The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 484 The Good News Continues

"The battle over Xiaoling is about to begin." Zhu Linmi looked at the foot of Zijin Mountain and signaled to Chen Yi, "First take back the dragon veins of my Ming Dynasty, and then the city of Nanjing!
"It's just that under the sword, I'm afraid it will inevitably damage the furnishings in the mausoleum..."

He looked up at the sky, and turned to Shi Lin, "What time is it? Why didn't you see any movement from Xiaoling?"

"Back to your lord, it's time to apply."

It was an hour and a half later than the scheduled capture of Xiaoling.Zhu Linmi frowned, and was about to send someone to check the situation, when she saw Yu Xin brought several officers and a group of soldiers up the mountain quickly, with a happy face and saluted: "Report to my lord! Xiaoling has served our army Take control!"

"So fast?!" Zhu Linmei was a little surprised.Because Xiaoling Mausoleum is of great significance, Hong Chengchou has sent nearly a thousand people to garrison here. He just sent hussars to investigate a few days ago, and the captive soldiers dug trenches outside the mausoleum with guns inside.

The Xiaoling Mausoleum was surrounded by a city wall, and it was only about seven miles east of Nanjing City. The Qing army rushed out of the city and could rush here for reinforcements in a short time.Therefore, he also asked Yu Xin and Chen Bing to the east of Nanjing to make careful preparations, and then began to attack Xiaoling.

Unexpectedly, before the expected fierce battle started, Xiaoling had already returned to Daming.

"My lord," Yu Xin said hastily, "Actually, there are only some eunuchs and maids in the palace, and no captives resisted."

"Why is there no one?"

Yu Xin waved behind him, and two soldiers escorted an old eunuch forward.Yu Xin then asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, where have all the captives gone?!"

The old eunuch fell to his knees and kowtowed again and again, "General, from last night to this morning, captive soldiers kept fleeing to Tianfu, including Niu Luzhangjing with a yellow flag.

"These people all said that Luck Dehun's [-] troops would be wiped out in less than half a day! They said that the heavenly army they met was unmatched in ferocity, and the soldiers were determined to die like madmen. In addition, the guns were extremely sharp, and the guns were like rain. The armor is not broken, but the cannons are like continuous beads, and the breath lasts for more than ten rings!
"By the way, they also said that there were steel armored soldiers galloping on horses, invulnerable to swords and guns. These news became more and more evil among the captive soldiers. Later, someone said that the army sent tens of thousands of iron soldiers to the battle, using magic to protect their bodies, and riding tigers , Elephant to fight, attracting thunder to attack the enemy, ghosts and gods are hard to beat...

"Only last night, most of the captives stationed at Xiaoling had fled. At dawn today, there was another news that even the tens of thousands of captives on the front line of Qiantang had withdrawn to Nanjing City, and the few remaining captives immediately followed suit. Into the city."

Zhu Linmei was stunned when she heard the words.Different from the confined environment during the victory at Shanguan, since the Battle of Jurong was fought on the plains, Jiankui fled in all directions after their defeat, and it was extremely difficult to catch up. In addition, the Ming cavalry was exhausted at that time, and it was impossible to wipe out all the routs , At least thousands of Qing troops fled back to the vicinity of Nanjing.

On the way he led his army to Nanjing, he also mentioned to the generals that these routs would surely leak information about the tactics and equipment of the Ming army, and that the captives would surely take precautions in the future, so everyone should be more careful when commanding the troops.

Unexpectedly, it was passed on by Jianlu as such.

"Hmph, what's 'Invincible over a full population'? This Jianlu is also raised by his mother, and he is sometimes afraid!" He said coldly, "Although the battle of Jurong revealed a lot of information about our army, everything is beneficial There are disadvantages, after this battle, the psychological advantages accumulated by Jianlu over the past ten or twenty years against the Ming army will be gone. If we fight in the future, our army's advantage will be even more obvious!"

The psychological stuff is really amazing.Even if a sheep is as strong as a cow, it will turn around and run away when it sees a thin wolf weighing fifty or sixty catties.Since Sarhu, most of the Ming army regarded Jianlu as a tiger, and their hands were shaking and their legs were weak before the battle started.In this way, the military is superior, and it is difficult to win.

I believe that when the news of Jurong's great victory spreads all over the world, this situation will be greatly changed, and even many people who did not dare to be enemies with Jianlu before will be encouraged to take up arms and rise up to resist!

The surrounding officers also laughed when they heard the words: "This Jiannu is timid, but he is not as good as the corrupt guards."

"Tens of thousands of iron soldiers? Riding a tiger to fight? This can really be made up, haha."

"The thief is scared out of his wits this time..."

Zhu Linmi looked at the old eunuch again, and asked, "Then why didn't you run away?"

"Return to the general," said the old eunuch, leaning forward, "the servant is not a Tartar. During the Tianqi Dynasty, the servant was the eunuch who cleaned Xiaoling. The great grandfather was neglected by Xiaoxiao.

"In addition to the slaves, there are more than 270 people here, all of whom were serving here during the Chongzhen Dynasty. The slaves saw Jiannu ravaging the Central Plains, and they didn't expect to wait until the day when the king's master returned to the capital in their lifetime. It's too late to be happy now, so why? Will escape?"

They are loyal servants.Zhu Linmei nodded to let him stand up, and said: "Then I will still take care of Xiaoling's affairs. By the way, is there any damage to the palace furnishings in the tomb?"

"Returning to the general, in order to win people's hearts, the Tartars claim to be the successor of the Ming Dynasty, so they did not harm Xiaoling at all."

"That's good." Zhu Linmi continued to order, "I will give you some silver taels. After you go back, bring people to make more preparations. After I capture Nanjing, the Holy Majesty will come to Xiaoling to worship in person."

"Your servant obeys orders." When the eunuch heard that the Son of Heaven was coming to offer sacrifices to heaven, the eunuch burst into tears with excitement, "Your servant will do her best to live up to what is entrusted to her!"

After Yu Xin left with the old eunuch, Zhu Linmi also went to Xiaoling in person.

Shi Lin clasped his hands aside and said, "My lord, why don't you sacrifice the mausoleum immediately, but wait until Nanjing is liberated?"

Zhu Linmi shook her head slightly, thinking that Zheng Chenggong was anxious to pay homage to Xiaoling to celebrate his victory, which caused the soldiers to underestimate the enemy, and was eventually attacked by Jianlu.

"Worship is a major event, and it will inevitably involve a lot, and even disrupt our army's deployment." He said to Shi Lin, "But right now, there is another matter that needs to be sacrificed.

"Also, let Xiao Xuan put down other things at hand, and spread the news of the 'Dragon Vein' returning to Ming Dynasty as soon as possible."

When he could see Xiaoling's dismounting workshop, Ying Tianxiang came to report again: "My lord, the things you ordered have been arranged, and the total cost is 2000 taels of silver. The big weavers in nearby counties promise to come back within two days." Finished."

"Okay. This matter of mourning is related to the morale of the army and the public, so it must be carefully arranged as I said."

"Yes!"

"Your Highness!" As the two were talking, more than a dozen riders galloped over, with a distance of several tens of feet, and the leader shouted loudly, "Great victory! Great victory in Hangzhou!"

"Hangzhou?" Zhu Linmi was quite surprised. What kind of big battle was fought in Hangzhou?
The ten or so riders came up to them, and they all got off their horses to salute, and the leader was Deng Shan from the Polu camp.He was extremely excited and said: "Your Highness, Zhang Qianshi and his subordinates have broken through the city of Hangzhou!
"Zhang Qian asked his subordinates to come to Nanjing to help in the battle, and he is now leading the army to kill Suzhou!"

(End of this chapter)