Chapter 103

Lang Tingzuo is going to surrender!

When the news reached the tent of the Zheng Junshuai located on the White Earth Mountain (Shogunate Mountain), almost everyone looked at each other with a dumbfounded look.

Lang Tingzuo actually wants to surrender?

How is this possible?

Although Lang Tingzuo is a Han Chinese, he is not a vassal, but long before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, as early as when the Jiannu rebellion, he had already defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty with his father, and he became the governor of Jiangnan step by step by virtue of his military merits after entering the customs and the merits of governing the place. Long before the Zheng army approached Nanjing, he ordered all the people in the outer city of Nanjing and the surrounding 30 miles to be forcibly moved into Nanjing, and then set fire to the houses within 30 miles of Fang Yuan and filled in all the wells, so that Zheng Jun could not get supplies on the spot, and could only consume the few supplies on the ship.

It is precisely because of this that Zheng Chenggong will pin all his hopes on the internal and external cooperation with Ma Jinbao. Even in terms of deployment, he also considered this, and in addition to the arrival of the main force of the Zheng army in Nanjing, he successively camped outside the gates of Guanyin, Jinchuan, Zhongfu, Yifeng, Jiangdong, Shence, and Taiping in the inner and outer cities of Nanjing, and set up a total of 83 camps. Cannons were installed in various camps, and siege equipment such as ladders, rattan cards, bamboo baskets, shovels, and chisels were prepared.

It is not difficult to see that the Zheng army company camp outside the above 7 gates did not form a comprehensive encirclement of Jiangning City, at most it only surrounded the north and west of Jiangning City, and there was almost no Zheng army in the east and south directions of Jiangning.

On the one hand, this situation occurred because the Jiangning city wall was dozens of miles long, and it was difficult to surround it on all sides. On the other hand, because Zheng Jun was accustomed to fighting on the water, he relied too much on sailors and warships in the battle, and even if he went ashore to camp, he was accustomed to choosing an area closer to the water, so that he could retreat to the ship in the event of an unpredictable retreat. And Zheng Chenggong committed the taboo of underestimating the enemy, in his opinion, the lonely city is just around the corner, there is no need to surround it to death, of course, it is more important to leave a chance for Ma Jinbao to enter the city, only Ma Jinbao's tens of thousands of troops into the city, he can cooperate with the Zheng army to capture Nanjing.

That's why he was so surprised when he learned that Lang Tingzuo was actually going to surrender. After Zheng Chenggong learned of Lang Tingzuo's intention to surrender, he was discussing the matter of grain and grass in his tent.

"Lord Yu, this must be a plan for the Tartars to delay their troops and wait for reinforcements, and an opportunity for a quick attack must not be missed."

Pan Gengzhong immediately objected, and almost everyone instinctively thought of Zhu Mingzhong's words when he cut off his head, and everyone was shocked by his vision, but also objected one after another. But despite this, no one mentioned Zhu Mingzhong, because everyone knew that mentioning Zhu Mingzhong's words would only annoy the general.

"Our army is now overwhelmed, if you want to capture this city, it is just a matter of stretching your toes, Lang Tingzuo wants to be lenient, let him first, if he does not surrender at that time, let him see my means."

Zheng Chenggong said confidently that one of the most fundamental reasons why he is so confident is that Ma Jinbao, no matter what, Ma Jinbao will be obedient, even if Lang Tingzuo is playing any tricks now, all he needs to do is to plan it.

"Lord, Sun Tzu has a saying in the Art of War: "Those who resign humiliation are also deceitful." "Now, instead of waiting for 30 days, our army should attack as soon as possible, which is the best policy."

Pan Gengzhong objected again.

"Lord Wang, I am also worried about my humble position. The army has been stationed under the city of Nanjing for a long time, and the old division is useless, and the military will have an impact when the time comes, so please attack the city as soon as possible. ”

Gan Hui also echoed the words, he would say this, not only because of Zhu Mingzhong, but more importantly, based on the most basic common sense judgment.

When Zheng Chenggong and the generals were discussing whether to accept his surrender, another soldier came to report, saying that he had intercepted Lang Tingzuo's request for help, and the text said, "(Zhenjiang) The soul of the defeated is still frightened, and Nanjing is in danger, so he begs to send soldiers to save him quickly, so as not to cause the prairie to burn the sky." ”

After reading this recital, Zheng Chenggong immediately said with a smile:

"You look at what is written in Lang Tingzuo's plea for help, it can be said that Nanjing will fall! Let's wait for Ma Jinbao, if he wants to be named Marquis Jinjue, he will have to exchange him for credit! ”

"Lord Wang, it's too risky to postpone the siege for the sake of Ma Jinbao!"

Gan Hui hurriedly argued again.

"When we passed through Songjiang, he didn't send troops to help, he just expressed his position to us, and Qian Zongbo sent news that Lang Tingzuo wanted the Tartar Emperor to hand over the water division to Liang Huafeng, and Ma Jinbao was only in charge of the Lu division, he has always been dissatisfied with Lang Tingzuo, and more importantly, he felt that this was the relationship between the Tartar Emperor and distrusting him, so he had to submit to our way."

Zheng Chenggong still ignored the opinions of Pan Gengzhong and others.

Since the Northern Expedition of the Great Army entered the Yangtze River, Zheng Chenggong was quite confident, believing that the current situation was enough to attract Ma Jinbao to defect in front of the formation, and he did not fortify in the southeast of Nanjing, just to let Ma Jinbao enter Nanjing by land, and then the inside and outside should be combined, then Nanjing would be won.

On the other hand, judging from the process of Zheng Chenggong's growth, he took an active military action to attack and break through the city gates of the large cities with strong city walls, and nearly two-thirds of the cities he captured were surrendered by the opponents. ”

Of course, it is more important to preserve the hard-won strength, because a strong attack will inevitably have to pay a relatively large price, especially Zheng Chenggong once studied in Nanjing, and he knows that the forty-foot-thick Nanjing City, even if it is bombarded with Hongyi artillery, it will be difficult to be effective.

Since Lang Tingzuo is willing to surrender now, then wait, of course, it is more important to wait for Ma Jinbao, wait for Ma Jinbao to arrive in Nanjing, and join him inside and outside after entering the city.

"Actually, whether Lang Tingzuo surrenders or not, it has no impact on our army, as long as Ma Jinbao's army arrives, when the time comes, the overall situation can naturally be determined, as for this Lang Tingzuo's plan to delay the army......

With a sneer, Zheng Chenggong said slightly proudly.

"Even if he Lang Tingzuo uses a delaying tactic, what can I do?"

Not only can't help him, the more Lang Tingzuo is like this, the more Ma Jinbao can easily enter the city!

"......"

Seeing that the general was so persistent, Gan Hui, who was unwilling, knew that he could not convince the general, so his mind changed slightly, and he said again.

"But if the army is surrounded under the city for a long time, there will be a shortage of grain and grass at that time, and now all the prefectures and counties that have fallen are said to have no grain in the treasury for the summer grain, and the army cannot be without food for a day, and the general is also invited to know it."

Maybe now there is only food

"Grain and Grass ......"

Zheng Chenggong frowned and pondered for a moment, for those prefectures and counties that surrendered, he had generously said that the army had enough food and grass, and there was no need for them to supply grain and grass, but now it is a siege...... Grain and grass. Suddenly, he thought of the good news he had just received.

"Didn't the Jiangyin garrison just conquer Changzhou and Changshu? Well, this time Zhu Chengren's military merits should be rewarded, and he was promoted to the chief soldier of Changzhou! Ordered him to raise 100,000 stones of grain and grass within 15 days and send them to Nanjing......"

Why did Zheng Chenggong fall into the scheme?

I'm afraid that until now there are different opinions, but one thing is certain, there are too many reasons, here, Speechless prefers to believe that he is waiting for Ma Jinbao, waiting for the inside and outside to take Nanjing.