Chapter 349 This is going to die
Yang Qi waited until the others left the tent, then looked at Yang He and said, "Uncle, Liu... Wang Jiayin's subordinates have some understanding people."
"Gao Yingxiang..."
Yang He blurted out, his deep eyes and the old wrinkles at the corners of his eyes immediately highlighted the ferocity of the scholar.
Yang He did not expect that his uncle had already investigated these matters clearly, so he said: "None of the thirty-six battalion commanders under his command are efficient, but Gao Yingxiang is not simple."
"How did they perform before the big victory?"
Yang Qi thought about it carefully: "Although Luo Rucai's troops charged and killed fiercely, they were insidious and cunning; there were other battalions who used Duogao Yingxiang's tactics to rush into Guancheng."
"Why..."
Yang He sighed, and then said slowly: "Everyone in the Qing Dynasty believes that bandits are still bandits after all. Even after they are recruited, they are just thugs who have committed rebellion. Otherwise, the people of the world will follow their example, and the country will be in chaos in the future... "
If you can't survive, you will rebel. Once you rebel, you will recruit people. After recruiting people, you will become an official of the Ming Dynasty and become a master. In the future, everyone will be like this. Isn't it chaos?
Zhang Henian waved his fan: "Dong Weng, where is the imperial court?"
Yang Qi hurriedly asked: "Uncle, is it possible that the imperial court intends to..."
Yang He interrupted him: "Don't talk nonsense," and then looked outside the tent: "We cannot disobey the imperial court's will..."
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"I want you to die..."
Speaking in a strong Shaanxi dialect, Gao Yingxiang punched the table in his tent.
As Gao Yingxiang's confidant, Liu Zhe opened the tent and looked outside. After confirming that nothing happened, he cautiously said: "King Chuang, our brothers can provide support."
Privately, Gao Yingxiang's closest confidants still call him the same name he used to call himself during the rebellion.
"That kid Li Huang'er is really smart. If he hadn't reminded us, we would have almost believed it."
"King Chuang, Marshal Wang is a little impatient."
The big tent was opened, and Li Hongji and a group of cronies strode into Gao Yingxiang's big tent.
Also as Gao Yingxiang's confidant, Li Hongji is second only to Liu Zhe in Gao Yingxiang's heart.
"I told you not to call him King E Chuang. We are already officials now, so just call him General E."
Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong can become commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief, while the chief generals of the 36th Battalion such as Gao Yingxiang are appointed as staff generals, and Li Hongji has guerrilla and garrison official positions.
Since the beginning of guerrilla warfare in the Ming Dynasty, people can be called "general".
"Yes, general, this is Niu Jinxing..."
Gao Yingxiang looked at the person standing next to Li Hongji, and then said: "Well, I know him, tell me..."
Niu Jinxing glanced at Li Hongji, then clasped his fists towards Gao Yingxiang: "General, the city of Nanjing is well defended. Li Wanchang and Zhang Gaoping also captured Nanjing with the help of Liang Fan. The strength of both the attacking and defending sides was around 400,000. Although our army Magnificent, but before Cheng Guogong’s army arrives, it would be a bad thing to attack Nanjing.”
"Oh... Why do you think Nanjing can no longer be defended?"
Gao Yingxiang looked at Niu Jinxing with interest: "Please clarify my doubts."
Niu Jinxing was a fortune teller, and he made a living by pretending to be a god. He heard all this from other people, but Li Hongji believed it to be true.
Seeing that Gao Yingxiang was about to ask him, he couldn't say anything. At this moment, Wang's own messenger arrived at Gao Yingxiang's camp: "General Gao, the deputy commander has ordered your troops to join General Wang and General Luo's troops. For the vanguard, set off immediately."
Fortunately for Niu Jinxing, Gao Yingxiang also lost the idea of asking Niu Jinxing, and then looked at Li Hongji: "Go and prepare..."
Luo Ru became a pioneer because of his arrogance, but Gao Yingxiang was unwilling. As for Wang Zuogao, he was a mediocre person.
"Anyone with any brains knows that fighting Nanjing will cost you your life, so you won't be fooled."
Luo Rucai was not stupid, he suppressed his subordinates' preparations to charge.
Not far ahead is Nanjing's Ande Gate, at most three miles away, and as the vanguard general, Wang Zuoguan is somewhat high-spirited.
Gao Yingxiang is at the back. According to his seniority, Wang Zuogao was the one who started the army with Wang Er in the year of Tianqi. It was just because Wang Er was unlucky and died early.
Andemen was repaired after being beaten to pieces by Shenwu cannons. Li Wanchang personally guarded Andemen. Dozens of Liangfan's retired Shenwu cannons were placed in front of the female wall. Li Wanchang was confident that as long as his opponents attacked the city, they would know What is awesome.
Wang Zuoguan coughed twice, then waved his hand: "Brothers, there is gold everywhere in Nanjing City, fight in..."
"kill..."
"fire..."
Both sides have artillery. The only difference lies in the distance and the amount of firepower. However, Mao Shi lost a lot of Shenwu artillery at Dasheng Pass. Wang Zuoguan's gunners were also involved. They fired a few cannons and hit Ander in the middle. gate tower.
"Good boy, you will be rewarded after you go down."
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong-dong-dong...'
The thundering sound of cannons and shouts of killing were staged outside Ande Gate. Li Wanchang was frightened by those few shells. It was not that he was afraid of death. Now he was the only heavyweight and reliable defender left in Nanjing City. As the Duke of the country, he naturally has to take the lead.
"The fight was very intense..."
On the tower of Fengtai Gate in the distance, Song Che put away the telescope, because the telescope with a maximum length of two and a half miles could not see the battle situation at Ande Gate five miles away, and could only hear the cannon fire from far to near. ring.
"Go and send someone to deliver a message to the prince."
Zhu Yousong was very concerned about the war in Andemen, not only for the safety of Nanjing, but also for his safety. The Northern Army had already reached the city. If Nanjing was not secured, he would not even have a way out. The only way he could run was to go to Chen Cao. .
But...
"Let Shi Kefa come to see me."
When Shi Kefa arrived at Qianqing Palace, he saw a somewhat haggard Zhu Yousong.
"I, Shi Kefa, can pay homage to Your Majesty."
"My dear, come closer. I'm asking you. You have to answer honestly. Can Nanjing be defended?"
Shi Kefa was a little uncomfortable with such a straightforward inquiry at the beginning, but as a minister, being promoted as an exception made him sincerely want to let the people of the Northern Dynasty see that there are capable people in the Southern Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Chang Guozheng is commanding at Andemen. Nanjing's city defenses are so high that it will be difficult for the Northern Army to break through."
Looking at Shi Kefa's firm eyes, Zhu Yousong took a long breath and slumped down on the throne: "In that case, I can make arrangements for you, I give you the power."
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"Retreat...the enemy troops retreated..."
Huge cheers came one after another. Li Wanchang inserted his long sword into the scabbard and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief: "Go and tell Mr. Shi that the enemy has retreated and our army has won a great victory."
They did retreat. The main reason was because Wang Zuoguan, the vanguard general of the Qin army, was hit by artillery and died on the spot. Otherwise, this battle would still have been fought.
Li Wanchang was not stupid. He opened the Ande Gate and led tens of thousands of people in pursuit for nearly ten miles before retreating. In the process, he also collected many artillery and muskets lost at Dasheng Pass.
Pioneer deputy generals Luo Rucai and Gao Yingxiang retreated one after another. Neither of them suffered much loss. Only Wang Zuoguan's command suffered more than 4,000 casualties during the attack.
"We have to take action personally."
After receiving the news, Wang Jiayin ignored Wang Ziyong's dissuasion and ordered all his troops to set off and approach Andemen.
Wang Zuoguai's death was a big blow to Wang Jiayin. As the backbone of the army at the beginning, if not for the strong support of Wang Zuoguai and others, Wang Jiayin might have been replaced by Wang Ziyong. Therefore, Wang Jiayin swore when he was on the road. Want to avenge Wang Zuoguan who died in the battle.
"The Qin army came very quickly."
Shi Kefa went up to the tower, and Li Wanchang spoke at the side.
Shi Kefa put down his telescope and said, "Yang He still can't escape from that circle."
Li Wanchang was a little confused.
"The leaders are all the rebellious refugees from Shaanxi. These people were in a bad situation after being settled by the imperial edict. Moreover, there were too many clear rivers in the Northern Dynasties."
As a person with a civil service background, he was only appointed to Nanjing after being suppressed, otherwise Shi Kefa would have become an official in the capital.
It was because of this condition that he saw the secret at a glance: "Mr. Chang Guo, just defend the city with all your might. Wang Jiayin cannot stir up trouble, but I have a plan here..."
Wang Jiayin looked at the rustling banner on the Nanjing city wall in the distance, filled with rage, and then shouted: "Avenge Wang Zuogua, brothers, break Nanjing, and we will not seal the sword for three days."
Even if Nanjing is really captured, Wang Jiayin is not qualified to issue an order not to seal the sword for three days, but for the bunch of mud-legged peasants under his command, this is a temptation.
When Marshal Wang said he would not seal the sword, he really did not seal the sword.
"Kill..."
"Where is the cannon, push it out, push it out quickly..."
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...'
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...'
'Dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...dong-dong-dong...'
Not long after the morning battle ended, the afternoon battle began again. The two sides started with a large-scale artillery battle, causing casualties on each other.
The gates of Little Ande Gate were opened wide during the artillery battle between the two sides. Mao Shi, the defeated general of Dasheng Pass, was not punished and was still acting as Li Wanchang's confidant.
The city gate opened, and 3,000 cavalrymen led by Mao Shi rode out, followed by 20,000 infantrymen, wielding various weapons to kill Wang Jiayin's flank.
Upon seeing this, Lao Huihui Ma Shou, the commander of the left wing battalion, immediately rushed over with his 5,000 Huihui cavalry without waiting for orders from the Chinese army.
When the two sides collided, they were immediately killed together, and it was difficult to separate them for a while.
Wang Jiayin commanded from the center. When he learned that the southern army on the left wing came out of the city to fight, he was instantly overjoyed and immediately ordered Li Yangchun, a fierce general second only to Luo Rucai, nicknamed the "Four Heavenly Kings", to lead his troops to support Lao Hui and return to Ma Shouying.
When Gao Yingxiang saw this and was about to ask for orders, the "Eight Great Kings" Zhang Xianzhong, after asking for instructions from the king for his own use, rushed to reinforce with his men and horses.
"Zhang Taozi is quite slick."
Liu Zhe sneered next to Gao Yingxiang: "He can go if he wants. It's not our brother who died."
