Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 448
Some people seem to have some kind of talent, they don’t have any experience, they just do it simply because they want to do it, and sometimes they do it.

Once upon a time, there was a man who didn't understand diplomacy, but he had a mission, and he rushed into the enemy's rear without hesitation, crossed the desert, and crossed the Jedi, just to find a long spear for his country and his king that could stab the enemy's descendants.He was captured by the enemy twice, and he never forgot his mission. After escaping, he continued to go on missions. After 13 years, he reported the results of his missions to the king, and returned to his country after completing his mission.

This person is called Zhang Qian, and the historian Sima Qian gave him the evaluation of - hollowing out the Western Regions!
Once upon a time, there was a man who was a scholar. He lamented that heroes should not be wasted. He dropped the pen, took the handle of the knife, and brought only 36 people, and rushed to the Western Regions without hesitation. He almost relied on his own strength , Sweeping the entire Western Regions, maintaining a stable frontier fortress for the country, and operating a road that flows gold.

This person is called Ban Chao, and the road he runs is called Silk Road.

Zhang Qian and Ban Chao are definitely not isolated cases. In the long history, there are countless such heroes like crucian carp crossing the river.

This is how the Chinese people have created one miracle after another, opened up fields one after another, created something from nothing, and made amazing achievements.

Now another young man embarked on a journey with such a purpose. He didn't know what to do, he didn't even know what to do. The chaotic situation had already made him confused. He only had one original intention. Just never give in.

His father surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, which conflicted with his ideas. He left his father and came to the sea. He persuaded his father's old army to go to sea with him and fight with him.

This person is Zheng Chenggong.

"Young Lord, they don't want to come."

In a sea area near Xiamen, a small boat leaned against the big ship, and a young soldier on board reported distressedly.

"Forget it, everyone has his own aspirations. Do you have any news from His Majesty?"

"I heard that His Majesty went to Guangdong by luck."

Zheng Chenggong sighed: "As a courtier, you can't protect the king. You really live in the world without words."

"Young Marquis must never dare to think so. Why don't we go to Guangdong and seek refuge with His Majesty."

"we can only do this!"

Zheng Chenggong has never been able to convince his father's old brothers. Those people only listen to Zheng Zhilong, and they don't like him at all. They all call him the Young Lord, and everyone can see that everyone regards him as Zheng Zhilong's son, rather than as a big man in his own right. "Although he meets the lord, he is not a day-old soldier." Now it is obvious that Still can't convince the public.

Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but glanced to the north, feeling full of frustration in his heart. A strong general like Yang Chao was actually defeated. Is this Ming Dynasty really about to perish?
With the sadness of struggling in despair, Zheng Chenggong ordered his men to sail.

Fortunately for Zheng Chenggong, the emperor was fine and had already arrived in Guangzhou.

History changes from here, or has already changed.

Originally, the Tang king Zhu Yujian should have ascended the throne in Fujian, but unfortunately Yang Chao’s appearance allowed the four princes to come to the south of the Yangtze River safe and sound. As a result, this courageous Tang king failed to ascend to the throne, and he was still just an ordinary vassal king. Of course, he was lucky. He escaped the end of being killed by the Qing army.

The Tang king in history, because he suffered many hardships when he was young, his temperament was tough, and at the same time he was a little petty. When Zheng Zhilong fled, he also fled to Fujian, but he was reluctant to leave behind a bar of court ladies, gold, silver and jewelry, especially a huge box of books. , As a result, when it was discovered that the Qing army was chasing soldiers, it started to throw away everything and ran for its life in a panic, but it was too late, and it was impossible to escape when the Qing army saw it, and was chased and taken to Fuzhou to be killed.

Unlike the Tang kings in history, Zhu Cihuan, the third prince of Zhu, obviously had an instinctive sensitivity to danger. In history, he was able to hide in Tibet and expose his identity everywhere. He was not caught and killed by the Qing army until he was 70 years old, which proved that he was good at running for his life. Yitu has a unique ability.

When Zheng Zhilong told Zhu Cihuan that he was going to evacuate the three passes, Zhu Cihuan immediately ran away without anyone notifying him. He only took his confidant Ma Jixiang with him. Two people and four horses fled Fujian from Jianning to Yanping. From Quanzhou to Zhangzhou, and finally into Chaozhou Prefecture in Guangdong, it was out of danger, took a breath, and both horses were exhausted.

Because Zhu Cihuan sensed the danger, he immediately ran away. He fled faster than Zheng Zhilong surrendered, and he fled faster than the Qing army marched in. Therefore, he did not have the same result as Tang Wang. He successfully arrived in Guangdong and served as the governor of Guangdong. Welcomed by Ding Kuichu, he entered the city of Guangzhou.

Zheng Chenggong, who received the news in Chaozhou, was naturally very happy, but he was even more happy that Yang Chao suddenly repelled the Qing army's attack and restored Nanjing City.

"Young Master, shall we go to Guangzhou?"

At this time, the subordinate asked.

Zheng Chenggong shook his head firmly and forcefully: "I won't go. As long as your Majesty is safe, since Uncle Yang has restored Nanjing City, we will also go back, take back Fujian, and protect my emperor from worries. This is what a hero should do." .”

After speaking, he ordered the fleet to turn around and head north, heading for Fujian.

At this time, it was already the tenth day since the Qing army entered Fujian.

Go back to ten days ago.

As soon as the Qing army arrived in Nanjing, they surrounded the city on three sides. Except for the west side facing the meeting, the other three sides were surrounded by Qing troops. Unfortunately, the city of Nanjing was too big. It was obviously impossible for [-] Qing troops to encircle it. It was impossible to block every city gate, so they just camped far away from the three city gates in the southeast, southeast and north.

Yang Chao assigned [-] soldiers to guard the city. Yang Chao didn't intend to take these recruits out of the city to fight against the Qing army. It would be no different from courting death, but he was confident enough to make the Qing army smash their heads under the city of Nanjing.

But who would have thought that in the middle of the night, there would be an explosion at the Jubao Gate at the south gate, and a big hole would be opened in the city gate. The Japanese cavalry flooded into Nanjing, killing anyone they saw on the street and setting fire to houses when they saw them.

massacre!fire!Nanjing panicked!
Yang Chao admitted that he was a little flustered for a moment, but the spirit and will cultivated after years of bloody battles are not so easy to collapse. He immediately sent most of the soldiers around him home to protect his family. When his family was ruined, what he thought of most was his family.

But he didn't go home by himself. He first stopped the commotion of the recruits nearby, and then rode a tall fiery red horse with a few old soldiers including Zhang Dun and Li Liang galloping on the city wall, playing his own banner and making everyone A soldier saw it, and then personally conveyed the order to let all the ministries hold the defense area firmly.

For a while, it was tantamount to abandoning the city and letting the city of Nanjing mourn under the iron hooves of the Qing army.

After stabilizing the recruits in the city, Yang Chao began to organize a counterattack, letting the soldiers walk down the city wall in an organized manner, and compete with the Qing army under every city gate.

After the Qing army entered the city, they killed people and set fire along the streets to create chaos, and at the same time they killed all the city gates. Only the two sides of the city gates had stairs leading to the city wall. The guards were locked on the city wall. Unless they jumped off, they could only stay on the city and watch the chaos in the city, gradually disintegrating their morale.

Yang Chao was just the opposite. He first stabilized the morale of the army, and then began to compete with the Qing army for the main gates of the city. The repeated battles resulted in heavy casualties. He only occupied half of the city gates until dawn, and many streets in the city had been burned to the ground.

Then Yang Chao sent an order, telling the soldiers not to panic, to compete with the Qing army street by street, relying on the terrain to kill the enemy, and not to charge forcibly!

After another whole day of killing, they took back the Nancheng area and continued to advance north.

After fighting for three days in a row, the Qing army was driven back to the north of Yundu. Yang Chao immediately set up defenses along the canal in the city, destroying all the bridges across the river, and protecting the most prosperous southern city of Nanjing.

At this time, the losses were heavy, only 2 of the [-] recruits remained, and [-] were either killed in battle or collapsed.

Nanjing, the most prosperous city in the Ming Dynasty, has never seen an enemy army since it was built, but who would have thought that one day there would be two armies fighting against each other in the north and south. There is no such preparation, so the performance is extremely panic, all kinds of fleeing, running, crying, and taking advantage of the chaos to make trouble, looting, revenge, completely exposing the ugliest part of human nature After all, Nanjing at this time is a city of hell.

Yang Chao was guarding the south of Yundu, and immediately stopped attacking. Not only was his force insufficient, but also the city of Nanjing spread from Yundu to the north, and the north city was five or six times larger than the south city. There is no military guard.

Therefore, they could only shrink their forces in the narrow urban area of ​​the southern city, and even the imperial city in the north was given over to the Qing army.

It took four or six days for many men to lead the main force of [-] to rush back from Hangzhou.

Only then did Yang Chao give the order to attack to the north.

The main force of many men led the way, and the recruits who had already experienced the baptism of war followed behind, fighting fiercely, and the Qing army was defeated step by step in the streets and alleys. It took only three days to completely defeat the Qing army. Drived out of Nanjing City, but was unable to pursue.

Immediately began to stabilize the situation in Nanjing.

Under his own personal defense, the Qing army rushed into the city. Looking at the ruins, and even the imperial city was defeated, the Qing army set a fire and destroyed more than half of it. Army, but such a victory is really not a victory.

From Yang Chao to the soldiers under him, no one had the joy of a big victory, and everyone felt extremely heavy.

"Pursuit! Pursuit!"

"After ordering Xie Fei and Lu Mo to annihilate Shang Kexi's troops, they should immediately sweep towards the direction of Nanjing City. Don't let any of the Qing soldiers pass by."

"Order the Zhejiang troops to give up defending the city and attack in an all-round way, and fight the enemy. Don't want to recover the city, just kill the Tartars!"

"Order Zhao Kang to bring the cavalry back immediately."

"Order Sun Changfu to go south immediately."

"Order Li Wuliu and Wang Pu to be alert to the enemy's situation in the north, and not to give the enemy any opportunity during the emptiness of Jiangbei."

A series of orders were passed on, but Yang Chao's heart was full of anger and a feeling of being humiliated. If he didn't get this place back, he wouldn't let it go!
(End of this chapter)