At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 250 The Eight Hundred Arhats can return to Nanjing!

Time entered July, and there were two battles between Wuchang and Zhenjiang. Sun Kewang and Zheng Chenggong won a great victory with their strength!

At the same time, not only the Western Army and the Zheng Army, but also the third anti-Qing force was preparing to bloom directly in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the city of Nanjing, an old man muttered to himself while leaning on a cane.

"Eight Hundred Arhats can return to Nanjing!"

Before the words were spoken, these old men were beaming with joy, and a woman in white beside them was also filled with emotions.

One of these two people is Qian Qianyi, the old uncle, and Liu Rushi, the king of Hedong.

"Mu Zhai, you and I have worked hard for fourteen years, and now we can finally wait for the day when we can succeed."

Liu Rushi looked at the Nanjing City Wall from a distance and smiled slightly.

Since the Qing army entered Nanjing in 1645, she and Qian Qianyi had been fighting against the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years.

Now, although there are changes in Yunnan and Guizhou, the emperor has abandoned the country.

But in the battle of Zhenjiang, Zheng Chenggong defeated the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Han Dynasties, which shocked the whole sky and caused great turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although Sun Kewang in the southwest was fighting with Li Dingguo's brothers, he still went north to Huguang with troops from Guangdong and Guangxi.

Although the Huguang war situation was due to the Qing court's blockade and the long distance, she, the Lord of Hedong, knew little about her.

But she still knew that even if the main force of the Qing army in the southwest defeated Sun Kewang, they would not be able to come to Jiangnan in a short time.

But Zheng Chenggong, his husband's student, was very close to Nanjing.

Not only that, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River had already tolerated the situation due to her multiple contacts with Qian Qianyi.

As soon as the king's army arrives and attacks the city with a large army, the entire Nanjing city will surely respond.

If you stay in Nanjing for a while, you can get Jiangnan!

"Yes, as soon as Damu arrives, I, as a teacher, will definitely be able to help him conquer Nanjing and accomplish great things."

"Although the Three Bureaus of Chusheng were in vain due to the internal strife between Sun and Li, Jiangnan and the world can finally see the light of day again."

Qian Qianyi became more and more excited as he spoke, and even started coughing as he spoke.

This old uncle had grown old fourteen years ago and was over sixty years old.

Now fourteen years have passed, and he is already seventy-seven.

"Mu Zhai, Mu Zhai." Liu Rushi felt anxious when he heard this and quickly helped Qian Qianyi.

"Hedong Jun, I have nothing to do, I am just happy."

Qian Qianyi laughed and glanced at the strong servants of the Qian Mansion, filled with anticipation.

He used to live in Nanjing all year round, but after shaving his hair, he traveled around the south of the Yangtze River. He didn't live in this Qian Mansion in Nanjing much anymore.

Only a few years ago, he and Liu Rushi had been living in Nanjing for no other reason than that he wanted to win the door for the king!

Qian Qianyi started planning the third game of Qianzheng more than ten years ago.

The intention is to lure the main force of the Ming army in the southwest and the anti-Qing righteous divisions in the southeast to join forces on the Yangtze River, and he will contact the Fuming righteous soldiers from all over the Yangtze River to rekindle the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. The three forces will work together to directly give us the money bag of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangnan! Come and pump some fuel out of the cauldron!

As early as ten years ago, he sent people to Guangxi to contact his disciple Qu Shiqi.

It's a pity that with the strength of the orthodox officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty, let alone going east to the south of the Yangtze River, we have to rely on the generals of the Green Camp to protect ourselves.

Fortunately, a few years later, the Western Army sent troops from Yunnan and Guizhou, and they beat us until our noses were bruised and our faces were swollen.

Li Dingguo's two victories as kings greatly boosted the morale of those who were recovering from the Ming Dynasty.

Qian Qianyi was very excited after hearing the news, and quickly sent Yao Zhizhuo and others to contact the southwest.

At the same time, while he was in contact with Zhang Mingzhen, Zhang Huangyan and others, he secretly recruited dead soldiers and heroes. He only waited for the east and west Ming armies to join forces and then launched his force in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, things backfired and the Battle of the Yangtze River ended up going bankrupt.

However, Qian Qianyi's preparations were not complete.

In order to coordinate the Eastern and Western Ming armies, he and Liu Rushi had spent all their wealth secretly raising eight hundred Arhats!

As the saying goes, Yao Shenwu pretended to be five hundred Arhats first!

In order to resist the Qing Dynasty, Qian Qianyi secretly funded the recruitment of five hundred armored heroes as early as the Battle of the Yangtze River, and they were named Arhats.

Now this secret army has reached a total of 800 people!

In the past, Sima and his son looked down upon the wolves and secretly raised three thousand dead men.

Now Qian Qianyi and his wife, with the help of the Fuming martyrs, support eight hundred Arhats!

Hiding in the dark, just waiting to come out and bite us at any time!

It goes without saying which place in Jiangnan is most important.

Qian Qianyi returned to Nanjing as early as the Battle of the Yangtze River.

And now that Zheng Chenggong came to Jiangnan, he naturally had to take the Arhats he supported to fight for his door.

"Now that Zhenjiang has been victorious, the Tartars are frightened. Guan Zhongzhong, Lang Tingzuo and others only have a few thousand defeated troops."

Qian Qianyi sneered and said: "How big is Nanjing? How can we hold on to these seventy-mile city walls, thirteen gates, and thousands of soldiers and horses?"

"Master Hedong, when Damu attacks the city, you and I will seize the gate with eight hundred Arhats, and we will definitely be able to welcome Damu into the city!"

Liu Rushi kept nodding her head when she heard this. Although she was a woman, her more than ten years of fighting against the Qing Dynasty had given her some knowledge of military affairs.

Not counting the outermost city wall, the overall length of Nanjing is more than seventy miles.

This meter alone would cost more than 35,000 people.

The thirteen city gates also had to be heavily guarded.

If you want to hold on to Nanjing for a long time, the defenders will need 50,000 if not 100,000. If there is less, even the city walls will not be able to line up!

With the current strength of the Qing army, these few thousand remaining soldiers were defeated.

It is estimated that there are less than 200 people in each city gate.

Qian Qianyi and his wife had eight hundred Arhats in their hands. When the Zheng army attacked the city, they took advantage of the chaos to take action.

Needless to say, this result naturally goes without saying.

As long as a city gate is obtained, Zheng Jun's troops can quickly enter the city and seal the victory!

"Mu Zhai, the restoration of Nanjing is just around the corner. You go back to your house and rest first. Whether Master Wang can heal you this time is crucial."

Liu Rushi took one last glance at the tall Nanjing city wall and spoke slowly.

"Okay, this old bone is almost buried in the ground. When the big tree arrives, I will let the whole world see the contribution that I, Qian Qianyi, have made for the Ming Dynasty." Qian Qianyi gritted his teeth and said with firm eyes.

Once this person is about to die, he is less afraid of death.

Hong Chengchou was like this, and so was Qian Qianyi.

The water is too cold and he is already seventy-seven. He has long been pessimistic about his personal life and death. After all, he only has a few more years to live. What is there to be afraid of?

If Hong Chengchou had been this age during the Songjin War, he might have gritted his teeth and become a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.

More than ten years have passed since Qian Qianyi's personal death, but he has actually taken a dim view of it.

It’s just that he still has a wife and children, and he still has a family.

So on weekdays, he doesn't dare to do anything with us during the Qingming Festival.

But now, as long as Zheng Chenggong can enter the city, not only can his wife, children and family be saved, but Qian Qianyi can also completely get rid of his infamy.

There is nothing that seventy-seven-year-old Qian Qianyi wouldn't dare to do in this business!

If it were Hong Chengchou, he would still dare to do it!

Posthumous names are sometimes more important to literati than their lives!

Not to mention literati like Qian Qianyi and Hong Chengchou, who have already laid down in the coffin and are just waiting for the coffin to be closed. Counting from the time when they were crowned kings, Qian Qianyi’s Arhats have been preparing for seven years, and now everything is ready and all they need is the east wind!

Just wait for the east wind to come, and that will be the time to restore the country!

Following the tragic defeat in Zhenjiang, Guan Zhongzhong fled back to Nanjing with the remaining defeated soldiers.

After the Nanjing civil and military planners ordered the troops and horses, they were shocked to find that only a mere 140 people of the 4,008 banners had escaped!

Although after Guan Zhongzhong lamented, "Send out four thousand troops, only forty will remain", another hundred Eight Banners soldiers fled back.

But what use can such a few troops and horses do?

Fortunately, although the Eight Banners suffered heavy losses, some of the tens of thousands of Green Battalion returned, with more than 2,000 people.

Including the troops and horses left in Nanjing, there are only more than 6,000 troops and horses in Nanjing.

The situation was so critical, Nanjing was so huge, but the Qing army's strength was so weak.

Guan Zhongzhong and Lang Tingzuo did not dare to delay, and urgent documents were quickly sent to various places like snowflakes.

At the same time, Zhang Huangyan led his troops to approach Nanjing.

On June 30, one of his vanguard units was defeated by the Qing Navy. However, due to the serious lack of troops by Guan Zhongzhong and others, they did not dare to pursue it deeply.

At this time, the Qing army in Nanjing was extremely empty, while the gentry and common people in the city were ready to take action.

However, at this critical moment, Zheng Chenggong miraculously stood still.

On June 24, Zheng Jun occupied Zhenjiang.

On the 25th, Zheng Chenggong inspected the city and stood still.

Three days later, Zheng Chenggong, who was immersed in the surrender of surrounding counties, believed that the Zhenjiang area had been pacified, so he decided to lead his troops to Nanjing.

When choosing the march route, the Zheng army generals were unwilling to take the land route.

So more than 100,000 people went up the river. The distance between Zhenjiang and Nanjing was only a few hundred miles, and it could only be reached by a forced march in one day.

The defeated troops of the Qing army could also arrive in a day or two.

However, it took Zheng Jun a full ten days to arrive in Nanjing.

During this period, Qing reinforcements from the Jiangnan region arrived in Nanjing one after another.

Guerrilla Xu and others led 300 horse and infantry.

General Zhang Guojun led a thousand infantrymen.

The garrison king Dacheng led one hundred and fifty horsemen and infantry.

Hangzhou Xie led Yatali to lead 500 troops.

He led Daya and Dali to lead 500 armored Eight Banners soldiers from Hangzhou.

Guerrilla Liu Chengyin led a thousand troops.

These scattered troops allowed the Qing army to defend Nanjing to increase in strength one after another, reaching more than 10,000 soldiers.

However, at this time, Nanjing still did not have an established unit that could be reused.

Needless to say, there is no need to mention the remaining defeated generals who returned from Zhenjiang. The rest of the Qing reinforcements are also small troops of 3,500, with the most being only a thousand people.

If the Qing army wants to regain its position, it still needs a strong enough and large enough force to aid Nanjing.

Guan Zhongzhong and others naturally understood this truth. The Eight Banners garrison and his admiral Biao camp had been destroyed.

The few remaining soldiers and horses are no longer of great use, and the remaining small and fragmented troops will be difficult to integrate in a short period of time.

So he set his sights on Su Song's commander-in-chief Liang Huafeng and Su Song's admiral Ma Fengzhi.

The two of them each had thousands of armors. After the destruction of the Eight Banners Garrison and the Admiral Biao Camp, they were already the strongest field troops in the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River!

Only two people come to rescue, maybe Nanjing can still be saved!

After the defeat in Zhenjiang, Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, issued four troop deployment orders in succession.

Ma Fengzhi had more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, but he still stood still and watched the success or failure.

However, Liang Huafeng led his troops to land on ships from Chongming on June 28, preparing to rescue Nanjing.

As the only two large-scale field forces of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River, Liang Huafeng's choice was undoubtedly extremely beneficial to the Qing court. However, there were also other voices within this army.

"Master, in my opinion, the pirates are powerful. Even the Eight Banners soldiers were defeated so miserably in the battle of Zhenjiang. If only 4,000 of us go to Nanjing, wouldn't it be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?" A close aide worriedly asked.

"A sheep entering a tiger's mouth?" Liang Huafeng frowned.

In the Battle of Zhenjiang, the Eight Banners and Admiral Biao Camp, the most powerful garrison in Jiangnan, were almost completely destroyed! This was undoubtedly a huge blow to the morale of the Qing army.

Of the two remaining large-scale troops, Ma Fengzhi once again stood still.

Only he could lead 4,000 elite troops to aid Nanjing to fight against 100,000 pirates. This was indeed a slim chance of victory.

"Of course I know this. It's just that Nanjing is related to the foundation of Jiangnan. The governor has come to urge me three times, so I have no choice but to obey."

Liang Huafeng's cronies heard this and said quickly: "Master, Lang Tingzuo is planning to let us go to Nanjing to die."

"One hundred thousand pirates, even the Eight Banners soldiers can't defeat them. Even if our mere 4,000 people get to Nanjing, it's hard to do anything. It's better..."

"What better?" Liang Huafeng sneered.

"Master, I know that the court is kind to you, but you have to think about it for yourself."

The confidant said earnestly: "Anyway, we can't defeat the pirates in Nanjing. It's better for our army to occupy Suzhou and wait and see the success or failure. If Zheng Chenggong captures Nanjing, we will surrender Suzhou without losing our glory and wealth."

"If the imperial court wins, it will be a safe strategy for us to send troops to destroy the pirates."

"Do you want me to imitate Ma Fengzhi?" Liang Huafeng said scornfully: "If I am like this, I'm afraid the court will not let me go. Even if I join Zheng Chenggong, I will be underestimated by him!"

"A real man is born between heaven and earth. If you want to live, you should live openly, and if you want to die, you should die upright. Even if you cannot be famous for centuries, you will be infamous for thousands of years!"

"Ma Feng knows that this person will not end well. How can I be like this villain who has no courage to fight against the pirates and has the worry of defecting to the imperial court?"

As soon as these words came out, my relatives were shocked.

Liang Huafeng's personality is obviously different from Ma Fengzhi's, and he is unwilling to play both sides.

"Master, in this case, the imperial court is unpopular anyway, and the pirates are powerful..." A close aide wanted to add something after hearing this.

"Hmph!" Liang Huafeng sneered again: "The imperial court treats me well. In the past, I served as a military scholar. Fortunately, the imperial court valued me and I was able to sit in the high position of the general soldier."

"What's more, most of my relatives are in Shaanxi, and the imperial court now controls most of the world. If I rebel, wouldn't it bring disaster to the nine tribes?"

"The situation is not desperate yet. I, Liang Huafeng, may not lose to Zheng Chenggong. If that is the case, let's do our duty as ministers first."

Liang Huafeng was different from ordinary green camp generals. He directly served as an official in the Qing Dynasty as a Wu Jinshi.

And because he was from Shaanxi, his relatives and friends were under the control of the Qing court.

Therefore, even though the situation was already unfavorable, he was still unwilling to rebel.

After all, when it comes to changing your appearance, you have to be cautious.

Moreover, he also felt that he was extraordinary, and the troops under Zheng Chenggong were not good at land warfare.

Although the previous great victory in Zhenjiang was shocking, Liang Huafeng still had little fear of Zheng Chenggong and could not feel any real despair.

(End of this chapter)