Hou Xuanyan came to the city of Jinling in the midst of the farewell of the people along the way, and looked up at the empty sky above the city.

Li Haoxian, the chief soldier of Changzhou Mansion, slapped his head and stepped forward and said: "Commander, the last general knows, Tartar is an empty city plan!" ”

Li Haoxian was originally a local tyrant in Changyi County, Shandong, and after the fall of Shandong, he followed Dengzhou to defend Zeng Hualong, and once occupied the entire Jiaozhou. Unfortunately, after the loss of Gyeonggi, he fled south with Zeng Hualong and was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Changzhou in Suzhou.

Hou Xuanyan sneered and said, "The empty city is an empty city, what is the plan." Use strategy and then move, and accumulate strength to do a fatal blow. Jinling has long been empty, and the few men and horses left will crush them to powder without much effort in front of our army. Not to mention a few uncivilized Tartars, even if Zhang Liang is alive and Zhuge is resurrected, there is no strategy available. ”

He waved his horsewhip and said, "Who dares to come forward and call for the city gate to be opened?" ”

Li Haoxian jumped out of the horse and said, "The last general is willing to go!" Before he finished speaking, he had already run ten paces away.

Hou Xuanyan nodded secretly, but he didn't expect that the richest man in Changyi, Shandong, was a man of flesh.

Li Haoxian's family property is inherited from his Lao Tzu, he himself is a bold person, his family has a lot of money, and his friends are all good men on the ground in Shandong. On weekdays, he also likes to dance knives and guns, ride horses and hunt, he has the intention to show off in front of Hou Xuanyan, and he flies to the city gate.

"Duoduo is dead, the governor of Daming Jiang and Zhejiang is here to lead the troops, quickly open the city gate, and welcome the king into the city!"

As Hou Xuanyan expected, there was no longer a single soldier or horse in Jinling City, and Le Kedehun was the first to know that Duoduo had defeated Changzhou. He still had 2,000 Red Banner cavalry and more than 1,000 Han soldiers, and the rest were taken to Changzhou by Duoduo. They never imagined that instead of capturing Changzhou and leveling Suzhou and Hangzhou all the way, Duoduo would be beaten to the foot of Jinling City. In fact, not only him, but everyone in the world thought that Hou Xuanyan could block Duoduo, which was a great achievement. After all, there are too many examples of past battles, and they are all there, which makes people despair.

After hearing the news, Lekdehun's first reaction was to ask reinforcements to defend the city, who knew that his messenger had just left the city, and Tanma came to report that the Suzhou army had approached Jinling.

This young general of the southern expedition went against his official name, and instead of conquering the south, he left Jinling and fled to the north of the river, and most of the officials appointed by the pseudo-Qing Dynasty followed him across the river, and they didn't even take care of their families.

The drawbridge was slowly lowered, and a few men dressed as ordinary people pushed the city gate open. The leader was none other than Li Er, who sneaked into Changzhou that night to meet Hou Xuanyan.

Holding the Qi family's saber in his hand, he ran out of the city gate, like Li Haoxian asked, "Where is the commander?" I want to see the Overseer! ”

Li Haoxian looked at his ecstatic face and said with disdain: "You are so elated to surrender, and it is the first time in my life that I have seen you." ”

Li Er hurriedly said: "The general misunderstood, we are the men of Zhou Wenwu of Qinglong Mountain, and we have already defected to Lord Hou. As long as the general takes the villain to meet the governor, it will be clear. ”

Li Haoxian smiled, stretched out his hand, dragged him onto the horse like a chicken, and ran back to the front of the army.

Hou Xuanyan saw that the city gate had been opened, and he was not at ease, lest there be fraud. It wasn't until Li Haoxian drove his horse back that he saw the young man on his horse and asked, "Hey, you're not Li Er from Qinglong Mountain?" ”

Li Er got off the horse, half-knelt on the ground, and said, "It's the villain, the commander still remembers me!" ”

Hou Xuanyan scolded with a smile: "Lao Tzu is not demented, why don't you remember after only three days of separation." You don't talk nonsense, I ask you, what's going on in the city? ”

"Qinggou knew that the army of the commander had arrived, so he was so frightened that he abandoned the city and fled, and now there is not a single soldier in the city. Leader Zhou ordered us to hide in the city, originally to listen to information, but when the commander's army arrived, he simply opened the city gate. ”

Hou Xuan was overjoyed and said, "Count you kid smart, get up and go into the city with us!" ”

Entering Jinling City, the streets were empty, and suddenly, there was a noise of gongs and drums in front of me. Frightened, Qin He drew his knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Protect the commander!" ”

The soldiers surrounded Hou Xuanyan in the middle, Hou Xuanyan waved his hand, snorted coldly, and said: "Don't be nervous, I guess it's just a group of villains riding on the wall, just a clumsy performance." ”

The generals didn't know why, and looked forward curiously.

The ground of Jinling is paved with large pieces of bluestone, which looks very neat and spacious. I saw a group of people beating gongs and drums at the end of the street, holding high lanterns, and came to welcome the king into the city.

The group of people were all different in height, short, fat and thin, but they all had tears on their faces and were crying. It was really sad for those who heard it, and wept for those who saw it, if it weren't for the fact that some time ago they were still kneeling outside the city, welcoming Duoduo into the city. Those who don't know think that this is a group of remnants who cherish their homeland.

The prosperity of Jinling is indeed better than that of other cities, and high-rise buildings rise one after another on both sides of the street. Although it was getting late, the lanterns upstairs hung as if it were day.

An old man at the head, with a staff hat cleverly covering the top of his bare head, knelt on the ground and cried: "The hope is here, the hope is finally here, my Ming army has finally returned to Jinling." ”

Hou Xuanyan's spies were all over Jinling, and he had long known what these people were, so he laughed, turned around and said, "Li Haoxian, send people to guard various places in the city to clean up the remnants of the dogs." Don't take the patrol outside the city lightly, be careful that there are Qing soldiers counterattacking, close the city gate for the time being, and no one will be released out of the city without my order. ”

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of the people kneeling on the ground chuckled, and their hairs stood on end.

After dealing with this, he turned to the group of drama spirits and said, "Do you know the whereabouts of Duoduo?" ”

A group of wealthy gentry from Jinling were stunned in place, why didn't this young governor follow the rules, he didn't even get off his horse to help us!

The old man at the head rolled his eyes and said respectfully: "Lord Hui, after the Duoduo rebel led the troops out of the city, I haven't seen it. ”

Hou Xuanyan sighed, in the end he still let him run, this person is the main culprit in Yangzhou for ten days, it is a pity that he can't be caught.

Thinking that Duoduo, the dog thief, had escaped, Hou Xuanyan was furious and scolded: "You don't have to behave in a coy manner, the Qing army entered the city, and you, as the landlord of Jinling, bent your knees to be captured." Not only did they not resist, but they also contributed money and food to feed the enemy. Now that I have led 100,000 troops into the city, it is time to settle the old accounts. Whoever has made a dog for the Tartars, he knows in his heart, go back and wash his neck, and wait for death. ”

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly cried out for grievances, and there was a mourning on Jinling Street for a while.

Hou Xuanyan pulled out his sword and said loudly: "Qin He, open the way to the Forbidden City of Jinling, and those who block my king and master will be killed immediately." ”