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Xu Hongji stared at his son, his body trembling constantly.
"You, you, you, how could you say such outrageous words?" Xu Hongji pointed at Xu Wenjue, who was half lying on the ground, his body was trembling.
"Father, this is the reality. The imperial court may be gone. Even if our family defends Jinling City, what is the use to our family? Anyway, there is no one in the Zhu family, so it is better for our family to make decisions. Just Like that Zhao Wen, why not dominate one side?
Dad, our family..."
"Beast, shut up!"
Xu Hongji shouted and interrupted Xu Wenjue.
"You bastard, you bastard!" Xu Hongji took off the waist knife from his waist, and drew the scabbard fiercely towards Xu Wenjue.
Seeing this posture, Xu Wenjue jumped three feet high and ran away.
Before running away, he still didn't forget to confuse his father, "Father, our ancestors have sold their strength for Emperor Hongwu for so many years, so it's time for our family to enjoy happiness."
Xu Wenjue threw down a word and ran away.
Xu Hongji was chasing after Xu Wenjue, his feet were unstable, and he staggered and fell to the ground.
The guards following Xu Hongji were quick in their eyes and hands, and they supported Xu Hongji.
"Nizi, Nizi. What the hell did I give birth to, what the hell did I give birth to!" Xu Hongji threw the waist knife in his hand on the ground, and slapped his thigh in frustration. "My family has been loyal for generations, how could there be such a thing!"
"My lord, actually I think what the son said is not unreasonable!"
The commander of the personal guard who supported Xu Hongji looked at Xu Hongji cautiously.
Xu Hongji looked at the commander of the guards in disbelief, "What did you say? Say it again? What Wen Jue doesn't know, don't you know? Are you asking me to betray the court?"
The guard commander hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at Xu Hongji again.
"It's really stupid, it's really stupid. Now that Zhao bandits and horse soldiers are approaching the city, you don't want to defend the city, and you are here to deceive people.
In your eyes, do you still have the imperial court, and do you still have this Jinling City?Seeing that Zhao thieves and horses are approaching the city, and the number of defenders in the city is insufficient, I can let the past go, remember, there is no next time, if there is a next time, I will not easily forgive you. "
With a flick of his arm, Xu Hongji shook off the hand of the commander of the guards and walked outside.
As the sun went down, Jinling City was also plunged into darkness.
However, in the bustling city of Jinling, the night life of those dignitaries and nobles has just begun.
There are painted boats floating in the Qinhuai River, and these painted boats are the favorite places of the elder brothers in Jinling City.
The smell of makeup and powder wafts through the city of Jinling, arousing people's imagination.
Even the defenders on the top of the city can smell the smell of powder.
On the one hand, there are fearful soldiers defending the city, and on the other, high-ranking officials and nobles who are having fun. This is really a great irony.
The actors in the city don't know what a country is, they only know how to sing those charming tunes.
These high-ranking officials and nobles in the city know what is the righteousness of the country, but they are like ostriches, burying their heads in the ground, pretending that they don't know anything.
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Two days later, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu put the crossing place in Jiangpu.
Jiangpu is close to the Yangtze River, and there are a large number of ferries docked on the river outside Jiangpu.
These boats are basically small fishing boats, because Chuzhou soldiers and horses burned all the boats near Chuzhou when they retreated to Jinling, so Zhao Daniu and Song Hu only found small fishing boats.
The number of these small fishing boats seems quite large, but it will take several days to transport all the soldiers in the hands of Zhao Daniu and Song Hu.
Although Zhao Wen had sailors in his hands, these sailors were relatively scattered, either stationed on Taiyuan Island, or in Java, or in the country of Wa, or shuttling between Dengzhou and Nuer Gandusi.
Therefore, in this battle, Zhao Wen did not mobilize the navy in his hands.In Zhao Wen's view, Nanzhili could be captured without mobilizing the navy in his hands.
Behind the fishing boat is a large artillery position.
The artillery on these artillery positions has aimed their muzzles at Jinling City across the river.
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Chapter 701 Attack on Jinling
There are a large number of small fishing boats parked on the river near the Yangtze River in Jiangpu. Although there are a large number of these small fishing boats, it may not be an easy task to transport the soldiers and horses in the hands of Zhao Daniu and Song Hu.
Among Zhao Daniu and Song Hu's soldiers and horses, Zhao Wen added them later. These soldiers and horses were withdrawn from Sichuan.
According to the plan of the Military Academy, the two separated the soldiers and horses in their hands.
Although the two stayed a lot in the captured cities along the way, the number was still large, adding up to nearly [-] soldiers and horses.
As the saying goes, if there are more than ten thousand people, there are no boundaries.When these [-] soldiers and horses came to Jiangpu, the small county town of Jiangpu suddenly became overcrowded.
On the day when Zhao Daniu and Song Hu were preparing to send troops, the soldiers and horses in Jiangpu walked out of Jiangpu in neat formations and came to the bank of the Yangtze River.
Because of the large number of people, it was impossible to transport all the soldiers and horses at one time, so under the orders of Zhao Daniu and Song Hu, these soldiers and horses set up a mighty tent on the bank of the Yangtze River.
Today, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu planned to transport [-] soldiers and horses, divided into three batches, one batch in the morning, one batch in the afternoon, and one batch in the afternoon.
Among the first batch of troops, Zhao Daniu and Song Hu each accounted for half of the troops.
Their main purpose after crossing the river is to set up a landing port on the other side of the river to prepare for the soldiers who will go ashore later.
The artillery position is next to the camp, and the artillery on the artillery position is waiting for the battle, making final preparations for the shelling.
Zhao Daniu and Song Hu came to the bank of the Yangtze River and built a two-foot-high platform on the bank of the Yangtze River.
This was used by Zhao Daniu and Song Hu to observe the enemy's situation.
The gap between the two warring parties is ridiculously large, and the Jinling defenders on the opposite side of the Yangtze River on this high platform have nothing to do.
Zhao Daniu stood on the high platform, looked at the rising sun, and took a deep breath.
Song Hu stood beside him, staring fixedly at Jinling City across the river.
Behind the two of them is their big banner, and under the big banner are the messengers and personal guards who are responsible for conveying their military orders.
"Report, the preparations for the first echelon crossing the river have been completed!"
A messenger came under the high platform and shouted loudly at the two people on the high platform.
Zhao Daniu yelled to the people below: "Send the order to go down and cross the river!"
"Yes!"
The messenger who came below shouted and ran down with Zhao Daniu's order.
"Send the order, the artillery position is ready to fire. Once our army starts to cross the river, we will bomb Jinling City on the other side of the river with all our strength. Remember, you must grasp the speed when bombing. Don't fly into Jinling City until the shells can fly into Jinling City. !” Zhao Daniu said holding up the binoculars and looking at the Jinling City in front of him.
The messenger standing behind Zhao Daniu hurried down the high platform and passed on the news of Zhao Daniu.
On the bank of the Yangtze River in front of the high platform, the first batch of soldiers began to board the ship.
Under the leadership of their respective officers, these soldiers ran onto the fishing boat.
Fishing boats are very small, and a fishing boat can only accommodate three or five people, and no more than ten people at most.
There are more than 1000 fishing boats along the Yangtze River.
After the first batch of soldiers boarded the fishing boat, the fishing boat headed across the river.
Almost half an hour later, the first batch of fishing boats left the shore and headed for Jinling City opposite.
At this time, the artillery on the artillery position also began to make final preparations for shelling Jinling City.
At the same time, on the north side of Jinling City, Wei Guogong Xu Hongji stood on the gate tower with his personal guards. He looked at the fishing boats coming towards this side on the Yangtze River with a bitter expression on his face.
"Zhao thief is about to start crossing the river." Xu Hongji muttered, turned around, and shouted at the guards behind him: "Order all the defenders on the city wall, let them be ready to fight, and kill all the soldiers on the top of the city. Take out all the defense equipment for me. Also, the artillery on the top of the city must be ready."
The guards hurried down the city wall.
Wei Liangyan, Xu Hongji's adjutant, said solemnly: "Master, should we choose to attack halfway? Wait until the enemy army is halfway across the river, and then attack suddenly? Wipe out the bandits on the river. "
In various battles of crossing or crossing the river, the best effect is to attack halfway.
Wait until the enemy army is halfway to attack before attacking, so the enemy army will be in a dilemma.
Xu Hongji shook his head, "No, there are not many defenders in Jinling City, and there is also a lack of artillery in the city. The Yangtze River is four miles wide, and the only weapons with this range in our hands are the red cannons on the top of the city and some catapults.
However, the city wall is more than four or five miles away from the Yangtze River. Although the red cannon on the city head can hit this distance, whether it can hit the ferry on the river at this distance depends on luck.
Moreover, the artillery on the top of the city has been in disrepair for a long time, and most of them can't fire a few shots.Although there are quite a few catapults on the city wall, they are simply out of reach.
Catapults and artillery are heavy and cannot be sent to the Yangtze River in a short period of time, so we have no way to attack halfway now.
What's more, if the artillery on the top of the city is sent to the edge of the Yangtze River, the firepower on the top of the city will be far from enough, and it will not be able to effectively kill the bandits in the subsequent battle of defending the city.
By the way, you should go to the city now and recruit young adults. "
The city walls of Jinling City are divided into palace walls, imperial city, capital city, and outer city walls.
Among them, the outer city wall is the largest, with a circumference of [-] kilometers.The place surrounded by the outer city wall is all the area of Jinling City.
Because the area is too large and the population is too large, Xu Hongji focused his defense on the walls of the capital.
The city wall of the capital is more than 30 kilometers long, with thirteen gates and two water gates.
In fact, Xu Hongji has been recruiting young and strong for the past few days. Up to now, the total number of defenders in the city is only more than 6.
Although the number of 6 people is a lot, it is still a bit stretched to defend the more than 30 kilometers long city wall.
With 6 people, Xu Hongji was really not sure about defending Jinling City.
In the past few days, Xu Hongji also asked the officials of Jinling City to find a way to move the people from the outer city to the capital or disperse them to other places.
However, there are too many people in the outer city, and there is no way to complete it in a short time.
Xu Hongji had no choice but to give up these common people.
Xu Hongji's place is located in Yifengmen, facing the Yangtze River.
Yifengmen is not far from the Yangtze River, that is, a distance of three or four miles.
The city walls on both sides of Yifeng Gate are built along the mountains, with Lion Mountain on the north and Xiuqiu Mountain on the south (which is the remnant of Lion Mountain). It is the focus of Xu Hongji's defense.
And Xu Hongji also deployed more than 1 defenders on this section of the city wall.
Xu Hongji looked at the ferry boat coming towards this side on the river, feeling uneasy.
"Start the calibration, the western artillery, the target is Huaimen. The central artillery, the target Yijiangmen. The eastern artillery, the target Yifengmen."
On the artillery position, the artillery commander yelled loudly at the orderly standing behind him.
The orderly rushed down with the order of the artillery commander.
After a while, there were several rumbling cannons from the artillery position.
A dozen rounds of shells used to calibrate the gun flew out of the muzzle of the cannon howitzer and flew towards their respective targets.
The shells streaked across the sky, and with the sound of piercing through the air, they accurately landed on the walls of Jinling City.
"Bang bang bang!"
The sound of cannons sounded, the flames splashed, and the smoke and dust shrouded.
These shells all hit their respective targets.
Xu Hongji was watching the ferry boat on the river on the city wall, at this moment, several shrill voices came into his ears.
After a few breaths, the shells landed on the city wall.
There was a thunderous explosion, and the shells fell on the edge of the city wall.
The violent explosion shattered the bricks on the city wall and flew them everywhere.
The 152mm cannon howitzer is extremely powerful, and dozens of kilograms of shells fall on the city wall. How can the city wall be intact?
Flames and dust flashed out all of a sudden, and the defenders on the top of the city stared blankly at what happened in front of them, at a loss.
"Master Guo, it's dangerous here! Master Guo, hurry up and get down the city wall. It's too dangerous up here. Lord Guo is now the commander in chief of Jinling City. If there is any danger, it will be bad." Xu Hongji's guard The commander hurriedly shouted at Xu Hongji.
Xu Hongji calmed down and said, "If I go down, who will be in charge of guarding the city?"
"My lord, anyone can be in charge of guarding the city. If something happens to my lord, the entire Jinling City will be ruined." The guard commander's face was full of panic.
The scene just now really frightened him, he had never seen such a violent explosion before.
While the two were talking, there was another roar from the artillery position on the opposite side of the river.
The number of cannonballs that flew out this time was many times higher than before, and the whistling sound of the cannonballs flying in the air was connected together.