A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 338: Three days, no fall

The news of the rogue bandits' invasion of Nanjing spread, and the whole world was shocked.

The most nervous ones are naturally the two who are still squatting in Shaanxi and Shanxi. Although they are also innocent. Natural disasters broke out and people were displaced all over the two provinces. They couldn't suppress them at all. But after all, people broke out from their encirclement. If Nanjing fell because of this, and they definitely have an unshirkable responsibility.

Immediately, two confessions of apology were sent to Beijing on flying horses. Both of them said that as long as the emperor gave the order, they would immediately lead their troops south to rescue and kill Gao Yingxiang at the foot of the horse.

When Emperor Wuxing found out, he was furious.

"I sincerely request your Majesty to send reinforcements quickly. Nanjing is in danger!"

In the study, Wang Tiqian finished reading the memorial asking for help, but Zhu Changxun across from him was already livid.

"Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and the Huguang General Soldier... are all a bunch of incompetent people!"

He cursed loudly.

The rogue bandits entered Nanzhi and marched to the gates of Nanjing, which undoubtedly tore into pieces the last fig leaf of his martial virtues in the world. He had to consider the possibility of the capital falling and Jiangnan being lost. Naturally, he was furious at this time, and everyone Some of them cursed the two generals he personally promoted.

Although it is said that the person directly responsible for fighting these giant bandits is Nanjing garrison Yan Yinghui, to be honest, they all know that he cannot be blamed for the current crisis in South Zhili.

Half a million people were caught off guard and attacked. Nanjing was able to fight like this, which is already very good.

After venting his anger for a while, the emperor suddenly realized that this might be an opportunity.

An opportunity to keep all the big bandits including the intruders and thieves behind.

"Prepare the decree!"

Wang Tiqian quickly prepared his pen and ink and concentrated on it.

"Hong Chengchou was ordered to be appointed governor of Shaanxi and Shanxi. He was governor of the military affairs of the two provinces and was fully responsible for suppressing the bandits. Lu Xiangsheng led his troops southward, with troops from the capital, Zhili, and Shandong supporting him to support Nanjing."

"as well as……"

He paused and finally issued the most important order:

"Order soldiers and horses from Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other provinces to rush to Nanjing's aid immediately! Nanjing garrison and Yue Duke Yan Yinghui will coordinate all parties to fight against the bandits together!"

In a critical situation, even if he didn't want to hand over this power to the Duke of Yue, he still had to do it.

And this order is the most critical.

There was no order from the emperor, and there was no figure like a governor who was in charge of coordinating several provinces to issue transfer orders. This resulted in the fact that although the reinforcements from each province had already been assembled, the Huguang General and the Southern and Jiangxi Generals (Jiangxi had only the Generals) were already encircling and suppressing the rogue bandits. , at this time, all the troops had been sent to the provincial border, but they did not dare to cross the red line.

Once he enters Nanzhi without permission to provide support, even if he wins in the end, he is likely to be punished, and he may even be charged with conspiracy.

The supreme person never hesitates to speculate with the greatest malice on anything that exceeds the rules.

Fortunately, with this edict, this authority has finally been opened.

All forces took action immediately, and several armies marched into Nanzhi.

The Zhejiang General Soldier is as cowardly as ever. He himself is just a guy who got this official position by relying on the legacy of his ancestors and money. He has no military talent. This time when Nanzhi happened, he didn't even give orders to reorganize armaments and drill and prepare for war.

He looked like he didn't want to get involved in this matter. After all, he didn't want to fight at all.

He also had an excuse: The reason why Huguang and Jiangxi could assemble troops was because they themselves had received orders to encircle and suppress rogue bandits, and they had been chasing the rogue bandits before. But there are no rogue bandits here, so how could I assemble the army without permission? ?

However, after the emperor's order, he had to go, otherwise if the war went unfavorably, he might be regarded as being blamed.

So Zhejiang's troops also began to gather and prepare to go north.

……

Nanjing was already crumbling at this time. Twenty-four days have passed since the Ziliu bandits launched their first attack on Nanjing.

The towering city walls of Nanjing were in dilapidated condition. The corpses of Ming soldiers and bandits were piled on top of each other, almost filling the walls.

Countless corpses and many broken siege equipment were scattered under the city, and many vultures were hovering above them, looking for opportunities to forage.

Both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the victorious side was still the Ming army.

They once again repelled the attack of the rogue bandits. Even though the cannons and rolling wood were exhausted, the rogue bandits who climbed up the city wall were driven down by the Ming army.

In the rear, a group of thieves' leaders were also furious.

"The old soldier actually failed to attack...how could we fight!"

"We agreed to let the city carefully respond, but there was no movement... If this continues, I won't fight anymore, and my team is almost finished!"

"calm down……"

"Calm down, it's not your old camp that's dead!"

King Hundian roared loudly, venting his dissatisfaction.

Nanjing was already in dilapidated condition, and he believed that the opponent would not be able to sustain the next attack, so he was confident and sent his old battalion with the intention of taking the lead in advancing into the city.

Unexpectedly, all of his more than a thousand veteran soldiers died on it. You must know that he only had more than 3,000 elite veteran soldiers in total!

On the side, Zhang Xianzhong's face was gloomy and uncertain. His old soldiers were not damaged at all, but the refugees and ordinary soldiers who were brought here suffered huge losses.

"King Chuang, we have to make a decision. We can't go on like this."

He turned to Gao Yingxiang and said.

Among these bandits, Gao Yingxiang was the strongest, and he was the first to initiate this battle, so he was naturally the leader.

Of course Gao Yingxiang also knew that delaying for so long would do no good to the rogue bandits, as the Ming army must have surrounded them.

But Nanjing was already crumbling, as if it would be captured the next day. He really couldn't give up that supreme temptation!

As long as he can capture Nanjing, it will prove that he is destined by destiny! And this will be an unprecedented blow to the Ming Dynasty!

"We will attack for three more days...if we fail to capture the city after three days, we will leave!"

He suddenly gritted his teeth and choked out these words from between his teeth.

The rogue bandits began to attack the city again.

Nanjing is indeed almost unsustainable.

Of the 130,000 defenders, more than 50,000 have been killed in battle, and almost everyone left is injured. The defenders are already on the verge of collapse, and they are just relying on money every day.

Gao Yingxiang's guess was correct. At this time, Nanjing really only had one final blow left, and Yan Yinghui was already at his wits' end.

When the next attack came, the Ming army's counterattack was obviously weak. The leaders of the rogue bandits were overjoyed and immediately ordered a general attack! Many sections of Nanjing's city wall have been lost, and they are in danger. Yan Yinghui personally puts on armor and goes into battle, preparing for the final hand-to-hand fight!

However, at this time, Ming army reinforcements finally arrived, totaling more than 45,000 people. Taking advantage of the fatigue of the rogue bandits, they attacked from the rear, defeated the rogue bandits, and went straight to the city and entered the city.

The two commanders in Huguang and Jiangxi didn't care about anything else. They knew that once Nanjing fell, the emperor would be furious, and neither of them would be safe!

Fortunately, they finally caught up. When they saw the broken "Ming" flag still flying at the top of Nanjing City, they breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately began to charge and successfully disrupted the rogue bandits.

This is the last living force.

The three-day period has come and the bandits still failed to capture the city.

(End of this chapter)