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Chapter 293 Entering Nanjing ([-])

By the time Han Zanzhou led hundreds of troops to the harem for support, Zhao Zhilong had already "broken" Yuanwumen.

The walls of the imperial city are three feet high, and the gate tower is more than four feet high. Zhao Zhilong came in a hurry and didn't bring a ladder. At first, he couldn't do anything to the more than a hundred soldiers on the wall.

He even killed and injured more than a dozen people due to shootings with pro-troops.

Fortunately, a Beijing camp officer was clever and found a dog hole along the city wall.Zhao Zhilong sent more than 100 "warriors" to get in, and unexpectedly opened the Yuanwu Gate.

Han Zanzhou didn't know how to lead troops in battle, but when he saw Zhao Zhilong's soldiers from the Beijing camp, he led his troops to kill them without hesitation.

After all, the treatment and equipment of the pro-army troops were better, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the Beijing camp was really poor. Several hundred pro-army troops actually blocked Zhao Zhilong's attack of more than 1000 people.

But if you look closely, you will find that the two sides seemed to be fighting lively, but in fact it was similar to a street gang fight. Most people were injured after screaming, and very few were actually killed.

However, Zhao Zhilong felt that the battle was too fierce and bloody, and did not want to fight anymore, so he shouted to Han Zanzhou: "Han Zanzhou, Zuo Liangyu has escaped, and the Yi army is about to attack Nanjing City. Why do you need to guard the imperial city? Why don't you just follow?" I will surrender the imperial city together!"

Han Zanzhou stepped aside and cursed: "Zhao Zhilong, your family has been blessed by the country, and this is how you repay Lord Long Live? You are really worse than a dog!"

Zhao Zhilong looked ugly after hearing this, and said angrily: "You are so ungrateful! Beat me! Beat me hard!"

Amidst the exchanges between Zhao Zhilong and Han Zanzhou, the battle between the Ming pro-army and the soldiers from the Beijing camp became more intense, but it was still at the level of a street fight...
Liu Changhe led the guard battalion through Jiangdong Gate and entered Nanjing City, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

He never expected that just by chasing the Ming navy, he would somehow achieve the great success of "breaking through" the city of Nanjing!
Half an hour ago, the Ming Navy's navy fled to the river near Nanjing City. Some of them continued to escape downstream, and some of them entered the river and fled to the Nanjing Pier.

He knew that there were people from the First and Second Divisions downstream, so he decisively attacked this part of the Ming Navy that had fled to Nanjing Pier.

As a result, not only the Ming navy personnel fled ashore, but also the Ming troops guarding the docks fled after receiving two rounds of artillery fire.

It was only because there were too many ships at the dock that they wasted some time landing.

Because the Wei army seldom used cunning tactics in battle, and rarely took risks, and was accustomed to fighting steadily.Therefore, although the Yangtze River Navy forwards successfully captured the Nanjing Pier, they still deployed defenses on the spot to prepare for the landing of subsequent troops.

When the Yangtze River Navy had landed almost a brigade and brought a lot of artillery ashore, several Xunfeng Guards came and informed him that Zuo Mengeng, the general in charge of guarding Nanjing, had led his troops away, and military and civil unrest broke out in the city. The city gate opened wide, and he understood the situation.

So he quickly sent troops into Nanjing.

Don’t blame Liu Changhe for being cautious.

The Yangtze River Navy considered that it was inconvenient to wear armor when fighting on the water, so the soldiers basically wore cloth or leather armor, and the wearing rate of iron armor was very low. Therefore, the guard battalion of each brigade had cloth armor, which also served as a "land combat battalion."

The most important thing is that I didn't bring any siege equipment.

Normally, this kind of troops would suffer heavy casualties when attacking a city.

Therefore, he only wanted to occupy the dock from the beginning, and did not want to attack the city at all.

Who would have thought that the Ming army relied on a huge fortified city like Nanjing, and the elites as the main force fled without a fight!
'It seems that I still overestimated the Ming army. '

Liu Changhe reflected while walking.

At this time, a sentry soldier came to the front with two red-robed Ming officials, one of whom was an old man who was still wet.

The leader of the sentry said excitedly: "Reporting to the commander, we have arrested two high-ranking officials! One is Governor Fengyang, and the other is Otsuka Zai!"

Otsuka Zai?
Although Liu Changhe now has some culture, all he can learn is practical knowledge, but he really doesn't know the ancient name of the Minister of Personnel.

So he looked at the wet old man and asked, "Who is your Excellency?"

Although Zhang Shenyan was shivering from the cold, he still hummed and turned his head away, ignoring Liu Changhe at all.

At this time, Ma Shiying, who was standing next to him, said: "This is Zhang Shenyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs of Nanjing, Mr. Miaoshan."

After Zhang Shenyan learned that the Yi army had entered the city, he lost consciousness for a while, and then committed suicide by jumping into Mochou Lake.

Unexpectedly, Ma Shiying asked someone to rescue him, but he happened to be caught by an army sentry.

He was already angry with Ma Shiying for preventing him from martyrdom, but now he became even more angry after hearing Ma Shiying's words. He shouted: "Ma Yaocao! Why talk to the traitor?!" Ma Shiying sighed: "Otsuka Zai, we have already reached this point, let's not do it again What's the use of resisting? Now that the Yi army has entered the city, and there are rioters and mobs in the city, which endanger the people, we should let the Yi army quell the chaos as soon as possible."

Zhang Shenyan cursed angrily: "What kind of army? They are clearly thieves! And you, with such a posture, are you trying to surrender the thieves?!"

Ma Shiying was silent for a while.

Liu Changhe originally liked Zhang Shenyan because he was old and powerful, but after hearing these words, he suddenly became unhappy.

He was not good at words, so he did not argue with Zhang Shenyan. He just said with a straight face: "Take this Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs down to have a look, and find a doctor to look at him."

"Yes!"

A group of guards took over Zhang Shenyan and took him away.

Liu Changhe then looked at Ma Shiying and asked, "Are you Ma Shiying, the Governor of Fengyang? Are you willing to surrender to our Wei tribe?"

Ma Shiying did have the intention to surrender, but Liu Changhe was too direct. The city of Nanjing had just been destroyed, so he really couldn't let go of his dignity and surrendered immediately on the spot.

So he said: "General, please keep me and Mr. Miaoshan under custody together. In addition, please calm down the chaos in the city as soon as possible. The imperial city and various government offices also need to be under control as soon as possible to avoid the loss of important documents."

Liu Changhe smiled after hearing this, "Don't worry, your Excellency, our Yi army is very experienced in taking over the city - I had already sent people to quell the chaos and take over the yamen before entering the city."

Ma Shiying nodded and said no more.

Liu Changhe then asked the guards to take Ma Shiying to stay with Zhang Shenyan, while he led the guard battalion towards the city...

Qinhuai River.

Meixiang Tower.

Li Xiangjun opened the window on the second floor a crack and looked outside carefully.

In addition to the rioters, there were also rioters on the street. Groups of people rushed into the shops along the street and robbed them.

Some people who resisted a little were killed by the rebels.

Women's screams and men's wanton laughter could be heard in many places.

Li Xiangjun didn't expect that the bustling Qinhuai River would become such a mess in the blink of an eye, and he couldn't help but turn pale with fear.

Then he was suddenly pulled down and the window was closed.

But it was her adoptive mother Li Zhenli, Meixianglou's mother, who came to her room.

"My ancestor, how dare you show your face at this time?"

Li Xiangjun said with worry in his eyebrows: "I'm waiting for Mr. Hou. He said that if Nanjing cannot be defended, he will take me with him."

Li Zhenli was speechless after hearing this, "Silly boy, how can Mr. Hou care about you at this time?"

In fact, Hou Fangyu hasn't been to Meixiang Building for many days.

But Li Xiangjun remembered those sweet words and said firmly: "Master Hou will definitely come to pick me up!"

"You child..."

Li Zhenli was about to say something when suddenly a scream sounded in the yard——

"what!"

"The rebels are coming in!"

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)