Xu Yunjue screamed uncontrollably, like a cat whose tail was stepped on. The housekeeper jumped up in fright and told the former Duke of Wei of the Ming Dynasty tremblingly, "Yan Jinglue's pacesetters have broken into the house. This time
A battalion came and brought several battalions of city defense soldiers."
The city defense soldiers are the people who strengthen the people, but the imperial guards are the confidants of Duke Yan.
"Where can I get another hundred thousand taels of silver for him? Tell the camp officer who is responsible for the bidding that if he thinks there is anything valuable in this mansion, he can just move it!" Xu Yunjue shouted angrily.
As the Qing army became more and more trapped, the Nanjing nobles who had surrendered in Kaicheng became more and more agitated. They had had enough of the Qing army's endless forced donations or loans.
Xu Yunjue had been forced to pay out five hundred thousand taels of silver, some of which was offset by discounts on jade and jewelry.
Now I ask to borrow another hundred thousand taels.
The housekeeper persuaded in a low voice, "Master, yesterday Zhao Tongzhi was beheaded by Jinglue and his house was ransacked. There were more than a hundred people who were also beheaded and ransacked. Yan Jinglue is now going crazy, but
You must not twist it."
Xu Yunjue sat down helplessly, "Then what should I do? Who can bear this endless situation? Besides, it seems that this dog Tatar may not be able to gain a foothold in Jiangnan now."
"What do you mean, sir?"
"When a boat is leaking and about to sink, you can't just think about how to fix the leak. You have to think of ways to replace it with a non-leaking boat, which is the safest way."
Yan Wogong sent Biaoying all over the city to borrow money from big families, but in the end he only collected 200,000 taels of silver. Yan Wugong sneered and divided the silver into two, giving half to his Biaoying's nine thousand soldiers, and half to
Send it to Xiaoling to the emperor of the Zhu family.
Then, that night, the Ming army suddenly launched an attack on Zhengyang Gate, Chaoyang Gate, Tongji Gate, Taiping Gate, Jubao Gate and other city gates.
The Ming army attacked quickly and fiercely.
Rockets were fired at the city, and the water gate was blasted.
Yan Wogong hurriedly mobilized troops and horses to defend separately. As a result, the Ming army launched attacks in many places such as Yifeng Gate in the west. The Qing army was overwhelmed by the response.
There were flashes of swords and shadows everywhere, and sounds of killing everywhere.
In the dark night, in the former Duke of Xu's mansion, Xu Yunjue heard the news and immediately summoned his clan members and servants.
"How's the situation going?"
"The king's army attacked the city very fiercely and attacked the city in an all-round way. It seems that all the thirteen inner city gates were attacked."
Xu Yunjue patted his thigh and said, "How could your Majesty really be greedy for the little money to redeem the city and not attack the city of Nanjing? Before, he just deliberately paralyzed these fake Tatar thieves and caught them by surprise."
"Brother, what should we do?"
"How about waiting any longer?"
Everyone in the Xu family was very excited, but also a little timid.
Xu Yunjue's face glowed red, "I think the city of Nanjing will be destroyed this time. We have sacrificed the city before, so we have to atone for our sins this time."
"Get everyone up and fight."
Xu Yunjue saw that the fighting was going on outside, so he took his clan servants Ding Nucai and others and copied all kinds of weapons and went out to kill them, shouting and killing all the way. He also sent people to urgently contact Tang Guozuo, Zhao Zhilong and many other old heroes.
Everyone was thinking about the same thing. Listening to the shouts of killing outside, they all felt that the Ming army would definitely be able to attack this time. Naturally, they had to act quickly at this time, otherwise they would be liquidated when the Ming army entered the city.
In the yamen of Jiangning Mansion, Mr. Yan also carried a knife.
Soldiers came in and out one by one.
Countless messages have been gathered together.
He and his most trusted generals were sitting there.
"Everything is developing according to plan and progressing very smoothly."
"Our men and horses have been transferred to the west city for defense. Now the gates in the east are mainly city defense soldiers, and the people in charge are those who are not our own."
"Based on the strategy, the Tongji water gate has been breached and the Ming army has entered the city."
"Report, Tongji Gate has been lost."
"The Taiping Gate was lost."
"Chaoyang Gate was lost."
"Zhengyangmen was lost."
"Report, the Ming army has broken through Hongwumen and entered the imperial city."
Dawn.
The shouts of killing have gradually subsided.
Last night, the Ming army launched an air attack on the thirteen outer cities of Nanjing and several water gates. Finally, they successfully invaded from the east and captured the imperial city and palace city in one fell swoop, and even almost captured the entire city.
In the end, Yan Jinglue put on armor and led the Biaoying Army to personally rush to the Qinhuai River to defend and counterattack. In the end, he had to bulldoze and burn down countless riverside houses along the Qinhuai River, and burned out a fire dragon to block the Ming army's offensive, and finally along the Qinhuai River.
He established a line of defense and stabilized his position.
The Ming army launched several attacks unwillingly, but failed in the end, and had to withdraw its troops.
Although the outer city was defended, the palace, the imperial city, and several city gates were lost, which was still a huge defeat for the Qing army.
What's more, last night someone took the opportunity to cause chaos and tried to attack the Qing army in the city to respond to the Ming army.
"Bring all those damn guys up here!"
As Yan Wogong shouted angrily, the Jingbiao soldiers dragged a group of people up. These people were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen. Some even had their faces covered in blood, and some had disheveled hair.
Some of them screamed and begged for mercy, and some kept yelling.
Yan Wogong stepped forward and looked at these losers.
"The Duke of Wei, Xu Yunjue,
Zhang Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo,
Longpinghou Zhang Gongri,
Linhuai Marquis Li Zushu,
Huaining Hou Sun Weicheng,
Lingbihou Tang Guozuo,
Anyuanhou Liu Zuochang,
Xu Hongjue, Marquis of Yongchang,
Deng Wenxuan, the Marquis of Dingyuan,
Xiangcheng Bo Chang Yingjun,
Daxing Bo Zou Cunyi,
Ning Jin Bo Liu Yunji,
Nanhe Bofang one yuan,
Dongning Bo Jiao Meng Xiong,
Anchengbo Zhang Guocai,
Luozhongbo Huang Jiuding,
Xinchengbo Zhao Zhilong,
Cheng An Bo Guo Zuoyong
Two Dukes, Seven Marquises and Nine Uncles.
Mr. Yan confirmed his identity one by one and verified his true identity.
"You guys originally opened the city of Nanjing to welcome King Yu into the city, and now it's you who are rebelling to welcome the Ming army. What do you think is the point of jumping around repeatedly?"
"Don't you have any position at all?"
"Don't you have any sense of etiquette or shame?"
Zhao Zhilong looked defeated. He never expected that the Ming army launched a large-scale attack on the city last night, but failed to capture Jiangning City.
Tang Guozuo then cursed and threatened Yan Wo Gong, "I am the son of the great Ming Dynasty, and I am the majestic Lingbi Marquis of the Ming Dynasty after the founding of the country. You are already on the verge of death, and you still dare to treat me and other distinguished nobles like this, Yan Wo Gong.
If you know better, let us go as soon as possible, and then I can ask for your favor in front of His Majesty and spare your life."
Yan Wogong looked at this group of people.
The noble Duke of the Ming Dynasty, who was once the highest and most lofty, and who was close to the country.
When the country is in ruins, it is the most unloyal group of people.
Open the city of Nanjing and welcome the Qing army into the city.
When the Ming Dynasty was short of money, these people had nothing to lose. As a result, during his stay in Jiangning, he got millions of taels of silver from these people.
This is just a part of their net worth.
Now you are still trying to turn against someone to clear your name. How can it be so cheap?
"Drag them out and chop them all!"
"Put all their family members in jail and confiscate all their property."
"you dare!"
"You surnamed Yan, you must die a happy death!"
Yan Wogong just responded with a sneer. In fact, he personally asked His Majesty the Emperor for instructions on the final disposition of this group of people. Zhu Yihai dismissed this group of so-called nobles and believed that these people were neither innocent nor pitiable, so
No need to keep it.
It would be a disaster to keep him, so it would be better to purge him by using his identity as Mr. Yan, firstly to frighten the capitulationists who are not firm in their stance, and secondly, to confiscate huge sums of money to support the army.
The family members who were left behind were temporarily imprisoned because Zhu Yihai looked at the merits of their ancestors and issued a special pardon.
There are some things that Zhu Yihai cannot do directly, but now Yan Wogong's identity is very convenient and has no taboos.