The Qing army defeated Moxi Jungar and swept away the threat from the northwest, and the Jin State had suffered heavy losses in recent years, and it could not threaten Dolgon, which made the Qing army have no worries and could go all out to stab the Ming Dynasty's knife.

After Wang Yan left Wuchang, the Qing army also quickly got the news.

Near Luoyang City, the camp of the Qing army was arranged along the embankment of the Yellow River, stretching for forty or fifty miles, and the white tents were used to conquer the cattle and sheep from Moxi, making people feel as if they were in the grassland.

The Qing army gathered 160,000 troops in Henan, eyeing the tiger, intelligence showed that the original garrison of 60,000 Nanyang town, has been drained 30,000 horses to participate in the Ming Dynasty's internal rebellion of the three kings, the Qing army's strength is five times that of the Nanyang defenders, it can be said that they are bound to win Nanyang.

Nanyang is near the historical Wancheng, surrounded by mountains, and several rivers converge to form the Nanyang Basin.

In history, Cao Cao's conquest of Jingzhou was the first to destroy Zhang Xiu, who destroyed Nanyang, and opened the passage of the southern expedition.

At the end of July of the tenth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the three kings of Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Wakda Manchu gathered together, led 160,000 people gathered near Luoyang, plus 100,000 forcibly conscripted people and 100,000 people, known as 500,000 troops, and went south along the official road, provoking another major war between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

For a time, flags were facing each other on the road, there was an endless stream of cars and horses on the marching road, and there were Mongolian soldiers driving countless cattle and sheep to be used as military rations.

I have to say that the land occupied by the Manchus still has great potential, and in the past two years, it has recovered a lot of vitality and can provoke a big war again.

The three kings of the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, the momentum was amazing, after the army arrived in Ruzhou, Kong Youde ordered the Manchu general Ge Junha, the Han general line Guoan led the Han army to the red flag of 3,000 people, Mongolia is the blue flag of 7,000 people, along the Rushui to the east, through Xiangcheng, Yuncheng, into the east of Nanyang Runan, strengthen the defense of Runing Mansion, to prevent Hefei, Shouzhou line of Zhongzhi Town into Henan, attack the main force of the back road.

Kong Youde monk Kexi, attacked Huguang from Henan several times, this time he was also familiar with the road, almost everything, and considered all the problems.

Wang Yan had already explained to the defenders of Nanyang, he knew that the Qing army would not let go of such an opportunity to strike at the Ming Dynasty, before he left Wuchang, he also specially summoned Sun Shoufa and Liu Fangliang to meet and told them to guard Nanyang.

With Wang Yan's explanation, and in order to quell the Tanglu rebellion, Wang Yan took 60,000 horses from Huguang, and the defenders of Nanyang were reduced to 30,000, so Nanyang has been paying attention to the movements of the Qing army in Henan.

Before the three kings of the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, the defenders of Nanyang got the news, but although they knew that the Qing army was going to attack Nanyang, but in the face of the Qing army with absolute superiority in strength, the defenders of Nanyang did not have a good plan to resist the enemy, so they could only defend layer by layer and delay time.

In order to delay the offensive of the Qing army, Liu Fangliang sent soldiers and horses, took the initiative to go out to Ruzhou, arranged a part of the soldiers, entered Huoshan, Lushan and other places, attacked the Qing army, and attacked the Qing army's grain, grass and baggage team.

After the main force of the Qing army passed through Ruzhou, the attacks of the Ming army were everywhere.

The Manchu population was sparse, and in order to supplement the losses of the Eight Banners, when Dai Shanzhen guarded the Guanwai, he forcibly recruited the savage Jurchens and the Jurchens of the West Sea in the north to supplement and enter the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

In order to preserve their strength, the Ming army could only abandon the mountains and forests of Huoshan and Lushan and retreat to the south of Shashui.

The Qing army cleared the attack of the Ming army, ensured the safety of the grain road, and had no worries, and the army rushed to Lushan County in a steady stream.

The 150,000 Qing army soon broke through the two defensive lines of the Ming army at Shashui and Luyang Pass, and on August 5, crossed the watershed and entered the boundary of Nanyang, and fell into Nanzhao County on August 9, and then the army went down Baishui and arrived at the city of Nanyang on the 11th.

Liu Fangliang led more than 20,000 people, saw the Qing army coming all over the mountains, hurriedly closed the city gate, Sun Shoufa led more than 5,000 people, stationed in the south of Xinye, the two cities guarded the horns, to defend the Qing army's attack.

On 17 August, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, a general reported to Liu Fangliang that the Qing army, which had been preparing under the city for many days, might attack the city in the near future.

At noon, Liu Fangliang hastily ate lunch, and then led many generals to the north city.

Nanyang is the capital city, and is in the first line of the Ming and Qing dynasties, so all kinds of defense facilities are complete, and after the city wall is reinforced, it is also very strong, almost catching up with Wuchang City.

Liu Fangliang went up the city from the stairs next to the main building of the city gate, and Qin Feng, the guard of the north gate, immediately greeted him, "Governor, the last general is about to do it." ”

There are five major governors in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, as well as ten governors on the left and right, Liu Fangliang is the right governor of the former army, but his subordinates usually call him the governor directly, and they will not specifically call him the right governor of the former army.

"Oh?" Liu Fangliang glanced up at Qin Feng while walking up the steps, and when he reached the city wall, he pulled his legs and walked to the city wall.

Qin Feng followed behind and said: "Their ladders and siege towers are almost built, and the red-clothed cannons have also arrived. ”

Liu Fangliang looked from afar against the wall, and when he looked out, he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, the equipment of the Qing army outside the city was almost complete, and the Ming army was afraid that there would not be such a big battle when he attacked Wuchang City.

In the northern city where everyone is located, as far as the eye can see, in the sea of Qing soldiers, there are like forests!

The Qing army had a lot of equipment, and Liu Fang was not afraid, because Nanyang's defensive equipment was also very perfect, but when he took a closer look, he was shocked to find that the Qing army actually transferred a hundred red-clothed cannons to attack the city.

He doesn't care about other equipment, but with so many heavy artillery, it's a bit terrifying!

"Governor, look!" Qin Feng pointed to the Qing army's artillery team, "There is actually a white clan among the Qing dogs, my **** mother's red hair!"

When fighting Nanjing, the Ming army found Hongmaoyi in the Qing army, and then the Ming army recovered Taiwan Island and made peace with Hongmaoyi, thinking that these Hongmaoyi would be more honest, but they still got involved with the Qing soldiers.

The improvement of the artillery technology of the Ming army has largely absorbed the technology and craftsmen of Xiyi, and now that Xiyi and the Manchu Qing are together, it is estimated that the artillery of the Manchu Qing will also have an upgrade.

At this time, when Liu Fangliang was watching the formation, the Qing camp under the city suddenly made a loud drum, the Qing cavalry roared back and forth, occupying the battlefield, the people in each camp shouted horses neighing, the sound of drums and trumpets was endless, and a large number of infantry pushed out the siege equipment out of the camp and placed it in the departure area a mile away.

On the artillery array of the Qing army, the artillery jackets of nearly 100 red-clothed cannons were lifted, and several Hongmao clans were explaining to the Qing army officers, and some Qing soldiers and soldiers placed incense cases in front of the artillery array and put sacrifices to worship these red-coated cannons, so that they could shoot more accurately.

Under the measurement and guidance of Hongmaoyi, the artillery team of the Qing army quickly completed the arrangement, the general's order flag in front of the artillery array waved, the gunners raised the torch in their hands one after another, the artillery position suddenly erupted into a deafening sound of cannons, thick white smoke covered the long front, the artillery mounts retreated, more than 100 rounds of iron bullets of more than ten catties rushed out of the muzzle and smashed into the city wall, the urn city was dusty, countless gravel rose into the air and fell like raindrops, splashing dense white water in the moat.

The defenders on the city wall squatted down with their heads in their hands, and in the city wall, a hundred households took out a pigeon cage, took out a carrier pigeon, tied it with urgent information, threw the pigeon into the air, and the carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew south.

(End of chapter)