softness was not necessarily useless.
With Qian Qianyi in the middle, he waited for the war in Zhenjiang to end and Tuhai's troops to be wiped out, and then Jiangnan could spread the word!
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"kill!"
"Kill the thief!"
"Hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon. We are members of the Qing Dynasty, and we must not surrender to the thieves!"
Tu Hai constantly directed the troops around him to fill the vacancies on the front line.
Then he watched helplessly as the fully formed armies advanced and retreated.
In just the blink of an eye, most of them were killed or injured by the Ming army's shelling.
Seeing the heavy losses suffered by the Qing nation, Tu Hai's heart was as sharp as a knife!
Facing the heavy armor of the Qing army in formation, it was very difficult for the infantry of the Ming army to break through.
Even if you use heavy steps to deal with heavy steps, it is by no means an easy task.
Using cold weapons alone, a heavy armored infantryman would not be killed that easily.
But why did the Ming army have to use infantry to deal with infantry?
There are so many artillery pieces in the army, they are not just decorations!
As the artillery roared, the shells cleared the way for the infantry.
The living space of the Qing army was drastically compressed until they became a crowded sardine can.
Thousands of remnants of the Eight Banners were besieged by the Ming Army Corps near the government office in Zhenjiang City!
Morale is quite low, because everyone knows that at this point, their last moments are coming soon.
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Zhu Hongyu nodded and said as he listened to the messenger's report on the battle situation in the city.
"Send someone to persuade you to surrender!"
"Tell the slaves in the city that if you surrender, you will live, but those who resist will be killed!"
Zhu Hongyu was preparing to persuade the Eight Banners in the city to surrender. At this point, there was no need to continue the fight.
The remaining Qing troops must not be able to afford the trouble!
The reason why Zhu Hongyu persuaded them to surrender was just to make those Eight Banners soldiers disgust the Manchus and announce it to the world.
The Eight Banners soldiers have all been organized and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Why don't you make the right choice quickly?
Of course, if those Eight Banners soldiers surrendered, Zhu Hongyu would definitely fulfill his promise.
If you say you won’t kill them, don’t kill them!
After all, no matter what, it's still a few thousand strong laborers.
How wasteful is it to kill them all in one go?
Wouldn't it be nice to throw them into a labor camp, dig mines and move bricks, build bridges and pave roads to atone for their sins?
Wouldn't it be nice for someone who has committed the most heinous crimes to be thrown into a medical hospital to contribute to the advancement of medicine?
To be honest, it depends on the treatment in the labor camp and the work required.
If you really end up in a labor camp, it would be better to die than live!
Although it is said that it is better to die than to live, but what kind of way to live is to score points, right?
Zhu Hongyu glanced at the prisoner kneeling in front of him and gave instructions casually.
"Don't you want to prove your loyalty to Gu? Go ahead and persuade those people in the city who are still stubbornly resisting to surrender!"