The artillery bombardment did not take half a day to completely destroy the urn city and city tower of Jinghaimen, although the Liang army warships had withdrawn to the north shore before dusk, and the smoke and dust swept in the sky gradually settled, but the devastated ruins brought the horror and horror to the courtiers of Great Chu, but it has not yet dissipated.

Most of the courtiers returned separately, but the servants of the various departments and the generals above Du Yu Hou were still lost and left in the Chongwen Palace.

After the bombardment of Jinghaimen, the Liang army withdrew to the north shore according to the agreement of the war book, and the imperial guard army did not need to board the ship to pursue in addition to recovering the ruins of a place, but three days later, the Liang army will also officially land on the quarry rock, and will also plan to build a pontoon bridge across the river between the quarry rock and the north bank, when the time comes, tens of thousands of Liang soldiers and horses, like a tide to the south, what to do?

Quarry Rock is located in Dangtu County, Jingzhao Prefecture, more than 70 miles away from Jinling City in the east, Fanchang County in the west, and Wushou County in Donghu Mansion of Daliang on the north bank.

The waterway of the Yangtze River, where Quarshiji is located, is bound by the low mountains and hills on both sides, and even in the flood season, the river surface is only six or seven miles wide.

At this time, to the north of the quarrying rock, there is a sandbar about ten miles long and three or five miles wide in the center of the river.

Excluding the sandbar, the waters on the north and south banks of the quarry rock are only four miles wide at the narrowest point.

The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are located in the alluvial plain, and there are no large-scale embankments built on both sides, and the river water spreads to both sides during the flood season, and the most open place on the river surface can reach hundreds of miles.

In any case, Quarry Rock is one of the most suitable places for a large group of soldiers and horses to cross the river near Jinling, and further downstream, it is almost to the territory of Runzhou, so there is a better place to cross the river.

Such a strategic point, as early as the period of Emperor Tianyou, built a number of defensive fortresses to control the Yangtze River waterway.

This time, the main force of the Liang army went south, and a large number of soldiers and horses were directly stationed in Wushou County, and even sent people to Jiangxinzhou, which was called "Little Huangzhou", to establish a forward camp.

In addition to the Sandu Imperial Guard Army, two days ago, the two capitals were urgently transferred from the Zuowu Army and the Yongjia Army to strengthen the defense of the first line of Quarry Rock.

Although the Liang army only had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses assembled on the north bank, even if it was not considered that the Liang army could quickly transfer soldiers and horses from other areas on the north bank to the other side of the quarry with the help of powerful naval warships, everyone in the Chongwen Hall also felt that the possibility of holding the quarry rock with the existing garrison was very weak.

In the war letter sent by the Liang army on the 14th, it was also clear that before landing on the shore, it would first make operational arrangements for shelling the quarry rocks under Cuiluo Mountain.

The solidity of the quarrying stone stone villages must not be comparable to the Jinghai Gate, could it be that before the Liang army shelled, they really had to withdraw the defenders from these military fortresses under the Cuiluo Mountain in advance?

"The Liang army's artillery bombardment, all of them are erosive within 3,000 steps, but around Cuiluo Mountain, except for a few narrow country roads, the ground is muddy, and its cannons are clumsy and heavy, so they can only follow the boat to achieve their majesty, but it is difficult to land on the shore. According to Weichen's view, Quarry Rock should retreat to a distance of 3,000 steps from the river bank, fight with the Liang army, or be able to fight

！ Gu Zhilong lined up everyone, stood in the main hall, and said in a deep voice to the lost young emperor.

When Gu Zhilong said this, several generals in the hall glanced over, thinking that Gu Zhilong was really shameless, obviously he didn't want to ask his Zuo Shenwu Army's descendants to defend the quarry, or he didn't want his descendants to be the first to test the Liang Army's soldiers, and the reason could be said to be so fresh and refined, it was really worthy of being an old traitor? Could it be that you have forgotten all the revenge of killing your son back then?

The thin young man was not domineering at all, like a wilted eggplant standing on Qingyang's side, and he couldn't tell how much truth there was in Gu Zhilong's words.

Although many people present could peek into Gu Zhilong's thoughts, no one stood up to kill them, and even Guo Liang, the deputy governor of the guard's pro-army, also stood up and echoed: "What Gu Bingbu said is very true, the way to use troops is nothing more than to avoid the real and attack the weak, avoid the shortcomings and promote the strengths, knowing that the quarry and rocks are all within the scope of the enemy's ship shelling, so that the generals will defend to the death, which will only increase casualties and not benefit the overall situation." ”

At present, the Sandu Imperial Guard army stationed in Quarry Rock, two of them are Guo Liang's descendants, no matter where Liang Chu goes in the end, he will not see the generals who have followed him for many years, and at this time he will die on the battlefield in vain.

Guo Liang and Gu Zhilong both advocated the withdrawal of the defenders from the Quarry Rock Fortress, and the others were silent and did not stand up against it, and even after the subsequent defenders withdrew from the Quarry Rock Fortress, how to fight guerrilla operations on the periphery, and how to strengthen the defense of Jinling City, the Privy Council and the Governor's Mansion of the Guards did not mention it......

"The mourning family is tired," Qingyang grabbed the silk book in his sleeve, and after waiting for a long time to see that no one from the Manchu Dynasty had any words and suggestions, he stood up impatiently and said, "How to guard the palace along the river, Shen Xiang, Yang Hou, the Privy Council, and the two divisions of the Governor's Mansion are watching it!" ”

Everyone looked at Qingyang in surprise, and they didn't understand why the Queen Mother had put down the picks at this time, or did they already know in their hearts that no matter how they struggled, it would be difficult to resist the soldiers of the Liang army crossing the river?

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Yang En did not stay in the inner chamberlain's mansion, and when he returned to the mansion, it was dark, but the huge mansion did not use a few servants, fortunately, the cicadas were chirping and insects were whistling, but he did not feel calm.

Yang En simply drank a bowl of medicinal porridge, sat down under the lamp, unfolded the Jinling city defense map, frowned and looked at it for a long time, and the old servant walked in and reported: "Cai Hou is here!" ”

Yang En asked the old servant to invite Cai Chen in, but he was puzzled, Cai Chen, who had been recuperating in the house since the defeat of Fan Chuanhe, came to him to do at this time?

Cai Chen and Yang En sat down opposite the case, looked at the city defense map on the long case, and asked: "Even if the soldiers use their lives and will not be afraid of death, how likely is it to hold Jinling City?" ”

"The soldiers use their lives, they will not be afraid of death, or there are two or three out of ten to defend the city, but Zhang Jiao, Zheng Yu, Zhang Chao and others were all against moving the capital before, which probably means that even if you can barely hold the city, there will not be many soldiers and horses of King Qin, "Don't speculate what Cai Chen's intention is, Yang En was disheartened and explained his judgment and inventory of the current situation, and said, "Jinling City seems to be as prosperous as before, but at this time

It's like a decayed building, and too many people want to see it collapse so they can throw themselves into another courtyard! ”

"It is precisely because too many people see the gold and jade of Jinling City, see through Jinling and are vulnerable, that they want to wait for Jinling City to collapse and then throw themselves into the courtyard without any obstacles, but Jinling City collapsed violently, and how many innocent people will be buried for it, but they rarely care." Cai Chen said.

"......" Yang En sighed softly and didn't say.

"Take the old marquis, for example, with your friendship with the lord of Liang and the ministers of the Liang State, the fall of Jinling, the monarchs and ministers of the Liang State will treat each other as guests, and then release the rivers and lakes and walk the rivers, it is also not happy, but it is better than the case - and a hundred years later, the world will also remember that the old marquis you are a virtuous and loyal minister of Dachu," Cai Chen continued, "If the old marquis, you advocate surrender at this time, even if you can save thousands of innocent people from needless burial, but you will inevitably be spit on by countless self-proclaimed nobles behind you, Even future generations will think that Da Chu was buried alive in the hands of the old marquis, and the old marquis may be entered into history as the guilty minister of Da Chu, which is really a big gain outweighs the loss......"

Yang En was so angry that his muscles were exposed, and he had to reach out to drive Cai Chen out, shook his sleeves and stood up, and said angrily: "Don't use this kind of agitation method on me, even if the old man doesn't want this Qingzhi, there are so many civil and military officials in this court, I said that I would surrender?" No matter how rotten this edifice is, it still needs the final blow before it collapses! ”

Cai Chenfeng sat at the back of the case lightly, looked at Yang En and said: "What the old marquis said is that everything does need an opportunity, but it must be 108,000 deaths, and the annexation of my Great Chu by the Liang State can be regarded as justifiable?" ”

"If you have something to say in your stomach when you come here, you might as well say it directly." Yang En said with an impatient look.

"When Prince Shou was planning at the beginning, he secretly made people secretly spread the secrets of the Queen Mother and Lord Liang in the streets and alleys of the market. Although these rumors were suppressed afterwards, did the old marquis ever think that the relationship between the Queen Mother and the Lord Liang might not be so innocent? Cai Chen asked.

Yang En stared at Cai Chen suspiciously, not knowing what he meant by suddenly mentioning this, or whether he didn't want to believe what Cai Chen was going to say next.

"Whether it is early affection or grievances, the queen mother marries the lord of Liang and seeks the clan and courtiers with all her strength, which is always easier to accept for those who are waiting than the collapse of the decayed mansion, but the reputation that the initiator has to bear is even more ......evil," Cai Chen said.

Yang En sat back on the desk in despair.

He guessed that Cai Chen rushed over at this time to hope that he would stand up and advocate surrender, but he didn't expect Cai Chen to ask him to be the initiator of this matter.

"Old marquis, you must not respond to the ...... of this surnamed Cai" The old servant of the Yang Mansion next to him was also startled, and he didn't care about Cai Chen's presence, so he hurriedly knelt down and dissuaded.

The old servant followed Yang En all his life, of course he knew that Yang En had always attached great importance to his reputation, if he agreed to Cai Chen's matter, and lived with such an infamy on his back, how painful would it be for a person like Yang En?