nanming man

Chapter 775

At the end of September, after Zhu Cihong confirmed the news from the North Korean envoy, he believed that the Qing Dynasty was indeed divided, and analyzed the strength of the Qing army, and found that the troops that Dorgon could use were already stretched. Most of them were surrendered troops from the Ming Dynasty, so they decisively decided to send troops.

In recent years, the Qing army mainly fought against the Western Wei Dynasty. The elite soldiers were deployed on the western front, while most of the troops on the southern front were the original Jiangbei Ming army.

Except for Xuzhou Town, which is very powerful, the rest of these soldiers and horses are just chickens and dogs.

Coincidentally, at this time, the Manchu Qing sent envoys to encourage the Ming army to attack Wei with the land of the two Huaihe Rivers, which made the Ming court further believe that Manqing was guilty.

In view of the peace talks between Huang Taiji and the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was put on the same page.

Zhu Cihong proposed to take over the two Huaihe Rivers first, but the Manchu envoys were vague, which strengthened Zhu Cihong's determination to send troops.

This time, he not only wants to send troops, but also overshadows the Western Wei Dynasty in the limelight.

For this reason, Nanjing quickly formulated a plan, contacted the old generals of the Ming Dynasty, promised to be a high-ranking official, and instigated Jiang Xiang to occupy Hedong and block Gao Yihuan's eastward expedition. Zhili is in the bag.

On September 28, after Zhu Cihong paid homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, he directly crossed the river and made an expedition to the north.

Before that, the Ming army had already started to act. First, the [-]-Wanjiang Waterproof Division rushed into the Huaijiang River and outflanked the rear of the Qing army on the south bank of the Huaijiang River. Then the Ming army in Jiangbei and Wuchang Zuozhen divided into three groups. Northern Expedition.

[-] soldiers from Zuozhen attacked Shouzhou, Yingchuan, and Huoqiu, and then went north to capture Bozhou and Guide. Huai'an, and then joined forces with Huang Degong to collect Xuzhou and enter Shandong.

Zhu Cihong, under the escort of [-] Japanese soldiers, followed the three-way army to boost the morale of the Ming army.

At the beginning of October, the official roads in Jiangbei were full of soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, as well as civilian husbands escorting supplies.

Although the Qing army had taken precautions against the Ming army, most of the green battalion soldiers in the rogue Jiangbei were sloppy, and the wind blew on both sides, which still caused the rapid collapse of the Qing army's defense line.

When the Jiangbei Qing army went south in Azig, they surrendered to the Manchus in groups, but after surrendering to the Manchus, the Manchus failed to destroy Nanjing.

When they were in the Ming army, they were the elite of the four towns, and they were the pillars of the Ming Dynasty. But after they took refuge in the Qing Dynasty, they became the lowest-ranking green battalion soldiers. Not to mention the group of uncles above, among the green battalion soldiers, they were no match for the northern soldiers. The frontier soldiers who voted were really pissed off, and their intestines were full of regret.

The Ming army made multiple northern expeditions, and Huang Degong was the fastest all the way. He reached Fengyang in three days. With the help of Nei Ying, he broke the city in one day and killed the rebel general Tian Xiong.

Gao Mingheng's all the way was also like a broken bamboo all the way, and the army was approaching the Huai'an city.Seeing that the situation was not good, Nikan, king of Jingjin County in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, saw that Huai'an was about to be encircled, so he handed over Huai'an to Tong Tulai and Jin Li for guarding, while he himself withdrew across the Huaijiang River overnight and retreated to Xuzhou to organize a second line of defense.

Among the three roads, only Zuozhen Road had some problems. Zuo Liangyu died of illness not long after leaving Wuchang.

Zhu Cihong asked Zuo Menggeng to take over the title, and appointed Jiang Yueguang, a great scholar, to supervise the division. After the Zuo army stopped in Shouzhou for a while, they continued to go north.

In the past two years, Zuozhen's strength has further declined. After Nanjing trained the forbidden army, all the money, food and weapons were piled up on the forbidden army, and it was difficult for Zuozhen to survive.

With the increasing number of soldiers and horses in Nanjing, Zuozhen could not support himself. When Zhu Cihong transferred Zuozhen out of Wuchang in the name of the Northern Expedition, Zuozhen could only obey Nanjing's transfer order.

This is because Nanjing already has the ability to deal with Zuo Zhen, and the second is that Zuo Zhen really can't stay in Wuchang.

The power of the people in Wuchang has been exhausted. The soldiers in Zuozhen haven't changed their armor for several years, they haven't been issued shoes, they can't eat enough, they don't move their nests, and they don't have to eat shit.

In mid-October, in less than half a month, the Ming army quickly cleared the Qing army strongholds on the south bank of the Huai River and completed the encirclement of Huai'an.

On the entire south bank of the Huai River, only Huai'an was left. The Ming army surrounded the city on three sides and prepared to attack.

So far, Nanjing has completed the goal of the first stage, and it has become a foregone conclusion to collect Huainan.

This made Zhu Cihong's confidence soar, and instead of following the army, he rushed to the city of Huai'an, preparing to personally command the army to attack the city.

On October 20th, in the early morning, nearly [-] Ming troops had assembled outside Huai'an City. The naval warships on the river and the Ming army's cannons on land roared together. Nearly a hundred Hongyi cannons smashed into Huai'an City.

The Hongyi cannon smashed shells one by one towards the city wall, causing the bricks and stones on the city to crack, leaving deep pits.

At this time, the Ming army artillery roared, and the artillery shells roared and hit the city wall. Small flowers composed of stones and dust exploded on the wall, smashed into the moat, and a water column immediately splashed in the river.

In a short while, Huai'an City was bombarded by hundreds of iron bullets, and the entire city wall was instantly shrouded in smoke and dust. The Qing army on the city suddenly screamed again and again.

Huai'an City faces the Huaijiang River in the north and the canal in the west. The Qing army mainly defends the southeast and southeast sides.

At this time, the city wall was full of gunpowder smoke, and the person in charge of defending the southern city was a real gold trophy with a red flag and a solid mountain forehead. He was wearing a red armor and was guarded by several soldiers. In the artillery fire, all kinds of materials were moved onto the city wall.

Under the shelling of the Ming army, the city wall was already in a mess, and there were wounded and howling soldiers everywhere.

At this time, Jin Li led a group of generals, walked through the distance, walked to the edge of the city wall, saw the soldiers of the Ming army coming out of the camp, and gritted his teeth: "Go and ask Xu Dingguo to send 3000 troops to the south city!"

Outside the city, the soldiers of the Ming army lined up in formation according to their duties.

Their newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and the soldiers of all ministries are all in good spirits, ready to gnaw on the hard bone of Huai'an.

Suddenly, there was cheering in the army, and Zhu Cihong's yellow canopy and the emperor's guard of honor appeared in the eyes of the soldiers.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

Without the need for a general to take the lead, cheers erupted in the army like a tsunami, which made Zhu Cihong even more excited. He rode his horse as if he was drunk, and kept raising his whip to respond to the soldiers.

Wherever Zhu Cihong in golden armor passed, all the soldiers of the Ming army paid attention and saluted, shouting loudly, which made people's blood boil.

Zhu Cihong wandered for a while and returned to the central army. At this time, the drums were beating, and Huang Degong swung his saber forward vigorously, screaming loudly: "Attack!"

The Ming army outside Huai'an City immediately flocked to Huai'an City like a flood that burst out of a dike.

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In Beijing, the Prince Regent's residence, officials and petty officials came and went in a panic, sending various news to Dorgon.

At this time, in Dorgon's study room, Dorgon threw a beating newspaper on the ground, and smashed a Chenghua chicken bowl cup.

As soon as the news came from Azig, fearing that it would be difficult to go down to Pujin Pass, the news came from Nikan that Zhu Cihong's imperial conquest, 30 troops swept south of the Huai River.

Now that Huai'an is besieged, Nikan has retreated to Xuzhou, and the situation on the southern front has become critical.

Zhu Cihong, a young boy, dared to take the initiative to attack Daqing. He was simply overthinking his abilities and looking for death on his own.But Dorgon couldn't spare any troops, so he came to teach Zhu Cihong a lesson, which made Dorgon furious~~~~~~
Hong Chengchou, who was standing by the side, couldn't help but stand up when Dorgon finished venting his anger, knelt on the ground, and said in a painful voice, "My lord, we are fighting on the two fronts of the Qing Dynasty, and our troops are stretched. If the lord is defending everywhere, there are not enough troops everywhere. The lord must do something." There is no choice!"

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