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Chapter 469 Under Nanjing City
"Ma Shoufu, you were the one who supported King Fu to ascend the throne, saying that you could help Daming and restore prosperity for another 200 years. But in less than two months, the Kyushu Army attacked outside the city of Nanjing. We are in danger. Where did Ming come from? Prosperity!" Six ministers from Nanjing came to visit Ma Shiying's mansion.

"At the beginning, it was me and everyone who supported King Fu. We wanted to follow the example of King Xie of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Everyone was responsible for what happened. Why did it become the fault of the first assistant?" Ma Shiying snorted coldly.

"It was you who started the incident. Now that the officers and soldiers are at a disadvantage in fighting, of course you are duty-bound!" Officials from the six ministries blamed Ma Shiying.

"It's unreasonable! Forget it, if you have more people than others, then I personally lead the defenders to fight to the death with the Kyushu army outside Nanjing! If I win, the city of Nanjing will be safe and sound. If I die in battle, you will fight on your own. Flee, or seek refuge with the Kyushu Army, it's up to you!" Ma Shiying became furious.

The officials of the six Nanjing ministries looked at each other in blank dismay, then nodded indifferently, agreeing to Ma Shiying's last struggle.Anyway, Ma Shiying's life and death had nothing to do with them.

Ma Shiying angrily gathered some Nanming officers in Nanjing City, wanting to go out of the city to fight to the death.However, Ma Shiying soon discovered that most of the officers in Nanjing had escaped.Some officers abandoned their official positions and hid in the city, and some officers simply fled outside the city.

Ma Shiying saw Nanming soldiers with less than [-] people, and he still had the idea that I could make a comeback, but Ma Shiying, who realized how cruel the reality was, began to waver.

"In order to support the imperial court and serve the country loyally, we should shroud our corpses in horse leather and die in battle!" Under the watchful eyes of the six officials, Ma Shiying could only bite the bullet and go out of the city to support the front line.

The literati's integrity made him unable to lose face!

On the eastern outskirts of Nanjing City, the blood of Nanming soldiers who fought hard stained the nearby hillside red.The victorious soldiers of the Kyushu Army were sweeping the battlefield with muskets in hand, and captured the Nanming soldiers who were hiding in the mountains or pretending to be dead.

Chen Jisheng was holding a topographic map near Nanjing City, observing where his troops had arrived.

"I didn't expect that there were still Nanming soldiers who would rather die than surrender, and it took a lot of effort to eliminate them." Chen Jisheng's face was covered with smoke stains from firearms.

"No matter how weak the army is, there will always be tenacious people, but no matter how brave they are, they can't change the general situation." Chen Jisheng's military adviser said.

He got the saber of the general of the Nanming Army as a trophy in his hand.

"The battle with the Nanming army is meaningless. We are fighting internally. But this is unavoidable. If we don't take the initiative to launch an attack, if it turns into the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it will be hundreds of years of turmoil. Long Pain is worse than short pain." Chen Jisheng had no aversion to the overwhelming killing.

This is the case in troubled times, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain!
"Changyi held back the Ming army from the vicinity of Jiangxi in the south, making it impossible for them to advance northward for the time being, while Xu Ji's progress is similar to ours. With our two troops of 5000 people, it is still a bit of pressure to attack Nanjing. After all, with Nanjing Even the field guns we brought couldn't penetrate it," said the military staff officer.

"Wars have always considered not only the sharpness of weapons and the strength of the city, but also the change of people's hearts. With the current situation of no reinforcements outside Nanjing City, I am afraid that as long as our army appears under Nanjing City, the soldiers and civilians in Nanjing City would like to open the city gate immediately. Welcome us in." Chen Jisheng said.

"That's true. There are many members of our Far East Trading Company in Nanjing City. They have long been dissatisfied with this war. Every day they suffer losses of tens of thousands of taels of silver. The merchants in Suzhou City even use 60 taels of silver came to redeem the city from Li Yu, and Li Yu made a great contribution in vain." The military staff officer said.

"The guys from the Admiralty are really lucky. Why do we gnaw the hardest bones? We wiped out at least two thousand Ming troops in Zhenjiang, and penetrated the three defense lines of Nanjing City, and wiped out thousands of Ming troops on the way. No one has redeemed the city from us yet." Chen Jisheng couldn't help but envy the Marine Brigade who could seize a large amount of military funds without seeing blood.

"It's a pity that the battleships of their Admiralty cannot be put on wheels and go ashore. The great military achievement of conquering the capital belongs to our War Department."

Said the military staff officer.

The line of defense that the Nanming soldiers hastily built outside the city of Nanjing was continuously breached, and some Nanming soldiers fled to the city of Nanjing along the way.

The civil servant Ma Shiying led the Nanming army with less than [-] people to support the Nanming army on the front line. However, when he saw the Nanming army fleeing back in batches, he began to change sides.Obviously, the defense line outside Nanjing has completely collapsed, otherwise it would not have led to such a large-scale retreat.

"Master Shoufu, run away too, the Kyushu Army is not something ordinary people can deal with, they are monsters!" A general fleeing back saw Ma Shiying, and urged him to escape together.And after finishing speaking, the general ran away immediately without waiting for Ma Shiying's accusation.

Not only was Ma Shiying stunned and lost, but even the Nanjing soldiers who fought with Ma Shiying were all demoralized.No matter who sees his comrades in the front line retreating backwards, and rushes up under the pressure, he will feel guilty in his heart!

"Master Ma, it seems that our defense lines have all collapsed. How many people are there in the Kyushu Army?" General Nanming, who followed Ma Shiying, asked hesitantly.

"According to the news from the scouts, there are less than [-] people..." Ma Shiying was also puzzled.

The Kyushu Army directly attacked Nanjing City with less than [-] troops. How could it easily defeat the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers gathered near Nanjing City?And this is still in the case of playing at home!
"It is said that the Jurchen is invincible if they are dissatisfied with ten thousand. The Kyushu Army has defeated the strong Jurchen army. I think we should not fight them..." the general of the Nanming Army said weakly.

Those who didn't know were fearless, so they followed Ma Shiying out of the city.But now, they remembered that the Kyushu Army was a powerful land army that killed Houjin two or three years ago!It's just that the army of the Kyushu Army has been huddled outside the pass recently, and the navy of the Kyushu Army is active in the southeast. This makes the world almost forget that the infantry and artillery of the Kyushu Army are the important capital for it to seize the world!
"You have to believe in me, the chief minister...I am the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, and I am willing to fight to the death with you. You are still not grateful, and died heroically with me?" Ma Shiying said tremblingly, probably not even believing it himself.

"Master Shoufu, one Shoufu may not survive as easily as a single soldier on the battlefield. I think you'd better be lucky, we don't want to go forward." A group of Nanming generals went on strike one after another.

(End of this chapter)