Chapter 223 Another Supervisor

The rest of the officers and soldiers who were still stubbornly resisting saw that Sun Yingyuan was dead and had no fighting spirit, so they immediately dispersed as birds and beasts. A large number of soldiers of the Xingtian Army were able to break through Dinghuaimen, poured into the city, and quickly rushed to the city in all directions under the command of Liu Yaoben.

In the short battle of the city gate, Sun Yingyuan led the army to cause hundreds of deaths and injuries to the Xingtian army who invaded the city, and almost stopped the Xingtian army in the area of Dinghuaimen. Unfortunately, most of the officers and soldiers lost their fighting spirit and did not follow Sun Yingyuan to the end. In the end, Sun Yingyuan was killed, and Dinghuaimen was completely lost. Guard, otherwise, it is even possible that they will block Dinghuaimen again, so that Xing Tianjun's exhausting siege this time will end in failure.

When a Xingtian army flag was raised on the head of Dinghuaimen City, a large number of Xingtian army soldiers outside the city cheered in unison, and their morale suddenly boosted a lot. Then under the order of Xiao Tianjian, they rushed into Dinghuaimen one after another.

Originally, the number of officers and soldiers in the city was not large. As more and more people and horses of Xing Tianjun poured into Dinghuaimen, the battle situation in the inner city of Nanjing also began to show a one-sided state.

After the Xing Tian Army broke through Dinghuaimen, Ding Qirui retreated into the city under the protection of the generals. Ding Qirui was still unwilling to fail and tried to organize troops to counterattack and retake Dinghuaimen. However, at this time, the officers and generals had long lost their fighting spirit. Most of the orders to Ding Qirui refused to be carried out and thought about his way out one after another. Only a small number of generals led their troops to fight in the city and the Xingtian army who attacked the city, and retreated to the city.

On the one hand, the subsequent Xingtian Army attacked the city. On the other hand, it sent troops to climb the city wall and quickly attacked along both sides of the city wall to seize more gates. At this time, the defenders of the gates also began to know that Nanjing had been broken, and their morale suddenly declined, and they abandoned the city wall and gates they were responsible for. He ran around and fled, so that the Xingtian army seized several gates like a broken bamboo, and then opened the gate and put more Xingtian soldiers into the city.

Ding Qirui fled to the Qinhuai River in the west of the city under the escort of the generals. He listened to more and more places began to shout and kill, and more places began to appear thick smoke, so he cried loudly and knelt down and kowtowed to the north. Since Chen was guilty, he failed the emperor's trust in him, and in the end he failed to He kept Nanjing City, and now he is desperate, so he turned around and wanted to jump into the Qinhuai River to suicide. Unfortunately, his men still pulled him and wrapped him around him and continued to escape to the south of the city.

Once the strong city of Nanjing was broken, the resistance of the defenders in the city began to collapse like a domino. With the influx of a large number of criminal soldiers, the resistance of the officers and soldiers began to become weaker and weaker. After a day, the inner city of the huge Nanjing was basically controlled by the Xingtian Army. Medium.

The main reason why the attack on Nanjing City can be successful in such a short time is actually several reasons. First, by this time, the soldiers and generals in the officers and soldiers have long had the will to defend Nanjing City to the death, and they surrendered to the Xing Tianjun one after another. The second is that the morale of the Xing Tianjun is very high, and And the combat effectiveness is very strong. The most important thing is Xiao Tianjian's application of artillery. He can be said to have created the first time for the concentrated use of artillery in this era. The concentrated use of heavy guns in generals finally opened the gap in Dinghuaimen.

In the era of the information explosion in later generations, Xiao Tianjian will inevitably hear and know a lot about the application of the army. Naturally, he also knows the role of artillery, the god of war. In this era, he was the first to create a full-time artillery in the Xingtian Army. And concentrate on using artillery to fight.

Although the red-haired devil Gao Su is familiar with the way of operating artillery and is known as the father of the artillery of the Xingtian Army by later generations, in essence, Gao Su's role is limited to training batches of basic soldiers who are familiar with the operation of artillery for Xiao Tianjian. It is Xiao Tianjian who really constructed the full-time arms and combat mode of artillery.

No matter how strong Nanjing City is, it is still a dead object, and it is impossible to stop the Xing Tianjun from concentrating a large number of heavy artillery and bombarding a place.

In addition, Xiao Tianjian also set up a full-time engineering force early in the Xingtian Army. In such a siege battle, the engineering force also played a huge role. They took advantage of the artillery to suppress the defenders in the city and sent a large number of engineers to carry out many blasting operations on the Weng City of Dinghuaimen, using a large number of The gunpowder finally collapsed the Weng City and exposed the inner gate, so that the Xing Tianjun could successfully break through the Dinghuai Gate.

Therefore, in the eyes of others, this city, which is almost impossible to be broken, was finally conquered by his Xingtian army under the front of Xiao Tianjian, which also created a new way of siege in this era, so that the era of building walls as a defense has been gradually ended and created a new era. The era.

The battle in the inner city of Nanjing lasted for more than two days and was basically over. Xiao Tianjian was in the temporary commander's mansion in the outer city and kept getting the news of attacking all departments in the city.

The morning of the next day when he invaded the city, someone sent a message saying that Ding Qirui, the governor, had been caught in the city. Soon, Ding Qirui was tied up and sent to Xiao Tianjian's temporary commander's mansion in the outer city.

Ding Qirui is only 45 years old, but when Xiao Tianjian saw him, he found that Ding Qirui was already full of white hair and his body was also very thin. He looked like he was sixty or seventy years old. In the past two years, in order to deal with him, Ding Qirui could be said to have exhausted his strength and couldn't help feeling a little. Some sighs.

For Ding Qirui and Xiao Tianjian, he knew his role in the original history. This person was not a capable minister, but he was still relatively loyal. Although he was reused by the court, he did not have the ability to turn the tide. In the end, he surrendered to the Qing army after the destruction of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and later because he was involved in the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty. In the event, he was killed by Jiannu.

But now Ding Qirui is in the area of Nanzhili, causing him a lot of trouble. When Ding Qirui was brought to him, Xiao Tianjian didn't know how to deal with him for a while. However, after Ding Qirui was brought to him, he did not put on any airs. Although he refused to kneel, his face was full. Shame.

"Xiao has met Master Ding! I don't know what Governor Ding is thinking now?" After Xiao Tianjian stepped out of the handsome case behind his back, he slowly walked to Ding Qirui with a ashamed face. After a slight pause, he asked Ding Qirui.

Ding Qirui sighed, stood up straight as much as possible, shook his head and said, "So you are Xiao Xingtian!" Please forgive Ding for not being able to salute Marshal Xiao! As for what Marshal Xiao asked, hum! Ding doesn't know how to answer! I can only say that I admire the ability of Marshal Xiao! It's a pity that Marshal Xiao, as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, can't be used by the court. It's really a pity! But I don't know what you plan to do with it?"

Xiao Tianjian saw that Ding Qirui did not behave very arrogantly, so he understood some of his mood, slowly circled around him twice, and finally stopped in front of Ding Qirui. He stared at Ding Qirui's eyes and asked him, "Lord Ding is my enemy. I don't blame you, Lord Ding. After all, each is his own master, you It's just doing my part! At present, since Lord Ding has been captured by me, how to deal with it depends on your attitude!

If Lord Ding wants to achieve a loyal name, Xiao can also satisfy Lord Ding's idea, but after all, Lord Ding has learned everything. It's really a pity to die like this! Xiao is not talented. He thinks that if Lord Ding can leave this useful body and work for Xiao in the future, Xiao will also raise his hands to welcome him. You can decide where to go! Xiao just waits for the adult's decision!

Come on, untie Lord Ding and find a quiet and clean place for Lord Ding. Don't make it difficult for Lord Ding!"

Xiao Tianjian didn't say much to Ding Qirui. After saying what he thought indifferently, he made people take Ding Qirui down and let him think about how to decide his fate.

After Ding Qirui was untied, he hesitated for a moment, but finally did not say anything. He turned his head and followed the guard to walk out of the Shuai's mansion. Xiao Tianjian turned around and gave orders to collect the remains of Sun Yingyuan, who died in Dinghuaimen, and choose a place to be buried outside Nanjing. Xiao Tianjian has always respected such loyal ministers, although Sun Yingyuan He led his troops to kill and injure many members of the Xingtian Army, but he also won the unanimous respect of the Xingtian Army. After Yan Shuting entered the city, Yan Shuting had already collected his body first, sent someone to find a good coffin, collected him up, and carried him out of the inner city. Now he is finally sent by Xiao Tianjian. Buried.

Xiao Tianjian also personally picked up the pen and wrote a tombstone for him, which also allowed Sun Yingyuan to close his eyes under the nine springs.

Then Xiao Tianjian became aware that the war in the city was over. It was impossible for all the officers and soldiers in the city to continue to resist or escape, so they had to put down their weapons and surrender to the Xing Tianjun. Even the palace in the city was controlled by the Xing Tianjun at this time, so Xiao Tianjian led the troops into Nanjing. In the city.

(Yesterday, I finally settled down and typed the words, but my mind was a little confused. I sorted out my thoughts again. The next step is to consider the problem of going north. I have to take some effort to sort out the plot, so the number of words written is a little less, but this is also to prepare for the future outbreak! I hope the follow-up plot can make everyone feel better! Today, I would like to thank the brothers Hu Lu, Midwinter Wood, toby1997 and LUDA for their rewards! Thank you very much! I will work hard next!)