Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 342
Jiangning.

The capital of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing and changed it to Liudu. For more than 200 years, the status of Jiangning City has always been very high, because Nanzhili governs the most affluent area of ​​Ming Dynasty, and the fifteen prefectures have three Zhili prefectures.

Nanzhi did not set up the three divisions, but was in charge of six departments in Liudu, of which the household and military departments had the most power.The Nanjing Household Department is responsible for collecting taxes and grains from Southern Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang provinces. These four provinces account for half of the Ming Dynasty’s taxes and grains.

The Nanjing Ministry of War is responsible for the defense of the entire Nanjing area and has 49 guards.

Even after the Tatars took over the center of Jiangnan, they paid great attention to it. After Nanjing was dismissed as the capital, it was changed to Jiangnan Province.Other provinces have only one chief envoy, but Jiangnan Province has two.

Even in Jiangnan Province, there is an economic strategy and a governor. In the past, there were three admirals and three governors, plus the governor of water transportation and the governor of rivers. Today, there is still a governor of five provinces and a governor of three provinces. The governor, the governor of Caojiang and the governor of Anhui, the governor of Jiangning and the governor of Su Song, plus two political envoys.

And a servant, Meile Zhangjing, led the Eight Banners to garrison Jiangning City.

Such a Jiangnan center is full of panic at this time.

Countless big households and common people in the surrounding area fled to Jiangning, but many people in Jiangning City wanted to escape from the city.

Some people are already secretly embroidering Ming flags, and others are secretly writing red papers respecting Master Wang.

Manage the yamen.

Everyone was silent.

My father-in-law Yan let out a long sigh.

Ma Guozhu also let out a long sigh.

Tu Guobao also let out a long sigh.

Kang Kara also let out a long sigh.

There was a moan and a sigh.

"Report,"

"Report to Elder Yan Ge, Ma Butang, and Kang Shilang that the vanguard of the bandit cavalry has arrived twenty miles away."

Hearing this voice, everyone couldn't help sighing again.

"Duke Yan, what should we do now?" Tu Guobao finally broke the silence.

Yan Wogong looked at Tu Guobao with an expectant face, then at Ma Guozhu and then at Kangkala. The Jiangnan city was still very lively before.

Several people from the last meeting were gone.

Admiral of Caojiang and Governor of Anhui Chen Jin, Governor of Jiangning Zhang Dayou, Jiang Fang garrisoned at Milezhang Jingba Mountain, and unlucky Governor of Water Transport, Governor of Huaiyang and Envoy of Salt Transport Chen Tai, all died in Zhenjiang with the Eight Banners.

Everyone is still unable to accept this fact.

The [-] elite defended Zhenjiang, but in the end, more than [-] were killed in the battle, especially the [-] troops stationed in Jiangning and the Eight Banners were wiped out. Now they don't know how to report to Beijing.

Mr. Yan got up, bowed in the direction of Beijing, then turned around, and said to the crowd, "The only solution now is to fight to the death and be ready to die for the country."

"Is there no other way?" Ma Guozhu asked. "We still have [-] soldiers, and [-] regiments are trained and strong. With the defense of Nanjing City, we should be able to hold on and wait for help."

"Waiting for help? Where did the reinforcements come from? From Suzhou or Hangzhou or from Anqing or Taiping, or from Wuchang in Huguang or Yanzhou in Shandong?" Tu Guobao asked back. "There will be no reinforcements. Now the guards in other places in the south of the Yangtze River are too busy to take care of themselves. Maybe they can last a little longer in the turtle guard city. They are still waiting for us to rescue them. If they dare to come out, they will be besieged by the Ming army. Help."

"As for the 3 troops of Tan Tai in Shandong and King Sanshun, they were worse than us. King Zhishun's [-] Liao soldiers were wiped out and committed suicide. General Tan Tai, King Chongshun and King Huaishun listened to He said he was surrounded by King Lu for a month, and he didn't even dare to show his head."

"Now the canal is frozen, and the area along the canal has been plundered by the King of Lu. Even if Tan Tai and his remaining [-] soldiers are willing to brave the severe cold and go south, there is no food and grass support. Even if they take the risk and rush to help, how can they cross?" Cross the Yangtze River?"

Tu Guobao sighed there, "Don't count on Huguang. Hong Jinglue ignored the accusations of the Beijing court and directly abandoned Changsha. Now Huguang's soldiers and horses are huddled in Jingzhou, Wuchang, and Yueyang, and they are everywhere. They are busy repairing the city and gathering food and grass for the winter, they can’t even pursue the defeated Ming army in Yunyang, Badong, Hunan, and they are urging Jiangnan, Shaanxi and Jiangnan to transport grain to support them, how do you think they came here?”

"Besides, Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi has rebelled again, and the whole province has fallen."

"Also, He Zhen from Hanzhong has also rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and was conferred the title of Admiral of Shaanxi by the King of Lu, the Marquis of Hanzhong, and Gao Doushu, the former governor of Yunyang, as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu."

He Zhen's rebellion can be said to have given the Qing army another big blow. Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi counterattacked, and the Qing army in Huguang fell into a crisis of being alone.

He Zhen in Hanzhong rebelled again. Although his rebellion was also expected by the court, the Qing court was still one step too late.

Wu Sangui and Li Guohan led troops from Liaodong to Hanzhong, but the supply of food and grass along the way was not smooth, which seriously delayed the march. However, due to the corruption of Huguang and Jiangnan, the Huaiyang-Shandong Canal was blocked, so Wu Sangui and other soldiers could not be supplied in time.

In addition, they passed along the way, and there were various rebels raising flags one after another along the way to respond to Lu Jianguo, Wu Sangui and the others were asked by the court to quell the chaos along the way.

Although these rebels were vulnerable, they also slowed down a lot.

The result was that Wu Sangui stopped and fought all the way, and hadn't entered Shaanxi yet. As a result, He Zhen, after repeated persuasion by the Ming envoy, finally raised the flag anyway, and accepted Zhu Yihai's title of Marquis of Hanzhong and Shaanxi. The post of admiral.

After returning to Daming, He Zhen immediately led [-] troops out of Lianyunzhan, and captured Fengxiang in one fell swoop. The local garrisons Wu Dading, Shi Guoxi, and Baoji garrison Gao Ruli all raised their troops anyway, responding to He Zhen, and together Belonging to the Ming Dynasty, they captured Longzhou, Guyuan and other places one after another, and killed He Shiyuan, the chief soldier of the Qing Dynasty, and then the rebels in Jingning, Lingtai, Guanzhong and other places responded.

He Zhen even took advantage of the victory to break through Mei County, and the entire Fengxiang Mansion has been captured by the Ming army.

Under the order of Governor Gao Doushu, He Zhen, Wu Dading, Shi Guoxi, Gao Ruli, Wang Guangtai from Yunyang, and Liu Tichun from the former Zhongyi Camp all joined forces in Mei County, and then captured Wugong County at the junction of Xi'an Prefecture and Fengxiang Prefecture.

Sun Shoufa, who originally supported the son of King Qin in Guanzhong to supervise the country, and claimed to be the governor of Shaanxi, Gansu and other five provinces, was originally a fierce general under the command of Cao Wenzhao, and the Qing army entered Guanzhong. Insist on fighting in the Zhongnanshan area.

At this time, he also accepted Gao Doushu's persuasion, asking King Qin to abdicate and return to the vassal, and sent him to the east of Zhejiang Province. Then he accepted the post of governor of Shaanxi and led the rebel army to join the Ming army and participate in the attack on Xi'an.

Meng Qiaofang, governor of the three frontiers of Shaanxi, withdrew to Xi'an, and sent letters of pleas to Beijing several times a day, while constantly sending people to ask Wu Sangui to speed up his march to come to the rescue.

On the side of the Ming army, Gao Doushu, the governor of Guanzhong, had soldiers and horses from all walks of life. Sun Shoufa was granted the title of Fufeng Bo, Wu Dading was named Chen Cangbo, Hanzhong Hou Hezhen was the admiral, Sun Shoufa was the governor, and Wu Dading was also awarded the commander-in-chief. He Zhen had 20 soldiers, Wang Guangtai had [-] soldiers, Liu Tichun had [-] soldiers, Wu Dading had [-] soldiers, and Gao Ruli had [-] soldiers. The actual total is [-], but there are only [-] combat soldiers and about [-] armored soldiers.

But the momentum is really not small.

When Beijing heard the news, they were also quite surprised.

So while urgently urging Pingxi General Wu Sangui and Dingxi General Li Guohan to ignore the small rebellion along the way, let them rush to Xi'an for reinforcements at full speed, and at the same time, regardless of the season, sent Shang Shu Xingna to Binzhou in the northwest of Xi'an Prefecture, Gushan Kezhen Dulei rushed to Qingyang, north of Xi'an.

Gu Shan Ezhen Bayan and his bodyguard Mo Ergen rushed to Yan'an, and they must clear up the rebel forces in these areas, so that the situation in the north of Xi'an can no longer be corrupted.

Even at the meeting of kings and ministers discussing politics, Hauge once again asked to lead his troops to the expedition, and the two great princes Daishan and Jierhalang also expressed their support, but Dorgon thought that Wu Sangui and others would be able to go to Xi'an soon, and the court also sent more soldiers. With soldiers and horses entering the pass, He Zhen and other rebels temporarily rejected Hauge's request to go out on the grounds that the rebellion was just a mob.

But on the other hand, he sent Prince Azig of England to Datong, Shanxi to guard in case the situation in Guanzhong was out of control, so he was ready.

Once the situation in Guanzhong becomes uncontrollable and comprehensively corrupted, Azig can only be allowed to lead the Shanxi and Beizhi troops assembled in Datong again to go south.

Hubei was corrupted and turned into ruins, and Xu Yang in Shandong had just been looted by Zhu Yihai, and now the Ming army started a war in Guanzhong, and even attacked Xi'an.

The Qing court now has to deal with the Ming armies in the five battlefields of Jiangnan, Xuhuai, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Guanzhong at the same time. Now the Qing armies in various places can only fight on their own, and even Beijing is constantly sending troops to reinforce them. and others.

Tu Guobao has already made it very clear. Hong Chengchou of Huguang is still intact except for the towns of Wuchang. The rest of Jingxiang and others are empty cities that have been demolished. Even Changsha can only give up first, and even Yuezhou is unable to repair it.It can only be repaired in Jingzhou and Xiangyang first.

After the Ming army regained Jiangxi, although it has not launched an offensive against Huguang for the time being, part of the Ming army launched a conquest in Hunan against the soldiers who fled in the last Wuchang battle, and part of the Ming army in Jiangxi merged with the Ming army in Anhui. , Now it is time to launch a new round of offensive against the Anhui provinces.

The green camps in Anqing, Chizhou, Huizhou, and Taiping have no regard for Jiangning, and they can't get out of the city now.

"What does Tu Fantai mean by saying this? Can we just sit here and wait to die?" Ma Guozhu said dissatisfied.

"Everyone, don't make noise." Yan Jinglue called out to several people.

He got up and turned around, "Now that things are up to now, we can only do everything possible to maintain it, and be prepared to stand alone for a long time. Chen Tai, the governor of the water transport and governor of Huaiyang, died in battle, the admiral Cao Jiang and governor of Anhui Chen Jin also died in battle, and the governor of Jiangning Zhang Dayou also died in the battle, and Jiang Fang garrisoned in Mei Lezhang Jingba Mountain also died in the battle, hey, "

"Treasure of the soil, this economic strategy now entrusts you as the governor and admiral of Jiangning, Cao Jiang, the governor of Anqing, Luzhou, Chizhou, Huizhou, Taiping, and Jiangning, Susong and Changzhen, and the admiral of the [-]th Battalion of the Yangtze River Navy, and the Anqing, Luzhou, Chizhou, Huizhou, Taiping and Jiangning, Susongchang Townships, and the admiral of the [-]th Battalion of the Yangtze River Navy, and Anguangsu Song and others are in charge of military affairs, as well as food and pay."

This is tantamount to merging the four official positions of Admiral Caojiang, Governor of Anhui, Governor of Jiangning, and Admiral Su Song into one. Although this is a temporary appointment by Jinglue and has not yet been officially conferred by the court, it is indeed amazing at the moment.

However, Ma Guozhu, the governor of the three provinces, did not say a word. After all, everyone is about to be trapped in Jiangning City, so whether it is the admiral or the governor, it doesn't matter.

He guessed that Lord Yan was using Tu Guobao again at this time, probably because there were [-] soldiers left in the city, and Tu Guobao had [-] soldiers under him, and this person was more capable of fighting.

(End of this chapter)