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Chapter 279 Hefei’s great victory!Nanjing situation

Before dark, Yang Heqing walked around Hefei City, thinking about how to attack the city.

It turned out that the city of Hefei really looked like a bastard shell just like its appearance, and was very difficult to defeat.

If the people in the city insist on defending, even with the current fighting strength of the Yi army, many soldiers will have to be sacrificed to break the city.

If the delay is too long and the defenders gain experience and adapt to the Yi army's attack method, it is possible that the first division will not be able to take the city.

Returning to the Chinese army's main tent, Yang Heqing summoned brigade and regiment-level generals for a small meeting. One was to understand the results of the afternoon's battle, and the other was to discuss how to attack Hefei City.

“In the afternoon battle, our army killed a total of 960 and 540 rogue bandits and captured [-] people.

220 eight of our soldiers were killed, 130 were seriously injured, and more than [-] were slightly injured..."

After listening to military and political officer Gao Feng's report on post-war statistics, Yang Heqing asked: "A lot of the bandits camped outside the city, right? How much food was seized from those camps?"

Gao Feng looked through the book in his hand and said: "A total of more than 1000 shi of grain and 34 taels of silver were seized."

"More than 1 stones of grain were seized?" Yang Heqing smiled after hearing this, "How much grain do you think there is left in Hefei City now?"

Zhang Guying frowned and said, "Master, do you want to besiege the city? I'm afraid that the bandits will plunder the people's food reserves in the city and consume them at our expense. Moreover, the siege plan will take a long time, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

The duration of a siege is usually calculated in months. Until now, the Yi army has never said that it takes a month to attack a city. Most of them are conquered in one day, and more than one day is considered a long time.

Their First Division has other military tasks, so they can't waste a lot of time in Hefei.

Yang Heqing shook his head, "It's not a siege, but a siege to force the rogue bandits in the city to surrender."

Gao Feng agreed, "This is a good strategy - the five Gezuo tribes were about to surrender, but they were dissatisfied with the conditions given by our Wei tribe and thought they had a strong army.

In today's battle, they must be able to clearly understand the gap in combat power with our troops.If we then siege the city and make a forced landing, we should be able to do it. "

Then, several people discussed the "fake siege", "persuading surrender" and other aspects, determined the specific plan to implement the strategy, and then dispersed.

Change is worse than planning.

The next day, Yang Heqing and others had breakfast, and envoys were sent from the city to ask for surrender.

But it was He Jin who convinced Lin Chengcheng and Liu Xiyao last night that there was no point in holding the city and resisting. It was better to surrender early so as to get some preferential treatment...

When Tu.

"Report——Great victory in Hefei!"

Hefei has direct access to the Yangtze River through the Fei River, Chao Lake, and Ruxushui. Therefore, on the afternoon of the day when He Jin and others surrendered, the news of the victory was sent to Liu Shengzuo's ship.

Liu Sheng took the good news from the guard and read it, and couldn't help but shake his head with a smile.

"These five revolutionary troops are really uncomfortable. They have to be beaten before they are willing to surrender honestly."

After saying that, he handed the good news to Zhang Kuang, who was watching eagerly.

Speaking of which, since the five Gezuo tribes were entrenched in the Dabie Mountains, they would go out to plunder the surrounding Huangzhou, Runing, Anqing, and Luzhou prefectures from time to time, and the Ming court also took great pains.

They have sent troops to encircle and suppress them, and they have also sent people to recruit and pacify them.

The year before last, Yang Zhuoran, the supervisor of the Jiangnan Road of the Ming Dynasty, met with the leaders of the five Gezuo tribes in Taihu County to discuss recruitment matters, and almost succeeded. However, due to changes in the current situation, the Wei tribe and the Chuang army successively gained momentum, and the Ming court's recruitment was ultimately unsuccessful. .

Zhang Kuang had been the magistrate of Mianyang for one or two years and was also concerned about this matter, but he was quite interested in the current fate of the five Ge Zuo tribes.

According to the battle report, Geliyan He Yilong died in the rebellion; He Jin, Lin Chengcheng, Liu Xiyao and others retreated to Hefei City and led more than 3 rogue bandits to surrender; Lao Huihui Ma Shouying led more than 2000 cavalry and fled to the north. , whereabouts are currently unknown.

There were more than 1 bandits who fled in all directions after their defeat and fled into the wilderness, most of them becoming bandits.

Yang Heqing requested that the Second Brigade be allowed to stay in Hefei to eliminate bandits and appease the refugees.The most important task is to conduct preliminary selection and reorganization of tens of thousands of bandits.

He will lead the first and third brigade to attack Chuzhou, Hezhou, Jiangpu and Liuhe in the north of Yingtian River in the near future, and join the main force to attack Nanjing.

After reading it, Zhang Kuang offered advice: "It is not easy to organize and absorb tens of thousands of rogue bandits. If the king wants to use these tens of thousands of rogue bandits for his own use as soon as possible, he might as well transfer them over after the initial reorganization to cooperate in the attack on Nanjing."

Liu Sheng said, "We don't have to rush to attack Nanjing - just give the Ming court some time to increase its troops in Nanjing.

The more troops they station in Nanjing, the easier it will be for us to attack other places after capturing Nanjing. "

Zhang Kuang understood Liu Sheng's thoughts as soon as he heard this, "Does your Majesty want to annihilate all the Ming troops in the Jiangnan area in Nanjing?"

"That's right." Liu Sheng nodded, "By then hundreds of thousands of Ming troops in the south will have been wiped out in a single battle, and Nanjing has been captured by our troops. It will definitely be a huge blow to the confidence of local officials and gentry in the Ming Dynasty. Maybe many places can easily spread the message. Certainly."

After hearing this, Zhang Kuang praised, "This is an upright conspiracy. Even if someone in the Ming army sees through it, there is nothing they can do."

"Haha," Liu Sheng laughed, "I really want to know what the civil and military generals of the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing are doing and what they are thinking."

But it was Liu Sheng who remembered many stories or jokes about the Hongguang court of the Southern Ming Dynasty in history.

Although the current situation is different from that of the Hongguang Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty in history, there are some similarities.

For example, the Chuang army and the Yi army cut off the traffic between the north and the south, and the six remaining troops in Nanjing became the decision-making center of the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River.

Huang Degong was gone in the four towns in Jiangbei. Liu Zeqing and Zhang Guowei were trapped in Shandong. Gao Jie was probably still in Shaanxi, but Liu Liangzuo was and Zuo Liangyu was too.Fang Guoan and other Ming army generals also became hidden warlords.

Most of these people will still put on a good show in Nanjing.

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Nanjing.

The city defense has been taken over by Zuo Liangyu's tribe.

Speaking of which, Nanjing also has a capital camp, which is said to be one hundred thousand, and is led by Zhao Zhilong, the noble Xincheng Bo of Nanjing.

In addition, there was a naval force in Caojiang, led by Liu Kongzhen, another Nanjing nobleman.

A few days ago, Shi Kefa, the Minister of War in Nanjing, was in charge of military affairs in Yangzhou. The defense of Nanjing City was actually handled by Zhao Zhilong and Liu Kongzhao.

But facing Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of troops coming down the river, the two of them handed over the city of Nanjing smoothly without even daring to let out a fart.

Therefore, the most powerful general in Nanjing is now Ning Nanbo Zuo Liangyu.

Shi Kefa learned the news, arranged the defense of Yangzhou, and finally hurried back to Nanjing today.

After returning, he invited Zhang Shenyan to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to discuss matters.

The Six Ministries of Nanjing is not what ordinary people think of as a pension department of the Ming Dynasty - occasionally older ministers are assigned to serve in Nanjing, but there are also new key courtiers like Shi Kefa who are trained in the Six Ministries of Nanjing.

The Nanjing Ministry of War not only controls the military of the entire southern Zhili, but also can intervene in the military of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi.

In addition to being in charge of the appointment and dismissal of officials large and small in southern Zhili, the Nanjing Ministry of Civil Affairs is also responsible for the "Beijing Inspection" in the south, and has considerable power.

The Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for collecting taxes, money, and grain from southern Zhili and southern provinces such as Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang. It can withhold part of it for its own use, and the remaining part is sent to Beijing.

In addition, the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs is also responsible for collecting and managing the Ming Dynasty's yellow albums - these yellow albums are placed on the island in the center of Xuanwu Lake and are required to be updated every ten years.

It can be said that although the Six Ministries of Nanjing were under the jurisdiction of the Beijing imperial court and the Six Ministries, they were equivalent to having less than half of the power of the imperial court.

The core of this right is three people.

The Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, the Honorable Governor of Nanjing, and the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison—these three people can be regarded as the Nanjing Cabinet.

Shi Kefa, who was the Minister of War in Nanjing at that time, looked down upon both nobles and eunuchs, so he only found Zhang Shenyan when he came back.

This person was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli (1610). He was 65 years old and a veteran of the four dynasties. He is now the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Minister of the Ministry of Households in Nanjing. He can be said to be the top leader in personnel and finance in Nanjing.

Shi Kefa still respected Zhang Shenyan, and he bowed meticulously after meeting him.

Then he asked: "Otsuka Chief Zuo Liangyu ignored the imperial edict and retreated to Nanjing without authorization, and even forcibly took over the city defense. His arrogance has reached this point, and his disobedience is clearly revealed. How should we deal with it?"

Zhang Shenyan sighed, "Why can't I see this ambition? But now that he has 10,000+ troops stationed in dangerous places in Nanjing, besides him, who can we rely on to resist the thieves?"

Hearing Zhang Shenyan mention the traitor, Shi Kefa frowned, his face clouded.

He had been delayed in Yangzhou for a long time just to deal with the traitors.

I can be busy, but I can't stop the thief in the slightest.

When he left Yangzhou, Zhishanyang of Huai'an Prefecture had been captured by Wei thieves, and even the Ming army of Baoying (in the north of Yangzhou Prefecture) surrendered.

Although the Ming army is still guarding the front lines of Tianchang, Gaoyouzhou, Xinghua and Yancheng, this is the result of the Wei thieves not yet coming to attack.

If the thieves came to attack, he didn't know whether these places could be defended.

Zhang Shenyan added: "Actually, Zuo Liangyu's domineering behavior is trivial. The key is that after he was defeated at the hands of thieves in Xinye, he retreated again and again when facing the thieves.

I'm just afraid that even with the strong city of Nanjing to rely on, he won't be able to stop the bandits when they come in the future.If Nandu falls, you and I will be the sinners of the Ming Dynasty. "

Shi Kefa thought for a while and said: "Whether it is to control Zuo Liangyu or to defend Nandu, we should recruit more soldiers and horses. But I don't know how many soldiers and horses Nanjing's money and food can support?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shenyan sighed again, "As soon as Zuo Liangyu's troops arrived, there were 10,000+ troops inside and outside Nanjing.

Just considering them, Nanjing's food reserves are only enough to last for more than a month.If other soldiers and horses are called over, the gap in food and grass will only become larger. "

Shi Kefa said: "If there is insufficient food and grass, we can try to raise it, but Nanjing must be defended."

Zhang Shenyan nodded, "I'll do my best."

While the two were talking, there was suddenly a sound of exclamation from outside, as well as the sound of a large number of footsteps and the scraping of soldiers' armor.

The two stood up and walked out of the Yamen hall, and saw a large group of capable soldiers with helmets and armor pouring in, lining up in two rows to form a passage.

"Cough cough!"

Following a cough, a general of medium height and handsome appearance walked in, it was Zuo Liangyu.

When he saw Shi Kefa under the eaves, he smiled, clasped his fists and saluted, and said in greeting: "Why didn't Da Sima notify Zuo when he returned to Nanjing? Zuo is eager to see him."

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)