Those who understand current affairs are heroes. Zhu Hengjia looked at the two "heroes" kneeling in front of his horse: the magistrate of Liyang and the garrison, and was very satisfied. These two are sensible people. There are only 500 garrison soldiers in Liyang, and they want to fight against King Jing of the country.
The army of more than 140,000 people was like a man hanging himself because he thought his life was too long. Therefore, as soon as the army arrived, they immediately knelt down in front of their horses.
"The sinner, as a Chinese citizen, actually became an official of the Tartars, and asked the prisoner to punish him." The "heroes" asked Zhu Hengjia to plead guilty.
"Who has no faults? If you can correct your faults, there is no great virtue. You all came to surrender. Not only did you have no faults, but you have made merits. You can live in peace." King Jing of the prison country comforted the officials with a pleasant look, and then went into the city to rest.
The demoted officials were very considerate and chose the largest and most elegant house in the city to welcome the real dragon.
Ma Huanxi respectfully made a pot of tea for Zhu Hengjia.
Zhu Hengjia took a look and said, Huh? The color is emerald green and the aroma is light. I have never tasted it before and asked, "What kind of tea is this?"
"Jianguo, this is the 'Yixing Yangxian Purple Bamboo Shoot Tea' produced in Yixing near Liyang. This tea was presented by the magistrate of Liyang who surrendered. It is said that it is as famous as Hangzhou Longjing tea and Suzhou Biluochun. It was a tribute tea for the Tang Dynasty court."
Ma Huanxi accepted the benefits of Liyang Magistrate and put in good words for him without leaving any trace.
Well, Zhu Hengjia thought to himself, this demotion was intentional. Now is the time to employ people, so let him stay in his post. He picked up the tea lid and was about to drink.
Ma Huanxi hurriedly stopped him, "Please wait a moment, wait for me to drink a cup first, and then you can drink again after the lamb is gone."
Originally, for poison testing, it would be enough to find a low-level servant among the chamberlains. Ma Huanxi has already been appointed as the eunuch in charge of the ceremony. He is known as the "inner prime minister". He has a high position and does not need to do such a thing. But he
He refused and insisted on personally testing the poison for King Jing, who was in charge of the country. With the word "loyalty" as his top priority, he was really a model for eunuchs in the inner court.
Don't underestimate the word "eunuch", not all eunuchs can be called it. Among the twelve eunuchs, four divisions, and eight bureaus of the "Twenty-four Internal Officials" in the Ming Dynasty, only the palm prints of the twelve eunuchs and
Only his important assistants are qualified to be called "eunuchs", and their official rank is the fourth rank. Other ranks of internal officials include Dianbo, Changsui, Fengyu, Jiancheng, Shaojian, etc., and there are countless servants without ranks.<
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Ma Huanxi tried a cup and said: "This tea is not poisonous. Please give me some tea."
Zhu Hengjia was suddenly moved, "Ma Daban, it's not easy to be loyal and loyal to Gu Jun all these years!"
After being praised by the prisoner, Ma Huan was as happy as if he had eaten a ginseng fruit. He felt comfortable all over. He knelt on the ground and cried: "It is a blessing that I have been able to cultivate for several lifetimes to follow the Holy Lord and revitalize the Ming Dynasty. As long as I can wait
Serving the prisoner day and night, no matter how hard or tired the slave is, his heart is still happy."
After hearing this, Zhu Hengjia was even more moved. He called him down, stroked his shoulders and said, "Why are you acting like a child and crying?"
Seeing this scene, several other eunuchs on the side, including Zhao Chengde, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse eunuch, Liu Rong, the eunuch in charge of the chief eunuch, Liu Rong, the eunuch Zhao Lixian, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, were so impressed with their admiration. Otherwise, Eunuch Ma was the most admired.
As for the ability to "flatter and show loyalty" to win the Holy Family, no, this spirit of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" is really a role model for us eunuchs!
Zhu Hengjia took a sip of "Yixing Yangxian Purple Bamboo Shoot Tea" and was full of praise, "It's refreshing in the mouth, mellow but not greasy. What a good tea!"
Drinking tea, I thought of Ma Baolai. Gu ordered Ma Bao to capture Yixing as soon as possible and meet up with Gu in Liyang. I don’t know where Ma Bao is now? There should be news from the scouts.
"Report! Uncle Pucheng was besieged in Yixing", and the scouts came to report.
Ma Bao was surrounded? The main force of the Qing army was in Jiangning Town and Molingguan area. The Qing army in Changzhou did not exceed 20,000. How could Ma Bao be surrounded?
"Can we find out clearly which Qing armies are besieging the city?"
"The supervisors of the country are Zhao Butai of Gushan Ezhen, Ga Chuha of Mele Zhangjing, Guan Zhongzhong, the admiral of Jiangnan, and Wang Fuchen, the commander-in-chief of Suzhou."
Zhu Hengjia was even more puzzled. The total of these Qing troops was only 20,000. However, the military report sent by Ma Bao a while ago said that he had recruited surrenders and rebels along the way. Plus the rebels who defected, he had a total of 35,000 troops.
.Ma Bao is so brave and good at fighting, how could he be surrounded by people in the city?
War is like this. Many unreasonable things happen.
If you haven’t figured it out, then don’t think about it and go directly to Yixing to have a look.
King Jing of the State Supervisor issued a military order, "Early tomorrow morning, the troops will be sent to Yixing."
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"Report, upstream of Li River in the direction of Liyang, a large Ming army has been found, numbering more than 100,000." The scouts came to report.
Zhao Butai is a veteran of many battles and has posted scouts within a hundred miles of the army. Naturally, the movement of more than 140,000 troops cannot be hidden from him.
Shouldn't the Ming army attack Jiangning Town and Moling Pass? Why did they appear in Yixing? Zhu Hengjia followed Jiang Tianbiao's plan to cross Shijiu Lake and capture Gaochun and Liyang. His battle plan was completely beyond Zhao Butai's expectations.
I can’t figure it out.
If you haven’t figured it out, then don’t think about it and just send scouts to investigate.
"Explore again and report again!"
"嗻!"
"Report, the Ming army is still a hundred miles away from our army."
"Report, the Ming army is still eighty miles away from our army."
"Report, the Ming army is still fifty miles away from our army."
Zhao Butai sighed and had to go. To fight a decisive battle with an army of less than 20,000 people and an army of more than 100,000 people is not bravery, but stupidity!
While he led his army to retreat to Wujin County, he reported to Lang Tingzuo on flying horses that the army of the puppet King Jing had entered Changzhou Prefecture and was heading for Zhenjiang. He asked Lang Tingzuo to quickly gather the troops in Jiangning Town and Molingguan area to Zhenjiang.
Resist the Ming army.
When Zhao Butai withdrew to Zhongxi Town, he received the bad news that Wu Jincheng was missing.
It turned out that Sungui, Marquis of Dinghai, heard that the main force of the Qing army in Changzhou was going to capture Yixing and that Wujin was empty. So he set out from Jingjiang Island in Changzhou and first captured Jiangyin County, then entered the canal along the Caijingba Waterway, and then captured Wujin County along the canal.<
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Sun Gui kept his mission in mind and blocked the Yangtze River waterway, so the navy did not disembark, but just "boom, boom, boom" along the waterway. The siege of the city was handed over to two demoted men: Xiao Shizhong and Ma Tianxi. Xiao Shizhong was the former Qing army's Fushan general, with three thousand soldiers and horses; Ma Tianxi was the former Qing Dynasty Changshu County magistrate, with one thousand garrison troops and rural warriors. In order to mobilize the energy of the two men, Sun Gui promoted Xiao Shizhong to deputy general and Ma Tianxi to guerrilla. The two
Overjoyed, under the cover of naval artillery fire, they fought vigorously and captured Jiangyin and Wujin in one fell swoop with only 4,000 troops.
Wen Ming's army captured Wujin City, Zhao Butai did not dare to fight and retreated to Danyang County, Zhenjiang Prefecture.
In Danyang, he waited for Lang Tingzuo's reinforcements. Lang Tingzuo mobilized all available troops and horses to rush to Danyang. Anhui governor Jiang Guozhu, Fengyang commander-in-chief Yuan Kuoyu, Mele Zhangjing Marsai, Huai'an counselor Zhang Guojun, Xuzhou guerrilla Liu Chengyin, Chuzhou
Guerrilla Xu Dengdi was transferred to Danyang.
With so many soldiers and horses suddenly added, Zhao Butai had nearly 60,000 troops. He decided to fight the Ming army in Danyang.
A battle to determine the ownership of Nanjing is about to begin.
