Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 227 Entering Yingtian
To be honest, Tang Ning didn't have any good impressions of Hong Guangchao. In the whole Hongguang Chaotang, it was difficult to find a few people that he liked.

For such an imperial court, what qualifications does Tangning have to save him?It was just a deformed child born after the fall of Ming Dynasty, and he was a freak from birth.

Even if the Qing army didn't destroy it, Tangning wanted to destroy it.

Of course, having this kind of thinking is mainly because you hate it, and you won't really do such a thing.

But Tang Ning decided early on that he would not destroy Hong Guangchao with his own hands, but he could use the hands of the Qing army to remove this deformed cancer.

Otherwise, even if he rebuilds a new regime, the cancerous tumor will not be removed cleanly, and it will harm the new regime.

Of course, this must be done at a good time, so that it cannot be seen that the new army is willing to die, nor can the Qing army have time to stabilize its rule in Yingtianfu.

At this time, Eunuch Liu arrived at the right time. Even if he didn't come, Tang Ning had already prepared his army to attack.

By the time they arrived at Yingtian Mansion, the Qing army should have almost finished, and the new army could just avenge the Hongguang court.

If there is any deviation, drag it on the road.

So, at the beginning of July, Tang Ning personally led a new army of 5000, Zuo Menggeng's 12, a total of nearly [-] troops left Xianxia Pass and entered Zhejiang.

After passing through the prefecture, Jinhua, Shaoxing and Hangzhou, it is close to Yingtian.

When Tang Ning entered Hangzhou Mansion, the Azige Division of the Qing Army had already occupied Zhenjiang Mansion and Hezhou, and formed a siege corresponding to Tianfu Mansion.

Hearing that Tang Ning had led an army to the rescue, Azig didn't dare to delay, he didn't care about taking a break, and immediately mobilized his army to attack Yingtian Mansion.

At this time, people in Ying Tianfu were panicked, and there was chaos from top to bottom, and the ministers who usually flattered and flattered were all confused.

It's ridiculous that Emperor Hongguang was still drunk and dreaming. Two days before the Qing army attacked the city, he still elected ladies and called actors into the palace to perform plays every night.

In the middle of the night before the Qing army entered the city, Emperor Hongguang disguised himself and quietly left the city through Tongji Gate with his two favorite concubines and forty or fifty inner palaces. .

In the early morning of the next day, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew that the emperor had abandoned the city and fled.

Ma Shiying took Empress Dowager Zou and fled the city in a hurry, and the officials were divided into several factions, some agreed to surrender to the Qing army, and some agreed to join the new army, preparing to support a new emperor and continue their bright future.

Just like this, the entire Yingtian Mansion was hardly defensive at all, the gates of the city were opened, and there were fleeing crowds everywhere.

Among them, the most north and south, the north is to defect to the Qing army, and the south is to defect to the new army.

Ruan Dacheng was the leader who was planning to join the Qing army in the north, and Ma Shiying was the leader in the south. These two were the two most powerful in the Hongguang court, and they usually worked together.

Unexpectedly, when the catastrophe was imminent, they flew separately, and no one cared about the other.

Besides, Emperor Hongguang, who abandoned the entire court and ignored him, also went to the doctor in a hurry.

He originally thought that Huang Degong was the closest, so he could take refuge in Huang Degong first to protect himself, and then wait for the new army to come to rescue him. Presumably Huang Degong would not have a big problem if he persisted for a few days.

But I didn't expect that the Qing army moved too fast. At this time, Huang Degong was surrounded by the Qing army, and he could hardly protect himself.

Although Emperor Hongguang was able to think of himself at this critical moment, Huang Degong was very pleased. He wanted to protect Emperor Hongguang, but he was powerless.

However, he is still very loyal to Emperor Hongguang, and the only way out now is to break out of the siege and join the new army.

But obviously, this was a bit wishful thinking, not to mention that Tangning had no intention of saving this ridiculous emperor.

On July [-], Huang Degong was betrayed by his subordinates and died in a fierce battle. Emperor Hongguang who was hiding in the army was also captured by Huang Degong's subordinate Tian Xiong and dedicated to the Qing army.

Until then, the Hongguang court perished.

It was heard that Yingtian Mansion was destroyed by the Qing army without attack, Huang Degong died in battle, and after Emperor Hongguang was captured, Shi Kefa, who was in Yangzhou City, knelt down facing the direction of Yingtian Mansion, weeping uncontrollably.

"I owe the emperor's favor, and I owe the emperor's favor..."

Shi Kefa never expected that the Qing army would advance so fast and Yingtianfu would be so vulnerable, otherwise, even if there was only one person, he would rush to Yingtianfu and live and die with the city.

But now, it's too late to say anything.

At this time, Tang Ning had already entered the Huzhou Mansion. He was naturally aware of the news that the Hongguang court's mess had completely disintegrated.

With an order, the army immediately entered Guangdezhou.

Guangde Prefecture was occupied by the Qing army ten days ago, but the ultimate goal of the Qing army is Yingtian Mansion, so there are only more than 3000 troops stationed here, and they are the Ming surrendered troops who surrendered to the Qing army.

Hearing that Tang Ning led an army of more than [-] troops, the guards abandoned the city in horror and fled. Guangde Prefecture was then occupied by the new army.

Immediately, the new army divided into three groups, one led by Shi Lang to attack Zhenjiang Mansion with 4 people, the other led by Wu Liuqi led 4 people to attack Taiping Mansion, and the last one led by Tang Ning personally led 4 people to attack Yingtian Mansion.

Shi Lang's and Wu Liuqi's troops each had more than [-] real new troops, Tang Ning's real new army had more than [-] soldiers, and the rest were all soldiers from Zuo Menggeng's troops.

The news of the large-scale attack by the new army was naturally known to Azige at the first time. His troops were different from Duoduo, and he failed to recruit soldiers from the three towns with the largest number of troops in the four towns of Jiangbei.

Therefore, at the moment he has more than 20 troops in his hands, of course the main force is to surrender.

The composition of the surrendered army mainly has two parts, one part is that after defeating Yuan Jixian in Jiujiang Mansion, he surrendered [-] troops.

Yuan Jixian was a minister of the Hongguang Dynasty, the governor of Jiangxi, Huguang and other places of military affairs, so he had a lot of troops in his hands.

But he was not the generation of Li Chengdong or Liu Liangzuo. The Qing army was coming fiercely. Even though he knew he was invincible, he still fought desperately until he died in battle.

However, his subordinates did not have the integrity of Governor Yuan, and after Governor Yuan died in battle, they surrendered one after another.

Another important force that the Qing army surrendered was naturally Huang Degong's ministry.

Huang Degong's situation is somewhat similar to Yuan Jixian's. As a general, he is very loyal to the Hongguang court regardless of his past deeds.

Even though he knew that he would lose if he refused to fight, he still chose to fight the Qing army to the death.

In the end, he died in battle, and with his subordinates, under the leadership of Zhongjun Tian Xiong, he captured Emperor Hongguang and flattered him to surrender to the Qing army.

The Qing army confiscated about 20 troops from Huang Degong, plus [-] surrendered troops from other places, accompanied by Wu Sangui's Guanning army of [-], Shang Kexi's [-] troops, and the Manchu and Mongolian troops of its headquarters, more than [-]. A total of [-] people.

Azig knew that these surrendered troops who had just surrendered were useless, and he didn't even know if he had other thoughts.

Even Wu Sangui, he was a little worried.

"It is really helpless for you to seek refuge in the Qing army, and it is an expedient measure. However, people in the world hate surrendering to the enemy, and only the blood of the enemy can wash away the crime."

"Now that the new army has arrived, the Qing army is running out of time. Qier and others will cooperate with the new army to drive out the Tartars, restore our Ming Dynasty, and make great achievements..."

Especially the rapid spread of this kind of news made Azig always feel that someone had some evil intentions and wanted to stab him in the back, so the precautions against those surrendered generals were much stricter.

However, the new army had already approached the city. No matter how reckless and hot he was, he knew that he could not go too far. He still needed to win over those surrendered troops.

Otherwise, the difference in strength between the Eight Banners Army under his headquarters and the new army would be too great.

Using these surrendered troops, they could also test the combat effectiveness of Tangning's new army.

Hearing that Tang Ning personally led the main force of the new army to approach the Yingtian Mansion where Azig was, the Prince of England, who had never been afraid of anything, wanted to meet the famous Master Tang for a while.

If he could defeat it, or behead it or even capture it, it would be his Azig.

(End of this chapter)