At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Liang Huafeng's cronies wanted to say something else, but they only saw Liang Huafeng wave his hand.

"I have made up my mind. If anyone still dares to speak nonsense, military law will be dealt with."

"Yes!" All the cronies handed over.

Four thousand elite soldiers continued their forced march towards Nanjing.

Ever since King Jin rebelled, there has been no large-scale rebellion among Green Camp soldiers.

There are no other reasons. First, after the King of Gold was defeated, basically all the people in the Green Camp who wanted to rebel have rebelled. The remaining ones have been screened and their willingness to rebel has naturally dropped a lot.

Second, people like Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, Jiang Yu, and Li Chengdong will not end well.

The best outcome for those who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty is to be like He Zhen, Wang Guangxing, Ma Xin and others, either eating dirt in the mountains or blowing wind on the sea.

This is still the best result. Otherwise, we will be directly delayed by the Qing Dynasty accidentally.

The piles and piles of examples really made the Green Camp soldiers shudder.

In this situation, we really can't talk about treatment, we can only talk about feelings, and those who have feelings have been almost eliminated, so the willingness of the Green Camp soldiers to rebel has become extremely low.

It is precisely because of this that Li Dingguo's two famous queens and the green camp did not form another wave of defections.

After Zheng Chenggong's victory in Zhenjiang, the green camps in the Jiangnan area, except for people like Gao Qian, were directly threatened and would die if they didn't fight back.

The rest are at best on the sidelines, waiting for the dust to settle and the overall situation to be decided before they dare to boldly fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Even Ma Fengzhi, who had been instigated by Qian Qianyi for nine years, was like this, so there was no need to say more about the others.

Therefore, after the victory of Zhenjiang, the Qing rule in the entire Jiangnan region did not collapse quickly, but continued to be crumbling.

If Zheng Chenggong couldn't add more force, it would be impossible to cause a series of reactions.

In the midst of great expectations, Guo Xingye finally arrived in Nanjing after much delay.

At the same time, Zhang Huangyan led his troops to continue westward, preparing to conquer the upper reaches of Nanjing.

On July 11, Zheng Chenggong led Gan Hui, Ma Xin and other generals to land to observe the terrain of Nanjing.

Then he ordered Zheng's troops from all walks of life to line up and set up a long snake formation at the foot of Nanjing City.

Among them, Zheng Chenggong led the main force to camp in the north of Nanjing, Yu Xin led his troops to block the Yifeng Gate, and Ma Xin and others lined up along the Qinhuai River.

Zheng's army had 50,000 men in armor and 100,000 men, and they were camped for dozens of miles, and their momentum was overwhelming.

However, this layout was surprising, because Zheng Chenggong arranged his army in a long snake formation, surrounding the east and north of Nanjing.

Once there is a problem in the Yifengmen area closest to the Yangtze River, Zheng Jun will be cut into two pieces immediately.

Zheng Chenggong, who had led the army for ten years, naturally knew about the problems with his deployment. However, after experiencing the great victory in Zhenjiang, the mentality of this man with the surname Guo was different from the past.

One hundred thousand Zheng troops lined up under Nanjing City, flaunting their flags, not thinking that they would fail.

At this time, a memorial sent by Guan Zhongzhong to the Qing court was intercepted by Zheng Chenggong.

In the memorial, Guan Zhongzhong elaborated on the disastrous defeats in Zhenjiang and Guazhou, and asked the Qing government to send troops to help immediately, otherwise Nanjing and Jiangnan would not be defended.

After reading this alarming memorial, Zheng Chenggong laughed loudly and said: "I will tell you how loyal I am to know my methods!"

On July 12, all Zheng troops were deployed.

Ma Xin requested to attack the city, but Zheng Chenggong refused.

Zhang Huangyan also wrote a letter hoping that Zheng Chenggong could break the city quickly and change would happen later.

However, Zheng Chenggong remained noncommittal.

He proudly declared: "Like this, the southern capital will surely surrender!"

He believed that attacking Nanjing would definitely result in loss of troops and horses, and after the Battle of Zhenjiang, the Qing army became discouraged and would surely surrender.

After blocking his subordinates' request to attack the city, Zheng Chenggong ordered people to shoot arrows into the city and asked Guan Zhongzhong and others to surrender.

Guan Zhongzhong also shot an arrow in reply, requesting a thirty-day deadline.

Zheng Chenggong readily agreed and said: This vassal can attack this isolated city with just one tip. Now that they have come to surrender, those who allow them to be lenient must do so because they want to win the trust of the world. If they do not surrender at the end of the day, not a single blade of grass will be left behind when they invade.

In this way, one hundred thousand Zheng troops actually started a sit-down battle with the Qing army under the city walls of Nanjing. For a time, there was no war in Nanjing.

At the same time, on July 14, Liang Huafeng's troops, who were marching to Danyang, received four troop deployment orders from Lang Tingzuo in the evening.

He knew the situation was urgent and marched quickly.

On the 15th, they arrived in the Jurong area southwest of Nanjing. This area was hilly and covered with vegetation, which was very suitable for an ambush. Liang Huafeng did not dare to neglect and ordered his troops to cheer up and search forward to prevent Zheng Chenggong's ambush. .

As early as ten days ago, Zhang Huangyan wrote to Zheng Chenggong, hoping that he could march overland to Nanjing as early as possible, and then send troops to capture the Jurong area to prevent reinforcements from entering the city.

However, the arrogant Zheng Chenggong did not follow his advice, did not rush overland, and did not cut off the Qing army's access to reinforcements.

In this way, after careful search, Liang Huafeng safely passed through this area and arrived in Nanjing.

He laughed and said, "How could the thief know that thousands of people would hide in the forest and cut off the danger? How could I travel safely without fear?"

Late that night, Liang Huafeng spent more than a day walking almost the same distance as Zheng Jun and entered Nanjing safely.

Liang Huafeng's 4,000 elite soldiers, after a rapid march, removed a small number of stragglers, and there were still more than 3,700 soldiers left.

The arrival of this well-organized force gave the Qing army in Nanjing a shot in the arm.

After Liang Huafeng entered the city, he did not rest immediately, but immediately met with Guan Zhongzhong and others.

"What! Defeat the enemy in the field!" Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, Guan Zhongzhong, the admiral of Jiangnan, and Kakamu, the general of Jiangning, were all shocked.

The main force of the Qing army had just been defeated in Zhenjiang. Even if a group of defeated generals had Liang Huafeng to help them, how could they fight Zheng's army in the wild again?

"That's right!" Liang Huafeng said solemnly: "Our army now only has more than 10,000 troops. How can we defend such a huge Jiangning?"

"The city wall of Jiangning is more than seventy miles high. Even if all our troops are on the wall, it will be useless."

"And there are countless people in the city secretly working with the pirates. They opened any one of the thirteen city gates at will, and we all died without a burial place!"

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military personnel in Nanjing turned pale.

How could they not know the situation in the city?

The garrison in Nanjing is already sparse, and the hearts of the people and gentry are not in the hands of the Qing Dynasty.

Without the support of the common people and gentry, how could Nanjing be defended with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses!

"Since our army cannot defend the city, we can only risk death and survive, go out of the city to attack Zheng Chenggong's weak points, and defeat the enemy in a field battle. Only then will we have a chance to survive!" Liang Huafeng spoke again in a solemn tone.

Since the Qing army cannot defend the huge city of Nanjing, it is better to give it a try than wait for death! Choose to attack!

"A mere 10,000 troops to fight against 100,000 pirates!" Lang Tingzuo's face turned pale again.

The Qing army was destined to be unable to defend the city, but could they defeat the enemy in a field battle?

If so, would they still be trapped in Nanjing? "My Lord Governor," Liang Huafeng cupped his hands and said, "Although Zheng's army has a hundred thousand troops, only fifty thousand of them can wear armor and go into battle, while I have tens of thousands in Nanjing."

"Zheng's army has become a proud army since the battle of Zhenjiang. Although our army has been newly defeated, it has become a mournful army!"

"With more than 10,000 mournful soldiers to fight against 50,000 arrogant soldiers, it may not be impossible to succeed! Haven't you heard of Xiang Yu's burning cauldron and Han Xin's last-ditch battle?"

"Our army has reached this point, and we can only find a way out by giving it a try!"

As soon as these words came out, Lang Tingzuo and others nodded slightly.

At this point, defending the city means death, so it is better to give it a try than to do this.

Even if it means death, it is better to die in battle than to wait to die!

"Okay! Mr. Liang is indeed a good son of our Qing Dynasty!" Kakamu gave a thumbs up.

"We all listen to you. In the battle of Jiangning, we, the Eight Banners soldiers, will listen to your command!"

"That's right, the soldiers and horses in Nanjing are all under the command of General Liang!" Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, also expressed his position.

Although the civil and military forces in Jiangnan usually fought for power, the pirates had already reached Nanjing City. No matter what happened, they had to wait until they had overcome this disaster.

Even though Zhong Zhong was beaten like that by Zheng Chenggong in Zhenjiang, it would be better to let Liang Huafeng do it. Maybe this stupid young man like him can really beat the old master to death with random punches.

"Thank you all for trusting Liang." Liang Huafeng bowed his hands in salute.

Then he said solemnly: "Our army has two major difficulties in this battle. If we can solve them one by one, then our army will win this battle."

"Oh? What's the difficulty? Mr. Liang wants to tell you?" Lang Tingzuo asked quickly.

"My Lord Governor," Liang Huafeng said in a deep voice, "I already know the deployment of Zheng's army. Among them, Yu Xin's troops are camped outside Yifeng Gate, with the Yangtze River as their back, connecting the north and south wings of Zheng's army."

"In this battle, Zheng's army is outnumbered. Our army can only defeat Yu Xin's troops, camp out from Yifeng Gate on the edge of the Yangtze River, and cut Zheng's army into two sections, in order to have any chance of winning!"

Lang Tingzuo and others looked at the map and nodded solemnly.

Liang Huafeng revealed the key point in one sentence. Zheng Chenggong's evil plan indeed revealed huge flaws.

His headquarters was stationed in the north of the city, while Ma Xin and other troops under his command who were good at land warfare were placed in the Qinhuai River area in the west of Nanjing.

There are dense water networks in this area, and Ma Xin and others are northern soldiers recruited by Zheng Chenggong. They are not only good at land warfare, but also have a certain number of cavalry under their command.

He placed these troops in the Qinhuai River area and connected them with Yu Xin's headquarters as the core.

Once the Qing army defeated Yu Xin's headquarters, the Zheng army would immediately be cut into two sections.

"Yes, it is true." Guan Zhongzhong said slowly: "If our army can defeat Yu Xin, then the war situation will improve."

"That's right. Only by dividing Zheng's army can we, the Qing Dynasty, win this battle." Kakamu also agreed.

"My lords, the soldiers and horses under my command have been running for days and are already exhausted. They must rest for three days."

Liang Huafeng cupped his hands and said: "It is already late at night. Tomorrow we will see a group of troops testing Yu Xin. After our officers and soldiers have rested, our army will defeat the Zheng army outside Yifeng Gate in one fell swoop!"

"Hahaha." Lang Tingzuo laughed loudly and said, "General Liang, please rest assured that all the soldiers and horses in the city are under your command. What I said is not false."

"Okay!" Liang Huafeng cupped his hands and said, "With the help of all of you, the pirates will not be difficult to defeat!"

After some emotion, Liang Huafeng changed the topic.

"After our army defeats Yu Xin's headquarters and divides Zheng's army into two parts, we will then need to deal with Zheng Chenggong's main force."

Liang Huafeng pointed at the map and said: "Ma Xin and others are not only good at land warfare, but they are also in a location with dense water networks, which is not conducive to our army's operations."

"Only by attacking Zheng Chenggong's main force to the north, using all our strength, and fighting to the death, our military has a chance of winning."

Lang Tingzuo and others nodded again and fought in the Qinhuai River area with dense water network, which was very detrimental to the Qing army.

However, in the main showdown with Zheng Chenggong, their hearts began to beat again.

After all, the battle at Zhenjiang was a terrible defeat.

"General Liang, the Qinhuai River area to the west of the city is densely covered with water, but the Lime Mountain and Guanyin Mountain areas to the north of the city are also uneven."

Guan Zhongzhong worriedly said: "Besides, Zheng Chenggong still has eight thousand iron men. These people are invulnerable to swords and bows and arrows. If we cannot defeat the iron men's army, our army will have no chance of winning in a decisive battle."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces darkened. The Iron Man Army showed its might in the battle of Zhenjiang.

With single-digit battle losses, they beat the shit out of them.

If we don't deal with this army, our Qing Dynasty will have no chance of winning in the field battle.

Liang Huafeng was also unsure when he saw this. Logically speaking, there were more than 10,000 armors in Nanjing.

Not to mention Zheng Chenggong's other troops, the Iron Man Army alone might be able to take care of them all.

If it is not handled well, the decisive battle in the wild will definitely be defeated.

Fortunately, although Liang Huafeng was unsure, she had already figured out a solution.

"Governor, Admiral, General." He cupped his hands again and said: "The only thing the Iron Man Army can rely on is the armor on their bodies."

"I already have a good plan in mind!"

"Oh? Mr. Liang, come quickly."

"I have two things that I would like to present to you, your lords." Liang Huafeng said in a nonchalant manner.

"If you have anything, offer it quickly." Lang Tingzuo and others said quickly.

Liang Huafeng clapped his hands, and two soldiers walked in holding a weapon each.

"This is a musket, and..."

"My lords, this is a turtle dove gun made in Guangdong and a clamping stick specially used to deal with heavy armor."

Liang Huafeng pointed at these two weapons and said slowly.

Of course, there is no need to mention the turtle dove gun. This is what the people under Sun Guozhu used.

The clamping stick was developed from the ancient agricultural tool "flail" for beating grain.

Generally made of hard and heavy wood, it consists of two sticks, one long and one short, connected by a chain in the middle and covered with iron sheets.

The longer section is used for holding, and can be called the handle section; the shorter section can be swung up and down, left and right, and is used to attack the enemy, and can be called the tip section.

This blunt throw is effective against heavy armored infantry.

"Although Zheng Jun's Iron Man Army is wearing iron armor and is difficult to damage with bows and arrows, but if our soldiers carry turtle dove guns for an attack, the iron armor will be better at protecting against bows and arrows but not lead bullets. The power of the turtle dove guns will be enough to break through the heavy armor of the Iron Man Army!"

"And the clip-on stick is used to deal with heavily armored thieves. If you use this weapon to fight the Iron Man Army in close combat, you will definitely be able to defeat them!"

Liang Huafeng talked eloquently and described his thoughts on dealing with the Iron Man Army.

Lang Tingzuo and others were dumbfounded when they heard this. They could understand using a blunt weapon like a clamping stick, but using a turtledove gun to attack in close combat was an eye-opener for them.

However, it seems that the cavalry has nothing to do with the iron army. The musketeers can attack in close combat and really break Zheng's armor. (End of chapter)