As soon as Liu Fangming's father and son left, the Qing army would no longer be restrained. Seeing this, the other Qing soldiers immediately scattered and fled for their lives. There was no one who thought about staying behind to stop the Restoration Army. Of course, in such a situation now, even if they can stay, they will not be able to stop the offensive of the Restoration Army at all.

Just now, because of the big battle here, Suo Yanlong, Ye Xiuye, the chief soldier in Wang Xing's army, and Jia Si in Jiang Chao's army, also came over with a large army, and several armies converged. Now Liu Fangming's father and son fled together, and several people immediately chased after them with the army. Huangfuyuan also took the remaining 100 people and attacked the north of the city.

Liu Fangming's father and son led the defeated soldiers and ran wildly all the way, not daring to stop at all. Even so, the shouts of the Restoration Army still sounded behind him from time to time. Now there are only fifty or sixty Qing soldiers following Liu Fangming's father and son, and most of them are Liu Fangming's father and son's personal soldiers.

As soon as Liu Fangming ran across the inner bridge with the defeated soldiers, he ran into Lang Tingzuo who came from the north of the city. I saw that Lang Tingzuo was rushing to Nancheng with Wang Shaolong, the prefect of Yingtian, with five or six hundred people. After Lang Tingzuo arranged the defense of the north of the city, he and Wang Shaolong, with five or six hundred people around him, rushed to the south of the city to defend.

Along the way, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and Lang Tingzuo and Wang Shaolong were also very anxious. The two kept urging to make Minzhuang speed up. As a result, as soon as I crossed the inner bridge, I saw Liu Fangming running wildly. Lang Tingzuo hurriedly stepped forward to stop Liu Fangming and said, "Liu Fangming, what are you running with the army?" What about the south of the city, has the city wall been recaptured? ”

At this time, Liu Fangming was already out of breath, and said: "Lord Governor, where is there anything south of the city, Jiangning City is broken." Flee for your life, the thieves will be coming. When Lang Tingzuo heard this, his face turned pale and said, "What did you say?" Jiangning City is broken? How is it possible, isn't there still a thousand and eight banner soldiers brought by General Ticham? How could it be breached all of a sudden? ”

Liu Fangming said: "If we didn't catch up, we didn't go to the city wall at all, and we ran into the thief army that attacked the city." There were only about 2,000 men at the time, and I had already stopped them with my army. Originally, if there was an army to attack from behind, they would definitely be able to defeat these thieves and recapture the city walls. It turned out to be a failure. ”

When Lang Tingzuo heard this, he said: "You blocked the thief army, what about General Kakhamu, and his Eight Banners together?" Where did they go? After speaking, Lang Tingzuo still stretched his neck and looked behind Liu Fangming and the others, looking forward to the appearance of Kaqam with his army.

"Phew" Liu Fangming spat directly on the ground, and then said with great disdain: "What a bullshit Eight Banner soldiers, before they can fight, they are all gone." Liu Tiren also said: "Yes, we are fighting with the thieves who entered the city. That old thing in Titicham doesn't care about the situation at all. Without even saying hello, he ran away with the army. This led to the defeat of our army. ”

Lang Tingzuo didn't believe the words of Liu Fangming's father and son from the bottom of his heart, how could the Eight Banners Soldiers collapse without a fight? Not to mention Titicamu, not to mention those who are timid and afraid of death. But it's hard to say anything more at the moment. He immediately said: "How many troops are there now, if we gather an army to fight back, we will definitely be able to drive the thief army out of the city." ”

As soon as Lang Tingzuo finished speaking, Liu Fangming faintly heard the shouts of the Restoration Army behind him. Immediately said urgently: "Your Excellency the Governor, it's too late." Our army has collapsed, all the soldiers have fled, and there is simply no way to assemble again. The lowly post was also desperate, and it was only after breaking through from the encirclement of the Ming army. ”

As soon as he heard such words, the six hundred people behind Lang Tingzuo did not dare to follow him to the south of the city to defend the city. What's more, now there is no army around Lang Tingzuo at all, and the only person with the army, Liu Fangming, is also thinking about how to escape. As a result, these people suddenly became in a commotion, and they didn't know who shouted, "Run, the Ming army has come in, and those who don't run will die." ”

With this shout, the five or six hundred Ming troops here immediately scattered and fled. In an instant, Minzhuang, who was originally following behind Lang Tingzuo, ran away. Seeing this scene, Liu Fangming said: "Your Excellency, our army is similar to this now. Let's hurry out of the city, as long as the adults can get to Zhenjiang safely, and we can gather a large army to fight back. ”

Wang Shaolong, who was next to him, heard that the thief army had entered the city, and there were still people who had the courage to stay in the city. Now I saw the recruited Minzhuang again, and he ran away in an instant. He was even more frightened in his heart, and immediately persuaded: "Your Excellency Governor, General Liu is reasonable, let's hurry out of the city." Lang Tingzuo was still unwilling, so he handed over Nanjing City so easily.

At this moment, a large number of Restoration Army had already appeared on the street in the distance. When Liu Fangming saw it, he didn't care whether Lang Tingzuo agreed or not, so he directly asked the two soldiers to step forward, set up Lang Tingzuo and ran in the direction of Taipingmen. Seeing this, Wang Shaolong didn't need to be supported, so he directly lifted his official robe and ran with everyone.

Lang Tingzuo, who was set up, shouted in his mouth: "What do you dare to do? Let me down, let me down. I, Lang Tingzuo, am a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, and now that the city is broken, it is my duty to die for the country. You are trying to trap me for injustice. I want to live and die with Jiangning City, the city is in the people, and the city is lost. ”

Hearing Lang Tingzuo's shout, Liu Fangming really thought that Lang Tingzuo wanted to die for the imperial court. After all, lost Nanjing, as a local governor. Lang Tingzuo has the responsibility of defending the land, once the court investigates it. His responsibility is the greatest, and the punishment is also the heaviest, it is not as easy as dying directly, and he can also win the name of a loyal minister.

So after hearing Lang Tingzuo's words, Liu Fangming still admired Lang Tingzuo a little, and he also identified more with the Qing Dynasty. You must know that when the Ming Dynasty lost Nanjing, the Qing soldiers were still far away, and the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty had already rushed to surrender. In such a comparison, the Qing Dynasty is indeed more popular than the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Fangming couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Why is God so unfair, such a beloved Qing Dynasty, and such a loyal courtier, why did he let the thief army enter Jiangning City?" It's really God's not long-sighted, unreasonable. ”

Lang Tingzo struggled all the way, and shouted his slogans loudly. After a long journey, the two soldiers who set him up soon lost their strength. But Lang Tingzuo didn't know, and he still struggled hard. shouted that he wanted to live and die with Nanjing City, and he wanted to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. The two soldiers had already fought in front of Yingtianfu before, and then ran for their lives.

is still being tossed by Lang Tingzuo so much, at this time, he can no longer stand up to Lang Tingzuo. The two of them didn't catch it in their hands, and Lang Tingzuo pushed hard again, and suddenly Lang Tingzuo stood directly on the ground. The two Qing soldiers felt that they had no strength in their hands, thinking that Lang Tingzuo had broken free by himself. Seeing that Lang Tingzuo was really going to be martyred, he didn't go to help Lang Tingzuo again.

Liu Fangming first saw Lang Tingzuo clamoring to be martyred, and now he suddenly broke free from the support of the two soldiers. also thought that Lang Tingzuo was determined not to leave Nanjing. Just about to persuade Lang Tingzuo to focus on the overall situation, go out of the city first, and lead the army to attack Nanjing, and it is the same for the Qing Dynasty to recapture Nanjing.

Who knew that Lang Tingzuo only stood on the ground for a breath, and after stabilizing his body, he shouted: "Quick, everyone immediately go out of the city and go to Zhenjiang to lead the army to recapture Jiangning City." If we can't recapture Jiangning City, what face do we have to face the court and the emperor. Moreover, General Tikhamu is still insisting in Mancheng, as long as our army returns, we will definitely be able to cooperate with General Kaqam inside and outside and recover Jiangning City. ”

roared loudly in his mouth, but Lang Tingzuo did not stop at all. faintly ran to the front of the team, with the intention of leading the army to charge.

This scene suddenly stunned all the Qing soldiers, Lang Tingzuo, who was still trying to live and die with Jiangning City just now, is now running faster than anyone else, and the slogan is louder than anyone else. Liu Fangming and the others saw Lang Tingzuo's performance, and immediately scolded in their hearts: "It's so shameless, how can everything be so righteous and awe-inspiring in his mouth." ”

Wang Shaolong sighed: "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the governor of Liangjiang, and he is an official." No matter how you say it, it's for the sake of the court, even if it's an escape, you can find such a high-sounding reason. The shouting and killing of the Fuming Army behind did not make Liu Fangming and the others think too much, so they hurriedly followed Lang Tingzuo and ran to Taipingmen.

Lang Tingzuo and others, although they did not let the Restoration Army behind catch up, they couldn't get rid of it. The people of the Restoration Army have been following Lang Tingzuo and others from a distance. Lang Tingzuo and the others hurriedly ran to the Taiping Gate, and saw from a distance that the people of the Restoration Army had occupied the Taiping Gate.

It was found that the Taiping Gate, which had been occupied by the Restoration Army, was still closing the city gate. Immediately, Lang Tingzuo and the others panicked, if they were blocked in Jiangning City, it would be a dead end. Lang Tingzuo looked at it and said, "Quick, there are not many thieves in Taipingmen, as long as we rush together to kill, we will definitely be able to rush out." ”

Immediately, Liu Fangming also shouted: "Quick, while there are not many people at the city gate now, they will also allocate people to close the city gate." Only by desperately rushing out of the city can there be a way to live. Lang Tingzuo also said: "Yes, if you are blocked in the city, there is only one way to die." As long as we are kept out of the city, everyone will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and then the official will be promoted to the third level. ”

Most of the Qing troops who followed along the way were Liu Fangming's personal soldiers. Now that they heard that there was such a high reward, they all rushed to the Taiping Gate with a howl. Lang Tingzuo and the others also hurriedly followed behind and rushed over together.

When the Restoration Army attacked Taipingmen, the defenders here had already run away. Therefore, the Restoration Army was in Taipingmen, and it didn't take much effort at all. The Fuming army that attacked here was adapted from the Huguang Qing soldiers, and the general was Qianhu Bu Shilong. At that time, seeing that it was so easy to take the Taiping Gate, it was only an unimportant city gate, so there were no more defenders.

Now the Restoration Army that remains here has only one strength of the General Banner. It just so happened that the Qing army was only fifty or sixty people, and the strength of the two sides was equal at that time. But now the Qing army is fleeing for its life, so it is simply a desperate posture. And these Restoration Army was originally reorganized by the Qing Army. And now that it has captured a number of Nanjing gates, it is suddenly a little light.

In addition, the Restoration Army had to defend on the city wall, so there were only more than 30 people at the city gate. Suddenly, when I saw the vigorous Qing army, these guards who had just restored the Ming army, they immediately became a little flustered. Many of them began to flee on both sides before they had even fought. After the general banner found out about the situation here, how could he roar angrily to make the Fuming army come up and defend it, and it was no longer able to block the impact of Liu Fangming and others.

Seeing Liu Fangming and others rushing through the city gate and entering the urn city. As soon as the general flag is seen, even if it sends troops down now, it will be too late. The general banner had no choice but to let the more than 20 people in the city immediately draw their bows and shoot arrows. Suddenly, arrows continued to shoot at Liu Fangming and others under the city.

Liu Fangming and the others in the urn city didn't care about the heavy casualties, so they just ran out of the city. Wang Shaolong was originally a literati, and after running for a long time, he was already tired and out of breath. Then the speed of running also slowed down, and just half of the city of Wengcheng, he was shot in the cheek by an arrow from the city's Restoration Army, and the arrow shot into the left cheek, and then pierced through the right neck.