Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 748
On August 5000th, there were more than 5 million Zhongzheng, Zhongwu, and Dubiao under Wang Yan on the western front, more than [-] people under Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren, and more than [-] people from Sun Shoufa's department, making a total of [-] soldiers. In addition to more than [-] captives of the Qing army, more than [-] Huguang people were strong and brave, and they arrived at the outer city of Nanjing.

The army set up a company battalion in the western suburbs of Nanjing. Zhao Shenkuan and Qin Shangxing led the rampaging horse army to sweep the outer periphery southward. Lishui, Liyang, Gaochun, Jianping, and Guangdezhou all surrendered anyway.

After Hong Chengchou withdrew Zhenjiang soldiers and horses to Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong led 3 people along the waterway, went up the river, and arrived in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing on August [-].

So far, in the south of the Yangtze River, apart from Zhejiang and half of Fujian, the entire south bank of the Yangtze River has only Nanjing, an isolated city, which is still in the hands of the Qing soldiers.

For a time, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains changed colors, and the land in the south of the Yangtze River was washed with filth. Tens of thousands of people abandoned their clothes and hats, cut their braids, wore Taoist clothes, and wore net scarves. Scholars and scholars wept with joy and hugged each other in the Minglun Hall of the Confucius Temple. In Jiangyin, Jiading, Kunshan and other places, white flags fluttered and wept bitterly.

These places were slaughtered by the Qing soldiers only because of the high pressure of the Qing court, people dared not pay homage to them, and did not express their sorrow. Now that the government and army have returned to Jiangdong Prefecture, people think of the past and feel sad from the heart.

The corpses that were collected secretly were buried in the wilderness. Because they did not rush to worship and erect monuments, they are now covered with weeds. It is believed that there are still survivors alive.

Outside Jiangyin City, in a mass grave, an old man led a group of people through the room. Suddenly, the old man sat down in front of a weed-covered dirt bag, and burst into tears, "Yan Gong, sir!" The army is back~ woo woo~"

On the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, the mopping up of Nanjing's outskirts was completed. Sun Shoufa, who had fought against Wang Yanling and Xiao Qihui, led [-] Jiangxi soldiers and marched southward into Guangdezhou to capture Kuling Pass. , Wuwei Army, and Zheng's troops surrounded Nanjing, placed equipment, and prepared to attack.

Although since the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army has fought mostly passively in defense over the years, but in the past two years Wang Yan has carried out many active attacks. Among them, the largest siege battle was two years ago when he and He Tengjiao attacked Pulling out Wuchang City, and attacking Zhangzhou with Zheng Chenggong last year, and the battle of Wanxian.

These battles have accumulated a lot of siege experience for the Ming army, especially the Wuzhong army. Now that they are attacking Nanjing, Wang Yan is determined to win.

Outside the city of Nanjing, the Ming army set up several large camps stretching as far as the eye can see, with flags flying and white flags flying, covering the sky and the sun.

Most of the Qing soldiers in the city had never seen such a large battle, they could only hear the neighing of people, and they were really frightened.

Four years, four full winters and summers. Although the appearance of the Ming army navy had shocked the occupied people in Nanjing several times before, the navy dared not go ashore at that time. How can there be more than [-] people surrounding Nanjing so intuitively? So shocking.

This time, after four years, the people who fell to the enemy saw the figures of the officers and soldiers outside the city of Nanjing again. They were all secretly delighted. They only hoped that the city would be broken and the war would end as soon as possible. The forces of restoration of the Ming Dynasty in the city also secretly joined forces to prepare for incidents.

In the West Camp of the Ming Army, Wang Yan led a group of generals of the Zheng family who arrived in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing to worship in the large tent where Longwu's coffin was parked. Zheng Chenggong and others wept bitterly. The generals of the Zheng family changed, and then moved to Wang Yan's tent of the Chinese army.

Here Tang Wang is the prince, with the highest title, and he is supported by the ministers as the supervisor of the country. In theory, he should hold the power, but with Wang Yan, he can only stand aside, and Tang Wang is also very cooperative. In order to avoid Wang Yan's displeasure, He is currently only in charge of guarding the spirit of Emperor Daxing, and does not participate in the military.

This made Wang Yan quite satisfied with Tang Wang. After all, he was in charge of the battle, but Tang Wang supervised the country in the central government. If he had to ask his opinion, it would undoubtedly affect his authority and the implementation of military orders.

At this time, the tent of the Chinese army commander was full of generals in filial piety. Wang Yan walked up to the commander's case, pressed his hands together, and signaled the generals to calm down. It is up to you when the coffin will be buried in Nanjing."

After finishing speaking, Wang Yan waved his hand and signaled everyone to sit down. He also sat on the commander-in-chief himself, and then said: "The city of Nanjing is vast and strong, and it is difficult to attack. My vassal arrived at the city the day before yesterday. According to the usual practice, I surrendered. Yesterday Hong The thief wrote back to Benfan, saying that he intends to return to justice, but there are Boluo and others in the city, so let Benfan give ten days, and he will definitely return to Nanjing anyway, what do you think?"

"Your Highness, how can you believe the old man's words? The last general has seen the actions of the Qing army these days. He obviously wants to stick to consumption and counterattack when I am exhausted. This must be the old thief's plan to slow down the army." Wang Yan finished speaking. , a general in the tent immediately opened his mouth to curse.

Wang Yan saw that it was General Liu Tichun, he nodded, waved his hand, and said: "General Liu is right, and this Fan also thinks so. After the Hong thief surrendered, he really became more shameless and had no bottom line."

All the generals in the tent must curse Hong Chengchou for a while.

Back then, Hong Chengchou calmed down internal troubles and resisted foreign aggression. He was a role model for scholars in the world. Wang Yan also admired Hong Chengchou at that time. At that time, he never imagined that one day he would confront Hong Chengchou.

"Your Highness, since the bandit Hong wanted to delay, he must have waited for Dorgon to send troops to rescue us. We can't wait for the Battle of Nanjing, so we must finish it quickly!" said Chen Bangyan on the side.

Wang Yan prepared for three months in Huguang, and then went east. Counting the time, Dorgon in Beijing should have recovered from the coup at the end of last year. It is really possible that the reinforcements of the Qing army will go south in the near future.

Wang Yan's face sank slightly, and he said to Xia Wanchun, who was in charge of helping him with military affairs and intelligence, "What's the situation in Nanjing now, how is the defense, can you check it out?"

Xia Wanchun immediately went out and saluted, "Reporting to Your Highness, according to the information from the city, Nanjing originally only had more than 4 defenders, and most of them were green battalions, but the current strength has reached 5000!"

Wang Yan was taken aback when he heard this, "Why are there more than 5000 people?"

The general in the tent also frowned.

Xia Wanchun said: "The information from the Heaven and Earth Society should have been smuggled across the river from the north bank last night, and according to investigations, they are all soldiers of the Eight Banners."

This must be because Duoduo was afraid of the rebellion of the green battalion soldiers in the city, so he sent Eight Banners soldiers across the river and entered the city for reinforcements to help Boluo and Hong Chengchou stabilize the situation.

However, how did Duoduo send troops across the river? Why didn't King Lu restrain Duduo?
Hearing this, Wang Yan cast his eyes on Man Dazhuang, with an angry look on his face, and Man Dazhuang was sweating on his forehead. He really can't blame him for this. He rushed out to apologize and said: "Your Highness, the Qing army is in Guazhou, Dinghuai A fort was built outside the gate, and the river outside Nanjing was controlled, and the Qing army navy was moored at the mouth of the Qinhuai River, so the generals would not dare to rush into the Nanjing river in the end."

Wang Yan frowned, "It seems that if we want to attack Nanjing, we must first completely cut off the connection between Nanjing and Jiangbei!"

Liu Shun did not change his true nature, and took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "Your Highness, I am willing to lead my troops to take down the fort."

At this time, on Zheng Chenggong's side, General Gan Hui and Zheng Chenggong looked at each other, stood up without showing any weakness, and clasped their fists together and said, "General, I am finally willing to take down the Guabu Mountain Fort."

Seeing this, Wang Yan showed joy on his face, "Okay! Since the two volunteered, I will give you a day. I don't want another Qing soldier to be transported to the south bank by Duoduo!"

"No! The last general takes orders!" Both of them clasped their fists together.

Wang Yan nodded, then turned his head and said to Xia Wanchun: "Xiaoyin has a lot of contact with King Lu, you go to Jiangbei again, so King Lu must restrain Duoduo!"

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