Chapter 178: The End of the Battle of Jinhua II

This letter was quickly whipped, but in a day or two, it came to Li Chengdong's hands.

Li Chengdong is already a little anxious at the moment.

Duoduo's handling of Jiangnan has become a big mistake, and after the news of the Battle of Anqing came, many people were sure that the Qing army would not return.

The situation in Jiangnan is in a situation where it changes three times a day. The first is the Songjiang Beacon. Songjiang is relatively close to Chongming Island, so with the support of the sailors, the Qing army officials, and even the gentry who had thrown themselves into the Qing army, have been liquidated.

And Matsue is just the beginning. Here in Ningbo, it is even more not. The Qing army garrisoned more than 1,000 people and was annihilated by the local people.

Under this situation, Li Chengdong kept gathering the garrisons from all over the country, although there were not many of them, but there were no more than a thousand, and no more than hundreds.

But there were still 10,000 or 20,000 horses gathered.

And Li Chengdong's strategic contraction has made various places even more turbulent.

Under such circumstances, how could Li Chengdong let Du Yonghe withdraw.

There were very few regular troops throughout Gangnam. Most of them are ordinary people who have started the incident, these people are very weak, and they seem to be powerful, but in fact, they are not enough.

If there was no threat from Zhang Xuan, Li Chengdong would not have spent much effort to lead his troops to resettle Jiangnan.

But Xu Du is different, Xu Du is Zhang Xuan's favorite general, and his reputation is great, and Li Chengdong has also personally learned the mastery. Once Du Yonghe retreats, Xu Du will definitely follow, if Xu Du and these people converge, the momentum will be enough for Li Chengdong to worry.

Therefore, no matter what Li Chengdong thinks, he can't let Du Yonghe evacuate.

So he immediately wrote a handwritten letter. In the letter, it was both relieved and threatening, so that Du Yonghe must stick to it and not let Xu Du come.

There are also a lot of awards. Reward a lot of gold and silver.

Immediately let someone send it to Du Yonghe.

As soon as it was dealt with here, someone said: "Report, Lord Wang, Nanjing Shi has a letter, saying that the Xia warship has covered the sky and the sun, passed through the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River, and has gone to Anqing." If you want to come to Zhang Xuan's army to go south, it will only be these few days, and we need to prepare early. ”

When Li Chengdong heard this, he only felt a pain in his head and said, "I know." ”

The one who guarded Nanjing was Shi Tingzhu, although his surname was Shi. But speaking of it, it is also a Manchurian, surnamed Guerjia. He was a general of the Ming Dynasty and served as a garrison in Guangning.

Li Chengdong listened to his urging and knew that the situation in Nanjing was definitely not good, so he could only step up his evacuation. It's just that from this point of view, the garrisons of the Qing army scattered all over the country can no longer be gathered.

He didn't care about anything else, he bit it

The tooth said, "Pass the order, and pull it out tomorrow." ”

He didn't care about anything else, so he wanted to protect Nanjing first. As for the words he promised to Du Yonghe, they were thrown out of the clouds.

At the foot of Jinhua Mountain, Du Yonghe waited for Li Chengdong's letter, opened it, and his heart was mixed, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

He counted down so many years of following Li Chengdong, it can be said that he was diligent and hardworking, but he still ended up like this, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "Lord Wang, it's not me who bears you, it's you who bears me." He immediately called He Lao over and directly asked him to go to the other side. Negotiate surrender with the other side.

Xu Du was also overjoyed when he heard the news.

Xu Du attacked for several days, but also tasted the weight of Du Yonghe, Du Yonghe may be above the military, there is nothing to play, but he is a veteran, he has been in the Ming army, in the Xia army, in the Qing army, and has rich experience. There is nothing brilliant about his layout, and there is nothing creative about it, but it is tight and airtight. This honest attitude made Xu Du have no temper, and if he wanted to break through Du Yonghe's camp, there was only one way, and that was to fill it with his life.

This kind of honest duty is like a stone, so that Xu Du has nowhere to start. exhausting all means is just knocking on people's lives, and there is no good way for Xu Du.

At this moment, I heard that Du Yonghe had the intention of surrendering. Xu Du thought it couldn't be better. He opened his mouth to agree, Zhang Xianbi saw this, and immediately said: "General think twice, Du Yong and this person were involved in the defeat of the Northern Expedition, and the first emperor died, without His Majesty's will." We don't call the shots. ”

Xu Du didn't think of this just now, but as soon as he was reminded by Zhang Xianbi, he reacted violently in his heart. After all, he was born as a literati, so he didn't expect it. As soon as he woke up, he thought more.

Although Zhang Xuan did not explicitly explain how to deal with Li Chengdong, he had already followed Li Chengdong's rebellious manpower. However, the atmosphere in the DPRK and China is brewing heavy punishment.

Zhang Xuan's throne carries a bit of flying meaning, in order to ensure the legitimacy of his inheritance, Zhang Xuan also has to avenge Luo Yulong.

It's like in the underworld, after the younger brother takes the throne, the first thing is to avenge the boss. It's the same.

However, Xu Du was unwilling to refuse Du Yonghe, after all, this was a great opportunity for soldiers to surrender without a fight, and it would be a pity to miss it like this.

If it is only Du Yong and this person, this is a military achievement. Xu Du is still in his eyes. What he put in his eyes is the credit for sweeping Jiangnan.

Today's Jiangnan form is almost ripe. No matter which Xia army it is, as long as it enters all parts of the south of the Yangtze River in a dignified manner, it is estimated that all prefectures and counties will open their doors and surrender.

Xu Du was involved here by Du Yonghe and couldn't attack. It's hard to watch this credit fall into the hands of others.

missed the battle of Anqing, Xu Du was already a pity in his heart. If he missed the military exploits in Jiangnan and the battle of Nanjing, wouldn't he be annoyed to death in his heart.

And these joints are all on Du Yonghe's body, as long as Du Yonghe surrenders, the following things will be as smooth as silk.

He thought about it and said: "Tell Du Yonghe that if he surrenders, I can only save his life." As for the rest, it may not be able to be saved. ”

"Let him figure it out for himself."

In fact, in Xu Du's heart, there may not be a voice to say it, why say so much, bring Du Yonghe over, as long as you take it here, the future will be disposed of in the future, what do you have to do?

This is actually a good way to do it at the lowest cost.

Although there is some bad reputation.

But Xu Du himself is not a general who pursues a good reputation, and in the past few years in the army, Xu Du has also had a lot of titles, such as ruthlessness, ingratitude, and arrogance. Wait, Xu has heard it, and it doesn't matter if you add a sentence of backtracking.

But it is impossible for Xu Du to do this, not because he is worried about his reputation, but because he can't get over this hurdle in his heart. Today's events reminded him of when Chen Zilong recruited him.

He hated the Ming Dynasty government at the beginning, but now he can't do the same thing as them.

"Yes." The people below agreed, and immediately passed the details to Du Yonghe's ears.

Du Yonghe was furious when he heard this, he never thought that he would take 20,000 soldiers to join the Xia army, which was actually such a condition. Immediately, this anger was withdrawn little by little, and he only felt tired.

It's really hard to beg for a bite to eat in troubled times.

Du Yonghe himself, don't you want to be a loyal minister. But under the world, he can only be a slave with three surnames, and many times, the choice is not in his hands. There were only two options available to him, one to live and one to die. The other options are just the added value of living in this option.

Sometimes in the dead of night, Du Yonghe also looks down on himself. Who didn't read the books of the sages when they were young. Although, haven't read much.

But how did it end up in such an odious end?

He thought about it all night, but he felt that there was no way out in all directions, and without Li Chengdong's permission, he would not be able to retreat without permission. Du Yonghe secretly said in his heart: "Forget it, forget it, I have been living half my life, killing countless people, and being able to spend my old age in peace can be regarded as a bodhisattva's grace, what else is there to be dissatisfied." ”

So he called He Lao and said, "You go and tell the other side, I have allowed these conditions, it doesn't matter how I am, but the brothers below want a good way out." As long as Xu Du agreed. I'll give him this Jinhua Mountain. ”