With the main force of the Han Empire moving south one after another, the neighboring provinces were constantly occupied, and the Taiwanese army finally could not hold on, although Zheng Jing was still in love with the ancient city where the dragon and the tiger were located, but the time was not with me, and when the war situation was so clear, it would be too stupid to still have the battle of Nanjing with Lin Feng.

In fact, if in terms of military arrangement, the Taiwan army in the Nanjing battlefield may not be without the strength of a fight, the arrangement of the Han army's general staff in one piece seems quite contemptuous, the Han army's southward several main corps lined up along the Yangtze River, crossing the river in echelon posture, the front is very broad, the troops are very scattered, and the confidence is extremely high, it seems that in front of the Han army, there is no opponent worth paying attention to.

Even under the city of Nanjing, there were only two armies fighting against the main force of the Taiwan army, with a total strength of only more than 30,000 troops.

However, before Zheng Jing, who was hesitant, made up his mind, the Ma Ying Corps, which was rapidly moving south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, completely dispelled the last illusion of the Taiwan army.

Following the emperor's footsteps to the south, at the beginning of March 1689, Ma Ying, the governor of the Hanzhong Central Plains Corps, gathered five armies of nearly 70,000 troops, and swore to march in Xuzhou, along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, with the Sixth Cavalry Army and the Fourteenth Cavalry Provisional Army as the main force of the central army, with the Eleventh Infantry Army as the left wing, the Sixteenth Infantry Provisional Army, and the Seventeenth Provisional Army as the right wing. posed a serious threat to the logistical supply lines of the Taiwanese army stationed on the Nanjing front.

In this state of almost semi-encirclement, the battle has completely lost its meaning, even if the Taiwanese army can defeat the Rick corps in front of it, it will not be able to save the situation, so before Ma Ying's Central Plains Corps has arrived at the battlefield position, Zheng Jing decisively ordered the whole army to retreat.

At the beginning of April 1689, the 40,000-strong army of the king of Yanping County of Taiwan slowly withdrew eastward along the Yangtze River, boarded ships in Zhenjiang, Suzhou, and Tongzhou, withdrew from the mainland by sea through Shanghai County, and returned to Taiwan and Fujian by two routes.

When the message came out, the whole south of the Yangtze River was boiling, the people of the father ran to tell each other, the hearts of tens of millions of people hanging in the 'chest' cavity fell to the ground, and the retreat of Taiwan's Zheng Jingjun already marked the peace of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, at least, there will never be a large-scale war in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The defenders of Nanjing, forgotten in the corner by the world, are embarrassed and abnormal, with nearly a year of war, the city of Nanjing has been haggard a lot, before the war, it is still a big city with a population of more than one million, but now, the people of the whole city plus the army defending the city, but not even 500,000 people.

The puppet Qing troops responsible for guarding Nanjing can be roughly divided into three parts, one part is the Eight Banners troops of Zheng'er Bajing, including the Eight Banners garrison that originally garrisoned Jiangnan and drove from the north to follow Prince Jian Rabu to attack Wu Sangui's capital banner soldiers, with a total strength of about 16,000 people; The other part is the Han puppet army, which has a lot of troops, about 34,000 people; The last remaining part of the identity is the most ambiguous, including the Han people and other ethnic groups, the official name is "Baoyi", is attached to the existence of the Eight Banners of the slave troops, this group of puppet troops emotionally speaking, than the Han puppet army and close to the Eight Banners troops, and the status is also higher, its total strength is about more than 3,000 people.

This army, with a total strength of about 50,000 men, was the only remaining armed force of the Qing regime in southern China. Unlike elsewhere, at the final moment of the collapse of the Manchu dynasty, the army's desire to fight and its will to fight were also reduced to an all-time low.

Since the Taiwan army launched the mainland offensive in August last year, when Zheng Jingtong led the army to the city of Nanjing, the puppet Qing army in the city immediately began to shake and divide, among which the soldiers of the Eight Banners under the direct command of Prince Jian Rabu advocated resolute resistance, and proposed to "fight to the last soldier, with the territory of the whole Qing Dynasty, and comfort the souls of the ancestors and ancestors in the sky" - this idea is simply crazy in the eyes of the Han army of the pseudo-green battalion: where is the territory of the Qing Dynasty?! Out of this city 'gate', is there still the territory of the Qing Dynasty outside? As for what "ancestors and ancestors" are very familiar with, walk out of the barracks and turn a corner, and you can buy it by finding a shop that "specializes in selling antiques, calligraphy and paintings", starting from Nurhachi to Kangxi, there are many of them, and they are all lively and lively, so it is not for nothing to say "admiration" to them, but if you work hard with others for them, it will be avoidable.

Therefore, in this case, division is inevitable, but at this time, no one thinks of fighting, one is because both sides have considerable strength with each other, the green battalion puppet army has a large number, and the Eight Banners occupy the terrain of the inner city. The second is the puppet army of the green battalion of the Han army, and they don't think that Prince Jane's head can bring much benefit to themselves, because judging from the current situation, it is the troops of the Han Empire who are not in the same place as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and although the Taiwanese army carries the banner of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", it does not see much bad feeling towards the Qing army.

However, the division of power was inevitable, and since mid-August last year, the two sides have tacitly divided the territory within the city of Nanjing, with the outer city being controlled by the Green Battalion puppet army, and the inner layer being defended by the Eight Banners for the defense of the 'gate' of the eastern city.

Although Prince Rabu, who was trapped in the inner city, was still nominally the supreme commander of this army, in fact, his orders were not even liked to be listened to by many Eight Banner soldiers.

The Qing Empire came to this point, and the evening scene was unprecedentedly bleak.

However, an even more pitiful scene is about to come - if the Taiwanese army can win the war for the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, then this army may still be able to continue to exist as a puppet army, but the army now besieging Nanjing is the Han army, famous for its massacre of the Eight Banners.

According to rumors in the city, the emperor of the Han Empire, Lin Feng, has arrived outside the city, and has issued a holy decree, the army immediately slaughtered the city after the siege, and there was no one or a dog left in Nanjing City.

Now the green battalion of the Han army in the city is a troop drawn from all over the country, each of them does not belong to each other, when it was under the command of Prince Jane, there was no problem, but now after the split, the contradictions between each other immediately broke out, the generals who commanded the army were generally about the same level, and the strength of the army under control was also equal, so when it was necessary to find a leader to advance and retreat together, there was a lot of trouble.

After some ' At first, everyone felt that it was a good thing to surrender now, because from the experience of the previous surrender colleagues, surrender means official hats, so once the surrender is successful, the leader will naturally get a big piece of the cake; You must know that with the current strength of the Han army, it doesn't bother to incorporate any puppet army at all, and now it is the "Imperial Expedition", who knows if the emperor on the opposite side will lend a few heads to the Jiangnan people to establish authority? !

Generally speaking, people before becoming traitors will be in conflicted moods, think about it, and finally decide to promote the local landlord, that is, General Jiang Ning, in the end this is Nanjing, it stands to reason that everyone else is an outsider except him, and his troops are all locals, if there is any trouble, he will be the first to be unlucky.

With a feeling of apprehension, Zhang Yanzhong sent the first 'wave' messenger to the Han army camp opposite.

Very unlucky, the first messenger rode a war horse, perhaps because of the mood was too nervous, the person in charge of 'manipulation' did not pay attention, the messenger set off or wearing armor, and hung a waist knife on his waist, so when he rushed out of the city 'gate', he startled the Han army sentry on the opposite side, and the messenger shouted: "Don't shoot a gun 'shoot' arrow, the ...... of the Alla play messenger"

Unable to communicate, the first messenger was more than 80 meters away from the Han military fortifications, and his men and horses were beaten into a sieve with muskets.

However, at this moment, surrender was no longer a matter of giving up, so Zhang Yanzhong had to choose a second messenger, but after witnessing the tragedy of the previous brothers, none of the officers under him dared to act as the role of this negotiation, whether it was Zhang Yanzhong's tantrum or his official position to bully him, in short, no one bought it, and he was 'forced' in a hurry, and some people even dared to slap the table at Shangguan and lose his temper, which probably means: It's all at this time, what the hell are you putting on a general's shelf? provoked Lao Tzu, and even chopped you together.

So Zhang Yanzhong had to go out in person and take two cronies out of the city 'gate'.

For fear of causing misunderstanding on the other side, Zhang Yanzhong did not ride a horse, and advanced on foot with two of his subordinates, carrying a white 'color' flag modified from a red tassel gun, and kept waving it while approaching the Han army camp, shouting: "The Han army brothers on the other side - don't get me wrong, the brother is Jiangning General Zhang Yanzhong...... We didn't have any weapons...... We're here to negotiate!! ”

This time, the guard post of the Han army did not shoot, and the three of them walked smoothly into the Han army camp.

Zhang Yanzhong was so nervous in his heart, who is Rick? The world's famous generals, in the outside market, the storytellers have lined up the current generals, the position of the Han Yulin general is second only to Ma Ying and Zhao Guangyuan, ranking third in the world, according to the news from Yangzhou Li'chun' courtyard: This master is eight feet tall, and his waist is also eight feet, holding a handful Mixed 'golden point steel long sword, good at thunderbolt golden light, thunder and lightning palm, a guy down, within a radius of a few miles, there are no ants, fleas, rats, cockroaches, in short, people and animals are all wiped out, I think that Emperor Kangxi did not believe in evil, and he insisted on doing it, but he was immediately bombarded to the point that there was no scum left, and the end was very powerful.

In the past, Zhang Yanzhong scoffed at these strange messages, after all, he was also a leading general, if he wanted to believe in this battle, he would simply stop fighting, but at this moment, seeing that he was about to see the legendary character, he only felt that a heart in his 'chest' cavity was pounding violently, and the cold sweat on his forehead was wiped one by one, and even his back was about to be soaked.

Under the leadership of a young officer, he didn't dare to raise his head, and walked straight through a cluster of tents, surrounded by soldiers laughing and looking at him from afar, and he even heard someone say: "That half-bald fool is the general of the Qing army?!" Why do you look like a castrated eunuch......"

He shrank his head with some inferiority, and smiled at the officer, "Brother is Zhang Yanzhong, the general of Nanjing, and he dares to ask the name of the official......

"Lieutenant Colonel Staff Officer of the First Guards Army!! The young officer was so heroic that he didn't raise his head and didn't even bother to look at him.

"Oh, it turned out to be a young adult, what a blessing, I see that the adult is still a teenager, but he is already a member of the army, and the lower officials are really admired, and I don't know where the ancestors have accumulated 'yin' virtues, and the lower officials are fortunate to be able to see the style today, it is really a ...... of three lives."

"Shao Luo instigated !!" Nian Qianyao stopped, waved his hand impatiently, and pointed to the big house in front of him, "The governor is there, you can go in and worship yourself!" ”

Zhang Yanzhong was submissive, hunched his waist and walked forward, just lifting his feet and preparing to enter the 'door', but unexpectedly tripped over the 'door' threshold, which caused the guards to laugh, he got up in embarrassment, bowed his hands left and right with his face, and laughed with a stack of voices, "See laugh, see laugh!" ……”

A staff officer had a pale' face and shouted, "The Metropolitan Governor of the Western Front Corps of the Han Dynasty, the Lieutenant General of the Army, and General Yulin Ruike are here, who are you, why don't you kneel down and pay homage and report your name and position?!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!!" Zhang Yanzhong didn't mean to resist at all, hurriedly lay on his stomach, fell to the ground, his head banged on the bluestone brick floor, and he cowered and said: "Humble duty...... Zhang Yanzhong, the general of Jiangning of the puppet dynasty, met with Lord Rick, the governor of the Celestial Empire, the lieutenant general of the army, and the general of Yulin! ”

"Get up!" A gentle voice came, the words were correct and round, and he spoke authentic Beijing Mandarin.

Zhang Yanzhong stood up tremblingly, bowed his waist in a habitual 'sex', and handed the notebook to the Han army officer next to him, when the officer took it, he couldn't help but glance upwards secretly, but unexpectedly collided with Rick's eyes, he was so frightened that he was shocked, and hurriedly lowered his head, but he thought in his heart: Sure enough, he is a 'color' person, and he looks like the red 'Mao' Yi.

"General Zhang, please be seated!" Rick took his notebook and threw it on the table.

"Yes, yes!!" Zhang Yanzhong arched his hand, "Thank you, Lord for the seat!" "Leaning on his side, he sat down tremblingly.

"I heard from them that General Zhang came over this time to contact Toucheng, isn't it?!"

Zhang Yanzhong jumped up like a spring, and hurriedly bowed his hand, "Returning to the Grand Governor, that's exactly it, that's exactly it!" The name of the adult is thousands of miles, and the official ......"

"Good!" Ryan nodded, cut off his words mercilessly, and said slowly, "I don't know if General Zhang has any conditions?!" ”

Zhang Yanzhong glanced at the other party timidly, and said in a low voice, "I don't dare to take responsibility for the word 'condition', but Zhang is entrusted by his colleagues in the city, and he has a few things to do, and he still wants to ......."

"Hehe, General Zhang doesn't have to be restrained, sit down, sit down!!" Rick pointed to his chair and waved his hand, "You say, you say!" ”

"Yes, yes! Xie Dudu! Zhang Yanzhong sat down again and arched his hand, "The brothers' intention is to surrender to the Heavenly Dynasty Prince, as long as the Governor nods, we can open the city 'gate' now and welcome the Prince's master into the city!" ……”

"What are your conditions?!" Rick is concise.

"Let's ...... We hope that the heavenly soldiers can guarantee our family property and dependents, and will not kill the surrendered soldiers! ……”

"And what?!"

"And ......" Zhang Yanzhong sweated on his forehead, since he came in, Rick's attitude has always been very gentle, and even, the kind and warm smile on his face has not changed, but somehow, he always feels that the other party has an indescribable majesty, which makes him breathless.

"And ...... There are also colleagues who have always admired the majesty of the Celestial Empire, and everyone has an effective heart, but they are in the thief camp and cannot be convenient, and today they have this opportunity, so they ......"

"Do you want an official position?!" Rick looked at him with a smile and said a word.

Zhang Yanzhong raised his sleeves, wiped the sweat on his face, barely squeezed out a smile, and nodded awkwardly.

"None of this is a problem, I can promise you everything!"

"Ahh The subordinate thanked ......" Zhang Yanzhong stood up with a loud voice, shook his horseshoe sleeves habitually, and was about to kneel down and kowtow.

"But! - " Rick suddenly dragged out his voice, "We are also conditional!" ”

Condition ?!! Zhang Yanzhong raised his head blankly and looked at it in amazement.

"You want to exchange the inner city of Nanjing!" Rick's smile was still the same, but his voice was cold without a trace of emotion, "If you are really sincere, I will send a large artillery brigade into the city to cooperate, and you will bring back the head of Prince Jane Rabu!" ”

"This ......"

"That's what Your Majesty meant!" Rick shook his head, sighed, and said helplessly, "None of the Eight Banners soldiers in Nanjing City are allowed to survive!" ”