Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 407
"Although I wear the clothes of the Tartars, I am the loyal uncle of the Ming Dynasty! You all wear the clothes of the Han family, but you all want to be slaves to the barbarians!"

Yang Chao asked loudly. Wang Duo knelt on the ground and never got up, but his body was already shaking. This was definitely not from fear, but from inner shame.

Qian Qianyi next to him had a calm face, but his eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.

"My lords, get up, be careful not to kneel and damage your body!"

Yang Chao snorted coldly.

But no one got up, and the sudden change made these literati who were not good enough to adapt to the situation, they didn't know what to do at this time. They were here to welcome the new master wholeheartedly, and each of them fantasized about being in front of the new master. They continued to be high-ranking and rich, and continued to enjoy the blessings, but suddenly, this new master was not the new master, but Daming's loyal uncle, which made them completely confused.

The troops on both sides were also a little flustered. They thought it was the Tartars who had come, and they were ordered to kneel on both sides to show their obedience, but they suddenly became loyal uncles. What is going on? These are soldiers. Some people habitually want to take up weapons. To cope with this sudden change.

"Kneel down to avoid death!"

Immediately, someone next to them shouted an order.

These are Yang Chao's soldiers. As soon as they arrived at the base of the city, they began to separate, one by one standing in the middle of the soldiers and officials, holding weapons and staring at this group of soldiers.

"Okay, let's all get up and go into the city with the lord."

Yang Chao's voice softened a little at this time, and these dog officials still need to be appeased at this time, and let them cooperate with him to stabilize Nanjing. If they cooperate with Nanjing, as long as there is no chaos, he can wait until his reinforcements come back.

Yang Chao even helped Wang Duo up himself.

After Wang Duo got up, the others stood up one by one.

"Please, my lords, enter the palace with the Lord."

At this time Yang Chao said again, then strode through the crowd, and walked into the city gate under the protection of the guards.

"Adults, please!"

Lu Mo made a gesture to the officials who were stunned in place from behind.

At this time, Baiguan was completely involuntary, and could only go to the palace step by step under the supervision of Yang Chao's soldiers.

"Li Liang, you bring 1000 people to my house, and anyone who dares to attack the Yang family, no matter if they are rioters or mobs, will be killed without mercy!"

After entering the city, Yang Chao immediately ordered Li Liang, a veteran soldier, to lead 1000 people to his home to protect the whole family. For Yang Chao, defending the country is naturally important, but his own family is also very important.

Yang Chao rode in front, civil and military officials walked behind, and soon arrived at the imperial palace and entered the Hall of Martial Heroes.

At this time, Yang Chao asked people to move tables, and then brushes, ink, paper and inkstones.

"My lords, please give an order to the army in the city. This pass is now to take over the defense of Nanjing City. From now on, all soldiers will be at the disposal of my lord!"

Soon it will be stamped with the great seal of the great scholar, the great seal of the guarding minister, and the military orders signed by each general.

"Lu Mo sent people to post the military orders to the gates of the city, and asked people to hold the military orders and go to the city wall to defend them. If there are soldiers who don't obey the military orders, they will be killed immediately!"

Yang Chao immediately assigned a task and asked Lu Mo to lead people to various important places on and off the city wall, and immediately hold the command of the army in the city. Yang Chao has already had experience in this, and he did this in Huai'an, just like this Its organization is still very weak, and it can barely control the army without chaos, and it is impossible to carry out powerful military operations.

"Lord Wang, please write some safety notices and tell the people that reinforcements from our army have arrived, Xiao Yu and the people should not panic."

All the civil servants did not dare to object, and one by one immediately copied the Anmin notice, and stamped the seal of the relevant official at the same time.

"My lords, let's stay here for a few days after hard work. The soldiers are fierce and the battle is dangerous. Before the danger of the siege is lifted, anyone who dares to leave without authorization will be killed without mercy!"

Finally told these officials, Yang Chao then walked out of the hall.

The palace seemed a little chaotic at this time. It is said that when the emperor learned that the emperor was fleeing and all the officials were about to descend, the city was indeed in chaos for a while. Many nearby people rushed into the palace and robbed a lot of things.

Later, Zhao Zhilong sent troops to suppress and stabilized the situation, but many royal treasures in the palace were still taken away.

"I don't know what's going on in Yangzhou? If I follow my plan, the first batch of reinforcements should come back tomorrow."

"If they can't come back for a while, they have to make plans early."

Standing on the imperial steps at the entrance of the Hall of Martial Arts, the front is the West Corner Building, the front right is the Wu Tower, and the back is the Xihua Gate.

Yang Chao had no intention of admiring the scenery in the palace.

Instead, he was thinking repeatedly in his heart.

When he was in Yangzhou last time, he said that he did everything right, but he still allowed Duoduo to attack Yangzhou City. He didn't understand it at the time, but later he realized that what he did was not enough. He went deep alone, but it was too much. Self-confident, I have never made an emergency plan at all, and I have never considered how to deal with Yangzhou if it falls.

At that time, Yang Chao never thought that Yangzhou would fall, nor did he think that Yangzhou would fall, because he was too confident, and because he never thought about Yangzhou's fall.

But after learning from experience and lessons, Yang Chao will not be so careless this time.

After contacting the Qing army so many times, Yang Chao admitted that the main force of the Eight Banners is still very powerful. Compared with the army he leads, both sides have strengths and weaknesses. The quality of individual soldiers is higher. As for military discipline, both sides are on the same level as the regular army, while the Ming army is more like a bandit army, other peasant troops, etc., let alone the word military discipline.

The first step of the emergency plan is the situation where the Qing army suddenly attacked the city. If the Qing army came to attack suddenly, Yang Chao would of course deploy his defenses actively; Take some proactive actions; the third step, if all your plans fail, you must be prepared to retreat and leave yourself a way out. Even Yang Chao himself can die in Nanjing, but his family must be safe transfer.

The first step of the plan has already been implemented. With the cooperation of Nanjing's civil and military leaders, the city wall defense has been taken over smoothly.

The defenders inside and outside the palace also accepted Yang Chao's command. After all, Yang Chao's reputation was there. Without the command of the honorable officials, the middle and low-level officers were willing to accept the leadership of Yang Chao, a man of great military merit. He was also very flustered, Zhan Shihe had no idea at all, and basically just blindly followed the decisions of the upper-level figures.

In the second step of the plan, Yang Chao has sent Song Kun to lead troops to Dasheng Pass. Dasheng Pass is the last barrier of Nanjing. If it does not fall, the Qing army will not be able to approach the city.

The third step is to send Li Liang to lead troops to the Yang family to protect the Yang family from being attacked by the rioters. At the same time, he also made up his mind that if Nanjing cannot be defended, these thousand elite soldiers, plus the original two hundred guards of the Yang family, Able to find a chance to escape.

Song Kun took the military order and brought a hundred elite soldiers to Dashengguan. The deputy general of Dashengguan handed over the defense to him without any objection, expressing his acceptance of Song Kun's command.

And soon, they saw Eight Banners soldiers, a group of three hundred Eight Banners cavalry came to Dashengguan with Azig's letter, and they wanted to take over Dashengguan.

Apparently Azig had long confirmed that the city of Nanjing would surrender, but he was still very cautious, not holding the big victory in his hands, and he really didn't dare to lead the army forward with confidence.

Without any hesitation, Song Kun immediately opened the city gate and put the Eight Banners soldiers into Dasheng Pass.

After handing in the military register of Dashengguan, he made a gesture of completely obeying orders.

In the evening, the officers of the Eight Banners were entertained. When these officers were flattered by Song Kun and got drunk, they suddenly felt a chill in their necks, and their heads had already moved.

At the same time, in the various barracks, the Eight Banners soldiers who had just fallen asleep were attacked at the same time when they were drunk after finishing their work. Without any resistance, they all surrendered their heads.

At this point, the deputy general of Dashengguan knew that Song Kun was not sent by Nanjing to lead him to surrender, but to lead him to defend the city. While shocked, he could only accept this result. Anyway, he fought with many people. Very confused, as long as someone takes the lead, they don't need to make difficult choices, they are willing to follow blindly at this time.

When these heads with braids were sent into Nanjing City, Yang Chao asked people to ride horses to show these heads to the soldiers in the city, and told them that he had already killed the Tartars, and the Tartars would definitely not give up. When entering the city, it will definitely slaughter the city like Yangzhou.

At the same time, he assured these soldiers that if they guarded the city with all their heart, Uncle Zhongyi would lead them to defeat the Tartars, just like what Uncle Zhongyi did in Haizhou and Yangzhou.

With someone's head and the fear of massacring the city, coupled with the example of Yang Chao's record, the guards in the city gradually became superstitious about Yang Chao, or they found a straw under heavy pressure and grabbed it tightly. , can't believe it!
The morale of the army in the city is stable!
The next day, Yang Chao had enough energy to send troops to Dasheng Pass, and he sent 1000 people there.

But at the same time, Song Kun was notified that if the situation was unstoppable, he could give up Dasheng Pass and retreat to Nanjing.

Although Dashengguan is the last gate in Nanjing, it is not a grand pass to be honest.

Dashengguan is located in the famous three mountains in Nanjing. The so-called three mountains are no more than 29 feet high, and the conversion is less than [-] meters. There are many sandbars outside. This section of the river flows slowly and has a wide water surface, and there are small rivers such as Xinlinpu and Banqiaopu entering the river from the foot of the mountain, so anyone with a little military knowledge can judge that the Dashengguan built near Sanshan , is actually a river defense pass.

In fact, his name was Dacheng Port in history. After Zhu Yuanzhang landed and occupied Nanjing, he named it Dasheng Port, and then built a checkpoint, named it Dasheng Pass.

So here is actually defending the river but not the land, so Yang Chao does not intend to fight the Qing army here.

In fact, in terms of strong defense, is there any city comparable to Nanjing City? Nanjing is Yang Chao's final decisive battle!
(End of this chapter)