After the meeting, Ma Cheng took his 5,000-thousand-day Shenji battalion and left Zhengyangmen to go to his headquarters.

The selection of this headquarters can cost Ma Cheng a lot of energy, this location should be located in all directions, and it should be not far from the main battlefield of Zhengyangmen and Jubaomen. Ma Cheng chose the map for a long time, and finally chose the headquarters of Yingtianfu Yadang.

Ying Tianfu Ya in the later Nanjing Fu West Street and Zhonghua Road intersection, here is located in the middle of the city, and Jubaomen, Sanshanmen, Tongji Gate, Zhengyangmen have the main road connection, at the same time here is five miles away from Jubaomen, six miles away from Zhengyangmen, can fully guarantee that the reinforcements can arrive within half an hour when there is a problem.

At the same time, opposite Yingtianfu is Cheng'en Temple, which was built by Wang Jin, the great eunuch of the Ming Xuanzong period, covering an area of hundreds of acres, and a lot of vacant land in it can be used as a garrison.

Ma Cheng came to the gate of Yingtianfu with the army, and the official guarding the door saw that so many troops were coming, so he hurriedly went in and reported to the prefect Wu Jiazhou. Wu Jiazhou is the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the party attached to Donglin only became the prefect of Tianfu, and now the Donglin Party has fallen and is in the six gods without a master, hearing that Ma Shiying's son Ma Cheng is coming, he hurried out to greet him personally.

You must know that Yingtian is the capital, and the prefect of Yingtianfu is from Sanpin, and he is at the same level as high-ranking officials such as Shilang and political envoys, and now he comes out to meet Ma Cheng Such a military general, Wu Jiazhou really lost the face of the scholar.

"Master Ma, Xiaguan Wu Jiazhou, welcome to Lord Ma!" Wu Jiazhou smiled with a flattering face, and looked at Ma Cheng after bowing deeply.

Ma Cheng rode on the tall horse and pouted and nodded: "Governor Wu, this governor is responsible for resisting the northern captives by the holy decree of His Majesty the Emperor, and the geographical location of your Yingtianfu is important, so this governor has decided to establish this governor's yamen here, can you agree?" ”

Wu Jiazhou scolded in his heart when he heard Ma Cheng say this: Don't you have your own yamen? What are you doing in the city and forcibly seizing my yamen?

However, now that the Donglin Party has fallen into disarray, Wu Jiazhou didn't dare to offend Ma Shiying's son, so he had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Since Lord Ma has a will, the lower officials will naturally fully cooperate!" ”

Ma Cheng heard Wu Jiazhou say this and smiled: "Okay, but your place here is not big enough, and the prefect of the Governor sent a servant to communicate with Cheng'en Temple and let the soldiers of this governor station!" ”

Wu Jiazhou had no choice but to call Dutou and ask him to lead Ma Cheng's soldiers to the Cheng'en Temple opposite.

Ma Cheng arranged for Gu Changwei to take 4,000 people to Cheng'en Temple, and Xu Dahu took 1,000 people to Yingtianfu Ya. Wu Jiazhou saw that so many people were going to station, and hurriedly said: "My lord, can these soldiers all go to Cheng'en Temple, there are really not so many empty rooms in this office!" ”

Ma Cheng glared and scolded: "What? If there is no room available, let your official clerk get out, and if there is no place for the soldiers of this governor, they will ask you! ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he ignored Wu Jiazhou and walked into Yingtianfu with his own soldiers. The soldiers under Ma Cheng were like wolves and tigers, and they all drove out the officials, secretaries, and masters in Yingtianfu.

Ying Tianfu's fellow acquaintance saw that Ma Cheng was not making a good appearance, and stood up and wanted to reprimand Ma Cheng for not understanding the scale, then knowing that Ma Cheng cares about you, let the soldiers even smoke this guy with ten big mouths, and two of the back molars were lost.

Seeing that these Qiu Ba were so arrogant, everyone in the government did not dare to hesitate, so they had to escape from the government with their own softness.

Wu Jiazhou sighed when he saw this, anyway, now that the army is in chaos, Wu Jiazhou has no choice but to give those officials a holiday.

Ma Cheng saw that Wu Jiazhou was going to give the officials a holiday, so he hurriedly stopped and said: "It just so happens that Xu Zhan outside the city needs manpower, you waste are all going to help!" ”

Xu Zhan is the order of Lishui County, which is under the management of Tianfu, and now he asks Shangguan to be a helper for his subordinates, and everyone is very dissatisfied.

But what can you do if you are dissatisfied? Ma Cheng had a gun, and Wu Jiazhou had no choice but to leave more than a dozen high-ranking officials, and the remaining more than 100 officials were sent out to be managed by Xu Zhan.

Every inch of land in the city of Nanjing, Ying Tianfu was originally not big, and Ma Cheng's 1,000 soldiers were immediately crowded after adding 500 personal soldiers, and even important places such as the lobby and the second hall were covered with covers.

Ma Cheng walked back with a few generals and came to Santang, which was already a private space belonging to the prefect, and then there was the inner house. Ma Cheng looked at the environment of this three halls, the courtyard was planted with a few trees, and the environment was very secluded. V3 Academy

Ma Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, this is the headquarters of the governor, Zhu Tong, you can arrange it and let the divisions station." ”

Zhu Tong, a Chinese officer, heard Ma Cheng say this, and hurriedly received the order, and went out to begin to arrange for the various divisions directly under the Admiral Yamen to enter, Ma Cheng's official position was equivalent to that of the commander of the large military region in later generations, and there were more than 100 officers directly under him, including Chinese officers, flag officers, grain supervisors, as well as subordinate institutions such as the Military Intelligence Department, the Arsenal Department, and the Grain Transportation Department.

Wu Jiazhou saw that his collection of calligraphy and painting books were thrown aside by this group of Qiu Ba, who did not understand literature and ink, so he had no choice but to sigh and return to his back house.

Ma Chengsuan officially started his office in the prefect's yamen, and all orders were passed out from here in an orderly manner and conveyed to the military attachés and military attachés in various parts of the city.

Ma Cheng was intensively preparing to defend, but the situation was getting worse and worse. Beginning on the 27th, more and more people fled from Jiangbei one after another, and the news they came from them was also strange, some said that the Manchu army had crossed the river, and some said that the Manchu army had slaughtered Yangzhou City. Although the various sources are not necessarily accurate, one fact is true, and that is that the Manchu army is at hand and is preparing to cross the river.

As the number of people fleeing increased, all kinds of rumors began to increase in the city of Nanjing, and on the first day of May, some people began to spread rumors in the city, saying that the warships of the Qing army were in the middle of the river, and they had launched artillery to attack the city wall, and the Yifeng Gate near the river had been blown down. This rumor caused a wave of refugees in Nanjing City, and Ma Cheng also sent troops to suppress it at the beginning, but in the end he had no choice but to kill more than a dozen troublemakers before the rumors in the city would be suppressed.

Although the rumors were suppressed, Ma Cheng also knew that the Qing army was imminent to cross the river, but Ma Cheng was not sure that the Qing army would choose which place to cross the river. At this time, in addition to Ma Cheng, the Manchu Dynasty also had hope for the Yangtze River. Although the four towns of Jiangbei surrendered, the sailors of the Ming army did not lose at all, and there were hundreds of warships led by Zheng Hongkui on the Yangtze River.

But what surprised Zhu Yousong Junchen was that Zheng Hongkui, who was known as invincible in water warfare, was defeated by the Qing army within a day, and Zheng Hongkui fled back to Fujian with the remaining remnants of the Yangtze River to the sea.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Qing army finally came to the north bank of the Yangtze River. At the beginning of May, Duoduo, the prince of Jiuyu, ordered Melle Zhangjing Li Shutai to lead the Southern Ming generals Zhang Tianlu and Yang Chengzu to cross the river by boat at dawn fifteen miles west of Guazhou, and defeated the Ming River waterproof division Zheng Hongkui's army at Jinshan, and then landed on the south bank and occupied Zhenjiang, followed by more than 200,000 Manchu and Han officers and soldiers crossing the river successively.

At this time, everyone in Nanjing knew that the general trend had gone, and on the night of the tenth day of the fifth month, Zhu Yousong listened to the midnight play in the palace as usual, and then summoned Ma Shiying into the palace with a secret decree.

Ma Shiying didn't know what the emperor was looking for at this time, so he hurriedly entered the palace, and when he entered the Qianqing Palace, he found that the emperor Zhu Yousong had changed into a green coat and a small hat, and even the henchman and eunuch You Er around him had also changed into ordinary clothes.

Ma Shiying knew at a glance that this emperor wanted to escape, Ma Shiying quickly knelt down and persuaded: "Your Majesty, there are still 100,000 athletes in the city now, and it is not impossible to fight!" ”

Zhu Yousong said while dressing with the help of the eunuch: "Ma Aiqing, I thank you for your work from the dragon, but now that the southern capital is like this, do you think you can still hold on?" ”

"Your Majesty, but where can you go out? Now that the North Captives have crossed the river, Nanzhili will soon be a sea of fire! Ma Shiying was still ready to persuade a few words, but he knew that Zhu Yousong had already arranged a way out.

"Ma Aiqing, I want to go to Taiping Mansion, Huang Degong is a loyal person, he still has tens of thousands of horses, and he will definitely be able to protect my southern tour! Ma Aiqing, you also go home and prepare to go with me! ”

Should I say it or not, Zhu Yousong is not bad to Ma Shiying, and knows to take him with him when he escapes. Ma Shiying was also moved when she heard Zhu Yousong say this, the facts are here, staying here in Nandu will either surrender or be a dead end.

Zhu Yousong didn't care what Ma Shiying thought in his heart, he was going to run away anyway. After the eunuch dressed him, he followed You Er out of the Qianqing Palace, and the Empress Dowager Zou Shi, escorted by forty or fifty sturdy eunuchs, went out of the imperial city, passed through the Jinchuan Gate and went out of the city, and fled in the direction of the Taiping Mansion at night.

What should Ma Shiying do if the emperor has run away? After seeing the emperor leave, Ma Shiying had no choice but to get up and leave the palace, and when he returned home, he also began to prepare to run.

Ma Shiying had already prepared for today, and the Guizhou soldiers who transferred his cronies from Guizhou back then were for today. Ma Shiying returned to the mansion and immediately found the hundred households at the door, asked him to send a letter to Ma Cheng, and gathered all the Guizhou soldiers in front of the mansion to wait for orders.

Ding Wei has already received Ma Cheng's order, and any changes in the house must be reported, and now the people in the house are panicking, and at the same time, many family members are cleaning up, so this Ma master naturally doesn't have to think about what he wants to do.

Ding Wei handed over the task of guarding the door to his deputy, and then personally rode to report Ma Cheng to the Tianfu Ya.

In the past few days, Ma Cheng has been very tired in order to defend the city, and as soon as he fell asleep tonight, he learned that Ding Wei was coming. There must be something big when he came, and Ma Cheng lost his sleepiness at this time, and met Ding Wei in person.

After Ding Wei told Ma Shiying's order and the changes in the Ma Mansion, Ma Cheng knew that the emperor must have run away, and now he himself must have run away. Thinking that what he had been planning for a long time was about to happen, Ma Cheng was in high spirits, stood up and shouted: "Okay, I'll see Lao Tzu from today on!" ”