Chapter 74: Nanjing (First Shift, Asking for a Monthly Pass)

It should come, it will always come!

The 100,000 army led by Dasu can be said to have gathered almost all the elites of the Qing army in the north, of course, in addition to the Eight Banners of Jingying, as for whether the Eight Banners of Jingying are elite, I am afraid that only the chief who trained troops in Nanyuan all day knows it.

For those people in the south of the Yangtze River who had regained their fortune, they were naturally concerned about the progress of the Qing army's southward movement, and when they learned the news that the Qing advance had arrived in Xuzhou, the atmosphere in Nanjing suddenly became a little tense. So much so that the people in the street, when they saw each other, did not look at each other with a tentative eye.

In each other's eyes, they both read a kind of worry and worry, not only for themselves, but also for the Han family's rivers and mountains.

"This general has an army of 200,000, as long as the general sends his troops to Jiangbei, how long can Da Su Xiaoer be arrogant?"

"The general's subordinates are many generals, but don't forget that Jiangbei is now Zhu Junmen's territory!"

Although there is no next sentence, but in this restaurant, everyone can hear the meaning of these words, when Zhu Junmen went away to Jiangbei, what kind of way did they go, how did they not know, the general and Zhu Junmen, it was not all the way.

"Zhu Junmen, that's a well-known man......"

"But no, up and down the loyal army, there is that man who is not a well-known man!"

"Except for Li Ziyuan's dog thing!"

"Yes, yes......"

"But that dog thing, but also has some ability, I heard that there are several cities in Jiangxi!"

In the words of everyone, sitting by the window in a Confucian robe, Zheng Ling, who was dressed as a scholar, flashed a little melancholy, the reason why she left the palace without permission was to come out to breathe, and by the way to the Dabao'en Temple outside the city to make a wish.

But at this time, her mind couldn't calm down, and the reason why she was so was not worried about anything else, but worried about whether Jiangbei could stop Dasu's 100,000 army.

Will he be able to stop the Qing army?

For Zheng Ling, who is only 17 years old, before Zhu Mingzhong, except for the subordinates in the house, she has almost never come into contact with a young man of the same age, from the first time she heard the desperate poem, to the surprise when she first saw him, an unspeakable feeling secretly sprouted in Zheng Ling's heart.

It is precisely because of this that she cares a little more about Jiangbei, although she has never written a letter to him, it does not prevent her from bursting with joy in her heart when she hears the news from Jiangbei.

But now, I can't help but take care of him, after all, this is a hundred thousand prisoners!

"Big brother, it's true, why haven't you sent troops north until now, is it true that you have to wait for him to consume the sharp energy of the Qing captives first?"

Send troops north!

Again, Zheng Chenggong muttered this word in his heart, his expression seemed very complicated, from yesterday to learn that after the Qing army led by Dasu arrived in Xuzhou, whether to send troops north to reinforce it, he argued with Fuzhong endlessly, those who agreed with the north, and those who opposed it.

And each has its own reasoning, the proponents speak of the truth of the cold lips, and the reason why the opponents oppose it is also very simple - the Iron Man Army needs to stay behind to defend Nanjing, as for the other elite land divisions, they are now attacking Hangzhou and are in a stalemate under the city of Hangzhou.

In this case, if the elite Iron Man Army of the whole army is sent north, how will Nanjing be defended at that time?

As the commander of the whole army, Zheng Chenggong had to think about this problem, after all, the Iron Man Army was the only main force of land warfare under his command.

"Alas, it's difficult!"

Sighing in his heart, Zheng Chenggong's eyebrows flashed a little helplessly, and even shook his head a little helplessly and sighed lightly, and Gan Hui, who was standing next to the prince, listened to the prince's sigh lightly, and then asked.

"The prince is still worried about Jiangbei's affairs?"

Zheng Chenggong nodded.

"The situation in Jiangbei is like this, how can you not worry,"

Shaking his head and sighing lightly, Zheng Chenggong continued.

"Chengren leads the two provinces of Jiangbei in Qinghe, which can be the barrier of Nanjing, if the Qing prisoners want to invade Nanjing, they must first defeat Chengren in order to have no worries about the south of the Jiangnan, if Chengren is defeated in Jiangbei, then ......"

Although he was extremely conceited about the Zheng family's navy and believed that the Qing army would never cross the Yangtze River, if he said that he was not the slightest worried, I am afraid that Zheng Chenggong himself would not be able to believe it.

"At that time, I'm afraid there will be another bloody battle on the Yangtze River!"

After letting out this sigh, Zheng Chenggong continued to sigh.

"Before the Northern Expedition, this king only thought about how to conquer Nanjing and comfort the spirit of Gaozu in the sky, but after this defeat of Nanjing, he couldn't sleep steadily, and this king was ......"

It's afraid!

It's worry!

is worried that there will be a slight mistake, which will make this restoration of the Ming Dynasty come to naught, and then become a sinner of the Ming Dynasty!

"At present, this king always has too many concerns, and he always suffers from gains and losses, lest because of the mistakes of this king, the achievements of the Northern Expedition will be wasted......"

"Why does the prince need to be like this?"

Gan Hui immediately said loudly.

"Not to mention that without the help of the Qing Army, it is impossible to cross the Yangtze River, even if you can cross the Yangtze River, how can you be the opponent of my Iron Man Army? In addition, Chengren is good at training, and the loyal and righteous army trained in Jiangyin was only a month before becoming an army, and today he is raising 60,000 stoves in Jiangbei and training 60,000 new troops. ”

What did the bloody battle of Tongjimen achieve? I am afraid that it is the name of Zhu Mingzhong's bravery, there are many generals under Zheng Chenggong who dare to take the lead and tear the enemy apart, but it is extremely rare to be as brave as Zhu Mingzhong, for no other reason, just because of the determination of Tongjimen to put him to death, which most people cannot do.

"A husband is unstoppable with his life, the original loyal and righteous army in Tongji blood, it can be said that it is up and down, useless and brave, if it is today's Jiangbei loyal and righteous army, can be as brave as half of Tongjimen, I am afraid that Da Su is not to say that he took Jiangbei, I am afraid that he wants to save his life, and it is also luck......"

Although Gan Hui didn't know much about the situation of those stove dings, in his opinion, this Zhu Mingzhong had some ability to train troops, and now as long as he can train troops in Jiangbei like this, he naturally doesn't need to worry about Jiangbei.

"You don't understand!"

Shaking his head, Zheng Chenggong looked into the distance and whispered his worries.

"Training soldiers is not much more expensive, just a few thousand people, can be trained into elite, and they can also be used like arms on the battlefield, but if tens of thousands of people are trained at the same time, how can they all be trained into elites? like an arm? ”

Zheng Chenggong, who has been marching and fighting for many years, naturally has his own opinions on training and using soldiers, and naturally knows the difference between more soldiers and fewer soldiers, and in the end he sighed again.

"Alas, if this king doesn't send troops north, I don't know what Chengren's side will think!"