The rain that had been pouring for several days finally cleared, and despite the muddy roads, Dodor decided to send his troops.

Before leaving, the gentry and elders in Jinling no longer had their usual send-offs, and the situation, which was already biased towards the Manchu Qing Dynasty, seemed to have taken a turn for the better.

The eyes of everyone in the world are staring at Changzhou, half of the southeast of the country at the beginning, relying on the Qiantang River moat, so that King Lu has the capital to hold on. This place is not the Qiantang River, and whether Hou Xuanyan can block the Manchu iron cavalry determines whether the imperial court in the southeast corner of the country can be preserved.

Although Zheng Zhilong's power is superior, almost everyone believes that Hou Xuanyan is the last line of defense.

Hou Xuanyan, who was standing in the Changzhou City Tower, looked at the muddy road under the city, and the outer defense line was all withdrawn. There is no longer a single soldier or civilian. The people on the outskirts of the city were taken into the city, so that they would not be reduced to the human shields of the Qing soldiers.

"Yan Yingyuan, you coordinate the garrison of the whole city, and Gu Shouzheng is responsible for dispatching the people to supply the city tower. Xia Wanchun, you take your men and horses to the rear river, inspect the canal, don't let Qinggou cut off our channel. Do you have any other advice to say? ”

Gu Shouzheng arched his hand and said: "Commander, let's defend the enemy this time, saying that we are defending the city, aiming to defeat the invading enemy and go north to take Jinling." This is a major event to drive out the Tartars and restore the Central Plains, and it is a feat that will shine for thousands of years. ”

Hou Xuanyan thought about it carefully, it really made sense, looked around and asked, "Whoever has this talent, you might as well recommend yourself." ”

Gu Shou's face was ruddy, and he bent down and said: "The commander is a Jiading scholar, Yunwen Yunwu, why don't you write it yourself." ”

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said, "Someone is here to record." ”

Under the city tower, the knife and pen officials rushed to the city, spread the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and followed Hou Xuanyan's dictation. The pen can also ensure that the handwriting is strong and elegant.

"Inform the military attachés, military officials, and civilians of the world that they know:

Since ancient times, China has lived in China to control barbarians, and it has not been heard of barbarians living in China to control the world. Since Jiashen was in trouble, Wu traitor switched, built 100,000 slaves, did not count the coats, rampant in the world, and brutalized Li Shu.

The slaves outside the customs were originally barbarians and often accompanied by livestock. Today, taking advantage of the civil strife in China, Li Wei usurped power, entered the customs by luck, Mu Monkey and crowned, stole Han land, and oppressed the Han people. so that my people will have the pain of bereavement, and the whole country will be ashamed of the mask.

Jiannu Jurchen, first slaughtered Jinan, then committed Tongguan, Weiyang for ten days, Chuzhou for eight days. The women tied their necks with long ropes, and they were as heavy as beads, falling step by step, and covered in mud; The ground is full of babies, or lined with horses' hooves, or by human feet, the liver and brain are smeared on the ground, and the crying is full of wilderness.

There are even more hateful people, ministers and thieves, competing against each other, slaughtering compatriots, and building slaves in order to flatter. Wu Sangui annihilated the conscience, Kong Youde acted as a tiger, Hong Chengchou betrayed his lord, and Qian Qianyi thought the water was too cold.

Fortunately, the way of heaven is good, and the governor Xuanyan is in command of Jiangnan. On the heavens, under the people's wishes, the soldiers and horses, to restore the Central Plains. Where the sword goes, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die! Therefore, I hereby warn that it is advisable to know, so as not to stain the knife head with blood, and regret it too late. ”

The sword and pen clerk wrote it in a hurry, and was immediately ordered to print 10,000 copies and spread it all over the world.

At the same time, the vanguard of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry in the west had already crossed Zhenjiang Mansion.

The banner that covered the sky and the sun, and the vicious and burly Manchurians, made the Han people along the way tremble.

Within the Chinese army, Hong Chengchou spread out a map and said to Duoduo: "Lord Wang, please see, after crossing the Victory River, it is the ground of Changzhou." After the army marched for half a day, you could see the city wall of Changzhou. ”

Duoduo nodded, and with a finger of the horsewhip, he asked, "How is the city of Changzhou?" ”

Hong Chengchou has long been familiar with it, these days he is always ready to counterattack, hearing Duoduo's questioning, blurted out: "Changzhou city is not majestic, this place is a small city, there is Jinling in the west, Suzhou in the south, and it has never been taken seriously. However, after Hou Xuanyan occupied it, he handed it over to Yan Yingyuan of Jiangyin, who is said to have repaired and strengthened the city wall many times. But in the eyes of the minions, it is still not dangerous. The only thing to worry about is that there is a river in Changzhou that leads directly to Suzhou, so I am afraid that Hou Xuanyan will not see things well and flee to Suzhou. ”

Duoduo said with a smile: "This Hou Xuanyan, although I haven't fought against him, but I heard that after he came out of Suzhou, he didn't taste defeat." In the country of the Ming Dynasty, they all regard him as a savior. As long as we defeat him and let him abandon the city in disgrace, then his myth will be shattered. I want to see who else dares to resist our Jurchen iron horseman. At that time, even if he escapes to the edge of the sky, there will be no place to live, let alone Suzhou. ”

Hong Chengchou stared for a moment, hesitated again and again, and still said: "The prince is brave and invincible, but don't underestimate this Hou Xuanyan too much, this person is treacherous and cunning, and his methods are vicious, so don't be careless." ”

Duoduo snorted coldly in dissatisfaction, turned around and said to the heralds: "Go down with the order, speed up the march, I will enter Changzhou before dark and capture Hou Xuanyan alive." ”

On Qinglong Mountain outside Jinling City, Zhou Wenwu sat on the top and listened to Li Er's report.

When he heard the sentence "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase", his eyes were full of brilliance and he exclaimed: "Wonderful! Lord Xiaohou is worthy of being the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and these words are indeed worth a thousand gold. ”

At this time, a ragged pawn ran in and said, "Chief, the brothers in the city have just come to report that the Qinggou of Jinling has gone to the east early this morning. ”

Before Duoduo set out on the expedition, Hong Chengchou specially arranged his subordinates to strictly check the people entering and leaving. Zhou Wenwu's spies planted in Jinling spread the news when the Qing soldiers had already arrived in Changzhou.

Zhou Wenwu said angrily: "They left early this morning, why did they report now!" ”

Li Eryi was excited, and just wanted to persuade him to attack Jinling, when he suddenly remembered Hou Xuanyan's advice, and hurriedly said: "Chief, Governor Hou's words..."

Zhou Wenwu calmed down, thought about it carefully, and said, "That's it, Lord Xiaohou has made such a big move from scratch in a short period of time. It is enough to show that his insight is ten times better than ours, so let's listen to Lord Xiaohou, recuperate, and wait for the opportunity. ”

Zhou Wenwu of Qinglong Mountain chose to listen to Hou Xuan's performance, but Zhang Huangyan of Jiangyin did not plan to do so.

He listened to Hou Xuanyan's dispatch, came to the riverside, and gathered more than 50,000 soldiers and horses along Changshu Jiangyin in a short time. These people are mixed, and most of them fled from Jiangbei.

At the beginning, Hou Xuanyan asked him to recruit troops to settle the people, wait for changes in Changzhou, and lead the troops to help. But Zhang Huangyan has his own plans, Duoduo poured out, Jinling is already an empty city, and he is ready to go against the river and take Jinling directly.

Holding the newly arrived Hou Xuanyan's inscription in his hand, Zhang Huangyan was silent for a long time, but still turned his heart sideways: "Pass the order, all the generals, board the ship!" ”