Although Yan Fei brought a batch of cannons this time, he did not intend to bombard the city wall with cannons.

In modern history, when the locust army attacked Jinling City, there was no big way to deal with the Nanjing walls when so many modern artillery were attacked, let alone these old guys in Yan Fei's hands.

The walls of Jinling City are too thick. Not to mention that Yan Fei’s Napoleon cannon in his hand are helpless, even with explosives, it would probably be difficult. So Yan Fei chose the Qinhuai River, a waterway that runs across the city from east to west, as the assault target early.

The Qinhuai River channel is connected to the Yangtze River. Not long after entering the Qinhuai River from the Yangtze River, it is Xishui Pass. Behind the Xishui Pass is the famous and lively Confucius Temple.

From Confucius Temple to the east, cross the floating bridge, the buoyant bridge, the Shangfeng Bridge, the Wuding Bridge, etc. across the entire city, then you will reach the Dongshui Pass on the other side. This section of the waterway is the famous Ten Miles Qinhuai.

To say that these people in Jinling City are not capable, they are really not insulting them, but explaining a fact.

There is no need to defend such an important waterway on the Qinhuai River. There is no need to defend against the waterway. There is no wreck in the waterway, no iron chains, and no wooden stakes. In short, there is no defense measure.

When night fell, the ocean-going fishing boats slowly sailed into the Qinhuai River, the road was smooth and without any obstacles. This surprised Yan Fei. The people in the city were blind. Can such a waterway that could directly connect to a large ship be blocked by just one sluice gate?

As for the gate of Xishuiguan, although the gate of Xishuiguan has fallen, it has no resistance to facing the direct shooting of the 88 gun. After an ocean fishing boat approaches, it uses the 88 gun on the head of the ship to conduct direct shooting at close range.

The walls of Jinling City are equipped with a lot of artillery, but there is no arrangement on the walls near Xishui Pass. At this moment, the defenders on the city wall can only watch the terrifying large iron ship bend over the range of bows and arrows, and then use even more terrifying artillery to blow the sluice into pieces!

Even if the war is approaching, the Qinhuai River is still full of flower boats, and the brightly lit flower boats are still there, and the music is constantly on the flower boats. Many young men and friends in the past are still lingering on it.

The flower boats are brightly lit, and some of them are glass wind lanterns bought from the north at high prices. After ignition, they are really beautiful, attracting many literati, poets, nobles and sons to take beautiful women on the Qinhuai River to visit the bow. The poems and writing from time to time seem very leisurely.

The peace here has been peaceful for too many years, and these people only remember the song and dance. Although the war is approaching, these flower boats have only entered the waterways in the city, but their business has not stopped at all. Until the sound of thunder-like shelling sounds outside the city wall, these people turned their heads in shock and looked in the direction where the cannons sounded.

A dazzling red flash appeared outside the city wall under the night sky, and then a thunderous explosion sounded and scared many noble men, almost falling to the ground after their feet were soft.

The heavy sluice was blown into pieces and fell into the water. The seemingly impregnable defense system was instantly blown open a huge gap. The ocean-going fishing boat slowly drove in along the river in a panic shouting.

In order to ensure that the flower boats on the Qinhuai River can easily swim, this river channel is undergoing special dredging projects almost every year, and the river channel is wide and deep. In addition, it is the recent flood season, several ocean-going fishing boats can indeed enter this place.

Of course, with the size and draft of these ocean-going fishing boats, the water gate that has passed the Xishui Pass is the limit, and if you walk to the city, you will inevitably have to be stranded. However, being able to break through here is enough.

The river bank in the city is completely different from the one outside the city. The river bank outside the city is the ordinary river beach with sand, mud and reed marshes. On both sides of the river bank in the city are river embankments made of huge rocks, and boats can dock directly.

Yan Fei himself never thought that this breakthrough was so simple. It was not like a war period, it was no different from when he was not on guard on weekdays. Apart from putting down the sluice gate, he did not encounter any other defense means. This attitude towards war was of no use, no matter how strong the city defense was.

The ocean-going fishing boat slowly leaned on the shore, and a large number of fully armed soldiers jumped off the boat and landed on the land of Jinling City.

The number of soldiers loaded by these ocean-going fishing boats is not large, but you should know that after the sluice was broken, a large number of soldiers advancing along the river bank could pour in through the gap. These soldiers have received strict training, including night battle training. Even at night, they will never scatter and lose their organizational level.

As a large number of soldiers poured into the city through the sluice, the crowd who were still singing and dancing became peacefully fell into a huge panic after the initial surprise. A large number of ships fled farther into the city. In the panic, many ships collided with each other and many people fell into the water.

"Don't rush to attack." Yan Fei called the soldiers to gather after landing on the boat, instead of directly entering the city.

At most, only 20,000 soldiers brought in this time, and so many people would be diluted into the huge Jinling City. So Yan Fei planned to concentrate his troops to attack the palace first. Anyway, the city gates everywhere were blocked at this time and no one could escape. He would slowly catch turtles in the jar.

While Yan Fei was sorting out his troops here, as the news of the imperial army entering the city was spread, the entire Jinling City fell into panic.

Many people ran around like headless flies, while more people looked flustered and at a loss. Many people closed their doors and started to turn heads and turtles to pretend to be their ostrich. Some people were rushing to prepare to welcome the imperial army. Only Ma Shiying hurriedly took his servants to the palace after receiving the news.

"Prince!" Seeing the King of Fu who was wandering around like an ant, Ma Shiying hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"My dear!!" King Fu, who was so anxious that tears were almost coming out, grabbed Ma Shiying's hand, and his voice choked, "The army of the court has entered the city, what should we do!"

King Fu couldn't understand why the Jinling City, which was guarded by more than 100,000 people, was invaded into the city in one night. But the more important thing now is what to do! Others are okay, but they can surrender at most. But how could the emperor let him go?

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Although he was also shocked, Ma Shiying still spoke to appease him. "The imperial army only broke through the outer wall, which was far away from the palace. Moreover, the walls of the imperial city were strong and strict, so it was not easy to get off."

After thinking about it, Ma Shiying comforted again, "Even if there is any mistake, there is a secret passage in the palace that leads to the city outside the city to allow the prince to leave the danger. The minister can protect the prince to Wuchang and find General Zuo, and then lead the army back."

Although he was speaking beautifully, Ma Shiying knew in his heart that the matter of serving the king initiated by him and others could almost be considered defeated. No one expected that the imperial army would be so terrifying. Perhaps even if the outside army was transferred back, it would not be possible to defeat it.

However, now things have reached this level, and there is no other way except to bite the bullet and carry on.

King Fu, who had no ability, gradually felt at ease after hearing this suggestion, especially when he learned that he could escape from the secret passage, he smiled. He shook Ma Shiying's hand vigorously, "I'll ask my dear, please."

Not to mention the matter in the palace, Yan Fei, on the banks of the Qinhuai River, left some troops to guard the palace after gathering the army, and then led the army all the way to attack and move forward.

In this era, the Qinhuai River was a famous gold-selling cave in the world. The Qinlou and Chu Pavilion continued to form an extremely prosperous street. At this time, a large number of troops wearing leather boots walked through the streets with heavy steps, which shocked the men and women in the buildings on both sides, and were extremely curious.

Many windows on buildings were quietly pushed open the silk gaps, and pairs of eyes mixed with curiosity and fear were quietly looking at the troops running through the streets below. They looked at the soldiers with the help of the lights on the streets.

"These soldiers wear the same clothes, they look quite energetic."

"I don't shout, scream, no noise, no trouble, and I don't go to smash the doors around me. These are elite soldiers!"

"It's different from the soldiers I've seen before?"

"It looks like they are young young people, and they all look very strong."

"Little X-seller, you're hustling."

The army entering the city did not harass the people, which made many people feel relieved and began to wait and see the imperial army curiously. The neat military appearance and strict discipline and the strong young man in Yishui surprised many people. Because in their impression, the army is almost as vicious as bandits.

After the army entered the city, it did not encounter any decent resistance. On the one hand, it was because a large number of defenders were arranged on the city wall to guard it, and it was impossible to gather in a short time. On the other hand, it was that after learning the news, the generals of the army at all levels did not take the initiative to fight, but mobilized all their confidants to their mansions to guard it.

Except for a few unlucky guys who bumped into each other in a dizzy way, when Yan Fei led his army to the gate of the palace, he did not encounter any resistance from the establishment.

Looking at the majestic palace in front of him, Yan Fei turned around and ordered the artillery soldiers who followed him to start assembling artillery.

The walls of the palace are tall and thick, and it is not easy to attack forcibly. Yan Fei was not interested in letting his soldiers attack the city at Yijiao. He was going to ask the artillerymen to use artillery to blow open the gate of the palace and then lead the troops directly in. He didn't believe that the back of the gate of the palace would be blocked by huge rocks and sand in such a short time.

However, just as the artillerymen assembled various artillery parts that were being carried and brought over with them, the thick palace gate was slowly opened in a sound of sour teeth.

After the palace gate of the palace was opened, a group of eunuchs dressed in eunuchs ran towards Yan Fei. Faced with the numerous guns raised in unison, the eunuchs hurriedly bowed and bowed and shouted to welcome the heavenly army.

"Let them come here." Yan Fei waved his hand and asked the eunuchs in the distance to come.

"I have seen the general." After the eunuchs came over panting, the leader knelt in front of Yan Fei with a thud and kowtowed hard. "I and others welcome the angels!"

"Lu Jiude?" Yan Fei thought for a while, then asked "Where is the King of Fu?"

"Reply to the general's words." Lu Jiude didn't dare to raise his head and responded quickly, "King Fu was taken hostage by the traitor Ma Shiying and fled to the city."

"Hmm?" Yan Fei's eyes narrowed. If King Fu ran away, it would be troublesome. King Fu is a walking flag of righteousness. "Where is the authentic tunnel leading to?!"

Yan Fei did not send anyone to chase the tunnel, as the speed was too slow. He was going to send someone directly to the tunnel exit to block the tunnel.
Chapter completed!