Zheng Zhilong didn't know that in the past three or two days after he led his troops under the city of Tongzhou, there had been quite a change within the Qing Dynasty. The Monan Mongolia, who had been repeatedly beaten by Huang Taiji, had a little thought.

He didn't know that Ajige's soldiers were still stranded around the Liaohe River, although some of them had already crossed the Liaohe River during the rising water period.

The only thing Zheng Zhilong can firmly control is the current battle situation, and he needs to conquer Tongzhou City in the shortest time.

Even if Tongzhou City in front of you is an absolute hard bone.

Those bastions are really a toothache.

But Tongzhou City is also without any flaws. Compared with Tongzhou City South, East and West, the north of the city is where Tongzhou has the least defense strength, because there is a canal passing through that place.

Therefore, there are two small bastions on the other three sides of Tongzhou City, but there is only one lonely one in the north of the city.

It’s not that this bastion is useless and of poor quality. On the contrary, this bastion is the largest in the Tongzhou bastion group. But Tongzhou City is not a square city.

In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368), due to the rise of canal transportation, the Ming Dynasty generals of Sun Xingzu built the city wall, built bricks outside, and the battlements wall was three feet high and five feet high, and the city was 9 miles and thirteen steps around the city.

Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Yanjing, and the transportation of north and south grains reached 4 million stones per year. Tongzhou, as the tail of the transportation of north and south grains, the main development of the city was led by the expansion of warehouses. Because of Tongzhou's important position in the canal, the scale of Tongzhou warehouses continued to expand and the city's status was gradually increasing. In just 20 or 30 years, several large warehouses were built in the west of the city.

During the Zhengtong period, the Oirat army raided the capital. The eunuch of the Governor-General Grain Storage Guards and the Eunuchs in the west and south, and built a new city. The new city was connected to the old city in the east, and was surrounded by seven miles. There were only two gates, and the city wall was only half as high as the old city.

This was not until the Zhengde period that the new city wall was built to level with the old city.

Therefore, this Tongzhou City is equivalent to two square frames, one big and one small, and two square frames are pieced together. The south side of the city is nearly five miles wide (the new and old cities are added), and the east side of the city (the old city wall) is only two miles wide and one hundred and fifty steps wide. The north side of the city is a "staircase" and is built along the canal. The west side of the new city is about two miles long, but the north side of the city is two miles and fifty steps, and the new city is two miles and fifty steps. There is a city wall of a hundred steps long (the west side of the old city) connected in the middle, which is originally the west side of the old city.

The castle in the north of the city is built at the intersection of the old and new city. Four triangular forts extending outwards (Fang Tian Painted Halberd) each have a cannon diagonally facing the northern wall of the old and new cities. In addition, the canal outside the city, although this castle is the smallest in number, it is not made of mud.

Zheng Zhilong chose the north of the city as a breakthrough point because this place is easier to succeed compared to the other three directions.

Filling the canal from outside the scope of the cannon is to withstand the attack on Tongzhou City and the ridges. In other words, Zheng Zhilong has many prisoners under him. If all of them are asked to go to Zheng's army, the loss will be really great.

The location set by Zheng Zhilong is the location where the old and new cities are close to the corner of the city wall, but it does not exceed the corner of the city. This can maximize the isolation of the threat from the bastions on both sides of the east and west sides of the city.

First, we mobilize artillery and transport one cannon from the south and east of the city to the north of the city. In other words, Zheng Jun had already done the work well before. The porcelain on both sides of the canal had been filled with porcelain. Now we send one cannon across the river, which does not waste any time.

Haoge is not a fool either, so he naturally knows what Zheng Jun’s intention is to do this.

The Qing army also added heavy troops to the north of the city, and then asked the First-class Gongtu Lai to take charge personally.

So, the battle was particularly intense from the beginning.

The Zheng army first organized prisoners of war to fill the river. On the top of the city, on the third line of defense of the Qing army south of the canal, and the bastions, all of which were rushing in a swarm of guns and cannons.

Even though the Zheng army organized firepower to suppress the Qing soldiers at the head of Tongzhou city, the trenches were dug to the canal and organized mortars to continuously bombard the other side, but a large number of prisoners who were driven to fill the river were still killed.

The guns and cannons are extremely powerful, and their speed is much easier than bows and arrows or wielding swords and guns. But the prisoners did not dare to cause trouble. The Zheng army's black troops surrounded both sides, and hundreds of cannons were placed behind them. It would be a simple matter of time to suppress the city. If they dared to make trouble, rows of artillery shells would be bombarded, what would the prisoners resist?

It’s better to go and fill the river honestly.

One minute is for one minute to get in. If you save enough ten, you can leave the labor camp. If you don’t save enough ten, you can also lose your sins, right?

The most basic thing in the labor camp is the five-year situation.

It was very simple to suppress the firepower on the head of Tongzhou city. The crackling shells hit, not to mention the enemy building or the disc building, even the battlements and women's walls were flattened. The entire city wall wished that there were only bare walls. No matter how many soldiers Tu Lai held in his hand, he would not dare to send them to the city. Then there was the third layer of defense of the Qing army.

Zheng Zhilong relied on the pepper bomb, but this move was difficult to prevent.

No matter how spicy the peppers are, they are choking when they are in the pot when they are in high temperatures. At present, these are the spicy peppers that Zheng Zhilong specially found. In the moment when the medicine powder explodes, can the sudden high temperature suddenly exert their power to the fullest?

If it weren't for the pepper bomb, it would have been so easy for the Zheng army to take down the Qing army's defense line.

"Cough cough cough..." Tu Lai was so angry that his chest hurt, but he had no choice but to watch Zheng Jun take down the trench with the cannonballs from the castle.

Although it is impossible to deny the threat of the bastion, there are a total of four cannons on the bastion, and only two cannons are divided equally on both sides. How big can one cause any major casualties?

He should feel fortunate that when the Tartars built Tongzhou, they only established this bastion in the north of the city, and were also built on the social line between the old and the new cities. Even though the artillery on the bastion could take care of the old and the new cities, the location of the bastion was special, and the cannon could not be parallel to the northern wall of the old and the new cities of Tongzhou. In this way, the protection of the cannon on the city wall was invisibly weakened by most of the protection of the wall.

If Dorgon knew now, he would have regretted death if the remaining little money had become a fatal loophole for the guards of Tongzhou.

The muzzle cannot be parallel to the city wall, and there is no way to shoot out in one shot. A flesh-and-blood alley can be found close to the city wall. Such a shelling can still be within the scope of Zheng Jun's tolerance.

This is like Kawan, a witch doctor in the island surprise soldier who used his first skill to add blood to the soldier, even if he was facing two sniper towers, he could continue to attack the opponent's headquarters.

The truth is the same. Zheng Jun can withstand the damage caused by two cannons.

Therefore, a large number of soldiers rushed to the other side, building positions at the corner of the city to prevent the Qing army from coming from both sides of the east and west. Then they dug trenches and led them to the corner of the city wall. This was for blasting, and then approaching the trenches along the trenches to the bastion. This was to restrain the bastion.

I was busy until night, and enough medicine powder was stuffed into the tunnels in the corner of the city wall.

Of course, Haoge knew that things were not good, so he let Zheng Zhilong do this. God knew what he could do. He forced the defenders to come to the city to throw grenade fireballs and other objects.

This is fighting for his life. Of course, he is reluctant to use the Eight Banners, even the Han army flag is reluctant to give up. Only the Green Flag soldiers are the ones who hold the tank. Although the silver reward is very large and high, no one can survive after ten people go up.

One cannon and one mortar cannon, all staring at there.

But no matter what, the effect is still there, otherwise Zheng Jun would not have been exhausted until dark, so he succeeded.

Many people in the city only watched the lively fighting outside, but when they saw that Zheng Jun did not come into the city, although I don’t know how many people were worried, there were still people who could sleep. For example, Luo Jinxiu, Sun Zhixiu, and Fang Dayou.

They either fled back to Yanjing from Central Plains or from Qilu, and now they all follow Haoge as counselors.

In the first half of the night, Luo Jinxiu saw that Zheng Jun could not come into the city and could hear the roaring cannons, but could no longer hear the sound of killing. She felt that the night was safe.

The Zheng thief only fought cannons, but he could not break Tongzhou City.

There was a cotton ball blocking his ears and he fell asleep, and he also slept soundly because the noise in his ears became less.

But in the second half of the night, Luo Jinxiu was suddenly awakened by violent shaking. After he opened his eyes, he realized that he had rolled down, and the window was still rustling. Dust fell from time to time on the roof, "Is it because the Dilong turned over?"

He was shocked and was about to get up and run outside the house, but his legs were weak.

Finally, my legs were no longer weak. When the person opened the room, he saw that the torch outside the court was already clear, and his head was running around. Under the torch, the faces full of panic were like ghosts.

Then he saw Sun Zhixie, with a look of fear and panic on his face.

It turned out that it was not a dirt dragon that turned over, but Zheng Thief exploded the city wall in the north. After the thunderous cannon, Zheng Thief started to attack the city again.

"Zheng Thief broke the city wall?" Does that mean that Tongzhou City is going to be over? Luo Jinxiu was a little confused.

"The bandits are afraid that they have already entered the city. This city, this city... is probably impossible to defend!" Sun Zhixi's voice became sharp and even more sad.

Once Tongzhou is finished, Prince Su can escape his life, and people are afraid they will be finished. What about him, the Han official who has served Haoge? Even if he can escape by luck tonight, it will be difficult for him to get better in the future.

"Go quickly..." Luo Jinxiu wanted to say something, but when he said something, he swallowed it back. "Forget it, come here, I'll serve the master and I'm dressing. I need court clothes."

"Luo Zhongcheng?" Sun Zhixiu was anxious. What was Luo Jinxiu going to do? What court clothes are you wearing at this time?

Of course, Luo Jinxiu had to wear court uniforms because he was ready to die. "Sun Zhongcheng, you should change into court uniforms too. It's just a death, and you will die for the court. Why are you afraid of?"

He was helpless at this time, and all he could do was wait for death.

He sighed again, and Luo Jinxiu said bitterly: "As important officials of the Qing Dynasty, we must have the proper state of our destiny. If Mount Tai collapses before it, it will not move. You are so anxious that you really have to lose the true nature of a scholar."

Before Sun Zhixiu could reply, Luo Jinxiu said to Changsui next to him: "Why don't you go and prepare!"

What are you preparing for? Prepare the deadly stuff.

They won’t do it if they wipe their necks. Luo Jinxiu is a scholar. But drinking poison is too painful, and it is extremely difficult to find the poison that can be seen in blood and throat. Therefore, the white silk is the cleanest.

Sun Zhixie, who was next to him, wanted to stop after hearing this, but he didn't want to die. However, he moved his mouth and said nothing.

The follower knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Why is this the master? There are still many elites in the city now? Even if there are really unexpected things. Prince Su lost Tongzhou City, he will always score some elites to protect the master and escape. Master, you are not the governor of Tongzhou, and you have no responsibility to defend the territory. Why not keep a useful body?"

The one who doesn't want Luo Jinxiu to die the most is his current sermon.

Luo Jinxiu is going to live, and he is still Luo Zhongcheng's close friend, and he is also a role in the Luo family. But if Luo Jinxiu dies, will he die with him or can he drag Luo Jinxiu's body out? Zheng Jun did not leave Luo Jinxiu's head without cutting off.

And even if he is a slave who cannot protect his master, he will die if he returns to Yanjing alive!
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