When Li Yan asked this question, Ji Qingwen pondered carefully and said, "This is difficult to say...... These two parties, on one side are a rabble, and on the other hand, they are not much different, and if they really fight, it will probably be a situation where rookies peck each other......"

Li Yan nodded and said, "I'm similar to Brother Ji's thoughts." The combat strength of the two sides is close, but the White Lotus Sect is desperately trying to escape from Nanjing City, and I don't think the official army will be able to resist it...... However, Xu Hongru has been fighting for so long and wants to rush out of the city, it seems that it will not be too easy......"

Regarding the battle between the White Lotus Cultists and the defenders of Nanjing, Ji Qingwen held an open attitude of "nothing to do with himself, hang it high" - originally, the three officials in charge of Nanjing's defense were not too polite to him, and it was in line with Ji Qingwen's mind to let the White Lotus Cultists who originally wanted their own lives teach them a lesson.

However, he suddenly remembered that Zhou Xiuying was still among the White Lotus Sect, if this battle was stinky and broken, and it would be a confused battle of strangling each other, then it would be difficult for Zhou Xiuying to be a stunning woman, and she would lose her life in such a chaotic situation.

"That's a shame!" Ji Qingwen lowered his head and silently read this sentence in his heart.

So Ji Qingwen suddenly raised his head, found a reason for himself, and said: "If I rest my troops and horses here, I will inevitably leave those hooligan literati with the excuse of standing by and watching, I will not carry this black cauldron." Let's go and see! ”

As he spoke, Ji Qingwen summoned Meng Hong and asked about the casualties of the officers and soldiers of the "Ming Wu Army" under his command in this fierce battle this morning.

The casualty statistics brought by Meng Hong are also quite gratifying - because although the White Lotus Sect is numerous, they do not have any decent swords and blades in their hands, let alone bows and crossbows and muskets, so most of the injuries suffered by the soldiers of the "Ming Wu Army" are bruises caused by blunt objects and masonry, although the appearance is ugly, but there is no major problem, and they can immediately enter the battle.

Ji Qingwen had experienced the bloody battle of life and death with the elite of the Eight Banners of Manchuria under the Jingshi City, and had the tragic experience of his cronies and brothers losing their lives in front of him, so when he heard the news of Meng Hong, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said: "That's good, that's good, that's good." ”

So he picked up the soldiers of the whole army, rearranged the formation, and sent soldiers with strong martial arts and clever brains, led by Huang Degong, to investigate the situation first, and then followed the defense line of Xu Hongru and Zhou Xiuying's retreat, and led the whole army to pursue it.

Because the situation in Nanjing is now obscure and dangerous, there is no absolute safety except for the place protected by the cronies of the "Ming Wu Army", so Ji Qingwen will keep a delicate woman like Liu Ru by his side and act with him.

Fighting in the middle of the city, especially in the most prosperous city in the world, such as Nanking, is better than fighting in the wilderness with an opponent

The decisive battle is very different, because the streets, rivers, and high-rise buildings in the city block the terrain extremely complicated, and you need to be vigilant at all times to avoid being attacked by enemy troops.

In addition to this drawback, because there are so many residents and merchants in the city, as long as there is silver, it is very easy to replenish it.

Ji Qingwen is such a person with silver.

While leading the army to pursue the White Lotus Sect, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his bosom and bought food from the surrounding teahouses, wine shops, and restaurants.

Ji Qingwen was extremely generous, as long as he could provide fresh and hot food, he could spend three or four times as much as he could buy.

When the merchants heard such a price, they were naturally very happy, and they rushed to greet all the guys in the store, and immediately opened the pot to make rice, and sent freshly made steamed buns, buns, rice balls, cooking cakes and other foods to Ji Qingwen's army in a steady stream.

In this way, the soldiers of the "Ming Wu Army" chased and ate all the way, and there was no loss of physical strength, but their morale rose even higher, and they pursued forward with neat and powerful steps.

The merchants and people in Nanjing have seen some of the world, but they have never seen such a well-trained army that has not committed any crimes in the autumn.

I also heard that this elite soldier with the three banners of "Ming Wu Army", "Ji" and "Qi" was actually the descendants of the "Qi Family Army" of General Qi Jiguang, and the people were even more excited, cheering loudly and cheering for them. There are even a few old people who have seen the military appearance of the "Qi Family Army" with their own eyes when they were young, and when they see such a scene today, they can't help but cry silently.

However, it was said that after the White Lotus Sect Xu Hongru was defeated in the battle with Ji Qingwen, he listened to the advice of his "daughter" Zhou Xiuying, and led the army to retreat from the battlefield, wanting to rush out of Nanjing City and find a way out.

To the north and west of Nanjing lies a turbulent Yangtze River, and to the south is blocked by two mountains, Jiangjun Mountain and Niushou Mountain, and only the east is the plain farmland.

It stands to reason that the White Lotus Sect Xu Hongru suffered a defeat and should quickly leave from the south gate and hide in the mountains in order to have a chance to make a comeback. However, Xu Hongru was a temporary uprising today, and he was not fully prepared, except for the silver tickets worth four or five hundred thousand taels of silver that he exchanged for one-tenth of Wei Zhongxian's inheritance, weapons, food, and clothing were not ready.

Therefore, in this case, rashly escaping into the deep mountains and old forests is actually nothing different from running to the mountains to be a savage. Only after using the large amount of silver taels in his hand to raise some weapons and supplies, can he sneak into the mountains and forests without danger and make long-term plans.

Therefore, after Xu Hongru left and gave up the siege of the "Jade Courtyard", he retreated to the south along the Qinhuai River, and then turned to the east, wanting to go out of the city through the Tongji Gate in the southeast, and first plundered the rich Jiangnan Plain

can go up the mountain to plot great things.

The defenders of Nanjing naturally could not let Xu Hongru fulfill his wish.

After receiving the news that "the White Lotus Sect failed to attack Ji Qingwen and were about to flee to the southeast", Qi Qi realized that the top priority now was to intercept Xu Hongru and others in the city.

After all, in such a critical place as Nanjing City, there was such a sensational event as the White Lotus Sect uprising, and no matter what the reason, these military commanders were the first and foremost crimes. If on this basis, let the culprit escape from the incomparably strong city of Nanjing, it will be even more guilty - with the temper of Emperor Chongzhen, these useless officials must not be spared, and the knife may be light, and they must be given a big punishment such as beheading Ling Chi.

Emperor Chongzhen's caustic personality suddenly made these officials who looked good and had a lot of mustard instantly reach a consensus - only by working together to solve the unwarranted disaster of this White Lotus Sect rebellion first, and then could they calmly find a scapegoat and keep their hard-won official position.

The plan was decided, and these lords immediately used their respective military talismans and arrows to gather the guards in Nanjing.

According to the quota, there should be 50,000 defenders in Nanjing.

But only half of them were on empty wages, and after excluding the old and weak soldiers, there were only 20,000 people left. And not all of these 20,000 people are always on standby in the city, but they have their own livelihoods, farming or working everywhere to make a living.

Therefore, the defenders of Nanjing, who were able to be assembled in a short time, were only about 15,000 people.

These people have not been trained for a long time, let alone actually fought, and the execution of orders was chaotic, until Xu Hongru failed to attack Ji Qingwen's headquarters three times in a row, and retreated in the face of difficulties, and then they were assembled.

It took only a moment for them to gather completely, and Xu Hongru, Zhou Xiuying, and Xu Daoqing had already led the army to kill.

Xiong Mingyu, Han Zanzhou, and Liu Kongzhao saw that there were only two or three thousand White Lotus cultists left on the opposite side, and they looked at the team of more than 10,000 people around them, and suddenly their confidence increased greatly, and they ordered the whole army to rush over and kill them, encircling and annihilating all the White Lotus cultists.

This order was given in a completely disorderly manner - how to rush through? How many people rushed over? What line to rush through? None of them were explained clearly, so how did the subordinate soldiers and horses execute?

However, the men and horses were all dazed, and after listening to the commander's order, they also rushed towards the opponent on their own.

Nanjing is a prosperous city, the city is lined with buildings, alleys criss-crossed, can be able to exert the army of space is very insufficient, such a random rush, not only failed to give full play to the advantage of the crowd, but squeezed their own people, rushed into pieces.

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