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Chapter 413 The enemy retreats
Azig even found that since he took Zhu Cihong into his hands, even the opposing forces in the army have subsided.

So looking at Zhu Cihong was even more pleasing to the eye.

For this reason, he rewarded Wang Deren who captured Zhu Cihong three times in succession.

Wang Deren is Wang Tizhong's next guerrilla general. When Wang Tizhong was leading the navy to fight the Ming army, he led a navy to fight in the area of ​​Shijiu Lake. On the other side of the lucky lake, they found Zhu Cihong and others in the reeds. back.

Therefore, Azige promoted Wang Deren one after another, from guerrilla to general, and then from general to deputy general (that is, deputy general). If Wang Tizhong was not a deputy general, Azige would not hesitate to promote Wang Deren directly to general go.

But Wang Tizhong suffered a big defeat, so he couldn't be promoted to be the general in any case, so Wang Deren's role as a lieutenant general was basically over, but there were a lot of other rewards, such as a thousand taels of gold, thirty good horses, beautiful women ten people.

"Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, this king is quite troubled today. Yang Chao, the commander-in-chief of Erguo, refuses to submit to the past, and instead recruits rebellious soldiers to attack this king. What do you think?"

Zhu Cihong's eyes were complicated. When he heard that Yang Chao had returned, it meant that Yang Chao did not die in Huai'an, as others said, but won again and returned to aid Nanjing, but he became a prisoner. .

But the matter has come to this point, Zhu Cihong can only pretend to cooperate.

"Yang Chao didn't know how to advance or retreat, so how dare he raise troops to stop the Heavenly Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty? He really doesn't know what's good and what's wrong! The guilty minister is willing to write a letter to reprimand him."

Zhu Cihong claimed to be a guilty minister, and he also knew that his only use now was to work for the Qing army, so what could he do, he could only thank the letter in the name of the emperor, just like the emperor in the Song Dynasty. The emperor's gains and losses have been instilled in his chest by civil officials since he was a child.

Azige was very satisfied with Zhu Cihong's attitude, but he couldn't help but sigh. He really couldn't figure out how their emperor would end up like this, despite the fact that there was a strong general like Yang Chao in the Ming Dynasty.

The incompatibility between the monarch and his ministers is the great disadvantage of the Ming Dynasty. He couldn't help but think of Li Chengliang, and he didn't have a deep understanding of Qi Jiguang Duoduo, but the Qing dignitaries had a deep memory of Li Chengliang, a Ming Dynasty general who was at the same time as Qi Jiguang and was stationed in Liaodong.

Li Chengliang was so majestic in Liaodong back then, and the Manchurian tribes who beat them bowed their heads and ears. Even Nurhachi's grandfather and father died at the hands of Li Chengliang, but Nurhachi didn't dare to say a word, but just cried bitterly in front of Li Chengliang's general army mansion and pretended to be pitiful .

In the end, Li Chengliang also felt that Nurhachi was pitiful, so he accepted him as a godson and gave Nurhachi a lot of support in the future.

As for Qi Jiguang, who was named after Li Chengliang, and even more prestigious, because of being implicated by Zhang Juzheng, he was almost accused.

Yang Chao is so brave, under his protection, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would rather give up the strong city than fight against the Qing army, such a Daming will not perish!
Thinking of this, Azig couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to that Yang Chao, even if he killed his younger brother Duoduo, as a general, it is not uncommon for him to die on the battlefield, a hero should die on the battlefield, not on a woman's kang.

So he doesn't hate that Yang Chao anymore, and even if Yang Chao is willing to surrender, he will follow Dorgon's advice and make Yang Chao a prince.

Thinking of this, Azige suddenly said to Zhu Cilang: "Although Yang Chao is overbearing to stop my heavenly soldiers, but my emperor cherishes talents, please ask the emperor of Ming Dynasty to write a letter to let Yang Chao return to my Qing Dynasty."

Zhu Cihong obediently agreed quickly.

Great victory.

Yang Chao personally sits at the Dasheng Pass. This time he did not go out in person. The growth of his subordinates and generals allows Yang Chao to sit at the rear with peace of mind.

"Song Kun? Why are you back?"

The land and water armies marched at the same time, calculating the distance, they should have reached Taiping Mansion, and they might even have faced off with the Qing army, but at this time Song Kun returned to Dasheng Pass.

"My lord, there is a letter!"

Song Kun rushed back on horseback, his mouth was dry, and he said in a hoarse voice.

"Letter? Many men letter, what's the trouble?"

Many men were the coaches in this expedition, but he sent a general like Song Kun to deliver the letter back in person. Obviously, it couldn't be a trivial matter. Yang Chao didn't dare to be careless, so he immediately took the letter and asked casually.

But when he opened the letter, Yang Chao immediately understood.

This is Zhu Cihong's letter. In the letter, he dare not call himself Emperor of Ming Dynasty, but only calls himself Cihong, the unfilial son of Emperor Xiaolie Chongzhen.

Yang Chao couldn't help being furious, and tore up the letter that was stamped with Zhu Cihong's jade seal.

He was not angry at Zhu Cihong for persuading him to surrender. Yang Chao never had any hope for the emperor's personal character. He helped Zhu Cihong ascend the throne, but his purpose was to stabilize the situation in the south of the Yangtze River. It should be said that it was generally successful. For the accident, it should be said that Zhu Cihong's undisputed prince status played a certain role.

However, the bad government of the Ming Dynasty has reached the point where it cannot be maintained only by superficial stability. Once the Qing army reached the superficial stability, it collapsed in an instant. He only cared about fleeing in a hurry, which made Yang Chao learn from his experience and knew that he would not make any changes. Even if Da Ming's decayed old car barely had a shelf, it couldn't stand a slight push from others, and it would fall apart immediately.

This is a later story. What Yang Chao was angry at this time happened to be that Zhu Cihong was captured. He tried every means to find Zhu Cihong, but he didn't think that Zhu Cihong had already been captured by the Qing court, and it was probably only after the water battle. At that time, he himself They were also looking for Zhu Cihong. Yang Chao's search horsemen had all arrived in Hangzhou, but who would have thought that Zhu Cihong would sneak into the Qing army's sphere of influence by running around.

Although the method of pushing Zhu Cihong to power last time to stabilize the situation in the south of the Yangtze River failed, Yang Chao still has a chance. This time, he repelled Azig and eliminated Duoduo. The situation will be better, and he will use his power to promote some changes. , there should still be a chance to reverse the situation, but who knows that Zhu Cihong was captured by the Qing army at this time, and it is hard to say what will happen to Jiangnan.

Among the letters sent by Song Kun, besides the letter from Zhu Cihong, there were also many men asking for instructions, because Zhu Cihong was in the hands of the Qing army, so he was a little bit cautious, and he didn't know whether he should attack the city. As for the Qing army attacking Zhu Cihong The sign made many men surrender, but many men did not consider it.

"Advance the troops, advance the troops! Advance the troops quickly, the emperor must not be taken to Beijing by the Tartars!"

Yang Chao immediately gave the order to Song Kun, but it was just a password. This kind of thing must not be left in words. The Oirats captured Yingzong, and Yu Qian ignored Yingzong's stability, pushed a new emperor, and led the army and people to defeat Oirat, but Yu Qian's ending was extremely miserable.

And Yang Chao really had this idea in his heart, if Zhu Cihong could not be rescued, then letting him die in the army would be better than letting the Qing army use it to make a big political fuss.

Zhu Cihong is dead, although it is troublesome to support a new king, but if Zhu Cihong is alive, but in the hands of the Qing army, it will be even more troublesome.

Song Kun took Yang Chao's password and rushed to the front line on horseback.

After receiving the military order, many men immediately organized an attack.

At this time, the Ming army was stationed outside Dangtu City, which was the capital of Taiping Prefecture. The Guxi River outside the city directly connected to Danyang Lake and Shijiu Lake, and it could directly enter Taihu Lake through waterways.

There are many men with an army of [-], surrounded by three and lacking one. To the west is the Yangtze River. There are large ships led by Jiang Fan to block the river and the estuary. To the north, many men lead an army of [-]. There are cavalry and artillery support.

As soon as Yang Chao's military order arrived, Jiang Fan's ship opened fire first, and hundreds of red cannons bombarded Dangtu City.

Artillery outside the city also began to fire heavily.

One day and night, the city wall in the northwest of Dangtu, which was bombarded by gunboats and cannons on the road, collapsed, and many men immediately organized an attack.

Open the way with cannons and phalanxes, and approach Dangtu City step by step.

Azig was very depressed. He thought that the Ming army would not surrender, but he never expected to attack him so viciously and decisively.

The story of Yu Qian is very clear to the Mongols and Manchus. They knew that it was impossible for Ming officials to surrender if they captured a Ming emperor, especially for a person like Yang Chao.

But Azig didn't expect that the Ming army would speed up the attack on the city instead. Didn't this force him to kill Zhu Cihong?

Thinking of this, Azige couldn't help but smile, Yang Chao, Yang Chao, I didn't expect you to be disobedient. Azige interpreted Yang Chao's attack as Yang Chao didn't care about the emperor at all, and he even wished he could take advantage of the Qing army's help. Get rid of Zhu Cihong by hand.

Azig never imagined that Yang Chao had never had a heart of loyalty, at least he had no loyalty to a creature like the emperor. What was loyal was only the nation, the country and history, not the individual.

"Get out!"

Seeing that the Ming army is attacking so fiercely, even though Azig still has the advantage in strength, he is unwilling to fight recklessly. The result of the reckless fight is too hard to say. Now that he has the trump card of Zhu Cihong in his hand, he has already won for sure Don’t lose, there’s no need to take risks, he’s not Yang Chao, he’s putting all his eggs in one basket now, as a big player who has cards and can afford to lose, Azig really doesn’t need to bet his life with a gambler like Yang Chao who is eager to lose .

Under Azige's order, when the city was broken, the Eight Banners army was the first to withdraw from Dangtu City.

Many men easily entered the city with little resistance, and after beheading a large number of surrendered soldiers, they occupied Dangtu.

The first priority is not to check Dangtu's treasury and other things, but to send troops to search for Zhu Cihong in the city, but of course they found nothing.

Many men also knew that the possibility of finding them was unlikely, so they immediately sent Yang Chao to ask for instructions, asking if they should continue to pursue.

Yang Chao ordered the troops to advance.

Many men attacked Wuhu, but the Qing army still did not resist, so they captured Wuhu again, but Zhu Cihong was still not found.

At this time Yang Chao ordered him to stop attacking.

(End of this chapter)