Xu Hongru knows the temper of her "daughter", although she is usually very gentle and easy to speak, but once she makes up her mind, it is difficult for others to shake.

So he recruited two maids around Zhou Xiuying, who also had some martial arts, Su Liu and Qi Yun, to ask them to protect the saint girl closely, and then agreed to Zhou Xiuying's plan.

The "women's army" in Zhou Xiuying's mouth was originally a specially selected female believer from the city of Nanjing, and most of them were engaged in the same work as men in order to make a living, and their personalities were more pungent and tenacious than ordinary men.

Zhou Xiuying walked to the front of the battle with such a group of "tigresses" shouting, but saw that the officers and soldiers killed on the opposite side were loosely formed, tattered, and had vegetables, like a group of organized beggars - completely incomparable with the elite "Ming Wu Army" under Ji Qingwen.

Therefore, with this face, Zhou Xiuying had a bottom in her heart, and saw that there were no long-range weapons such as bows, arrows, muskets and other weapons in the opponent's formation, so she gritted her teeth and simply took the lead and was the first to enter the formation.

When Su Liu and Qi Yun saw it, they also drew out short knives and daggers and killed them.

The south of the Ming Dynasty has always been peaceful, and since the rebellion of the Japanese invaders in the Jiajing period subsided, there has never been any major rebellion. Therefore, the defenders of Nanjing naturally had nothing to do, and even the training was often a formality, not to mention the real confrontation with the enemy.

Several military chiefs in Nanjing were not blind or deaf, and of course they knew the drawbacks, but they were all rogue officials, and they were transferred away within a few years; Second, he was sent to Nanjing to take up a post, which was equivalent to being demoted and "assigned", and naturally he had no confidence and determination to rectify military affairs; Third, the prices of goods in Nanjing were expensive, and the salaries of the defenders were often insufficient, so the sergeants always had to find a job to support their families, so they would inevitably not have much time and energy for military training.

Therefore, over time, the defenders of Nanjing, like the Yamen of the Sixth Department of Nanjing, became a good place for veterans to retire and send off their old soldiers, and for recruits to eat and drink together.

Although the Ming Dynasty except for Liaodong, Ningxia, Xuanfu and a few other places on the northern border can be seen a little more clearly, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the rest of the guards is also half a pound and eight taels with the defenders of Nanjing.

It's just that today's Nanjing defenders were unlucky and met such a difficult opponent as Xu Hongru of the White Lotus Sect - who said that Nanjing City, which should be guarded by them, is the most prosperous place in the world?

The so-called "the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty" is such a truth.

I saw three women enter the team, each holding two extremely sharp daggers in their hands, flying up and down as if throwing a rotating electric fan in the crowd, making people dodge and dodge when they saw it—the formation that was already very loose became even more messy after such a fuss.

When Zhou Xiuying was preaching, she would help teach

The middle sisters did something, so they won the hearts of the women of the "women's army" under her command, and when they saw that the "holy woman" risked her life to kill the enemy, they also rushed in.

These "women's army" are already fierce, and they are even more desperate than men when they fight, pulling their hair, grabbing their eyes, biting their wrists, and using all kinds of indiscriminate and lifeless moves, which are really unguardable.

After such an attack, the defenders of Nanjing obviously suffered a great loss, and the battle that they thought would be very easy and smooth was extremely seriously hindered at the beginning.

Seeing this, one of the flag generals who led the army in charge of the front line command immediately became furious, and immediately shouted and cursed, wanting to reorganize the team.

But when he called it like this, it attracted Zhou Xiuying's idea.

I saw her perform with incomparably light steps, pass through the gaps between the swords and guns of several officers and soldiers, rub her body to the officer's side, raise her hand, and slash his carotid artery, blood gushed out immediately, and the unlucky flag chief also died.

Seeing this, another officer in general uniform shouted: "What a cult demon girl, dare to kill the imperial court officials, and rush to fight me?" ”

The officer was obviously too confident in his own martial arts, and before he could finish speaking, Zhou Xiuying had already jumped in front of this person, and killed him with a knife in his hand.

When the defenders of Nanjing saw that in the blink of an eye, they lost two officers, and they were all so frightened that no one dared to shout nonsense. In this way, the official and military formations that were disrupted by Zhou Xiuying finally have no way to be reorganized.

Zhou Xiuying faced a weak opponent, and the double knives in her hands were running like flying on the one hand, and she still had time to look up and observe the situation in front of her.

Seeing that the official army was so vulnerable, she was more confident, and immediately shouted to the "women's army" under her command and rushed forward to kill. And the other White Lotus cultists behind the "Women's Army", seeing that the female generation was still sparing their lives, their morale was greatly boosted, and they also rushed forward.

Although the White Lotus Sect used soldiers to fight without any rules, it only took one round to defeat the defenders of Nanjing, who were strong outside and capable in the middle, and "defeated like a mountain".

Xu Hongru, who was behind, didn't expect the official army to be so vulnerable, and began to regret why he didn't attack in advance and organize a riot in Nanjing, if it went well, maybe he would have sat firmly in Yingtianfu by now!

So Xu Hongru personally led the remaining disciples to the other direction to encircle and suppress his imperial court officials and launched a charge.

In the direction of Xu Hongru's charge, in addition to the temporarily assembled Nanjing defenders, there were also 2,000 men and horses from the Beijing division battalion brought by Shen Liangzuo from the north. Although these 2,000 men and horses are not as good as the elite Manchurian Eight Banners, they are still much stronger than the Nanjing defenders who put their swords and guns in storage and horses in Nanshan.

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Under the attack of the White Lotus Sect led by the White Lotus Sect Leader Xu Hongru himself, he was defeated after only a slight blockade.

Seeing that his offensive was so smooth, Xu Hongru's confidence swelled unprecedentedly, and he suddenly had a new plan in his heart: why not take this opportunity to capture Ji Qingwen alive in one go, and then pinch the entire Nanjing City in his hands?

So Xu Hongru thought that the defenders of Nanjing were so vulnerable, and it would not be a big deal to put them aside for the time being, so he immediately ordered to gather the army, and to continue to attack the "Jade Courtyard", the land of projectiles, Ji Qingwen must be taken!

Zhou Xiuying listened to Xu Hongru's order, and came over to persuade again: "Daddy, the current situation is just right, and it is the time to pursue the victory, why do you want to turn around and deal with Ji Qingwen?" ”

It's not that she has any good feelings for Ji Qingwen and wants to save him, but she just thinks that as long as she takes the entire Nanjing City, Ji Qingwen, who is trapped in a corner of the "Jade Courtyard", will also become an island in the sea - let alone fighting, even if they are hungry, they can starve to death.

However, Xu Hongru had other plans - he had suffered so many losses by Ji Qingwen's side, and now that this had formed an absolute advantage, how could he easily let go of this opportunity to take revenge with his own hands?

So he thought of a reason that was not a reason: "Nanjing is a big city, even if it is defeated, it will cost a lot of money to reassure the people, absorb it, and maintain it." If we don't catch Ji Qingwen, this kid, and don't take money out of him, we will take Nanjing in vain! ”

His reasoning is plausible, but he also persuaded Zhou Xiuying.

As a result, the White Lotus Sect's Sect Leader Xu regained his spirit and commanded the army to besiege the "Jade Courtyard" in front.

Although he is now complacent, he did not expect that his slightly willful decision would directly lead to the failure of today's combat operation!

However, it was said that the "Ming Wu Army" led by Ji Qingwen was fighting with the White Lotus Sect led by Xu Daoqing of the White Lotus Sect in a place the size of a butt in the "Jade Courtyard".

Although the White Lotus Sect was outnumbered and surrounded by Ji Qingwen's troops, the combat effectiveness of Ji Qingwen's two hundred "Ming Wu Army" was far superior to that of the opponent. Relying on the well-trained "Mandarin Duck Formation", they faced the siege of their opponents, and they had a calm posture of "the enemy army is besieged by thousands of times, and I will not move".

Although Xu Daoqing was still trying his best to fight with Ji Qingwen, none of the disciples under him were fools, looking at the neat formation, the sturdy shield, and the bright sword on the opposite side, they were all discouraged, and none of them dared to go up to die.

At this time, Xu Daoqing heard another bad news: the defenders of Nanjing had come to reinforce them, and now the situation has become that the White Lotus Sect has been surrounded by the official army.

Xu Daoqing was shocked, looking at the current situation, it was absolutely impossible for him to eat Ji Qingwen's two hundred people in a short period of time.

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