On the south bank of the Huai River, in the snow-covered wilderness, nearly 100 Ming soldiers wearing bloated jackets fled south in a hurry.

The Ming soldiers discarded their weapons, and many of them also discarded their helmets, and ran away with one foot deep and one foot shallow in the snow.

"The Tartars are coming!" An exclamation sounded, and one of the soldiers looked back, only to see that the Tartar cavalry had crossed the Huai River, pounced on them, and immediately ran wildly.

At this time, the thick snow on the ground affected their speed, and many soldiers fell into the snow without running a few steps.

Frightened in their hearts, they got up and continued to run, but at this moment, the Tartar cavalry behind them let out a terrible howl.

The Tartar horse army drew its bow and arrow in the gallop, and the arrow swooped out, hitting the back of a Ming soldier, and the soldier who had not run a few steps screamed and fell on the snow again, and warm blood flowed from under him, melting the snow and dyeing the ground a shocking crimson red.

Soon the Tartar horse army chased up, the war horse galloped into the rout, the Tartar brandished the sword, cut the frightened fleeing soldier to the ground, nearly 100 Ming soldiers were killed and wounded in a moment, only one person was left desperate to run forward.

At this time, the head of the Tartar Niu Lu, with a cruel smile on his face, he held the saber high, suddenly pulled the reins of the horse, the war horse galloped out, and appeared behind the Ming army, Niu Lu swung the knife suddenly, a human head flew up, the headless corpse ran out a few steps, and fell to the ground, spilling patches of blood on the snow.

After Azig and Duoduo consulted, the two made a decision, and Duoduo continued to besiege Shangqiu and Xuzhou, waiting for Gao Yihuan to come to help, while Azig led the army to quickly go south and destroy the Southern Dynasty.

After the two made a plan, they waited for the opportunity, and soon got the news that the Huai River was frozen, and Azig immediately raised troops to the south.

For a time, 100,000 Qing troops rolled south to invade, the army crossed the Huai River, and the Ming army's troops deployed along the Huai River were either crushed or surrendered to the Qing army.

On the south bank of the Huaijiang River, the corpses of hundreds of Ming soldiers lay on the ground, warm blood flowed out, and several red spots were dyed on the snow-white earth, as if the corpses were festering.

This is a group of Ming troops stationed along the Huai River, there is a bureau of troops, they wanted to run after seeing the Tartar cavalry, but they were chased by the Tartars, none of them escaped, all of them were killed by the Tartars from behind.

More than 100 people died cleanly, all of them on the way to escape, and the Tartars were not even slightly injured.

At this time, the tartar riding a war horse patrolled among the corpses, poking the corpses with spears from time to time, and picking off the armor to see if there were any belongings on the body.

Whenever something was found, the Tartar would turn over and dismount, put the copper coins he found on his chest, and some people also took off the armor of the Ming army.

At this time, Niu Lu, the first one, scolded a few words in Yi, as if he was reprimanding his subordinates for being unproductive, and warned them that there was a lot of gold and silver in the south, as well as Jiangnan women, but they only saw this little profit.

The tartars, who were flipping things, burst into laughter, stopped their movements, and turned over on their horses together.

At this time, the sharp and loud sound of horns echoed on both sides of the Huai River, and behind this Qing cavalry, there was an endless crowd of people.

A royal banner appeared in the wilderness, Azig rode his war horse, and tens of thousands of Tartar soldiers followed him, rolling across the Huai River.

Niu Lu, the leader, looked back, and immediately said a little more words, then grabbed the horse's belly, led his subordinate cavalry, and continued to rush south, exploring the way for the army.

On October 6, the Qing army arrived on the north bank of the Huai River, the Ming army in Sizhou fled without a fight, and on the 7th, Azig personally led the army to the northwest gate of Yangzhou.

Liu Zhaoji, the chief military officer, vowed to defend the sky, but because of the suddenness of the incident, and the moat was frozen, the Tartars and rebels besieged it on all sides, and the city did not have time to block the city gate in a hurry, the north gate was opened by artillery, and the Qing army swarmed in.

Liu Zhaoji led his own soldiers to block, but it was too late, Azig ordered the rebels to continue to besiege the city wall, and sent elite armor soldiers to break through from the north gate.

After the two of them left the city, looking back at Tianchang, there was already thick smoke billowing behind them, and the two of them burst into tears, and rushed back to Yangzhou to report the emergency.

Azig led the army into Tianchang County, and immediately sent a message to the prefectures and counties in Jiangbei, saying, "The soldiers are in the sky, the soldiers and civilians in the city are stubbornly resisting, the soldiers break the city, the city is slaughtered, and the wife is taken prisoner." After that, the soldiers were everywhere, and those who dared to resist the soldiers were slaughtered all over the city, and they should learn from the sky. ”

The Tartar army entered the city, and then slaughtered on a large scale, leaving no chickens and dogs, and the ferocity of the Qing army immediately frightened many people.

When Azig passed through Sizhou, Xu Dingguo, who was stationed in Fengyang, surrendered directly to the Qing army, while Liu Zeqing in Huai'an City shrank in the city, not daring to fight, watching the Qing army roll south.

After the Qing army took Tianchang, the gate of Yangzhou was opened, and Azig did not stay long, urging the men and horses to attack Fengyang and Huai'an, while leading the army to Yangzhou.

In November, the 100,000-strong army of Azig crossed the Huai River, and the smoke rose one after another, billowing thick smoke, like a black snake circling and rising, one after another to the south.

This time, Azig broke through the Huai River in three ways, attacking Huai'an on the left and Fengyang on the right.

In the Jiangbei region in winter, the climate is very cold, the large and small rivers are frozen, and the Qing army and horse army gallop back and forth, as if entering a no-man's land.

For a time, Jiangbei was full of beacons, the cavalry of the Ming army was scarce, and the combat strength was weaker than that of the Qing army, and the various departments had no power to parry, so they could only trap Huai'an, Yangzhou, Lu'an, Hezhou, Hefei and other cities, and the countryside and small county towns were almost all abandoned.

After Azig broke through the Huai River line, the Ming army in the entire Jiangbei was retreating backwards, and under the pursuit of the Qing army, the retreat turned into a rout, and the entire Jiangbei was full of routs.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were mixed together, the people were crying and moving forward, the faces of the children and the old people were full of horror, and their eyes were full of helplessness and despair as they fled southward, and behind them were billowing smoke and the roaring iron hooves of the Eight Banners.

As a large number of refugees fled across the Yangtze River, the people of Jiangnan suddenly felt that the war was so close to them.

At this time, Jiangbei was struggling to support, but Nanjing was already in chaos, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng were more than ten years old, and their will to resist the Qing army began to waver, and Qian Qianyi and others in the prison cell were also uneasy, and began to write to Zhu Cihong, suggesting that Zhu Cihong evacuate Nanjing in order to make a foolish plan.

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