If Xia Wanchun stayed in Taiping Prefecture, another ten thousand Jianyangwei would not be able to relieve the near thirst.

In fact, Wu Zheng also knew that neither Yizhen nor Danzhe could hold on to the help of Taiping Prefecture Jianyangwei.

It was difficult to get rid of the tiger, and Wu Zheng had to grit his teeth and make up his mind to launch a strong attack on the city wall.

But Wu Zheng's heart was bleeding, and he let the cavalry dismount and act as infantry to attack the city, which... made Wu Zheng want to knock his head against the ground.

Two thousand new recruits were drawn from the three thousand new recruits to be charged into the siege team.

Build a musket position one hundred and fifty steps away from the city wall to suppress the archers on the city wall.

Then set aside a thousand riders to move, so that the pre-war preparations were completed.

But at this time, the foreign musketeers stopped doing it. They asked Wu Zheng to argue, because the cruelty of this battle was far beyond Wu Zheng's previous promise to them.

Wu Zheng said kindly to comfort him, but he was no longer useful.

The rewards could only be increased again. As a result of the negotiations, the foreign soldiers finally agreed to only be at the musket position. If the Ming army fails, they will surrender to the Qing army.

Wu Zheng had no choice but to agree that he would have to cover the firepower of this musket team now.

But the foreign soldiers' noisy really aroused the indignation of the Ming soldiers. You must know that their annual salary is less than one-tenth of these foreign soldiers.

The most dangerous thing to first siege is to do it yourself.

This kind of indignation is actually a kind of power.

The siege began in this hasty situation.

Wu Zheng finally took out the flowering bullet that he had never been reluctant to use, and bombarded the city wall with the only nine remaining cannons.

In the words of Wu Zheng when he was mobilizing the battle, this day was too long to defeat Zhenjiang City, so they would go home to farm and raise children, watch the mountains and rivers fall, and be slaves of the country. Because they were not ashamed to see Yi Zhen, the 30,000 Dantu was responsible for their bait and blocking the souls of the soldiers who were killed.

Except for the new recruits, these five thousand soldiers can be called Wu Zheng's direct descendants. Many of them followed Wu Zheng from Lianghu and Pinggangshan.

They listened silently until Wu Zheng gave the order and headed towards the city wall in a row.

The city gate that was fighting for the first three days has been abandoned by the Ming army at this time.

Looking at the Ming Jun's figures passing by, Wu Zheng had tears in his eyes. He understood that at this time, life and death would really be in peace.

Holding a firearm in his hand, he had to fight a cold weapon battle. This unwillingness made Wu Zheng extremely uncomfortable.

In an instant, the defenders on the city began to block the attack.

The Ming army kept falling down by arrows. The fall of each figure made Wu Zheng feel pain until the pain was numb.

This is still the result of the flowering bullet covering the city wall. Otherwise, the casualties would be greater. The distance of these 150 steps is actually not long, and it does not take much time, but this is the distance between life and death.

In a blink of an eye, the Ming army had reached the city wall and began to erect ladders. The soldiers bravely climbed the ladders to climb the wall.

But the killing had just begun, countless rolling stones, rolling wood, and tincture oil fell like rain, and the screams of soldiers before their death were overwhelming.

Wu Zheng opened his eyes hard and forced himself not to bow his head.

But the tears in my eyes had already fallen.

"Fire the gun! Why not fire? Why not fire?" Wu Zheng roared.

In fact, the sound of cannons and gunfire has never stopped, but even the dense artillery fire cannot completely flatten the defenders on the city wall. After all, people are alive, but artillery fire is dead. People always have a way to survive.

The nine cannons were indeed unable to cover the entire battlefield, and the Ming soldiers' climb to the city also made the cannons dare not continue to shoot.

This afternoon was undoubtedly the longest afternoon in Wu Zheng's life. From beginning to end, watching the soldiers suffer casualties one by one, which is a torment in itself.

In fact, it was not just the torture of Wu Zheng, but the Qing army was even better than that.

They also could not predict the weapon held by this Ming army.

Most of the original defending equipment and troops were damaged by the endless artillery attacks of the Ming army, and even the four artillery deployed on the top of the South Gate were destroyed by the Ming army.

What made them even more unbearable was that the archers under the city suppressed the archers, and the Qing army's archers suffered heavy casualties, but all this was that Wu Zheng, who was standing under the city, could not see it.

The Qing army was already at the end of its strength.

The battle continued, and the killing continued.

As the sun sets, the entire battlefield is dyed dark, and the frozen blood appears dark, showing that the blood just sprayed is so red.

Wu Zheng had already sent the last thousand cavalry to the top.

The first thousand new recruits on the musket position also volunteered to go up.

Because if this was not the case, Wu Zheng could no longer organize the number of people in the last round of attacks.

Wu Zheng was already numb and was commanding mechanically.

I am used to seeing the death of the enemy. This is the first time I have seen so many people die in batches.

When he saw a Ming soldier holding the enemy's neck on the city wall and falling down on his back.

Wu Zheng finally couldn't bear the pressure in his heart and collapsed. He wanted to shout "retreat", pull the army back, and leave some seeds for the cavalry.

But my throat was dry and hoarse, and I couldn't make any sound.

At this time, cheers came from the city wall, and the Ming army captured the city wall.

When humans think, God laughs.

God always likes to mess with humans, and always unexpectedly makes a complete turnaround.

Under great sorrow and joy, Wu Zheng fainted and fell to the ground like a piece of wood, causing a burst of exclamation around him.

....

Wu Zheng really didn't know that it was not because the Ming army had low combat power, nor because the Qing army had strong combat power.

In fact, the defenders on the city were even more miserable than the Ming army.

The Ming army's flowering bullets and muskets were too harmful to the Qing army, and the Qing army had no way to deal with these powerful tools.

The head of the Qing army in the city, Gushan Ezhen Yechen, almost mobilized the entire city's troops. In addition to the east and west gates, there were still 200 troops left in the north gate, the north gate was already an empty gate.

When Wu Zheng gathered the last bit of strength and launched the last attack, the Qing army on the city wall was less than 2,000.

However, the Ming army did not know that every time they attacked the city, the Qing army actually dragged the Qing army's bodies on the city wall into the city to confuse the Ming army.

In other words, the Ming army began its last attack and victory was destined.

In this battle, the Ming army suffered more than 4,500 casualties, of which more than 3,200 were killed or killed, and more than 1,000 injured, and disabled people were unable to re-enter the battlefield. More than half of them were injured.

The huge casualties mean that the entire cavalry is destroyed.

The Qing army suffered even more casualties, with more than 10,000 defenders. When they finally collapsed, they were taken away by Ezhen Yechen of Gushan, and less than a thousand remaining troops were taken away.

In other words, more than 10,000 Qing troops died on the South Gate wall.

These corpses were later discovered by the Ming army in the city, which proved the fact that the main force of the Zhenjiang defenders was indeed annihilated by themselves.

At this time, the roar of the soldiers resounded throughout the city.
Chapter completed!