The founding capital of the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to the Liudu capital after Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing. For more than 200 years, Jiangning City has always had a high status, because South Zhili governs the richest areas of the Ming Dynasty, and there are three Zhili prefectures in the fifteenth prefecture.
There is no Sansi Yamen in Nanzhili, but six departments in the capital are responsible for it, of which the Hu and Bing departments are the most powerful. The Nanjing Hubu is responsible for collecting taxes and grains from Nanzhili and Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang provinces. The taxes and grains of these four places occupy
He was responsible for half of the Ming Dynasty, and was also responsible for water transportation, national salt exploration and collection, and the collection and management of national yellow books.
The Nanjing Military Department is responsible for the garrison of the entire Nanjing area and controls forty-nine guards.
This center of Jiangnan, even after the Tatars occupied it, attached great importance to it. After Nanjing was deprived of its status as the capital, it was changed to Jiangnan Province. Other provinces only had one chief envoy, but Jiangnan Province had two.
There is even a general manager and a governor in Jiangnan Province. Originally there were three admirals and three governors, the governor of water transportation, and the governor of rivers. Now there is still a general manager of five provinces and a governor of three provinces, plus the governor of water transportation and the governor of Huaiyang.
Governor, Governor Cao Jiang and Governor of Anhui, Governor Jiangning and Admiral Su Song, plus two chief envoys.
As well as a minister, Mele Zhangjing led the Eight Banners to garrison Jiangning City.
In such a Jiangnan center, the whole city is now filled with panic.
Countless wealthy people in the surrounding areas fled to Jiangning, but many people in Jiangning City wanted to escape from the city.
Some people are already secretly embroidering the bright flag, and others are secretly writing red papers to respect Master Wang.
Jinglue Yamen.
Everyone was silent.
Yan Wogong let out a long sigh.
Ma Guozhu also sighed.
Tu Guobao also sighed.
Kangkara also let out a long sigh.
There was a cry of lamentation.
"Report,"
"Report to Mr. Yan Ge, Ma Bu Tang, and Minister Kang that the Ming thieves' cavalry advance has arrived twenty miles away."
Hearing this sound, everyone couldn't help but sigh together.
"Mr. Yan, what should we do now?" Tu Guobao finally broke the silence.
Yan Wogong looked at Tu Guobao with an expectant look on his face, then at Ma Guozhu and then at Kangkara. The Jiangnan city was still very lively before.
Several people who were present at the last meeting are no longer there.
Chen Jin, the admiral of Caojiang and the governor of Anhui, Zhang Dayou, the governor of Jiangning, the garrison of Melezhang and Jingba Mountain of Jiangfang, and the unfortunate governor of water transport, governor of Huaiyang and salt transport envoy, Chen Tai, all died in Zhenjiang with the Eight Banners.
Everyone still cannot accept this fact.
Ten thousand elite troops were stationed in Zhenjiang, but more than five thousand were defeated in the battle. In particular, the Eight Banners garrisoned in Jiangning, which had 2,500 of them, was completely wiped out. Now they don't know how to report to Beijing.
Mr. Yan stood up, bowed in the direction of Beijing, then turned around and said to everyone, "The only solution now is to fight to the death and be prepared to die for the country."
"Is there no other way?" Ma Guozhu asked. "We still have 8,000 soldiers and 20,000 regiments to train the people. With the city of Nanjing holding on, we should be able to hold on and wait for reinforcements."
"Awaiting reinforcements? Where will the reinforcements come from? From Suzhou or Hangzhou, or from Anqing, Taiping, or from Wuchang, Huguang, or Yanzhou, Shandong?" Tu Guobao asked back. "There will be no reinforcements. There are currently guards from other places in Jiangnan.
, they are too busy to take care of themselves. We may be able to hold on in Guishou City for a little longer, but they are still waiting for us to come to rescue them. If they dare to come out, they may be surrounded by the Ming army for reinforcements."
"As for Shandong Tan Tai and King Sanshun's 30,000 troops, they were even worse than us. King Zhishun's 8,000 Liao soldiers were wiped out and committed suicide in defeat. General Tan Tai and King Chongshun and King Huaishun listened in Yanzhou
He said that he had been surrounded by King Lu for a month and he didn't even dare to show his head."
"Now the canal is frozen, and the area along the canal has been plundered by King Lu. Even if Tan Tai and his remaining 20,000 troops are willing to brave the severe cold to go south, they have no food support. Even if they take the risk and rush to help, how can they cross
Crossing the Yangtze River?”
Tu Guobao sighed there, "Don't even hope for Huguang. Hong Jinglue ignored the accusations from the Beijing court and directly abandoned Changsha. Now Huguang's troops are huddled in Jingzhou, Wuchang, and Yueyang, and they are catching young men everywhere.
While they were busy repairing the city and collecting grain and grass for the winter, they couldn't even pursue the defeated Ming army in Yunyang, Badong, Hunan, and they urged Jiangnan, Shaanxi and Jiangnan over and over again to transport grain to support them. How do you think they came here?"
"Besides, Jin Shenghuan of Jiangxi rebelled again, and the whole province was lost."
"Also, He Zhen of Hanzhong has also rebelled and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. He was granted the title of Admiral of Shaanxi by King Lu and the title of Marquis of Hanzhong, and Gao Doushu, the former governor of Yunyang, was appointed governor of Shaanxi and Gansu."
He Zhen's rebellion can be said to have dealt another big blow to the Qing army. Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi counterattacked, putting the Qing army in Huguang into a crisis of self-defense.
He Zhen from Hanzhong rebelled again. Although his rebellion was expected by the court, the Qing court was still a step too late.
Wu Sangui and Li Guohan led their troops from Liaodong to Hanzhong, but the supply of food and grass along the way was not smooth, which seriously delayed the march. However, due to the erosion of Huguang and Jiangnan, and the blockage of the Huaiyang-Shandong Canal, the Qing government was unable to supply Wu Sangui and other soldiers in time.
In addition, as they passed by, various flag-raising rebels appeared one after another along the way to respond to Lu Jianguo. Wu Sangui and others were asked by the court to quell the chaos along the way.
Although these rebels were vulnerable, it also slowed them down a lot.
The result was that Wu Sangui had been walking and fighting all the way, and had not yet entered Shaanxi. As a result, He Zhen, after repeated persuasion by the envoys, finally raised the flag and accepted the title of Marquis of Hanzhong and Shaanxi from Zhu Yihai.
The position of admiral.
After joining the Ming Dynasty, He Zhen also immediately led 20,000 troops out of Lianyunzhan and captured Fengxiang in one fell swoop. The local garrison Wu Dading and Shi Guoxi, who had also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Baoji garrison Gao Ruli all raised their troops and responded to He Zhen.
After surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, they successively captured Longzhou, Guyuan and other places, killing He Shiyuan, the general of the Qing Dynasty, and then the rebels in Jingning, Lingtai, Guanzhong responded.
He Zhen even took advantage of the victory to conquer Yi County, and the entire Fengxiang Mansion had been captured by the Ming army.
Under the order of Governor Gao Doushu, He Zhen, Wu Dading, Shi Guoxi, Gao Ruli, Wang Guangtai of Yunyang, and Liu Tichun of the former Zhongyi Camp all joined forces in Yi County, and then captured Wugong County at the junction of Xi'an Prefecture and Fengxiang Prefecture.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Sun Shoufa, who originally supported the son of the King of Qin in Guanzhong as the King of Qin to supervise the country, and claimed to be the governor of Shaanxi, Gansu and other five provinces, was originally a guerrilla under the command of Cao Wenzhao, the Qing Dynasty.
When the army entered Guanzhong, he supported the son of the King of Qin and called on the people of Guanzhong to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and insisted on fighting in the Zhongnan Mountain area.
At this time, he also accepted Gao Doushu's persuasion and asked the King of Qin to abdicate the throne and return to the vassal, and sent him to the east of Zhejiang Province. Then he accepted the post of governor of Shaanxi and led his rebel army to join the Ming army to participate in the attack on Xi'an.
Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi Province, withdrew from Xi'an and sent several letters asking for help a day to Beijing. At the same time, he kept sending people to ask Wu Sangui to speed up his march to come to the rescue.
On the side of the Ming army, Gao Dou was the governor of all the troops in Guanzhong. Sun Shoufa was granted the title of Fufeng Bo, Wu Dading was granted the title of Chen Cangbo, Hanzhong Hou Hezhen was appointed as the admiral, Sun Shoufa was appointed as the governor, and Wu Dading was also granted the title of commander-in-chief. At one time, he was said to have an army of 200,000 people, but in fact
On the top, there are 20,000 He Zhen soldiers, 5,000 Wang Guangtai soldiers, 5,000 Liu Tichun soldiers, 10,000 Wu Ding soldiers, and 5,000 Gao Ruli soldiers. The total is actually 50,000, but among them there are only 30,000 combat soldiers and about 10,000 armored ones.
But the momentum is indeed not small.
When Beijing heard the news, they were also quite surprised.
So while rushing to pacify the Western General Wu Sangui and Dingxi General Li Guohan, they no longer had to pay attention to the small rebellions along the way and asked them to rush to Xi'an at full speed for reinforcements. At the same time, regardless of the season, they sent Shangshu Xingne to Pizhou northwest of Xi'an Prefecture.
Gushanke Zhendu Lei rushed to Qingyang, north of Xi'an.
Gushan Ezhen Bayan and his bodyguard Mergen rushed to Yan'an. They must clear out the rebel forces in these areas and prevent the situation in the north of Xi'an from deteriorating again.
Even at the meeting of the kings and ministers, Hauge once again requested to lead troops to the expedition, and the two princes Daishan and Jierhalang also expressed their support. However, Dorgon and Wu Sangui and others would be in Xi'an soon, and the court also sent more troops.
With troops and horses entering Guanzhong, He Zhen and others temporarily rejected Haoge's request to go on an expedition on the grounds that the rebellion was just a ragtag group of people who could wait for a fight.
But on the other hand, he sent the British Prince Azig to Datong, Shanxi Province to guard the situation in order to prevent the situation in Guanzhong from getting out of control and to be prepared.
Once the situation in Guanzhong becomes uncontrollable and completely corrupted, Azig will once again lead Shanxi, which has assembled garrison in Datong, and move his troops from the north to the south.
Hubei was rotten and reduced to ruins, Xu Yang of Shandong had just been plundered by Zhu Yihai, and now the Ming army was starting a war in Guanzhong and was even going to attack Xi'an.
The Qing court now has to deal with the Ming army in five battlefields including Jiangnan, Xuhuai, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Guanzhong at the same time. Now the Qing army in each place can only fight on its own. Even Beijing is constantly sending troops for reinforcements, so there is no spare time to take care of it.
and others.
Tu Guobao has made it very clear. Hong Chengchou and others in Huguang are still intact except for a few towns in Wuchang. The rest of Jingxiang and others are all demolished empty cities. They are busy building cities and grabbing food. How can they care about Jiangning?
Even Changsha can only give up first, and even Yuezhou cannot repair it. It can only repair it in Jingzhou and Xiangyang first.
After the Ming army regained Jiangxi, although it has not launched an offensive against Huguang for the time being, part of the Ming army launched a campaign in Hunan against the soldiers who escaped in the last battle of Wuchang, and part of the Ming army in Jiangxi joined the Ming army in Anhui.
, now we will launch a new round of offensive against the Anhui prefectures.
There are green camps in Anqing, Chizhou, Huizhou, and Taiping. They can't even care about Jiangning. They can't get out of the city now.
"What does Tufan Tai mean by saying this? Can we just sit here and wait to die?" Ma Guozhu asked dissatisfied.
"Everyone, please stop making noise." Yan Jinglue stopped a few people.
He stood up and turned around, "Now that things have happened, we can only make every effort to maintain it and be prepared to stand alone for a long time. Chen Tai, governor of water transportation and governor of Huaiyang, died in the battle, Admiral Cao Jiang and governor of Anhui Chen Jin also died in the battle, and governor of Jiangning
Zhang Dayou also died in the battle, and Jiangfang garrison Melezhang Jingba Mountain also died in the battle, alas."
"Treasure of the country, I now appoint you as the governor of Jiangning and the admiral of Caojiang, the governor of Anqing, Luzhou, Chizhou, Huizhou, Taiping and other prefectures in Jiangning, Su Songchang, and the admiral of the 12th Battalion of the Yangtze Navy, and the governor of Anqing, Guangsu
He is in charge of military affairs, including food and salary."
This is equivalent to merging the original four official positions of Admiral Cao Jiang, Governor of Anhui, Governor of Jiangning, and Admiral Su Song into one. Although this is a temporary appointment from the governor and has not yet been officially conferred by the court, it is indeed surprising at the moment.
However, Ma Guozhu, the governor of the three provinces, did not say anything. After all, everyone was about to be trapped in Jiangning City, so whether he was an admiral or a governor, it actually didn't matter. We had to get over the current difficulty first.
He guessed that Duke Yan was using Tu Guobao at this time probably because there were 8,000 soldiers left in the city, and Tu Guobao had 3,000 men, and this man was better at fighting.
