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Chapter 377

"So many people have escaped... It's not good news for our great cause of defending the city. I'm afraid that in the past two days, the Tartars will become even more crazy. We must keep an eye on all the gates, and we must also keep an eye on the artillery dispatch of the Tartars." , must not be taken lightly.”

After the imperial court conference was over and the number of civil servants who had escaped as traitors was confirmed, Shi Kefa couldn't help but said worriedly on the way to the imperial court.

Shen Tingyang walked beside him, but he didn't realize it for a while: "The impact is indeed too bad, but fortunately, it should not affect the army, at most it will only hit the righteousness of scholars, so don't worry too much about Xianzhi.

Alas, I have been supporting scholars in the Ming Dynasty for nearly 300 years, how come so many scholars are discouraged and rebellious in the end!If ordinary soldiers and civilians have not been educated by saints and don't know etiquette and righteousness, that's all. These beasts are really a disgrace to scholars! "

Shi Kefa did not accept the persuasion of Shen Tingyang and Xi Ni,

He is just a little indecisive, but he still has a keen eye for seeing problems. Many times, he just understands and cannot make up his mind to act resolutely.

So he shook his head and said in a subtle way: "It's not that simple. How could these people's defection to the enemy not affect the military affairs and the city defense? The morale of our soldiers may be stabilized, but it is entirely possible that the Tartars were killed because of these people. It's becoming more and more crazy! I don't use it, but the enemy rises, which will also make the situation dangerous!"

Shen Tingyang was stunned for a moment, Shi Kefa didn't hold back anymore, and pointed it out straightforwardly: "You think, Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi have gone, and they must truthfully confess everything they know to Duo Duo.

The Wang Qianshus themselves have too many minds, thinking that the reinforcements I told them will arrive soon are deceiving them to die for their country.But after telling Dudo these words, Dudo may not regard it as a joke to deceive and boost morale!What if he really believed it?In the last two days, don't they want to go crazy and attack the city, just want to break the city before the reinforcements from Shuren's brother arrive! "

Shen Tingyang just thought about it, and broke out in a cold sweat. He had to admit that he was far inferior to Shi Kefa in terms of military sensitivity.

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As expected by Shi Kefa, Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi went out of the city overnight to join the enemy, and they would naturally be controlled by the Qing army in order to pry some useful information from them.

These people were all ministers of the Ministry of Officials and Ministers of Rites in the Ming court, so they knew that there were many secrets of the Ming court, even if they were not military secrets, others were valuable and could be used by the Qing army.

It’s just that Duoduo personally supervised tasks such as the preparations for the siege and the shelling of the river the night before, so he slept late. Some of Duduo’s confidantes heard that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty who didn’t know the soldiers came to surrender, so they didn’t dare to disturb Duduo’s sleep.
Just ask Zhang Cunren to interrogate first. If there is indeed valuable information, a decision must be made immediately, and it will not be too late to wake up Duoduo.

Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi bowed their knees to see Zhang Cunren, and knelt down and kowtowed to this former Ming general who was only Zu Dashou's deputy 13 years ago.

Seeing this, Zhang Cunren couldn't help but feel secretly happy: If we stay in the Ming Dynasty, as a military general, when will we let the elders and ministers kneel down and kowtow to us?It's better for me to clean up!Give high positions to warriors, and piles of dog civil servants have to kowtow to us!In this chaotic world, these rotten scholars don't even have the ability to kill, so they deserve to be a domineering figure!

He didn't care about etiquette either. He didn't want to be polite to these people, so he let the other party kneel down and talk back. First, he chatted a little bit. Zhang Cunren didn't think it was important, so he wanted to ask something more valuable:

"I'll talk about those crap things about redundant officials and infighting later. Let me tell you, do you know any news about city defense and military affairs? That's the point."

Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi were still showing off the important information they knew, but after being beaten up like this, they realized that the insider they were proud of didn't care at all, the other party only cared about the military.

It's a pity that they didn't understand military affairs, so they had no choice but to embellish the comforting words that Shi Kefa had told them, and then made some mysteries and embellished them to tell Zhang Cunren that they knew.

This time, Zhang Cunren became vigilant immediately, and he stopped sitting on the tiger-skin chair and squinted his eyes: "Shi Kefa told you that Zhu Shuren's reinforcements will arrive within a few days? What's the situation?" Are they still under his control?"

Forced by this momentum, Wang Duo couldn't help lowering his head, not daring to look up:
"The foreign minister just heard what Shi Kefa said...but the foreign minister thinks that this is mostly Shi Kefa's bluff. He is a foolish and loyal person. When he encounters a national crisis, he wants to die for the country, so he spreads rumors to stabilize people's hearts and deceive people. Let's all accompany him to die for the country..."

"Hahahaha..." Zhang Cunren couldn't help laughing, "You guys have the face to laugh at Shi Kefa for being foolish and loyal! You just have to say the exact words clearly. Is Shi Kefa lying? Prince, let the prince judge!"

On the one hand, Zhang Cunren's disdain for these literati who are full of thoughts and random suspicions has also deepened.In contrast, he felt respect for Shi Kefa in his heart.

Regardless of whether Shi Kefa can fight or not, and how well he defends Nanjing and defends the river, but because he is really willing to die and die for the country, and may even deceive his colleagues to fight together until the last moment to die for the country together, this integrity is worthy of Zhang Cunren's admiration.

It can only be said that a person with integrity will respect him even if he is an enemy.And for soft-boned traitors, even if they vote for their own side, people will naturally feel contemptuous.

After Zhang Cunren asked about the situation, he felt that the military situation was urgent, so he immediately asked people to wake up Duoduo, and relayed the report in person.

Duoduo was still a little angry, but he heard that reinforcements from the army might arrive soon, and that Zhu Shuren had previously bluffed in Huguang and pretended that the main force of the army was dealing with Azig, but in fact they had quietly come to help him, so he couldn't help becoming nervous.

Thinking that all the smooth crossings before crossing the river might have been caused by the enemy, Duoduo was subconsciously nervous, but then he became proud again.

Even if the other party deliberately let him cross the river, he is not afraid!
However, if Nanjing City will be rescued soon, it really has to be defended, and the siege must be hastened.

Regardless of his low blood pressure just after waking up, he quickly summoned the main generals to urgently discuss countermeasures.

After Zhang Cunren and Wanyan Yechen combined, they also felt that it was really necessary to speed up the attack on Nanjing, and at the same time, they had to reserve some support for possible changes.

"My lord, why don't you attack the city violently in the next two days, regardless of the cost! You can't just rely on the captured strong men to fill the river, that's too slow. Let a Ming army that surrendered to us in the Lianghuai River surrender, and bring these strong men , Mixed together to fill the river. Which strong man dares to retreat and neglect, immediately let the soldiers of the Ming army mixed in the river filling team beheaded on the spot to stand up!
The Hongyi cannons of our army can no longer disperse and bombard several points. It is better to pick one point and gather all the cannons to bombard one place!Don't even try to disperse the Ming army's defensive forces, just tell them which point we will bomb, at worst let Shi Kefa call up all the reserve teams, and exchange lives with the Qing elite at this point!Si Ke also rushed into the city! "

The Qing army's bombardment preparations and fortification destruction on the first day before were not concentrated enough. On the one hand, it was also to test the Ming army's strengths and see which side was easier to break through.

On the other hand, it is also known that the Ming army has a large number of troops defending the city, and the city of Nanjing is huge. If pressure is exerted from all sides, it will be difficult for the Ming army to concentrate its forces.Even if there were tens of thousands or even 10 people, if they sprinkled pepper noodles on the city walls of Nanjing, it would be easy for the Qing army to find a weak and empty position and break through the city in one fell swoop.

But if all the Hongyi cannons were gathered together, it would be clear to tell the Ming army the direction of their main attack.The advantage is that no matter how strong the city wall is, if it is bombarded by dozens of Hongyi cannons regardless of the loss, it may explode relatively quickly.The disadvantage is that the long Nanjing city wall can no longer have the effect of dispersing the defensive forces.

You must know that indicators such as the height and thickness of the city wall are favorable factors for the defense of the city.

However, the length of the city wall and the area of ​​the city are a negative factor.
The bigger the wall, the bigger the Great Wall, and the harder it is to defend. A few people at each station will take up tens of thousands of troops.

The Ming Nanjing City was the longest city wall in the world at that time. The inner city wall had a circumference of 120 miles, and the outer city wall was [-] miles long.Originally, the soldiers Shi Kefa left on the city wall were relatively sparse and did not dare to concentrate.

Now that Duoduo has changed to desperate, it is tantamount to helping Shi Kefa make a selection, which is actually very detrimental to the Qing army.But in order to save time, the Qing army could only choose the lesser of two evils and bear this disadvantage.

Dodo thought over and over again, and made this decision with difficulty.

At the same time, he was also a little scared, knowing that if Zhu Shuren really could arrive within two days, then he would bet everything so crazy that when the veterans were exhausted, the casualties would be obvious, and morale would drop, and Zhu Shuren would catch him. It's dangerous.

He had to mention a few words, to see if Zhang Cunren and Wanyan Yechen left any benefits and did not waste any money.

Zhang Cunren thought for a while, and suggested that Duoduo could consider dividing his troops to consolidate the rear. Duduo didn't care at first, feeling that he had dispersed his troops.But Wanyan Yechen also persuaded him in the same way, and also perfected Zhang Cunren's idea, which made Duoduo loose.

After listening to Yan Yechen's remonstrance: "My lord, you should concentrate your forces and fight for the city of Nanjing first. This is naturally a wise and decisive strategy. But my Eight Banners, except for those infantry with double armors, other players Cavalry and light cavalry are useless in siege warfare.

If it is thrown out to keep a back hand, it will not affect the siege force under the city of Nanjing, but it can leave more retreats for our army.I would like to lead Qingqi with the blue flag, plunder to the east, divide the Ming army, surround Dantu and Danyang in Zhenjiang, and march into Changzhou Prefecture.

Even if the cavalry cannot attack the city, at least the local Ming army will be trapped in the encirclement circle and cannot break out.Our army can also take advantage of the trend to spread the news, only saying that Nanjing has been captured, and there will always be some small counties that will surrender because of fear.If we can attack or swindle the cities and obtain a few small cities with a little money and food, we can also provide the foundation for our army. Even if the Zhu Shuren attack, our army will not have to worry about food. "

Duoduo thought that this is indeed the truth, even if he stormed Nanjing City at all costs, the light cavalry under his command would be useless.

That being the case, Wanyan Yechen is allowed to take his light cavalry out to rob, and see if he can stand on a foothold as a basis for Jiangnan. Even if Nanjing City cannot be defeated, there is still a way out to rest.

I didn't arrange all of this yesterday because I was too confident and felt that going south to Nanjing was not important.Now I find that Nanjing is not so quick to get it, so I start to make up lessons.

But things have already happened, and there is nothing to regret, just walk the road ahead.Duduo was always arrogant, and he didn't like regrets.

The Qing army quickly made corresponding deployment adjustments under his order.That morning, all the Hongyi cannons in the army were concentrated at one point, and the final madness began.

(End of this chapter)