Li Xiu saw that the grass under the city was abnormally colored, so the soldiers poured hot soup, why did they scream immediately?
Standing on the walls of Nanjing, Li Xiucheng did not slacken off or be optimistic in the face of the Xiang army that could not be attacked for a long time under the city, especially when he saw that the Xiang army was calm and calm, and seemed to be in a long-term unable to attack, in a dilemma, and at a loss, he suspected that it was deceitful.
In particular, when observing that the green grass outside the city was uneven in color and had recently changed, he suddenly realized: Zeng Guofan used his previous method of digging tunnels to attack the city, digging tunnels and burying explosives, and without knowing it, digging under the roots of the city wall, it was not easy to blow up the city wall, and easily captured the city of Nanjing, which the Taiping Army had held for two years. Thinking of this, Li Xiucheng smiled triumphantly.
He immediately ordered the soldiers to set up a large cauldron stove, burn a pot of boiling hot water, and then pour the boiling hot water into the grass outside the city wall. Li Xiucheng did not tell the soldiers why they did this, for fear of leaking information. Of course, the soldiers were also in the dark, and they listened to the general's orders in a confused manner. The Qing soldiers who were digging tunnels underground were sober and knew what they were doing. But what was confused was that he was digging a tunnel and was about to finish, and he knew that the hot water that was suddenly pouring down the soup was poured down head-on, and the second monk was confused and could only flee.
Originally, how hot can a pot of boiling water be? How many pots of boiling water can be used? But the tunnel was narrow, and everyone panicked and frantically fled backwards, so people crowded people, people stepped on people, and many people trampled on each other to death. What is even more fatal is that the tunnels have already been prepared with explosives, and when digging the tunnels, candles are lit, and the candles are poured down, and they encounter gunpowder and explode in succession, which is a bigger disaster. Think about it, not to mention the direct explosion, the tunnel collapsed, how many soldiers suffocated inside? More than that, there are always thousands of deaths, but what makes the second person can't stand it the most is that this brilliant plan that he racked his brains to come up with, the tunnel he dug up with hard work, saw that he was about to succeed, but he failed to do so, but became the graveyard of his own soldiers, and you said that he was not painful.
Can't help but admire, Li Xiucheng, a super military talent. Even Zeng Guofan could not help but give him a secret thumbs up. But the pain in his heart, that hurry! Because the emperor urged him to quickly take down the city of Nanjing, and if he dragged it on, I was afraid that he would endanger himself. Originally, he was urged by the emperor to attack the city like a holy will to come up with this tunnel siege plan. They concentrated their elite troops, fully flowered and dug tunnels, digging a total of thirty-three places and preparing hundreds of thousands of explosives.
Because of the huge cost and no absolute guarantee, Zeng Guofan was worried that his younger brother Zeng Guoquan would not carry out the implementation effectively and sway, and he also wrote many letters to comfort and advise his brother that he must dig the tunnel to the end. This plan is really exquisite, seemingly foolproof, as long as you dig it quickly, go to the bottom of the city wall, bury the explosives, and open the gap in the city wall at once, the army will immediately enter, and victory is at your fingertips. Where did you think that you would be recognized by Li Xiucheng? But bad things can also turn into good things.
Zeng Guofan was also an extraordinary person, and he did the opposite, and he wanted to continue to dig tunnels. At this time, according to common sense, it would not dig a tunnel again, and Li Xiucheng also believed in this, who would repeat the same mistake so quickly! Thinking that with such a big loss, the Qing army no longer had the strength to dig tunnels. We can't help but believe that Zeng Guofan is really a military person. Tunnel warfare failed, and wherever it fell, it got up. So dozens of forts were built on the ground with great fanfare, and hundreds of cannons were erected, seemingly attacking from the ground, but in fact they were covering the excavation of tunnels. This move was really clever, and it really made Li Xiucheng believe, so the Taiping Army concentrated its firepower to deal with the Qing army's artillery positions.
The ending is expected, this time the Qing army succeeded, they dug tunnels under the city wall, exploded a huge opening in the gate guarded by the Taiping Army, and the prepared army rushed in, and the city of Nanjing was finally breached, and the Taiping Army went to the end.