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Xia Wanchun rushed to the palace.

With Zhu Mai, Huang Daozhou and his court officials discussed the rebellion of the people in the city.

Since the danger that night, Xia Wanchun has controlled the situation in the North City.

The imperial guards can be drawn to maintain public order and compress and control the rioters to the west of the imperial city, the north gate, the lotus and the Taiping Bridge.

The danger of Jinchuan Gate's attack on the city also made the people feel scared, and the chaotic people are gradually decreasing at this time.

But there are still 40,000 to 50,000.

Perhaps these people have too much interest and are not involved in this money, I am afraid that life will be difficult, so I have been loving it.

"Thank you for your hard work in Taiping Hou!" Zhu Mai, the governor, said in a harmonious voice, "I went to Jiangyin. The people and soldiers in the city were in chaos. If there was no Taiping Hou to arrive in time, I was afraid that the consequences would be unimaginable... Taiping Hou has made great contributions to the state, and after this battle, the court will definitely reward me on the merits."

Xia Wanchun was slightly stunned, but quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your praise. I am just doing my duty and dare not seek reward!"

Huang Daozhou smiled and said, "The Taiping Hou does not have to be too humble. If you have any merits, you will be rewarded. Only then will future generations follow! But now, think about how to deal with the people's chaos first... I wonder what Taiping Hou has to do?"

Xia Wanchun said: "I dare to ask His Highness the Superintendent, how did the General... say that?"

Zhu Mai said: "The Prince of Kuaiji is busy encircling and annihilation of Kaer Chuhun's troops. It will take three or five days to arrive in the capital... The cause of the civil unrest is too great, and the Prince of Kuaiji has no solution for the time being."

Xia Wanchun glanced at Huang Daozhou and asked, "Do you dare to ask the Prime Minister, will the Ministry of Revenue have no surplus?"

Huang Daozhou replied: "The deficit of the public's bank savings is in the money house, and the Ministry of Revenue still has a surplus of about 2 million taels. This is what I am staring at Qian Qianyi every day, otherwise I may not be able to move these silvers. At this time, the war is urgent. If the national treasury does not have silver, the morale of the army will be in chaos."

Xia Wanchun nodded and said, "What the Chief Minister said is very true. Besides, it's just a drop in the bucket... In this way, I will meet the people and find a way to get them home first... As for the deficit money, I have no good idea. I can only wait for the general to return to Beijing and listen to his words."

Huang Daozhou said with a smile: "Taiping Hou is the leader of the Ming Society. The Ming Society has more than 50,000 people. The influence in the market should not be underestimated... It should be able to persuade the people to disperse."

Zhu Meiyu nodded and said, "Then do as Taiping Hou wants... I'm working hard."

"I dare not speak out."

....

The Qing army's offensive became even more fierce, especially the Jinchuan Gate where Nikan personally supervised the formation.

But Nikan miscalculated.

When the fire lights, the smoke is accompanied by a crisp gunshot.

The Qing soldiers siege the city were constantly falling a hundred steps away from the city wall.

Nikan was extremely surprised.

He knew about the mesh guns, and there were many in his army. But he didn't know why the defenders suddenly had so many muskets, and the range and accuracy of these muskets were not something he could understand.

Nikan has always led his troops outside. He didn't know that the Qing court had formed a new musket army, let alone the new flintlock rifle.

The ignorant is fearless.

In such an unfavorable situation, Nikan still wants to defeat the enemy with courage.

While ordering the rear army to supplement the attacking troops, he ordered the "those who take one step back" to kill.

When thousands of Qing troops siege the city were forced to "suit" and pay more than 30% of the losses, they arrived at the city gate, started to set up ladders to climb the wall, and organized crossbows and muskets to shoot from the back.

Countless iron eggs, no, the Qing soldiers’ perception is that they are stones.

They were even wondering, why is the rocks on the city so small today, and can they kill people?

So, they became the first group of people to be buried with the fallen soldiers of the defenders.

Especially the iron lumps thrown from the city tower several meters high, because the fire was too short, and when they exploded in mid-air, the explosion was dozens of rapid cast iron pieces.

This kind of iron fragment driven by the initial explosion speed is definitely not something that the leather armor on the Qing soldiers can stop.

When the explosion and smoke gradually subsided, the city was surrounded by corpses, with only corpses, and less than 20% of the Qing soldiers survived. They didn't even dare to go forward to rescue their injured comrades and retreated.

Nikan witnessed all this, and as the head coach, he should be vigilant.

Conikan is a rough man. In his heart, war is a game for the brave, and nothing is something that courage cannot win.

His understanding is very unique, which is to temporarily stop the attack and order to remove various covers from surrounding houses, such as door analysis, door panels, and even pots on the stovetops of houses.

As long as it is a cover.

One hour later, Nikan organized another strong attack on Jinchuan Gate by 5,000 people.

And this strong attack almost made Nikan a prisoner of Li Haiwei.

The previous attack caused thousands of casualties in the Qing army.

At this time, the army outside the Nikanjinchuan Gate was less than 10,000.

In other words, Nikan organized this strong attack to the end of his strength.

If the losses are serious this time, the Qing army outside Jinchuan Gate will no longer face strategic offense, but strategic defense. They must guard against the Ming army in the city to take the initiative to attack.

Unfortunately, Nikan obviously didn't think about this at this time. His mind was full of courage and glory. He didn't understand that the absolutely asymmetric weapons and equipment of both sides on the battlefield could not be balanced with courage.

Blind and brave, just to die!

These five thousand people are no longer the only one who surrenders to the Qingming Army. It has mixed "real gold and silver" among them. Nikan's three thousand Red Flag Eight Banners Army's personal guards (Nikan is the small banner leader of the Red Flag Inlaid) were mixed with two thousand people.

In other words, Nikan has no cost to this battle and is determined to win it.

Nikan used one of the few red-clothed cannons (Manchus are afraid of the barbarians), which weighed more than 3,800 kilograms. They had just been transported from Jiangpu, and there were eight gates in total.

Nikan also raised nearly 3,000 grenade guns from the entire army, providing assistance to the siege army to suppress the firepower of the defenders on the city walls.

I have to say that Nikan was still well prepared, at least he was not really reckless to hit the wall with his head.

When the siege began, the Qing army's heavy artillery was the first to show its power.

The huge solid bullet weighs nearly 100 kilograms and bursts out with the expansion gas burning from black gunpowder. Even if the rate of fire is not counted, it will be amazing. However, its disadvantage is that its accuracy is indeed not high. Within the effective range, the hit point of the shell will be any point in a radius of a mile.

But this has caused great suppression on the defenders.

Even if the shell hits the city wall, the huge vibration caused by the shell can still make the legs of the defenders on the city wall tremble.
Chapter completed!