The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 668

"Master Baylor, if this goes on like this, the military achievements will be robbed!" Ye Bilong looked at the grain truck that was stuck in the quagmire not far away, his eyes were burning with anxiety, "The news was sent back last night that Kong Youde said something All the Green Battalion caught up with the Nanren near Zhengshan, beheading over a thousand!"

He grabbed the guard beside him, pointed at the grain cart and shouted, "Don't help push it!" Then he turned to Bai Yintu and cupped his hands, "The former Prince Fanyu ordered the army to enter Nanjing quickly, and everyone else is scrambling. He rushed forward, but Lord Baylor did not advance but retreated, he insisted on coming to Dantu to take on the errand of food protection..."

Ahani gave him a hard look, "Ye Bilong, why are you talking to Lord Baylor?"

But Bai Yintu didn't think it was disobedient, and swung his whip, "Let others go, we won't fight." Then he said slowly to Ye Bilong and others, "Although the war has been going well recently, don't be careless. It's a gratifying force Too weak, I don't worry.

"I met Luck Dehun a few times in Beijing. He is by no means mediocre. The southerners were able to defeat his [-] army, it must be some trick."

It turned out that heavy snow fell in the south of Dantu a few days ago, making the roads muddy and slippery, and it was extremely difficult for the Qing army's grain trucks coming out of Dantu to drive.Duoduo originally planned to ask Shang Kexi to send some troops to help transport the grain, but Bai Yintu was worried that the Ming army would take advantage of the heavy snow to attack the grain road, so he volunteered to escort him.

"Lord Baylor," Ye Bilong said still unwillingly, "Barbarians are always weak and afraid of fighting, why should we be so cautious?

"Besides, the main force of the Southerners is still in Huguang. The various troops who have gone south recently won nearly [-] heads, which cannot be faked. We might as well leave the grain carts to Shang Kexi, and then rush to Jiangning..."

"No need to say more." Baiyintu raised his hand to interrupt him, and looked around, "Our army of more than [-] attacked Jiangning with the force of thunder, and the southerners were unable to resist the sharpness, so they could only fight against our army. So as long as the way of food protection is comprehensive, the overall situation of the Southern Expedition will be settled!

"As for the attack on Nanjing, whether we have more or less 1 horses than our Xianghuang Banner's 1 horses does not affect the overall situation."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but think of the advice of the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager when he left Beijing - back then, Meng Yuan was also very beautiful in the Central Plains.But they didn't cherish their ancestors' foundation, and were killed by the southerners, and now they can only worship the Qing Dynasty.From the day the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, there has been no retreat. If Jiangnan cannot be pacified in one fell swoop, the Mongols must be a lesson from the past!
"So what if you suffer a little loss?" He then sighed, "As long as you follow the Queen Mother's order and help Prince Yu sweep Jiangnan, it will be a great achievement." Prince Yu will send his troops south, and there will be plenty of military exploits waiting for you in Zhejiang, Fujian and other places. That's fine, let's go."

Ye Bilong had no choice but to nod his head reluctantly, and turned around to beckon the soldiers to help push the grain cart.

At the same time, in Duduo's army, it was like a new year.All kinds of good news ahead continue to come back.

Kong Youde's department reported victory on the mountain and won more than a thousand.

Li Guoying drove the Ming army fleeing south all the way across Fangshan.The southerners were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were splitting, and they discarded weapons and luggage along the way.

The troops of Mu Jilun, Zhu Mala and Geng Zhongming arrived in Nanjing one after another, surrounded the east and south of the city, and attacked day and night.But the Nanjing defenders were afraid to fight, so they just shrank in the city and sent envoys to plead for mercy to Mu Jilun, begging to let their emperor go south of the city.

The lieutenant generals of Duduo's army were all anxious, fearing that the city would be destroyed before they arrived in Nanjing.It just so happened that Duoduo quickly attacked Nanjing, and all the ministries of the "Southern Expedition" showed their abilities for a while, desperately urging the soldiers to march faster.

If more than [-] horses want to maintain a regular formation, they have extremely high requirements for training level and command ability.In the past, in order to ensure that the whole army could get together and the team was orderly, he could only accommodate the slowest-moving heavy infantry, artillery and other arms, and his daily travel did not exceed fifteen or six miles.

At this time, he ordered to speed up the march, and the cavalry and light infantry naturally left other arms behind, hoping to catch up with the great achievement of breaking Nanjing.

Therefore, in less than three days, Duoduo's main team stretched into a long and narrow strip. The front team had almost seen Chunhua, and the rear team's Shang Kexi escorted the luggage just past Jurong.

Although Duoduo felt that it was inappropriate to march like this, but he thought that the Ming army in the south of the Yangtze River had suffered more than half of the casualties, and the rest only dared to hide in the city of Nanjing, so he did not intervene much, but only ordered all the ministries to be diligent in investigating.

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The Lishui camp of the Ming army is more than [-] miles away from Jurong.

Zhang Jiayu brought several officers into the big tent with joy on their faces, and saluted Zhu Linming: "Your Majesty, as you expected, the southern invaders have been scattered into four pieces in pursuit of the deceiving North Korean army. The main force dragged out a long line of more than 20 miles, with no formation at all, and flaws can be seen everywhere."

He continued in a deep voice, "It's just...the imperial army and the civilians they brought with them suffered heavy casualties, and almost the entire army was wiped out..."

Zhu Linmei just nodded indifferently, "Da Ming will remember their achievements." Then she immediately pointed to the map, "Tell me about the current situation of Jianlu in detail."

"Yes!"

Zhang Jiayu pointed to Nanjing on the map, "More than 1 people from the captive Geng Zhongming's tribe, and 3000 people from the Mujilun and Zhumara tribes are now gathered under the city of Nanjing, and the attack momentum is very fierce."

"Nanjing has General Zhen leading a [-]-destroyed captive battalion to sit in town. If necessary, the city police can be called in to help guard it. It should be fine." Zhu Linmi had seen the terrifying defensive power of the Nanjing city wall. With the combat power of the Dragon Guards, The city can only be breached by blowing up the gap with nitrocellulose, and the Qing army with less than [-] troops has no chance at all.

Zhang Jiayu continued: "The captives Kong Youde and Li Guoying each led nearly [-] horses and chased the North Korean army towards Gaozi and Fangshan. If the former attacked Cui and Mian's troops, they would be able to reach the city of Nanjing within two days. The latter It will take at least five days to return to the vicinity of Chunhua."

Zhu Linmei smiled and said: "Two days are not enough, it's okay to let them chew on the city wall of Nanjing. We just need to concentrate on dealing with the Doduo Chinese army!"

Zhang Jiayu immediately began to report the information he had just received about the main force of Duoduo, "Your Majesty, the front of Duduo's army consists of more than [-] men each from the Ashan and He Luo clubhouses. They have just reached more than ten miles east of Chunhua."

Zhu Linmei nodded, Ah Shan and He Luohui were under Jianlu Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner, and they were both direct descendants of the Dorgon brothers, so it was not surprising that they rushed to the front.

Zhang Jiayu said again: "The bandit Gong Adai's more than [-] people are supposed to be in charge of covering the left wing of the captive army, and they are marching close to the north side of Xiaoshan and Mashan.

"Afterwards, Zu Runze brought more than [-] Guanning troops. Zhang Hongmo brought the remaining nearly [-] Guanning troops, as well as some of Kong Youde and Li Guoying's troops. They have just passed the Qianlin area."

From this we can see the anxious state of the Qing army.Whether it is the Guanning Army, Kong Youde, Li Guoying and other troops, they all run fast and rush to the front. The heavy infantry and luggage can only fall in the rear, with a distance of sixteen or seven miles between them.

(End of this chapter)