Chapter Eighty-Five: The Enemy Is in Swallow Rock

Nanjing has already fallen?

How is this possible?

The main force of the Qing army had only arrived at Yanziji, and before he even had time to breathe, Nanjing had already been lost?

Although it is said that the main force of the Qing army poured out, there were at least six or seven thousand Qing troops in Nanjing, and this was not counting the massive number of people who could temporarily put on armor and go into battle, if these people were counted, there were still tens of thousands of Qing troops in Nanjing.

Is this a joke?

Although the Qing army has decided to give up, it is not to give up Nanjing now, you must know that there are still many Eight Banner soldiers and Mongolian soldiers from the outer domains in Nanjing City who have not withdrawn, so Duoduo really feels that he has been beaten on the head: "Nonsense, this is mostly a matter of Jinhua thieves, as long as the soldiers can snatch Nanjing City back in one round!"

But the Eight Banners soldiers who came to report the news cried: "King Yu, this news is absolutely true, there are thousands of Jinhua thieves who have entered the city, and there are nearly 1,000 horsemen in the horse team alone, and now the sun and moon flag has been played at the head of the city!"

The head of the city has been replaced with the sun and moon flag? The Qing troops present were all in unison, and the Jinhua thieves were too ruthless!

Only Duoduo had the most experience, having endured countless experiences of being beaten by the Yue Ming army, so he immediately reacted habitually: "It's okay!" It's not a big deal to play the sun and moon flag at the head of the city, and the main force of the Jinhua thieves definitely didn't enter Nanjing City, and we still have a chance to ......"

It's just that although Duoduo said that the Qing army still has a chance, but the current Qing army has become a mess of porridge, whether it is the Eight Banners Army, the Mongolian soldiers of the Outer Domain, the soldiers of the Sanshun King, the Green Battalion soldiers, and the new annexed army, they are all desperately grabbing ships and preparing to cross the river, and no one takes Duoduo's order as a thing at all.

It is true that Duoduo was beaten countless times by the Yue Ming army to make such a habitual reaction, and the following officers and soldiers were also beaten by the Yue Ming army countless times and made a habitual reaction.

Although everyone thinks that Duoduo is reasonable, as long as you kill back, you will have a chance to recapture Nanjing City, but the Jinhua thieves have always been known for incredible miracles, and the horse team of the Jinhua thieves has often haunted Nanjing City in the past two days, so it is completely unclear whether it is the Jinhua thieves' internal response or their main force that takes Nanjing City.

In this case, half of the killing back to Nanjing may be a dead end, and now everyone has arrived at Yanziji, and there are dozens of ferries in front of them, and at this time, if you don't go to the ferry, you will go back to Nanjing City to die, that is an idiot!

There is now chaos on the Yanziji wharf, even the white-armored soldiers and royal guards led by Duoduo and Haoge are rushing to rush to the ferry, and soon there are armored soldiers, Baoyi, and Han troops who fled from Nanjing City in a hurry, according to them, Nanjing City has now been captured by Jinhua thieves, and there are at least nearly 10,000 Jinhua thieves who have entered the city, as well as several elite horse teams, and they are forced to retreat due to the situation.

Therefore, someone persuaded Duoduo: "King Yu, the army was originally preparing to cross the river, since Nanjing is lost now, hurry up and cross the river, if you don't leave, it's too late!"

Duoduo also became extremely painful, although he felt that retaking Nanjing City was the best choice, but now that the troops were completely out of control, it was no longer petty officers like Niu Lu Ezhen who were grabbing the boats, but senior officials at the level of Kong Youde and Li Shutai were fighting for the ferry with their own armor soldiers and personal soldiers, and even fought directly, so they almost took out their weapons and bled on the spot.

It's just that when he was still hesitating, someone persuaded loudly: "King Yu, King Su has already boarded the boat, what are you hesitating about!"

Duoduo looked left and right for a long time, but didn't find where Hauge was, obviously he had already crossed the Yangtze River with the white-armored soldiers and guards, which made him make a decision at the first time: "Let everyone follow my command to cross the river together!"

And at this moment, Liu Ru and Ruan Lizhen are even more anxious than Duoduo.

They really didn't expect that there were so many anti-Qing forces lurking inside and outside the city of Nanjing, Liu Rushi and Ruan Xiangjun ascended to the top and shouted, and then there were thousands of righteous soldiers following them, and there were even formed green battalion soldiers and new attached army uprisings in front of the formation to participate in the grand event, and the force of less than 200 people has now become 2,000 people, and even controlled several sections of the city wall.

Now there is a steady stream of righteous people joining the rebel army, but Liu Ru and Ruan Lizhen are now a little unsure of what to do next!

Although the two pro-volunteer predecessors have been asked to stand up and lead the troops, there are at least a few thousand Qing troops in the city, and there are constantly Qing troops fleeing to Yanziji and other docks, and now Liu Ru does not know whether to hold on to the reinforcements or take the initiative to attack, or copy the retreating Qing army.

After all, they have not received the corresponding training, so they don't know what to do next, and the strength they have at hand is too weak, although there are two thousand people, they belong to the rabble, not to mention that Duoduo led the army back to help, that is, the Qing army in the city organized to launch a comprehensive counterattack, Liu Ru and Ruan Lizhen were also unable to parry.

It's just that although Liu Ru didn't know what to do next, she held the sword in her hand and said calmly: "Please rest assured, His Royal Highness King Yue's army will soon arrive in Nanjing, and I have already sent to welcome the soldiers of King Yue into the city, and none of the 100,000 Qing soldiers will be able to run away at that time!"

In the past, the horse team of the Yue Ming army often appeared outside Nanjing, and even fought with the Qing army's horse team several times, which was the biggest reason for Liu Ruis and Ruan Lizhen to dare to cause trouble.

Although the strength of the righteous division was small, and there were only two commanders who volunteered to be in chief, but in terms of momentum, they were better than the Qing army that only thought about crossing the river, so the two sides fought several times, and although the righteous division did not take advantage of it, it did not suffer a big loss.

And Liu Ru is and Ruan Lizhen expected the main force of the Yue Ming army to enter the city soon, although there were only two hundred horses, but the horse Jian'er was extraordinarily high-spirited, but the officer headed by Liu Ru and Ruan Lizhen was particularly polite: "Xiaguan Wang Puxiang, I have seen two female generals!"

Although Liu Ru is and Ruan Lizhen are both women, but in the Yue Ming Dynasty, there were typical examples such as the Empress of the Prison Country, the Princess of the Prison Country, and Mrs. Xing and Li Xiangjun, Wang Puxiang did not dare to underestimate women at all.

And she had already heard that Ruan Lizhen was the childhood sweetheart of His Royal Highness King Yue, and His Royal Highness King Yue cherished Ruan Lizhen very much, so when they met, they were honored as "female generals".

Seeing the banner and horse team of the Yue Ming army, Liu Rushi and Ruan Lizhen were relieved, they did not ask Wang Puxiang how many soldiers and horses he brought into the city, but directly handed over the command to Wang Puxiang: "General Wang, now I will hand over the two thousand righteous divisions and half of Nanjing City to you to be responsible!"

"General Wang, whether you can annihilate the 100,000 Qing army depends on how you use your troops like a god!"

Wang Puxiang didn't expect that he would encounter such good luck when he was just leading a horse team to reconnoiter the deployment of the Qing army near Nanjing!

You know, not long ago, he was just a horse team officer, and he only had fifty horsemen under his command, but he and Zhou Zhisheng joined forces to operate Emperor Hongguang's "martyrdom on the battlefield", so Zhou Zhisheng promoted him to deputy battalion officer, and after meeting His Royal Highness King Yue and Zhang Niangniang, he stepped into the sky and became a horse team battalion officer.

His Royal Highness King Yue really felt that he Wang Puxiang was a meritorious minister, so he not only promoted him to the battalion officer of the horse team, but also specially pulled out nearly 100 horsemen, and asked the Marquis of Beigu to pull out another 50 horsemen, plus his original team of 50 horsemen formed the current battalion of 200 horsemen.

Moreover, Wang Puxiang also heard many people say that he is on the list of the next batch of key promotions, and with such a God-given opportunity, Wang Puxiang is naturally eager to make meritorious contributions and try every means to show himself.

But no one expected that the opportunity really befell him: "Two female generals, please rest assured, everything is entrusted to me Puxiang is responsible, with me, none of these 100,000 Jianjiao can escape." ”

After Wang Puxiang took over the command, he immediately issued the first order: "Beat out the banner of our Yue Ming army, and let everyone know that our Ming Wang Division has entered Nanjing City!"

With Wang Puxiang's order, he played out all the sun and moon flags in the camp, and the horse team even roared around at any cost, creating a momentum that the main force of the Yue Ming Dynasty had entered Nanjing City.

The officers of the Eight Banners who reported to Duoduo the loss of Nanjing were disillusioned only when they saw that the city had been replaced with the Sun and Moon Banner of Yueming, and that there were at least hundreds of elite horses on the opposite side.

Wang Puxiang led the horse team and the righteous army waving the flag and shouted for a few rounds, and the Qing army in Nanjing lost its unified command, or could not shrink to break through, or tried its best to break through to Yanziji, or revolted to join the camp of the Yue Ming army.

Although the Qing army still has an advantage, Wang Puxiang's battalion of horses is now more useful than the two thousand righteous army, which can be said to occupy the initiative on the battlefield, and in the combat contact, Wang Puxiang also figured out that the Qing army is now fleeing towards Yanziji with all its might.

He immediately issued an order: "Inform all officers and soldiers that they are now under the command of our Wang Puxiang, the enemy is in Yanziji, and the whole army will immediately follow me to attack Yanziji, and not a single soldier is allowed to cross the river!"

For Wang Puxiang, taking Nanjing City is already a miracle feat, under normal circumstances, he should stand up to clear up the remnants and maintain order, and Liu Yongxi will definitely reward him heavily afterwards.

However, for Wang Puxiang, who dared to let Emperor Hongguang "martyr on the battlefield", although the plan of calmly waiting for reinforcements to receive Nanjing was feasible, it was not the result that Wang Puxiang wanted.

Now the Yue Ming army near Nanjing is mainly forward scouts, sentry spies and a small number of light infantry, the strength is not many but the level is not low, among which there are two battalion officers of the same level as Wang Puxiang, but Wang Puxiang said without hesitation: "Everyone listens to my command, His Majesty the Yue Emperor will not treat us meritorious ministers when he is famous, who dares not to listen to the dispatch today, then don't blame me Wang Puxiang for being ruthless!"

Although Wang Puxiang was just an ordinary team officer not long ago, everyone heard that Wang Puxiang had entered the list of His Royal Highness the King of Yue's exceptional promotion, and it was not a God-given opportunity for everyone to dare to go behind enemy lines and kill near Nanjing.

Therefore, the two battalion officers stood up to support Wang Puxiang as soon as possible: "Since the two female generals have handed over the command to General Wang, we are willing to obey General Wang's dispatch." ”