In Jiangning in August, the weather is gradually getting cooler, many people have begun to open their doors to live normally, and the atmosphere of slaughter in the city has also become calmer, but the calm on the surface cannot hide the bloody storm behind it.

"Raise your gun, shoot!"

An officer of the Fu Han Army had a bit of slaughter on his face, and waved the matching knife in his hand fiercely.

Only a burst of gunfire was heard, and the row of people in front of them all fell, and some of the people who were not dead moved their bodies on the ground, letting out a wail.

"Onward, mend the knife!"

The officer continued to give orders, coldly, without the slightest pity.

The soldiers of the Han army quickly pulled out the bayonet at their waists, fixed it to the muzzle of their guns, and then stepped forward and plunged the bayonet hard.

Executions like this lasted for a whole day, and the whole world seemed to become much colder.

When the execution was over, several officers walked over with neat steps, saluted an officer in his thirties, and said in a loud voice: "Tell the general, all the lists have been executed." ”

The officer of the Fu Han army took off his gloves, held a brush in his hand, and sketched a few on a thick booklet, without the slightest expression on his face, as if the execution of these people was like the execution of a batch of chickens and ducks. waited until the sketch was finished, and then dropped a sentence lightly.

"The pit should be dug a little deeper."

In the governor's palace, Ning Yu was wearing a single coat and was reviewing the recent military affairs, because he was about to prepare to continue to advance eastward, from Jiangsu to Zhejiang to Fujian, and then to Liangguang, which had become the target of his attack, so he needed to make more adequate preparations to complete this strategic plan.

Shi Xue walked in quickly, he was holding a stack of thick account books, his face was as calm as water, and it was only when he saw Ning Yu that he lowered his head a few points.

"Tell the Governor, those men have been executed."

Ning Yu nodded slightly, put down the brush in his hand, and couldn't help sighing. This time, I'm afraid it's really killing the world and changing color.

In fact, the Fu Han army ostensibly finished the battle of Jiangning, but in fact, after entering Jiangning, the real war began, and the battlefield was in this Jiangning city, and the opponents were the remnants of the Qing army and those who still opposed and were hostile to the Fu Han army.

The so-called remnants of the Qing army are basically the nails sent by Yongzheng to the south of the Yangtze River, plus the spies buried in the original weaving mansion, the two began to collude after the Fu Han army entered the city, and wreaked havoc in Jiangning City, and even developed to the point of attacking the Fu Han army.

This move completely angered Ning Yu, he changed his previous gentle methods, and arranged for the Military Intelligence Department and Shadow to cooperate with the Fu Han Army in the city to carry out the arrest work, but hundreds of people were arrested, and after strict interrogation, Ning Yu also knew Yongzheng's intentions.

These nails are basically Yongzheng's abandoned sons, and their only role is to delay the actions of the Fu Han army, so that the governors of Fujian and Zhejiang, Man Bao and Yang Zongren, can have more time to train the regiment and the Qing army, and continue to drag down the pace of the Fu Han army in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to achieve this, it does not matter if they are all dead.

In a sense, Yongzheng's goal was indeed achieved, in order to further clean up the Qing army spies in Jiangning, Ningyu had postponed the attack on Yangzhou.

Of course, this kind of thing is indispensable, and after the military intelligence department has received the full support of the Governor's Office, the efficiency of its investigation is also extraordinary, and it has gradually grasped the initiative in this game of cat and mouse.

"Go down, after this time, there must be no more turmoil in Jiangning City."

Ning Yu knew in his heart that in the eyes of many people in the Fu Han Army, the so-called Jiangning should be called Ying Tianfu. If Ning Zhongyuan becomes the emperor in the future, Ying Tianfu will be the capital of the country.

Within the Fu Han Army, many people compare this time to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty with the dispute at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Ning Zhongyuan is naturally Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Ruhan is the Red Turban Army, and Zhu Yigui is at most Zhang Shicheng, it can be said that the world is so big, and the current Fu Han Army has no other opponents worth seeing.

Of course, the current Qing Dynasty is the same as the Great Yuan of the year, and it has not yet reached a hundred years, so that many people are secretly praising that Hu Yun is only a hundred years. Among them, there are naturally Fu Han troops secretly fueling the troubles, so the effect is also very fast.

Ning Yu was also secretly glad in his heart, this crossing was in the last years of Kangxi, if it arrived in the Qianlong Dynasty or even later, the hearts of the people in the world would be completely settled, and the little fire in the hearts of the big guys would be completely gone, and they would really become a bunch of minions, and then it would never be so smooth to raise troops again.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, on an auspicious day, the fleet from Wuchang finally docked at the wharf in Jiangning, and a large number of troops walked directly down from the ship, they were dressed in neat red military uniforms, carrying a long new Hanyang flintlock pistol on their backs, and a three-edged military thorn hanging from their waists, but they looked extremely energetic.

They are the seventh division of the Fu Han Army, originally a garrison division stationed in Wuchang, and later after some recruitment and training, it was reorganized into the seventh main division of the Fu Han Army, with a full quota of 10,000 people, and all firearms and equipment were very complete.

When the 7th Division disembarked, the ships behind them also began to prepare to stop berthing, and a large number of materials began to be moved, such as grain, muskets, artillery, sauce, felt socks, vinegar cloth, etc., began to pile up on the edge of the dock, and many soldiers of the Fu Han Army were being carried to the carts, ready to be transported back to the camp.

"The Seventh Division is officially subordinate to the Eastern Expeditionary Governor's Mansion, the division commander Ning Tieshan, the deputy division commander Gao Yubao, the whole division of 10,000 and 57 people, all in place."

Ning Tieshan stood in front of Ning Yu, but he gave a solemn military salute, with a sincere smile on his face.

From the battalion commander to the commander of the independent artillery regiment, and now to the commander of the Seventh Division, Ning Tieshan has certainly stained some of the Ning family's light, but more often than not, he has used his own ability to become the new commander of the main division.

Ning Yu smiled on his face, gently patted Ning Tieshan's broad shoulders, and couldn't help but sigh, this little fat man has become so strong now.

"I'm going to take Jiangnan all about now, and I have to sharpen the knife of the Seventh Division."

Ning Tieshan smiled, and suddenly patted his head lightly, but he took out a letter from his body, and said with a smile: "Dadu Dudu, this is a letter from the King of Chu to you." ”

Ning Yu thought about it, then directly tore open the letter and began to read it, his brows were still a little frowning when he first read it, but when he saw the back, he completely stretched his brows.

"It's really not easy for my father to see it, but in this case, this southern offensive is going to be accelerated."

Ning Zhongyuan's determination not to be the emperor now made Ning Yu feel that his old father was really well-intentioned. Since this is the case, there is no need for him to wait in Jiangning anymore, and now decisively going east is the last word.

In the next few days, the entire city of Jiangning felt that something was wrong, the Fu Han army was buying a large number of supplies, a large number of ships began to go straight down the Yangtze River, and many soldiers of the Fu Han army left Jiangning directly by boat.

Even many people found that during this time, the number of pigeons from Jiangning to other places also increased, such as those to Wuchang, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou, all of which became more dense, and everyone seemed to smell different.

This signal of Jiangning City, naturally did not hide from Yang Zongren, who was recruiting troops in Suzhou, he and Cao Fu had already received the news that Jiangning City was broken, and after complaining about Fan Shiyi's incompetence, the two could only choose to go to Suzhou to recruit troops first, and once they saw that the momentum was not good, they were ready to withdraw to Zhejiang to seek assistance from Manbao.

It's just that after the back road was cut off, the two of them were more or less depressed, especially Cao Fu is now young and hasn't experienced too much expression, so he is a little numb at the moment - you know, his Cao family is old and young, but they are still in Jiangning, if they are caught by the Fu Han army, it will be miserable.

It's just that there is no better way at the moment, and the two can only recruit troops in Suzhou on the one hand, and send people to investigate the route of the Fu Han army on the other hand, and once the Fu Han army is about to arrive in Suzhou, they will choose to flee first.

However, while the two were still waiting, the movements of the Fu Han army were as fast as lightning, and the troops advanced in multiple ways, and began to occupy the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River one by one, and the smoothness of the whole process was almost breathtaking.

On August 14, the 1st Division of the Fu Han Army conquered Zhenjiang Mansion, killed more than 800 Qing troops, captured more than 3,000 Qing soldiers, and even captured 8,000 people in the regiment.

On August 18, the third division of the Fu Han Army, under the leadership of Ujijing, attacked Yangzhou Mansion all the way to Fuzhi Ganquan, surrounded Fuzhi Ganquan, and the prefect Wang Xian chose to surrender, he took the whole green battalion soldiers to cut off their braids, held the population and land fish scales of Yangzhou Mansion with both hands, and knelt in front of Uzhijing with a cloak.

On August 23, the fourth division of the Fu Han Army attacked Tongzhou Mansion, and after a half-day battle, the Qing army in Tongzhou was defeated, and then captured Taixing.

"Be fast, be fast."

Ning Yu had a bit of spirit on his face, now the situation has become very clear, the Qing army is waiting for the formation of regimental training, and the Fu Han army only needs to fight in the shortest possible time, the so-called regimental training is not regimental training, what does it matter?

In order to conquer the city faster, Ning Yu also specially took out his own housekeeping treasure this time - that is, the newly established cavalry regiment in the Governor's Guard Brigade, which is only about five or six hundred horsemen, these people are still selected from the whole army, most of them are horse gangs in northern Anhui, and most of them are very good at riding, so they are also a combat force.

The formation of this group of horse teams is actually thanks to those people in the Huaibei Salt Gang, when Zheng Kui returned to the Salt Gang with Ning Yu's intentions, Jiang Ning had already been defeated, and by this time Zheng Yuanzhen had no room for bargaining.

The situation is already very obvious, the Fu Han army that controls Jiangnan, the next step is naturally to control Huaibei, and then Jiangnan will be a thing to capture, and in this process, the salt gang in Huaibei naturally began to face a choice, if you choose to resist, then it means that the accumulation of hundreds of years of the salt gang will be wiped out in an instant.

But if you choose to surrender, why not surrender now? Zheng Yuanzhen is a person who knows current affairs very well, and he knows in his heart that he can't talk about any conditions with Ning Yu, after all, the difference between the two sides is too big, and when it comes to talking about conditions, the people of his salt gang will not be able to live.

Therefore, after Zheng Yuanzhen chose to join the Fu Han Army, the formation of the cavalry of the Fu Han Army was logical, and many horse teams from Huaibei filled the current vacancy in the Fu Han Army, and it can even be said that Ning Yu In order to ensure the elite of the horse team, he also specially selected horses, like those bad horses that could not go to the battlefield before, and now they have been transferred to the logistics and artillery teams.