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I couldn't imagine that Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui were so cunning. Li Zhi led the army to the south, and the two didn't even have the intention of coming up to fight, so they just ran away. He fled from Yangzhou to Nanjing, and now he has to flee from Nanjing to Jiangxi.

Zheng Kaicheng said: "Grandpa Guo, this can't be chased, the Son of Heaven only gives us the power to conquer the south and the south, and Jiangxi is not within the scope of the conquest." ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Bring the map!" ”

The two guards ran down, and it wasn't long before they ran up with a map. This map was drawn by Li Zhi and Han Jinxin's secret guards, and it depicts the southern provinces in great detail. After Li Zhi's improvement, the major cities were marked again, and it looked clear at a glance.

This map alone is two hundred years ahead of the other forces of this era.

After looking at the map for a while, everyone found that the distance from Nanjing to Jiangxi was quite far, and the straight-line distance was more than 1,000 miles. If this is to be chased, it will be an expedition of laborers.

Li Laosi said: "The owner, even if the Son of Heaven is allowed to invade Jiangxi, we are powerless. The gentry hate us so much, if we chase all the way to Jiangxi, there will be big problems with logistics and supplies. The gentry are in the rear to get a little stronger and come out to cut off our supplies, and our army will be hungry in front. ”

"And if we enter Jiangxi, Zuo and Wu can run to Huguang and even Sichuan. At present, we have more than 40,000 troops to attack Nanzhili, but if we want to occupy so many inland provinces to maintain order, we will not be able to do it. ”

Li Zhi measured it on the map, nodded and said, "Don't chase it!" Run, run. ”

Pointing to the location of Nanjing on the map, Li Zhi said: "However, if the Jiangbei Army escapes, the crumbs in Nanjing City will definitely flee." We can't let these moths that support the Jiangbei Army escape. Li Laosi, you led Zu Dashou and Xue Sanku to cross the Yangtze River with 10,000 cavalry to surround Nanjing, and before our army reached Nanjing, not a single gentry or civil official could be released from the city. ”

"Subordinates take orders!"

Li Zhichao Han Jinxin asked, "Where are Qian Qianyi and Zhang Shenyan?" ”

Han Jinxin replied: "In Suzhou Qianyun Tower!" ”

Li Zhi snorted coldly and said, "Zhong Feng! You led 5,000 infantry along the Yangtze River waterway to Suzhou, and captured Qian Qianyi and Zhang Shenyan alive before the news reached Suzhou. ”

"Subordinates take orders!"

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Xiao Hengshan, a middle-aged man with thick black hair, sat in the second hall of the mansion of Yu Jinshen, the head of the Nanjing Military Department, and argued with the owner of the mansion so much that his face was flushed.

Slapping the table angrily, Xiao Hengshan shouted: "I originally had 30,000 defenders of Yingtianfu in Nanjing, plus 20,000 Minzhuang raised these days, a total of 50,000 troops, why are you afraid of the 10,000 Li thief cavalry outside the city?" It has been two days since the 10,000 cavalry of the Li thief called for battle outside the city, and the 50,000 defenders of Nanjing were afraid to face the battle! How ridiculous? ”

"Shangshu is so afraid of the enemy like a tiger, no wonder Nanzhili collapsed without a fight, and the Jiangbei army fled in despair."

Yu Jinshen looked at Xiao Hengshan helplessly, spread his hands and said: "The 80,000 elites of the Jiangbei Army dare not fight with Li Zhi's Tiger Army, just rely on these battalions in Nanjing?" None of these battalions had ever been on the battlefield, and I was afraid that they would not be able to withstand it for a quarter of an hour when the fight started, and they would collapse. ”

Xiao Hengshan's eyes widened and asked, "Then Shangshu will be arrested, and he won't even resist if he resists?" In the process of preparing for the establishment of the Jiangbei Army, you and I have made great efforts. If we let the Li thief occupy Nanjing, can we please him? I'm afraid this head won't be my own all of a sudden. ”

Yu Jinshen looked at Xiao Hengshan, sighed, and waved his hand to let the servants who were waiting on the left and right go down.

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Yu Jinshen leaned into Xiao Hengshan's ear and whispered: "Our friendship for seven or eight years, even if you don't come today, I will definitely tell you... This evening, we sent the Ying Tianfu battalion soldiers and the people into battle. These 50,000 people will go out under the banner to kill the generals, and Li Zhi's 10,000 cavalry will definitely gather to meet the battle. When the south gate was empty, the officials of our Nanjing Sixth Department fled through the south gate. ”

Xiao Hengshan was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes couldn't help but turn around.

Yu Jinshen saw that Xiao Hengshan stopped talking, and knew that Xiao Hengshan was moved. He patted Xiao Hengshan on the shoulder and said, "Go back and prepare for the softness." Bring all the men in the family, don't bring the women, Li thief has never killed women... As soon as the cannon fire from the north in the afternoon sounded, we fled through the south gate. ”

Xiao Hengshan hesitated and asked, "Can this plan be successful?" ”

Yu Jinshen's eyes widened, and he said, "The words have come to this, do you want to escape?" ”

Xiao Hengshan nodded: "Run, I'll run away with you!" ”

Xiao Hengshan walked out of the Yu family's mansion, and the sedan chair was no longer sitting, so he hurriedly ran home with the sedan chair driver. As soon as he entered the gate of his house, he took his three sons to the silver cellar to get the silver. The silver in the cellar made Xiao Hengshan worried, and finally he found three two-horse carts and loaded all his silver goods into the carts.

Feeling that the silver wooden boxes of the three cars were too eye-catching, Xiao Hengshan piled up some cotton groceries on the car and dressed up as a merchant.

In the afternoon, Xiao Hengshan took his son to the door of Yu Jinshen's house in a carriage, and sure enough, he saw that Yu Jinshen was ready to go. Yu Jinshen also loaded a few carts of goods, and when he saw Xiao Hengshan, he walked towards the south gate without saying a word. At this time, the city of Nanjing was already under martial law, and there were few pedestrians on the road. The people of the Xiao and Yu families were wearing the coarse cloth clothes of ordinary people, which was not very noticeable.

When I arrived at the south gate, I saw that the officials of the six Nanjing departments who had contributed to the formation of the Jiangbei Army were already waiting there. These people were all dressed as peasant men, and each family carried dozens of family members, each with a cart full of silver.

Sure enough, they waited there for an hour when they heard the rumbling of cannons at the north gate.

Yu Jinshen shouted: "It's now, get out of the city!" ”

The south gate slowly opened, and hundreds of people rushed out and fled in a hurried southwest direction.

After walking ten miles, it was already very dark. Everyone looked back at the city of Nanjing behind them, and they were very excited.

Unexpectedly, the strategy was so successful, and the stupid cavalry of the Li thief was really attracted by the Nanjing defenders who went out of the city to invite the battle, and let everyone escape smoothly. As long as he fled another thirty miles and went out of the Nanjing boundary, the cavalry of the Li thief would not be able to catch up.

Xiao Hengshan arched his hand at Yu Jinshen and said: "Lord Shangshu is a good plan, as long as we escape into Jiangxi now, in the name of the Sixth Department of Nanjing, we call on the gentry of the world to sponsor goods and goods to form a new army, and we will definitely be able to fight with Li Thief again." ”

"The Jiangbei Army abandoned us and fled, we can no longer rely on the Jiangbei Army, and we should form a new army!"

Yu Jinshen laughed and was about to answer, but suddenly found that something didn't seem quite right on the road ahead.

In the darkness ahead, the sound of horses neighing could be heard from time to time, and it seemed that hundreds of horsemen were guarding there.

Yu Jinshen chuckled in his heart, and suddenly turned his head to look behind him.

Where is the way back? On the spacious official road, hundreds of Tianjin cavalry carrying torches were slowly outflanking, surrounding the fleeing Nanjing officials in the middle.

Yu Jinshen's legs were weak and he collapsed to the ground.

"My life is at stake!"