Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 207 Chapter 207, Li Dingguo tried to attack, Zhang Xianzhong came to Nanjing
In late autumn, the city of Nanjing is still rumbling with gunfire.

The shells landed on the city wall of Nanjing City one after another, and every time a shell landed, it would stir up a cloud of smoke and dust, and the ground was constantly trembling slightly, even standing at a place about twenty feet away from the city wall, you could still feel it.

When the shells gradually stopped, the siege soldiers of the Great Western Army rushed up.

Judging from the connection of time, although the infantry coordination is relatively elementary, it can be regarded as so-so.

Li Dingguo's integration of the Zuo Family Army seems to be relatively successful. At this stage, the main force of the siege is the original Zuo Family Army.

These descendants brandished their weapons and rushed up, followed by various ladders and siege vehicles.

Naturally, the Ming army guarding Nanjing could not remain indifferent to this.

On the city wall, many firecrackers opened fire.

"Bang bang bang!"

The quality of the Daming firecracker is worrying, but as the prince, Zhu Cihong certainly has the ability to let each of the three thousand princes' troops under his command get a good enough firecracker.

Under the condescending shooting of the Daming Huo soldiers, soldiers of the Great West Army kept falling to the ground.

However, the shooting of the firecrackers also did not last long, because there was not enough ammunition in Nanjing City, so the quota of bullets for each person was very tight.

So next, it's time for the archers to show off.

The archers of the Ming army also shot condescendingly, which could also cause a lot of casualties.

Li Dingguo didn't seem to care about this, and the sound of drums beating constantly came from the flagship on the river, urging everyone to move forward.

The battle was very intense.

Li Dingguo was calm and relaxed, standing on the bow of the flagship, watching the distant city of Nanjing.

Since the two sides have entered the stage of close combat, the sound of artillery has naturally stopped long ago.

Suddenly, a series of dense explosions sounded, attracting Li Dingguo's attention.

Zuo Fei who was standing beside Li Dingguo hurriedly said, "Your Highness, it was this hand that threw mines, which caused us huge losses before!"

Li Dingguo hummed. Although the distance was quite far, Li Dingguo could still see the flames of the explosion flashing on the city wall.

When the grenade broke out, the offensive of the Atlantis Army was immediately thwarted.

The ladder was blown up, the siege vehicle was blown up, and the soldiers crowded under the city wall became the targets of being harvested.

Li Dingguo said lightly: "Okay, let's withdraw the troops."

The sharp beeping sound began to sound.

Many soldiers of the Western Army retreated like a tide.

Seeing this, Zuo Fei suddenly showed a puzzled expression in his eyes.

From Zuo Fei's point of view, Li Dingguo's behavior is obviously incomprehensible.

Isn't this clearly asking the soldiers to die?
In the city of Nanjing, the news of the retreat of the Great Western Army has also been sent back to the palace.

The important ministers in Nanjing who heard the news were immediately rejoiced.

"It seems that Li Dingguo is nothing more than that."

"The so-called successor of Zhang Xianzhong is actually just a rogue just like Zhang Xianzhong. What will happen?"

"With His Highness the Crown Prince sitting in charge, how could Li Dingguo be His Highness' opponent?"

Looking at the group of important officials in front of him, Zhu Cihong pinched his chin, lost in thought.

wrong.

Li Dingguo, who has defeated the Qing army many times in history, is a real famous general.

How could such a famous general choose to give up so easily in the first attack after recruiting Zuo Liangyu's army?

unless……

"This is Li Dingguo testing us." Zhu Cihong said suddenly.

The other people present were immediately puzzled when they heard the words.

Zhang Shenyan couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, what can he test?"

In Zhang Shenyan's view, Zuo Liangyu's army has been fighting Nanjing for so many days. Since Li Dingguo has recruited Zuo Liangyu's army, he must have learned all the information about the previous battle from there. There is no need to test it out. ?

Zhu Cihong straightened up and said seriously: "Because Li Dingguo and Zuo Liangyu were enemies not long ago, he didn't fully trust Zuo Liangyu's former subordinates in his heart. So his attack today is more to verify Zuo Liangyu's previous subordinates. Are Liangyu's subordinates true about the previous attack on Nanjing?"

Gao Dejie was listening, and at this moment suddenly realized, and said: "Li Dingguo wants to know the power of our grenades!"

Zhu Cihong smiled and nodded: "It should be so."

Know yourself, know your enemy, and win every battle, and use the soldiers of the Zuo Family Army to die. On the one hand, you can test the combat effectiveness of the soldiers from the Zuo Family Army and whether they are loyal to Daxi. On the other hand, you can also test the combat effectiveness of the guards in Nanjing City. It really kills two birds with one stone.

Gao Dejie's mind was fully opened and he said very excitedly: "So Li Dingguo just made a tentative attack and confirmed that Zuo's army could use it and that the grenade was indeed very powerful. After that, he retreated because he also wanted to save strength."

Zhang Shenyan was listening, his eyes widened at the moment, and he couldn't help but ask, "Then what will Li Dinghui do next?"

Zhu Cihong was about to speak, but suddenly stopped, and listened carefully outside.

Bursts of muffled voices came from far away, even in the central palace of Nanjing City, one could still feel the power of these voices.

Zhu Cihong exhaled lightly, and said, "This is what Li Dingguo did. Next, the city of Nanjing will not welcome enemies, but only artillery fire!"

The cannons boomed.

On the flagship on Jiangmian, Li Dingguo said calmly: "Tell the artillerymen to keep bombarding me until the artillery can't bear it before resting."

Thanks to the occupation of the two important towns of Wuchang and Jiujiang, Li Dingguo seized a large number of shells from them, which allowed him to continue this high-intensity shelling for a long time.

Zuo Fei heard it clearly from the side, and couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that Your Highness wants to use cannons to destroy this city?"

Li Dingguo nodded slowly, and said: "Yes, this is the only solution that can break the city."

Winter is coming, and for Li Dingguo, his time is also limited.

Suddenly, there was a drumbeat.

With a surprised expression on Li Dingguo's face, he turned to look west.

On the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, a fleet of ships is slowly approaching.

"This, this is..." Li Dingguo's tone became flustered for the first time.

Half an hour later, a man wearing a crown stood in front of Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo knelt down on one knee: "My son, I have seen my father."

The person who came was none other than the present Daxi King——Zhang Xianzhong!

Zhang Xianzhong swept his eyes over Li Dingguo, looked around at the many generals behind Li Dingguo, finally returned to Li Dingguo, and let out a slow sigh.

"Dingguo, have you had enough trouble?"

(End of this chapter)