I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 133: A thief turns into a phony

February 28, the second year of Yonghe.

Zhu Yijiong arrived in Wuxi County.

"Your Majesty Yang Gong (Weng Feihu) bows to His Highness Jianguo. Long live Jianguo!"

Yang Gong and Weng Feihu knelt on one knee and saluted respectfully.

"I pay my respects to the prisoner country. Long live the prisoner country!"

The two of them saluted together, and the rest of the Ming army generals followed suit.

"Exemption, gentlemen!"

Zhu Yijiong raised his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work in this battle. I will remember all your achievements in my heart!"

"Thank you... thank you Supervisor!"

Yang Gong and others burst into tears. No matter how sincere they were, their attitudes were correct.

After appeasing the Wuxi general again, Zhu Yijiong came to the front (high) platform.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who participated in the Changzhou War had already lined up in the square, waiting for instructions.

Zhu Yijiong was already familiar with the road. He quickly stood on the high platform of the square, raised his hands and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, thank you for your hard work!"

A short sentence is more practical than any beautiful words.

"Long live the Jianguo! Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

"Long live the Jianguo! Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

"Long live the Jianguo! Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

"..."

The sergeants who had been arranged long ago among the sergeants immediately shouted loudly, and some people echoed. The rest of the soldiers, due to the herd effect and the fact that they saw Zhu Jianguo personally expressing condolences, followed suit in their excitement.

For a moment, the whole place was in a roaring tsunami.

Become!

Zhu Yijiong's goal was achieved, and now he no longer needs to rely on personal payments to win people's hearts.

In contrast, the most important thing is for Yujia to come to the front line in person and show his face in front of the soldiers.

Looking at this scene, Yang Gong and others had no idea at all. They were just generals in the army, they just had to fight and work hard.

The Supervisory State will not treat them badly, and even if they really have ideas, under the current system, they will not be able to rebel at all.

All logistics resources are in the hands of the Privy Council, and the Privy Council is directly under the jurisdiction of Zhu Jianguo. In addition, the current Ming army recruits have already undergone ideological education and learning (brainwashing) during training, and they have to go to class almost every night before going to bed. Listen to Zhu Jianguo's quotations.

Zhu Yijiong also imitated Comrade Datou back then and held a training competition in the military. Whoever practices the most actively will get additional subsidies. Of course, no matter what the subsidy is, it will be distributed in a specific place. Either his portrait of Zhu Jianguo will be hung or he will be read. Corresponding quotations.

In short, it subtly caused the sergeants to develop a personal worship of Zhu Jianguo.

From meeting and appeasing the generals to making faces in front of the soldiers, this whole set of show procedures disappeared in the blink of an eye in one day.

On the next day.

Zhu Yijiong just started arranging military affairs. He first reorganized the [-] surrendered troops. Among them, the few thousand surrendered from the Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp were definitely unusable. He simply asked Tang Tongjiang's navy to send them back to Hangzhou. Wang Li and the others Will handle it properly.

All right!Tang Tongjiang, the leader of the navy, has now become the captain of the Ming army's transportation brigade.

Who could tell that he was so unlucky that he finally took the opportunity to go north with Yang Gong, a colleague who had similar interests, but was blocked by the Qing army on the canal.

It took less than half a month to clean up the canal. When the canal was finally dredged, the battle that could be fought would have been fought long ago.

As for the other green battalions and soldiers, Zhu Yijiong's approach was simple and crude. He directly reorganized them all into the army. If they were unwilling to convert to the Ming army, the Ming army officers and soldiers under his command had their own way to make them willing.

Speaking of which, Zhu Yijiong has to thank Longkodo for this. If he hadn't strictly focused on the quality of the soldiers he recruited and wanted to train a strong army, he would have to eliminate the old and weak first with these reduced troops.

If you go now, not only will you not have to eliminate the old and the weak, but Longkodo will also give him priority to practice, which can be said to save a lot of effort.

According to Yang Gong, although the combat power of these surrendered prisoners was not as good as that of the Ming army, they were much stronger than the Qing armies that the Ming army had fought in the past.

In particular, the Qing army was completely defeated, but these surrendered troops had not completely collapsed, but some were still resisting.

The thousands of casualties suffered by the Ming army were born in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army. Thanks to the Ming army's advantages in artillery and training, as well as the grenade hammer, a great killer weapon that transcends the era.

Due to the terrifying rumors, the effect of the grenade hammer even surpassed that of the red cannon.

It took two days to reorganize and surrender the troops...

On the first day of March, the Ming army was dispatched.

The troops deployed this time included the newly formed Eighth Army and the Ninth Army, as well as the Seventh Army of the New Army brought over by Zhu Yijiong. The extra [-] troops were directly supplemented on the spot to Yang Gong's First Army and Weng Gong's First Army. Feihu's second army.

The Ming army dispatched a total of 14 troops, which was claimed to be 30 troops to the outside world, and marched all the way to Nanjing along the canal.

An army of 30 people, regardless of their combat effectiveness, this number alone can scare people half to death.In addition, Longkodo had previously forcibly mobilized the armies of Zhenjiang and Changzhou to recruit troops to assist in the war, but they were all killed in the first battle.

Nowadays, Changzhou and Zhenjiang have no ability to resist at all. As for recruiting troops, regardless of whether the two governments can withstand the finances, it is impossible to recruit enough troops to resist the 30 Ming army in a hurry.

At noon, the Ming army entered Changzhou City from the canal.

In despair, the prefect of Changzhou did not even defend the city. He first yelled at Longkodo from the top of the city in the direction of Nanjing that he was a fool, and then jumped from the city to die for his country.

Even the head of the prefecture was martyred for his country, so there was no need to defend Changzhou Prefecture any longer.

Changzhou officials led by Changzhou Tongzhi, together with the gentry in the city, decisively broke out of the city to surrender without any hesitation, and the Ming army invaded Changzhou without bloodshed.

Zhu Yijiong first approached and appeased the officials and gentry in Changzhou as usual, and then ordered people to shave off all their heads (hair, not heads).

This is a sure thing to shave your head. How is it possible to not shave your head after entering the Ming Dynasty?

After shaving his head, Zhu Yijiong directly promoted Tongzhi of Changzhou to the prefect of Changzhou, and stationed [-] troops, and then continued north along the canal.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Ming army arrived in Danyang County.

This time, before the Ming army could even get into position, and even before the troops had disembarked from the ships, Danyang County opened the city and surrendered.

It was even the highest official, the Danyang County Magistrate, who personally took the lead.

Is not this nonsensical?

30 troops came to attack, which was more than the entire population of Danyang County.

Defend the city?I'm afraid you're not farting.

The Ming army once again captured Danyang County without spending a single soldier.

However, in just one day, the Ming army attacked Changzhou and Danyang. At such a speed, no, they didn't even attack the city. They all surrendered.

Such a rotten city defense system also made the morale of the Ming army unprecedentedly high. Even those surrendered soldiers who were semi-forced to join the bandits couldn't help but think in their hearts.

The Qing Dynasty is going to fall with just one push, so what are they afraid of?
On the second day of March, the Ming army, which had rested for a day, took the land route and marched directly into Jiangning Mansion.

Although Zhenjiang is the gateway to Nanjing, this refers to the Yangtze River waterway. In fact, Zhenjiang is almost useless if it does not go along the Yangtze River.

It's not really useless. Zhenjiang Prefecture usually has a general army stationed there, and troops can be sent out to defend Nanjing at any time.

But it is a pity that Longkoduo depleted Zhenjiang's troops earlier. Now that the Ming army does not attack it, it will have to thank God. Where can it get troops to support Nanjing.

When Jurong County was defeated and the Jurong County magistrate desperately sent people to break through and deliver the message, Longkodo of Nanjing finally learned the news of the Ming army's attack.

Nanjing City, Liangjiang Governor's Yamen.

"What? The thieves broke Jurong? How is this possible?" Longko was so surprised.

Wu Cunli, the governor of Jiangsu Province, quickly said: "It's absolutely true. The imperial commander of the puppet Ming Dynasty personally led an army of 30 people to the north. Now they have reached Jurong. This is the message he issued in Jurong to punish the thieves... No, it's an anti-thieves message. , please take a look at it, Mr. Long!”

With that said, he handed over a memorandum copied by the family members below.

However, Longkodo just took one look at it and then became furious: "The fake Ming Dynasty broke through Changzhou and Zhenjiang. Why was it only discovered in Jurong? What do the people below do for food?"

"Lord Long, calm down!"

Everyone present, including Jiangning General Yong Jina, quickly raised their hands and said.

I can't answer this. Why did I only know the news now? In addition to the Ming army moving too fast, there is also the fact that the entire Jiangnan has no troops.

During the Changzhou battle, Longkodo withdrew in a hurry, bringing out only [-] Eight Banners troops, and even the most precious [-] cavalry fell into the hands of the Ming army.

As for the defeated troops, the Ming army pursued them so hastily that he and the fleeing generals had no time to gather them.

In fact, if he hadn't left a boat in Wuxi County, he might not even be able to escape.

In the current city of Nanjing, including the Eight Banners garrisoned by Yongjina and the [-] Eight Banners soldiers under his command, plus those generals and generals, the total strength is less than [-].

After Longkodo fled back to Nanjing, he naturally tried to recruit troops again, but unfortunately, he ran out of money.

Since Nanjing's treasury was used by him to recruit troops, although it is not empty now and can run away mice, it is basically impossible to recruit another [-] troops.

Moreover, even if he can raise another 30 troops, the Ming thief now has [-] troops!

Even if there is water in it, there must be at least [-] Chaoshang.

Previously, his army of [-] could not even defeat the [-] Puppet Ming army, let alone [-] against [-].

It's still tied. It would be crazy if we could win.

Unknowingly, among the officials in Longkodo and even in Nanjing, this former Ming thief had become a fake Ming.

If it weren't for the fortified city of Nanjing that he could defend this time, and if Nanjing city was lost, it would really be a bad end for him as the governor of Jiangnan.

I'm afraid Long Keduo ran away long ago.

(End of this chapter)