nanming man

Chapter 784
Xuzhou is an important town in the north of the Yangtze River. It used to be one of the four towns in the Ming Dynasty. Its strategic location is very important. Since ancient times, it has been the key to the North, the gateway to the South, a place of great importance for military strategists, and a center where merchants gather.

For the southeast regime, there is a saying that if you defend the river, you must guard the Huai River. Xuzhou is located in Huaibei, and the southeast has it.

If Xuzhou is not allowed, the southeast regime will be in a weak position, with only the power to guard the river.

"Quick, quick, quick, run!" The wilderness on both sides of the Grand Canal was crowded with people, the armor of the soldiers was rattling as they ran, and the soldiers were sweating profusely, but the officers were still not satisfied. The soldiers cheered up and urged the army to move quickly.

After the 30 Ming army captured Huai'an, the troops were divided into two groups, with 10 people taking Guide as the flank of the army, and 20 people going north along the canal to Xuzhou.

On the canal, the warships of the Ming army covered the river with sails like clouds, wearing red cotton armor on both sides, carrying flags, holding spears, and soldiers pushing artillery carts stretched for dozens of miles, and the sight was endless. The scene was grand and spectacular .

At this time, on the deck of a large ship in the canal, Wang Yan, Chen Zilong, Lu Zhenfei, Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Sen, Zhang Huangyan and others stood on the tall ship tower, looking down at the army on both sides of the bank moving forward like giant pythons, feeling in their hearts Agitation.

Wang Yan turned his head and said to the crowd: "I should compose a poem for this situation!"

"Young Situ, please speak, I will listen with all my ears!" Chen Zilong and others laughed, everyone was moved by the scene in front of them, and their faces were eager to try.

Wang Yan immediately chanted angrily, "The Son of Heaven raised six divisions in the north, and millions of soldiers swept Qilu. Let's see if the tigers and the tigers compete for great luck. The Central Plains needs to be renamed Zhu."

"Okay! Yu also got a song!" Chen Zilong smiled slightly.

"Oh, please less Sima recite!"

Huang Degong was completely speechless. He couldn’t get along with this group of poor people. These people were happy when they showed some color, and cried when they encountered setbacks. This is a fucking war, singing your mother’s poem~
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The Ming army's 30 Northern Expedition swept Huainan in less than a month.

The two Huaihe Rivers are no different from the north. There are fewer disasters here, and they have not suffered from military disasters for a long time. In the chaotic late Ming Dynasty, it can be regarded as a place where the people can survive well.

After the Qing army occupied the two Huaihe Rivers, they first looted and replenished the national treasury to meet the consumption of the army. For more than a year, under the administration of Hong Chengchou, there was a certain recovery, but compared with the Ming Dynasty, it was still worse. many.

One or two years is not enough to make the people forget their hatred, so in Jiangbei, the common people and gentry eat pots of oatmeal to welcome the king and teacher.

In particular, some gentry in Lianghuai were almost blind from crying. It was not just ordinary people who were unlucky when the dynasty changed.

The Qing Dynasty relied on the princes of the Eight Banners, the Han people in Liaodong, and the gentry who were the first to turn to the North. In terms of seniority, the gentry from the Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers could not be turned to the gentry, so they were actually the targets of suppression.

This is also an important reason why a large number of gentry officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in history, after taking refuge in the Qing Dynasty, turned against the Qing Dynasty one after another. The Qing court did not represent their interests. He first defended the interests of the princes of the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia. The Han people were the first to serve the interests of the traitors, and the Ming Dynasty safeguarded the interests of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, because no matter which faction was in power in the court, they belonged to them.

The rapid fall of Huainan did not occur to the Qing court, nor to Nikan, the county king who succeeded Azige and guarded the two Huaihe Rivers.

After all, Zhu Cihong is the Son of Heaven, so he still has some influence, and his prestige is even higher than that of King Gao of the Western Wei Dynasty.

Except for Huai'an City in Huainan, because of the garrison of the Eight Banners, which has been strong for half a month, most of the other cities are waiting for the wind to fall.

The Qing army deployed 15 troops in Lianghuai and Shandong, of which [-] were stationed in Huainan, [-] in Huaibei, and [-] in Shandong.

Of the 5000 Qing troops in Huainan, less than [-] retreated to Huaibei. The rest of the troops were not wiped out by the Ming army, but turned against each other. Once their braids were cut, they transformed into the Ming army again.

Under such circumstances, Nikan, who guarded Xuzhou, was very disturbed. He had more than 7000 troops and nearly [-] elite bannermen in his hands, but he did not dare to send cavalry to harass and block the approach of the Ming army. Xuzhou, but the army huddled in the city and dared not come out.

Zhu Cihong went on a personal expedition and issued a call to surrender to the old Ming Dynasty, saying that as long as he surrendered anyway, he would forget the past, which shook the morale of the green battalion soldiers in Xuzhou City. In addition, the Qing army was attacked by the Wei and Ming armies, and there were internal problems. This appearance caused instability in the city.

Nikan was worried that once the banner soldiers left the city, the green battalion in Xuzhou would rebel, so he didn't dare to leave the city, so he could only sit in Xuzhou and wait for help.

Nikan led the main force of the Qing army in Huaibei, and closed the city. The prefectures and counties around Xuzhou, seeing the strength of the Ming army, immediately raised their flags to rebel, and banners against the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were everywhere.

In mid-October, under the city of Xuzhou, military tents spread and surrounded the city of Xuzhou.

More than [-] Ming troops, together with tens of thousands of civilians, surrounded Xuzhou tightly. If any battle-tested general saw it, he would be shocked by the Ming army.

At this time, in the central tent of the Ming army in the east of Xuzhou City, the young emperor Zhu Cihong was wearing a Ming emperor's dragon robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a winged crown on his head, quite majestic.

Suddenly the curtain was lifted, and a general wearing old-fashioned Ming general armor trotted in, knelt down on the ground with a plop, crying bitterly, "The guilty minister pays homage to His Majesty. In recent years, the criminal minister has been in the enemy camp, but often Worrying about Your Majesty, seeing His Majesty today, has become the Holy Lord of Ming Dynasty, and the sinner will die in peace!"

Zhu Cihong stood up, walked around the table, smiled and helped the general up, and said with a joyful expression: "I knew that the general has a bright heart. As long as I send troops to the north, General Han will respond. General, please rise, from now on I will definitely use the general again."

The general who came was Han Zhaoxuan who was the garrison of Qingzhou in the Ming Dynasty, but now he is the general of the Suqian army of the Qing court, who had just surrendered to the Ming army.

Immediately Zhu Cihong gave him a few words of encouragement, and let him retreat with peace of mind, and then called out to the account: "Call the next one!"

Not long after, a guard outside the tent reported, "Your Majesty, Li Huajing and Li Zongbing have arrived!"

After Zhu Cihong sat back at the imperial case, he straightened his robes, sat upright, and raised his hand majestically, "Come in!"

The guards opened the curtain, and a stalwart man in his 40s walked up to the case, knelt down, bowed to the ground, and said: "The guilty minister Li Huajing pays homage to my emperor. Long live the emperor. When Huai'an was besieged, the criminal minister and the general were forced to surrender." , and have been waiting for today.”

Zhu Cihong stood up again, walked around the table and helped him up, showing joy, and started to work, mechanically said, "I knew that the general has a bright heart, as long as I send troops to the north, General Li will respond. Please, general, From now on, I will definitely use the general again."

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When Zhu Cihong's army arrived in Xuzhou, the Qing army was trapped in the isolated city.

For a while, tens of thousands of troops were surrendered. After Zhu Cihong arrived in Xuzhou, for several days in a row, he met the generals who appeased anyway, as well as famous gentry.

In just a few days, Zhu Cihong met with several chief soldiers, more than a dozen generals, almost half of Liu Zeqing's old troops. Anyway, he even got close to the messenger of the general of the green battalion from Shandong.

As for the gentry, Zhu Cihong also met many people. Even Ding Qirui, the former governor who was deposed by Chongzhen, asked his younger brother Ding Qiguang to come to see him. , and wait until it stabilizes before liquidating.

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At this moment, the curtain was raised again, and Zhu Cihong mechanically prepared to get up, but it was Chen Zilong, the servant of the Ministry of War, who came in. He saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

"Oh?" Seeing that he was a confidant, Zhu Cihong relaxed a little, leaned back on the chair, and asked, "The Qing family, what do you want to report?"

Chen Zilong took out a letter from his sleeve, "The city has given a reply, I hope His Majesty can give them more time!"

There was a smile on Zhu Cihong's young face, and he said a little complacently: "So, it's a promise? Bring the letter here, I want to read it!"

Chen Zilong handed over the letter, then returned it, and continued: "Your Majesty, I have something to report. The Western Wei Dynasty sent people to send information. Let us be careful of the Qing army in the direction of Henan and Beijing, and refrain from advancing rashly."

Zhu Cihong took the letter and was about to read it. After hearing this, he turned his face hard, "I use soldiers, do I need Gao Jingzhong to teach me?" Zhu Cihong snorted coldly, and continued: "I think Gao Jingzhong is the one who learned about my army. Sweeping across the two Huaihe Rivers, I was anxious, and got eye disease. If he doesn't have a good doctor to see the doctor, I have a lot of talents here, and I can send him two imperial doctors!"

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