"The whole team, the whole small spear formation, rushed over the burned house and fought with them!"
"This gang of traitors want to burn down our house and kill our family members. Fight with them and kill them all, leaving no one behind!"
"Kill."
Near the Taipingli battlefield southwest of the Imperial City of Nanjing, the first batch of Nanjing Chinese troops were forming a spear formation under Lu Sanhao's order. Everyone was extremely nervous but angry, and their fighting spirit was even higher. To the extreme. The tips of the spears and the blades of the plain knives were pointing forward. The sun was shining down, and the tips of the spears were glowing with cold light, twinkling in this winter afternoon.
After the formation of the team was completed, these Chinese soldiers rushed towards the still burning streets of Taipingli in groups!
Taipingli is also a relatively open long street, which is the main thoroughfare from the Imperial City of Nanjing to the prosperous area along the Qinhuai River in the city. Two battalions of Jiangning regiments were led by Jiangning County Magistrate Jingchuan.
This is the old foundation of Yingtian's military training, an old regiment formed strictly in accordance with the principle of "soldiers are there for generals and soldiers follow generals". From top to bottom, the two battalions are a network of relatives, friends, teachers, students and clans. It is conceivable how strong the cohesion of such an army is. Moreover, they are now defending their homeland. They really have no way to retreat. If they take a step back, their homeland will be gone!
So these Jiangning regiments fought very resolutely on the battlefield in Taipingli! They did not choose a strong and huge building for defense like Chang Wei's Yangzhou Tuanlian and Luo Dawei's Huaixi Red Scarf. Instead, they placed their troops at the intersection of Taiping Lane, Zhongzheng Street and Chongli Street. ——This intersection is relatively open and is an important traffic artery. As long as it is defended here, it will be difficult for Geng Jingzhong’s army to rush into the most prosperous areas of Nanjing to burn, kill and loot.
The ones who were ordered to attack Taipingli were the "Western Zhejiang soldiers" brought by Fan Chengmo. They were said to be these "Western Zhejiang soldiers", but in fact there were not many Zhejiang people in the army. The backbone was the supervisor recruited by Fan Chengmo when he was the governor of Fujian. Half of them are servants of the Fan family. This army originally followed Fan Chengmo and lived a very comfortable life. But when Geng Jingzhong rebelled, their good days came to an end. Not only did they have to follow Fan Chengmo in various expeditions, but they also lost their military pay and sometimes even food and drink!
But this difficulty is not a problem for an ancestral villain like Fan Chengmo. If you don’t have money, food, or drink, then go grab it! Fan Chengmo and his Ama Fan Wencheng started their business by working as slaves for the Manchus and helping the Manchus to rob the Han people in the pass.
Therefore, the military discipline of Fan Chengmo's army was extremely corrupt. When fighting against Geng Jingzhong's forces (Liu Bingzheng) and Zheng Jing's forces in Fujian, they fought and grabbed whatever they could. After they were labeled as Ming troops and moved to western Zhejiang, they were afraid of being attacked by King Yi. Zheng Jing and Chen Yonghua, the Minister of Civil Affairs (they were the leaders of the Fujian people) settled accounts after autumn and stayed honest for a few days. But robbery is addictive!
How can getting a few dead soldiers be as satisfying as robbery?
Just when these soldiers who were accustomed to grabbing were itching and couldn't bear it, they were summoned to Nanjing by Geng Jingzhong, and last night they were told that they would do big things in Nanjing!
This group of bandit soldiers was so happy that they drove out of the Imperial City of Nanjing early this morning, preparing to rush to the Qinhuai River to do some "zero-yuan shopping" first. Unexpectedly, their small goal was desperately blocked by more than 3,000 Yingtian regiment practitioners.
On the one hand, we want to "purchase for zero yuan" and on the other hand, we want to protect our home.
What else is there to say? This is when enemies meet and become extremely jealous! Both sides come up and attack! Suddenly, the entrance to Taipingli Street was filled with bullets and bullets, and the sound of killing was loud. Both sides were fighting bullets against bullets, swords and spears against swords and spears, and the fight soon became red-eyed. After all, Yingtian Tuanlian was well-trained and had fought many tough battles in the Nanjing defense battle. He had already practiced it. After entering the battlefield, he could shoot accurately and charge fiercely. He quickly overwhelmed Fan Chengmo's army. Just as Fan Chengmo was about to be forced back to the Imperial City of Nanjing, Liu Bingzheng's department sent by Geng Jingzhong rushed to the battlefield again.
After receiving thousands of reinforcements, Fan and Liu immediately launched a counterattack and forced the two training battalions of the Yingtian Regiment back to Taipingli Street.
After gaining a little advantage, Fan Chengmo finally made free time and mobilized troops to set fire to the houses on both sides of Taipingli!
The houses on both sides of Taiping Lane are all wooden houses. It has been dry and rainless these days, so it is very easy to catch fire!
Seeing the fire spreading, Yingtian Tuanlian, who wanted to defend their homeland, became even more passive. They had to launch a counterattack, trying to repel the enemies who were setting fire, and at the same time dedicate some manpower to prevent the fire from spreading to the Qinhuai River area. At the same time, he helped the people who had lost their homes escape from this hellish battlefield.
Fan and Liu's armies advanced while setting fires. At the same time, the cries of the Nanjing people who had lost their homes and relatives due to the fire greatly stimulated their animal nature, and for a while they actually launched a fierce attack. The offensive forced Yingtian Tuan to retreat step by step.
At this moment, the situation on the battlefield reversed again. A large number of armed Nanjing citizens had already gathered like a tide under the organization of Yingtian Fu Yamen, Reform School, Jiangwu Hall, Shangyuan County Yamen, Jiangning County Yamen and Yingtian guilds. Rushing towards the three battlefields of Taiping Lane, Changfu Street and Xihuamenwai Street.
Because Taipingli is the closest to the prosperous place along the Qinhuai River where Chinese people in Nanjing live, as soon as noon passed, a large number of red-eyed Chinese people walked past the ruins of houses on both sides of Taipingli Street, which although the fire had weakened a lot, was still burning. , began to outflank the rebels' flanks.
This style of charging directly through the fire scene immediately frightened the rebels commanded by Fan and Liu!
Aren't these soldiers in red afraid of getting burned? Moreover, they did not send a small team to conduct reconnaissance first, but directly launched a large group of people carrying spears. Although the formation was a bit chaotic, the weapons in their hands were also a bit chaotic. Some people were holding long guns, and some were holding up swords. Most of them were Without armor, he doesn't look elite at first glance. But there are so many of them that they can't stand it, and they are so brave that they are not afraid of death!
There were not many security forces deployed by the rebels on both sides, and they were overwhelmed by the group of Chinese people who charged on the fire field in the first confrontation.
The training troops of the Yingtian regiment, which had been forced to retreat before, also took the opportunity to launch the most violent counterattack. The drums of the charge rang loudly. The frontline battlefield in Taiping was filled with shouts and cheers in Yingtian accents. Voice!
Dingwangfu.
The gunshots and shouts of killing have gathered into one group. The Huaixi Red Scarf Army who fought back from Prince Ding's Mansion and the two battalions of regimental training troops led by Shangyuan County Magistrate Zhang Jingke have gathered into one group and are rolling forward. The red attack line was like a huge wave, slamming fiercely on the rebel front commanded by Yue Le.
Yue Le was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot at this time. Less than an hour ago, he still had the advantage! Although he couldn't take down Prince Ding's Mansion for a while, he finally suppressed his opponent in Prince Ding's Mansion and couldn't move. However, Shang Zhixin suddenly sent someone to tell him that they were going to raid the lair of Prince Zhu San and Li Zhongshan. He also said that these two people were now in Mo. Chouhu also said that the Northern King Liu Jinzhong had defected and was leading 10,000 people to attack the East Palace!
This scared Yue Le out of his wits!
How many people are there in total on Geng Jingzhong's side? How can we bear the consequences of ten thousand people defecting? Besides, if these ten thousand people don't defect, Geng Jingzhong's side will already be in a hard fight. If they change sides again, what's the point of fighting?
In addition, the third prince Zhu is not in Dingwangfu, but in Mochou Lake, and he is also with Li Zhongshan?
real or fake?
If Li Zhongshan had secretly sneaked into Nanjing long ago, would he have already known about Geng Jingzhong's rebellion plan?
The more Yue Le thought about it, the more anxious he became, but no matter how anxious he was, he could only act anxiously!
Because the newly arrived Yingtian Regiment Training Division 1 took advantage of Shang Zhixin's opportunity to lead his elite troops to leave the battlefield, broke through the rebel encirclement and joined forces with the defenders of Prince Ding's Mansion, and then immediately launched a counterattack.
Although Yue Le still had more troops than his opponents, he was still in a tough fight!
Both Yingtian Tuanlian and Huaixi Red Turban are quite elite troops, well-trained and rich in actual combat experience. Among them, the elite Huaixi Red Turban led by Luo Dawei are also equipped with a large number of flintlock guns.
Although Luo Dawei failed to organize a neat queue to kill, he still sent out groups of musketeers, carrying flintlock rifles with bayonets, to avoid the enemy's artillery fire, and withstand the enemy's arrow clusters, and rushed to the vicinity of the enemy's formation. , firing out waves of dense rain of bullets. Rows of bullets poured down, creating large and small gaps in Yue Le's front line. However, the firepower density organized by Yue Le's headquarters was far inferior to that of the opponent. Although they could barely maintain the exchange of fire, the losses were much greater. If they continued to maintain it, they would inevitably fail.
Yue Le also wanted to organize an infantry counterattack and rush forward to fight the enemy hand to hand, but he didn't know who screamed in his ear: "The Imperial City. The Imperial City is on fire!"
Yue Le looked back, and sure enough! The fire started in the direction of the north gate of the imperial city. This shows that what Shang Zhixin just sent to inform is true!
Prince Zhu and Li Zhongshan have long known about Liu Jinzhong's defection today!
The trap has been set long ago!
"Withdraw" Yue Le spat out the word "withdraw" in great pain.
"Your Majesty, how can we withdraw?"
"My lord, when we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins."
His two guard leaders wanted to persuade Yue Le to try again, but Yue Le waved his hand to stop him: "It was a trap from the beginning that we fell into the enemy's trap! The enemy is deliberately plotting against us, and we ourselves It's all for gain, but in fact it's all part of someone else's calculation. It's impossible to win this battle. If we withdraw now, we still have a chance to deal with the Ming army in Susong and eastern Zhejiang. If we don't withdraw now, we won't be able to leave! Once Liu Jinzhong takes control of the imperial city, how can we withdraw?"
The Imperial City of Nanjing is located in the east of Nanjing. If Yue Le wants to retreat east, he must pass through the Imperial City. If he wants to retreat south, he must also pass through the Imperial City! As for Xiang North, it is already controlled by Liu Jinzhong and should be unable to escape. Xiang Dong has thrown himself into a trap.
Therefore, while Liu Jinzhong was unable to control the imperial city, running directly through the imperial city was the only way to survive. Although losses were unavoidable, some troops could be withdrawn to some extent.
As long as some troops can be withdrawn, Yue Le will still have a chance to deal with the Ming Dynasty in the southeast.
Thinking of this, he shouted: "Withdraw! Ming Jin, withdraw quickly!"
"嗻!"
The people below had no choice but to follow Yue Le's order and sound the "death knell" for Geng Jingzhong!
Changfu Street.
Geng Jingzhong did not hear his "death knell". All his attention was focused on the old Chang family house in front of him, which had been beaten to tatters.
Another of his attacks was repulsed. There was another layer of corpses inside and outside the Chang family's old house, the blood stains were thicker, and the walls became more damaged.
Geng Jingzhong could not figure out how a dilapidated house could repel his own attacks one after another. How can he be the emperor if he can't conquer a broken house?
Thinking of this, he turned around and glared at Li Daoren, his most trusted fortune teller in the past, with a fierce look - How do you do such a good calculation?
Li Daoren is counting on his fingers! I don’t know what I counted, I just shook my head there.
"Taoist Li!" Geng Jingzhong roared.
"Ah, Your Majesty, it's not good!"
Oh no? Even fools know that the current situation is bad, so why bother calculating it?
"What's wrong?"
"This permanent residence is the old residence of King Kaiping Chang Yuchun! The people guarding this place are the descendants of King Kaiping. It is possible that King Kaiping is possessed by a spirit!"
ah? Possessed by King Kaiping?
That's the "Chang Shiwan" who can defeat invincible opponents all over the world! He came to provide "tactical guidance", and Geng Jingzhong really couldn't defeat him.
Geng Jingzhong was speechless for a moment when Taoist Li spoke. At this moment, someone suddenly wailed: "The people in red are coming, there are many people in red."
This is when more than 10,000 Nanjing citizens commanded by Chen Yonghua arrived on the battlefield!
These more than 10,000 "men in red" are all full of anger - Changfu Street is almost burned to the ground, can they not be angry? When these crazy Chinese people saw Geng Jingzhong's Wang Qi, they didn't need to mobilize, they just rushed towards him with red eyes.
Chang Wei, who had just experienced a hard battle, was really possessed by Chang Yuchun at this time. He led thousands of daredevils with flintlock rifles mounted on bayonets from the Chang family mansion. Kill them out.
For a moment, the surroundings of Geng Jingzhong were filled with loud killing sounds and gunshots!
"Princess Bei? Where are you going?"
"The King of the North sent me to Lake Mochou to protect His Royal Highness the King of England. This is the King of the North's token!"
"What? You're defending the King of England? The King of England is the bravest of all armies!"
"Hey, isn't that a rule? I'm a hostage."
"Ah, yes, yes, hurry up, let Princess Bei out!"
Just when the counter-insurgency battle in the inner city of Nanjing was going very smoothly, and just when Geng Jingzhong's head was about to be moved, at the Sanshan Gate in the inner city of Nanjing, Princess Shang Shuying of the North had successfully passed the customs.
Originally, the people guarding Sanshan Gate were Yingtian Tuanlian. They were more serious and could not let Shang Shuying out of the inner city easily. However, due to the excellent situation on the front line, Li Zhongshan had just issued the order for a general offensive, so those stationed at Sanshanmen became officers of Yingtian Mansion.
This group of public servants are well-informed and slick. They already knew that Shang Shuying had been with Li Zhongshan as a hostage during his expedition to Huaixi!
It is said that Li Zhongshan originally wanted to kill her, this lovely daughter, but Shang Shuying made Li Zhongshan comfortable, and King Li Daying was reluctant to kill her, so he spared her.
Now the situation in Nanjing's counter-rebellion war is excellent. Geng Jingzhong's rebels have been frustrated on three fronts. The Chinese people and scholars in Nanjing have been organized to join the battle. The Northern King Liu Jinzhong is on the side of the court again and has now captured the Imperial City of Nanjing. .
Under such circumstances, it is completely reasonable for Shang Shuying to happily act as a hostage!
As for the mere feud between her and Li Zhongshan for killing his father, it’s not important at all!
After leaving the Sanshan Gate and crossing the Qinhuai River, which is used as a moat, you will find the Mochou Lake Palace with the royal flag with the word "ying" flying.
Mochou Lake Palace is still heavily guarded. A small group of musketeers from Shanzi Camp are guarding the door. They are not that easy to fool. However, they also knew Shang Shuying, so they did not organize a defense immediately.
Shang Shuying stepped forward with a smile, took out the Northern King's token and threw it over, "Do you know who I am? I came to the King of England to be a hostage. I also brought a thousand elite soldiers for the King of England to dispatch. Go and report Bar."
The officer in charge of the gate also felt that Shang Shuying's words were reasonable, and without any doubt, he took her token and walked quickly to the Mochou Lake Palace. Shang Shuying pulled the reins, and the Pegasus came to her side, and then whispered: "Wang Datou knows that I am coming, and he will probably go out to greet me personally. When the time comes, you will charge with me, and you must cut off Wang Datou's head." , avenge the old prince!"
An old slave of the Shang family asked angrily: "Gege, what does Wang Datou look like?"
Shang Shuying smiled: "Wang Datou is also nicknamed Xiaohuo Lu Bu. Among men, Lu Bu, and among horses, he is a peerless handsome man!"
The surrounding Shang family members all nodded, thinking: Just kill him if he looks handsome!
At this moment, the door of Prince Mochou Lake's Mansion suddenly opened, and a shout came from inside the door: "Open the middle door, Your Majesty will come out to greet you."
(End of chapter)
